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H. Y. Belk ?AND HIS NEWS OF NEBO VALLEY ?' Well, Christmas gone for this year. We start a New Year Sunday, 1950, haif of the hundred years gone. We had tw? wars in the 50 years past. I wonder if we can do better in the 50 years to eon-ie? If the Truman, * bunch can ge; Joe Stalin to fight, We may look. for. the most deadly war mankind has vet known. Most of the folks who dislike Stalin only wish they were Stalin- Hhier may toe in hiding in * Russia, waiting for Joe to set off ihe fireworks. I can't believe that jackass killed himself. had too many good looking .vis iters hanging on to his shirt tail. Never would there be another war fought -if the few rulers. of the na tions would take the profit out ol war. Then they tell we the people, that >ve are fighting for Liberty. Oh, *^or crying out loud! Its a lie. You can't shoot that kind of bull into my Veins. . Now Mr. Truman has evolved a plan to iorce the South ern Democrats to swallow the Sons of Ham without salt or seasoning. The Qems kicked and snorted and gagged and even threaten. ed to secede from the Party, but they have cooled off and I predict that they will vote her straight when the time comes. Webl, once again It reminds me that we are all for Self and the devil for the rest of the bunch. When a man gets in office what makes him quit hand shaking and passing out cigars? To -hell with you, 1 done got your vote. I remember one time Pa made some apple cider so Ma could ha\e vinegar to 'put on the vegetables when the -preacher came for iunch. But what got away with, me. the preacher always stayed for supper. I Started to tell you about las ap ple. cider. When Pa got the juice mashed out of the apples ?*,, he bunged it u?p in a wooden ke> Lock ed it up. In a few days 1 cou.d hear that stuff bubbling. It sme. led good. Pa and Ma took off to town. I ^ook fill to the smoke house, drew- 1^ staple, took the bung out of the keg and pumped out -one/gailon of the Juice. I drank most of the ga .on. 1 never had felt so funny and good. ? Pa and Ma go. town it was snowing like de^i* and cats Pa called to rfie'to hitch out old Bill Joe and Buck from khe buggy. I didn't give Pa no answer. 1 eou.d not I was sprawled oUt on !hc j, T?Ji fui ike a dead man. Ma feared Id had a stroke. Pa got his buggy whip, that woke me up. I f th? starting When. Pa looked at amoke house, saw rhe key turned up. he whipped me like Iwasabad , hov Now I've reformed. Pa J?wea ? was hell on wheels way back whe J was coming up. - i When i was very young, not long after the Civil War, we lived in the | ^untry. Grandfather's old negro wo man, after being freed as a slave to 'live with Pa and ma. did the cooking,, washing and many Jitel'hSgs. My ??"?"!?? oa nee roes when ihey vvore v SeJTLd a hard time finding p.lac- , el Z go. The South was devastated and the white rnan> aj* i?v. in noverty. Tne old darkey ?rf all alone in one od daddy s log no"1i, <?r . -J" to live in. That was in the winter 01 & It snowed aril winter Before one deep snow melred. another one fell On top, With sleet and snow, one morning again it was snowing. The Old darkey didn't come up to th fcan-rremember .that we had dlnn^r if on it was very scant. Anyway, r g,S' me digging ?now fork deep, when we reacnea the cabin, Pa dripping with sl?s and snow, called to Aunt J Sara ' Rcsoonse Pa pried the door open. After we saw no smoke curling : out of the stick and niud ^ was dark in the one little room. Aunt Sarah was spraMed ou: on th floor, froze stiff as a board. >Tha * let's hope 'you strike. . K it rich man year. ' ; McCURDY CLEANERS night a lew, darkeys came to the ca bin and set up with :he corpse. Next day in a new slab coffin they put her under the ground. Pa and me; wont back to the house. That night ? ? I I was very much excited, so much- 1 so, I went under the cover deep, j head first, and had visions of the poor negro on the floor. Preaching, like all other business when the money stbps rolling, iii'the preacher -quits "calling up sinners. 1 once knew a great preacher. .He got paid well by his church, but he. was all the time driving over the coun try stopping at the best looking farm homes, picking up all kinds of com modities,, mostly chicken^. You know that is the most favorite dish. Well, if the chickens were nor so plenti ful, he'd take off to the smoke house and collect a nice ham. When he hit the country store, he went through everything. If he didn't find what he wanted he just 'left everything scattered around. 'He drove out to 1 my place. We We're very poor. He took in the situation. Saw no smoke ' house. Didn't find no chickens crow- | ing around. We were 5n the field picking 8 cent cotton When he saw it wouldn'i do he cranked up His old j mule and took off in his buggy- to find better grazing. Its a darn fact, whether you care to agree with me , or not, the preaching business is an imperfecr as any other business. We have some God-fearing, God-loving , preachers. - We have others that 1 would skin a flea for it's tallow-. Wet find bad with the good. 1 haven't got any driver's li6ense, ; but I'm not afraid of them boys that takes 'em in. Maybe they know I haven't got a rattle trap. When I go, I go on my feet what ma gave me, arid not stop to ?ee if I'm sober. Looks like most everybody speeding. They must want to get there before the frolic starts. No sir, I don't ktvp step with the the gang. I park my feet where I stop. My shoes are old and worn. My hat is gone to seod. My money won't spend. My marbles won't roll, I had no money to s.pend, that's why I have no marbles to roll, . . ? ? Orie thins can bo said ot *.he girls, of yesterday ? (hey didn't smoke, and wear britches ,)ik> a man-^but. you didn't see no legs. ?W didn't have much ehanoe ;o court 'em. Ma and . i'.i .was right there :il p. m. !: Ma didn't break up the frolic. Pa did. When Pa said. Young man, go, home, the jig. was up for that night; I had most of my fun at sneezes. I'd f slip my gal a pack of home made) snuff, done up m a rag, fresh snuff, made last night. Sometimes I'd win out with my giri of some other boy didn't have some store snuff. One time the teacher caught me slipping snuff to a little red headed sister.] He politely cranked me up on the J floor, on one foot. He said, you're up v for 30 minutes. That's why I didn't get no learning. You can't get no| schooling standing up on one foot,; cold and freezing too. That little old log house rhey called a school house t wasn't as good as a bull pen. When he lot my off of that one toot stand ing, he sapped me w I' ft a switch, and said. Young man never bring any snuff in this school of learning. All the students were giggling at me. except the little red headed gir? I gave the snuff to. She was Weep ing ifke her poor heart Would break when school w$s out. I sit!' remem ber that old rat of a, teacher. - You can't say much harm aoou me. 1 wouldn't want you to say any thing- good about me. I'm jUM* a?; 0 d] corn bread loving country buy. Never got no schooling. Dldti'-'haw any books. Wh??t 1 got.l had to get i; off iianded. Pa said 1 didn't want to learn, Ma said 1 was too smart t ?? learn, the old teacher said 1 was too lazy to iearn. Three in one make a trio. NoW I'm so lazy 1 can't .earn. 1 eat -plenty but I'm too lazy to di gest it. My apeifite Is' very good for an old country combread loving la ter eating boy. Yes sir. I'm glad I'm no; educated like a lot of the old timers going around cheating folks out of every damn thing. I had a nice compliment the oth er day. It was a lady who up and said, she1 didn'f believe everything ; she had heard on me. I told her the fact it, mosi of it is so. What is not so, is so and so, then why treat? me like you do, do. A LITTLE STORE ? ? With BIG BARGAINS McCarter's Cash Grocery Phone 223 You never ;hoU?fVt I'd be a poet: Now Christmas Kone, With ail your money spent.. Now you l)ej?in to wonder. Whore you went. And how you Z ? iin jail, And lived '.o -r.. the ;a 0. Wli!;. a.i youi i?-j,*Kets emj> y. And yout head i:tt It you recupera; Vf'V'd do }?" '?>ver ? . . V.ou sot ^ rhtit!, ? , . B'i' y ui ha -v ?' ??' , . , The ju&ne j!o; t'he _/ . P. S. Jus; to con.* ctU' ivi tinio thi.* sea. leriivg the.nV and no uMmnV.lr iu h'-you find. 'u>' .- i.e.nlvr '-hu gr.i.-nmuri Vvere u> !>?? fourid. We wmo upon the mnw of action he fore ^'r.tm'nier- were found. Wha; :? ,!ia; anyway? GIVES FAST RELIEF when COLD ?? MACKSA mentholated SHAVING CREftH tor H<n M/io Prefer Smooth Shout Distributed by All Leading Stores MAKE YOUR PLANS NOW? Pay Us A Visit Sometime During The Holidays JONES' Drive-in-Restaurant And Grill On The Charotte Wigfiway 3 Miles Out of Lincolnton. N. C. ? 167 JOB PRINTING 283 ? DR. NATHAN H. 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