Farm Family Of The Year
Hendrix Family Area Runnerup
_ Earl Hendrix and his family have
W been named runnerup for the title
of Area Farm Family of the Year of
the North Carolina Association of
Conservation Districts.
The area covers 10 counties.
The Hendrix family was honored
for concerns and efforts in soil and
water conservation.
Farms of the area were toured in
early fall in the judging to choose
the winning and runnetup families.
CThe Hendrix family earlier had
been chosen Hoke County Farm
Family of the Year by the Hoke
County Board of Soil and Water
Conservation District Supervisors
and commended for concerns in
protecting soil and water.
For years the Hendrixes have
used the best and most profitable
conservation practice -- no-till,
Hoke District Conservationist Sam
Warren said. They also installed
^ water conservation on their farms
in the form of center pivot irriga
tion for tobacco and truck crof)s, he
added, and use swine waste as a
fertilizer rather than let it run into
and pollute streams.
"Our soil and water resources
are most precious, to the economy
and future of our nation," Warren
pointed out.
D.R. Huff of Hoke County is the
current president of the state
Q) association.
LAW
For Laypersons
What would you think if you
were walking through a graveyard
and saw a tombstone with an
inscription like "Murdered by John
f*? Doe" or "Killed in Cold Blood by
Richard Roe" under the name of
the deceased person? You would
certainly agree that there must be
quite a story behind the inscrip
tions! If you happened to be the
person named as the murderer,
you would probably be quite
unhappy, particularly if you had
been tried for murder and acquit
ted by the jury.
Illegal gravestone inscriptions
I can be a problem. North
Carolina's General Statutes ?
14-401.3, makes it illegal for any
person to erect or cause to be
erected a gravestone bearing any
inscription charging any person
with the commission of a crime, Jn
addition, it is illegal for any person
who owns, controls or operates a
cemetary to permit such a
gravestone to be erected.
If such a gravestone has been
' erected bearing an inscription
charging any person with thfc com
mission of a crime, the person in
charge of the graveyard must
remove and obliterate the inscrip
tion. If a person violates North
Carolina law in either causing the
gravestone to be erected or in
allowing it to be erected, he shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor
punishable by a fine not to exceed
t $500, imprisonment for not more
than six months or both.
"This article is written as a matter
of general interest only. It is nut to
he construed as legal advice, and
you should not rely on the state
ments made in the article to govern
your actions in any specific case. If
you have a particular question or
problem, you should contact an
attorney. "
l" Hoke Firemen
To Elect
Officers Dec. 3
Hoke County fire chiefs and
assistant chiefs will meet at 7 p.m.
December 3 at Pine Hillfire De
partment preceding the regular
Tf meeting of the Hoke County Fire
men's Association.
Association officers for 1982 will
be elected. All members of the
association are urged to attend.
Double-cropped no-till soybeans planted into wheat stubble on the Htndrix
farm.
Hoke Agricultural
Extension News
by Willie Featherstone, Jr.
County Extension Chairman
Insect Pests of Stored Tobacco
It appears thai there is a good bit
of tobacco stored on the farm this
year. Calls have been received with
? questions about insects in stored
tobacco.
There are two major pests of
tobacco stored on the farm: the
tobacco moth and the cigarette
beetle. Of these, the tobacco moth
is a somewhat more common pest
in North Carolina and much more
destructive.
Adults of the tobacco moth are
about 3/8" long and grey or
brownish grey. They cause no
damage but fly in from other
storage areas nearby farms, or from
established infestations on old to
bacco. feed seeds or other material
near the storage area and lay eggs
on or near tobacco. Infestations
may also be spread by the move
ment of eggs or larvae in burlap
sheets.
Larvae vary in color front pinkish
to yellow to off-white. They are tiny
when first hatched but grow to a
half inch in length. The head of the
larva is redish brown and there are
usually small brown spots along the
back.
During the summer months the
life cycle takes approximately 50
days from egg to egg. In the fall,
most larvae in tobacco move to the
surface or to cracks and crcvaces in
the storage area and spin loose
cocoons of silk in which they
overwinter. Some larvae may re
main in the tobacco but are
relatively inactive.
Activity, and damage, are re
sumed in late March (near Wil
mington) to late April (in the
northwest section of the state).
Larvae produce ragged holes in the
leaf and may consume entire leaves
except for the larger veins. They
also leave a great deal of waste and
silk behind which can lower the
grade of NOG.
Adult cigarette beetles are com
pact. with the head usually bent
downward. They are light to dark
brown, lightly covered with short
yellow hairs and about an eighth
inch in length. Larvae are almost
microscopic when first hatchcd.
They grow to about 3/16 inch in
length, are grublike in appearance
and creamy or greyish white.
During the summer the life cycle
lasts for about 55 days.
In unhealed storage areas most
beetles pass the winter as relatively
inactive larvae. They begin to cause
significant damage at about the
same time as the tobacco moth.
Damage, done by the larvae,
consists of small holes which may
look like Ilea beetle damage. A
powdery waste is also left behind
and an off- flavor may be imparted
to the tobacco.
The first step to control of both
these pests is sanitation. Remove
all scrap tobacco from all storage
and work areas. Also remove all
feed. seed, organic fertilizer, etc.
from these areas. Do not store
tobacco already known to be
infested. Once tobacco is in storage
it should be checked regularly for
signs of infestation, especially be
fore Thanksgiving, during winter
warm spells and after mid-April.
There are a few chemicals avail
able tor control of the tobacco moth
and cigarette beetle. For further
information and instructions on
how to use these contact your local
extension agent located in the
Lester Building on Sough Magnolia
Street or by telephone at 875-3461 .
It tobacco is damaged, particu
larly by the tobacco moth, sort oui
the damaged tobacco and wastes
left behind by the pest. This will
help reduce the impact on the
grade of the tobacco w hen it goes to
market .
HOKE NOMINEE - Terence Pat
rick Malloy, a Hoke County High
I School senior, has been chosen as
the Hoke County nominee for a
| John Motley More head Scholarship
to the University of North Carolina
by the Hoke County Morehead
Selection Committee. He will ap
pear before the District Committee
for an interview in the competition.
The district sessions are prelimi
naries to the state finals when the
winners are chosen. The scholar
ships are renewable each year for
the three other undergraduate
years of college after the freshman
year awards are made to the
winning high school seniors. A
Morehead Scholarship pays all the
; student 's college expenses.
WE WILL CLOSE
Thursday and Friday
November 26 and 27
for r
THANKSGIVING
NATIONWIDE INSURANCE
Nationwide is on your side
Vardell Hedgpeth, Agent
ELWOOD AVE.
Fourth Traffic Death Of 1981
Hoke Accident
Kills Passenger
A woman was injured fatally in
Hoke County about four miles from
Parkton about 11 p.m. November
18.
The victim. Betty Carol Starling.
29. of Rt. 3. Fayetteville. died
shortly after midnight Thursday
morning at Cape Fear Hospital
during surgery.
State Trooper K.W. Weston
reported the driver of the ear in
which the woman was riding was
charged with manslaughter and
with driving under the influence.
He was identified as Vernon Scytt
Hales. .12. of Rt. 12. Fayetteville.
The officer reported the car.
traveling south on SR 1441. ran oft
the right side of the road. Hales lost
control, and the car skidded back
across the mad. then struck a ditch
embankment, overturning twice.
The woman was pinned under the
vehicle.
I he Hoke County Rescue Squad
and Ambulance Service sent ve
hicles to the scene.
I he death was the fourth this
vear in Hoke traffic accidents.
RECEPTION ? A reception was
given Thursday afternoon for Hoke
County 's Teacher of the Year
1981-82 -- Carol Ronalter - at the
County Board of Education offices,
and there are pictures of some of
the many people who attended. In
one photo. Miss Ronalter is shown
receiving an honor plaque -- "Am
bassador for Education'' from
Gloria Williams. Hoke County
schools' director of instruction,
who was coordinator of the election
procedure for choosing the county s
Teacher of the Year. With them is
Miss Ronalter 's mother. Mrs.
Ralph Ronalter. Sr., of Southern
Pines, a former Connecticut health
and physical education teacher.
The other photo shows [left] Scur
lock School Principal George
Wood, his daughter, Martha Ann.
a West Hoke School Teacher. Dr.
Lenwood Simpson, principal of
Hoke County High School, where
Miss Ronalter teaches, the County
Schools Supt. Raz Autry. Wood is
talking with Raeford Mayor John
K. McNeill. Jr. [whose head is
showing ) as Raeford City Manager
Ron Matthews [hack to camera ]
listens. [Staff photos).
WAGON WHEEL
RESTAURANT
Serving Thanksgiving Dinner
Until 3 P.M.
875-5752
WANTED
Bids for painting, sanctuary of Raefortl
United Methodist Church.
i
Please submit bids to Church Secretary at
back of church.
Bid date will close Nov. 30.
_ ,
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Don't Miss
Graham's and
Highland Fling's
HOLIDAY
STOCK REDUCING
1 SALE
Sc Begins Friday, Nov. 27 at 9 A.M.
up to 331/3 to 40% off
IN MOST EVERY DEPARTMENT
INCLUDING MEN'S AND BOYS'
Sport Coats ?Dress Pants ? Jackets
/
MEN'S AMD LADIES'
DRESS &CASGAL
SHOES
Pro-Keds and Bedroom Shoes
MEN'S
SHIRTS
20% to 25% off
LEVIS
CORDS & DENIMS
*1498,
pr. or ?? pr
2 or. *28
00
LADIES'
DRESSES ?COATS ^SPORTSWEAR
Many Other Reductions
Over Entire Store
Includes:
?LINENS ? LINGERIE ? HANDBAGS
? BRAS & GIRDLES
r Hurry
For Christmas
Shopping At Great Savings
Cash or Credit Card*. All Sale* Final. No Exchange - No Refun. No Free Gift Wrapping or Alteration*
at these Sale Prices.
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Main St., Red Springs, N. C.