Thursday, October 21, 1937
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THIS AND THAT
Lots of us spend quite a bit of time bemoaning our lot
and worrying over our troubles, failing to realize that no
matter how dark the outlook may be things could be worse.
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For instance, it was just a few minutes ago that we
heard the squeals of some little pigs in the back of a truck
parked on the street. Suppose, instead of being born of
human parents, we had been born a little pig and had noth-
ing to look forward to but grow--a
ing up into a pork chop or a slice
of ham. Still, if we were to,
grow up into a slice of ham we'd
probably be worth more than we
are now.
It sounds silly, but personally
we don't believe we'd care for the
life of a pig, even though the
majority of pigs don't have to
work and get all they want to eat
furnished them free of charge.
But if we had been born a pig
chances are we would have been
of. the razor back variety and
would have to spend our time
strapping ourself against a tree.
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Our Uncle Culpepper comes the
nearest to being a pig than any
member of our immediate family,
that is, so far as being lazy is
concerned. Uncle Cul is so lazy
that he has Aunt Frousy type
write his prayers and tack them
on the wall. Then, when he goes
to bed, he says: "There they are,
Lord, read 'era,"
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In addition to being lazy, Uncle
Cul is also very tight, not to say
stingy. He once entered the cafe
business down in Hillsboro, and
he was so tight he had the fol
lowing sign painted on the wall:
"Go easy on the sugar. Stir like
devil, we don't mind the
Moise."
W But all in all, Uncle Cul is a
pretty good fellow, although we've
just learned that Aunt Frousy is
suing him for divorce, just be
i cause of a misunderstanding. He
understood her to say she'd be
cut of town for a week.
There liked to have been trou
ble between the two last Christ
mas when Aunt Frousy gave him
a bottle of hair tonic for a Christ
mas present. It seemed she had
noticed some woman's hair was
coming out rather badly on his
coat.
* In case any of you have a fur
nished apartment to rent, "we
suggest you get in touch with E.
W. McDaniel, who is planning to
be married sometime within the
near future. Mr. McDaniel has
been getting married off and on
for the past 15 years, but in our
opinion he never will until he
gets too old and feeble to resist.
Personally we believe he would
make some woman an ideal hus
band. Through him she could get
all her clothes nearly at cost, and
as he is not a big eater it wouldn't
cost her so much to feed him.
Married life is great fun. Two
tan starve as cheaply as one. And
two can live as cheaply as one—
half as long.
Someone remarked a week or
so ago following comment in this
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column on the new bank building,
that we were showing a lot of in
terest in. the bank. Why not? The
bank is showing a lot of interest
in us.
The Elk Antler, new publica
tion of the Elkin high school, has
made its initial bow, but despite
the fact that the first issue was
quite attractively presented, pwe
were disappointed in it. Not dis
appointed in the publication as a
whole, but disappointed because
of out of a large number of stu
dents, the paper was able to pre
sent the work of but three poets.
Our motto is bigger and better
poets. Nothing Is more soothing
and satisfying than good poemry.
We think so much of poetry that
we maintain a special department
for it. We empty this depart
ment every Monday morning.
You wouldn't think it by look
ing at us, but it was through
poetry that we first broke into
print. We used to write long
poems in negro dialect. And
now, years later, whenever we
want to feel real ashamed of our
self, we get out those old clip
pings and read them.
One of our best poems was en
titled "The Cry of the Whip-o-
Will." We remember the first
verse, but the other 93 verses have
escaped us. It went something
like this:
In the evening, o'er the meadow
When the winds are lone and
still,
Comes a sad and haunting whis
per—
The cry of the whip-o-will.
Then there was that little
thing we dashed off in only 18
verses, the first one which went
like this:
By the dark and muddy waters
Walked a woman and her
daughters;
Walked they there with tresses
streaming,
Walked they there loudly
screaming:
Excelsior!
But those poems were as noth
ing compared to our masterpiece
entitled "Too Many Pickles and
Too Much Poe." The first few
verses went like this:
Shall I ever forget that awful
night
Of many months ago?
The night I ate a pickle
For every page I read of Poe.
Four and twenty pickles ate I,
And as many pages read.
When, finding it was late,
I hastened off to bed.
My mind was filled with thoughts
of ghosts
And my stomach was pickle
packed.
And soon I noticed to my dismay
That my body with pain was
wracked.
But at last I drifted away
Into a dreamless sleep.
Then suddenly I awoke,
And my flesh began to creep!
For over by the window,
With a wide satonic grin
His Majesty the Devil
Was calmly looking In.
At this point we became so ex
cited we couldn't finish the poem.
NOTICE OF SALE
Under and by virtue of the
power contained in a certain deed
of trust executed by R. W. Dar
nell, (single) to the undersigned
trustee, dated March 7, 1930, and
recorded in the office of the Reg
ister of Deeds of Surry County In
Book 112, page 106, default hav
ing been made in the payment ol
the note thereby secured and al
the request of the holder of the
same, the undersigned trusee will
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THE ELKIN TRIBUNE. ELKIN. NORTH CAROLINA
otfer for sale at public auction to
the highest bidder for cash cm
Monday, November 1, 1037, at 11
o'clock A. ML, in front of the Post
Office, Elkin, North Carolina, the
following described real estate, to
wit:
BEGINNING at an iron stake
on the west side of Elkin Shoe
Co., road, Charley Darnell and
Mrs. Ernest Mickle's corner; and
running with said road and Mrs.
Mickle's line south 35 degrees east
9 0-10 poles to a stake on the
East side of said road; thence
south 34 1-2 degrees west cross
ing said road 14 4-10 poles to an
Iron stake, Mrs. Mickle's corner in
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ELKIN NORTH CAROLINA I JI
| the Elkin Shoe company's line;
thence with Elkin Shoe Co's. line
three courses and distances as
follows: South 88 1-2 degrees east
22 poles to an iron in a road;
south 66 1-2 degrees east 13 7-10
poles to a stake at the fork of the
road and south 86 degrees east
54 4-10 poles to a marked poplar
and on same course about 2 poles
to the right-of-way of the Elkin
and Alleghany railroad; thence
along the west margin of said
right-of-way north 29 1-2 degrees
west 36 1-2 poles to a branch,
Gus Shore's corner; thence west
wardly up said branch as* it mean
ders 51 poles to a rock. Shore's
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corner; thence north 38 degrees
west 16 1-2 poles to a rock on the
south side of a road, Shore's cor
ner in John Wall's line; thence
with Wall's line south 50 degrees
west 6 poles to an iron and south
50 degrees west 6 7-10 poles to the
point of beginning, containing 11
acres, more or less; the principal
part of the above described land
having been conveyed to said
Darnell in July, 1917, by Paul
Shore and wife, Princess Shore,
being tract No. 2 in said deed.
This the 29th day of Septem
ber, 1937.
C. Q. ARMFTELD,
10-21 Trustee.
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