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nheUtli ot 4ecembert ana
1 Hf jrwe boarded; thewesternt tram and
f we . traveled alongtbe i way and
orit. the rnged mountains of
- western NortH Carolina atfd then
v traveled a distance of about 00
;C milest'v When wfe "arrived "at4he
" ffreat cttj of MempbiSi Tentiff a
- distance of about 700 toiies fro'm
; Salisbury i where we met close
connection at about 5 p, m"., and
then on another roadfwe traveled
a distance: of about ' 95 miles at
our destination, viv Tutwiler,
Hiss., at about 8;30 p m.,-where
we wereme by our Mississippi
boy, Lewis Graeber, and it being
. very' cold be hurriedly taken us
' to his home where we ..we're t met
by the balance ot 4he family, viz:
his wife Neva, and little 3-year-old
boy Lewis, Jr., where 'we
found a . good comfortable roonv
and warm fire, and -after we got
kinder thawed up we spent some
"time.intalking' - and exebanginji
news an& conversation with one,
another. We re tired for the night
where it is needless for me to tell
you that weJiad yC good night's
rest after traveling the' long d is
; 'tance pf about' 80Q .miles. WeK
p'S;aJ3Wbere--'from..6-.to 8 rows
?S&tinieTd-yoki
(k" rM9 did nbttakelonffl fdf the
ii.'t'17 v.:" iaWm n "tiffsV awav and for
weeks with our ,. childreu. in Mis
sissippi, enjoying their presence,
hospitality and good living, such
- as boiled ham, Xmas turkey and
Xmas gifts and soforth and so
on. During this time Lewis
taken us around over that section,
of country, called theVdelta part
of Mississippi, which is certainly
fine and rich, indeed. We visited
the State farm and prison of
Mississippi, a body of land which
is about 19.000T acres,, all in a
body; this is where i convicts are
sent for punishment to pay the
price for violating the laws of
the land; these convicts labor on
thefarni where a jine and boun
tiful crop was raised - last year,
it being an exception as the boll
weevil was not so: bad as some
(Other years.-
Mississippi is certainly a fine
farming country, the principal
crop being the long staple cotton,
the minimum yield is about a bale
- to the acre." After, spending
'about two weeks at this place we
went aboui a hundred miles fur-
, thereto visit our cousin, C LJ
Graeber and- f amt!y, Yazoo City.
Miss , where we also had a very
interesting -and enjoyable time
for about five days, partaking of
their hospitality vand bountiful
Xmas livings" this is alsp a fine
section of country.; During our
shrot stay at his place we had
the pleasure and privilege of vis
iting and enjoying the presence
and conversation'of Mr. and Mrs.
John Ed diem an, formerly citi
zens of pur section of the coun
try, where we again in joyed a
most magnificent "dinner, and
: 'during our short stay li ere at Ihis
- pfaceit afforded us a great deal
:of -pleasure to visit an" old school
mate of "about 50 years." vizt Mrs.
Holt, who is now . ai widow and
bis. been for - years : arid h as a
; family of 10 living, children; She
r r married In 1865, -of ; at ;the close
' of - the CiviK War. Her, maiden
name, was Misa Sallie Petra,
sister df M iss Mary Bingh am of
tamedTto ohtonnd:-f amjly-at
Tutwiler;- wJiere,eVspent .a iew
nome. n Citia-XGrovi-twhere
IdeeaderJK
I orofi table and Siorable' tni??and
wiu oe urar; loogrememoep
ed byus. And notoyifriendsll
haye this to say about tsis
sippi. .,It Is certainly a'fine and
oeauuiui country, n is Bmroi
plenty a land where as i itrt-wer
th at flows with ' milk: and honey
a land where the black: man does
the work and the white man gets
the money. v-It is a- landiwbere
grasses grow and-where waters
flow; a place where a great matiy
people like to go. . It is a land
w1ierethe birds -fly high in the
bright blue sky, and wheresome
people . seem o ; think they will
nevecdiec: It is a land where the
principal crop is the long-staple
coionjf " and ; the " money - th at i t
riogsishardlv, ever forgotten.
tt ia.ja land where nine tenths of
'the., population is ' the colored
aian;.an.d' where. the white people
do:"the nigger4 "for - all they can
ftis a. place. where the farming is
done principally 'by the colored
race, and where the white wo-
men never; forget to powder. their
face." It is aland-where the soil
is tilled by the long eared -mule,
-and where the black man strictly
rule, vi cqnsiaec ississinp t as
and where the most people make
their- money- their godr It is a
fand where the soil is as dark .as
your old black 'hat,, and where
occasion ally you get to hear of a
wild cat. It is a place where the
people are very fond of silk neck
ties, but they never get to see
any Mississippi pies. It is a
land where turkeys gobble, and
where chickens "crow: a land
where they very seldom have any
snow. Ana now me nouaays are
over and according to the rules
the children have again taken
their places in the public
schools!"
And now, by the way, the tur
keys that have survived the war,
are ntNCrejoicing over the fact.
and holding services over thanks
giving for the wonderful escape
that they made during the war
that existed between the turks
and the white people of Missis
sippi during the Xmas holidays.
They are now enjoying peace,
harmony and prosperity and. are
feeling perfectly safe for another
year, which is the average life of
a turkey.
And now tOLtnake a long storyJ
short, I will close by thanking
yon all-in- advance, vt-puld thank
the publisher f or - giving us room
in his paper and would also thank
tbeireaders. wherever he or she
may be for the perusal of -the
same.-- ' . - - r'-
Very respectfully submitted, -
Jan. 18, 1918. f H. T. Gr AijBRit.
Wisan's History Sssliiju- .
There will, be a :- meeting of
the, "Woman's Missionary
Socie y of St -Mark!s.ich urch
Sii tiday morning ; af ter S un-
day school; s 1 "
Arrangements 1 will be
made atthis meeting f or ths
observance of thet- week r,"of
prayer .which will be th e 1 ast
week "Jn February.- A fall
attendance is desired; - ' i
V ; - 'Mes. AV, C rJTOBr
aayimore wu.n our. cauyrpa, wc
then v retwhed" "ta'otir 'sfodd. old
tnerei$ oneo gooo lisuppose
it is:bec&use it is home, to us if if
4- AlkV
caiism tbo?!B Who: rwlsh ttlJ
. . ' - ' ,
ana actnauytcii-tagetiDrfBy;
L&el-roQna nog na& accomp
lieheiT In a;f w! short -: dayff
mortUan aTgrea't' army. "
tjoVj-Bays It wi a raw be
nog beat Jasotic .jwtTwid;
since the two canU rtay Voul?
we8Ve llttle'if 'the tatterbnf
the stresthese daysT
7 i v , '
rnptijre, hasetaTnllid
rancu Improvea. - -v.--
1 w. . Kanar,(Is and MissJPoiL.isthe
The many friends of lIonHB?
Theo F KTuttz, irho has, bhJPr11 sm?
kei)tathomern '. Salislmrv":
te glad to learn-that he wa$l
aui ki o upauu auouc me
T " rf ..
Mrs M J Grahim is Bpen&yas'toaS
ing several days in Salisbury
K A Shi nn is In Concord f.
toaay,ior me purpose .oi - a p
pwaringDeiore naDarro8 -
Roke M Earnhardt, who
baa been kept at homn eine
November wit h" rheumat ism f
is able to be bnt bnt has not
yet resumed his work as mail
carrier. I r
The Ed u a Means Company
another of the Redpafh Ly
ceum courses to play hern," is
billed for the evening of
rneeday, Feburary 12th. .
A chickeu stew took place
some where in China ttrovw
last evening, there being ftur-
teen young
people - present
who disposed of the paid
chickens. Other delicacies
were eerVt-i and"ali enjoyed
the evening. '
J A Blackwelder. waa a
Salisbury visitor yesterday.
Curtis Postou, son of W F
Poston, who joined theCoast
Artillery ver vice and is now
in France, reports that, hn is
getting along fine. Another
eon Kloyd is, with the
army in Texas,, but. he don!n
like the j e h. .. ' '
JBorji to Mr and Mrs F L
Campbell, ai son, Wednesday
night. . I
Miss Florence EddIeman
left Thursday for Lexington
to visit her sis.teri;, MrrR! L
McGrary.
The many friends here of
Mr and ivrrs. Qh'arles J - Kirn
ball of Columbia fare pained
to learn that" their, eon Ohas;
Jr.,- has ' epinaPmenigitis -
recefyed thai h$ ihowed a. lit
tie improvement. ;
Gnafles;Cline of; Colombia
fajd China 1 Grove "a'flying
ris t yesterday " , 7. '
JL A-TLent2 rA of Salisbury
was a; China' Grove ;? witor
m.J"-l V- "t ts -
- JS" ViThrv t,vrrm a:i&M SJTtio'ta.k.: in-
W V- ..r ' . ; . .
i Mfliin "-ivon to TX7 iTrr-Tnair msinv
, . Wh0rcwe went out onthe
ftralirfcOranite ,Quawy wemet
i Mr and mfH Jwhn McOall -; and
t-fthejr Iltjfe daifghWr Mlnnia goi
? WXatbec, jb r.yerr
thad4ralnoitfsr 'towafds
tadjq T6emarle: I?eburary
' JamefJiitshie"w has" been
so err 9w is abie;to be ;np and
at home so theoV
3? y roads and .he
?3fVf " " r- T;
rpv ,tCA.ifiF d s't la rain-
riniTHIiriM IIH'T.llHrH HII VV HI II
L?? :Ht .aade juppearance
set.r i,-; w-x' LV-, .-:
J is.aromsr to sell his
cMrnimiMomDieteiintufc ready
ieTgtfW' c5rn-whenist;uppa J
LiiasteMm& - r;
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go& tdJttt six cent stamp. All
of thfel fliers sent ' stamps r and
Mr and Mrs William snd Ms
J 4. Peeler have gdne over rtp
M u rvay Peeler 's to attend the
meiti the Ladie's Aid -So:
cie tjiElf 5 evenin and takers u p
per with .the members of -which
they helong.to raise money for
benefit of the society,, or mission
money. . - V- ; lV -
Here is a letter I ram a little
girl at Barber N O, . Routed,
well Venus I am a little""' girl; 14
years Old and I read the; paper
and love to readthe Faith items.
-Faith .must be a great place.
My grand mother is 80 years': old
and she has a snuff box her r sod
in - la Wi gave her eighteen-years
ago and it is good yet Can
yon beat that for and old snuff
box? - - - '
Catarrhal Deafness Cannot bo Cared :
' By local applicat ton sK as ,tbey
cannot reach the diseased .ppr
iion of theear There is only one
way to cure catarrhal deafness,
and that is by a constitutional re
medy.' Catarbal" Deafness' is
caused, by an io flamed condition
ot the mucous Unntng, . . of -the
Eustachian Tnbe. When .this
tube i inflamed you have a rum
! Ul.'nrr aj-n n1 crnw 4 trt noflort-'.Kao
ing and" when ifr is ntirley closed
Deafness is the- result: ? Unless
j - aid this -tube restored; tQh,rar
-fmal condition, bearing". wlll :he
destroyed for ever. -Manycasea
of deaf nesa are --caused byi ca-
tarrh'wlrich is an ioflamedcmr-
d it ion of the mucous surfaces
Hall's Catarrh , medicine acts
thru the blood v,onthC mTJcous,
surfaces .of the sy steni
-"'Wetwillirive Qa& Hundred
Dbllarshf or a;ny case ot". ,Catrh
Jjea,fnessthat,cannothe cur en
bvHaU-s Catarrh- : Medicine.
Circulars free; Allf Druggists
' " "F J Cheney "& .CbToIsdo;
jt. W- -th 1 Zi 'aH iTl10? hve'retdriied today
Mrs.w A JilacK welder ofj- a , -Xu"
Balisburv; spentseyeraUdays
Jiere. yisxting? her i daushter,
will take thec ""ijositioii "formerlv
hlloT byTJarl Pox as nighr&re-
man of $oe UHian Knittincr Mill.
tw -ijrooa nigat twno nay . oeexi
4WormVnr everincevit starts
ed ha. resigned jand r accepted
the7 position -as "superintendent
o,ihe Carthage'HQisef Hill at
Carjthage iMrJ6x has' accepted
th position of day forerxaan ya-
citfed by Mr-Goodnighi.
Br.iRitaia Bays totuHw-latJKst';
vTlie Ohrna Grove Hardware Co,
a joint" stock company owned prin;
ctpally- by Concord , parties; has
changed hands, M L Rifehie. oi
this place, -who has rbeensecre
tary and .treasurer, ever since
its organization has' secured - the
controlling interest -and' will
continue. the business at - the
same place ands in'-iV the J- sanftf
name, . ' - -. V - --
If Isa Yea flaro Cei , '
It is when yott h ava a severe
cdtditn at vyoii apprceiate thi gocki
qualities of Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy. ' j Sirs. Fank Crocker
PanarJlLf writes: ' . 'Our . five!
year pld son Paul caught a severe
cold last. Winter that' settled on
his lungs and he had terrible
couglung spells. We were, great
lJeorriedabout him aslthe med
ici?5 A'1 ot help
him; ifthe least; T; A?neighbor
spke so higWyhtamhrlats
Couh.temerrhil:.! ro-Af ihWc
:TOm4o2mT2ch 2&ferftiinA
faL Crier HI. . k
Prof i iB M Grier;; superinten
dent of the China Grove public
schools, lpemg ill wentr T home
Tuesday, and suffqring an ai-
t&c of appendicitis, he WaV
.taken to a hospital in Charlotte
where hel was operated upon
y esterday I It is reported that
he stocd the operation well and
has every prospect 0:? an early
recovery,. ; -
Certain articles of diet tend to
check the movement of the: bow
els. ; ; TJtte .mos t common of these
are cheesef tea and fbolled milk;
yo tne otner nana, . raw yruits,
espesiaily apples and banannas
also graham bread and Iwho'e
1. A. 1 n' ' - -
wneat Dreaa promote a - move
ment of the bowels. When the
bowels are badry " constipated,
however j the sure way is to take
one or two of Chamberlain's Tab
lets immediately after supper.
Th8 Ladies' Aid Society. "
The regalar monthly meet
ing of the Ladie-s Aid ; Sor
ciety 'oi, Mark's -"chuchT
wiHrbe held a the home of
Mrs A W Winecoff on - Tues
ay afternoon of the 12th.
-This wiU b3a.very import
ant, meeting. The old church
earpeVwill be loceked x:. over,
and-will likely be "put on sale
afterjthls meeting It is re
p;iested thafcivery " r member
be presented alsonyjmem
ber of fhe Qingregation : who
would llkefto see. the:carpet
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Misses BulhVand" Eveljrn
from Concorde where;!they ats
tended J a; Salem "J Llamnae
.Take no chancea this year. Get
the best j most virlltf and effectiTCt
inoculating a bacterial culture :
iium vue ixorwi vaxouna riepart-: .
inent ofj " Agriculture v f or ' 7 yonr r
XY:i-, -'v-.v . x
spriag and summer legume crops,
clovers, alfalfa,' peastr- bean and
other legumes. . v : " i fv,
Tulverized limestone ii recor- " --'
nized'as one of , the most essential . S ' :
factors in economic crop 'prod uc- 7 V
tion : inS-NortK v-6arblina. The . r'
farmers of this State hare a lime-- V
stone puiyerizingrplaut in East , , - J .
Tennessee that will soon be-read- Jif-J
to ship high grade fpulre'rued I j;
stone into North Carolina at cost. - " .
1 ; W A. Graham, . , : -
Ckjmmtssibner'of'Agricttlturei
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Sswal Bnndrgj Dn Gsraan .Pilsii:rj ta
Tl:Ir Way. V
:AfiatitlcPortI
iral hnndrid German prieon ,
ra frojai:the Phllipfnes , hy, - -
irrirtfd Here byrsea enronte, y.?.
o HotlSpriogs, North Caro -
4nafprafe:keeepnfirAt de; . - .
vtenflbn'carnP where t her-pops -
alation'twill be increased to
iboat00Oby;fhe Edition
)f' these men.
If people past sixty years of -
age cdnld be periuaded to go W
bed as soon .as' thejrtake V cold " V - .
jLTin wsmn.in.in - KMt -frti - tvnmi fri-mi : -v . .-
TOay, iney,wouiarecov; : rs i - ' ;:. '
mcnmor'aufclr3vJir v
tlre"Qhaja :sitL ;
diseasfar'''
London, Feb. 8. Tha cor
respondent of the Associated
Press; at an v Irish vport Veay
8ur vivprs , of the Tusoania ,
were greatly relieved to here:
of , the safe arrival elsewhere ' .
ingtqncommahderpf a cqni "
tihgj&nti on :th.8toamer;an
hundreds of American iroopa
board,. the ; correspondent : -says,
weie Mrs." Collins, and
Mrs, Larson , ahicf - these went
down a. rope to a lif e boat. , '
The former said 'when the "
boat left : the nscania many
troops had ' been thrown-oat
in lowering the next boat.
"We .were immediately surr
oundedby men in the , icy
water wearing lif e elti.
We had only two men in oar
boat who could manage the
oars. They did their best and . ;
as we came across Bwimmlng
and floating menwc gathered
them in our boat rioon the
boa t was full and , witne!3d
many disresking scenes."
said Mrs. Collin, -"venfually
we got on board a Idestroyer, '
'she said,-"and ;;! don't ro-
member a harder bit of work? "
a soldier wno eara Mra.7
Collins-tell her' atory ;dld:
r'Yesna yoa -dta a much
as: the best man in the, would -if
could: haTedanlIr laVC
your boat and saw yon' ril
Complete retnrnt will BhowV "S, "
the number' o;, dead to bel 'i-"
Ann it... An- ' : - c ." '
fylili kZtl-T A full ; line of 'T. w, ;
- ooa 's gfaraen seeas at-r , vy.
-Bosf!
..4: & ii - &
3. Call , early r make good ( - r f
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6? Xhfo towu, and also a full sister
l : - ;: . ReclSeo,
Wednesdaylf;
jwrsiiODeru.xoBiv
meeting.
selection.
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