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Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-08-15

: ago, you know, and Mary and hel
> father don't get on. He jeers at hel
schooling and her fine ways"
Roddy said irritably: people never
dream what harm they may do by
educating some one! Often it's cruel
ty, not kindness!"
Elinor aid: 81 suppose she is up at
the house a good deal She reads
aloud to Aunt Laura. I know, since
she had her stroke"
Roddy said: "Why can't the nurse
read to herr"
Elinor said with smile: Nurse
OBrien's got brogue you can cut
with a knife! I don't wonder Aunt
Laura prefers Mary"
Roddy walked rapidly and nerv-
ously up and down the room for a
minute or two. Then he said: "You
know, Elinor, I believe we ought to
go down."
Elinor said with slight recoil.
Because of this"
"No, no-not at all. Oh, drat it
all, one must be honest, yes! Foul as
that communication is, there may be
some truth behind it. 1 mean, the old
girl is pretty ill"
eyes, Roddy."
He looked at her with his charm
ing smile-admitting the fallibility
of human nature. He said: "And the
Elinor."
She admitted it quickly: ooh, it
does"
He said seriously: cts not that
Pm mercenary. But, after all, Aunt
Laura herself has said over and over
again that you and are her only
family ties. You're her own niece,
her brothers child, and Pm her hus-
bands nephew. She's always given
us to understand that at her death
all she's got would come to one or
the other-or more probably both
of US. And-and it's a pretty large
sum, Elinor."
. eyes," said Elinor thoughtfully. at
must be-"
, "It's no joke keeping up Hunter
bury" He paused. "Uncle Henry was
, what you'd call, suppose, comfort
, ably off when he met your Aunt
Laura. But she was an heiress. She
and your father were both left very
wealthy. Pity your father specialized
[ and lost most of his"
, Elinor sighed. "Poor father never
had much business sense. He got
very worried over things before he
died"
: Eyes, your Aunt Laura had much
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-08-15
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membrance. "Mary Gerard? Who's
she?"
"The daughter of the people at the
lodge. You must remember her as a
child? Aunt Laura was always fond
of the girl, and took an interest in
her. She paid for her schooling and
for various extras piano lessons and
French and things"
Roddy said: ooh, yes, I remember
her now; scrawny kid, all legs and
arms, with lot of messy fair hair"
Elinor nodded. eyes, you probably
haven't seen her since those summer
holidays when Mum and Dad were
abroad. You've not been down at
Hunterbury as often as I have, of
course, and she's been abroad au pair
in Germany lately, but we used to
rout her out and play with her when
we were all kids"
whats she like now?" asked Rod
dy.
Elinor said: "She's turned out very
nice-looking. Good manners and all
that. AS a result of her education,
you'd never take her for old Gerrard's
daughter"
"Gone all lady-like, has she?"
eyes. I think, as result of that,
she doesn't get on very we'll at the
lodge. Mrs. Gerard died some years
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-08-15

An anonymous letter! Elinor Car
Isle stood looking down at it as it lay
open in her hand. She'd never had
such thing before. It gave one an
unpleaant sensation. Ill-written, bad
ly spelled, on cheap pink paper.
! This is to Warn You tit RAM,
Pm naming no Names but there's
Someone playing up to your Aunt
and if you're not kareful you'll get
Cut Out of Everything. Girls Are
very Artful and Old Ladies is Soft
when Young Ones play up to Them
and Platter them What say is You'd
best come down and see for Yourself
what's Going On it's not right you
and the Young Gentleman should be
Done Out of What's yours-and She's
Very Artful and the Old Lady might
Pop off at any time.
Well-Wisher.
Elinor was still staring at this mis-
sive, her plucked brows drawn togeth-
err in distaste. when the door opened.
The maid announced, "Mr. Welman,"
and Roddy came in.
Roddy! AS always when she saw
Roddy, Elinor was conscious of a
slightly giddy feeling, a throb of sud
den pleasure, feeling that it was in
cumbent upon her to be very matter
of-fact and Unconditional. Because it
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-08-15
GEO. B. FITZGERALD TO
SUCCEED MIR. STEWART

George B. Fitzgerald of Princess
Anne, has been named to succeed
James r. Stewart, who retires on
October 1, as Chief County Deputy
Clerk of the Circuit Court for Som
erset County.
Mr.. Stewart, who is now 70 years
of age, and past the retirement age,
has been Chief Deputy Clerk of the
Circuit Court for Somerset since
April 6, 1893, and in season and out
of season-with Republican Clerks
and Democratic Clerks-has been an
imposing figure around the Princess
Anne Court House. Furthermore,
early in his career, he attained an
efficiency in duties pertaining to his
office that has characterized him
throughout the nearly half century
he has served as Deputy Clerk. Need
less to say that he has earned the
retirement which will be his in seven
more weeks.
Mr.. Fitzgerald is a young man of
WIDE acquaintance ana OF CONSIDER
able civic enthusiasm around the
County Seat. He is a son of the late
George B. and Mrs. Laura Fitzgerald
of Princess Anne. Since graduating
from the Washington High School, he
has been connected with the Bank
of Somerset in a clerical capacity, has
taken an active interest in civic and
fraternal affairs, as well as being
Scoutmaster of the Princess Anne
Troop of Boy Scouts for the past sew
eral years. He is 81 years of age.
The many acquaintance of the re-
firing Deputy Clerk wish for him a
continuation of health, happiness and
prosperity, and at the same time, con-
graduate Benjamin L. Barnes, Clerk
of Court, for his selection of Mr.. Fitz-
gerald to fill the vacancy.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-08-15
was so very obvious that Roddy, al

was so very obvious that Roddy, al
though he loved her, didn't feel a
bout her the way she felt about him
The first sight of him did something
to her, twisted her heart round so tina
it almost hurt. Absurd that man
an ordinary, yes, perfectly ordinar!
young man-should be able to do thai
to one! That the mere look of hin
should set the world spinning, thai
his voice should make you want-just
little-to cry. Love surely shoulC
be pleasurable emotion-not some.
thing that hurt you by its intensity.
One thing was clear: one must be
very, very careful to be off-hand and
casual about it all. Men didn't like
devotion and alteration. Certainly
Roddy didn't
She said lightly: Halo, Roddy!'
Roddy said: "Hallo, darling. You're
looking very tragic. Is it a bill?"
Elinor hook her head. Roddy said:
81 thought it might be-mid-summer,
you know-when the fairies dance,
and the accounts rendered come trip
ping along!" Elinor said: cts rather
horrid. It's an anonymous letter."
Roddy's brows went up. His keen
fastidious face stiffened and changed
He saba sharp, Disguised excla-
nation: "No!" Elinor said again: "It's
rather horrid :" She moved steI
towards her desk. "I'd better tear il
up, suppose"
She could have done that-she al.
most did-for Roddy and anonymous
letters were two things that ought
not to come together. She might have
thrown it away and thought no more
about it. He would not have stopped
her. His fastidiousness was far NOR
strongly developed than his curiosity
But on an impulse Elinor decide'
differently. She said; perhaps
though, you'd better read it first
Then we'll burn it. It's about Aun
Laura"
Roddy's eyebrows rose in surprise
"Aunt Laura?"
He took the letter, read it, CAV
/ frown of distaste, and handed
back. eyes," he said definitely t
be burnt! How extraordinary peopl
are"
Elinor said: zone of the servants
l do you Think"
"I suppose So" He hesitated. "
wonder who-who the person 18th
. one they mention?"
t Elinor said thoughtfully: ut mus
t be Mary Gerard, think"
! Roddy frowned in an effort of re
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-08-15

better head than he had. She married
Uncle Henry and they bought Hunter
bury, and she told me the other day
that she'd been exceedingly lucky al
ways in her investments. Practically
nothing had slumped."
"Uncle Henry left all he had to her
when he died, didn't he?"
Roddy nodded. eyes, tragic his
dying so soon. And she's never mar
ried again. Faithful old bean. And
she's always been very good to us.
She's treated me as if I were her
nephew by blood. If I've been in a
hole she's helped me out; luckily ]
haven't done that too often!"
"She's been awfully generous to
me, too," said Elinor gratefully.
Roddy nodded. "Aunt Laura" he
said, sis brick. But, you know, Eli
nor, perhaps without meaning to do
so, you and I live pretty extravaganza
ly, considering what our means really
are!"
She said ruefully: II suppose we do
;. Everything costs so much
clothes and ones face-and just silly
things like movies and cocktails
and even gramophone records!"
Roddy said: Darling, you are one
of the lilies of the field, aren't you ?
You toll not, neither do you spin!"
Elinor said: "Do you think 1 ought
to, Roddy?"
He shook his head. 81 like you as
you are: delicate and aloof and ironi-
al. I'd hate you to go all earnest. I'm
only saying that if it weren't for
Aunt Laura you probably would be
working at some grim job"
He went on: "The same with me.
I've got a job, of sorts. Being with
Lewis & Hume is not too ardous. 1t
suits me. I preserve my self-respect
by having a job; but-mark this
but I don't worry about the future
because of my experimentation
Aunt Laura"
Elinor said: eve sound rather
like human leeches!"
Nonsense! We've been given to
understand that some day we shall
have money-that's all. Naturally,
that fact influences our conduct"
Elinor said thoughtfully: "Aunt
Laura has never told us definitely
just how she has left her money!"
Roddy said: "That doesn't matter!
In all probability she's divided it be-
tween us; but if that isn't so-if she's
left all of it or most of it to you as
her own flesh and blood-why, then,
darling, I shall still share in it, be-
cause Pm going to marry you-and
if the old pet thinks the majority
should go to me as the male repre-
sentative of the Welmans, that's still
all right, because you're marrying
me-"
He grinned at her affectionately
He said: "Lucky we happen to love
each other. You do love me, DOM
you, Elinor?"
eyes," She said it coldly, almost
primly.
"Yes!" Roddy mimicked her
you're adorable, Elinor. That little
air of yours-aloof -untouchable-ls
Princesse Lointaine. It's that quality
of yours that made me love you, I be-
lieve."
Elinor caught her breath. She said,
els it,"
eyes," He frowned. "Some women
are Ooh, I don't know-so blamed
possessive-so-so dog-like and de-
voted-their emotions stopping all
over the place! I'd hate that. With
you I never know-I'm never sure
any minute you might turn around
in that cool, detached way of yours
and say you'd changed your mind
quite cool, like that-without batting
an eyelash! You're a fascinating
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-08-15

Any clear broth, meat or chicken,
may be made into a delicious jellied
soup for hot days.
One can improve gravies by the
addition of any of the following
Kitchen Bouquet, celery salt, onion
salt, paprika, thyme, or mixed savory
herbs.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-08-15

creature, Elinor. You're like a work
of art, $3.50 finished"
Continued Next Week
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-12-04
PAGE THREE

physicians with hospital exper~
fence of from one to two years
have not been coming to- AStne.
county to practice medicine. They
have gone to other places where
they had the advantages of hos
pital facilities, the assistance Of
nurses and technicians In tfEgxx'
work. There perhaps have been
in the last ten or fifteen years Re
many boys from Ashe county wtsa
have studied medicine, who have
graduated from the best medical
schools in the county, who have
had from one to three years izN5-
pital experience, but, with one ex~
ception, they have not come back
home to take care of their owH1
people. You cannot blame them
They have been trained to- pf7z.-
tice modern medicine, which GszRza
not be practiced apart from EsEs-
pital, and they have gone E1fDs,
communities to practice wFAeTze
Continued on Page Eight
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needy are not charity for those at
home they should not be charity
for outsiders. The local hospital
may not be necessity for your
affluent citizens, but a local hos
pital is a necessity, over and over
a life and death necessity, for
some Is to 40 per cent of your
people.
Fourth, a local hospital, and
only a local hospital, will provide
an adequate supply of we'll
trained physicians to care for your
people in the hospital and in
their homes. I have already COM
mented upon the small number of
physicians here for so large a
population. I have mentioned the
fact that you have only one-half
as many physicians now as you
had fifteen years ago. I have
pointed out that three of your
physicians are past seventy and
that you have but one man under
fifty. The younger, we'll trained
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-12-04
NEED OF HOSPITAL is
STRESSED BY RANKIN
Continued from Page Two)

(COnt1nueQ from rage IWO)
uate nurses, a laboratory and x
ray technicians, and all the mod
ernS facilities for diagnosis and
treatment available to assist them,
the quality of medical care and
the possibilities for relieving pain
and saving human life are dou-
bled and tripled. And in this con-
nection do not lose sight of the
fact that the available services of
the hospital help not only the
sick treated in the hospital, but
also the sick treated in their
homes and doctors offices
throughout the county, because
there is always available to the
practicing physicians in the coun-
ty the diagnostic services of the
hospital for the sick generally and
the consultation service of those
physicians who are most in de-
mand and whose work is, for the
larger part, restricted to the hos
pital. It is because of this larger,
extramural, constructive influ-
ence of the hospital on the whole
medical problem, not the smaller
part of it, the five or ten per cent
of the more seriously i'll, but all
Of the sick throughout the county,
that this institution, the small To-
cal hospital, appealed so strongly
to the clear-headed, far sighted
James B. Duke. And may saw
here, in passing, that you will do
we'll not to too readily disregard
the opinion of so sound a think
er on social needs.
Third, a local hospital, and only
a local hospital, will care for your
charity. Some 80 to 40 per cent
of those who need hospital care
are unable to pay for it, and they
are healed only through the kind
of community interest that this
institution represents, the SYM
pathetic interest of their neigh
bors. Senator Austin, Mr.. Ander-
son, Mr.. Eller, and members of
the Board of Trustees, perhaps
40 or so per cent of your people,
can under the pressure of need
get in their automobiles and go
to Wilkesboro or Bristol, Winston
Salem or Duke, Richmond or New
York for medical care, but 80 or
40 per cent of those needing hos
pita1 treatment in this county can
not get the necessary institutional
treatment in that way; they are
dependent upon the neighborly
interest and sympathy Of the peo-
pie of this community. Moreover,
Banner Elk, Wilkesboro, Elkin,
Bristol and other places are under
far less obligation to take care OF
your neighbors and friends than
you, and they reason that if these
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-12-04
Christmas Facts

The English poet, Alfred Lord
Tennyson, once turned down an
offer of $4,000 for composing
Christmas card verses.
Because England's Kings
James l and vi had a great aver
sion to fatty pork, turkeys be-
came popular as Christmas fare.
Christmas is celebrated by the
Hindus, and also by the Buddhists
in Tibet, where it is called the
"Feast of Winter"
There are more than 200 varie-
ties of holly, grown in all parts
of the world.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-12-04
Lack OF Ashe Farm Gardens
Costs County About $22,4 89

garden of $43.
BY multiplying the average
value per garden by the number
of farms without a garden, it
can be seen that the loss to the
county due to the failure of every
farm family to have a garden to-
tailed $22,489.
Watson reported that the state
totals show that 81 1868, $40 was
lost by North Carolina farm peo-
pie because of a lack of gardens.
The census report shows that
247,127 of the 278,276 farms in
the state had a garden, leaving
31,149 without a garden. The to-
tai value of all gardens in the
state was $14,773,625, or an aver
age value of $50 per garden.
Little Dare county on the coast
reported the highest value per
garden, $153, but there are only
SIS farms in the county. Forty-six
of them had garden.
The extension horticulturist
says that the vegetables which
can be grown in a half-acre gar
den would cost the farm house
wife 1925 if bought at retail
prices. One-tenth of an acre will
produce an abundance of vege-
tables for one person. A family of
five, therefore, would need half
an acre for garden crops.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-12-04

Farm people of Ashe county
rob their pocketbooks, as we'll as
their health, when they fail to
grow a garden, says L. P. Wat
son, Extension horticulturist of
N. c. State college. To prove his
point, the agricultural leader pre-
sents the following facts and fig
ures:
The 1910 census showed that
$3.50 farms in this county had a
garden, but 523 farms in the
county did not have a garden.
The value of all the farm gar
dens in the county, as estimated
to the census-takers by the farm
people themselves, totaled $155,
637. That is an average value per
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-12-04
Sailed PECANS

Heat quart oil in pan till hot
enough to brown small piece of
bread. Put in IL pound shelled
pecans. Let boil few minutes.
Drain.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-12-04

A total of 100000 persons
were employed in agricultural
work November l, as much more
than seasonal decline of 1,112,000
workers from the number on Oct
tOber |
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-12-04
Consider Personality Of Child
When Selecting Christmas Gifts

Children easy please Christmas time their PERSONAL
tiles and preferences taken consideration For the
chemically minded boy for example, electric tram
would probably be very popular Girls easier to please
Nth dolls and miniature home appliances hGUng almost universal
appeal
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-12-04
BAD SYMPTOM

Bob didn't call last night"
"He didn't! What's the matter?"
II don't know whether he's sick
or just lodging a Christmas pres
ent,"
La gaceta., 1941-07-22

AL cabo de varios meses de
aquel encierro extenuador, Ma
RIA de ia Cruz obtuvo una gra-
cia del mandarin.
FL que la dejaran salir, aeon
pahada de Shing-Pei y seguidas
las dos de una pareja de HON
bres armados, por el islote en-
que Sc asentaba ell palacio.
va hacia mucho tempo que
la infeliz habia tenido que pen
sar que, en- efecto las infelices
Madame Luneau y la inglesa
debian haber sido asesinadas.
jC6mo explicarse de otro mo-
do ell que no oyera jamas sus
voces, en- estas soledades del is
lote?
Els verdad que Ell palaeio era
immense; pero de todos modes
ella estaba segura de que, de
haber vivido las infelices, ha-
bria dido alguna vez una queja,
La gaceta., 1941-07-22
DERROTADO POR ROBIN
SON Ell CAMPEON SAM
MY ANGOTT

Filadelfia, julio 22.-E pGl
gil Ray (Azdcar) Robinson, de
Harlem, New York, derrib6 a
yer en- ell segundo asalto. por la
cuenta de nueve, a Sammy An
gott, campe6n de las 1875 libras
para la Association NaciOnal de
Boxeo.
Angott Sc incorpor6 y pudO Sc
guir combattiendo, pero Robin
son domino ell match" hasta eli
momento final. Los dos jueces y
ell arbitro Ivr Kutcher concedie-
ron la victoria a quien de modo
indiscutible la habia ganado,
Els probable que la derrota
cueste a Angott un "bout" con
ell tejano Lew jenkins, campe6n
de las 1876 libras para la conf
sion atletica del estado de New
York y vencidO tambien, en- un
reciente match, por Ell negro
Bob Montgomery.
La gaceta., 1941-07-22

un llantO, un critic de auxilio.
Pero hete aqui que una tarde
al regresar Maria de la Cruz a
su %encierro, tuvo una enorme
sopresa, una gran algeria.
ALI estaban Madame Juneau
y la inglesa.
La esposa de Pedro lanz6 una
inmensa exclamation de asom-
bro:
-i0h, ustedes, Madame Lu-
neau, Mistress Flihxchl. l..
ION. que sorpresa, que algeria
Yo que las habia dorado tantas
wees por muertas L..
LAS tres damas Sc abrazaron,
llorando.
lEstaban las tres desconoei-
das: flacas, lividas, con los an
tiguos trajes que fueron ele-
gantes y lindos, semejantes a
montruosos pingajos. los ojos
hundidos, las manos largas y
secas...
La gaceta., 1941-07-22
now finding great fnVeT
among women

eerrada en- esta especie de maz-
mora, de la que quiza no sal
dria con vida?
Cada Ocho o diez dfas, una
manana venia a visitarla Lin.
Chen.
Cuatro o cinco veces Sc habia
repetido la escena abominable
que va describimos a nuestros
'lectores; pero en- todas elias Ma
ria de la Cruz salia victorioss
de la pelea con ell personaje.
Il Muerta, me tendras-ls
repetia ahora en- cada nueva pei
secuci6n-; pero viva, 70 te iu.
70 que no!
Ash Sc 10 habia repetido mu.
chas wees a Shin Pei, que fin.
gia escandalizarse.
Segin la china. Maria pOdia
Ihaber sido la mu6er mas dicho.
sa de la terra, con solo mos
trarse un POGO amable con ell
mandarin.
La gaceta., 1941-07-22

No Sc discutfa ell tftulo dc
Sammy, por cuanto Sc oblig6 a
Robinson a hacer un peso ma
yor de 1876.
Subi6 al cgadrilatero con 1861
Dos wees en- Ell curse de la pc
lea, sin embargo, Ell negro pare
clio a punto de caer.
Los dos jueces concedieron Z
asaltos a Robinson, dos a An
gott y uno tablas; Ell arbitro
Kutcher, ssiS asaltos a Robin
son, tres a Angott y une tablas.
En- los preliminares Milton
Aron, de Chicago, peso media
no, venci6 por nOcaut tecnico a
AL Mellow. de Detroit; Jimmy
Tygh, de Filadelfia, 149 libras,
superb a Allie Stolz, de New
ark, y Mayor Pablo, tambien de
Filadelfia, peso weller trio por
la cuenta de diez a Irwin Kap-
Ian, 149, de Los Angeles.
La gaceta., 1941-07-22
CIausurada por orden del cOronel
Meloy la Arena de BENJAMIN Field
Una comisi6n de arquitectos la declare INSECURE

Cumpliendo instrucciOnes del
mayor general Barton X. Yount
comandante trasladado de la
Tercera Fuerza Aerea, ell coro-
mel Vicente Meloy, presidente
de la Comisi6n de Boxeo de Ben
jamin Field, orden6 aver la clau
sura de la Arena donde Sc We
ba esa orden, ell coronel redac-
nfan efectuando los matches"
de lucha y los bouts" de boxeo.
All mismo tempo que firma-
ba cartas de notification a los
Sres. Frank La Marque y Stan
ley Pinto, empresarios de los es
pectaculos de boxeo y lucha, res
pectivamente.
Ell general Yount, velando por
la vida de los asistentes a esa
Arena, nombr6 dos arquitectos
La gaceta., 1941-07-22

Hay un inferno en- la vida?
jHay un inferno en- la tie
ira?
La vida de los hombres, Ipue
de verse envuelta en- una serie
de successes dramaticos, de cosas
horribles que hagan vacilar Ia
razon y ell eerebro, y nos hagan
pensar que la existencia, toda
nuestra existencia es, mas que
realidad. aquel sueho que va di-
10 ell gran Calder6n que era
nuestra vida?...
Isl, Sill.
Maria de la Cruz, que hasta
aqui creia haber agotado todos
los calices de la amargura, iba
a beber ahora en- uno mas amar
go que la acibar, mas horrible y
nauseabundo que ningin otro,
y que habria de hacerla dar la
raz6n al poeta, cuando dijp, ha-
blando de Ia e~xistencia huma-
na: