THURSDAY
THE WA YNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER
THE NEW COURT HOUSE
LOCAL NEWS BRIEFS
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JOINT HOSTESSES
IIOXOR BRIDE
Charming in every detail was the
bridge party given on Tuesday after
noon by .Mrs. Kenneth Ferguson and
Mrs. Felix Stovall, at the home 01
Mrs. Ferguson, honoring Mrs. Robert
McLeod of Asheville.
Pink roses and larkspur and blue
delphinium were combined in artis
tically arranged vases for decoration
in the living rooms where the tables
were placed for playing. On count
ing the scores Mrs. McLeod was found
to hold high and Mrs. Tom Lee, Jr.
held low. Each was presented a prize.
Mrs. McLeod and Mrs. Wayne Battle
of Sylva, another bii;l, were pre
sented lovely honor gifts as souvenirs
of the occasion. After the games
attractively appointed refreshments
were served.
The guests included: Mrs. McLeod.
Mrs. Wayne Battle of Sylva, Mrs. Tom
Lee, Jr., Mrs. Henry Davis, Mrs. Clif
ford Lupton, Mrs. Sammy Duvall,
Mrs. Harry Rotha, Jr., Mrs. Hubert
Liner, Mrs. A. P. Ledbetter, Miss Tillie
Rotha, Miss Babbie Way, Miss Rosa
Jyn Ray, Miss Mary Adams Ward,
Miss Jewel Hipps, Miss Susie Fisher,
Miss Elizabeth Henry, Miss Gladys
Dieus, Miss Martha Xcal. Miss Ellen
Louise Killian, and Miss Mary Pauline
Plott.
Dr. C.C.Shell, who has spent the
winter in Enka, returned to Waynes
ville this week and has taken his
former position at Alexander's Drug
Store. His son, Charles Shell Jr., has
also arrived to spend the summer.
Poison Tobacco Worms
With Lead Of Arsenate
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FINES CREEK I
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RUSSELL-LEDFORD
Mr. Weaver Ledford was married to
Miss Opal Russell last Saturday even'
ing. Mr. C. B, McCracken, magistrate,
performed the ceremony.
REVIVAL MEETING
The Rev. Byron Shankle is now
conducting a revival meeting at the
Laurel Hill Methodist church. Ser
vices are being held at night only.
A large number of people are at
tending regularly. As yet, however,
there have been no conversions.
VEEN VISITING
Miss Catherine Green spent the past
week with her grand mother, Mrs.
G.W.Greene, of Canton.
IN WAYNESVILLE HOSPITAL
Messrs. Jim Ferguson, Charlie
Duckett and Clyde Trantham have
been operated on for appendicitis this
last week. All three are now in Way
nesville Hospital.
Mrs. C. S.Greene, Mrs. F.C. Greene,
Miss Margaret Green, and Miss Fran
ces James shopped in Waynesville
Saturday.
FINES CREEK VISITORS
Mr. D. S. Greene and his mother,
Mrs. G. W. Greene, were Fines Creek
visitors Monday.
Early gardens are thriving and the
first alfafa cuttings have been made
in Burke County. Recent fains have
permitted the setting of a good acre
age to cabbage, tomatoes, sweet po
tatoes and other food crops.
" Unable tf) write, ; a storekeeper
down in the Ozark country keeps his
accounts by drawing pictures of the
"charged" items. One day a custo
mer came in to "settle up." The queer
looking account book was brought out.
Coming to a picture that didn't re-re-Femble
any article in particular, the
perplexed merchant scratched his
head and employed his "tiviiker."
"Now, I remember, it's a hoop of
cheese."
"But, objected the customer, 'I
never bought that much cheese in my
jife." After considerable thought
the customer remembered that he
had bought a grindstone.
"That's it," said the relieved mer
chant, "and I just forgot to make the
hole in the center for the handle."
A mixture of com meal and arse
nate of lead dropped into the tobacco
bu.i at this season will control the bud
worm which has begun to appear in
i. picemic form in a number of coun
ties "It take only a small pinch of the
corn meal bait to poison the bud worm
on each plant, but this pinch must be
dropped squarely into the bud of the
plant," says C. H. Brannon, exten
sion entomoligist at State College.
"We have had requests from a num
ber of growers in the last few days
asking for information about con
troling this pest and it seems to have
started in full force this season. The
bait should be applied promptly and
if the treatment is done as it should
be. the worms are easily controlled."
For large amounts of the bait, Mr.
Brannon says mix one pound of ar
senate of lead to 50 pounds of corn
meal. If the meal is shucky, it should
be sifted. The mixing must be done
thoroughly and is best applied by
hand. This assures the operator of
getting the bait squarely on the small
bud. If there is only a small acreage
to be poisoned, six tablespoonfuls to
one peck of meal may be used. It will
take about a peck of bait to an acre
of tobacco.
The application is best made early
in the morning when the bud of the
plant is well opened. The plant need
never be touched by the hand. The
bait is used in the dry state.
Mr. Brannon suggests that the ap
plications be started ten days to two
weeks after the plants are set in the
field and repeated every week o:- ten
days until the plants are topped. It
ii'not wise to delay application until
the worms have done serious dam
age. To do so may be to lose valu
able tabacco.
Timely Farm Ques
tions Answered
Q. How can I make my old colonies
finish filling their supers after the
bees swarm? :
Ans. The swarm should be hived on
the old stand after moving the old
colony to one side. The unfinished
supers are then placed on the swarm
above the queen excluder and the
parent colony moved to a new loca
tion. This condition is caused by the
field bees going with the swarm and
leaving a weak force with the old
colony. This may be remedied, how
ever, by proper management so that
the storing instinct is dominant dur
ing the honey flow,
Q. Will it pay to continue heavy
feeding of my old hens during the
summer months?
Ans. Yes it is just as important
to maintain high production during
the summer months as at any other
time. Egg prices usually begin to
rise in July and this continues through
August. Heavy feeding makes it
possible to secure highest production
from the old hens before the pullets
come into lay. It also keeps the birds
in good condition for proper culling
and the selection of high producers for
breeding.
Q. Does it pay to have the poultry
flocks blood tested
Ans. Poultry specialists at State
College say that it does pay and a
letter received this week from Mrs.
J. E. Broom of Union County proves
that it does. This is the second year
that Mrs. Broom has had her flock
tested and the mortality this year
does not exceed two per cent as com
pared with as high as fifty per cent
prior to the testing.
There are, about 135 small patches
of the new perennial lespedeza seri
cia in Robeson County.
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Photo by Sherrill's Studio
This is a view of Haywoo ! Coun ;y'Y new t,u i' tcr million li'.lar Court
House which will be complete about j'aly i:t. The County Commissioners
are to let the contract for grading v.wl improving the groiia Is on June ' .
Make Quick Breads
With Liquid Yeast
Liquid yeast, made a- hue v'i'-l-a
corninerei.J yeast -'rake, Haie ' Ir.sOj'
potatoes, a little sugar and -alt and
warm water, wi'l aid the farm house
wife in having bread and rolls when
ever desired, sa State College home
demonstration workers.
Miss Violet Rlexander, home agent
of Beaufjft. County reports an inter
esting story of how Mrs. Edmoiui
Jarvi.s of the I'antogo home demon
stration club kept a supply of this
liquid yeast for about two years af
ter the original cupful had been given
her at a home demonstration meet
ing in April, 15)29. Mrs. Jarvis se
cured the recipe for making the yeast
at the same time and dul not i)'
commercial yeast in renewing her
supply, but used a portion of the
yeast previously made. She kept a
fresh quantity on hand until Christ
mas,; l'J31, when she moved from the
Wmteadville community.
This liquid yeast is prepared, from
eight medium-sized Irish potatoes,
boiled one-half cup of sugar,
one quart of lake warm wa
ter and one cake of yeast dissolv
ed in one-fourth cup of luke-warm
water. The potatoes are peeled and
mashed while warm and the other
ingredients are then added in the or
der named. The mixture must not be
more than lukewarm when the dis
solved yeast is added. Cover and set
in a warm place for an hour. Stir
and then pour into glass fruit jars,
not filling over three-fourths full and
not closing the lids tightly. Keep in
a cool pace. -
Miss Alexander says "liquid yeast
will keep in an ice box for a week or
more and in some other coo place for
several days. One cup can be sub
stituted fr a cake of commercial
yeast and one cup may be used in
starting another culture. One cup
will raise a quart of flour quickly or
one-half cup may be used when there
is more time. Farm women in all
parts of the state are now using the
liquid yeast and find it economical
and efficient.
Rwent rains and recovery of to
laccy plants from blue mold have
caused Columbus County growers to
ret a large acreage of late tobacco
this season.
R. 0. Lancaster of Craven County
made some money on a lot of 181
hogs this spring and sold his corn
at a better price than had he dispos
ed of it at market prices for grain.
The tobacco acreage of Cumber
land County is about 60 per cent of
that of 1931 and the crop is from ten
days to two weeks late.
H.L.Brown of Conetoe, Edgecombe
County, used some old brick, some
stove pipe, and bought one bag of
cement to construct a brick brooder
for his chickens at a cost of $1.50.
The brooder is giving excellent re
sults, he says. '
Lack Of Livestock
On Farms Is Very
Serious Handicap
The preponeuan.-e of the acreage
X'i cash ' i".ips and the comparatively
sma;.! amount of live stock grown in
North .Carchna constitute the most
serious hi,:. . -Lap to a -u.ce.-sful and
pi. rmanent :a.'f.c aitury in ti e State,
"North :- i j.ina has a land arc of
ai'i i-...;mate'y ;;3 ,o(0,000 acres,"
sa.'s i. v.. jjciiauo, oean of agriculture
a." -.la.t (....nt-ge. "Eighteen million
a.res of this total a-o farm landi;
however, only about eve?t liiiii.oii
acres are planted t ) cultivattd crops,
l he major acreage Is to corn with
about one-fourth ox th cultivated
farm land being in this crop. 'I hen
about 400,000 acres are planted to
small grain; 500,000 to hay; 1,000,000
to cotton; 700,000 to tobacco: 120,--000
to potatoes and tOout 40.000 to
vegetables harvested for sale. This
means that too much of our Und is
given over to the growth of the so
called ;'-.sh crops."
Good farmers are demonstrating
that feed and forage crops needed by
livestock can be grown in all parts oi
the State and if North Carolina
farmers will change their system of
cropping so as to produce leed, then
inrrpflse thpir Doultrv. hoes. sheer
and cattle to a point where they may
supply ail lamiiy needs with some
for market, they will see an improve
ment This will aid in maintaininp
the fertility of the soil, will help to
Utiliize the labor throughout the
year, will provide a constant income
and will bring about a Detter day in
agriculture.
Dean Schaub says some are doing
this but not enough. The strength
of North Carolina lies in the soil
and a fertile soil with livestock will
bring about new conditions which
will be favorable to all the people in
the State, he believes.
L. M. Smith, dairyman of Wake
County, reduced his grain feed by
200 pounds a day and cut out the
use of beet pulp when he turned his
herd of 50 cows on a pasture that
was limed, fertilized and planted last
fall.
A stout woman slipped on the icy
top step of the stairway and rolled to
the bottom carrying with her a Email
man who had been coming up just
re-hind her.
As the landing was reached, the
little man waited a moment for ac
tion, then lifting her head as far as
circumstances would permit, gasped:
"You'll have to get off here, lady.
This is as far as we go."
Martin County farmers have sold
about 60,000 bushels of sweet po
tatoes cured in modern houses for a
price of 50 to 75 cents a bushel this
spring.
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