Conservation
Farming News
By W. O. HOOPER
*Tm thoroughly sold on rye
giu» as a winter cover crop,” said
CM Hampton, “because the graz
■C that it furnishes in early
will more than pay for the
Hr. Hampton likes to sow rye
following truck crops, be
lt has been more successful
rye or crimson clover when
d late in autumn. By haying
OQre grass for spring grazing, Mr.
Hampton allows his pastures to
(K a good start before cattle be
gin grazing than.
R is puzzling how Coy McCann
to get such a beautiful
l of crimson clover year af
sarsDiUs farm near Roaring
lad week, the field back of
> looked like a beautiful
i carpet from the road and'
[ already turned under sev
ens. Mr. McCann doesn’t
Ids land to stand bare and
during winter months; con
he is saving soil and
it all the time. When
how thoroughly Mr. Mc
i prepares a seed bed, or how
Mag and broad he builds a ter
re, you get a good idea of how
•Manages to have such splendid
oeess with crimson clover and
NOTICE
To Whom'ltMay Concent:
This is'to certify that tinder
drt* of April 25, 1944, Mrs.
Any Wagoner did voluntarily
header her written resignation
as Office Keeper at the Sparta
Office of Bine Ridge Electric
.Membership Corporation. This
resignation was not requested
and was accepted with deep re
Mrs. Wagoner offered this
resignation for reasons of her
wan and we have had no dis
«f these reasons with
her. MM therefore absurd for
anyone to think that the Of
See Management put any pres
ase ma Mrs. Wagoner to offer
■n Resignation.
writer has the utmost re
dor Mrs. Wagoner and
circulating any story
to the above statement
Wagoner and the
in injustice.
BLUE RIDGE ELECTRIC
.HEMBERSHIP CORP.
By: Wm. W. Kent, Bookkeeper
Twin Oaks News
CARL IRWIN
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Wilson and
grandson, J. C. of Glade Valley
spent Sunday with relatives here.
Mr. and Mrs. Lennie Andrews
and son Charlie Lee, Stratford
spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.
Estal Andrews.
Mrs. G. G. Parsons, Walkertown,
spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.
Cecil Collins.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Osborne, Mr.
and Mrs. Garnet Cornett, Green
ville, Tenn., Mrs. Lola Womble,
Sparta were dinner guests of Miss
Callie Reeves Friday night.
■Miss Jennie Atwood, King, spent
the week end with her mother
Mrs. S. U. Atwood.
Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Landreth,
Stratford, had as dinner guests
Sunday Mr. and Mrs. W. B. An
gell and son, Tilden, Mocksville,
Mr. and Mrs. B. I. Angell, Winston
Salem, Edd Landreth and son
Hoyt, Clearmont, Cal. Mr. and
Mrs. S. S. Landreth, Laurel Spr
ings, Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Land
reth, Piney Creek, Mr. and Mrs.
Howard Hoppers and daughter
Bobbie Lee, Sparta Mrs. Mae
Woodruff, Yadkinville.
Misses Anna Lee Bare, Lynore
Bare, Nellie Atwood, Nan Miller,
Jacqueline Bare and Mrs. Rose
Reynolds enjoyed a picnic at Roa
ring Gap, Sunday.
Cicero Petty was called to the
bedside of his mother Mrs. Brady
Petty last week who is seroiusly
ill at the home of her daughter
Mrs. Leona Pruitt, at Valdcse.
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Richardson
and son, Richard, of Chillicothe,
Ohio, are visiting Mr. and Mrs.
Hurley Poole this week.
Sunday dinner guests or Mrs.
Alice Poole were Eld. and Mrs.
Fred F. Dancy and daughter,
Ruby, of Melvin Hill, S. C.; Eld.
and Mrs. John A. Reed and Nancy
Reed; Mr. and Mrs. Wiley Lee
Poole and Billie Gray and Misses
Reba and Mattie Lee Sanders.
Mrs. Garnett Sexton and Dodge
Sexton, of High Point, are visiting
relatives here.
Rev. James Renz, of Wabash,
Indiana, was the dinner guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Willie Lee Poole,
Thursday.
Several young people from New
Haven Church plan to attend the
young Peoples Conference in
South Carolina which begins Thu
rsday and lasts over the week end.
Mrs. Cleo Pollard, of Grant Va.,
spent Sunday night with Mr. and
Mrs. Bob Sexton.
Mr. and Mrs. R. A, Reed and
Mrs. Allie Reed spent a while
Sunday with Josh Sturgill at West
Jefferson.
Timely Hints
By RUTH CURRENT
State Home Demonstration Agent
Blanket storage time is here.
Store your blankets in the coolest
place you have. Don’t pile sheets,
quilts, or comforters on top of
them as it crushes the nap.
Clean your blankets before you
put them away. Brush them of
ten to remove dust and lint and
to keep the nap fluffy which
Come to Waugh’s Warehouse
Wot the Best Values in Seeds
We have a Complete Line of Tender Beans, Soy Beans
and Grass Seeds . . . at the Following Prices:
Idaho and New York Grown
TENDER GREEN BEANS-lb. 25c
Idaho and New York Grown
GIANT STRINGLESS BEANS-lb. 22%c
New York Grown
SULPHUR BEANS---lb. 25c
__ and New York Grown
NURPEE’S STRINGLESS BEANS-1-lb. 22%c
BLACK WILSON SOY BEANS,
(98% Purity)_bn. 53.25
NO. 1 SEED POTATOES-bu. $1.75
RED TOP GRASS SEED--- lb. 20c
LESPEDEZA SEED_-_lb. 15%c
LAWN GRASS SEED---lb. 29c
KENTUCKY BLUE GRASS SEED.-lb. 25c
ORCHARD GRASS---lb. 35c
^■s. r,B*ss sFRn_lb. 14c
■SWEET CLOVER SEED __bu. $10.75
ALFALFA SEED_ bu. $25.80
EYE SEED BEANS,
)
PINK KIDNEY SEED BEANS,
per 100 lbs. $9.00
per 100 lbs. $8.00
Waugh’s Warehouse
R. R. DEPOT
GALAX, VA.
Good Profit In
Truck Farming
F. A. Holden, a farmer in the
Glenville section of Jackson coun
ty, has demonstrated that a com
bination of vegetable production,
livestock raising and poultry re
sults in one of the most profitable
types of farming and gives a bet
ter distribution of labor through
out the year, says H. R. Niswong
er, horticulturist with the Exten
sion Service at State College.
Holden’s total gross income in
makes for better insulation and
warmth. Always brush length
wise of the blanket, never across.
Sunshine and air will help bring
up the nap.
Mend the thin worn places be
fore you store your blankets, and
if there is need for a new binding
too, don’t wait until winter comes
again to get the job done.
Take time and do a good job of
house cleaning this year. One
room at a time is enough—walls
to dean, windows and woodwork
to wash, window shades to dust
and clean, bureau drawers, and
closet, bed, springs and mattress
to take care of. Organized house
cleaning make^ the job easier. ^
bfrom the sale of his produce
$2,457.96, divided in this way:
Vegetable crops, $1,897.76 and
livestock, poultry and eggs, $560.
20. His cash outlet for hired la
bor, fertilizer and other farm
supplies was $798.37, leaving a net
income of $1,659.59.
His farm consists of 104 acres,
of which 45 are classed as culti
vated land and 20 acres are in
pasture. In 1943, he had two and
a half acres in potatoes, one in
cabbage, one in snap beans and
three in turnips and cucumbers.
He grows most of the feed for
his livestock and poultry as well
as most Of the food for his fami
ly. He follows a practice of crop
rotation in growing his truck
crops on land that has been limed
and phosphated.
Crimson clover follows corn,
snap beans and other cultivated
crops as a winter cover crop that
is turned under jn the spring and
the land is then used for some
other cultivated crop.
Another rotation is the sowing
of a winter cover crop consisting
of eight pounds of red clover or
crimson clover, four pounds of
herd grass and ten pounds at or
chard grass. This crop remains
on the ground for two years with
one cutting for hay and the next
year is turned under and planted
to truck crops.
NOTICE
A
£ f. . ' , A*s* *'■ tkl it ■ -/r
THE BLACK SPANISH JACK, OWNED BY C. C.
REEVES, WILL MAKE A STAND AT THE
FOLLOWING PLACES ON THE
DATES LISTED BELOW:
D. J. JONES, STRATFORD, MAY 11 AND 12
C. E. JONES, FURCHES, MAY 13,14, AND 15
WHITEHEAD, MAY 16 AND 17
LONNIE REEVES, SPARTA, MAY 18 THROUGH 21
C. C. REEVES, SPARTA, MAY 22 THROUGH 24.
Then every two weeks until season is over.
Fee: $10.00, Colt to stand and suck.
Breeder liable for fee.
The Farms & Personal Properly
OWNED BY ALEX C. DELP, DECEASED
At
Auction
Saturday, June 3, 1944
AT 10:30 A. M.
Place of Sale:
At the dwelling house of the late A. C. Delp, on Potato
Creek, about 3 miles Southeast of Mouth of
Wilson, Virginia.
The heirs of Alex C. Delp, deceased, have employed
us to sell, at Absolute Auction, all of the real estate and
personal property that Alex C. Delp died owning, and
the same will be sold for the High Dollar on the above
date at the dwelling bouse of the late Alex C. Delp.
Description of Real Estate
265 ACRES of good land, located on Potato
Creek, adjoining the lands of Jim Bryant, Jack Halsey,
Bruce Wheatley, Mas tin Halsey, Virgil Cox and others,
known as the Alex C. Delp Home Place. Two dwelling
houses three barns, three orchards, extra good spring,
and other improvements. This farm will be subdivided.
46 ACRES of land on New River, adjoining the lands
of T. J. Halsey, John Cox, Lewie Hash and others, known
as the H. E. Parsons Farm, A good 7-room house, barn,
and other improvements on this farm.
444 ACRES of grazing and timber land, near Fair
wood, well watered, with a large amount of good young
timber on this farm. This land is owned one-half interest
by the heirs of Alex C. Delp, and L. C. Delps owns the
other one-half interest. A one-half interest can be pur
chased in this farm, or the entire tract can be purchased.
ALSO PERSONAL PROPERTY, INCLUDING
COWS, HOGS, HORSES, FARMING IMPLEMENTS,
HOUSEHOLD AND KITCHEN FURNITURE AND
OTHER ITEMS TOO NUMEROUS TO MENTION.
; All of the above real estate and personal property
must be sold to settle the estate of Alex C. Delp, and will
be sold at auction, regardless of price, on Saturday, June
3, 1944, at 10:30 A. M.
* TERMS: Will Be EASY and Announced at Sale.
— Sale Conducted By —
Parsons Auction Co.
INDEPENDENCE, VA.
GALAX, VA.
BUT A PRIVATE”
ANOTHER
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From Mr. Robert Pnml>, Who b Past Post Commander
of Rocky Mount, N. C. _ -a*,<l4 *j »v»ui. •
Mr. Gregg Cherry, Candidate,
Sir Walter Hotel,
Raleigh, N. C.
Dear Sir:
Rocky Mount, N. C.
May 16, 1*44
I read Marvin Revel's “open letter” addressed to yon and published in
the News & Observer on May 9th.
I attended the Convention referred to by Mr. Revel, and I recall distinct
ly that after Valentine had presented his resolution, the purpose of which
was to eliminate your vote as a Past Commander unless you were also a
delegate, you not only said everything Marvin Revel attributes to you, but
in the course of your speech you also said.
“Let ME talk. Who is this Itimous Valentine? Nothing but a
Private—Raised down here in Nash County—Most of you don’t even
know where Nash COUNTY is, let alone Spring Hope—a one-horse
lawyer from a country town!”
Probably no two people will agree precisely upon the words you used
but if it be granted for the sake of the argument that none of the words at
tribued to you were actually spoken by you (you have not denied them),
how can you explain the effect of the words you did use, the impression you
made, and the deep feeling of indignation you stirred up in the hearts of
your fellow legionnaires?
Cries of “Throw him out!” were directed against you from all over the
house; others asked, “Who ever heard of YOU before you became Command
er?” One reporter covering the Convention wrote in his paper that your
own Post, Gastonia, handed you a “slap in the face” by voting tor the amend
ment and against you by 19 to 11.
No amount of denial on your part—no printing of the record—not even
publicizing the fact that you changed your vote and voted with the majori
ty (after you saw that you were beaten), or that you shook hands with Val
entine after the voting was over, can explain away the contempt and in
dignation which your fellow legionnaires felt as a result of the insult you
offered to the manhood, to the self-respect, to the patriotism, of a gallant
Private in the first World War.
“Nothing but a Private!”
Frankly, Mr. Cherry, whom do you think fights those bloody wars any
way?, When “D-Day” comes, whose names will be first, second, third,
fourth, etc., on the list of casualties? Will it be the Privates, or, gallant and
brave as they may be, only the Majors, Colonels and Generals?
What kind of a Governor do you think you would make tor the returning
Privates, their fathers, mothers, wives, and sweethearts? If you lacked re
spect for him as a soldier, how could you respect him, or be willing to serve
him, when he comes back here as an ordinary citizen?
I am a Legionnaire, Mr. -Cherry, a Past Commander of my Post But
this is not a quarrel between us legionnaires, not is it simply a protest against
your dragging the Legion into politics against the plain provisions of our
Constitution, which you swore to uphold. Those are involved, to be sure,
but it goes far beyond that! In fact,
Your conduct on the occasion referred to indicates your fundamental
thinking, your basic attitude toward those who come from the country and
email country towns; toward those you consider “little and inconsequential,”
whether they be Privates, ordinary citizens, or mere members of the Legis
lature while you were Speaker.
It goes to the heart of the question of whether a man like YOU ought to
be Governor of our State at a time when our men and women—so many of
them Privates—may be returning, God willing, to their businesses, their
homes, to take up again the broken thread of their lives.
It goes to the heart of the question of whether a man like you ought to
be Governor of a State that has so many of us “little and inconsequential”
people in it.
With scads of money at your command, I have been informed that you
have canvassed North Carolina thoroughly tor, the absentee votes of our
men and women in the armed forces; you have had letters and blanks
printed and mailed at the same time indicating that you were instrumental
in providing them with a ballot, and asking that they vote for you. I be
lieve, however, there are enough of us Legionnaires, also fathers, mothers,
sisters and wives of the members of our armd forces now fighting alongside
of Valentine, to see that we do not lose in North Carolina what they are
fighting and dying for over there. **
Yours truly,
ROBERT DENNIS.
** Excerpts from letter received by Mr. Revel from a Wake County mother
who has a son in New Guinea:
“I am glad about your open letter to Mr. Cherry in yesterday’s
News & Observer, and I am sure that thousands who read it will be
grateful to you for your timely warning. It gives me the creeps to
think what might have happened if you had not written it. Folks
everywhere must have stopped to do some serious thinking as a re
sult of your letter. I proudly clipped it and sent it to my son in New
. Guinea. He will show it to his fellow officers and all the North
Carolina men he meets.” - l
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and friends of Ralph McDonald '