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PRINCIPLE OF I,IFF — Tha life of the flesh is in the blood . . . No soul of you shall eat blood, neither shall any stranger that sojourneth among you eat blood.—Leviticus 17:11,12. TOMORROW CAME — Re cently when our little four-year old's grandparents were about to conclude a visit to our home Grandma told Carol that she would say goodbye then since she would leave “early tomorrow.” Next morning after my -wife and I had seen her folks off and re turned home, Carol awoke and came into the kitchen demanding to know where “Gra'ma and Grandaddy” were. When told that they were gone, the child wanted to know, “Mama, is it tomorrow?” ADD DAFFYNITIONS — Mo ron: something which could mean less colds in winter for the aver age gal. GRID FARE — One of the pieces de resistance on the grid iron fare offered followers of the college sport in this section this fall is the Army-Duke collision set for Saturday, October 16, at Duke Stadium. We believe it will mark the first time th-at an eleven representing the United States Military Academy has played in this State, although Army and Duke have me* in New York City several times before. Fans will recall last year's 14-13 Army squeak which was a real heart breaker for a fine Duke club. In dications from Durham are that , single game ducats are going faster for the game than any oth- ; er home game on the card. Inci- l dentally, Navy will furnish the ’ opposition for Duke in the an- l nual Oyster Bowl game at Fore- i man Field, Norfolk, Virginia, or Saturday, November 6th. Navy always gives Duke a tough game and this year the experts have | picked Army as the cream o‘ | Eastern independents. SPELLING — Now that school has opened for a new year we hope we will be hearing about spelling bees again. We recall that a bee was held at the local school between Roper and Plym outh eighth graders about two years ago, Roper spellers having previously licked Creswell in an elimination. It seems to us that there are altogether too few spell ing bees nowadays. A heavier accent should be placed on good spelling, we think. Your good speller is invariably a good read er and writer, as well, and usual ly is an above-average speaker. In recent years, industrial and business leaders have pointed to the weakness in spelling of high school graduates and oftentimes college graduates are little better. MISINFORMED? — See where scientists have been experiment ing with a substance called Life Jelly ,the queen bee’s love food, and have discovered among other things that pigs fed on the sub stance live 20 to 30 per cent longer than other pigs. And all the time we were under the im pression that a pig’s life span was all a matter of how long it took to fatten the rascal! AMEN, UROTHER! — Weimar Jones, writting in the Franklin Press, has expressed our long held opinion to a “T” concerning the expression “different than." We read it with such relish that we decided to pass it along to you with the added statement that VyOR£Y F3-UMB1NG CO. Williamsion, N. C. why buy ■ ■ ■ can air conditioner? That's just what you’re doing when you buy a new furnace ... you’re buying half year comfort. Right now is the best time to replace your old furnace with a new Carrier Weathermaker Air Conditioner. It not only heats in the winter, it cools in tho summer. Before you buy any furnace, let us show you how inexpensively you can have year-round comfort in your home year-round Weathermaker CHRISTMAS ON LABOR DAY ™VNUM“R 0F DAYS before Christmas is important to Red Cross a Umewhenm^T prepa"ng gift Packages for overseas servicemen at Si S^tl ria^ Hy0U1lg ar? m°re ;nterested in vacation fun than Red Cmsf ho A H (’ An" KessIer is already busy in the Washington Red Cross headquarters filling stockings for GIs. (International) Pleasant Grove Dr. J. W. Silver, of the Uni versity of Mississippi, spent sev eral days here with his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Silver, and bro ther and family, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Silver. Col. and Mrs. J. C. Tarkenton and son, CiinUn III, and Scott, left Sunday for New York City where they will sail Thursday for Austria on a nine day voyage, where Col. Tarkenton will be stationed for the coming three years. James Diaz, of the Edenton base, was the week-end guest of Miss Jean Phelps. those who are guilty of “different than,” according to our observa tion, are usually the ones who al so come up with “in back of" when what they really mean is “behind.” Here is Mr. Jones’ lit tle piece: “ . . . different than . . Of all the ignorant, ungramma tical, nonsensiflfr expressions, to me that one is the worst. It ruhs the wrong way. I sup pose the reason it irritates me is it most often is used by those language snobs who laugh first and loudest at the incorrect lan guage of the unlettered, who took longest down their noses at the good English phrase, “you all,” -and who even affect British pro nunciations. In other words, a lot of the people who use it are those who should, and claim to, know their English. Yet they insist on 'aying something is different than something else. Different than, indeed! It lacks dictionary sanotion. More important it violates every rule of logic, as applied to grammar. Than is a conjunction, and a conjunction is used to con nect, rather than separate. Dif ferent, an adjective, is followed not by a conjunction, but a prepo sition: in this case, the preposit ion, “from.” Most important of all, neither a dictionary nor a knowledge of grammar is necessary to recog nize that “different than” is a contradiction in terms; it just doesn't say anything. One man can be older than another, or taller than another. But how in the name of common sense can one man be different than ano ther? You might just as well say that one man is different like another. But the expression is spreading; you see it and hear it on every hand. And if I don't watch myself I'll end this damnation of my pet aversion by saying I’m determin ed to keep on being different than the folks who use it! WHfywwwvvvvvwwwvvVWVWWVWWAAlVVAAMAAAIWWAAAIVWVWWAAA/WWWWWVWVWWI^ NOTHING MORE NEED BE SAID OTHER THAN THAT W. J. WOOLARD Furniture Co. BEGINS A SALE TODAY II is generally understood that When Woolard's put on a sale it is genuine — there are no shenanigans... SO COME ON OUT - SHOP AND SAVE AT W. J. WOOLARD Furniture Co. PHONE 257-6 PLYMOUTH, N. C. Mrs. Frank Sivills and Miss Sara Sivills, of Norfolk, spent the week-end here as guests of Mrs. J. C. Tarkenton. Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Tarkenton and children, Robby, Mary Helen and Anne Worth visited in Man teo and Nags Head Wednesday. Mrs. Russell Holland is spend ing a week with her sister, Mrs. Henry Davenport in Columbia. Mr. and Mrs. Horny Silver and daughter, Becky Hutchins, with their house guest, Dr. J. W. Sil ver, spent Saturday at Nags Head. Mrs. W .A. Swain arrived home Yam Crops Under 10-Year Average —♦— Raleigh.—A 1954 sweet potato crop of 4.200,000 bushels is esti mated on the basis of August 1 reports from growers in North Carolina. The North Carolina C: ap Reporting Service reports that such a crop would be 525,000 bushels or 11 per cent below pro duction in 1953 and 30 percent below the 10-year (1943-52) pro duction of 5,983,000. T c 1954 crop will be harvested from 40,000 acres as compared with 45,000 harvested in 1953. If August I prospects material ize, yield per acle will average 105 bushels. Such a yield would be the same as" that realized in 1952 and 1953. The crop has benefited greatly from recent rains and although some producers experienced con siderable difficulty in getting their 1954 crop set, the crop is now generally in good condition. Friday to spend some time after spending the summer with her sister, Mrs. W. A. Worsham in Norfolk. Mrs. George McNair, of Nor folk, spent last week here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Lamm. Her husband accompanied her home Sunday. Rev. Vance A. Lewis visited Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Chesson Wed nesday. Rev. and Mrs. Lee A. Phillips and daughter, Audrey, of Hobbs ville, were the week-end guests ! of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Knowles. I Many friends here of Howard Ange are glad to know that he is recovering nicely after sustain ing a recent knee injury. He is a patient in Chowan hospital in Edenton. Mr. and Mrs. W. W. White visit ed Mr. and Mrs. Henry Silver and their guest, Dr. James Silver, Sunday evening. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. White, Joe Jesse and Mildred White spent last Sunday at Nags Head. Mrs. Estelle James and Mrs. { Gene Dorsey and daughters, Cin dy and Judith, of Norfolk, spent Sunday as guests of Mr. and Mrs. Carlton Phelps, sr. f KENTUCKY > STRAIGHT BOURBON ^-.WHISKEY kfX C years 86 PROOF. THE STAGG OIST. CQu FRANKFORT, KV» ( ♦ BELK-TYLER’S ♦ FASHIONS FOR BOYS AND GIRLS GOING Back - to ■ S eliool These are jusi the iiems iha! you need for growing hoys and girls heading back io school! Everyone has been made wiih ihe qualifies of wear and durability in them. 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