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I Tobacco "VX7 Edition y y I An Ind | VOL. 54, NO. 22 iTOBAC May Be Chairman 1 ?imn?niMnTfi^ lMHWHfriW jWlUflHli ig. '** '-. ?3 MKaKHtt fflj cc 8BBB& Bp BBBttHlfflR ; ' ' : ' Pi - , - . . Watt H. Gragg, mayor of Boone, P who is being prominently mention- | <*' ed as the next state chairman of the Stale Republican executive | oi committee. | ii j GRAGGKTOUTED i: AS CHAIRMAN OF i3 CAROLINA G. 0. P J n Rumored that Shakenp in Lead- s' ership of the State G. O. P.! ^ May Bring Chairmanship to' .] Boone Man; Newell and Jonas is May Quit Posts 9 ii Watt H. Gragg, mayor ot Boone, .. might be' the next chairman of the 1 Republican party in North Carolina, according to rumor which indicates Sl that Charles A. Jonas and Jake F. ? Newell may relinquish their posts of leadership in the G. O. P. Mr. Gragg j* says he knows nothing of the situa- J tion other than the story appearing | in the Union Republican last week. The article, which will be of general a local interest, follows; tl "Is the Republican party in North 1< Carolina facing a shakeup in its y leadership? Rumor comes out of the west that Jake Newell and Chas. A. p Jonas are considering stepping out I g as state chairman and national com- j p mitteeman, respectively, and letting f, the work of these two important q posts fall upon other shoulders. a "It is only rumor. Neither of these j, men has made any announcement so ? far but the undercurrent appears flowing in that direction. For many years Newell and Jonas have been the war horses of Tar Heel Repub- ? Continued on page eight) I CHRISTMAS SEALS j NOW BEING USED a ^ Postmaster Snvs Health SHpItai-c a Already Appearing on Let- ,*t tcrs and Packages s Christmas Seals already are ap- s pearing on letters and packages in the local postotfice, according to -. Postmaster Wiley G. Hartzog. V "The first Christmas Seals to be seen in our office is another certain harbinger of the season for postal employees," Mr. . Hartzog said. "Someone is always sure to sing out when he spots the first seal. "Perhaps it's more than a coinci- gt dence, but it. was a postal clerk who V; first conceived the idea of selling an m extra stamp at Christmas time for aj anti-tuberculosis work. The story, as jjj we know it, is this: q, "Einar Holboell, a postal clerk in W( Denmark, was sorting Christmas letters in a Copenhagen postoffice one , night in 1903. A naturally sympathetic soul, he always had been dis- , tressed by the thought of suffering 0 during the holidays when so many were happy. He thought of the suf- I fering that tuberculosis causes. Then the idea came to him. Why not sell ZITl pytra ctnrnn a /InnAratiuo PKvicf. r. " ? ?I mas stamp, at this time of year and ! set aside that money for the care of c tuberculosis children? From that in- hi spiration came the Christmas Seal, w adopted in this (yjuntry four years hi later. CI "You can see why postal em- n, ployees consider themselves active A messengers of health each year at 01 Christmas time." is ATAI ependent Weekly Nt BOONE, WA' cO 'wo New Services To Be Added To j Local Burley Marl ate Agricultural Leader Cites Government Grading and Guarantee of 85 Per Cent of Parity Price for Crop Two new services will be added > lhe Mountain Burley Tobacco larket scheduled to open here ecembr 3. according to W. P. iedrick, of the state agricultural j epartment, who has recently j >mpleted a tour of the several >unties in ibis section giving ioicco grading demonstrations. The first will be the establish iem or government grading, with j re grade of each pile of lobaccc ! larked on lhe fag before ihe sale, j tid a daily sales report from all I le hurley markets showing prices ? aid for each grade ihe previous j ay. The second is ihe establishment ! I a guarantee of 85 per cent of j re parity price for ihe crop. This j ill be handled ihrough ihe Far- I iers Federation and ihe Comlodiiy Credit Corporation and is 1 esigned to place a price floor un- | er ihe tobacco. The crop in the 15 western i forth Carolina burley counties is ! ff about two per cent in weight j :om last yean, but ihe quality is i luch better, Mr. Hedrick said his j arvey showed. The tobacco, which grev/ very , ast during a rainy period about . le middle of the summer, is what | ; known as "smoking and is i enerally light in color and light ! i weight. Mr. Hedrick expressed the be- j of that ihe Boone and Asheville i .lex-Kuis *** norm Carolina wouia ell about 5,000.000 pounds out { f the estimated 7.200.000 pounds 1 rhich the crop reports show will j e produced in North Carolina, i 'his is two per cent less than the \ igure for last year. The average yield in pounds per j ere is placed at 1,000 pounds in I lie report, this being 50 pounds *ss than the average yield last ear. Madison county is the leading roducer of burley tobacco in the roup, Mr. Hedrick said, with tuncombe, Yancey and Haywood sllowing in the order named, ither counties which grow burley re Alleghany. Ashe, Watauga, Lvery, Cherokee, Henderson, Mc>owell. Burke and Transylvania. The total production of burley is xpected to be 374,000.000 pounds, f which 74 per cent comes from Kentucky, he said. The average rice for the entire burley belt asi vear was S1G.23. THp aw?ram> rice on the Boone market vas 19.23. The sales of flue-cured tobacco n the eastern part of the stale veraged $17.23 last year and this ear the market just closing has veraged $30.14, including a sublaniial increase in prices over last ear. Mr. Hedrick attributed this lo trengthened domestic demand, a horler crop and better quality. /ork of Removing E. T. & W. N. C. Rails Has Been Completed Elk Park, Nov. 22?The Midwest eel Company of Charleston, W. i., which has been engaged for six onths in taking up the rails of the landoncd section of the Linville iver railway between Boone and ranberry, completed the work this eek. Jesse Click, who was in charge of ie work, has been transferred to orida where he wiil be in charge a similar project. obacco Ball Is d_; a j uciiiK rtrrangca Members of the Tuesday Night lub are making tentative plans for aiding the annual tobacco ball, and hUe the details for the event aven't been worked out, The Demo at next week will make the anDuncement of the popular event, rrangements are being made for an rchestra, and the usual gala event expected. JGA zwspapcr-Establishei FAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAF THE MOUNT A) fllte I- , i \ '/ Shown above is a side view < irance to number 2 seen in the 6 cnl properties of the local markei entire burley bell. WAROM RODENTS NOW IN PROGRESS Mayor Says That If I'eopie Conlinuc Unresponsive Eradication Campaign to End Messrs. Killough, Braswell and Helms of the Orkin Exterminating Company, Charlotte, arc now in the oily waging war on wharf rats about the city dump, creek banks and other public spots, and treating homes and business houses in cases where the peopie are willing to co-operate by paying the small fee of $1.50. Mayor Gragg stales, however, that since the announcement was made of the rat campaign, only about a dozen people have signified their willingness to co-operate by having their homos and other buildings treated for the rodents, and long experience of the exterminating company has shown that no campaign can be thoroughly successful without full co operation of the people. Mr. Gragg further says that the city is doing its full share toward alleviating the wharf rat menace, and that if the people are not interested, the campaign will close when the contract made with the company is fulfilled. He insists that all those who desire to get rid of the pests in their homes or business houses, call the city hall THIS WEEK and make known their wishes. Otherwise the campaign cannot be carried forward. It is of the utmost importance that the people give this matter IMMEDIATE attention. The cost is $1.50 per building, with free termite inspection at the same time. MINUTES OFF THE PRESS Mr. Clyde R. Greene, clerk of the Three Forks Baptist Association has just received the printed minutes of the last session of the Association, and would like for the different churches of the county to get their copies at the Farmers Hardware, in order that the association may be saved the costs of mailing out the pamphlets. Thanksgiving Dinn Troops Maneuvei j About 50 soldiers, comprising a j unit of the 38th engineers. Fort Jackson, S. C., who are participating in war games in this area, were guests of the citizens of the city for a sumptuous Thanksgiving dinner served at the Gateway Cafe. A number of local citizens, including American Legion officials, and the mayor of the town visited the soldiers during the hour, and made brief addresses welcoming the troops to the area. Both officers and men described themselves as being immensely pleased with the rare hospitality of the people of Boone, and enjoyed the holiday feast to the DEM i in the Year Eightee tOLINA, THURSDAY, NOVE OPEN [N BURLEY TOBACC t >f the Mountain Burley Tobacco T iistance. Sales are to start at the: t are said to be among the most 1 Grand Christmas 0 In Connection Wit! Paradf? and Slanta ??V1V WuB ifcft IWUikAVk Local Boys. Aid in Seizure Nazi Shi] Marvin and Lester Deal, sons < Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Deal ol Shei j wood, ore members of Ihc ere' | of the battleship Omaha, which few days ago captured the Gei man ship Oldenwald in the Sout Atlantic. Marvin is gunner's male, fir! | class on the Omaha, while Lestc j is torpedo man, third class. Th j many friends of the popular loci youths will await with intere their next trip home, and firs: hand information concerning th valerous exploit of they and oth< members of the Omaha. nrn innAOo nniur IIEJJ uiUMUairc i MOST SUCCESSFl I i ?Reports Keep Coming in Car ing Long List of Red Cross Memberships The annual Red Cross Roll C campaign, which is being conduc under the capable leadership of K' W. M. Matheson, roll call chairm is proving most successful and le ers in the organization are v pleased with the initial reports ceived. Following is delist of the memh ships and gifts thus far reported Mrs. Matheson: Miss Clementine Landau, h Sophie Lindau, Mrs. E. H. Ro Smithey's Store, Nettie Lee Sh Mrs. P. O. Brewer, W. G. Hailib I ton, Miss Carolyn Blair, Garnett (Continued on page five) or Drniriiioil for V/l A 1UT1UCU X UX ring In This Localil utmost. The war games through the a have included the mining of brid on the Wilkesboro and Jeffer roads, and general scouting act ties. Armored and reconnaisa cars, motorcycles, machine guns, < comprised the equipment of unit, which before it became a { of the 38th engineers, was the 10 cavalry. Orange, N. J., the ol< military unit in the United Sta which had its beginning in Engl before the Revolutionary War. ' ; soldiers arc greatly pleased with I generosity and hospitality of I people of the Carolina mountain OCRJ m Hun d and Eight O WAREHOUSES V ; <4.\ A i-C f fe ' ' 1 m UH : ' j.; v .1 -rv 7* '^1 : " / ^ ' j Warehouse number 1. wiih Ihe ense warehouses Wednesday. The physicompleie and best arranged in lhe pening io Be Feature! l Start of Buriey Sales ra* ** " uiaus 10 ue feature ? Celebration of Opening of Bu: ley Market and Christms p Opening to Occur Simultnm ously as Holiday Lights Ai >f Turned On in Shopping pi: c" trict ? a ._ At a meeting of the board < h directors of the Boone Merchan t Association held Monday afte: ,r noon it was decided that the o 10 i ficial opening of the Christm; shopping season and the cell 1 bration marking the start i ie j sales on the floors of the two li !r : cal tobacco warehouses wou] ; occur simultaneously Wedne ? | day afternon, starting at 4:( o'clock. According to tentative plans tl event will be featured by a parac with the local high school band, an will wind up at city hall, where tt last of the Appreciation Day pr< i grams is to be held. Three gifts < ry- $25, $15, and $5 are to be made < that time in addition to numerot gifts of merchandise. All tobaci farmers who are in town at th; time will be given an opportunity i 'all sharing in the distribution of gifts 'ed While the exercises at city h? Lrs. are jn progress, Santa Claus hir an' self is scheduled to arrive by bt ac*- loaded down with goodies for tl 'ell hundreds of children who annual re" gather in Boone on this gladson occasion. With the arrival of Sai ,er" I Continued on page eight) to J liss Youths Sought For Zl: NYA Defense Wor ur- i H. | Youths between the ages of 17 and 25 arc being sought to ent N. Y. A. defense training cente and learn trades which will equ them to enter paying positions in d fense industries, and later on in p: 1 vate life. There are now in the d |*? j fense program jobs waiting for 8,0 'jf | of these youths when they recei their training in mechanical or eh trical trades. rea All youths interested in taking tl ?us training are asked to call on M son Clara Simpson, NYA interviewer, jvj_ her office in the courthouse. ;tc., Elon-Appalachian >art Game to Be Broadca 2nd _ _ lesi xne islion-Appalachian footb tes, same, which winds up the Moi and taineer schedule for the season, v. The be broadcast through the facilit the of the local radio station Thursd the afternoon, beginning at 2 o'clock, s. was announced this morning. i r | ^ 18 Pages jL. * 2 Sections y-Eight $1.50 A YEAR BANNERYEAR FOR LOCAL MARKET IS I SEEN BY COLEMAN Tnhnrrn PrAn Pntw.^lKr C I I v?..|? v*vnwi.aiitT MUUU Throughout Area, Reports Indicate, Following Thorough Survey ot Territory by Warehousemen Boone's Average High Last Season Local Markel is Said lo Have Led Burley Bell in 1940 Average Price of S19.25; First Deliveries of I Tobacco Monday; Warehouses i Operated by Competent Staff i i Preparations are practically com! pleted lor the opening of sales at I the Mountain Burley Tobacco Ware! houses here next Wednesday morn' ing and Roscoe Coleman, lessee of the houses, Grady Farthing, presii dent of the warehouse corporation, and other officials are freely predicting that this will be the banner year for the Boone market, with in, dications that two and a half million ; pounds of the weed will be sold | here. i The tobacco crop, it is agreed, is , good throughout this area, despite ; an unusually dry season, and dur_ , ing the past few weeks, Mr. Coleman 1' and his assistants have gone into practically every tobacco farming area in the burley sections of North I Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia, . call inn on farmer* nersnnnllv nnH ' explaining to llicm the advantages ot selling their weed at the market, i whose average price last year, ?19.25, I is quoted as being the highest in the !burley belt. An extensive advertising camls; puign has l>een carried out and rajdio station iWJUL, Johnson City, belt : ginning this afternoon, will carry a q I special tobacco market broadcast at G:30 p. m. each week day of the sea5" i son. ! Mr. Coleman states that he sini cerely believes that two and a half j? million pounds of tobacco will be sold on the local marj. before the end of tile season, r- The warehouse center is rapidly f. taking on life, and there is an expectant and cheerful outlook for the >s opening day price averages. Some > of the warehouse employees are already reporting for duty and ware housemen are hurrying to and fro with the expectation of heavy sales d during the opening week. Farmers, g_ who had been delayed in grading their weed, due to the continued dry m weather, got a break with the damp(Continued on page eight) le 1 DR. TUGMAN DIES ; AT W. JEFFERSON at is :o Wcll-Kntnvn Physician Fatally at Injured When Struck By Automobile 011 Street ill n- Dr. B. W. Tuginan, aged 59, native is, Watauga countian. but for many ie years a practicing physician in West ly Jefferson, died there Saturday from ie injuries received on Wednesday nt when struck by an automobile as he attempted to cross a street in that town. A skull fracture is given as the cause of the popular physician's death. .1, Funeral services were conducted from the West Jefferson Methodist church Monday at 2 o'clock and inIs torment was in the cemetery at that el" place. Is. Surviving Dr. Tugman are the 'P widow and one daughter. Miss Ruth Tugman, head of the Ashe county rl~ welfare department, le- , vo I Seal Sale Elicits ;c_ I Immediate Resnnnse I ~~ ' "" ^ Patrons of the Boone postoffice on j Monday morning began to receive sheets of Christmas tuberculosis seals, and according to those in charge of the campaign to raise money with which to fight tuberculosis, . seven residents of the town responded immediately, placing their dollar into the return envelope provided at all the time of receipt and dropping it m- back into the letter box. ill The first seven remittances to be ies received came from: W. G. Hartzog, ay R. C. Greene, Mrs. F. A. Linney, it Rob Rivers, E. N. Hahn, Dr. G. K. , Moose, Daniel Boone Hotel. . fs . 7 \ '
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