NOTES FROM ..
**niE HIRED MAN^*’
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:Byjr. B. WILLIAVS
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but you will fliid they ire, the
sure •way. '• '
Can’t you remember ^ when
your mother uaed tb clean and'
cook for you, and how she darn
ed your stockings and mended
your ball? Can you recall ' the
times when she would get up. at
nii^t and coyer your ’’restl^s
body with the quilt that she
made by hand, and how she list
ened tor your croupy cough?. Of
course you can’t, but she did
this a thousand times. When
you were a boy she had time to
MOTHER
^;No ailTeV’ean compare with a
ther’s soft'white &alr. No
; lines are half so beautiful as
, those in. the furrowed face of
your Mother. No sculptor can
‘ dream of such beauty as in those .
..patient hands. When you go, listen to your fairy tales. At
home to-night, take this storm-1 least, she took the time. Are
^ tossed soul close to your big willing to listen to her now?
li^rt, and say the things you 1 Can you remember when yon
.would want her to know if she; started out for your first job?
were resting In the front room, i Who smiled and helped you on
"with sunken, sightless eyes and I the way? Who was the last one*
cold, white lips. to say some encouraging word?
^ Glre her a Rosary of Kind)—Mother. j
- Words now! She will count them I She probably did without j
' over a dozen times tomorrow. j dresses that you might appear
If It were possible for the I before your fellows unashamed, j
writer to pluck the rarest flow-1 On the pillow of this wonderful,
era of rhetoric, the handsomest j woman’s breast y9u« have slept, ^
roses in all remembrance of j and from her life you have lived,
thought, I would fashion. In one i Over your life today hangs this
Crown of Love and Affection,' high and pure guiding star, even
the most Beautiful Tribute in all j though you may be compelled to
the world, and place It tenderly I listen for her voice through the
on the brow of—Mother. If it | long corridor of receding years,
were possible for me to paint on; The Potential Power of the
the canvas of sentimdnt the American army is—Mother,
most marvelous event since the! The Rock on which Humanity
Infant King in the starlit Man-1 must rest is—Mother,
ger of Bethlehem, it would be a I The one word that brings back
scene where God opens the Great | all that is best in All of us is—
Gate and gives to the world that | Mother.
Wonderful Woman—Mother. I Mother! our heart loaned the
In the past, men, in their' pulsations of my heart. My soul
pressing march for position or j is but part of your soul. My body
prosperity, have often neglected, is but part of your dear body,
their Dearest Friend on earth—[Mother! You Incomparable, you
Mother. Men in their Mad Rush 1 Wonderful Woman—you mercy
.for Money have forgotten to take, of God.
%Jittle time and cheer the few i Life may loan to us all so
remaining days of Mother. But! many beautiful things: roses,
,tte World War changed the j rainbows, sunsets in thousand
whole situation. Men are begin-. lots, stars by the tens of thous-
g' Mother’*
more outtg^
Inward'', thtmghtii
assurances wf
any other .plach/C^ earth.
be at ]tbik’*1f^ker’8 gwe, per
haps tt a’''^raple little church
yard In, the country, ' that
you see tj^.'llght Of an end-
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Heatfenr my’''friend. Is not Tn
the Bible. It is not in' the church.
Heaven is the capital'” of the
Kin^om of flod. You will find
tb© ^rqat gates wide open to
your-soul when you return to
your mother who heeds you now.
The Bible is a guidebook; the
church, a place of weekly meet
ing: but the throne, to you, is
where your mother waits and
watches. Do th© straight thing
with ' your mother; and if
this advice fails to get you past
the portals of Heaven when your
time comes, it will at least give
yon 8 glimpse of the one thing
next to heaven—the face of your
greatest earthly friend. There is
no sage of any age that can write
a tribute page good enough for
the man who is good to his mo
ther.
Dear Reader—Sunday, May
13th, is "Mother's Day." If your
Mother la still with you, this ar
ticle may awaken in your heart
a renewed resolution to try, at
least, to pay a small part of what
you owe your Mother—Just a
small part. You can never pay
her all.
gain Carnival .Week with a corn-
each
plete 'change of program
day after Tuesday. .
For Mondaytahd Tuesday Bert
Wheeler and Robert Woosley
come back io town with a rlp-
roarlng comedy, Hips,
Hooray”. In this picture there is
a laugh in every scene by tha^
screen’s funsters.
Wednesday, family day with
admission only ten cents, i8"Let's
Get Ritzy.’’ with Lew Ayers and
Patricia Bills,
On Friday Bebe ‘ Daniels will
appear in “Registered Nurse”,
which is regarded as a most ex
cellent production.
The big double header for Sat
urday of next week will feature
“Black Cat,” with Doris Karloff
and the other stars of “Franken
stein” and “Dracula." Tim CcCoy
will play the leading role In
“Voice of the Night.”
resoultions op respect
nlng to understand better the | ands-—life may loan us a dear j
Lutheran Services
Lutheran confirmation services
will be held at 729 Kensington ^
Drive Sunday evening at five o’-
clock. The public is invited to j niisslon to Him
attend.
On Tuesday evening at eight
o’clock the pastor, Rev. R. E.
Mennen, will preach. This service
will also be held at 729 Ken
sington Drive.
Whereas, God in His Infinite
wisdom, has called from this
earthly life to heavenly joys our
beloved mother and sister, Kan
sas Virginia Foster;
Therefore, be It resolved
H. BarnM, pagtor of liower-Crffek
Cr««k'Charchf ®*^P‘**^ church near Lenoir, will
oreuh. Dr. Barnes is recognised
as 8 very able minister snd Incl-
dentatly is the pastor of the larg
est rural churebes in the state.
■*'0n Sunday afternoon,il two,
o’clock, a Rev, David Secrest, of
conduct a specif
Beaver
Lenoir, will
llothen’ Day sefwee^
Craek'BaptMt church?^"
Following this service Dr. W.
siferwwi
Mr. WUea Wants Straight
' Republican ..Fdr Shmilt
To The Republicans of
County:
After seeing so., many anonne^
ments in yonr paper for the var-
lons. offices of the - county.from
both political parties l am glad.,1
live In Wilkes county . from... the
fact that w'e have' so many good
msBywho are well qualified to fill
the various offices, ...
I notice. that all. -the q candi
dates w.bo haver'announced
th© various offices are: standing
squarely by the party lines, with
the exception of one,’ ahd that is
our good friend, W. B. Somers,
who has been rather slow in mak
ing his announcement as a candi
date for sheriff, and in the lang
uage of his announcement that
h© had decided to become a can
didate to succeed himself as sher
iff of Wilkes County after being
encouraged to do so by both the
Democrats and Republicans. By
his announcement It will be hard
for the Republicans to know with
which party h© fs affiliated.
Taking for exampl© the records
of the returns of the elec:,on ini
Meteorologtsts erthnaW
10' thanderstorihl defiirr orfXks't
Rock Creek township four years
First That, while we bow j ago, the home of his chief deputy,
hearts in humble sub-1 Oid Wiles, who was on the
who doeth all grounds all day, the township be-
thlngs well, and though we miss ing carried by the Democrats for
her compalnship in the church
and community, we comfort our
selves with the thought that she
has gone where there is no more
value, the incomparable gift | Dad, faithful brothers, sympa-
a Mother’s presence in the home. | thetlc slaters and friends by thej
Did I say, “Men are beginning ' .score—but never, never but once ,
to understand better?” No! They | will life loan us a Mother! How I
are beginning to understand the thoughts of this individual
t emselves better. From to-day j creation of God differs from all
1* there will be room tor but | His other earthly gifts! No mat-
e (}ineen in this world, and that | ter how much trouble may come ^
^een will be—Mother. | to you today, think how patient- |
g Your Mother may b© bent in ly and lovingly your Mother j
ody, trembling in. thought, but would untangle the threads—j
he is your Mother—she is the | think with what infinite pa-,
tme sacrificing, devoted, dear'tience she played her part—her J
Id Mother that you loved so j important part.
S^hen a boy. Her opinions of the i Not long now you will stand
things may not always aoundjin^tUe Silence of your Mother’s
scientifically correct. but you i grave. fThe radiant moon will
may rest assured that her | send Its silver-toned shadows
thoughts ar© morally right. She' across the green, low mound,
■may venture some old-fashioned 1 The spring rains will have wash-
jdea in preference to some mod-' ed away the snows of winter,
©rn method. and__her plans may [ and all about you will be the
look like the longer way round,; season's transfiguration- lit is at
th© first time in history
Now, see if you can put two!
and two together and make four.
The following is the recorded
vote: For Clerk of Court, Wm. A.
Stroud, Republican, 146 votes;
In Wayne county the chamber I SECOND—That we extend our'Glenn Dancy, for Clerk, Demo-
of commerce has started a move-1 sympathy to the bereaved family crat, 150 votes. Legislature, J.
ment stressing better quality I and friends, and point to them H. Johnson, Repuiblican, 120
attendances have the Great Comforter who will | votes, H. A. Cranor, Democrat,
sadness; no more heart aches,
and where the weary are at rest.
crops. Large
been recorded at meetings held
to stimulate interest in better
crops.
Eighty percent of the Irish po
tatoes to be planted in Cherokee
county this summer will b© from
certified seed of the Green
Mountain, Spaulding Rose and
Irish Cobbler varieties.
wipe all tears from their eyes.
When we think of her as hav
ing passed to her reward we can
only exclaim with the poet—
There’ll be no pain at parting
atterwhile.
No grief will piar the way;
No suffering, no sorrow after
while,
When comes eternal day.
137 votes. W. B. SOMERS, sher
iff. 217 votes, Joe Pearson. Dem
ocrat, 91 votes.
According to this record it
seems to me not only, at the pres
ent time that there is affiliation
with the Democrat party, but
there must have been In the past
as well. 1 am a Republican, rock-
A Cornell University professor
will soon sail for China to aid in
research there to improve the
diets of Chinese farm families.
IThe city of Samarra on the
Tigris River was built, enlarged.
I ed In a Republican cradle and ex-
THIRD—That a copy of these | pect my remains to fill a Republi-
resolutlons be sent to the be-; car grave. Now.lf any man wants
reaved family, a copy be recorded
and abandoned within 47
in the ninth century A. D.
years
t
on the church minutes, and a
copy be sent to the county papers
for publication.
MRS. MOLLIE JONES,
FLORENCE SHEPHERD,
MRS. OREN GREENE.
my support as a Republican, let'
him announce without coalition
with the Democrats-
I am, yours, for the, success of
the GRAND OLD PARITY.
C. W- WILES.
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