i Boggs Comes Through It All
; With Christmas With Drum
THE STORY OF DRUM
; The writing of my usual
. Christmas column is again at
• hand. It is the easiest column
| of the year for me to do. Each
• year at this time I tell you the
" story of “Drum”—a story which
' is a dog classic. It is not exactly
• a Christmas story however
; many of my readers ask me to
. repeat ith each year. Ont top of
■ that a number of the country’s
\ editors have stated that the
■ story of Drum should be told at
least once each year in every
’ newspapers in the United States.
■ Here it is:—
Drum was just an oruuiaiy
hound dog. He lived on a farm
in the country with his master.
Between the two, a strong Dond
of affection existed. Early one
morning, Drum dragged him
self painfully to the door of his
master’s house. He had been
shot by a nearby neighbor and
before help could be summon
ed, the poor dog died. Drum’s
owner was heartbroken. After
much prodding, he was induced
to file suit against his neighbor
for he loss of the dog he so
dearly loved.
Weeks and months passed.
The case progressed through
the lower courts, finally reach
ing one of the high tribunals of
justice. In this higher court, the
Defense seemed on the verge of
winning when a young lawyer,
a counsel for Drum’s master,
arose and addressed the court.
This young attorney was George
Graham Vest. He looked at the
jury and then, in slow, measur
ed tones, began to speak.
“Gentlemen of the Jury: The
best friend a man has in this
world may turn against him and
become his enemy. His s on and
daughter, whom he h^- reared
with kwing care, mav be un
grateful. Those who are nearest
and dearest to us. tlmse whom
we trust with our hanniness and
our good name mav become
traitors to this faith. The money
that a man has he may lose. It
flies away from him when he ^
"You Save As You
Spend When You Buy
H At"
'UTRELLE'S
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rnay need it most. Man s repu
tation may be sacrificed in a
moment of ill-considered action
The people who are prone to fall
on their knees and do us honor
when success is with us maybe
the first to throw the stone of
malicece when failure Settles its
clouds upon our heads. The one
unselfish friend a man may
have in this selfish world, the
one that never proves ungrate
ful ortre acherous, is the dog
“Gentlemen o f the Jury, a dog
stands by him in prosperity and
in poverty, in health and in sick
ness. He will sleep on the cold
ground when the wintry winds
blow and the snow drivers fierce
JH5RRY
XNAS ^
ly if only he may be near his
master's side. He will kiss the
hand that has no food to offer,
he. will lick the wounds and
sores that come in encounters
with the roughness of the world.
He guards the sleep of his pau
per master as if he were a
prince.
“When all other friends de
sert, he remains. When riches
take wing and reputation falls
to pieces, he is as constant in
h's love as the sun in its journey
through the heavens. If fortune
drives the master forth an out
cast into the world fried- less and
homeless, the faithful dog asks
no higher privilege than that of
accompanying him to guard
against his enemines and, when
tne last scene ot ail comes and
death takes his master if* all his
i friends pursue their way, there
by his graveside will the noble
dog be found, his head between
his paws and his eyes sad but j
open in alert watchfullness. j
faithful and true even to death.” j
As Vest turned to sit down, !
you could have heard a pin drop
in the hushed courtroom. The
jury arose and retired to delib- j
i erate the merits of the case.
They were out only a few min
utes. /liter they had re-entered
the jury box, the foreman arose
rat
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Whiteville Church
Plans A Public
Christmas Service
WHITEVILLE, Dec. 20. —The
congregation of Grace Episcopal
Church is inviting the public to
attend its Christmas serv
ice which will be held on Crist
mas Eve, beginning at 10:30
p.m.
Members of the White- \
vine xiign scnooi uiee club will 1
j sing carols from 10:30 until 10:55 ;
'At 11, will begin the festival,
■ choral celebration of the Holy j
I Eucharist.
I Vested and arrayed in
j Christmas granduer, the church j
I will be lighted by candles. Mem- !
bers of Grace Church choir, as- |
! sisted by the Choral Club, will
sing the parts of the liturgy
MEETING POSTPONED
WHITEVILLE, Dec. 20 — Ro
; tary Club meetings falling
| on Christmas ajd New Year's
Day will be omitted, and the
next meeting of Rotarians will
be held on Jan. 8.
CHRISTMAS SERVICE
TABOR CITY, Dec. 20. — A
special Christmas program will J
be given at the Fire Baptized
Holiness church in Tabor city on
Christmas night at 7 o’clock.
Special singing by Rev. and Mrs.
Wade Wray will be a feature.
CHERRY PAROLES
RALEIGH, Dec. 19—(JP)—-Gov- !
ernon Cherry today freed three
prisoners and declined to re
lease 20 other applicants. Those
freed: Hubert Horton, convicted
last Fedruary of assault: Harry
Raikes, convicted in Burke in
1945 of second degree burglary;
and Leslie Washington Pate,
convicted in Wayne last Jan
uary.
When warm air expands and
rises it cools at the rate of about
one degree for every 180 feet of
ascent.
and announced a verdict in fav
or of Drum’s master. The court
awarded him $500. Hehad sued
only for the nominal sum of $200.
FROM PAL AND NELL
Chances and Pal, my two old
pointers have for a number of
years had a paragraph in this
column. Usually they are here
beside me as I write this Pal
ts, but poor Chance passed to
happier hunting grounds last
January. However, Pal is joined
by a newcomer this year—Nell,
a Chesapeake Bay retriever pup
that my son claims as his dog.
If these two dogs could talk—
and they almost do—I know they
would join me in wishing each
and every one of vou a very
MERRY CHRISTMAS.
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Anti-Inflation Bill Is
Just A Beginning
By DOUGLAS B. CORNELL
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20—W—
Speaker Joseph W. Martin said
today the anti-inflation p m
whisked through the special con
gressional session is just the
start of a determined Republi
can drive to br Jig down the ,3t
of living.
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leader, Rep. Rayburn (D-Tex)
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if he really wishes to do so.”
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pirant, left the way open for
more controls later on if volun
tary efforts to curb inflation are.
unsuccessful. And Martin said
that the whole question of how
to fight inflation will be up for
review early in the regular ses
sion of congress starting Janu
ary 6.
Taft’s statement indicated a
“willingness to consider specific
and limited controls in the field
of priorities and allocations if
specific problems cannot be
solved by voluntary action.” He
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