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THE CAROLINA TIMEA SATURDAY OCTOBER 16, 1»37 f' A PRETTY CORPSE By ; Virginia M. Ledbetter Th* rotd curved and end»d in w»» wron*. Just ouUide the big « tiny rmvine. On th« oth:r rkl«*whit« sign which he*d “Lew of th« ravine wm • large wnit ■ifti which read “l»ew Ston Nur- wmrf". In the garden bch nd the larg« white aign Lew St«n*.- hiin- ■elf bent hi* long angular form •nd examined >^ith a keen. • aIiO I lack handt ’was, clasped • I 1 ^ IV li I J II > I f M AM /ITI i Stone Nursery” stood a little black girl Wth gobs and g(A>s of kinky hair piled high upon hot head and tied with a piece of white rag. One of her liUle tight exi>«rienced eye red, red ro«e wl^ch had ihu, fp.int- eat signs of in»"ct Ho flecked the tiny ^ petals jf the rose and brushed an imaRinery bug from the green leaf of the flower. He was surprised to hear Uie rustle of the leaves which had fallen from the trees nearby. There wasf no wind. Ther? was no one at. the Nu^ery in the morning but him^lf. Nobody wanted to buy fiovfrers thin early in the morning. this time be the'~i«»*-*^f a ^and she moved on first one white or what x'esembUd a white sneak ■ •r to thel other sneaker on the other foot. She was plainly a* fraid. Lew Stone stood up and then stretch«d his long bpdy. The litt'e girl remained beside the nursery sign. “What wuz yo’ a doin’ to dat flower dete mister ” .'he pointed towardsi the rose bu«h from which Lew Stone had so re cently risen. ^ “1 was clearing away all the I bugs that I could find.” “Yo’ shore got tome pretty flowers here suh." “Yes.” Lew Ston? continued to look at her. Her drem was of a faded dull color and her face I was black but her eyea were large I and beautiful. She seemed to him I to be about the ag^ of fourteen. Rather small for her age though. “What you want around this place,?” Lew Stone asked her. “I aint hardly shore dat I orta ast yo' suh." She was plain ly distui4bed. ^ “Oh that’s all right.” i»id l^ew Stone,” go right ahead and aak me anything you want to. Whero you live anyhow? Where in tiie world did you come from In. the first place T' - “I corned from down there.” She pointed a slender black fm- ger towards the Negro section of Hillsboro and let her finger drop once more beside her to clutch at a rent In the hem oi her frock whleh aajlly needed a wasting. ■' y': "Well what you comie for?” "I corned fer some o' jror»i flower* suh.” She closed her mouth tight and stood still for tlie first tipe. Her eyes teemed to gleam and her face seemed i.o become blacker. “What you planning to do with flowers little girl. I sell these to people for money. Tfiit is the way I make my Uviog, I itpll flowprs to people." “I got;, aome money sah. I aint astin’ yo‘ to give me a Jesu« nF“ them:^ She looted ms if she ww» ready to cry now. Her shoulders had a desolate droop and the rent in her dress waS| feft bpea for all eyes to see. Her hands wefe together clasped. Such blade little hands covered with sadly in need of a good washing. “Well all right but I still want to know what you want to do with flowery.” "I 'wants dem fer to make a pretty corpse.” “A~a— pretty corpse? A - orct- ty corpse. What you talking a- bout little girl?” "I wants dem ifer to make mait^rttjr pretty. She died dis nar- nin an' dey aint no flowers > make her pretty. De white f ■> alius uses white flowers an' Je peoples 'looks) goma kinder ' ‘’Yes. yes. go on.” Lew intone was seeing for the first .izQe something he had never seen be fore. Hearing for the first something he had never hsarc^' before. Lew Ston6 was excited NOTE:—question will bt Matwtrtd FREE in tUu cofuma ONLY wbta you Includt m clipping of thia column ua tign your full nmmt, bitthdMt«;\Md correct mddresn to four letter. For » "Private Reol*” . .. *end only (25c) end a aelf-addnaaed, atemped enrelo^ for my new ASTROLoSy READINQ *nd receive by return mei! FREE ApVICE on (3) Quetiiona. Send all letters to: ABBE WALLACB, car# of THE CARO- LINA TIMES, 117 E. Peabo4y Street. Durham, N. Carolina. I^can’t seem fiNE Fl^THDiS NfESmr-l, wish to know if I will get any'mo‘ney from th'» ac cident that I had recently. Aaii Vdtt wil) b« comp^ntalxl —but it it up to you to gft in touch with th« peopU r««ponii- for your fatting hurt. Yow wilk raceiva a tmail clTack whan tkay have invastigatad you tho' raugblj. Whiten your skin ■^wUh this famous bleach Top:—^ Dramatic arrangement of burnt peaoock, simulated a bird of paradise pluiaps With bird’s head in the center. Right; A high treatment of ostrich tips in three conti-asting colory. Lower A curving ^ray ef red and blue numidi. fool around with iches.Besen- JgfarangebW 3e. Use Nadir ^inbla iileS'cit*. J Cream—known for years — the bleach that really Ueaches and purifies the skin. j,, Nadinola Bleaching Cream cao’t be duplicated foriresults because tte secret Nadinola formula can’t be imitated. Nothing dse does s(\much to lii^ten the skin so quickly, 80 surely. Start tonight with Nad.incda Bleaching Cre^ and watch > hoiir-your complexion grows Tijjiter in lone, sinoutlier auJ softer in texture. AlldruggistscarryNadinola in regular jsize at 50c and ex tra large money saving size at Full directions *and ifl(iney-back guarantee with every jaf. If your druggist cSn’t supply, take ho substi tute, sena money and w.e will m^ to you postpaid with book of titasur^ beauty secrets. NADINOLA. Boa 144. Pari*. Teim. DON’T BE "HOOKED . Hm^oney GET-RiCH^UICK Khdmers have "hooked" m^y a m man and got his hard-earned money. These schemen are not all dcrad yet . . . and they ^ have not quit ''working"- the "easy marks." Ask some level-headed man befora YOU bite or they may land you in their pet. START SAVIN® REGULARLY NOW , Wa Welcome Your Banking Business Medianics & Fanners Bank and intere )ted. “My granny says dat my mam my is gwine be buried in the low groun' widout'a single flower to make her corpse pretty. She looks so bad to me suh. I been passin' dis chere place fer oyo’* a long time an' I seed all dem pi'nt; ty flowers in de yard an' I wuz siiore dat even if’n yo' wuz a white man, yo' wouldn’t mind sellin' me dis much worth.” opened her grimy hand and ex tended it towards Lew St(>ne. Lew Stone counted ifive pennto.i, one dime, ■4wo nickles and one quarter. ^ ^ “My^^’ said Lew Stone,” you have ^«ite a bit of money there. New what kind of flowers do you want. Roses, Chrysanthe mums, Lillies or what?” “Any kind will do suh. To tell yo' de truff, I don‘ know de namet o' flowers, dey is h11 now- eitful pretty to me. Dem yo' wuz a workin' on tvhen I corned • up wuz pretty, I means real pretty. ’ “Yes those I was workin on when you came up were roses. I will fix you some of those.” Lew Stojje bent once mbre and com menced cutting with experienced fingers the full red roses which spread at hi» feet—and—arrang- (iNhdiluAcL^hicM^Ckdm Darham Raleigti ing into a beautiful siiape each single bud. A speck of green he'Te and a pull out there. “Dem is some pretty,” said the little girl clasping her hands 4n hapniness. “Mammy will aho’ e be a pretty corpse now. I’m gwine put some o' dem flowers in her hair. Don' yo' think det will look kinder like de white folks, do suh?” Lew Stone turned his face to the sun and answered, “Yes litt'e girl, I am sure you wQl be fied with the results.’^ He could close his eyei; and imagine liow the little Iblack face lit up in haptpinesi). He bent once muvo and cut the prize blossoms from a bush at his (feet and placed it with the large bunch of rossa which he had arranged for the little forlorn girl in the fad d, dirty ginghams dress. > “Oem is shore pretty Huh," she said as she accepted the bunco which Le^ Stone handed tQ her. “I is 'shore dat my mammy w'll look as pretty as dem whjte folks dat dies.” "Yes.” said Lew Stone, "I am ‘jure she will." povm the street went the little black girl with the huge bunch cf Howers pressed f close to her warm little bosom. Lew Stcne wipped a fleck of dirt from his sun colored fingers and watched the little figure until it was out of sight, only a tiny speck, then nothing. VMF—I enjoy reading your column. There is a woman hero in this city that has broken iny bom« up .jmd I.want ta knox if I will ever be happy in It again? Anil Ya»—^nd tha Rear- ff 1938 will bi«ng about many ckantaa that will make your homa Ufa happiar. Continua lo hold your head up and don’t yourtalf become ditgutted and the bright tide of lifa will turn up very lAon. bad much- out of my' swB^hearfa'’and want to know what I should dot ; . An«t Gat you a Joh and go to work and ttop trying to pull avary dime your aweathoarta make out af tkam. Baeoma Inda* pendent and atand o« your own for they won’t think ona bit more of you when you try to 'gold dig' them everytime you are with tkam. P®C—Thin man I go with 1 care for and I wonder if ho ii really true to me and should I put my faith in himT Anar You have been going with him a long time and he has pro ven kimielf worthy »o far—why not put your faith in him and ttop doubting him. Jutt at long as ha acts on the "up and up*' then five him your time,- if he changes then you two could drop him. WC—Would it really be wovth my wbilo lo tiJtB up 'lhe conrso oif study my friend has written to me »bout7 ' - f Ant: Indeed it would. If yoa’ do—this friend will bo able ~^o place you in tke same company ke ia managtug next spring. Be gin immediatafy on it and; pjt your wkola time Into tke work. MiEB—Which of the three bsjya I go with will make me tha best husband? Ant: None of them.. .You i real ly don’t know how well off you really are—ttay tingle mora yeart at any rate. few JANET AVERY GOFF MARRIES FLORIDA OFFICERS AIDED LYNCHING, NAACP CITARGES NEW YORK, October 14—Tfte lynchihg of J. C. Evans at Milton, Fla., October 4. was ftade easy APG—I have been (foing vvith a married- man for year**.' Hip wife know* aibout ti.s but' won’t divorce him. Will thore ever be another man In my life who will mean anything to me? Ant; Shame on you for falling in love wit*)) a married man and no one could blame the wife for not divorcing her hutband. if you would give up the married man you would ttand a wondei^ ful chance of meeting a number of worthy single Boys. But you won’t every marry if you conti nue to waste your time with a married man. by the sheriff arid deputy, the NAACP charged in a telegram to Governor Fred P. Cons. While the NAACP did not accuse the o.fficers directly of participating in the lynchng, it pointed out ihat the taking of the prisoner at mid I night, with no protection, played I directly into the hands of the mob. Governor Cone was asked to make a complete and thorough investigation. The Florida lynch. RXP—Are we ever goincT;^ to buy a .Small home as my father often talks aibout? •• Ant: Vou really are going to live in a home of your own some time within the next two ' yearn, your father it taving an^ ^orkr in* hard towardt this end and all liiembers at the family should give lura their- best support and the dream will come to pass. MLW—Seemsi like my 'uck ii 4dlllUUIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIl]llUIIIIIIIIHIItHllllllllllfllllUMH ing is the third in year and the eightl since January 1; ;hat state-this in the South ANVBODV Can Afford to Build! Boeaes# ©andiliont tlio planning, fl*aH«Ag a*d actaal —ill iintinn of • now homo Imto nairor k*on moro fnTomW^h^ tWra'a akaolntely no roaton why goip mm’t hare tho koig(*^yo« do- Un4er tke Fodwral plans yon ctm bniM witk th|a oortalnty of ■wawfclp .. 1. a koma tkat wU k« y«nn fat 10 or SO yoaxs. And y^nmr Initial inveatnient niaod ko onl^ SO rot «ont of tko vnlno ol y»nr ^i%^rtyl Tkb now motkod.rf Hnanoing k oaaior, mora oAa* voniont and mora oeonomlcal.. Ta|u a«lrant«ca of tUt golden op- MTtnnity now.. * ^ ' ; COME IN NOW FOR ALL INFORMATION ABOUT FEDERAL LOANS AND HOME FINANCING FLANS 1-oftlns m m-n SPLENDTD BREAD PHONE J-37»2 612 Fayetteville St. Specialists In Fire Insurance - Rentals > Real Esfate> Management - Anlcmobile and All —KiBte W^lttgnrance. Union Insurance & Realty H. M. MICHAUX, Manager im,N. C Phone J-6531 Why bo«h«^ with on outoipoWW m y«wr hendi downtown «v«ry 4arif Ii ii Ii Mi|f H iplih • but? ^ loti chtopf H ffak JMLfloijiljlL Mvt H worry obout porking 0ocm. Ira fm l«no, brok«n bump«r« m A RMt iIm liMMt Wr« Mwiey CHICAiGO, Oct. 14 (ANP) —On October 2\ a small group of friends assembled to learn that their hostess), Mrs. Janet Avery Goff, had become Mrs. James A. Hamilton. The annonncement’ that these two prominent families oif the Sc^th had been united was made by the bride’s mother, Mrs. J. M. Avery. The score cards which were passed contained the -Burprifiing information. The Cou ple were married in Joliet, , HI., on Sept. 22. Mrs. Hiamilton is the former Janet Avery of Durham, N. C. daughter of the late J. M. Avury, vice president of the N. C. Mu- tthil Life Iris. Co. Mr. Hamilton is the son of the Tate~^Texin3er~IIainn^ir"ol~7tF lanta, Ga. Among fhoBO present were; C, C. Spaulding, president of the X. C. Mutual Life Ins. Co. of Hut' ham, N. 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