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Brief Review Of State, National And World News During The Past Week army officers to BE RAISED ON MERITS Washington—All army officers j will have to prove their right to be promoted, rather than rely on j seniority to advance them, under! a new law signed by President Truman. ' The promotion-by-merit law also covers admirals. The system already was in effect for other grades in the navy. The law is intended to weed out the less fit and replace them with the better Qualified. The legislation, in the words of the House Armed Services Com mittee, “will offer careers satis factory enough to attract capable men, promising enough to hold in service the capable men al ready in uniform.” It provides for promotion of army officers based upon the rec ommendations of boards Of of ficers passing on their qualifica tions. Officers in the grades of first lieutenant, captain, major and lieutenant colonel heretofore have ’been promoted automatically sift er specified length of service, and finally to the rank of colonel as vacancies occurred. ODOM COMPLETES A WORLD RECORD FLIGHT Chicago—Endurance Flier Wil liam P. Odom, who almost crack led up in a battle against sleep over the Canadian Rockies, tri-1 umphantly landed the Reynolds Bombshell here Saturday for a new round-the-world solo flight record of 73 hours 3 minutes and 11 seconds. ' ! The three-day flight, which ful filled the 27-year-old pilot’s boy hood dream to circle the globe faster than anyone in history, nearly ended in disaster early yesterday when he dozed off for an hour and 40 minutes on a hop from Anchorage, Alaska, to Far-, go. North Dakota. He woke up to find his plane losing altitude and hurtling past a mountain whose peak rose a bove him. I “I woke up with a iar.” Odom said, “Right off my right wing, I saw a huge white mass. I knew it wasn’t a cloud. I pulled the con trol wheel right straight into my belly and shot up. I cleared the mountain by only a few hunted LONG HEAT WAVE IS ' BROKEN: MANY DEAD Washington — The Midwest’s longest arid most severe heat was virtually broken Thursday as deaths attributed to the heat and humidity rose to 133 across the country. Cool, dry air from Canada provided the relief, however, and the sun-baked Corn Belt still was in need of general soaking rains. The cool air spread from the Great Plains states to Central Illinois and Nqrthern Indiana Thursday and forecasters said it still was moving southward and eastward. After four successive days of 100-degree heat, temperatures were in the mid-eighties in most Midwest states Thursday. LEAF PRICES ARE DOWN IN BORDER BELT Opening-day prices for sale of flue-cured tobacco on the South Carolina and North Carolina Bor der Belt yesterday ranged from 75 cents to $10 per hundred below last year’s all-time record first day sales of $52.48. Majority of losses for the 1947 opening were from $2 to $4, the Federal-State Department of Ag riculture said. 'Die slight drops were attributed to inroads of blue mold and unusually cool Summer weather. Biggest declines were for the better quality of the tobacco, with choice orange lugs and good orange primings dropping $9 and $11, respectively. Extreme prices ranged from $2 for the poorest thin nonde script. which Was: carried with out Commodity- Credit Corpora tion suDDort prices, to $62 for good lemon cutters. The range on 1946 opening-day sales was from $8 for nondescript to $71 for lemon cutters. feet.” While he was asleep his plane swerved off its course' and “al most flew in a circle.” Odom set the Bombshell down at Chicago Municipal Airport be fore a cheering crowd of 10,000. But before landing he flashed across Douglas Airport here — where he started at 12:53:29 p. m. (e.s.t.) last Thursday—for timing purposes. r- SOIL CONSERVATION DISTRICTS BIRTHDAY^ On the 10th anniversary at the tot farmei rstsd and farmer-managed toil conservation district—orcan l issd Auk 4, 1037—there ware a billion acres and 4 Vi million United States farms in 1.900 districts. The I tot district established under state soil consecration district enabling law was the Brown Creek District | in Anson County, North Carolina (Inset). Soil Conservation Service Map Much Progress Shown In Ten Years Of Soil Conservation I Farmer-supervisors of the New I River Soil Conservation District this week joined the supervisors of lj900 other districts through I out the Nation in observing two ' major events in soil and water conservation history. First is the 10th anniversary of soil conservation districts; sec- \ ond is the reaching of the billion th-acre mark in soil conservation district organization. “The Nation’s first soil con-; servation district was created by, | landowners in North Carolina | August 4, 1937.” said Chairman' Wade Eller of the local district, i “That district is the Brown Creek Soil Conservation District which includes the farm where Dr. Hugh H. Bennett, now chief of the Soil Conservation Service, was born and reared.” i Chairman Eller said that the soil conservation district move 1 ment made much faster progress rd Buy And Save At Smithey’s 1 Lot of Men’s Summer Wash Pants Pair 50c Men’s Blue Sanforized Work Pants Reduced from $3 to $2.75 One Table Boy’s Navy Suits One - Half Price One Lot of Children’s Red Sandals Reduced to $1.29 Pair $1.00 Off v on Children’s White Oxfords & Sandals One Lot of Ladies’ Handerchiefs All Ladies’ $1j Plastic aprons m ■ than the pioneers in soil and wat er conservation first thought pos sible. . “We had no idea, when the first districts were being organi zed by farmers, that in ten years we would have districts covering a billion acres.” he said.. “I be lieve that here is proof that land- j owners, when , given an opportun ity, will take the leadership in solving their own soil and water conservation problems. Each dis trict is organized by farmers and controlled by them under author ity of a state law.” Farmers in 1941 voted to or ganize the New River Soil Con servation District. Since that time,1 Soil Conservation Service techni- j cians assigned to the district have' assisted 1183 farmers to plan and begin ? s»’ving.complete farm soil and water conservation programs on 99.024 acres. Serving with Mr. Eller on the board of supervisors are: J. W. Gambill, J. C. Little of Ashe and Alton Thompson, Dillon Edwards of Alleghany county. “Farmers in the Southeast took the lead in the district movement from the beginning,” said District Chairman Eller. Today, according to reports by Dr. T. S. Buie, Southeastern re gional conservator of the Soil. Conservation Service, 317 soilj conservation districts cover more 1 than 206 million Southeastern acres. These districts contain more than 83 percent of the farms in the nine southeastern states of Alabama. Florida, Georgia, Ken tucky, Mississippi, North Caro lina. South Carolina, Tennessee, j and Virginia. 1 In the 10 years since the Brown Creek Soil Conservation District was formed, technicians of the Soil Conservation Service have assisted 194,054 Southeastern farmers to start complete soil and water conservation programs on almost 33 rrn.on acres. "The district program is mak ing greater progress now than ever before,” Chairman Eler said. “During the past year, 45 £88 farmers in the nine Southeastern states were assisted in starting soil conservation work on seven and a half million acres. That’s '’lrrost one-fourth of all the far mers assisted during the id years since the first district was organi zed.” I The oil base for DDT us°d for industrial purposes is inflamm able; therefore it is wise to put out all open fires when spraying with DDT. Twin Oaks News Mr. and Mrs. Nick King and daughter, Dixie, and Mrs. Leo Irwin and daughter, Sandra, of Indianapolis, Ind., arrived here Monday to spend a few days with relatives and friends. Bays Hash,’ who was recently discharged from the U. S. Marines arrived here Friday to spend sometime with his mother, Mrs. Mary Hash. Mr. and.. Mrs. Tom Copeland, Mrs. Ruth Cunningham, and son Don.. Miss Velia Crouse, returned to their home in Baltimore, Md., last week after spending a few days vacation with relatives in Sparta and North Wilkesboro, called on friends, here. Miss Bettie Ruth Farmer is spending this week with friends in. Statesville. Mrs. Earl Farmer gave a bean party last week. A large crowd attended and reported a good time. Mr. and Mrs. David Higgins visited friends here, Monday. Mr. and»Mrs. Bower A. Irwin, New Egypt, N. J. arrived here Sunday to spend, a few days with relatives. Mr and^Mrs. Gene Irwin and son Carl Wilson, attended the j stock car races at Elkin Sunday. Atty. Sidney B. Gambill, Pitts burg, Pa., who is spending a few days vacation relatives in Sparta and North Wilkesboro, called on friends here, Friday. Bill Gambill, Elkton, Md. is spending a few days with re latives, here. Miss Addie Reeves, Notting ham, Pa., is visiting her sister Miss Callie Reeves, Sparta, Route 3. Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Murray, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Joines expect to leave Sunday on a camping trip to California. Mr. and Mrs. Estel Anders and children spent Sunday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lennie Anders, Sparta Route 3. Cherry Lane News Fece-it euests of Mr. and Mrs, J. T. Miles were: Mr. and Mrs. June Tompkins, Mr. and Mrs. C A. Miles, Mr. and Mrs. Stuart, Mrs. John Mac Miles and daugh ter, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Miles and children, Mr. and Mrs. Earn Hanks, also James and Biddy Miles. Jane McCann is spending this week with her grandmother, Mrs. Eddie Woodruff. Mr. J. E. McCoin was carried to the hospital Sunday night ar.d is in a critical condition. Mr. and Mrs. W. M. ? files and Box Supper Saturday Night, August 16 8:30 P.M. Courthouse Prizes To Be Given LADIES ASKED 90 BRING BOX SUPPERS Siring music to be furnished Spon*oredby B. And T. Drug Co. Given Award The Certificate of Merit, award ed by the Rexall Drug Company of Los Angeles, California, for exceptional community service, was received today by B. and T. Drug company, at Sparta. Dr. T. Roy Burgiss, owner of the drug store, said that the cer-, tificate is awarded each year to ( a few selected Rexall drug stores by the International Association of Rexall Clubs and the Rexall Drug Company for outstanding performance during 1946. The certificate will be hung on the wall of his drug store, it was pointed out. It states that the store and its staff have rendered exceptional service to the com-; munity, and to fellow Rexallites, I through unselfish participation and wholehearted cooperation in the ideals of drug store service. I family visited Rev. and Mrs., Claude Bartley Sunday after-! noon. Mr. Earl Wheatcroft, of Rich-1 mond, Va„ is visiting friends here. 2700 Visitors Climb Whitetop Alleghany people. . were a mong the 2700 who visited the 5520 foot scenic Whitetop Moun tain during the month of July, ifc was learned through a report this week. Cars from thirteen states and the District of Colum bia were among those to make the trip. States represented in cluded Virginia, Tennessee, Penn sylvania, Florida, South Caroling, Indiana, West Virginia, Georgia, Michigan, Maryland,..Illinois apdi the District of Columbia. , Improvements have been made on the road to the top of the mountain and it has also been widened, it was pointed out. Cot tages have been repaired and ap proximately 20 guests can be ac commodated overnight. The lodge is also open and serves food. Visi tors may also tour the-radio sta tion WOPI-FM. Meat production under Federal inspection for the week ended May 31 totaled 267 million pounds, according to a USDA an nouncement. of the Kraft Dairy Farit) Service Soft Corn Makes Good Silage Some of my so-called pals accuse me of getting a lot of “com” in this column. So I’ll give them some of the real McCoy this time. Weather around the countryside in spring and early summer was a bit tough on the com crop. Much of the com got in late. If this is true on your own farm and you’re worried whether it’s going to make, there’s a good reason to stop worrying. • The answer is, of course, to make It into silage. Do that and you’ll get back in milk dollars what you may figure to lose if the corn does not mature. This is a good time to be thinking about the question, anyway, and getting ready by building some sort of a temporary silo, if you need one to hold the extra silage. Welded wire fence and special paper do a line job of holding extra silage. So do trench silos, slat fence silos or any one of several other types. You can get some help from your dairy plant fieldman or county agent if you need aid in getting supplies, or suggestions on the type of silo to use. DRY COWS NEED GRAIN IN RATION A dry tubject seems pretty much in order in August, but I think this one is interesting despite its dryness. More and more dairymen have turned tofall freshening, because they’re found out the many ad vantages of having cows calve In the Ml of the year. Among these are greater and more even milk production throughout the year. Before very long, many cows will be going dry. And that’s an impor tant time—a time when they need * special feeding and attention. The care they get during their dry time and at calving may mean the dif ference between ordinary production and good milk production later on. Extension dairymen are agreed that the dry cow should get from two to eight jr—it’s of grain d in addition to hig.» i " ::e p- :u.e. top quality hay or siL Th? q-. es tion of how much grain exactly de pends on the breed and condition of the cow. ■ m nun - * 1 suggest you get in touch with your cdhnty agent or dairy plant fieldman on the subject. They’ll have some literature and can give you valuable suggestions on feeding. _ f You can do yourself and your cows a big favor by getting to work now on pasture renovation or seeding for fall or winter grazing. The work you do on run down native pastures in the next few weeks will boost your milk income next year. A few acres of small grain seeded at this time will pay off before winter sets in. Dollars spent this way bring back many more dollars in increased milk volume. i&ut . • BUILDING REPAIRS HELP QUALITY About this time of year there gen t erally comes a time when you aren’t pushed quite so hard on jobs that have to be done, and you can get at some of the things that are not so urgent, but mighty important. Repairing buildings Is a job that shouldn't be neglected too long. Repairs get more costly the longer they wait, it seems. So maybe ifyou’ve hit a slack time, you can look over your bam, silo, mllkhouse, loafing shed and whatnot, stop up cracks, take care of sagging doors, mend leaks Such repairs are dollars in your pocket in more ways than one. Leaky silos leak money, since they cause spoilage and waste. A
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