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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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the Association.
The next meting will be held
with Tuckaseigee church the
second Sunday afternoon in
March at 2 o'clock,
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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;
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?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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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 .
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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.
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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.
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