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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-08-17
Only Three More
Concerts To Be
Given In County
Public Urged to Hear Famous
ViOlinist and Associate Ar
lists. Schedule is Given.
GRASSY CREEK TONIGHT

The series of concerts that Don
Richardson. a master Vlollnlst
and his 2 associate artists, Miss
es Marie Roseman and Elinor
Niven, are giving in Ashe coun-
tv under the sponsorship of the
Jeffersons Rotary Club for the
benefit of the hospital associa-
ton, will end Saturday night.
The concert tonight will be
given at Grassy Creek, starting
at 8 o'clock. Friday night the out
standing musicians who are Civ
ing their services without charge,
will appear at the Elkland high
school and Saturday night at Ri
verview high school.
"On behalf of the Jeffersons
Rotary Club and the Ashe Hos
pital Association, I wish to ex-
tend a most cordial welcome to
every one in the county to attend
one or more of these concerts
and to hear some of the most
beautiful music ever played in
this county," Ed Anderson, pres
ident of the Rotary Club, states.
"This is indeed a rare oppor-
tunity for our people to hear a
high class musical program, rem
dered by real artists who are
keenly interested in our county"
he said
AT the same time. by attend
ing the concerts you will be help
ing to promote the greatest hui
manitarian movement ever to be
launched in this county"
A large number of people have
enjoyed the programs to such a
extent that they have attended
several concerts.
Programs were given in the
West jefferson hiell st,ool Sat
urday night, Helton Methodist
church Monday night, Healing
Springs high school Tuesday
night and Lansing gymnasium
last night.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-08-17
CARS FROM SEVERAL
STATES HERE TUESDAY

West jefferson and Ashe coun-
ty are rapidly becoming more
and more a mecca for tourists
who are looking for beautiful
scenery, an ''air : conditioned"
climate, good food and rest.
AS proof of this fact, every
day a large number of cars from
various states in the union pass
through here. Tuesday cars stop
ped at the local Gulf Service Sta
ton from the following states:
Louisiana, Illinois, Mississippi,
Alabama, West Virginia, Vir-
ginia, South Carolina, Tennessee,
Florida, New York, Michigan,
Ohio and Georgia.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-08-17
Prisoners Move
Into New Home

Ashe county's modern new pri-
son camp, which is one of the
finest in the state, was recently
completed and the IS long-term
negro prisoners moved into their
new home on the Buffalo creek
last Saturday.
The new camp was erected at
a cost of around $4,000. It has
a number of buildings, including
a large brick dormitory, kitch-
en-, dining room, garage, guards
home and office quarters.
No announcements have been
made relative to the plans to dis
pose of the old camp at Warrens-
vile.
The new camp was constructed
on schedule time under the direc-
ton of Walter Weaver.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-08-17
Two Wilkes Men
Hurt By Bull

NORTH WILKESBORO. Joe
Nichols, 70, was seriously injured
Monday when attacked by an en-
ragged bull near his home in the
Deepford Hill community, about
two miles from Millers Creek.
Two hours later the same bull at
tackled and critically hurt his
son, Jesse Nichols, SO, when he
tried to catch the animal.
Following the injury of the
men, neighbors and people from
many miles distant gathered and
participated in attempt to kill
the bull. Six hours of hunting
and fighting, the bull was finally
killed half hour past midnight.
The attack on Joe Nichols &C.
Cured about 4 o'clock in the af-
ternoon. The bull, which he had
been working as an OK on his
farm for six years, got loose. He
and his wife and stepdaughter,
Fannie Collins, tried to catch the
bull but did not have an oppor-
tunity to corner it until they had
gone about mile from his house
and up on a mountain.
There Nichols took hold of the
chain which was attached to the
bulls head and the bull knocked
him down and gored him. His
wife and Miss Collins fought off
the bull. The elderly man had
collapsed on the ground with an
ugly wound in his abdomen and
cuts about his body and face.
A short time later Glenn Col
Inns tried to catch the bull in a
pasture but gave up after he mar
rowly escaped attack.
Shortly after 6 o'clock Jesse
Nichols went into the pasture to
catch the bull and advanced to-
ward it without any weapon of
defense. Collins said that the bull
lunged and threw Nichols about
10 feet into the air and when he
landed the bull jumped on him.
Collins said he tried to fight
the bull off Nichols with a club
but made no Roadway. A neigh
Dor rushed up and used stick
with no results. He then ran to a
nearby house and secured shot
gun. He fired two loads at close
range into the bulls neck but
the animal still continued to gore
Nichols.
They picked up heavy iron
rod nearby and after much effort
battered the bull off Nichols
mangled body.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-08-17

grasses, vegetable and fruits, one
Maytag Washing Machine, valued
at $4,000, Ashe Hardware, Inc.
The different departments and
those in charge of each are as fol-
lows:
Department A - Farm an d
Live-at-Home Exhibit-Earl Ray,
superintendent, Mrs. E. G. Fran
els and Paul Miller.
Department B-Canned goods
Mrs. Glenn B. GRAPHICAL, super
intendent, Mrs. Guy Denny and
Mrs. w. c. Thomas.
Department C-Culinary-Mrs.
Levern Johnson, superintendent,
Mrs. w. B. Austin and Mrs. Ira
T. Johnston.
Department D Needlecraft -
Mrs. Ed M. Anderson, superin-
tendent Mrs. B. E. Reeves and
Mrs. Lem Hafer.
Department E-Flowers-Mrs.
J. w. Gambill, superintendent,
Mrs. T. c. Bowie and Mrs. Dean
Mcmillan.
Department Fart and Photo
graphy-Mrs. r. H. Stone, super
intendent, Mrs. Chessie Neal and
Mrs. Edith Barr.
Department G-Schools-Prof.
Continued on Page Eight
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-08-17
Ashe County Fair Catalogues
Are Now Being Distributed
Contain Complete Premium
List and Program. Cata-
lOgues Free to All.

The Ashe County Fair cata-
logue, which is one of the largest
and most complete catalogues is
sued by any fair in this section
cf North Carolina and Virginia,
is now being distributed to the
farmers of the county.
In order to save money, a large
number of the catalogues are be-
ing distributed by the milk car
rier drivers of the Kraft-Phenix
Cheese plant here.
Others will be mailed and a
small supply of the attractive
premium lists will be left at va
rious post offices and stores scat
tered throughout the county for
free distribution.
A total of 1850 copies were
printed and the executive COM
nittee of the Fair Association is
keenly interested in having these
catalogues placed in the hands of
ali farmers in the county who
are interested in entering eXhi-
bits.
IF you do not receive a cata-
logue from & milk carrier driver
or through the mail, please do
not hesitate to ask for one at
your post office, neighborhood
store, the stores in the Jeffersons,
the farm agents office, Kraft
Phenix Cheese plant or The Sky
land Post" H. D. Quessenberry,
secretary, stated yesterday.
The catalogue contains a total
of so pages. Its contents include
a forward, a list of executive
committee members, complete
program, rules and regulations, a
list of contributors, a complete
list of all premiums and a large
number of attractive ADVERTISE
mentS.
Get your catalogue now. Make
plans to enter several exhibits
and to attend the Ashe county
fair of 1885," is the request of
the executive committee.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-08-17
Winfred Poe Seriously Hurt
In A Knife ARRAY Tuesday

Jail where they are being held
without bond, pending the out
come of the condition of Win
fred Poe.
Immediately after the affray,
Poe was brought to West Jeffer-
son for treatment and was rushed
by ambulance to the Wilkes hos
pital. Doctors there said Wednes-
day that his condition was SER
ious but that he had a fair chance
to recover, in spite of the loss of
blood, if no infection sets in.
Poe, who is an ex-soldier, is a
highly respected farmer of the
Long Branch community; and
neighbors pointed out that until
the time of the attack, both he
and his assailants had been
friends.
Both Tom and Vance Eldreth
were reported drinking at the
time and this was attributed as
the cause of their attack on Poe.
Deputy Sheriff Gilley said that
the wounds on Poe's neck were
made with a new Remington
pocket knife.
The injured man is the son of
Joe Poe.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-08-17
WANT A HOSPITAL?

If you want a Hospital in Ashe
County, JOIN the ASHE COUN-
TY HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION.
Cooperation and support from
everybody is needed to put the
movement over. We now have
a Golden Opportunity!
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-08-17
Ashe Countys Oldest Merchant Killed In Auto Accident
Ashe Community Farm Tours
To Be Conducted Next Week
81 Demonstration Farms Will
Be Visited in Four Days.
To Start Monday.

Plans are now completed for
the annual Ashe county communi-
ty farm tours which will start
Monday morning at $50 o'clock
and last four days, through next
Thursday, August "a, County Ag-
ent c. J. Rich stated yesterday.
A total of 80 demonstration
farms in the county will be Wis
tied on those four days by dem
onstration farmers and all 9TH
ers who are interested in max
ing part or all of the tours, Mr..
Rich said.
"a cordial invitation is extend
ed to all farmers in the county
to join us in these tours which
will start every morning at $50
o'clock from the courthouse" he
stated.
The community tours will last
all day and farmers are request
ed to take their lunch with them.
At the conclusion of the COM
munity tours. 6 or 8 farms will
be selected for the countrywide
tour to be held on Wednesday,
August 80.
The schedule of community
tours is as follows:
Monday, August FL
M. H. Dollar. $50 A. NJ;
w. w. Dollar. $50 A. NJ; Virgil
Greer, 1O:45 A. M: ]. G. WEIGH,
HAS A. M: Lunch at Lansing,
1890: B. c. Pennington, 2 P. M;
]. R. Phipps, P. M: C.. D. Bald
win, 4 P. M. and w A. Johnson,
5 P. M.
Tuesday, August %
Paul Miller, $50 A. M; J. c.
Little, 9 A. NJ; j. E. Oliver, 10
A. M; Walter JONES. II A. M;
Lunch at Farmers Store; John
Knox, 1870 P. M; N. S. Wood
ard 2:3p. P NJ. Don gImgard-
ner, 3:45 P. NJ and Bruce Don
nelly, 4:3O P. M.
Wednesday, August %
Roy Phillips, (Mrs. G. C..
Green), $50 A. M: A. D. Good
man, Gas A. NJ: R. w. Hardin,
II A. M; Lunch at Baldwin's
Filling Station, II noon; J. B.
Gentry, 12:45 P. NJ: J. S. Brown,
2 P NJ and R. B. Brown, 2::45 P.
M.
Thursday, August "a
Walter Pennington, $50 A. NJ;
w. T. Miller, 9:15 A. NJ; w. M.
Transou, 1918 A. NJ; w. B.
Transou, II A. NJ; Lunch at Lau-
rel Springs, II noon. Eugene
Shepherd, l P. NJ; ]. B. Pierce,
2:15 P. NJ; Paul Garvey, 3:15 P.
NJ; J. c. Pierce, 4 P. NJ; S. V.
Alexander, AS P. M. and J. E.
Fender, $50 P. M.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-08-17
E.. A. Mcneil
Hit By Car In
Front OF Home
George Glenn Dixon, Driver
Of Car Placed Under ST.
600 Bond by Officers.

EIihu A. McNeill, Ashe cOunty'S
oldest merchant and one of the
most prominent business men in
this section of the state, died last
night at IL o'clock in the
Wilkes hospital from injuries re-
ceived three hours earlier
when he was struck by a
car driven by George Glenn
Dixon, in front of the McNeill
residence in Jefferson.
The accident occurred about
o'clock when Mr.. Mcneil was
crossing the street enroute to the
Presbyterian church of which he
was an active member. Observers
said that as he started across the
street, three CCC trucks came to
standstill with their lights on,
directly in front of his home, and
that he was evidently watching
them, and was blinded by their
lights as was Dixon, the driver of
the car approaching from the OPP
posite direction. Failing to see
the oncoming car Mr.. McNeill
stepped directly in its path and
was struck before Dixon could
stop.
State highway patrolman w. c.
Thomas and other officers who
investigated the accident said
that Dixon was travelling at
rate of only Is or 80 miles per
hour and that the brakes of his
car, when examined, proved to be
in good condition. He was placed
under a $1,000 bond pending fur
Their investigation of the case.
Dixon is the son of Ounce Dix
on of jefferson and is nineteen
years old.
Mr.. McNeill who was dragged
several feet before Dixon was
able to stop the car, was rushed
to West jefferson for treatment
but was Immediately sent to the
Wilkes hospital when it was dis
covered that he was seriously in
jured He apparently suffered a
severe cash on the head, brok-
er arm and leg, as we'll as inter-
nal injuries.
Mr. Mcneil who was IS years
old, had been engaged in the
mercantile business in this coun-
ty for approximately SO years.
When in his early teens, he
worked in a store and being am
bilious soon purchased it and
operated it under his name in
jefferson for many years. A few
years ago he moved his business
to West Jefferson.
His business activities have not
been confined to the mercantile
field alone. He was one of
the founders of the West Jeffer-
son Land company and helped to
lay out the town of West Jefer-
son. He was a member of the
board of directory of the First
National bank, and had others
business interests.
He had long been an active
member of the Jefferson Presby-
terrain church in which he serv-
ed as an elder.
Funeral arrangements were in
complete this morning bat it is
expected that services will be
held Friday at 10 A. M. at the
jefferson Presbyterian church
with Rev. R. H. Stone in charge.
The body will lie in State at his
home Friday from 9 to 10 A. M.
Mr.. Mcneil is survived by two
sons, James and Edward, both of
Jefferson. woebrothers, Emmett
McNeill and Rufus McNeill, and
one sister, Mrs. E. E. Eller, of
North Wilkesboro, also survives
as well as a number of relatives,
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-08-17
ASHE COUNTY

Is the alr-conditioned section of
North Carolina whose altitude
ranges from 5000 to $500 feet
above sea level. twenty-five miles
OF the PARKWAY run through
the county.
Evening star., 1939-03-22

effects of the strain. Again, in 1898,
there was an increase of another l
per cent, so that today the total tax
on employers totals per cent of
their pay roll figured in dollars. If
this were a profit tax it would be
understandable, but there is abso-
lutely no relationship between a
total pay roll and capacity to pay,
because the higher the wages an
employer pays to his workers the
more. taxes he has to pay. Union
labor has little to gain from a
system which penalties the employer
for putting on more workers.
The next most important fact
about the pay roll taxes is that
American business hasn't let felt the
full effect of the rates, because,
under existing law, the rates are
scheduled soon to rise to per cent,
and in addition to this. the workers
themselves must pay per cent. so
that finally per cent of American
pay rolls will go for unemployment
insurance and old-age pensions
which could be sustained much
more ineXpensively out of general
taxation and accomplish the same
purpose. To retain the pay roll taxes
means such a staggering exaction
that it is doubtful whether Ameri-
can industry can bear the load
Certainly economic recovery has
been made exceedingly difficult, if
not impossible, under the pay roll
tax system.
Evening star., 1939-03-22

hungary whch burning for and anxious redeem the
MagyarS Of Slovakia
make possible double policy enticemen Berlin
which should the effect establishing
ment in CzechoSlovaka Hungary
confederation that
and Yugosava Will lie joining the Aryan bloc before
embarks program conquest Germany
wartime catastrophe to substitute political
and economic confederation for the
and military conquest.
all Nazi Austria into
the orbit of the Third Reich indispensable
accomplished there force short
long Withstand the Aryan drive
THE the pre-war lay in lack
of political imagination the powers
unable conceive Of
political sovereignty and the stamping
Hitlerm
of German racialism offer all of
of political uncaton without the drawbacks denaonalza
Thisthe secret of O
administrators throughout the worlds
Germany the World War. application
nations the disturbing
of the of the Third Reich of the
of Europe
justified anxiety the expansion power
influence should sight the
absorption of -Slovakia namely
accomplished without firing shot in warfare.
boodless annexaons which did the
with spirit
independence they obviously did
the liberty death which
desperate nations
tragic that peace
Danubn countries little but gpriced insecurity and political chaos
Evening star., 1939-03-22

nent taken advantage of the
signs which blocked the Berlin Yet
Is disturbing AS also wrote four years ago:
The European dilemma. faced with Nazi Germany truly
tragic The alternatives to permit. the
determination the creation of German nation relatively
powerful than other nation times
or to destroy the and industrious
Continent The first means the collapse of Western European
imperialism, with its privileges and profits
that Communism with it the political power
the Rhine Either repelent
democratic statesmen of Western Europe
ton OF the prospect has reduced them diplomatic paralysis
Czech and double-check
Evening star., 1939-03-22
Prominent Churchmen
Will Be Speakers

Three prominent churchmen will
participate in symposium on The
Churches Responsibility for Pow
erty,' Saturday at l pm, in the
National Press Club Auditorium
lounge. under auspices of the Peo-
pies Lobby, Inc.
The speakers are to be DR.. Sidney
E. Goldstein of the Central Confer
ence of American Rabbis GLOW to
End Unemployment?"D; DR.. James
Myers. industrial secretary. Federal
Council of Churches cGradual
Progress in Democracy, and the
Right Rev. Msgr. John O'Grady,
secretary, National Conference of
Catholic Charities ("Can Churches
End Poverty?'D.
A portion of the program will be
broadcast by a National Broadcast
ing Co. network from to 2::3O pm.
Evening star., 1939-03-22
Washington Observations
Senator Boroh to Put 1910 Presidential
Aspironts on Anti-Wor Spot

became Assistant Controller General
Of the United States in 1881, con-
tinue to hang on as Acting Control
Ter General (appointed in 1880, but
recently still another once-potent
Hoosier House Republican, Fred S.
Purnell of the Terre Haute district,
was appointed one of Elliott's aides.
Before Purnell was retired to private
life by the Roosevelt landslide of
80, he ranked just behind Bert Smell
in the Republican hierarchy. Had
Smell ever been elected Speaker,
Purnell would have inherited the
majority leadership. He has a wide
circle Of bipartisan friends in
Washington.
AS becomes the nation which, at
Moscow in 1872. paved the way to
the crushing of Napoleon at Water
loo, Soviet Russia appears to be
entitled to chief credit for the cur
rent plan to stop Hitler" by form
ing an invincible coalition to op-
pose further Nazi aggression. On
March l8 Britain informed the U.
S. S. r. that there was reason to
fear violence against Rumania.
London inquired about the Soviet
Unions possible attitude in such an
eventuality. In reply Moscow pro-
posed the convocation Of confer
ence OF the most interested states
Britain, France, Poland, Rumania,
Turkey and Russia. Such a confer
ence, in the Soviet's opinion, would
afford the maximum possibilities for
"elucldation Of the real situation
and of the positions of all confer
ence participants" According to
Moscow, the British government
found this proposal premature. The
Soviet apparently is still waiting to
know exactly what. if anything,
Mr.. Chamberlain actually intends
to do.
One of this columns wisecracking
devotees writes in to say that I'VE
went into the World War to save
the world for democracy, and now
we seem to be ready to go to war
to save democracy for the world"
Hx 4
Jerome Frank, runnerup for the
vacated Craftsmanship of S. E. c.,
will be heard on tomorrow night S
Town Hall of the Air broadcast
over the blue network of the Ma
tional Broadcasting Co.-The Stars
station for the Nations Capital,
WMAL. Frank will take part in
a discussion of the subject Should
We Limit the Rights of Political
Groups With Alien Ties?" The
other speakers will be DR.. Harold
Laswell. former professor of politi-
cal history in the University of
Chicago. and Representative j. Par
nell Thomas, Republican, of New
Jersey. Mr.. Thomas is a member
of the Dies Committee on I'm
American Activities. The debate is
certain to deal with the machina-
tions of the Nazi Bund.
tcopyriEht, 1897
Evening star., 1939-03-22

AA1AticllGo lOI llllS country. bOTdn is
by no means sure the Pittman neu-
trality plan will guarantee us against
embodiment. He feels strongly that
the new crisis lover there" empha-
sizes the necessity of cast-iron as
surances that neither the present
nor any future administration shall
ever be able to pitchfork Uncle Sam
into other peoples wars. and espe-
cially into British schemes. If in
1910 we are still fortunate enough to
be at peace, Borah has definite plans
to require all aspirants to the presi-
dency, in either party, to 60 un-
equivocally on record in favor of
absolute American participation
in war except for purely defensive
purposes Meantime, the Idahoan is
ruggedly in favor of letting the
world know that for the support of
the Monroe Doctrine there's no limit
to which the United States is not
prepared to go. To that ideal. and
exclusively to it, Borah believes our
military policy should be confined.
Paramount in the considerations
that led to Bill Douglas appoint
ment to the Supreme Court was F..
D. RS desire to fill Justice Bran
dels place with a jurist seasoned in
corporation law. Brandeis during
his % years on the high bench was
its acknowledged authority on all
and sundry connected with other
peoples money" as represented by
the corporate structure forming the
backbone of American business.
Douglas long specialized in that
field. Although he had won his
spurs on the Securities and Ex-
change Commission as man ready
to give Wall Street square deal,
the late chairman quits Office amid
Walling and gnashing of teeth among
the country's stock exchanges. Re-
Gently there was marked 'incom-
patibillty' between them and the
commission. Only last week Douglas
bitterly assailed proposed modifica-
tions of the Securities Act, which
were recommended by representa-
tives of l6 stock exchanges meeting
IN Washington. He took the position
that strait jacket regulations alone
can prevent pool operations. market
rigging and the fleeing of innocent
investors. The new baby of the Su-
preme Court called the suggested
changes in the law "phoney," be-
cause they would take us back to
1929 and open things up so that Wall
Street boys could have another
party"
For some unexplained reason the
publicity wells of the Democratic
National Committee have recently
dried up. Nowadays, the rival Re-
publican organization has a practi-
cal monopoly of news releases for
public consumption. Except for the
issuance of jim Farley's periodical
post Office dedication addresses and
art-to-heart talks to gatherings of
the party faithful hither and yon,
the Nicholson mimeograph mills
have ceased grinding. Evidently the
New Deal high command thinks the
political situation, from its stand
point, needs no artificial stimulus for
the time being. Perhaps the Roose-
veltians are following Old Andy
Jackson's advice and saving their
ammunition until they can see the
whites of the enemy's eyes-when
1910 is nearer.
$3.50
Who says Republicans needn't ap-
ply in New Deal Washington? Not
only does Dick Elliott, veteran G.
O. P. Indiana House member who