North Carolina Newspapers

PAGE TWO THE YANCEY RECORD ESTABLISHED JULY, 1936 Editor Mrs. G. R. Hamrick Managing Ed. L6e E. Edwards Published Every Thursday By . - YANCEY PUBUSHING CO. A Partnership Entered as second-class matter November 11th, 1936, at the Post Office, at Burnsville, North Carolina, under the Act of March 3, 1879. “RECORD BREAKING” PRIMARY ELECTION The primary election that was held in the county Saturday was a record breaking one, but the “rec ord” was for the small number of votes rather than the lhrge number. The main reason for this general disinterest, of co urse, was the fact that there was no local ticket, 'and that those who favor ed those already in office turned to office whether there was a heavy vote or not in the county. Another reason advan ced by sotne ; was thk fact thgit already the tire short age and gasoline rationing has had its effect in the county and that not as many .people were travel ing around. This may have had some effect but would not have accounted for the very small vote in Burns ville township,or some of the others where the vot ing places are centrally lo cated. Qne thing that many people are already specu lating about is the effect that these conditions will have on voting in the gen eral election. There will certainly be fewer cars bringing people in to vote who otherwise probably would not come. This may mean that only those who are sincerely interested will vote., Maybe, at last, necessity will help to ac complish something that has seemed well nigh im possible—it will help to clean up some of our vot ing practices that are not so commendable. Approximately 40,000 country general stores' still remain in the United Sta tes, as compared with 104,- 000 only 10 years ago. ATTACK! ATTACK! ATTACK! America'* attacking op both the fighting front and the home front. . today! Wa re giving th* Aaia a bitter taate of what’* to come. Wet. fighting the inflationary 6th column that blows price* *ky high here at home. too. And every one of ua who saves *t least 10% of his pay in War Bonds is an important soldiar in th* attack! Join the attack yourself! III—HIIIHIIIB ■lllllljj§ CASH 1 PAID FOR LOGS .We buy Oak, Birch, Hard and Soft Map-1 le and Ash.Logs^——- | One load or more delivered at our mill. | For prices See Luther Ayers at Old Pollard Plant 1 Penland & Ayers - BURNSVILLE, N, C. | .•1 - .. _ YOUR CONTRIBUTION Sugar and gasoline rat ioning are only the begin-; ning—the American peo-: pie are going to have to; pull in their belts more and more. It has been estimat ed that»half of the nation’s S4O billion armament out put scheduled for 1942 must be supplied by men and machines that produc ed civilian goods last year. The construction of new plant facilities has just about reached the mid—ex cept where absolutely nee-] essary. Strategic metals and materials that go into building cannot b& shot at or sent at the enemy in the form of bullets and bombing planes. Our peacetime industries employing nearly 13 irnlT ion workers are rapidly converting to war product ion. . - " j A recent survey has shown that fifteen weeks after Pearl Harbor eleven major lines of civilian pro duction were already un der conversion or drastic curtailment orders from the Government. This is sharply signifi cant to civilian consumers. who must forego more and more comforts and luxur ies. It rneapis no more re frigerators, no more rad ■ ios, no more automobiles, - no more vacuum cleaners. > Our washing machines are [ now being made into bomb fins and anti-aircraft ma chine gun mounts. Our re frigerators are becoming searchlights. Our typewrit i ers are becoming rifles and . fire-control instruments. The men on the fighting front need weapons and more weapons—we must i hos let them down. To take care of their needs the shortage of consumer go • °ds will grow, and hence the need for rationing. Cheerful acceptance of ra tioning is one of the things everyone can do to help win the war. Pew city families makei a habit of eating all the* protective foods necessary for health and strength, according to reepnt nutrit ion study i OVER THE TOP fFOR VICTORY with UNITED STATES WAR BONDS-STAMPS OUR WILD FLOWERS The big, immediate and vital task that is gripping the minds and hearts of the American people is that of winning the pre sent war. 'J’he consequenc es of this world-wide con flict, for good or ill, will be, in all probability, vast er, more important and more nearly universal thah that of any other struggle lin which mankind has en 4 gaged. Still, for the civilians who do not enter into the armed conflict, there’ are ; other important problems. While we are fighting to make secure for all people i liberty and democracy, we should endeavor to conser ve for future use and en joyment our varied natural resources our minerals, opr soils, our forests, our animal and bird life, and our wild- flowers. This is a convenient and excellent time, for one thing, to study our wild flowers, for the next five or six Tponths we can study them at first hand in the fields, the for : ests and along the streams. The depletion of our wild flowers gives -the problem of conservation additional seriousness. The two great est agents of destruction of : wild flowers are fire and i grazing. Wide areas in the country are burned over • every year with an appall ingly great destruction of many varieties of wildlife. Fires destroy many flow ers, as well as timber, shru bhery, animals, birds and fish iby drying up the streams and poisoning the water.) Burning also aids erosion. What contribution can the average family make ‘ to the ..proper conservation i of wild flowers? In my op inion every farm should have at least a small area of woodland enclosed and not pastured and protected at all times against fires, a place where plants of various kinds can grow in luxuriance. Vegetation al ong our streams, particu larly in the regions of our main highways, should be allowed to* grow freely in order that Nat tire ‘may have, a chance to appear at its best. The rugged banks of our streams in many instances are veritable botanical gar dens with many varities of j beautiful, exotic flowers. Sometimes a stream runs close to and parallel with a highway. The practice, so m etimes followed, of trimming the vegetation with a scythe down to the | very edge of the water des troys many wild flowers, for when the tops of plants are cut frequently the flo wers disappear. Plants should be allowed to grow along the banks of streams for different reasons. When the vegetation along j a stream is destroyed, the stream is about as suitable for fish and other wildlife as a desert is for a sheep ranch. Since gasoline and tires are rationed and we have to stay close to home, wo uld it not be a valuable and interesting experience to identify a number of flow ers, study their life history and the beautiful myths connected with so many of them? Probably many tourists I will visit this section of the country during the appro aching summer. If they are pleased with the ser vices and with the appear lance of our naturally beau- THE YANCEY RECORD --" ft? f —rrr FOOD FOR FREEDOM h. Up until the present time,* the term “Woman’s ‘ Part in Defense” has been i somewhat a vague phrase. Aside from all the actual c tasks women may be call- k ed upon to perform in in- J dustrial or business lines * or ip actual war duty, the 1 problem of food and nutri- * tion for our army and c those at home will mainly * depend on the women of 1 our country. V 1 While nutritional -defense * may not be spectacular or ! as exciting as driving an 1 ambulance or working the ( , front lines, it is altogether , as vital. We know a great 1 r deal more about foods, nu- ( . trition and vitamins than , we did in the first world war and with this know ledge at our command, we . must undertake our task ] cheerfully and with defi- , nite goals in mind. The , newer knowledge of nutri- j ‘ tion should be used not I only for the benefit of our , , armed forces, who must of ] course be adequately fed, < but for that of all workers , in industry directly and in directly related to defense , and also for the civilian ] population as a whole. < Wars are won or lost ac cording to the health, cou ! rage, stamina and morale of whole populations and i their ability to exert them , selves to the utmost, and this is particularly true in . modern total warfare. The food provided for. women and children is as import ant to the future of the I nation as that provided for defense workers. Now, more than ever, we need ,< bo build up and maintain ’j the health, strength and ( energy of our people. To be wall fed means | more than filling the 1 stomach to appease hung- I ‘ er. It is having each day the kind and amount of food that will ' promote abounding health and vita tility. Only about one : fourth of the people in this country enjoy diets that could be rated as good, while at least 45 million of the 130 million people in the U. S. are underfed. Getting along on ppor diet for weeks at a time, shows . up in such ailments as chronic fatigue, certain , kinds of digestive disturb tContinued on back page) :jr* *i f U/ltai youßmf f WUIt WAR BONDS ★ ★! The Aerial Camera for use on Scout and Observation and Recon naisance planes is essential to both the Army and Navy air forces in planning battle formations and in ob taining information on enemy forti fications and movements. They look something like a cannon, and cost J about $3,400 apiece. The aerial cameraman' Can plot wide territories in bold relief so that Army or Navy Intelligence can make accurate measurements of en emy territory. We need many of these cameras so necessary to the sir arms of the Army and Navy, You can help buy them with your purchases of War Bonds. Invest at least ten percent of your income ev ery pay day, and help your county go over its War Bond Quota. U. S. Treasury Department tiful landscape, they will tell other people and many of them wil return them selves on future trips. Wild flowers have not only esthetic, they have great material value. (James Hutchins.) . a- J •«'" ' ’ ■. I MEN IN SERVICE SOMEWHERE IN Ts AUSTRALIA ] v *>T On Februrary 20, 1942, Sgt. Isom C. Hensley left Fort Bragg not knowing hip destination would be Australia. On May 19, three month from that date, his family received letter reading “Somewhere in Australia. Had a nice voyage and found every thing much calmer tham expected under the cond itions. The Australians are exceptionally nice and ha.- ve great respect for us American soldiers. Sgt. Is om C. Hensley.” .1- MEN IN CAMP The following men were located at the camps giv en, when their addresses were last listed at this of fice : Paul Gibbs, Camp Gor don, Ga.; Jesse McLaugh lin, Camp Chaffle, Ark.; Gale ,R. Clontz, Eglin Fi eld, Fla.; James G. King, Eglin Field, Fla.; Gilbert Autrey, postmaster, San Francisco;.Jesse Styles, Ft. George Mead, Md.; Floyd Your Dime's In The Army Nowl 1 I v — 2_2 \ °^ lmb| gXyf OF I Z Ltr C toß. S*ZZZtf- V SOtZOnV wilt luy A J MStitS);-) vAvOi\\% ■RMU Jf\>\ V VSfc £jKp±s/ j *> twit'**, w\ BuTi ON <„. —Courtesy Richard Yardley and Baltimore Sun. , «<• ' . •■-'-&iT‘ ,,, V Advertising Notice FOR 1941 TAXES L. • ■ -p • . . The 1941 taxes on your property are overdue and oelay means extra cost to you. PAY NOW AND SAVE r.T -t v Penalty and advertising costs V• " • J ' V--r]y /' \ 1 ————» ~ a -r~i •’* / SSJN - ',» " DONALD BANKS ■* Tax Collector of Yancey County - , ; Bodford, c. po s tmaster, New York; . Fred Ballew, Baltimore, Md ; Daniel Briggs, Camp Grant, 111. ; Fred Anglin, Camp Edwards, Mass.; John Allen, Camp Lee, Va.; Claude Hensley, Norfolk, Va.; Avery Elliott, Camp Lee r Va..; Herrick Peter son, c. postmaster, New York; Earl H. Peterson, Norfolk, Va.; Ralph Fend er, c. postmaster New 1 York; Luther Fox, c. post master, New York; John ' Angel, Norfolk, Va. - WESLEY BANKS RE JOINS MERCHANT^ Marines —Wesley—Banks who I.as been in Burnsville for sev eral weeks left last Mon day’" for Baltimore where , he rejoined the Merchant ’ Marines. He has been with s the Merchant Marines for the past five years' and has been in nearly every part of the world. • I r.f r -T MITTSm umitidstatb WAR BONDS , AND T__ STAMPS u|iy THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 1942 MR. AND MRS. NORTH BRING CARLOAD OF LAUGHS TO SCREEN A lobster claw is the clue that solves a murder for Graeie Allen in “Mr. and Mrs. North,” a feat which she achieves on the screen at the Yancey theatre next 1 Tuesday. In this comedy she wan ders characteristically in all directions, arriving at a climax as humorous as any, seen in celluloid in a long* time. Her course to mirth may be erratic, but it is true. Miss Allen and Wm. Post Jr., of the New York stage, have the title roles in the Broadway play by Owen Davis, who based the piece on a series, of magazine stories by F ranees and Richard Lockridge. The Fun Begins Away from their apart - mept on separate missions, the Norths return to be confounded by the corps, of a man in a closet. The po lice arrive and the fun be gins at once. Graeie .almost succeeds in driving the baf fled sleuths into padded cells with her ludicrous ali bis for her husband who is under suspicion from the start.