mm n ? mm ' ! ffr*"' *'.'''lgjSwrl PAGE EIGHT F. F. A. Activities At Recent Fair At the Watauga Agt.. - .Iturai fair held rete.ttly. meiti " h tie Boone arc* Co* e Creek chapters at Future Farmers of America displayed a variety oi produc ts grown or. farm practice projects supervised by the local instructors o: vocational agriculture. In addition each chapter prepared at* educational exhibif and participated in a 0v stock judging contest. The educational exhibit prepared by the Boone chapter, .chick was awarded first place, had as its central theme the importance of caring for toe farm timber supply. A r.ti del forest with products from it. such as lunite -. fence posts, poles, firewood, shingles, tool handles, tanning extract, etc.. was set up adjacent to a badly neglected woodland Above, a large poster stated. Tree- are a farm crop?care for them." Tne exhibit prepared by tilt I'oVi dl'.'-.N chapter was a model tobacco curing barn constructed from plans i (-commended by the Kentucky agricultural experiment station. In the livestock judging contes" the Cove Creek team composed of Jay Edmisteii. F.ion Yates, Ralph Stokes. John Presnell. Cap Ward and Adrian Yates placed first. Jordan Cook of the Boone team, scored highest in the evc-nt. Other members of the Booru? livestock judging team * or. James Barnes J. P. Fa; xrier. Bernard Xorris. Milton .Morel.and Blaine Stanbury. Classes of livestock judged were market beef calves, dairy covys anu horses. Members of the Boone chapter won five first places in the individual crop and poultry exhibits wink j three first places were won by mem-: hers of the Cove Creek chapter. In I this group first prizes wore awarded j to the following: Barred Rock pullets?Bian Aidridge. Cove Creek: New Hampshire Rod ranieis. Bobby West. Boone. Green Mm. poiatoc-r-. Ray Mvsody. Cove Creek.-: Sequoia potatoes, Glenn Cottrell. Boon*.: Kathf.uin potatoes. James Barncv Boone: onions. Jay Miller, Boone: corn. Council! Henson. Cove Creek: cabbage. Molvin JN orris, Boone. DISTRICT PARTY RALLY SCHEDULED AT SALISBURY Washington. Sept. 23.?Representative Robert L. Dough ton ol' the ninth North Carolina district, stated here today that the Democratic rally for the ninth district would be held at Salisbury October 3. J. M. Broughton, Democratic nominee for governor, will be the principal speaker. Former Senator Cameron TV* : 1 /-* . .... T> lVlUiiiSUU ill in vjruv cri liui v^ijut- n. Hoey- arc also expected to attend. Housing surveys conducted in rural North Carolina show conclusively the need for extensive rebuilding and remodeling, says D. S. Weaver, extension agricultural engineer of State College. SPECIAL NOTICES ? ROLI.F.R MILL?My roller mill on Cove Creek is now in operation and ready to serve the public. J. D. Stokes. Sherwood. N. C. FOR RENT -- Three furnished rooms for light housekeeping. Call phone 129,-R. 9-19-3c FOR RENT?Apartment or entire house. Modern conveniences. Outside city limits on Wilkesboro road. Mrs. J. G. Cooke. 9-12-tfc EVERGREEN S-Shrubs at prices you can pay. Let us landscape your home tnis fall. All work guaranteed satisfactory. W. A. Watson, Deep Gap, N. C. 9-5-tfc RAWLEIGH ROUTE established just becoming available in North Ashe, West Caldwell counties. Exceptional opportunity for right man. Write Rawleigh's, Dept. NCI-23-105 G, Richmond. Va, or See R. G. Greer, Boone. N. C. 9-5-ap 1940 STATION WAGON?Radio, low mileage, like new. S270 discount. C. V. Henkel. Jr. Statesville or Blowing Rock, N. C. 9-l-5c OLD GOLD WANTED?Crowns, bridges, rings, watch cases and all kinds of old gold bought at best prices. Walker's Jewelry Store, across from postoffice. 3-2I-tfc. DR. C. a. BAUGHMAN, eye. ear. nose and throat specialist of Elizabethion. Tenn., will be at the Ragamas Clinic in Boone the first Monday in each month for the practice of his Drofession. 4-7-lf WANTED ? Refined girls for beauty culture training. A complete course for only $50.00. State accredited. Maes scnooi 01 Beauty Culture, Mrs. Jake Church, proprietor. North Wilkesboro, N. C. 5-30-tfc 0 WE BTJUiD HOMES?As one who builds homes of today I pledge myself to deal honestly with those who seek homes, be they rich or poor, experienced traders or ba bies in arms. W. C. Greene, Boone, N: C. 6-20-40 USED FURNITURE Singer Sewing Machine, practically new, cost $90.00. now $35.00 White Enamel Oil Range, 5 burners with built-in oven $40.00 Large size Meadows Electric Washing Machine, brand new ....$55.00 HIGH LAND FURNITURE CO. Depot Street Boone, N. C. m W A 11 ? Filling World's Largest Di La Grange. 111.?These workers Diesel locomotive for the Atlantic C the largest order for Diesel-electric 1 engines will roil down the track bef watauga calves"" ~7c TAKE HONORS (Continued from page one) Feeder Calves , Watauga feeder calves also claim ed most of the prizes at the show. In this class, which consisted of' calves dropped between Januarv 1. 1040. and May 31. 4040. James Dug- n ger won second prize: Gene Reese. J' third; Clint Ward, fifth: Tom Law- |' rence. tenth and eleventh: Carl ^ Kohnle. twelfth, and R. T. Palmer. % nineteenth. *4 In tne feeder get-of-sin class. J1 three Watauga feeder calves wor. i1 the first prize. I " Out of a total of nine first, prizes f' in the baby beef and feeder calf 1 classes. Watauga calves von seven. av.'iig the other two to Hay word : . :ici Maciison counties, respectively.! : Th_- total amount of prize money |?. won by the Watauga baby beef and jv feeder calves was $251.00. i: Sold at Auction An auction sale of baby beef and 1 feeder calves was held at the fail 1 grounds at Henderson villi* Thursday afternoon. September 10. and eleven j the Watauga fa? steers were sold.;1 James Hugger < grand champion i tecr weighed 820 pounds and was I sold for the price of 35 cents per 1 ! pound or a total of $287.00. The ^ names of the owners, the weights. J price per pound of the steers and the j1 total amount brought follows: it John Edmislen. 900, 19 cents, j $171.00: Council! Henson, 1.060. 16!; cents, $169.00: Frank Mast. 945. 16'* cents. $15120: Russell Hodges, 815. IT cents. $138.55: Russell Hodges. 630. 16 cents. $100.80: Maston \ Hodges. 790. 16 cents. $126.40: Mas- i ton Hodges, 540. 12 cents. $64.80: c Gene Reese 875. 15 cents. $131.25; \ Lawrence Wilson, 635. 14 cents. I' $83.90: Loy Isaacs, 680. 14 cents, $95.20. 1 The total weight of the eleven 1 baby beeves which were sold was 1 O llnil , . . I. J 1 |K., ?.Mnl 1 ii.w.ixi faiuuu.i. w i lilt' lilt: luvai jiuuuui i of money for which thc-y were sold i was Sl.524.10, making an average 1 price per pound of approximately 17' cents lor the entire group. This 1 auction sole was hr far the best sale of fat and feeder calves that has ever been held in Western Nortn Carolina. BRITISH LAUNCH NEW ATTACK ON DAKAR Vichy, France, Sept. 25.?French warships outnumbered nearly three to one were reported early today to be defending the west African port of Dakar "to the end" after crushing six attempts to land an expeditionary force of British and "free French" troops. With portions of the port city of 40,000 population in debris after more than 30 hours shelling by British warships, the Petain government announced that "the battle continues' 'against France's ally of onlythree months ago. A second British ultimatum for surrender, expiring at 6 a. in. Tues- ( day, was defiantly rejected by Gen. i Pierre Boisson of Dakar and France's 5 armed forces hav^; launched strong f "reprisal actions," a communique > last night stated. 1 j NOTICE TO GAU P. 1 I i We wish to inform you that galax and other greens again are entitled to the galax in t reasons: We live in this county and p ergreens the year-round anc the year. Other buyers may come and leave, paying no taxes. We serve the country people department we buy your ro< hides and many other items keep profits here to pay coi with you and are one of you ket and we hope you will h your leaves. If hard times hit the galax h buying all we can from you. Boone several years back an believe we should have a cha Come in to see us and let us I our place your headquarters We are not as large dealer as ness this much more. We are buying at one place < dealers in this and other coi APPALACHIAN ! C. C. WILCOX We want several tons of lof instrui .TACGA DEMOCRAT?EVERT esel Locomotive Order are welding ihe chassis of a oast Line railroad which placed ocomolives in history. Eighteen ore the job is finished. iRAND JURY~1N I USUAL REPORT! (Continued from page one) lant be put in A-l condition. County Home We in a body also inspected the I aunty home and found it to be very eat and clean, but sadly in need of ?pairs. We recommend that the orch be torn down and replace? ith Ihwr smaller norehes. The taster in the halls and rooms is ailing down and the entire piac ? ecds pairt ng. There is also a eed for some new bed springs. Th : miatcs .-rem to be well contented nri well kept. Wo recommend that lis work b- done at once. Courthouse T: e courthouse and county of' "s were visited in a body. The ffiers seemed to be well kept and err in good order. The records in he different offices were kept up-dale a >d the information supposd to 1 e kept in each of them was tidily available. All justices of the ao Have made their reports acording to requirements. It was rund that Mr. G. F. Critcher, guar lian for Rupert Dale. Roy Dean. Ced Hodges. heirs of Mrs. Clyde H. lodges, had not made a report nee 1P35. and his bond is $7,000. igned by W. R. and .1. S. Winkler, t is also found that Mrs. Louise Udridge. guardian for Joe Ann ana 'ntricia A:dridge, had never made report, and her bondsman is Mrs. ?dna Hodges and a deed of trust? >2,000. The county school bus garage was -isited and it was found to be kept n good order by a capable methanic. He stated he was well supilied with tools and equipment for he maintenance of the buses. The grand jury was composed of: Howard Cotlrell. foreman. V. D, iVard. C. R. Wilson, K. W. Brown. Willie utawson. w. c. south, t'. w. VIoretz. G. H. Thomas. Henry Nor is, Collis Greene, Clyde Wallace. M. Townsend and D. G. Edrr.isten. REAL. OIL WELL BUILT FOR "FLOWING GOLD" Expensive sets in Hollywood usuilly conjure up something like a DeWille version of a Babylonian bath oom, but dull drab and ordinary as he oil well which was constructed or "Flowing Gold" looks, it represents an investment of $80,000 to ffarner Bros. Erected at the 300-acre studio anch in Calabasas, the well is enh-ely practical, except for oil, compete with steam press boilers, lifts ind drills, pipe, etc. It even inludes the small "taper-screw," the afety patent device front which toward Hughes has derived much if bis fortune. It would have been possible to ease a well in one of the nearby oil :elds for the picture, which stars lohn Garfield. Pat O'Brien and Trances Farmer, at the slightest raction of this cost, but the script rails for the well to be fire-blasted ind the risk of the conflagration :nre>ariirrf wnulH haw inn ?reat. The film is scheduled to be ihown at the Appalachian Theatre iexV Monday. iX COLLECTORS we are going to be buying this season. We believe we his section for the following ay taxes here. We buy ev1 not just a few months in get the cream and then in many ways. In our durg )ts, herbs, bark, metal, furs, that you have to sell. We inty taxes. We live here i. Our market is your marelp us hold it by selling us usiness we still will be here We started buying galax in id built up the business and ince to buy your leaves now. talk it over with you. Make when in town, some, so we need your busi inly, tyhile some others have inties. EVERGREEN CO. BOONE, N. C. I moss. Get our prices and clions ' THURSDAY? BOONE. N. C BURLEY BROWEKS M TO VOTE ON QUOTAS H (Continued from page one) say J hat prices to hurley growers for the 1940 crop can be maiot aired at a higher level if quotas "are in effect for a three-year period."; Sloan added. Three questions will appear on ; the ballot in the November 23 ref- , erendum: (1) Do you favor market- ] ing quotas for three years? (2* Are you opposed to marketing quotas on your 1941, 1942 and 1943 crops, but in favor of marketing quotas on your 1941 crop? and (3) Are you opposed to marketing quotas'* In explaining the plans for the referendum, the district agent said that any farmer who snares in the proceeds of the 1940 hurley tobacco crop will be eligible to vote. Tin* other burley-producing states will vote on the same date on the same proposition on the basis of production North Carolina is sixth among the 15 states in which burley is b< ing grown this year. Madison county leads in burley production in North Carolina. Oth- n er counties in which the crop is H grown are: Buncombe, Haywood, B Yancey. Ashe. Watauga. Mitchell. M Graham. Alleghany, Avery. Burke, ' H | Caldwell Chatham, Cherokee, Clay, 9 I Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Forsyth. I Henderson, Jackson. Lincoln. Mc- I I Dowell, Mason, Polk, Rutherford. i I I Swain and Transylvania. ProdUC-|| ! tion ranges from about 3.000 acres 11 in Madison to one-half acre in Chat- H ham. The "walking stick" is the largest I | insect in the world. Some tropical j i species grow to a length of 13 inches, i The University of North Carolina j m was founded in the year 1794. Dry ( at Sn Ladies* New Fall Ha 48c and 9 ? Ladies' Silk Dresses $2.98 Ladies' Fall Coats, mo $4.95 to $; Children's Winter Cot $1.98 u Blankets, from baby si bed size, spec 15c to $3. Best Stars and Stripes ing, special 6Y2c yd Children's good Schoo 97c Children's heavy kn: 10c Men's Dress So> Ladies' first quality f Silk Hose. 2-thread 68c Men's solid leather jac $5.95 Boys wool Melton Jac $1.94 Boys' Caps . . . . Bed Spreads, heavy 81 x 105, spec 68c : Smit ' -f 1 ; Ivev and Laurel I Stools or Grubs 1 W. H. Gragg I BOONE, N. C. ioods Specials | lithey's Store I Is. special? Rayon and wool pin stripe Dress _ Material, special H 34c yd. 1 j special Cotton Bats, full bed size, 72>:90? 39c 'St any color 3gc J.95 - Children's School Sweaters? ds, special- 25c tQ 97<. p Remnant Rolls, heavy quality J ize to double Shirting, special ial? .95 48c ? _, Little Bovs' Overalls, special? L. L. Sheet- * 40c _______ Infants' Wrap-around Vests, special 1 Shoes, pair 15c Ladies' Skirts 48c to $1.94 it Panties? 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