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HJZIANNE coffee Wm DRctlu & Co Inc New Orleans Qe A S4 NTKft - If irtcr nmg fmr eimtmtt of I r tccardmt n dlrvrtront. f mi .r. fNtf Mlt.nM rTf rj rpi1. your freer r ih pw lor ft. rtll ralairf tm i .of it?" asked Melindy, "you used toj ' it-11 when we was a conrtin' Ih-t I: was sweet enough lo cat." "I know." j snarled Uncle Ben." and I've heen darned sorry ever since ihat 1 didn't , oat yer at l he lime." Ben's dodge was not quirk rnouch. and the mirk "I see that Wilson ha kicked out iMoie-wood gave him a black eye was MOONSHINE BY THE IXNOCKNT ABROAD. the Secretary of State. Mr. Lansing. read Untie lien. "So 1 see." said Aunt Melindy. II: Cabinet seems to be like the kitchen cabinet you bought from the Mail Order people, there ain't nothin' in it is tils the way I oaut it. I guess that's the way with i hem. None of them do as he wants ihem to." "What's the matter with our two from .North Carolina?" grin ned Beu. Tm Mire a coin' to taise me some flowers this summer" said Uncle lien. "I'm goin" to lw the front gardeu up as soon as it's linen." "Flower, eh." yelled Meliiidy, "you're wrong again. It's Hour jou're goin' to be a raisin. Never you mind the front yard. Yon never thought of that un til some of our good for nothin' neighbors put that in our head. I'll do the flower raisin' and you'll 'tend to the corn and cotton, seel" lien to his Banjo: "1 like to have some posies growiu' All around (he yard. t The swiftness seems to cheer me up When I've been workiu' hard. I like to watch the roses grow, While rest in' of my bones 1 I like to have some violets To give to Wid " Ben's song met its usual fate. It died "unhonored and unsung" and Ben took the back fence at m bound as his wife appeared flourishing the buggy whip. " iolels, indeed, she snorted. "I'll violet you. It'll be vi- lence not vi'leis. I guess. You low ' down hound, you!" i I see that neighbor Brown is dead." said I'ncle lien. "I'm goin' around to the house to set up wiih the corpse to-night." "Don't you think itl" said Melindy. "I'll make you set up all right. In fact, I'll make you do all the seltiu up right lure. I'll go and set up myself. You will just sly at home and feed the chickens and the horses, and do the milkiii' and feed the cows; see that the hogs gel their slop; cut the wood and carry it in! Ileal some water to scrub the kitchen. :ind bring In a collide of buckets for dt inkln': throw- out some lime around the house, and mend the front fence; put a new plank in the porch and if there's any thing else to do I'll think of it while I'm a dressin' to go down and see poor Mrs. Brown." "Gosh, all hem lock! Write it down. What an ele gant How of language you have Me lindy." "That was a tine casket, they" bur ied Brown in" said I'ncle Ben. "Yes." said .Melind. "and if I were lo die 1 I jou'd put me in a cheap coffin. The women are much better about that than the men " "Don't you be lieve nothing like thai, Melindy. I'tt have ou embalmed, cremated ami buried in a steel vault, and I'd put n marble slab on the lop or your grave. I would not take any chances at all. ' No siree, not a chance." Ben's bolt for the door was not quite iuick enough; for Ihe poker look him In i the short ribs as he went out. "No chances indeed! 1 nin'l a giwn' you j any chances. I'm n si ay in light wld you my friend. Yes, I'll giv you Ihe , pain-killer, and that's not all you'll j need either if jer don't improve your ways, "Melindy roared at him. that he was glad that church closed on accouni of the "flu. I'oMnm-ter KvaiiiiiiMtioti. To the Editor of The Journal: At the request of Ihe Bosi master Gen eral Ihe I' tilted Slate Civil Service Commision has announced cn ex amination to be held al Monroe, N. C, on March 17, 1920. for Ihe iosilfoii . of iKist master at Waxhaw, X. C. This ottice has au annual compensation of; II loo. j To be eligible for this examination .in applicant must be a citizen of Ihe I'uited Slates, must actually reside within Ihe delivery of Ihe office and' have so resided at the time ihe pres-' out vacancy occurred. i Applicants must have reached their i twenty-first but not their sixiy-tifth1 birthday on the date of the examina tion. Application form 224 1 and full In formation concerning Ihe require ments of Ihe examination may be se cured from ihe postmaster at the place of vacancy or from the Civil : Service Commission. Washington. D. i C. Applications should be proer;y executed and filed with the Commis sion al Washington. D. C. in lime arrange for the examination of the 'applicant. J. W. McCain. P. M SAFETY BLOCK KHAKI PANTS and COVERALLS art' Union M;ul thy wo.ir like a pine rtxit ors nose and are eom-for-tahle. CROWELL'S VARIETY STORE ix Tin; rp-Towx district COBLES CASH GARAGE FORD REPAIRING A SPECIALITY. Next to Baptist Church. FISK TIRES. FORD PARTS. to -A iia Ttie SIKES Co. KMX'l T(U'S .VOTICK. Having this day qualified as exe- tutor of ihe last will and testament'' of Arthur M. Medliii, deceased, late) of ihe county of I'niou and State of, North Carolina, notice is hereby given to all persons holding claims against jj said estate to exhibit them to the , undersigned at his home in Monroe 1 township, duly authenticated, on or ' before Ihe 19th day of February. A.!. D . 1321. or this notice will be pled ' in bar of their right of recovery. I'er- j sous indebted lo said estate will.' please see me at once and make sol-;' Dement. This February 19, 1920. i! I.. W. MKDI.IN. Kxeculor j of Arthur M. Medliu, deceased. 't Stack. Barker k Cr;ig. Ally's. s.ii.k of tmki:k city lots. ; I'mler and by virtue of Chapter . ,"17 of the Public Laws of North Car olina, Session lfOT, the County Com-, missioiiers of I'nion couiny w ill offer tor sale at public auction to the high est bidder for cash at the court house doro in Monroe, N. C. al 12 o'clock, on Siiliiidiiy, the (till Day of .March, described and designated as Lots Nos. 10. 1 1 and 15 of Block One of Wilgor Heights, or the County Home proper ty . w Im h said lots lie on Ihe west side of (lie Grirtith road, lots 10 and 11 fronting 50 feel on said road and lot Nil. la facing Charleston St. and ly in' in the rer of lot No. 11. See map in the office of Register of Deeds for I'nion county for a more particular description. Done by order of the Board of County Commissioners of I'nion coun ty in regular session Feb. 2, 12. A. A. SECI1KST. Chairman Board of Counly Commissioners of I'nion County. Splendid assortments Horses, Mules, Buggies Wagons and Harness. Any day in the year. Blacksmith, Harness and Machine Shops I The SIKES Co. Charred with havine atienibted tol Guest "Waiter, this ateak Is like iM-inir ahnnt ri inlinnnrnhle neace. leather and the knife is dull." Josenh Calllaux. former Dremler. isi Walter "You might strop the on trial for his life. j knife on the steak. "I see in The Journal where it says that they need a lot of Melindys down M: I O....I,.rd ...' f t-i ttixl T'llMn , ... .. i. I..... l,n.eA i lieu. 1 call I see wn. urn m-, it- r got old women there that can't make rood in the army. Bui perhaps they vould do belter with a mil in pint than Ihev can w ith n muskii." laugh ed Melindy. "You tell il' (.'tinned I'ncle Ben, "Perhaps they're i:l; me, don't like to do anything but siiig." Ben to his Banjo: I'm not afraid of bayonets Of bullets or of shot I'm not afraid of poison-gas Of grenades or what not. I'd like to wear a uniform With Spurs on great bin boots But I nm surely scared to death I'd have to give salutes. But if I joined I'd work co hard That I'd make good yon see, And then you know the other chap i Would be salutin' me! "Get out of here," roared Melindy. i 'and put that banjo away; Y'ou'rei Just like a lot of other idiots, au; the salutin' you'd do would be takin' off your hat with a flourish to some fool gal. you don t even Know: un. i tel yer!" Ben Got. 1 see there's a law closin' up most evervthini on account of this here i flu.' " said Uncle Ben. "but I notice there la one place that it seems to me that needs closing badly, that they don't even close for the nu . "What's that?" asked Melindy. "Your month." retorted Uncle Ben i-ettins. out the door so quickly that the sad iron did nothing but cut olT a piere of the calender that was hanging there. "Doggone it!" said Melindy, I must be a eettin' old, lo be a mis- sin' like that." "I notice the women of Monroe are very thoughtful for ihe county at large. I see lhal they are always meetin' and studyin' the bridge ques tion," said I'ncle Ben, "goodness knows we need the bridges bad enough." "Oh! you poor fool," laugh ed Melindy, "that's got nothin' to do with real bridges. That's a game you play with sure enough cyards. Not like the 'Hook' I was a tellin'i yer about." "Do tell," said Ben, "I see the church members plays 'Rook' and the others Bridges That's It, l it. I'd like to learn that game about ; the Bridges." "Never you mind now," , said Melindy. "That reminds me you can go and put a fresh plank In the culvert down by the gate. It needs it." . I "I am alwsys a readln' in the paper ! that some one Is enjoying good health." said Fnrle Ben. "Of courae. j they are." said Metindy. "who everj heered tell of a man who was 'enjoy- In' bad health. These here newspa-1 per men are as had as the rest ofi us, when it comes to wrliln'.". I t "I heered a feller say just now that his sweetheart was sweet enough fo eat," said Uncle Ben.- "Well what NOTICK OF AD.MINISTKATIOX. Having this day qualified as Ad ministratrix of ihe estate of H. A. Shepherd, deceased, notice is hereby gien to all persons holding claims against said estate to present them to Ihe undersigned, duly authenticated, on or before ihe 14th day of February D. 1!I21, or this notice will be pled in bar of their right of recovery. All persons Indebted lo said estate Iwiil please make prempt settlement. This February 10. I!i2. (MBS. I MAGGIH SIIKPHERD, . i Administratrix H. A. Shepherd, deed. ! John C. Sikes, Ally. McCOLLUM BROTHERS Headquarters for YOUR NEEDS in . GROCERIES. We have the goods and appreciate your patronage. We Make FRUITS and COUNTRY PRODUCE a Specialty. Phone us your orders. Phone No. 474. 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