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Agriculturally Speaking Farmers Asked To Report Symptoms Of Corn Disease By L. B. HARDAGE Extension Chairman To; All corn growers In War ren County - If you have notic ed any of the symptoms as ex plained below, please let us know in the Extension Agent's office. So far, this disease has not been found in Warren Coun ty Southern leaf blight of corn, caused by an apparent new race of the fungus, Helmintho sporium maydis, is approaching epidemic stage in Eastern North Carolina. The suscepti bility to the disease apparently comes from the Texas cyto plasmic male sterile parent used in a number of hybrids being planted in North Carolina and the other southern states. Earlier reports show severe damage in certain counties of Mississippi, Georgia and Ala bama. The disease occurred in Southern Florida in epi demic form during March. The spores from thisareawere apparently blown northward by wind and settled in these af fected areas. Symptoms of the southern blight disease first appear as small yellow spots scattered throughout the leaf. These spots can be seen by holding the leaf to a light source. Later the spots are elongated up to 1/2 inch long, white to gray in color and scattered on the foliage. Excessive spotting re sults in drying of leaves. It also attacks the ears and will result in ear rot. If infection occurs before the corn kernels reach the advance milk stage, severe loss in yield can be expected. Where corn has been planted for sil age anu has severe leaf spot, it should be harvested immed iately as a high moisture con tent grass type silage. How ever, the causal fungus does produce a toxin. The mamma lian toxicity of this toxin is i not known. GARDEN TIME ^ M . E . Gardner N.O. Stiito Collegii Last week we began a ser ies of articles on house plants, dealing, primarily, with their popularity; and giving sugges tions about soil mixtures. If you have a "pet" mixture, which is giving satisfactory re sults, I would not have you change. Perhaps many more house plants suffer from an excess of fertilizer rather than a lack of it. Symptoms of over fertilization may be expressed by the plant in a slowing down of growth, stunting, browned leaf margins and jvilting, de pending upon the degree of ex cess. Plants may even be killed by excess applications, especially if the material used is high in available nitroger.. If the plants do not receive enough fertilizer^ the leaves may turn a pale yellow, may drop, few flowers may form and the stems may be short ened. If a good potting mixture is used at planting time, most house plants will not need ad ditional fertilizer until about three months after potting. Plants that have become well established may need small amount of fertilizer about every six weeks. Do not fertilize plants when they are resting or dormant. Probably the better method of applying fertilizer is in liquid form. Soluble fertili zers are available and should be used according to the manu facturer's instruction because they will vary in formulation and in concentration. If an ordinary dry garden type fertilizer is used, such as an 8-8-8, dissolve one tea spoonful in a quart for this ratio if you need more than one quart of warm water. Stir well and let stand overnight. The next morning stir, vigorously, and apply. When applying plant nutrients in liquid form, or in suspend ed solution, use enough of the solution to thoroughly vet the entire soil mass in the contain er. Acid-loving plants, such as azaleas, will develop chloro sis if the soil is too alkaline (sweet). This is expressed by a mottling of the leaves, es pecially between the leaf veins and along the midrib. Chlorosis may be quickly corrected by spraying the foli age with a chelated iron com pound or adding this material to the soil. However, to per manently correct chlorosis, it will be necessary to make the soil more acid (pH 5.5) by adding iron sulfate or aulphur to the soil. Next week we will discuss containers and watering. Garden Club Members Attend Convention The Federation of Garden Clubs of North Carolina conven ed in Greensboro recently. Highlighting the convention was a conservation workshop conducted by Mr. John Spivey, Jr., Guilford County Forester. His information on flowering tree diseases and pesticides was very beneficial. The Town N' Country Garden Club was awarded second place | for attendance; third place for the scrap book, and third place j for the year book. Certificates of merit were presented to Mrs. T. T. Brown, Mrs. O. H. Haw kins and Mrs. G. M. Brown. Members attending the con vention were Mrs. Jesse Har ris, President, Mrs. L. B. Henderson, Sr., Secretary, Mrs. T. T. Brown, state trea surer, Mrs. G. M. Brown, state financial secretary and Mrs. O. H. Hawkins state chairman of conservation and program Writing Course To Be Held At Vance Institute HENDERSON? A class In creative wrltln g will be one of the new courses offered this Fall at Vance County Techni cal Institute. The course will be taught by Mrs. Bernadette W. Hoyle, of Raleigh, founder and director of the prlze-wlnntng Tar Heel Writers Roundtable, held an nually In Raleigh since 19?5. Mrs. Hoyle Is the author of "Tar Heel Writers I Know", a book of Interviews with 35 prominent North Carolina auth ors. A past president of the North Carolina Writers Con ference, she has won numer ous awards for her writing and photography. Her feature arti cles and photographs have appeared in newspapers and magazines across the State as well as in the metropolitan Press. She has had juvenile fic tion and short stories published in magazines. A former newspaperwoman, she is presently public informa tion director for the North Car olina Council on Mental Re tardation. She served in this post with the North Carolina Department of Social Services for seven years, in 1967 she was commissioned by the U. S. Department of Health, Edu cation, and Welfare to write a booklet, "Information Services +-M-+-H-+++++ HUH ? ? ? ?++++ LITTLETON NEWS ++?++++ ++-M-H-4. Miss Annie Shearin of Rocky Mount spent the weekend at home with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Shearin. Mrs. Graham King and daugh ter, Miss Hazel Mae King, Mrs. J. A. Crawley and Mrs. Sol B. Bobbitt were Tuesday visitors of Mrs. Sam D. King in Roa noke Rapids Hospital. They also visited Mr. Fred Bowers, who is also a patient there. Miss Mae Myrick spent the weekend with relatives in New port News, Va. Mr. W. A. Reld was a pat ient in Watts Hospital in Dur ham for several days last week. Mr. and Mrs. Julian Acree spent several days this week at Nags Head. Un route home they visited Mrs. Maude Joyner in Portsmouth, Va. Mrs. A. P. Farmer visited Mrs. Walter Bobbitt and Mrs. Bessie Hancock in En field Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Roger Gup ton spent several days this past week with Mr. and Mrs. George Duke in Newport News, Va. Mrs. A. P. Farmer and her house guests, Mr. and Mrs. Willie Grey Bobbitt of Brad enton, Fla., visited Mr. Walter Bobbitt in Durham at the Vet erans Hospital. Mrs. Annie Strum and Mrs. Etta Parrlsh of Nashville were Wednesday visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Bernlce West. The Rev. and Mrs. Woodrow Wilson Neal of Washington, D. C., spent several days re cently with his mother, Mrs. Jesse V. Shearin. Mrs. Shearin chairman. Members not attending the convention are Mrs. W. E. Exum, Mrs. C. L.Powell, Mrs. McCarroll Alston, Mrs. Jessie Walton and Mrs. R. E. Ransom. In Public Welfare Agencies," which was the best seller of all the department's publications during the ,/.?ar. The creative writing class will be conducted in workshop style at the Vance County Technical Institute . Class members will have the oppor tunity to read their works, and criticism and evaluation will be given. Persons interested in writing short stories, poetry, juvenile fiction, novels, feature articles, essays and historical works will find the workshop will provide incentive and in spiration. Improvement of writing techniques and ways to sell will be Included in the course. Registration will be held Wednesday evening, September 2, from 7:00 to 9:00 o'clock and persons Interested in the course are invited to attend. The writing class will be of Inter est not only to writers, but teachers, librarians, book club members and others. Classes will be held each Thursday evening from 7:00 to 10:00 o'clock beginning September 10. Mrs. Hoyle, a native of Hen derson, is the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. E. Frank Woodlief. Her sister, Miss Frances Woodlief, resides at 335 Montgomery Street. returned with them Friday to spend sometime. Mr. and Mrs. David Perkln son and family of Goldsboro and Mr. and Mrs. Shirley My rlck and Mrs. John Myrick of Raleigh were among those visit ing Mrs. John Myrick and Mrs. Gladys Perkinson over the weekend. Mrs. Sally Bryant Is now making her home withMr. and Mrs. Raymond Bryant In Hen derson. Mrs. Gordon Allen of Hen derson and Mrs. Bernlce Mau bry of Garner, Mrs. R. H. Howard Honored On His 83rd Birthday Mr. J. E. Howard of Lit tleton celebrated his 83rd. birthday, Saturday, Aug. 8, at his home. A barbecued pig, cooked by his son, Benjamin Howard, was served with all the other goodies. Mr. Howard received many nice and useful gifts. Present from the neighbor hood were his wife, children, grandchildren, relatives and friends. His guests from out of the community Included the Rev. and Mrs. Paul Davis of Hen derson, Courtney Fitts of Wil son, Mr. and Mrs. S. O. Pas chall and son and Dr. and Mrs. Howard Fitts and family of Dur ham, Mrs. Leola Sadler and daughter of Winston-Salem, Mr. Alexander Howard of Hampton, Va., Mr. and Mrs. G. Jones of Palmer Springs, Va., Mr. and Mrs. D. Baskerville, Mrs. Elizabeth Baskerville and Mr. T. T. Claytdn, all of Warren ton, The Rev. William Flood, Miss Floria Flood and Miss Sil vers, all of Washington, D. C., Mrs. Vernice Lacy of Columbia, Md., Mr. Erich Howard and Mrs. Jones of Baltimore, Md., Mrs. Jones of New York City and Mr. Funderburg and Dr. Owen Funderburg and sons of St. Louis, Mo. World War I Veterans were pictured during the meeting of Llmer Post No. 25 of the Ameri can Legion. Seated is Simon M. Gardner. Others shown, left to right, are: Cliff Bobbitt, Clarence Skillman, Martin Hayes, Frank Serls, Walter Gardner, Alfred Ellington, Maurice Fleming, L. B. Beddoe and Harold R. Skillman. Not present when picture was taken was Claude T. Bowers. World War I Veterans Are Honored World War I Veterans were special guests of Ltmer Post No. 25 of the American Legion at its regular meeting at the Lions Den on August 13. The Rev. Robert- Orvls gave the In vocation. Bright and Mr. Grover Shear In of Warrenton and Mr. Arthur Larrimore and daughter, Angela, of Roanoke Rapids were Sunday visitors of Mrs. Edwin Stansbury. Angela re mained and will visit Mrs. Stansbury for several days. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Salmon and son, Lloyd, III, of Roa noke Rapids were Sunday visi tors of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Salmon, Sr., and visited Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Salmon and Mr. and Mrs. James Salmon. Mr. and Mrs. John Ray Browning of Norfolk, Va., Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Browning and daughters, Lucille, Wini fred and Mary Ann, of Rocky Mount were weekend visitors of Legionnaire Howell Steed re counted the history of Llmer Post No. 25 from Its organiza tion following World War L Mrs. Leonard Daniel discussed the old songs coming out of that era, and Legionnaire Bill Con Mrs. Alice Browning. Mrs. Macon Moore, Sr., re turned home Friday after being a patient in Roanoke Rapids Hospital. Her daughter, Miss Jacqueline Moore of Goldsboro will remain with her mother while she Is recuperating. Mrs. Cheek, Jr., and chil dren, Denice and Larry, of Warrenton were Sunday visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Willie Sykes. Mrs. L. E. Morris, Mrs. Dave Clark and Mrs. H. Elliott Isles were Sunday visitors of Mr. David H. Isles in Duke Hospital, Durham. Mr. Maynard Bobbitt and sister, Mrs. Viola Bobbitt were visitors in the home of Mr. Charlie Sewell in Mur nell led in singing some of these songs. Fun and fellowship was enjoy ed by all throughout the even ing with several door prizes being given to the veterans. freesoboro last weekend. Mr. A. G. Riggan was a visitor in Louisburg Sunday. Mr. Ben Riggan of Cary and Mrs. Vernon Bennett of Henderson were Sunday visi tors of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Rig gan. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Spain of Virginia Beach, Va., were Sat urday visitors of Mrs. A. P. Farmer. Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Lawrence of Rocky Mount recently visited Mr. and Mrs. Leon Crawley at their cottage on Lake Gaston. Mr. and Mrs. Herman New som and daughter, Beverly, spent last week In Greenville, S. C. Mr. and Mrs. Sol B. Bobbltt visited Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Hudson In South Hill, Va., and also visited friends in Broadnax, Va., Sunday. Among those attending the graveside services of Mrs. Kingsland Alston Burton at Sunset HU1 Cemetery Wednes day were Dr. and Mrs. Robert Gaylord of Roanoke Rapids, Mrs. Samuel Patterson of Dan ville, Va., Mrs. George Jordan of Cary, Mrs. Russell Hub bard and daughter, Harriett of Plnehurst, Mr. and Mrs. James Burton and daughter, Eliza of War renton, Mr. Thayer Jenkins of Raleigh, Mrs. Bob EHls and daughter and Mrs. Coley Perklnson of Warrenton. Mrs. David Clark and son of Portsmouth, Va., spent last week with her mother, Mrs. L. E. Morris and other relatives. Mrs. Harvey L. Paynter and children of Norlina were Tuesday visitors of Mrs. Lloyd Salmon, Sr., and Mrs. J. A. My rick. Mr. and Mrs. George Medlin and daughter, Macon of Char lotte, and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Johnson and daughter, Ellen, of Washington spent several days last week with Mr. and Mrs. Sammie King. Mrs. G. S. ? May spent several days this week with Miss Esmond Bradley in Char lotte. Mrs. Josephine Kennedy of Durham is visiting Mr. and Mrs. A. J. May and other rela tives for sometime. Mrs. Mary Dickens is a pat ient in Sanatorium Hospital in Rocky Mount. Mrs. I. G. Best of Florence, S. C. and Mrs. Anton Reid of Warrenton visited Mrs. Ray mond Harris Thursday. Mrs. Louis Shear in returned to War renton with them after being a guest of Mrs. Harris for several days. Mrs. Johnnie Strickland of Roanoke Rapid s was a recent visitor of Mrs. Edwin Stans bury, Mrs. Lloyd Salmon, Sr., and Mrs. Hunt Johnston. The hardest wood anywhere in the world Is Desert Iron wood, reports the Southern Forest Institute. The wood is almost as heavy as stone. It blunts tools and can hardly be cut with a saw. Desert Ironwood Is native to the Southwestern part of the United States. cunp JKSH IN WARRENTON mfZ&Eu-*) N. M. MILLIARD, Mgr. AND SAVE MORE! FROZEN COKE 5c FRIDAY NIGHT ONLY 6 00 P M. 8 00 P N ?IMLAI 1.4* SAVC il? jW irniui I N fAVI M? 17 OZ. 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