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For local news details j | Read the Yancey Rec- j ord Every Week. . ! ! t % J - VOLUME FIVE NEW CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT CREATED Measure Divides 10th An<ci 11th Districts To Form 12th District Raleigh, Jan. 27th.—The legislature voted Friday to create a new 12th congres sional district by dividing the present 10th and 11th districts. \ -Separate bills with iden tical wording were passed in each house without de bate, insuring enactment of law 7 on redistricting though one of the bills must be allowed to die after the other is ratified. The new 10th district would consist of Avery, Burke, Cataw’ba, Lincoln, Mecklenburg and Mitchell counties and w'ould elect a new congressman. The present 10th district would consist of McDowell, Polk, Rutherford, Gaston, Cleveland, Madison and Yancey, as it becomes the 11th district. * The new 12th would con sist of Buncombe, Chero kee, Clay, Graham, Hay w’ood, Henderson, Jaekson, Macon, Swain and Transyl vania counties. SEEKS LEGISLATION TO PAY JUDGMENT JN TOLL ROAD CASE Raleigh, Jan. 27.—Legis lation requesting the state to appropriate from the general fund $8,064.15 to satisfy a judgment held by the Big Tom Wilson Mount Mitchell Motor Road com pany, Inc ~was offered in the house Monday night by Rep. Fouts of Yancey co unty. Under a law 7 passed by the 1939Jegislature abolish ing the right of a private concern to operate a toll road on state park lands the motor road company was dissolved. It later sued the state and department of conservation and devel opment, but the judgment has never been satisfied.— i Raleigh Bureau of The Asheville Citizen). Mr. Fouts has also intro duced a bill repealing the primary law for Yancey county so that candidates wall henceforth be nomi nated in convention rather than by primary election. WHO IS 80 YEARS OLD? It has been suggested to us that the people of the county would be interested in learning how 7 many citi zens we have who have reached the age of 80, or are older. We believe, too, that it would be of wide spread interest and we are asking our readers to write, to us, giving a short sketch of any persons they know who are 80. or over. We shall be glad to publish stories about them, and to honor those men and women who have reached four score years. Please mail any sketch or infor mation you may wish to contribute to the Record, Burnsville. THE YANCEY RECORD Jmm . v \ . .. a, “DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY” SU& RATES: SI.OO YEAR. FUNERAL RITES FOR MRS. ELBERT PROFFITT Mrs. Elbert Proffitt, died at her hQme at Bald Creek on Monday evening following an extended ill ness. Funeral services w T ere held at the home on Tues day afternoon at 2 o’clock with the Rev. J. N. Snow and the Rev. R. D. Ponder officiating. Pallbearers w r ere the foll owing grandsons, Mack Mclntosh, Sam Lee Prof fitt, Arnold Proffitt, Otto Proffitt, Guss Proffitt, Wayne Proffitt, Clarence Proffitt and Ray Edwards. Flower bearers were the following grand daughters, Audrey Proffitt, Dorothy Proffitt, Louise Proffitt, Willie Lou Proffitt, Irene Edwards, Marjie Proffitt, Mrs. Dewey Higgins, Mrs. Biss Randolph, Mrs. Clyde Peterson and Mrs. Law'ren ce Ferguson. Mrs. Proffitt w 7 as Miss Samantha Luvenia Wamp ler and was born on March 10, 1861. At an early age she united w'ith the Metho dist church at Bald Creek, later moving her member ship to Elk„Shoal where she lived, a faithful and devot ed member, until God call ed her away. Surviving are five sons, E. E. Proffitt of Cane Riv er, E. P., F. M., C. A. and L. L. Proffitt of Bald Creek; six daughters, Mrs. Nettie Waycaster, Mrs. Gus Edwards and Mrs. Carlos Garland of Bald Creek, Mrs. Rex Mclntosh, Burnsville, Mrs. S. L. Price and Miss Alice Proffitt of Erwin; a sister, Mrs, Alice Proffitt of Bald Creek and a brother, Walter Wampler of Norton, Va. Twenty nine grand children and twenty one great grand children also survive. ADDITIONAL CCC EN ROLLMENT FROM COUNTY The following 26 boys were enrolled in the CCC Camp on Monday. This is a total of 126 boys from the county to be enrolled with in the past week. The following were sent to Peachville Camp: Talmadge Austin, L. D. Webb, Howard McGee, Wade Proffitt Jr., James D. Wilson, Glenn Wilson, William Clyde Bailey, Lew is Webb, Laskie Morrow, Boyd Moss, Ben Gardner, James Lee George, Hubert Wilson, Bill Smith, Chester Knox Souther, Carol Ray, Raphael Phillips, B.ob Hil liard, Paul Edwards, Arie Williams, Paul King, Sam uel Thomas Hensley, Rob ert Ray Souther, Hansel H. Morrow, Farris Fox, Dam on Laskie Fender^ MACK HENSLEY GOES TO CAMP -Mack Hensley was sent to cJmp last week instead of Woodrow Bradford who was recovering from a se vere attack of flu when the call came. Mr. Hensley had voluteered for the year’s service and replaced ong of the original January quota -turned dotlm because of a slight physical disability. - BURNSVILLE, N. C. THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 1941 — —l 11 h rjjß LV JANUARY TERM OF COURT NOT HELD • u / The January term of Yancey County Superior court which was scheduled to convene on January 20 was npt held due to the ill ness of a number of the litigants and witnesses. The next regular term will convene on March 17, but if possible an extra term will be held some time dur ing the month of February. All-Star Tournament The Micaville High School Athletic Association under the direction of Coaches H. D. Justice and Clyde Young and principal Charles Hubbard is spon soring aiY invitation Gold Medal All Star Tourna ment. The tournament will be limited to eight )8) teams. The date for the tourna ment is* Feb. 20, 21, and 22. All games will be played at night. Medals and awards will be presented to individuals and winning teams. Each team will be allow ed eight players and one manager. Players must be regular resident members of the team and their names submitted to the of ficials before the tourna ment. An entrance fee of two dollars ($2.00) will be charged each team to help defray expenses and .pay for awards. The tournament will be limited strictly to eight teams and those sending in the entrance fee first will be selected. Mail entrance fee to Micaville High School Ath letic Association, Micaville, North Carolina. VACATION HOMES FOR KIDDIES Each year we come to our neighbors at this sea son to remind you that there are some young folks at Crossnore that need homes for the -summer va cation. Each year the num ber of homes needed grows smaller, but it is none the less an urgent need. The steadily decreasing number is very gratifying and due, we think, to two causes. First, that a number of parents and relatives of the children are better able to take the responsibility be cause they have WPA jobs and can afford things that once were impossible.' Ano ther reason for which we are very proud, is that a goodly number of our children have sq pleased the friends they stayed with last summer or the summer before, that they have asked to have them again this summer. Noth ing gives a lonely child more lasting joy than to be wanted more than once. Our big boys and girls are already looking for jobs that they may earn some money with which to return to school next year. The middle size ones are hoping *to make even a lit tle that they may not be dependent next year for (Continued on pnff* four) PIPE BLBCK PLANT begins Deration Operatio* was scheduled to begin todky at the pipe block plant located here. Jesse Autrey is in* charge. a The buildMg which hous es the platfphas been com pleted except for the boiler room whicE|is now under constructioiffi/ The building is located o§fthe block own ed by the Farmers Federa tion and is M by 100 feet. All equfJpreYit' has been installed Apcept the vats for blocks after they have. f been sawed. Three size| of saws will complete tap blocking pro cess. saws will rip the tcrtgh burls into slabs, rip sajifc will cut them a second tme and shaper saws will ©complete the blocks, JR After thet blocks are cut and shapedfflbey are boiled for ten hoxifs, then crated and dried Jput for thirty days beforopghipment. Spe cially con ‘st r u cted hand trucks will be used to move the materiafcfrom one type of machinery to another in the process of operation. Work was scheduled to begin Thursday morning, and it is eJfyected that ap proximately: 25 men will be employed* i*f the plant, and five or sixfadditional men are employed to locate the material art.) truck it in to the plant. There is already a con siderable amount of the burls on hand to begin work, and it is expected that hauling will begin again this week. It is esti mated that around ten tons can be cq,t gand delivered each day. L > This amount of material will keep the'plant adequ ately supplied as the capa city is about ten thousand blocks per day. Each ton will yield from 800 to 1000 blocks. Mr. Autrey has been away for the past week studying methods of ope ration and general set up of the plants. He says that local labor will be employed in the plant. Mr. Autrey also stated that he would be glad for anyone who has any of the Kalmia latifolia roots suitable for use in the pipe manufacture to notify officials of the company. The blocks cut at the plant here (the Southern Briar Pipe Plant) will be shipped to New 7 York for manufacture into fine pip es. The briars formerly used for this purpose were imported from Europe and the supply has now been cut off because of the war. Mrs. Joe Silver of Cane Branch is ill at her home. McPETERS-McN EILL Miss Nancy Ellen Mc- Peters, daughter of Mr. and Mi's. Joe McPeters of Low Gap and W. M. Mc- Neill of Burnsville were married in Spartanburg, S. C. on Saturday, January 25. Mr. McNeill, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. McNeill of Marion and is employed as secretary in the local WPA county office. ATTENDS" PRODUCTION CREDIT MEETING T. T. Anglin representa tive in the county for the Asheville Production Cred it Loan Association attend ed _the meeting pf stock holders and officials held in Asheville last Thursday. The report made at the meeting showed an unusu ally good business during the past year and a fine record for the Association. The record for Yancey county was complimented especially since there had been no loss to the associa tion in the. repayment of loans. In the district the loss was less than .3 of 1 per cent. 4 Increased business for the association during the coming year was predicted by officials. LIVESTOCK OUTLOOK FOR 1941 IS BRIGHT A bright outlook for live stock farmers in 1941 is in dicated by the increased defense activity, says Prof. E. H. Hostetler, State Col lege animal husbandman, “People eat more meat when they are working and earning regularly,’’ he pointed out, “and the farm er who combines livestock production with cotton or tobacco growing will bene fit the most.” Prof. Hostetler says that the re-employment will help the livestock-cotton farmer in two ways, name ly: Workers can utilize more cotton, and they can consume more of the live stock products that are produied through the feed ing of cottonseed by-pro ducts. In this connection, the State College leader cited a recent estimate that one hour’s wage received by the average American will buy 2.1 pounds of beef, where as the same amount of lab or will earn an Englishman only 1.4 pounds of beef, a German 0.9 of a pound, and a Russian 0.3 of a pound— when meat is available at any price. “The .c basic 1941 farm outlook indicates that re ductions in unemployment, coupled with increased earnings of those who have not been classed as unem ployed, should raise the de mand by consumers for such farm products as meat, dairy and poultry products, vegetables and some fruits. Our North Carolina cotton and tobac co farmers might as well face these facts and diver sify their operations,” Hos tetler declared. In conclusion, the animal husbandman suggested that farmers get in touch with their county farm agents and discuss with these representatives of the State College Erten sion Service the best, types of livestock to raise for the particular community in which they live. Bobby Crowley is ill of flu. Sevaral of the Coveys are ill of flu at their home in East Burnsville. '% r ~NUMBER TWENTY-SIX BAPTIST REGIONAL SUNDAY SCHOOL CONFERENCE A regional Sunday school conference for this district will be held with the First Baptist church in Asheville on Thursday, February 6. The meeting will begin at 9:30 a. m. and continue till 4:30 p. m. This meeting has been ■ arranged close by in order that more of our officers, teachers and leaders may attend. This will be a great meeting and we hre hope • ful that a large number of ' our superintendents and their co-workers will go. L. L. Morgan, State Sun day School secretary, will •be in charge of the pro i gram and this has been l planned with the thought in mind of helping our workers to meet the needs of our Sunday schools. <H. G. Bailey, Moderator, Yancey County Baptist Sunday School Conven tion). I FARM NOTES - o , (By The County Agent) L A meeting of the county ! and township commitlee ■ men of Yancey County will : be held at the court house •in Burnsville Saturday, ■ Feb. Ist at 9 a. m. Repre sentatives for the AAA of : flee, State College,-Raleigh, [ will be at the meeting to \ discuss the rovisions of the ■ 1941 Soil Conservation Pro-. ! gram. i '• Over 700 tons of Agrieulr i tural limestone has already ■ been delivered to the farms ■ of the county by truck and other orders have been ■ taken at the county agent’s I offiee for around 1500 tons ito date. Indications are leading toward a much lar ger tonnage of limestone in Yahcey County during 1941. A prompt and reason able farm delivery service is available this year which will be a big saving to the farmers. Forest tree seedlings are available through the TVA for planting for soil erosi on control. A $15.00 allow ance has been set up for' each farm on the 1941 Soil Conservation Program for tree planting alone. All ap plications not yet submit ted should be filed at the county agent’s office at once. * The cotton mattress pro gram is making progress in the county. Around one thousand mattresses have been made to date. Those who have not made applica tion for a mattress and ex pect to get one through the program should file appli cation at once at the county agent’s office, at any mat tress center or with a AAA committeeman. All applica tions have to be approved at the State office before mattresses are made, there fore, applications should all be filed early in order to have no delay. ..y Mrs. Guy JJcKinney is i visiting relatives in King sport. V ~ ** •**■>•*■ .»V: i The Yancey Record Your home county j newspaper carries all j f local news. f<ia»iSMeiieiisiiSHC^siisusns4isiisuwisiieiieuai>«iiMiflii«uau«iia a t ' . J LUMBER BUSINESS IS GOOD IN COUNTY At the present time the lumber business in the co unty is good, with most of the mills running at full capacity and a good supply both of sawed lumber and logs on hand. The Roberts - JTohnson mil', located opposite Banks Brothers store in West Burnsville has approxi mately 400,000 feet of logs and 250,000 feet of sawed lumber on hand. The mill handles hard wood only. In addition to sawing boards, the mill recently in stalled machinery for saw ing dimension blocks for shipment to chair factories. The demand for this is un usually good and a consid erable amount of the logs are sawed up for this. Logs are bought from private owners and almost all come from within the county where some of the finest hardwood in the en tire section is found. Ed Roberts and H. W. Johnson of Green Mtn. are owners and operators of the mill and twenty men are now employed by the company. The Penland and Ayers mill located lVz miles East of Burnsville not only saws the logs into lumber but also has a planer for dress ing the htmberr" their lumber goes into hard wood flooring, etc. Mills located in other sec tions of the county are re ported fb be in full opera tiofi with a good demand fpr lumber. REPUBLIC GA S O LINE STATION WILL OPEN The service station on the West Main street form erly leased to the Standard Oil. Company has now been leased to A. T. Cox of Glen Alpine who has the Repub lic Gas and Oil agency for this district. All tanks and equipment have been installed and tho station will probably opt't for business this week. Frank English will be the operator in charge. BURNSVILLE 15 Years Ago ~ > .—i January 29, 1926 C. C. Carroway was here from Spartanburg for a few hours on Wednesday. Mrs. W. O. Griffeth who has been very ill of flu is now much improved. Mrs. Homer Peterson is visiting in Asheville this week. ' W. M. Hensley of Bald Creek has been visiting re latives in Gaffney, S. C. A number of the high school students are enter ing the preliminary recita tion contest Which will be held soon. The two best speakers will go to Bald Creek and speak in the fin als. The weather continues to be very cold. Snow flurries have fallen for the part few days. L** - *