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Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-09-23

the law makers who have persistent
" and cons istcntly refused to hcea
his anti-salcS tax. Therefore, ne mao
nothing To lose anyway ana ni2hi
inst as well take Il chance on drtim-
ming up enough Republican strength
to scare" the dominant party INTO
some concessions.
This point Of view was expressed
bv Mr.. Leonard some time before MS
formal declaration Of support Ter
Willkie-as was reported exclusively
by this bureau.
The Statesvillc Daily, of Mr.. Leon
ards town. sees him as likely state
leader for the Willkiccrats: but it also
secs a distinct possibility that its
home boy may have jeopardlzed not
only his own political position and
influence but that he may have very
seriously and adversely affected the
strength of opposition to the safes
tax.
In an editorial the Daily says:
Paul Leonard is fighter who has
merited his laurelS. He can get the
public ear while others are running
around in circles trying to break
through the mists. He would be quite
a vocal leader for the North Caro-
lima Willkiecrats. and we nominate
him for the place. And in case Of a
win. we don't know Of anybody we'd
liefer see with a luscious plum than
he
But there is this danger: For a
long time. now, Paul has been the
one dynamic force in the North Car
DINA Fair Tax Association, first hay
ing to beat the bushes to make sure
of current expenses, and if Willkle
losses, the going may be harder, for
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-09-23
Opinion In Raleigh Is That
Paul Leonard's Goose Is
Cooked" By Willkie Stand
Continued from Page One)

Continued from Page One)
tax setup and its political activities
is completely Through"
Reasoning of these usually sage
individuals is direct and to the point.
It goes about like this:
BY boiting the party, Leonard has
forever made il impossible for any
Democratic legislature to pay the
slightest attention to him"
From there on the logic is ines
capable: Every legislature will be
Democratic, hence Nh. Leonard will
forever hereafter be entirely with
out legislative influence.'
Rebuttal on the part Of Mr.. Leon
ard is that he has never been able
to impress himself indelibly upon
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-09-23
Kidnapped Child Is
Returned Unframed
Continued From Page One!

pect several sensational revelations
to be made when the trial opens.
And he added Il don't want Muh-
lenbroich in my iail-therc are too
many trees close by
The FBI said Muhlenbroich. 10,
had confessed kidnapping three
vear-old Marc Friday. striking the
child'S nurse to the street. Icstcr-
day. his confused flight ended in
mountainous FL Dorado county aS
two alert hunters braved his rcvolN-
er to diSarm and truss him.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-09-23
Cotton Closes
5 To Higher

New York. Sept. 23.-lAP(-Cot-
ton futures opened unchanged to ,
higher.
Mid-morNing values were | to 3
down. October selling at 9.35, March
9.32 and May 3.l6.
The list held gains ranging from |
TO 3 points around mjd-day. Octo-
Der sold at o.. Dcccmnc" 81 and
May 9.l9.
Futures closed ) II : higher.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-09-23
Legionnaires Open
Annual Convention
Continued FROM Page One)

(COntlnUed FrUD' Page One]
of the entire world. Sc it is with
great satisfaction that view the Le
gions interest in the advocacy Of
strengthening our rational defense. "
J. Edgar Hoover. chief OF the Fed
Grad Bureau Of Investigation. asked
the Legion To work directly with the
FBI in combating the scheming ped
dlers of foreign iSmS."
Il look to the American Legion II
overcome any wave of hyStcria that
may sweep the country he added.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-09-23

lective service was to obtain an or
rerly. Just and democratic method
whereby the military manpoWcr OF
the United States may be made
available for training and service in
the land and naval forces of the
United States as provided by Con-
greSS."
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-09-23
Get Q1uckReIief when
HEADACHES Strike

BIC" is also effective for The relief Of
muscular aches; pains Of neuralgia:
functional periodic pains. and as a
sedative in simple nervousness. Use
according 10 directions on package and
always consult physician when pains
persist. l0c & Csc sizes.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-09-23

Nerve.racking headaches usually yield
promptly TO the quick.acting ingredients
in the "BC" formula. Try a "BC" the
next time headache is pounding
away. Note how quickly you are re-
lieved and begin 10 feel much better.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-09-23
Tremendous Fires
Started In London
tCoptinued From Eage Onel

CONTINUED From Fage Onel
new blows against German shipping
as Foreign Minister Joachim Won
Ribbentrop sped home to tell Adolf
Hitler of his Rome discussions Of axis
hopes for carving up the empire Of
conquered Britain.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-09-23
Draft Rules
Into Effect
CONTINUED FROM Page Cne)

working the draft machinery were
incorporated in Gl-page executive
order which the President signed as
soon as it arrived from Washington
this morning.
The rules even contained a dia-
gram. definitions of singular and
plural. told the type Of furniture to
be used in registration offices, and
types of telephone calls that would
be allowed.
The order said the purpose oi Sc
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-09-23

A real friend is one who offers
you sympathy in exchange for the
SOrdid details.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-02-29
Phipps Rites To
Be Held Today
Mrs. E. Phipps, Well Known
Ashe County Woman Died
In Wilkes Hospital.

Funeral service for Mrs. Eller
Phipps, well known Grassy Creek
woman, will be held at Pleasant
Valley today, with the Rev. w.
T. Wilmington in charge of the
service. Burial will follow in the
Phipps cemetery.
Mrs. Phipps was 80 years old
at the time of her death which
occurred IN the Wilkes hospital,
Tuesday, following serious ill
ness resulting from ruptured
appendix.
Mrs. Phipps who was a native
of Ashe county was one of the
most beloved and best known
women in the Grassy and Silas
Creek communities. Her husband,
Robert F. Phipps preceded her to
the grave some time ago.
She is survived by the follow
ing sons and daughters: Chas.
Phipps, Mrs. w. E. Denney, of
Grassy Creek; ]. R. Phipps, of
Silas Creek; Mrs. J. F. Segraves
of Wadesbury, Washington; Mrs.
J. E. Stike, of Matoka, w. Va.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-02-29
ALL Star Teams
To Be Selected
Again This Year
3 Girls and 3 Boys Teams to
be Picked by Coaches.
Sponsored By Post.


Through the cooperation OF
coaches, The Skyland Post will
sponsor again this year the selec-
ton of "all-star or all-Ashe coun-
ty basketball teams.
Three girls and three boys
teams will be picked, as we'll as
the ''best sports" and announce
ment of these selections will be
made in next weeks issue of this
paper.
If the coaches think there is
sufficient interest, The Post will
also sponsor games between
these "all-star" teams, as it has
done during the past two years.
Proceeds from this game, if
played, will be used to purchase
Individual silver basketball
charms for those making the first
teams and the two 'best sports"
Another trophy will also have
to be bought for the winner of
Continued on Page Eighty
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-02-29
Basketball Tournament
Opened At ASTC Yesterday
Much Interest. Semi-Finals
On Friday and Finals On
Saturday Night.

Boone became a basketball
metropolis, yesterday, at the
opening Of the annual Appalach-
ian high school association
tournament when the nine high
schools from Ashe county and the
seven from Watauga and Avery
entered their boys and girls
teams for what has started off
to be one of the fastest and most
exciting series ever played in the
college gymnasium.
The brackets for the tourna-
ments should leave the teams
with the best records for the
semifinal games on Friday, with
the two best in the finals on Sat-
urday.
In the girls brackets, Bethel,
the winners of the Watauga
Avery division in the champion
ship games should have nc
trouble to meet the winners OF
the next group which should be
either Healing Springs or Vir-
ginia- Carolina. In the next group
Cove Creek and Jefferson girls
should be the two teams to
reach the semi-final games on
Friday. Bethel, Healing Springs,
Cove Creek and jefferson, gener-
al conceded to be the teams most
likely to reach the semi-finals
will have to fight it out to deter
mine who goes to the finals on
Saturday. Jeffersons team ap-
pears to be about the best chance
of winning.
In the boys brackets River
view and Cranberry should have
no trouble in reaching the semi
finals. West jefferson and Cove
Creek should also reach the
semi-finals unless they are upset
by Virginia-Carolina. Just which
of these favorite four should
reach the finals is hard to predict
at this time, but RivervieW and
Cove Creek are as good as any
ones guess.
Saturday night, following the
championship game all trophies
will be awarded.
The girls championship trophy
for the season which will go JET
f2rson, is given by the Atlantic
Greyhound Company.
Continued on Page Eight
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-02-29
Allegheny Sheriff Gets A
Big Load Of Bonded Liquor
Truck and Nearly 200 Cases
Caught After Chase In
Sparta Tuesday Night.

A truck, loaded with nearly
200 cases of bonded liquor, val
ued at approximately $4,000, was
caught at about one o'clock Wed
nesday morning by D. T. Bryan,
Allegheny county sheriff, on
highway 81, near Cherry Lane.
Sheriff Bryan, it is stated Tues
day, received a tip from a party
at Wytheville, Va, stating that
truck load of whiskey, headed
for High Point, was expected to
leave a tourist camp near there
shortly after midnight and would
pass through Sparta.
Bryan waited near Twin Oaks
for the cargo and when a truck
came along, he set out in pursuit.
The chase got so ''hot" that evil
IDENTIFY the truck driver got
frightened, jumped out, ran and
the truck crashed into the side
of the road.
The liquor and truck, bearing
S. G. tags, were taken to Sparta,
where it will be sold.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-02-29
Spelling Bees Will Be Held
At Courthouse On March ~

The Ashe county school spell
ing bees, sponsored by the Amer
lean Legion and the Winston
Journal will be held in the
courthouse on Friday night,
March 20, Supt. J. B. Hash an
nounced this week.
This year, as the in past, two
spelling contests will be staged
one for the grades and one fol
the high schools.
The winner Of the grade con-
test will not only receive a med
al given by the Legion, but will
also represent Ashe county in
the national spelling bee to be
held at Winston-Salem. Should
he or she win there, enrolment
will be made in the final contest
in Washington, D. G.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-02-29
Prominent Ashe
Native Dies OF
Auto Injuries
Nj. c. Brooks, Speaker for Ma.
tiOnal Townsend Plan, Is
Killed In Ohio Wreck.
BORN AT WAGNER

M. c. Brooks, So, a native of
Ashe county and a prominent ma
tional Townsend pension plan or
ganizer, died of injuries sus-
taied in an automobile accident
near Mt. Vernon, Ohio, last Mon
day, a week ago, it was learned
here this week.
Mr.. Brooks, who was the son
of the late MIR. and Mrs. Nathan
iel Brooks, of Ore Knob, left the
county when he was Is years old
and went to West Virginia. Two
years later he moved to near
Virginia, ILL.,, where he had been
living since that time.
After retiring from active
farming, MIR. Brooks devoted his
full time to working for the
Townsend plan and was on a
speaking tour when the fatal ac-
cident occurred.
Two years ago he visited rela-
tives and friends here and made
several speeches in. this section.
The fatal accident happened
during a binding snow and sleet
storm that ragged in Ohio. The
car in which he was riding struck
a culvert and Brooks skull was
fractured.
He is survived by his wife, two
daughters, Mrs. Leon Dinwiddle,
of Virginia; Mrs. Maurice Car
yer, of Canton, Ill. and one fos-
ter daughter.
His three sisters who survive
are: Mrs. G. E. Little, of Ma
than's Creek; Mrs. F. w. Atwood,
Wagner, who lives at the home
place and Mrs. Ebert Grouse, of
Whitehead.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-02-29
Hart And Taylor
Bound Over For
Secret Assault
Large Crowd Attended Hear
ing Here Last Saturday. 3
Are Taxed With Cost

Paul Hart and James Taylor,
two young men of the Nathan's
Creek community, were bound
over to superior court last Sat
urday afternoon by Judge H. c.
Tucker on a charge of secret as
sault upon Prof. A. B. Hurt.
Jewel Taylor, charged with the
same offense, was also bound
over, but Judge Tucker, in going
over the evidence this week, de-
clared that there was not suffi-
cient evidence to warrant bind
ing him over.
On charges of disturbing pub
lie entertainment by shooting
fire crackers, Paul Hart, James
Taylor and Joe Hurt were taxed
with the cost Of court.
A large crowd attended the
hearing and before rendering his
decision, Judge Tucker declared
that Prof. Hurt was performing
his duties as a school principal
and that the courts must and do
protect public institutions against
laWlessneSS.
Hart and Taylor admitted they
assaulted Prof. Hurt after they
had asked him to take up war
rants against them and he had
told them she would have to
think it over.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-02-29

A meeting for sheep growers
will be held next week in every
township in Ashe county, H. D.
Quessenberry, assistant county
agent, announces.
The purpose of these meetings
is to select a township chairman
of the county association and to
discuss plans of increasing qua
lily and production.
The meetings are scheduled to
be held as follows:
Monday, March 4th
Chestnut Hill voting place, 10
a. M; Walter Burkett's in Old
Fields township, l p. m; Tran
sou church, Peak Creek township,
l p. M; Todd school, Elk town
ship, p. M, Obids school, 8 p. m.
Tuesday, March 5th.
Clifton post office, 10 a. M;
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-02-29
Isha1n Thompson,
Sole Confederate
Vet OF Ashe Dies
Was Buried Yesterday Morn.
ing At Pleasant Home
Cemetery.
DIED ON MONDAY

Funeral service was held yes
terday morning at the home and
at Pleasant Home Bap. church for
Isham Thompson, we'll known
Ashe citizen, and last surviving
Confederate veteran who died at
his home at Grassy Creek, early
Monday morning. Rev. Edgar
Denney and Rev. A. c. Ashley,
the deceased's pastor were IN
charge of the service, and burial
followed in the Pleasant Home
cemetery.
Mr.. Thompson, who was a ma
tive of Ashe county, was born on
March Is, 1847. He had been
comparatively active and in good
health up until the time of his
death which followed an attack
Continued on Page Eight
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-02-29

Supt. Hash stated that definite
plans for selecting the contest
ants for the countrywide bees
have been worked out.
In the grade contest, each dis
trict will be allowed to have four
representatives, but not over two
of them can come from the cent
raj high school and all of them
may be from one and two teach
er schools if they win out in the
district contest. The principals
will announce the time and place
for such elimination contests.
Each grade in the high schools is
entitled to have one representa-
tive, or in other words, four re-
representatives. from each of the
nine central schools.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-02-29
To Hold l9 Sheep Growers
Meetings In Ashe Next Week

White Oak School, Horse Greek
township, 10 a. M; Lansing
school, Piney Creek township, l
p. m; Stephens store North Fork
township, 3 p. m. Creston Meth
odist church, l p. m. Sturgin post
office, 8 p. m.
Thursday, March 9Th.
Courthouse, Jefferson town
ship, 10 a. M; J. E. divers, Lau-
rel, 10 a. M; Silas Creek post Of
flee at p. M; store at old Hem
lock post office site, Pond Noun
tain township. 2 p. m; Grassy
Creek school, 3 p. m.
Friday, March 9th.
Grayson school, 1920 a. m;
Idlewild post office, 10 a. m. and
community house, West Jeffer-
son, 2:30 p. m.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-02-29
Better Service
For REA Members
Circuit Breakers Being In
stalled in Ashe, Allegha-
ny, Caldwell Counties.

Members of the Caldwell Mu-
tual in Ashe, Allegheny and
Caldwell counties will enjoy un-
interrupted service after this
week end, as far as the average
thunder and wind storms which
have been affecting their usage
of electricity in the past, are con-
cerned.
G. F. Messick, supt. of the
Caldwell Mutual corporation, an
nounced this week that his or
ganization had recently pur-
chased nine oil circuit breakers
to install on the lines.
One set of three is to be in
stalled near Scottville in ALE
ghany, another in Ashe at the in
tersection of the Bone Trail and
the highway leading out of West
Jefferson. The other set is to be
installed in Caldwell county,
near Patterson.
These breakers will prevent the
interruption in service which Of
ten occurs during lightning and
wind storms. Mr.. Messick poin-
ted out that these circuit break
ers were to be installed the lat
ter part of this week and during
their installation there would be
some interruption of service, but
that this would be resumed again
just as quickly as the work was
completed.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-02-29
Ranger Campbell
Given Promotion;
New Ranger Here
RObt. Coombs To Patrol This
Area. Edwin Dale Moved
To Marion, N. c.
MORE BIDS OPENED

Plans are now being made to
open the 140-mile stretch of the
Blue Ridge Parkway from Roa-
noke to Deep Gap this spring, ac-
cording to information contained
in the February issue of the
Parkway News, which has just
been released.
Several sections of this link
WE'RE open last summer, but
Parkway officials are planning to
complete all unfinished sections
early this spring and have the
entire route open for traffic in
June.
Sam Weems, assistant superin-
tendent who is directly in charge
of operating the Parkway, has
announced a shift of headquar-
tiers for a number of Parkway
rangers.
Ranger Bernard T. Campbell,
who formerly was at Wilkesboro,
has been moved to the central Of
flee at Roanoke, from which
point he will have charge of the
Parkway between the Shenan-
doah National Park to Roanoke.
COOmbs New Ranger
Campbell is a forester by train
ing and has also been given the
post of Parkway fire chief, which
was one of the reasons for NOV
ing him into the central office.
His place on the section from
the North Carolina state line to
Deep Gap, will be taken by RAN
ger Robert H. Coombs, who is a
newcomer. His work will be sup
ervised by Ranger Edwin M,
Dale, who formerly had head
quarters at Hillsvi1le, Va, and
who has baen moves to Marion
N. C. From Marion, Dale will ne
responsible for the ranger work
on all sections of the Parkway in
North Carolina.
It was also announced in the
little paper that there have been
discouraging reports of damage
to the Parkway woodlands by ice
storms, the worst being in the
Continued on Page Eight
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-02-29
ASHE TEAMS LEAD
IN TOURNAMENT

Scores from the opening tour
nament games, played before
o'clock Wednesday night left
practically all of the AShe teams
in for the quarter finals.
The scores were as follows:
GIRLS
Todd, 18; Nathan's Creek, Is
Bethel, !; Lansing, IL
Blowing Rock, 4; Fleetwood, FL
Newland IL; Healing Sp'gs, 16
Virginia Carolina, 81; Bone, 20
BOYS
Riverview, Al; Newland, 16
Nathan's Or, 81; Jefferson, 10
West Jefferson 81; Bethel, %
CrossnOre, 9; VIC, 2
Lansing, %; Blowing Rock, 20
II. Springs rs; Cranberry, 81
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-02-29
To Build A New
Road In Virginia

Grassy Creek, Feb. 26.-People
of this community are pleased to
know that the Virginia Highway
Department is now preparing to
b,,ild a new road from Mouth of
Wilson to the North Carolina
line, near here, a distance of
three and one-half miles.
The low bid was placed by the
W. w. Tuck & Son, of Virginia,
Va. and called for $39,721.0O.
Construction is expected to COM
mence within the next 80 days.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-02-29
BALM GILIAD' BUDS
ARE STOLEN HERE

Breaking and entering and
stealing continues in West Jeffer-
son but last Friday night the
thieves became herb minded and
entered George McGuire's place
con main street and took around
1000 pounds Of balm giliad buds
Local wholesale houses have
been paying around 1917 cents
per pound for these buds this
spring At this rate McGuire's
loss would run around SIPS. Nc
arrests have been made yet but
officers are working on definite
information.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-02-29
Parkway From Here To Roanoke To Be Open This Spring
Pairings In Ashe
Debating Contest
Are Announced
Affirmative Teams to be ''Vis-
iting Teams. Principals
To Select Dates.

Pairings of schools for the preli-
minary round in the Ashe coun-
ty high school debating contest,
sponsored by the Rotary Club,
were announced this week by
Supt. ]. B. Hash, chairman of the
debating committee.
The first debates will be held
in the various participating
schools. The affirmative teams
will be the visiting teams" and
negative teams will remain at
home.
The judges for the first rounds
will be selected jointly by the
principals of the schools debat-
ing each other and they will also
select the exact date, which must
be between March Is and %.
The schedule is: jefferson VS.
Healing Springs; Riverview VS.
Elkland; Lansing VS. West Jeffer-
son and Nathan's Creek VS. Fleet
wood. Due to lack of building
facilities, VIC will not partici-
pate In the initial rounds.
The semi-finals will be held
between March Is and 80, the
exact time and places to be an
nounced later, Judges will be
chosen by the Rotary Club.
The finals will be held at the
courthouse between April and
6 and the winning team will re-
ceive large loving cup and the
four finalists will get medals.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-02-29
MRS. CLYDE b. RINGELSEN
DIES AT McCUTCHENVILLE

Her many friends and rela-
tives in Ashe county were sad
dened to hear of the death OF
Mrs. Fred Ringelsen of McCrut-
chenville, Ohio, who was before
her marriage Miss Clyde Bare, OF
Ashe.
She is survived by her husband
and two children as well as sew
eral brothers and sisters. Mrs.
Eugene Craven of Wagner is
a sister.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-02-29
TO RETURN WEDNESDAY

Joe Sink, deputy commissioner
of the state department of inter
nal revenue, will return to Ashe
next Wednesday, March 6, to as
sist local income tax payers in
filing their returns. He will be
in the clerk Of courts office.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-02-29

Ably coached by Bruce GRAPHICAL the Riverview high
school boys basketball team winners of the Ashe county
title annexed the Appalachian last Friday night by
are: Coach GRAPHICAL Doyle Hartsoe Bill GRAPHICAL Frank
Roland Joseph Dougherty, Captain Fred Stuart Wayne
Hartsoe Wade Eller, Jr, Kenneth Roland, Bruce Eer.
Wayne Richardson another member of the squad
present when the picture made photo by Staff Pho
tographer, Miller hgram.)
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-02-29

Mrs. Clyde Goodman, of Ca
tawba, formerly of West Jeffer-
Goodman who once operated a
son was here yesterday.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-02-29

Mr.. Felix Barr, we'll known
West Jefferson citizen who has
been confined to his home here
for some time due to his health
and weather conditions, was
down town yesterday.