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Page Two THE HYDE COUNTY HERALD, SWAN QUARTER, N. C. Thursday, February 24, 15^?^ HYDE COUNTY HERALD PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY AT SWAN QUARTER. NORTH CAROLINA, BY TIMES PRINTING CO., Jnc. THOS. E. SPENCER Editor Entered as Second Class Matter at the Postoffice at Swan Quarter. N. C. Subscription Rates: One Year $2.; Six Months 31; Three Months 60c. VOL. V SWAN QUARTER, FEBRUARY 24, 1944 NO. 25 POST-WAR PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS There is going to be a great deal of public works proj ects following this war, if current stories from Washington are true. Hyae county, by showing a united front, should be able to get a great deal of money spent in the county, es pecially on road improvements. It is important that we keep the need of road improvements before the eyes of officials. Our very deviopment and growth depends on it. It might not be a far fetched idea that a veterans’ hospi tal be located in the county, or at least in this section. We would do well to keep this and other possibilities in mind. One thing we should remember in all of our efforts to get public projects, however, and that is to put county in terests above community interests and to always work closely with neighboring counties. Hyde is a small county. So are Tyrrell and Dare. It would seem to us the closest co operation of the citizens of these counties would be advan tageous to all of us. But in such cooperation, it should be re membered that sectional interests come before county inter ests. THE KIDS FROM HOME They may be fighting men to the world at large but every mother and father in Hyde County with a boy in , khaki knows that those men out there on a battle field crouching in a foxhole, or standing watch on a pitching de stroyer in mid - ocean are the same warm - hearted, happy kids who only yesterday were playing marbles in the back yard, or scooting around town in a paint-dobbed old fliv ver. You saw them here just the other day—delivering pa pers, working after school at the filling station, mowing the front lawn under protest, or building a shack in the vacant lot. How many times recently we’ve heard some dad say “I wish I could be right with that boy of mine to cheer him up and keep him from getting homesick.” And, if there’s been a tight feeling in your throat, dad, it’s only natural. But, even though you can’t go out with that lad your- «elf, rest assured there’s a fellow along with your boy’s out fit to buck him up when he’s down-hearted, to take any message fie wants to send home, or to just talk. That fellow is the Red C^ross field director, sent along with your boy by the American people... ' / Wby it's important right pow for all of us to do our part is the American Red Grosg War Fund. Let’s keep the Red Gross at hie side!’ - -••• ■ ' OUR DEMOCRACY 'by Mat BKBBOB^BSBXSOB AT THE CROSSROADS.. MWOyfVA/? EDISON’S BIRTHDAY ^ NEE fs CHAPTER Vin Cherry Pyecroft, member of the ' Waafs. hurries to London to the apart* ■ ment of her friend, Denise, who had i married the man she loved. On arriv ing she learns that Denise no longer loves Simon, and that she is leaving that night to avoid meeting him on his return from a trip to America. Cherry admits she has been in love with Simon, Denise asks her to stay and greet her husband with the bad news. Simon ar rives but Cherry withholds the news Learning that the train to Bristol hac crashed—the train that Denise took- Simon and Cherry drive there, Identlf Denise’s charred suitcase, and assume . I badly burned body is hers. Months late I Simon and Cherry are married, bu j Cherry’s happiness Is spoiled at flndin, I Denise’s engagement ring In a drawc i . proving to Cherry that Denise i I still alive. Cherry finally shows Simo I the ring and tells him all the facts, h I is very bitter ^bout it. OTHER EDITORS If Thomas A. Edison had been born in any month other than February, it is quite possible that his birthday would, by now, be celebrated as a national holiday. But the compe tition of Washington and Lincoln has always clouded the. fact that tKe~^£atest inventor of modern times was born dison^ invenETons Eave Yl?ir Impfbved , but there is no doubt that our life would be much less streamlined and our comforts much more crude, if it had not been for the seeds planted by Mr. Edison. His greatest contribution to mankind—^the one that will be headlined in the history books for years to come—is the invention of the electric light. But among the 1,150 patents in his name we also find the inventions which led to the motion picture and the invention of the electronic tube which is the basis of radio and the basis of a world of marvels which we will see after the war. Thomas Edison’s life will always be an inspiration to Americans—^not only because of what he did for this coun try but also because of his simple, modest, unpretentious way of living. He is one of our supreme examples of a poor boy who made good. The quotation which is perhaps most typical of him is his definition of a genius—“one per cent inspiration and 99 per cent perspiration.” THE HIGH COST OF TIPPING. (Rocky Mount Telegram) Westbrook Peglar’s definition of tipping has brought forth the ori gin of the word tip. In old inns in England a receptacle was placed in the tap room with words “To In sure Promptness” nearby. Guests were in the habit of dropping a|reetions given, few coins for the employees. As* ’’ ‘ ’ ■■ time went on, however, the sign settled down to a mere T. I. P. with the result that today it is tip. Back in the time that such a plan originated tips were no doubt with a more generous spirit or at least with a more willing heart but today tipping has gotten out' of hand. In the large cities the tip may be as much as half the check—in fact certain groups have I AT THE CROSS ROADS (State Port Pilot) There comes a time in the lives of all men when they are stand ing at a cross roads. One way may lead him to becoming a useful citi zen, the other may lead down the path that makes a hardened crim-' inal. It may all depend on the di- She found a small suitcase and stuffed into it one or two things she knew she’d fie wanting: her slacks—the girls wore them some times when off duty—tennis shorts, a bathing suit. Probably before the Summer was over she’d want to go swimming. She heard Simon moving about downstairs. What was he doing? Were there things he too would be wanting? Would he come upstairs? She stood quite still, listening. But he didn’t come near her. Soon she heard him gc out to the car, heard him tinkering about with the engine, filling up the radiator. Yes, he’d said on the : way down that it needed water. 1 Then he was sounding the horn She braced herself. Until this mo 1 ment she’d been praying that 8 i miracle would happen, that he ■ would come upstairs, take her in j lis arms, say, “Oh, Cherry Pie! Cherry Pie! What does this ah matter? 1 love you. That’s all that counts. And if by any thance ...” Neither Simon nor Cherry spoke dll they neared the airdrome. For ilherry that was the worst drive she tad ever experienced. She longed tor it to be over, yet she dreaded I ts coming to an end. They swung iround a corner. There were the fates of the station. And there, as 11 luck would have it, were Valerie ind Blake. Simon slowed the car. “You’ll prite?” Cherry said desperately. “Oh, yes. Yes, I’ll keep in touch wij^ you.' lerte Vaferte was standing with them now. “Hello, Mr. Lindon.” Blake was there, too, waiting to be introduced. Somehow Cherry Last week in the court room at | managed it. “I don’t believe, Southport Judge' Henry L. Stevens Blake, you’ve met my husband.” told a seventeen year old boy to go. He was free to start out on the right road to citizenship without carrying with him the tailit of pris oner, since the Judge could not very well follow and direct him, he could continue the path of crime that would ultimately prove his end. banded together to discuss wayS of shaming would-be tippers into giving forth with larger handouts. A tip for services rendered is not begrudged but a tip just be cause tipping is the thing to do is ridiculous. Too many people to day have the idea that they are going to be tipped regardless and so that they have to make no ef fort. Thus what started out to be a courtesy has developed into a mangey custom. While pasing through this coun- STATE COLEGE HINTS TO FARM HOMEMAKERS RATION TOKENS The new ration tokens, which will be used beginning February 27, should make things easier for both merchants and customers. It is always somewhat difficult to us to get used to a new innovation of this kind, but there is no doubt that it wiU simplify rather than complicate the buying and sell ing of rationed items. In the first place, all ration stamps will henceforth be worth 10 points, no matter what figure they may have on them. Thus the bother of tearing out stamps of various denominations will be eliminated. And storekeepers will be saved many hours of work in counting their stamps, for they will only have to count the number of stamps and multiply by ten. Tokens will be given only to storekeepers—and will then be used by them in making point change. The customer who gets them in change will be permitted to use them at any timfe, thus eliminating the present rush to use up points before a coupon’s validity expires. From every angle it would appear that the token plan (vill make rationing easier to handle. Perhaps whoever devised this plan should now be put to work simplifying »ur national tax system. By RUTH CURRENT N. C. State College Mud stains, especially on chil dren’s clothes, are among the most frequent clothes cleaning problems in spring time. Mud stains are not difficult to remove if dealt with promptly and properly. Clothing specialists advise let ting the mud dry, then brush off as much as possible with a stiff brush. If the mud is on a wash garment, soak in clear cold water and then wash with soap and warm water. If the garment is not wash able, sponge the stain with dena tured alcohol. For rayon and col ored clothes use diluted alcohol. Twice as much water as alcohol is the proportion. Mud often does more damage to leather than to fabric. If left to dry on soles it may make a per manent stain. It should be remov ed at once with a wet cloth or stiff bush. Polish shoes when dry. ty several months ago the boy, whose home was in a distant state and whose father is serving as an enlisted man in the army, stopped and committed a robbery. Captur ed, he atoned in every way he could. He gave back everything he had taken, freely admitted his crime and was cooperative in every way. On all sides it appeared he was no hardened criminal, he had simply gone astray. Judge Henry L. Stevens listen ed to those who asked that the right directions be given to the boy. He told him to go and choose a better course than the one into which he had strayed. SEED SHAPE AND SIZE AFFECT POTATO YIELD GENTLENESS To judge human nature rightly, a man may sometimes have a very small experience, provided he has a very large heart. —Bulwer-Lytton. Speak the truth by all means; be bold and fearless in your rebuke of error, and in your keener rebuke of wrong doing; but bo human. and loving, and gentle, and brotherly the —^W. M. Punshon. The gentle minde by gentle deeds is knowne. —Spenser. No ironing. After washing over alls in soapy water, rinse twice but only wring out first water. Hang on the line dripping wet. You will be surprised how smooth they will be when dry. I wash my cotton gloves this way. Never esteem anything as of advantage to thee that shall make thee break thy word or lose thy self-respect. —Marcus Aurelius, Dignity consists in possessing honors, but in the con sciousness that we deserve them. —Aristotle. Culture is then properly described not as having its ori gin in curiosity, but as having its origin in the love of per fection! It’s a study of perfection. —Matthew Arnold. Does your pressure canner need to be repaired? If so, now is the time to send it back to the factory, Manufacturers of pressure canners say that they can handle repair jobs on canners faster before pro duction of 1944 canners gets into full swing. Repair parts will be available for all standard makes of canners. Don’t return your can ner to the factory, if it can be repaired at home. The National Pood Conference, recently held in Chicago, recom mended only steam pressure can ning for all the low-acid vege tables and meats. The size of the Irish potato seed piece has a definite influence on the resulting yield of the crops, says J. Y. Lassiter, Extension hor ticulturist at State College. Research has shown that the po tato should be cut so that the seed pieces will be of uniform size, av eraging from 1 1-2 to 2 ozs. each. This is particularly important if the seed are to be planted with mechanical planters. Seed pieces of various sizes and shapes will not feed properly and will cause poor stands. Small, thin pieces dry out rapidly and do not produce strong plants. The seed piece should be blocky and have as much skin as possible to prevent evaporation, Lassiter says. Mechanical cutters have been used to some etxent by North Car olina growers, but due to the abundance of labor in the past most of the cutting has been done by hand. Now that farm labor is extremely scarce growers are now looking for a mechanical cutter that will do a good job. Such a cutter is shown on a leaflet which has been recently prepared by the Extension Service at State College, and a copy will be mailed to any one interested in securing a sim ple mechanical potato seed cutter. Inquiries for this diagram should be addressed to the Horticultural Department, State College, Ra leigh. Ask for a copy of the infor mation of cutting Irish potato seed. They all chatted together for a few moments. Then Simon said abruptly, “Well, I’d better be go ing.” Cherry looked him full in the eyes. “Good-bye, Simon. On con sideration, I don’t think a Waaf I kisses her husband good-bye. There are far too many people looking on.” But already Simon was starting the engine again, slipping the car into gear. Cherry watched him drive away. Then she turned and walked with Valerie and Blake through the big gates into the build ing. The girls knew there was some thing wrong with Cherry. They spoke of it among themselves, but they asked no questions. When their forty-eight hours’ leave came again Cherry spent it with Valerie and told her hopelessly, “Every thing’s gone wrong, Valerie. It’s worse than I believed possible. I—I’m not going to see Simon again. Not for some time at any rate. Will you think me mean if I don’t tell you anything about it?” Valerie had said that she was only too ready to be of help, if pos sible. And in the meanwhile . . . “I know it’s easy to say, but don’t worry too terribly if you can help it. Cherry darling.” She knew, though, that Cherry was worrying. There was a strained look in her eyes every morning about mail time. ’The one letter that came did nothing to make her look any happier. One Sunday morning' at Mrs. Hampden’s, Valerie said to Cherry, “I forgot to tell you yesterday, I’ve a couple of officers coming over for lunch and tennis today. They’ll drive us back to the station this evening. One of them’s Bob Ken nedy—I believe you met him at the party—and the other’s a friend of his. I don’t even know his name. He only was posted to our station a day or two ago.” Cherry said that would be grand. Valerie, bless her, was trying to take her out of herself, but it was no use. Simon’s letter was becoming worn from the number of times she’d read and reread it. This morning it seemed even colder than usuaL “Dearest Cherry—I’m sor ry things have turned out the way they have between us.” She couldn’t bear to go on. When the young men arrived. Cherry found that she knew Bob Kennedy, a cheerful young flying officer wfao’d distinguished himself ba the battle of Britain. She was It was a pleasant walk. They talked of all sorts of things. introduced to his friend. “Cherry Pyecroft, John Harrap.” Valerie laughed. “It’s not Cherry Pyecroft You’ve got it wrong. Bob. Cherry’s Mrs. Lindon.” Cherry said quickly, “Better call me Cherry and leave it at that, .'^yway I’m stiU known by my maiden name on the station.” There were drinks on the terrace before lunch with Cherry suddenly gay and amusing. Drinking her second cocktail, laughing at some thing John Harrap had said, she thought This isn’t really me at all. This is someone quite different. Someone who’s never known and loved Simon. It was too hot after lunch for ten nis. “Let’s just get deck chairs and sit beneath the trees,” said Val erie. Bob Kennedy murmured, “If no body minds I’m feeling sleepy.” Valerie smiled. “Me, too! Let’s all be lazy until tea time.” Cherry leaned back against the cushions. She was thinking of another Sunday only a fortnight ago. She couldn’t put on an act any more/ She got up silently and walked across the velvety lawns hoping the others hadn’t noticed her going. '•'Perhaps this heaviness of heart Wduld pass. She’d been in such grand form since she’d made the decision hot 16 let what had hap pened oyet^hddbw all her doings. But how . I “Hello there! .-IVon’t you wait a minute?” S^e,turned to find John Harrap almost upon her, “Want to be alone?” he asked. "Or may I corne along with you?” She wanted to be alone, but it would seem churlish to say so, “Yes, do. I just felt like a walk,” she said. She glanced at him and decided that she liked this friendly young man who was both intelli gent and amusing. But he wasn’t so young as she first imagined: now she put him almost with surprise In the early thirties. “I saw you sneak away,” he said after a few moments. “Did you? The other two were 3Sl06p>** He laughed shortly. “I know. ’They were sleeping the sleep of two peo ple with nothing on their minds. Lucky, aren’t they?” She shot him a quick look. He caught and held it. “You know what I mean, don’t you?” She felt the color run up her cheeks. She wasn’t sure so she didn’t answer. “Something tells me that you and I are in the same boat,” he said quietly. “I recog nize all the symptoms—all that chatter and laughter. That’s not the real you, is it?” Cherry suddenly felt all her de fenses weakening. “No,” she said quietly, “it’s not me really.” She turned and looked at him. “How did you know?” “A fellow sufferer.” “I see.” They walked on togeth er. They were breasting a hill now. Below them lay open coun try. A soft breeze blew the ten drils of hair back from Cherry’s forehead. “Sometimes it helps to talk,” said John Harrap, “or so I’ve been told.” “I can’t tell you all of it.” “TeU me as much as you can.” “I married a little over a month ago. Simon—that’s my husband— means aU the world to me. I met a man at a party. I’d known him some long while ago. I lunched with him and Simon saw us coming out of the restaurant I had a per fectly good explanation to give him, but he didn’t take it the way I ex pected.” “And so?” Cherry made a little gesture. “We’re not seeing each other again.” “Good heavens! Just because you’d been lunching with this other feUow?” She colored. “There was rather more to It than that I don’t mean that there was anything between me and the other man. But there are things I can’t tell you.” “I see. AU right So now we both in our own way have our own little private hell to combat” “Yes. Until today I’ve been a/mg pretty badly. I haven’t beT' sleeping and I’d lost my appeb' j This morning quite suddenly I elded I should snap out of it.” 1 He smiled. “I congratulate lA on the way you managed it.” j She drew a little quick brea"‘ “The trouble is, how long cab keep it up?” “I know. ’That’s the rub. I' teU you; until you’re in bed toniS' and the lights are out and you'!l' trying to go to sleep. Until turn a corner suddenly and s ^ ® someone who looks just like yb*!, Simon. Until some nut unwitting*' puts on your favorite dance tub* She glanced at him sideway*' head thrown back, hands dug de“l5 in his pockets, his young fab*'*' lined as if old—John Harrap, be' fellow sufferer. “We?” “We might make a mutual assis*'L ance pact” p “We might, yes. Do you thib**l that win help either of us any?” : “It’s worth trying. When’s yb"* next leave?” ( “A fortnight from today.” | “Good. I can get a bit of tint* I off then as well, unless things waob I up in -the meantime. Old 46®*:; always makes all my plans a uncertain. But ii aoi. . • , we're still feeling as we are iodaV let’s snap out of it together, go town and hit the high spots" In the ordinary way. were just any charming young offib*, asking her to go out with him s® have fun, she’d say No. because sb wouldn’t want to. But with this mb it would be different. There woUj^ : be no complications. They woU^ ® be helping each other. , ^ P “Thank you, John Harrap. 1' j glad I met you.” ^ | It was a pleasant walk. Tb* talked of all sorts of things; musi"' books, theaters and the time wh^ everything would come right both of them. . “I’m going to live in the counff'j and have a chicken farm,” s®' John Harrap. , ’’Tm just going to live in country,” said Cherry. Valerie opened one eye sleepm when she saw them returning- heard Cherry’s laugh ring out b they drew nearer and John’s keei ing it company. , The two men stayed until i®'.' in the evening. When they had b‘^ driven back to the post, John drc' Cherry aside. “You won’t forgs'’ I’ll be running across you, I ®* pect, on the station, and apart fmb that, in a fortnight’s time . . T’ll remember. “And if anything happens in b*! li tween, good or bad—especially b®^ —you can always get ^ message me. Remember what I said; som* times it helps to talk.” , “Thank you. I won’t forge'; And ...” she hesitated and on with a little rush, . . it help — talking this afternoon, mean.” . She returned to the station fe®*' ing a hundred per cent better- When thoughts of Simon threbj ened, she switched them asid®' Only by doing this and taking ib- eii terest in all that was going around her could life be at all beb* able. Leave came around again, twe® ty-four hours this time. Vale®, said, “Any plans. Cherry? AU® Alice has asked us both over.” . “That’s sweet of her. Vale®'' But I’m dining in town with Harrap.” , “Good for you. I hope you ' yourself.” Cherry grinned. “I’m going '' I’ve made up my mind to it.” She went to London early in tb« day with Lane. Each had an bT pointment to have her hair wasb®®^ Cherry tried a new hair style. came into the cubicle to have look at her. “Cherry, it’s ravis® ing.” , With Lane’s help she bought new hat to suit the hair-do. I* j fun to be out of uniform and dre» ing up to be taken to dinner. (T» Be Continued.) OPA TO ISSUE FARM i of many of the “extra” coupons to' remainder as the board decides th® GAS IN INSTALLMENTS ' improper channels. i farmer needs for the rest of t®. Issuance of rations in install ments will permit boards to revise their original estimate, and thus will serve to prevent over-issuance. Buy War Bonds And Stamps LEATHERNECK MAIL BOX Bougainville, (Delayed) — A na tive totem pole or idol, the Marines don’t know which, serves as a si lent, ugly sentinel over a Leather neck artillery unit’s mail box here. The Marines who found it near Cape Torokina say it brings them more mail. Local War Price and Rationing Boards can issue six-month gaso line rations for non-highway use on farms in installments rather than all at one time as in the past, the Raleigh District of Price Ad ministration announced today. Mainly because of the difficulty of predicting weather over long peri ods, OPA said, estimates of farm gasoline requirements—which are dependent to an important degree on weather conditions— for six- month periods cannot be exact. Ac tual needs often have turned out to six-month period. No formal app'’’ cation need be made by the farwe^ for this second installment of t® ration. d At the same time it will help the I Gasoline rations to farmers 3®' farmer to budget his gasoline' other non-highway users take consumption. Jform of one-gallon “E” coupons Upon the advice of the War five-gallon “R’ coupons. Food Administration, OPA has j ^ ^ been issuing gasoline rations to; ( ALtlCM farmers in six-month periods. Un der the new provisions, local boards that issue only a part of a farmers’ ration will issue, when Keep an eye on calcium, is advice of food nutritionists to gardeners and family meal p!®®' ners. Calcium is likely to be shor*- the farmer requests that he needs,when a family’s meals are othe®' more gasoline, either (1) the re- be much less than estimates. The, mainder of the total six-month ra- resultant over-issuance of gaso- tion which was originally deter- line rations has led to diversion mined or (2) such portion of this wise up to good ards. nutrition stan® Buy W’ar Bonds and Stamps-