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Borlin^mi, E. F, D. Kq^ 4, i)ec..22.
—Everyone is getting fe^ciy for
Christmas on this Rovttis. ’
Mrs. E, E. Apple rett^rned to her
home at Brown Suiftmit. ' , phe has
been teaching at BroQkfieli?.
Miss Georgia; Moo?e i§ at hojoe for
the holidays.
Mis#3^ Maude Shepard and Ethel
Ingie Friday in Burlington
shopping.
Mr. A. N. Smith -and wif& spent last
Sunday at Mr. Albert Shepard’s
Mr. D. L. Huffman had the mis
fortune tv) lose a fine horse last week.
Mr. B. Shepard spent Monday in
Greensboro on business, ,
Mr. and Mrs. Bud May nave re
cently moved to their farm on this
Kouie. We are glad to have them
with us.
Miss Lula Smith of Route No. 10,
visited Miss Dorothy Smith last Sun
day.
Listen for the Wedding Bells dur
ing Christmas.
Miss Effie Whitt is at home, very
sick with tonsilitis.
Mrs. Tom Greeson is able to be out
again.
Mrs. E. C. Rumbley, E. C. Jr., and
Miss Ora Croi.se spent Sunday after
noon at Mr. L. B. Shepards.
Miss Ada Wlutsett and brother
■were pleasant visiters at Elon Col
lege last Sunday.
Mr. Jake May and family, of Burl
ington, were the guests of Mr. John
Sharpe, last Sunday.
Among other Sunday visitors were
Messrs. Grant Coble and sens, Kemp
Causey and W. T. Bowman.
Mr. G. A. Ingle is at home from
Gatawba College, for the holidays.
Messrs. Charles Whitt, Ben Clapp
and V. L. Ingle are at home for the
holidays.
Mr. and Mrs. Zeno Perrett spent
^unday trii ^he Route.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. May were recent
visitors.
A very large crowd on the Route
attesfded, services at Brick Church last,
.punday.
We-iuess' M^' had
nice Sundap Hl^sbest
kfckj^ ^m a^a, -cluj^fc ,^P a hick-
c?w tree.
^ Mr. Wilbert Shatterljs4called to see
best g^r! last Sunidiiiy. Ask Miss
Kjintfey'^ it-v.
Mr. Timothy Isley called to see ms
best girl Saturday night. Ask Misa
Roberta Alexander abou^it.'
William Coble loBtt two of his sons
in less than t\^b weekf typhoid
fever.
Mr. William Lineberry has moved
back to his home from Graham. We
are glad to welcome him back.
Rev. Troxler filled his regular a|»-.
pointment at Mt. Pleasant .Sundlay,
and pleached an excellent sermon.
There have been some nice hogs
killed in our community. Mr. R. Alex
Coble killed one that weighed 410lbs;.,
Mr. M. R. Kimrey, one, 4401bs.; Mr.
John Alexander, one ’4431bs.| Mr. Sly^-
vester Spoon, two,; 560it>si There
are some mor6 nice ones to kill.
Altamahaw No. 1 Items.
Altamahaw, R. P. D. No. 1., Dee.
20,—Everybody is busy killing hogs
and preparing for Christmas. J.' S.
Smith killed two' that weighed 77.6,
M. B. Walker killed two that weighed
702, J. N. Reid, killed two that weigh
ed 482, W. A. Matkins killed one that
w ighed 200, J. W. Faucette killed
three that weighed 765, J. M. Jordan
killed three that weighed 837, S. A.
Lewis killed two that weighed 602.
Total, 15 hogs, weighed 4,314 pounds
Route No. , 8, , at B. I^. |iropsons.r , ,
W.; C. and wifi, of Rosno^e,
Va., ai'e visiting at .El; -Islsy^ "-
.'j?liani..s to J. M. for some nice
skusage. Mr. Story killed two of the
finest hogs we have heard of on No.
8. They were 12 months old and
weighed 362 and 380.
Miss Annie Danily, of Greensboro,
is spending a few days at G. A. Dap-
ily.
Miss Maggie Isley, who is teaching
at Wilkesboro, is spending the hoH-
days with her parents, Rev. and Mrs.
a. F. Isley.
The box party at Maywood was a
.success,..socially and financially. The
amount realized froni , sale of the
VboJ^es over $20.00, Luther Ross was
'tihe ,auctioJieer. He made a “hit.”
L- Mrs. J. R.; Gates is able to sit up
|a;nd we, hope will soon ;;be able to be
but again.
Ira and Claud Spmers, who have
ben in sqhodl at Whitsett, are spend
ing 'vacation at home. Glad to see
c lever young men.
We are indebted to Mrs. W. A.
Moore, Mrs. B, A. Lowe' and Mrs. E.
K. Isley for some nice Yams. We
can have *tater pie' for Christmas.
Wizard of Figures.
“Rube” Feld, widely known, partic
ularly in Western Missouri, as a
mathmetical prodigy, died Wednes- i
day morning' on the county form at
Little Blue. He suffered apoplexy
yesterday and did not ijf^^Vv consci-
Now, if the correspondents will come , ousness. He was about 70 years old.
in our neighborhood Christmas we ; "Rube” was committed to the county
Cross Roads Items.
Buriington, R. F. D. No. 1, Dec. 22.
—Mr. and Mrs. Moody Isley visited
Mr. J. A. Isley Sunday. j
'■ Miss Lillie Isley visited Misses Eth i
el and Swannie Coble Sunday even •
ing.
will feed you on fresh meat.
Snow Smith’s arm., is improving
nicely. We hope he wiH soon be Qut.
13r. Charles Kernolds stuck up in
a mud hole yesterday, neiftr . Uncle
Buck Faucette’s. Automobiles will
stay in mud sometimes.
Lofton Saunders had his"^ corn-
shucking Thursday. He like to’ have
waited until Christmas to have had
it.
Katie Faucette spent Thursday
night with her sister, Mrs. L, J.
Saunders.
We msh one and all ^ Merry Christ
mas and a flappy New Year,
R. F. D. No. 8 Notes.
Burlington, R. P. D .No^ 8, Dec. 22.
—Mr. E. C. Simpson and wife, of
Durham, are spending a few days on
farm by the county court in 1907.
When ill health started,' his extra
ordinary power began to ,;faiL Rube’s
birtliplace AVas in Bath county, Ken
tucky, and his family lived for many
years near Fayetteville, Johnson
county, Missouri.
If . you gave Rube -fls^ distance by
rail: betvi^en .tw^ cities larjo! the .di-
menijions of,' a car #heel,5 he would
tell you almost as soon as the state
ment left your lips how many revolu
tions of the wheel would be necessary
to travel from one place to the other.
If you called any number of columns
of figures down a page he,jrouid tell
you the sum as sooSi as ypu reached
the bottom. If you gave him t^ie
number of yards or pound^; of an ar
ticle and the price, he woufe. immedi
ately return the total cost. He could
keep up the performance all day ap-
l»arently,, 'Ti^thout , I
V A ijjiaii' J^iates ari'^ini^atK^ of 3^i^'*.
Icnoi^l^ge of figurpv After
called several colui&pi#' of figure^fpr
addition he went back to tlie
column, saying it was wrong and r,er
peating it purposely miscalling the
next to last figure. At once
■threw up his band, exclaiming; “You
didn’t tfall it that way before.”
in addition to his hiathematicel gift
Field ppss'essed the rpower of tei|i^g
time. ! It ' is positively asserted .that
when he was awakened from a deep
sleep he could instantly tell the ex^
act hour and minute of the night. The
thing was test^with h;:^ in
the daytime, l^bur W
a little different from he time he g#ve
you. In that case, your watch was
wrong, and that wai^i^ gf>od time to
set it. ^ If you told Field how’ f®r off^
your watch was, and you asked hi?n
again next day wha:t time, it was^ he
\^ould tell you first the correct timie
aixd then the time by your watch.
How the tinie feat was perforr^ed
is as much a mystery as the, prpeess
of Field’s mathematical calculatiQiis.
It is probable that he did not know
himself how he did it. He ejther
would not or could not answer-qu^g-
tions about it. Rapid calculators, meni
of study who by close application and
short methods had become experts,
sought to probe the mysteries, but
without' results.
About th'e only use to which his
mathematical ability ever was put
was by merchants in making invoices.
Rube could neither read no write.
All his*calcuIations were made in his
head.
Field led a hand-to-mquth exists
ence. If he had only, Us6d his gift
ns Jinoifet men wduld he might have
been immensely wealthy. Though not
religious in the ordinary siense, he re
garded his mathematical power as a
direct'^gift from God,- and, for fear
of Ipsihg :it, he would not use it for
rnoney -.makirig, except for his own
actual necessities. He liked to couple
his own name with that of Samson,
and seemed to think their cases par
allel, but with one Important excep-'
tion.'> Samson weakly confided his se
cret of his great power to a woman
---flnd lost it. Rube never married.
He isaid he never would unless the
Lord commanded him to.—The Kan
sas City Star.
FOUND
same? .
Thf Anl^'i^r: ifc the Straight i
ktftyf&kk l^tati^eht of & Gra
ham R«»ident.
We have been reading we^ a|^.
wi^ek in th^,]locfli.l pre of
citizens w have been^ rid of
dressing kidney and, bladded troubles
by Doan's Kidney Pills, ye
often wandered, whether / th^
high' opinioji of tlifis m^ to b©
lotthd in our neighboring towns. Thia
frank and earnest statement by a well
;known and respected resident of Gra
ham will set this doubt at rest;
Mrs. R. C. Ehillipfl, Guthrie Street,
Gi^aham,. N. C., says:
♦‘I have suffered a, great deal froi^i”
Pftin in the small of my back for sey-/
era! years. I was nervous and my
sight blurred. Doan's Kidney Pills
spon had me feeling better.”
>Por saile by all dealers. Price 50
cente. Foster-Milburn Co., Biiffalo,
New York, sole ageiits for th«,
,ed;,States..'■'
Remember the name-—Doan's—and
take no other.
pertS wh# hav^vmade^a
,,, . , Inspector Hodpin
notified Sunrt!‘
tiie, idtehery at; GHead *
g^ne to that place to make an i
gation of the* work of the su^
yeggmen. '
A Good Suggestion.
“I took a long walk y^istcTj
said Boreman, as he collapsed \
jftt 3usynian's desk.
‘^Take another, old man,*'
fcyi^n; ‘Kll do 14S both
Puck.
into!
Yeggmen Make Haul at Mt. Gilead
Office.
Mt. Gilead, Dec. 21.~Burgiars en^ i
tpred the postoffice here some time
iSaturday night and stole $700 worth
jf stamps and $300 in cash. The
burglary was discovered early this
morning when the office was opened,
and was supposed to have been com -
mitted betwen midnight iand 4 o’ciocl: j
in the morning. j
So far there is absolutely no qlue,/
a.s to who the, maraudctrs weiii?,' bill |
i^ is believed :;th;ey , a,re :the Sam© who v
have been entering other .;!Northparo-
linift offices the past'feW 'Weeljsi ’ The i
job was neatly done and the only evi
dences discovered w^re not of a na
ture to leiaid to; an ^entity of the .piarsjo'
ties. ■
it is thtjught thd,yeggmen came in ;■
on the late train at night, getting off:
at some point neax. this place and
waiting time to coin-,
mit th(ei^i;;ac|‘.■ V ' ' !v'
The ,)p0iet^flice aiithof ities were .not-
ified immediately and a: special man
will be' li]ere Monday Ao ^make an in
vestigation. . ■' '■ " "
At frequent intervals yeomen ,^^v€|i^
been visiting l^orth , Carolina
in the past few monSiis, first at Keish- L
ersville, then at' Charlottei ,Gas|^6niji, I:
Dr. Miles’
Anti-Pain Pffls
wUl help y®u. as th«y|
have helped others.
fo^;ka]][; 'kinds of piia,
^ t.o rcl|feyc%itij>iilgia, Heai'
.'iche, Nervousness, RJieumatism,
Sci.Utica, Kidney Pains, Lumbago!
Locomotor Ataxia; Backadic'
.>t»iUiichacU^- Ctt/si(^ne8s,t?Irri-
uLti;it>'^^ And l^r ia any part
of t^J-'bodyl'' i --'.
“I haVe used i>r. adHes' AntUpaia
nite V-’ oa troiiViled \ritU Ueadaab*.
and fjud thi^ oao pill lsfa.tUbly
rpBef la a very aiiprt tfeift,
a: With aeu-
'i^nd
rpitt trf ittuch
t>en«flt. The Dr. MU«8’ B«aiQdiw
•r« bey«od I rtc«m-
«a*njdl tb«m. to iny « .
. ■:'G,3ga«(3jS CO^LXJUIH,-
St.. Baa AatMli Tax.
‘.11^. druesist*.,^ ^ 96c.- ,
lilti.iu| MlipicAL CO., Elkhart lilli
es^cK the>
u %M’eans
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r
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le
rj.}je weddinj
college commj
o'clock on the
j„v. Decembe;
Son.eofM^V^
pf Elon Coll>
daughter,
came the bnd.
Henderson, JN
ij-jie Michae
tastefully
f-)r the nuptia
guests from j
to attest the^
tracting parti
ner, in
bride's home ,
Bdony.
The bride
suit trimmed
ture hat to mi
•oses. She en
sister. Miss 1
let at the i
:oom, who h
rm of his br
)f Wilson, ll
liiony of the
[ased‘®y Rev.
,'ho was the
Before the
irs. J. W. 1
md during tli
’atton render
ling March”
lade."
The ushers
)f Wedowee,
loore, of W
•oythress, of
bussie Ingle,
The attends
tanks, of Ral
loore, of WI
igtpn, with
lewton; and !
lollege, with
lan, of the
ras Mr. W. I
^e maid of
chael, the rinj
*',uth Jordan,
:he bride.
Miss Micha
bllege, holdii
tl. A- degrees
ipecial work i
epartment si
ificate and al(
aduation t^
een head of!
iatawba Coll|
Rev. A. T.
te of Eloa Cl
iegree, whi(. h|
ear. He is
hurch at HI
fter an extel
appy couple]
Home. They
anuary ninti
P
Greensboro,
lernoon at 2
>f the bride
iss Maggie
in marriage
-lamance coi
several frienc
;ice of the
oung couplc
they will malj
ir at the hor
{This your
irably kno\
ishes them |
lonial sea.
lappy and
WILl
Miss Lula
jarrison wei
three o'clockl
rl. Fleming,
phe ceremonj
friends were
occasion. M
ter of Mr. C
put of thee 1
^Iso manage
^lace. She i
iy with a, )■
I’ison is the
|3S'-vnsc
01.
Money avaSaUe at any time -lo fact tlii* is
A RE40Y MONEY CLUB
I
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ent farm‘i’
nown thvou
ir» brother oi
He and Lut
vnd Sam SI
the ceremon;
lerved at th
i similar al
»f>wing day
■ ison. Theii
gratulations
happiTsess.
Foy
Miss Fan
Wiggans of
ried Decem
Mr. J. W.
if. D .No. S
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