©8 oro tl&8 I radius of 50 milea, 1*0,000 people in stem Carolina. The Journal-Patriot Has Blozed the Trail of Progress in the "Stote of Wilkes" For Over 44 Yeors Published Mondays and Thursdays NORTH WILKESB0R0, N. C., Thursday, June 29.1950 Make North Wilkcsboro Your Shortwnfl Center frltrol Of Potato Ute Blight I W InJestern Part North Carolina wm K. VinDeman, Assistant County Agent 1. .Avoid catting and planting seed potatoes having decay. 2. Spray or dust to control late blight of the vines: Late blight occurs every year in Western North Carolina and can be controlled by spraying or dust ing with fungicides. The fungicide NOTICE Wonted! Some One With lob To Lire On Form In Nice Homo Free Apply ot Lowe Bros. Hide ond ^ietol Co. program should start when the plants are 6 to 8 inches high and be continued at about 7-day inter vals throughout the growing sea son. The plants should be throroughly covered with the fun gicides whether applied as dusts or sprays. In general, sprayB give better control than dusts. Dusting: Hand, traction, or tractor-mounted dusters may be used. Those machines capable of forcefully blowing a large cloud of dust directly into the vines are most desirable. It is important 1 to thoroughly cover all lower leaves of the plants as these re main wet longer with dew or rain. , Dusts can generally be applied most efficiently in the early morn ing or late evening as winds are at a minimum at these times of day. The dew of early morning will aid in holding the dusts to the vines. Apply the copper dusts at about 35 to 4 5 pounds per acre. "Fixed" copper dusts containing not less than 7 per"cent copper may be prepared from any of the following "fixed" copper mater ials. "Tribasic", "COCS" or Cop per-A." The older dust material, 20-80 copper-lime dust, may also be used, but it must be applied to foliage wet with dew for satis factory results. Two newer fungi cides, Dithane Z-78 and Parzate, hare given good control of late blight but are more expensive. They can be used as dusts or sprays. If used, apply according to the manufacturer's recommen dations. Spraying: Hand or power-op erated sprayers may be used. Dust control is obtained with those sprayers that produce a dense fog of spray forcefully blown into the vines at 200 to 300 pounds pres sure. The sprays can be applied at any time during the day. Apply the sprays at 100 to 150 gallons per acre, depending on the size of the plants. The following spray materials may be used; Bordeaux mixture, prepared by adding 8 pounds of copper sulfate (blue vitrol) plus 6 pounds of hydrated spray lime to 100 gallons Of water. Agitate water while adding the chemicals. The "fixed" coppers listed under dusting can alfeo be used as sprays by adding 4 pounds of these materials in their concen trated form (around" 45 per cent metallic copper) to each 100 gal lons of water. 3. Controlling late blight tub«r rot: At the last cultivation throw (lay) the soil into large ridges around the plants. This will aid in protecting the growing tubers from iate blight spores as they fall or ■ are washed to the soil from the diseased leaves on the plant. Let the vines mature and die before harvesting the potatoes. 4. Resistant varieties. A number of varieties resistant to late blight are now available, but the seed supply is limited. Two of these varieities, Essex and Ken nebec, have produced well in North Carolina (Western). Essex was grown on one commercial farm in Avery county in 1949t Good yields have been obtained with Essex, but the tubers tend to be a little rough. Only a few hun dred pounds of Kennebec seed will be planted in Western North Carolina in 1950, but the seed supply from Maine should be more plentiful in 1951. This variety has also yielded well in North Caro lina, and the tubers are more uniform in type than are those of Essex. Scott Will Speak At East Bend 4th July Celebration The Joseph E. Martin Jr. Post No. 336 of the American Legion at East Bend is sponsoring the third annual 4th of July celebra tion. Governor W. Kerr Scott will be the main speaker for the morn ing program. Troops from the 82nd Airborne Division of Ft. Bragg, » Mineral Springs high school 70 piece band, the tycal Legion post and several floats will make up the parade that Governor Scott will lead through town at 10:00 a, m. to the school where the Governor will speak immediately after the par ade. There *Wli be a picnic lunch, on the high school ground at 12:30. Other speakers for the day will be Joseph W. Grier, Jr., of Char lotte, Past Commander of the de partment of North Carolina Ameri can Legion and Reece W. Scull of Valdese a speaker in Legion cir cles. On Saturday Night July 1st in the high school auditorium there will be a singing from 8 p. m. until 12 p. m. with the following singers: Levan quartet, Sunbeam quartet, Oak Ridge quartet, Cru sader quartet, Draughn Trio, Caro lina Rangers, Union Hill singers, and others. o Legacy Provides Trip For Nieces Norristown, Pa.—Victor Rltter used to think it was too bad that the only times ^nost families get together is for funerals. So when Ritter—a furniture dealer of nearby East Greenville —died last June 16 he left a will which set aside nearly $4,000 to send his 12 nieces and nephews to Havana, Cuba. Ritter stipulated in his will that any legatee who doesn't want to take the cruise must for feit the right to a share in his $45,000 estate. Victor's brother, Wilson of Carlisle, Pa., said Victor reason ed this way in making his will: ''The money will be spent fast, but they'll always keep the mem ory of it. If I gave them cash in stead, they'd spend it and five years later wouldn't know what they'd used it for." J. R. Poindexter J| Dies Unexpectedly ELKIN, June 26 — James Rob ert Poindexter, 68, business and civic leader and one of Elkin's most widely known and best be loved citizens, died unexpectedly Sautrday night at 10:45 o'clock in Hugh Chatham Memorial Hos pital of a heart condition. Mr. Poindexter had suffered previous serious heart attacks, but had been attending to his busi ness, real estate and farm inter ests until he became seriously ill Friday nigh't. His hobby was Wakefield .Farm, one of the show place on Highway 21 near Elkin. He was reared in Wilkes county, near Elkin, a son of Richard Ed ward and Eliza Morrison Poindex ter. He had served the town of El kin in many capacities. Some 36 years ago he established Surry Hardware Company and for many years had also dealt extensively in building materials. He was Mayor of the town for 10 years. Mr. Poindexter served as chair man of the board of directors of the Bank of Elkin for several years, resigning recently. He was also director of the board Of Gil vin Roth YMCA and spent 15 years as a member of the board of Hardware Mutual Insurance Company. He was a charter mem ber of the Elkin Merchants As sociation and was president of El kin-Jonesville Building and Loan Association. Twenty-two years ago he was married to Mrs. Mahala Ashburn Lesesne, who survives. Other im mediate survivors are one son, Turner Poindexter, by a previous' marriage; two grandchildren of San Pedro, Calif.; and one sis ter, Mrs. Annie Gray of Elkln. o Charged With Rape, Man Waives Hearing i • Raleigh.—R. L. Betts, 27, charged with assault with intent to commit rape