eal farms which have benefited
Sader the Production Marketing
Association program.
Then also studied a report on;
that tanners
Over 500 persons Joined the
PMA Field Day tour of the farms
of <Hohert Lockhart and Roby D.
Bum garner, and moire' than hklf
went to the YFW Hall heire for a
tree lunch supplied by various
flrmy and served by women of the
VTW Auxiliary.
, H. D. Godfrey, State PMA ad
ministrator, appeared on the af
ternoon program, along with Rep
Deane and local PMA
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trey said that "The soil
belongs to all, and is owned by
one man for only his generation,
fast generations," he added, "have,
been very careless in copaeiMnr
the sfel, and thV rMponobtjity m
oarg to rebuild not only for oar
own ase but tor that ofc future
generations." :V :
Because soil consenration is a
long-term program, lto. Godfrey
continued, "it may not be the
lndirldakl farmer's sole respon
sibility to replace this plant
tood."
Part of the work of the Pro
duction Marketing Association —
successor to the old "Triple A"
— is to supply to farmers com
plying with recommended prao
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Social Calendar,
Wilkesboro Woman's Club
will meet Monday, eight p. m.,
at the home of Mrs; C. H. Hul
cher. Hostesses will be Mrs. <?.
H. Holcher, Mrs. Albert Gar
wood, Mrs. Edison Norman and
Miss Blanche Fergfcison. Pro
gram will be In charge of Mrs.
R. E. Prevette, music chair
man. Every member is urged
to attend.
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Decoration Service
At Bethany Baptist
Annual decoration service will
be hejd Sunday, May 28, at Beth
any Baptist church. It will be an
all-day service and those attend
ing are asked to carry baskets of
dinner. Singers and ministers have
a special invitation to atttend and
take part.
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the county,
small grains fori
acres.
a® wiu > .—>1 of $84,578, fc
such practices was spent by "
PMA in Wilke# County last y
Representative Deans, spt
lng briefly a*d informally at
'end of the program, said ths
"farmers must be oa 'the aler
to prevent forces from cuttin
the heart out of their program.'
Some people tn Remanding PWI
erfil ' budget1 catting always re
fer to the farmer's program "a*
a subsidy," he charged. "Bat
programs In behalf of other
grdaps—euoh as some 8800 mil*
lion for airline*—are not called
'subsidies,'" he added.
I He likened soil conservation
practice* to the life-saving use
of4-bk>od'!~plasma in war time.
| The real burden on the Ameri
can taxpayer, today, Representa
tive Deane * said, 'v "is national
•defense. ■ Necessary though it is
—-none of us would want to see,
our- defense weakened—it none-j
theless accounts for 71 per cent
of our national budget."
Charles Miles, vice-chairman of
t)ie Wilkes PMA, preeeated Rep
resentative Deane. Fred Davis,
veterans farm class instructor
introducing Mr. Godfrey. Musical
entertainment was furnished byI
"Little Dock Wheeler and his
Funmakers."
The other farm agencies of the
county also were represented at
the field day activities.
mary can
Robert R,
ceive a majority of tha votes
cast. A second primary in this
year's senatorial race, if necessary
would be held on June 24.
Billie Absher, Holland War
ren Named Best All Around
Girl And Boy
Superlatives of the senior class
at Traphill high school were elect
ed recently with Billie Abshers and
Molland Warren takfng honors as
best all around girl and boy, res
pectively. Billie Abshers and How
ard Holloway were Chosen as the
girl and boy most Jikely to suc
ceed.
Other superlatives named were:
handsomest boy, Jack Holcomb;
prettiest girl, Betty H e m r i.c ;
friendliest, Dorothy Billings and
Paul Pruitt; witttiest, Nola Hol
brook and Hadlev Cothern; best
dressed, Dorothy Billings' and
Jack Holoomb; biggest flirt, Nola
Holbrook and Bubby Smith; most
in love, Marie Ingool and J. W.
Bryan, Jr.; most ambitious, Billie
Abshers and Howard Holloway;
I Laziest, Sybil Cheek and Bill
Crabbe; most athletic, Vera Coth
ren and Buddy Smith; quietest,
Sybil Cheek and Edward Bowers;
loudest, Mazie Hutchinson and
Elmer Billings; boy most likely
to wed, Holland Warren and J. W
Bryan, Jr.; most intellectual, Bil
lie Absher and Holland Warren,
most henpecked boy, Holland War
ren; teacher's pets,, Bill, Absher
and Holland Warren *nd mosT
loyal, Dorothy Billings and Jack
Holcomb. James Rayburn is clas?
sponsor.
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Revival services
be waited by RaV. Dav* Day. the
public bat * cordial invitation to
attend the services at 7:30 each
evening. ; >:^fv7
Atomic
gp Tn
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Detroit, May 23 — A top offi
cial of tbe Atomic Energy Com
mission said tonight it is "entirely
conceivable" that atomic energy
may never ptfove practical for
civilian use. !
The statement was made by
Lawrence R. Hafstad, director of
the commission's program for de
veloping atomic power, in an ad
dress prepared for delivery to th«
Society of Automobile Engineers.
Hitherto it has bene generally
assumed that production of atomic
power to drive ships, cars, loco
motives, and the *tieels of in
dustry was Just a matter of time.
But Hafstad said that while
known atomic raw material reser
ves are about 10 times the known
oil reserves, as measured in
terms of energy, the cost of pro
ducing atomic power is more than
10 times that of power from coal
fired steam engines.
He also said that the world's
Inown coal reserves contain 100
times as much energy (heat-pro
ducing power) as all the uranium
estimated to be available. *
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Nine of Iredell county's twelve
cotton ginners met at the Vance
Hotel in Statesville recently and
formed an Iredell County Ginners
Association.
OPEN LETTER
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MRS. JOHN R. JONES
IN REPLY TO HER LETTER
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OF MAY 16, 1950
Mrs. John R. Jones,
North Wilkesboro, N. C.
Dear Mrs. Jones: '
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I take this opportunity to reply to your open letter to me of the
16th in which you criticize me for my support of Claude Billings, Jr.,
in his race for candidate for the office of sheriff of Wilkes county on
the Republican ticket.
It is true that I was selected to be president of the Young Re
publican Club of Wilkes county and ever since that date I have been
actively organizing these clubs all over Wilkes County, but I want
to state to you most emphatically that I have never at any time or place
asked for or tried to get the support of any club for Mr. Billings or any
other candidate. In the organization of th&be clubs the questioh of
candidates has never been mentioned in any meeting that I have at
tended, but rather on the other .hand I have taken pains to stress that
these clubs were being organized for the purpose of working in the
fqll election for the Republican ticket. If thjs has been done then I
am asking you to name the club where-1 have attempted to get its sup
port for Mr. Billings or any other candidate. You may be disgusted
but I feel that you are very much alon6 in your opinion for we are
organizing these clubs right along and I contact many young Repub
licans daily,1 but I have yet not had any one of them to say I have been
using my position in the wrong way or in any way that is harmful to
the Republican party. In fact I have had much praise by many of the
leaders for the work that I and my associates have done in getting
these clubs started.
Now I have actively and openly supported Mr. Billings for sheriff,
but I have done it on my own iniatives and not through any club or any
other organization. I am sure that all will agree that it is my privilege
to support whomever I wanted to as long as I do it open and above
board. I have supported Mr. Billings; first because he is a candidate
with first class qualifications for the office. I have supported him be
cause I was anxious to have some veterans on the Republican , ticket.
Mr. Billings was the first veteran to file, which he did only after his
only veteran opponent stated that he wo^ld not be a candidate; there
fore, my support was already pledged to him.
Now Mrs. Jones I feel sure that you are entirely mistaken about
any acts of mine being embarrassing or hurting the party in any way
because none of the candidates have ever expressed any criticism of me
because of my stand.
I have only the best interests of the party at heart. I do not choose
to have any ill feeling with you or any other person, but it strikes me
that your questions and implications and accusations would lead to the
downfall of the party if one was to take issue with them.
I have done the very best I could for the Republican Partyyml
do not believe you or anyone else can say whether my#«d|
good or bad until we see the results of the Young RepiHjj
Yours very truly, '
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