Black Locusts
Are Soil Aides
And ‘Legumes'
HIGH POINT. April 1.—Two to
tally different types of locust will
be busy In North Carolina this
spring. One is the little insect with
**W” etched on his wing who makes
his appearance once every seven
teen years. The other is the black
locust tree which is gaining in im
portance as a factor in erosion con
trol.
'The black locust tree is a 1c
gume," says Charles H. Flory, chiel
forester of the Soil Conservation
Service, "and, as such. Shares, in the
soil Improvement qualities more oft
en associated with other member:
of the family, such as the lespedeza
and clovers.
"It has the same nodules on it.*
roots, which produce nitrogen fix
ing bacteria, thereby adding this
valuable chemical element to the
soil. It has a strong spreading root
system, which holds the soil in place
ind keeps it from washing away. It
can be found growing on steep
banks along railways and highways
and is usually the only tree that
will grow in such places and raidly
Check erosion.
"In addition, the wood of the
black looust is heavy, exceedingly
hard and very durable. The heart
TRUSTEE'S 8AI.E
By virtue of the power ot sale conlatnei
to * deed of trust executed by Z. B
V. fathers, and wife, Ullie Weathers. 01
January 27th, 1932, to me as trustee- foi
the Shelby Building and Loan association
raid deed of trugt recorded in book 171
fiage 229 Of the reglater » office of Clove
uud bounty, N,. C,. and default hsvmi
bratt made in the payment of the indebt
td'.ieaa thereby secured, 3. as trustee, wli
atfor cash to the highest bidder n
public auction at the court house door li
8'c town of Shelby. N. C-. on
Saturday, May 2,
at 12 o'clock M„ the following describe!
yinl estate;
'hot* -Hot. 3. 4. 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10, n
Hock or tract No. 1 in subdivision of tin
O k Forest park properly in the town o
Shelby, N. C.. aa described on pint o
V, liam T. Purvis land made by John L
Kennedy, C. E. and appearing on recori
In the office of the regiater of deeds o
Cleveland county, N. C., In book No.
prsm‘30, reference'to which plat Is here
by made for a more perfect description
aii of said lots fronting on Hudson slice
and having a width of 2'J feet each and i
depth of 128 feet. Sold lots Jic on thi
west side of North Washington street nnt
are the lots deeded 21. B. Weathers b;
Minnie L. Spangler, widow, by deed date!
June 19, 1923.
Excepting from the above boundary thi
loi deeded by Z. B. Weathers and wife. t<
C M. Weathers and also the lot deeded bj
Z B. Weathers and wife, to Z. B. Weatli
ors Ih Bon, both of which deeds are dull
recorded In the office of the register o
deed! of Cleveland county, N c., refer,
enee to which ia hereby made for full dc
Bcription of said lots.
The foregoing property will be sold sub
Ject to any unpaid taxes or street pavlm
a esaments existing against same. Thi
March 31, 1939.
4t Apr lc CLYDE R. HOEY, Trustee.
wood remains Intact within the soil
'from fifteen to thirty years or more
| As a result, it has a widespread use
!as fencepo6ts, crossties, grape stakes
( poles and insulator pins. In addi
tion to its valuable soil erosion
qualities, it brings the farmer, wher
it has attained its growth, a good
revenue.”
i At the average rate of growth in
the Piedmont counties of North
Carolina, Mr. Flory says, fence posts
cart* be cut when the tree is from
ten to twenty years of age.
Tlie black locust makes rapid
growth on good soils but will also
grow on rather rocky, or sterile,
eroded soils. On fair soil, the tree
should reach, in fifteen years, an
average height of twenty to thirty
feet and a diameter, outside the
, bark at breast height, of three to
i five inches.
| The black locust is not fire re
sistant, Mr. Flory warns, so the
; greatest ' care should be taken to
| prevent fire from running over the
! ground where the tree is planted.
Camps Creek Folks
Home For Holidays
(Special to The Star.!
CAMPS CREEK. Apr. 1.—Mist
Louise McCraw of Mars Hill if
spending the spring holidays with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A
McCraw.
Misses Grace Scruggs and Clara
Dell Stroup of Boiling Springs col
lege were week end visitors in the
home of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Mc
Craw.
Mrs. S. Bridges is on the sick
list at this writing.
Mr. and Mrs. John Humphries ol
Greenville, 9. C., Mrs. G. C.
Humphries and R. C. Humphries oi
Cherokee, S C., visited Mrs. S
Bridges Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Swafford Davis
Msses Lois and Helen Price ol
Cliffstdfc Della and Woodrow
Hamrick of Grassy Pond. Juanita
White of Oaffney, S. C„ and Ro
land Hamrick of Greenville, S. C.
were week end visitors in the horpe
! of Mr. and Mrs. K. E Hamrick.
Proceeds Of Dance
For Flood Victims
A dance will be held at th«
Thompson building: Thursday night
April 2, with music by Raymonc
Lindsey and his orchestra.
The proceeds of the dance are tt
be placed In the “flood sufferers’
fund and will be sent at once to th<
stricken territory.
Claim Processing
Tax Is Returned
NEW YORK, March 30.—Leavllle
McCampbell, head of the cotton tex
tile firm which bears his name, re
j leased for publication a letter sent
'to Senator George W. Norris, which
: state* that cotton processors have
passed on to heir customers over
three-fourths of the benefit of the
impounded and unpaid AAA taxes.
McCampbell offered figures to
show that *19,976,172 was all that
remains with the processors, “in
stead of $97,000,000 as estimated by
Secretary of Agriculture Henry A.
Wallace.”
His letter submitted other figur
es to show that the industry "has
absorbed the major part of $182,913,
000 in processing tax already paid"
no part of which has been refunded
to the government." And added
that “instead of receiving an out
right gift of public money as Sec
retary Wallace said, the processors
are still heavy losers.”
Winter Snow Falls
Totaled 9.8 Depth
RALEIGH, April 1.—The Weath
er Man at the United States
Weather bureau here Saturday
looked back on a "tough winter” as
the first week of spring ended.
The weather was rough, the rec
ords show, but only • a few new
records were set.
December had record snowfalls,
three snows making up 9.8 nches,
the heaviest in a month In Raleigh
since records were started in 1887.
The city had its first “White
Chirstmas.”
January was the "wettest” first
month of the year in 41 £ ars, with
6.62 inches of precipitation, 2.96
inches above normal. The average
for the state was 7.79 inches, heav
iest in 50 years.
Court Of Honor
On Monday Evening
The regular April court of honor
■for the Shelby District of Boy
Scouts will be held Monday night
at 7:30 In the Sunday school rooms
of the Central Methodist church.
Scouts who expect to receive
awards are asked to send applica
tions on time and to be prepared.
Card Of Thanks
■ We wish to thank all the friends
and relatives for their kindness and
' sympathy during our great sorrow.
—Katherine Wilson White.
Meets Engineers' Specifications
|Mi»» Snowdie Howard)^ ^
Specifications of engineering students at Louisiana Tech were filled
L«"L' “tmTn Mi” Sm""K »<>«#«
' La, who was chosen campus queen to reign at the annual
undergraduate celebration.
Nurse Slays Child She Adores
Then Fails In Suicide Attempt
ST. LOUIS. March 30.--Eight
year-old Marilyn Morgan was deafl,
but Miss Myrtle Wilkinson. 35 years
old, her suicide attempt frustrated,
lived tonight In the frantic realiza
tion she had slain the child she
loved.
“May the Lord have mercy oh my
soul for this act,” she said in a
note telling why she killed the child,
whom she had reared from infancy,
"but our love for each other was
too strong to be separated.”
The note said the child's mother.1
Mrs. Helen Morgan, a waitress, had
taken Marilyn from her and had
forbade their seeing each other,
"When she stopped the child from I
talking to me over the telephone,”
she said, "it was too much for me1
to bear. I could not sleep at nights
thinking of the darling being alone,;
and I could hear her calling me all
night.”
Last night she took the child
from a boarding house where Mrs.
Morgan room and brought her to
an apartment she had rented only
the day before. She put the child
to sleep.
Then, taking her from bed, she
strangled her to death in a water
lined bath tub.
Mrs. Wilkinson meant to die, too.
She went to tire kitchen and open
ed four burners on a gas stove. She
was unconscious when she was
found this morning, but was reviv
ed with an inhalator.
Mrs. Morgan became hysterical
when she learned of her daughter's
(.path. She said she took the child
away because Miss Wilkinson "was
trying to make Marilyn dislike me."
Peacocks Slayers
Make Confessions
CHICAGO, April I.—The Cook
county grand jury started th- four
confessed ’teen age slayers of Dr.
Sdber C. Peacock along the road of
swift retribution demanded by
Prosecutor Thomas Courtney Mon
day by voting a murder indie ment
against them.
Less than two hours and the tes
timony of a half-dozen witnesses
intervened between the grand jury’s
Convening and its return oi true
bills nayiing Robert Goethe, Dur
land Nash, Emil Raeck—a!! 19—
and Michael Livingston, 17, a. per
petrators of the brutal "mercy call”
slaying last January 2.
The four Sunday night signed con
fessions of the crime before tn in
fortnal "jury” of 10 prominent citi
zens, a move instituted by the pros
ecutor to insure against ph is of
distress when the case comes to
trial.
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Shower Is Given
For Grover Bride
GROVER, April 1.—Miss Terah
Ferrecand Mrs. D. S. Shepard en
tertained at a party and shower at
I her home-here Saturday afternoon
i m compliments to Mrs. Luther Mar
! tin, bride of March.
Mrs. H. L. Beam presided at the
j register and invited the guests to
register, and Miss Ferree was di
rector of a series of entertaining
games and contests. A contest on
questions about the bride/ to be an
swered by titles of popular songs,
was won by Mrs. Charlie Martin
and Miss Esther Martin working to
—--—
gether.
Little Walter Shepard presec
the shower gifts to the bride as
i hostess passed refreshment plait •
| congealed salad, sandwiches ; ,
| other party delicacies. Those
jsisting the hostesses in sen
■were Mrs. Andrew Watterson. j
I Charles Martin, Mrs. Mills c’a
,and Miss Esther Martin.
A number of guests from outs
jthe community who enjoyed the
fair included Miss Martin, fr ’
| Gaffney, Mrs. A. J. Spake,’Mi*
'Katherine, Elizabeth and r
'spake, and Miss Jewell Long all >
; Shelby and Mrs. Tom Wallace ' '
| Dallas.
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