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'J matter November 11th, 19110, at the
North Carolina, under the Act of
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BELIEVE IT OR NOT
By Robert Ripley
Ashurbanipal of Assyria, the richest man who ever
lived, was worth a trillion and a half dollars —75 times as
much gold as is held in the United States 1 reasury. set
it availed him nothing! Neither he nor his son had the
sense to use this wealth for the good of their people or
for their protection.
And so it was comparatively easy for Nabopolassar
and the King of the Medes to invade Assyria and enslave
it. And finally, when defeat stared the great King in
\th.e face—when it was too late—Ashurbanipal, in terror,
had a tremendous platform built of polished wood, in the
city of Nineveh, and on top of this he heaped all of his
wealth—l42,ooo tons of gold in 2,500,000 bricks tor in
gots*, each brick 7by 28 inches in size*, and each brick
valued at 50,000 dollars. This treasure formed a pyra
mid of shining gold nearly one-hundred feet high, and
in the intervening spaces he placed all of his jewels and
personal belongings —his wives, on golden beds—his chil
dren—evdn his pet dog. >
And then a great quantity of oil was brought from
Mosul and poured on top of this golden mass, and when
the torch was applied, the King himself walked in and
laid himself among his,wives—ids family—his pet dog—
and everything he valued in life. And so the great As
hurbanipal, the' richest man in the world, was consumed
in his own immolated himself and became
part of this great conglomerated melted mass o's money
—and so ended thi? Empire of the Assyrians. And it
never rose pgain. ,
I was in Nineveh a few years ago. Only a fd\v
mounds marked the spot that was the glory of Ashur
panipal.
Because Ashurbanipal, who had practically all the
money in the world, didn’t do anything with it! And he
and his country were lost.
What are we going to do with our money today?
Enemies threaten us the same as theyfthrqatened Ashur
banipal in 626 B. C. The United States of today, like the
Assyria of Ashurbanipal, is the richest nation in the
World. What will it avail us?
Nothing?
Surely nothing more than it did Ashurbanipal Unless
~we do something with it. And there is only one thing tc
do— a nd that is to Buy Bonds and War Stamps and make
our money directly available to our country—help oui
country —otherwise it will become a melted molten mass
and we the people will be destroyed as Ashurbanipal was
destroyed 2600 years ago.
BELIEVE IT OR NOT!
CREDIT ASSOCIATION
QUALIFIES TO ISSUE
VICTORY WAR BONDS
t “
According to W. H. Ofer
all, Secretary, the Ashe
ville Production Credit As
sociation has recently qual
ified as an issuing agent
for war bonds.
“Our association has
been selling war stamps to
members and other farm
ers for some time”, Mr.
Overall declared. “W e
are glad of the opportunity
to be of additional service
"to the farmers and other
in our territory in issuing
the war bonds as we feel
it will be convenient for
them to buy these bonds
from 'our association.
“Most farmers are re
ceiving greater farm in
, comes due to better prices
and increased production.
By investing a part of this
excess income in war bonds
and stamps, they are not
only helping Uncle Sam to
finance the war but are
helping themselves b y
building up._their own fin
ancial security for the fu
ture”.
The association’s main
office is located in the
Buncombe County - Court
House in Asheville.
JOIN THE NAVY
right up to the moment ol
your induction. After that
■ you r can not longer choose
your 'service. Remember
if you want to get in the
Navy, you’ve got to volun
teer before you are induc
ted. If you are in Gas*
; 1-A or Class 3-A, you dc
1 not need a release from
• your draft board. Don’t
wait until it’s too late—En
-1 list Today! Your nearest
Navy Recruiting Statioi:
is in» the Post Office Build
' ing in Asheville, N. C.
Even though you have
received your orders to re
port for induction under
'Selective Service, you maj
still volunteer for the Nav>
TCBWICTORY
jam buy
united
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New of Johnson City were
here visiting relatives.
Misses Qladys Chase and
Isalean Ray left for Green
sboro to attend college.
L. P. Horton, R. W. Ram
sey, Jim Anglin and Milt
Higgins spent the first
days of tKe week in South
Toe hunting squirrel.
Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Con
ger who have made thpir
home here for several
years are moving to Wea
verville.
A very heavy rain that
fell in the Jacks Creek sec
tion Saturday proved dis
astrous to farmers. Sev
eral thousand dollars wor
th of farm produce was
washed away and, a num
ber of buildings damaged.
A gfoup of young peo
ple from high
school went to the Toe
River Fair. They were
Lucille* Peterson, Helen
Piercy, Nola and Beulah
Renfro, Lucille Honeycutt,
Ruth McCurry, Bleece Pet
erson, Jan e t Peterson,
Ruth Honeycutt, Ivan Pet
erson, Ralph Laughrun,
Fenton ■ Piercy, Woodrow
McKinney, Rotha Bailey,
Horace Bailey, Royce Mas
ters, Ivan Renfro, Molt
Hensley.
Bill Riddle, Byron Hale
and Clarence Wood of Pen
sacola have entered* school
at Carson-Newman Col
lege. f
Mr. and Mrs: Clarence
Rav have returned to Col
orada after visiting rela
tives in the county.
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RECEIVE TRAINING
AT NYA CENTER
The following boys from
Yancey have now obtained
work in war industries af
_ tar completing their train
ing at the NYA resident
' center in Asheville:
Clay Bailey of Higgins
■ and Clay Fender of Burns
ville obtained their train
ing in the sheet metal shop
s and are now employed in
J t h e Portsmouth Navy
- Yards.
Zeyland Williams o f
Newdale was trained in the
auto mechanics shop and
is now employed with the
Star Mining Co. at Spruce
Pine. ——<
Two copper door hinges
yield enough metal for an
[ anti-tank gun’s ground
mount. .. v „j
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i- We Can't Equal Their Sacrifices, but We Might Try»
‘•'ALL UJ S*3UriCTD MvcievTHlNG, XcTBUY MORE, SOMdF
V/E COULDNT CVBN THE 4COWE_-—~- /Wy)
•—DyDarling U. S. Trytury Dtyarlmml Copyrlflii. |MI, M«w V«fk Tittaaa
THE YANCEY RECORD
MACHINERY RATION
ING BOARDS TO
SET UP
County committees t o
handle the * temporary ra
tioning of new farm ma
chinery and equipment
prior to November 1, 1942
will be set up immediately
in accordance with a direc
tive issued by Secretary of
Agriculture Claude R.
Wickard, according to G.
T. Scott, chairman of the
State USDA War Board,
with headquarters at State
College.
Under orders of the Of
fice of Price Administra
tion, the Department of
Agriculture was charged
with the responsibility of
administering the, ration
ing program through the
State USDA War Boards.
County rationing com
mitiees, Scott said, will be
composed of the chairman
of the County AAA Com
mittee, who will serve as
chairman of the ratioping
body, and two representa
tive farmers to be ap
pointed by the , County
USDA War Board. Two
alternates also will be
named. J "
The order “freezing” all
farm machinery in; the
hands of dealers was de
scribed by Scott as “neces
sary to insure fair distri
bution of available equip
ment and its placement
where it will do the most
good in wartime farm pro
duction.”
Under tile rationing
plan, farm rhachinery in
one classification * Group
-At, which is scarce and es
pecially needed to meet
current agricultural needs
may be sold only on ap
proval by the county ra
tioning cqmniitt.ee. Ma
chinery in a second classi
fication i Group B), in
cluding items somewhat
less scarce, may be sold up
oncertification by the
farmer to the dealer that
i it is required, to meet cur
rent agricultural needs.
A "third classification
i 'Group C) includes smaller
! items which may be sold
without restriction, Scott
said.
There were no restric
tions placed on sale of us
ed-farm machinery, equip
ment or repair parts.
The country’s total sup
ply of cotton linters, highly
important in manufacture
of explosives, has been dir
ected to go to the Govern
ment for war purposes.
TOBACCO GROWERS
AIDED LAST SEASON
Two hundred fifty-eight '
farmers in Western North 1
Carolina have received
checks from the Farmers
Federation, Inc., for their
respective shares of the
net amount earned by the
Federation i n handling
their hurley tobacco on the
Boone and Asheville mar
kets last season.
This is the result of the
well known Parity Price
Plan as set up by the Com
modity Credit Corporation
of the Federal Department
of Agriculture. All hurley
’ tobacco was listed by the
Department of Agriculture
, and Parity Prices set for
each of more than 100
grades. L When a basket of
tobacco was not bid up to
these prices, it was taken
over by the Federation as
agents for Commodity
1 Credit Corporation and the
Federation immediat e1 y
’ advanced the full parity
prices to the farmer thro
ugh the warehouse opera
tor where the tobacco was
placed on sale. This re
quired a large cash fund
and the Federation was
amply equipped with an
available fund of $500,000
for the purpose. Those
who follow tobacco auc
tions know that it is diffi
cult to estimate in advance
just what turn prices may
take. However, the big to
bacco Companies on these
markets bid high and the
Federation acquired only
about 50,000 pounds.
This tobacco was spld
since the close of the mar
kets and Commodity Cred
it Corporation athorizued
the Federation to pay each
farmer $2.50 per hundred
weight on a ‘ proportional
basis of the value of the
tobacco.acquired.
Mr. Joseph Higdon, Aud
itor and his assistants at
' the Federation, caN?fullyj
1 estimated this average)
- value on every basket for,
■ the accounts of 258 farm-!
ers. Checks were then
1 prepared and sent out.
All of this means that
the tobacco growers o f
Western North Carolina'
received Government pric
es for their tobacco—“ Spot
Cash on the Barrel Head”
the day they sold their to
bacco in Boone or Ashe
ville and now they have
received a cheek for aver
age earned by the Federa
tion.
Farmers Federation, Inc.
did not charge either the
farmers or warehouse op
erators for their service
but met the expense as a
very real service to farm
ers. Q
It is needless to say that
the Federation has receiv
ed many compliments and
thanks from our farmers—
not only those who receiv
ed a check for average
earned, but l all farmers
whose tobacco brought the
high parity prices. The
average on the Boone mar
ket was $31.24 and $31.46
on the Asheville market.
The H. W. Love Finan
cial Service handled this
account for the Farmers
Federation and letters of
commendation have been
received from Mr. W. P.
Headrick, State Tobacco
Marketing Specialist, Ral
eigh, and Mr. Lawrence
Myers, Director of General
Crops, Washington.
Definite plans are being
made to place a price ceil
ing on live hoys, with sim
ilar action expected in the
near future on cattle, ac
cording to- a recent OPA
announcement.
WOMEN ’
Farmers are being re
quested to give every con
sideration to the election
of women as well as men
to county and community
committees to administer
the AAA program next
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WAR BONDS
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Tractors and motors will never
wholly fep.’aqe the Army Mule as a
factor in the mobile units of our
army. The Army Mule is a tradi
tion and the “mule skinner" is a
breed unto himself. Army Multi
are used by the Field Artillery and
the Cavalry in areas where the
terrain is rough and tractors cannot
operate.
Pack trains in mountainous sec
tors are often necessary and here
the mule, slow but sure-footed, plays
an important role. Our Army buys
thousands of mules paying from $175
to $l9O for each. The mule eats
less, carries more, and some de
clare is smarter than the horse.
Your purchase of War Bonds and
Stamps helps pay for these Army
Mules. Invest at least ten percent
of your income in War Bonds every
pay- day. t’. s. Trtdsury Piparlmtnl
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'THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1942
TOLEDO NEWS
Mr. and Mrs. Clifford
, Wren and small son Don
t aid and Mrs. Hocutt of
r Garner are spending a
• week with Mrs. Wren’s
parents, Mr. and Mrs. R.
•A. Peake. Mr. Sam Peake
with Ronnie and Billie
spent Sunday in this home.
The teachers and others
of the Harris Memorial
Sunday School had a very
interesting conference at
whilh time they planned
several goals which they
hope to reach during the
year beginning ’on Rally
Day Oct. 4th.
Rev. Ernest Wilson rece
ntly spent the afternoon
visiting in this community.
Mr. and Mrs. Vernon
Ayers are spending some
time with friends on Pat
terson Branch.
Mrs. Goodman of Bris
tol, Tenn. is visiting her
mother, Mrs. W. "Mr Ran
dolph.
FROZEN
Overalls, overall jackets,
1 dunghrees, work shirts,
; pants, breeches, and one
piece work suits made of
| cotton fabrics can be sold
t at no higher prices now
> thart those prevailing last
I March.
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