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We believe in Yancey County. We believe that by virtue of her location, her natural resources arid her loyal
. .citizens that there is in store for her a period of progress and expansion. "> ~ i
' .■/:'_ - We believe, also, that the people of Yancey County can bestbe served by a newspaper published in, by
and for Yancey County. Therefore, with this issue, we start upon this new enterprise
r ' , ! . ®»r motto for this paper is: “Dedicated to the Progress of Ypnccy County.” Primarily, we wish the paper
to serve the needs of the people, and this shall be our first aim rather than profit or material gain. We hon- - .
or those who in the past have made our present status possible, but we turn our thougths to the future,, and
with faith, work and cooperation we shall see promises fulfilled. ~
May this paper ’ as seeks in ever y way to aid in the advancement and upbuilding of our county, haver e
the good will and support of every citizen. f „ -; , ‘.
WHAT THE RSETTUMENT
ADMINISTRATION HAS DONE 1
(By Mrs. Bctli ,G. Rarest, Home Sapentor)
When the Resettlement
Administration began oper
ating in Yancey and Mitchell
counties in the fall of 1935,
the first problem was to
make the organization and
its purposes known and un
derstood -This proved to be
7 rather difficult as most of
the people still thought it to
be the old Rural Rehabilita
tion program or direct re
lief in spite of explanations;
It took until late spring to
convince the people of the
two -counties differently.
This was accomplished by
articles and main
ly by contacting the people
with whom we deal directly,
and the county officials and
other organizations.
The next problem was to
select Advisory Committees
and the families to whom
we were to make loans. The
majority of the people who
were qualified to serve on
these Advisory Committees
were already serving with
various other organisations;
however, we succeeded in ac
quiring the time and co-op
eration of some very capa
ble men who were of much
assistance to us in selecting
those families to be on the
Rural Rehabilitation Pro
gram. '
Investigations on the part
of the Farm and Home Su
pervisors were not as
thorough as they could have
been due to bad roads, ad
verse weather conditions and
the territory being new. In
vestigations of each client
was made but can be made
MAN KILLED
BY LIGHTENING
AT ELK SHOAL
Howard Proffitt, about 50,
years old, of Cane River was
struck and killed by lighten
ing at Elk Shoal Church
when lightening struck, dam
aging the church and killing
Mr. Priffitt. Mr. Hileman
who was with him, was
shocked, but not seriously
hurt. V
Funeral services were
held Sunday afternoon at
Elk slo*l chtfrth. Mr. Prof
fitt is survived by his wid
ow and one child and a num-
V ber of sisters andL brothers.
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more thoroughly another
year. r , :
Early crops and gardens ;
were badly damaged by dry
weather, and some crops
were cut short because of
the ground getting too hard
to plow qauch sooner than in ,
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TOWN REFINANCING
PROGRAMSUCCESSFUL
It will be of interest to
the taxpayers of the Town
of Burnsville to know that
the Governing Authorities
have been successful in our
Refinancing Program. The
new bonds have been placed
with the Local Government
Commission at Raleigh, N.
C., for the, purpose of ex
change for the old bonds.
One year’s interest on the
new bonds will be paid by
the Town as and when the
bonds are exchanged. The
exchange of bonds is expect
ed to begin this week 1 by the
Local Government Commis
sion. All of the old bonds of
the Town of Burnsville bear
6 percent interest per an
num, but the new bonds will
carry an interest rate of 2
percent per annum for ten
years, 2 1-2 percent for five
years and 3 percent for five
years, 3 1-2 for five years
and 4 percent for the last
five years. Tt is estimated
that this will be a saving to
the citizens of the Town of
Burnsville of $211,720.00 in
terest, over this period of
time. The Mayor and Board
of Aldermen have made a
levy each year for debt ser
vice and as a result, the
bondholders of the Town of
Burnsville have cooperated
with the Town Authorities
in consummating this plan.
The Town Officials urge
that every citizen be prompt
in the payment of his taxes
or other obligations due the
Town in order that the in
terest on the riew bonds may
be met promptly. If the in
terest on the new bohds is
paid promply, the market
value of the bonds will prob
ably increase rapidly.
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COURT CALENDAR
FOR WEEK AUGUST 17
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MONDAY —l7th'
Yancey County Superior
Court convened Monday, Au
gust 10, with the Hon. H.
Hoyle Sink, Judge. The
Court Calendar is as follows:
Young vs Young.
Bank of Thomasville vs
Yancey County.
American Bank and
Trust Co. vs Yancey County.
Williains vs WilliamSv
Howell vs Furcell. '
Bailey vs Howell.
Honeycutt vs Honeycutt.
Buchanan vs Wheeler.
TUESDAY—IBth ,
Appalachian Hospital vs
Howell.
Hannum, Gdn. vs Bennett.
Presnell vs Yancey Coun
ty.
Angel vs Angel.
Williams vs Mission Hos
pital.
Forest vs Peterson.
Threadgill vs Faust. --
WEDNESDAY—I9th
Adkins vs Motor Co.
Young vs Garland
Boone vs Railroad Co.
Deyton vs State Highway
Commission. _
Lettermran vs Letterman.
Ferguson vs Ferguson = _
(Motion) -1 <7
THURSDAY— 20 th
Young, Adm vs Mayland
Mica Co. .
Buleson vs Robison.
Metcalf vs Atkins.
Ogle vs Lassater.
State vs Fred Adkins.
State vs Harley Howell.
State vs C- W. Valentine.
State vs J. V. Sneed. “*
State vs Lat Edwards.
State vs Jim Hensley.
State vs Roy Crane
State vs Elmer Greene 1
State vs George Gardner,
State vs Charles Fox.
State vs Reese Edwards.
State vs Dewey Bailey.
State vs Grant Edwards.
- State vs Carter Bradford.
State vs Zeb Rathbone
-State vs Blake Styles
'State vs Preson McMahon.
State vs Wade English.
State vs Clyde Maynard.
State vs John Ramsay.
State vs Gaither Edwards.
State vs Joe Edwards and
Gaither Edwards.
State vs Bob Howell, Pete
Howell, Bernie Howell.
State vs Tahmadge McCur-
State vs William Rath
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Burnsville, N. C., Wednesday, August 12, 1936
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DEMONSTRATIONS
7 FOR FARMERS
_ The next meeting of the
p er P o hstpjAion Farmers will
be held oh Wednesday, Aug
ust 19 at 10:00 a.m. Other
farmers are invited to at
tend pthis meeting. We will
have Mr. Famham, State
Extension Dairy Specialist,
with us at this time to as-
in getting a cream ffiar
ket established in the Coun
ty. Thqpe interested in sell
ing cream, or digging a
trench silo are urged to be
present at this meeting.
There will ■be a demon
stration on erosion ' control
work at Toledo, on Pig Pen,
Monday, August 17th at
2:00 p.m. Mr. Rufus H.
Page, Jr„ Assistant State
Forester from State College
Station, will be with us to
give instructions on best
methods of forest manage
ment and gully control. We
will inspect some of the dem
onstrations on soil erosion
consol work now being car
ried out near Green Moun
tain by the CCG Erosion
Camp. A car or truck load
of farmers from each com
munity should make every
effort to come and observe
the work be ; ng carried out.
Soil erosion control practices
that are being carried out
there may be a big help to
you on yow farm.
<0
r Mr. Page will be with us
at a meeting at Higgins
Community Center on Mon
day night, August 17th, at
8:00 o’clock. He will take up
forestry and erosion control
work at this meeting—ev
erybody invited.
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W CLUB PICNIC
The 4-H Club Members
from Clearmont and Bald
Creek Clubs have planned a
day’s picnic on Wednesday,
August' 12th at the State
Experiment Station and 4-H
Club Camp at Swannanoa.
The County Agent and As
sistant CJounty Agent plan
ned this picnic with the Club
Members for its educational
value as well as recreation.
They will have a chance to
observe the experiments be
ing carried out on the farm
and take in other things of
interest to the club.
MEDICAL SOCIETY TO
OPEN JONSIL CLINIC
The Medical Society of
Yancey County in a meet
ing held Jury 30, 1936, wept
on record as approving a
tonsil clinic to be held in
Burnsville, N. C., during the
latter part of August. This
clinic is for children between
the ages of five and sixteen
years of age. The operations
at the clinic will be per
formed by Dr. McCall, of
Asheville, N. C.
Some of the indications
for removal of tonsils and
adenoids as drawn up by
leading ear, nose and' throat
specialists in the world are
as follows: “ .
1. Mouth breathing is us
ually a definite indication.
2. Frequent attacks of sore
throat and tonsillitis offer a
definite cause for-removal of
tonsils.
3. Frequent head colds of
fer a definite indication for
tonsil and adenoid removal,
relieved in 75 percent of the
cases.
4. Persistent enlargement
of the neck glands, when no
other cause is found, is a
just cause for removal of
tonsils. V "7
5. Poor nutrition, when
other causes have been, el
iminated, will be improved
somewhat.
6. Chronic and recurrent
discharging ears are ap indi
cation for the operation.
_ 7. The presence of positive
or suspected evidence of rhe
umatic feyer symptoms such
as rheumatism, chorea and
heart disease is a definite in
dication for tonsillectomy in
view of the lessened inci
dence of heart disease in the
group operated on, •*_
8. Recurrent infections of
kidneys, such as pyelitis, etc.
presents definite indications
for removal of tonsils. -
Those wishing to have
their children’s tonsils re
moved in. the clinic are re
quested to consult their
family physician or District
Health Department.
These tonsil clinics are
sponsored for the benefit of
Yancey County on a non
profiteering basis. Thus
those unable to have their
children's tonsils removed by
their physician or by a spe
cialist will be able to do so
through this set up. Thb
prices charged wi|l only be
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TOURIST SEASON GOOD
IN YANCEY COUNTY
The present * sfe&son has
been the best tourist season i
for this section in a riumber ,
of years. Improved business :
conditions have aided many ]
people to take long deferred.;
vacations; and the unusually ;
hot weather in other sections j
has brought many to the ,
mounains to enjoy the de- ■
lightful climate. J
Following is the register ,
of the NU-WRAY HOTEL
for the past week: i
Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Elder,
Atlanta, Ga.
Fred W. Bynum, - Rocking
ham, N. C.; Mrs. T. G. Shel
ton, - Statesville, N. C.; Miss
Eloise Shelton, Statesville,
N‘. C.; Miss Marianna Sher
rill, Statesville, N. C.; Mrs.
C. Sherrill, Statesville, N. C.;
O. M. Mull, Shelby, N. C.;
Dixon Smith, Shelby, N. C..;
Mrs. W. W. Hinnant, Rale
jgh. N. C.; W. W. Hinnant,
Jk, Raleigh,vN.'C.; Joe J.
Reynolds and family, Wayne
boro, Ga.; Henry Sherrill,
Statesville, N. C.; Joe Shel
ton, Statesville, N. C.; Misa
Mary Trailer,-Lenoir, N. C. ;
Miss Hazel Hollifield, Len
oir, N. C.; Mr, and Mrs. W.
E. Linnell, Lenoir, N. C.;
Mr. and Mrs. Allen Bueth
and family, Bethlehqm, Pa.;
Miss Elizabeth Albert, Ashe
ville, N. C,; Mrs. R. E. Fraz-
NOTICE TO
TAXPAYERS
All citizens of the Town
of Burnsville owing any 1935
tax are advised to settle
their taxes prior to the .first
Monday in September,, other
wise there will be additional
cost of advertising since
property will be sold for 1935
tax the first Monday in Oc
tober, 1936.
that sufficient tp bear ex
penses of clinics.
I earnestly urge those
with children suffering from
infected tonsils to consult
their family. physician or
District Health Office for
particulars T and - appoint
ments.
The date and price will. be
set after the demands of'the
people have been expressed.
7 Dr. G. H. White, Dist.
Health Officer. 7
ier, Asheville, N. C. ; Mr. ,
and Mrs. Chas. D. Pearson,
Asheville, N. C.; Mr. and
Mrs. Roub, Lofaythe, Ind.;
Mr.' and Mrs. Wm. Allison,
Statesville, N. C. ■ —* —
Miss Newlin, Statesville, N. “
C.; Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Coo
per, Statesville, N. €.; Miss
Martha Roub, Statesville, N.
C.; A. H. Taylor, Newton, N.
C.; Mrs. H. C. Tunney,
Blacksburg, Va.; Miss Ruth
Tunney, Blacksburg, Va.; P.
A. Ayers and family, Blacks
burg, .ya,; J. F. Williams,
Bedford, Pa.; Jefferson Penn,
Riedsville, N. C.; A. G. Bray,
Greensboro, N. C.; C. An
derson; Riedsville, N. C.; Dr.
M. Hinnarch and family,
Raleigh, N. C.; Mr. and Mrs.
R. F. Duff, Waynesville, N.
C. W. E. Sorenson, Rocky
Ford, 111.; Mrs. E. M. Jones
and party, Rocky Ford, 111.;
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Garner,
Birmingham, Ala.; Mrs. Joe *
D. Topping, Asheville, N. C.;
Mrs. Ed Wright, Asheville,
N. C.
H. D. Parker, Salisbury, N. 7;
C.; Robert Bryant, Salisbury, ;
N. C.;" Thomas E. Winn,
Raleigh, N. C.; Mr. and Mrs. '
H. H. King, Richmond, Va.;
W. A. Rector, Morristown,
Tenn.; Mr, and Mrs. Har
rell, Charlotte, N. C< ; W. H.
Morrison, Asheville, N. C.; ,
P. D. Moore, Asheville, ~
Donna R. Weaver, Detroit,
Mich.; Frances N. Weaver,.
Detroit, Mich.; Billy Cooper,
Statesville, N. C.; Betty and
Edith Allison, State3vffle, N.
C.; Edna L. Acheson, East
Orange* ,__N. J. ; Gertrude
Acheson, Woonsocket, R. L;
Miss Hazel Packey, Jones
ville, Va.; Miss Grace Davis,
Jonesville, Va.; Lloyd M.
Robinette, Jonesville, Va.;
A. W. Byrd, Johnson City,
Tenn.; Miss. Dorothy Park
er, Johnson City, Tenn.; Miss
Eugenia Parker, Johnson
City, Tenn.; Miss Phyllis
Pasker, Johnson City, Tenn.;
Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Cmdall,
Akron, Ohio; Chaa. Parsons,
Johnson City, Tenn.; C. A.
Smith, Erwin, Tenn.; S. C..
Smith, Jr., Johnson City,
N. C.; Mr. and Mrs. G. D.
Marchworth, Athens, Ga.; J.
Lewis Woodson, Lexington,
N. C.; W. L. Callahan, Wea.
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