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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-02-13
IL Ashe y oluteers
To Be Honored;
To Leave Thurs.
American Legion will Give
Dinner and Program Hon
Oring Future Soldiers.
MORE VOLUNTEERS

Tuesday night, the IL volun-
teers from Ashe county who will
leave the following Thursday for
camp, to begin military training,
will be honored by the Ashe
county post Of the American Lee
gion, with a dinner and a special
program, at the community build
ing.
J. w. Luke. member of the
draft board and Legion chairman
Of the event, said that the pro-
gram would be informal and
would probably include short
talks, music and possibly pic
ture show. The members Of the
Auxiliary will be in charge of
the dinner which will be served
picnic style. y
Serving on the committee for
the entertainment Of these young
men are J. w. Luke, J. B. Hash
and Ed D. Barr. Members of this
committee pointed out that they
were glad of the opportunity of
honoring these soldiers Of the
future"
The II who will leave on
Thursday and who are to be hon.
ored on Tuesday are:
Newland r. Goodman, West JEFF
ferson; Robert N. Barlow, Trade.
Tenn; Everett Lee Shepherd,
Laurel Springs; Conley Allen,
West Jefferson; Clayborne Blew
ms, Bina; Elmer Lee Barker, JEFF
ferson; John w. Keys, West JEFF
ferson; Dennis Parker, Trade,
Tenn; Mack Shunate, Hemlock;
Ira Abner billiard, West Jeffer-
son; Robt. Edwin Cheek, Idlewild;
Clarence Wyrick. Jefferson.
It was announced this week
that six more Ashe county boys
have volunteered for one years
service. Four OF them are under
81 years of age. In all, there have
been 49 volunteers in the county
since the Beginning of the seIecz
tive service program. Volunteers
during the past week are: Delmer
Lester Powell, Tuckerda1e; Wal
ter Ralph Wyatt, West Jefferson;
Ralph Edison FISHERMAN, Jeffer-
son; Lawson Shumate, Hemlock;
Ethern Shumate, Hemlock and
Gale Marvin Davis, Apple Grove.
Sam Davis, draft board clerk,
pointed out that the quota for the
County at this time was 10 and
that two additional young men
were being sent to replace two
Continued on Page Four)
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-02-13
ROtarians Are
TOHOnOr Youth

Youth will have its hour at the
Rotary club this evening when
fathers will bring their sons or
daughters and most of those who
do not have sons or daughters
will bring other youths.
The chief speaker for the occa-
sion will be Mr.. Walter Worth,
cashier of the Northwestern
bank at Jefferson. Mr.. Worth who
is not only an able speaker, knows
boys and girls and will bring to
the club a fine message. Around
so are expected to be present.
H. D. Quessenberry who was in
charge of the program last week
presented a humorous program
including a reading by Miss Nena
Bell Barr.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-02-13
Building Activities
Increase; Homes Are
Under Construction
Business Firms Complete New
Buildings; Work Has
Started On Others. ..
SOME REMODELLING

Building activity in West JEFF
ferson and Ashe county is now
showing a big increase with a
number of business buildings and
residents now under construction.
This week work was started on
a. $4,000 service station, located
on the edge Of the business Sec
ton of West Jefferson, in the for
mer GRAPHICAL estate, by Cal Seq
raves, of Lansing.
Mr.. Segraves said that the new
service station which would ~
of jersey brick construction
would be modern in ever respect.
: He explained that he was build
ing this for Mace Dollar who
would operate a Standard service
station here. The building is ex-
pected to be finished within the
next so days.
There are other building activ-
tiles in this section, of town. Re-
sidences were started this week
by Rex Morton, Field Sheets and
Charlie Davis.
Grading work on the business
lot next to Vannoy's new build
ing, has been going on this week
and the dirt is being used on the
street project. It was pointed out
that there was a possibility that a
building would be erected on this
lot in the near future.
Work is rapidly being COM
p1eted on the Ashe County Mem
orial hopsital, located between the
Jeffersons.
Cal Segraves has recently COM
pleted a large modern new home
for the Segraves Motor company,
at Lansing.
One of the most recent addi=
tons to the business section of
West Jefferson is the large new
Vannoy furniture and produce
building.
The Duncan Motor company are
remodelling and enlarging sec
tons Of their building.
Mrs. Boyd Richardson is max
ing a number Of improvements on
her home, in West Jefferson.
The remodelling work. on the
residence of MIR. and Mrs. Carl
.Graybeal's residence is now prac-
tically completed.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-02-13

For the sixthaconsecutive night
Adolf Hitler's channel invasion
ports were being ripped by tre-
mendous explosions that rocked
houses on the English shore.
The new about assaults on Hit
1er's rnassed invasion strength
along the French, Dutch and Bel
gian coasts, bringing into action
the guns of Britain's home feet
and swarns of bombing planes,
were said to be nearly as savage
as those of last September when
the British claim to have "Shat-
tered" German preparation for an
Invasion.
British forces led by Sudanese
native troops Wednesday were re-
ported to be rapidly encircling
the Eritrean railroad town of
Keren after storming and Selling
in hand-to-hand combat a 5000
Continued on Page Four)
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-02-13
Many Sheep Are
Killed By Dogs
Is Killed and Injured on The
Farm of Winston Atwood,
Near Ore Knob.

Stray dogs played havoc on the
farm of Winston Atwood, well
known farmer of Ore Knob, Mon
day night, by killing 6 sheep and
badly injuring nine more. Mr.. At
woods loss was estimated at more
than 500, none of which was COW
cred by insurance.
A number of citizens in the
community expressed indignation
over the loss and pointed out that
strong measures should be taken
to protect sheep from stray dogs.
Recent surveys show that there
has been big reduction in sheep
grazing in Ashe county in late
years, chiefly because of the dog
situation. Last year a group OF
Ashe farmers organized a sheep
growers protective association.
Mr.. Atwood, however, is not a
member of this group.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-02-13

Plans to sell Northwestern and
Western North Carolina to the
war department as ideal sites for
the erection of proposed defense
Industries were made this week
in Hendersonville when sixty
seven representatives Of IA cities
and towns in this area met there
Monday to form a Western North
Carolina Industrial committee for
the purpose Of co-ordinating the
efforts of this section in obtain
ing industries.
Secretary Fred NJ. Allen, Jr.,
of the Hendersonville chamber of
commerce was named temporary
chairman Of the group and a
steering committee was named to
perfect the organization on a
county, congressional district and
sectional basis.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-02-13
Announce Dates
Of Meetings For
County Farmers
Soil Conservation Program to
Be Explained. March 81
Deadline for Signing.
LETTERS ARE SENT

Yesterday 1000 letters were
mailed to Ashe county farmers
from the farm agents office ex-
planning the advantage of the
Soil Conservation Program and
the dates of the meetings to be
held throughout the county in or
der to explain the details of the
program
At these meetings, committee
men and others in charge will
take orders for lime, phosphate,
as well as applications for mat
tresses. C.. j. Rich pointed out
that a number of farmers have al
ready signified their intentions of
complying with the Soil Conser-
walton Program for 1871 and have
signed up and others would have
an opportunity to do SO at these
meetings or later on. The dead
line for signing has been set for
March 81. u ''S@
II believe that every wide
awake farmer who understands
the program will want to coope-
rate with it, and that is why we
are anxious for everyone to at
tend these meetings, Mr.. Rich
said. The schedule is as follows:
Monday, February 17-1o:OO A.
NJ, Bethany church at Baldwin,;
200 P. NJ, Elkland high school.
Tuesday, February $4,000 A.
NJ, Obids Presbyterian church;
200 P. NJ, 1dlewild school.
Wednesday, February $4,000
A. NJ, church at w. M. Transou's;
200 P. NJ, Glendale Springs
school.
Thursday, February 20 1000
A. NJ, Nathan's Creek high
school; 200 P. NJ, Chestnut Hill
voting place.
Friday, February 21-1O:O0 A.
M, Healing Springs high school;
200 P. NJ, Virginia Carolina high
school,
q Monday, February Il 1000
A. M, lansing high Scnoof; eco
p. NJ, White Oak school.
Tuesday, February Is = 1000
A. NJ, Tuckerdale Baptist church;
100 P. NJ, Helton school; 800 P.
NJ, Little Helton school.
Wednesday, February 26-10:00
A. NJ, Warrensville school; 200
P. NJ, Riverview school.
Thursday, February q - 1000
A. NJ, Church at J. E. divers;
100 P. NJ. Green Valley school;
800 P. M, Sutherland school.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-02-13
Men
To Be Registered
By Legion, Feb. Fl
Registrations Are to be Held
at the Nine Central High
Schools and HeltOn.

Following the national plan the
Ashe county post of the Ameri-
can Legion has designated Feb. 81
as voluntary registration day for
all ex-service men of the county.
Members of the American Leg
ion will be at each of the nine
central high schools and at Hell
ton and will assist all ex-service
men in filling national defense
QUESTIONABLE.
It was pointed out that the
emergency duty which may be
requested as an outgrowth of
questionnaires will be purely vol
suntary in character and without
remuneration unless otherwise
provided for by agencies of gov
eminent responsible for request
ing such service or undertaking.
The QUESTIONABLE when filled
out will include the past record
of service, a long list of vacations
for which the registrant is quail
fled to serve. and as to whether
sor not he will be available for
state troops replacing national
guards, and other information.
Members Of the Legion pointed
out that there were probably
300 ex-service men in the coun-
ty and urged that they register
in order. that the post might have
the needed information about
them, SO that they might be con-
tacted in case of an emergency.
1t was stated that since Feb.
1922 has been designated as Ma
tional Defense Week that this
was considered an ideal time for
such a registration.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-02-13
Crumpler Woman
Injured Sunday
Accident Occurred Near Shat
ley Springs. Car Badly
Damaged

Mrs. Henry Whittier, Of Crum-
pier, was painfully injured Sum
day afternoon when the car in
which she was riding, left the
Crumpler road at the Shatley
Springs intersection, and crashed
with terrific force against a tree.
The car, being driven by
Alonzo Davis and owned by Earl
Eldreth, was completely de-
molished and the force of the inn
pact drove the tree through the
entire front end Of the car.
Mrs. Whittier was carried to the
Wilkes hospital and her condition
is said to be improving. Her
husband, Henry Whittier, who was
with her, received cuts and
bruises as did Davis. The sickness
of the highway was evidently the
cause of the accident.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-02-13
Balkan Explosion Expected. :.
. British Hit Invasion Ports

The Balkans became the center
Of attention yesterday in the Eu-
ropeafl war when it was reported
that 1000 German Air planes had
passed over Rumania and landed
in Bulgaria. England has given
notice that supply sources as well
as communication in Bulgaria
would be bombed in the event of
occupation by the nazi troops.
Further action is expected there
this week. Rumania hurriedly
strengthened her defense against
any surprise British bombings.
In the meantime, yesterday the
British air force in its biggest sus-
tanned offensive since September,
heaped destruction on the Nazi
invasion front" after combined
naval and air bombardments had
set ablaze the Belgian port Of o.
tend and Germany's industrial
city of Hanover.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-02-13
A she Hospital
Receives First
Furniture, Wed.
DIR. u. G. Jones Furnishes Two
Rooms and Gives 9th
er Equipment.
MORE NEEDED

The first rooms of the Ashe
County Memorial Hospital were
furnished yesterday by DR.. U. G.
Jones, of Johnson City, Tenn,
who sent beautiful stone maple
bedroom furniture.
- DR.. Jones, who is a prominent
eye, ear, nose and throat special
list and, owns and operates his own
hospital in Johnson City, is ma
tive of Ashe county, and has been
interested in the hospital here
since it was started. In addition
to sending furniture for two
rooms he wrote Rev. R. H. Stone
that he would furnish some 9TH
er equipment.
Members of the board of direc-
tors Of the hospital pointed out
that several people had pledged
themselves to furnish memorial
rooms and explained that the hos
pital was now ready to receive
furniture for these rooms.
Rev. r. H. Stone said that plans
were being considered for several
memorial rooms for pioneer doc
tors of this county.
r. R. Badger said that the water
system for the hospital was prac-
tically completed and could be
brought into service within the
near future.
The drive ITO open the hospi-
taP' of which Rev. Stone is chair
man, is now in progress and ev-
eryone who can do so is asked
to make a contribution in order
that the hospital may soon be
opened.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-02-13
Work Started This
Week On $1,000
Bridge At Glendale
To Replace Temporary Struc-
ture In Use Since Flood
Last August.
BADLY NEEDED

Preliminary work was started
this week on the construction of
a $4,000 bridge across New Riv-
er, on highway 16. between Glen
dale Springs and Jefferson.
The new structure which is be-
ing built by WPA and the high
way commission will replace the
temporary 8-ton limit span hasti-
ly constructed after the flood
which swept away the old bridge,
last August.
The new bridge will have a
read width of 20 feet a length
of approximately $50 feet and
will have improved approaches
that will eliminate some Of the
hazards of the cui ,es,, particular
ly on this side of the river.
Highway officials ( pointed out
that they hope to complete the
bridge within the next six months
and possibly sooner if the wea-
Their is favorable.
The bridge construction will be
a WPA project sponsored by the
state highway commission. Total
cost is estimated at $55, $3.50, of
which $4,000 will be federal
funds and $21,765 state highway
Five concrete spans of so feet
each will constitute the bridge.
over which highway 16 from
Continued on Page Four)
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-02-13
Pension Bill Is
Adopted Tues.
By Legislature
Sales Tax, New Education ana
Highways Set-Ups Are ]
Suggested. /.
BROUGHTON WINS
Nv staff Correspondent

By stan OUEIcSPVAAs.s
Raleigh, Feb. IL. Education.
sales tax, and finances, all OF
which are closely allied, have oc-
cupied the spotlight in the gene
raj assembly during the past few
days.
i A -bill.providing retirement pen
sions for school teachers and all
other state employees was enacted
Tuesday after sailing through
both houses of the general assem-
bly, without opposition.
The final third reading vote on
the measure was AZ to 0 IN the
senate in the afternoon.
Moves to reorganize the state
government, meanwhile, took a
new turn when Senators Stacy OF
Robson and Brooks of Durham
sent forward a measure to pro-
vide a constitutional amendment
which, if adopted in the next gen.
eral election, would vest control
of the public school system IN a
single agency.
The senate passed on second
reading a bill to appropriate
$500, 900 for an agricultural build
ing at N. C. State college, ana ap-
proved a house measure to per-
NIT investment of state sinking
funds in securities guaranteed by
the federal government.
Meanwhile, the joint legislative
roads committee discussed the ad-
ministration backed bill to create
a new department of motor We
hicles by consolidation Of a num-
Der of state agencies. Charles
Ross, general counsel for the
highway commission, said ne
drafted the measure at the re-
quest of Governor Broughton and
that it followed lines suggested
by the National Safety Council.
The new department would be
made up of the motor vehicle bu-
reau, highway patrol, highway
safety division. auto theft bureau
and drivers license officials, all
now in the revenue department.
Governor Broughton literally
staged a comeback this week in
regard to his proposed sales tax
removal which the joint finance
committee scuttled last week; for
on Monday the committee adop-
ted a report which exempts all
foods and food products sold by
retail merchants for human con-
sumption from the sales tax.
The long-awaited highway COM
mission bill, which would reduce
the terms of the chairman and the
10 members of the commission to
four years, is expected to be in
troduced in the general assembly
this week, Governor Broughton
said.
Purpose of the measure is to
scrap the present system of SIX
year, staggered terms of the COM
mission, and to make the terms
coincident with that of the gov
ernor. Thus, Governor Broughton
and each succeeding governor
would have the. privilege of APP
pointing their own chairmen and
commissioners. es.sie sss
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-02-13
PNEUMONIA VICTIM

Henry Brady Miller, seven
months old son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Joe Miller, of Glendale Springs,
died yesterday of pneumonia and
will be buried tomorrow morn
ing at 1900 o'clock at the Miller
cemetery. Rev. Harrison Miller
will conduct the service. The de-
ceased is survived by his mother
and father, nine brothers and sis
tiers. g
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-02-13
JAS. KRIDER RECUPERATTNG

James Krider, Of Todd,
came home from an Atlanta, Ca,
hospital Saturday night. He is
improving slowly. His right leg
had to be amputated following
an accident.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-02-13
ASHE SCOUTS GO
TO WINSTON SAT.

]. w. Luke, Boy Scout director
of Ashe county, accompanied a
group Of Is Scouts to Winston
Salem on Saturday for the parade
celebrating National Scout Week.
While there the group enjoyed
swimming and number of 9th
er recreational activities.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-02-13

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, 1941-02-13
ASHE COUNTY

is; the air-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.
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Evening star., 1941-08-08
Bond Averages

NEW YORK, Aug. 6.-Second-
grade railroad liens accounted for
most of the volume in todays BOND
market. the more active issues push
ing slightly higher.
A scattering of the rail securities
sold down by shades.
Gains among the best performers
ran from major fractions to more
than a point toward noon.
United States Governments, which
declined small amounts yesterday,
slipped again today, selling over the
counter at prices as much at 3-32
point below the previous close. Sales
in the stock exchange matched the
dealer quotations.
The rails improvement, based
largely on earnings prospects, saw
advances posted for Pere Marquette
IS, Missouri-Pacific "F" IS of TT.
Santa Fe As of '95, Allegheny IS and
Canadian National IS. Other gamers
included International Telephone IS,
Utah Power SIS and Texas Corp. IS.
New South Wales IS attracted at
tention in the foreign list by jump
ing more than 4 points, but most
other foreign issues slipped slightly.
Allegheny stamped IS were ex-
tremely active and higher in the
final hour. closing with net gain
of / point at 62A Denver, Rio
Grande g. Western IS came up for
a gain of 4 and Erie first As added
Us at 9112.
Evening star., 1941-08-08
Airline Traffic
Continues Heavy
On Capital Lines

Airline traffic in and out of Wash
ington continues extremely heavy,
largely on account of the defense
program, it was announced today by
three important lines. Several for
mer records were smashed.
Herbert D. Food, district sales
manager for American Airlines in
Washington, said today that July
local passenger revenues we're up 81
per cent over July, 1910. American
carried 113,624 revenue passengers
on all lines in July, an alltime
record for one month.
The Washington Office of United
Airlines announced today that reve-
nues in the Capital for July ex-
ceeded> the income for July, 1910. by
just short of 100 per cent. United
reported July as the busiest month
in the company's Is years history.
Pennsylvania Central reported
that passengers carried out of Wash
ington during July numbered 6,434,
as compared with 1899 in July a
year ago, an increase of 81 per cent.
For the fourth consecutive month
the company established new pas
senger traffic records when the
planes carried 36,926 passengers, to-
days report stated.
Evening star., 1941-08-08
Commodity Prices

NEW YORK. Aug. s. The Associated I
Press weighted wholesale price III lnesx &c OF 90
ss today sssnsa aes2 * sss
month hitiaso ago, s'ii ss'iis; year year ago So "a
1871 1910: 1899, 19333.;3s.
E5sh Eaa - gg9ssss 5ssS 55s:ss 555.as 553s 9fa4 9fa4
Misceilaneous Markets. :,
COFFEE-Spot steady. Santos no; =,
RH 0cSSed NS santos s Gss Da IS
0s Santos a. as4Sts0 No. d. futures closed II to
n'ias5 is6sn: S'iSs bsesnSsf' ss' Rss March,
No A asntmSss II stb hshss siss
saes Gocfsnses fss1 tons sepfember, sDfen 2sln De-
cember; 20; ,,InH Marsh, 7s2n 2.o- ,,ossa .,
lower SEpDE u 30 shsT saes '1sss
8 contracts, 90 December 22.3ob; smoked
WOOL-Futures were easier today under
pressure of Boston hedging and near-montn
Wool tops finished uneven on hedging
and liquidation, which encountered trade
in 6e xsk e ct ovr
part-wool underwear units.
Grease wool futures closed 0,1 of cent
lower. October. GAL; December 93.0b;
IVA" certincated grease wool spot, s4.ob;
Wool top futures closed IL cent lower
to l o higher; October. 1912 December,
122 March; I'll llssS ac, May May 1892 Oh
RAW HIDE-Futures closed UNCHANGED
to 2 higher. Sales, 100000 pounds. Sep
SPOT No. western light native
No sales in lead and straits tin futures.
Bid. Nominal.