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1, w. :ly f X..IANS T ' 'L:.zi every Friday at The ' ana'' Weekly Gee" In ' the ry , EuilUing, Church ' Street; -1- .'Jiti. N. C , - '., L ' 1 MATTIE LISTER WHITE Editor Day Phone , ,. j . ... ,. -..88 Vi-U Phone : 1004 .. SUBSCRIPTION SATES, ' One Year .i-L. . -41-25 Six Month. 76e TbiteiA as Second claaa matter November 15, 1934,t the post office at Hertford, North Carolina, under the Act of Man 187. - AvArtiainr tatea-furnished byre- quest 4,t tW , -,t n charged' for cards ef thanks, resolu tion of respect, obituaries, etc ; FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20, ' BIBLE THOUGHT FOR WEEK MY HELP: I am poor and needy; yet the Lord, thinketh upon me; thou art my help 'and my deliverer make ' ; bo tarrying-, Q.my Gd-Psalm 40:17, KEEPING CHRISTMAS . . . (Seleceted) . . . , "Are, yon Willing" to forget what you have done for ether-people and to remember what other people have done for you; to Ignore what ; the v world owes you and . to think what you owe the world; to put your rights " in the background and your duties In the middle distance and your chances , - to 'do a. , little more than your duty n the foreground; to see that your fd lowinen are Just as real as you are, and to by to look behind 'their faces to their hearts, hungry for Joy; toH close; your book of complaints and look around you for, a place where - you can sow a few seeds of happi ness are you willing to do these things even for a day? Then you k can keep Christmas. 'iAre.yott willing to stoop down and consider the needs and the desires of little children; to remember the weakness and loneliness of people ' who are growing old; to stop asking how much your friends love you and ask yourself whether you love them . enough; to. bear in mind the things that other people have to bear en " their hearts; to try to understand ' what; those who Eve' in the same houss with you really want, without waiting for them to. tell you; to trim your lamp so that, it will give more light and less' smoke, and to carry it in front so that your shadow will fall behind you; to make a grave for your ugy thoughts and a garden for your - kindly feelings, with the gate open ; are you willing to, do these tilings even for -a day? The you can keep Christmas. ; - "Are you willing to . believe that( love is the strongest ' thing in tht world stronger than hate, stronger than evil, stronger than death and . that the. blessed life which, began in Bethlehem nineteen hundred ' years 1 ago is the Image and" brightness of , Eternal , Love ? Then you can keep Christmas.'- .- -y --- ?And. If .you keep it for a day, why not always ? 1 "But you"ean -never keep it alone." " '"' ; ' ' " -' Funeral Held Friday k A MrfiPhthiac iff- :- Funeral services for Mrs. Mary . Phthisicwere "teld at Piney Woods Church - Friday afternoon, at 2:30 oloeX.w)tii'i''pator,"' the Rev. v Bertha Smith,' officiating. The choir sang; several selections. Interment , waemadd in, the family burying - ground near the. Phthisic home. . - The pallbearers were: Shelton , ChappelL Carroll Ward, i Nereus OmppeRVIf(aianpell, Roland , Copeland, aa3 Linwood daappelL: The floral tributes were numerous and' beautkuL' and the fmieral (was largely attended by aorrowing'irela- ' Ifves and frlenda.- ' . , Mrs, Phthisic was ft years of age. With her passing the community has lost a good friend and neighbor. ; ' ' Surviving are four daughters: Mrs. .. H. H. Lane, of Ryland; Mrs. X L. '. Perry, Of , Norfolk, tVa., Mrs. S. G . Brafford, of Washington, D. C.J and MiB Edni Phthisic, of s Belvidere , , and four sons, Haywood Phthisic, of Edenton; Ralph Phthisic, of Cincin nati, Ohio; Wilbur and McCoy Phth isic,, of Belvidere. : Several . grand ckiljren alstf wrviv. t ' II." ri .ir.i I ill .inl'.- I (. ' - ; ' OFF FOR NEXT WEES -T -re will be no meeting of the T "jrd Rotary Club next week, as t8 of meeting falls on ChrlsV v-;TLeEctarianwiII. hold catt;; meeting tt')-N:ewYeart .:. iANXouNCErrrrf 0l f-J:rfrk.:X:C.lWel :. arcaact the iarrifre' of rsnr-v.ni2sictv tc . ,v!C ' -3,C 'i, .- ia ! 1. REAL ENJOYMENT "let, air, It was Just about the Ideal vacation. Nothing, to "do but loll anrast air day In coxnfortatla c-'lrs. No mosaultoes, no Insects of any i.IndV Pleasant; ainlling people oa all dues. No big bills Running up, no relatives, no sunburn." i - ' "Just peace and eulef all day long. A thorough rest for the mind and tody the kind of 'vacation you've always dreamed about . " -1 Tfeseftt' ttwlfi- Ideal. We certain ly" enjoyed ' that vacation' the bos took. Jdge, ' - " - ; J i 1 Highly Et.rUUi.t " "What time old you say the next train comes. Inr asked a small boy of the family waiting in the Uttle depot ; nVo'told yon It comes at 4:44. half dozen times." the elderly station gent; answered Impatiently. ;',t!ant you remember that?, '"'? j "On, I can remember the ;5e an rlghi" aald' the little rascal, T Just like to . see 'your whiskers wobble when you say M:44, t , ' HmvV' Ceaapetf iImi r Jlggs What happy people you must be to have eight nice daughters V What resources tor your old agel Jaggs (very sadly) tea. Resources enough 1 But the difficulty nowadays consists In husbanding one's resources. Everybody's Weekly. ;: Techakal EdwatlM:. First Father Has your ' son's col lege education proved helpful since you took him Into the flrm? .. . Second Father -Oh, yes; whenever we have a conference we let him mix the cocktails. Strsy Stories Magajdne. AH, HAt Butcher This pound of butter yoq sent me la three ounces short. Grocer I mislaid the pound weight, so I weighed It by the pound of chops you sent me yesterday. ' "It has been discovered;" said the professor ponderously, "that the human body contains sulphur." "Snlphurr exclaimed a girl student wonderlngly. "How' much sulphur Is there In a girl's body, professor?" Up to Style Judge Have you. ever: appeared ' as a witness In this suit before Madam? ' Witness No; ytfur7 honor. M, think the' last, time whre a -brown after noon gown. How do you like this new -enelppeWeeltly! i . fH0SaSSS!': . "Are there any professional, bad men 'Jeft to; prlmsop;.pulchT'yv;;: V "No," answered Mesa Bin. ;"Tbere's .notlila4 left fr. the boys to shoot at except the motion pictures showlo' that crime doesn't j Why wont yotf ; iseeepfijjrtT:,saHI WHUe ;. Wlbbles. W : "Because.; replied Miss ayeSane,1 with a critical and coercive glance,, ."I - already r'nave? .. . , " !,' 1 111 '' ' '. A V .-StrlellyCWii'rj.;,,: Uerchantr-Nb sIr, 'no. checks cashed here. I wouldn't even cash a. , check .tor my own' bretbeft:-f;f '-kfcZr Customerr-WelV ot; course, you know your family 'bi'ifK''f. . ' . OverloeM -Y . ReaJtor-NOw here's A'irbeautlful home everlooklflg-the lab r ; i: Buyer Where's .the UM-H. , Realtor That's what's overlooked. i .-;.; . 1 i.'i 1 11 ' v-iMZ 111.-. ; T V i:"Wea,::i ua.c-e r-t v:n n 'sa argamect wiS f ."i I t t' ' W ; "That so? r. v CM : j ( t 41 said,! an ir'? t I n:" -V '',Jlt-fiy.iini,l : , . in , Eea Yotrr ,iLv Ellon Is. gooj looking, but I dont cere for l?s rsjs. rIirst Never mind h's way toy ' V '.:.k of' "US- ir;--v.:.:.: 1LL.C What estrange set::; 2 f.r r.o lancet The scene, Brooklyn poSice headquar ters. All around, men In uniform, On the faces of most of the oncers, con cern and even worry. E'.i-fot Patrol man George Intermot,- Ce most wor ried lookina and most nervous of alL ' lie was one of : 22 o.T.cers against whom charges for breakirg the rules of the department had been brought Commissioner Lewis J. Valentine had 'appeared uhexpectedly to take charge of the trials. Astute, though he is, the occasion was met . cnpTeasant routine unpleasant because, ; having come up from the ran'-i, he 'doesn't like to see policemen up on charges. Bot Romance war ' present Just the same even though Patrolman Intermot waS the only one aware of IU. ' , In 'the course of 'time, - intettuoft case-was, reached. The charge-against :hlm was that of being away from his jpost In Forest Hills, Queens, "for 20 minutes e. serious accusation. Inter mot's pervoosness Increased as he arose, but he faced the commissioner steadily and answered, '"GuiltyV Then he stammered an explanation..; He had lost a highly Important button and bad stepped beneath the grandstand of the tennis dub to make emergency repairs. A ; match was In progress -between Helen Jacobs and tSarab Fftlfrey. It was an. Interesting match,-so he stayed and watched It until he realised that be was wasting the department's time, He hurried: back to his -beat only to lean , that his sergeant had noted and timed his absence. ; ' - Fellow officers looked at Intermot with ptty. 'The commissioner, . deter mined to keep tk4 department at high ffflclency had been liberal with sting ing reprimands and Ones of Ave and ten days' pay. It seemed as If Inter mot would . get, both.,! Evidently he thought so, too, as he , trembled, and tears came Into his eyes. Then he spoke again.' "Mr. Commissioner," he said, "I'm going to be married Satur day." r ;.: i The words were in such a low voice that they could scarcely be heard. But they reached the keen ennf of the head of the largest munlclpnl police depart ment In the world. "Is thnt so?" asked the commissioner, a twinkle In his eye. In thnt case. I'm going to give yon a break. Complaint dismissed." And big George Intermot, stammering his thanks, walked Out of the trial room with a clean record and with Ro mance at his elbow ! . .,.. . Speaking of Romance, there wa that agitated young couple on. the. -second floor of the Municipal, building. The marriage license bnreau Is on that floor and. they were standing very I near- tne srairway mat jeaaa 15. tue third floor where the municipal mar riage chapel Is located. "Just chink," said the young man as he gased Into the eyes of the girl with a great yearn? Ing, "If we only hn4 $2 more we could be married In Ave minutes 1" "r r Proposals for bids for doing .work for the city must be advertised accord ing to a legal form." 80 the other day there appeared -In the city record 8.1 lines of fine typecalUng for sealed bids for "furnishing all the labor and. materials required for Installing' one automatic,, collapsible,; panic-proof,- re-' volvlng door, etc." at Borough haIL St 'George. The -work called - for ..S deposit of f 40 on the part of the con tractoror about tbe cost of the adver- tlsemenf.-"., -i'fT ' Speaking of , doors, reminds me of the; building at 40 Wall : Street.' : Ah "electric eye has been Installed there and the doors swing open whenever the light beam Is broken. . And sophis ticated Wall Street stops and gapes la such clottings of humanity that pedes trians In a hurry use the other side of the streetv-?"!:'':-'-:- r 7' - ,y,-,; i:-An amateur Inventor, who Is always fooling around with gadgets. Is, now working on one for the benefit of those who fall asleep' while Bstehlsg the radio. It 1 so designed that r he-i Ce eyel of the listener-close,; the' c " t throws a switch Which turns o.i t. a eet H hasn't it quite perfictel as yet, but believes be Is o,.the" j.'it track. ; Maybe If he ctmld fix It so it World Work jn crooners be might 'it 1betterM;1;'.fe-;f: "'-LftJt; . , . eril4mtM WMU SMTTio. Jx . - oyh: u ico,c:jr ' SedaluC Mo. When Ted .. .;ner, thirty yearS old, fmlshes 1 work at the University of KlssoiA la 1037, he will have eoncludsd ? proximately r lOO.COO miles ef (Liv ing for a college career, ' ,i ;i Sumner, employee of the An can Teiegraph and Telephone c. . pany, has UVen part-time w-:!z it the Central Lllcraurl Cute r ers' eoHe-t for four years, t ' the ei-sCe r3 trip betwc 1 1 nd Warr23 -irj fcEy (it(. week. Ts toizstea he t. CCD riitt attsniug s.l... . . Warrcr-rj. .,f ; " Tst tie c:rt ro yuis t s ; v ; -tend t--s Cats tsiiver:"y it ' V.t, r .'.! i f'om t ; r-v" r i t-v I 1 ( i'fm:'ij r 1 y?nr, r I-i la all f 1 . f r v- 3.". . ' The - Dor;. Irr mce'.I- cf tl.e Woman's IILIonary Ejclty cf I", v Hope J.lethodlot Church was held at the home of Ilrs. Sallle II-rJ'.e v.lJk seven members and five visitors cc'rs present Vtn. G W. .. GiLJji, five president, presided. The . devotional was led by Mrs. Mattie EotLina Miscellaneous items of business were transacted, one of which was a check upon the year's work in order, to de dde whether or not the Society could claim the honor of having made the "Efficiency Aim." . , 'i ' t . ' Those present were Mesdawi6s' B. S' Banks, Sr-, S. D. Baiks, L..wtie Rob bins, W. K. BarcKft, C. E. Sutton, Sallie Hurdle, C, W. GriHui; members; Mrs.- Ray Morse, tin. '3. II. Gregory, Mrs. E. A. Turner, blisses Vids Banks and Willie Hurdle, visitors. v A new member was added.; ' ' ' 4 - At the close of the meetfafg- deli? clous, cake and. fruit 'ijalad, , were served. ' . , ,j. . The January meeting will.be beld with Mrs.' Ray Morse, he new mem ber.; ;y t j . t v" ,.,"5 w, i:'lr r..', WOMAN'S MISSIONARY SOOETY HOLDS INTERESTING MEETING The Woman's Missionary s Society of Oak Grove Church held its regular monthly meeting Wednesay 'aiter noon at the home .6fc2fcawM0y Trueblood. The meeting was opened by singing, f Let the Lower Lights be Burning," and Mrs. W. H. Overman led in prayer.', "Wonderful Words of Life? were sung, 1 and ' Mrs, W. W. Lewis read the Scripture, the subject of the lesson being "The Faithfulness of God.wc, Two stories were given: "A Little Girl's Christmas Rose,'? by Mrs. Bertha Whitehead, and "fA Spir itual Rose," by Miss Mettle JW; Miss Mildred Lewis . gave' the last lesson in the study hook, "That Other America," and "Joy , to the, World" was sung. C; The meeting, was .dis missed with the Lord's Prayer."' Re freshment were served .and a socio hour was enjoyed. r..' , ' , , Those present " were: MrsTAddie Bright, Mrs. W. W. Lewis, Mrs. Daisy Perry Mrs. Eula Perry, Mrr. ' C. P Quiney, Mrs. W. H. Elliott, Mrs. Mel lie Trueblood, Mrs. W. H. Overman, Mra. P. L. Whitehead, Misses Gerrie Griffin, Grade and Mattie Ferrell. and Mildred Lewis. , TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY GIRL'S SECOND-HAND ; BICYCLE, in good condition, for sale.- See Mrs. Mark Gregoryj Hertford, N. - . v -l t I . It nf . Gelatins ;;:-.3 for 14c : , u SANTA CLARA H V- -PKUNES, r: . , . 'i , , - ; - Ar 7-3 .:. iic ! niV4ib.r.5Cj ...--V . t ; ! p. r--v ic- . I Jil M. g. PlumiDateor.- if VAH, AeB'"-' I ' . . L . . . . . i ' i ' j ;,.. j iJ, V-j- SB :. ' ' '.h'-i; i1. -.. .:.;,.. ..j .. f ..., -' ;,.,-k. ; .,.. .. ' . . iv . ,...'. . .. for your chuishias baskets i - U : V 'nrr-':-- I Walnuts, lb. L-JZ z 1 Oranges :'and Lemons ? yV(:C0w I Pecans, small, lb; 1C: 'Tangerines ";f: H . ;;vt pound -j i-,. Pecans, large, IE Grapes and Applea: ; J- . : . ' Brcdl Nuts, lb " 1.-1C ; Dries and Pi 1 ?? 1 I 1 t 1 We have a beautiful I ; . r: fGm. any; wdAN. -Vi'j:- j.;. WOULD APPRECIATE i I . 8: 5 bloomers; ugowns ; - supS ' : ' :; Priced TVom C3ioC2X3. ;y -I Si 1UC HANDBACS make useful, " welcome , Christ-1 . ' mas Gifts . Gifts to enjoy at leisureSILK PAJAMAS Priced. at..:i..-..:.....:.$1.98 $2.98 103 Years of Service 'ak Quality Merchandise " Rigbt Prices Jf GSBianchard: &.:Co.:;v "BLXNCHARDS SINCE 1832 , - ' - ' HERTFORD, N. C. VpIIW ninir. ppnm :iaro-A icw. ;Apncot$rlarge.fmtNo2can:.;-.:: 4 , Po1feia .-Q . .-on ' Canned Pumpkin, large :.:,:l:L:.15c ' l - iisimi Vmi '- i nil Tit -nsTBsfliaTiariiBriar sbaiiiBfssiisnsfai am m in r '- - i I VERY SHARP , BROWN'S OLD - ( New Yorktate! y Sniithfieid Style CnCEOEV Mixcl Kuts, lb. : 7 - ' : 8 (jeecanuta .... i : ; Jncrne3, lb. )box....::2 yvrMVrvr : Rc:or;- ! 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