Warm Prices Down, As
Their Expenses Raise
While the prices formers re
ceive for their products have
been registering some declines,
the prices they pay for the
things they need to produce and
for living have decreased only
slightly in comparison. This is
borne out in recent studies by
the Bureau of Agricultural Eco
nomics.
Among prices received by
farmers, potatoes dropped from
an average of (3-31 to fl.34 per
bushel between April 1952 and
April 1953. During the same
period, a seventy -pound crate of
lettuce fc 1 from an average price
of (3.05 to $2.75. Tomatoes per
bushel dropped in the same per
iod from 17.23 to $5.40 and straw
berries from $13.20 per crate to
$11.70.
The parity ratio between prices
received for farm products and
prices paid now stands at 93.
Parity is a statistical means of
expressing thi; relationship be
tween prices paid by farmers and
prices received by them. The
years 1910-14 are used as a base
peri<d. A 100 per cent parity
ratio means that prices paid and
priccs received stand at about the
same balance as they did in the
base period.
The present ratio of 93 shows
that prices received by farmers
average 7 per cent below the
level which would restore the
bait net that existed in the ba?
period. Such a balance existed
just one year ago when, on April
IS, 1992. the parity ratio was 100.
Salary Boost
While many Congressmen think
the proposed 110,000 salary boost
for members of Congreaa la justi
fied, moat of them admit that, in
view of the economy-minded Ad
ministration in power, "it hasn't
got a chance now." The bill, re
cently approved by the Senate
Judiciary Committee, would give
senators and representatives a
(25,000 annual salary. They now
get 112,500 and a $2,500 expense
allowance, whkh are lumped to
gether as 115,000 of taxable com
pensation. Up to $3,000 may be
deducted for income tax purpos
es as Washington living expenses.
Bra BUSINESS
Billion-dollar businesses are
growing ? both in size and in num
ber, according to a recent eco
nomic report. There arc 29 such
businesses in this country, with
assets of $1,000,000,000 or more.
Before World War II there were
12. The 28 included industrials,
utilities and railroads and to these
could be added 18 commercial
I banks. 14 insurance companies
and 2 finance companies, but
their assets are of a different type
than those of manfacturing or
service companies.
H. Ortdr Farthing, president ? limit; A. HarrU. NC.-trMi
Watt H. Gragg
Home Realty Co.
REAL ESTATE ? PROPERTY MANAGEMENT ? RENTALS
Main Floor Raar Watauga Building k Loan Building
TELEPHONE 200 BOONE. NORTH CAROLINA
r aumi ron iale
33 BEAVER DAM -97 acres cut over land, well lot-aled. covered With
young growing timber A good Investment, for quick sale 91700
53- BEARDS CREEK 7 room house with bath and full size basement.
All rooms newly decorated 28 acres good grass' and crop land.
About eleven-tenths tobacco base Newly constructed block garage.
Apple and cherry trees. 94J50
9 BEAVER DAM? Unusual value. 50 acres land. 0 room dwelling, barn.
woodhouse. chicken house, mowing machine, plow. disc, and good
horse located on good gravel road, mall route and electric lights
all for $5.00.
BUILDING LOTS TOR SALE
22 TWO BEAUTIFUL BUILDING LOTS near "Horn In the West" Thea
tre? 71*75 9750. each
00 VACANT LOT located near college campus on Locust and Brown
Streets. Thin In a nice level lot 02xDO ft. Very few vacant lots left in
this section 92.500.
34 THREE LOTS 75 x 150 gt.. located on Grand Boulvard. all for 9000
10 HOWARD STREET Good residential section 2 good building lots.
30 RAY HILLr 17 vacant lots Just east of Pcrkinsvllle 91.000
81 -DANIEL BOONE PARK 2 select building lots overlooking Boone
9U50
75 COUNCIL DEVELOPMENT 4 vacant lot* on gravel street, near
421 91.000
DWELLINGS FOR SALE
43- FACULTY ROW Duplex apartment, oil heat, two baths. Lot 00x100
close to college. Good rental property Will sell at a bargain price.
44 -OAK STREET ? New 6 room brick dwelling, garage attached, oil
heat. Btoim windows, fully insulated, fire place, plastered walls. Lot
00x105 912.300
45- GRAND BOULVARD 11 room dwelling made into 3 apartments.
Two of these apartments are fully equipped for cooking and sleep
ing One large apartment not furnished. Hot air furnace heat Lot
125x150 Ample room for another building on Grand Boulevard- Ex
cellent garden. 90.5OO
21 DEEP GAP 7 room house, barn and smokehouse, one acre land on
421 92,0 Hi
4 RAY HILL 8 room dwelling, rock veneer front Fronting highway 421
one mile cast of Boone Beautiful scenic lot 75x100 Good price, easy
tci 19s.
8 NINE ROOM DWELLING, garage, woodhouse, chicken house, deep
well eleetiic pump, large lot 100 ft. frontage and runs back to
gravel road in back. This is a good business location and selling at
bargain price.
10 gUEEN STREET? 7 room dwelling, bath, basement. Large lot 75x200
Located in good residential section.. Less than coat of conntruction
90.750
15 GREENE HEIGHTS 0 room brick dwelling, bath. basement. com
plete apartments on second floor. 4acres beautiful rolling land over
looking city of Boone Well nutted lor development (lot sale) 90.500
terms.
03 FOSCOE 11 room house, bath room, no fixtures, water In house.
II acres very fertile well laying land, all variety fruit trees, peach,
pear, apple, grapes, new roof on house 90.000
SPECIAL
?
Beginning Thurs., 11th ? Ending Sat. 20th
SUGAR, 5 lb. bag at 49c
SUGAR, 10 lb. bag at 99c
We Also Have the
I '
A. 1. Root Bee Supplies
i
Valle Crucis Co.,
INC ORPORATED
i
Household Hints For Homemakers >
WHAT PRICE ACCIDENTS?
How are they paused' ? Accident!
cannot be eliminated entirely,
but they can be reduccd. They
I have been reduced in industry
and they can be reduced in the
hpmc By safety mruurri uru*.
first aid method*, and by con
tinuous effort in the home, the
accident fatality and injury rate
likewise can be substantially re
duced.
Home falls occur most fre
quently on stairways and steps
that are cluttered with objects
, 'toys, clothing, household uten
sils), poorly lighted or in need of
repair. They frequently occur
from high places ? from porches
and windows, from chairs add
other substitutes for ladders.
Palls also occur on smooth,
slippery surfaces ? in bath tuba
and showers on wet or icy walks,
on highly polished floors, on wot
or irtuy linoleum. They result
from tripping over object* ? tools
and toys on the floor, skates on
the front porch, and so forth.
ACCIDENTS MAY BE PRE
VENTED IF ? Stairways, steps,
and doorways are kept clear at
?U times, adequately lighted, in
good repair.
Ashes, sand or slat should be
scattered on icy walks; wet leav
es should be promptly removed
from p6rcHes and sidewalks; rub
ber bath mats should be used in
shower baths and bathtub* and
the latter provided with hand
grips; (ug anchois should be
'placed under small rugs which
should not be used in hazardous
places such as at the tops and
bottoms of stairs. >
"RIM SEAL" YOUR BERRY BASKET PIE
t
L.uacioua, juicy-rtcn oerriea are scaiea inaiae una novel oaattec
of Under, nut-sweet Spry paatry.
"Berry Basket" Pie
1 quart frt%h btrriw (raspbcr- Dash of saN
ries, blackberries, or boyseB- 1. recipe -Water- Whip*
berries) Plrcrad
J tobkifOOK quick-cooking I tablespoon Mir Or
tapioca margarine
I cup nigar ,
Combine berriei, tapioca, sugar, and aalt and let atand while
making pastry. . . . Rolf % of dough and line a 9* pie plate. Roll
remaining dough for top crust. . . . Fill pie shell with berry mix
ture. Dot with blotter, trim undercrust even with pan. . . . Fit top
crust over berries. Trim pastry >4" beyond edge of pan and fold
under bottom crust. Seal edge with fork. Cut steam vent* in top
crust or make berry basket top*. . . . Brush pastry with cream and
aprinkle with sugar. . . . Bake in hot oven (425*F.) 50-60 min.
'Make handle of basket by rolling trimmings into 2 strips %"
thick an4 '-i" wide. Twist strips together. Bake over back of
4's" glaas baking dish. Just before serving, slip handle off bak
ing dish and place across circle in center of pie.
"Water-Whip" Piecrust
(Pastry for 9 2-crust pie)
*4 cup Homogenized Spry 2 cups all-purpose floor (sifted
y* cup boiling water once before measuring)
1 tablespoon milk 1 teaspoon salt
Put Spry iif medium-sized mixing bowl. . . . Add boiling water
and milk and break up shortening with fork. Tilt bowl and, with
rapid crosa-the-bowl strokes, whip or beat wjth fork until mixture
ia smooth and thick like whipped cream and holda soft peaka when
fork ia lifted. . . . Sift flour and salt together onto Spry mixture.
Stir quickly, with round-the-bowl atrokea, into a dough that chnra
together and "clcana" the bowl. . . . Pick up and work into a smooth
! dough; shape into a flat round. The dough ia now ready to roll,
either between waxed paper, or on a paatry cloth or board.
ICE CUBE TRAY
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And when you stop in for your REDI
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ing new NHIO Refrigerator-Freezer.
We'll be glad to demonstrate Ms i
new features far you.
GENERAL ELECTRIC
REFRIGERATORS
SWOFFORD'S
BOONE. N. C.
Many Materials
For Building Are
Today there are all kinds 01
I new building materials to cfcooM
from. In pioneer days, the sidini
chosen fyr a house usually de
pended on one all important (ac
tor ? geographic location. It would
have been out of the question
(or example, "to haul wood intc
parts of the arid Southwest.
One of the new siding mater
ials that may interest you is as
bestos-cement shingles. These
shingles are resistant to rust, rot
and are fireproof. The color ij
fused in and does not fade and
may be cleaned with soap and
water.
Available
Exterior plywood make* an in
teresting wall. It will not wrap,
bucVle or split. The panels come
as large as four feet by twelve
feet. Smaller strips and shingles
are quite popular. The most popu
lar type is the cedar shingle be
cause of its smart effect and the
fact that it can be applied over
any other siding.
California ' redwood siding is
naturally resistant to rot and de
terioration by> the elements. It
can be left unfinished if desired.
There is a new process by
which a stone-like concrete ven
eer can be cast onto almost any
wall. The product is made of
fireproof materials and the fin
ished colors range from browns
to grays.
Spray coating for old masonry
walls is something new. Because
of its base material it will not
stick directly to wood.
Clapboard-type aluminum sid
ing with baked on enamel sur
faces can be applied over old
siding.
This is used quite often for the
construction of doors, windows
and window trim, such as blinds.
BUDGET CUTS
Budget-cuttcrs were recently
informed by the House Appro
priations Committee that the
committee could trim only 3.5
per cent from the 1954 funds for
the Treasury and Post Office de
partments. This was the smallest
percentage reduction made by the
committee on any appropriation
bill sent to the House floor this
year. The Treasury department
would receive $611,895,000 and
the Post Office $2,832,250,000 un
der the bill.
BABY DROWNS IN SINK
Baltimore, Md. ? The 4-week
old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Martin Whitehill, was pronounc
ed dead after the baby's mother
fHinted while giving her a bath
in the kitchen sink.
NOTICE
NORTH CAROLINA
WATAUGA COUNTY
Under and by virtue of an order of
the Superior Court of Watauga Coun
ty North Carolina, in a special pro
ceedings entitled Mrs. B.vnum White
et al vs. Iowa Church Shirlen pt al.
the undersigned Commissioner will,
on the 20th day of July 1953 at 12
o'clock noofi, at the courthouse door
in Boone. Watauga County. North Car
olina offer for sale to the highest bid
der. for cash that certain tract of
land lying and being in Watauga
Township Watauga County. North
Carolina, and more particularly des
cribed as follows.
BEGINNING on the Northwest cor
ner of the Johnaon land, and runs
South 35 degrees West 62' a poles to a
birch standing on a big rock; then
South 22 degrees East 23 2-3 Poles to
a rock corner with pointers; then
South 86 degrees East 102 2-3 Poles to
a rock corner with pointers; then
North 4 degrees East 76 'a Poles to a
rock corner in the Johnson line; then
with Johnson s line North 86 degrees
West 81 1-4 Poles to the BEGINNING,
containing 50 acres, more or less.
This land will be sold subject to un
paid taxes. ?
This 15th day of June. 1953.
EVERETTE COFFEY.
Commissioner
?-18-4c
News Oddities
WHOHG FLACK
FayetteviUe, Ga. ? four Ne
groes* were recently arretted and
charged with operating three 1,
000-gallon stills on ? of all place*
?the farm of State Revenue
Commissioner Charlie Redwine, '
chief liquor law enforcement of- 1
] ficer for Georgia.
MUTE 8AVE8 GIRL
Milkaukee ? When he saw a girl
leap from a bridge railing, Her
bert Fileds, deaf-mute, couldn't
call for help so he raced to the
bridge, climbed down a cat walk
near the water and grabbed the
fgirl. He held her head above wa
ter until passing motorists came
to his aid.
DEER TRAFFIC HAZARD
Fort Erie, Ont. ? James Wil
kinton, a tourist from Rochester,
N. Y , was forced to bring his car
to a halt on the Niagara park
way to permit a herd of deer to
trot sedately across the highway
toward the Niagara River for a
drink.
CONDORS DYING OUT
San Diego, Cal. ? The last of
North America's greatest birds,
the California condors, are report
ed to be dying out from slow star
vation. Lewjs Wayne Walker, a
naturalist, declared their only
hope of survival was in captivity
i or by artificial feeding in their
235,000-acre preserve in the
mountains north of Los Angeles
Condors, despite their- great size,
do not kill and in natural state
must depend for food upon car
rion, left by animals of- prey or
hunters.
GOVERNMENT JOBS
The Census Bureau has report
ed that some 7,105,000 persons
were on Federal, state or loca'
government payrolls last October
?one out of every 22 persons in
the United States. Contrary to
what many think, the largest
number of Government employes
was the group working for local
governments, including cities,
counties, school districts, town
ships, and special districts. That
total was 3,418,000. Next came
the Federal Government civilian
payroll, totaling 2.583,000. The
states accounted for 1,103,000.
Permanent pastures should be
top-dressed once each year with
400 to 600 pounds per acre of
0-10-20. 0-9-27, or 0-14-14.
SPORTSMEN'S
AND AMATEUR
STOCK CAR
RACES
NASCAR Sanctioned
7 ? RACES ? 7
SUN. ? JUNE 21
Featuring top name drivers of the j
Hickory Speedway and Bowman
Gray Stadium Circuits, plus other
Stars.
First Race 3:00 P. M.
Practice Starts 2:04) P. M.
ADMISSION
Grandstand . $3.00
Infield $2.00
All taxes included
Children under 12 FREE with
paid escorts
NO. WILKESBORO
SPEEDWAY
South'* Fastest \ Mile Track
I
FO?D prices
Retail f*od cost* dropped to the i
lowest level cince December, i
1950, largely reflecting lower I
(arm price*, according to an Agri- I
culture Department report inued <
luring the fir?t we* its of May
K fixed quaruty of fcfld that cost
u> average of $733 in )>5l could
be bought for 1701 last month,
txit would have coat (759 in July
>f last year.
Treat Dad fo thp gift that
he'll carry proudly, that
his buddies will notice
and compliment, that's
like he is ? substantial.
Choose the right gift
from our wide selection,
keyed to Dad.
We've been serving fathers for years.
They like our fine quality, huge se
lection, low prices. Buy your Dad's
gift where he'd buy it himself!
SMART PEN AND
PENCIL SET.
ChooM the point he
like* best. Set
come* in a bright
box. all ready ior
gilti:<n.
HANDSOME
WALLET
of genuine alli
gator skin with
plenty of room
for snapshot*
and papers.
17- JEWEL
WATCH
with fin* leather
or ? x p a n * ion
band. Accuracy
guaranteed.
A?k about our nit
credit terms. No
red tape. Always
courteous service.
WALKER'S JEWELRY STORE
W. KING ST. BOONE, N. C.
FOR QUALITY AND FASHION IN
FINE FURNITURE
Visit Nite Furniture Company
Show Rooms in Morganton
?h3o?^
, Is one of the many Quality
Lines Displayed in Our Room Scenes . . .
We are also Dealers for
the Complete Line of
FURNITURE
OPEN EVERY NIGHT 'TIL 9
(except Wednesday) "
? Call Morganton Collect 844 or 1760
For Appointment
K I ITC FURNITURE CO.
1^1 I J JT? 611 S. Green ? Morganton, N. C.
mJ]
SUNDAY, JUNE 21
MAKE HIM GLAD HE'S DAD
WITH A GIFT FROM ills FAVORITE S^TORE
Choose from Our Wide Selection of
Sport and Dress Shirts ? Ties ? Handkerchiefs ? Socks ? Belts
Jewelry ? Slacks ? Suits ? Hats ? Shoes
BARE S DEPARTMENT. STORE .
BUY SOMETHING HE'LL WEAR FROM BARE * #
W. King Street * Accrow from Poatoffice Boone, N. C.