tt Y. Belb ? ?
? AND HIS NEWS OF NEBO VALLEY
What about that new picture
at th? head of the column? Its
tailor-made. If you don't like It
take off your glasses and don't
blamfe me. Hubert Carlisle did
the best he could with the ma
terial he had. He has built-up a
nice business in a short while.
When you go down you will find
he has - er, nice pictures to
show. Look up in the pocket of
that new picture. Its a snow shoe
rabbit's foot off of the left hind
3 eg. They grow only on Kodac Is
land. Very large too. If you
would 'be lucky at all times car
ry one of them. You can eharin
'em they say.
Charlie Blalock tells me. they
have had a lot of trouble this
winter- with the water pipes free
zing and bursting. I told him it
hadn't been cold at Nebo. That
our spring hadn't froze over yet
He said he didn't believe they
would have any more trouble
with their pipes bursting, that
Hall Goforth had found a sure
way to keep the water running.
He has an old blind Plymouth
IRock hen that gets up on his
pipe at night and keeps his pipes
warm ? can't freeze. If I had pi
pes In my springs, I'd keep a
hunch of old blind hens. A stitch
in time saves nine. A blind hen is
hard to find. Now please pardon
me for what I'm going to say. Its
true._
I heard a doc
I tor say . our
brains are 90
per cent water.
I wondered if
he had any. A
hog has morel
brains than a
man and uses
them so much
better at times.
ffiomft men who
get there in Life use their brans.
Others work themselves to death
with their hands.
A famous liar called by. I ask
ed him, Brother John, What's the
news? He replied: The Mississip
pi river burned up last night. A
smart fellow standing by replied,
I thought something like that
had happened, for I saw a whale
floating up stream with its tail
burned off.
Don't ever apologize to me for
looking like hayseed. To me you
are the salt of the earth. Whether
you are a preacher, a politician,
or -a newspaper columnist. The
man who plows In the dirt, he's
the saviour of mankind. In the
winter its hard for me to write
you a line when there's snow and
hail and frost and sleet. I hope
this brief retreat don't give my
readers the cold feet.
I have notiied so many al
ready beautiful women before
they go down street shopping,
they take' two hours dolling up
that face and changing, her
hair. They never seem to get
dolled up Just like they wish to
be. Its never Just right for that
evening date. As for me I like
one of those tailor-made gals the
best ? they don't have to doll
up. They are always Just right
They stay pretty all the time.
If you by chance call in at the
Dime Store she will meet you
with a good morning smile and
ask, "May I help you?" Then you
are sure to buy if you didn't
want It
All women don't marry for love.
Some, fear they will, soon grow
old. She will fall tor a man if he
has on tine clothes bought at the
store, whether they are paid for
or he got 'em on time. Many mar
ry In haste, soon become grass
hopper old maids. I'll take for
keeps a tailor-made woman ?
she's hard to beat and you could
not get shut.of her if you wanted
too. Most any of them, will boss
:?vu around and f.pend you. doe.
I was Just ruminating over a
few certain absurdities?
According to Boss Truman,
these nations overseas must toe
reconstructed on Truman lines.
The bavage must wear clothes,
bum their idols, have their hair
cut, and quit eating snakes, liz
zards and grasshoppers. They
must learn to cuss and swear in
U. S. languages. And when they
hold elections they oiust be con
ducted along Pendergrast lines.
If anyone is caught reading the
lives and activities of Abe Lin
coln, or William McKinley# or
Teddy Roosevelt, sock him on the
snout. Teach 'em that their God
is In Truman and he only shall
they serve; Teach them to play
poker and drink four roses or
some other leading brand of high
toxicating hooch. This kind of
Fair Deal aid and assistance is
to be the aim of the Truman sav
our* So, my dear John Henry,
get out your pocketbook with out
hesitation and shell out the scads
for the coming revolution "and
uplift of the weaker nations, sa
vage and civilized. Not leaving
out the dear old China people.
How come any man to think a
toout such a pop-skull adventure
is beyond my absurdities and
keeps me ruminating at the only
exploit comparable to this Tru
man drive Is the adveuture of
the old Spanish Satirist who
Sunrise Milk
they become disgusted.
rw? ?mon declared there was
its d /fpn?? Under the su*. but
ion* wo? "?k- The old ta*h
herime over a 1? 9p*nd
JK?herTdern dau^lterwho
Sf ? er tlme ?t bridge over
SroVffiyP,^a"'s
d?, DMdJ JSl? Aon""?
?"STm/nt ln bUTSSS
mJl?" lon wh* "
spread 2 ^ take notice ?f the
here In Arnica"" eovernment
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can re write a, ,
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up iS'de .x'xr'gS
ss rs? itxvksly?
SS? Si'"a' You wh?? S21
Tney show no legs.
Some people opposed the U s
^LraeinUmber,n8 the 9?mSi'
kSS-?*S
dp- tf ? 1 can furnish the oa
Whioh rem! n h make the - ?**
by Charles Lamb^on' bir??k
?peare's Tales I tolri^i , e,<5"
that I had a 'book ? 1ady
well? She said h? 0011,41 do as
kin* lijlt ?; here y?u ?re ma
fellow, you will Ih/t youne
day. Oh I'm ?!!i. Sorry
?>en lay down to?' ?a'
threw
and hit the hay hurrled h?me
wasfaffn Bernard Shaw at 94
was still mentally
wrote some of hiL k and
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SKtfSSa?
American Red Cross chapters,
working with field directors on
military Installations, handled
a total of 200,000 welfare cases
last year involving the personal
or faintly troubles of men of the
armed forces.
PRESCRIPTION
SERVICE
W? Fill any Doctors' Pn*
?cripttoM promptly and
accurately at reasonable
prices with the confidence
of your physician.
Kings Mountain
Drag Company
THE REXALL STORE
Phones 41?41
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Some Boll Weevils Killed, Plenty
More Left Reports State College
Treat Peanut Seet
For Better Stands
Treating peanut seed with rec
ommended fungicides will as
sure Tar Heel -peanut growers of
greater profits through improved
stands and higher yields, accord
ing to plant disease scientists
with the North Carolina Experi
ment Station.
W. E. Cooper explains that
carefully dusting hand-shelled
and machine-shclled peanut seed
will prevent seed decay. He -rec
ommends use of Arasan, 1 per
centCeresan, Yellow Cupricide, or
Spergon, all available from seed,
hardware, and drug stores in
most sections of the State.
Recommended amounts of the
fungicides for application to 100
?pounds of seed are: Arasan, three
ounces: 2 percent Ceresan, four
ounces; Yellow Cupricide, four
ounces; and Spergon, four ounc
es. Cost of materials for treating
100 pounds of- seed ranges from
14 cents for Yellow Cuproclde to
56 cents for Spergon.
: The Experiment Station scien
tist says the barrel treater often
used with cotton seed, is suitable
for peanut seed, treatment Ml
turned very slowly. If operated]
too quickly, seed may be damag.
ed. A barrell or drum with a tight
fitting lid may be used. It should
be rolled slowly along the ground
or floor to coat the seed.
Whatever the equipment, the
container should be filled about
half full with a known weight of
peanut seed. The required a -
mo"unt of seed protectant should
then be carefully measured and
added. Best results are obtained
When each seed is . completely
coated with a layer of dust by
Slowly rotating the treater.
Cooper points out that peanut
seed can be treated safely any
time from 90 days before plant
ing until Just before being plac
ed in the planter. Care should be
used, he 'warns, to use treated
seed only for planting. The same
lot of seed should never be treat
ed with more than one material.
Red Cross learn-to-swlm pro
grams* are increasing steadily
in popularity. For the th1M suc
cessive year the organization has
passed, the half -mill ion mark in
the annual total number of per
sons taught how to swim. Last
year, 728,000 certificates were is
sued Over the nation. Civic or
ganizations, schools, recreation
departments, youth groups,
newspapers and radio stations,
and others recruited class*?,
looked to the local Red Cross
chapter to provide the training.
? KOTICKOr^AJUK .r
Under and t>y virtue of the po
wer of sale contained In a deed of
trust given by John George De
metriades and wife, Marlene J
Demetxlades to the undersigned
as trustee for the Kings Moun
tain Building and Loan Associa
tion on the 13fh day of November,
1947, now on record in the Reg
ister of Deeds Office for Cleve
land County in book 336 at page
75 to secure the payment of the
indebted mm therein mentioned
and default having been made
in the payment of same and - at
the request of the Kings Moun
tain Building and Loan Associa
tion, I will sell for cash at the
courthouse door in Shelby, Cle
veland County, North Carolina,
on Monday, March 26th, 1951, at
10:00 o'clock a. m. or within legal
hours, the following described
real estate: -
BEGINNING at a large oak near
ft breach inW. K. Mauney's line
and making a new line IV. 28 dec.
10 min. K. 287 feet passing ever
a large stone near a bam to a
stake north of the barn; thence
another new line N. 58 dag. 26
min. W. 171 feet to a stake In the
rear line of a lot that faces
THmms Street; thence with this
line and Joe Tknrae Mne S. 76
dag. 53 min. W. 2795 feet to a
stake in a ditch, Herman Ma
lock's comer; thence with Bla
lock's tine (and a too Fubank's)
S. 16 deg. 5 min. K. 379.5 feet to a
small oak, W. K. Mauney's line;
thence with Mauney's Mne S. 85
deg. 96 min. E. 150.5 fee* to the
BEGINNING, containing 2.74 ac
res, more or leas.
This the 21st day of February,
1951.
B. S. NEILL, Trustee, v
J. It Davie, Atty. m-2 ? 23. ,
Winter's freezing weather ap
parently has reduced the num
ber of boll weevils in North Car
olina, but enough of the pests
are still left to cause cotton grow
era plenty of trouble next sum
mer.
That's the report of George D.
Jones, extension entomologist at
N. C, State College.
Jones says a recent check
shows the number of weevils to
be only one-third as large as the
number found a year ago. He
adds, however, that the survey
just finished is only preliminary
and the full story on the weevil
wont be known until May or
June.
The specialist believes farm
ers can expert about the same
number of weevils this year as
there were in 1949, "if the recent
count presents a true picture."
While 1949 was a "bad" wee
vil year, many lint growers
found that poisoning paid. Av
erage cotton yield that year was
250 pounds, but farmers who
dusted their crops properly five
to seven times produced from
one to one and three-quarter
bales to the acre.
Last year's overwhelming wee
Good Price Expected
For Sweet Potatoes
Sweet potatoes are exi>octedJ
to be a profitable crop for North j
Carolina farmers in 1951. asserts.
George S. Abshier, extension mar1
keting specialist at State College.
Because of increased consum
er demand and reduced acreage,
this year's crop should bring good
prices, he believes.
Abshier explains that the
greatly expanded cotton acreage
and increased tobacco allotments
will cut deeply Into sweet pota
to acreage this year. He says the
decrease will be particularly no
ticeable here in the South.
"In view of the expected strong
demand and short supply," says
Abshier, "North Carolina farmers
should find sweet potatoes a
very profitable enterprise this
year." The demand for the Poito
Rico variety is expected to he
particularly strong, according to
the specialist.
Farmers who have enough land
and sufficient labor are urged to
grow as many sweet potatoes as
last year. The U. S. Department
of Agriculture is recommending
the same sweet potato acreage
for 1951 as was advised for 1950
Crop specialists urge sweet po
vil population was some throe
or four times the number estima
ted for the winter of 1949. Jones
recalls that holl. weevjls and
other cottbn insects caused Tar
Heel farmers to lose about one
half ? or more than $40,000,000
worth ? of the 1950 crop.
He urges cotton growers to be
thoroughly prepared to fight in
sects again in 1951. "Farmers
who spent $15 to $20 per acre last
year for insecticides ? and ap
plied them prdperly ? harvested
from 400 to 900 pounds of cotton
per acre," says Jones.
Kings Mountain's
Leading Jewelers
tato growers to plant good quali
ty, disease -free seed and use re
commended cultural practices
to insuic receiving top prices.
Careful harvesting, field grading
and packing are also essential,
they point out.
rson
Dr. L. T. Andc
Chiropractor
Moirison Bldg. Kings _M)0?
There is Nothing Finer
than to Live in -
North Carolina
North Carolina Garden Tour*
art dated up for the entire month
of April. The dogwood blooms this
month and the whole state takes over as
one o! nature's spectacular beauty spots ...
Also the trout season opens April 15 . , . Best
fishing clays -April 7 through 22.
April 9 ? Asheville Dog Show
April 12 ? is Halifax Day in North Carolina
(also North Carolina Garden Tour date)
April 16-North and South Amateur Goll
? Pinehurst
April 28? Sandhills Skeet Championships
?Pinehurst
Yes? April is a busy month for North Caroli.
nians ? work to be done and other things to do.
Almost anything and everything in the fields,
in gardens and lawns can be planted in April.
Average date last "Killing Frost"? Ra'-?igh
area? March 27.
These are just a few of the happenings that go
on to make North Carolina a grand place to
live? and, for refreshing relaxation anytime,
most of us can enjoy a temperate glass of
beer? sold under our ABC system of legal
control that is working so well.
North Carolina Division
UNITED STATES BREWERS FOUNDATION. INO.
Job Printing # Phones 167 and 283
Now that the 1951 offerings of the motorcar
industry have had a chance to strut their
stuff, we ask you? can there be any 'doubt which
is the really smart buy?
If you want a "new look"? Buick has it. That
sturdy push-bar forefront says "1951" to all
who see it? and provides unsurpassed front-end
protection to boot.
If you want power that you can live with
through many moons to come? Buick has that
too. \fears of expert engineering have made
Buick's thrill-packed Fireball engine just about
as dependable as a power plant can be.
If you want features that combine present
pleasure with long-time durability, consider
this:
Buick's level-going ride stems from coM springs
on all four wheels which are virtually break
proof and never need servicing.
Buick's Dynafiow Drive* takes the strain out
of every mile of driving? and pays off by elimi
nating any need for friction clutch repairs and
replacements, by reducing engine and transmis
sion upkeep, cuid lengthening life of tires.
vmr provide* mil this:
DYNAf IOW DRIVE - wvN
strain on driver and car
FfftMAU POWER - high-corn
preulon, vofrt-in-htod angina
geti mora good from orory drop
of /vol
RUSH-BAR FOREFRONT
? com
blnti una ri it/la and uniur
pon ed protection
WHITC-GLOW INSTRUMENTS?
greater clarity ol night
4-WHICL COIl SPRINGING ?
cushion, rld?, lavtl Mrvlclng
(MN
TORQUE-TUBE DRI VE if.odi..
rl do, Improrot driving control
DUAl VENTILATION - outtldo
air fed leparately to right or
hit of front comportment
Sf If-TNERGIZ/NG MAKES ?
hydraulic? multiply pedal-pres
lure five timet ot brail* drum
ORE AMUNE ST YUNG -tapered,
car-length lenders, gleaming
twetpipeari on m ott mo delt
Mu?: Sell locking luggage lid,
, StepOn parking brake, two-way
Ignition lock, Safety-Ridm r lint.
Hi Poited engine mounting,
Body by Fliher
- m*
ao ay by Fither
WHIN KTTER AUTOMOBIUS AM BUIIT BUICK Will BUILD THEM
If you want room and comfort and handling
that make any trip a breeze? there's no simpler
way to find them lhan to take over a '51 Buick
Special, Super or Roadmaster? relax and
en joy yourself.
And if you want all this at a minimum outlay
of dollars? one look at Buick prices will settle
this point.
So the smartest thing you can do is get in touch
with your Buick dealer. How about doing that
right now?,
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