■BITTER HEALTH
%by Dr J. ROSSLYN EARP
Director. New Mexico Buicau of Public Health
BOW TO GET BID OF THE
BED BUG
Most housewives hold him in
horror., more from the social stig
ma of his presence than from fear
of his bite. Still every experienced
traveller will admit both the pos
sibility of invasion of the most re
spectable household and also that
to some people a bed bug bite is
more than a mere annoyance.
The most certain fumigant is
hydrocyanic acid, which kills both
adults and their eggs. It is ex
tremely dangerous and should
never be used except under direc
tion of the health department.
Sulphur fumes will kill the bugs
but not the eggs. They tarnish
metals and bleach anything that
has been colored with a vegetable
dye. But sulphur is not danger
ous and used in conjunction with
insect sprays of various kinds will
usually free a house of the pests.
A good spray is made of one
part denatured alcohol and two
parts of water. This will kill the
bugs quickly and even the eggs
if they remain wet for an hour
or more. This spray is not inflam
mable.
Advantage may be taken of the
hot weather to free a house from
bed bugs (and other insects) by
heat. Insects are very sensitive
to high temperatures; you may
have noticed how quickly any of
them die in hot water. If by using
the furnace and stoves you can
bring the temperature of the
house to something between 120
degrees F. and 130 degrees F. and
keep it there for two hours, you
may be pretty sure that eggs as
well as adults will have been de
stroyed.
ALCOHOL AND THE MIND
In the year 1923 a statistical
study was made of all patients
who were admitted during the
previous year to mental hospitals
for their first attack of mental
• disorder on account of alcohol.
There were 2,693 such patients
and 1,983, almost three-quarters
of them, were between 30 and 55
years of age. To lose the use of
one's mind at any age is tragic
enough but to lose it in the full
maturity of physical and intellec
tual life is a social as well as a
personal tragedy.
These patients had been
drinking heavily for a number of
years. In many cases the health
of the body had also been affect
ed, the most common complaint
being inflammation of the stom
ach. Several kinds of mental dis
order are found among these pa
tients. Some lost control of their
emotions: They became disgrunt
led and easily angered, or face
tious, careless and improvident.
Others imagine enemies among
their neighbors, become jealous
without cause, a prey to fears that
are unfounded. Others again are
delirious, see creatures and hear
voices that dec not really exist.
But before there is such loss
of contact with the real world
as can be certified as insanity
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there are signs from which the
wise may take warning: depend
ence on drink to avoid discom
fort; perpetual need for a "stim
ulant;" a desire to escape from
the difficulties of life; broken
sleep disturbed by dreams; trem
or and diffidence. All these may
come from drinking alcohol, may
be temporarily dispelled by drink
ing more alcohol in a vicious cir
cle. The circle can be broken but
only under conditions of helpful
discipline. Such conditions can
rarely be provided outside of a
special institution.
RONDA
The Woman's "Missionary Socie
ty met with Mrs. R.'C. Martin,
August 3, 1937, with eleven mem
bers present. The meeting was
opened by singing "Send The
Light." Mrs. O. D. Bentley had
charge of the devotional followed
by prayer by Mrs. R. C. Martin.
The topic for the month was
"The Indian." Those taking a
part on the program were Mrs.
Marvin Walls, Mrs. H. A. Pardue
and Mrs. Hobson Blackburn. Spe
cial song, "The Indian Convert"
was sung by Mrs. Marvin Walls
and Mrs. Hobson Blackburn.
The usual business session was
conducted by Mrs. R. C. Martin.
At the close of the social hour the
hostess, assisted by her sister, Miss
Willye McßrJde, served delicious
refreshments.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Long and
children, Lucille and Albert Jr. of
Durham, are spending some time
with Mr. and Mrs. N. A. Hender
son.
Mr. and Mrs. I. M. Adams and
family, accompanied by Grace
Burchette, visited Mrs. Adams
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Gun
nel in Mt. Airy Sunday.
Mrs. John H. Parks who has
been confined to her bed for sev
eral weeks is improving, her
many friends will be glad to learn.
Mr. Charlie Mathis and family
of Winston-Salem, visited home
folks in Ronda Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Crater and
children, Edith, Lorraine, Roy
Gray and Jimmie spent last week
in Baltimore, Md., the guests of
Mrs. Crater's brother, Mr. Arthur
Gray, and Mrs. Gray.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph-Martin had
as their guests Sunday, Mr. and
Mrs. Jim Jarvis and children and
Mr. and Mrs. Worth Clark of
Winston-Salem. Nancy Martin
went with them home to spend a
week.
Warren and George Pardue have
gone to Port Bragg for a month.
They report a fine time.
Friends of Mrs. J. B. Bell, will
regret to know she is in the hos
pital again. We wish for her a
speedy recovery.
Yes, we have outgrown the old
religion. And graduated to the
dog-eat-dog philosophy of the
jungle.
THE ILKIN TRIBUNE, ELKIN, NORTH CAROLINA
SOYBEAN CROP IS
PRODUCTION AID
Lenoir County Parmer In
creases Milk Yield by 16
Gallons Daily
EXCELLENT FOR COWS
A soybean crop on the dairy
farm of E. S. Wooten in Lenoir
County has Increased the milk
production of his 31-cow herd by
15 to 16 gallons a day.
Through the summer, the crop
will be worth $75 to SIOO an acre,
he told C. M. Brickhouse, Lenoir
County farm agent of the State
College extension service. 1
The soybean field is divided in
to four plots. Wooten turns the
cows in to graze on one plot an
hour every morning for 11 or 12
days, then he shifts them to an
other plot.
By rotating the grazing periods
from one plot to another, he plans
to have each plot grazed four dif
ferent times this summer.
At the same time, the beans are
adding nitrogen to the soil, and
when plowed under in the fall
they will provide much organic
matter. Manure from the cows
is also helping enrich the soil.
The cows get their fill of beans
in about an hour's grazing. If left
in the field longer than that, they
will tend to walk around, tramp
ling down the bean plants un
necessarily.
So after an hour in the beans,
the cows are returned to the per
manent pasture where they can
rest in the shade and continue
their grazing later In the day.
Wooten made a -test to deter
mine the value of soybeans as a
dairy feed, and found that the
cows grazing the beans every
morning consistently gave a half
a gallon or more milk per day
more than the cows that didn't.
In a pasture demonstration,
Wooten found he got the biggest
yield of grass from plots where he
applied stable manure and ground
limestone.
TIMELY FARM
QUESTIONS
. ANSWERED AT
STATE COLLEGE
Question: When should the lay
ing flock be culled?
Answer: Since efficient produc
tion may be needed each month
in the year, but the most rigid
culling should be made toward
the end of the laying period. This
usually occurs from July to No
vember and the flock should be
watched carefully during July
and August for early molters.
Hens that molt in June, July, or
August should be taken from the
flock and disposed of as soon as
molt appears or production ceas
es.
Question: How long does It take
to properly cure a barn of tobac
co?
Answer: The time required var
ies from 84 to 96 hours depending
upon the rapidity of the various
curing processes. After hanging
the weed maintain a temperature
about ten degrees higher than the
outside temperature until the leaf
is fairly yellow. The heat is then
raised 4 to 5 degrees an hour un
til a temperature is of 120 to 125
degress is reached. This tempera
ture is held until the tips of the
leaves are dry and then raised to
140 degrees. This will dry out the
entire leaf. The temperature is
again raised to 180 to 190 degrees
and held until all parts of the leaf
stem is dry in all parts of the
barn.
Question: Should a dairy cow
be given a grain ration during the
dry period?
Answer: If there is plenty of
good pasture available and the an
imal is in good flesh no other
feed will be necessary, but the
animal should have free access of
a good mineral mixture unless
the grazing is legume crops or hay
is being fed. If the pasture is
short or the cow in poor flesh
enough concentrate should be fed
to put the animal in good flesh
before freshening. A good grain
mixure to feed during this per
iod is composed of equal parts of
wheat bran and ground oats.
Family Spat
The newly married man and his
wife disagreed and their quarrel
continued through the night.
Morning came, and the wife went
downstairs to prepare breakfast.
The husband decided he would
try to make peace with his bride.
"What are you having for
breakfast, darling?" he called
from the top of the stairs.
"Rats!" came back the tart re
ply.
"All right, dear," replied the
man. "Cook one for yourself and
fry an egg for me." ' 1
NEWS FROM THE
Dobson. Aug. 9.—A tremendous
crowd attended the annual "Foot
Washing" at the Little Vine
Primitive Baptist church one mile
west of Dobson Sunday. It was an
all day assembly and dinner was
served on the grounds at the noon
hour.
Mrs. K. E. Shore, Mrs. Prances
Shore Brown and little Anne
Brown, of Winston-Salem, were
dinner guests of Mrs. W. L. Reece
last Monday.
Grady Cooper, the traveler's
friend, took 15 junior girls and
boys to Myrtle Beach last week,
where they enjoyed surf bathing
and other beach amusements for
a few days. Mr. Cooper rented a
cottage and with two 'splendid
ccy)ks the crowd was well fed.
They reported a great time.
Miss Eva Hancock and little
Linda Hancock spent Sunday in
Winston-Salem with the family
of Mr. and Mrs. B. O. Cornelius.
Mrs. P. F. Riggs vfent to Char
lotte Saturday to spend this week
with her sister, Mrs. S- E. Know
les.
Mrs. Ella Kerner Shore, widow
of the late H. E. Shore, of Ker
nersville and mother of Robert D.
Shore of Winston-Salem, with
whom she resides at present, spent
last week with Mrs. W. L. Reece
and Mrs. Emma Hampton. Mrs.
Shore has spent the last 14 win
ters in the sunny land of Florida,
at the Amherst Apts. in Orlando.
She finds the Florida climate very
necessary and conducive to her
health in winter, but she still pre
fers North Carolina summers with
her .family.
Miss Eva Collins of Winston-
Salem is spending a two weeks
vacation with her home folks here.
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Mrs. Howard Snow Is In the
hospital for medical treatment
for a few days.
Mis. Jim Folger is in the Mt.
Airy Hospital this week. She has
had a minor operation and is re
covering satisfactorily.
Miss Kathryn Folger, who is
attending the summer session at
Chapel Hill, visited home folks
for the week-end.
Mr. and Mrs. Qeorge Jones and
George, Jr., of Washington, D. C.
spent the week-end with the fam
ily of Atty. and Mrs. W. L. Reece.
Lieutenant and Mrs. McCrary
have moved into the apartment
in the home of Mrs. Mary Polger.
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Reid, Misses
Eugenia Reid and Victoria Holt
returned from Myrtle Beach Fri
day where they enjoyed the ocean
breeze for a few days.
NOTICE OF SALE
Under and by virtue of the
power contained in a certain deed
of trugt executed by R. W. Dar
nell, (single) to the undersigned
trustee and recorded in the office
of the Register of Deeds of Surry
County in Book 112, page 106, de
fault having been made in the
payment of the note thereby ,se
cured and at the request of the
holder of the same, the under
signed trustee will -offer for sale
at public auction to the highest
bidder for cash on Monday,, Sep
tember 13, 1937, at two o'clock P.
M., in front of the Post Office,
Elkin, Surry County, North Caro
lina, the following described real
estate, to-wit:
BEGINNING at an iron stake
on the west side of Elkin Shoe
Co., road, Charley Darnell and
Mrs. Ernest Mickle's corner, and
running with said road and Mrs.
Mickle's line south 35 degrees east
9 6-10 poles to a stake on the east
side of said road; thence south
34 1-2 degrees west crossing said
road 14 4-10 poles to an Iron
stake, Mrs. Mickle's corner in the
Elkin Shoe Co.'s line; thence with
Elkin Shoe Company's line three
courses and distances as follows:
South 88 1-2 degrees east 22 poles
to an iron in a road, south 66 1-2
degrees east 13 7-10 poles to a
stake at'the fork or the road, and
south 85 degrees east 54 4-10 poles
to a marked poplar and on same
course about 2 poles to the right
of way of the Elkin and Alleghany
Railroad; thence along the west
margin of said right-of-way north
29 1-2 degrees west 36 1-2 poles
to a branch, Gus Shore's corner;
thence westwardly up said branch
as it meanders 51 poles to a rock,
Shore's corner; thence north 38
degrees west 16 1-2 poles to a rock
on the south side of a road,
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Shore's comer In John Wall's
line; thence with Wall's line
south 50 degrees west 6 poles to
an iron and south 50 degrees west
6 7-10 poles to the point of be
ginning, containing 11 acres,
more or less, the principal part of
the above described land having
been conveyed to said Darnell in
July; 1917, by Paul Bhore and
wife, Princess Shore, being tract
No. 2 in said deed.
This the 11th day of August,
1937.
9-2 C. G. ARMFIELD, Trustee.