The following new books have been
received and are now ready for cir
culation; Mrs. Miniver, You Can’t
Go Home Again, Ralegh’s Eden, The
Fire and thO Wood, Book of Englisti
and American Poetry, Life of Mark
Twain, Pride and Prejudice, Old
Fashioned Girl, Seven League Boots,
For Whom the B^ tolls. City On
the Hill, I MarriisSr Adventure, Old
Glass, The Story of Painting and
the World’s Great Artists, Romance
of Billy Goat Hill.
Craven county farmers have al
ready begun to make inquiries about
the control of blue mold as they get
ready to prepare their plant beds for
the 1941 tobacco crop, s^y^. Assis
tant Farm Agent P. M. Cox.
NriLLING &
STORAGE CO
/MERRY CHRISTMAS
T0AIL_ ^
Let us all hope for peace and
prosperity over the world.
ISRAEL
“WHERE PRICE AND
QUALITY MEET”
' The Fireplace Glowed With Logs.
SMITH’S
RADIO
SERVICE
DAVID A. SMITH
^ AUTO INN
MCDONALD'S
ESSO STATION
DRICE HARPER stepped from
" her train happily. A whole
month, with Christmas only ten days
away. That meant nearly three
weeks fpr after-Christmas jollifica
tion, skating, visiting round with
old friends and just squatted before
the big fireplace reading and talk
ing. Wouldn’t Aunt Margaret and
Uncle Jake be pleased and sur
prised, for she had not written.
After three steady, grinding, monot
onous years in the department store,
it would be heavenly.
She flashed a look'down the plat
form. Yes, there was wooden
legged Sam, the expressman.
Things hadn’t changed a bit in three
years.
“Hoo-hoo!” she challenged.
The old expressman looked up,
stared, then stumped forward.
“Blest if ’tain’t Brice Harper!"
he cried. “Back among your old
friends ag’in. Fine! Come to stay,
or a-visitin’?’’
House Is Deserted.
“Just visiting. Uncle Sam—two
whole weeks, though. Out to Aunt
Margaret Holmes. After three
years! I’d never have believed I
could stay away that long. But 500
miles—too far for a poor girl to af
ford paying fare for a few days’
vacation. Now it’s a month, though,
because I haven’t tetken a vacation
in so long. Can you take me and
my trunk right out? I’ll ride with
you, and—’’
“Ain’t ye heered—had no letter
ner nothin’?’’ asked the old man,
whose face had been growing trou
bled.
“No-no. Anything the matter?"
“No, except they ain’t there.
; Your Aunt Marg’ret said Christmas
was so lonesome here she couldn’t
spend another like the last. So two,
three days ago she an’ your Uncle
;Jack*went into the next county to
; spend Christmas with a cousin who
has a passlo o’ children. I was by
i there yes-day, an’ the house did look
i dismal all shot up."
“Isn’t there any one to look after
it?”
“One o’ the Dill boys was asked
to, I b’lieve. He—’’
i A shrill hail came from a store
front across from the station.
“S-say, Brice,” wheedled the old
expressman, “would ye mind wait
in’ three, four seconds? That mad
ishouter was Storekeeper Tomson
■Been ’spectin’ a box o’ Christmas
i stuff mbre’n a week, an’ ’twas jest
throwed off this train. S’pose I take
, the box ’cross to him, then come an’
carry you an’ the trvmk out to any
Vo’ your girl friends? They’ll all be
glad to have ye visit ’em.”
But Brice had been thinking rap
idly.
Invites Girl Friends.
“Take the box over to the store.
Uncle Sam,” she said, “and I’ll run
across to the post office while you’re
gone. I want to write some postals.
And no, I won’t embarrass any of
my girl friends. You may carry me
right out to the farmhouse. I know
where Aunt Margaret hides the
keys,-and I’m perfectly sure she and
Uncle Jack would want me to go
right there and use everything as
my own. I’ll take care of the poul
try,” enthusiastically, “and I’ll
roast one of the turkeys for Christ
mas .and cook everything that goes
with it, pies and cakes and all.
I Won’t it be fun!”
“You can invite a lot of your girl
friends to eat with you,” grinned the
Fexpressman, entering into the spint.
"Afterward,” agreed Brice.
“They’U all want to eat at home on
' Christmas. Then we’ll have a round
Ro^s^ CMcken
Ii|U!^0{bnt Ri^ ,
Mashed’ Squash ’ ’Ottilet Gravy
Escalloped Brussel Sporuts
“"’With CheeM
Com Muffins Apple Butter
Jellied Tomato Salad
Mince Pie Coffee
Chilled Ifralt Cup with Cider T^pjper
4 orange cups.' '
% cup cubed oranges.
% cup diced pineapple.
2-3 cup seeded grapes.
Vz cup grapefruit.
% cup cider.
1 tablespoon orange juice.
Mix and chill the fruits and the
cider and juices. Carefully arrange
the fruits in the orange cups (grape
fruit halves if you prefer) and add
the chilled juices.
of nice times. But for the real
Christmas I’m going to depend on
their postals. There are lots of nice
girls in the department store who
haven’t any home and who will have
to depend on the cheap boarding
houses they Jive at. I’ll write a
postal to Aunt Margaret and to five
or six girls I know will be glad to
spend a week or ten days with me.
And say, Uncle Sam, I’ll look round
and then make out a list of gro
ceries and other things I want you
to bring out, and—any place where
I can buy a Christmas tree?”
“Ain’t none better than grow right
down on your uncle’s place.”
All right. I’ll get the Dill boy
to help, an’ we’ll rig up a nice
one.”
“Need any Christmas present
stuff?” chuckled old Sam. “Mebbe
ye’d like to see Totnson pry'the
cover off that box.”
'Deed I would,” promptly. “I’ll
be right over from the post office.”
The girls condemned to a pros
pective boarding-house Christmas
accepted Brice’s invitation reliev^-
ly. On the thifd day Old Sam
brought the hilarious five out in his
ancient express wagon.
Then the girls piled in like a whole
joUy Christmas in itself, and the old
farmhouse seemed like to burst it
self. The Christmas tree was cut
and drawn home with all the appro
priate songs and carols and huzzas
they could think of, and trimmed
as never a Christmas tree had been
trimmed before. Dressed in all sorts
of costumes, the happy girls sang
hymns hour after hour, quitting
only when they were too tired to
continue.
And then, right in the midht of it
the hearty voice of Uncle Jack
roared through the door, mellowed
by the softer, happy laugh of Aunt
Margaret.
I’m going to have that dinky
post office over there indicted,” guf
fawed Uncle Jack. “Kept that post
al four days before the R. F. D.
delivered it. Fifteen minutes after
that we were on our way. Of course,
we had to come. Five more girls
to help wake the old house up!
Whoopee! Why didn’t you write so
we needn’t have left the lonesome
place?”
Need More Food.
Why didn’t you write so I’d have
known what to expect?” retorted
Brice.
Lucky none of us did,” laughed
Aunt Margaret, “for then we might
not have these five extra nice girls.
Come, I must get into the kitchen.”
But we’ve cooked and ''cooked,
and cooked, till—”
'Not enough,” declared Aunt Mar
garet firmly, “no matter how much
you’ve done. There are all your old
friends that must be invited to
come—though they’ll come anyhow.
And we must invite a lot ^ e^rira
young people in evenings to help
keep things going. Then—my land!
There’s a wagon-load outside. Cous
in Mary didn’t wapt us to jieaye, so
we brought ’em all along. J'ack’s
going into town this evening to bi^
what he can find. If any of your
girls want to go alon^ he’d like
your company.”
“But, Aunt Margaret, we’ve got
a tree ram-jammed full,” protested
Brice.
“No^ enough,” firmly. “We can
pack on the floor under the trees.
Now I’m going into the kitcljen.
Can’t you see, girls,” her firm voice
dropping pathetically, “being Christ
mas, I’ve just got to cook sonie-
thing.”
(Released by Western Newspaper Union.)
HOKE
German Priest 9nd Sclfoplmaster Wrote ^Silent Night*
Nacht! Heilige Nacht!” was Josbph
Mohr, born in Salzburjg, Austria, in
1792. He was Ordained a priest in
«*C:ILENT NIGHT,” the favorite
Christmas carol, was written
by a German country priest and his
friend, the schoolmaster of a neigh-
i boring village, for a Christmas now
a century gone, /liter its first use
in 1818, in a little Austrian town, it
gradually made friends until it
caine to be Impwn in all CSerm^y
ai^, in translation, in many ottier
countries, observes a writer in' j^e
CSdveland Plain Dealer. v
Ihe authoi; of the verses of “^tille
1815, and when he wrote the song
was assistant at Laufen. on ^e Sal-
za, near Salzburg. Later He' hdld
pastorates in various other places,
dnd died in 1848. ' '
The schoolmaster of Arnsdorf,
near Laufen, who Wpte the jnunic
^ and {".Iso (|^ a nt^ber 'of
IjBsaer known Hynwi vii
Mushroom Rice Stuffing
(For 5^ (About) Chicken)
4 tablespoons bacon, chopped.
2 tablespoons minced onions.
y4 cup diced celery.
3 cups boiled rice.
1 cup mushrooms.
teaspoon paprika,
yt teaspoon salt.
^4
Land .grant . _
sugge^ea thlait
youths be l^t": on an —
basis, and that one or more clubs be
started in the Southern
LOSS 4
Fanners of, the United States are ‘
now pasring up every year
000 of income that could be realized
through better management of fprm
woods, says t|ie U. S. Forest Service.
T4 cup butter, melted.
Brown onions, celery and rice in
the bacon heat^ in a frying pan.
Simmer slOwiy for about 5 minutes.
Add other ingredients and lightly
stuff the chicken.
Escalloped Brussels Sprouts
witHGh'eese
1 pound cooked sprouts.
2 cups seasoned white sauce.
2-3 cup crumbs.
% cup grateci cheese.
3 tablespoons butter, melted.
Mix the sprouts with the sauce
and pour into buttered shallow bak
ing dish. Sprinkle with JJie rest of
the ingredients, combined. Bake 30
minutes in a moderate oven. Cab
bage, onions, broccoli or asparagus
are also good.
Stores Open Late Monday and Tuesday
Nights - Close all day Christmas Day!
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HOLIDAY FOODS FOR THE GRANDEST
FEAST DAY OF THE YEAR!
SOUTHERN MANOR
TINY PEAS, 2 NO. 2 CANS-B:
SALAD TREAT
MAYONNAISE, 164)2. JAR - 19c
SOUTHERN MANOR, ALL GREEN
ASPARAGUS, WA 02. CAN - ISe
SOUTHERN manor
PEACHES, 2 NO. VA CANS - 35c
SOUTHERN MANOR
2 No. 1 cans
FRUIT COCKTAIL - - - - 2Sc
ATLANTIC MAID
MINCE MEAT, 2 LB. JAR - - 23c
Heinz Popular Soups, 2 16-oz. cans 27c
Libby’s Stuffed Olives, 5-oz. bottle —-25c
Libby s Tomato Juice, 2 no. 1 cans 15c
Kraft’s Cheese, American or Pimento,
8-oz. pkg. , .15c
I
CHRISTMAS CANDIES AMD NUTS
Chocolate Covered
Cherries, 1-lb. box 21c
Delicious Miniature 1-lb. bx
Chocolates 23c
Holiday Broken Mix
Candies, lb. 10c
Hard Mixed
Candies, lb. -—IQc
Almdids, lb.
Pecans, lb...
Walnats, |b.
, lb.
SELECTED STORAGE
-.-27 c
CARTON 29c
TRIPLE-FRESH, GyB PRIDE
BREADrllGE LOAVES — 15c
DOUBLE-FRESH, GOLDEN BLEND
COFFEE, 2 LBS. -25
SOUTHERN MANOR OLD VA.
:, 2IB. TIN—97c
DROMEDARY OR OCEAN SPRAY
CRANRERRY SAUCE, 2 cans 23e
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Dromedary
Pitted
DAVES
Maraschino
Red
Truuigle
' Sweet