aftMfenfciitiilHlnliftntiifttitiifcnfcnfciilnfcniiifciilriaut'ißMfti -•r --41 'SHO ■>■H ■lt Alt Att A w AII4MOH4 •14 II4HHI4DHH4II4II ■ llflVJflftA VOLUME FOURTEEN SUB. RATES $1.50 YEAR. Deeds For Property Are Delivered to Duplan Officials The deeds for the proper ty on which the new Dup lan Weaving Plant will be built were delivered t o Donald M. Crawford of New York, assistant secre tary and attorney to the Corporation, by J. A. Ang lin and B. K. Penland, trusr tees of the Sponsors of In dustry for Yancey County. The delivery of the deeds was made at the site of the plant, and carried out the old English custom of liv ery of seisin. This is the ap propriate ceremony, at common law, for transfer ring the corporal posses sion of lands or tenements by a grantor to his grantee. By this delivery in deed the parties went together upon the land, and there a twig, clod, key, or other symbol was delivered in the name of the whole. Present also at the tran sfer were S. C. Veney of Greensboro, manager of the southern division of Duplan, J. K.. ; Cochran of Hazelton. Pa., chief engi neer of the Corporation, £ Presbyterian Churches i A dinner meeting was _ hqld at the Burnsville Church Tuesday with Dr. H. S. Randolph of the Board of National Missions as-guest. Dr. Randolph who dir ects rural gjiurch work and has* recently traveled thro ugh the west and mid west spoke on the rural church program. On Wednesday Dr. Ran dolph, J. S. LeFevre, the Rev. and Mrs. David Swar tz and Helen Gentry at tended a conference at Warren Wilson College. FARM NOTES Burley Varieties Tested A summary has been made of th£ 1949 Burley Tobacco Variety demon strations conducted in the western part- of the state under the supervision of the Extension Service. This shows that Kentuc ky 16 is the leading variety with an average per acre value of $456.21. Kentucky 14 A, a variety suitable to upland, was second with a per 'acre value of $411.95. Kentucky 56, a stand up white Burley highly resis tant to black root rot, was & * : .jMilwßß- jUBm *£aSßk ''irr l T~~^i alf I W. W. Hennessee of Burnsville and S. C. Veney of Greensboro who first discussed the new Duplan Plant here. , (Photo by John Robinson) , The Yancey Record and members of the local committee. The Corporation paid $20,000 for the. site, graded. Additional cost of acquiring the site, moving several small buildings and grad ing is to be taken care of by Sponsors of Industry for Yancey County which has the support and cooper ation of citizens of the en tire county and business firms and friends in the surrounding area. Contract for Grading Let Wednesday The contract for grading was let Wednesday t o Burns and Spangler - 7 of Lawndale. An estimated 64,000 yards of dirt will have to be moved to get ready for the building and Hie adjacant area. The con tract price is 15c per yard. The building itself will cover more than three and a half acres. The machinery for grad ing will begin to move in this week, and the contract calls for completion of the grading within 45 days af ter March 20th. WILL HAVE FORMAL OPENING The new warehouse of the Yancey County Farm ers Coopeeatws, Inc., will have a formal opening on Saturday, March 18 accord ing to the announcement this week jjf Rufus Sher ril, manager. The warehouse occupies a new building on West Main Street which was built by E. L. Briggs. The Cooperative will carry ev erything that farmers need in the way of supplies or appliances. JVlr. and Mrs. A. W. Hen sley and daughter Anna Margaret of Atlanta, Mr. and Mrs. P. T. Phoenix of Waynesville. and Jennie Hensley of WCTC, were week end guests of Mrs. A. P. Hensley. Charles Lee Griffith is home from Chapel Hill third with a per acre value of $340.95. John D. Silver and Alvin McCourry were the two Yancey County farmers who tested nine varieties i for this county. A new var iety, Burley One, is being added this year. “DEDICATED TO-THE PROG RIBS OF YANCEY COUNTY” BURNSVILLE, N. C., THUHBDAY, MARCH 16, 1950 A —i lllill 1 H mmm " p 4 ... . 'mßii Miiiii 'KililSuNmwi9H HI ■i ■ Jill l iliit:! fk iZtJ JmmmMrn HHHHI K gpim ' v u|£!!!!y hMI/. *, J / jitf M I . dM.. BH i P w •:«#; mm w-f --|;:T H V- a ft- 'HI ■ ** iSMp x Wmm *'•” W m • TiMHllillillflßf 9 ■ H ■ liMM B v . MBBHMMBBBB Mi Bi H Hv \ w mi uittrW ' - l 5 | II I j&t 9H^KagniHßßEfe ■ - 'T,. V m*.w, V* v ; . ;! : • <;it : -h ---X . ... - Deeds to the property for the new Duplan Corporation Plant were delivered Friday to Donald Crawford and S. C. Veney by J. A. A nglin and B. R. Penland. - - (Photo by John Robinson) Frank W. Howell Will Not Make Race For Congress After serious considera tion I have decided not to continue in the race for Congress, My sole purpose in running the Congress ional race was to serve the people of my district by ob taining for them federal aid and benefits whenever pos sible, especially federal aid to schools. I wish to give two good reasons for my withdrawal In the first place, I have my obligations to my coun ty. Since my announcement in the summer many coun ty projects, for which I feel responsible in completing, have been planned. The school building program now definitely underway is something that I have striven for .since I have been superintendent. It ii-s a tremendous task, but one that I would enjoy seeing culminated. To me this pro gram alone means more to our county than any influ ence that I might have in Congress. In addition to this . pro gram, the Woman’s College Summer Program is only in its infancy. In fact, it is my hope that this program' will eventually bring a per- [ manent college to our coun- ] ty. Also the road building project and the Veteran’s program are very closely cQnnected to our school sys tem. All the projects mean Yancey, County’s future; therefore I would like to give all my efforts to these programs. Another reason for my withdrawal is that many well qualified candidates have come into the race since my announcement, some of them near neigh bors and friends of ours. - To all my friends who have urged me to make the race for Congress I want to say thank you for the faith imposed in‘me. I hope that you have that same faith in my ability to carry out the very worthwhile projects within our county. County Crew Leaders For 1950 Census Are Named F. H. Cunninghafli, 11th district supervisor for the 17th Decennial Census, has announced the selection of crew leaders in each coun ty who will supervise the j enumerators in taking the census. -*as* The&e are: For Gaston County : Charles U. Mau ney, Mrs. Ruth Summey Pasour, D. Reid Wallace, A. E. Koutro, H. B. Smith; For Cleveland County: Hal Dedmon, Griffen P. Smith, Mrs. H. E. Noell, Mrs. .Johnnie Elmore, Dor- Jos Blalock; for Rutherford County: Broadus Moore*. I Mrs. Miles Haynes, Mrs. iThomas H. Edwards. For McDowell County: iB. B. Byrd, Mrs. C. G. Dy sart; for Yancey County: Ch&rles Edwards; for Polk County: Harrison Bridge man Jr.; for Madison Cou nty: Mrs. Sprinkle, James Holcombe. The crew leaders were NOTICE Ernest Gardner from the District Office of Bureau of Census, Gastonia, will be at Burnsville High School March 20 at 10 o’clock to give examinations to select Census enumerators. Mr. anl Mrs. Carl Silver Jr. were here from Knox ville to spend the week end. .Mr., and Mrs. Jess Ray have returned to Asheville after a visit with Mr. and Mrs. Tom Griffith and other relatives here. trained in Gastonia by John York of Washington, D. C. Within a few days the enumerators will be sel ected in each county to take the census. This will start April 1, and will last for two weevs in the urban district and for four weeks in the rural areas. \ It is estimated by the Bureau of Census that there will be approximat ely 290,000 people in this Congressional District. There will be 304 enum erators in the district: 98 in Gaston County; 68 in TlWeland County; 53 in Rutherford'County; 26 in McDowell County 22 in Yancey County 29 in Mad ison County and 16 in Polk County. The crew leaders will train the enumerators in their respective counties from March 27 through March 31. . ' March Term of Court Will Convene Here March 20 Civil and Criminal Cases on Docket ( The March term of Sup- l erior Court will convene in 1 Burnsville on March 20th 1 witli Judge J. A. Rosseau l of North Wilkesboro pre- i siding. Both civil and crimi- < nal cases will be heard. ] The following jury list * deaths' , ] JOHN BRYANT Funeral services for s John Bryant, 77, who died Monday at his home in Day Book after a brief illness, •were held Wednesday at . 2:30 p. m. in Peterson Cha pel Baptist Church. The Rev. Hayden Honey-1 cutt, pastor, officiated and burial was i n Peterson Ce metery. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Margaret Peterson, and three sons, Ed Bryant of Wilmington, James Bry ant of Aliquippa, Pa., ano j Reece Bryant of Day Book. LONNIE m7r\Y Funeral services for Lon nie i Len i M. Ray, 60, of Swannanoa, who died Sat urday afternoon, were held Sunday at 2:30 p. m. .in Laurel Branch Baptist Church. The Rev. Ralph Mum i power and the Rev. T. A. Painter officiated. Burial was in the family cemetery ■ at Vixen. Pallbearers were Brooks Wilson, Wayne Ray, Kelzie Silvers', Ralph Mumpower, Lenzie McMahan and Hor , ace Ray. I Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Nora Ray; two sisters, Mrs. Sallie Penland of Pen sacola and Mrs. Ella Ray of Lakeland, Fla., and three brothers, Clarence and Er nest of Swannanoa and Z. L. Ray of Loveland, Colo. MRS. ANNA R. HONEY CIJTT Funeral services for Mrs. Anna Rowland Honeycutt 60, who died Friday at her home in the Paint Gap sec tion of Yancey County af ter a brief illness, were held Sunday at 1 p. m. in Mis sionary Baptist Church at Prices Creek. ' The Rev. Elzie Ray, the Rev. Ed Woody,„ the Rev. Grady Shepherd and the Rev. Francis Radford offi ciated and burial was in Robinson Cemetery at In dian Creek. Surviving are the hus band, Burt Honeycutt one, son, Ben of the home’; one brother, T. S. Rowland of Stocksville; and five step children, Mrs. Charlie Hol lifield of Bhack Mountain, Mrs. Diamond Austin of - Swanrianoav Lee Honeycutt • of Swiss, Guy Honeycutt of i Burnsville and Glenn Hon l eycutt-of Fairview. | JAMES H. GRIFFITH < James H. Griffith, son of : “Aunt Cindy” Griffith and the late Rev. Saul Griffith, l passed away in Kingsport, i Tenn. last Friday after a i long illness. t ' Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at * j|P NUMBER THIRTY-FOUR has betsi drawn: First Week: Arthur Cooper, Champ Ray, Clay ton Fender, Hubert Pen land, Luke Laughrun, Fin ley Johnson, Fleet Proffitt, Sid Laws, Carl Styles, Cla ude Buchanan, E. E. Ayers, Charles Hyatt, Eckerd Mur phy, Glenn Ledford, Rus sell Hughes, Jess Buckner, Yates Bailey; Forrfest Fortner, R. C. Deyton, Grover Mclntosh,, R. 0. Fox, Raleigh Fender, Roby Silver, Shelby Robin son, Claude Honeycutt, Horace Doan, Charley Bud Wilson, James Fender, W. D. Robinson, Jack Howell, Arthur Edge, Woodrow Ballew, Arnold Fox, Flavel Mc-Curry, Luther Thomas, Dale Young, H. E. Ray, J. L. Ballew, Rass Styles, George Presnell, Lark Sparks. Second Week: Max Pen land, Smith Howell, Shelby Robinson, Clarence L. Ray, Carmon Evans, Troy How ell, Bill Buchanan, C. H. Hughes, Will Adkins Jr., Reid Ballew, Don Fender, Carl Penland, John S. Dell inger, Jack Tipton, J. Luth er Robinson. Bis Randolph, Lester Byrd, Howard Rid dle, E. T. Moody, J. Arnold Wilson, Alvin Wilson, Cecil Honeycutt, Sid Cooper, Andy Edwards. Lions Club Organized at Bakersville f 9 The Burnsville Lions Club sponsored the Lions Club at Bakersville o a Monday night. Bakersville Club started with 26 char • ter members. The officials from Boone and Asheville were present to help or ganize. Charter night will be in April and Burnsville Lions Club wall vijsit the Bakers ville Club. Warren Hadley is in New York and Boston this week on, business. Mr. and Mrs. W. Z. Rob ertson and Mr. and Mrs Bruce Westall visited Mr. and Mrs. Lee Ray Robert son in Johnson City during the week end. Mrs. A. Z. Jamerson and Miss Laura Mae Hilliard attended the state conven tion of the Baptist Wom an’s Missionary Union, in Raleigh this week. Mrs. A. P. Hensley is home much improved after having spent several days in Florida sunshine. Her daughter Lola Anne, ac companied her. Hope Bailey who is tea ching music in the Wades boro schools was home for the week end. the M. E. Church here. Surviving in addition to the mother are the widow. she former Gloria Ray; five children, 7 grand chil dren two brothers, Claude of Burnsville and Conner of Johnson City; three sis ters, Mrs. Hattie Young of Burnsville, Mrs. Mattie Ray of Kingsport and Mrs. Mary Ervin of Johnson , City. i Services vgre in charge of the Rev. C. H. Vaughn ‘ and two pastors wfoo came : from Kingsport. . ail

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