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II " ? > . -A : * ' *' ^'V f 1 - H I ? -v VHjjP r' . . jjjTvEAB IN ADVANCE IN T gylva Elemei Has Been 'A b. Combs and Miss Julia ^eatherington, orf the St^te Department of Instruction, have making a general check of jjje schools of the county this week. and have Placed Sylva Elementary school on the standd list?the first elementary T?/ilronn /*Aimfw iirtHoi SChOOl in the new standardization. The or der for equipment needed tc standardize the school has been I completed and the school goes I to standard immediately. ' I it has been stated that it was I through the splendid co-operaI tion of County Superintendent I Moses, the Coun / Board of EdI uation, of Principals Hair andl I Crawford, the teachers, and thel I parent-Teacher Association, that I I this much-coveted object has! I been attained. J I Mr. Combs ;stated that he] lv found a twenty-five per cent im-1 I provement in the high schools of I I the county, since the last check J I was made, and Miss Weathering-1 I ton complimented the principals! I and teachers at East La Porte I I and Tuckaseigee on the improve- I I ment in their schools. I I The schools at Glenville and I Webster will be placed on thel m standard list about August first, I m pending the acquirement of sup- I m plementary sets of books. I I J. R. CHASTIAN DIES ATI | TUCKASEIGEE I Mr. J. R. Chastian, best knowr I as "Uncle Bob," died, Sunday I Feb. 11, at his home at Tucka| seigee. He was 82 years and 4 days old. He was a member 01 John's Creek Baptist church for 52 years. He is survived by five children, Mr. E. L. Chastian, Mr. F. M. Chastian, Mr. Don Chastian, Mrs. Lem McCoy, all of Jackson county, and Mrs. Albert Price, of Lake Toxaway; by twenty-four grand-childre, ten great-grandchildren, and two sisters, Mrs. Cloe Middleton, and Mrs. Calla Long. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. Ben Cook, at the Wike cemetery. 1 P. T. A. TO CELEBRATE FOUNDERS'DAY The Sylva Parent Teachers Association will observe Founder's Day, at the February meeting, which will be held on Monday night, at 7:30 o'clock. The meeting will be held at night, to give the men of the community an opportunity to attend. The program will begin with a devotional service, led by Rev. H. M. Hocutt, pastor of the Sylva Baptist church. A short business session will follow, after which Miss Edith Buchanan, of the i High School faculty, will tell of the founding of the parentteacher association, in 1897. A group of songs, sung by the High , School Glee Club, under the direction of Mr. Dan Cook will be followed by a talk by Mrs. Mary Cowan, in which she will honor the former presidents of the lo- j cal asociation, and will recount the accomplishments of the organization. Special invitation,' have been sent to former presidents. During the evening a free will offering will be taken, as is usual on Founder's Day, for expense? other than those of the local association. The hospitality committee will ^rve refreshments after the Program. adult educators hold meeting heri I ' ' . . v j A meeting of the superviso and head teachers of Adult Ed ucation for the western count ie j forming the ninth area, was hel here Monday. Mrs. Edith Mor San presided. Ralph tatham is t seriously ili Ralph Tatham, well-know Dillsboro business man an World War Veteran, is seriousl; in an Asheville hospital. Mi atham has been ill for several weeks, and was taken to Asheville, a few days ago. i . I i; i -i / * ' ' - ' j gf , \ . ' . ;> " ' ;! ; ? . : . / ? * * J, '?- : ' ' ' -if '. . t ' ? ' HE COUNTY itary School Standardized This Week's Question Last week, Fred N. McLain, Jr., of Sylva won the dollar, for be*ng the first to answer the question; "Who Were The Anzacs, md in what war did they make snemseives ramous?" Fred J wrought his answer to The Journal 6.56 A. M., Tuesday. Frank Cowan had the correct answer; but he delivered his at 7:29. Floyd Griffin, Jr., of Cullowhee, mailed the correct answer, at 7:30; and Ben Sumner, of Sylva brought in the right answer, at 1:44 P. M. The answer is The Australian?New Zealand Army Corps, of the British Expeditionary Forces, in the World War. The week before, regarding the vice presdent, of North Carolina nativity, who took the oath of office in a foreign country, and was never in the City of Washington, was answered correctly by Miss Mildred Pain'er.! of Webster; but her answer came in later than that of the winner, Miss Anne Cowan. No answers will be received be- i fore Tuesday following the pubj lication of the paper. If you prefer, you can bring your answer. If you live away from Sylva, mail it, and have your postmaster place the date, hour and minute your letter was mailed, upon the envelope with his initials. < Don't mail it, or bring it before Tuesday following the publication of the paper containing the question. One dollar will be paid to the student in any Jackson county school who first comes to this office or mails the correct answer. This week's question is: Assuming tt^your fatter is a native of Glasgow, yourAlotti? er of Moscow, and you were born in Prague in 1937; Your parents brought you to North Carolina when you were six week's old. Both your parents are now naturalized citizens of the United States. Of what country would you be a citizen or subject? METHODIST COUNCIL MEETING WILL BE HELD HERE SUNDAY A council meeting for leaders of the young people's work in the Methodist churches in the Waynesville District, will be held at the Methodist church here, at three o'clock Sunday afternoon. Mr. George Swearingen, director of young people in the WaynesruefrW. will nreside. I V111C 1/iUVA AV wy x IS. S. CONVENTION MET SUNDAY AFTERNOON I The Tuckaseigee Baptist SunIday School convention met Jast I Sunday afternoon with Scotts I Creek church. Clarence Vance I presided. About 200 persons were [present from the following Sun| day Schools; East Sylva, Little [Savannah, Scotts Creek, New | Savannah, Sylva, Tuckaseigee, |Lovedale, Wilkesdale, Cullowhee, | Jarrett Memorial Dillsboro, and | Webster. Four visitors were pres|ent from the Tennessee River [Association and one from the | Haywood Association. The devotional was conducted [by T. C. Bryson, Sr. of Scotts | Creek. Special music was rendered by | a group from New , Savannah [and the Junior Choir of Scotts j Creek. Misses Kay and Laverne I Hooper of Tuckaseigee also sang | a special number. * ??. tj "M- made a IVCV# JLJL. AVA. AAWW V... talk on the subject of vacation Bible schools for this summer. Rev. Ernest Jamison talked on the pastor's place in personal* work and Rev. C. L. Allen spoke on personal work for lost souls. Rev. Fred Forrester was apoointed director of daily vacation Bible school work in the s Association. J. T. Oribble was appointed director of Lords Acre work for *> 1 the Association. The next meting will be held with Tuckaseigee church the second Sunday afternoon in March at 2 o'clock, *' ',> .. > ,' :, / .. . " A; ' rjgferi '/v-V;:*J;' . < v..; ' . . SYLVA Amnions Di< Held For ) The Jackson County Grand Jury will pass upon the case ol Carl Crawford, when "it meets next week, following the death of Asbury Ammons, from a gunshot wound in the abdoman. Ammons, 33, of Argura, who was brought to-the C. J. Harris Community hospital here last Wednesday suffering from a bullet wound in the abdomen, diet about .2:30 o'clock Monday morning. Ammons was shot with a .38 calibre revolver during an altercation which is said to have taken place in front of the home of Carl Crawford in the Canada section of Jackson county last Wednesday morning. Crawford; a highway employe, is charged with the shooting and is being held in the Jackson county jail here. Ammons* younger brother, Albert, was slightly wounded in the head at the same time.- Crawford is said to have told officers that the shooting of Albert Ammons was accidental, the younger Ammons having been shot in a struggle for the revolver after Asbury' Ammons had been wounded. Crawford surrendered to Sheriff Leonard Holden after he brought the two wounded men to the hospital. Sheriff Holden said that a charge of murder would be placed against Crawford, but no date for a preliminary hearing has been set. Asbury Ammons is survived by his widow; his mother; two brothers, Albert and Don, of Argura; and four sisters, Mrs. Charles Teague and Mrs. Barney, of Virginia, and Mrs. Roger Burrell and Mrs. Louie Broom, of ATgUMk*' Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the home. Burial was in Argura cemetery. JACKSONIANS RESPOND TO CALL OF BELEAGURED FINNS Jackson county folks, always liberal, extremely patriotic, and usually found on the side of the underdog, responded liberally to the call for the relief of the valiant fighting Finns, who are battling for their very national existence against the hordes of godless communism, and turned in to Mrs. F. L. McKee, general Chairman, and Ralph Sutton, Cullowhee chairman, the sum of $235.25, to be forwarded to Finland. The names of those who have subscribed are: Sylva Rotary and Members, $60.50; J. E. S. Thorpe, $25.00; " - J ?? *10 Efl> nTnmono Plnh ItrCCt LTIKS8, $&&.u\jr jTUiuMto viuw! $15.00; 20th Century Club, $10.00; Dillsboro, Sylva Elec. Co., $10.00; R. C. Allison, $10.00; Mrs. Leslie Forgrave, $5.00; Mrs. Ben Queen, $1.00; W. J. Fisher, $1.00; W. W. Bryson, $1.00; Raymond Glenn, $1.00; Chester Scott, $1.00; Dexter Hooper, $1.00; T. W. Ashe, $1.00; Chas. Price, $1.00; Mrs. B E. Gray, $1.00;- M. V. Higdon. $1.00; Frank Hall, $1.00; Oscar Bumgarner, $.50; W. D. Warren, $.50; Jennings Bryson, $1.00; Sol Schulman, $1.00; T. C. Bryson, Jr., $1.00; Bob Long, $1.00; Miss Alice Benton, $1.00; Mrs. D. H. Brown, $1.00; Jimmie Gaither, $1.00; Tommie Keever, $.50; E. L. Wilson, $.50; Mrs. Bennie Reece, $.25; Elva Harris, $.25; J. H. Morris, $1.00; Dan Allison, $1.00; Mrs. D. M. Hall, $1.00; David Stillwell, $1.00; Mrs Queen Hastings, $1.00; A. C. Moses, $1.00; Glenn Hughes, $1.00; Roy Cowan, $1.00; Richmond Deitz, $.50; Griffin Middleton, $1.00; Mrs. Nannie McGuire, $.25; Chas. Reed, $1.00; x/nrv Cowan. $1.00; S. C. 1UJ.U, Cogdill, $1.00; Earl C. Padgett, $1.00; Orady Henson, $.50; Paul Kirk, $1.00; Bill Wise, $1.00; Phil Stovall, $1.00; Ray Cogdill, $1.00; B. Lessing, $1.00; P. H. Brown family, $2.00; Robert L. Brown, $.50; Mrs. R. V. Brown, $.50; R. V. Brown, $.50; Mrs. W. N. Coward, $1.00; Mrs. Hannah Hall, $1.00; John E. Hooper, $1.00; A. K. Hinds, $5.00; Mrs. M. K. Hinds, $1.00; T. C. Ledbette, $5.00; John W. McDevitt, $1.00; Oscar Norton $1.00; Miss Margaret Reid, $1.00; ' * i : * f f - * A i 9 ; ' # : fr h f? , 14 {? ' : | ^ - i i , NORTH CAROLINA, FEBRUARY 15 ?LLu ?_ es*?Crawford Grand Jury; BALSAM j (By Mrs. D. T/lCnight) Born to Mr. and Mrs. Paul Ar- ] rington a son, Thursday the 8th. Mr. Charles Arrington and his son, Mr. Howard Arrington and J son Edward and daijghter Lois, 1 nnd Uomor ITmaronn nf Can. \ anu mi* amm^v* n iv*wvti v/a umu~ j nook were guests of Mrs. Sarah i Smothers Sunday. Mr. Charles ] Irrington is a brother of Mrs. I Smothers. * ] 4-H CROPS CHAMPIONS ANNOUNCED BY IIARRILL J ' a i Meet the 4-H Club crops ^ champions of NorthiCarolina for , 1939, invites L. R. itarrill, State } 4-H Club leader, they are Bor- j den Holloman, t% of Wayn6 , County, the corn <jfiampion; Re- { mus Edwards, 15, of Rutherford , County, the cotton' king; Elmer . Tucker, 16, of Pitt County, the j best tobacco grower; and Char- , lie Nick Chestnutt, 14, of Samp- ( son , County, the horticultural 1 project leader. Each of the boys will receive a one-year scholarship to N. C. . State Collee from funds donated ( by the American Nitrate Educa- , tional Bureau through H. L. ' Meacham, its North Carolina representative. Holloman, a member of the 1 Rosewood 4-H Club, produced 126.28 bushels of iorn on his . measured club acrejand made a j profit of $51.30 onfthe project. | His club leaders we$ C. S. Mintz, j Wayne County farnk agent, and ' R. B. Harper, assistant agent. The Edwards boygs a member ! of the Mt. Vernon jsiud, ana nis 1 on*-mcre cotton V&d was 9601 pounds of Unt andibso pounds wSfTI?pSpQSPfpfr ; Hamlin,, farm agent and assistant, respectively, are Remus' club | leaders. < ! The Pitt County boy, Elmer 1 Tucker, made 1,702 pounds of tobacco on his club acre for a pro- 1 fit of $243.21. His club at Grimes- ' land is led by R. R. Bennett, I 1 farm agent, and C. D. Griggs, assistant agent. Charlie Nick Chestnutt, the 14" , 1 year-old member of the Turkey 4-H Club in Sampson Count ( grew one-half acre of peppers his. horticultural project, and h- ( harvested 187 baskets which sol : for an average of $1.10 per basket. Figuring all costs, including hauling and marketing, his profit amounted to $160.88. E. J Morgan, county agent, and J. P. J Stovall, assistant agent led Chestnutt's club work. SYLVA DEFEATS CANTON! CAGERS In one of the season's finest games here the Sylva high Hur- j ricanes Monday night defeated < I the Black Bears of Canton nign i j 132 to 31. In the girls' game Sylva I4 I also triumphed, 27-14. I? I Sylva's boys led Canton al-| I most the entire game. Cantor I I managed to slip into a 20-20 tk I I at the end of the third period I ] I but Sylva jumped to the front I \ again to stay. I, I Girls'line-up: h Sylva, (27): F?Sumner, (8); 11 IF?Fisher, (9); F?Parker, (10); I |G?A. Jones, G?Henry, G?H I I Jones. J Canton, (14): F-?Pressley, (7); |, IF?Gregg, F?Reedes, (4); G? I \ I Calvin, G?Woodruff, G?Kelley. I ( I Subs: Sylva, Dillard, Keener;! I Canton, Gray (3), Stewart. I Boys'line-up: Jj I Sylva, (32) :F?Sutton, (5); I IF?-Rector, (4); C?Crawford, I J (3); G?R. Henson, (11); Q?B J iiensuu, w/. Canton, (31): F?Fowler, (4); I F?Rhea, (11); C?Price, (7); \ G?Hipps, (3); G?Clark, (6). j Subs: Sylva, Phillips (6); Can'ton, Wyatt. :* H. P. Smith, $1.00; Miss Lenora ' Smith, $1.00; E. H. Stillwell $1.00; Miss Mabel Tyree. $1.00; Fred Forrester, $1.00; Five per- j sons with names not given, $5.00; j G. C. Henson, $1.00; Myrtle < , Hoglen, $30; Miss Ethel Hitt. 1 : $.50. Total contribution $23535. H I ' I / |jj| /M ^r: ^ ^':?w ' ' . i ,1940 * *r' \ ' ' *. ' ' , ' f 1 Chief Allen Improving | The condition of Sylva's Chief of Police, William O. Allen, who lias been quite ill at his home, for several days, is somewhat' improved. ] PARMPff FARM AftF.m I L \ZAV1TAJ-IAV m. A AAWA.Y* - PRACTICES TEACHING R. F. Shearin was assistant farm agent in Nash County for tour years. He is now completing work for his Master's degree it N. C. State College. Recently tie bought a badly run-down farm in Halifax County, in the Fishing Creek Soil Conservation District. I '* Shearin preached pasture improvement, cover crops, good rotations, and other conservation farming practices during his sei rice as a farm agent. So the firs thing he did after buying the ( Halifax County farm was tq make application to the soil con jervation district supervisors f a farm plan. Shearin will operate the farm in c'onjunction with a beef cattle farm owned by his father, But he wants to make bay and pasture available in advance of bringing in too many cattle?another idea he has been beaching. He found from the farm plar survey that 20 acres of the land formerly cultivated was too steep Dr severely eroded for row crops 3o he reduced the cultivated land from 85 to55 acres, and planted the steep and eroded 30 g acres to kudzu, lespedeza sericea, J trees, and Dermanent pastures. Shearin will use a four-year { rotation on the cultivated acreage, and will plant most of the 1 55 acres to annual lespedeza this . spring, using only a small acre- . age for row crops until 1942. } Bottomland will be cleared and . treated over a period of years for- ( pasture. The kudzu, lespedeza, and oth- 1 er hay crops will serve the dual purpose of protecting badly ( eroded areas and providing ad- j ditional feed for beef cattle. The ] old pastures will be improved! and new grazing land developed. Cullowhee, Feb. 13, (Special)? Mrs. Louise Lorick, lyric soprano, and Miss Ruth Rhyan, pianist, both of Asheville, and two of the * city's most popular young ar- 1 tists, entertained the student 1 body of Western Carolina Teach- < ers College in the new auditori- 1 urn Tuesday afternoon with a ? concert consisting or operatic i arias, light waltz songs, and several piano solos, including th* jver popular Liebestraum by Liiszt. Mrs. Lorick in coming to Watt- j ;rn Carolina Teacher^ College j ;oday filled a return engagenent, having sung before the student body in previous recitals. I : : i PASSES MILLIOJ^ I More thah a million farms are I low includ& in soil conservation I iistricts organized during the I past two years by farmers, with I 100,000 more expected to come in 11 jhortly. 11 STEADY GROWTH Jr The nation's first plant for|e naking starch from sweet pota-1 xjes, located in Laurel, Mississip- ^ li, reports a steady growth and * n 1940 expects to turn out 3,- 1 100,000 pounds of starch. a j ' \ IMPORT ANIMALS ? The importation of purebred c mimals into the United States 1 tor breeding purposes increased 1 luring the calendar year 1939 as 1 \ jhown by records of certificates r sued by the U Department of c \griculture. t . c FARM COOPERATIVES I j A total of 10,700 farmers' mar- a ceting and purchasing cooperatives were in busines during the d 1938-39 marketing season just dosed and transacted business gl amounting to $2,100,000,000. MILK CONSUMPTION The consumption of fluid milk and cream is increasing, follow- F Ing the improvement in business ? employment and payrolls, reports the U. S. Bureau of Agricultural Economics. ) . . / ? J. . - . ' ' V' i ' . : ' 4' ,"' .' "y, ' {'! - v. 'v.; ' . .*' , t ' ' * f ' ' A ' a XW m 1MB T * * y? LH ?j>7 crfjfr # ' # ? M^rlvi H *frr *V / v / ^ T Tw rtf $2.00 A YEAB IN ADV Commerce E Nominate IT'S TIME, OR ALMOST TIMIT T(1 PI 4 NT aaitui avt m. ?nn m. GARDEN Dean L O. Schaub, director of lie State College Extension Service, illustrates the value of a jarden by telling this story: "A nan decided to attend the horse aces, but before starting out he xmght a round-trip ticket so hat he could get home no mater how much he lost gamblng." The same philosophy should ipply to North Carolina farmng, Dr. Schaub declared. "If ve are going to gamble with to>acco and other so-called 'cash xops,' we should buy a roundrip ticket by planting a garden o that we will have something to sat if we lose our tobacco bet." It is time now to start plantng home gardens in all parts >f the State except the mounain region. By March 1, it is isually safe to set out lettuce, :abbage, onion sets, and the lardier greens in the mountains. Elsewhere in the State it is afe now to plant cabbage, letuce, spinach, garden peas, beets, :arrots, and mustard. Dean Schaub recommends that lor a family of 7 to 10 persons, a me-acre garden be planted. It thould be/ laid off in 70-yard ows. For a family of five or less, l one-half acre garden will sufice, or 35-yard rows. The number of plants, or anount of seed needed for a 70rard row follows: Cabbage, 200 slants; lettuce, 200 plants; spinich, 2 ounces of seed; wrinkled garden peas, 1 pound; beets, 2 sunces; carrots, 1 ounce; mustard, 1 ounce; Irish potatoes, two bushels for 10 rows; turnips, L ounce; snop beans, 1 pound; :orh, one pound for four rows; rimatoes, 100 plants; sweet potatoes; ^00 plants for lfrrowfc . g METHODIST SOCIETY REORGANIZES The Methodist Woman's Missionary society has recently been reorganized, and divided into an ifternoon circle and an evening circle. The afternoon circle wil neet on the second Wednesday ifternoon of each month and ;he meetings of the evening circle will be held on the evenings >f the second Monday night in ?ach month. tVio flrat meetine of the eve AMV AMW r ling circle was held last Monday I light, with Mrs. E. J. DucVeH a lostess, at her home. Officers :hosen were: chairman, Mrs Duckett; vice chairman, Mrs. Herbert Gibson, Jr.; recording jecretary, Mrs. Madge Martin; 1 jorresponding secretary and lo- 1 :al treasurer, Mrs. Frank Wells; ;reasurer, Mrs. Kenyon Moody. At this meeting pledges for he year were made by the mem>ers, and a talk by Mrs. W. Kernit Chapman on the work of diss Belle Bennett, was heard. j After the program and busitess meeting, Mrs. Duckett servd a salad course. On Wednesday afternoon, at he home of Mrs. Dan K. Moore, he February meeting of the dethodist Woman's Missionary ociety was held. The devotional <ras led by Mrs. Annie Tompkins, ind the program, on the subject >f the life work of MiSs Belle 3ennett, was presented by Mrs. )avid M. Hall. Officers for the ifternoon circle of tne society vere named, as follows: chairnan, Mrs. David Hall; vice hairman, Mrs. Robert Long; reasurer, *Mrs. R. U. Sutton; loal treasurer, Mrs. M. Buchanan, r.; recording secretary, Mrs. T., 1. Massie; corresponding sec re- 1 .try, Mrs. B. EL Gray. Mrs. Moore served her guests ielightful refreshments during he afternoon. I 'Thanks For Them Kind Words," Mrs. Alley! Waynesville, N. C., 2-7-40 Congratulations on your improved newspaper?s i z e?print jid material. I appreciate reeiving news of my home town. Sincerely, Mrs. Doyle D. Alley State P. T. A. Pres. . u * jr rANCEf^ffi^COTOTT New Board ?I? The Board of Directors of the Jackson Cotinty Chamber of Commerce met at the Communis ty House, Wednesday evening and nominated men who will tte voted upon for the new board of directors. From t.hnso the President and Secretary will be chosen by the Board. The ballot box will be placed in the information booth and * . public library from January 19 to 24, inclusive, for all members of the chamber to express their choice for directors. These who were nominated are: Velt Wilson, 8. C. CogdUl, W. C. Hennessee, Sidney Cagle, Vernon V. Hooper, Phil Stovall, W. J. Fisher, W. T. Wise, R. L. Ariail, Dan K. Moore, R. U. Sutton, Ralph C. Sutton, T. Walter' Ashe, Chas. M. Reed, J. Robert Long, T. N. Massie, Woody Hampton, Earl Padgett, E. L. McKee, Mont Cannon, Frank Fricka, Leon Picklesimer, Dr. W. P. McGuire, Ed Bumgarner, Harry Ferguson, M. D. Cowan, Louis Hair,G. K. Bess, Chas. Browning, A. J. Dills, Sol Schulman, J. V. Hall, Paul Ellis, E. J. Duckett, H. C. Lawrence. The nine men receiving the largest number of votes will form the Board of Directors, from which the officers will be. chosen. New Disease Attacks Irish Potato Tubers Here's a warning to North Car. olina Irish potato growers from UnnrarH P OorrliM assistant Si* * nuwaiu XV. VWitMIW, .....w v , tension plant pathologist of State College: A new bacterial wilt disease, called "Bacterial Ring Rot," has attacked Irish potatoes in 36 states, and disastrous losses have been suffered in several areas. The disease is spread through seed1 potatoes; therefore. Tar He<}-grtrwen should be ute&I ?. M where they buy seed potatoes, ^ and should take definite steps to control the disease wheft it is found. The disease attacks the tubers, causing a grayish to brownish discoloration of the vascular ring, which is quite often followed by soft rot with a final loss of the whole tuber. Symptoms in the field are best detected M to 90 days after planting, or just before the tops begin to die. A rather sudden wilting of the tops takes place with final browning and drying. To prevent spread of the disease, Garriss recommends that Unifp hpiner used to cut the ^ potatoes be sterilized frequently by dipping for a few seconds in a germicide disinfectant solution, / or be dropped into boiling water t for a short time. Experiments hare shown that if you cut through a potato with ring rot, the next ten and sometimes more healthy potatoes cut wltn the same knife will become InJV fected. "If possible, get seed from a lo- V, cality that is free from the rot," the Extension specialist advised. "We, here at State College, will be glad to furnish the latest available information on disease* free sources. It is wise to buy from a State with a good certifl cation system, and to buy with a flat money-back guarantee that the seed potatoes are not Infected with ring rot. If you think the disease is present, treat the seed pieces by dipping them Into a solution of Semeaart-Bel or Mercural (prepared according to manufacturer's directions), and dry before planting." CALVES M Robert Morgan and Leonard McKinney of Lillington, Route 1, and Willis Temple, Bunnlevel, Route 1, are three of the Harnett County 4-H Club boys conduct* ing baby beef calf projects this ' I year. J -rXMSm TOBACCO Delayed by snow and cold weather, farmers have rushed, work on their tobacco plant beds with the coming of recent favor* ;-J able weather, report farm agents of the State College Extension Service. i