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|_ l I T '|^ _ . I > \ / / m \s^l \ r See. Here, Private Hargrove! ty Morion Hargrove AC AVICI CHAPTER XIV "Sergeant, for days I round up news from battery reporters. There is always too much or too little. When there is too little, I have to write what is needed. When there | is too much, I have to choose which ' battery reporter is going to horse- ! whip me for leaving his copy out." "The chaplain is right up the street," the sergeant said. "Then I have to edit all the copy, delete all classified military intelli gence and_take_out all nasty cracks atUrst sergeants. Then I have to write headlines for all the stories and place them in whatever space I can find for them. Then I must draw everything up into pretty lit tle pages. This is tedious and nerveracking work." "The chaplain will give you a sympathetic ear," the sergeant said. MI will give you only KP. Does anything you are saying relate to what we're talking about ? why you weren't in the mess hall yes terday afternoon?" "I was getting around to that, sergeant. On the day before the paper is issued, I have to go into Fayetteville to keep a careful watch over the printers, to see that they * don't put Third Regiment news on the Fourth Regiment page. If I am not there, they may even mix headlines and put church notices under 'Service Club Activities.' It is necessary that I be there." The sergeant coughed. "I feel for you, Private Hargrove* I deep ly sympathize. I wouldn't think of putting you on KP ? " "You wouldn't?" I gasped eag erly. "Don't interrupt,'' the sergeant barked. "As I was saying, I wouldn't think of putting you on KP ? if you** hadn't committed a breach of etiquette by failing to RSVP the invitation. You didn't tell us you weren't coming. Or why." ? * ? I was dozing peacefully at my typewriter the other morning when there came a knock on my elbow and a bright , young voice shouted "Hey!" at me. I looked up into the impish, cheerful, and unquencha bly mischievous face of the boss* daughter, Miss Sidney Winkel, age four. Miss Winkel was dressed like the Navy and looked entirely too energetic for such a dribbly morn ing. _ "I'm to be the Valentine," she said, "and Johnny's going to take my picture and you're to take me up to the Service Club and carry Johnny's things for him and wait for him to get there so you'd bet ter put on your jacket and cap and let's go. ^ t "I'm-* ?oihg to have my picture taken with Spud Parker," she add ed. Spud Parker is the general's son and is considered quite an eligi ble bachelor by the younger set. "Is Spud Parker your boy friend?" I asked her sleepily. "Oh, no," she said. "Johnny and Tom Mulvehill and Lieutenant Meek and Captain Wilson are my four best boy friends but you're not my boy friend at all because you make face^and stick out your tongue and maybe if you could behave your self you could be my boy friend." "Pure fiddle-faddle," I told her. 4<I didn't ask to be your boy friend, anyway. I could have nine hundred girl friends if I wanted to? prettier Every Day . . . We Have People Come Into Our Office and Say . . . . "I didn't know you could do work like that" We Do Ercry Kind of? PRINTING ? . ?* * Why not see us before sending that order out of town. The Print Shop MRS. E. E. BROWN Owner Still At The Same Location than you. Sticks and snails and puppy;dog tails, that's what girls are made of. So there." Her only reply was an airy, "my aaah," but you could see that she was affected. The old indifferent treatment always gets them. "There's Tom in the cafeteria," she said. "Let's go see Tom." Thomas James Montgomery Mul vehill, Pfe., was apparently making his morning rounds in search of news. He was, at the moment, en gaged in his daily research in the "Service ^Club's toast and coffee. "Hello, sis," he said. "Hello, Mc Gee. Pull up a chair. McGee, get the lady a drink. Something tall and cool. Such as a chocolate milk. What's the deal, sis?" "I'm to be ?the Valentine," she said, "and Johnny's going to take my picture and old Hargrove has to take care of Johnny's^ stuff until Johnny comes and I don't like him anyway because he jnakes faces and sticks out his tongue and says sticks and snails and puppy-dog tails that's what little girls are made of and he's not my boy friend anyway." "No punctuation," I said. I wag gled my ears and stuck out my tongue at her. "The next time I come," she said, "I'm going to bring some soap and every time he sticks out his tongue I'm going to put soap on it because it isn t nice to stick out your tongue." She emphasized her state ment my paralyzing my wrist with her fist and sticking her tongue out at me. "Let's have no unnecessary vibra tions, McGee," said the Lieuthom as, looking up reproachfully over his glasses. "Coffee is ifive cents the cup." He beamed at her. She beamed back at him. "I have seven boy friends," she said, raising one forefinger delica tely and rubbing the other against it in a highly jeering gesture. "I have seven boy friends and you're not one of them and you're not any body's boy friend." She hit me this time on the elbow and I made a hor rible face at her. "Myaah," I said. "Who wants to be your boy friend anyway?" "I wish you wouldn't blow smoke,' she said. "It make?? me cough and it's not nice to smoke anyway. Old cigarettes!" I wearily crushed by. last ciga rette in the ash tray. "Women, The eternal reformer," I sighed. "It wasn't like this in the Old Army." Miss Sidney Winkel took off her sailor cap and arranged her big red haii ribbon. "You're a nasty old thing and you're not nice like John ny and Tom and Lieutenant Meek and Captain, .Wifjron amj all my other boy friends," she said. After a pause she added, airily, "And Major Long and Captain Quillen, "Myaah," I sighed, wrinkling my nose more violently. "Oh there's Johnny,"* she sud denly cried, "and he's going to take my picture and?" She tripped off with a bewitching smile for Bushe mi and a running line of babble. "No punctuation,". I said to Mul vehill. "It's a woman's world, McGee," he said, reaching for another slice of toast. * * * "Get him away from me, Bu shemi!" ro&ed Private Thomas James Montgomery Mulvehill. He s got that gleam in his eye. Get him away!" "You're just being difficult, Lieu thomas," I told him^ "Just sit down and relax." The Lieuth^mas laid his enormous frame on the bunk j and started slapping his knees in ' THE Home Front- - March I To Victory . ] Is Made Chiefly With REPAIRED Shoes ! We Do Good Work Blue Ribbon Shoe j Shop Main St., Oppo. Herald Office ' .utter despair. VV hat kind of deal are you try ,ing to swindle this time?" he ask ed. * "1Let/s? ,be reastmaBIeT Private | Mulvehill," I said, patting him re assuringly on the shoulder. "As you know, I am now working on Captain Winkel's sympathies to get a furlough some time in February. * . ? the first half of February." "I know what's coming," he i screamed. "And I won't do it' I i can't do it!" j "Now, air you know, furluughs i are laden with little expenses ? [necessary little expenses. To help i j*1? along with the load, Sergeant Sher and Private Bushemi have already made philanthropic little loans. I have your name on my I honor roll here Lieutomas. What's I the donation?" j The Mulvehill cringed and edged away. What do you need ? from ! me?" "Well," I estimated, "I should say that ten dollars." "Great gods and refugee chil dren," he gasped. "Ten dollars he says yet! Why don't you ask me for my life's blood? Six dollars he owes me already and now he's ask ing ? oh, I can't stand it! I can't stand it! Take him away!" ^es blood," he moaned Where's the six I lent you two months ago?"c That was only five weeks ago," , I reminded him gently, "and I've ; already paid two of that back. Three weeks ago I paid it back." "Yeah," he protested, "but you borrowed it back the next day." He rose and paced the floor. "What are you doing to me? My life's blood they would draw from my veins? Thirty-?six measly little dollars a month I make? and he wants ten dollars! Maybe I'm Win throp Rockefeller f should lend out ten dollars a clip! Thirty-six dol lars, and he wants half!" "You see, Lieuthomas, a sad and work-worn creature?an Alice sit by-the-fire whose only hope for the future is in the faint glimmering hope of a furlough. Day after day, week in ai0&veek out, I have work ed ,my frail fingers to the shoulder blade to make things pleasant for you and Bushemi and Bishop. I have patched your quarrels with he mess sergeant. I have saved you from the terrible wrath of pro voked Rebels. I have sat here at night, sewing buttons on my blouse so that you wouldn't have to wear it hanging open on your merry jaunts to town. Money could not ; pay for the things I have done for I you and Bushemi. And now this/ dollars ^Between me and spir itual starvation? and no ten dol ar!^?How s^arP^r^tl^n a serpent's tooth. > Don t talk like that, Hargrove,'' ne said, his voice cracking. "Put me down for ten." The mighty Mulvehill walked down the barracks isle, muttering ,to himself. "I'm being crucified," | he bellowed and fell, a crushed hulk i of humanity, to his bunk. ? * * 1 There was a little note 3tuck in typewriter when I came back I from prowling for news. It looked (like Private ("One-Shot") Bushe mi j typing. "The stockholders of the Lnion of Hargrove's Creditors," , it read, "\vill hold a business meet j |ng this evening about seven o'clock in the latrine of Barracks No 2 I Headquarters Battery. Please' be | present or we will beat your head I It was the $lay before my fur lough, so I got the general drift. The vultures who were contribu tors to the fuplough would probably1 stand around frowning and figure out some sort of budget for my va cation I could picture the blue-' nosed demons slashing away at mv enjoyment. y The meeting had an unexpected ly small attendance: Maury Sher i mess sergeant of Battery D of the i mm and chairman nf f hr? and ? means committee of Private ? Bushemi, principal stock- J Fwr JJnd president; and Private; First Class Thomas James Mont gomery Mulvehill, chaplain. Private Mulvehill beamed. "Ser- ? geant Hart sends his regrets. He has a heavy heavy in Lillington. i He is with us in spirit, though." Come in drip," said Bushemi. j Sergeant Sher got down to busi- 1 ness. ^ve got to hand it to you, mnrh 5 ^^"Gone through this f much of the month and still hav- 1 en t tried to get any of your fur lough money back from the chap-! "cuWf'r? a11 proud of y?u." i Shucks,' I blushed. "Twern't ' nothin I was able to bum a ciga- j rette here and there." "McGee," said Mulvehill, clearing fit throat, "you leave tomorrow, for. New York, where there are many snarts to trap the unwary. ! 0,J t buy any (fold watches in the park or any stolen furs anywhere.! You know I presume, about buying the Brooklyn Bridge." Now, we don't have any res trictions about the way you use your, money," said Bushemi. "Only j V [ .last time you spent too much money on taxicabs. You'll have to use the buses and subway more this trip. All the shows you want to s?e, all the books you can buy but taxicabs only for very special dates." j Somebody has beon exaggerat ing this taxicab?" I began. Taxicabs," Sher broke in, "only for very special dates. You may ?o to the opera once if you sit down staiis and twice if you sit in the rannle Circle. You are not to buy more than six theatre tickets. In unifoim, you can see all the movies you want for two bits each." And be conservative in tipping /the waiters," said Mulvehill, tap-'' ping his glasses on the window sill ; "Very const rvative. Short-change them, if necessary." Tell him about the budget," said Bushemi, with unnecessary impa 'tience. f ? j "As the matter stands on the fur lough deal," said Sher, "you owe I Bushemi 22 dollars, me 10, Mulve I kiH 10, Hart 10. That's 52 dollars. Counting the ten y-fltrtl wire Bushe mi for before^ the week's over, it's j 62. With what money we have .taken from you and given to the chaplain during the past few weeks you should make out all right." ' "Must I be treated as a child?" I asked. I "Okay," said the sergeant, as if I had not spoken, "that's 62 dollars I on the red side. Now, on the credit i side, you have your wages of 42 I dollars for February ? minus .a dol lar and a half for laundry and a couple of bucks for cleaning. Debts that we can bank on your collecting on payday, 20 dollars. That's $58.50. ,From 62, take $58.50, leaves three dollars and a half we ain't got." |. "We can cut it down to size," I .said wistfully. -I'll give you three jand a half of my furlough money." j ^ Kit the income to the budget," ?said Bushemi, "never the budget | to the income." i I can get four dollars for my ( coin .collection," I sighed. i "When you get back broke, Mc- I ,Gte,' said Mulvehill, "you are not I to eat breakfast at the Service Club. You are not to take out any post exchange books. You will get your cigarettes from Sergeant Sher, who will ration them out to you as per budget." ? ? ? Sergeant Sher, Private Bushemi, and the other members of the Union of Hargrove's Creditors would have been quite pleased at the sight. In stead of spending their money lav ishly on taxicab sightseeing trips and expensive shows, I was dining quietly in a sonservative grillroom with the Redhead. We weren't even discussing ways to spend their hard-earned money. "Little man," she said, "will you please ask the waiter for more water?" I beg your pardon," he said i rather unctuously. "There is a j ADMINISTRATRIX NOTICE i Having qualified as Administrat rix of the estate of Sallie Pettit, de ceased, late of Jackson Couhty North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said deceased to exhibit l.them to the undersigned at Sylva North Carolina, on or, before the 10th day of November, 1944" or this notice will' be pleaded in 'bar of their recovery. All persons in debted to said estate will please make immediate payment. 1943^ tHe 10th day ?f November' JANE COWARD, Administratrix of the Estate of ' Sallie Pettit, deceased. No. 8? Nov. 10-17-24 Dec. 1-8-15 NOTICE IN THE SUPERIOR COURT NORTH CAROLINA, JACKSON COUNTY. WALTER P. JONES Vs. NITA COLLINS JONES. The defendant, Nita Collins Jones, will take notice that an ac tion entitled as above has been com menced in the Superior Court of Jackson County, North Carolina, being an action for the purpose of obtaining an absolute divorce. And the said defendant will fur ther take notice that she is requir ed to appear at the Office of the Clerk of -the Superior Court in Sylva, North Carolina, within thirty' (30) days from the 23rd day of November, 1943, and answer or demur to the complaint in said ac tion, or the plaintiff will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in said complaint. This the 29th day of October, 1943. ROY M. COWAN, Clerk, Superior Court, Jackson County, North Carolina. No. 7? Nov. 3-10-17-24. NOTICE Under and by virtue of the pow er and authority contained in sec tion No. 2435 of the Code of North Carolina, the undersigned will offer for sale and will sell at public auc tion at 12 o'clock noon, on Monday, November 15, 1943, at the front door of Cogdill Motor Company, in Sylva, North Carolina, the follow ing described personal property: ? ONE 1937 MODEL FORD TU DOR AUTOMOBILE MOTOR NUMBER 34-122596. This sale is made for the purpose of satisfying a mechanic's lien for work done and labor performed in the repair of said automobile. This the 14 day of October, 1943. Cogdill Motor Company By S. C. Cogdill No. 6? Nov. 3-10. ? T I M E L Y? Farm Questions and Answers Question: Bone meal is hard to find so I would like to know if there is anything I can use in .my feed mixtures to take its place? Answer: Deflorinated rock phos phate may be fed as a substitute for bone meal, according to Dr. A. O. Shaw, head of the Animal In dustry Department at State Col lege. This material should not be used in excess of 2 percent by weight of the total grain fed. In other words, do not use more than 2 pounds of deflorinated rock phos phate with every 100 pounds of grain fed. This material is cheap er than bone meal, and "should be 9 \ 7 available from feed manufacturers. Question: How long can I wait after, my lespedeza seed have ma tured or frost has kill?d-th?- plant before harvesting the seed crop? Answer: Seed of the Common lespedeza and Tennessee 76 varie ties will shatter very soon after they ripen, around the first of No fifteen million gallon shortage in water at this very instant. On the othgr hand, madarrte, all supply ships to Great Britain use Scotch whisky as ballast for the return trip. Perhaps madam e would like a glass of Scotch whisky?" The Redhead lifted an eyebrow. "I wonder," she said, "what they use in the finger bowls here ? rub bing alcohol? I do not want Scotch whisky. I want water." "It is as madame wishes," the waiter said, bowing from the knees. He walked away and returned again to lean against a post. The Red head drummed her fingers on the tablecloth. "Don't be afraid of him," said the Redhead. "Call his bluff." (To be continued) Slate College Hints Tft^arm Homemakers By Ruth Current . N. C. State College i ^'\ If not for this year, fhen for next, line a stone crock with grape | leaves, fill it up with green to matoes and dill. Use the same strength brine as you would for cucumbers. The finished product resembles small green olivts. . ? ? Use a transparent ruler for marking hems or measuring but tonholes, it will make the .sewing job much easier. If your scissors develop a catch when you're cutting, borrow an old time trick from the tailors, open them wide and draw them over your hair in the back, turn them over and do the same with the other side. This oils the blades just the least bit, enough 'to make them work smoothly. Store all table fats in covered jdishes m- the- refrigerator. Place j them on the shelf next to the freez i * |vember. These varieties should be: harvested just as soon as possible after ripening or killing frost. Seed of the Korean lespedeza do not loosen enough to permit the use of the seed pan until three to four weeks following ripening. er compartment. Keep them *wmy j from foods with strong flavors and odors. Return them to the -refrigerator immediately after using, and do not leave cooking fats standing^n the stove. Save pork, beef, and ham fata fur cooking eggs, seasoning vege~ tables, and for baking beans and peas. Store them, covered in the refrigerator. To save chicken fat, strain it an pour it into a bowl, and allow_to congeal. Remove the congealed portion and store, covered, in the refrigerator. For Sale ? A violin, by a young * -man in good condition except for a loose peg in the head. ? Wabash ( Minn.) Herald. 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