THE NEWS, Albemarle, N. C, Tuesday, April 1, 1919.
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Albemarle, N. C, Tuesday, April 1, 1919.
A Plea for Col. Cox.
If the Raleigh news writes had
formed a conspiracy to injure Col Al
bert L. Cox (which of course they
have not) they hardly could have hit
upon a more effective method of pro
cedure than that they are now pur
suing. In playing him up as the St.
George who is to overthrow the
Kitchin dragon in the Second Con
gressional district, (for which he is to
qualify by taking up the residence of
his distinguished father in Edge
combe County); as a potential rival
of Congressman Pou, in the Fourth
district, (where he now resides); as
a contestant for mayoralty honors in
the city of Raleigh; and, finally, as a
gubernatorial dark horse, the news
artists and space writers, whether in
tentionally or unintentionally, are
"doing their dernedest" to make
Colonel Cox a public laughingstock.
We hold no brief for Col. Cox, but
we know him; and to know him is to
admire his splendid qual
and heart. Genuinenes
character and modesty of bearing are
O r-v-i n Vila !j4irii'trA innllfina n A
among nis fiistinctive qualities, ann
these fool pictures of him a.s the rag-
ing lion that is going up and down the
state to devour the little lambkins of
politics must needs be hifrhlv r!istn;te-!of
ful to him, as well as to his real
friends and admirer
fiee within the gift
. There is no of
of the people of
North Carolina that Albert Cox would
not grace: to say this i- teetotahy to
falsify the suggestion that he returns
from the 1.:; 1 1"
N of F
v: i ai
consuming 1 u.-t for
wherever it is to
whole career stamp?
of man most needed
and to doubt that 1
political spoil,,
be found. His
him as the type
in our public life,
igh honors await
him would be to impeach the intelli
gence and virtue of the state. The
future opens up to him with rare
promise. Nothing is so likely to mar
it as the ridiculous ovj: exploitation
of his political potentialities.
In virtue of his distinguished pub
lic services, Colonel Cox deserves to
be spared the excess of sensationalism
of which he is presently the victim.
The foregoing criticism has no ap
plication to the news story of Col.
Tom Bost, in the Raleigh Times, re
produced in another column, which is
admirable from every point of view.
A Sad Waste.
In the course of a statement issued
in Paris on Thursday, President Wil
son says: "During the last few days
the commission (on the League of
Nations) has been engaged in an ef
fort to take advantage of the criti
cisms which the publication of the
covenant has fortunately drawn out."
Those are the President's words
"criticisms which the publication of
the covenant has fortunately drawn
out" and in them is a verv valuable
losciiri f-. r" - rr it. ' f rTiil f if nlo r f rar.
7 u V C- u , V V V I
pie, but which oily a few, unfortu-
nately, will havs the wi.-dom to learn.
We refer to the multitude that rush
pell-mell into blind, thoughtless ac
claim of whatsoever may happen to
emanate from the hero of their mo
mentary worship. To such it means
nothing that Moses rebelled against
God, that David worked supreme in
iquity, that the follies of Solomon
rent his kingdom and cursed his
posterity; they flout all history,
sacred and profane, in the invincible
faith that at last both impeccability
and infallibility are found wrapped in
one flesh. It may have been McKinley
or Roosevelt; it may be Wilson or
Bickett "the oracle have spoke";
hesitation is sin, dissent bloody trea
son. What, pray, do these innocents
think their head-pieces were given
them for to butt with or to think
with ? Has it never occurred to them
that if God had intended one man to
, , ,
hundred
do all the thinking for a
million, He hardly would have thrown
away so much good material in the
production of 99,999,999 useless think
ing apparatuses.
It is of the very essence of democ
racy, we conceive, that every man has
the right to think upon every question
brought forward for political action,
nay, that it is his duty to do so to
think honestly and declare himself
. courageously.
The folks that threw so many con
niption fits because some other folks
were not altogether pleased with the
league covenant as drawn, and dared
to say so, must feel rather foolish
now that they are left high and dry
by Mr. Wilson's statement that "the
commission has been engaged in an
effort to take advantage of the criti
cisms which the publication of the
covenant has fortunately drawn out."
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CAROLINE I.AM). Muniieinx Eilitor
Stri.tly in Advanre. Ity Currier, in Albemarle,
rates are iroiuii;iie ..t m-mrrj
Let the Boys Parade.
The following is from Charity aril
Children:
"Gentlemen of the Jury! Let us
stop all this foolishness about the
soldiers parading in every little town
and hamlet in the state. The hoys
are tired. They want to go home.
Every time they have to stop to
j parade they delay their home going
by that much time, l he boys tnoin
selves do not like it. They have told
us so; and their wishes ought to pre
vail." Editor Johnson has achieved, and
well merits, so high a reputation for
the sanity of his views on all public
questions that we feel a good deal of
diffidence in taking .ssue with him on by and bfi gent to
the foregoing proposition. We do not Children's home in Greensboro. Da
question his statement of fact as to vjs ;n bis testimony, stated that he
the wishes of the soldiers, but we are had tried every means possible to eor
by no means convinced of the folly of rect the boy, who wouldn't go to
catering to the popular yearning to school. He admitted that he had
envisage the war-effort of the nartic- chained him in the home to prevent
lalities of head,ular community and the nobility and
s sincerity of I e .1 i 4.- t
.-s, sincerity 01 power of the new relation of its
c i,
younjf manhood, by the only effective
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i method of militarv parade
j Xot the least of the compensations
j of war is the wakin to conscious life
Pirit of patriotism that so
easily becomes dormant under the
sordid influences of -a workaday
world, in war is much that nrutal
' ies and corrupts, but it likewise
s-.irs the deepest springs of virtue and
, ennobles with high emotion.
i
Tho bndv in.iv thrive on the fruit-
0f caiiy toil, but the soul needs an
occasional look-in throno-h Hip nnarlv
gates. The folks in "the little towns
and hamlets" have done the myriad
services of civilian support of the na
tion's war effort; they have length
ened their hours of labor; they have
planted Victory Acres; they have cul-
tivated War Gardens; they have con-
tributed to Red Cross and other
funds; thev have bought Thrift
Stnrvrw and T.iWv R,LtW
t pi-
have pulled the plow of labor, self-
denial and anxious thought; why not
throw them a little wisp of Victory
fodder? why not let their poor,
strained eyes float off in tears of joy
ciuu ii iwc ia mcv acc uitru very un n
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in the habit and paraphernalia of
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world salvation, as they hear the roll
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of drum and rythmic footfall that
were good music on
streets ?
the golden,
Isn't it worth a few
, . .. , . , , , ine great, loan ne carries ana ai me
cost to the nation and a few days' de- game time wi the ,eaderg of thougM
lay to the soldiers to make the light 'to his cause. Moses was inclined to
of Heaven to shine in so many care-jdo the same thing. He tried to bear
furrowed faces, to grave upon the all the load of governing and judging
heart of youth patriotic memories the people of Israel, but Jethro, his
that will never fade? .father-in-law showed him the folly of
his course, and urged him to throw
The published accounts of New part 0f the burden on other shoulders
York's welcome to her Twenty-sev- 'and thus save himself from nervous
enth Division and of the events in ; prostration and at the same time de
Raleigh in connection with the home- velop leadership among his people.
coming of the 113th Artillery Regi
, , ' h
ment are all the evidence we need
that something of real value to the
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nation and to the lives of its citizens
would be lost if such opportunities
for patriotic demonstration were de -
nied.
Let the boys parade! If we will
but save them from the selfishness tisans of the President say that he
that prefers their own comfort to the has more influence in Europe than in
happiness of so many, that they alone , his own country, and this is true, but
can give, they will have compensation the reason is easy enough to under
for the sacrifice now and to the last stand. He made the Senate mad be
day of their lives , cause he completely ignored it, and
And they will never cease to thank ?'hen, he urned with his papers he
us.
Interlude
Old Mothers.
I love old mothers,
white hair,
-mothers
And kindly eyes, and lips grown soft-
ly sweet,
i With murmured blessings over sleen-
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uaucSt
There is something in their quiet
grace
That speaks the calm of Sabbath nf-
ternoons;
A knowledge in their deep, unfalter -
ing eyes,
That far outreaches all philosophy.
Time, with caressing touch, about
them weaves
The silver-threaded fairy-shawl of
age,
While all the echoes of forgotten
songs
Seems joined to lend sweetness to
their speech.
Old mothers! as they pass with slow
timed step,
Their trembling hands cling gently to
youth's strength.
Sweet mothers, as they pass, one sees
again,
Old garden walks old roses and old
loves.
Charles S. Ross.
runoown.
Clouds, dimly lighted, gather!
sl owl V
The star of peace at watch above the
crest
Oh, holy, holy, holy!
We know, O Lord, so little what is
best;
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uigit-aa, c nunc mviiij ,
Rut in thy calm all-knowledge let us
rest
Oh, holy, holy, holy!
John Charles McNeil.
Press Opinion
An Unjust La'v.
M orga n t r n .W'.rs-tie ra 1 i ! .
There has been, in our opinion, a
very grave mistakes made in a law
that brings about such a result as is
reported in the following news item
from Winston-Salem, appearing in
Tuesday's daily papers:
"W. F. Davis, a carpenter by trade,
was given a term of four months on
the roads this morning in the city
court on the charge of permitting his
nine-vear-old son to become a delin-
quent. The prosecution was under
the new State law making the parent
responsible for the conduct of minor
children. After the conviction of the
-Vi - ti-na folrnn I v o viva
J1'00.'"' tand gettin into
trouble. Davis has six other children,
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but this one is the only one placed in
the unmana 'able class"
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If that report is correct, and we
have the word of a lawyer that there
is such a law as is stated, such a
state of affairs deserves serious con
sideration. It is a reversal of the old
Biblical law of the visitation of the
sins of the father upon the children.
It h an indisputable fact that some
parents are responsible for the mis
deeds of their children, because of the
training, or rather lack of training
they roee.ve, but is it not carrying
uirii':ment a step too far to make
the entire family suffer in such a v. ay
as is described above, because of the
delinquency of a minor child? The
mother and those other six children
will come in for their share of punish
ment while the father is serving the
sentence. Instead of taking such steps
as this other schools like the Jackson
Training school should be established
and these wayward boys brought
within the uplifting influence of their
training.
! Such a howl of Potest should be
made against such a law as that no
judge or jury would dare carry out
provisions
Wilson's Weakness.
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Chanty and Children,
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No matter how strong a man mav
t, r, t. v- i n -j
be he has his weak points. President
Wilson is one of the three foremost
men in all the world, but his one
weakness is his failure to take others
v,;n:., f,ir,to his confidence and thus lighten
millions of;., . , , , . , ,,
Mr. Wilson did not show the Senate
AT 1 i. a. V 't
ons'""l " 'c" en-
' In hf. shY e( , th . Sfna"
tors no consideration at all, but took
the whoe bur(len of preparing the
plan of the League of Nations, so far
!as America was concerned, upon his
own shoulders, and those of the small
group of men he had appointed and
whom he completely dominated. Par-
iuumu a suueu uimy unwilling xo ac-
icept the conditions, and 39 of whom
i pledged themselves to vote against
his plan. These men are wrong, if
,they stubbornly stand against the
proposition simply to wreak veng
eance on the President, but human
with nature is human nature any where
'and all the time. A little tact on the
Pa,"t of Mr. Wilson might have won
ja sufficient number of these stubborn
opposers to have put the matter over,
v... - -i. , v,
uut aumc utilities must, nun uc
made or the Senate will refuse to rat
if y the constitution of the League of
Nations. The selection of William
ill. Taft instead of Thomas B. Greg
'ory as the President's personal ad
visor, would have been a great stroke
A President and an Ex-President at
the peace table, in perfect harmony,
would have been a wonderful advan
tage in advancing the view point of
America with the European states
men. But nobody over there ever
heard of Gregory. Mr. Wilson should
have called an extra session of Con
gress to pass the bills that failed in
the last Congress, and he was implor
ed to do so by many of the ablest
leaders of his party, but there was
nothing doing. We have no doubt all
will end well. The League of Na
tions will be established, but with a
little more diplomacy on the part of
the President it might have been done
easier and earlier.
Will Hardly Succeed. j
Statesville Landmark.
Tiie organization in New York of
an association for the avowed "prime
purpose" of making the eighteenth
amendment to the constitution (the
prohibition amendment) "forever in-;
operative" seems absurd to most peo
ple in prohibition territory, but we
can hardly appreciate the fierce op
position to prohibition in those States
in which prohibition has not been
adopted by a vote of the people, bu
where it is to become effective
through the action of other States.1
And we of the South are a little em
barrassed in criticizing this action on
the part of the morally stunted, be
cause we have deliberately made one
amendment to the constitution inop-
erative and we can and do justify that
action as one of absolute necessity
for the preservation of our civiliza
tion. However, we do not believe the;
organization to make the prohibition
amendment inoperative will get veryj
far or amount to much except prob
ably in localities. The prohibition'
sentiment is too strong and growing
to be overcome. But naturally the:
views of the residents of the big cities'
where the opposition to prohibition
is strongest, are colored by theirj
environment, just as the view in pro:
hihition territory may be somewhat
colored bv environment.
THE FUNDAMENTAL
QUESTION TAXATION
Revaluation Act Non-Partisan and
Non-Political Guarantee Against
Excessive Increase in Taxes The
Organization for Revaluation.
By A. J. Maxwell.
None of the features of the revalu
ation act is more remarkable than the;
manner of its passage by the General j
Assembly. An ordinary revision of;
the Machinery Act for the quadren
nial assessment of real property usu
ally occupies several days of discus-i
ion in each House, ar.d generally
sharp division over some of its pro
visions. The revaluation act well:
understood to anticipate a radical de
par'uro from past practice, and an
a;:;iva:sa! of property as its actual
y.'uo was passed without an oppo
sition vote in either House, practi
rally without discussion, and without,
an amendment being offered except :
in idental ones offered by the com-,
n'ittees whhh -traro'! t1,0 hi!1. T1"1..-
s h o Wf
neces
as ro
the c
form i'
out.
Nor
The
unanimous recognition ior xne
y of the undertaking, as well
lete confidence in the work of;
imittees which had carefullyj
ted the plans for carrying it;
Partisan and Non-Political.
lanner of its passage, with,
of members of both parties.
suppor
as we.; as the provisions oi tne act,1
declare its non-partisan and non-p-,
litical airpose. It is a helpful
cation that a fundamental c.ono ie!
reform of this great impe tan-c 'an
be undertaken without p.v tisa i '1'sa
greement upon the main question or
upon the details of the measure for'
carryirg it out. The act gives ropre-
sentation to the minority party in
each county by providing that one
member of the County Board of Ap
praisers and Review shall be ap
pointed from the minority party, and
it also provides that any undue politi
cal activity by any appointee under
the act shall be cause for summary
dismissal.
Guarantee Against Excessive In
crease in Taxes.
The act carries its own specific
guarantee that its purpose is to pro
vide more equitable means of raising
revenue, and not to unduly increase
the tax burden. When real estate
was revalued in 1915 the total in
crease in valuation was 25.72 per
cent. In 1911 the increase was 32.54
per cent, and in 1907 "0.38 per cent.
These increased valuation did not re
sult in any reduction in tax rates. On
the contrary the tendency of tax rates
have unon an average during these
years been higher. The revaluation
act provides specifically that not more
than ten per cent increase in revenue
shall be raised upon the revaluation,
at actual value in 1920 than will be
raised under the old assessment this
year, by the State or by any county,
city, town or special tax district. So
the net increaFs in taxes under this
reassessment will be less than the in
crease made in any reassessment year
in twelve years.
Special Session to Fix Tax Rates.
As a further safeguard and assur
ance, it is provided that the reassess
ment, when made, shall not be used
until approved by the General Assem
bly, nor until the tax rates have been
adjusted to the new basis of valuation
as above indicated, and that the rates
when so adjusted shall in all cases
become the maximum rates until the
General Assembly authorizes an in
crease. This provision anticipates
that there will be a special session of
the General Assembly, upon call of
the Governor, about the first of July,
1920.
District Supervisors.
The State Tax Commission is to
divide the State into ten districts and
appoint a supervisor for each district.
The district supervisors will be given
employment for at least a year at a
salary of $250 per month and actual
traveling expenses, to be paid by the
State. They will be expected to give
their whole time to the work. They
will divide their time between the sev
eral counties in their districts, co
operating with the county assessing
officers. They will be the direct means
of contact between the State Commis
sion and the assessing officers, and it
will be their duty to see that the work
is being done according to law, and
according to the same interpretation
of the law, in each county, and will be
expected to determine this by specific
and detailed investigations as assess
ments are being made in the several
counties.
County Supervisors.
The State Tax Commission is to ap
point a county supervisor in each
r nifty, who is to be the executive
officer in charge of the revaluation
work. No township lines are recog
nized. All the property within a
county is to be assessed by the same
authority, under direct supervision of
the county supervisor. He appoints
his own clerks and assistants. The
compensation of county supervisor is
graduated with reference to the total
value of real and personal property
lrsted in his county, from $100 to
S2r0 per month, according to the fol
lowing schedule:
In eourties of less than $3,000,000,
$100 prr month.
Between $3,000,000 and $6,000,000,
$lo0 per month.
Between SC.000,000 and $ 10,000.000,
$200 per month.
Between $10,000,000 and $lo,000,
000, $225 per month.
Over $15,000,000, $2."0 per month.
County Board of Appraisers.
The county supervisor, or one of his
assistants, is to inspect each piece of
real property in the county, and to
require the owner to give a statement
under oath and in detail as to its
quantity, quality and value. Blank
forms for this purpose are to be fur
nished by the State Tax Commission,
and are to cover such inquiries as in
the judgment of the Commission are
necessary to disclose its real value.
These statements, when complete for
a township, are to be placed before
the County Board of Appraisers, and
it is this board which fixes the value.
The county spervisor is chairman of
this board and its two other members
are to be appointed by the Board of
County Commissioners, and confirm
ed by the State Tax Commission.
Appointments to be Made First Mon
day in April.
Appointment of district and county
supervisors is to be made by the State
Tax Commission during the months of
March and April. The Board of
County Commissioners in each county
is to appoint, at their regular meet
ing the first Monday in April, two
members of the County Board of Ap
praisers and Review, one from each
r;'i'ic"l nnrty. These appointees re
ceive jfoMo per day when the Board
is in session, and the same mileage
?s members of the Board of County
Commissioners.
Distinguished Guest.
Perhaps the most rlisti.igiM-hed
visitor our county has evei' had is
Countess Hillyar De Caen of France,
v ' o is the guest this week of Lieu
: n"nt Ralph Jordan ar.d his mother,
Airs. J. Jordan at Gulf.
It wr.s while in the aviation ser
vice at Tours that Lieutenant Jordan
met the Countess. It was here that
sue won from the American aviators
the title of "Little Mother," for most
truly has she played the part for the
past four years. She helped in so
many ways to make the hardships
easier to bear; she used her money,
opened her home to the boys, wrote
letters for them back to home folks
when they did not have time to write,
served them delicious refreshments
and made it seem as much like home
as possible. Several months ago, be
cause of strenuous work, she found
it necessary to take a rest and so
came to America. For sometime she
has been in Los Angles, Cal. When
she left France Lieutenant Jordan in
vited her to visit his parents before
returning. He did not then know
that it would be his good fortunate to
be at home when she arrived.
Since leaving Los Angles Countess
De Caen has been visiting mothers of
the aviators whom she mothered in
France. Siler City Grit.
(.Mr. Jordan is a cousin of our
townsman, J. M. Brown.)
fleers, the election of which takes
Important Expansion to Take Place
at A. & E. College.
The Executive Committee of the
Board of Trustees of the State Col
lege met at the College on Wednes
day, March 2Gth. The Committee
provided for some very important ex
pansion in the work of the College.
Among other important steps taken
was to provide for the erection of an
Agricultural Extension Building, to
cost $100,000, where the extension
forces of the College may carry on
their work. It will also provide a
home for the Experiment Station
forces. Both of these important agen
cies receive much of their support
from the United States Treasury,
either directly from the Treasury, or
as an offset from the State Treasury
in accordance with the Smith-Lever
law. The amount, something like
$240,000 dollars is appropriated an
nually to be administered by the col
lege.
iwo additional departments were
provided for, a chair of highway en
gineering and a chair of farm me
chanics. The demand for highway
engineers due to recent national leg
islation is unprecedented. State Col
lege will provide every facility for
training North Carolina young men
for this important work. The chair
of farm mechanics is also intended to
meet one of the urgent needs of the
time. The course will include thor
ough instruction in motors, tractors,
labor saving machinery, farm and
home conveniences, and many other
branches needed by the farmer who
desires to make his home comfortable
and modern.
News of the County
KIRK SCHOOL.
Mr. Charles Kirk, of Hoke countv
is spending a few days with his rJ'
ents, Mr. and Mrs. D. P. Kirk, jr
Kirk says that the Government
taken all the land around the Stat!
Sanitorium and that he and ths oth
er parties who reside in that terriw
are now looking for new location!
Mr. Kirk says the Government Agentj
stated that the land might be needed
in connection with Camp Bragg with.
in the next sixty days.
Mrs. D. P. Kirk has been on ft.
sick list for several days.
Mrs. Lawrence Burris spent the
week-end with her sister, Mrs. C. A.
Shaver.
Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Miller visited
in the home of Mr. and Mrs. ja.
Bell on last Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Spencer Efird were
guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs
Arthur Bell on last Sunday.
The teachers and pupils of the Kirk
School gave another box supper on
last Saturday night for the benefit of
the school fund. About $63.00 Was
realized from the sale of the boxes
and the voting contest. The proceeds
from the two suppers amounted to
about $85.00 and will be used to paint
the school house and improve it in
general. The teachers and young la
dies of this community are to be high
ly commended for the interest they
have taken in these suppers.
GOLD HILL ROUTE 1.
A fine shower of rain fell Thurs
day morning and all were glad to see
it.
Mr. M. L. Arey, who has been visit
ing homefolks, has returned to his
work in Baltimore, Md.
The school at Cannupp Hill closes
this week. Miss Lee Barne, of Row
an, taught the school this session.
The farmers of this section are
preparing their land for another corn
crop. Wheat is looking fine.
Private Wm. H. Wagoner, of Rich
fHd Route, 1, who has been in several
hospitals since being wounded on the
battlefields of France, Sept. 20th, has
recovered enough to come home on a
20 days' furlough to visit his father,
. A. Wagoner and other home folks.
Private Wagoner was attached to the
British Army. The first time he went
over the top was at Ypres, Ilelgium
and second time was at St. Quentin,
France. At St. Quentin he got a very
bad wound in his head and throat
with a bullet. Glad to know that Mr.
WatforT is getting along so well.
Mr. Waro.-cr says that he and Pri
vate M.ilto". Miller, of New London,
went over sea on same ship and were
wounded same day and both returned
to the U. S. on same ship, were in
the ".Oth Division and both ued to
play base hall together. When Wm.
returned home the other week his
home folks set him a nice 30th year
birthday dinner. This scribe says
these two soldier boys were lucky,
but the best luck they both had was
to get back to the good old U. S. A,
a live.
P. H. Wagoner, while visiting
his father the other Sunday had the
pleasure of meeting his cousin, W. W.
Morgan, of Kerto, Calf., and had
long talk with him. Mr. Morgan
has been out west several years. He
holds a position with an oil company.
He and wife are visiting his father,
Mr. J. N. C. Morgan, of east Rowan.
BLOOMINGTON ROUTE 6.
The farmers are preparing for an
other crop. Wheat and oats are the
finest in this community we have ever
seen for this time of the year. We
hope to have an abundant fruit crop;
it looks good so far.
You had better begin to look out
girls, we know of some new Fords
being purchased.
Rev. G. W. Stanly filled his regular
appointment at Canton last Sunday
and preached a very interesting ser
mon to a large crowd.
There were two funerals at Canton
last Sunday, a Mr. Edwards, of Albe
marle, and the infant of Mr. Luther
Hinson.
Yes, the Blue Eyed Boy lives in a
very lively neighborhood and a very
industrious one also. The people have
hog and hominy but few visitors. Pa
per and ink are too expensive to let
the public know every time we send
the kids across the road to borrow
some beans.
Yes, we guess we could tell Union
Grove correspondent something about
farming that would help him along
thro life if the craw fish would let
him put it into practice.
Come along Locust, we certainly
enjoy reading your letters. They are
always full of pep. We expect in th
near future to take a trip around the
world and get a peep at all our cor
resiondents. So wash your faces,
put on your Sunday clothes and wait
at the gate till we arrive. Be sure
not to dine till we come.
BLUE EYED BOY.
ALBEMARLE ROUTE 6.
The health of this community
good at this writing, we are glad
note.
Mr. Lonnie Smith made a pleasant
call at Mr. T. D. Kelly's last Satur
day night. ' '
Mr. N. B. Efird and son J. E. Efi
made a business trip to Concord Wed
nesday. Come on Blue Eyed Boy with your
items, we enjoy reading them.
We are pleased to know that Mr.
John A. Speight has come home fro10
the camp to stay.
MAMA'S PET.