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\ ran wesk in WASHINGTON A Hwinw of GormiBint Hap j?lng? in lb* HatVmal Capital Serious consideration is being given to reintroduction of the Knutson tax reduction bill with the same provisions as vetoed by President Truman except that tax reductions would start Jan uary 1, 1947, instead of July 1, 1947. Several Democratic senator*, including Senator Byrd of Vir ginia, have indicated they would 'go along" on a measure like that and predictions are made even that such a measure would be passed over a presidential veto. As a matter of fact, it was indi cated throughout the debates on the Knutsoj} measure that sev eral Democratic senators, other wise opposed to tax reductions this year, would approve such a measure next year, end it was even indicated that President Truman might sign a tax reduct ion bill starting next year. Again the national science foundation bill, which has passed the senate, is stymied in a house committee although strenuous efforts by proponents are being made to force the measure out of the committee. The main con troversy over the bill, which pro vides 20 million dollars for re search in basic scien<% by pri vate research and the training of scientists and research in uni versities and colleges, is the patent feature of the measure. During the last congress such a bill passed the senate with the provision that all patents result ing from research would be free and open to all industry. The thinking in this line is that these patents were the result of re search with government money ajid should be lor the use of every one The same thinking was fol lowed oh the atomic energy law. The present bill, however, con tains no such provision and, as a matter of fact, provides that pat ents resulting from scientific discoveries as a result of the federal appropriations remain the property of the discoverer. It is possible that former Sen. Robert LaFollette of Wisconsin may be offered the job as general counsel under the new Taft Hartley labor law. Whoever is named by the President to this job will be a virtual labor czar since he is responsible to no one, not even the national labor rela tions board for which he is counsel. He would be absolute in determining which cases were violations and would toe absolute in referring these cases to the board for hearing. He would act SHOVEL WORK, BULLDOZING Drag Line Ditching, by yard, job, or hour. Sefr BILL BUMGARNER, Boone, N. C. J. D. HAMPTON, Deep Gap, N. C. 5 Cents SUNDIAL 1SH0E SALE All Dun-Deer white and tan oxfords, children's loafers, saddle oxfords; tan, patent and white sandals, regular price and 5 cents extra gets 2 pair. Bring a friend and get . . . TWO PAIRS FOR PRICE OF ONE, PLUS 5 CENTS DUPONT NYLON SPECIAI^-First quality, full-fash ioned, with seams, 20 and 30 denier, 48-guage $1.45; 51-guage, SI. 65; 54-guage, $1.75; women's and girl's panties, 79c and $1.00 values, 25c; large, 35c, 3 for $1.00; blouses up to $3.50 values, 95c. Joyce Shoes, Blue Grass Casuals by Reinhart, extra good quality slips priced very reasonably. THE ECONOMY STORE Depot*Street, on Way To Bus Stntion Phone 36 in the position of rf prosecuting attorney, with the board sitting jas a hearing court. ? Although several thousand per sons have been severed from the federal payroll c'urng the last few months, the congestion in Washington seems no less. As a matter of fact, housing in the capital is in tighter demand than at any time during the war. Ono rtsson- is that many federal agencies which were moved out of Washington during the war to make room for war agencies are returning with their employees. Included among those already back are the patent office from Richmond, Vs., rural electrifica tion administration from St. Louis and several others. The senate now has been asked to ap prove transfer of nine other agen cies with 2,500 employees back to Washington. These include securities and exchange commis sion and immigration and naturalization with 550 employees from Philadelphia; fish and wild life service and national park service with 1,300 employees from Chicago; actuarial office of Veterans' administration with 500 employees from New York. Other agencies which want to return to Washington are alien property custodian and the federal deposit insurance agency. Although Ed O'Neal, American Farm Bureau Federation presi dent, indicated that if price con ditions get worse the nation might have to return to price controls. S?n. Robert Taft of Ohio said there's "not a chance" by the present congress. O'Neal, testifying before the jttjnt congressional economic I committee, told of the serious meat shortage and its consequent high prices and declared that flood devastation in the corn belt is adding to the meat shortage. At best, O'Neal said, the nation may have to adopt voluntary meat rationing. Said Taft, however: "We can control prices to some extent by controlling exports of corn and corn products and we can eat something else. "The law of supply and de mand will keep a kind of ceiling on and i> prices are too high, people will simply buy less." Adams News Mrs. Tom Hartley, who under went an operation at the Wilkes hospital recently, is at home, much improved. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Hodges are erecting a new home on the highway near Adams. Mrs. Spencer Campbell, of Sugar Grove, visited last week with her mother. Mrs. J. N. Presnell. There is little change in Mrs. Presnell's condition. Earl Colvard, who has been in ill health for several months, is slowly improving. Mrs. R. J. Brown and children visited Friday with relatives in Mountain City. Mr. M. C. Lawrence and daugh ters, of Trade, Tenn.; Mr. and Mrs. Earl Lawrence of Plumtree, visited with Mr. and Mrs. Jim Brown Sunday. Rev. Truman W. Conley, the man who was jailed for preach ing the Gospel, will preach at the home of Jim Brown some time in August. The date will be announced later For The Farm.... ? Grass Seed ? Dusts and Sprays ? Mower Repairs ? Dusters ? Garden Hose ? Sprays ? Small Tools FOR THE HOME ... ? Roofing * Paint ? Varnish * Linoleum ? Stoves ? Cooking Utensils ? Radios FOR VACATION AND PICNICS ... ? Thermos Jugs ? Thermos Bottles ? Fishing Tackle ^ * Fishing Boots ? Croquet Sets ? Baseball Equipment Ii will pay you to ffiok over our bargain counter .Watauga Hardware, Inc. The Friendly Store Bqg ne, N. C. Veterans' Farm Class Tours Ashe County The Veteran farm training class of the Appalachian high school participated in an exten sive farm tour of some of the bet ter farms in Ashe county Satur day, where they saw some im proved farm practices being used successfully. J. T. McLaurin, of the Ashe county soil conserva tion department, directed the tour. On two farms Serecia lespedeza was being grown on land that had beep badly eroded and was pro ducing excellent crops of qjiality legume hay. On another farm Serecia was being used to con trol erosion on a gall eroded to a depth of seven feet. The Serecia was two to three feet high and is being used for a wild life border. However, it could be used for a hay crop. On another farm visited one and one fourth acres of ladino clover seeded last fall was pro viding abundance of pasture for two dairy cows. The ladino was three to six inches tall and show ed little effect of grazing. Mr. Blevins, owner of a fifty four acrc farm, paid income tax last year. The maiority of the Blevin farm is steep mountain land not suitable for cultivation. Since 1940 he has stopped plow ing his steep land and started strip cropping his more desirable land. This made, it necessary to reduce the acres of crop land one half but the total crop yields have remained the same. In 1940 there was one horse and two cows grazed on the farm but now there are two horses and twelve cows being grazed. Mr. Blevins, states he was sick and tireel of seeing his land go down the branch. On still another farm visited there was twelve acres of alfalfa. The farm owner had reduced his corn crop from ten acres to two acres and had corn in the crib, meat in the smoke house, fat cat tle and horses, and doing less work. N; C. Teachers Get Long-Sought Raise Raleigh ? The State Board of Education last Wednesday un animously adopted the nine months school lund budget call ing for expenditure of $59 mil lion for the 1947-48 school year and the increase of instructional salaries of certificate holders by at least 20 per cent. Of the total appropriation of $59 million granted 6y the 1947 General Assembly, $58,955,724 was budgeted, leaving a margin lot only $236,260. The Assembly Idesignated $50,489,130 of the ap prupriation for instructional salaries. Salary schedules were set for all teachers in the state, with an increase of approximately >30 per cent for teachers holding G (graduate) and A and B certifi cates when increment benefits are included. The percentage in crease ranges from 29.21 to 30.52, Iwith the average expected to be slightly above 30 per cent. | For certificate holders under B, the range is as high as 25.36 per Ciint, with no certificate holder receiving less than 20 per cent. It was estimated that there would lie 1,301 holders of the lower certificates. In addition, it was expected there would be about 390 teachers who would be unable to qualify for a certificate of any kind. The salary for these persons will be fixed at $100 a month, with a percentage in crease of 13.21. Holders of G certificates with at least two years experience are slated to receive a salary of $203 a month. Those with Class A certificates with no experience will receive $180 a month, and those with B certificates, with no experience, $160 a month. Class C certificate holders will be paid $137 a month; elementary holders $127 a month; and el ementary B holders $117 when they have had no experience. Principals will receive salaries scheduled according to their number of years experience and the number of teachers in their schools. Those with no experience heading schools with fewer than seven teachcrs will be paid $216 a month. Principals with as many as eight years experience heading schools with fewer than seven teachers will receive $277 a month. Top Nazis to be transferred to grim SpancUu Prison soon. ATHLETES FOOT ITCH ~ HOW TO STOP MAKE 5-MINUTE TEST Get TE-OL at any drug store. Apply the POWERFUL PENETRATING fun glcide FULL STRENGTH Reaches MORE gerrn to KILL the itch. Get NEW foot comfort or your 25c back. Today at Boone Drug Co 7-KMc Boone Flower Shop Cut Flowers, Corsages and Funeral Designs. GIFT ITEMS Ptaon* 214- J E. King Str*?i Eunal Plans Being Made For Farm ? And Home Week With final plans rapidly shap ing up for 1947 Farm and Home Week, .which will be hied on State College campus August 25-29, it is hoped this year's event will be an outstanding one to the more than 5,000 farm men and women expected to attend. Lectures by such outstanding National speakers as Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, Dorothy Thompcoh and Congressman Stephen Pace are scheduled. These talks will relate to state, national and international af fairs affecting rural people. Other outstanding speakers dur ing the week include: Dr. T. B. Hutcheson, outstanding person ality in southern agriculture and Dean of School of Agriculture at Virginia Polytechnic Institure, Blacksburg, Va.; J. B. Hutson, newly elected president of the board of directors of Tobacco As sociates, Inc.; and Thomas J. Pearsall, former speaker of tVe House of Representatives. There will be a series of talks and discussions, many of them held on the day at the same hour in order to give each person a 'chance to attend the one in which he is most interested. These periods will deal primarily with new and improved methods and procedures /or farm and home activities. They will include such factors as crop and livestock pro duction, farm mechanization, rural health, family relationships, home food supply, labor saving devices, and other points involved in family living. New home equipment with emphasis on electrical appliances; the latest in farm machinery; and new methods in crop produc tion and processing will be featured in exhibits, as well as a number of demonstrations relat ing to both the home and the farm. Not forgetting the recreational side of the week, arrangements have been made for visitors to see places of historical interest in Raleigh, and visits will be made to the college farms. There will also be group singing, square dances, contests and prizes and other features. I North Carolina's production of rye is estimated at 264,060 bush els for 1947. compared with 275, 000 bushels produced in 1946. AUCTION SALE ? PUREBRED-REGISTERED GUERNSEY CATTLE 28 OPEN AND BRED HEIFERS ONE YOUNG BULL Carefully selected from some of the best hercfe in North Carolina Mountain Experiment Station TRANSOU, N. C. ON N. C. HIGHWAY NO. 88? MILES WEST OF LAUREL SPRINGS JULY 18, 1347 Beginning at 12:30 p. m. E.S.T. This is a splendid opportunity to obtain animals for calf club work, foundation animals for a herd, or addi tion to a herd. Sale Sponsored by 0 N. C. Extension Service N. C. Guernsey Breeders Association Catalogue Upon Request H. D. QUESSENBERRY, Jefferson. N. C. H. M. HAMILTON, JR., Auctioneer Summer Specials! All Summer Shoes & Sandals Reduced 1 table Ladies' and Children's Oxfords and Sandals 25c and 50c 1 table our better Shoes and Sandals ?1.00 ">? $1.50 1 table Boys' Wash Suits re duced from $1 .98 and $2.98 to $1.39 to $1.79 Boys' tan poplin sanforized Slack Suits, sizes 8 to 16. Were $4.49 $2.98 All Men's Summer Panama and Stetson Hats 1/2 Price 1 group men's good sturdy Work Shoes, were $5.95., Now going for $2.98 MEN! Just Arrived OUR NEW FALL SAMPLE LINE OF SWATCHES FOR TAILOR-MADE SUITS . Get your measure taken at once for your new Fall and Winter suit while the numbers are hot. 100% all-wool fabrics in gaberdines, worsteds and serges at prices you can afford to pay. Four weeks delivery. We are sole distributors now in Boone for the nationally famous line of Tex Ton-Texas Ranker Cowhide Belts ^pd Billfolds for men. Every ^)elt and billfold hand-tooled by skilled leather craftsmen. The new line is a honey! $1.00 to $2.50 BARE S FAIR STORE
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