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PAGE SKVE 2 f THIS BUSINESS mmam 4 t "V i SUSAN THAYER MRS. SMITH DISCOVERS SMITHVILLE '' MrsV'Smith's children were grown I" and her Comfortable house was so . well equippeo witn mogern aevicea n, v was easy to stake care of. But Mrs. .Smith was busy. Ever sirice the war started, she. had been up to her ears in work w . , She spent every spare minute knit ting and had six sweaters and ten pairs of jocks to her credit. She had Vorganid: - a " defense committee in her dub six months ago and atudy . course in Democracy in her church; ; , She was one of the original members ot 'the "Bundles for Britain" group Inher town and was active - in the C Red Cross. It was wonderful to be ' "In things," Mrs. Smith felt and to have a part in the big affairs of the! world and so, although she went to ' bed exhausted night after night, she didn't mind, 9 Then, one day, she learned how , the tax pay ere' money was being ," -'.- wasted by a corrupt city government. . 'But why is it allowed?", she de i ' manded of her husband, her eyes blazing ; in righteous indignation. ; "Why doesn't somebody do something about it?" "You- might take a hand in it," her husband suggested. "You and a half dozen- other public spirited women Vlcould save this town thousands of 4- qollars. , You could do something about those houses over there on the other side of the tracks, too, and see -if those stories we hear about the XT grade school are true." , "But I'm busy," Mrs. Smith pro- tested. "There's all this war work I'm doing and there's my knitting , ' and ..." "And while you're thinking about ':.?. -.the war, which isn't your business nyhow, you neglect the things that you might do to make Smithville a f better town. You don't know wheth- er your neighbor's children are being taught to respect the American way or not You haven't taken the trou ble to find out if home relief 'n Smithville is being administered fair- f Arid Here Is What They Wish For Most! GIVE something for the home and you give enjoyment all year 'round! Electrical gifts are practical . . . she'll bless you for anything J that lightens her work. WAFFLE IRON. Maket perfect waffles! Automatic controls. ' Chrome plated. Special price, $4.95 QIVE HER TH6 PERFECT GIFT . , . VAFniGIDAIRE , V " ' 1 . Also Frigyake Electric Ranges Tundreds of Electrical Gifts at Jordan's; rake a Small Down Payment" Finance- o Balance on Our Easy Payment Plan i K.'G . KEATING ly and efficiently. You-didn't try to put the right men in local offices at me nasi ejection. : . "But I want to do something for the world ... something for Amer ica," she protested. . "And do you know that the biggest thing you- and about a million other women like you could do for your country and, for Democracy? You could help to make it work so well so efflcietly in your own home town that no one living there would ever dream of wanting to substitute some thing else for it .. , . and if every one in a hundred thousand towns Dike Smithville believed with all theii heart and soul and mind in oui Amean representative Democracy, it could never even be threatened!" Industry To Continue Clean-up Campaign Investigators for the beer indus try will visit every North Carolina county during 1941 to make certain that retail beer dealers conduct re putable places of business. Edgar H. Bain of Goldsboro, State Director of the Brewers and North Carolina Beer Distributors commit tee, announced today that the indus try's "clean up or close up" cam paign has resulted in the elimination of 186 undesirable beer outlets in 41 counties 109 by revocation, three by surrender of license, and 24 by re fusal to re-license. "A great majority of beer dealers conduct reputable 'places of business," Colonel Bain said, "but there is a minority which disregards the law and public decency. Our campaign is directed at these scattered outlets. During 1941, our field representatives will check on these outlets and when necessary, we will request the local authorities to revoke their licenses." During the past year, Bain said, more than 1,000 retail outlets in 84 counties were inspected. He empha sized that the "clean up" campaign will be carried to all counties in 1941 8 AUTOMATIC T0ASTE3. Drop in two slices ' ond when done, automatically pop oat. Priced SI A QC - only. OUR ZENITH RADIOS MAKE, SUPERB GIFTS $15lCj to J1C1S5 i j J A ElicCTRICAL C0NTTIACTC3 , Uertfwrd, N. C, I f '"'l ' r V f -! xt'pc & i - 1 ti 'vNp?J , I At Santa Claus, Ind., where they run a school for Santa Clauses, the instructor shows his students how to handle one of Kris Kringle's most important duties. A measuring stick, to make sure there is enough clearance, is one of the requisites. Follow the Rules When Addressing Christmas Cards How do you address a Christmas card to a widow? A divorcee? A business acquaintance? Here are some tips on cards: Generally speaking, greetings fall into two classes, formal and infor mal. If you use printed or engraved cards for formal use, the title Miss, Mr., or Mr. and Mrs. should pref erably appear above the greeting. For instance: "Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Stanyon wish you a Merry Christmas," rather than "A Merry Christmas from Mr. and Mrs. Thom as Stanyon." On informal cards, signed in ink, the husband's or wife's name should come first, although ordinarily the person signing would put his own name last. In general, the hus band's name comes first. These can be signed "Bob and Betty," or "Bob and Betty Bentley," depending on how well the acquaintance knows you. No card should ever be sent with out a Mr., Mrs. or Miss prefix. An unmarried woman is always ad dressed as "Miss." A married woman, whether her husband is alive or not, is addressed with "Mrs " prefixed to her husband's full name. Since a woman's maid en name is used only on legal pa pers or when she uses it profession ally, a divorcee's maiden name may be used if it's been established by legal procedure after the divorce was granted. Cards to a married couple should be addressed Mr. and Mrs., even though you may know only one of them. If it's a business acquaint ance and you haven't met the recipient's wife, it's permissible to. send the card in his name only. Business addresses are quite all right, though there's a bit more courtesy and more personal touch to find out the home address and send the card there. A family in mourning may send and receive Christmas cards as usu al unlesa the bereavement is very recent within the last two or three weeks. T Kiss the Maiden Under Mistletoi But Follow Rules! iTS still nice custom thia Christmas to kiss the young lady under the mistletoe, but your efforts are in vain unless it's done properly. ' Every time-someone kisses-under the mistletoe a berry should be plucked from the branch, for only so many blessings are bestowed as there are berries. And don't let the mistletoe fall to the ground. Other wise its properties of good luck and healing will be destroyed. , v Many a romantic story surrounds this plant The berries represent tears from .this legend: A Scandinavian god, Balder, dreamed he would die. When ha told his mother, the goddess Friga, she made earth fire, air,, water and all animals and plants promise they wouldn't harm her son. ' v But she overlooked the mistletoe, for its roots were neither in the earth nor 'eir. So one of Ealder's enemies fashioned an arrow from the plant and that was the and of Balder., ' The tears of the heartbro ken goddessr fell thick and fast and fro?e into the berries. ' Having -,suqh?' a,;' heathen,,; origin, mistletoe- is ' seldom included in church schemes of decoration. But despite ' this ban few jnaids care to .risk making' the legend coma true that ''she who 'ia not kissed ' under the mistletoe at Christmas will not married -in the year whjcb. fol lows. . 4 ' If you' want to be lucky, temenv' btr the rules. ,V -' " , v Watch Your Weather' During Christmas Day! Remember these old supersti tions About Christmas weather: If the sun shines through the apple tree on Christmas day, there will be a good crop the fol lowing year. If ice will bear a man before Christmas, it will not bear a mouse afterward. Thunder and lightning Christ mas week means much snow the rest of tlie winter. Wet causes more damage than frost before than af:er Christmas. If it snows Christmas night, the hop crop will be good next year. At Christmas meadows green, at Easter covered with frost. If windy Chr.stmas day, trees will bear much fruit. Christmas wet gives empty granary and ban el. A green Christmas makes a fat graveyard. A warm Christmas, a cold Easter. Salvation Lassies Retain Yule Spirit Of Founder Booth Christmas will be happier for thousands of homeless people this year because Catherine and William Booth carried the torch of evangel ism from their New Connexion church in England in 1861 and start ed the Salvation Army. Today that torch is being carried by the second Booth to succeed the founder, Gen. Evangeline Booth, who in turn suc ceeded Bram- well Booth in 1934. So familiar at Christmas time, the Salvation Army's group singing on street corners and "boiling kettles" for which con tributions are so licited, had their beginning in the 0 ) Evangeline Booth youthful reform er of 19 who was almost stoned to death preaching in slums and de nouncing "rum." Penniless and with four children, the Booths worked tirelessly in London amid taunts of critics, yet old General Booth lived to banter with jovial King Edward and be consulted by heads of Euro pean governments. "Hallo, old man! How you've changed ? What's making you look so old?" i "Trying to keep young," was the1 Mfeluute i i j 1 Bring your sho; ping list here and we'll help you cross off every name! Just tell us whom tl.e ii't is for and well give you dozens of suggestions. It's as simple as that because we have everything you'll want! Mu S& $1X0 $1-00up Bath Salts 50c Handsome zipper case with every- gmart Compacts. $L00 thing for , .complete manicur.. Other Sets 25c Perfume $1.00 Cameras $1.00 up Bath Sets 95c up Razor Blades (50) 49c Pipes -25c up Razor Sets $1.00 Playing Cards Shaving Sets $1.00 Pipe Tobacco 10c up Shaving Lotion .35c Cigarette Holders Talcum 19c Cigar Holders FAMOUS Hollingsuorth Candies In Neat Christmas OCa im Packages -..X ' ' . Final Rites Held For Lloyd Mathews Funeral sendees for Lloyd George" Mathews, 25, son of Mr. and Mrs. S. P. Mathews, who died Sunday evening in a Norfolk hospital, were held at the Bethel baptist Church Tuesday afternoon with the Rev. J. T. Byrum officiating. Interment was made in the Bethel Cemetery. Surviving the young man are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mathews, and five brothers, Matt Mathews, F. T. Mathews and Glenn Mathews, all of Hertford, A. D. Mathews and W. H. Mathews of Woodville. Mr. Mathews was taken to the hospital for treatment of a self-inflicted rifle shot about noon Sunday, but did not respond to treatment and passed away at 5:50 Sunday evening. reply. 'Trying to keep young?" "Yes nine of them," was the gfloomy response. It's Not Too Late to Join Our 1941 Christmas Clu NOW FORMING Memberships In Denominations 10c - 25c - 50c - $1.00 - $Z00 - $5.00 WE INVITE YOU TOJOIN OUR CLUB HERTFORD Member it ? 1 H m , r; . I V ' ; 1 KA .) l Indians Lose Two Games To Central The Perquimans basket ball teams journeyed to Central last Friday night for two games with the teams representing:- the Pasquotank school and came home on the short end ol the score in both games. The Indian Squaws lost the pre liminary game by a score of 35 to 11, while the Indians lost 26 to 11. It was the fourth game of the cur rent season for the Pasquotank teams which probably gave them the edge over the Indians, but according to Coach Dave Fuller, the local teams played well and he expects the local teams to jump back into the winning column when fhey meet the Week8ville teams here this week. GREAIT NEW SERIAL OF THE STAGE "The Poison Crystal." New serial in which love and hate play drama tic roles begins in the December 22 issue of The American Weekly the big magazine distributed- ith the Baltimore American On Sale at All Newsstands G BANKING CO. ! F. I). I. C. (I 0 V 4 a o S3 u These Are Sure-to-Please j i i i POKER RACK $1.25 Fbie Assortment of Week-End Cases and Fitted Bags Popular Brands of Cigarettes Ih Christmas Cartons Cigars Boxes of 25s and 50s Pipe Tobacco Pound Tins CHRISTMAS Hard Candy To) 5. ' v t , t . t ti k J u i 4 , f "lit.' ' . i'vi . '
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