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public. But why doas MT. Ickes
 mention the fishermen's earnings only? How about other big war in- dustries whose figures run into bil- lions of dollars. Why not publish
 all alike? At the present time the fishing industry on the Pacific coast is tied up. Fishermen's boats are lying idle at the docks. not be- cause the fishermen wish to stop production i've also know there is war to be won. Many of us have sons on the batlefronts but we cannot operate under the present o P As regulations without a loss
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MARK MERIT

PS. The whiskey you are able to buy today, in moderate quantities, comes out of reserves. There k none made today. Distillsrs are making alcohol for war purposes-today and spQ-y day. First things come frat
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a8ts . s A
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to all concerned.
 Mir. Iekes' statement coming dur ing a fish tie-up was indeed we'll timed. Nevertheless. the fisher men know their business also. The cost of gear, for both halibut and trolling is very high, saying noth- ing of the general repair on the boat from which this fish are caught. In conclusion, may I add the fishermen are willing to make some sacrificts in order to win this
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war But when the OPA or any other governing body tells us the producers, that we have to sell our fish to certain buyers, then I sug- gest to Mir. Harold Ickes he should
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publish a copy of the Bill of Rights in the next issue of your paper. Just in case we forget.
 Yours truly.
 Andy Barlow
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How Many SO1znners!


 Ehs nuaabag oE ''aazAnnsRs' it hnd lain in Ahs wood. A MaA making a nose and-tagae-tegt oEasample of Whiakoy might havo bSaa heard to inquire, 'yHow many slulEasEs Old?' He would think ia tzas oE 'susuanasrs"-ratheF than Ia ySaEs. ARds generally speak ing, hs ksw ghat ho was talking about. s-S
 It h eoacoad by most di1taeEs thak tAs development Of Wkiaksy pgoOssAs EAaEe zapialy ia tho baEEals whan ths tszuY,egatHEc h the storage or Enck-hOtas ss at summer heat. ThEo StsA gre 4hOse wh0 believe that littls CT 10 change in whiskey OceuTa during tho wiinAsr nooaths. This Opin- ioa h nOs shared by some very we'll poasoa modern. diBtilleFs, who, whila they aAzit of greater aceeleFatOn of tho aging pROooas iA warm temPera- tsara. isEiN bslisYs that come change ER- Sultsfrom theeh0Hsesin temPsrataraA
 Howsvox, cur most advanced di~ t7legy Rzck-hOOseS arc rnodelS of arA entiRs construction. The temperataEs isthaEmCstatically controlled. Really it k sammegtimO all year &FoSnd-- inaide. Sines &hB amount of moasspEa in the aiE is also imPOrtant-thp hu- ruiaity h cod zntly tested and cQR- troIlsd. And this reminds us that wa recently told you that the barrel ig oonuideRed one of the raw materials Ossk of which whiskey is made. Re rnembsr4 Whiakey extracts certain Aaycr elements while it k stoEod ia thS''wOoA. "And theseAAvor 0lensaks are VaaiahAo bOe@Hss thaRe is no azAe4 uni8OEEsiSy in nataro's raw materials The oak from. which the barrels arc made varies according to the diGer' saaa ia sol where it was grown,
 So, by the same token, difFegeRcs n temperature likewise creates YaEia- bles in Whiskey. For instance, in Aa old-faahioned rack house thsxa waEs many tieFs of bazTeas-6om the AoOx to the underide of ftheroof. Diatillery men discovered that the whiakey in tho tOp-tier barrels, directly under thS roo<. took on different chaEaetex- stics from that in the middle or bot tom tieTs. The hot sun on the roof, of course, was the answer. If you viait one of our whiAkey-aging warehouses; you will see only . few tiers from the floor up. A thermometer test will prove the near uniformity of tenn porature, above and below.
 How many of our fellow Americana have any idea of the care and preciaiont that are exercised in present.day Amnrican whiskey production--to produce what we sincerely believe to be the worlds finest whiskey? Yes. we'll say 1t again
 Ameriee Makes the Best ofl Euery- thing!
 E n s t MARK MERIT PS. The whiskey you are able to buy today, in moderate quantities, comes out of reserves. There is none made today. Distillsrs are making alcohol for war Purposes-todGy and spEy dov. Firss things come frat tt4 H1aia 1fsf5.s s
 FREE Would ,Ou Ihe b0okses cOnsain- ing the first ten articles iH this seriesf Juss ,crite youy name and address on Gse back of a penny postal and send t to me, cove of Schenle1 internationai Corporatioa, 35O FBA AuesUe, NssO York l, N. Y L's, yours fer sss askias.
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All Members OF County I'll. ID.
Clubs Asked To Sell Bonds

vidual taking part. Small bonds
are important as we'll as larger
Ones" she declared and urged that
every woman make a special eff
fort to do her part. She said that
Ashe county now has more than
100 men and women in service
and estimated that around $50
county men are taking an active
part in the invasion in France.
''Men are making great sacrifices
on the battle front. Let's sacri-
flee here, in order to buy extra
bonds" she said.
Some pictures just released
from the Treasury Department,
revealing what fighting men are
going through with, were shown.
Clubs where each member has
either bought or has been re-
sponsible for selling a bond dur
ing the drive will be rated as 100
per cent clubs and a list of these
Continued on Page Faur)
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County Farmers
Get $ll,623.S7
From Wool Pool
First Lamb Pool Will Be Held
The Last Of June, County
Agent Announces

Roy H. Grouse, county agent,
announced yesterday that 189
farmers of this county sold 21,84O
pounds of wool through the coun-
ty pool for $11,623.87. Of this
amount, 1924 pounds were
clear wool which sold for 81
cents per pound. The remainder,
2,463 pounds of light bury wool
sold for 40 cents. This includes
the wool collected at Lansing, Riv-
erview and West Jefferson and
does not include wool pooled at
Laurel Springs and Grassy Creek,
it was explained.
'The farmers who sold their
wool through the pool made mon
ey by selling in this way. Grady
Shepherd and Rube Greer brought
their wool in and remarked that
they had saved $4,000 by selling
through the pool" Mr.. Grouse
said.
He announced that the first
lamb pool would be held at West
jefferson the last of June. Lambs
will be graded and weighed here
and sold to packer buyers simu-
lar to the pool last year. Final
plans will be announced next
week, Mr.. Grouse stated.
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Sailor Is Hit By
Car Sunday Night
Two Women Slightly Injured
Near Warrensville On
Tuesday Afternoon

Leonard Howell, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Jeter Howell, of Grassy
Greek, who is home on leave from
the Navy, was the victim of a hit
and-run driver on Sunday night
on the highway near the home of
DR.. B. G. Waddell, of Grassy
Creek. He was soon discovered
and brought to the Ashe county
hospital for treatment. A broken
leg and several serious cuts on the
forehead were the extent of his
injuries. Further investigation is
being made by officers.
Another highway accident &C.
Cured late Tuesday afternoon
when a truck belonging to Earl
Scott, of Jefferson, driven by a
colored youth, John Henry Neal
collided with a car near Warrens-
vile when Mrs. Lillard Eller and
Mrs. Bertha Carly were slightly
injured. The car was also damag.
ed.
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Auto Use Stamps
Are Now On Sale
Should Be Purchased By Mo-
florists From Post Offices
By July 1

Ashe county motorists, along
with others throughout North
Carolina, are reminded that auto
stamps in the denominations OF
$500 are now on sale at all post
offices and are to be purchased by
all motorists by July l.
These stamps are for the fiscal
year beginning July l, it was ex-
planned and for that reason must
be bought by this date by car
owners.
To guard against loss or theft,
it has been suggested that, when
affixing the stamps, the vehicle
owner should dampen the wind
shield rather than the adhesive
side of the stamp. This method
has been recommended to keep
the stamp intact upon the wind
shield. AS an additional precau-
ton, it has also been suggested
that each motor vehicle owner
should make record of the serial
number which appears on the use
tax stamp for protection in the
event the stamp should become
lost.
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Ashe Merchants Are Active
In Fifth War Loan Drive

All merchants are asked to CO.
operate in raising their part. 1t
is estimated that throughout the
county there are around $50 peo-
pie connected with mercantile es-
adjustments. Each of these sell
ing a minimum of $500 would give
total of $45, 900, or around one
fourth of the county's quota OF
$4,000.
Merchants are asked to keep
records of their sales and if a
complete list of all those making
their quotas can be secured, this
will be published in this paper.
merchants throughout the
county have always been very &C
tive in all of the drives and I be-
lieve they will raise their quotas
this time," Chairman Terry said
He explained that each establish
ment could readily figure its own
quota. For instance, the mini
IContinued on Page Four)
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Property Valuation
Shows Big Increase
In County This Year
Valuation Climbs $685. $4,000
Over That OF The Past
Year

Valuation of property in Ashe
county for taxation purpose
shows a good increase over that of
1943, according to figures just re-
leased from listers reports. This
increase will total $287 $4,000, &C
cording to an official check-up.
H. H. Burgess, county tax SUI
pervisor, reports that complete
lists from all townships are in,
giving total taxable valuation
of $4,394, $4,000. This, together
with corporation taxes and others,
with headquarters outside OF
county, gives a total valuation OF
$4,654,224.O0 for 1914, as COM
pared to $4,366, 288.00 in 1943.
An inspection of township re-
Continued on Page Four)
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County I'll. ID. Club
Leaders Planning
Work For Year
New Agent Presented AT
Meeting Held At Com
munity Building, Sat.

Plans for the coming year were
discussed by leaders at the coun-
ty-wide meeting of home demon
stration clubs, held at the COM
munity building on Saturday. AT
this time the new home agent,
Miss Doris Whitesides, was also
presented to the group.
Mrs. J. c. Pierce, county presi-
dent, who was in charge of the
meeting, presented Miss White
sides, who spoke briefly. She
stated that she was happy to be
in the county and was looking
forward to working with the peo-
pile here.
w. E. Vannoy, chairman of the
board of county commissioners
welcomed Miss Whitesides on be-
half of the county. A roll call OF
the clubs was given by Mrs. Ward
Ray, to which the officers re-
sponded, introducing the mem
bers present.
County Agent Roy H. Grouse
and his assistant, Harvey Payne
discussed their phases of the
work as related to that of the
Continued On Page Four)
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Baptist Leader
Begins Work Here

Miss Virginia Dare league, OF
Kings Creek, arrived here this
week to begin work with the Ashe
County Baptist Association. She
will work with the people OF the
West Jefferson Baptist church
until they have secured a minis
ter, after which she will work
with each of the churches in the
association, it was announced.
Miss league, who is the daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. w. T. league,
of Kings Creek, of Caldwell coun-
tv. has been Vacation Bible School
Director with the Caldwell AS
ISOLATION for some time. She re-
ceived her training at Appalach-
ian State Teachers College, Boone,
Lenoir Rhyme College, and took
special training at w. M u. Train
ing School, Louisville, KY.
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Merchants of Ashe county, along
with the others in the state and
nation, are taking an active part
in the Fifth War Loan Drive. The
majority of merchants through
out the state have already pledg-
ed themselves to sell a minimum
of $4,000 worth of bonds per per-
son in the organization, during
the drive.
w. w. Terry, manager of Eau
cette's, is county chairman of the
merchants division and serving
with him on the merchants COM
mittee are the following: w. G..
Vannoy, John Rhodes. VIM.
Hughes, Gwyn Little and Mrs.
Ed M. Anderson, of West Jeffer-
son; Mrs. E. A. Waddell and Lee
Bowers, of Jefferson; Worth Mil
Ter, of Crumpler; ]. M. Yates, of
Warrensville; J. o. Blevins, Char
lie WEIGH, of Lansing; E. c. Eller,
of Bina and Walt Cook, of Todd.
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Must Apply To
Rationing Board

It was announced by the mem
bers of the War Price and Ration
ing Board that no applications
would be approved outside of the
regular board meetings. IF the
public will get their applications
in the office, they will be consid-
cred each week at the regular
meeting time. This is a regulation
and we cannot sign applications
outside of the meeting. We
would appreciate the public CO.
operating with u.s." the board
members declared.
"A bulletin has been received
from the district mileage ration
ing officer which states that de-
spite the fact that publicity has
been given that B and c ration
holders were eligible for grade
tires, that it will be sometime in
the future before sufficient quo
tas will be available" it was an
nounced.
Members of the local War Price
and Rationing Board are: 7. G
Duncan, chairman; J. G. Rhodes
and Carl F. Coward.
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Are Gaining
In France; Planning g.
More Drives Soon
Belgian King Is Carried Off
In Captivity; Hard Fight
ing Goes On

Allied armies, keeping pace al
most to the hour with an invasion
timetable laid out a year ago,
made advances of up to five miles
in France Tuesday and clamped
a pincers around Caien, but
American troops gave ground to
fierce counter attacks at Monte
bourg and Carentan.
AT late hour yesterday, Allied
headquarters circles were unable
to say which side held Monte
bourg, IA miles southeast of Cher
bourg, and Carentan, near the
base of the Cotentin Peninsula.
Front reports said that street bat
ties were in progress in both
towns.
General Dwight D. Eisenhower
has also served grim notice on the
Nazls that more invasions of Eu-
rope are in preparation.
'The Nazis," he said in a report
to President Roosevelt, twill be
forced to fight throughout the
perimeter of their stronghold, dali
ly extending their dwindling re-
sources until overwhelmed by the
hopelessness Of their position"
The report of the supreme al
lied invasion commander, made
public at Mr.. Roosevelt's news
conference spoke of the drive into
Normandy as "a mere beginning. ="
Nazi occupied Europe was in
ferment last night as the puppet
Vlchy cabinet was reshuffled to
hold down the lid in France and
the Germans carried off Belgian
King Leopold to captivity in Ger
Continued on Page Four)
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Bible School To
Have Finals Fri.

The Daily Vacation Bible
School, which has been held at
the West Jefferson Methodist
church during the past ten days,
will close tomorrow night with
commencement exercises at 8 o.
clock. An, interesting program
will be presented and certificates
will be awarded the students.
The public is cordially invited to
attend.
Department teachers are as fol-
lows: beginners, Miss Myrtle
Dean Graybeal; primaries, Mrs.
Sharpe Shoemaker; juniors, Mrs.
Earl Graybeal; intermediates.
Mrs. Carlos Thomas and Mrs.
James McLaurin. Fifty students
have been enrolled and an aver
age of As attended regularly.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-06-15
Thirty Ashe Men
Left This Week
To Enter Navy
Another Group Goes To Camp
Croft For Pre-induction
Examinations

A group of thirty Ashe county
men left here yesterday morning
to enter Naval service. Several
married men were included. They
are as follows:
Robert Houston Spaulding,
Quinton Roosevelt Little, Edward
Fred Wilcox, Paul Harvey Bare
Edwin Hunter Jones, Earl Will
born Greer, Gilbert Allen Miller
Arnold Ralph Little.
Charles Griffin Krider, Claude
Hardin Church, Don Bradley
Goodman, Edward Ralph Bard
William Brant Blevins, Cecil
Oscar Bare, James Glen Williams
Continued On Page Four)
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The 1926 members of the IS
home demonstration clubs Of
Ashe county have been called
upon to be responsible for the
sale of at least one bond during
the Fifth War Loan Drive, now
on.
Clubs and club members have
been active in all of the previous
drives and now that the invasion
is on and the county has a quota
of $197, 100000, the cooperation of
the women, as we'll as everyone
else, is needed as never before,
leaders point out.
Mrs. Ed M. Anderson, region
chairman of the women's division
of the sale of bonds, presented the
drive to the group attending the
countrywide meeting of home
demonstration club leaders, on
Saturday.
She stressed the need and the
vital Importance of every indi-
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-06-15
Change Date To
Apply For Sugar

It was announced this week by
the local rationing board officials
that the second registration for
canning sugar would begin on
June 10 instead of June Is, as
previously announced, due to de-
tailed work being handled by the
office. Ruby E. Barker, chief
clerk of the board, stated that the
registration would continue until
further notice.
She also explained that the
number 30 sugar stamp would be
valid for five pounds of sugar
for home use, on June Is.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-06-15
Rev. B. A. Meeks
Member OF Rotary

Rev. 3. A. Meeks, pastor of the
Jefferson and West Jefferson
Presbyterian churches, was in
vited to become a member of the
Jeffersons Rotary Club, at the
regular meeting last Thursday
night. Rev. Mr.. Meeks, who has
been a Rotarian in the past, serv-
ed as secretary to a Rotary club
in Knoxville.
Levern Johnson was the speak
er of the meeting last week and
gave the high lights of the speech
Colonel Carlos Momuno, the last
man to leave BAtaan, which was
very interesting and we'll deliv-
cred. James Story, a guest, serv-
ed as pianist for the singing of
patriotic songs.
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Fifth War Loan Drive Now Underway
Only 100000 Is
Raised On Quota
Assigned County
$751;, 100000 Yet To Be Sold;
Cooperation Urged; Mer-
chants Working

The Fifth War Loan Drive got
underway in Ashe county Mon
day with a quota of $197, 100000 to
be reached. While complete fl
cures from sources of sales were
not available for publication late
yesterday, estimates placed the
sales at only 100000 through
Wednesday noon.
w. D. Mcmillan, county chair
man, pointed out that while the
drive was off to a slow start that
sales are expected to show a sharp
increase over the week end, due
to the fact that some of the work.
ers were little late beginning
their canvasses. The cooperation
of everyone is asked to make the
drive success.
The merchants of the county
are asked to sell minimum of
$4,000 for each person in their
organization and all home DEM
onstration club members are ask
ed to sell a minimum of one bond
to give their clubs hundred per
cent rating in the drive.
Township chairmen have been
named and quotas assigned each
township.
1t was pointed out that the large
number of Ashe county men in
service and the many who are
taking part in the invasion of
France, should be an inspiration
to everyone to make a special
sacrifice to buy additional bonds.
''Day by day the war and it's
costs in blood and tears is being
brought more wildly home to the
people of our county," a leader
declared. "More and more fire.
quently those fateful messages be-
! ginning The Gove...- nent regrets
are being delivered to our homes,
signifying that some man, who so
recently was one of us, has given
his full measure of blood, his loss
wringing the full measure of tears
from the loved ones left behind.
II. ese messages and reports from
the front are making us all more
Continued on Page Four)
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Drury Elliott, Is;
Buried Saturday

Funeral service was held on
Saturday afternoon for Drury FL
lott, 68, of Ball, who died at his
home on Thursday, June 8. The
service was held at the home and
burial followed at the family
cemetery. Rev. G. M. Shepherd
and Rev. Manuel Bennett were in
charge.
The deceased, who was a ma
tive of this county, the son of Har-
rison and Caroline Wallace Elliott,
is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ju
liza Elliott and the following chill
dren: Mrs. Lackie Blevins and
George Elliott.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-06-15
Vance James Is
Injured In Ital y

Mr.. and Mrs. S. w. James, OF
Amy, have received official no.
tice that their son, Vance James
with the U. S. Army in Italy, has
been injured there and is now
undergoing treatment in a hospi-
tai.
Vance was injured in the should
err, but according to official in
formation, as we'll as a letter re-
ceived directly from him, his con-
dition is rapidly improving. He
was injured May IA.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-06-15
HemlOck Man In
Grew That Led
Invasion Boats
Seaman Second Class Denver
Robinson Helped In Land

Aboard ! Coast Guard = Manned
Attack Transport off France
Enemy fire didn't daunt Seaman
Second Class Denver D. Robinson
of Hemlock, in Ashe County, and
the other members of small boat
crew from this Coast Guard-man-
ned attack transport. But rough
seas stopped them.
The Coast Guardsmen weren't
stopped, however, until they got
the troops they were carrying in
the L. G. V. P. (landing craft, We
hicles, personneD within landing
distance of one of the beachheads
established near the western end
(Contlnued on Page ~
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COP Meeting On
Monday Evening

Members of the executive COM
mittee and other members of the
Republican party of Ashe county,
met on Monday evening of this
week, when practically all Sec
tons of the county were repre-
sented.
B. B. GRAPHICAL, chairman of
the executive committee, presid-
led and there was a general dis
cussion of the coming campaign.
The names of DR.. w. J. Robin
son and E. r. Sturdivant were
mentioned as possible candidates
for the state senate and legisla-
ture, respectively.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-06-15
Democrats Will
Meet On June "A

It was announced this week by
B. H. Duncan, chairman of the
executive committee of the DEM
ocratic party of Ashe county, that
there would be an important
meeting of this committee and all
other Democrats at the court
house on Saturday evening, June
"a, at 9 o'clock.
All members of the party are
cordially invited to attend, MIR.
Duncan said.