Soil Conservation News
Tobacco Land Should
Receive Best Treatment
By NAT WHITE,
Soil Conservation Service
Tobacco farmers need to re
member that about 80% of
their income is derived from
about 5% of their land. It
stands to reason that this to
bacco land should be given the
best possible treatment. One
of the best things that can be
done for tobacco land is to fol
low a fescue grass rotation.
This fescue should be seeded
in early fall and left on the
land for at least 18 months.
In the fall of 1960 about 160
Warren County farmers seeded
fescue for rotation with tobac
co. Most of these farmers
planted tobacco behind the fes
cue in 1962. Now that the
crop is in the great majority
of these farmers are pleased
with the rotation and plan to
continue it.
The fescue rotation is very
easy to establish; you simply
mix 20 pounds of Ky. 31 fes
cue per acre in with small
grain before it is seeded. Fes
cue can be seeded alone in
the same way pasture is seed
? ed. Cost sharing assistance '
available for this practice
the ASC office.
There are many advantages
to a fescue rotation on tobacco
land. The land is in use all
of the time since crops of
small grain and fescue can be
harvested between crops of to
bacco. Fescue is the best
crop for controlling nematodes
that is planted in this section,
and it is tops for conditioning
land for tobacco. For soil and
water conservation it is excel
lent; it furnishes fine ground
cover and the root system
opens the soil up so most of
the rainfall is absorbed.
In both practical experience
and research tobacco grown be
hind fescue is right at the top
in income per acre. The dif
ference ranges from more than
$200 per acre increase over
straight tobacco to small in
crease over the better rota
tions. For the average tobacco
farmer fescue grass in front of
his tobacco is hard to beat.
Elberon News
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Knight
and sons were recent guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ayscue
and other relatives in Warren
ton.
Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Moseley
recently visited friends in Ben
son.
The Rev. Mr. and Mrs. J. M.
Long and children visited
friends in Harrelsville and
Mrs. R. T. Woodard in Severn
on Monday. Mrs. Jim Limer
visited the Long family on
Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Ayscue
and children were recent visi
tors of Mr. and Mrs. E. T.
Thompson.
Mr. and Mrs. Menaculous Ay
cock and children ef Myrtle
Beach, S. C., visited Mrs. Mag
gie Aycock last week.
Mrs. Cliff Stegall, Jerry Ays
cue, Betsy Peoples and Cecil
Joyner were guests at Sun
Beam Camp Day held at Gard
ner's recently.
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Ay
cock of Raleigh visited Mr.
and Mrs. M. K. Aycock during
the weekend.
Mr. and Mrs. James Short]
and Mrs. H. F. Munn were re-|
cent guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Arch Ayscue.
Mrs. M. C. Duke is spending I
two weeks with Mrs. George |
Muller in Kingsport, Tenn.
Mr. and Mrs. Shep Aycock |
of Roanoke Rapids visited Mr.
and Mrs. T. M. Aycock on Sun
day.
Mr. and Mrs. Lemuel Aycock
and children visited Mr. and
Mrs. C. R. Edwards in Middle
burg on. Sunday.
Mrs. Burgess of Henderson |
is spending this week with Mr.
and Mrs. Elwood Burge
Mrs. demon Choplin, Mrs.
Freddie Wood lief and daugh-1
ter, Rusemary, were guests oft
Mr. and Mrs. James Short on|
Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Billy Ayscue I
were weekend guests of Mr. |
and Mrs. C. E. Mustian.
Miss Joan Hoyle of Hender
son was a Saturday night guest |
of Miss Donna Gottschalk.
Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Limer |
of Halifax were supper guests I
of. Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Limer j
recently.
Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Jones
and Mr. and Mrs. Bob Kinton
spent the weekend at Wrights
ville Beach.
Mrs. L. A. Ayscue visited [
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ayscue fn|
Warrenton over the
"What lovely earrings!"
"They should be. They once |
belonged to a millionaire."
"A millionaire? Who?"
"Woohrorth."
Albert Lynch of Norlina poses between two tobacco fields
in March. In the foreground, oats and fescue were seeded
behind tobacco. In the background fescue sod has been pre
pared for tobacco. Lynch is showing the root system that
lakes fescue an excellent plant to use in tobacco rotations.
RIDGEWAY
NEWS
Miss Jean Holtzman of Ral
eigh spent the Labor Day
weekend at her home here.
Mrs. J. G. Kilian and Mrs.
J. M. Bender visited Miss Sara
Petar, Mrs. J. W. Wilson and
Mrs. Corner at Pocomo Wed
nesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Lemon of
Richmond, Va., and Mr. and
Mrs. H. T. Davenport of Lan
ham, Md., visited Mr. and
Mrs. W. J. Walker over the
weekend.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hecht and
family of Portsmouth, Va., vis
ited Mr.s Carl Hecht and the
Albert Hecht family on Sun
day. They are spending this
week at Kerr Lake.
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Hecht
and family of Hillsboro visited
Mrs. Carl Hecht and Mr. and
Mrs. Albert Hecht on Sunday.
Mr. Jimmy Hecht returned
home on Tuesday after spend
ing a week with Mr. John
Hecht and Miss Elizabeth
Hecht in New Bern.
Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Hecht
spent Tuesday with Mr. and
Mrs. Otto Hecht in New Bern.
SP/4 James Tucker, Mrs.
Tucker and children left Wed
nesday for the Army Base in
Fort Eustis, Va., where he will
be stationed. They have been
guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. H.
Daeke for a week.
Mrs. George Bender returned
home on Saturday after spend
ing several days visiting Mr.
and Mrs. Ed Rosenberger and
Mr. and Mrs. Kay Funderburk
in Raleigh during the past
week.
Miss Louise Bender left on
Monday to resume her studies
at Concordia Teachers College
in River Forest, Illinois.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Daeke
and daughter of Henderson vis
ited Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Daeke
on Sunday night.
Mr. and Mrs. P. G. Holtz-'
man visited Mr and Mrs. Ed
ward Peoples in Afton on Sun
day.
Mrs. J. G. Kilian and Mrs.
J. M. Bender visited Mr. and
Mrs. Sam Pierce and Mrs.
Bertha Meeder in South Hill,
Va., recently.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles H.
Mitchell, Miss Nancy Mitchell
and Mr. Wayne Mitchell of
Manson returned to their home
or Thursday after spending
four weeks visiting Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Fleming in Soutl
Dakota, friends in Portland
Oregon, and Kelso, Washing
ton, and the World's Fair a
Seattle, Washington.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Mat
thews of Henderson and Mis:
Jean Holtzman of Raleigh ant
Miss Matilda Holtzman wer<
supper guests of Mr. and Mrs
Albert Bender on Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. P. E. Brauei
of Norlina, Mr. and Mrs. L. G
Bender and son, Robert, Mr
and Mrs. W. B. Seaman ant
son. Marshall, Mr. and Mrs
Charles H. Mitchell and fam
ily and Mrs. Henry Daeke ol
Henderson. Mrs. W. H. Daeke
Mrs. Joe Brown, Mr. and Mrs
J. D. Holtzman. Mr. Pau
Lovell, Mr. Johnnie Lovell, Mr
and Mrs. W. A. Kimball, Mr
Henry Holtzman, Mrs. Annie
Champion, and Mrs. George
Bender visited the Carl HOltz
man family and Misses Marga
ret and Matilda Holtzman 01
Sunday.
Mrs. Harris Honored
Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Ifechl
entertained at a dinner Sun
day in honor of the birthdaj
of Mrs. Dell Harris, mother ol
Mrs. Hecht. Others attending
were Mr. and Mrs. Roberl
Manning, Sr., and Mr. Sammie
Manning of Williamston, Mr
Robert Manning, Jr., of Rich'
mond, Va., and Mr. Plummet
Harris of Littleton.
Cook-Out Held
Mrs. Carl Holtzman and
Miss Matilda Holtzman were
honored at a surprise birthday
cook-out supper in their yard
on Sunday evening- by mem
bers of the family. Cake and
soft drinks were served later
in the evening to the 30 at
tending.
YLC Meets
The Young Lutheran Club of
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
held its regular monthly meet
ing at Kerr Lake on Sunday
afternoon and enjoyed an ice
cream social. A short business
meeting was presided over by
Richard Bender, president.
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Negro
FARM AGENT
NEWS
LEONARD C. COOPER
Negro County Agent
L W. BURFHEE
Asst. Negro County Agent
AGRICULTURE CONSERVA- !
TION PROGRAM
All farmers?big farmers,
little farmers, owners, tenants
or sharecroppers, are eligible
to participate in the Agricul
ture Conservation Program.
The cost-sharing under the
Agriculture Conservation Pro
gram is an important and ef
fective phase of the program
which farmers are aided in do
ing conservation work.
Out of the total or 2,525
forms in the county, only 835
participated in the Agriculture
Conservation Program in 1961.
In the cost-sharing program,
farmers participating received
$69,197.00 in the year 1961.
The major practices in the
cost-sharing conservation pro
gram consist of winter cover
crops, permanent pasture and
fescue rotation, improving per
manent pasture, liming mater
ial, farm ponds for irrigation,
forest tree planting, etc.
Liming materials on crop
land is one many of the cost
sharing practices that should
be engaged in by nearly all of
the farms in the county. This
practice is designed to correct
soil acidity and to permit bet
ter growth of legumes and
grasses. The A. C. P.'s cost
share is $5.00 per ton for lime.
How Does Lime Benefit
The Soil?
Lime is the material used to
regulate the pH level. It can
do many good things for the
soil and do them cheaply:
1. It supplies calcium and
magnesium.
2. It improves the physical
condition of the soil by in
creasing crop residues.
3. It stimulates soil microbes.!
4. It makes soil minerals
available.
5. It reduces the amount
and solubility of some harmful
chemicals.
6. It helps provide a soil en
vironment favorable for the
growth of legumes.
One of the least known ben
efits of lime is its ability to]
release other soil nutrients so
crops can use them Acid
soils usually contain large
amounts of soluble aluminum j
and iron. When phosphorus
is added to such soils, these]
two chemicals immediately'
step in and tie up the phos
phorus so that it is not avail
able to the plant. Lime de-|
creases the acidity of the soil |
which decreases the solubility |
of aluminum and iron: hencoj
by applying lime to the soil,
the aluminum and iron is de-!
creased thus permitting the ]
added phosphorus to remain!
available for plants.
Go in and talk with your j
A. S. C. Service officials and
representatives. Take advan-j
tage of the cost-sharing prac
tices?they will mean more |
money in your pocket.
Turned unwanted items ir
cash by using The Warr
Record Classifed Advts.
POULTRYMEN'S aim of
producing better-eating
eggs is exemplified by Fred
Thomson of Lake Wacca
maw, N. C. who reports 96
pet. of output from his Nu
trena Hi-Density layer sys
tem rates Grade A.;
COUPLE OF gorgeous
hunks of art from nature's
storehouse at Cypress Gar
dens, Fla.: driftwood and
Gail Gore.
DOG DAYS IN DENVER?Little Muffy (left) is the only
one of the gang left standing, oppressive heat having
made all her playmates literally turn up their toes and
sweat it out.
POISON
(Continued from page 1)
arsenic.
Testimony revealed that Mrs.
Alston had said the three went
to Timberlake's Store in Frank
lin County and obtained a bot
tie of poison costing fifty
cents. The poison was then
turned over to Mrs. Perry and
she and Harris left Mrs. Als
ton's hime.
Sheriff Hundley said that
investigation had revealed Mrs.
Perry put a dose of the poison
in her husband's ice tea on
the night of July 1 and that
about an hour later he became
sick and was taken to Warren
General Hospital where he was
confined for 11 days.
During this period, the sher
iff said. Harris admittedly ap
proached Mrs. Perry several
times, telling her that her hus
band would be paralyzed and
that they "had better finish
killing him."
On July 13, the sheriff relat
ed, Harris went back to Mrs.
Alston's home and procurrcd
another bottle of poison and
this was given to Mrs. Perry
who gave it to her husband.
She said she did not remember
| how this dose was adminis
tered.
That night, the second dose
was given Perry, who became
violently ill. A Warrenton doc
tor arranged to have the vic
tim admitted to Memorial Hos
pital on Sunday and Perry died
there three days later.
Deputy Stevenson said the
plan to kill Perry was con
ceived by Harris who '?had got
ten jealous" of the man and
who made the suggestion that
he and Mrs. Perry kill Perry.
He said Harris and Mrs. Perry
had agreed to pay Mrs. Alston
$140, but that Mrs. Alston
"only got one dollar."
Stevenson termed Mrs. Als
ton a self-styled "witch doc
tor" and said she allegedly
told Harris and Mrs. Perry
that she could give them some
thing that would kill Perry
and leave no trace and further
more that she had disposed of
her first husband in this man
ner.
It was over the alleged mur
der of her first husband that
Mrs. Alston was indicted by
Franklin County authorities
in August of this year. Accord
ing to an SBI report Mrs. Als
ton had had 12 children by
J her first- husband Kinchen Wil
liams with whom she had been
living for 35 years.
Kinchen Williams, the re
port revealed, had died about
October 1, 1961 from rat poi
son. Mrs. Alston and two Ne
gro men were arrested in con
nection with this alleged mur
der and now await trial in
Franklin County.
The report entered Tuesday
revealed that one of the Negro
men indicted in the death of
Kinchen Williams had alleged
ly obtained the poison in order
that Mrs. Williams might kill
her husband, collect a life in
surance policy and a title to
a new house to be built by her
husband and "a new husband."
One of the alleged conspira
tors in this case, Willie Aus
tin, Jr., 34, reportedly told of
ficers this would have worked
"but that Maggie gave him
(Williams! too much poison
too quickly and he died before
the house could be built."
Austin reportedly said that
Maggie Williams Alston's pre
ent husband, Lenwood Alston,
33, knew "all about what he
and Maggie had been plan
ning to do, as all three of \
them had talked about it" be |
fore the rat poison was ob
tained.
During (he trial here Tues- j
day, it was revealed that Mrs.
Alston had allegedly killed a i
Negro man by the name of
John Davis in the Liberia sec
tion of Warren County, 24
years ago.
According to testimony,
Davis had shot Kinchen Wil
liams through the jaw with a I
pistol and Mrs. Alston had hit
Davis in .the back of the head
with an axe.
"He started begging her not j
to hit him again," the report
of SBI Agent Harton revealed. I ]
"but she (Mrs. Alston) picked j
up the axe again and hit him |
on top of the head just above j
the eyes . . . and both eyes t
pipped out."
Records in the Clerk of!
Court's office here revealed
that Kinchen Williams was
sentenced to 18 months in pris
on after admitting he killed
the man. Mrs. Alston reported
ly told officers her husband
"took the rap" since she had
given birth to a baby only
three days prior to the slaying.
Wise Cracks
Selling is somthing like hog
calling; it is not the noise you
make, it's the appeal in your
voice.
Middle age is when your
memory is shorter, your exper
ience longer, your stamina low
er, and your forhead higher.
We aren't certain who
thought up that $690 tax de
duction for a wife, but he must
have boon a bachelor.
A government bureau Is
where the taxpayer's shirt is
kept.
America's motorists take good
care of their cars?and they
keep pedestrians in good run
ning condition, too.
Why can't life's problems
hit us when we are 18 and
know everything?
The best way to enjoy a
beautiful, productive garden is
to live next door to one, and
cultivate your neighbor.
Success is relatives ? tho
more success, the more rela
tives.
Arab women are known for
wearing veils in public as a
sign of modesty. Among the
Tuaregs of northern Africa,
however, it's the men who veil
their faces, says World Book
Encyclopedia.
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