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Mulch reduces weeds By WW* Feathers to m Coaaty Exteasloa Chairman A mulch will reduce your weeding time considerably. Moat plants grow better where a mulch is used. Her* are tome questions and answers about mulches. Q. What is the purpose of i mulch? A. A mulch helps keep down weeds; keeps the soil cooler in summer and warmer in winter; helps prevent splash erosion; main tains organic matter; helps prevent soil packing and crusting; and best of all, conserves moisture. Q. Is mulching practical? A. On small areas, yes. On large areas it will depend on the value of the crop and the price of the mulching material used. Changing jobs Alice Pettitt will be taking over the duties of Home Economic Extension Agent EUen Willis, who retired July I, County Extension Chair man Willie Featherstone said. Pettitt has been In Hoke County with the Extension Service since 1981 and was In Wayne County for six years before coming here. Prior to assuming her new duties. Pet' tltt headed up the Hoke Coun ty 4-H program. She received a Bachelor of Science Degree in home economics education from East Carolina University and a Masters Degree In adult education from North Carolina State University. A new extension agent will be hired to assume the 4-H pro gram duties. Extension News Q. What materials can be used aa a match? A. Gravel, pine straw, leaves, peanut hulls, sawdust, corn cobs, aluminum foil, tobacco stems, straw (remove all train), peat moss, paper, black plastic and many other materials are used. Coarse materials, like pine straw, don't pack down and don't keep air and water from penetrating to the. plant roots. Q. How deep should the match be applied? A. Coarse materials such as pine straw can be applied 3 to 4 inches deep. Use 1/2 to 1-inch of materials that pack down. Keep a saucer-shaped area around the plant so water will drain toward the stem of the plant. Q. When should mulches be removed? A. Around permanent plantings they are usually not removed. Summer is when they are most needed. Fertilizer can be applied on top of organic mulches. In the vegetable garden, the mulch can be worked into the soil after the grow ing season. Q. Will mulches rob soil of nitrogen? A. To some extent, yes. Bacteria decompose organic matter and use nitrogen in the process. With limited nitrogen in the soil, the bacteria use it at the expense of growing plants. You can overcome this by adding extra nitrogen throughout the growing season. The nitrogen used by the bacteria will eventually be returned to the soil. Q. Will peat, oak leaves, sawdust, etc. make the soil too acid? A. No. Not for a long time. Even very acid materials change the soil pH very little, unless used In large quantities and worked into the soil. McRae assigned to Walter Reed Army Spec. 5 Tyrone R. McRae, son of Emma L. Evans of Wright Street, Raeford, has arrived for duty at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C. %0 ^ mn OF BUSINESS Dundarrach Trading Co. Tel. 875-362 1 - Dundarrach, N.C. 20 - 50% ALL SEEDS 50% OFF ALL PAINT 40% *4+*' EVERYTHING ELSE 20% ? Except - Drinks, Milk. Brad, Meat. Snack Items. Tobaco Products. - Don 't breathe Many of these students who attended the Blue Springs School ( now HarreVs Antiques) in 1929 apparently found it difficult to smile while holding still for the camera. The school served grades one to seven. Shown here are: First row: Todd D. Russell, Everette Parks, Wiley Russell,, Alexander (C.) Smith, Robert Currie, James A. Smith, Hilton Clark, Make Sessoms, Raymond Baker, Caddy Cook, Horace Cook, Irvin Currie, Rudolph Love, Wilson Yarborough. Second row: Nellie Baker, Mary Parks, Currie Smith, Flora Sessoms, Annie B. Blue, Viola Maxwell, Rosa Lee Taylor, Marie Wilkes, Hazel Parks, Marjorie Currie, Ruth Russell, Elizabeth Leach, Dorothy Pearson, Blanche Fletcher, Elizabeth Currie, Inez McBryde, Thelma Wilkes, Mae Dawson. Third row: Rebecca Smith, Ina Mae Cook, Ruth Teal, Douglas Russell, Howard Clark, Curtis Baker, Norman Maxwell, Raswell Smith, Raymond Love, Ralph Parks, Ruth Matheson Warner, Glennia B. Blue, Mary Ann Currie. Fourth row: Lenard McBryde, Little Parks, Graham Clark, Myrtle Blue, Bessie Sessoms, Boger Maxwell, Carson CUppard, Curtis Baker, William Smith, Ray mond Teal, Thomas Russell, Hartman Y or borough, Hughes Maxwell. Fifth row: Malcolm Walters, George Parks, Ray Walters, Mary Smith, Miss Mary McGirt, teacher, Miss Let tie McMillan, teacher, Mr. Harper, P.H. Wright, Vance Russell, Clyde Smith. Even kitchen sink stolen from dwelling By Ed Miller An apparent robbery last week left owners of a vacant Hoke County dwelling without over 56,000 worth of appliances and furnishings, including the kitchen sink. W.E. Carter reported the alleged breaking, entering and larceny of the house of Hoses McDuffie on June 26, according to a Hoke County Sheriff's report. Carter reported that a young man who mows the grass of the home reported that he found a storm window on the house broken and on the ground. Upon entering the house, it was discovered that the hot water heater, a stove, a refrigerator, 15 cabinet doors and drawers, two chandeliers, a china cabinet, all the interior doors, a bath sink and light, a water pump, two storm doors and the kitchen sink had been taken, reports say. As of Tuesday, no arrests had been made. In an unrelated incident, on June 27, Julia Hennigan's house was reportedly broken into. According to reports, her son saw a suspect enter the house and come out only to offer to sell the stolen items from the house to him. Most of the items taken from the house was food; however, there was a hammer and a footlocker taken also. The stolen items were recovered in a field next to the house, reports say. On another matter, Julie Liles reported the breaking and entering into a building containing musical equipment for a local band. There was over $5,000 worth of equipment taken from the building, reports say. Found missing after the June 27 theft was a microphone and boom stand, two amplifiers totaling 1,500 watts, a 31 band graphic equalizer, an ARP synthesizer, 15 records and some other equip ment. Sheriff's deputies are in vestigating the matter. In a further, apparently unrelated, matter, Kenneth Oxen dine reported to sheriffs deputies that Lowery Chapel had two 18,000 BTU air conditioners removed in a theft. The apparent theft occurred on June 26, reports say. Police Chief Leonard Wiggins reported that Vernon Hubbard had two rod and reel rigs taken from his truck sometime between June 29 and July 2. Hubbard reported the loss at about $2S0, Wiggins said. The Fayetteville Observer reported the loss of a paper box from in front of the Job Service building on West Elwood. The box was reportedly worth about $150 and there was an estimated S6 inside the machine, said Wiggins. Making threats, stealing glasses land a two-years term for resident By Ed Miller Communicating threats and stealing a pair of $6 sunglasses will cost a 25-year-old Raeford resident two years in jail, following action taken in District Court last week. Nathan Buie was in district court Friday charged with threatening Helen Guin on February 16 and with taking a pair of sunglasses from Pope's Variety Store on February 23. According to court records, Buie hit and scratched Raeford Police officer R. McNeill while the officer was trying to arrest the man on the shoplifting charges. Assaulting an officer was com bined with the other charges, and Buie was given two years in the Hoke County Jail by Judge War ren Pate, records say. In another case, William D. Allen was also sentenced to two years in the Hoke County Jail for the apparent theft of a 1979 Chevrolet truck. The Raeford resident was found guilty of the theft Friday. The truck belonged to Jimmy N. Conoly of Raeford, records say. Van Allen is to begin serving his term July 2, and it was ordered by the court that this sentence run concurrent with any other sentences pending against him. In still further court action, Richard Harris of Raeford will be spending 30 days in Hoke County Jail at a time of his own choosing. Harris was in court for the June 8 offense of assaulting Bonny Monroe by hitting her in the mouth, court records say. The 18-year-old was originally given a suspended sentence and ordered to pay restitution; however, the defendant declined this and chose to take his jail term rather than pay the restitution, courthouse sources said. A Scotland County man, Weldon Harris McKenzie, received a year in jail for reckless driving and driving with his license per manently revoked, records show. McKenzie was arrested March 21 on the charges. Courthouse sources say that McKenzie walked out of a Scotland County courtroom before he ' was sentenced for a crime there. The sentence he received here is to run concurrent with other sentences he may have, records say. In an unrelated matter, Gene Eric Dukes received a year in Hoke Jail for breaking and entering and larceny on a Sunbeam Bread truck and for trespassing on the property of a Red Springs man, records show. Dukes, 25, was arrested June 14 on the breaking and entering charges. Joel Dean Carter, of Red Springs, also received a year in jail after he was sentenced in a driving while impaired (DW1) case. Carter was arrested March 17 for DWI and driving while his license was revoked but resisted ar rest, records say. Carter, 20, will spend his year in the North Carolina Department of Corrections, records say. A Raeford man was given two years supervised probation for at tempted second degree rape and trespassing, records say. Floyd Dupree was arrested May 26 on the charges. Along with the probation, Dupree was fined $500 and ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $250 to the victim. In three unrelated cases, three Raeford residents were sentenced in crimes dealing with the illegal sale of taxed alcohol. Margaret Dixon was arrested May 4 after selling a cup of liquor and two beers to an ABC officer, records say. Dixon was charged with posses sion of tax paid liquor for sale without a license and selling it, records say. She was sentenced to two years unsupervised probation and fined SI SO and ordered to pay $20 restitution to the Sheriff's drug fund. David Grant Kelly, 51, was ar rested May 5 for selling alcohol without a license and was given two years unsupervised probation and fined $200. Roscoe Kershaw, 46, was ar rested June IS on similar charges and was sentenced to two years un supervised probation and fined $75. Tommie Barnes, of Red Springs, was arrested June 15 on his third offense of DWI; his second in seven years, records show. Barnes got one year, suspended for one year, special supervised probation, a $300 fine and seven days in Hoke County Jail. Earnest Eugene Breeden, 40, was arrested June 16 while driving drunk and speeding with an ex pired license plate, records say. The Laurel Hill resident was sentenced to three years supervised probation and fined $350, records say. Jerry Lomax, of Raeford, was arrested May 5 for DWI and driv ing without a license. It was his third offense, Lomax got two years in jail, suspended for three years, special supervised pro bation, an active jail term of 14 days and a $1,500 fine, say records. According to court records, Lomax is to spend his jail time on four weekends and then seven con secutive days. Keith Gillespie Lohr, of Cherry ville, was arrested February 24 on DWI charges, records show. The 35-year-old Lohr was given 120 days in jail, suspended for two years, unsupervised probation and a $250 fine, records say. . . . Around Town continued (Continued from page 1) than they thought would come from Raleigh. Still tome members want to keep the upped tax rate. Who will win out, time will tell in the city. For the county, since the days of air conditioners, it is hard to get the men home from Raleigh when the pay is still coming in. Anyway just remember that everyone will get a tax bill either this month or next. ? ? ? It is good to see the unemploy ment figures coming down in Hoke County less than 10 percent. Times have changed! In July you can watch football, basket hall, baseball, track, tennis, etc. on your television. Gaines are not played in stason anymore. **
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