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VOLUME LI I, NO. 21
INITIAL EFFORT
TO SECURE MART
CITED BY WILCOX
Chamber Commerce President
Refers to Struggle Against
Adverse Opinion: Many Leaders
Lauded; Envisions Establishment
of Cannery, Hosier}
Mills and Recreational Centei
TIlP T^iniln PVinml-./s.. -?f
vi.cuituti ui I-UMImerce,
revitalized some nine
months ago under the leadership
of H. W. Wilcox as president,
John Conway, vicc-presit>
dent, and Wade E. Brown, secretary,
is due a major share ol
the credit for the establishment
of the Mountain Barley Warehouse,
this protect having beer
the first concern of the commerce
body following the election
of the present slate of officers.
The groundwork for the warehouse
movement started with ths
appointment, of a committee, composed
of H. W. Wilcox, S. C. Eggers,
Willard Beach and Harry Hamilton,
r Jr. The first duty of the committee
was to gather information and data
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WADE E. BROWN.
Secretary, Boone Chamber ol
Commerce.
ioi presentation to tobacco manufacturers
in an effort to convince
them of the wisdom of furnishing
buyers for tire proposed market.
The committee functioned without
, letup, and despite frequent predictions
of many citizens that the
fruition of the proposal constitued
a physical impossibility, the work
went on with increasing obligations
and responsibilities confronting the
sponsors. Conferences were to be
held in Winston-Salem, Greensboro,
Durham, Raleigh, Reidsville, contacts
were to be made at Louisville
and Lexington, Ky., aid of national
leaders in Washington was to be
sought.
An Arduous Task
All in all, the task was the greatest
ever assumed by a local group,
and the consummation of the project
is a tribute to the leadership
and team-work of our people.
The spirit of the Chamber of Comaners
attracted the support of many
influential persons throughout the
eountry, says President Wilcox, who
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Tobacco Planting
Of 160,000 Acres
Likely Next Year
Washington, Nov. 18. ? Federal
farm officials indicated today the
1940 AAA planting allotment for
Rue-cured and dark air-cured to
kacco would be about 160,000 acres,
the same as last year's.
Officials said such an allotment
met the general approval of representatives
of the dark tobacco trade
at a conference here today.
While agreeing that there was
no sprplus of domestic grades of
dark tobacco, officials and growers
considered it unwise to extend acreage
because of the "uncertain" export
situation.
J. B. Huston, assistant agricultural
adjustment administrator, indicated
that the government would
continue a price-bolstering loan program
on this type of tobacco next
jrear.
CASH YOUR
Tobacco Checks
at
BELK-WHITE
DEPARTMENT STORE
(Just Across the Street}
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The above photograph shows the modern Mountal
at a cost of more than $20,000 by Ervin and West,
ways and prize rooms, and is said to be one of the
the market, which is drawing a sei of buyers repr<
readily sell a quarter of a million pounds of loaf
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at an average speed of 115.03 miles an' hour. Champion
race drivers> whose very lives and chances of victory depend
on tire safety, know tire construction. That is why they
select and buy Firestone Tires for their racing cars.
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renting the "Big Three" and leading indepc
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upon the speedway as Wilbur Shawdrove
to victory on Firestone
Champion Tires. The blistering brick
of the main stretch and the granitehard
surface of the turns and the
back stretch put tire safety to the test
supreme! Record after record was
shattered. Speeds reached as high as
160 miles an hour on the
straightaways, as 33 of the fastest
drivers in the world waged a breathtaking
battle for gold and glory.
Never before in all the history of
, the motor car have tires been put
to such a torturous test. And never
? before has any tire so firmly
I* established itself as a Champion in
| construction and performance, as
& well as in name. Here is dramatic
proof of the extra strength which the
' revolutionary new Safety-Lock cord
body provides in Firestone Champion
Tires?of the extra protection against
blowouts assured by the new and
advanced Firestone patented GumDipping
process?of the extra mileage
resulting from the tougher, wearresisting
rubber compounds in the
sensational new Gear-Grip tread.
No longer can there be any
question of which tire is safest. One
tire?and only one?provides these
exclusive safety construction features.
One tire?and only one?has been on
the winning cars at Indianapolis for
20 consecutive years.
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SECTION B?EIGHT PAGES
BURLEYCROP THIS
YEAR FAR AHEAD
OF 1938 FIGURES
Madison County Leads State in
Number of Growers; Weed is
Grown in 24 Counties of State;
Carolina Rates Sixth Among
the Ten Burley Producing
States
By E. Y. FLOYD
Farmers of Western North
Carolina produced about 60,000
pounds more of burley tobacco
this year than they did in 1938,
making their crop for 1939 total
7,440.000 pounds. Hie production
in 193 J! was 7,300,000 pounds.
This is substantially above the
production average for the tenyear
period, 1928-37. which was
5.257.000 pounds annually.
There was not mucli difference in
Ihe acreage planted to hurley tobacco
in this state this year as compared
with last year. The increase
in production was accounted for by
a higher yield per acre. In 1938 Hitaverage
yield in this state was 900
rounds per acre: this year it was
approximately 930 pounds per acre
The average yield ner acre for the
1928-37 period was 803 pounds,
showing that growers have improved
their methods of production with
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