Friday, August 11, 1944.
THE PILOT, Southern Pines, North CaroHna
Page Seven
Work on Alfalfa
Started in County
rTHIS BUSINESS of LIVINGn
L —ar SUSAN THAYER ^
By E. H. Garrisoji, Jr.,
County Agent
I was awfully glad to see the time
ly article by Leonard Tufts on “Al
falfa”. Mr. Tufts has been successful
in growing this crop at Pinehurst.
For tljjs reason I am sure that he
can give all of us some good advice
on growing this crop- Dr. Collins,
Extension Agronomist of the N. C.
Extension Service, State College,
was in Moore County on July 19th
for the purpose of looking over sev
eral prospective places for putting
in some alfalfa this fall. During the
day we visited the farms of John
Kanoy, John Black and Martin Con-
nel. Mr. Black has a small acreage
now and intends to put in six acres
this fall. Mr. Kanoy is putting in
four acres this fall, and Mr. Connell
two. Soil samples were taken to de
termine the lime needed for the
crop. The fertilizer requirements as
outlined by Dr. Collins are for all
practical purposes about the same
as those outlined by Mr. Tufts. Since
that time I have contacted A. L.
Hall, who Wants to put in two acres.
T. M. Davis is putting in two, Sam
iddle about four acres and Homer
jhnson an acre. This work will be
carried right along as fast as pos
sible. These we know of at the pres
ent time. Others have signified their
intention of putting in a few acres
this fall, but' are not fully decided
on the matter yet.
Personally, I think this is one of
the most valuable hay crops we have
and one which has great possibili
ties. There are not many places in
the County but could grow some al
falfa. If you are interested I shall
be glad' for you to follow the plan
as outlined by Mr. Tafts or contact
our office for any information Which
we might help out with. I think we
are going to get a right good acreage
put out this fall. Lime may be one
of our problems. If we can get the
lime I am sure that we shall be able
to get the seed and inoculation for
you. Call on us for any information
in regard to your problems.
I have never seen a time yet when
plenty of good hay was not an as
set to any good farming operation.
The more good hay we have the
more livestock we shall be able to
handle. More livestock means better
farms and better living conditions
on the farm.
OLD MAN WITH A LUNCH BOX
The old man with the cane who
used to sit on the bench outside Joe’s
ever sincjp. I keep thinking of the
old gent as the personification of
Uncle Sam himself, suddenly dis-
several months. Poor old man, I covering' he’s a good man still, with
said to myself, he’s probably gone, resources of strength and usefulness
and he’s better off, too.
Well, yesterday I saw him. Gone?
To work—that’s where he’s gone!
He was taking the factory bus with
the rest of the swing shift and he
was just as young and twice as im
portant as anybody else. He didn’t
have his cane, either. He had a lunch
box.
As a matter of fact, somebody
told me that he’s not so old after all,
and that he’s figuring on setting
himself up in a shoe repair shop
with his earnings, after he’s seen
the war through.
he’d believed long since used up
Seems to me that’s the way it is
with the whole country. We began
to find, after we got into the war,
that we’d hardly tapped the possi
bilities of invention and production.
And now that Uncle Sam has found
out what he can do, you won’t catch
him dozing in the sun after the war’s
over, any more than my old man of
the bench.
No, he’s hell-bent to get the war
won, so he can start out on the ex
citing adventure in prosperity that
he can just glimse ahead, in the
Somehow it’s made me feel good midst of his war job!
Post Office Department Gives Rules
for Mailing Christmas Gifts Overseas
Marie, to Cpl. Eugene Sandy of Ka-
leigh and Camp Stewart, Ga., on Sat
urday, Aug. 5, at Mt. Airy. Mrs.
Sandy is a cadet nurse at the Mar
tin Memorial Hospital in Mount
Airy.
LABOR REPLACEMENTS
Workers inducted into the armed
forces by Selective Service will not
e counted in the 15 percent employ
ers may hire for replacements during
a hiring period, it is announced by
Dr. J. S., Dorton, State director for
the War Manpower Commission.
In other words. Dr. Dorton ex
plains, if a worker is taken by Selec
tive Service, his place may be filled
without having it counted in the
15 percent allowable for replacing
workers during the hiring period.
This interpretation dates back to
that on August 8 the Social Security
Board would begin to pay off on its
one millionth benefit in force under
Federal Old-Age and Survivors In-
July 1, when the Priorities Referral surances. The beneficiaries are a war-
Plan became effective and in order
to take advantage of it an employer
need only to be able to establish that
he lost the worker to Selective Ser
vice, Dr. Dorton said.
ASKS SOCIAL SECURITY
COVERAGE FOR ALL WORKERS
“We will npt have a just system of
social security until all workers, no
matter what their employment, are
covered,” Paul V. McNutt, Federal
ecurity administrator, declared in
connection with the announcement
worker’s widow, Mrs. Mary Rex
Thompson, Parma, Ohio, and her two
children. Mrs. Thompson’s husband
and his employer each had paid $145
in premiums. Benefits now amount
to $58.49 a month and may total as
much as $15,182.83. Although 12 mil
lion farm workers and eight million
other types of workers and self-em
ployed persons are not now covered
by social security benefits, the Social
Security Board has recommended to
Congress that coverage be extended
to all these groups now excluded.
Recorder’s Court
John Martindale of Highfalls was
given six months on the roads in
Recorder’s Court Monday, after he
pleaded guilty of the larceny of $30
from Ernie Fry.
Miller Glisson, charged with fail
ure to comply with the judgment of
the Court in an abandonment case,
pleaded guilty. He was given three
months on the roads, to be suspen
ded upon payment of the costs, and
$50 per month for the support of
his children, until further order of
the Court.
Herbert Pluto Taylor, colored, of
Carthage was charged with assault
ing a female with a deadly weapon.
Inflicting serious injuries, but the
State accepted his plea of guilty of
an assault with a deadly weapon.
He was given six months on the
roads, to be suspended upon pay
ment of the costs and Mary K. Tay
lor’s doctor bill of $2.50 and upon the
condition that he stay away from the
, woman’s premises during tfie next
12 months unless he has the permis
sion of the Court to go there.
A fraud case in which Albert
Paquette of Charlotte was charged
with giving John Beasley a check
for $126.85 on the Commercial Na
tional Bank of Charlotte without
making provision for its payment
was continued, as were the follow
ing: Charles Powers, bastardy;
James Williams, breaking and enter
ing.
Tobacco Barn Bums
On Henry Blue Farm
Henry Blue of the Eureka com
munity on Carthage Route 3 had a
tobacco bam destroyed by fire about
8:00 o’clock Sunday evening. Mr.
Blue had fired the barn on Monday
and let the heat go down Saturday.
Finding that the stems were not
completely dried he fired the bam
again late Sunday afternoon. As the
barn burped tobacco sticks were
blown into the air, an onlooker re
ported.
Two other bams, one on the Mat
thews farm and one on the Bibey
farm in the Clay Road section, also
on Route 3, Carthage, are said to
have caught fire the first of the
week. According to the report one
was destroyed and the other fire
was extinguished.
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portant they are for the happiness
of the armed forces. Too frequently,
nothing can be done.
“I am sorry that anyone ever men
tioned that the size of a shoe box
is the approximate limit for packages
intended for gift mailings overseas.
Unhappily many people became con
vinced that a shoe box is the best
possible container. We must be
mindful that these gifts must travel
far, with shipping space crowded. If
the gifts are to be protected in trans
it they must be packed in boxes
made of metal, wood, solid fiber-
board, or strong double-faced corru
gated fiberboard, reinforced with
strong gummed tape or tied with
strong twine. If both tape and strong
twine are used, so much the better.
If the outer wrapper is crushed—and
this is likely to happen—the loss of
contents may be prevented if fiber-
board boxes are wrapped in heavy
paper.
“We were unable to deliver many
parcels which families and friends
sent to men and women overseas
last year because they were crush
ed in transit and the gift and the
outside wrapper became separated.
We would have been able to make
delivery if the address had been
shown on the inside wrapper. We
advise that everyone write the ad
dress of the sender and addressee in
side the package as well as outside.
“Christmas gifts mean much to
our people overseas. Because strong
twine, heavy paper and boxes and
fiberboard will prove of real help
in making delivery of gifts possible
I urge those at home to begin saving
these materials now. As time goes
on they are going to become even
more scarce than they are now.”
Among the more important rules
for Christmas mailings to the armed
forces overseas are the following:
The parcel must not exceed five
pounds, and must not be more than
15 inches in length or 36 inches in
length and girth combined. It should
be marked “Christmas parcel” so
that it may be given special attention
to assure its arrival before Decem
ber 25.
Not more than one parcel may be
mailed in any one week to the same
member of the armed forces by
or in behalf of the same mailer.
Wheij combination packages are
made up of such items as miscellan
eous toilet articles, hard • candies,
soaps, etc., the contents should be
tightly packed so that they will not
become loosened in transit and dam
age the contents or the cover. Hard
candies, nuts, caramels (including
those covered with chocolate), cook
ies, fruit cake, and chocolate bars
individually wrapped in waxed pa
per should be enclosed in inner boxes
of wood, metal, or cardboard.
Perishable goods, such as fruits
and vegetables that may spoil, are
prohibijted. Intoxiicants, inflamable
materials such as matches or lighte^:
fluids, poisons, and anything that
may damage other mail are prohib
ited. Gifts enclosed in glass should
be substantially packed to avoid
breakage. Sharp instruments, such
as razors and knives, must have their
edges and points protected so that
they caimot cut through the cover
ings and injure postal personnel or
damage other packages.
Relatives and friends who know
that the personnel in the armed
services to whom they plan to send
gifts are at far distant points should
begin to mail their packages on the
opening day—September 15—of the
mailing period. Last year late mail
ings causing concentration of great
numbers of packages in the final
days of the mailing period, threaten
ed to defeat the program. It is stress
ed that sucess c£^ be assured, with
the limited personnel and facilities
available, only if the public gives
full cooperation through prompt
mailings of the overseas gift parcels
from the opening of the mailing
period.
Reading The Pilot
We are glad to acknowledge new
and renewal subscriptions from the
following:
Southern Pines: J. M. Howarth,
Mrs. Ernest M. Poate, William Mar-
bach, Willis H. Bailey, Mrs. James
M. Murphy, Mrs. Charles Block, Al
bert S. Carman, W. C .Hilderman,
W. E. Kivette, L. E. Grover, Carl
ton C. Kennedy, H. S. Knowles.
In State: W. H. Johnson, Route 3,
Carthage; J. E. Wilson, Manly; W. P.
Saunders, Robbins; Rev. J. O. Long,
Aberdeen; H. A. Matthews, Lake-
view; Mrs. D. A1 Blue, Sr., Jackson
Springs; Mrs. W. H. Coffey, Dur
ham ... Mrs. J. Lee Johnson, Raleigh;
Mrs. R. L. Hart, Reidsville.
Out of State: W. L. Edwards, Mo
bile, Ala.; A|C A. V. Autrey, Jr.,
Phoenix, Ariz.; Pvt.. George A. Mc-
Corrngc, San Luis Obispo, Calif.;
Pfc. Daniel A. Blue, care Postmaster,
New York; Mrs. Constance Luce,
Portland, Me.; Cpl. Robert Arey,
care postmaster, San Francisco,
Calif.
PINEBLUFF
Personals
Mrs. Pearl Harris returned Fri
day after spending two months in
Cleveland, Ohio, with relatives. She
is occupying the Dr. Gray house,on
New England Avenue.
Mrs. L. L. Foushee returned to her
home in Durham Thursday after
spending the past two weeks with
her mother, Mrs. J. R. Lampley.
Mr. and Mrs. John Ussery of Rock
ingham were visitors in the home
of Mrs. Everett Ussery Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Norman Van Bos-
kerck returned home Monday after
spending the past week at Holdens
Beach.
Mrs. J. R. Lampley and Mrs. Grow-
lan McCaskill and son spent the
weekend in Norwood with relatives.
Ira Melton, who had been visiting in
the home of Mrs. Lampley, returned
with them.
Mrs. Cadwallader Benedict re
turned home Friday after spending
the past six weeks in Sanford with
friends.
Miss Rena Pollock of Pittsburg,
Pa., is a guest in the home of Sgt.
and Mrs. Jim Knott.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Coster of Bal
timore, Md., were dinner guests of
Mrs. Everett Ussery Sunday.
Edward Baker returned home Sun
day after visiting relatives the past
week in Cheraw, S. C.
Mrs. J. F. Boone left Monday for
Norfolk, Va., to join her husband
after spending the past two weeks
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John
Adams.
Miss Janie Hearn of Charlotte is
spending some time with her pa
rents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hearn.
Clayton Brooks left last week for
Norfolk, Va., where he is attending
school.'
Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Baker and chil
dren spent Sunday in Cheraw, S.
C., with relatives.
Lt. Robert N. Wilson formerly of
Corea was a guest in the home of
Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Stewart for the
weekend.
Mrs. Albert Euck returned to her
home in Hopeland, Pa., Monday af
ter spending the past two weeks in
the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. K.
Carpenter.
Mrs. E. G. Adams, Sr. and Mrs.
Harry Howie and son were visitors
of Mrs. Waddell in Southern Pines
Thursday.
Mrs. Sam Teabfook' returned to
her home in Lakeland, Fla., Saturday
after visiting in the home of Mr,
and Mrs. J. L.'Deyoe.
Sandy—Comba
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Combs announce
the marriage of their daughter, Ada
THE OLD JUDGE SAYS...
‘'cod morning, D oc. Your goc:'.,, n'o t o'ls me
you’re -workiiig night and day now taa': r.'
many of the younger apotorsarein the army.”
“That’s right. Judge, and I’m glad I’m £ hi!
able to do it. I lad a long letter from Harry...
that bright young fellow I was break!n’ in to
talrs over my practice. He said the boys in
the service are getting the tjest medical care
of any armed force in our history. They
really should with all those brilliant doctors
an d plenty of supplies to work with.”
“Speaking of supplies. Doc, not niany
reop’3 ren’ize that a large part of the alcohol
: equired to make the medical supplies that
. ’ re being used right this minute to alleviate
ain, combat infection and save liuiiian
.ves, is produced by the beverage distilling
niustry. For neatly two years this entire
:-.cla3try has been wc.'.king night a.id day
yoducing nothing but alcohol for the
wernmenfo program.”
“Nobody knows better than Jatlg'',
i: at an imc.or'h.'-.t rintribution tb our wet
erfort that has been.”
Yc
ou have been reading about the
wartime need for pulpwood. Today
the need is greater than ever before.
Our offensives in ilurope and the
Pacific have greatly increased mili
tary requirements for supplies and
equipment made of pulpwood or
packed in paper or paperboard
made of pulpwood. It has become
an A-1 war material.
If's a Wartime Jeb
F aipwood cutting has been rc
nized by the War Manpower Com
mission and the Selective Service
c an essential occupation-
a Post-War Fiftore
But pulpwood production is differ
ent from most war industries. It
will continue on the same sdale
after the war.
Cut pulpwood today because it
is both patriotic and profitable.
Your county agent, forester, or mill
buyer will tell you about the peak
wartime prices being paid for it.
Now’s the time to get into a busi
ness which will continue to pay
good uiviJencis v/hen peace returns.
VICTORY
PULPWOOD
CAMPAI0N
VICTORY PUL
b H Ml
W. E. BLUE BUSTER DOYLE
C. B. GALE J. W. ATKINSON
SOUTHERN PINES. N. &