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Page Four ^ Beasley’s Fam and Home Weeltly, Charlotte, N. C. Octolier 2, 1941. Page FouT Zeb Vance Made Ardrey Assayer Charlotte Mint STARTS ON PAGE ONE beautiful horse. I was just 18, and very fond of pretty girls. Sunday morning of the Leitch revival I drove to Providence Church to get the daughter of our minister and take her to Pineville. On arriving at her home I fouTitd, that she had a date with Charlton 0. Howard, so I had to go alone. To save a little time I took a short eut, going lay way of the Weeks ford, of McAlpine Creek. I had al- waya heard that the,water there was shallow. ,.A rain on the headwaters of the stream had swollen it, and over flowed it into the ^ttoms. Up to that time muddy water had never stopped me, so I drove in. My horse was hardly bridlewise, and when I realized that he would have to swim the channel, it was too late for me to turn around. Soon I was literally in deep water, and the danger of a ca tastrophe, The horse was carried down stream, and the buggy became lodged between the forks of a tree, where the water was ten or more feet deep. I cut him loose, and he swam out, leaving me wilth the bug gy. I climbed the tree and re mained there from ten a. m. to 4 p. m., when an elderly Negro, famil iar with the creek. bottoms, came in and took me out. The buggy, minus whip, laprobe and cushions, total val ue about $25, remained in the creek until the water went down. The news of my predicamept spread, and reached home. Father rode over to see if he epuld be of any assistance to me, but was on the wrong side to get close enough. He asked me about my position; he wanted to know how high up the tree I was. Informed, he said: “That is all right; the jvater is g»ing down, and by morning you can wade out. I am sorry I can’t help you.' Thanks To Brother Leitch That escape or misfortune sent me off to the University. After the hdrse got over a slight cough, and the buggy was in the carriage house, and notes made of the damage done, father ad vised: “S'on, I think you had better go off to school. You have come pretty close to drowning one of my mules, and our horse, and you have had several fights with the field hands, so I would be glad to see you in college.” In September I left home, never to return except for brief visits. That man Leitch may have done me a good turn without knowing it but sometimes 1 doubt it. I might have made a good farmer regardless of the opinions of members of my family. September 1: “My Jersey cow, Pe- gram, died and I have lost two steers from the wet grass in the pasture and exposure.” September 16: “The black sow had five pigs." September 24: “Went to Monroe to court.” December 25: “Christmas bright and beautiful but everybody gloomy over hard times and scarcity of money. The year has been one of the most remark able; the most difficult year to fann. We have made a good corn crop and about two-thirds of a cotton crop, and at the low price of 7 cents. Every body is in debt.” Captain Ardrey named his cows af ter well known persons of the section of country in which he operated. He had them registered. Among his fa vorites in 1891 were: A Jersey, Dora; Jersey, Queen Bess; Jersey bull, Tom Holt; Jersey, Daisy Dimple; Holstein, George Mille ; Holstein cow, Laura Wadsworth; Jersey cow, Lodusy; Jer sey cow, Pearl Hudson; Jersey cow, Bessie Ardrey; Jersey cow, Young Daisy; Jersey calf, Dunnie; Jersey cow, Laura White; Jersey cow, Ada; Jersey bull, Sydenham, and Jersey heifer Julia Alexander. Southern hospitality ran to turkey dinners back in the nineties. Jan uary 1, 1892, Captain Ardrey wrote in his year book: “Turkey dinner; 45 per sons present, including the following named and their families: S'amuel H. Elliott, Robert C. Bell, John W. Ard rey,, John H. Wbwie, Will Howie^ Dr. T. J. iCell, James Ardrey and William Ardrey. Pineville in the t)umps Pineville, often referred to by Cap tain Ardrey, had one or more very • important time-supply stores in its early days. After a good crop year it flourished but after a bad one, like " 1891, it suffered. February .23, 1892, the Ardrey dia ry sa^d: “At oyster, dinner at Pine ville. “Pineville at a low ebb. Farmers not buying much fertilizer. Reducing crops. Hard times. Cotton only six cents. Cutting down acreage and in creasing corn crop.” August 29: . “The greatest political evcitement since 1876. The Third Par ty is all the talk but it is gradually giving way.” November 2: “Mollie and I went to Charlotte. Torchlight procession. Ham of Georgia spoke. Great enthusiasm over Vance. I never saw such excite ment over politics.” November 8: “National election day. The greatest excitement I ever knew. , Cleveland and the whole Democratic ’j ticket elected by a large majority. , , “The majority the C9Ufity about . .2,000. I was not in the contest, ^o^r candidates for President, Cleveland, Democrat; Harrison, Republican; Bid- wejl, Prohibitionist, and Weaver, Third ■ Party.” Diecember 9: “^I went to Rock Hill and Ebenezer. I had not Visited the place since ^ went to school there 40 years ago.” December 10: “At Fort Milll The . ^lew jCotton mill about completed.” December 26: “The ch’ldren had a Christmas tree at home instead of stockings—all enjoyed it—quite an improvement on the old way.” “The year 1892 has been one of great peace and prosperity and happi ness to us as a family and a commu nity; no deaths, no sickness, no sorrow of any kind,” the diary said. “I have been at home all the time. Made good crops (45 bales of cotton) on all my farms, and a fine crib of corn—all it would hold—about 8 bushels wheat, 90 bushels of oats, and a fine forage crop. We have had good hands—Joe Moire, Bill Green, Lon Springs, John Alexaander, Green Ardrey, Will Walk- up, and Will Davis. I have paid all my contracts for this year and about $600 on last year’s debts. My busi ness is in better condition now than it has been for several years past, for all of which we are devoutly thankful to the good and merciful Lord, the giver of all good. Never have we had a better year. We sold our cotton for from 7 1-2 to 9 3-4 cents. We did not make as much cotton as in former years but our expenses were lighter and the crops did us more good.” / Catawba Frozen Over January, 1893, was very cold. On the tenth Captain Ardrey said: “The coldest weather ever felt here. The ice on the fish pond four inches thick. The Catawba river frozen over, people riding horses over it.” January 17: “I started to Raleigh Carr and to the Road Congress;,there for the inauguration of Gov. Elias is a great awakening on ,^he subject of improved - roads.” January 23: “Heavy snow. Great sleigh riding.. The bays driving four horses. “25th: Jimmie hauled the preacher a load of wood., . February 8: “Cptton seed worth 35 cents.” March 11: “Mollie and I went to Charlotte to the Moody meeting. Great religious enthusiasm; large attend ance. Mr. Moody is a gospel preacher, plain, simple and forceful.” March 16: “Killed our sow; she weighed 300 pounds.” May 21: “Received my appointment as assayer in charge of the United States assay office at Charlotte, I am indebted to my dear old friend. Gov. Z. B. Vance, and zealous friends, in Charlotte, namely, Robert M. Mil ler, John W. Miller, J. S. Spencer, Major Clem Dowd and others. Though the office came to me unsolicited it is none the less appreciated. We feel sad, over leaving the neighborhood.” Becomes Boss of Assay Office May 25: “Mr. Stuart W. Cramer, outgoing assayer, and Prof. George P. Hanna, gave me a very cordial reac tion. Filed my bond for ten thousand dollars with my good friends, R. ,M. Miller, and John W. Wadsworth, as endorsers. “How good it is to have good friends!” June 1: “Spent the first night in our new home. Everything comfortable and nice. Mr. Cramer had the house in good order for us. That, we ap preciated so much, but we feel at a loss and very sad in leaving our good and dear old home, the home of our parent,s of our birth and childhood. “Prof. Hanna, Mr. Wilkinson, and Mr. Williams will remain with us in the office.” For a time after going to Charlotte Captain Ardrey was not as faithful to his diary as he had been back on the farm. He was too busy at the mint and in the city. But later he re sumed his detailed notations, and made them very interesting. He trav eled to many mines in the South, and described the country and the people he saw. He served four years during the Cleveland second administration but went out when the Republicans elected President McKinley, and re turned to his plantation and rural friends. Experts on War Turn Out To Be False Prophets STARTS ON PAGE ONE in the power of American industry and so strong the memory of World War production records that most of us were inclined to forget that many, many, long months are needed even to get an armament program subs tantially under way. Some of these bad guesses, parti- cularily regarding Italy, Russia, and the RAF, turned out better than had been expected. The others, howevel", have been major factors in aiding the sweep of German conquest. Fortun ately, these mistakes have been large enough and costly enough to teach a measure of greater caution. They have helped convince the United States that now is the time to start sawing wood and reject the predic tions that everything is rosy merely because we want it to be so. LEGAL ADVERTISING SERVICE BY PUBLICATION NOTICE North Carolina, Mecklenburg County, In the Superior Court. Laura N. Clark, Plaintiff, Vs. Grover Cleveland Clark, Defendant • The defendant Grover Cleveland Clark, will take notice that aii' action entitled as above has been commenced m the Superior Court of Meckfenburg County, North Carolina, to dissolve the bonds of matrimony now existing between said plaintiff and defendant on the grounds that the defendant and plaintiff have lived separate and apart for more than two years and said defendant will further take no tice that he is required to appear at the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of Mecklenburg County on the 17th day of November, 1§41, and answer or demur to the complairit in said action, or plaintiff will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in said complaint. This 12th day of September 1941. J. LESTER WOLFE. Clerk of Superior Court Sept. 18, 2, Oct 2, 9. NOTICE OF SUMMONS BY PUB LICATION State of North Carolina, Mecklenburg County. j In the Superior Court,. ' Before the Clerk. Annie Wallace Isenhour, Plaintiff,, ■ vs. . Marcus , Alonzo Isenhour, Defendant;. The above named defendant, Mar cus Alonzo Isenhour, will take notice that an action as above entitled has been commenced in'the Superior Court of Mecklenburg County, North Caro lina, by the plaintiff, Annie Wallace Isenhour, for the purpose of obtain ing from the defendant an absolute divorce on statutory grounds. The said defendant will further take no tice that he is required to appear before J. Lester Wolfe, Clerk of the Superior Court of Mecklenburg Coun- ty. North Carolina, on or before the 20th day of November, 1941, and an swer or demur to the complaint of the plaintiff duly filed herein, or said plaintiff will apply to the court for the relief demanded. This 27th day of September, 1941. J. LESTER WOLFE, Clerk Superior Court. Oct 2, 9, 16, 23 POPEYE, THE RECRUITING OFFICER, MEETS THE ADMIRAL! P-SS-T- LOOK, MISTER- TH' GALS CERTIW6LV LIKE US sailors' THA’S THAT ^eatufis Syri^iiai*, Jtv:'.,'WorW rigHts rewfviy '^-W=ft,AC0URSB,THA6S0.'' 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