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OLD FORT NEWS Conservation i News By L. B. HAIRR o Several McDowell County farm ers including E. G. Dysort, J. M. Mackey, J. G- Burgin and M. U. Snypes planted alfalfa this spring. These farmers in preparing their fields for alfalfa, prior to the seeding, applied two tons of lime, barnyard manure, where avail able, 30 pounds of borax, and from 800 to 1,000 pounds of high grade fertilizer per acre. They planted approximately 30 pounds of al falfa seed per acre on a good seed bed. It has been said that “alfalfa is D ■■■«■■■■■■■■ E I i 1 \sf! ■ ■ ■ ■ Short and Sweet « ■ 5 ■ ■ Telephone line* have never B j been bnsier, and you’ll help ■ ■ m give you better service if g 2 yon keep phone converse- ■ ■ tione pleasantly brief. ■ ■ ■ * OLD FORT m | TELEPHONE CO. ■ I Old Fort. N. C. * ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Vote for a Vet—Robinson. satisfaction. (Tovered ' l with a fascinating variety of fabrics fc, ... new in texture and color. $149.50 SEE THE BEST USED FURNITURE IN W.N.C. 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Poole was re-elected chair man of the McDowell County Re publican Executive committee at the meeting of the party held in Marion last week. Other officers named were W. H. Hawkins, vice chairman; Mrs. R. E. McCall, vice chairman; and Delbert M. Curtis, . secretary and treasurer. Members of the executive com mittee were named as follows: W. R. Chambers, E. W. Parker, F. A. Curtis, W. G. Lavender, Mauley Ledford, W. R. Stone, Av ery Jamison, W. G. Gregory, T. Wise Hall, Charles A. McCall, P. H. Mashburn, C. M. Pool, J. P- Walker, J. 0. Gordon, W. H. Haw kins, J. P. Gibbs, Claud Fortune, W- J. McGalliard, James Holli field and Virgil Bradburn. A committee composed of C. M Poole, P. H. Mashburn, and W. H. Hawkins was named to select can didates for the various county of fices. W. C. Chambers, local at torney was recommended as a candidate for the legislature. C. Y. Nanney, Republican candidate for congress from the eleventh district was endorsed by the con vention. Talks were made by J. Lee Lav ender, W. C. Chambers, J. E. Black and the Rev. Thomas L. Kluttz. Patronize our advertis ers for better values. Welfare Head Is Ap- j pointed For McDowell , 0 Mrs. D. N. Lonon, field social work representative for the state board of public welfare, will suc ceed Mrs. G. W. Kirkpatrick as ; superintendent of the McDowell ] county public welfare department July 1, chairman of the local wel fare committee. Mrs. Kirkpatrick, who has held the position 13 years submitted her resignatioh at a meeting of the welfare board March 23, to become effective June 30. She be came director of relief ’n Decem ber, 1932, and was promoted to superintendent of public welfare in June, 1933. Reports on file in the welfare department revealed that at the time Mrs. Kirkpatrick entered of fice 70 persons were receiving financial aid. Last month there were 330 cases receiving financial aid and 250 service cases (those receiving counsel and other assist ance, but no financial aid). The department which was op erated solely by the superintend ent in 1933, now employes two case workers and two typists, in addition to the work of the sup erintendent. McDowell Draft Board Sends 15 To Service Fifteen McDowell county men were sent to Fort Bragg last week for induction by the local draft board. The list follows: Jerry Leonard Simmons, Cecil Conley Shirlen, Charles Leonard ' Cordell, Ted George Mace, Cecil ' Alvoid Brown, Roy Leonard Smith, ’ Edward Martin, Rumfelt, Charlie ' Roy Hollifield, Lester Elijah Pat -1 ton, Lloyd Jenkins, Carl Leon L Morris, Gilmer Thomas Byrd, ' Ralph D. Hollifield, Ralph Dean Simmons, Earl Junior Webb, ' Charles Oliver Mask and Howard ' Clifton Croom. In the sixteenth century gun powder, invented in the fourteentl century, began to make itself fel on the battlefield. McDowell Agent Reveals April Club Schedule o The Home Demonstration club schedule has been announced by Miss Jean Steele, McDowell coun ty home demonstration club agent, as follows: White Pine, at the home of Mrs. McCurry at 7:30, April 16; Bethlehem, lodge hall, 2 p.m., April 18; North Marion, Miss Steele’s office, 2 p.m., April 19; Turkey Cove, Mrs. Hollifield's, 2 p.m., April 22; Nebo, school build ing, April 23; Cherry Springs, community building, 2 p.m., April 24th. Glenwood, school building, 2 p.m-, April 25; Pleasant Gardens, Mrs. J. H. L. Miller’s home, 7:30 p.m., April 25; Dysartsville, Mrs. I High Grade Monuments For Sale j Come select your monument off the yard or i write for information to S. B. Moore I McDowell Memorial Works j Marion, N. C. Phone 232-L f [ GRADE j i 5 CRYSTAL CAFE \ ■ ■ MM+f j Tf j j jjjjjjjjjjjjju j* ** I MTUM* * To make work a 0 * ■ Vs/' pleasure and to have if * ■ \ a fine garden you if m « must be equipped || « J j with tools. U £ I WE HAVE THEM! 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