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I For local sews details | ; Read the Yancey Rec- 1 ord Every Week. VOLUME FOUR .... —I . , - WESTERN CAROLINA FAIR WILL BE HELD IN HENDERSON COUNTY The Western Carolina Fair will be held derson county on a site near Hendersonville, ac cording- to an announce ment made last week. The decision to hold an annual fair in the West ern part of the state was reached several .months ago, and plans have been made for a permanent or ganization. An event of this kind, held in this sec tion of the state, will give Western Carolina farmers and farm and girls a better opportunity to en ter farm and live stock ex * hibits than they had when < they had to exhibit at the state fair. FUNERAL SERVICES HELD FOR E. B. SILVER i- E. B. (Ras) Silver, 47, of Bolens Creekj died an Asheville hospital, at ,8:00 o’clock Monday' moriiing »from injuries received when a team of mules ran away and threw him from a hay rake Saturday. Funeral services were held at 2:00 o’clock Tues day at the Micaville Bap fist church, of which he was a' member. Rev. E. J. Harbison of Biltmore offi ciated. Burial was at Bol ens Creek. . ‘‘The follbwing nephews were active pall bearers: J. Silver, Bill Mumpower, Lee Griffeth, Roy Ray, Frank Ray, Jess Styles, Duane Robinson, Glenn Ray and Eugene Hall. Friends of Micaville, Bolens Creek and Burnsville served as • honorary pall bearers. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Mollie Ray Silver; two daughters, Mrs. Joe Ledford of Mica ville and Miss Louise Silver of Burnsville; his mother, Mrs. G. W. Silver; five sis ters, Mrs. J. H. Bowditch and Mrs. Ottie Mumpower of Micaville, Mrs. Walker Blevins and Mrs. Doshie Robinson of Kingsport, Mrs. Elzie Hall of Celo; and three brothers, C. E. and Dewey Silver of Mica ville and Gus Silver of Asheville. Sunday School Convention With Byrds Chapel Church The annual Yancey Co unty Baptist Sunday school convention will be held with the Byrd’s Chap el church on Friday, Aug. 9. The morning service will begin at 9:15. Speakers on the program will include T. K. Riddle, Richmond Bennett, B. S. Hensley, H.'G. Bailey, A. Z. Jamerson, Eulas Atkins, Monroe Mclntosh and S. E. Tilson. The principal address of the convention will be given at 11:00 o’clock by Dr. I. G. Greer. Dr. Gjeer is superintendent of the Baptist Orphanage at Thomasville, a former pro fessor of history at Appa lachian State Teachers College, JBoone and a very forceful speaker. All who can attend the meeting are urged to hear him. ;f . ..." ■■ *. THE YANCEY RECORD SUB. RATES: SI.OO YEAR. Lead In Movement For Purebred Animals Is Led By Bank College Station, Raleigh, July 28. (Special) Yan cey county is a model of progressiveness in the de velopment of the beef cat tle industry, Sam L. Will iams, assistant extension animal husbandman of N. 1 C. State college, reported. He said that the Northwes tern bank at Burnsville is taking the lead in promot ing the establishment of purebred beef type herds in that section of North Carolina. “The Northwestern bank through the efforts of R. N. Scott cooperating with Roy Crouse, county farm agent of the extension ser vice, has placed six good young Hereford bulls on different farms,” Williams stated. “These bulls are "owned by the bank and an exchange of bulls after a two-year period is plan ned.” The extension specialist also reported that J. M. Edwards, a farmer of Burnsville, R. F. D. No. 3, has constructed an ideal bull lot for the new herd sire which was recently purchased from Tyler F. Snodgrass of El way, Va. Mr. Edwards fenced two and one-half acres of good bottom land with heavy 8- strand woven wire. This field has plenty of water and shade available for the bull. & Williams said that the • Yancey county farmer re l seeded the field with white : clover and lespedeza in the : spring, and applied ground ; limestone to stimulate the growth of' the pasture s grasses. “This arrange ■ ment enables the practice ,of controlled breeding, • which is one of the essen • tial factors in profitable , beef cattle production,” . the State college man de clared. Williams further report ■ed that- Ed Wilson of Burnsville has recently purchased nine pure-bred heifers as the foundation of a pure-bred herd of beef cattle. He also has devel oped a good pasture sys tem. REV. HENSLEY. WILL PREACH Rev. B. S. Hensley of Barnardsville will preach at the morning service next Sunday at the Burns ville Baptist church. NEW MARCH OF TIME ON U. S. NAVY One of the most timely films ever produced by the March of Time will be shown at the Yancey The atre next Wednesday and Thursday, it was announc ed by Manager Clevenger. Entitled “The U. S. Navy —1940,” this latest issue in The March of Time series presents a thorough survey of the status of the Ameri can Navy today, and the steps being taken for its future development under President Roosevelt’s un- j precedented National De fense program. “DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY” BURNSVILLE, N. €., THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 1940 NEW POTATO VARIETY GETS WIDE ACCLAIM The Sequoia Irish potato, one of N. C. State College’s latest contributions to the field of horticulture, is re . Ceiving abundant praise in . many sections of the Unit ed States where it has been tried on an experimental basis. M. E. Gardner; head of . the college’s horticulture , department and co-devel oper of the. .potato with ißobbrt Schmidt, said re , search men in a large num ber of states as well as in Canada, Mexico, and Cuba have reported excellent re sults with the Sequoia. A late potato, the new variety has outyielded es tablished varieties consist ently during a five-year test period in this State. During the past half-de cade, the Sequoia averaged 347.5 bushels to the acre. In the same test, Cobbler yielded 22$ bushels, Katah din 218 and Chippewa 263. Gardner explained its high yielding ability is at tributed largely to its marked resistance to leaf hoppers, flea beetles, and blight, all deadly enemies of the crop. It has been es timated that leaf hopper alone reduce yields in Western North Carolina each year from one-third to one-half. Approximately 4 acres oL Sequoia were- grown in 1939 in an isolated seed plot. From this, between 80 and 100 seed samples were ninrMi niif4- « .... i distributed to cooperators and growers in the United States, Canada, . Mexico, and Cuba. Practically all. reports which have come in on the performance of the Sequo ia have painted glowing pictures of its possibilities. U. S. CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATION The United States Civil Service Commission in vites attention to the fact that an insufficient num ber of applicants have been received in the open com petitive examination for the position of Classified Laborer, (Highway Con struction and Maintenan ce) for filling vacancies in the Public Roads Adminis tration, the usual entrace salary being .30 to .50 an hour. Applications for this po sition must be on file with the Secretary, Board of U. S. Civil Service Examiners, Public Roads Administra tion, 1523 L Street, North west, Washington, D. C., not later than August 15. 1940. Competitors will not be required to report for written examination, but will be rated on their trailing and experience. Full information and ap plication blanks may be obtained from the Post masted, Burnsville, N. C. BANKS FAMILY REUNION The Banks family will hpld their annual Reunion at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Luther Banks on Bolens Creek, Sunday, Aug. 18th. ‘' 1 1 MARK W. BENNETT 4ai BBT i I p.:>: mm ■ K ■B-/' . Directors c? the French Broad Electric Member ship Corporaton last week named Marie W. Bennett of Mars Hill as REA Pro ject Superintendent for Buncombe, Madison and Yancey counties. Mr. Ben nett has beers approved by the Washington office, and has accepted | the position, according to information received here* this week. For the past four and a half years M*f Bennett lias served as division manager of the Northwest Carolina Utilities, Inc. He is the son of Dr. and M-s. W. L. Ben nett of Buriwrille, and is a Creek High School and Weaver College. | REPORT 1 OF ANNUAL , B. T. U. CONVENTION 5 The annual B. T. U. co s unty convention was held ■ on last Friday, July 26 with ; Che Burnsville Baptist • church. Miss Evelyn Hunt er, president of the con vention, was in charge of the program. The program began at 4 p. m. with Misses Ruth Mc- Intosh, Buna Ellen Bailey, ’ Ralph Young and Hugh Tomberlm taking part. 1 Special music was given by | Clarence Laws of the Jacks Creek church. Rev. Bas combe Hensley made a short talk on “Prayer.” After supper, Miss Cor rie Tipton gave the Devo tional, and a group of girls from Burnsville church gave a special song. Rev. A. Z. Jamerson brought the message to the conven tion, using as his subject, “Soul Winning.” The following were elec ted officers for the coming year: Miss Buna Ellen Bailey, president; Ralph' Young, Mice president; Miss Hilda Hensley, secre tary; Miss Eddith Penland, pianist; Clarence Laws, chorister. i— CAMPSJREGIN SECOND MONTH’S SESSION Camp/ Mt. Mitchell for Girls and Camp Mt. Mitch ell for Boys have begun the second month’s , session, with new campeps arriving for both camps. The season is one of the most success ful ever enjoyed by the two camps. CHURCH PLANNED FOR GREEN MOUNTAIN COMMUNITY A group of about thirty; citizens of this community met on last Thurtday ever, ing with representatives of the Home Mission Commi ttee of the Holston Presby terian, Southern Presby terian church bo discuss plans for building a church at Green Mtn. Rev. John S. Yelton of Stoney Point, Tenn., Rev. T. P. Johnston of Rogersyille, Tenn., J. D. Faucett of Bristol, Rod Armstrong of Rogersville, and D. R. Beeson of John son City represented the committee. A very interesting dis cussion was held with Rev. Yelton in charge. A com mittee was appointed to receive any donations and to canvas the community for funds for the proposed church and Sunday School. The following will serve on the committee: J. Walter Howell, chairman; Mrs. M. E. Bradshaw, secretary and Oscar L. Young, treas urer. v - Donation of Site and SI,OOO J. W. Howell has offered to give a site near his store building and a cash Jona tion of $1,009.00 for the propbsed church. The building will cost around $6,000.00. The Sou thern Presbyterian church will give approximately half the amoimt r -a»d t&e remainder will be subscrib ed in cash and work by the citizens of the community. mi « « ..... The church will be a com munity church for all citi zens and for the glory of God. Leaders of the communi ty feel assured that through the cooperation of ; the citizens of the com munity and their donations in work and cash that the ' church will be built at an early date. NOTICE Tax Collector Donald Banks has asked that > all persons who have not paid their 1939 county taxes to take notice that these will be advertised this month (August). This is according to the provisions of the tax law, and all delinquent tax payers are urged to pay this week. MT. HELEN ESTATES IS POPULAR RESORT The Mt. Helen Estates, located on Cat Tail Creek in the beautiful Pensacola section of the county, is be coming widely known as a summer resort that offers many of the most enjoy able features of life in the mountains. This resort was established [ several years ago by Mr. and Mrs. Percy Threadgill. The estate covers 4,000 acres, ranging in altitude from 3,300 to 6,000 feet. It affords an ideal retreat into the very heart of the mountains. There are at present a group of sumber homes, built for the most part by people from Florida. Many of them are well known in (Continued on page four) * i 1 _| u ’ NOTICE, The local Squadron of the Sons of the American r Legion will meet at the r ' home of W. A. Covey, chairman, on Friday even s ing, August 2, at 8:00 ■ o’clook. All members of ■ the Squadron are urged to ■ be present for this meet * ing. i . 1 Farm Population is Largest in 24 Years l diy§|p Washington, July 14. The American farm popu lation on January 1 was es timated by the agricultur al department today a t 32,245,000, the largest in 24 years. The estimate was 186,000 more than a year ago and represented an increase of 2,076,000 for the * decade 1930-39. The highest farm population figure ever re ported was 32,530,000 in 1916. * The increase during the 1930’s followed a decrease of 1,445,000 during the 1920’s and a net loss of 463,000 between 1910 and 1920. The department said farms lost 2,179,000 per sutoo through migration during the 1930’s but that an excess of rural births over deaths more than off set losses through move ment to urban areas. I Births were reported at ?;861,000 and »t 3,313,000 during the past decade. A lack of opportunity in • cities may add 2,000,000 ; more persons to the rural ? population by 1950, the de partment said. “An increase in farm po ; pulation at this time means growing pressure of popu lation on natural resour -1 ces, especially in the poor er agricultural areas,” the department said. “Tech nological changes in agri culture have kept pace with those in industry, and the labor requirements for agricultural production have been decreased.” The department said that normal requirements in farm production for both domestic and foreign outlets now can be met with approximately 1,600,- 000 fewer workers o n farms than in 1929—which, with their dependents, means 3,500,000 fewer per sons. Farm employment was said to have decreased more than 300,000 between 1930 and 1940. Largest increase in farm population during the past 10 years were in Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama and Mississippi. The South Atlantic states, r s : from Maryland to Delaware and Florida, showed the next largest gain. Areas most severely affected by drou ghts of 1934 and 1936 re ported increases before 1935 and decreases there after. Mrs. Lillie Wilson and grand daugh te r, Miss Nelle Young, returned to Asheville Wednesday after visiting relatives here. B. M Tomberlin will teach the Men’s Bible class on next Sunday. j Record | newspaper canto ail | local news. NUMBER FIFTY-TWO L. oAtodCrAAA (wfdrl j/ ■ Yancey County Farm And Home Tours The Community Farm and Home Tours of Yancey i County will begin Monday morning, August 6th at 8:30 and will continue on the following schedule with each tour starting at 8:30 each morning: Burnsville tow ns h ip, Monday, August sth, start ing from County Agent’s office. Cane River township, Tuesday, Aug. 6. Starting from H. W. Higgins. Egypt and Ramseytown townships, Wed., Aug. 7th, starting from S. W. Hile mons. —-’r~ Green Mtn. township, Aug. Bth, starting from Geo. D. Turbyfills.* Jacks Creek, Friday, 9th, starting from R. F. Peter sons. Deytons. Crabtree, Monday 12th, i starting from Dewey Sil vers. * South Toe, Tuesday, 13th starting from G. S. Bail eys. Pensacola, Wednesday, 14, starting from T. J. Wil sons. -* Prices Creek, Thursday, 15th, starting from S. R. Hensleys. County Farm and Home Tour will be held on Friday August 16th, starting from Burnsville at 8:30 a. m. and visiting the township win ner which has been select ed at the end of each town ship tour. The schedule for the de monstration farms to be visited during the day vyill be announced at the start ing place each morning. Demonstration farmers and their wives are urged to attend their township tours and the county tour to help select the farm and home making the most im provements during the past year. A township prize of a purebred medium type Poland China .... female pig will be given to the farm and home in each township making the most improvements this year. Township winners will compete for the county prize of a twenty-five quart liquid measure pres sure cooker. Bring a basket lunch and be fit the starting point in your township at 8:30 a. m. SINGING CONVENTION A singing convention will be held at the Cane River Baptist church on Sunday afternoon, August 4 beginning at 1:30 p. m. Everyone is invited to at tend.