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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-06-01
DIR. ID. CLAY LILLY

The people of Ashe county and more es-
pecially all of the Presbyterians, were sad
dened this week by the death of DR.. D.
Clay Lilly, beloved pastor of the Reynolda
Presbyterian church in Winston-Salem and
leader in the Winston-Salem Presbytery.
DIR. Lilly was keenly interested in this
county, He was frequent visitor and all
who had the privilege of coming in con-
tact with him were uplifted by his teach
ings, by his spirit, by his universal love-
all of which were like unto the great mas
ter of his life, Christ.
He had remarkable career as Chris
tan minister and gained outstanding dis
tinction by following in the footsteps of
the son of Galilee.
DR.. Lilly may be dead physically, but he
will live forever in the lives of his church
members and of all those with whom he
came in contact.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-06-01
Rev. J. w. Luke
Pays Tribute To
All Fallen Heroes

Appropriate tributes were paid
to Ashe county's heroes of the
battlefields and to all other
American soldiers who gave their
lives in the services of their
country at memorial day SER
vice held here last Sunday after
noon in the West Jefferson Bap-
fist church by the Ashe post of
the American Legion and Auxil-
larry.
''Let us not forget them nor the
ideals for which they fought and
died." Rev. John w. Luke who
delivered the memorial address,
declared.
II do not believe the great mas
ter of men and peacemaker ever
intended that there should be
war, but he does intend for men
to stand up for what is right" he
said.
He outlined the threefold ideals
of the World War as being; first,
democracy; second, the preven-
ton of arraying class against
class and third, eternal peace.
Supt. J. B. Hash, post COM
mander, presided. Rev. w. T.
Wilmington led the devotional
prayer. Led by Mrs. P. G. Wright,
president of the Auxiliary, men,
bers of this unit read the AuXil-
larry preamble. Miss Pearl Wea-
yer rendered a beautiful solo
and reading.
Following the memorial ad-
dress, the service was concluded
on the outside of the church
where L. P. Coward, assited by
the sons Of the Legion, placed
wreaths in front of markers on
the five wars in which American
soldiers have participated. Under
the direction of DR.. Roger Barr,
a firing squad gave salute to
the dead and Basil D. Barr con-
Guided the service with "taps".
A large crowd was present.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-06-01
EYES ARE ON THE SOUTH

Ever since the war between the states,
the economic problems of the South have
been the subject of much discussion, but,
until lately, very little action.
The late Henry w. Grady, fifty years
ago. began to preach the doctrine that
what the South needed was outside capital
to develop industries that would consume
it's vast wealth of raw materials, instead
of depending upon agriculture alone.
Now the South is beginning to lose its
role of "America's most difficult problem"
One after another, great industries are
finding the South measuring up to their
requirements of transportation, climate,
strategic location near markets, raw ma
terials, low living costs and all the other
requisites for soundly based manufacture
ing enterprises.
Among the nationally known industries
which have expanded their production re-
sources by establishing new plants in the
South in the past few years are Dupont,
Eastman Kodak, Johnson & Johnson
American Sugar, international Paper and
Pulp, B. F. Goodrich Company, and scores
of others.
Users of cotton find it more economical
to locate their plants where the cotton
grows which is the reason for the mo-
del community of Silverton, at Thomaston,
Georgia, where the Goodrich Company
consumes $4,000 bales of cotton year IN
tire manufacturing, and is adding to that
a mechanical rubber goods factory at
GAINESVILLE, Tenn.
International Paper, Continental Con-
tainer and other producers of wrapping
paper and corrugated board have built
dozen mills throughout the South to make
paper from slash pine, the South's most
prolific natural crop. One OF the largest
chemical industries in America, the New
Armstrong Industries, makes artltl-
cial camphor from pine stumps at Pensaco-
la.
AS a result of this recent industrial ex-
pansion, Southern banking facilities have
triuIed. manufacturers rave doubled and
installed horsepower has quadrupled with
the past few years. The South is at last en-
tering upon the industrial era which Ora
dy foresaw fifty years ago.
With this "go, south" slogan characterlz-
ing the action of industry now, we are IN
hopes that the Rotary clubs efforts to get
a textile plant here will be successful.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-06-01
West jefferson
School Faculty
Elected Last Wk.
Practically the Entire Faculty
is Reelected. Duncan
Is Principal.

The West Jefferson school
board met last week and elected
the following faculty members
for the local high school for the
1939-40 school year:
B. H. Duncan, principal; Mrs
Robert Barr, teacher of home
economics; Miss Elizabeth Speers.
English and Paul Perkins, coach;
Mrs. Clifford Ray, 7th grade; Mrs
Dean Mcmillan, 9Th. grade; Mrs
J. B. Hash, 5th. grade; Miss De-
Elite Crawford, 4th. grade; Mrs
Earl GRAPHICAL, third grade; Mrs
John Donnelly, End. grade; Miss
Mary Price McCarroll and Mrs
Wick Vannoy, first grades; jim
Goodman and Oscar Houck, who
will teach different sections ir
the elementary grades.
Teachers in the West Jefferson
school district have not beer
elected as yet, however.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-06-01
American Press
Freest In World.
Caldwell States

'The United States has the fire.
est press of any country in the
world" Gowan Caldwell, state
news editor of the Winston-Sal-
EN- Journal, told members of the
Jeffersons Rotary club last
Thursday night.
Before Hitler came into power.
the German press was free, but
now there are no real newspa-
pers in Germany-all they have
are government propaganda
sheets and magazines, and the
same thing applies to Italy and
Russia, he said.
Here in this country we know
more about what is going on in
Germany than the German peo-
pie do" he declared.
After giving a brief history of
the American press and news SER
vices, he said that the average
daily newspaper on week days
contains around 10000 words
and the Sunday papers from 3O0,-
600 to 100000, which is a good
many more words than the aver
age book contains. Don't ever
think that your daily newspaper
doesn't have anything in it; it
has plenty" he asserted.
He also discussed the speed and
accuracy with which news is ga
thered, sent all over the world
and edited.
The speaker was introduced
by Rotarian Ira T. Johnston. Two
beautiful solos were rendered by
Miss Evelyn Brown, accompanied
at the piano by Mrs. Ruth Gray
beal.
Joe Neal is program chairman
for this month.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-06-01
Fire Fatal To
Mrs. Bells Son

The many friends of Mrs. V. A.
Bell will be saddened by the
news of the fire which recently
destroyed her home in Hunts
vile, Ala, and took the life of
her son Charles.
= A letter received here this
week, from Dorothy Bell, said
that she and Mrs. Bell were
awakened by an explosion in the
middle of the night and escaped
by the firemen's ladder. Charles
was sleeping in the room next to
the one where the fire started
and had been dead for some time
when they reached him. The doe
tors stated that he had probably
died from smoke suffocation.
The home and all of its con-
tents were destroyed.
The Bells lived in Jefferson for
about two-and-one-half years
when MIR. Bell was employed as
an engineer on the Parkway.
They were transferred from JEFF
ferson to ingalls, where MIR. Bell
died suddenly a few months
ago. Following his death Mrs.
Bell moved to her former home
in Huntsville, Ala.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-06-01
Adult Education Students
Will Be Taught Food Values
Health Dept. To Cooperate
In Educational Pro-
gram In Ashe Co.

The N. c. Board of Health in
cooperation with the adult edu-
cation will begin a new expert
ment in Ashe county next week
when Miss Margaret Thompson,
dietician of the State Board of
Health will open series of
classes relating to the study of
foods, for adult education stu
dents of the county.
Mrs. Marion Faison, adult edu-
cation supervisor for this area
said that she appreciated very
much the cooperation of Miss
Pearl Weaver, public health
nurse of the county for securing
Miss Thompson, as we'll as the in
teresting DR.. G. M. Cooper, as
sistant state health officer and
director of the division of health
education. ... T.. q
Complete plans for Miss
Thompson's lectures have not
been worked out as yet but it is
expected that she will spend the
entire month of June here and
will give a series of four lectures
to each class of adult education
students.
The first lecture will be given
to the adult education students at
Nathan's Creek next Tuesday,
June 6. During her series of
talks Miss Thompson will show
the relation of food to health,
and the most practical methods
to conserve both. Students will
be taught to use surplus commo-
dities, how to prepare foods in
order to secure the most value
from them, as well as many 9th
er helpful suggestions.
Ashe has the distinction of be-
ing the first county in the state
in which the State Board of
Health is cooperating with the
adult education program with
this plan.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-06-01
Graham Opens An
Auto Agency In
Allegheny Co.

Worth Graham, of Todd, well
known Ashe county citizen, is
the new Dodge and Plymouth
dealer in Sparta and Allegheny
county.
His auto establishment, which
will be known as the D and w
Motor Company, will be located
in the building across the street
from the Northwestern Bank. He
is expected to open for business
this week.
Glenn Roland and Dewey Huff,
who have been with the Duncan
Motor Company here, are also
moving to Sparta to work for the
D & w Motor Company.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-06-01
COWARD REUNION
TO BE HELD SUNDAY
JUNE 4, AT WILBAR

The Coward reunion will be
held at Union Baptist church,
near Wilbar postoffice, the first
Sunday in June. This will be the
third annual gathering and it is
hoped that all edwards and Col
ward descendants will be pre-
sent. Those who have attended in
the past know that it is the GUS
tom to have a picnic dinner
which is very interesting part
of the occasion, and again every
one is asked to bring a we'll
filled basket. even though you
are not a Coward but your great
grandpa was you will be expect
ed to attend" Miss Ruth Col
yard said in making the an
Euncement.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-06-01
Many See Adult
Education Work
Window Display Shows Type
Of Work Done In Class
es in AShe County.

Much interest has been shown
in the samples of the work OF the
adult education classes of Ashe
county, which have been on dis
play in the window of Belk's de-
partment store for the past week.
The window display shows
wood carving, baskets, embrold-
cry, rug weaving, candle-W1ck
tufting, applique and other types
of craft and handiWork.
One of the most unusual OBJ
jects is a violin made by a girl
who is a student of the adult ed
ucation classes. She also made a
Chinese checkerboard and the
checkers, both of which are
hand-carved and colored.
In the window are some attrac-
tive children's dresses, made
from short lengths and samples
which were made at a cost of
less than ten cents. Members of
the adult education classes are
taught to utilize materials which
they have access to, and shown
that many practical and attac-
tive things may be made at a
small cost.
The display reveals just what
a variety of worthwhile informa-
ton is being taught in the class
es in order to bring about the
idea to them of the WPA pro-
gram: changed lives, changed
homes, changed communities,
through adult education"
Sharpe Shoemaker manager of
Belk's store estimated that hun
dreds had stopped to view the
window.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-06-01
LEGAL GROUND

With the forthcoming military alliance
of one sort or another between Britain,
France and Russia, the League of Nations
is apt to burst once more into the lime
light. 1t will not, of course, be the League
of Nations of Woodrow Wilson's imagina-
ton. It will be the League rather of the
lately fallen NJ Litvinov-a meeting place
for Russia and the democracies of West
ern Europe and their satellites
It is this second incarnation of the
League which has inspired the return of
the League of Nations representative to
the Free City of Danzig, the Swiss DR.. Karl
Burckhardt, and very wise move it is.
For the League Commissioner to Danzig
has the power to call on Poland for armed
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-06-01
Ashe Couples Are
Still Buying Wed
Licenses AWAY
Law Requires Couples Who
Marry in Other States To
Get Tests, However.

Ashe county couples are still
going to 'neighboring states to
get married, according to infor-
nation secured from Register of
Deeds L. P. Coward yesterday.
Since the new marriage law
became effective April 3, only 3
marriage licenses have been is
sued in jefferson, while last year
for April and May a total of 80
iliAenses Were issued, Mr. Col
ward said.
For the past several years an
average of 200 people have got
ten married in this county an
nually, or about 18 per month.
But not so since the enactment
of the new law, requiring that
both the bride and groom must
have doctors certificates, show
ing that they have been examin-
ed and are free from any vene-
real disease or tuberculosis.
''You can't escape this law by
going to another state to get
married because the law requires
each married couple to get the
examination within 80 days after
their return to the state and the
State Board of Health is going
to check to see that this is DONE"
officers state.
Tennessee has a law similar to
North Cardinals and so have IA
other states. They are Kentucky,
West Virginia, Indiana, Illinois,
Conn.,, New Hampshire, Wis,
North Dakota, South Dakota, Co.
dorado, and Oregon.
Four states require that the
male furnish a certificate, show
ing he is free from venereal di-
seases and 9 states, including
Virginia, require that both par
ties furnish affidavits, stating
that they do not have any blood
diseases.
Among the 3 couples purchasing
licenses in Ashe since April 8
are: B. R. Poe, jefferson and Miss
Sessie Bare, Wagner, April Is;
ANGEL Woodie and Esther Elliott,
Lansing, May 20.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-06-01
Bids On Parkway
Link In Watauga
Co. Requested
Plans Call For Work On Mis-
sing Link to Begin Soon;
Others Planned.

RALEIGH,-Frank A. Dunlap
chairman of the state highway
and public works commission
said bids would be requested i'm
mediately for construction OF the
Blue Ridge parkway from Noun
tain View to Thunder Hill Gap
near Blowing Rock in Watauga
county.
Dunlap, with Highway Coun-
sci, Charles Ross and Claims En-
gineer, R. C. Browning, confer
red with A. E. Demaray, acting
United States park service direc-
tor, in Washington earlier this
week.
Further study of the propos-
ed alternate route from Thunder
Hill Gap to Sandy Flat church.
west of Blowing Rock, will be
made" Dunlap said. "A decision
is expected in time to complete
work from the gap to the Blow
ing Rock-Boone highway. This
later will be one of the most i'm
portant links in the Blue Ridge
parkway. It will furnish tie-up
bu use of existing state roads to
sections of the parkway now be-
ing built from Grandfather
mountain westward"
Two sections of the parkway in
the Mt. Mitchell area are to be
advertised for bids in the sum-
mer. When finished, Dunlap said,
they will form a nearly continu-
Gus route from a point Is miles
south of Roanoke, Va, to the
highway at Bulls Gap, near
Asheville. The Yonahlossee trail
is being used temporarily for this
purpose.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-06-01
20 Found Guilty
In Wilkes County
Many Are Tried for Defraud.
ing Government Of
Liquor Taxes

Tuesday, after six days of Fed
eral court in Wilkesboro the
first of a series of big conspira-
cy cases charging number of
Wilkes county citizens with con-
spiracy to defraud the govern
ment of liquor taxes, 20 were
found guilty.
Another group was placed on
trial Wednesday morning. The
charges against the large number
of Wilkes citizens resulted from
investigation made by Marion A.
! King, special agent who was as
sisted by Leonard Horton, an ad-
mitted former bootlegger.
Serving on the jury for the
trial of the first group were Ed.
Waddell, Charlie Neal, Earl Ray,
and John Rhodes all of this
county.
The defendants in the cases in
Guided Robert c. SeagraveS,
Frank Mathis, Glenn R. Baugess,
Coy D. Sale, Hugh Sale, Robert
Sparks, Woodrow Mathis, Minnie
Johnson, Clay Church, w. O.
Blackburn, William Dimmette,
Charlie Love, Pearlie Baugess,
Carl C. Mathis, E. R. Staley, Ban
ner Billings, w. J. Bryant Ma
this, Thurmond Sparks, Clyde
Mcdaniel, Clyde Hemric, w, T.
Billings, William Porter, Gilbert
Johnson, George Sale, Jetty Sale,
John Sale, Robert Hackett, Jay
Davis, George Morehead, J. R.
Mathis, Jr., John Robert Byrd,
John Thomas Byrd, Julius John
son, Jessie M. Byrd, Ivory Glass
and Woodrow Mathis, Jr.
The following defendants were
placed on probation, some tenn
porary until next term of court
and others for varying terms of
the two to three years: Russell
NARROW, Thomas Roop, Lloyd
Harrell, Andrew J. c. Bowers,
Robert Garfield Lawrence, Rob-
ert H. Brown, Squire Wiles, Den
mis- Walker, Mckinley Lawrence,
Will Sparks, Clay Sparks, John
Miller, Claude Brooks, Neres
Brooks, George Lowe, Joe Will
cox, Clifton johnson, Clay John
son, Walter Spreggins, Gale Nc
Graw, John w. Houston, Law
renee Call, Willie Call, George
w. Elmore.
Harvey R. Combs, Clinton
johnson, Raymond Parks, John
Clary, Armfield F. Bauguess,
Garfield Allen, Conley Winebar-
ger, John Wallace, Walter Ad-
kins, A. D. Triplett, James Ham
by, Noah Walker, Fearless Miles,
Frank Blevins, Joseph Saltz.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-06-01
Senter Church
To Be Finished
For big June
Property Has Been IncOrpOra-
ted. Thousands Expected
to Attend June 9, 10, II.

Construction on the new Sent
err Primitive Baptist church at
Nathan's Creek is now nearing
completion and is expected to be
finished in time for the Big June,
which will be held on Friday,
Saturday and Sunday, June 8, 10,
and II.
This is one of the oldest and
largest religious gatherings in
this section of the Carolinas and
Virginia, and this year, as in the
past, thousands of people will at
tend the three-day meeting.
During the last session of legis-
lature, Representative Ira T.
Johnston passed a local bill, in
cooperating the church, cemetery
and grounds.
Throughout the Nathan's Creek
community, families are now pre-
pairing for the big occasion.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-06-01

assistance in case he feels that the Free
City is threatened from without.
DR.. Burckhardt has been absent from
his post for some months reporting" on
the situation at Geneva. His return will en-
able the proper machinery to function for
legally coming to Danzig aid in case of
Nazi coup. When the League Commission
ner calls for Polish troops Poland is on
lawful ground in any intervention she may
feel necessary.-The Asheville Citizen.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-06-01
Seek Bus Line
From Hickory To
Lansing, N. c.
New Firm In North Wilkes
bOrO Applies To Commits
sion For Franchise.

NORTH WILKESBORO, May
25.-The Grey Rabbit Coach
company, new firm recently Or
gained by North Wilkesboro
business men, is petitioning the
state utilities commission for a
franchise to establish a bus route
from Hickory to Lansing in Ashe
county.
Beginning at Hickory the new
route would be by way of Con-
over, Taylorsville, Moravian
Falls, Wilkesboro, North Wilkes
boro, Millers Creek, West JEFF
ferson to Lansing. Headquarters
of the company would be main
tanned in North Wilkesboro.
A public hearing on the request
will be held before the utilities
commissioner in Raleigh on June
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-06-01
LARGE CROWD ATTENDED
SINGING CONVENTION SUN

One of the most successful and
best attended singing convention
ever held in Ashe took place
last Sunday afternoon at the
courthouse in Jefferson.
The courtroom was overflow
ing with people from all parts OF
the county. Singing was led by
J. F. Gore and Mr.. Lambert, OF
West Virginia; the Cook-Harless
quartet and a number of other
ouartets and choirs in the coun-
ty.
The next singing convention
will be held on the fourth Sun
day afternoon at the Orion Bap-
fist church.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-06-01
KILLEN TWINS ILL

J. R. Killen of Buffalo this
week accompanied his small
daughter to Banner Elk hospital
where she is receiving treat
ment. Her twin sister who was
taken to the hospital last week
and other relatives in the county.
Mrs. Hotter will be remembered
here as Miss Mary Nell Phillips.
still remains ill.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-06-01
nuN
and
KeAneN
BY
IROY
ISAIAH
| JONES

go to the ant thou sluggard"-
The Bible doth command.
They do things very ANT-ic
Human beings they understand.
If you don't want to 60 to the ant
This you can certainly do
Just try having a picnic
And the ants will come to you!
|
1 was among some WPA work
ers the other day. They were
highly polite and asked me to
have a shovel handle and make
myself comfortable.
They did not strike lick while
was there. They were afraid
would tell it on them and be &C.
cused of lying.
One had as well be a pot and
all black as to be a kettle and all
brass.
l was once a nut tightener to
the crank shaft of a political ma
chine.
Government is a restraining or
der against general public GUS
SedneSS.
They say a lot about the fruits
of prosperity. l have not even
seen the blooming thing" yet.
The price of cheese is said to
have jumped 100 per cent at one
time. When it comes to strength,
the cheese certainly have it es-
pecially when the limberger is
in the lead.
The penalty for some of these
hunters who exceed the bag linn
it should as penalty be made to
hunt elephants.
/ have not seen any miSSionar-
les around here for a while. They
must have been converted and
left.
They call it falling in love and
that is what it is-falling. I amt
fell yet exactly, but I am doing
a lot of stumbling lately. It won't
be long now.
The town has purchased two
ladders. They will be glad to
furnish them to farmers during
the apple picking season when
there is no fire. Of course they
are to be returned to where the
last fire was, along with the hose
and hydrant wrenches.
The buying power of money
has increased. All a Teller has to
do now is to get more money
with which to buy less.
Doctors should at least make
some efforts to cheer their pa
tients after an operation. They
could tell them that they might
not live to pay the bill.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-06-01
REV. LEWIS YELANJIAN
TO PREACH HERE SUNDAY

Rev. Lewis Yelanjian, of Biz
mingham, Ala, who is conducting
the Christian Chautauqua at the
Ebenezer Presbyterian church.
will preach at the West Jefferson
Presbyterian church this Sunday
morning at II o'clock.
The Chautauqua will close
Sunday. Rev. Mr.. Luke said it
had been an unusually success
full revival meeting.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-06-01

A corn variety demonstration,
using Il different varieties, has
been started on the farm of w.
L. Clodfelter, Route l, Thomas
vile, Davidson County.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-06-01

Join the Ashe Hospital Asso-
citation and do your part towards
getting a hospital in this county.