MOM ABOUT Foqxd Finds (Continued IN* Pact 1) }.' . ?. ??r* *' ' eat, .not too many yean ago uran ium was Just another mineral forf which miners, geologists, and, chemists were trying to find some use In 1011, Mr. Foard said. Col. Joseph Hyde Pratt, state geologist of North Carolina, wrote that there was no market for uranium, and the ore was selling tor only $1.50 a pound. Mr. Foard said that although uranium has not been fonnd In large enough concentrations in North Carolina to warrant min ing, some of the richest uranium ore In the U. 8. has been thst dis covered in the Jar Heel State. Another valuable mineral found In North Carolina la mica, which is used as an Insulator In electric al equipment. Top-grade ruby mica now brings $75 a pound, and Western North Carolina now pro duces 90 per cent of the domestic supply. At present the U. 8. is forced to depend on imports of mica ? chiefly from India ? to fill the heavy demand. Western North Carolina. Mr. Foard pointed out, also produces a considerable amount of feldspar, used in the manufacture of glass and ceramics. This o-c now brings $10 to $U per ton. One little-known WNC mineral in Mr. Foard'a collection is rutile, a titanium exide, which is used in the production of Jet engines. Comprising a large section of his collection are the seml-prec lous stones used in the manufac ture of Jewelry Among those he lias found on his trips through Western North Carolina are rubiA, emeralds, aquamarine, sapphires, amethysts, moonstones, sunstones, garnets, rose quarts, rutilated quarts (Venus hair stones), smoky quarts, and banded agate ("tiger eye"), , Mr, Foard explained that North Carolina is the only state In the union where emeralds are found, and added that the world's largest emerald was discovered at Stqpy Point, near Statesvllle, around 1012, and Is now in the Museum of Natural History in New York - ~ity. At present. he Mid, 'there is an ?merald mine in operation near Uttle Switzerland. Another tact, concerning North Carolina known by only a eom >aratlvely few people, Mr, Foard commented, la that this. aUU led the nation ih the production of P>M until, ita discovery In Cali fornia in ltfS. Probably the moat unusual. I specimen in his collection, is "a stone that bends." It's a sandstone Hilled Itacojumite. nearly as ilexi >le is a similar piece of leather. Prospecting for minerals U in ereating, Mr. Foard pointed out. >ecause of the 'possibilities of risking a valuable And. Aqd It's ilso good exercise, he added. Mr. Foard said he studied geo ogy at the University of North . Carolina, and first became inter sted in minerals whils working n Yancey County in 1934-35, but t wasn't until three years ago hat he actually started his collec- 1 Ion. He has collected many of his J necimens on field trips with the routhern Appalachian Mineral 80 iety, and others while Just I MOKE ABOUT \ \ Strawberries , Con tinned from Fi? 1) of 20 per cent super-ohoephate per one-tenth acre be? aipe. he sdld many Haywood Count v folia , are deficient In pt.<>mh<;.rv:U . ? If fertilizer haa m>t a>reedy been applied, ft ihould be .gppUrnd 10 lays after transplanting at Jtta rate jt two quarts per 100 faft frf row. Fertilizer should be spresd 0nshal low furrows on both sidrs- of the plant bed and worked thr re to dve inches Into the soil. r I Plants should be put Into the (round at exactly the sarai? depth hey grew in the nursery and all outs should be placed straight town. Pruning la important and new -unners should be conCned within i 12 to 16-Inch matted row. .Early -unners net the most trait buds ind should be given (reference In' ?qtablUhlng beds. j I Growers should Inspect their >lants periodically with a magnify, ng glass to watch for . For controlling the straw|>erry weevil, an insect that cuts of. the item bearing fruit, use a 5 pel cent DDT dust before berries form. In late June or July, two er 100 feet of row (approximately loo pounds per acre). * in the fall, a mulch of pine teedles. small-grained straw, or iswdust should be used on. straw lerry plants. In renovating old stmwberry ilant beds, about one half of old natted row*. Including the mother ilants. should be destroyed, leav ng tbc remaining half ti? produce i new crep. Mr. Covington pointed out that he 00.000 plants .'purchased hrough the county agent's office his month will not bear fruit un til next year. He advised transplanting as soon is toll moisture conditions permit ind also urged that all blooms? hose found on plants at present or those which come later?be picked Dff. Available to strawberry growers in the county agent's office at pres- 1 ?nt are six pamphlets entitled 'Small Fruit Cu)ture", "Land Prep- i iration and Fertilisation for Straw. I jerries', "Strawberry Weevils", Strawberry Rootworms". "Straw. | >erry Spider Mites" and "Scorch I ind Leaf Spot of Strawberries' , i STRAND I THEATRE \ PHONE 6-8551 l MON. ft TUES., ( APRIL 2 & 3 l RlfcHNU x UMffm MTtnunoMt ncruu , ???? , WED. k THURS.. B APRIL 4 & 5 1 ~1dhd" I A THOUSAND j TlMISPfcssSsS5 * MSd wffiiS* ? ~?? un ?m ? ih mm- mnu mum - ??l|? ? WaynesvUle; Charles Hascue Pope. ' Route 1, Canton. Charles Purcell Alley, WaynesvUle; Guy Lestbr c Pruett, Route 1, WaynesvUle; Rob ert Hawkins Medford, Route 2. ' Clyde; David Lee Schulhofer, Has. . elwood; Floyd Lee Smith, Route 3, | Canton; Arthur Lewis Jrv Maggie; Robert Jerome Messer, Route 2, Clyde; Bobby Eugene Llndsey, Route 2, Clyde; Roy Lee Clontz, Canton. Class 1-C (inducted)?Luther Og- J den Duckett, Cove Creek; Mark Brown, Route 1, Clyde; WUliam * Branson Rathbone, WaynesvUle; Joe Howarl Hall, Route 1, Canton: Douglas Dale Parton, WaynesvUle. Class 1-C (enlisted)?Harley Dale ? Caldwell, Route 4, WaynesvUle; \ David Wilford Greene. Route I, j WaynesvUle; Clarence Ray Boring, Hazelwood; Alvin Johnnie Jones, Clyde; Joe Everett Boyd. Waynes vUle. Class 2-S (student deferment) ? Mark Lewis Willis, Route 3. Can ton; Charles Ray Sheppard, Canton. Class 3-A (hardship)?Clay Scott. Route 1, Canton; Clyde Haynes. Joe, li. C.j Carl Chester Jones, Canton; Carroll Howell Carver. Route 2, Clyde. Class 1-D (reserve)?Bobby Mack McKay, Hazelwood. Class 4-F (rejected) ? Thomas Colson Newman, Canton; Roger Person Hyatt. Canton; Charles Smith, Route-1, Clyde; Robert Mer ritt Brown. Route 4, WaynesvUle. Waynesville Seaman Back At San Diego Ned Carver, seaman, USN, of WaynesvUle, returned t o San Diego. Calif., March 23 with a de tachraent of Beachmaster Unit 1 after completing amphibious train-! ing exercises on Iwo Jima. The February 17 landing, mark ing the 11th anniversary of the as sault during World War II, was the largest amphibious exercise to be held in 4he Western Pacific since the Korea conflict. Want ada bring quick results 1 ? i, COKE ABO III bounty Home (CwlliMd from Pace I) if the moat fertile la the county. It i on Highway 110, in the Bethel irea. The county acquired the farm >y an act of the legislature in 1007. ind a few years later, under an ither act, built the home. Early n 1090 the home wag damaged by Ire, but was immediately repaired. The farm equipment and ma hinery have already been aqld. ? fv> IOU ABOUT Paving Road (Continued from Pare 1) ' < Vagon Road Gap. The four projects have been ap iroved by the Forest Service, the 'ederal Bureau of Public Roads nd the State Highway Department. , lorriss said. * Americans used 979 million tubes if tooth paste in 1054, or about ' hree to a person. i Joe Liner Promoted At Fishburne Sehool WAYNESBORO. V*. ? Cadet S. Joseph Liner was recently promot ed to first lieutenant in tt)e Fish burne Military School Cadet Bat talion. Liner's promotion, along with promotions of a number of other carets, wai announced as a highlight to the annual Military Ball held here recently. These pro motions were awarded on a -basis of a devotion to duty, efficiency and leadership. Along with bis fellow oadet offi cers, Liner is at present helping to prepare the Fishburne Battalion for its annual federal inspection to be here on April 11. This inspec tion. .conducted by the Department of the Army, will determine Fish burne's rating as an BOTC school For the past 25 years Fishburne has achieved the rank of an Honor ROTC School. Cadet Liner is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Liner, Waynesville. ' E ? The steel industry had 770.000 stockholders in 1054, but only 703r i)00 employes in its main plants and affiliated enterprises. HIGH SCHOOI, FRIDAY, APRIL 6th ? 8:00 P.M. WNOX - TENN. BARN DANCE ? ? Presents MELODYAIRES QUARTET ? 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