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Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-13
Imperial Valley Press

Established AprIl 20, 1901.
Published every afternoon except
Saturday and sunday saturday
afternoon issue now succeeded
by the PostPress sunday, !es
tablished 1856 by the Imperial
Valley Publishing company, 625
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Leading Clearing House The Post-press Want Ad Page
26 Miscellaneous For Sale

SECOND HAND bath tubs, $500
complete; used sinks as IS, $3.50
and $275; Gull, 2X3 and 2xi
per lot at rccuccd prices; used
brick. $3.50 per thousand, gar
den hose, 2sx25, $l.55; all width
screen wire, bargain prices
WHITING MEAD CO.
1875 Main Phone 1872
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FOR SALE - Excellent saddle
horses. From $35 up. A, S.
Gonzalez. End of No. Third.
Phone 1897. TIN
WANT TO SELL % COWS. Buyer
can take pick of go head > miles
north and = milo cast Moore
Store, Coblcigh Bros. Sis
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rs Miscellaneous FOR SAFE

LARGE LYONS electric brooders
and other poultry equipment for
sale cheap. Lathrop Ranch, I'M
perial Sis
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PoSt-PreSs Want-Ad Section.
vitality Different Infinitely Bet
ter. Read for Profit Use for
Results!
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Farm Products

HEMP SEED 1850 lbs &c per 10,
FOB. BraWlcy. RCclcanCd, Stcr-
ilizcd. Write Charles NJ Edwards,
1862 Barry Ave, West Los An
gclcS. SIS
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Farm implements

BAIlER BLOCKS
John Deere IHC, Ann Arbor and
Case, at attractive prices.
THE FAIR
1916 Main - Phone 1000
FOR SALE-Used AC. power take
off harvester, $25000. A good
lift. DJrr disc, $4,000. Edgar
Implement Store, phone 636.
4-28tt
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HOUSE FOR SALE No down pay
ment. Payments like rent. 1922
Euclid. sid
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FURNISHED apartment house for
rent. Close in. Has four Broom
apartments and sleeping rooms.
$50 mo. Lease. Marie Land. 831
Main. 5-l6
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II apartments For Rent

FURNISHED 4-room house in rear
Quiet, permanent tenants only
No children. $1,000 418 So. 9Th
5-l4
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FOUR ROOM furnished duplex apt
for rent Private bath, garage,
close in 652 Hamilton, phone 1175
SIC
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g Business Rentals
~ Snr. Homes, Sdle-Rent

AT LIVE OAKS SPRINGS, 3 rooms
and bath, comfortably furnished
cabin for sale. Leaving valley.
Priced for quick sale. E. M. Uhlig,
co NCV-Cal. 5-l4
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FOR SALE - Barnyard fertilizer.
Phone 87l6-J-3 or write Box 310.
III. Z, Ell CentrO. Sis
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n Wanted Real Estate

GAS STOVE, GE. Refrigerator
livingroom and bedroom furni-
ture. Bargain. 729 No. 10TH 5-l4
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20 Poultry

WANTED all xmas of poultry. Pay
highest possible price, S & M
Poultry, phone 8700-R-2 Ell Cen
tro. 9714-R-1 Holtville. 12-ltf
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II Situations Wanted
I3 business Opportunities

WHOLESALE business
selling to merchants only. Can
be handled by man or woman.
Present owner has other actiV-
tiles. Small down payment and
you start making money today
balance out Of your profits. Write
Box 432, PostPrcSs, FL CcntrO.
sic
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Business Services
SPECIAL, OrFp.R.

Second Sheets, good white news
stock, size 8laX11, wrapped in
packages Of 500 sheets, only 40c
Nor package. Post Press.
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bination Imperial Valley Press
and Morning Posi- or the Post
Press on Sunday
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WANT-ADS
BRING RESULTS!
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WANT TO BUY CABIN to move tc
ranch. Phone 87l6-J-3 or Write
Box 30. Ri. 2. Ell Centre. 5-la
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RESCUE FINALLY APPEARS IN THE
PERSON OF G. OSCAR BOOM, WHO
Has ENlEM IN MlIH -TNE HERCUlES
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NEW BATHROOMS for old ones
Your fixtures accepted as trade
ins on new ones. Complete fin
ancing. No down payment.
BUILDERS SUPPLY CO.
Phone 553 = Imperial Ave. SS Euclid
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AuEQ OOp. HAlIO.eNLGO PREHISTORIC
CANEhiAN AND MS G,lEL-ERlEND. OOOlA.
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For reaching most people at
smallest cost use POSt-PrCSS want
ads!
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81 Wanted, Miscellaneous

MIXED IRON
Short Scrap ........... $500 per ton.
Grain Sacks Bought and Sold.
Higher Prices Now for Metals.
SAM NALIBOFF
584 Broadway Phone $50
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ANOTHER LOAD of used lumber
just arrived. Also bath tubs and
pipe. Let us help you. We help
others
Ell CENTRIC LUMBER K
TRADING CO.
1409 Adams ST Phone 1902
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Vichy Can't Deliver

Peace negotiations between France and
Germany have been suspended until all
fighting terminates.
It appears that the efforts of Vice-Pre-
miere Pierre Laval to collaborate with
Reich Fuehrer Hitler have been nullifled
by British resistance and by the Vichy gov
ernment's lack of control of French colon
ial possessions.
With the Free French forces" of Gen
eral De Gaulle vigorously operating in
French Equatorial Africa and with other
evidences that French colonial forces have
determined to resist any effort to turn
them over to Spain, Italy or Germany, the
Vichy Government is unable to deliver the
goods Hitler desires.
This development should be encouraging
to the British and to the Greeks. More
over, if there is any truth in persistent ru-
mors that Marshal Weygand, who is in
Africa, has definitely broken with the
Vichy Government, there is the POSSIBLE
ty of other good news for the fighting de-
mocracies-Lenoir News-Topic.
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dell, Rowan, Watauga and Wilkes,
who have been awarded monthly
payments of old-age and surviv-
ors insurance during the nine
months since monthly benefits
became payable (January l,
194O).
Among those listed are Is wi
dows, 81 children, "a retired
wage earners, q wives of retired
wage earners.
The field manager explained
that when a fully insured wage
Garner, who is IS years old or
more, files claim for his month
ly old-age insurance benefits, his
wife may also claim monthly
benefits when she is IS years old
or more. In addition each of his
children under age Is (18 if in
schooD will receive monthly
benefits except that the benefits
for the entire family may not be
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MERCHANTS EXPECTING
RECORD XMAS BUSINESS

Continued from Page One)
Ashe county stores are the places
in which they should do all of
their Christmas shopping.
Window Contest Announced
In order to further encourage
the display of Christmas mer-
chandise, The Skyland Post is Of
fering $500 cash as first prize
for the best decorated window;
$500 second prize and $100 third
prize. Windows will be judged
for their effectiveness in display
ing merchandise as well as their
emphasis on the Christmas motif.
All local merchants are eligible
to participate in this contest.
Judging will be done before
Christmas day.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-11-28
W. J.High School
Publishes Paper

The West Jefferson high school
issued it's first paper of the year,
''W. J. High Times" this week.
The 1O-page mimeograph publica-
ton includes school news, editor
ials and comics.
The paper is both interesting
and Informative and should be
popular among the students as
we'll as others interested in the
school.
The staff as listed in as follows:
editor-in-chief, Nena B. Barr,
business mgr, John Morgan, art
editor, Melba Gambill, society
editor, Angie Mcneil, novelty
editor, Mary Nell Houck, sports
editors Wayne RAIDER and Scott
Denny. Class editors are Senior,
Ruth Green, Junior, Eva Morton,
Sophomore, Myrtle Dean Gray
heal, Freshman, Elizabeth Ann
Diggs. Faculty advisors are Mrs.
Elizabeth Barlow and Mrs. Edith
Barr.
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Stone Spoke To
Rotary Meeting

Rev. R. H. Stone delivered an
impressive message on the SUBJ
ject of ''The Highest Loyalty" at
the weekly meeting of the Rotary
club last Thursday night.
The noted Presbyterian minis
ter urged the Rotarians as bust
ness and professional men to put
God first, home second and
business third"
He was introduced by Carl
GRAPHICAL, who was in charge of
the program.
Selfishness, love for pleasure,
bad company and neglect of
spiritual life are causing much
trouble in the church and in life
today, he stated.
Several members of the club
attended an inter-city meeting at
Statesville Tuesday night. There
will be no meeting tonight be-
cause of the holiday. -.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-11-28
Pine Fence Posts
Last If Treated

Not every farm has on it black
locust, red cedar, bald cypress or
the other durable woods desir-
able for fence posts. But R. w.
Graeber, Extension forester of N.
c. State College, says there are
farmers who can't find some pine
or gum trees from which long
lasting fence posts can be made
with the proper treatment of the
wood with creosote or some 9TH
er preservative.
Locust, cypress, cedar, red
mulberry and catalpa are so dur
able they require no treatment"
Graeber said, ''but unfortunately
most of these species have been
exhausted on thousands of North
Carolina farms. However, even
the least durable woods such as
pine and gum can be made to last
from fifteen years upward If pro-
perly treated" s+..a..ee%
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The
WORLD
The
BY JOHN ANDERSON

broke loose in the Carolina-State
game and was headed for the
winning touchdown, only to be
brought down from behind by
Lalanne. Upset No. l and q
Carolina over Duke, Richmond
over Carolina. The most disap-
pointing team-that of Wake For
est. BY defeating Carolina at the
first of the season, Wake Forest
seemed headed for the Rose Bowl.
But look at the Baptist boys now.
Best run-Claude Hackney, of
Davidson made it and against
Duke. Claude only ran IS yards,
though, and against the team
with the nations greatest de-
Tense, yea :. The best prediction
of the year-that of Charlie Cas-
tevens, Jr., of Sparta. Charlie said
the score of the Duke-State game
would be Ais; he only missed it
one point =. The worst predlctor
of the season-that's US, but our
seasons average came back up to
1850 last week as we. only
missed three.
Predictions for Saturday
Duke over Pitt
Wake Forest over S. Carolina
Davidson over Citadel
Catawba over LenOir- Rhyme =
FOrdham over NYU
Army over Navy
Tennessee over Vanderbilt
Tulane over Louisiana
Maryland over Wash. & Lee
Georgia over Georgia Tech
Boston College over Holy Cross
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IetUs Be Thankful

TODAY, following one of Americas Oldest
customs. we pause to express our thanks
for the many blessing which we have en-
ioyed during the past year. Like our Purl-
tan forefathers who are accredited with oo-
serving this country's first Thanksgiving
at Plymouth, Mass, in 1921 we give thanks
to God for many things
Much has been said about the dates for
Thanksgiving and today 16 states are
united in its observance, while 81 others ex-
pressed their thankfulness last week, fol-
lowing the decree of President Roosevelt.
History tells us that in the beginning OF
the observance of Thanksgiving the dates
varied greatly. So today when the dates for
this American holiday are not the same we
believe that all of us are united in the IDEA
of being thankful
In his decree President Roosevelt said,
Gin a wear which has seen such calamity ana
sorrow fall upon many peoples elsewhere
in the world, may we give thanks for our
preservation" ~~D7
America has not only been preserved,
but the principles for which our lore
fathers fought, freedom of speech, freedom
Of the press, freedom of religion, freedom
of assembly, still stand in world wnere
democracies are being forced to surrender
freedom and for this we thank God.
Asided from being thankful that we are
Americans, and that America is at peace
every individual who pauses to recall the
events which have affected him personally
must necessarily find many things Tor
which to be truly thankful And like the
P1,ritans for whom Thanksgiving was a
happy time, we too can rejoice over the
many blessings both large and small, that
the past year has brought to u.s.
President Lincoln urged the people to
acknowledge blessings" and in 1868 ne set
aside two Thanksgiving Days. This year,
when we also had two Thanksgiving days
we wish to doubly acknowledge the many
= benevolences which the year has brought
lis. We are thankful for the privilege OF
serving the people of this section and make
ever effort to show our appreciation
through service Andthis has t been IN
vain, for a recent audited circulation OF
The Post shows that it now has 2,4O6 SUBJ
scribers.
For these readers, for our advertisers and
other friends - supporters who are max
ing it possible for us to serve Ashe county
and Northwest North Carolina, we are
thankful. To each and all of you we extend
the best wishes of the entire staff OF The
Post for happy Thanksgiving. May God
bless us all.
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Furches News
BY Mrs. Lloyd Richardson

Mr.. E. B. Shepherd and son,
George, have returned from a
weeks hunting trip in Virginia.
Mrs. Maude Richardson and
daughters, Madeline, of Sparta,
visited Mrs. Ross Jones Saturday.
Mr.. c. E. Jones and j. M.
Tucker made a business trip to
jefferson Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Richard
son, of Laurel Springs, have
moved in to this community.
CISCO Woodie made a business
trip to Wilkesboro Friday.
Mrs. Nelice Hoppers is very
sick.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ross Jones spent
Sunday with the 1atter's parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. J. E. Gentry at Ma
than's Creek.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wade Ward, of
Chestnut Hill, have recently
moved to this community.
Edison Mabe spent the week
end with friends at High Point.
Mrs. j. Douglas, who has a
position as teacher in the high
school at Dobson, spent the week
end with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. J, K. Taylor.
L. S. Richardson made bust
ness trip to West jefferson, Mon
day.
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Democracy And Health

Today when everyone is thinking what
he or she can do for defense, our thoughts
turn to strength measured in terms of
health. We say that we are a free people
and are thankful for freedom, but we are
far from free from the dreadful scourge of
tuberculosis whose annual toll of life iber-
ty and happiness from Americans is some
thing to make every one arise to the de-
Tense of our people against such disease.
Tomorrow the annual sale of Tubercu-
lar Christmas seals opens. This will give
every individual an opportunity help sup
port an organized fight against this disease
which is carried on day in and day out
year in and year out by the National
Tuberculosis association.
Of the money raised from the sale of the
seals a greater part remains at home to be
used locally in the fight for freedom from
tuberculosis, while a small portion of the
funds 60 into the state and national as
sociations to be used for research in stamp
ing out the disease.
Now is a good time to ask yourself what
you know about tuberculosis. The medical
profession has been telling and showing us
for years what we should know and do, to
prevent and control this disease in our
country; but too many of us have paid too
little attention to these facts, facts that
would drive tuberculosis from the United
States in relatively few years.
The mistaken belief that tuberculosis
is inherited still tortures some people. 1t
cannot be inherited for it is caused by
germ, the tubercle bacillus, and every per-
son having the disease has caught it from
some one else who has it. Another fallacy
about the disease is the belief that it is in
durable. tuberculosis can be cured if dis
covered in it's early stages, but the hope OF
getting well lies in beginning treatment
early.
While our national death rate is declin-
ing we need to emphasize the alarming
number of persons still dying from tuber-
culosis each year. Last year $4,000 persons
died from this disease. And tuberculosis
kills more persons between the ages of Is
and As than any other disease!
These are only few of the facts about
tuberculosis that should make us realize
that we must fight it, with our knowledge
and financial support
Here in the lofty mountains of Ashe
county, where we think of the air as being
pure, tuberculosis has attacked some of our
people. Let us do what we can to stop this
invader Buy tubercular Christmas seals
with the satisfaction of knowing that you
are doing something toward the defense of
your county, state and nation against one
of it's worst enemies, tuberculosis.
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TRUSTEES SALE
NORTH CAROLINA
ASHE COUNTY

By virtue of the power con-
fered in the undersigned, George
Cheek, Trustee, in a certain deed
of Trust, executed by Mack Max
well, securing the payment of a
certain note, in the amount of
$3.50, which deed of trust is da-
ted May 9, 1889, and recorded in
Book IS, page 327, Ashe county
Registry, default having been
made in the payment of said debt,
I will on SATURDAY, Dec. 81,
1910, at 1 o'clock, P. M, at the
Court House Door in Jefferson,
county and state aforesaid, offer
for sale to the highest bidder for
cash, the following described
tract of land:
Adjoining the lands of Dock
McMillon, Troy McMillon and
others, containing seven acres,
and 1913 poles, more or less, and
being that certain tract of land
conveyed by Lille Hamilton, wi
dow, to Mack Maxwell, Oct. l,
1887, recorded in Book W., page
207, in the office of Register of
Deeds for Ashe County, N. c., to
which deed and record thereof
reference is made for more spe-
cific description.
This November 20, 1910.
GEO. CHEEK,
1924 Trustee.
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Dale Carnegie
HOW TO GET
OUT OF A RUT<


Benjamin Franklin knew a
thing or two. He is considered by
many to have had the best mind
of any American. Well, here is
something he said about getting
! into a mental rut:
"There are two things easy to
get into, and hard to get out Of
One is debt. The other is mental
, rut" Both are stagnating. Both
will rob life of interest.
Here are ten suggestions to help
you avoid a mental rut:
1. If you are devout church.
goer, why not mingle occasional
ly with the publicans and sin
ners? Jesus did. Make friends of
people whose interests are wholly
unrelated to yours. If you do not
go to church, form acquaintance
among church people. Get a
glimpse of life through their eyes.
They may be able to help you, or,
lat least broaden you-and you
may be able to help them.
2. Win over your most ardent
enemy. This will be an adventure,
and will train you in the fine
art of dealing with people. This
one suggestion alone might be
the means of revolutionizing your
entire life.
8. Read a non-fiction book each
month. The librarian at your pub
lie library will gladly recommend
one.
4. Try thinking daily for five
minutes consecutively on one
subject. Glance at the subject of
newspaper editorial, then think
the subject through for yourself.
After you have done this. read
the editorial and decide whether
the writer is correct from your
viewpoint.
S. Be kind to everybody in
your household for twenty-four
hours. This may startle the house
hold, but it will be in a good
cause.
6. If you are a salesman, study
every book on craftsmanship that
you can find in your public IL
brary. Try new ideas.
z. Break down your pet fear. II
you are afraid to walk under a
ladder, keep your eyes out for
ladders and sail boldly under
them. If you fear starting a new
piece of work on Friday, launch
one on Friday and see If 1t
doesn't turn out just as success
fully as a Thursday-started pro-
ject. $50
8. Develop a hobby. This will
not only add to your interests IN
life, but it is possible for a hob
by to change from an avocatlon to
vocation. Many man has es-
tablished his life work through
his hobby.
9. At least one day a week,
make it point to try to under
stand the point of view of every
one with whom you come In con-
tact. You'll be amazed at what
this can do for you. It will not
only increase your mental ca
pacity, but will make friends for
you and enrich your life hun
dred-fold.
10. If there is a public speak
ing class in your community, join
it. If you speak at every session,
it will do more than anything
else can think of to get you out
of a rut.
Try these rules for a month and
see if you haven't broken down
YOUR old rut routine.
~ N
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-11-28
SCIENTISTS SUBDUE
DEADLY BLUE MOLD

Blue mold, which once swept
unchecked through North Carroll
ma tobacco plant beds, is no long
err the frightening and deadly
enemy of flue-cured leaf growers,
Plant disease scientists have
found effective means of curling
its progress through the magic OF
chemicals, say Don E. Ellis and
Howard R. Garriss, extension
plant pathologists of State Col
lege.
Demonstrations conducted in
various tobacco-growing sections
of the state earlier in the year
proved the effectiveness of para
dichlorobenzene and red copper
oxide as economical and benefi-
cial agents in hating the disease.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-11-28
AMMUNITION NEEDS

That more or less settles the
weapons that the infantry has
handy. But these modern, agile,
war machines can dispose of a
surprising quantity of ammuni-
ton in short time. For example,
the MI rifle, with a good man on
the trigger end can fire over 100
shots in five minutes. A machine
sun can loose about $500 shots in
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the direction Of the enemy in the
same time. So it is evident that
there will have to be considerable
expansion of the nations am
munition facilities in a hurry.
And, this in turn, will call for
up of production of brass shell
cases, and steel-jacket bullets. All
this has to be done without Great
ing bottle-necks, without waste
motion. And that's the way it's
being done.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-11-28
23l Claimants In
This Section Get
Benefit Payments
Regular Monthly Old-Age and
Survivors Insurance Paid
by Social Security.

A statement issued today by
Mr.. Louis H. Clement, acting
manager of the Salisbury office
Of the Social Security Board,
shows that 231 persons in this
area are now receiving monthly
payments of old-age and surviv-
ors insurance. This figure repre-
sents the number of men, women
and children in the counties of
Allegheny, Alexander, Ashe, Ire
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-11-28

Venezuela imported 240 breed
ing animals of various kinds from
the United States last year to be
kept at experimental stock CEN
tiers and stud farms to improve
the native stock.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-11-28

The consumption of cigarettes
in 1889 established an all-time
high of 172,5Oo,OOO,OOO, up 5 per-
cent from the 163,8OO,OOO,OOO of
1888, despite increased state sales
taxes.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-11-28

Food prices, continuing a ''cau-
tious upward trend" have risen
above the level of a year ago for
the first time since the initial
war boom, with volume about 8
per cent above last year.