NOVEMBER 25. 1943
CHAPTEK II I
Sarah Daffodil acts in every capacity i
fur the four-family house in Garset after
her husband's death. In Febniaiw, l&tl,
23-year-old Andrew Thane and Candace
Moore, who plan to be married the fol'owlng
week, inquire about the Merding's
apartment advertised in the morning
paper. Sarah realizes that it may
not be wise to rent to a couple of youiigs*ters
with the selective training law
"fianging over the boy's head." hut their
youthful charm wins her over.
"You're Andrew Thane. aren't
you? 1 guess you don't know ine,
but I'm a neighbor of yours?King
Waters. We live in the same house
?my wife and I are directly under
you, on the second floor."
They shook hands gravely.
His wife, King promised, would
be up to call on Mrs. Thane before
long. "She wanted to let her have
time to get settled. I've gone down
with you on the same bus two or
three mornings, but there was always
a crowd and I had no chance
Andrew Thane read the first
paxagrxtpu ox uaseDan comment,
then forced himself to mumble conversationally,
"Pretty fair service
on this line."
Transportation was temporarily
speeded up. King assured him. because
of the approaching Spring
elections. "But the service we're
getting now will seem de luxe, compared
with what we'll be getting
once we're in the war."
That night King Waters mentioned
to his wife that he had spoken
to young Thane in the bus.
"When are you going up to call on
Mrs. Thane?"
"Oh, sometime. Why?"
He had thought she might be
able to dispose of a couple of tickets
tor the Legion's fair and bazaar,
Waters suggested. "You know i
got to get rid of sixty."
His wife said that he had only
himself to thank for that. "You always
were one to bite off more
than you could chew." Her crochet
hook flashed swiftly.
"Made up your mind about giving
the committee one of your
spreads? Haven't you got one with
a mistake in it, a dropped stitch or
something?"
"Every one of my spreads is perfect
and you know it.'
Her husband took his unlighted
cigar from his mouth, examined it
with appaient interest, replaced it
still unlighted. "Emma?"
"Well, what?"
"When do you think you'll gel up
to see Mrs. Thane?"
"My good heavens, how do I
know? She isn't home during the
day and I've got something better
to do with my evenings than running
around calling on women who
don t take enough interest in their
homes to stay there. I suppose,
though, I won't have any peace
until I go to see her and try to sell
her a couple of tickets."
Waters said, reproachful patience
heavy on his tongue. "Funny how
you feel about doing anything for
the Legion. Here I was willing to
give my life in the last war and you
?and a lot of dames like you?stall
when you're asked to help fellows
^ His wife turned the radio dial
who need help now."
and an impassioned tenor voice besought
listeners-iri to sample the
merits of a new dessert. Emma
Waters said coldly, "1 don't believe
you were so crazy about the
war until you found yourself safely
out of it."
"Is that so? Maybe I wasn't crazy
about the war, but I was ready
to do my duty. Not like that young
fellow upstairs who is apparently all
set to claim exemption. It's a dis!
grace, the way marriage applications
have jumped since selective training
went into effect. Falling over
each other at the City Hall, to get
a marriage license so they can hide
behind some woman's skirts."
"You were drafted." Emma Waters
crocheted a chain of stars at
top speed.
"Well, what's that got to do with
it? I did what was asked of me
and I stand ready to do it again. If
p we go into this a second time, I'm
going to see what I can do about
getting a commission."
I His wife shrugged her narrow
shoulders. An airplane, flying low
droned over the house and the
noise seemed to partake of a motion?like
a shudder. "There's a
good chance Mrs. Thane will stop
in here tonight," Emma Waters
said.
They had made each other's acquaintance
in the neighborhood
cash grocery, she revealed in response
to her husband's curious
prodding.
"But why's she coming here?"
"I asked her. I can't get Pearl
for any day but Thursday next
week and I want to see if Mrs.
Thane will exchange garden days
with me. She said her husband
studies nights, so I thought it would
be better to have her come down
than for me to go up."
She might have said something
about it. Waters grumbled, pulling
down his vest and jerking his tie
straight. The door button buzzed
and he hurried to answer it.
Candance Thane, ushered ponderl
ously into the living room, looked
like a doll in contrast with tire thick
I outlines of her host. The girl had
to thread her way through an eddy
1^?
fif/S* 7U
JOSEPHINE IAWRE
of low tables and chairs, to reach
Mrs. Waters' limp, extended hand.
"Nice ot' you to come. King, get
a chair?not that one, something
lower. I guess you don't know my
husband, Mrs. Thane."
'Only by sight," Candace smiled.
"My husband arid Mr. Waters are
fellow bus commuters.'"
"What I wanted to ask you." said
Emma Waters, "is whether you'd
be willing to let me have the laundry
and yard this Thursday." Her
laundress, she explained, usually
came Wednesday but this week had
served notice that her home affairs
required her attention that day.
Wednesday was as convenient as
anv iitVior rl-n* for- Uov C .-J ?
~.v i M?J ?</* n?:i? v.aiivirtw
submitted cheerfully. "We send out
the big things every other week and
I can do our small laundry almost
any time. If Mrs. Daffodil doesn't
care?"
"Laws, she never interferes with
the tenants' arrangements, it'll be
only for this week and thanks a lot,
Mrs. Thane. King, aren't you ever
going to settle down?"
King Waters said, "I'm on my
way out. You folks like it here,
Mrs. Thane? Beginning to feel settled?"
"It's lovely." The girl's bright
serenity suddenly sparkled. "We're
crazy about the apparent andnnn
crazy about the apartment and we
are looking lorward to the Summer
when that grand big lawn out back
will be green."
Her host chewed reflectively on
his frayed cigar. "Can't look very
far ahead, I'm afraid. A lot of
tilings can happen between now and
next Summer."
She looked at him intently the
glow in her large eyes faded.
"I'm afraid most of you young
people are going to come face to
face with reality before many
months are over. The news from
across the pond isn't getting any
better, you know."
"Ar.dy won't claim exemption."
Cundace spoke gentiy, her smooth
forehead unruffled.
"I don't suppose you and Mr.
Thane would be interested in a couple
of tickets for the American Le
gum oazaar una lair? Lots ot prizes
and a bang-up supper. Friday and
Saturday nights next week. My
wife's talking of donating one of the
fancy spreads she makes to be raffled
off." He held up two orar.gt
colored slips. "Proceeds go to help
the disabled veterans at the Memorial
Hospital."
They couldn't go, their week-ends
were always planned ahead, Candace
regretfully declined. She
would, however, take the two tickets.
"We're always glar! to do what
we can for the disabled veterans,
Mr. Waters. I can dispose of more
tickets, if you'd like me to?I ear
sell them to friends at the office."
"How many tickets you think you
can sell?at seventy-five apiece? A
dozen?swell!" She was. he told
her, a swell person and an example
others might well follow. "People
would completely forget those boy:
in the hospital, if we didn't prod
them."
"I wish I knew where I could
get a woman with a ear,'" said Ton
Fitts into the telephone.
She and her husband occupiec
2-B, across the hall from the Waters,
but the two families could nol
be called neighborly. Toni possessed
a nervous, driving energy thai
found expression in a dozen channels
and kept her constantly anc
actively occupied. She was a thin
tall woman with a hard, bright mannor
and a will tn
her chairmanships almost automatically.
Efficiency was her fetish anc
everything about her from her severely
tailored gray flannels to hei
chromium-colored hair, cut short
and swept back from her face ii:
sharply carved rolls that looked a:
inflexible as glass, suggested mechanical
perfection.
'"Well, I have someone in iniud.'
She appeared to clip off each word
the phone like a metal bead. "No,
she hasn't a car?at least so far as
I know. But clerical training
Makes a nice impression. Yes. Call
me back at this time tomorrow
morning and 111 let you know."
She replaced the handset and
glanced speculatively across the
breakfast table at her husband, who
was watching the coffee percolator.
Toni boasted that she planned her
day while breakfasting and certainly
the table represented a fusion oi
interests with nutrition coming out
a poor second. The telephone, several
leather - bound engagement
books, two calendars and a number
of memorandum pads with attached
pencils fenced in Toni's
place.
Bert Fitts, a grizzled, placid gentleman
of perhaps fifty-five or sixty
v/ho had 110 figure to lose, deftly
spread thick apricot preserves on a
fresh slice of toast and genially inquired,
' Well, what's cooking?"
"This is a terrific week for me,'
his wife informed him.
Her husband pointed to the percolator.
"Throw out that cold slop
and have a hot cup."
"No more. That reminds me 1
must call up Bess about the nutrition
classes. And I'm down for twe
WATAUGA DEMOCRAT?EVE
NCE
speeches on 'Preparedness' th:
week and I've pledged a day to th
British workrooms."
The placid man pouring coffe
did not raise his voice as he sai
casually, "Women like you have cr
lossal nerve to advocate this cour
try's entrance into the war."
"Well, I'd like to know what yo
mean by that! Women are citizen:
aren't they? We have a right to a
opinion, haven't we? Look at th
time and money and effort we giv
to alleviate the suffering caused b
this war. I'd like to know why w
! shouldn't advocate anything w
happen to believe in!" She lifte
the handset as the telephone ran
and a high-pitched voice began t
chatter rapidly over the wire.
"I don't precisely advocate ou
entrance into the war," she sai
now, pushing the phone back,
think we ought to help Britain i
every way and if she needs ou
men, why then?"
Her husband was silent.
"It's the women who have to uc
hold a nation's ideals," Toni rt
cited. "You admit that, don't you?"
"I don't know what you're uf
holding and I doubt whether yo
do." he told her, replacing the cov
cr on the jam jar. "Women whos
linen will be in service?like l"Vi:
girl 011 the top floor?have soni
right to argue, perhaps, though I'i
not a tall sure. After all, it's th
men of military age who should d
the talking?they'll be staking the:
lives, Amelia.'
His wife frowned. She had bee
christened Amelia. She began 1
gather up her books and pencils. '
must get upstairs to call on ths
Mis. Thane. She may be glad t
do a little work for us?Mrs. Ws
tcrs told me she holds some kin
of clerical position.'
Footsteps sounded in the kitchei
the door clicked. "Morning, M
Fitts," Belle, the cleaning womai
called cheerfully.
Toni Fitts encountered old Mr
Peppercorn in the hall that ev<
ning as she prepared to mount th
staiis to the third floor. Stair climt
ing afforded an excellent opporti
nity to slim the calves and thigh
the beauty parlor instructor had ii
formed her, so that when Mrs. Pet
percorn had reached the secon
: landing on her way to the street, th
old lady was a little alarmed to sc
; a tall, thin woman balancing he:
' self on one leg with her other knf
pressed against her chest.
"Oh, good evening." Toni Fit
1 resumed her normal stance. I'i
on rr.y way up to see your ne
' neighbors. I don't suppose yc
know whether the Thanes are hom
; Mrs. Peppercorn?"
NO KNOWN CURE FOR
1 SORE SHIN DISEAS
1 Tobacco growers in many sectior
of the state have confused the soi
shin disease of tobacco, often calle
' "'rotten stalk," with the black shan
; disease and have ordered blac
| shank resistant seed in the hope <
getting resistance to sore shin, ri
ports Howard R. Garriss, extensic
plant pathologist at N. C. State Co
! lege.
' He says that there are no know
varieties of tobacco which are r<
sistant to sore shin or "rotten stalk
and that growers should not ordi
black shank resistant seed with tl
' expectation of getting resistance '
"rotten stalk."
| He points out that the sympton
of the two diseases, at gerta
' stages, are somewhat similar bi
! that the growers can distinguish bi
tween them by keeping certain fac
J in mind.
Black shank kills roots quicki
. and the entire lower part of tl
t stalk becomes blackened up to
( point several inches above tl
. ground. Sore shin, or rotten stal
differs from this in that the base <
the stalk and the roots usually r<
main healthy for a longer time, thi
[ confining the disease primarily to
blackened section of the stalk at ar
| for some distance above the groun
Black shank usually kills 01
[ practically all the plants in coi
taminater spots in the field, whi
?QIjB Sinn sins out scattered plan
I throughout the field.
Stalks killed by black shank ust
i ally remain standing while thoi
diseased with sore shin have
characteristic habit of breaking nei
the soil line and falling over.
The black shank disease is coi
; fined primarily to counties in the oi
belt while sore shin occurs commol
. ly throughout the entire tobacc<
growing area.
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for Acid Indigestion. Insist
t on genuine BISMAREX and
refuse other so-called Antiacid
Powders, recommended
to be "just as good." BISMAREX
is sold ih Watauga county
only at
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RY THURSDAY?BOONE, N. C
News of the Colored
Community
The regular preaching services ol
the Missionary Baptist Church wen
held Sunday, Nov. 14, with the pastor,
Rev. Ernest Long, being th?
is speaker.
e Rev. H. A. Houston, pastor. wa<
the speaker at the Methodis
e Church, at the regular preachinj
j sere-ices on Nov. 14.
Rev. P. H. Seaman, superinten
dent of the Mennonite Bretheret
Church, was the speaker at the loca
Mennonite Bretheren Church 01
" Nov. 14.
5' Seaman James McQueen, who i:
n stationed at Great Lakes, Mich., ii
' the naval training camp, spent a few
^ days in the city visiting his wife
I Mis. Clara McQueen, relatives ant
e ' frieuds. He spent the week-enc
, | visiting his motiier, Mrs. Jennie Mc
j Queen, in Bristol. Tenn.
^I Pvt. Paul Grimes spent the weekend
in the city visiting relatives anc
r I friends.
^ i Vesper services will be held by
.J.'tile Glee Club of tile Watauga Conj
solidatcd School on Friday evening
I Nov. 26, at 6 o'clock, for the bene|
fit of the lunch room. Admissior
| 25 cents per couple.
| A rally was hold at the Minnonitc
> I Church on Sunday. Nov. 21. Tht
j purpose of the rally was to raise
j funds to remodel the church edifice
j At this writing, Mrs. Laur:
r_i Mitch-11 is very ill. and her many
I relatives and friends hope for hei
ltj a speedy recovery.
The regular services for the Men
n nonite Church will be held Sunday
? evening. Nov. 28. Rev. Roekfort
gj Hatton is the pastor.
. The regular services of the Holi
ncss Church will be conducted Sun
day afternoon, Nov. 28, at 3:30 p.m
Rev. Hagler is the pastor.
,j[ Due to t.he illness of the reporter
. i this column did not appear las
o wcek"
>; BONE MEAL
d Since there is a shortage of bom
meal, livestock growers can substi
tute deflorinated rock phosphate,
17. per cent by weight of the grain fed
"> says Dr. A. O. Shaw, of State Col
lege.
NOTICE OF APPLICATION TC
e HI. MADE TO THE COM
J- M1SSIONERS OF WATAUG/
t- COUNTY TO DIVIDE BOONI
s, TOWNSHIP AND TO MAKi
t-j THREE SEPARATE TOWN
>-| SHIPS.
id NOTICE is hereby given, that, we
le the undersigned citizens and free
:e holders of Boone township, Watau
r- ga County, North Carolina, will, oi
* MONDAY, DECEMBER 6th, 1942
apply and petition the commission
Is crs of Watauga County to dividi
ti Boone Township into three distinc
w and separate townships, so as to con
iu stitute three independent townships
e, the names and boundary lines o
each to be as follows:
(1) One to be known and desig
nated as BOONE TOWNSHIP, th
E boundaries of which shall be and in
elude the corporate limits of th
is Town of Boone as now established,
-e (2) One to be known and desig
id nated as NEW RIVER TOWNSHIP
ik the boundaries of which shall be a
:k follows: Beginning at the corner a
,r 1,1 out r-o,,,.. ..o.t e, r?.?
2- ships as now located and runs a wes
in tern direction with the Meat Cam
1- Township line as now located to
point where Junaluska road cross
n es the said township line; thenc
B- with the said road to the line c
> the corporate limits of the town c
?r Boone; thence with said corporat
le limit line as now established to th
to point where the Poplar Grove roa
road crosses said Boone Corporat
limit line; thence in a southern di
lu rection with the said Poplar Grov
J(. road to a point where the said roa
crosses the Watauga Township lin
as now located; thence with the Wa
tauga, Blowing Rock, Blue Ridg<
, Elk and Stony Fork Township line
^ as now established to the beginninf
(3) One to be known and designs
ted as Brushy Fork Township, th
. boundaries of which shall be as fo!
1 lows: Beginning at the corner c
Cove Creek and Meat Camp Towr
e" ships and runs an eastern directio
^ with the said Meat Camp townshi
line as now established to the poir
where the Junaluska Road crosse
said Township line; thence with sai
road to the aorporate limit line c
J" the Town of Boone; thence with sai
'e corporate limit line to a point wher
ts the Poplar Grove Road crosses th
said corporate limit line as now lc
cated; thence with the said Popla
Grove Road to the Watauga Town
a Township line as now established
* thence with the Township lines c
Watauga, Laurel Creek and Cov
t- Creek as now established to the be
Id ginning.
i- NOTICE IS FURTHEK GIVE]
a- that we will ask that said applies
tion be heard by the said Count,
_ Commissioners at their regu r meet
? ing in the courthouse on Decembe
6th, 1943, and anyone wishing to b
heard in regard to the same wil
please be present.
This the 30th day o? October. 1941
G. C GREENE.
W. H. GRAGG
W. L. COOK
RALPH G. GREER
S. C. EGGERS
M. C. HOLLAR
W. C. CARROLL
J. P. COOK
GRADY HAYES
L. M. TRIVETT
- 11-4-4c
Laurel Fork News
i Mr. and Mrs. Will Anderson have
. moved from the Laurel. They are
, greatly missed by their many
iriends.
Odell Cooke, son of Mr. and Mrs.
" I. G. Cooke, entered the navy on
Nov. 17.
* Staff Sgt. Charlie Minton visited
' Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Hollar and
' daughter Saturday night. His many
friends were glad of his return
home.
? Miss Dorothy Hollars spent Saturday
night with her sister. Mrs.
1 Horace Walls, of Valle Crucis.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Hollars visited |
* Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie Greene Sotur- !
) day.
Mrs. Alice Cooke spent the weekend
with her son, Mr. I. G. Cooke.
Melba Hollars was a dinner guest
of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Hollars on Sunday.
Mr. Aud Hollars' family is ill with
| the measles.
Mr. Edd Walls has returned home
from the Baptist Hospital and is said ,
to be some better.
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a AN APPEAL TO
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It woe
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Manufacturers a
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3 BOONE, N. C. ~ 1
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|j We have opened a new
Boone Woodworking Shop
n War requirements for p
jj cloth demands that textile r
,s full capacity.
j They need Dogwood Shi
ders vita! production.
e Farmers and timbermer
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PAGE SEVEN
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