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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-05-30
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consolidated Features-WNU Service.)
NEW YORK.-George AIDE is the
~ first and the last of the modern
fabulists. He might still do some
thing, factual but still fabulous, like
Iron Hat Instead most mos. t asa,,s
OF Mortar Board Theresa
CroWns Beauty nonne ,, nc
a time" was in 1921 when the pretty
American girl from Syracuse
turned in her thesis for her doctorate
Of letters, at the Sorbonne in Paris.
Her subject was "The Moral Ideas
in the Theater of Alexander Dumas
the Younger" The cheers were re-
sounding and international.
Miss Bonney previously had
romped through the University of
California and had taken her mas
ter's degree at Harvard. European
bureaus of American newspapers
rushed girl reporters to Paris to
exton her beauty and her intelli-
gence. She did not disappoint them.
ALI the garlands OF the Groves of
Academic were hers, to say nothing
of her flair for clothes. The least
the girls could figure for her was
the presidency of an American col
lege.
Today is today, and in the
years in between Adolf Hitler
has brought about drastic revi-
sion of "moraI ideas" in France
and elsewhere. And in these
years, Miss Bonney has had a
ringside seat at the apocalypse.
Just now the Vichy government
awards her the Croix de Guerre
for bravery and devotion" in
evacuating refugees during the
German invasion of last year.
She needed no Identification here,
as she had already gained fame, not
as an intellectual but as a photog-
rapher whose closeups of chaos are
official records in the Library of
Congress and in the French ar
chives. Last December, she re-
ceived grant from the Carnegie
foundation to return to France and
continue her pictorial record of the
war.
The hair-pin turn in her career
came just at the time women
were discarding hair-pins. In
Paris, she sold a story to an
American newspaper. They
cabled for a picture. She had
trouble in getting it and decided
to put an end to such difficulties.
With her sister Louise and her
mother, in America, as partners
she organized "Bonney & Co.,"
operating the international
Picture bureau" Lacking an
important picture, she bought
camera and started shooting.
Her pictures were even a bigger
success than her thesis. Baron
Mannerheim let her get into the
thick of the fighting in Finland
and awarded her the White
Rose of Finland.
Witty, dark-haired and vivacious,
she made friends and frequently
was click or two ahead of her
rivals in some new and unheralded
belch out of hell. She brought back
to the Library of Congress 200 pic
lures of the blitzkrieg.
r OUIS B. Mayer, motion pic
IL ture executive, the highest paid
American with his salary of $697 ,047
in 1910, came a longer way up than
.B.Mayer Came o o1ners OF !ne
Up All the Way from the
E..c.p.... bottom OF
' A 'O the sea in
fact. At the age of IA, he wore
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-05-30

EDITORS N9TE-whsn pns in these columns they
49, aeleased by Unonl
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-05-30
L. B. Mayer Came
Up All the Way
From Sea Bottom

fact. At the age of IA, he wore
a diving suit, salvaging iron from
sunken ships at New Brunswick.
His family had brought him at the
age of three from Minsk, Russia,
where, like George M. Conan, he
had been born on the Fourth of
July-in 1885.
He sold his iron in Boston,
saved $500 and bought a tumble
down theater at Haverhill,
Mass, in the early days of the
custard pie dynasty Of the
movies. In 1914, he got the New
England rights for "The Birth
of a Nation" That routed him
to Hollywood, the presidency of
Metro-G oldwyn-Mayer and
long, fast run-ar0und ON the
grand circuit of movie high
finance.
He registers vitality in every
move and gesture-never taking
anything calmly or in his stride. He
mixes sentiment and business, stick
ing to lowly paid employee like
an heirloom, but firing an assistant
mogul at the drop of hat.
y OBERT FREEMAN, Fires min
N lister to Washington, who is
negotiating for food and arms from
the United States, used to be writer
for American pulp magazines. He
has been incarcerated in British
jails in Dublin, Cork, Dartmoor and
Gloucester. He was one of six men
who were sentenced to execution,
in the war against the Black and
Tans, but as the others were being
led out to be shot, he was, for some
mysterious reason, given his iber-
ty. In 1920, De Valera made him
undersecretary Of the foreign Office.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-05-30

consolidated Features-WNU Service.)
NEW YORK.-George AIDE is the
' first and the last of the modern
fabulists. He might still do some
thing, factual but still fabulous, like
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-07-10
Former Governor Morrison
Heard By Many On July 18th

said, and was loudly cheered by
the audience.
"The u. S. government is un-
like any other government in the
world" he declared, and ex-
planned the many advantages OF
Americas democracy.
He was introduced to the au-
dience by Representative w. B.
Austin as one of North Cardinals
most outstanding and distin-
guished citizens.
Mr.. Morrison's address was the
climax of an all-day celebration
at Riverview high school spon-
sored by the Laurel Grange in the
interest of vocational education.
The Appalachian State Teach
er's College band furnished mu-
sic for the occasion.
Following outdoor events in the
morning, a luncheon was held in
honor Of Mr.. Morrison which was
Continued on Page Eight)
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-07-10
Nearly 100 Cut
Off WPA In Ashe
Sanitary Privy Project Sus-
pended. More Reductions
Expected Soon.

In line with the reduction of
WPA rolls throughout the ma
ton SO workers hsYe been cut
off in Ashe county during the
past week and one project SUI
spended, it was announced yes
terday.
It is estimated that there are
still around 400 men at work on
various WPA projects in Ashe
and that further reductions will
probably take place this month.
The county privy project was
suspended Tuesday due to the
layoff. Charles st Clair has been
supervisor of this project and
approximately IL men have been
employed on it. For the past sew
eral months these men have con-
structed on an average of 40 SAM
tary privies per month and ap-
plications for 80 more are now
pending.
Work on the road and bridge
projects in the county is said to
be moving along rapidly.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-07-10
Russian Forces Claim Success;
Roosevelt Extends Defense

bitterest fighting yet to erupt was
in progress, and stressed that the
Russians were offering a tricky
as well as a savage defense. One
of the few positive and specific
achievements of German arms to
be claimed was the substantial
destruction by Nazi bombers of
Zhitomir, a city 80 miles south
west of Kiev, the Ukraine capital.
AS to the western front, it was
again a story of the British aer-
ial offensive. British bombers by
the hundreds flew over northern
France, specifically reporting hits
on a synthetic oil plant in the vi
cinity of Lille. Another and much
more important target bomber
was the German naval base at
Observation-Disclosures late in
the daylight hours of Tuesday.
Continued on Page Four)
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-07-10
Miller Files A
NOnsuit In Case
Against Editor
Drops Charges Against Editor
Publisher of The Post.
Suing for $4,000.
WAS ON CALENDAR

Henry M. Miller, former Ashe
county sheriff, has filed a volun-
tary nonsuit with the clerk of
court in connection with his $685.
600 libel suit against Ed M. An
derson, editor-publisher of The
Skyland Post, it was learned yes
terday.
The suit, which had been pend
ing for nearly two and a half
years, was slated for trial during
the July-August civil term of the
Ashe superior court. In filing the
voluntary nonsuit, Sheriff Miller
agreed to pay costs involved in
the case.
Charges made against Editor
Anderson were the outgrowth of
a news story published in The
Post in the issue of January q,
1888, concerning Mr.. Miller's re-
quest that all uncollected taxes
for the year 1886 be turned back
to him and about the county
board of commissioners refusal
to comply with this request.
The notice served by Sheriff
Miller on the commissioners and
their reply were both printed in
the article. In the reply, the
commissioners charged the form
er sheriff with an indebtedness
to the county of approximately
$4,000. The Skyland Post made
no charges against him and did
not express an opinion or COM
ment on the charges made by the
commissioners.
A referees hearing of the
coQnty's four suits against Sheriff
Miller was held before Judge c..
H. Hastings, of Winston-Salem, in
July, 1889, who ruled that the
defendant owed the county ap-
proximately $4,000. The cases
were appealed to the Ashe super
Tor court and compromise judg-
Continued on Page Four
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-07-10
Baldwin Methodist Church
Will Be Dedicated On Sunday
Bishop Purcell Will Preach
Modern Building Is
Completed.

Sunday afternoon at $3.50 o.
clock, Bishop Glare Purcell,
of Charlotte, will deliver the de-
dicatory sermon at the newly
completed Baldwin Methodist
church on the Helton circuit when
a large number are expected to
attend.
This church has been active for
more than a half a century and
the completion of the attractive
new building marks a big for
ward step in its history and SER
vice to the community. The
church which is now served by
Rev. 3. J. Startling has shown
continuous growth since its be-
ginning.
Early History
On the farm of Rev. D. P. Hur-
ley, a resident of Old Field
Creek at that time, the first
Baldwin Methodist church was
built about 1890. Mr.. Hurley do
mated the first site fol .she church.
The exact number of charter
is not known but the
leaders in the construc-
ton Of the church were J. N.
Baldwin, w. r. Jones, Mrs. Lu-
denie Phipps and David Dickson.
For many years services were
held in this structure. A few
years ago a small group of mem
bers in the community saw the
need of new building. After the
old church was torn down wor-
ship was held in the Silas Creek
school house until plans for the
new building were completed.
Aided by Duke
Under the leadership of Rev.
C. c. Graham, a former pastor,
the present site was donated by
c. F. Dickson and application was
made to the Methodist Confer
ence and to the Duke Founda-
ton for aid. For some reason the
original plans could not be car
ried out. However, after Rev
Graham left this charge the work
was carried on by Rev. c. f.
Murray and Rev. J. 0. Cox
Through all these years the mem
bers have been working earnest
ly toward this goal.
Not until May 1910 were the
necessary funds to start work
gotten. Through the untiring eff
forts and perseverance of the
present pastor, Rev. James Star
ling, with the hearty cooperation
of the members, and with the
help of the Duke Foundation the
dream of many years has at last
come true. Today an attractive
Continued on Page Four)
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-07-10
% Ashe Boys = !.
Enroll In CCC
Service Tuesday
Another Enrolment Set For
july Is. Boys To Go to
Buffalo Cove Camp.

Of the IS boys enrolled at Lau-
rel Springs this week for service
in the Buffalo Cove CCC camp
near Blowing Rock, % of them
were from Ashe county, 20
whites and colored.
Another enrolment will be
held on July Is and all boys be-
tween the ages of II and 211s
who have not been in CCC serv-
ice for two years in the past, and
who desire to enter, are request
ed to make application at the
welfare department.
The white boys enrolled Tues
day were: Rufus Wade Ashley,
Jesse Jacob Bare, Willard Allen
Brooks, Frank Charles Childers,
Harry Ray Cox, John Ernest Ell
Ter, James Charles Eller, Art
Grayson Francis, Virgil Wade
Faw, Fitzhugh J. Hash. Wilmer
Claude Hunt, Allen Miller, John
Miller, John Patrick, Jack Will
Der Pennington, Elmore Perry,
James Edward Price, Roger
Roark, Donald Otto Smith, Cleve
Monroe Taylor and James Bow
ers Walters.
The colored enrollees were:
Charles Horton, John Henry Neal
and Odel Mcmillan.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-07-10
Soil District
Meeting WILDE
Held On Friday
Plans for Immediate Work To
Be Mapped Out. E. B.
Garrett to Attend.

Wade E. Eller. Chairman of the
Board of Supervisors of the New
River Soil Conservation District
has announced that the board
will meet in the offices in the Old
Theatre building here on Friday
night in order to discuss a num-
Der OF important plans regarding
to immediate work in the district.
E. B. Garrett, State Coordina-
tor of the Soil Conservation Ser
ice, has been requested to attend
the meeting and discuss the ope-
ration of the district with the
board. Mr.. Garrett is head of all
the activities Of the Soil Conser-
walton Service in North Carolina,
which is cooperating with thir-
teen districts in the state, cover
ing forty-five counties that al
ready are working with around
ten thousand farmers. Mr.. Eller
said that Mr.. Garrett, having
worked with these districts for
several years, is we'll qualified to
advise the board on the operation
of the New River District.
1t was explained that the board
must adopt a suitable form of
farm plan for use in the district
and authorize individual men,
bers to approve soil conserving
plans as they are completed for
Individual farms. A request must
also be made to the Soil Conser-
walton Service for a grant of
three trucks to be used in con-
junction with a w. P. A. project
requested from w. P. A.
officials.
It was stated that interest is so
in the work of the
district that it will be necessary
for the board to establish definite
rules Of priority so that everyone
who wishes to receive help on
his erosion problems from the
Continued on Page Eight
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-07-10
Opens Two New
ESQ Stations

This week Cal Segraves, popu-
lar Standard oil distributor for
Ashe county and a part Of Allie
ghany, announces the formal
opening of two new modern SER
vice stations. Mr.. Segraves who
has been connected with the
Standard Oil company for around
IA years said that he was happy
in expanding ESQ service.
One of the new stations, known
as the w. J. ESQ service is 10
Gated on Jefferson avenue, just
beyond the Duncan Motor COM
pany on the property belonging
to M. H. Dollar, we'll known Ashe
lumberman and is operated by
Zeb V. Weaver. Mr.. Weaver who
has many friends has been con-
nected with the Standard Oil COM
pany for some time.
The other newly opened sta
ton, known as the Bowers Es-
so Service, is located at the in
tersection of the Sparta and
North Wilkesboro highways and
is convenient to the motoring
public. This station is operated
by Lee Bowers, we'll known Ashe
county man.
Mr.. Segraves said he wanted to
extend an invitation to all motor
lists to visit these stations.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-07-10
CAN IF YOU CAN
FOR THE HOSPITAL

The Hospital Auxiliary will
sponsor a canning project in or
der to help out with the opera
ton of the institution. ALI Hos
pital Auxiliary members as
well as all others who wish to
make a donation of this type
are asked to can five jars Of
fruits or vegetables for the
hospital.
Practically everyone in the
county will have some surplus
of these commodities during
the season, and it was pointed
out that by making a cOntribu-
ton of five cans of f0odstuff
to the hospital a good supply
can be secured. Those who
have surplus fruits and vege-
tables, but not the jars, need
ed for the hospital donation
are asked to get i'm touch with
the president Of the Auxiliary,
Mrs. w. b. Austin.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-07-10

"Let us follow the president OF
the United States, united under
the American flag" former Gov
ernor Cameron Morrison urged in
a patriotic address which was the
highlight of the July 4 celebra-
ton at Riverview high school.
The speaker reviewed the his
tory of the government and the
plan of democracy before a large
and enthusiastic audience. eng
land is fighting for liberty, man.
kind and christianity" he de-
clared and praised the govern
ment for its rearmament pro-
gram and aid to Britain.
He pointed out that these poll
cies were helping to keep the U.
S. out of war. "And if we con-
tinue to keep out of war we will
not be indebted to Senator Wheel
er nor Senator Robert Reynolds,
but to Franklin D. Roosevelt" he
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-07-10
Farm Department
Will Have Aerial
Maps OF County
u
Complete Set of Pictures To
Show Every Farm in Co.
Much Benefit.

This year, for the first time
since its establishment, the Ashe
county farm agents office will
have aerial photographs of every
farm in the county, and these
photo-maps will be a great bene-
fit to the department in check
ing compliance with the soil con-
servation program and in work
ing out plans for soil usage and
soil Improvement.
The department has had a
number of aerial photo-maps for
several years, but the job of pho
tographing the entire county was
not completed until last fall and
the final shipment of developed
photos is expected next week.
The photographs were made
from an airplane and were taken
from a distance of at least 10000
feet in the air. The pictures are
very plain and each one covers
an average of 20 farms.
Experts can take these maps
and measure acreage for COM
pliance purposes almost as &C.
curately as an engineer can do
out on the farm, County Agent
G. J. Rich states.
The work of checking farms
during the past month has been
delayed, pending the ar
rival of these maps.
eyes indeed, we are delighted
to get our MAPS" Mr.. Rich stat
ed. ''They will be a great help to
us and next year will save a lot
of time"
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-07-10
County Health
Department To
Be Continued

The Ashe county health de-
partment, which is a part of tri-
county unit, will be continued,
the commissioners decided at
their regular meeting last Mon
day.
The county's cost of operating
the department is $1,000 per
year. DR.. King, health officer,
appeared before the board and
urged that the appropriation be
increased so that more dental
clinics could be held in the
schools.
The department will be con-
tinued on the same basis as in
the past with DR.. King in charge,
Mrs. Osborne as nurse and Fl. S.
Webster sanitarian.
Watauga and Allegheny de-
partments will also be continued
as in the past.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-07-10

This week the Russian forces
became better grounded to fight
ing and began to let the Germans
know they had something to con-
tend with, stopping them at some
several battle fronts.
The Red armies reported ear
ly Tuesday that farspread coun-
ter-attacks were driving the Ger
mans back at several points along
the eastern front, and that in all
other sectors they were holding
firmly against the invaders. There
was independent evidence, too,
that the Nazi offensive had been
halted everywhere.
The German High command in
its day .communique devoted one
sentence to the campaign: cope
rations on the eastern front are
proceeding on schedule" Unof-
fetal accounts in Berlin said the
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-07-10
Resources OF
Local Banks
Show Big Gains
Northwestern Bank Passes 5
Million Mark. First Nat
iOnal Is Growing.
DEPOSITS INCREASE

Ashe county's two commercial
banks, The Northwestern Bank
at Jefferson and the First Nat
ional Bank, West Jefferson, have
made remarkable progress dur
ing the past year, a comparison
of tn cir financial statements
shows.
Deposits in The Northwestern
Bank, which operates several
branches, have increased over a
million dollars since last July l,
while deposits in the First Nat
ional here are $142.970 more than
they were a year ago.
Since its organization four
years ago, The Northwestern has
enjoyed a remarkable growth of
around 100000 to 100000 each
year. It's total resources and de-
posts are both now over five
million dollars.
The First National has a splen-
did record of progress and stand
ing, too. It's surplus account now
exceeds the capital stock account
and undivided profits are $685.
847.00.
Edwin Duncan is executive
vice president Of the Northwest
ern; w. H. Worth is cashier of
the Jefferson bank; and R. A.
Doughton is president.
J. J. Thomas is president of the
First National; DR.. B. E. Reeves,
vice president and Lester Sc
graves, cashier.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-07-10
A she Hospital
Group To Hold
Meeting Tonight
Chatham Mfg. Company and
Others Donate Blankets
And Linens.

There will be a meeting of the
board of directors of the Ashe
County Memorial Hospital to-
night at $3.50 o'clock at the COM
munity building following the
adjournment of the Rotary club.
At this time Roy R. Badger,
treasurer will give financial re-
port. Other reports will be made
and a number of important mat
tiers will be discussed, including
the opening date of the hospital.
All members of the board of di-
rectors are urged to be present.
During the past week the hos
pital received a gift of 81 Cha
than blankets. This group in
cluded % from the Chatham
manufacturing company, of Ell
kin, 5 from Mason Lillard, 5 from
Lee Neaves, and from ]. L. Lii
lard, all of Elkin.
A large box of linens was re-
Gently contributed by the Wo-
mems Auxiliary of the Lansing
Presbyterian church.
Others who have recently con-
tributed linens and cash are: Mrs.
Joe Sutherland, Mrs. Bob Bal
lou, Mrs. Charlie Arnold, Miss
Nancy Eller, Luther Anderson,
Wiley GRAPHICAL, w. K. Harris,
Mrs. John Knox, Edgar Sturgill,
Mrs. Carrie Bishop, Miss Mary
Johnson, Mrs. Joe Robinson, Miss
Mae Brown, Miss Alice Goss,
Mrs. Worth Knox, Mrs. Todd
! Price and Mrs. Will Sutherland.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-07-10
A$lO5,7O9 Budget
For Ashe Proposed
For New Fiscal Year
If Estimated Budget Is Adap-
ted, Tax Rate Will Re-
main Same, $500.
A SLIGHT INCREASE

A budget estimate for Ashe
county for the fiscal year 1941-
1912, setting up a total proposed
expenditure of $1O5,709 and fix
ing the tax rate at So, was SUBJ
mitted to the county commission
ers last Monday by l.. P. Coward,
accountant.
The board tentatively approved
the estimated budget, subject to
the approval of the Local Gov
eminent Commission and of the
public. A complete copy of the
estimate is printed elsewhere in
this issue.
The budget calls for the expen-
diture of $9,411 more than was
set up for last year and of this
proposed increase nearly $4,000
of it is included in the debt SER
vice requirements, and the bal
ance in the social security col
umns. The county proposes to
spend 81, 440 more on the old age
assistance program and 5000 more
for administration expenses of
this department.
General county expenses for all
departments is estimated to cost
$30,059.O0, as compared with $780,
491. 90 last year, or decrease of
over $500.
The county proposes to raise
the $105,709 as follows: $4,000
from collection of taxes for 1910
and all prior years; several thous-
and from tax penalties and cost,
products raised on the county
farm, intangible tax receipts, aid
from state and federal govern
ment on the social security pro-
gram and about $4,000 from
1941 tax collections.
The estimate budget shows that
the county has $17,558 in the
general fund and $13,165 in the
debt service fund, or a total of
$30,723 on hand as of June go
It is explained that all interest
on the bonded debt has been
paid through June l, and that the
county has met all requirements
so far of the refunding plan.
Mr.. Coward estimates that for
the years 1929 through 1910, the
county has on its books $40, 104.79
in back taxes and around $4,000
in personal property taxes, max
ing a total of nearly $4,000 out
standing. Of this amount, SOL
692.78 is still owing on the 1910
taxes; $4,244.76 on 1889 and so
on down the list with the average
for the remainder of the years
being around $4,000.
The county's estimated valua-
ton for 1941-1942 is nearly a.
100000. With So tax rate, the
levy for the year will be lit
tie over $4,000.
The budget. is scheduled for
the fourth Monday in
July.