V
g Posters
Due For Return
Ceiling price posters, used by
housewives as shopping guides for
three years, will still be used un
der the extended OPA act, The
odore S. Johnson, District Di
rector, said today.
New food price lists for stores
throughout North Carolina are
now being prepared, Johnson
said, adding that all community
price lists are now decontrolled,
others must be granted manda
tory increases, and removal of
subsidies has made other price
changes necessary,” Johnson ex
plained.
Butter, meats, poultry, eggs and
cheese will not be on the new
More Milk For
Tar Heels Wanted
North Carolinians need to drink
about twice as much sweet milk
as is now being produced in the
State to bring them up to the
national average of about 95 gal
Ions per person.
Just how can this extra milk be
obtained? John Arey, in charge
of Extension Dairying at State
College, says that an extra 175,
000 cows can do it but at the
rice lists, since these foods are
it present decontrolled, he said
If and when controls on them are
reinstated, they will then make
\eir reappearance on the ceiling
price posters, Johnson said.
Outlook for Canning Jars and
Supplies Bright This Year
—Photo Courtesy Bell Bros. Co
Styles change usually for no good reason except that we
women get tired of things, often for no good reason. Our
grandmothers were different. When they liked some thing,
they used it until it wore out and they had some things which
didn’t wear out. That is why so many of you can boast of
owning Mason Fruit Jars which your great-grandmother took
with her in the covered wagon when Granddad accepted the
advice, “Go West, young man.” You, of course, treasure
inose oia jars even thougn they
have no special cash value, and
you have found their streamlined
descendants dependable, but -you
may have decided that you. would
like to see how a different style jar
and cap becomes the food you plan
to put up this season. ", .
p' Supplies Plentiful
Supplies of jars and caps shopjd
be plentiful for the first time in four
years. Nobody is offering , revolu
tionary designs but Gladya-Kjm
brough. Home Service .Director . tor
Ball Brothers Company, which
made Mason Jars for your ffend
mother, has been telling u» shout a
tv,.t pice* r.'ctr.t Vucu-stal cap with
t. ..c-„u„pea white cuamei-lined lid.
It seems that the domed lids “tell
you” when they are sealed (They
click when vacuum pulls them
down.) However, before deciding to
adopt this style cap, you should
check your jars because all brands
ef two-piece metal caps seal on the
top of the jar and won’t work unless
the finish of that top is perfect.
The flexibility of the metal lid and
the pliancy of the sealing compound
permit two-piece metal caps to be
•ell-venting This is why the bands
are tightened before the jars are
put into a canner for processing
and should not be tightened again.
The bands are taken off the jars
the next day after the canning is
done and left off Bands are not
bought every time new lijls are need
ed as lids are sold in packages of
Ope dozen. The same is true of
Complete caps (lid and band).
The Glass Top Seal (glass lid,
metal band, and rub’ber ring "war
baby”! is still with us but not in
huge quantities. When using Glass
Top Seals, care must be taken to
leave the metal bands loose during
processing, otherwise too much pres
sure may build up in the jars and
Cause breakage or even explosion.
Nothing seems so much in vogue
■t the moment as the time-tested
one-piece zinc cap with white liner.
This trend may be a style revival
but we think it more likely due to
the fact that zinc caps could not be
made during the war and that "the
water wasn't missed until the well
ran dry.”
Wlde-Mouth Jars Back
Wide-mouth Mason jars are back
on the market. Here the choice of
caps is between one-piece zinc and
two-piece metal Vacu-Seal.
The usual quantity of all-glass
lightning type jars—the ones with
8——-■—.
glass lid held in place with wires—
will be available. These jars, always
high-fashion in the Eastern states,
come in both standard and wide
mouth.
' All jars with standard opening are
being made in half-pint, pint, quart,
and half-gallon sizes Wide-mouth
i jars are in the same sizes except
there are no half-pints—never were
When buying new jars. Miss Kim
brough advises that, when possible,
one select the style preferred but
buy pints for corn, peas, lima beans
and meats, quarts for other vegeta
bles and fruits, half-pints for mar
malades, jams. etc. and for baby
foods Half-gallons are nice foi
pickles; large families may need
them for fruits too, but it is fat
better to use smaller jars when pre
serving vegetables and meats, be
cause they are easier to process
enough to prevent spoilage.
TeU lour Dealer
Although all jars of standard style
and size are being made, it may
not be possible to tind each style
and size in every market. This is
because dealers have learned what
sells best in then trade territories.
Transportation charges are so high
on less than carload shipments oi
glass that even if manufacturers
were organized to sell direct to the
consumer, the cost of a few dozen
jars would necessarily be dear, but
any enterprising woman can usual
ly persuade her dealer to arrange
with a wholesale house to include
what she wants when he places an
order for a car of jars. Naturally
this cannot be last minute business,
so if you.want an "exclusive style,"
the retailer should be told about it
weeks, in fact months, in advance.
It pays to buy home canning sup
plies when the dealer first puts
them out, as it is a time-wasting
nuisance to have to stop in tht
midst of canning to go to the store
for jars caps, or rubbers.
The ruober story is about the
same as it was last year. The best
ones are red and all are synthetic,
but don’t let that worry you because
synthetic rings seal as well as those
in which natural rubber is used.
All in all, the jar and cap outlook
is bright. All styles are good. U
you buy a nationally known brand
and use it according to the manu
facturer’s instructions, you can put
up your quota of fruits, vegetables,
and meats, with the assurance oi
sealing satisfaction.
I Sparta Pipes, Inc.
- - Phone Sparta 15
We promised to use only native burls in
looking our fine smoking pipes. We stated
that we would buy burls when all others
stopped buying. In fulfillment of this
promise we are now arranging for a regular
supply of burls.
See or write me for contracts.
E.’E. CALHOUN, Gen. Mgr.
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Sparta Pipes, Inc. - Sparta N. C
T •
The 79th congress is dead . . .
dead unless President Truman
sees fit to bring it back into spe
cial session between, now ar>d
January 3 when the new 80th
congress convenes.
The speculation here, with
food prices, commodity prices
and all prices except rents, show
ing a steady rise, a rise which is
expected to continue despite the
efforts of a crippled and impotent
OPA and promises of leaders of
the National Manufacturer’s as
sociation, is just how high must
they go before the President and
his advisers consider dangerous
inflation is here and a special ses
sion necessary to curb it.
However, in spite of the eco
nomic dangers ahead, there is a
general feeling of relief that this
congress is out of the way. It has
been marked by futility, bicker
ing, filibusters, intolerance and
selfishness, log rolling and coali
tions on most all domestic issues.
Probably never before in history
has the legislative program of a
President been treated with such
contempt and defiance as the
program sent to the congress by
President Truman shortly after
his accession to the Presidency
upon the death of Franklin D.
Roosevelt.
Adjournment sine die gives the
congress the longest respite since
1938 when the 75th congress ad
journed on June 16. Since that
date, the affairs of war and peace
Tave kept the members close to
.heir desks. ,
As a matter of fact, however,
.he closing days before adjourn
nent saw barely a quorum pres
ent, many of the members hav
. 'g already left to mend their i
olitical fences for the coming i
congressional election . . . an
election so important that the out
tome will almost surely forecast
he Presidential election of 1948.
And with these empty desks,
,ie last hours of the congress saw
uch important measures under
.onsideration as the G. I. termin
.1 leave bill and the necessary leg
lation to finance it, legislation
> freeze the social security pay
. ill- tax at 1 per cent through
947, and the administration back
'd Taft-Ellender-Wagner long
ange housing bill.
In spite of the many failures
md few accomplishments of this
.ongress there are two bright
spots in an otherwise black pic
ure on the domestic front . . .
ine, the McMahon bill creating a
civilian commission for the do
mestic control of atomic energy,
>nd two, the congressional reor
anization bill which seeks to re
, orm congress itself. The impert
r ice of these two measures and
iheir effect upon the future is in
calculable: This latter bill, pass
ed largely through the skillful
handling and long hours of work
by Sen. Robert M. LaFollette,
VTisconsin, and Cong. Mike Mon
roney, Oklahoma, will cut away
a lot of deadwood in the congress.
' ili seek to streamline its obso
lete machinery and make it more
responsive and responsible to the
’"-ople of the nation.
same time he points oat that not
enough good roughage is being
produced to feed the livestock al
ready on the farms.
There are all kinds of ramifi
cations to this milk problem and
the development of a better diet.
Arey says that we need about
150,000 tons of extra hay to feed
all animals on North Carolina
farms.
He explains that more milk may
be obtained through better breed
ing of dairy cows, better feeding
practices, improved farm manage
ment, more feed crops, and more
cows. Along with this program,
he suggests that Tar Heels, can
■earn to drink more milk and
make a much wider use of it in
i the daily diet.
At present it appears that the
biggest problem is that of feed
—principally good, high quality
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Veteran’s
Question Box
Ed. Note: This newspaper has
arranged with the Washington
Bureau of National Weekly
Newspaper Service, 1616 Eye
St. N. W, Washington 6, D. C„
to answer questions pertaining
to servicemen and veterans.
These questions will be answer
ed in this column if addressed
as above. No replies can be
made by mail, but this paper
will print answers to all ques
tions received.
* • •
Under new regulations issued
by the war department all fathers
now in the service, that is non
volunteer enlisted fathers, will be
discharged as of September 30,
1946.
The new regulations also pro
vide for release of all non-volun
teer enlisted men who have 20
months of service as of Septem
ber 30, 1946 on that date, and all
with 18 months’ service to be re
leased as of November 30, 1946.
The above regulations will an
swer letters received from scores
of persons who have written to
the Washington office of the Na
tional Weekly Newspaper Service.
Included in this list are the fol
lowing:
Mrs. B. R., Cedar Rapids, Iowa;
Mrs. M. L. J., Elgin, Kans.; C. F.,
Marin City, Calif.; Mrs. J. A. N„
Baltimore, Md.; Mrs. M. A. J.,
Spencer, Va.; Mrs. L. C. M., Brad
ford, Pa.; Mrs. L. C. D., Greeley,
Colo.; Mrs. R. H. B„ Cedar Grove
N. C.; Mrs. J. C., Clinton, N. C.
Mrs. C. E. B., Denver, Colo., Mrs
F. L. McG., Halifax, N. C.; Mrs
E. T. Cambridge, Neb.; Mrs. J
W. S., Rural Hall, N. C.; Mrs. A
M., Vernal, Utah; Mrs. R. E., New
Lothrop, Mich.; Mother, Murray
Iowa Mrs. B. L. H.f Denver, Cole
Q. Our son died in a prisone
of w'ar camp in 1942. At the tinv
he enlisted in 1941 he took ou
S3.000 in life insurance plannin
to take more later. We later re
ceived papers stating he had “pre
ferred insurance” and tve fille
out papers for it last January aw
have heard nothing more since
I am receiving payment on th
S3,000. What is “preferred insur
ance”? Our son was capture'
at the fall of Bataan.—Mrs. C
McCook, Neb.
A. I am sure that “preferre'
insurance” must mean the gratu
;tous insurance which was grant
d to all men in the service wh
'"ere beseiged. isolated or orison
ers of war between October P
1940 and April 19, 1942 amount
ing to $5,000. I believe your bes’
bet would be to write direct t
the insurance claims office of th
Veterans administration. Wash
ington, D. C., giving your sonv
name, serial number and ran'
and all details and I am confi
dent that you will obtain an early
answer.
The truly convenient Kitcher
has what is needed where and
when it is needed—and nothin'
more.
roughage and grazing crops. With
’ong growing seasons here in
North Carolina, State College ag
ronomists say there is no valid
reason for not growing the sup
plemental grazing crops, both
winter and summer, and putting
in well fertilized permanent pas
tures, seeded with the right kind
of legumes and grasses.
With plenty of good roughage.
4.rey says that the average cow
needs about 17 bushels of corn, 12
bushels of oats, and 500 pounds
of protein meal for good product
ion. The protein meal can come
from cottonseed, soybeans, and
peanuts, all of which crops are
well adapted in North Carolina.
There’s the idea. Where is the
milk?
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THE
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Wt've been hearing a lot about
a history of Alleghany county, so
we got the “history bug” and did
a little snooping of our own the
other day . . . snooping about
used-to-be post office* in the
county.
It seems that several years ago
an official of the post office de
partment traveled up to Alle
ghany (probably known at that
time to those in the eastern part
of the state as one of the Lost
Provinces). What he found was
all very fine and quite interest
ing. “You have some fine ladies
up here but I’m afraid they’ll have
to go,” he remarked, referring, of
course, to a number of small post
offices located at various points
throughout the county.
The post offices did indeed
have girl’s names. There was
Helena, located on New River
near what is now Farmer’s Fish
ing Camp; Anna, near the present
site of Ray Hampton’s home;
Amelia at Elk Creek and Del
phia at the old George Mac
Reeves place on the present Twin
Oaks-Independence Road.
After we heard the story, w
recalled having heard such names
mentioned in scattered bits of
onversation by our parents, but
\ 'e never dreamed that they were
daces and not people. At any
ate, if you hear somebody talk
ng about Helena. Anna. Amelia
jr Delphia, you’ll khow that
.hose are the places that youi
thers bought postage stamps tc
end letters to your mother whe’~
hey were courtin’ back in th1
good-ole-days.” . * ^ 'J >•
# ♦ ♦
We walked in the News office
one day about a month ago t
find that somebody had left o’
cabinet in our office a beauti
ful rock specimen; and then th
next day to our amusement then
lad been added to our collectin'
i second and third rock. We ha'"
no way of knowing who left the
ollection, but we were ver.
proud of it nevertheless • am
showed it off to all our visitors.
Then we came in recently tc
rind the collection gone. It had
disappeared as mysteriously as i
had appeared, without a sign
' vithout a word. Probably th
nwner decided to reclaim th
: ~ift. At anv rate, we thorough
ly enjoyed having the collectic
and if we knew who to than!
we would certainly do so.
• • »
Waif our subscribers are prob
ably expecting to find a new bus
.encuuit. in me paper this wee!
ind not wanting to disappoint
nybody we are ready to give yoi
-amp; the only thing we don’
have' is the bus driver’s name, am
o far we don’t believe that hat
been made public.
The new route was established
last Wednesday night and in th<
wee hours of Thursday morning
much to the surprise of every
body especially the Greyhound
3us Company, and the people of
che Piney Creek and Topia com
munities.
It seems that “somebody or
imebodies” wanted to take a ride
and since the Greyhound bus
i
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which vii parked in a apace
back of the Shell Service Station,
was the biggest thing they could
find, they just took it. (They were
probably allergic to hearses, un
like the Mount Airy groups who
“borrowed one of those take-your
last-ride vehicles and took a trip
to a neighboring town recently.
The people on the Piney Creek
road were rudely awakened
around 11:30 by a most unusual
noise and upon investigation dis
covered that 4 large Greyhound
bus was making the rounds. The
bus made its way to Topia and
Peden and all points in that sec
tion, even over to Virginia to the
Boyer filling station. Folks didn’t
pay too much attention to it on
the highway, but on a country
road, lights flicked on and in
quiring faces pressed to the win
dow to "see what on earth was go
ing up the road.
The riders, whoever they were,
could not find reverse on the ve
hicle, it was rumored, and brought
it back to rest in Sparta in the
early hours last Thursday morn
ing.
The bus was apparently none
the worse for wear, but local of
ficers are beginning to show the
train of investigating such an
affair.
If you ever feel the urge to
take a ride in a Greyhound bus,
and find that you can’t make the
regular schedule, or maybe that
you’d just rather drive it your
self, please don’t go up Piney
Creek way, and have those peo
ple all disturbed from their sleep,
or for that matter, don't go on
any country road around her?;
keep to the highways.
* • »
Mrs. Dalton Warren and Mrs.
Lola Womble, Sparta’s two an
ioue lovers, can be seen quite
often going down to the Delp
furniture Company, to see what’s
ew. Mrs. Warren confessed that
■he didn’t have any place to put
antiques, “I just like to look at
.htm.” Mrs. Womble has some
beautiful ones at her home, fam
ily heirlooms, we understand.
• * •
We never know just how much
friendly word, a smile or an
I
«t of
small.
to us, or how
much it means to other people.
And tp 5, tourists traveling
through our town, such things
mean more than we imagine. For
when they remember Sparta,
they will remember its people
first of all, and %yhat they remem
ber about those people has a lot
to do with such things as cour
tesy, and friendly words. The
reward for such, we never see in
terms of material goods, but in
pleasant memories, we have our
reward.
Not long ago, April 14, to be
exact, a Mr. Phillips, of Marble
head, Mass., was traveling along
the Blue Ridge Parkway, when
the car developed engine trou
ble and he drove over to Sparta.
Mr. Phillips was so impressed
with the atmosphere of the town
and with the service he received
that he wrote a letter to the post
master. Mr. Nichols, thinking
others might be interested in an
outsider’s impression of the town
gave us the letter, which reads:
“Your automobile mechanic,
Mr. Cloud, fixed the car very
licely, but while I was waiting
it the Shell filling station, three
/oung men were very helpful and
friendly and made a little repair
job add much to ottr enjoyment
in the remainder of our trip.
“Will you please deliver this
message to the man in charge of
the station on that asfternoon.”—
“We did enjoy the Skyline
Drive and Blue Ridge Parkway,
and the Smokey Mountains fur
ther down; the friendliness and
courtesy all along the way, but,
most particularly at Sparta, North
Carolina.”
* * *
We aren’t one to say, “I told
you so,” but these returning va
cationists are already saying, “It
certainly is good to be back in
Sparta; there’s just no place in
the world like it.”
According to present trends,
half the American annual food
bill of 20 billion dollars will be
spent for quick frozen foods with
in ten years.
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buildings. Running water in house. Power line within
500 feet of place.
Property borders highway for 1 mile. 9-10 acre
tobacco base. Good meadow, good grazing land, some
timber. Well watered.
School bus service. Star Mail route with service
twice each day
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