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'mitt X WAR ^/m, *?S." T STAMPS H|M Anlm VOL. 55. NO 22 S ALESOFBURLEY I ON LOCAL MART START DEC. 9TH Prospects for Sale of Weed Described as Exceedingly Good With High Prices Certain; 1 Crop of Weed Very Good Sales of burley tobacco will start on the floors of the Mountain Burley warehouses here on December 9th. according to R. C. Coleman of Tabor City, warehouse operator, who has been here for several days making ready for what he believes will be the biggest season in the history of the local market. Mr. Colemar. says the crop of burley is good throughout the three-state area, and he and his assistants for many days have been traveling the area, contacting farmers and securing poundage for the market. The Johnson City radio is being used extensively in publiciz ing the market, which has been noted for its uniformly high prices. This year, however, the prices received by the farmer will be much higher than heretofore, it is said. Tobacco is now being received at the local warehouses and a full 1 scale sale is expected for the open- J ing day. Two big floors, however, make it possible for the operators to take care of the farmers speedily, and there is never any considerable delay in selling. Since hurley prices are up, farm leaders and others are warning against selling tobacco to specula- c tors. Farmers should receive full advantage of the rising market, and pocket the money, which would otherwise go to the "middle man." Appalachian High Sells $229 Worth of Stamps i and Bonds in 15 Minutes | i During ? stamp rally sponsored t by the band, the senior girls of Appalachian high school sold $229 0 worth of stamps and bonds. to the c faculty and students Friday morn- n -"? li The sales took place during the |j intermission 01 a patriotic uanu coil- | n cert given by Mr. Nash and his band for that purpose. The band it- f self bought $38.80, averaging more 0 than $1.00 per member which was c the goal set by Mr. Nash. I This brings the total stamp and bond sales to $938.40 since October e 15. The sales were made by the 0 senior girls to students, faculty and people of the town. 1 The goal set by Appalachian high school for the year is $5,000 and the i, sales on Friday morning raised the total to $2,852.20. t The aim of the school is to have jj every student buy stamps. It is not ? enough for them to buy with money which they do not need but to buy t stamps with every dime they can c get. i One Deer Falls to ? Gun of Local Nimrod s j W. H. Smith, Jr., killed a 135- n pound eight-point buck in a hunt on C the Mount Mitchell preserve last C Friday, he being the only member o of the local hunting parties this sea- I son to "bring home the bacon." Among those who have taken part ] in the Mt. Mitchell hunts this season are: Paul Coffey, B. W. Stallings, Grady Farthing, W. H. Smith, Jr., Rob Rivers, Ralph Winkler, Gordon Winkler, Kenneth Linney, BUI c Hlich UVonlr TV-irU^.M A. IV, ?r OLtCi UUlIlid* I C ten, Dr. R. C. Busteed and Dr. J. T. f C. Wright. ? I Small Pieces of Metal = Are Sought For Victory t The Ladies' Auxiliary of St. ( Luke's Episcopal church is seeking t .discarded keys and other small j pieces of metal, which were not c sought in previous scrap metal j drives, to augment the flow of scrap to the steel mills. c Boxes are being provided in the ! Boone Drug Store and Belk's, and 1 it is hoped to secure a barrel-full, I of these odds and ends of scrap, j which it is understood, will be suf- t ficient to construct an anti-aircraft 1 field gun. 1 1 Printing of the country's now all- 1 purpose ration books will take 87,- 1 000 pounds of ink\ 7,500 pounds of 1 paste, half a million pounds of box- ] ing. 1 There are 176,000 physicians in t the United States, of whom about s 25,000 are with the armed forces. < MAU iependent Weekly News\ BOONE, WATAUC 'Major Victory' liFAl Vice Admiral William F. Halsey, commander of the U. S. naval force which deal! ihe Jap ar- now ^ mada a smashing blow in show- mills, down battle in the Solomon Is- The tanas area is shown above. This was an all-out effort on the part , of the Japs to recapture Guadal- m."n canal and New Guinea. Admiral muin,r Mimilz. commander-in-chief of Sl the Pacific lleet. claimed a "major more ' victory for our gallant forces." onc ?' of met ~ in this Baptists Elect Ike Greer Head =? make Of Convention --p. you ii nation >. C. Eggers of Boone, is Named on am su General Board of Convention at Its 112th Annual Session in High JlfTf Point Last Week The Baptist state convention at its F01 12th annual session in High Point, ast Thursday elected I". G. Greer resident for the next year, and left Busir he selection of next year's meeting sen lace to the convention's general lonrd. Mr. Greer, who is superintendent if the Thomasville orphanage, sueeeds Dr. Rorrest C. FTeezor, pastor nave i f Tabernacle Baptist church in Ra- servic< pigh. He was elected on the third '10uscs allot and a motion from the floor tlo"s' lade his election unanimous. ,s< Opponents of Mr. Greer on the scrvic< irst ballot were Richard Redwine e co f Hickory. Perry Morgan of Ridgerest, and E. Norfleet Gardner of fenderson. Thai The following vice-presidents were at lected by acclamation: J. B. Grice day n: f Asheville, Leslie Campbell, presi- comeent of Campbell College, and J. W. 'uttle of Shelby. phana The convention approved the fol- and 11 owing appointments: churcl Convention board of trustees, sPecla< erms expiring 1943: R. L. McMilan, Raleigh and F. H. Brooks, of AT 1 Imithfield. Thai General board of the convention, ducted erms expiring in 1945: Claude F. mcnta Jaddy, Raleigh; S. C. Eggers, Boone; Marioi W. Ryer, New Bern; M. L. Ban- sch?o1 lister, Oxford; Hubert M. Craig, F' Trc itanley; J. D. McCready, MorganDn; W. W. Jones, Kannapolis; J. J. imith, Greensboro- A. J. Whitley, A * r., Smithfield; H. M. Hocutt, Bilt- held 11 lore; D. G. Myers, Mt. Olive; E. N. at 8 aJardner, Henderson; A. B. Wood, Puklic lharlotte; Mrs. R. K. Redwine, Hick- with l ry; J. R. Link, Apex, and J. R. 'c0' 1 Jorgan, Waynesville. pected Winst( Joone Public Forum jam Opens Current Season Spei On Friday, November 13, at 8:00 ('clock, the Boone Public Forum ipened its 1942-43 season. The - - orum leader was Mr. Paul O. Nafe, Mrs iditor of the McDowell News. Mr. * i <afe lead a very stimulating discus;ion on the topic, "The Press and War Propaganda." Mrs The local forum is sponsored by ly bee he Lions Club, the Chamber of field i Commerce, the Woman's Club, and al Yo he Merchants Association. Its pur- The rose is to give enlightenment on youth; current topics of local, state, nation- trainii il and international interest. take s The finance committee, composed The a >f Prof. W. M. Grubbs, Dr. W. M. both Watheson, Mrs. Mae Miller, Mrs. The Wiley Smith, Mr. W. H. Walker and manp< Dr. W. Amos Abrams, is at present youth iponsoring a drive for funds. The war i ollowing is a list of contributors: youth: Dr. D. J. Whitener $1.00 center Dr. Orby Southard 1.00 defen: Yank Payne 1.00 board iV. G. Hartzog ... 1.00 nishec Dr. A. P. Kephart _ l.OO Mrs. ! U. R. Maddux 1.00 veniei Dr. Robert R. King 1.00 iDr. W. Amos Abrams ..._ 1.00 BANI Any citizen of Boone who wishes The o support this program is urged to ing o: >ee any member of the finance closed rommittee. ^ nounc GA 1 paper-Established in *A COUNTY, NORTH CAROL] KMERS ASKED F OINTENSIFY ~ SCRAP EFFORT n Calls Upon Farmers in egranl to Democrat to Rev Efforts to Gather Scrap ring Rest of 1942; Steel Is Need Junk aid M. Nelson, chairman of ar production board, is calling the American fanners to reheir efforts in collecting scrap their plantations during the ling weeks of 1942. and in a im received today by the ! ;ga Democrat, says the farm is st source of the type of metal I lecded so badly by the steel Ui text of the telegram follows: bo 2 government is asking the hii can farmer to dedicate the re- su lg weeks of 1942 to an intensi- te :rap hunt. Steel mills need heavy scrap and the farms are n the best sources of this type " J al. We need your further help ; farm drive and in aiding our 11 e committees to continue this throughout the next few . ... All salvage committees :ing instructed to continue to j ^ available to the fanner alllcr?P transportation facilities and|^ePa )\ver, and to co-operate with ral1" rr every possible way. The is looking to the farmer. I J re . . . he will come through." pour JRCH SERVICES 3 it THANKSGIVING 3 goldi Th less Houses Close For Ob- ers i /ance of Holiday; Special Sermons Ther erent churches of the city Valu jrranged special Thanksgiving put :s for today, and business and i of the city, with few excep- hous will be closed for the day. tion. rhedule of the special church Th 2s, to which all the people of Farn mmunity are invited, follows: as Core FIRST BAPTIST guar nksgiving service will be held grow First Baptist church Wednes- guar igni ar i :ju. EiveryDoay wei- of p tee i tg your offering for the or- has . ge. The pastor will preach with he service will be in the rativ > auditorium. There will be ning I music. dollc all t. DEMONSTRATION SCHOOL Fedc nksgiving services will be con- Cred 1 in the demonstration ele- the j ry school at 11 a. m. by Rev. lina. i Currie, and in the high T1 at 9:45 a. m. by Rev. Edwin simp mtman. war( plact BOONE METHODIST A w 'hanksgiving service will be on y n the Boone Methcdist church grad m. on Thursday morning. The plac is cordially invited to join is in this early morning serv- rtri V liberal offering will be ex. for the Children's Home in jn-Salem. [ES I. VANCE MEMORIAL PRESBYTERIAN ;ial Thanksgiving service at lock Thursday morning. Other les are invited to take part. . Simpson Promoted ci wl AT A whit y. i .a. organization wcri ness . Clara P. Simpson has recent- and n promoted to youth personnel paig representative with the Nation- Man uth Administration. of si principal work is to select in t s from eight counties to take it tx lg which will prepare them to by. killed work in war industries. fvt ge limit is 16 to 25 years for y girls and boys. wejj major objective with the war jler swer commission is to prepare quoj s quickly and efficiently for Qf y ndus tries. Approximately 100 >pi s from each NYA vocational qUjt are placed every six weeks in man ;e plants. Work clothing, j,RCC , room and small salary fur- pacj 1. Those interested should see xj Simpson at their earliest con- puij] ice. prof )AGE ROOM CLOSED TODAY Red Cross room for the makE surgical dressings will be Ei .'for Thanksgiving, it was an- bird ed Wednesday. a sj pay mt?. 3EM( the Year Eighteen / NA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBI 'Teen Age Boys Take > JB^'$M <r yjuBtt/r'^^BL ??wH By N sv Youihs between the ages of 18 c liled Slates army, are shown takin Ing administered by Lieut. John T. liuciioii cemer in urana ueniiai t ch as ihcse have volunteered ihei en age draft bill became law. triiy Payments Ag? Fester n North Carol bulletin just received from the o marketing service of the U. S. p Ttment of agriculture co-ope- p g with the North Carolina de- r Tient of agriculture indicates c the mountain crop of burley a cco will average about 1.200 ti ids to the acre. In 1941 western 3 h Carolina raised 6.200 acres of o sy tobacco, and this year about e 1 acres. This means that the a production will be in the ti hborhood of 8.160,000 pounds of fi en weed. w lis is good news, but the farm- tl vill be very much interested in n indicated average price for this e 's crop. This average will be p fast $40 pier hundred pxiunds. ti efore, every leaf of tobacco is a able and every effort should be s; forth to properly handle, grade p deliver all tobacco to the ware- a c in the best possible condi- li C icn more good news is that the t ners Federation will again serve agent for Commodity Credit a loratioh in Washington which b antees a parity price to all r rers for their tobacco. The tl anteed price last year was 85% e arity and this year the guaran- tl s 90% of parity. The federation a already completed arrangements p the Columbia bank for co-ope- f 'OS and a sufficient fund, runinto hundreds of thousands of p irs, will be available to pay for I obacco acquired by the Farmers h iration for the Commodity r lit Corporation and on behalf of a growers in western North Caros le plan of operation is very n lie: You take your tobacco to the g ihouse and have it weighed and v ed in baskets in the usual way. a rarehouse ticket will be placed our basket, and then the federal e ers will grade the tobacco, v ing certain symbols and letters I ALSARE MAILED! ,0CAL RESIDENTS i mal Sale of Christmas Seals < Gets Under Way With Good Response iris tm as Seals, the proceeds of d?- are used to fight tuberculosis, s s mailed to individuals and busi- j firms in this section Monday, c the response to the annual cam- v n seems to be enthusiastic, f y of those receiving the sheets i tamps, placed the one dollar .bill he return envelope and mailed c ifore leaving the postoffice lob- f 1 rs. J. E. Holshouser, chairman i le seal campaign, has the county 1 organized and her helpers join in the desire to sell the full i o of one thousand dollars worth s he health stickers this year. s te demand is report ..-d as being c e lively for the stamps which in 1 iy families' holiday mail, have s >me such a tradition that no 1 tage is mailed without the seals, c le complete co-operation of the t lie is sought and reports on the ;ress of the campaign will be ied in this newspaper from f k to week. r - \ iriy firearms were named after 3 s; the word "musket" signifies I larrowhawk. i 3CRA i unMed and Eighty-Ei Oafn of Allegiance Bi MP 1 ip&&: p ii T1 i?i-"? sessi jfcjjfcy Tgp3l that 312 lurt! deci TKjm nexl mm ^ &OMi Tl disp ind 19, who have enlisted in the wjjj g the oath of allegiance which is tion Cummiskey, U.S.A.. at the army elec 'alace. New York. Many youths ball Lr services to America since the ?d. chat Will sher ain Guaranteed to IT ina Burley Growers of m n the ticket. You will he given a ;,inc' anty price card showing the parity crn? irices on ail grades and you can sem' cadily pick out the grade as indi- c<' 1 ated on your basket. When the big aPP' uction starts and you know your mus nbacco is guaranteed, let us say at mul' 5 cents a pound, and it is bid up to ^or ' nly 30 cents, the markers or check- Pers rs for Commodity Credit will place ent big red letter "C55 on your basket men icket. You will then go to the of- of.11 ice at the warehouse and the ce^' arehouse operator will pay you at he 35-cent rate. The warehouse- case lan in turn bills the Farmers Fed- ute^ ration for your tobacco, and we scou ay this warehouseman. Then your vote obacco thus acquired, together with not ny other tobacco secured in the Proc tune way, is removed to a big re- *-*UCi recessing plant, and after it is e'ecl ricd and regraded, it is placed in :irge hogsheads and retained for mcri :ommodity Credit Corporation un- ute il sold. pers If this tobacco is finally sold for ot '' price higher than the amount paid Proc y the Farmers Federation, you will c:?f' eceive your proportionate share of r'Kj his overage. Perhaps all of the read- Jn 1 rs know that on July 9 of this year ^ he corporation mailed these over- A ge checks for an average of $2.50 w.as ier hundred pounds to 258 western lorth Carolina farmers. ? The federation will operate this a ilant at all tobacco warehouses in , n % * . <? . .. nnni >oone, Asnevme ana all warelouse operators will gladly co-ope- E5" ate even though it means some p idditional work in their offices. ouj' On account of gasoline and tire v, ' hortages, it is expected that a ' nuch larger percentage of tobacco ;rown in western North Carolina was .'ill be marketed this year in Boone ov!^: nd Asheville. whl A telegram has just been receiv- wor d stating that the Boone and Ashe- can' ille markets will open Tuesday, lecember 8th. W POTATO PRICES L' MAY GO HIGHER 1 Boo bounty Agent Says December 1 catc Should See Rise in Price sudi of Spuds F Moi the County Agent Harry M. Hamilton t ;tates that indications point to a Tnt'e >rice-rise in potatoes about the first s, >f the month, and suggests that it ?n^ vould pay the farmers to hold their >roduct for a week or so. Mr. Hamlton says: jn "All indications point to an in:rease in potato prices after the irst of December, therefore I be- | ieve it would pay the farmers to idd their potatoes for a week or so >efore offering them on the market. M "The chances are that other prod- a lets besides potatoes may advance ifter the first of the month. It will tlso pay the farmers to have a high [uality product to offer on the mar- T :et. In the case of potatoes, a good trict grade will pay better than a ^ua oose grade because there is a big opel lemand for higher quality prod- mal lets." Wltl Wai If each of the 31 million U. S. amilies bought one less can of can- ra^l led goods per week, the steel saved yea vould meet steel requirements of enj< 5,000 medium tanks, there would T >e tin for 360,000 75mm. howitzers, on ubber for 2,000 jeeps. Dec ght $1.50 A YEAH UIOT PROBE TUT E CONTINUED TO vEXT WEDNESDAY tc Beard Elections Continues Watauga County Voting Disute Case, Pending Further ivestigation; Other Disputes le state board of elections, in ion in RaJeigh Tuesday, decided the Watauga county election ute. involving the validity of county ballots found in the ig box, should be investigated tier before the board makes a sion at a meeting to be held : Wednesday. Chairman W. A. as did not indicate the place of meeting. le ballots, over which a heated ute has raged since election day, decide the results of the elecin Watauga county. The county tions board voted to count the Qts, and if its decision is sustainthc Democrats will remain in ge of the county government, 1 }hf (ivonnlinn nf ^ f St vi uic Uiiitc VI iff. If the decision of the local d is reversed, the Republicans the county offices. Ask Changes in Law . Tuesday's meeting the state d heard widespread complaints lisusc of the absentee ballot law. voted to recommend to the govr and to the next general as3ly that the law "be so amendhat only the voter himself can y for an absentee ballot, which t be applied for in person or by . and that the ballot so applied ae delivered to the voter only in on or by mail. Under the preslaw it has been interpreted that ibers of the immediate family he voters can apply for and ree absentee ballots, ic board was told that in some s absentee ballots were distribto parly workers so that they r the country-side for absentee s. "An absentee ballot law canexist in North Carolina without lucing fraud," commented W. A. as of Wilson, chairman of the lions board. te board also voted to recomd tlie passage of a "penal statmaking it "unlawful for any on other than legal custodians, allots or voters actually in the ess of voting within voting en ares or voters exercising the t of the absentee ballots, to have lis possession any official baln appeal from Graham county dismissed by the board. The ute was over counting of about Democrat and 250 Republican intee ballots. The only way the iocrats could win in Graham, the rd was told, was for the Demoabsentees to be counted and the ublican ballots to be thrown The county elections board xl not to count either and the e board upheld that action, n appeal from Brunswick county dismissed. The dispute was r the race for county judge ch John B. Ward, Democrat, i over -D. R. Johnson, Republiby one vote. inkier Child Dies; Funeral Held Monday inda Gordon W.inkler, two years daughter of Mr. and Mrs. GorWinkler, died at the home in ne last Saturday evening. Aligh the child had been in deli: health, she died from a rather ien illness. uneral services were conducted iday morning at 11 o'clock from Boone Baptist church, the pasRev. J. C. Canipe, officiating, irment was in the city cemetery, urviving are the bereaved pari and two sisters, Barbara Dean Anna Boyce Winkler. TNTTNC CI? A CAM J11II11U OL/WVil OPENS THURSDAY ay Plan to Go to Fields and Forests for Initial Hunt Today he hunting season for rabbits, il, grouse and other upland game is in Watauga county today, and ly will observe Thanksgiving 1 gun and dog. County Game xlen Walter Edmisten believes there is an unusual number of hits, as well as game birds this r, and believes that hunters will >y splendid sport, he squirrel season which opened September 15th, will close on ember 15th. Ml ' % - : $
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