Backward Glances
10 YEARS AGO
October 12. TOO
T>* Red Cross Bloocfcnob
11* mad* la successful ?i?it
here last Thursday when the
dozens ot Murphy aad vici
nity cam* la U9 stroag and
U2 ptata of Mood.
Paul Hill of Murphy is one
of the 7* doctors to-be who
arrived this week to begin
four years' study in the Duke
University School of Medi
cine, Durham.
Clarence E. Carroll, son oi
Mrs. Laura Carroll, Murphy,
Rt. 2, and Miss JeanSlmonds.
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.
C. Simonds of Culberson, were
married in a ceremony at
McCaysville. Ga., Sunday.
October 1.
Mr, and Mrs. Joe Bailey
returned Sunday from a weeks
trip to various points in
Florida.
Bill Canata, Jr., of Chat
tanooga, Tenn., spent the
week-end here with his grand
parents, Mr. and Mrs, R. D
Chandler.
20 YEARS AGO
October 10. 1940
The first shipment of bed
spreads from Murphy's new
plant. La Sondra, was made
Friday, according to W. M.
Kittles, proprietor.
Miss Margaret Virginia
Benton and Clarence Edwin
Hyde, son of Mr. and Mrs.
William Allen Hyde of And
rews. were married Saturday
evening October 5, at 8:00
at the home of the bride's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Selby
MaG ruder Benton at Corn
elia. Ga., in the presence of
relatives and a few close
friends. The Rev. A. F. John
son, pastor of the Cornelia
Baptist Church officiated,
using the ring ceremony.
Mr. and Mrs. Harve Elkins
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Mauney,
and Mr. and Mrs. Frank For
syth attended the Duke Tenn.
game in Knoxvllle. Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Wal
lace announce the birtr of
a son. Robert Edward, Fri
day.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Sneed
have announced tl e mama.ee
of their daughter. Miss Doro
thy Kate Snaad. ? WiUird
Ernest Ham by. ton e# O. P.
Hamby, aa September 22. at
Blalrsvtlla, Ca.
Mr*. Gaorya Tawnaoa and
Mrs. J I* Gray were vi*it?rs
la Hayesvllie Sunday.
30 YEARS AGO
October 10. 1"30
MIS* Leucine Wall* la at
tending Peabody Institute ai
Nashville. Tenn.
Miss Katharine Thompaoc
is visiting her sister, Mrs.
R. E. Barcley of Copperhill.
Miss Pauline Davis. daugh.
ter of Mr. and Mrs. E. M.
Davis of Andrews, and Mr.
Lester Johnson, son of Mr.
and Mrs. J. M. Johnson of
Andrews, were married last
Friday, October 3, at the of
fice of the Southern State*
Power Co.. with Squire T
N. Bates officiating.
Captain Frank Swan made
the trip to Kings Mountain, 1
N. C? to atend the celebra
tion of the Battle Of Kings
Mountain.
Mrs. John Plcklesimer and
daughter, Mrs. Lee Hortor
were the guests of Mrs. Perlie
Croft and family last Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Pipes
of Marble were in Andrews
on Tuesday of this week visit
ing friends.
Mrs. Bessie OUie and Leah
Ford visited Mrs. BurtonFord
on C rooked C reek one day last
week.
Prices taken from Ai P
ads: Rice per lb. 5<; Bread,
pan loaf, 16 oz, "Y: Pullman
Loaf, 21 oz.. 10 1; From Mur
phy Supply ad: Matches. 3
large packaees, 15<: Lard,
8 lb. pail vegetole, $1.00.
3 From Murphy At
Mars Hill College
MARS HlLL---Amone the
l.OSh students enrolled at
Mars Hill College are three
from Murphy.
They areBrendaJoyceHen
son, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Julian Vance Henson of RFD
4; R. G. Hembree, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Glenn Hem
bree, Sr., of 124 Valley River
Ave.: and Edwin Walter King,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Edwir
Lew s Kintr.
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Wed. 12 - Fri 13 - Thu. 14
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By L. L Kisselburg
PRICE SUPPORT AND
FACILITY LOANS
Expericnc* hat shown ul
that price sifport programs
?re offered primarily on tha
availability of storage. In
order ? get a price support
laon of any kind adequate sto
rage must be provided. Com
mercial storage in North
Carolina has improved very
greatly within the last few
years, advancing from less
than five million bushels ca
pacity to about 20 million
bushels of approved com
mercial storage available
now. Five years ago, there
were only 249 facilities in
the State interested In any
type of commercial storage.
Last year this had increased
to 554 commercial facilities
equipped for storing. This is
still far short to take care
of the annual grain crop in
the State or the producers
desiring price support loans.
Consequently, the Department
has offered loans to assist
in the construction of ade
quate on -the -farm storage.
This must be for new con
struction only or for the con
struction of new additions and
is designed to supplement the
commercial storage facili
ties. The Department, through
ASC. will loan up to 80 per
cent of the unerected cost of
new on - the - farm storage,
provided the type of construc
tion is approved by the county
ASC committee. The produc
er's credit must be approved
by the local ASC county com
mittee. Loans of this type
average about 30 cents per
bushel of storage capacity of
the facility. The producer con
structs the storage facility
to meet specified construct
ion requirements, pays otf
the vendor with hts loan and
uses the facility to store his
own grain. He may store either
with or without a commodity
loan. For this service hepays
a small service fee of 1 percent
of the amount of the loan and
repays his loan in four annual
installments at 4^ interest.
His first installment comes
due on the anniversary date
of the loan or 12 months
after disbursement. However,
he may retire the loan at
any time by paying off tb?
unpaid balance plus interest.
Under a loan of this kmc/ he
may also include any attach
ments necessary for operation
of the facility.
Drier Loans. The Drier
loan program is very similar
in many respects to the Bin
loan program. The- risk on
driers, however, is a. little
bit greater than on bins. We
are authorized to loan up to
755 of the cost of a new
drier and the ^oan is repaid
in three annual installments.
The first installmentbecomes
due 12 months after disburse
ment of the loan. We have made
a total of 340 drier loans,
161 of these were made this
past year, amounting to a
Gas Tax Cut
Would Save
$36,000
"If Congress permits the
temporary fourth cent of the
federal tax on gasoline to
expire on schedule as pro
mised, Cherokee County
motorists will save approxi
mately $36,000.00 annually,"
according to Boyd Davis, the
chairman of the Cherokee
County Petroleum Committee.
Bcyd Davis added that
"Under a temporarv boost
which went into effect last
fall and is slated to expire
June 30. 1961, the federal gas
oline tax is currently four
cents a gallon. Tbis additio
nal cent is costing North
Carolina motorists $14.6 mil
lion a year and nationwide
adds some $538 million an
nually to the highway user
tax burden.
"In addition to the federal
tax. North Carolina taxes gas
oline at seven cents a gallon.
Tliis total tax of U< per gal
lon obscures the fact that
gasoline remains one of the
most economical products on
the market today. While the
cost of living has risen 21 per
cent in the last 10 years, the
basic price of gasoline has
risen only 5.5 percent. During
the same period, gasoline
taxes have shot up 51 percent.
Or, putting it another way, the
U< total tax In North Carol
ina is equivalent to a 5S%
tax on the retail price of
the product."
According to Boyd Davis,
service station dealers are
currently bringing these facts
to the attention of Cherokee
County motorists through curb
sign posting of gasoline prices
"plus" tax. Service station
dealers are also securing die
customers' signatures on pet
itions asking Congress to
permit the temporary fourth
cent of tax to expire on sche
dule, June 30, 1%1. Customer
signatures will be solicited
through October 7.
The objects we pursue and
(he spirit we manifest reveal
our standpoint, and show what
?re are winning.
? Mary Baker Eddy,
total of $114,000.
We have aever made a loaa
for storage or (or a com
monly la Cherokee Couary
All ef our ?becco farmers,
I think, know that prica sup
port haa meant a lot to them
and It ha* never coat the
Govern meat anything. I'm told
that Cherokee County pro
ducea approximately 300,000
bu shell of corn and 1 have
been on farms this year and
talked to the operators of the
farma that stated that they
will make as much a* 10,000
bushels. No doubt thesefarm
ers need some on the farm
storage facilities and could
put money in their pockets
by taking a loan from the
Commodity Credit Corpora-'
Don which enables the farmer
to hold the corn or grain until
the price Increases enough
for him to make a profit
after he has paid his Inter
est on the loan. If any farmer
Is interested In this program
he should come to the ASC
office and we will be glad to
make the loan to you.
We also have the names of
companies and catalogs that
furnish mobiledryers and bins
I for on-the-farm storage.
Soil Conservation News
By John S. Smitti
Clarence Pace, who live*
berweati Highway 13 and the
Marble - Peachtree Road on
Pac<a B ranee, started aeon
tour * trip cropping system on
one of Ms fields two years
ago. A field was planted in
solid lespedeza. The previous
year the same field had been
planted in corn. Several
washes developed, which were
caused by water running over
the corn rows and out through
ti e natural draws in the field.
Clarence bec.ame alarmed
at the amount of soil which
he was losing each year under
cultivation in a solid block.
On the recommendation of
technicians of the Soil Con
servation Service, he decided
to cbatige t% the strip cropping
system of (arming, so that
only part of the field would
be in cultivation each year.
The remaining portion of the
field would be planted to les
pedeza, or some other close -
growing crop which would
serve as a carpet to catch and
hold the water which fell dur
ing heavy rains.
After the contour strip
cropping system ?M estsb
llshed and the first cora crop
was up, the field was cut into
throe parallel strips, aach
of which was run on the con
tour. The center strip was
planted to corn and the other
(wo were planted id lespedeza.
The results of the first year
under this system pleased
Clarence so well that he de
cided to go (he Soil Conser
vation Service one better. He
divided the field Into four
s trips, each of approximately
the same size. Now two strips
are planted la corn and the
other two are allowed to re
main in lespedeza. The two
strips wl>tch are planted in
corn now will be In lespe
deza ad1 1961. and the two
strips tow in lespedeza will
be planted to corn in the
coming spring.
Ti ls system of farming has
several very dlstince advan
tages over solid-field and
straigK-row farming. In the
first place', soli erosion is
greatly reduced by contour
farming. The water soaks into
the (round rather than running
off over the asp of the (round.
In the second place, alter
nating between row cropa and
lespedaza Jives half of the
field a chance id become Im
proved by the addition of ni
trogen and or(anlc matter by
the le(umes. In the third place,
after a few year* of this sys
tem. the land will have im
proved to such an extent that
Clarence will make more com
on half the field than he form
erly made on all of it.
Some 3 J million needy per -
sons received surplus food
from ISDA in the year ending
June 30. 1960.
Donations of surplus food*
by USDA at home and over
seas totaled about 2.1 billion
pounds In the year ending
JineSO, I960.
Don't spill pesticides on
skin or clothing.
The amount of labor used
In farming In 1958 was about
one half that employed In 1940.
? enevive Nations attended
:hurch m HayesvUle. Siartay, \
Jcteber I.
Prayer mMdn| was held
it the home of Caryl on Hid
Ida Sunday af wmoon, Oct. 2.
Ha roa Ma a Haskina spent '
the week-end, Oct. I k 2,
rldi Peggy W If gam.
Mr. and Mrs. I In Wilson
ifisind Mr. and Mr*. Vernon
Parker Sunday, Oct. 2.
Rev. Frank James of Rob
iinsville filled Ms regular
ippointment at Mt. Zlon. on
>unday, Oct. 2.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Ramaey
>f Brasstown visited Mrs.
Ramsey's grandfather. Mr.
}ua Johnson, Sunday, Oct. 2.
Mrs. Stella Mae Radford
if Marble spent the week
end with Mr. and Mrs, Cyrus
: iters.
Rev. Vlrglt Ledford filled
its regular Sunday appoint-,
nent with the farmers on
-each tree.
Mrs. Clara Mae Husklns
s improving in health.
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