Sometime a gt, I (in the pH re
quiremeaU for * number of orna
mental and vegetable crop*. I hope
'' you caved It for reference. You
may remember that pH refer* to
the relative aoaraosa or sweetness
of a coil and that many plants
have different requirements for
: satisfactory growth, among them
f the Azalea.
I have just had a situation called
to my attention in which the soil
| test fat a bed of a/aleas was be
tween pH 4.0 and 4.5, while the op
timum range for these plants is
between pH 5.0 and 6.0. I figured
I out the amount of lime necessary
to raise the pH Just above 9.0 and
applied dolomitic limestone. This
was about two weeks ago and the
plants are already responding.
If you might possibly have a pro
blem of this nature, have your soil
tested before you do anthing. Your
County agent will be glad to help
you. If be is not in position to de
termine the pH for you and make
recommendations for correction,
he will give you a soil sample bos
for you to send to the Soil Testing
Laboratory, State Department of
Agriculture, Raleigh. Remember
that your soil may also be too
sweet for azaleas but recommen
DICK RICHARDS
Dial VE 7-Mlf ? Kv?ns Bid*.
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dations tor correction will be made
la either case.
Watch oat for lace ban bark
scale, spider mite* and other acale
insects oa your azaleas and eamel
liaa. For control, spray with Mala
thion. This material will also con
trol mealy bugs on coleus and af
rican violets.
What about moss In your lawn
grass? Moss and algae are com
monly thought of as being caused
by sour soil. However, the real
causes are more likely to be low
fertility and poor drainage. Low
fertility can be taken care of rath
er quickly. The wet condition may
call for some system of drainage,
or, if in a small area, try aerat
ing the soil by punching holes
with something like a twenty-penny
nail. ? ' a
Willie J. Watts ?
Receives
A. F. Promotion
Willie J. Watts, of Murphy,
North Carolina, has received a pro
motion to the rank of Staff Ser
geant in the United States Air
Force. Sergeant Watt's promotion
was effective June 1st, 1957, it was
announced by his commander, Lt.
Col. Robert C. Lewis.
Watts is an electronics technician
with the Interceptor Pilot Re
search unit (ARDC) at Tyndall Air
Force Base, Florida, whefo he has
been stationed since November,
1956. Before coming to Tyndall
he spent 18 months at Naha Air
Base, Okinawa.
Sergeant Watts is married to the
former Marcella Felker of Denver :
Colorado, and they reside at 921
Cone Avenue, Panama City, Flori- '
da.
Thousands of miles from home
( Just a few minutes from help )
Wherever you travel in the United States or
Canada you'll find a Travelers agent nearby . . .
ready with the same prompt, personal service you
count on at home.
We made this Pledge of Service with 13,830 other
Travelers agents from coast to coast. You read
about it in Travelers advertising in Life, The
Saturday Evening Post, and other leading
magazines.
W. A. SINGLETON
Western Aito Associate Store
r tipce^nting THE TRAVELERS Hertford, Connecticut ,
Rodman's Views
Utter*, not*? This k ten fifth in
i ntIm of artkteo by Hates Roll
nan, twteatrteltet, WeywrSe, N.
B. i ?
k By HEINZ KOLLMAN
I ?Mted laat VMfi cotamn by j
itattef what the concept of com
nunlaa la.
The queatien, naturally, has ,
?me t o every
human being: If ,
the Buatitsi .
want commun- j
Ism and are now
taring with com- !
munism, must
hey try to both- '
or the rest of the
world ? do they ,
really have some
lasty idea* In the back of their
ninds at to the United States?
After all, some people might say 1
he Russians have never attacked
is in the last 40 years; they have
>een our good buddies during
Vorld War II. Why do yon Soli
nan, and other people, proclaim
hat we have to be careful, that we
lave to be prepared, and that if
ve are not ready and strong, that
Russia one day just might attack
is?
Well, my friends, I cannot talk
or what other people think and
eel, and what their reasons are,
Hit I have followed now for close
o thirty years everything that has
lappened in Hussia, and every- ,
hing that has happened anywhere
n the world. I do an awful lot of
raveling every year to visit shoe
actories associated and affiliated
nth us, and I have a very good
ipportunity to observe the real life
hat people lead? people Just like
rou and me ? in Asia, Africa,
South America, Australia and Eu
?ope.
Something of tremendous im
Mrtance to the free world just
lappened a few weeks ago, and I
hint it is of such major impor
:ance that, with your indulgence,
[ will interrupt my thoughts for a
moment and bring this event to
pour attention.
We had sometime ago an asso
ciation agreement with a factory in
the Southern part of India, in the
State of Kerala. Just twelve weeks
ago for the first time anywhere in
the free world, the people have
elected a communist government in
the State of Kerala. (In this con
nection it might be well to point
out that right now, while you are
reading this, several million fam
ilies in that part of India are hav
ing no more than one meager meal
every two days).
When I read of the election, I im
mediately felt that the next thjng
to happen would be strikes all over
that state ? started, naturally, by
the communists ? and, unfortu
nately, these strikes right now are
in progress. You can see the hand
of connumism around the clock a
round the world, but It is not al
ways as obvious and as simple to
see as in this particular case'
Many times the communists do it
in a more "refined" way and are
able to fool the people much bet
ter. Now, coming back to the
fact that I know that communism
might not let us live in peace. I
have read the books which the
leaders of communism have writ
ten, and I can tell you, even though
these leaders are all brutal mur
derers and thieves, in one thing
they have been real honest ? they
promise to live by the "book", not
the Book which we live by, -but
they have lived all these 40 years
by what Marx and Lenin have
written over 40 years ago. They
have not made any major changes
whatsoever from their first decis
ion? and they stick to it regardless
how long it wiD take them.
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FREE
NEW SARASOTA TERRACE HOTEL
f. a MK l?- SAftASOTA. KMUM-TIL MMUM* _ *4111
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>r ? -r..' ^ ^ ? ? v. ??
?f fatting out
the laws
tr
wi^h this Ma
la the storage o f
Items that hare been In uae all
Chief on the list are woolen blan
kets. Before storing them for the
moth- thriving cummer months a
bead, homemaken ahould make
sure that the blankets are 'proper
ly laundered, according to techni
cian at American Institute of
Laundering, research and educa
tional center for the professional
launry industry.
Moths like wool but 'tend to shun
clean blankets in favor of feasting
>n dirty ones. But the traditional
dirt eliminating standby* ? scrub
t>ing and hot water? are the wrong
techniques for cleaning blankets
Both at these factors will lead to
Felting or matting of the fabric.
Special equipment and controlled
Formulas and temperatures' that
assure cleanliness without shrink
ing or matting are used by profes
sional laundries. In addition, blan
cets under go mothproofing pro
cess in the last rinse. Blankets
ire then bruahed or "carded" af
ter they have dried. The carding
raises the nap so that air can get
between the fibers to make the
rianketa softer and warmer.
Commercial laundries also aid
the housewife during the spring
storage season by returning fresh
y laundered and mothproofed
blankets In sealed cellophane con
tainers. American Institute of
Laundering textile experts advise
Kimemakers to place their clean
being flattened, making them less
t?lanketa on top of other stored it
:ms. This saves the blankets from
ipt to lose their resiliancy and
warmth-giving qualities.
Having the blankets laundered
low not noly protects them from
moth damage, but assures that
they will be ready far the first fall
using. ,
Black shank does most damage
to tobacco when temperatures are
above 70 degrees and during per
iods of cloudy, wet weather.
rifle.
lira. Hdgh Howard vu dismiss
id Saturday.
Accident Facts
Mechanical defects caused 71
forth Carolina's fatal auto 910
tile crack upe last year, the Motor
Vehicles Department has determin
ed from a study of accident facts
iroken down, the agency listed de
ects which contributed to the
ieath crashes as: brakes 21, head
ights l, other lights Or reflectors
steering 2, and tires 30. Twelve
rere listed aa "other defects."
n all there were 900 fatal acci
lents.
LEGAL NOTICES
tORTH CAROLINA
;herokee county
In the matter of the will of Ros
inna Davis, Deceased late of Cher
ikee County, by J. M. Beavers,
Cxecutor, this is to notify all per
ons having claims against said
state to present them to the un
lersigned on or before the 23rd.
lay of May 1968, or this netice will
? pleaded in bar of their recovery,
ill persons indebted to said estate
rill please make immediate pay
nent to the undersigned.
This the 23rd. day of May, 1957.
Mr. J. M. Beavers
3-6tc Executor
V SEALED BID SALE
four room block dwelling owned
ly the North Carolina State High
ray it Public Works Commission
ormerly owned by Claude W
larnette. Bids are invited for the
iur chase of the above building lo
oted near Peach tree, N. C.
All bids must be submitted on
J id Form which describes the
milding, states the terms and con
litions of sale and provides in
fractions on how to bid. Bids wiL'
e received by the Bight of Way
engineer, State Highway ft Public
Vorks Commission, Sylva, N. C
in til 9:00 a. m. June 14, 1957 at
rhich time they will be publicly
tpened and read.
Bid forms may be obtain ed,from
[OHTH CAROLINA
ifKHOKEE COUNTY
I3JA I. HUDSON,
WANSON H. HUDSON, ,
Defendant
O SW ANSON H. HUDSON:
Take notice that a pleading i
ig relief against yofc has been fit- 1
to web ptoartlng not later tfcan
July U, 1887, and upon your Uilurc
to do ao the party aaaktog aarvice
against you will apply to tb?
Court for tfte relief sought
This Ae XI d|y at May, 1*7.
K. W. Radford
B-4to Clerk Superior Court
ARE YOU
PREPARED :
IF FIRE
STRIKES?
It's a big "if," and no one can say
?> i ?'
' for sare whether fire will ever
strike year home. Bat yoa eaa take
the "Us" oat with fire iasaranee
coverage. Check now - be sar yoa
are f ally protected.
CITIZENS BAM and TRUST 00.
INSURANCE DEPARTMENT
VErnon 7-2141
Murphy Andrews
SEE
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Plymouth as today's over-all
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it offers more and better
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less of price." (From the
June issue of CAR LIFE, the
family auto magazine.)
PLYMOUTH? "Style leader
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to Plymouth Division of
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"In the 1957 Mobilgas Econ- <
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The Plymouth was powered
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