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^olcamc Island
Rues From Sea
Tokyo.—A now Toleanlc isle
has risen from the sea 200 miles
nth of the Tokosuka naval base,
reachinx a helxht of 50 feet and
diameter of 200 yards In two
•eka, American naval officers
lid today. Hnxa rocks occasion-
Uly tumble down its growing
and black smoke puffs
torth.
The isle was first reported by a
rltlsh ship, said Lt. (].g.) Dan-
J. RaasohoB, of the U. S. jnaval
itaff at Yokosuka base. Prof. Ta-
esba Nagata. of Tokyo Imperial
Jniversity, said a similar islet
ppeared near Iwo Jlma in the
arly 1900’s, but later receded
nto the sea.
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THE JOIintWALd»ATlUOT. NORTH WMJEiaMinRo; w. C.
PACE THREE
Burley Tobacco
Acreage Reduced
Individual farm acreage allot
ments of Burley tobacco in Wll
District Music
Contest Mar. 19
Major C. D. Kutschlnskl, of
State College, and Mr. John A.
kes county for 1946 will be re- Holliday, of Queens CoUege, have
North Caroltaa's 1946 egg pro-
uctlon goal is S0,8ii5,000 dosen.
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Cor. B and 10th
iIORTH WILKESBORO, N. C.
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hease write for free record of
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"hicks $7.95 100 and up
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tOHDONSVILLE. VIRGINIA
duced by ten per cent below 1946
In accordance with a recent an-
nouncem^t by the U. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture of a decrease
of a similar amount in 1946 na
tional marketing quota, it was
stated today by H. C. Roberts,
chairman of the Wilkes County
AAA Committee.
This reduction was made pos
sible through a recent amend
ment to the Agricultural Adjust-
m^t Act of 1938, and Is consid
ered advisable ut this time in or
der to bring supplies of Burley
tobacco more nearly in line with
demand.
“During the past two years, we
have seen available supiplles of
Burley tobacco increased by ap
proximately 200,000.000 pounds
becau.se of the record crops of
1944 and 1945,” he declared.
•‘Many Burley producers have ex
perienced sharp drops In the prices
of some grades of the 1945 crop
and Tiave expressed their favor of
a reduction to prevBifit accumula
tion of a tremendous surplus of
Burley, such as we saw several
years ago.’”
The reduction will result In a
total national acreage allotment
of 558,000 acres, compared with
allotments ot 610,000 acres In
11I45. If yields are normal, and
if growers again plant about the
same percryitage of the allotment
been chosen as judges for the
district music contest for this
area. This contest will be held
this year In the L«nolr high school
auditorium, Lenoir, N. C., on
March 27. The Letooir district Is
composed of the counties of Al
exander, Alleghany, Ashe, Avery,
Caldwell, Mitchell, Watauga,
Wilkes and Yancey.
This year marks the first dis
trict contest to be held since the
curtailment of travel because of
wartime restrictions. No appreci
able changes in contest regula
tions have been made during that
time.
In all cofDtests except band and
orchestra, schools will be classi
fied as follows: Class A—High
schools having an enrollment of
over 600. Class B—High schools
having an enrollment of 250 to
600. Class C—High schools hav
ing an enrollment undar 250.
Honor ratings for _ contest
events will be given by the judg
es according to this plan: Honor
Rating 1, excellent; 2, very good;
3, good; 4, average; 5, below av
erage.
All contestants must be regu
larly enrolled high school stu
dents with passing grades In
three or more subjects. Students
over 21 years of age are not eli
gible for competition.
All schools must participate in
the district contest to be eligible
as they have in the past, the 1946 ; fpp ^},e state contest, except for
crop of Burley should amount to
about 498,500.000 pounds, as
compared with approximately
603.000.000 pounds produced in
1945.
Mr. Roberts also announced
that the new legislation increased
the rate of penalty imposed on
tobacco marketed in excess of the
farm’s marketing quota to 40 per
cent of the (national average sales
price during the preceding mar
keting year. On the basis of a
season’s average price of 40 cents,
(be penalty rate of 194 6 would
lie 16 cents per pound. Instead of
the 10-cent penalty In effect In
the past.
In addition to Uie increase In
penalty rate. Mr. Roberts said, en
forcement of the quota program
will be further strengthened by
measurement of Burley acreage on
all farms in 1946.
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individuals or groups who have
won a rating of one In the state
regional contest the preceding
year.
Only contestants earning a rat
ing 1 in the district contest may
enter the state contest. Complete
information on contests may be
found in the contest bulletin.
Churches Urge UN
Avert Another War
Why Men and Women Leave
Home'—Hidden treasures. Ideals,
love—all sorts of things lure peo-
I pie away from their own fire-
I sides. Read some of the Interest-
I ing reasons that Impel people to
disappear. One of many fascinat
ing features in the March 10th is
sue of I'ho American Weekly, na
tion’s favorite magazine with the
Haltimore Sunday American. Or
der from your local newsdealer.
rnustially la’go stocks of cer-
Geneva, Switzerland. — The
provisional committee of the
World Council of Churches is
sued a message at the close of a
week’s conference yesterday say
ing that "man’s triumph in the
release of atomic energy threat
ens his destruction.”
Representing all church bod
ies from 32 countries, including
three members of the Russian
Orthodox Church, the committee
has been engaged In preparing
for a general assembly In 1948
which will launch a proposed
world society of churches. Ex
cept for the three Orthodox mem
bers all are Protestants.
In its closing resolution the
coniiiiiitee said war is the result
of liuman self-will a,nd of men’s
tragic inaliility to find the true
solution of their conflicts. We
tilled seed sweet potatoes are I pray Cod that the United Na-
vailable for planting iln 1946.
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Electric IRONS
(;i dozen won’t la.st long)
t-Electric Toasters
One to a customer)
’re-War—
-Flashlights
-Slop Jars
-Percolators
leUl—
-Lunch Boxes
With Themos
and Hangers
—Curtain Rods
DeLuxe Pillows
Famous Myers, also Goulds
Spring and—
—Well Pumps
Beautiful—
-Diningr’m Suites
—Iron Beds
—Milk Cans
With Covers
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See Us for Built-up Roof Estimates, Etc.
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Paints, Varnishes
WALLPAPER
Building Materials
Water Pumps
Plumbing and Heating
Supplies
Oliver Farm Equipment and Supplies
^«tch This Ad. For Notice of Scarce Articles Returning to
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ENK
(ions will choose their way of life
land save future generations from
I the scourge of war, but the time
I is short.”
i World meat production in 1945
' was 59.3 billion pounds, a de
cline of about 6.8 Idllion pounds
from 1944 production.
NOTICE OF SALE OF TIMBER
j Undtr and by virtue of aiithori-
I ty contained in Section lC0-5i) of
the tiencral Statues of North Car-
I olina. and liy virtue of a resolu-
I tion duly pas.sed by the Board of
I Commissioners or the Town of
I Nort.h Wilkesboro, North Carolina,
in regular meeting held on the 5lh
day of February, 1946, the siiid
Town of North Wilkesboro, North
1 Carolina, will on Saturday, the
! 16th day of March, 1946, at the
' front door of the Town Hall in
North 'Wilkesboro, N. C., at 12
o'clock Noon, offer for sale at
public auction to highest bidder
for cash all the standing timber
measuring ten inches in diameter
and above, two feet from the
ground, growing on the following
! described tracts of land:
First Tract: Containing 17 acres
more or le.ss, known as part of the
Hackett Mill Tract, lying on the
west side of Reddies River north
ward from the water plant dam
and bounded on the north and east
by lands of C. D. Coffey, Jr., and
on the south by E. V. Williams,
and on the west by the old Jeffer
son Turnpike, and being part of a
tract of land conveyed to the
Town of North Wilkesboro by
deeds recorded in Book 74, Page
195, in the office of Register of
Deeds of Wilkes county.
Second Tract: Containing 13
acres more or less, known as the
J. T. Finley, Sr., Tract, lying on
the west side of the Reddies River
and bounded on the south and west
by the lands of J, R. Finley, C. L.
Osborne; and on the north by —
Osborne and on the ea.st by
Reddies River, and being Tract
No. 2, as shown on the deed re-
Hardware Company
North Wilkesboro, N. C.
corded in Book 80, Page 573, in
the office of the Register of Deeds
of Wilkes county.
For more perfect and complete
description, see plat of the above
described lands on file at the
Town Clerk’s office in the Town
Hall.
j A ca.sh deposit of 10 per cent oi
the amount bid will be required at
the conclusion of the sale and the
right to reject any and all bids is
, expressly reserved.
This 12th day of February, 1946.
; TOWN OF NORTH WILKES
BORO, N. C. 3-7T
I By W. P. Kelly, Town Clerk
CONSERVATION
FIRMHK
steep hillsid^B are being pre
vented from washing entirely by
Mr. Tom Stout, of the Millers
Creek community. Tom has tied
them down to hay crops. He ap
plied 500 poujndB of superphos
phate per acre on his hay land
last year and this past summer
was mighty well pleased by the
extra number of nice big hay
stacks ho was able to put up be
cause of this phosphate treatment.
Mr. Cyrus Faw, at Millers
Creek, reports that wood shavings
have helped him improve land
where the top soil was removed
for road surfacing. He says nature
does a somewhat similar job by
using forest litter to ibuild our
soils In the first place.
In the Mulberry community.
Mr. Charlie B. Hayes Is retiring
critically steep crop land to hay
and pasture. Charlie thus fljnds
himself up alongside the growing
number of foresighted farmers
200,000th MAN
Gets Discharge
Fort Bragg, N. C., Peb. 28.—
S-Sgt. William S. Esslck, ot
Welcome, N. C., was the 200,000th
man to be discharged by the Port
Bragg Separation Center and was
presented his discharge certifi
cate by Major General Jonathan
W. Anderson, Commanding Gen
eral of Port Bragg, ot Thursday
morning.
Sgt. Esslck has recently re
turned from, the Pacific Theatre,
where he served in New Gunea
and the Southern Phlllppiites. He
was born in Davidson county and
is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Arlie
L. Esslck, of Welcome. Prior to
who want to keep steetp hill land
productive. The Soil Oonservatlon
Service is making a complete plan
for Charlie.
A World War II veteran of the
Reddles River community, Mr.
Floyd W. Riggs, Is having the
Soil Conservation Service to make
a complete farm plan of his new
ly purchased farm. The Soil Con
servation Service Is glad to help
veterans with their farm prob
lems.
As a result of Improved high
ways and motor transportation,
attendance at county farm meet
ings jumped from a total of 12
million annually in 1920 to 46
million in 1940.
Entering service Sgt. Esslck was
affiliated with the Dixie Furni
ture Co., of Lexington, N. C., and
graduated from Welcome high
school In 1941.
North Carolina Is one of 11
states exempted from the nation’s
new set-aside program for pork
and lard.
use
666
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1945-Our Most Outstanding Year
THE FACTS AND FIGURES reproduced below from the Jefferson Standard s 39th Annual
Report represent more than just another year of progress in this company’s bright record. This record,
which is evidence of the fine American quality of thrift, is also a report of human progress. It represents
the foresight, the hopes, and die aspirations of more than 250,000 policyholders. ^ ^\^ule putting Planned
Protection” to work for additional thousands of Americans during 1945, Jefferson Standard agents made it
a year of greatest achievement. This company and its representatives look forward to even greater oppor-
n.,:.ic.t„„o,vioei„.Ko,.a«.head J £ p f [ J Q STANDARD’S
We invite you to write for a copy of our
39th Annual Report booklet.
INTEREST EARNINGS AND
INTEREST PAYMENT MAINTAINED
Ictferson Standard maintained its national leadership
in interest earned on invested assets. During the year
5 per cent interest was paid on funds held in trust for
policyholders and beneficiaries—this rate has been
maintained since the company was organized in 1907,
ASSETS INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY
^ Assets increased $18,000,000 for 1945. Total assets
are now $161,000,000. For every $100 of liabilities
there are $112.96 of assets.
LARGEST CAPITAL AND SURPLUS
^ With a 10 million dollar Capital Stock structure,
added to $8,500,000 Surplus, our company is in Hie
strongest financial position in its history.
YEAR OF RECORD ACHIEVEMENT
^ (I) Largest sales in history—$70,000,000.
(2) Largest gain in insurance in force—$46,500,000.
(3) $589,000,000 insurance in force—the greatest
on record.
'PLANNED PROTECTION" AT WORK
$7,500,000 in benefits was paid to policyholders
and beneficiaries in 1945. Total benefits since or
ganization in 1907—$151,600,000.
39* annual STATEMENT
FINANCIAL STATEMENT • DECEMBER 31, 1945
ASSETS
Cash $ 1,820,826
United States Government
Bonds 35,566,252
State, County and
Municipal Bonds . . . 3,842,440
All Other Bonds 14,494,209
Stocks 14,494,616
Listed securities carried at
market, coat, or call value,
whichever b lowest.
First Mortgage Loans. . 66,792,718
Real Estate 6,807,617
Loans to Our
Policyholders 10,281,816
Secured by the caah values
of policies.
Premium Loans and
Liens 2,316,658
Secured by the cash values
of policies.
Investment Income in
Course ot Colfeetion 1,236,376
Premiums in Course of
Collection 3,433,992
All Other Assets 190,526
Total Assets $161,278,046
LIABILITIES
Policy Reserves $123,474,031
This reserve is required by
law to assure payment of
policy oblications.
Reserve for Policy
Claims 744,729
Claims in course of settle-
ment on which prooft
have not been received.
Reserve for Taxes .... 624,596
Premiums and Interest
Paid in Advance . . . 2,711,493
Policy Proceeds Left
With Company .... 12,587,064
Dividends for
Policyholders 1,510,619
Reserve for All Other
Liabilities 1,125,514
Liabilities $142,778,046
Capital . 10,000,000
Surplus Un
assigned 8,500,000
Total Surplus Funds for
Additional Protection
of Policyholders
18,500,000
Total $161,278,046
DORMAN T. PAYNE
Tomlinson Building - Mi
North Wilkesboro.
Street — ’Phone 144-M
JEFFERSON STANDARD
U F.E., INSURANCE COMPANY
■JULIAN PRICE, Chairman of the Board RALPH C. PRICE, President
GREENSBOROf NORTH CAROLINA