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THE YANCEY RECORD
cTIJIJRSDAY, MAY 7. 1964
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/ THE YANCEY RECORD
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TRCNA P. FOX, KcUter & Publisher
THURMAN L. BROWN. Shop Manager
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YANCEY PUBLISHING COMPANY
Second Class Postage Paid at BurnevlMe. N, C.
THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1964 NUMBER THIRTY-EIGHT
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OUR TOWN
"What has our Chamber of
Commerce ever done?” We have
heard several people ask this
question, and the membership
committee tell us it is frequently
Usked when they solicit new
members.
The 120 people who attended
the annual dinner meeting of the
Chamber last week received an
impressive answer to that ques
tion. Vs,
Also last week, the 1,500 tele
phone customers in Yancey
County rceived tangible evidence
of iwhat our C. of C. has been
doing. Together with their bills
came welcome refunds of over
charge* collected under bond dur
ing the past two years, ranging
up to $14.56 per customer.
The refunds were of course,
the outcome of the telephone
rate case that has been dragging
cut before the State Utilities Com
mission and in the courts for
the past two years. Although they
did not represent a complete vic
tory for telephone customers, they
did, however, add up to a size
able figure— something over
$15,000 for the whole county.
These refunds were not just
handed to us for the asking, but
were the result of a long tough
fight on the part of the fifteen
communities affected. For Yan
cey County our Chamber of Com
merce contributed much time and
effort to this fight. Ralph Adair,
the Chamber’s president, and your
mayor noth testified at the hear
in s before the commission. SSOO
was collected from good citizens
in the County to help pay for ex
pert legal talent. These battles
with utility companies are com
plex, long-drawn-out, and expen
sive tf'
Clearly the money and effort
were well spent. An investment of
SSOO which yields $15,000 is
mighty good business.
Possibly, if we had Just sat back
Mother’s Day - Sunday May 10
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of Mother Sunday
If Mother were choosing her
own gift, It’s ten to one she
would select a beautiful plant from Ruby’s sel
ection of Azaleas, Hydrangeas, Mums, Rose
Bushes, Mixed Pats, Fuchias or Geraniums* Or
she may prefer a Corsage of Orchids, Cymbid
ians, Roses or Cornations. Maybe she would
like an arrangement of roses* Come in and look
at our beautiful selection and then make your
decision*
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and done nothing, we might still
have received some refund, but'
that is very doubtful. We think
our Chamber of Commerce de
serves full credit.
The obvious moral of all this
is that we should support our
Chamber of Commerce by Joining
and paying dues. This is a timely
thought right now as the annual
membership drive starts next
month.
The Westco Company has now
applied for an additional rate in
• crease. We are confident that if
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effective apposition is practiable,
our Chamber of Commerce will ’
get into action again.
808 HELMLE, Mayor
From Broome
Sedge To im
proved Pastures,
North Carolina farmers used
378,524 tons of limestone under
the 1963 agricultural conservation
program. Most soils in this State
must be treated with limestone to
permit the growth of legumes and
grasses. It Is a very important
ingredient in conserving our soil.
Since the ACP began In 1936,
Tar Heel farmers have used
9,781,515 tons of limstone. This
limestone, along with adequate
; fertilizer, seeds, and many hours
of the farmer's labor, has convert
ed Nhrt.K Carolina from broano
sedge capital to a land of green
pastures.
Net number of farms in the
United States participation in the
ACP at least once during the 1960,
1961 or 1962 programs was 1,965,597.
| The net number of farms in North
Carolina participating In the ACP
‘ at least once during the 1960, 1961,
1 or 1962 programs was 142,888.
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Read The Want Ada I
The first Mayland lair— 1914 t
BY WALTER S. GREENE
(The following report of the ad
dress at the first Mayland Fair
was written by Mr. Walter S.
Green from memory. Mr. Greene
lives in Snow Creek Mitchell
I County).
The first Mayland Fair called
for a time The Toe River Fair,
was held at Spruce Pine, North
Carolina, October 7,8, and 9, 1914.
Judge J et er C. Pritchard was
ChiefJ speaker the first day. At
torney General T. W. Bickett
spoke the second day and State
Superintendent J. Y. Joynr spoke
the third day.
Judge Pritchard was introduced
by Hon. E. F. Watson who spoke
as follows:
Ladies and Gentlemen, It has
been said that he who needs an
introduction does not deserve it
and he who deserves an introduct
> ion does not need it. The speaker
for today’ .does not need an intro
duction, but he richly deserves it.
He is a man who has drunk at
the fountain head of knowledge.
He has served you as U. S. Sena
tor from N. C., and he is / now
Judge of the U. S. Circuit Court
of Appeals.
He was reared here among you,
and many of you know him per
sonally. He was pleased to call
you John and Jfcumes .and you de
. lighted to call him Jeter.
Ladies and Gentlemen, the Hon.
Jeter C. Pritchard:
Here are the highlights of Judge
Prichard’s speech:
Ladies and Gentlemen and Fel
low-Citizens,
I am very glad to be here this
morning and have a part of this
program. lam glad to see the
wonderful progress which you
have made since I was last here,
and especially in ■ the way of good
roads, education arid along in
dustrial lines.
Recently I delivered an ad
dress in the state of Ohio. After I
had finished speaking one of my
listeners came to me and said, “I
iwant to ask you a question about
the people of Western North Caro
lina. I have heard that many of
them tare shrewd and have good
business ability whether they are
educated on not. Is this really
true?”
I replied, ‘‘Yes, it is true and
if anyone doesn’t believe it just
let him come down here and try
to swap horses or mules two or
three times with'one of those nat
ive mountaineers, and he will be
lucky if he roesn’t come to the
bridle.”
So I corigiratulate you on your
native ability. I grew up here
among you and spent most of my
manhood here. I learned to love
and respect you. Your very names
are synonyms of honesty, inte-
giity and sobriety.
One of your greatest assets is
your climate. Florida may be pre
ferable In the winter but North
Carolina is a veritable paradise
all the time. Your scenery here in
Western North Carolina Is unsur
passed. We hear much about the
Wiiite Mountains of New Hamp
shire and other places in New
England. 1 have seen all over
them and they are not to be com
pared with the mountains of Wes
tern North Carolina.
I have already referred to the
progress in good roads, education
and industry, but your churches
are even more Important. A fam
ous Judge once said that were it
not for the Christian Church and
its influence, it would be necess
ary for the courts to run every
day in the year Sundays not ex
cepted, in order to dispose of the
criminals. To paraphrase it some
what:
‘Now abideth the physical the
intellectual and the spiritual'—
these three—but the greatst of
these Is spiritual.” The greatest
and most important thing in life
is character building.
As you all know there is a fine
hotel at Marion, North Carolina,
j known as the Marianna Hotel,
j While this building was being con-
I structed, years ago, it happened
to an accident. Part of the walls I
gave ay wand tumbled down, but I
repairs were soon made and the I
work proceeded again. It stands
today as a fine and modern hotel.
And yet, to save my life, I can’t
sleep as soundly in that hotel as
I did last night in the Altaflass
Inn. And why is that? I am afraid
that the building will tumble
down again.
We think of a young) man who
is a tiodel of good character, who
is honored land respeoted, but if
anyone remembers that at one
‘ time he stole a chicken or he stole
’ a pie e of money it may be held
again t him whether it should
i
' be oi not. It reminds us of the
‘ poem “The Bird with the Broken
1 Pinioi.”
I v Uked through the greenland
meadows,
Wh< -e sweet the thrushes sing
And I found on a bed of rushes
A bk*d with a broken wing.
I healed its wound and each
monuig
r \
It sang, again the sweet strain
; But the> bird with the broken
' pinion,
Never as high again.
r T found |. young life broken
By sin’s (seductive art 1
“ And hating a Chrlst-like pity
g I took lin into my heart.
s He lived with la noble purpose
And stru gled not in vain
Bht the 1 e that sin had stricken
Never soared as high again.
But tie jolrd with the broken
pinion
Kept another from the snare
And tie life that sin had
stricken,
Raised another from despair.
Each loss 5 has its compensation
There is healing for every pain
But the bird with the boken
pinion /
Never sosjb as high again.
We have all heard the express
ion, “Boys will be boys.” I don’t
know who started it. I never have
taken the time to find out who it
was bu/t I via say this —Who ever
it whs, the devil wasn’t far from
him.
I We hear much about the present
world situation, and the great
war which is going on in Europe.
Whatever els* might be said about
Germany, let us learn our lesson
of “preparedie36.’’ Far my part,
I am in favor of having an army,
navy and air force sufficient and
strong enough to cope with any
foreign power. Let us stand loyal
to our friends, and recognize our
potenllal enemies.
I am reminded of the preacher
who went into a. remote community
I and preached i rather harsh ser
j men—so much so that one of his
'listeners challenged him as he
was leaving the flhuroh. He said,
“Get down off your horse for I
am going to whip you.” The
preacher tried to reason with the
man, but all to no avail. He kept
on saying, “Get down I am going
to whip you.” Finally the preacher
said, “Will you give me time to
offer a prayer before we fight?”
The man agreed to do so. He Aid,
“I will give you a9 the time you
want.” Then the preacher knelt
down on the ground. His prayer
ran something like this:
"Oh Lord, thou lcnawest that: 11
have always been’ a- peaceable
tm iMi amt
i I nevfer killed 1 anyone tooept id lit*
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| defense. Thou knowest that when i
11 had to disembowel two of the
| Jenkins family that it was in
self-defense and when I had to cut
the throats of those two Byrd
boys, that was in self-defense too.
And now, Oh Lord, it becomes my
painful duty to send another poor
sinner into thy presence unpre
pared.” Hawing finished his pray
er, the preacher looked around
for his adversary, only to find he
had f mysteriously disappeared,
The preacher saw only a little
cloud of dust going down .the
road.
So let us learn a lesson from
Germany. In time of peace pre
pare for war. Speak softly, but
carry a big stick.
And now friends, I have enjoyed
this little rembling address. In
closing let me say this:
■ Continue your program of good
■roads and education. Stand loyal
4o your churches and your section
will produce as many God-fearing
men and women as any place on
God’s green earth.
Wm. D. Robinson
CARD OF THANKS
The family of Polly Mclntosh
wishes to express their sincere
thanks for every act of kindness
and the beautiful flowers during
the illness and death of their
mother.
The Family of Polly Mclntosh
NOTICE
NORTH CAROLINA
YANCE f COUNTY
THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF YANCEY COUNTY WILL OFFER FOR SALE
FOR CASK TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER THE PRESENT COU C..IG SL AND SITE IN
BURNSVILLE, NORTH CAROL INA AND ALSO THE SMALL LOT ADJOINING THE LANDS
OF THE GEORGE ANGLIN HEIRS AND OPPOSITE YANCEY COUNTY JAIL. SAID TRACT
OF LAND WILL BE OFFERED SEPARATELY FOR SALE FOR CASH TO THE HIGHEST
BIDDER AT 10:00 O’CLOCK A. M„ MAY 16, 1964. THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS RE
SERVES THE RIGHT TO REJ ECT ANY AND ALL BIDS AN D RESERVES THE RIGHT TO i
RETAIN POSSESSION OF THE OLD COURTHOUSE UNTIL THE NEW COURTHOUSE IS
COMPLETED.
BILL ATKINS. Attorney for the Board of
Commissioners of Yancey County
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ELIGIBLE FOR GROUP COVERAGE WITH THE HOSPITAL |
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