KEEP COOL 8AVE FUEL JOHNS-MANVILLE INSULATION Our Crew Working In Sylva This Week For Information And Free Survey of Your Home Call Mrs. Raymond Nicholson SYLVA DAY 92-J ? NIGHT 153 CITIZENS TRANSFER & COAL CO. Dial 2-2461 A8HEVILLE,-N. THE OLD HOME TOWN By STANLEY NOPE, OTEY,<LL SLEEP BETTER IF ITS RlfrHT/N MY OWN ffOOM-YOU REMEMBER 'TH'NI&HTYDU TALKED ME/A4TO PUTT/aT IT /N YOL>f?JAIL--THAT WAS "THE OMC NI6HT "THE DARN CROOKS B?OKE?_ /Al AND JUST ABOUT RUINED IT/ f s </y/<4 ' / vV <A^I 5=3' c^= DO/^T LOOK AiOW - Youee BE/N<5 FOLLOWED ! com 1*1 nrwo r*j?uxwcATt im ?mlj STATE COLLEGE ANSWERS TIMELY FARM QUESTIONS QUESTION ? Tobacco accounts for well over half of North Caro lina's cash farm income. But, from the economic standpoint, how important is tobacco to the nation as a whole? ANSWER ? Tobacco was the earliest profitable export crop from the Americas. Spaniards first shipped it commercially to Europe from what is now thjTJhited States in 1531. Since that time the crop has increased in importance until it now brings growers more than one billion dollars each year. From the standpoint of Federal revenue, in the five-year period covering the fiscal years 1942-46 receipts by the U. S. Government from to bacco and related products av eraged more than 950 million dol lars each year. In addition, most of the states collected large sums in excise taxes on. sales of tobacco products. The Federal treasury receives more direct f-evenue from tobacco than from all other crops combined. QUESTION ? When band place ment of fertilizer is used on tobac co and the fertilizer is placcd on Qualla News Mr. Bill Crisp and family of Bry son City have moved into their new home in this community. There has been a revival meet ing in progress at Hyatt's Chapel for the past two weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Webb Crisp spent Sunday with relatives in Bryson City. Mrs. Arnie T. Hoyle, accom j panied by Mrs. Carrie Abbott, of | Bryson City, attended a teachers' meeting at Cullowhee Friday. Rev. J. L. Rogers, pastor of the Qualla Baptist church, was as sisted in the services Sunday morn ing by Rev. Leatherwood, of Waynesville. Use of 2,4-D to control alligator weed saves Louisiana sugarcane growers at least five million dol lars a year. only one side of the plant, will re sults be satisfactory? ANSWER ? The answer is no. Tobacco is one of the most exact ing of all plants. Fob most crops, the type of machine that places a band of fertilizer at one side of the row gives results just as satis factory as from a band on each side. But with most types of to bacco, research shows that a one sided application frequently pro duce one-sided growth effects. Thirty * hogs averaged $140.06 each in the registered Spotted Po land China sale held recently .it Rocky Mount. The average, ac cording t.j Jack Keili y, Extension Isw ne specialist at State College, was one of the highest made at anj* of the State hog sales held this. year. No other heavy-duty trucks bring you equal value in features ? ? ? equal savings in ownership There's one sure way to find out what makes these Chev rolet trucks the best in the heavy-duty busi ness. Drive one. Get the "feel" of the wheel and you'lf get the feel of the solid, deep down, through-and-through quality, the prime power and toe massive strength that means miles more value. You get all this ? plus a premium that only Chevrolet Advance-Design heavy-duty trucks offer . . . 3-WAY THRIFT. For these trucks have TRIPLE economy?low cost of operation, low cost of upkeep and the lowest list prices in the entire truck fieldl Come and see them in our showroom. De luxe Equipment and Rear Corner Windowi optional at extra cott. Kirk-Davis Chevrolet Co., Inc. CULLOWHEE ROAD 8YLVA/-N. C. RECAPPING 6.00-16 $4.95 Guaranteed Used Tires? The Only Shop In W.N.C. Equipped To Handle Mud and Snow Treads In AINY Size! ___ V 1 We will not be undersold ? Shop around and see for yourself - _ __ ^ ~ ? ? t 20 per cent Discount On AIL Truck Recapping Allison Bros. O.K. Rubber Welders MAIN STREET PHONE 136 SYLVA, N. C. * % * V ? , ? ? jr. r - . ? ? J S ? I A ? J

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