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--THE YANCEY RECORD
ESTABLISHED JULY, 1936
Editor T .Mrs. C. R. Hamrick
Published Every Thursday By
YANCEY PUBLISHING CO “
A Partnership
Entered a* second-class matter November 11th, 1936, at the
Post Office, at Burnsville, North Carolina, under the Act of
March 3, 1879.
LATE SPRING DELAYS
ALL TRUCK CROPS
Raleigh, N. C., May
The annual spring crop re
port released by the statis-'
tics division of the State
Department of Agriculture
states that the late April
freezes killed or delayed all
truck crops, reduced pro
spective peach crops to
one-third of the 1942 pro
duction, and delayed gen
eral crop production by
about two weeks.
Commercial early pota
toes were hit severely, and
yield prospects were mater
ially reduced, the report
states., Despite the late
frosts, however, indications
for most small grain point
to a yield larger than aver
age except for wheat, which
is expected to be 14 per
cent less than last year. j
Production of commer
cial strawberries is less
than forecasts of March in
dicated.
Statistician J. J. .Morgan
said that replanting of'
damaged crops, such as
corn, cotton, is completed
and that planting of other
general crops is advancing
rapidly.
FEED SHORTAGE CUTS
EGG PRODUCTION
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yJßaleigh, N. C.. May 22
The feed shortage in this
State caused the number
of eggs laid by an average
flock of North Carolina
hens in April to decrease
seven per cent under that
of the same month a year
ago, the statistics division
of the State Department
of Agriculture reported re
cently'. The “rate of lay
per month this spring" is
1,668 per 100 hens,” said
the report.
Egg production in the
State, duetto a hig increase
in the number of layers,
was 134,000,000 in April, 14
per cent more than last.
"Bennett really goes after ’em! 0
Spotters may have their troubles, but spotting itself
is no joke. 1 Matter of fact, its one of the most impor
tant War jobs a civilian can do. Upon the Observation
Posts of the Charleston Air Defense Region, First
Fighter Command, U. S. Army Air Forces, rests much
of the responsibility for our adequate protection against
air attack. Close to your home there’s such a post, and
it needs your help. Mrs. W. W. Hennessee, District
Director for Yancey County, will be happy to give you
further information about this vital work. You may
reach her at Burnsville. Why don’t you stop- in or drop
MAY 29TH IS
POPPY DAY
Poppies in tribute to
America’s dead of two wars
' will be worn in Yancey
countv on Saturday, May
|29th.
The poppies this year
will honor the men whoi
have given their lives in
the present conflict, as well
as those who fell among
the poppies of France and
Belgium 25 years ago. The
money contributed for the
flowers will be used for the
welfare of victims and the
, ir families of both wars.
“Men are again being
i called ’upon to give their
i lives for America, as did
our comrades in 1917 and
. 1918. Our own boys and
our neighbors boys are
■ among them.
j “To show that we honor
.land remember the dead of
; both wars we have ~ our
memorial poppy. By wear
ing this little flower on
Poppy Day we express
-feelings \Ve cannot put in
,to words. We signify that
we are carrying on in their.
, spirit for the final triumph
bf the cause for which they
laid down their lives. ~
.“Poppies, made by disab
led war veterans will be
sold on the streets Satur
day,'May 29, by women of
the American Legion Aux
iliary-.”
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April.
Total egg ,production
during the first four mon
ths of 1943 was estimated
at 408,000,000 eggs, or 20
per cent more than was
produced in similar period
of 1942.
RESOLUTIONS OF
RESPECT
In the passing of A. L.
Mattson, his church and the
community at large suffers'
a distinct loss. We, the
members of the First Pres-’
byterian Church of Burns
ville will miss his wise cou
nsel as an FWer and the
Christian fellowship that
emanated from his noble;
life. His home and his
church was his sphere' ~ It 1
w r as those w T ho knew him
best in his home and church
who fully realized his wor
th and loved him most.
Here he shone mo^t- rad
iantly, a devoted husband
and father, a gracious host, 1
a Christian gentleman,
i{While he was devoted to
• his home grid his church,
and gave himself unreserv
edly to the claim of both,
this did- not. prevent him
from being interested in
the welfare, and uplift of
i his community, to whose
calls he was always ready
to respond. His family,
■ his friends of the church
and those .of the commun
ity as well, feel the irrepa
rable loss they have sus
tained, but rejoice in the
, memory of his beautiful
life that has enriched the
, world in which he lived
and moved. “Thou shalt
, come to thv grave in a full
age, like as a shock of corn
Icometh in its season”—
thus he quietly and peace
fully fell. on sleep.
Beyond the curtain of
darkness that hangs" over
the gloomy night there
dwells a picture of new
life that seems to wake,
move and breathe' away
the mists—and they tell us
its foreground is Hope and
its /background Pleasure.
Beyond the aches and
struggles and fears, the
dissapointments, the hitter
trials and the ’wearing la
bors of time, we are taught
there is an Eternity whose
higher possibilities give
! promise of calm hours and
{sweeter rest. We have an
abiding faith that in this
happy, heavenly - clime his
loved ones and his friends
will meet and greet the de
parted one again.
To the bereaved family
Mr. Mattson’s church ex
tends its heartfelt sympa
thy, and in Christian faith
points them to our Heaven
ly Father who is too wise
to make a mistake.and who
is too kind to cause a heart
ache that his spirit cannot
heal
Rasotyed, That these Re
solution* of Respect be
spread iq|on the miniit s of
the church, a copy of same
be forwarded to the family
of the deceased, and the
editor of the Yancey Re
cord be asked to kindly
publish same.
Respectfully submitted, j
Officers and Members of
the Burnsville Presbyter
ian Church.
Bins
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ADVERTISING
Raleigh, N. C., May 22. —
Advertising which North 1
;'Carolina is runping in var- .
ious national /publications
! is bringing a number of in
quiries from persons inter
ested in farming, cattle !
raising and- almost every
type of agricultural pro
; duction. '
| Among recent inquiries,
a tenant on a large estate
in the East, being a spec
ialist in Hereford cattle
and Cheviot sheep, wishes
to buy a place of his own
and is interested in coming
to .North Carolina.
W. Dale Sutton, Room
200/17 E. 42nd Street, New
York City, is anxious to'
buy a beef and dairy farm
in North Carolina. Mr.
Sutton is in position to pur
chase and operate any beef
or dairy farm which he
might desire to establish.
Particular attention is be-,
ing given to his inquiry.
A cattleman in Kentucky
is seeking particulars on a
ranch that would graze
500 to 1000 head of cattle.
J. W. Chapman. 18334
Highland Avenue. Home-'
wood, Illinois, a retired bus-j
iness man, is making inqu-;
iry about North Carolina I
as a place of residence.
Anyone having property
which they feel might in
terest the above may send
full descriptions of same to
News and Advertising Bu-j
reau, Raleigh, or directly!
to those mentioned.
GARDEN CORNER!
Monday May 23
Dear Editor:
YVe are surely having
“black berm Winter” if I
ever saw it. Never have I
noticed the blossoms as
showily white as they are
now on the bushes. They
remind me of bridal wreath
Probably a big crop in /the
offing if the size of the
bloom indicates the later
size of the berry.
Judging from the num
ber of “done out” people 11
met last week, there must
be some fine gardening}
going on and I hope they
keep it up as there is noth
ing like clean cultivation to
combat weeds, insects and
plant ailments. Keep up
your garden now a and it
will keep you up later.
I heard of a lady recently
who decided to mix some
young rhubarb leaves with
the greens she was prepar
ing for dinner. Fortunat
ely her husband had heard
that these leaves are poi
sonous so the family was
saved from a serious illness.
The insoluable oxalic acid
in the leaf is what does it.
The government bells about
iit in one of the bulletins so
probably you know this and
I hardly think many people
would be inclined to eat
rhubarb leaves anyway.
Wrapping the stems ofi
young plants with heavy
paper before setting out 1
does help but one cut worm!
managed to crawl down a
loose wrapping and g t aj
broccoli plant but nothing,
like -the nerve wracking!
daily take placed
as did last year in my fren
zied efforts to rout the cut *
worms. The bait meal ofi'
Paris Green, molasses and (
bran helps too.
Lye in the mole run works i
also and now I hear ~ they
even carry it back to their i
young in the nests.
In line with the present '
“wear it out, eat it up, make
it do” policy, luncheon mus-
THE BLUEIGRAY
GNATCATCHER
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This vanety has a num- 1
ber of names, Common i
i Gnaitchacher, Blue-Gray i
Flycatcher and several
* others.
j It is one of the least of i
our birds. The length is <
about four and one-half in- i
ches. The general appear- :
ance, as the name implies, :
is bluish-gray; the tail is
black with white margins;
the bill and the legs are
dark-colored: and the eye- j
ring is white.
The range in summer ex
tends from Massachusetts
to South Carolina and as
far west as Michigan. Mi
grating in the fall, it spends
the winters in the Gulf
states, Cuba and Central
America,
Nesting time oontfes rath
er early in the spring and
a very artistic nest is built
as a rule, on top of a limn
and of fine materials and
covered with lichees in
somewhat the same manner
as the Humming Bird’s
nest. Four or five eggs,
greenish or bluish-white
speckled with chestnut or
j lilac, ar? laid. s.
j Both sexes share the'
{work of nest building, hat
ching and caring for the
young. The male frequent
ly sings “with might and
main" while sitting on the
nest, taking his turn at
housekeeping.
The menu consists of in
jects of many kinds. The
'.song is pleasing but can
fins were concocted from
breakfast left-overs. Pan
cake batter, porridge*, a
scattering of raisins held
together with graham flour
and slightly sweetened with
corn syrup substituted for
cake and was almost as
good. Small amounts of
deft over vegetables can
often be combined with
cream sauce, masqueraded
with a sprinkle of cheese,
browned delicately in the
toven and gain new appeal.
All this is hard on the pig,
J waiting to fatten. 1 am al
ready thinking tired ly of
the mapy months of carry
ing feed to it and only the
vision of hams to come and
high prices keep up my
courage.
There is a great deal
being said about insect con
trol these days. The gov
ernment is even sending a
man around to talk on the
subject. 1 have met .so
many new bugs this year
that I am beginning to
think the scientist who said
the world will some day bei
controlled by insects knows;
what he is talking about.
It is not enough to kill the,
pests after they get here;
we must learn to anticipate
them. I realized this when
I reached the garden in
time to witness the demise
of the last two celery plants
I Sucked away! 1 am told the
! marauder works at night
'but a proper sprinkling of
' nicotine sulpljate would
j probably have foiled his
■efforts.
“Don’t walk in the gar
den”. the radio warns, yet
here I go tramping up and
down between the rows
watching the new grow’th
and keeping an alert eye
for the arrival of new in
sects. With all this suck- ,
ing and chewing going on I
among the growing things,
I say unto you, “watch and
spray.’’ ~ j
.Your rural correspond
ent, Fannie Fanner. f
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Raleigh, N. C., May 25.
The North Carolina Feed
Conservation and Produc
tion Committee which was
recently set up by agricul
tural leaders of the State
will continue to function
for the duration of the war
and will go into every phase
of the feed shortage prob-!
tern and keep farmers in
formed as to all develop
ments, according to D. S.l
Coltrane, assistant to the,
Commissioner of Agricul
ture and chairfan pf the
group. ——
“As various problems
regarding feed arise from
time to time, the committee
will meet and endeavor to
find some workable solu
tions to them,” Coltrane
said.
He added that the com
mittee will take immediate
steps to renew (the impor
tation of animal proteins,
steamed bone meal and
molasses. *
not be heard a great dis
tance.
This species is beneficial,
altogether valuable. (Ja
mes Hutchins).
. If every man, woman and
child In the United States lays
aside (100 the aggregate will
■ be about $13,000.000,000 or the
amount the Treasury must
AL raise In Its Second War Lena.
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THURSDAY, MAY 27, 1943
BREVARD COLLEGE
Brevard, May 25. To
meet emergency wartime
educational needs, Brevard .
College is inaugurating a
pre-college program for
high school students anti a.
twelve-week summer school
for these, students will op-
en on Monday, June 7, Pre
sident E. J. Coltrane an
nounced today.
1 High school students in
Yancey county who h’ave
completed sophomore or
junior class requirements,
1 or who have at least eight
high school credits will be
admitted provided the pre
-1 vious record indicates abil
| ity to measure up to the re- 1
quirements of the college's
accelerated pre-college pro
' gram, Dr. Coltrane said.
1 “Students who enter on
' June 7 and take the inten-
I sified program can com
plete three units of work
by August 28,” he explain
ed.
In inaugurating this pre
college training, Dr. Col
{ trane said the main pur
pose is to provide as much
education as possible for
young men and women of
high school age who might
in (the near future enter
military service or defense
work.