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PAGE TWO THE YANCEY RECORD , ESTABLISHED JULY, 1936 i Editor —— Mrs. C. R. Hamrick ■« % T *'*■ * • ’ r Published Every Thursday By; * YANCEY PUBLISHING CO. v A Partnership , Entered M second-class matter November 11th, 1936, at the Poet Office, at Burnsville, North Carolina, under the Act of Much 8, 1879. i PREVENT WEEDS ON TOBACCO PLANT BED Weed control of tobacco plant beds by the use of granular cyanamid or ura mon is one of the best labor saving practices that * to bacco growers can follow, says Dr. Emerson Collins, in charge of Extension ag ronomy of State College. Repeated tests by Super intendent E. G. Moss and Dr. Ibomas Smith of the Tobacco Experiment Sta tion at Oxford and the ex perience of many farmers shows that plant bed treat ments at least 90 cfoy& be fore seeding will save much labor next spring, if the job is done correctly. Moss and Smith have made the following recom mendations. Clean off all weeds and trash from the bed. Prepare a fine, clod free bed and rake it smooth Clods larger than a garden cherry will prevent weed seeds from being killed. Broadcast three-fourths of a pound of the materials per square yard immediat ely after preparing the bed and before the soil has dried out. ,J v Mix the materials with the top 4 inches of ihe soil, not deeper, and disc once or twice with the disc set at a sharp angle, or use a one horse cultivator, and rake thoroughly. For hand op erations, use a hoe for mix ing the material with the soil and finish by raking. Broadcast one-f our t h pound of the material per sqaure-yard on the smooth surface of the bed and rake,the bed. r— 11 "■ I. Why Fanners Should Buy & Keep \\ ar Bonds President W- jbr-L JSjB Montana State College BUILDING financial reserves, paying off debts. Vetoing to ' fight dangerous inflation, and pa triotism, ara all good reasons why farmers should buy and hold War Bonds. A good financial reserve is an Important part of sound farm management. War Ponds are safe ii:vcU:r.ent3 and are almost as liquid as cash. Thus, they r:> prise an excellent financial re serve for unexpected needs and emergencies. After the last war prices fell rapidly, as they have after every major war, and thou sands of American farmers lost their farms because they could not weather the economic storm. No , other factor is more essential for continued satisfactory farm opera tions, through good years and bad, than adequate financial reserves. In addition to unexpected needs for emergencies, farmers need 1 adequate reserves to finance re f pair*, replacements and improve; t ments around the farm. Difficul ties in obtaining needed materials and labor for these expenditures cause farm buildings and equip ment to wear out faster during the war period than In peacetime. ' If farmers can wait until some time after the war ends to make these repairs and improvements, ' their dollars should go farther than they will immediately following the war, and better quality ma terials will probably be available. Moreover, too rapid or forced . cashing of tyar Bonds immediate ly after the war could create a » serious situation and contribute to I post-war inflation. Also, holding Bonds to maturity makes it possi ! bit for the farmer to increase his , Investment by one-fourth through j accumulated interest. Still anoth er reason for having a good re- I serve in the form of War Bonds is ; that funds will be available for ' the boys when they return, to as ( sist them in getting established in peacetime pursuits. Many farmers still have long-term mortgage debt out standing against their proper NOTICE % TO ALL FARM TRUCK 3 OPERATORS f : Any Farm Truck Opera r tor who is receiving 200 or ‘ more gallons of gasoline ’ for the 4th quarter of 1944, ’» or October, November and ' December, need not apply for additional gasoline dur ing said quarter, unless he iis doing special hauling. | 3 We’.have also had notice| “ from the Office of Defense. * Transportation in Asheville! 3 that they will not accept 1 ' more than one application; * for additional gasoline in 1 1 any one quarter. ? The final battles for the defeat of our enemies are -{being fought and we are 'ready to cooperate to the ‘{fullest extent. i Luke L. Laughrun, Chair man Yancey County Farm |jTransportation Comm. In a freshly cut log, 25 to ;75 per cent of the total weight is water. .. ■ ’ About 70,000,000 acres of | privately owmed timber land is now r being managed for continuous yield. , lightly. Leave the bed in ■ this condition until time of , seeding. During extreme ■ drought, f Water the bed af > ter the material is applied. Apply the usual amount .of plant bed fertilizer at > time of seeding to the top 2 inches of the soil. The bed; should not be disturbed, or; ■ weed seed may be brought! to the surface section —of ty. Investment to War Bonds now makes It possible for the l&rmer to help finance the war and at the same time accumu late the funds which will en able him to liquidate his debt in a lump sum after the war. Systematic purchase of War Bonds furnishes a very orderly and sure way of accumulating Ihe neces-.ary funds for liqul- i dation of debt that requires large lump sums for settle ment. I The extremely heavy expendl; tures to carry on modern 1 1 total war creates high purchasing power, which combined with short- I ages of materials and labor, cause 1 serious inflationary threats.’ Most farmers can remember the very I ] high prices which occurred during , the last war and the very low ! ‘ prices and depression which fol- • i j lowed. With the present scale of operations much greater than dur- 1 * wailr ’ il is imperative j ] that widespread inflation in gener- ' a P r i^ e ? an d in land be prevent- 1 ul „ n * J ur Plus funds to pur- 1 chase War Bonds helps reduce In- 1 flationary pressure In commodity 1 markets and, at the same time, , helps finance the war. 1 Building financial reserves, pay- 1 ing off debts and fighting inflation i comprise adequate reason* for buying War Bonds. However, there is still another major reason why farmers should invest in War Bonds until it hurts and this is the patriotic reason. We are engaged i in a very serious struggle to pre serve democracy and our way of ' life. The sooner we can win thia j war the fewer lives of our sons and daughters will be lost. Our * youth are making great aacrlficea i on the battlefronts all over the world, and it is up to each one of r us on the homefront to give aU w# e have. Large sums of money are needed for winning the war and if ® we will all buy War Bonds to the 1 limit of our resources voluntarily, we can help finish the war at an r early date. b V. S. Trcautry D apartment V. S. Treasury Department More About— INDEED RUGS only competition comes from Canada. The wartime market has been so good that rug mak ers up to now have been able to sell anything and everything they produced without much regard for artistic color arrangements and attractive designs.. The big buyars are now complaining that the hook ed rug industry in this re gion faces a critical slump unless more attention is paid to color and design. They report that retailers ’ throughout the country are , refusing to buy hooked ' rugs which do not have at- I tractive color arrangements r and designs. Buyers Explain Problem Recently some of the big buyers and importers of j hooked rugs have sent re presentatives to Western j North Carolina to tMI the jrug makers, collectors and 'wholesalers here of the changed situation. They re port that many .-lailers throughout the country are now having to cut their prices in an effort to get 1 back their original cost of hooked rugs because the buying public no longer will purchase rugs of poor de sign and color patterns. One representative of a New York rug importing house after a visit to this section last week said: “If Western North Caro lina hooked rug 9 are to en joy a good market after the w r ar the makers will have to stop producing patterns and color combinations that do not' meet with the ap proval of the purchasing public. Most of the rugs made in this section in the last three years have been made with white back grounds and light color bor ders. Whereas, the largest demand is for rugs with 1 medium colored backgrou inds having darker borders that blend, such as black, brown, dark blue, Bourgun dy and rose. “Attractive rugs could be made with backgrounds of any of the following colors: pink, light or medium blue, grey, light rose, biege, with borders of darker shades of colors used for the back ground, or of contrasting darker colors. All borders should at all times blend with predominating colors in the rug. W. N. C. Chief Source “Since Western North Carolina hooked rugs are of considerable weight, and take much time to dry if washed, washing of these rugs is not recommended. Most wholesalers ship these ! rugs out with a label ‘Do not wash—dry clean.’ White , backgrounds, therefore, are ' not desirable. Khaki, or army color, is best suited for use in making scrolls i around backgrounds, or for leaves in patterns.” It is reported that Cana dian hooked rugs now are < being preferred on the market because their pat terns and color arrange- I ments are superior to those produced in this region. It is estimated .that 10,000 families in this mountain section are now engaged in making hooked rugs. Prac tically all the nation’s cot ton hooked rugs are made in Yancey, Madison and the northern part of Buncombe county in North Carolina, and in Unicoi county in Tennessee. Prices for these rugs are figured on the bases of size, weight, design ind quality. TEE YANCEY RECO RD MARS HILL COLLEGE Mars Hill, Sept. 16 (spec -3 ialr—Registration for the first semester of the 89th 3 year at Mars Hill college - will begin Wednesday, Sept. i 20, and class work will be l gin on Friday, Sept. 22. 1 Most of the students will r arrive at the college by 3 Monday afternoon. On Mon . day evening the faculty ! will hold its first meeting -of the year, followed by a - reception in the parlors of ) the Edna Moore dormitory. 3 Also on Monday evening . the Baptist student union 3 will sponsor a reception on i the campus for all students. 1 Tuesday will be devoted to - an orientation program, in -3 eluding placement examin ations for new students. The students will meet for! r the first chapel service of t the year Friday morning in -1 the college auditorium. On i Saturday evening the an i uual get-acquainted recep | tion for students and facul ; ty will be held. Approximately 700 stud ; ents have been enrolled for ‘ the fail semester. ODT REGULATIONS ! Prospective purchasers of i used trucks yesterday were [ urged by the Asheville Dis . trict office of Defense Transportation t o make i certain before acquiring r the vehicles that their pro i posed operation meets all ODT requirements. Since October 25, 1943, . Robert G. Carter, ODT Dis i trict Manager at Asheville j pointed out, persons who , were not designated motor carriers as of that date, . have been required to show r that the operation of the j truck is necessary to th2 . war effort or to the main t tenance of civilian economy. Application dor a eertifi . cate of war necessity must l ; be made and the * CWN i granted before gasoline al . lotments are made, Mr. , Carter reminded, ori in the ‘ case of a new service, ap . plication for authority to inaugurate it must be made .These application blanks > may be obtained from the ODT District Office in : Asheville. ; [j Critical shortage of p trucks, tires and gasoline, the ODT official pointed out make it necessary that only those operations deem ed necessary to the war ef fort and essentia] civilian economy be approved and authority to operate a truck should be obtained by a pro spective purchaser before he actually buys it. Presbyterian Church The childrens group will meet Friday night after school at the malice. It is hoped for a large attend ance. Next Sunday is Rally Dav in the Sunday School and church. The Sunday School meets at 10:15, and is followed by the worship service at 11 o’clock. There will be preaching services at Upper Jacks Creek at 2p. m.; at Higgins at 3:30; and at Banks Creek at 8 o’clock. FQ^VICTORYj UNITED JIPMirAR J' STUDENTS WILL ATTEND COLLEGES Among the students who: will attend college this 1 year are the following: To Mars Hill: Gladys Penland, Evelyn Briggs, Doris Penland, Patty Ev ans, Louise Ray, Juanita Bailey. To Tusculum: Joyce King To Woman’s College, Greensboro: Doris Browm, Hope Bailey. To E. C. T. C.: Jean Ben nett. t . To Brevard: John Lee Ray. To Greensboro College: Charlotte Ray. To Belmont College, Cha rlotte: Mary Jo Parrish. To Wake Forest: Louise Jamerson. ! To Cullowhee: Mary Jo Brown, Margaret Young, Doris Gifybs. To Berea: Beuna Ellen Bailey, Dick Bailey, Peggy Johnson. To Warren Wilson Col- i lege: Kathleen and Lallage Johnson. To A. S. T. C., Boone: Frances Banks, Helen Sty les Ramsey. i Please send in the names of other students-. Additional Teachers Three additional teach ers w f ere alloted to Yancey county, and those named to fill these places are Mrs. T. M. Swann at Burnsville; Billie Marie Bennett at Bald Creek and Madlyn Bailey at Micaville. GOOD FOOD STORAGE PAYING INVESTMENT I j No farm family can af iford to overlook the prooer storage of canned, dried, and cured foods because (spoilage of these foods of ten result in large losses, says Pauline E. Gordon Extension specialist i n home management aa d housj furnishings X. ( State College. She points out ;h“ time, energy, and the small amount of money need d for adequate storage of .foods is one of the best in vestments that a"v family can make. Ideal food stor age should be convenient to the kitchen, according to Miss Gordon, regardless of whether it is located in the house, cellar, or an outside building. She specifies that the storage unit have tight floors and walls, reinforced with an insulation mater ial to help in preventing extremes in temperatures. It should be cool in sum mo frost proof in winter, wel ventilated, and dry at nl times. All shelves need tp bv firmly braced so that th° will be strong enough to 'carry their valuable load’ The larger and heavier tainers can best be kept on the lower shelves. The height of the jar will deter mine the distance between the shelves. To estimate the distance between shelv es, Miss Gordon suggests that two inches be added to the height of the small containers and eight inches to that of the large con tainers. This year, whgn it is nec essary to can fruits with little or no sugar; it is ad- P visable to make a note on the label aboutt the method of packing, “The job of producing the family food supply is not completed until it is carefully stored,” Miss Gor ion concluded. r, . I Fr.:*.iei3 may receive without certification up to 5,000 board feet of lumber jannualjy, if it is produced; 'from trees cut on their own farms, says the WPB. , Secretary Wickard has warned “against any belief that there can be any size able back-to-the-land move ment after this war.” „ Mail Christmas packages to men overseas now. The deadline is Octoher 15th. ■ - . -■■ —i , - ... | AMERICAN HEROES BY LEFF Pvt. Edward L. Rice, Long Beach, California, wa« on the receiving end of enemy hand gcjenadei at Kwajalein Island. He removed his weapon from its mount, ran forward and raked the Japanese front line .'renehea with fire. He has won the Distinguished Service Crosa. We must earn victory; buy more War Bonds. 11. S. Treasury Department ONI COAT COVIM WALL. APPUtt IAMLY «th • wWe ONI GALLON DOM TIM AVUU COVWK* AOi ROOM. WITH WATOtI WALUPAMM f' ROLLER-KOATER Rolls Keen- A Aik Us 1 Tone right AHCfIB »|k xflf| I ov«r your Vlj walls quick. ait WMim MM.VI J I i NUT nmwl for pnteclfoi tkat lastn DOUSE SAVI WNM YOU BUT IT ' ' -to •►amazmo tow ma 17 pvoiktt rou t momc aim* WA * mw,> ' IOM Per Gallon ""WMIUMI It WASH* IAMV ♦-WWI Its MAvnr LOMOU a-r, , * ,1 5 vs' ~M Wl ™ m Ntw mjkacu wau HNItH dmrOAL. B. B. PENLAND &-SON Lumber & Building Supplies . BURNSVILLE, N.~C. ♦ -e •u THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1944 ' a I > The r'tnm r crop of 1- i ions is 31 per cent greater • than last year’s crop and 47 I per cent above the ten-year i average. A critical short age of storage space is an ticipated. Eat more onions. i ! Prospective purchasers o: used trucks are urged by the Office of Djfense Tra nsportation to make cer tain before acquiring* tha i vehicles that their propose 1 ! operation meets with all ODT requirements.
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