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Nobody's Business By UEE McGEB UfcUDING BELLS JUNG AGAIN IN FLAT ROCK another wedding has taken place in Hat rock. Miss Minnie sue moo-c jitn away with mr. Johnson lee skin ner. noboddy knows why they thought best to elope, but elope is what they did. she is 43 and he Is 62. she dumb out of the window of the home o fher gramma* and he met her in the backyard and then he had a borrled car (with tires on it' a few hundred yards diwn the road an dthen drove to a preechei's house in cedar lane wheer the knot was tied. mr. skinner has benn g 01113 with mis smoare fo rnearly 3 weeto. he has benn a widower for about ^ weeks. his home was lonesome and he had noboddy to milk his 2 cows and wash his clothes and attend to his ti children and look after the chickens and the garding .Hid elea-i lip his house and do his mendi i ; a id prepare his vitllis and see t'iOl the kids get off to scholl on time. ?o. friends you can't blame lii.n foi eloping so soon thereafter, he need ? ed Help. -mr. skinner will pusslbly let nun nie's grammaw come and live with them, he plans to borry enoushCAsii from her to build her a extry room to the house, she Is tool old to live by herself with minnie gone, he hopes to inharit her property when she passes that Is minnie will get it if she looks after her, and that will be the same thing as if he got it as he wi.l get it annyhow. she owns a bond and some land, it is slightly unencumber ed. but she mought leave enough cash to pay it off. it can' oe long now : she is 83. mr. skinner is a member of re hober church and has benn a vcrry - nf I* mAnlfo u iikl. Uii '.kim 1V1 Maw " .. he met miss moore in the quire and he hope her lead it. he sings base verry well, she sings tenner, "out her voices screeches on the hlgn notes. 4 Ik- a ill pobsibly keep up hti church attendance for * few weeks manny nappy returns to them. o KHI TAPE HAS MADE ME BLl'E -I am a wholesale grocer. I am ex pected to sell sugar There has been placed a celling on the price of sugar This ceiling is made o feast iron and it is dangerous fo ra person to bump Ills head on it. ? It is very simple to buy Miser. that is ? after you have studied it for four weeks. The number of forms to be filled out have not yet been counted, uuir viroor 'n? yp yonder. I have not weighed the different pa peis that have been sent to me to ex rcute, head, and pore over, but my desk is full of them. It ain't no won der there is a paper shortage Now i fyou want to buy nnv sugar to sell to the retail trade, you mu.il ill! in form M55, and multiply it ky form 20G subtract December 6tli of 1J40 from October lutii 1919. and add form 1044 and tnen go tc some government building in viur eon xreaslonul district and lean ui> it ;ainst it and pray for 7 h.nr.:. OB minutes, 145 feconds and tnen wait awhile. - After you return to your olfic", il you arc still able to sit u-j. I gure ho wmuch sugar you sold last year and the year before and divid-.' the total by 12. subtract your age and the number of children you end your wife have, if any ... if you liivj no children dogs will tio. divide 15 ?2 by November 15th 1938, and arrive at a total by multiplying the gioss w eight of the sugar you want by the number of bags you won't be nbl > to get. ? If you are still living afte: these nt'Haolc vtrt-S fo fho OPM 2. JPttO- onH tell them to send you all of tne new forms they got out yesterday, and as they arrive ? file them away and waif for the other new forms and blanks THE SMOKE OF SLOWER-BURNING CAMELS CONTAINS 28% LESS NICOTINE than the average of the 4 other largest-selling cigarettes tested ? less than any of them ? accord* iog to independent scientific tests of the smoke itself I GAf^iEL THE CIGARETTE OF COSTUF!? TOBACCOS A TV TV ni 17* , - 4 x\. i\e w riuue 1 u That's Cozy atie Clean WHERE A LITTLE BUYS A I.OT Quick, Smiling Service on Anything From a "Hot Dog" to a Thick, Tender Western Steak Delicious Coffee With Real Cream BEER, - ALES, - WINES Brand New, Clean Rest Room* Stiles* Gate HALF WAY DOWN POST OFFCE ST. Sheridan Stiles. Owner and Prop. ' day Then, after you h*v?> done ail you know to do, read the taw on the : subject. After you have read tt 594 ' times backward and forward, and : realise that what you hav> done is wrong, tear up all of the reports you have m.?d; and start all over a:;aln By the time you get ready to scil sugar. which must be sold bo low cost, you will be a fit subject for the Insane asylum, so why worry any more: Just (fo on and select your padded cell. ?"~ A Week ofi The War President Roosevelt told his press conference Pacific councils coordi nating the war effort of the States In the southwest Pacific have j been operating for about a month | The military command In the ABDA area Itself, the President said, s in the hands of Of n Archibald Wavcll.l but strategical problems are referred to Wa-shinKton and London The joint military and nnva! staffs sit. in Washington. The Senate pasted and cr.l to , iv White House a Joint authorization for a 5000.000.000 loan to Chi i.i l'i i sident Roosevelt aid the rnon-y will make it possible for the Chin, ? e to purchase numerous 11 ? material:.. Tlie Wliite House announced ihe IT s. through the RAF na.s dropped a second pamphlet over several i French seaports In the "biggest p.ra- 1 phlet tombing Job ever done." The j first pamphlet, announced a month ago. stressed the traditional friend- ' ship between this country and j Prance: the second told of the rapid- j ly-expanding U. S. war production. A Navy aviation training program designed to develop 30.000 of the toughest pilots in the world annually for the Navy and Marine C'irps will I be put Into operation by May 1. Navy Secretary Knox announced. Appli ] cations for training aae now being I accepted. Mr. Knox asked U. F. high I ! school youth to aid the Navy by pro- 1 ducing 500,000 aircraft models of 50 different types of fighting olanes to be used in aircraft recognitlrn and range estimation in gunnery practice and for training civilians in ai craft recogntion. The Office of Civilian Dete .t in vited college flyers and avi vio.i en thusiasts to participate in aie Civil ian Air Patrol which s seeking to en list 90,000 civilian polits. Sixteen j years is the minimum age for elnoll I ment for ground service, ?nd 18 for | flight duty. i den. MacArthur's troops In the ! Philippines repulsed continuous at ! tacks bv the enemy throughout the ! week. Enemy losses included 11 planes an undetermined number de- ! stroyed in the air and on the ground in an attack on Japanese-occupied j Marshall and Gilbert Islands Many | I fleet auxiliaries, two transports and j "probably" a third, were sunk, and ! an enemy warship was torpedoed. U. ; | S. losses were 13 planes, two tankers and two freighters. The Navy and Marine Corps r e | ported 1.294 officers and men mlss j Ing or prisoners of war. Th? House I passed and sent to the Senate a bill 1 to continue the pay of person in the j a: iucu iuiC65 aiiu CiV'ilicvii CiuplGyCS j of the War and Navy for a 7ear after 'reported missing* captured or in j terned. . Tlie Navy said 100,000 men have j enlisted since the attack on Pearl I Harbor, and the Marine Corps has I passed the 100,000 -man mark. Three destroyers and one battleship were launched and two more destroyers j and one cruiser will be Hunched I Lincoln's birthday. Selective Service Director Hershey asked local draft boards to aid de ferment of apprentices In essential war production trades because there Is a mounting demand for skilled workers. Oen. Hershey said a plan has been proposed fo rallowances and allotments to release for Induction many registrants now deferred on ; grounds of dependency. In World . War I. he said, payments up to $50 a : month were made. He said no flg ; ures will be Issued on the number of men who register February 1?. President Roosevelt told hK press conference emergency s h i p p In g i schedules make it almost impossible j to utilize full cargo capacity of 1 American merchant vessels beeauM war development* often make It aec e.vsary for Uie ships to ull without advance notice. The Maritime Commission said. Imports of 10 important raw mate- ! 1 1 tlx increased about 200 percent during 1941 The Commission main tained its ihlp-a-day construction schedule by launching 14 new vessels , dining (lie last half of January Kiglit French ships In U. S ports mere requisi;ioned by the Commia sion. ? ; The WPB announced it cleared contracts amounting to three billion dollais in the week ending January 21. The War Department announc ed production of .30 caliber ball am munition was nearly doubled dining the first thhree weeks of Janua'v, 1942. over tile corresponding period last year. War Production Chairman Nelson announced adoption of a system of daily progress reports to check pro duction delays 'anywhere al,?n^ the line." He merged priorities ajid sub cntractlng field offices in i new Bu reau of Field Operations to provide faster' more elficient service to business and industry." The WFD asked the typewrite: manufacturing industry which pro duced l. ouo. ooo machines in 1341 to o.r its normal production 2.r> peicen: immediately and convert its facilities to w*i production Tlie Senate passed and .wnt to the House a bill to create a $1,000,000,000 fund to compensate American prop erty owners for war damages' The fund woukl compensate for loosen other liuii llfo or personal Injur/ to the extent of S1&.000 OCT) Executive Landis announced cities in target areas will ml be re quired to submit requisitions for pro tective equipment including g?* mssk.s ami auxiliary fire-f ighUng equipment to be provided by $100 000.000 FVderal funds He said Ihr various areas according to their I'ke llhood of attack, vulnenolllty and eqiupment would be allocated to the present equipment Attorney Oeneral Biddle establish ed a special War Frauds Unit within ui" Depuunriu <i* Justicc *r' prose cute all rases involving frauds in connection with the war effort Price Administrator Henderson an nounced rationing of new passenger autos to eligible users will not begin before February 26 Delivery of oars purchased but not delivered before the Government froze all ales began February 12 - ? o By humility and tlic f far of the lord a; i riches, and honour, and iife Proverb; ?'t-4 TRADF IN THAT OLD MACHINE FOR A RRAND-NEW SINGER LIBERAL ALLOWANCES GIVEN Or Get Your Old Machine Rebuilt All Work 100% Guaranteed let Us Twh You To Sew-Ifs Free BIJTTON HOLES MADE Dress materials are getting scarcer and high r. Save your clothes by having the seams pink d ri sin ii t rri^i ii7AAT\ L! fiU HiALLL W UUil Authorized Singer Representative Shop Behind Cherokee Garage For Service ? Phone 26 I /hmtmmg tbfiftac A modern, low-cost maintenance plan with 6 big advantages Q rou sAvt momwr ?r?* t*jor phompt. ceoPtntTivt ATTMTIOM ^ TWAI*n m. 0. rwofo* docicwj ' ~ O" ???' 0*t*A TIONS Or** pay OHir ran what to* mm w?r? you Mto rr ?ton cams tin it u*$Tnt*n at minimum cost Check your Pontioc dealer for full detaik AtacriM S*rvfc? may b* financed on GMAC't co ovanrenf budget phm. CHEROKEE PONTIAC COMPANY 119 TENN. ST. MURPHY, N. C.
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