large income
realized from
tobacco crop
Represents 53 Per Cent
of N. C.'s Total Farm
Revenue In 1938
1! A LEIGH. N. C. June 23?Reprc,
nting 53 per cent of the State's
totai farm income from all sources.
N'orth Caolina growers received
J143.115,000 for their record tobacco
t op during the calendar year 1937
t>-.i State Department of Agriculture
icports.
Tar Heel growers produced 595,000
pounds of tobacco in 1937. or
average yield per acre of S84
a lis on 674,000 acres. The aver.
g. devoted to tobacco last year was
an increase of 12 per cent over 1936.
Department statisticians reported
|MUUuceia tuuacco marketed Oil
the warehouse floors of the State
d'.iing the 1937-38 season averaged
l_I \ cents per pound as compared
v. :h 22.9 cents received during the
previous year.
Vspite the prohibitive tax on the
hase of "scrap" or united tobacco,
J 4.118.000 pounds of this type tobacco
sold for an average of 1.62 centt
ir pound.
The seasonal average price of pro.
ducers* SP.I? !n 'he ijjiffprpnt helt? \va<
i< ported as follows:
Old Belt. 23.4 cents per pound comd
with 22.7 the previous season;
\ v Bl ight Belt, 25.8 cents compared
w 23-2 cents; Border Belt. 22 4
pared with 21.7. Burley tobacco
aged 21.4 cents campared with
v cents the previous season.
.V ugh the North Carolina tobacco
c for 1937 was the largest on re1.
it brought $26,575,000 less
ti . the 1919 crop.
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After convicing a man in Pontiac.
M > <>f stealing .apples, the jurors
pies introduced as evidence.
o
CARD OF THANKS
wish to thank our friends and
neighbors for the kindness shown us
dunr.g the sicknes and death of our
>i" t r and grandmother, Mrs. E. C.
Lu . ford. Also the beautiful floral
offering.
THE FAMILY
To all dog owner* in Murphi
my rounds according to law foi
Many people haye failed to comp
to bring all dog* to the home of
including Sunday, from 7 A. M. t
abide with this and save prosecuti
B. C. WALKER
r
SNAPPY
SERVICE
From
"Bumner To
K ? ? w
Bumper'
When you pull into
waiting . . . you get th
vice . . . the kind you
want it.
Our men know tl
required to give your
cost . . . why not cons
you drive in?
WOC<
SERVICE
j J. L. HALL, Proprietoi
The Cherokc
FLOOD OF RELIEF
MONEY TO START
IN THIRTY DAYS
WASHINGTON, June 21.?A hall
dozen New Deal agencies Sunday j
awaited President RooseveltV signa- i
ture to the "53.000.000 recovery
bill to start a flood of funds d.sign. |
ed to spend the nation back to pros- }
perity. I
Other spending: programs have been j
larger, but none has been designed to ,
loose such vast quantities of funds
over so short a period. More than '
$5,000,000,000 is available under the
recovery bill and from other sources.
The Works Progress administration,
which receives $1,425,000,000,
has completed preparations to dis.
I tribute the entire amount in wages
to 2,800.000 to 3,000.000 ihtsotk ;?
month over seven or eight months,
beginning July 1.
Between $156,000,000 and S16S,000.000
will flow into Wl'A pay en\elopes
every thirty days.
Tho Public Works administration
receives $950,000,000, the second
lagest allotment. The law specifies
construction on all projects must be
1 started by Jan. 1, 1939. They must
be substantially completed by June
30, 1940.
The new program. PWA officials estimate
will provide for more than 1
$2,000,000,000 construction in every j
state in the union. i
A total of $750,000,000 in federal
funds is provided for non-federal
projects, to which about st'lb.ouu,000
will be added by communities and i
states.
Some $200,000,000 is set aside foi
federal projects.
Applications fvi Ivans am! grants
| on $350,000,000 projects already haw
been filed. Additional requests are
i pouring in at the rate of about 500
j a day.
1 Within four days after the bill bei
comes law, it is estimated, about
$600,000,000 in federal funds will be
j on their way to communities throughi
out tho lanld to bzreak ground f?>i
| now schools, sewer systems, water
' works, etc.
i
It is estimated the P\V\ pr grpm
will provide more than 50C,000,000
man-hours of direct employment and
about 1,500,000,000 man.hours of indirect
employment.
The U. S. Housing authority has
been provided with an added $300.000,000.
This will be spent J'or low-1
| cost housing and slum clearance. To
this figure must he added $50,000.
r ICE
/ and Notla Township 1 have made
r the purpose of vaccinating dogs
ly to same. You are now Required
B. C. Walker, in Murphy any day
0 11 A. M. Please take notice and
on.
, Rabies Inspector
1
i
i
3 our station there is no !
at snappy attentive serwant
. . . the way you
le best oils and greases
car added miles at less
ult them the next time
} PEP
STATION
r Phone 9104
se Scout, Murphy, North C
NEWS
PICK-UPS
By Sam Carr
?\eil. the big fights over?m tact,
11 was over aiinui. . loie it get
started good.
i Howard Moooy sat down t' enjoy
; *. good lioui s entertainment. lie ...
j a Dig. long DiueK. cigar to heip him
j enjoy tne ligiu to tne fuiiest ext.u..
iiu. tnat kiai.ey punch blew the match
j out helo?e he coual hgni it. i aoh t
j see wny he got so man just oecause
1:1s match went out?or couid it
, nave Ueen something e.se- IMlOit^
( Holder was grinning 110111 ear to ear.
Shorty figued up after the fight
( ihat Louis got $2,odd per second 101
j lighting, and counting tne punches
. landed, he got S>2U,UoU per sock, inat !
! was .->oinc figuring ana iUMki MUN- ;
i : !
! ;
j Incidentally as soon as the iigh.
| was over 1 went to interview l>i
I bnl Miller on the kidney punch- It
i milled out to be one of those regulai
j George Bungle affairs. Bui in
demonstrating the punch laid me out
! cold?and 1 didn't even get a dime.
Nothing but a sensation .iKt a truck
had run over me.
Down in the Laud O" Sky Blue
chalk (pool room to you) the boys
took it the hardest. After that short
knock out Red Moore's face lit up
like Broadway.
It was amusing to watch a customer
go in a local cafe the other
day.
"I'll have a cup of coffee, said h .
'Certainly", replied the waiter ami
he slung up a cup of java.
The purchaser rubbed his chin re.
lkctively a moment and looking out
of doors said: "Well. I declare, it
looks like rain".
"Alright, wise guy", came back
j the angry waiter. "It's coffee right I
| on and you'll drink" it and like it " |
One of the boys getting back
from the Rhododendron festival the
other day said he had figured out
what tho*?? th ? !?*? Knll? n - ?
v... VV VUliC Mlg Hi
front of a pawn shop stand for. He
spoke from experience. "It means**
>ho said, ** t Hat it's two-to-one you
won't get your money back."
I had two sudden thoughts todayOne
was that an artist's mode] only
has to work when the boss is looking
(lucky girl), and the other is that
some one should fcuot out a movie al.
most any time now entitled "Love.
Dishonor, and Rebate".
Several boys from Andrews also
went to the Rhododendron Festival
and in recounting their experiences
upon their return one remarked that
he had been held up on the way
home. Another laughed to the side:
"Sure, it's the only way he could
make it-"
Mo He of this ananymous foolishness:
One local married man Is said to
have gotten home rather late the
other night, and his wife was waiting
up for him.
As he entered the door she exclaimed
furiously: "Drunk again."
"Me, too, my pet", was his answer.
Land Transfers
TUESDAY, JUNE 14
N. W. Abemathy and Julia Abernathy
to Charlie Lovingood.
u. ?ltnerspoon. trustee, to Iowa T.
Kephart.
THURSDAY, JUNE 16
T. J. Cooper (Exr.) to D. Wither,
spoon.
TUESDAY, JUNE 21
D. H. Tillitt, commissioner, to
Cherokee county, X. C.
000 which local communities must
provide as their share.
Don't put up with uaelesa
PAIN
Got rid of it
When functional pains of menstruation
are severe, take CARDOI.
If it doesn't benefit you. consult
physician. Don't neglect such pains.
They depress the tone of the nerves,
cause sleeplessness, loss of appetite
wee.r out your resistance.
Get a bottle of Cardul and see whethei
it will help you. as thousands of vomer
have said It helped them.
Eer'des easing certain pains. Cardul aid*
In building up the whole system by helping
women to get more strength from tho food
the; eat.
*
arolina Thi
POULTRY-GR ADING
PROJECT TO START
IN STATE BY JULY 1
RALEIGH. N. G.. June 23.?IVu!
try will be graded in North C?roIi- ;?
for the first time in the history of th,
Stat.? beginning July 1, Randal B
Etheridge. n.ef f the State Department
of Agriculture's markets divi.
;i n announces today.
\V. Sheffield, senior marketing
specialist, has been licensed by tru i
Federal Bureau of Agricultural Economics
as the . *> first supervising
msptrciur oi dressed poultry
Under present plans, licened graders
will be trained to operate in North
Carolina, giving consumers in the
State the benefits to be derived from
buying bas d on federal grades
Arrangements have already been
made to train inspectors in Durham
r.ncl Greensboro within the next we
weeks. looking toward the improvement
of poultry <?n these markets.
Other inspectors will be trained and
licensed by the State D partment of
Agriculture's markets division as
rapidly as possible.
Federal graded poultry will be
sold according :? the following standards:
Grade "A" poultry, of the best
prime, well-fleshed and fattened;
Grade *'B". or choice poultry having
normal flesh and good edible quality;
Grade "C". or comm rcial-class poul.
try which is poorly fleshed and im- j
properly dressed.
In addition to furnishing instructions
to applicants who desire to become
dressed poultry inspectors, the
markets division will furnish supervision
to maintain the standards required
by the federal government.
"LET'S HAVE
SUNDAY
DINNER
I
m
Smoky
IT'S always a pleasure
Smoky Mountain Caf
cellent and the servic
pleasurable change for I
j prices are most reason.
REAL \ | T
ESTATE AUL
I CHATSWC
THURSDAY, JUNI
On The Prem
B. E. HENDERSON ESTATI
AMONG T1
640?ACRES OF VERY F1NI
SMALL FA
440 acres 6 miles north of Cki
v>. mile off Atlanta-KnoxviUe paved
| house on each farm. This is good
nmocr. >\iso acres on Const
extra fine bottom land, known to b
in this section, located akont 500 jri
about <8 miles from Chatswortb an
Take advantage of this opportunit
property. Look tbese food farm
before have you had tbe opportuni
able farms at absolutely your own
sells perfect titles. Signs on pro]
One-Fourth January 1st and Balan
FREE! FORD CAR, GOOD ]
MONEY WILL BE
JOHNSON 1
HAAS HOWELL BUILDING?SEL
List Your Property With Us
Lirsday, June 23, 1938
PATRICK
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Cobb, of
Chat te no ira. Tenn.. are visiting: the
iatte-- rai'-r/s, Mr and Mi>. Sam
Keid
M:. and Mr>. Elm r Ledf< d and
children ? : Gasteria. are \isittr.? relatives
at this plact
Mr. Ge? tge Reid. a d daughter,
Dorothy, were the guests of his sistv
r. Mr> Louretta W: amson. at
Hiwasse* Monday r.ght.
Mrs. Ma y Hand y visited her
daughter. M - Bonnie Quin- at vests
Saturday. Mrs. Qunn has typhoid
fever.
Mi s*r-,j \t-. i>;. ... i
were visitors at t . % a* d. Ter.n ,
one day a.-: week
Mr. L? ste r Damnr and h.Idten of
Ducktown. Ttnn.. wtv. the gu >*> of
Mr. Ia, Hor*.?-n Sat.; day.
Mr. and M -. (?* c? R? and
children we the gU;s*- of Mt. and
Mrs. J F. Bryar.: Sunday after: oon.
Mr. .! .".n Fickksir: r visited Mr.
Jim Pick.es mer Sunday afternoon.
Rev >. M. \Y :. . . Fa : . Tt-nr...
filled .> iruia: ate at
Shoan School 11 Sunday and
Sunday -.uht.
Mrs. Kdith Lei: i at.d ?? -< \isited
her brother Mr. Gene M* horn,
at Duckt. wn. Tom . M? r.day.
Mrs Matilda Led:'? i was guest
of her daughte . Mrs. Orah Reid
Saturday.
Mr. and Mr-. Gkn Handy vi-.ted
th f? rm?. *-*.s?i i M - Gail Qoinn
Words undei scored in a poem by
Mrs. Emily Punchurd f London resulted
in he: husband being: granted
a divorce.
Mr
W)
tjr/
/Itn. Cafe
: to dine on Sunday at
e. The cuisine is exe
immaculate. It's a
the whole family. The
lble.
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now . I
)RTH, GA. |
r qaal i f\ a k? i
^ ?n/Ui 1U /A IVI.
ises . . . 1938
i, SELLING F<* DIVISION
-IE HEIRS
LAND SUBDIVIDED INTO
RMS?640
it*worth, 11., miles north of Eton,
highway, divided into four farms.
I land and has lots of fine young
lauga River, about 100 acres of
e one among the best river farms
ards from Fuller's Chapel Church,
d 12 miles from Dalton, Georgia,
y, buy some or all of the above
s over before sale day. Never
ty to buy any part of these valuprice.
No reservation, everything
aerty. Terms: One-Fourth Cash,
ce 1 and 2 Years.
MUSIC AND CASH FREE
i GIVEN AWAY
LAND CO.
LING ACjENTS? ATLANTA, GA.
for Quick Satisfactory Sale