Record Is Made
By Boone Market
;Only Two Out Of Group Of
46 Pay As High Average
As Boone Market
“The Mountain Burley Tobac
-co Warehouses gained the dis
tinction of having paid the third
highest average price per hun
dredweight of tobacco, among the
46 markets of the burley belt
during last season, and the 47.84
average paid, as against the belt
average of $43.83, gives some idea
of the strong position the relative
ly new local market is now oc
cupying in the nicotine region,”
S. C. Eggers said here last week.
The information comes from
'the annual report issued by R.
M. Barker Tobacco Co., of Car
rolton, Ky., burley leaf brokers,
who have published a market
■ summary since 1936, the report
being used officially by all brok
ers and warehousemen in the
burley belt. The average price
paid by all the markets of the
belt, as summarized, are as fol
lows:
1. Weston. Mo. _... 50 12
72. Asheville, N. C. ...... 49.79
S. BOONE, N. C.47-84
4. Greeneville, Tenn.-46.10
5. Cynthiana, Ky.-45.95
6. Lexington, Ky.-45.70
7. Paris, Ky._45.86
8. Johnson City, Tenn. .— 45.56
9. Hartsville, Tenn.-45.22
10. Carrollton, Ky.-45.16
11. Mt. Pleasant, Tenn.-44.66
12. Carthage, Tenn.-44.62
13. Fayetteville, Tenn.-44.50
14. Rogersville, Tenn.-44.47
15. Mt. Sterling, Ky.-44.46
16. Morristown, Tenn.-44.39
17. Maysville, Ky.- 44.18
18. Columbia, Tenn.-; 44.16
19. Covington, Ky.-43.78
20. Farmville, Va.--43.60
21. Harrodsburg, Ky.-43.56
22. Shelbyville, Ky. - 43.55
23. Franklin, Tenn. --43.43
24. Abingdon, Va. -43.31
25. Bowling Green, Ky.-43.16
26. Madison, Ind.--43.09
27. Knoxvillfe, Tenn. --43.00
28. Hopkinsville, Ky.-42.90
29. Gallatin, Tenn. ,.-42.84
30. Owensboro, Ky.---42.69
31. Richmond, Ky.-42.68
32. Horse Cave, Ky.-- 42.67
33. GreensbuFg, Ky. — 42.59
34. Ripley, Ohio —.--42.47
35. Huntington, W. Va.-42.31
36. Glasgow, Ky. — 42.23
37. Lebanon, Ky. —-——-- 42.08
38. Bloomfield, Ky.-— 41.64
Mrs. Dot Holcomb
—of
CHERRY LANE
Gets Last Week’s
Light White
$5 Bill
When the Light White man
called on her, he found her a
user of Light White Flour.
“I’ve been a user of Light White Flour since I first
learned about it and would not change for any other,”
Mrs. Holcomb said.
YOU may be next to get a Light White $5 Bill, if
you have the evidence that your home uses Light White
Flour. The Light White Flour Man is passing them out
at the homes of users of Light White Flour.
Get Light White Flour
At Your Grocers
Watch for the Name of next week’s
LUCKY LIGHT WHITE WINNER
Distributed by Galax Mercantile Co.
SPARTA
SPECTACLES
BY EMOR.YETTA REEVES
Delayed is Sparta Specs this
week, so we ask the readers to
think back a week. And if the
Thanksgiving turkey seems a bit
stale, being more than a week
old, think in terms of turkey hash
and remember this column was
written last week, but Christmas
advertising had a priority over
the space!
King Turkey might have reign
ed for the day in homes all over
i these United States last Thurs
day, but in Sparta and Alleghany
he seems to have relinquished his
throne to Friend Chicken. At
least that’s what we gathered
from the hasty census we took oi
the situation this week end.
The W. F. Osborne family, how
[ever, stood by Mr. Turkey, and a
I huge bird graced their table or
| Thanksgiving Day . . . everybody
|was home except those two fight
|in Marine sons of theirs. Frank
I arrived home on Sunday, though
and they had Thanksgiving al]
over again.
The Edwin Duncans also cele
brated the day with traditional
Mr. Gobbler and all the fixin’s
As Mrs. Duncan says, this is the
huntingest place in North Caro
lina and after a day in the fields
1 (that’s honestly where you’ll find
| most every man in the county on
' Thanksgiving Day), a good
: Thanksgiving dinner tastes migh
ty good.
| The C. A. Miles had chicken, as
did the Wayne Waddells. Mr
Waddell declares that the rooster
i that graced their table has a his
tory behind him and well he
could have ... a fine looking
speciman and he tasted fine, too
We didn’t find out what the his
tory was, bu.t it had something jtc
do with crowing.
Then there were the T. R. Bur
giss and the Hugh Choates, whc
I . ' , ;
j 39, Danville, Ky.____ 41.51
40. Louisville, Ky.__41.5C
41. New Albany, Ind. _41.46
42. New Tazewell, Tenu._41.4C
43. Camp Taylor, Ky._41.36
44. Springfield, Ky. _ 40 96
45. Springfield, Tenn.__ 39.96
46. Clarksville, Tenn. _ 39 96
< Average for belt _ 43.83
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also celebrated with chicken.
Amos Wagoner had Thanksgiving
dinner with the Choates since
j Mrs. Wagoner is visiting in Ore
gon and a “better chicken was
j never baked,” Mr. Wagoner as
[ serts.
! Mrs. M. E. Reeves, from Laurel
Springs, also served chicken to
her family as did Mrs. Alice
Reeves here.
j The Homer Edwards, of Elkin,
' and formerly of Sparta, were dif
ferent and had pork for Thanks
giving dinner. We forgot to ask,
but we bet it was fresh pork and
there’s nothin’ better.
_
And now that Thanksgiving is
over, all thoughts and plans are
turning toward Christmas and
from what we’ve heard it’s going
to be a big one . . . True, we’ve
heard that merchandise is rather
scarce this year, but that doesn’t
make Christmas. To us it is the
spirit that abounds in the hearts
of men and we can truly look
i forward to a happy Christmas this
I year, our first peacetime Yuletide
. in four years . . .
__
i Cpl. Walter Bell is home . . .
and for his family and friends,
many anxious days of waiting,
sometimes without hope. Cpl.
Bell, Alleghany’s only prisoner
of war of the Japanese, has lived
to tell the story of three years of
blood and sweat in a Nip prison
... He was in town Saturday and
he must have shaken hands with
at least half the people . . . ev
veryone of them telling him they
were glad to have him home
again. A far cry from the sob
story Tokyo Rose told him on
two different occasions when she
told the prisoners of war that
their families and friends had
forgotten all about them, that
they were forgotten men.
Dale Shores and Wade Irwin
are frantically looking for a me
chanic . . . it seems that they
overhauled Dale’s car and now
they must find someone to over
haul the job they overhauled.
Anyway, they got plenty of grease
(on them; they at least looked like
they were doing a good job.
Everyone sems to be all excited
!
about the Christmas dance, which
will be sponsored by the Lions
club at the community building,
December 21 and we hear that
quite a number are in the mar
ket for new evening dresses. Will
be nice to “dress up” for a change
and dance to an orchestra.
Ever noticed Paul Joines’ cigar
ette holder? You can see him
most any time, busily taking, care
of gas customers at the Sparta
garage and he always lays his
Cigarette carefully beside the
gas tank before he starts filling
orders. But last week, we
thought sure he was going to lose
it. A snowball came so close that
its loss seemed inevitable. Yes,
thf>re was enough snow for snow
balls . . . ask youngsters around
town and see.
Speaking of doing your Christ
mas shopping early . . , Master
Bennie Reeves, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Ben G. Reeves, has already
received his Christmas present
the one he really wanted, we
mean. It’s a big red stick of can
dy and Bennie really enjoys it.
There is a new secretary ir
town ... in the office of the
Register of Deeds. Mrs. Ernes'
Edwards, one of Sparta’s mosi
recent brides, is assisting her hus
band there. Nice work, Ernest
you surely know how to pick youi
secretaries, not to mention youi
wife.
_
Maple Shade News
Misses Kathleen and Aileer
Phipps spent the Thanksgiving
holiday with their parents, here
Mrs. Myrtle Halsey visited hei
sister, Mrs. Mamie Delp a few
days last week.
Mrs. H. L. Shaver and daugh
ter. Dott. of Winston-Salem, anc
Nadine Cox. of Independence
spent Thanksgiving with Mr. anc
Mrs. R. G. Parsons.
Mrs. G. W. Kirk visited rela
tives in Galax, last week.
Mr. and Mrs. W. Duncan, o1
Beckley. W. Va.. spent the v/eel
end with Mr. Duncan’s sister
Mrs. V. M. Cox, recently.
Mrs. Howard Kirgan, of Ed
nrjonton, Ky., is spending some
time with her mother, Mrs. R. G.
Parsons.
Miss Lee Halsey is visiting her
sister, Mrs. Claude Mabe, at Fur
ches.
J
Eleven countries in North Car
olina have a farm income of more
than a million dollars a year from
dairying.
Men who reenlist in the Regu
lar Army are still entitled to
; mustering out pay from the Army
Ibf the United States.
flams Wanted
Will pay highest market prices for good number of
fresh hams.
W. F. Osborne
Sparta, N. C.
i
BOX
SUPPER
WILL BE GIVEN AT
Rich Hill School
Saturday Night, December 15
7:30 P. M.
MUSIC BY CLIFTON EVANS’ BAND
Everybody Is Invited!
All Ladies Urged To Bring A Box
For Benefit of Lunch Room and Other School Supplies.
It’s Christmastime •
A ' *• X
Again...
and the “Ideal” Gift for
your family is a
NEW 1946 MODEL CHEVROLET
.....—
77m StyhnKutf Sport Sedtm
Of course, you will not be able to get the car right away, but you can place
your order and get it just as soon as we have one available.
Castevens Motor Company ,
, SPARTA, NORTH CAROLINA