' Perhaps the local business man who said that the weather man had his seasons turned around was right. At any rate, as we walked around town over the week-end we noticed that almost all Bre vardians had discarded winter togs for a while and pulled out spring outfits. Creating a colorful scene was the window shopper we noticed looking at the light blue suit in Patterson’s. The gazer had on a bright red spring coat, and red and blue always were two of our favorite colors. In military circles one often hears a discussion of what the orders of the day regarding dress will be. Around in Transylvania lately, according to what the men have been wearing, their orders of the day as issued by the weather man are sleeveless sweaters or just shirts with the sleeves fixed lazy man’s roll. When we first came on the scene in Brevard a month ago snow greeted us. Along with it we noticed that all store doors were watched with careful eyes (one person even remarking that she never had believed in heating the streets) but recently we realized that one could walk into almost any store in Brevard without hav ing to take the trouble to open a door. Also trying to convince them selves that spring is on its way are the victory gardeners who’ve been getting their plots all ready to plant early gardens. Maybe the gardening fever is contagious be cause up on the Rosman highway everybody, practically, has been getting their gardens ready. Just to prove that she was going to stay in season whether the weather did or not, Martha Beasley, from out at the college, VP tat 666 fH TMHCTIl $/Wf HMf PftftPf was rambling around town in a red accordian pleated skirt and wool plaid shirt People always say that one can lean back on the weather to write or talk about when there is nothing else to say. To prove that we’re not using the subject for that reason but because it has taken an unusual turn for this time of the year, we’ll dis cuss something else. Striking us as being unusually nice is the reception-waiting room at the Brevard shoe shop. The red leather-upholstered chairs and the long table supplied with magazines is an attraction along the shoe shop line. Another thing that we’ve found around Brevard that is a rare item these days is the prompt and cheap taxi service furnished by Martins. We once saw a taxi company’s slogan “Call Sanders and count the minutes.” That fits the situa tion here too. Found an ice cream shortage in Brevard last week and at exactly the time we were determined to have ice cream! Finally compro mised by having a milk shake at Ford’s Corner—it was good, prov ing that John, Jr., knows how to fix ’em up right. Of course, we all know there is a candy shortage these days, but then the A & P has been having some good chocolate cov ered nuts and peanut butter squares. Even they have gotten scarce, however. We’ve had a great deal of ex perience lately reading upside down trying to check type on stories before a galley proof is drawn, but even the ole experi enced eye had a work-out trying to figure out the sticker we’ve been seeing on a car around town. Because its shape was so much like The Citadel stickers we naturally were interested. (All South Caro lianians are interested in their i West Point of the South!) After) a closer look we discovered that it was a Citadel sticker indeed— just put on backwards. We All Have A Part In This War.... PVT. KARL H. STRAUS Let’s back the boys who are fighting for us! Pvt. Karl H. Straus, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ludwig Straus, is in the bomber command of the army air force, sta tioned now at Salina, Kans. He took his bask training at Keesier Field, Miss., and from there was transferred to Fort Logan, Colo. He was former ly a secretary in the mill of fice at Ecusta. Federal Depone Inmranot Cor* porstkxt, m ignqrW tin Uaisad States Gcvenumnt, prMectMsdi depositor igiisw loss m Ids do* posits se a SMtiswin of $5,00*. Buu WAR BONUS SWBSlJtosW rassss-1 ASAEAHUOTC scintz Transylvania Trust Co. Organized November 24, 1931 j 'Bouncing Betty' A. U. S. PARATROOPER examines a German S - type pressure mine, known to Yanks as “Bouncing Bet ty,” after digging it up near Vena fro, Italy Contact with any of the detonator’s three prongs causes the mine to jump about five feet into the air before setting off the main FARM QUESTIONS | QUESTION: Does it pay to fer-j tilize sericea lespedeza? ANSWER: Tests on a Cecil loam soil at the Piedmont Branch Sta tion at Statesville have shown an average yield of 1.56 tons of hay without fertilizer and 2.04 tons with 50 pounds of superphosphate per acre. Where 2 tons of lime per acre were applied previous to seeding, the yield was 1.09 tons and with both lime and superphos phate 2.33 tons per acre. charge (Ivtcrnntinvnl) QUESTION: Why are so many farmers getting all excited about lespedeza and what is the best variety for me to grow? ANSWER: It is a most excellent hay and grazing crop, say State College agronomists. They * also point out that it is a fine soil im proving crop and helps to prevent erosion. Thirty years ago it was practically unknown in North Car olina, except as a wild plant. To day Kobe and Korean are the leading commercial varieties. Con sult your county agent as to seed supplies and the variety best suit ed to your conditions. Lespedeza fits well into crop rotation in all parts of the State and the acreage is being continually increased. Soil tests will tell you how much lime is needed for successful pro duction of the crop. Complete fer tilizers are needed in the rotation, where the crop is grown for sev eral years. CARD OF THANKS We wish to thank our friends and neighbors for their many acts of kindness and sympathy shown us during the illness and at the death of our husband and father, and for the lovely flowers. Mrs. Raymond Hale and Children. QUICK RELIEF FROM fyuvtaan of DMras Arising from STOMACH ULCERS mic to EXCESS ACID iTraataeatthnS RM M* wRWH Cost YMNotUag OwtmnffiM botttM of ttaWTIXARD - ibreaeold for relief of doe to Ksmm Add er Upset Stomach, llwpkMIKM, OtC-, re iraniis Add. Sold on IS dura’ trial! ^■££5* Stores®^wSEk tally thlii treatment—free—at VARNER’S DRUG STORE News for you about the WAC Want to know how the new WAC recruiting policies apply to you? Want to know whether you’re qualified for a special kind of Army job—whether you’d serve with the Air, Ground, or Service Forces — whether you could be assigned to the part of the coun try in which you enlist? TODAY—get full details at the nearest U. S. Army Recruiting Station (your local post office will give you the address). Or write to: The Adjutant General, Room 4415, Munitions Building, Wash ington, D. C. GLANCING BACK 1 AT BREVARD -♦ Taken from the filea of The Sylvan Valley Newa, beginning 1895 ^ (From the file of Nov., 1906) J- J. Perry has bought the G. W. Southern farm near Cherryfield and has moved his family in. Mr. Southern will go to South Carolina and try raising cotton. The Dunn’s Rock excavation next to the News office became a lake during the recent rainy sea son last Saturday and Sunday. It was drained Tuesday and the work of building the foundation has been resumed. From the number of ’possum that have been caught inside the town limits this fall we conclude that the crop of persimmon and ’possum grapes is a failure, and these marsupials consider chicken better than starvation. A man who would tantalize a print shop Monday morning with a $20 bill to pay a $2 bill is about the limit, yet this was an experi ence of the News office this week. Wonder if the people have an idea that we control the United States treasury or have a mortgage on some national bank. A $5 bill would have been above the limit of this print shop on a Monday morning. Miss Rose Loftis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Loftis, and Mr. J. F. Scaffe, of Louisville, were married at the home of the bride Saturday morning in the presence of a number of invited guests. Immediately after the ceremony, which was performed by Rev. P. G. Elsom, the happy couple left for a visit to Asheville. Knoxville and Louisville, where they will make their future home. The Odd Fellows observed one of their peculiar customs on Mon day night. When a member be comes a benedict he furnishes a supper to the lodge. This as a rule takes place in the lodge room, but Bro. Newton, proprietor of the McMinn House, kindly offered to prepare and serve the supper at a hotel. After lodge all repaired to the place and to say all enjoyed themselves is to put it mildly. J. A. Forsythe was toastmaster and called for several impromptu speeches, all of which were en joyed. We had a severe storm of rain and wind from noon Saturday till Monday morning, and as a result the river spread out over the bot toms and our sylvan valley became an inland sea, otherwise no dam age is reported. Hendersonville has recently ac quired two of Brevard’s most en terprising young business men, and we bespeak for them demo cratic treatment in their new loca tion. We refer to Hume Harris and Beverly Trantham who have open ed a first class restaurant in our neighboring town of Henderson ville. They will be found exemp lary citizens and will merit the patronage of the best element of Hendersonville people. Married on Thursday, Nov. 15, at the residence of the bride’s mother, Mrs. Kate Sitton, of Eas ley, S. C., Miss Fannie M. Sitton, to James Erwin Waters son of M. B. Waters, formerly of Brevard. They will make their future home at Rogersville, Tenn. *4^ Everyone should have a budget and live within it Include in yours a certain amount each week to enjoy the wholesome food at this cafe. -o Galloway’s Cafe PETE BIKAS, Owner Brevard, N. C. WE CLOSE TUESDAYS burning roams NOW OBTAINABLE Permits For Brush Burning Must Be Secured. Viola tors Will Be Fined Brush-burning permit laws are now in effect in Transylvania coun ty, according to a notice presented for publication this week by J. F. Morgan, county forest warden. In accordance with a North Car olina law, Mr. Morgan pointed out, it is unlawful for the burning of any material within 500 feet of any protected area between the first day of February and the first day of June, or between the first day of October and the first day of December without first ob taining a permit for so doing. The permits are granted free of charge. The permits may be obtained from the following persons in Brevard and Transylvania county: Clerk of court’s office; county agent’s office; B. F. Robinson, Ce dar Mountain; L. E. Powell, Rock brook; W. R. Merrill, Little Ri ver; W. W. McNeely, Lake Toxa way; L. E. Cash, Oakland; D. H. Winchester, E. R. Galloway and J. F. Morgan, Rosman. The law states that violators will be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction will be fined not more than $50.00 or imprisoned for a period of not more than 30 j days. EXECUTORS’ NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as Executor and Executrix of the Will of C. R. McNeely, deceased, late of Tran sylvania county, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having i claims against the said deceased to exhibit them to the undersigned at their homes either in Brevard or Lake Toxaway, North Carolina, on or before the 27th day of Janu ary, 1945, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said | estate will please make immediate payment. This the 26th day of January, 1944. Walter W. McNeely, Executor. Leila Brooks McNeely, Executrix. Estate of C. R. McNeely, l-27-6tc Deceased. SPEED HIS—OR HER—RECOVERY Have you a friend recuperating from an illness? Hasten his or her restoration to health by sending them a convalescent card. We have a nice assortment; also birthday greeting cards. Don’t shiver these cold mornings trying to start a fire. Use Kindle Sticks—quick, inexpensive, harmless. PHILIP PRICE’S NEWS STAND Sponsored by Brevard Lion’s Club TUESDAY, FEB. 1st KATE SMITH - CBS WAR BOND DAY 8:00 A. M. — 12:05 A. 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