HOW THE HOG WAS STOLEN
Deacon Potts Tells The Story on
Tarlie Chompson.
(By Joe Snyder.)
I passed over Peanut Ridge a few
days ago and stopped at Deacon
Potts’ home to see Ihow the old gen
tleman was getting on, having heard
he was sick. I found him as lively
as ever, and in a few minutes the con
versation drifted into jokes and tell
ing yams.
“Did I ever tell you how we like
to scared old man Tarlie Chompson
to death once?” queried the deacon.
I told him he never had, so he began.
Os course it was all a lie and after
he had finished I told him so.
“You know old man Tarlie is a
colored man, is good natured, is a
good farmer and is well thought ofj
wnpng the white people and also his
dwn ra££. i
“In his younger days Tarlie used
to like fresh meat, especialy pork, and
I expect he does to this day.
“Well, to make a long story short, I
me and my brother Dennis, concocted I
a plan whereby we could have some I
fun out of Tarlie, SO we told him I
about the big pig we had killed over I
ift the swamp and left him at acer- 1
tain big poplar tree, where I’d meet |
him that night with a. pot and plenty
of water.
“Tarlie agreed to tote the pig for
part of the meat. When the time came
to clean the pig I was over in the
swamp and had a big fire burning.
The plan was for Dennis to get into
the bag and be the dead pig.
“At the appointed time Tarlie came
and saw the bag. He went to it and
took hold of it, preparatory to tak
ing it to the fire some distance away.
“He reached down and took hold
of the bag and placed it on his should
er. Now, Dennis did not weigh over
420 pounds, but Tarlie thought he
weighed 200 before he reached where
the fire was burning.
“He layed the bag down and re
marked that was the heaviest hog he
ever handled.
“I told Tarlie to cut the string and
bring the pig to the pot. As he reach
ed down to cut the string a voice
eame from the bag, saying, ‘Lookout!’
“Tarlie jumped up quickly and ex
claimed, ‘did you speak, deacon?’ I
told him no. He started to cut the
string again when the voice came
again from the bag.
“That scared Tarlie and he left the
swamp with a jump and a run.
“Dennis and myself slipped up to
Tarlie’s house and knocked on the
door and asked in a kind of sepulchral
voice: “Is Tarlie Chompson here?’
At first he did not speak but finally
answered yes. ‘We want you for steal
ing a pig.’ ‘Boss, I ain’t stole no pig,
said the excited Tarlie, and then he
went out the back door and was not
seen in the neighborhood for several
weeks.”
As I didn’t have time to wait to
hear any more stories, I bid the old
gentleman good day.
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THE BOONE TRAIL BRIDGE.
Atlantic Bridge Company Makes
• Bid—Contract Let For
Road Work. ;.
Sanford Express, Dec. 4th.
On Wednesday of last week a num
ber of contracts were let by the State
Highway Commission for road ‘and
bridge construction in the State.
Project No. 405-B, Lee-Chatham coun
ties, a bridge over Deep river at
Cumnock on route 60, known as the
Boone Trail, was let to the Atlantic
Bridge Company at the bid of about
$52,000. The bid has not been con
firmed, but it is that this
Company will be awarded the contract
as they were the lowest biders. It
is planned to begin the construction
of this bridge early in the coming
year. As was recently stated in The
Express County Road Superintendent
Gunter has a force of hands engaged
clearing the right of way for the con
struction of the road which will lead
from this new bridge to Sanford and
form a link of the Boone Trail. This
road and bridge will no doubt be con
structed during the coming year. The
bridge will be of concrete similiar to
the bridges that are now being con
structed by the Atlantic Bridge Com
pany across Deep and Rocky rivers
ior the Sanford-Durham Highway.
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WHERE WE ARE DRIFTING?
One sees too many balloon pants
and silk shirts these days on the
streets. There are too many good
plow hands going to waste. s-When
one drives out to the country, the
best place on earth, and sees pretty
young girls hard at *work in the
fields, and good women following the
plow, and then return to our streets
and see great gangs of idlers loafing
around, it is enough to cause the
world to stop and think and ask our
selves the question. Where are we
drifting ?—Monroe Enquirer.
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Answer —A talkative woman when
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What are the two most valuable
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Answer —Bailing wire and hair
pins.
They tell me that skirts will be
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Staley, to the Query Department.
They will be. While they were long
women had no show at all.
It is said $6,000,000,000 a year are
spent for food. Is that so? Jennie
Moncure.
Answer —Yes. People have quit liv
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beans.
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RESOLUTIONS OF RESPECT.
Whereas, Mrs. Fannie Rothrock
Nooe, long an enthusiastic and devot
ed member of the Winie Davis Chap
ter of the Confederacy, has been call
ed unto the great beyond:
Now, Therefore, Be it resolved:
First. That the Chapter has there
by lost a most faithful and devoted
Daughter, one who constantly sought
1 to promote the welfare of the order;
that her family and associates have
lost a loving, considerate and affec
tionate wife, mother and friend, one
whose life was resplendent with kind
deeds and enobled with all the Chris
tian graces.
Second. That her well-spent life
has been a benediction to her family
and her large circle of friends, and
she has left an influence for good that
wil ever be the proudest heritage of
her children, and will be held in
grateful memory by her associates.
Third. That these resolutions be
spread upon the minutes; that a copy
be sent to the family of the departed
and that copies be furnished the
county press with request that the
same be published.
This November 20th, 1924.
MRS. L. E. HORNE.
MTSS CARRIE JACKSON
MRS. W. M. EUBANKS.
MRS. W. D. SILER.
MISS M. WOMBLE.
MRS.. J. C. LANIUS.
Committee.
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BETER JNOT CALL A DOCTOR.
A bill which would authorize doc
tors under certain conditions to take
the life of a patient without incurr
ing punishment has ben introduced in
the Danish parliament.
There is nothing really wrong with
most of these young fellows who
comb their hair into a fly skating
rink and imagine they are shieks.
All most of them need is to have
their heads combed with a brick.
BUILD A HOME IN PITTSBORO.
EXECUTOR’SNOTICE
Having qualified as executors of
the estate oi C. R. Beal, deceased, of
Chatham county, North Carolina, this
is to notify all persons having claims
against the said estate to file them
with the undersigned, duly verified,
°‘'„ l ’? fore the 4tJh day of Decern
* or this notice will be plead
c a . r .°f their recovery. All per
nio c « to tl)e sa *d estate will
tlement C ° me forward and make set-
This December 4, 1924.
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