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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-03-30
Tikiand Meets Fleetwood In
Debating Finals Sat. Mig Int
Will Be Held In Court House.
Large Crowd Expected
To Attend.

The county court house at JET
ferson will be the scene of an
interesting debate Saturday
night which is expected to at
tract hundreds when Elkland
and Fleetwood meet in the finals,
in the series of debates sponsored
by the Jeffersons' Rotary club on
the subject, "Resolved that Voca-
tional Training Is OF More Value
Than Cultural Training to Ashe
County High School Students.
Following the outcome of the
semi finals held Wednesday
afternoon, Elkland was selected
to uphold the affirmative while
Fleetwood will defend the mega
tive side. Jewel and Violet Ora
ham, sisters, make up Elkland's
team while Fleetwood's team
is composed of Kathryne Houck
and Ruth Taylor.
Medals will be presented to
the four finalists Saturday night
and a trophy will be given to the
school represented by the winn-
ing team.
The debate will open promptly
at 8 o'clock, members of the Ro-
tary Club, in charge, announced,
and every one is invited to at
tend. There will be no admission
charge.
Preliminary debates were held
on Monday. At this time both of
the Lansing teams defeated West
Jefferson's negative and affirma-
tive teams. Fleetwood teams both
won out over Nathan's Creek.
Healing Springs affirmative team
defeated Jefferson's ne ga tive,
and Jefferson's affirmative group
won over Healing Springs mega
tive. Grassy Creeks team won
over Riverview through default
Elkland was not paired with an
other school in the preliminaries.
Those reaching the semi-finals
held Wednesday afternoon were:
Josephine Weaver, Denver Bile
wins, Pauline Weaver, Kay Kilby,
Lansing; Annie Davis, Annie
Moretz, Jewel Graham, Violet
Graham, Elkland; Ada Goodman,
Thelma Norris, Katherine Houck,
Ruth Taylor, Fleetwood; Anne
Caldwell, Davis Spencer, Rodney
Brown, Mack Gore, Virginia
Carolina; Floydene Jones, Edna
Kilby, Healing Springs; Verna
Lewis, Christine Bare, Jefferson.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-03-30
Farmers Now
Offered Loans
Applications For Loans To Be
Made At County Ag-
ent'S Office.
NEW PLAN.

Farmers can now carry out
their soil building programs one
hundred percent without any
ready cash." c.. J. Rich, county
agent said yesterday, in discus
sing the new plan now offered
by the government which enabl-
es farmers to secure loans for
this purpose from the Farm Sc
curity Administration.
Mr.. Rich explained that any
farmer who had already secured
the maximum amount of phos-
phate, for his soil building will
not be eligible for one of these
loans. But any farmer who has
not been able to buy his needed
amount of lime, grass seed and
other necessities for carrying out
his soil building program will be
eligible. The amount of the
loan can be as much as one humid
red per cent of his soil building
payment or sixty percent of the
total farm program payment. The
loans will be repaid by the
government of the farmers farm
program payment.
Applications for loans are to be
made a. the County Agents Of
flee and will be approved by the
county agricultural conservation
association committee.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-03-30
School Ground
Identification
Now In Progress

School ground identification
projects at West Jefferson, JEFF
ferson, Lansing, Nathan's Creek
and Healing Springs high schools
are now we'll under way, and
others are expected to start soon.
These WPA projects, which
will certainly make the school
grounds more attractive and
which include the planting of
shrubbery, are sponsored by the
county board of education.
The grounds are being levell-
ed new Walkways made, sand
and gravel, in some cases, are be-
ing applied to eliminate mud and
posts have been planted around
the driveways at Jefferson.
A walkway down through the
center of the school ground at
West Jefferson is being construct
ed.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-03-30
April Schedule
Announced BV
Health Dept,

The Ashe county health depart
ment has announced the follow
ing schedule for the month of APP
ril:
DR.. Robert King, health Off
Ger, will be in the office each
Monday from 10 to IL A. M.
Mrs. Breeze, nurse, will be in
the office each Saturday until
noon.
Health centers for the month
will be held at the following pla-
ces: Idlewild on the second Mon
day afternoon; Todd on the third
Monday afternoon; Fleetwood,
fourth Monday afternoon; War
rensville, second Wednesday
morning; Little Helton, second
Wednesday afternoon; Healing
Springs, second Thursday and
Pond Mountain, third Wednes-
day.
A crippled children's clinic will
be held in West Jefferson by DR..
Gaul, of Charlotte on Friday, APP
ril 81.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-03-30
Plans For New
School Building
Being Discussed
Jefferson PIT. A. To Meet
Next Tuesday Night. Gar
den Is Started.

Officials and patrons of the
Jefferson high school are now
discussing some tentative plans
for a new building program, but
nothing definite has been work
ed out and no detailed announce
ments are available, it was learn
ed yesterday from Principal Paul
Miller.
Mr.. Miller said they were dis
cussing several possibilities for
a new building and that he was
in hopes something could be map
ped out in the near future.
He announced that a meeting
of the Parent Teacher Associa-
ton will be held in the gymna-
SUM next Tuesday night and
urged all parents and interested
citizens to attend.
School ground identification
and a school garden program for
this summer will also be discus
sed at the meeting, he stated.
Arrangements have already
been made to have a school gar
den on property belonging to
Mrs. G. D. Neal.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-03-30
New Wine And
Beer Measure
Applies To Ashe
House Passed Bill Which
Would Limit Sales OF
Wine and Beer.
AGAINST SUN. SALES

Ashe county citizens along with
those from several counties in
the state interested in the regula-
ton of the sale of wines and
beers were partially favored this
week when the house passed a
compromise bill to regulate sales
of wine and beer on Sundays in
81 counties, and to permit the
governing boards of the Il coun-
ties and their municipalities to
refuse to issue licenses for the
sale of wine for consumption on
the premises. The measure was
sent to the senate.
The compromise was drafted
because of the refusal of the
finance committees to approve a
number of bills to prohibit sales
of wine and beer in various units.
The 81 counties are Watauga,
Ashe, Duplin, Iredell, Jackson,
Alexander, Robson, Transylva-
MIA, Randolph, Catham, Avery,
Madison, Clay, Fender, Ala
nance, Mcdowell, Yadkin, Wiki
es, Sampson, Greene and Mont
gomery.
The liquor question came to
the forefront late Tuesday night
with the introduction in the SEN
ate of a bill to allow cities of
more than $500 population to
vote on the legalization of spirits.
At present, the state operates
under a county option system of
sale of shirts.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-03-30
Belle Hurley And Ada Jones
Won Legion's Spelling Bee
Healing Springs Awarded
Athletic Trophy. Large Crowd
Attended Event

Belle Hurley, senior of the
Healing Springs school and Ada
Jones, a seventh grade student at
Nathan's Creek school, were win
ners of the high school and ele-
mentary spelling bees sponsored
by the Ashe post of the Ameri-
can Legion at the courthouse last
Saturday night. The courthouse
was filled nearly to capacity for
the big annual event.
Healing Springs high school won
the athletic achievement award,
which is also presented each
year by the Legion to the high
school in the county having the
best all round athletic program
and displaying the best sports
manship.
This year four specific points
were taken into consideration by
the judges and the Healing
Springs school scored 95. The Sc
cond highest was Virginia-Caro-
lima, with rs points. The fact that
Doth of these schools won coun-
ty basketball championships
helped them.
The deadline for turning in eS-
says is April S and announcement
of the county winner will be
made later, J. B. Hash, county
superintendent and commander
of the Ashe Legion post who pre-
sided, announced.
There were 80 students who
participated in the high school
spelling bee and a number of
them could spell every word in
the standard high school speller.
AS a result, Editor Ed M. Ander-
son, who was in charge, had to
resort to a separate list Of ex-
tremely hard words which he
had gotten out of a dictionary
That list soon "stumped" all OF
the IL survivors.
The last four standing were
Ruby Graham, of Lansing; Ro-
Continued On Page Eight
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-03-30
REA Lines In
Watauga County
Energized Tues
Thirty-Five Miles In This
County To Be Energized by
May Is. Rapid Progress.

Excellent progress is being
made on clearing of rights-of-
way and erection of poles for the
rural electric lines in Ashe
county, Harry Dewar, project
engineer of the Caldwell Mutual
Corporation, states.
A large number of local men
are being employed and several
crews are at work in this county.
Clearing is also underway in AL
leghany.
Mr.. Dewar reports that 35
miles of main line in Ashe will
be ready to be energized by the
18th. of May.
He also announced that go
miles was energized in Watauga
county Tuesday. "Within the
next two weeks we expect to en-
ergize the entire 1873 miles, serv-
ing 1000 farmers in Watauga
county," Mr.. Dewar stated.
Cons ruction started in
Watauga on November 2 and
good progress was made in finish
ing the job. Contractors are now
checking all homes in Watauga,
to see that there are no defects
in wiring, Mr.. Dewar stated.
"Over 400 Watauga farmers
awaited themselves, of the REA
wiring loans and $24,0OO.O0 have
been used for that purpose" he
said.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-03-30

The Ashe county hospital and
community club house WPA
building projects were approved
by President Roosevelt this week,
Congressman R. L. Doughton an
nounced yesterday.
An allotment of 25,766.00 was
made for the construction of a
hospital building in the county.
to be sponsored by the Ashe
board of county commissioners
through the cooperation of the
Ashe hospital association.
This sum also covered improve
ment of grounds and operation Of
quarries necessary to secure ma
terials for the project.
"WPA community building
project received presidential ap-
prevail in sum of $4,2O0," Con-
gresham Doughton wired J. B.
Hash yesterday.
This project is being sponsored
by the Board of Education
through the cooperation of the
Ashe post of the American Lee
gion and will be located here in
West Jefferson near the Goss
boarding house. The sponsors
part amounts to around $1,000
and plans for raising it are now
being worked out by the ways
and means committee of the Lee
gion, of which P. G. Wright is
chairman.
The sponsors share of the hos
pital building has been set up at
around $4,000, but it is estimat-
ed that it can be erected for a
good deal less, perhaps with
around $4,000 to $4,000, as am
pie stone and other building ma
terials are available in the coun-
ty.
The old Jefferson school
ground was selected as a tenta-
tive location, but no definite de-
cision has been made, Wade Ell
Ter, chairman of that committee,
! announces.
Mr.. Eller said that the commit
tee is pledged to locate the hos
pital near or in the Jeffersons
and that he is in hopes a good
location will be given. Everyone
wishing to contribute or sell a To-
cation is requested to get in
touch with Mr.. Eller at once.
According to an agreement
that the proposed Ashe county
hospital association has with the
county commissioners, work can
not and will not commence until
the sponsors funds have been
raised. After construction is COM
pleted, the building will be leas-
Continued on Page Five)
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-03-30
BrannOck Case
Still Mystery
After Hearing
Estel Moxley, Arrested In
Maryland, Released After
Hearing Tuesday.
CROWDED COURTROOM

SPARTA, March 28.-The bru-
tai attack Staying of Elva Bran
mock, 16-year-old Saddle Noun
tain school girl, was still a mys-
terry tonight after over two years
of investigations by Allegheny
county officers.
Estel Monkey, held in Jail here
since his arrest in Maryland sew
eral days ago in connection with
the death of the girl, was freed
during a preliminary hearing be-
fore two magistrates this morn
ing when Solicitor ]. Erie McMi-
chael announced he did not have
sufficient evidence to justify
holding Monkey for trial.
Appearing for the state before
Magistrates B. F. Wagner and
F. N. Roup, Solicitor McMichael
said he felt that after question
ing states witnesses there was not
sufficient evidence for the state
to try the man on either the
criminal assault or murder
charge.
McMichael said he did have
sufficient evidence to warrant
holding Monkey for trial in sup
erior court, but suggested that
this not be done.
Monkey was represented by At
torneys R. A. Doughton and Rob
ert M. Gambill of Sparta. R. F.
Grouse of Sparta attorney, assist
ed Solicitor McMichael.
The court room was crowded
for the preliminary hearing.
Monkey formerly resided in the
Saddle Mountain section near the
Brannock home. Elva Brannock
was found dead in a clump OF
bushes near the Dividing Ridge
School February IL, 1887. She
disappeared while en- route to
school February 7.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-03-30
What The State
Legislature Is
Doing This Wk'
(By Staff Correspondent

RALEIGH, March %. - Both
the house and senate were
swamped with a large number OF
new bills this week which may
form an obstacle in the path of
adjournment previously schedul-
ed to take place Saturday, April
l. The general opinion today, IS
that the session will continue un-
til April 5.
One of the hottest debates OF
the session occurred this week
over the proposed amendment to
the election reform bill, one OF
the major pieces of legislation
yet to be dealt with before ad-
journment.
Originally, the bill would have
prohibited any person from as
sisting more than one voter IN
marking a primary ballot. The
Folger amendment added pro-
sion that election officials could
assist any number of voters.
The bill passed the senate at
ter the third reading and was
sent back to the house for con-
currence. Many of the original
sponsors of the bill declared that
with the amendment it is no re-
form over the present law.
Another bill which drew fire
this week was the Long senate
bill providing a 80 cent crash or
disqualification fee with the pur-
chase of each auto license tag.
This bill would provide hospital
ization for victims of automobile
accidents. The bill after being at
tackled and termed as ''class leg
islation" and a subsidy to hos
pitfalls and Doctors, was tabled
on a motion of SO to 49,
1t appears now that any sort
of resurrection of the defeated
wages and hours bill is impro-
baple. T. seemed that the bill was
making progress until the G. /.
o. came into the fight, but when
they arrived that appeared to be
all the opposition necessary to
kill the measure last Friday.
This week the house killed a
bill to increase the compulsory
school age from IA to
Is years, to prohibit crowding OF
school buses, to provide for the
payment of teachers salaries in
IL monthly installments, to re-
duce the pay of certain princi-
pals, and to establish commits
sion to study school curricula.
The measure was introduced ear
ly in the session by Representa-
tive Madison of Pamlico.
Wilkes county was defeated
from a Republican standpoint
this week when, riding over OPP
position by Senator Cowles,
Wilkes Republican, the over
whelmingly Democratic senate
Continued On Page Eighty
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-03-30
COLLINS HERE YESTERDAY

w. B. Collins, former Watauga
county agent who is now assist
ant of the farm management SER
vice of the state extension SER
vice, was in the county yesterday
helping map out complete pro-
gram for the Ashe county dem
onstration farms.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-03-30
President Signs
Both Projects,
Doughton Wires
Hospital Approved for $25, 900
and Community Club House
Set At $4,000.
CAMPAIGN FOR FUNDS

The Ashe Hospital AssOcia-
ton drive chairmen will meet
at the courthouse Friday after
noon at 4 o'clock.
This week j. ]. Thomas, of
Grassy Creek and president of
the First National Bank here,
agreed to give in nOn-prOfit
bearing stock certificates a to-
tai of 100000 to the Ashe
County Hospital Association.
That subscription is greatly ap-
preciated by the drive chair
men.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-03-30
Ashe WPA Hospital And Club House Projects Approved
A Record Breaker Among Hogs

Big Boy, Poland
China POrker of
1904 pounds is
visiting here this
week. He is said
to be the worlds
largest hog.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-03-30
EASTER SHOPPING

Do ycur Easter shopping in
West Jefferson Friday, Saturday
and Monday, Easter Value Days.
Hundreds of values will be fea-
tured by the merchants for these
three big days.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-03-30

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Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-15

of the senate finance committee
and Chairman Robert l.. Doughton,
D., N c., of the house ways and
means committee were expected to
comprise the congressional delega-
ton to the White House confer
ence. Secretary of Treasury Henry
Morgenthau, jr, also will be there.
1t was understood the congress
sional spokesmen are prepared to:
/. Refuse to agree to new tag
leVies to pay for unbudgeted sub
sides aggregating $550,000000.
2. Insist that the corporation
surplus tax be abandoned.
3. Seek a compromise basis upon
which Mr.. Roosevelt could accept
tax revision without losing political
face.
Mr. Roosevelt within a week has
told White House callers privately
that he did not want a tax bill
at this session. Senate Majority
Leader Alden w. Barkley, D., KY,
conveyed that suggestion to the
senate last week. but did not dis
close what his colleagues now in
sist was the fact, that he was
speaking directly for the president.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-15
Certain Problems
In Way of Peace
Declares |! Duce

Continued from Page y
ling the workers hsW happy ne wa
To be with them. He praised F.at
officials for the record time H.
which their factory was built. cal
ling it "one Of the biggest and best
in the world
Mussolini declared he had in
augurated a new policy fer mo-
toristS but the international situa-
tion had prevented him from de-
veloping it. The Fascist govern
ment. he said had abolished the
automobile driving tax but was
compelled to refrain from decree
ing further facilities because of the
delicate international situation.
II was understood II Duce refer
red TO a contemplated measure to
reduce the price of gasoline.
1t was reported that, in making
his statement. Mussolini in behalf
of Adolf Hitler as well as himself
intended TO give Great Britain and
France a last chance to settle
outstanding problems through
peaceful negotiation.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-15
Young CowgirIs
Here on Long Trip

Two bright-eyed cowgirlS. who
called themselves the Kid Buck
aroos", arrived in Ell Centre Mon
day on a 750-mile horseback trip
from San Luis. Ariz.. TO Treasure
Island at the San Francisco World
Fair.
Betty Jean and Norman June
Palmrose. l3 and II years old,
planned to reach the San Francisco
fair in mid-June, according to their
father, Carl Palmrose, who is fol-
lowing the girls in an auto.
The cowgiris plan to stop at San
dy Beach on the Salton Sea Tues
day on the third leg of their
journey.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-15


uuate' II stood pat on the origina
Soviet suggestions for a more COM
prehensive mutual aid agreement
with Great Britain and France.
Adherence Of the Moscow gov
eminent 10 the anti-agRression
front has become a key factor in
the British French effort TO form
a barrier 10 future aggressive eX-
pansion in Europe. The adherence
of Turkey TO the united front last
week appeared to make more likely
the inclusion of the Soyiets in the
series of alliances and 1t was gen.
orally believed that negotiations
would be continued in an effort
TO achieve that goal.
British circles believed that ar
rangements for bringing Russia in
TO the united front in one way or
another might be worked out when
Vladimir Potemkin, the Soviet vice
commissar of foreign affairs. goes
to Geneva for the League of Ma
tions council meeting. May D.
British Foreign Secretary Vis-
count Halifax and French Foreign
Minister Georges Bonnet will also
attend the meeting. The three for
eign office leaders are expected to
discuss the situation privately at
Geneva in an effort to work out
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-15
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Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-15

differences.
Il was understood that the Soviet
note insisted on:
! A mutual aid pact among
Great Britain. France and Soviet
Russia.
. A three power military con-
vention
3 A system of three power guar
antees 10 protect the small nations
from the Baltic to the Black Sea
against aggression.
Britain has been particularly re-
luctant To enter into a military
convention for fear that such a
move would force Japan. Spain and
possibly Portugal-all hostile to-
ward Moscow-into an alliance
with Germany and Italy.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-15

lowed by a tax battle royal when
the issue finally comes up for con-
gresSional debate.
Senate Republicans and conser-
vative Democrats are determined
upon tax reform but are aware they
probably would not be able to over
come a veto.
In the background was the $2l2,-
100000 of unbudgeted farm subSi-
dies voted last year and $335,000,0OO
approved by the senate this year
and now awaiting house action.
Mr.. Roosevelt was promised new
revenue TO cover last years appro-
priation but never got it.
The administration is confronted
now with the alternative of de-
feating the S338.00O,0OO grant in
the house this month or of going
to congress with other hopeless
plea for compensation.
Vice President John N. Garner,
Speaker John H. Bankhead, House
Majority Leader Sam Raybun,
Chairman Pat Harrison. D., Miss.