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-AND HIS NEWS OF NEBO VALLEY
Miss Dot Williams from Oak Grove
spent Saturday evening with Mrs.
H. Y. Belk, jr., at Nebo. They were!
school mates. Miss WUHahas is itti
the ninth grade and very good look- j
Ing. \
Roy Woods, the next time you
come out this way on Friday night
be more careful. Keep your car on
the bridge. You woke us all up. We
thought the train had left the track.
That's a fine way to get killed, and
you didn't have but one can of beer
so they said.
Well, March brougt us up some
very cold windy weather, yet folks
are fishing right on.
Bill Ross called to see yours truly
' Monday, from* the Cora mill village.
Most all those people own their
homes.
Who was that old Gieek philoso
pher in his rajnblings came sneak
ing over to America with his lant
< ' em lit in open day j
W 1 light searching for
I rW an honest man an<i
stopped in Wash
imWh ington to get oil for
Jf*/ his lamp? Oh, I
sB&jm-f remember, it was
that old man DJog
ones. After looking
around his lamp
dB H went and he j
took the first' train '
out without searching longer.
Many are the steps for a man from '
the cradle to the grave ? only one
step from the drivers' seat to the
Undertaker's parlor.
Now as ever Mr. Harry Truman
in Florida taking a bath. He's not
fishing all the time.
John L. watches the thermometer.
The lower it goes the higher goes
coal.
1 remember the good old days
when ma was the tamily doctor. It
was take baking soda or be drench
ed with castor oil. I never knew
which did the most good. The oil
went farther down and stayed no
longer.
The cold March -winds are drying
out the land and blowing the ladies'
skirts high ? its too cold to wear
shorts.
. I don't really believe there are so
many bad people on earth. I've met
a lot of good people that is what
keeps the world from going upside
down. We just have to keep faith
in a few people else we wouldn't
trust 'em without money. They mean
feo pay us back?oh, they Just for
get.
Tom Fesperman says that statis
tics claim women live eight .years
longer than men. Men drive them
selves to death trying to keep out
of the other fellow's way, not bad.
Furthermore, Tom says is something
Isn't done to turn the tide we *nust
get accustomed to having ladies
rush over to you to light your ci
garette and light your cigars too. I
knew there were kind but I hardly
thought we would find them so
lady- like as to light up your ci
gars at your window ? you can't ne
ver tell.
One day the Devil stood by the
party fence where they vote, watch
ing the.crowds and candidates stride <
up to the box to vote. It made the
crowd sneer. Then the Devil smiled
and said: you'll wind up where I
dwell, said he Wasn't Just warning
the Republicans but all as well who
are whooping for your candidates.
When Adam and his gave up the
Garden they went out into a world to
earn bread by the sweat of the face.
The story of the years is empires
built and destroyed. Man comes on
the scene and .tolls with faith to
reaoh a higher place. The world Is
filled with discontent. I'ohce heard
a very wi#e old saint say that no
man If he Is normal Is .not naturally
contented with the things of this
life. Adam jmd Eva gave up a Para
dise for a, mesa of pottage, so they
could do as they thought they pleas
ed.
Mr. Harry Truman says he's con
fident that prosperity will continue.
Yep, I do too, with him for the next
four years fish or no fish.
Did you ever stop to think the
space I take up tor this column, the
Editor can sell in ads for ?25 each
week? That's more than I get.
I do get a few compliments but
not in Kings Mountain-r-not very
often. A nice gentleman called by
from New York, Stopped at the offi
ce and had some kind remarks for
me. He calls on the Margrace Mills,
of course they send him the paper.
Mr. Barnes, our new lawyer, hand
ed me a compliment down at the
bank ? said-he always r^ad my mes
sage first thing.
In the fight for Federal control of
medicine it mi&ht be' well to shake
the bottle before we swallow the
contents.
If Mr. Scott gets that $2 J million
bucks why not build a tower to the
moon. Every time we' put a new man
in he tries something new. But the
important thhig Mr. Scott is going to
build roads 'til he can't find space
to build roads. He may have to put;
in a few subways.
There is no hope of lowering
taxes. We should be highly in fav
or of the two hundred million taxes.
See, that villi 'make good roads to
market. If we haven't got anything
to sell might warn to ride to town
with the other fellow. I 'love to ride
on a slick million dollar trail if I
am bumping along with the other
fellow so long as doesn't mention
the gas.
With a now depression looking at
us its no time for crawfishing. We
spent what money we had. We made
our bed as men who put up to get
the best they can 'til the job runs
out, we put up a good fight.
Yes, this country is getting in. a
heck of a fix. What you going to do
when .the, meat gives out? I told you
before Harry took Over the fishing.
It? tough but let's wait and see if it
don"* get rough. If dear old Colum
bus were here he would discover too
many roads and change 1U? mind
that he was wrong, that the world Is
flat, not round. We shall all see
that the world or the people are flat.
In closing this brief session to
day, you never thought I'd be"* poet
An old man walking down the road
Kept mumbling as he slowly went,
My days are nearly spent,
I was a Democrat,
And wasn't content with that
I'd be much better off if dead
They told me how I had to vote
And taxed my shirt and pants
From your remarks
The preacher said
I would infer you'd rather
Lose your soul than your shirt and
pants. \ '
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