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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-03-14

For the promotion of future
growth and progress in Ashe
county, Bryan Oliver, supervisor
of the Farm Security Admins
tration in Ashe and Allegheny,
outlined a seven-point program in
a fine speech before the Jeffer-
sons Rotary Club last Thursday
night.
Declaring that one of the coun-
tvs greatest problems is the con-
slant moving from the county, to
other sections Of the country, a
large number of the best educa-
ted and most ambitious citizens,
Mr.. Oliver proposed the introduc-
ton of other courses in the
schools that will 'tfit our child
rem for the work to be done here
at home.
"In the past two generations
thousands have moved away, at
ter being reared and educated
here, and have become leaders
in various lines Of activity" he
explained. '"Their moving has
been q great loss to the county.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-03-14
Deadline Is April
Is For Signing
40 Farm Plans
All Farmers Must Sign Before
Then To Be Included
In Farm Program.

The deadline for signing farm
plans of the 1910 soil conserva-
ton program is April IS, County
Agent c. J. Rich announced yes
terday.
"This means that our farmers
have only one month left in
which to sign up for participation
with the 1910 program and there
by become eligible to receive pay
ments," Mr.. Rich said.
IF farmer does not sign, he
will. not be in the program and
no supervisor will be sent to his
farm to check compliance"
To date only around 500 farm
ers in the county have signed. A
series of community meetings
will be held in the near future,
but in the meantime, Mr.. Rich is
urging all farmers to come to the
office and Sign up.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-03-14
West Jefferson Will Have
Two New Buildings Soon

Building in West Jefferson
took an upward turn, along with
that throughout the nation this
week when the spring wea-
Their proved an incentive.
Foundation work was started
on a large single story garage
building back Of the Dollar Ser
vicesstation,- across from Badgers
Funeral home, by H. r. Vannoy.
Mr.. Vannoy said that work on
the new building would 60 for
ward as rapidly as possible sud
that he hoped to have it complet-
ed by early summer. The build
ing is to be 50x75 feet in size,
and 1t is understood that it will
be for rent when completed.
Some preliminary grading
work has been done this week on
the property across from the
Chevrolet place, where L. S. and
w. G. Vannoy will start work
on a large brick building in the
laae' spring OF early summer.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-03-14
J. M. Prevette
Before u. S. Court
Charged With Overcharging
World War Vets in Pre-
paratiOn Of Papers.

The trial of Joseph M. Prevette,
former Jefferson lawyer, in the
United States District court on
charges Of allegedly violating a
section Of the Wssrld war vete-7
rams act pertaining to fees for
preparation of execution Of pa
pers for veterans seeking total or
permanent disability was sche-
duled to be held in Greensboro,
yesterday, before Judge E. Yates
Webb, of Shelby. Details of the
trial were not available here this
morning, in time for publication.
Benjamin M. Parker, of Wash
ington, was sent to Greensboro
by the department of justice as
special assistant to District At
torney Carlisle Higgins to prose-
cute the case. Judge Johnson j.
Hayes, of Wilkesboro, disquali-
fled himself and Judge Yates was
appointed by Judge John J. Par
ker of the United States Circuit
court, to preside at the trial.
Prevette who is now living in
Wilkes county is specifically
charged with receiving $574.35
for assisting in obtaining pay
mentS to war veterans son
when under the conditions in the
case fee of only $40 was le-
gal, an alleged overcharge of
$564.35.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-03-14
Large Still And
600 Gallons OF
Beer Destroyed
Operators Left Before Off.
GERS Arrived. Still LOca-
ted Near Laurel Sp'gs.

A large moonshine still and
600 gallons of beer were found
and destroyed Monday by Ashe
county officers.
The illicit manufacturing plant
was located in a wooded section
between Ore Knob and Laurel
Springs, just a short distance
from the one that was found
about month ago.
Sheriff Miller said that group
of neighborhood women had also
apprehended the still few hours
before he, Walt Stringer and c.
o. Parsons discovered it.
He said the operators had evil
IDENTIFY been frightened away, but
that a fire was still burning un-
der the boiler when they reached
the still.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-03-14
James Farley To
Dedicate New p.
o. AT Boone 10th

Postmaster General James A.
Farley will dedicate. the beauti-
full new post office building at
Boone on Wednesday, April 10,
at II o'clock, Congressman r. L.
Doughton told a Post reporter
while he was at home last week
end.
81 feel that we are fortunate
in getting Mr.. Farley down fol-
this dedication and I am sure the
citizens of Boone will be deligh-
ted to have the people of Ashe
and Allegheny counties attend
the dedication service and meet
Mr.. Farley" Congressman Bob
stated.
That afternoon at four o'clock
Mr.. Farley will also dedicate the
new Statesville post office.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-03-14
Music Contest
In Boone Mar. 20
Ashe County Schools Will
Take Part in the Event.
March Is Entry Date.

The Annual Music Contest will
be held in Boone, the district
center, on Friday, March 10Th. It
will be held in the college audi
forum and in the Music Build
ing at Appalachian State Teach
ers College.
In the previous years there
have been fourteen different
schools participating in the con-
test. These schools were from
Ashe, Allegheny, Avery, Mitchell,
and Watauga Counties. This year
the district has been enlarged and
in addition to the above named
counties have been added Alex
ander, Caldwell, Wilkes, an d
Yancy Counties.
It is expected that this year
there will be twice as many
schools entering and twice as
many entries. Judges will be sent
out from the State Department.
The District Chairman urges
that all entries be sent in by
March 18th, which is two weeks
before the Contest date. If any
teacher, who desires to enter stu
dents, has not received the entry
blanks from the State Depart
ment, just drop a postal card to
Miss Virginia Wary, District
Chairman, Boone, N. c.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-03-14
Seven-P oint Program For
Ashe County Is Outlined

What we need to do is to in
crease our population"
His seven-point program Is:
First, Continue the county ag-
ricultural program.
Second, Re-organize farming in
the county and put all land to
active use; provide better mar
kets.
Third, Revise the school curri-
culum to include agricultural
training, .handicraft, commercial
courses.
Fourth, Erection of more homes
and improvement and beautifica-
ton of others.
Fifth, Secure an industrial
plant.
Sixth, Endeavor to find a place
for ...your sons and daughters in
Ashe".
Seventh, Continue a movement
of working together for progress
The club passed a resolution
presented by c. J. Rich, that $2s
be raised in the county to help
in the fight to reduce freight
rates in the south.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-03-14
Two Chevrolet
Statesmen Here
Get Fine Awards
Austin Jones, Coleman Payne
Made Chevrolet's 100 Car
Club, 4th. Time.

Austin Jones and Coleman
Payne, star statesmen of the
Parkway Chevrolet Company
here, have just received valuable
awards for making the Chevrolet
Motor Company's 100 Car Club
in 1899.
At a Carolinas' zone meeting
held in Charlotte last week, beau
tifal gold, 21-jewel Hamilton
watches and diamonds for their
lapel button were presented to
them. - .
This was the fourth time that
both Messrs. Austin and Payne
have merited the 100 Car Club
awards, and it is a record which
is probably not equalled in the
Carolinas by a Chevrolet dealer
ship in a town the size or even
near the size of West Jefferson,
Lem Hafer, manager of the agen-
cy, StaLeO.
There wasn't another dealer
in the Carolinas, located in a
town the size of West Jefferson,
who had two statesmen to win
these awards" MIR. Hafer said.
In order to qualify for mem
bership in the 100 Car Club, it
is necessary for a salesman to OBJ
tain at least 200 points during a
year. Two points are given on
each new car sold and one point
on each used car. Messrs. Payne
and Austin had over 200 points
each.
Mr.. Payne has been selling
Chevrolets here for the past ten
years, and Mr.. Jones mas been as
ISOLATED with the company for 6
years. He is a member of the
county board of education, while
Mr.. Payne is a member of the
West Jefferson school board.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-03-14
Veteran Merchant At Laurel
Springs Assaulted Last Sat.
Arson Thompson is Out I'm
der Bond. Officers Still
Seeking Rex Wires.

Arson Thompson is now under
100000 bond and officers are
still searching for Rex Wires, two
young men of the Laurel Springs
community, charged with assault
ing Will Mcneil in his store last
Saturday night, with intent to
rob.
In reporting the assault and at
tempted robbery to officers last
Sunday, Mr.. McNeill, who has
been operating store at Laurel
Springs for a number of years,
gave the following explanation:
He said that Thompson and
Wires, both of whom he knows
well, came to his home about
o'clock On Saturday night and
asked him to go to the store and
get them something to eat. 4
He said he went with them and
that after the boys had eaten
something, they each bought a
pair of shoes.
"Then Wires asked for his ac-
count, stating that he wanted to
pay five dollars" he was quoted
as saying.
Mr. McNeill went to his desk
and the two boys followed him,
whispering to each other.
Seeing that the boys had been
drinking, I didn't pay any atten-
ton to their whispering" he said.
When he told Wires how much
he owed, the boy then asked to
see some horse shoes. AS MIR. Nc
Neill stopped over to pick up
some shoes, Wires is alleged to
have struck him on the back of
his neck with a blackjack, knock
ing the veteran merchant to the
floor.
Jumping up at once, Mr.. Nc
Neill struck at the boys with a
lantern as they ran, hitting one
of them with it, breaking the Ian
tern into pieces.
The Thompson boy was appre-
hended at the home of Davie
Church Monday morning, where
he had gone to spend Sunday
night. He was brought to- the
Ashe county Jail and released
under $1,000 bond.
Mr.. McNeill had been running
a store for q years and is well
known throughout this section.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-03-14
Ashe OratOrical
Contest Will Be
Held Fri. Night
To Be Held at the Courthouse.
Each High School Is Al
lowed One Contestant. a

The Ashe county high school
oratorical. contest, sponsored by
the American Legion, will be
held at the courthouse tomorrow
night, starting at 1880 o'clock.
Each high school is expected to
have one contestant in the coun-
ty-wide contest and the winner
will be awarded medal and
will represent Ashe in the dis
trict contest.
The subject for the contest is,
''How the United States Constitu-
ton Benefits America and Its
Citizens. Each contestant is re-
quired to deliver two speeches,
one a prepared speech of not
less than 10 minutes and the 9TH
er an extemporaneous speech of
not less than four minutes.
The public is cordially invited
to be present.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-03-14
$1,000 In Bonds
To Be Issued By
West Jefferson
Decision Made by The Town
Board At A Meeting on
Friday Night.
FOR REMINDING

Plans to keep the town of West
Jefferson on a sound financial
rating were put into action at g
call meeting of the town board
on Friday night when the group
decided to issue $500 worth Of
bonds to refund valid outstand.
ing bonded Indebtedness repre-
sented by water and sewer bonds
now due.
By issuing bonds to cover this
Indebtedness, the towns good fl
nancial rating is maintained
which is important and would
make it possible for the town to
borrow needed funds, J. L. Sc
graves, mayor-protem pointed
out.
Details of the $500 indebted
ness are given in the legal notice
published elsewhere in the pa
per today.
The notice further states that
tax sufficient to pay the prin-
,cipal and interest of the bonds
shall be annually levied and col
lected and that the ordinance
shall take effect upon its passage,
and shall not be submitted to the
voters.
A statement of the towns debt
has been filed with the clerk and
is open to public inspection.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-03-14
FOur-Year Term
OF Register OF
Deeds Is Tested
Supreme Court to Render De-
cisiOn Soon. Expected to
Uphold The Act.

The term of office for a num-
Der of register of deeds, includ-
ing the one in Ashe county, was
extended from two to four years
by acts of legislature during the
past two or three sessions.
The validity of this act is now
being tested and within a short
time the state supreme court is
expected to- give it's ruling.
If it is held unconstitutional or
not valid, which is considered to
be rather unlikely, L. P. Coward
and a large number of ether reg
lister of deeds, will have to seek
reelection this year If not, they
will serve for the next two years
before their four-year term ex-
pires.
The test case was brought re-
Gently when the county board of
elections in Harnett county re-
fused to accept a filing from Geo.
A. Penny, for register of deeds
office.
1t is now pending before sup
rene court and the high tribu-
nal is expected to give its deci-
sion before April Is, which is the
deadline for county office seek
ers filing in the primary cleo
tons.
Ashe county was added to- the
original act during the last ses-
sion of legislature.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-03-14
Peace Between Russia And
Finland Declared Yesterday
Russia gets More Finnish Ter
ritory Than Demanded
Last Summer.

MOSCOW.-The brief but le-
thai war between Finland and
the Soviet Union was ended Wed
nesday with the signing of a
peace treaty which gave military
and territorial concessions to
Russia.
The peace pact was signed at
2:30 a. m. Moscow time. It pro-
vided that hostilities were to
cease at noon Wednesday and
that troops were to begin with
drawal from both sides of the
Refrigerated border at 10 a. m.
Thursday.
Press reports indicate that Ger
many was particularly pleased
over the peace while the Allies
were disappointed.
The treaty consisted Of nine
points and was followed by an
eight-point protocol covering de-
tails of the troop withdrawal.
The treaty, which must be ra-
titled by the Finnish Parliament
and Russia's Supreme Soviet,
provided for:
/. Cessation of military opera
tons.
2. New state frontiers giving
Russia all of the karelian 18TH
mus, including the city of Viipuri,
Viipuri Bay and its islands; ter
ritory. west and north of Lake La
doga, including the cities of Ka-
kisalmi, Sortavala and Suojarvi;
territory east of Merkjarvi, in
Guiding the town of Kuolajarvi;
and a number of Gulf of Finland
islands.
8. A pledge of nonaggression.
4. Russian lease on the Hanko
Peninsula for 30 years, with es-
Enlistment of a naval base there.
S. Withdrawal of Soviet troops
from the Petsamo area and re-
striction of Finnish war vessels
in the area, limiting them to coast
guard craft.
6. Free transit of Russian goods
and citizens through the Petsa-
mo area to and from Norway,
without control or duties; free
movement of Soviet nonmilitary
planes over the Petsamo region
to and from Norway.
Z. Establishment of a new rail-
road between Kandalasksha, Rus
STA, and Kemijarvi, Finland.
8. Renewed economic relations
envisaging a new trade treaty.
Continued on Page Five)
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-03-14
HUFFMAN TO BE TRIED
HERE NEXT MONDAY, AM

Glenn Huffman, of Wagner, is
now out under $4,000 bond and
will face charges in the Mayors
court here next Monday for pub
lie drunkenness and resisting an
officer.
Chief Charlie Mcmillan arres-
ted him in the Little Grill, and on
the way to Jail had a good deal
of trouble with him, he reported.
Officers had to use blackjacks to
bring him under control.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-03-14
Can Secure WPA
Privy Project Ii
People Want Ii
No Cost to County. WPA Will
Furnish Labor and Indi-
vidualS Materials.

II there are enough people in
Ashe county who desire to have
modern privies constructed at
their homes. churches and
schools, a project can be secures
whereby WPA will furnish the
labor and all that the individuals
will be required to do is to fur
nish Materials Sanitarian Web
ster stated again this week.
MIR. Bost, district supervisor OF
WPA privy sanitation, was in the
county few days ago and made
a survey.
His survey revealed that such
a proposed project could be
worked successfully if there are
a sufficient number of people
who are interested.
The county would act as spon-
soring agency, but there would
not be any cost to the county, as
the small amount of materials
would be provided by the lndl-
vidual homes and organizations
and labor furnished by WPA, Mr..
Webster explained.
There is great need for this
project here in the county and if
enough people will write me at
the health department, express
ing interest, I think we can work
out a project" he said. Work
would be done at the homes and
there is an abundance of WPA
labor available for the project.
MIR. Webster also announced
that work will start in the near
future on Boone's new sewerage
project.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-03-14
Rev. III. A. DObbin
To Preach Mar. IL

Rev. Hugh A. Dobbin, of Leger-
wood, Caldwell county, will be
in charge and preach at ST.
Marys church, Beaver Creek
Sunday, March II, at 400 a. m
He will visit Holy Trinity church,
Glendale Springs in the after
noon. Mr.. Dobbin was for many
years headmaster of Patterson
school for boys at Legerwood.
Mr.. Dobbin who is a native OF
Todd is well known in this Sec
ton where he has many rela-
tives.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-03-14

In discussing the proposed new
building w. G. Vannoy said that
present plans were to construct
a one-story brick building, 50x75
in size which will most likely
be used by the Vannoys for their
own business interest.
Local contractors said that a
number of residences would pro-
badly be built in the early sum-
mer as several were now working
out tentative plans.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-03-14
SMALL CHILD WAS BADLY
BURNED NEAR JEFFERSON

A small child of MIR. and Mrs
Worley FISHERMAN was badly
burned at the, home of the pa
rents, near Jefferson, on Monday,
when its clothing caught on fire
The child was reported playing
with a comb which famed imme-
diately when it was stuck in the
fire and set fire to the child's
clothing. The child was brought
here for treatment but was car
ried to the hospital later.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-03-14
LANSING 4H CLUB
WILL MEET TODAY

The All club recently organ
lied at Lansing will be held to-
day when MIR. H. D. Quessenber-
ry, Assistant Farm Agent will
meet with the group. There are
80 members of this new club of
which James Roe is president.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-03-14
SINGING CONVENTION
HERE MARCH PATH

The monthly singing conven-
ton of the Ashe Association will
be held here at the West Jeffer-
son Baptist church on Sunday at
ternoon, March "a.
A visiting choir from Mabel, N.
c., is expected to be present at
that time, Coleman Payne an
nounces.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-03-14
FUNERAL TOMORROW

Funeral service for Mrs. Mag
gle Williams, 81, of Oval who
died yesterday afternoon will be
held on Friday at Bethel with the
Rev. Elihu Green in charge of
the service.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-03-14
BELRvE-n-oR-NOT

The Skyland Post is the only
paper in North Carolina having
an audited circulation Of over
three times the total population
of the town in which it is pub
lished.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-03-14
/ AsHE COUNTY

IS the airlc 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.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-19
Workers to Receive Cheeks for Christmas Shopping

the holidays with his parents.
 Godin who enlisted through the Waterbury Navy Recruiting Station during March, 1940, is now attached
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-19

to the U. s. s. Ranger, one of the
 newly constructed airplane carriers
 of the U. s. Fleet, now temporarily | based at the navy yard, Portsmouth,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-19
State Headquarters Speeding Up Work To
 Aid 8,558 Employees
Acting Administrator Upman Issues Orders to Advance
 Payments as Speedily as Possible; For Christ r mas and New Years

$256,74O, are going to have early pay days not only next week, but also the week afterward. Some APO whose checks would normally arrive on the 18th or the 26th Are to be paid on the 23rd, while 4,138 checks due on January l or 2 will arrive December 30.
 In New Haven county therelI be early checks before Christmas for project workers in AflSonia, Bran ford, Han1den, Meriden, Oxford and Seymour, and there1l be early checks the following Monday for workers in Beacon Falls, Derby, East Haven, Naugatuck, Prospect, Southbury and West Haven, as well as Waterbury.
 With only a few exceptions, this advanced payment does not affect those employed on statewide proj- ects, but only those assigned to local projects.
 Nearly every day of the week is paq day somewhere in the state WPA organization, checks being sent out five days after the close of stag gered pay periods. Thus, to advance the pay periods ending from the 17th through the 18th and from the 24th through the 26th throws an extra burden on the finance division and the treasury disbursement personnel.
 And so, in order to make the holi- day season brighter one for the project workers, these administra- tive employees at the state headquar- ters in New Haven are putting in long overtime hours this week and next.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-19
Riddles To See New
 Autry Film Saturday
Our Gang Comedy on Benefit Program at POIi's; Food,
 Admission Tickets, to Be Given Needy Families

picture, the sponsors have secured technicolor film which should prove interesting and educational. It IS "The Flag Speaks" cinema depic- ting the whole history of the Amer ican flag. Then there will be Mickey Mouse's latest comedy in technicolor the latest Our Gang Comedy, and a Pete Smith Speciality.
 Every boy or girl of school age should want to see this grand show Saturday, for in addition to being a first class offering it'll be a benefit whereby needy Waterbury families will have a more bountiful Christ mas Day, for the food which the children will give as their price of admission will help make up baskets which the ElkS will distribute the day before Christmas.
 A small bottle of catsup will en- able youngster to see this two hour and a half show. Even can of peas, can of fruit, or loaf of bread will be appreciatively accepted as an ad- mission ticket. But every youngster must contribute some kind of eat- ables, whether in cans, bottles, bags to gain admission to the theater.
 The keen interest already mani fested in this program has made the sponsors feel certain that sev- eral thousand youngsters will be on hand next Saturday morning when the doors are thrown open. So if your son or daughter wants a good time have them come to Polls the morning of December 21 between 9:3O and 10 o'clock. Mickey Mouse will greet them all personally.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-19

Va. He is serving in the agIaf|c1 ordnance department of that VeGe sel as an expert both in tho 1oH sembling and use of machine guns