THE WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEttK
THURSDAY, JUNE 1.
THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 1933
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THURSDAY, JUNE 8, HKH
HAYWOOD STRAWBERRIES
One of Haywood County's greatest possi
bilities at this time is the production of straw
berries on a large scale for outside markets.
It is a proven fact that berries of a finer quality
than those grown in other sections of the state
can be grown here successfully.
Heretofore Haywood farmers have not
gone into the strawberry business to any large
degree, with the exception of just one or two,
and these few growers are being called upon
for more than they can produce.
Henry Francis has already gathered over
10,000 quarts from his patch, while (George W.
Justice has almost reached the G.000 quart
mark. We have been told that trucks from
South Carolina and other southern points have
stopped -daily at these places trying to get
berries to take to the southern points where
the crop is over. What an opportunity that is
for Haywood farmers.
It seems that the soil here in this county
is just the kind that produces large berries and
with 'a di.Ntinctiye llavor, and if the farmers
here would get into the business on a .small
scale of about half an acre to the farm, we feel
that it would be a money crop that we are now
missing.
' Tlu cost of growing strawberries is Very ,
small, we are told. And in view of the' fact that
the Haywood crop would come in just as tie
crop in 'Eastern Carolina. -was going out is a
distinct advantage.
Last week a survey made at the Chadbourn
market showed that over $100,000 worth of
berries had-. been -shipped from that one point
this season. With that figure in mind and the
crop production of two growers here of 1(5,000
quarts and the season not over, you can easily
figure out the possibilities that Haywood Coun
ty has to become one of the leading strawberry
producing counties in the state.
From the looks of the crowds that visited
Delle .Meade Playground Sunday to enjoy the
pool' and other recreational facilities, it looks
that something of this nature is just what the
people have been longing for here.
Of course there have been places for swim
ming and other, forms of amusement in and
near Waynesville that have filled the needs for
years,; ;md they will continue to be patronized,;,
but we fee! that with the new poo that.an in
creased interest will be hovn in this line of
sport.
One oj' tlie noticabk' things about the
crowds at Ileile Meade Playground has been the
large number of : t rangers..-. Nut onl tourists
but people from nearby places have bet n there
to enjoy the playground. ,
We were impressed recently with the fact
that there are no huge roadside signs along the
highway from here to Del! wood and of course,
there are none along the new road that is being
constructed from Dellwood to Soco iap.
Since this route s free 1 rem -, -signboards '
thv.t obstruct the view whie.i 'thousands' will,
con e hf re annually to see, we feel tn-'t at this
t;-.-, it uidd be a proper t i tit for a .anvaign
to be made to keep the roads into the park free
from them.
There are certain roads in Western North
Carolina that have lost their popularity .with
traveling people just because of the large
number of signs built along them;. While ojtber
roads have been barred of the signs they have
proven to be traveled more than the others.
It is now said the 275,000 workers of the
Civilian Conservation Corps will prevent huge
losses by floods, save fire losses of $18,000,000
year, increase the future annual timber crop
and bring ten years' improvements to the. woods
in two years. Maybe this vacation with pay will
yet pay the givers of the vacation.
LOOK THE HOUSE OVER
Take a walk around your home and prop
erty. If you are the average home-owner, you'll
find lots of places where repairs, replacements
vr alterations should be made. The steps are
becoming rickety the electric wiring in the
basement and garage is in poor condition new
plumbing fixtures are needed the roof is. be
ginning to leak those hardwood floors for the
living roon you've been thinking about so long
have never materialized the garden and lawn
should be rejuvenated the whole house could
do with a new paint job. The addition of a few-labor-saving
devices in the kitchen would make
your home a more pleasant, and efficient place
to live in.
It's probable that you've been thinking of
making such repairs and betterments as these
for several years and haven't had them done
because of nervousness as to the future, the
thought that you'd better keep your money as
intact as possible. That's the kind of reason
ing that has prolonged the depression. It's the
kind of reasoning that throws men out of work
and makes it impossible for them to find new
jobs; the kind of reasoning that causes basic
industries to run at the lowest production point
in decades.
Today you can obtain property-improvement,
of what ever kind, for a fraction of what
it would have cost you five or ten years ago.
You'll probably never be able to buy so cheaply
again it's almost certain that prices will rise
sharply in the near future. You'll be getting
an amazingly big construction dollar's worth.
And you'll be putting men to work, putting
money into payrolls and salary checks and pur
chase orders. Don't forget that jobs are cheap
er than charity and that only jobs make
charity possible, Industrial News.
HOW DOES IT SEEM TO YOU?
It seems to me I'd like to go
Where bells don't ring,, .nor whistles blow,
Nor clocks don't strike, nor gongs don't sound,
Ami I'd have stillness all around.
Not real stillness, but just -the 'trees'
Low whisperings, or the hum of bee.-.
Or brooks' faint babbling over stones
In strangelysoftly tangled tones.
Or maybe a cricket or katydid.
Or the songs of birds in the hedges hid,
Or just some such sweet sounds as these
To fill a tired heart will ease.
If 'twern't for sight and sound and smell,
I'd like a city pretty well,
But when it -comes to getting rest
I like the country lots the best.
Sometimes it seems to me I must
Just quit the city's . din and dust
And get out where the sky is blue,
And, say, now, how does it seem to you?
Eugene Field.
Now that you have read the poem by Eu
gene Field, try and think of friends in some
city that you think would like to come to Way
nesville and spend their Vacation and send them
this poem -with the suggestion that they mako
their plans to come to "The garden spot of
Eastern America."
A (iSI-YEAU-OLD HANK
The world --particularly that portion of it
situate hereabouts. -will doubtless' react with
mingled emotion to recent press dispatches re
minding that the Lank of St. Ceo.rge.' at Oenca.
Italy, has been doing business since 1252, Dis
patches fail to say whether the bank of St.
George has had any enforced holidays. Pre
sumably it hasn't. It is sound, press reports
indicate, and it doesn't contemplate making
call on any U. F. C. (if Italy has one) for help.
A financial writer in the Kansas City Star
points out what is perhaps the most interest
ing thing, certainly from the American view
point, in the story of the Bank of St. George.
It is the alleged discovery; that it was this in
stitution, and not good Queen Isabella of Spain,
that financed Columbus on his voyage to the
western half of the world. The Greensboro
Record. .
That, bottle picked up on a Yucatan beach
after bobbing 5150 miles in one year from the
day it was tossed overboard v. :i( be regarded as
having served a higher purpose in establishing
the drift of ocean currents than in conveying
a message to the mate's wife that he would be
late in getting home for supper.
North Carolina Institute Of Government
Will Meet At Chapel Hill June 23-24
Large Number Of Pro oinent
Statesmen And Speakers Will
He On Program
tu. Kj'Vi .-QcJ-r.,, f.f tVit. TnstiMlte of
X lie A'-J Staiuiia
! Government for North Carolina will
be held at Chapel Hill on Friday and
Saturday, June 23 and 24, it was an
nounced this week.
The purpose of this institute is to
explain legislation of the General As
sembly of 1933 to all grcups of city,
state, county officials. A discussion
of the revenue legislation, including
Valuation and listing of property for
taxation,. Collection of taxes, Interest
and penalties on unpaid taxes, Refund
ing act allow- taxpayers to givt five
year note with annual payments on
back taxes, Tax foreclosures. Install
ment payments, Delinquent raxes,
Trend of legislation affecting collec
tion of license taxes by local govern
mental units. Amendments to Muni
cipal and County Finance Acts ana
other laws providing for funding and
refunding of indebtedness of local
governmental units. School Machin
ery Bill. Other legislation of special
interest to particular groups-
Also to explain national legislation
bearing on state and local govern
mental units in North Carolina and
of particular interest to city, county
and state officials. Federal Unem
ployment Relief, Public Works Pro
gram, Farm Relief Bill, Home Mort
gage Kill i'ossiole reuerai Assis
tance in Local Government Refinan
cing. Third, to promote the exchange of
ideas and cooperative relationship
between all groups of city, county,
state and federal officials and citizens
within the territorial limits of North
Carolina.
Among the participants in discus-
.-ion of the Iaws of the General As
sembly oi l'J33: Governor J. C. 15.
Fhringhaus, Lieutenant Governor A.
H. Graham. Speaker it. L. llama.
Charles M. Johnson and V. E. East
er insr ot the ..Local uovernmenc- com
mission, Allen J. Maxwell, Cpmmis-.-.iDiier
of Revenue, Attorney General
lw,n,,; i 11 i-nin mil t A-i;tnnt Al
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I .....,.. I"-.,.,..- , i A A I," Smiwnll.
Other niemfcrs of the instruction
s::!;' wili uj announced from time to
U.i,,-. Among those who will partie
ipaie in the interpretation of national
legislation .ui' interest to local govern
iiKUUt f.ilici.iis aie Senators J. W.
ll.iili.v. and .Robert R. Reynolds, Con
g ,v- nit a K. 1 'ought on. LuuL-ay V a i -lei..
J... iSaynaid Clark,, J. Walter
L.imlvlh, Frank AV.' Hancock, V. 15.
L'nislea.:. All members oi North
Carolina's national delegation have
tentatively accepted invitations to O
present and participate in the confer,
enees. Others will be announced as
definite acceptances are received.
Among the grutips of oilicers -actively'
participating are: (1) Legislative
tllhceis ".state and federal,) (2) Ju
dicial Oilicers U'i'-y- County, state
and federal), (3) Prosecuting Officers
icily; county, state and federal), (4)
County Commissioners, (.") County
Attorneys. (C) County .Managers. (7)
Sheriffs, (S) Register of Deeds, ('.)
Prison Officials (city, county, s'ate
and 'federal penal and correction!1.!,)
(10) Clerks of Court (city, county,
state and federal), (11) Coroners,
( 12) Public Auditors . (city, county
and .state)', (13) Public Officers (city,
county, state and federal). (14) City
Councilnion, (17- City .Managers.
(17) Police, Officers, (IS) Public
Health Officers (city, county and
state), (19) Public Engineers (City,
county and state), (20) Student
Government Officers (highrchool aim
college). (21) Teachers of '-Govern-,
ment, ( 22) Flection . . Officials, (.23.1
Tax Supervisors.
Groups. ui' private citizens actively
participating: (1) S'.a'.o Bar Asso
ciation, (2) l.ooal Bar Officials; 'Assy
ria lion's' of (31 Rankers, (J Mei-
chants, ('") Physicians, (li) Teachers,
( 7 ) Editor.-; C.ivio Clubs Rolarv;
(f) Lions, (10) Kiwanis. (Ill Civ
tan, ( 12) Parent-Teacher .Association,
1 13) State Federation of Women'
Clubs, (14) American Business C.luhs,
.( 15. American Legion, (Hi) League
of Woiiien Vo.ers. (17) Business and
Professional Women's Club,, ( IS)
American Association . of University
Women. ' ; '
Reservations, should be mad': with
Albert Coaus;; Chapel Hill. ;
Roses Will Respond
To Soil Preparation
The principal factor in having a
successful rose garden lies in pre
paring the soil carefully and keep
ing the bushe.s protected with spray.
In the spring of 1932, Glenn O.
Randall, floriculturist at State Col
lege, decided to have a rflse garden
on the agricultural campus. Using
student labor largely, he set some 100
plans of about 30 different varieties
both as a test of the varieties and as
a test of growing conditions.
The plants were set in early
spring i nsoil that had been carefully
prepared. A good application of de
cayed manure was mixed with the
soil before the plants were set. La-
er, a small handful of a 7-5-5 fer
tilizer was applied around each bush.
The first application was carefully
worked into the soil about the first
week in May. A second application
was made in the same manner in early
July. The treatment, he said, made
a healthy, vigorous growth.
However Randall found that he
must protect the roses with the right
sort of spray. The Bordeaux mix
ture and sodium thio-sulphate were
used. The latter material, known
commercially Hypo, was used at
the rate of one tablespoonf ul to three
gallons of of water and gave protec
tion from rose mildew and other leaf
diseases. The Bordeaux mixture
was used for control of blackspot, mil
dew and other diseases. The only
drawback to using the Bordeaux is
that it will discolor the buds. Hypo
does not do this.
Randall protected the roses from
plant lice and - anhids by spraying
with a solution of nicotine sulphate
made by mixing one tablespoonful to
three gallons of water. As a result
the Collegerose garden has presented
a beautiful sight this season.
24 Years AgA
in
HAYWOOD
ft
FARM
NEWS
Catawba County poultry, growers
have perfected an organization to
promote the interests of this phase
of farm activity. The new associa
tion will aid in standardizing pro
duction and marketing.
A Gaston County club girl has. bet
ter d. her health score by 25 per cent
during the last three years through
the health examinations given in the
1-11 contest. .
(From the file of June 11, loi . i
Our hotels are now reaiy ! : :;:
Great Influx of Guests.
Mrs. Hugh A. Love and oh:. :!-,
left today for Ohio where tbiy w,
visit several weeks.
Mr. D. M. Cagle of Clyde -iv:
several days in Waynesville la--.
buying wool for shipment,.
Mrs. R. L.Allen gave a very ,. .i
ant party at her home Friday r. a:
in honor of .Miss Annie Sehoolbivi.
Miss Harriett McAfee gave a -: ..,
queraie bail at her home on V. .
street Friday night in hono t ;
Helen Briggs and Miss Rebecca li y
The Waynesville orchestra furn;-h,
the muic. Miss Lida Sniathers a
sisted in receiving.
Miss Bessie Sloan is entertai..::
a delightful house party this weeK at'
VliO- hiiniUiinii, linmn in flip Slllnn
-- 1
Springs grounds. 'Ifaesday evenint
she honored her guests with a Heart
Party. The guests are Miss May
Vetherly of Anniston, Ala., Miss
Annie Kate Smith of Barnardsville.
and Miss Lillian Fletcher of Asheville.
L. Huntley of White Store, Anson
County, says he considers soybeans
one of the best of hay crops. Properly
cured, the hay is relished by mules as
well as dairy cows and Mr. Huntley
kept his mules fat on the hay last
winter.
I, R. Turnage is building the first
trench silo for Durham Countv.
As we understand it, the jpiant dirigible is
a perfect war-machine if it can last until the
war starts. Macon Telegraph.
The
GARDEN CLUB
: Quite a number of high school
graduates of Western Xorth Caro
lina school belong to Blanton's
Garden Club. These young people
are cultivating one to (five acres
to pay their expenses in Blanton's
Business College. Other members
of the family often assist them.
Blanton's Business College is
able to use farm produce including
meat, lard eggs, chickens, etc. in
its boarding department and can
always arrange to accept at market
price these supplies to apply on
school fees.
You may be interested in taking
a piece of ground and raising pro
duce to help on your course, A list
of acceptable produce will be sent
upon request. Address.
BLANTON'S
BUSINESS COLLEGE
ASHEVILLE
Alleghany and Avery County sheep
growers are selling their wool in a
cooperative pool arrangd by the farm
agents.
2n YL'ARS AGO IX HAYWOOH
(From the file of June 16, 1911.)
Bishop and Mrs. James Atkins re.
ceivetl this week an invitation t '-e
present at the celebration of Pro,;,
dent Tuft's silver wedding which tak-js
place at the White House.
Mrs. Stonewall Jackson is a gue
in Waynesville. The widow of 'he
distinguished soldier is stopping
White Sulphur Springs Hotel.
Only yesterday afternoon as a
were going to press, the beautiful
wedding ceremony which united Mi-s
M:iry Pemberton and Lieutenant
John Norwood Ferguson was in pw-.
gress. 'of ' -which we reserve particu
lars fo,, our next issue.
Prof- G. C. Briggs, for nine years
editor of the Courier, ha sold mr.
to. F. M. Owings and will engaltv m;
the real estate business in Charln'te.
We welcome one and wish the oilier
success in his new business.
Mrs. Asbury Howell and two daugh
ters, Irene and Loui.-e, are spending:
this week at their home near iKK
vvood. :
.Mr. Troy Wyche arrived Monday
from Trinity College to spend ln
vacation at home.
Mis. F R. ('iiiuii entcrtaincil :!
nibi rs of the Wednesday Bridge
Club with several other invited guest-.
The highest -score and prize, a jab.,;,
was won by Miss. Nan Killian.
The Southern Express Company b.t
furnished thei,. agent at bis place
.Mr... W. T. Fdwards, with a r.ew
wagon and set of harness. " The i.ew
vehicle is, f the modern type and
makes a better apparancii 'upon "iiv
streets.
Miss Florence Turbyfil! ' celei).r:r-''d
her birthday Saturday evening.
Many of the younger -set-were, pre-ent
and a very pleasant evening was en
joyed with music and games an 1
contests. :
BE OPTIMISTIC
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PROFESSION ON EARTH
That is a broad statement to make, of course, !,ut you
will agree that it is just about literally true, AH the
professions tire important to the progress of the world,
but the Medical Profession has been, and is one of the
most useful and necessary to mankind.
In no boastful sense is this statement made but with
all reverence for the Doctor's privilege of being the phy
sical "keeper of his brother." The Doctor without that
deep inner sense of what he owes his profession and hi
patients, is most decidedly, the exception to the rule.
Your Doctor is humble in the knowledge that all the
problems of human health have not been solved, yet proud
of the strides that have been, and are being made, in this
Scientific profession, which is so indispensable to the
health and happiness of the world.
YOUR DOCTOR WANTS TO KEEP YOU WELL
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