keep VOLUME FOURTEEN SUB. RATES $1.50 YEAR. Construction Work For Duplan Mill Will Begin Monday Officials Here Construction work o n tht Duplan Mill here will begin Monday, according to statements of officials of the corporation and repre sentatives of the construc tion company. J. D. Cochran, chief en gineer of the Duplan Cor poration and John W. Dav is of Lacey, Atherton and Davis, architectural firm of Wilkes-Barre, Pa., ar chitect for the Duplan Company, ivere here Tues day to inspect the site and approve plans for begin ning construction. The Sordoni ,Construc tion Company is acting as construction agent for the Duplan Corporation. A. W. FINAL RITES FOR MRS. MINNIE W. SHUFORD Mrs. Minnie Westall Shu ford, 66, passed away at her home at Hamrick on April 18 following a linger ing illness. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. H. P. Hicks, Rev. E. J. Hall and Rev. Jeter C. Hensley. Burial was in the Autrey cemetery at the South Es tatoe Church. Active pall bearers were Arthur Patton Jr., Walter Westall, Lewis Westall. Emory Chrisawn and Har old Gibbs, nephews. Surviving are the hus barid; Rev. S. W. Shuford; two sons, Stanford of Ly man, S. C, and Wayland of Hamrick; three daughters, Blanche, Cordie arid Doro thy, all of Hamrick, and one grand son, Gary Poi son of Laurens, S. C. A total or vehicles were registered in North Carolina during 1949. * The Square Has Been The Center of Life in The Town The Town Square has been closely linked to the life of the community, to persons and events throu ghout the 117 years since the county was established. It was “Yellow Jacket John” Bailey who in 1834 gave 100 acres of land for a county seat for the newly created “County of Yan cey”, a great sprawling tract of land including what is now Mitchell, Avery, Madison and Yan cey Counties. Lots were sold from the 100 acr e tract but in the center part was Reserved for the town square. In the center of the Square the first courthouse was built, and on the south east corner was added the county jail. Both were built of brick made at Cane River and hauled in by wagon. The first school instruc tion in the county was giv en in the court house.— three months sessions over a period of years. The Yancey Record Jones, general superintend ent for the construction company, and Samuel R. Lewis, superintendent of the job are here. The grading was com pleted last week and work ing drawings for beginning excavations for the found ations are on hand. Final drawings should be com pleted within a short time, supervisors stated today. The main part of the plant building will b e 480 x 300 feet. Construction will be steel columns and beams of long span steel joists. The roof will be of metal decking. The outside walls will be of cinder block with foam glass for insulation, and tht outside appearance will be brick. FUNERAL SERVICES FOR L. L. MCCOURRY Funeral services for Luther Lonzo McCourry, 46, who died Sunday at his home in Los Angeles, Calif, after a brief illness, will be held Saturday at 11 a. m. in Tipton Hill Methodist Church. The Rev. G. L. Lovett will officiate and burial will be in Tipton Hill Cem etery. A native of MitcKeTT County, he moved 18 years ago to California where he was serving as a building inspector for the City of Los Angeles. Surviving are three sis ters, Mrs. Robert Byrd of Green Mountain, Mrs. Ber tha Smith of Burnsville and Mrs. Josh Peterson of For bes; five brothers, Ray and Jess of Nottingham, Penn., Clay of Candler Conway of Unicoi, Tenn., and Harrison of Tipton Hill Dr. W. B. Robertson has entered a Charlotte Hospi tal for treatment. .Around the square busi , nesses were established inns, general stores, office buildings, black smith shops, dress making estab lishments. The first Baptist church in the town was built to the rear of the location of the present court house. The “old oaken bucket” ' bung on the Square. In the . early days of the settle ment a well was dug in the ’ north east section and the clear, cool mountain water refreshed many a weary traveler who had spent a day or days getting to the county seat. Then • during an outbreak of typhoid the water was found to contain I germs of this disease and I was filled in. The depress- ! ion, however, may still be i seen. j Fire struck close to the 1 Square, and though valiant 1 Bucket Brigades were qui ckly organized several of the original homes and I • buildings were destroyed, j Floods never reached the 1 (Continued on back page) “DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESSKIF YANCEY COUNTY” BURNSVILLE, N. C., THURffIpV APRIL 27, 1950 Burnsville’s New Homes We are presenting today the first in the series of advertisements sh, o wing Burnsville’s New Homes, built within the past five years. These advertise ments are being sponsored by Roberts and Johnson Lumber Company and B. B. Penland and Son Com pany. The second in the series will appear within a short time. VM' '' 1 mm Notice of Democratic Precinct Meeting The State Democratic Executive Committee has set April 29, 1950, as the date for holding the pre cinct meeljing for the elec tion of the Township Exe cutive Committees. There fore, Hie present Chairman in each of the precincts of Yancey County will hold a meeting in their respective Townships o n Saturday, April 29, 1950, at 2 o’clock p. m., for the purpose of electing the Township Ex ecutive Committee, the Chairman of which com mittee will, on the follow ing Saturday, May 6, 1950, attend a County Conven tion to be held at 2 o’clock p. m. in the Courthouse at Burnsville, North Carolina, at which time the County Chairman, Vice-Chairman and Secretary will be elect ■err srnf! Helegktes 'ittEno the State Convention to be held in Raleigh, N. C., on May 11, 1950. C. P. Randolph, Chair man, Yancey County Dem ocratic Executive Commit tee. Singing Convention A singing convention will be held at Jacks Creek Bap tist Church Sunday, after noon at 2 o’clock. The True Gospel Quartet of Johnson City and other trios and quartets will be present. Buy Security Bonds *v. „ ■ x* S , ' ' •- - - - . , ■Site iff , , iT. ' H V'-H'' ; • s ' %' sfSgjl . ; .'.r. ' i * * v a \ Iff r,r 8& 1 » jgll '-£>* \ p v ' this 12 month period. r “ The Amerisan Legion l Post made the Memorial s Building available as a sol - leltion center and members ■ of the civic clubs of the - county have served as gray - ladies, recruiting group and transportation corps. Blood from the blood ■ bank in Asheville is avail - able to citizens of cooperat -1 ing counties without char - ge except for cost of giving 4the transfusions, '» Death took flTF~Ttves of i 843 persons in highway ac - cidents last year in North s Carolina. I BURN S VILLE— “So They Say” About town: We are con vinced—again—that spring has arrived. It’s warm and lovely and the buds and blossoms are bursting for th. A deligtful time in the mountains . . . Regret to learn of a number of our folks who are ill. Dr. Rob ertson in Memorial Hospi tal, Charlotte for operation this morning . . . Ralph Laughrun had quite a siege with an eye infection but came home last right . . . Mrs. Jack Patton had oper ation at Aston Park Hos pital, and Laura Mae Hill iard is in Marion Hospital where she underwent op eration Tuesday . . . College honors: Russell York is marshall for commence ment at Asheville-Biltmore College and Hale Bryson named editor of paper at Cullowhee . . . then R E Hennessee who is senior at Carolina is now candidate for State Senate! He has been outstanding in jour nalism during his college years'. . . Jay Edge says he'll call his shoe store 'The *town and Country Shoe Store” and hopes to open about June Ist . . . We just won’t believe it till we see it! That 600 pound cake that Ivan Pet erson says he’ll serve next week! . . . we’re getting m i&hty eager to hear re sults of the Census and learn how big we really are. In case you haven’t been counted be sure to call Norris Deyton who is checking in Burnsville and she’ll list you ...