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THE UNION COUNTY PAPER EVERYBODY READS IT 'IT. 1HE 'THE i'NION COUNTY PAPER EVERYBODY N D3 IT" Monroe journ. PUBLISHED TWICE EACH WEEK TUESDAY AND FRIDAY A II 1 VOL 26. No. 92. MONROE, N. C, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1920. $2.00 PER YEAR CASH COMMANDER R. S. HOWIE GETS LETTER FROM FRANCE Mr. Frank ArnillrM Recalls Anitislng Incident I'tMH-rmliiK Xtrted Confederate Forager. VIEWS AND news OF IXTFKF.ST "The wrecking of the old Armfleld-' Laney building on Haynes street r minds me of an amusing incident that occurred when I iras a boy of 12 years." said Mr. Frank Armfleld. of Concord, while here on business yesterday. "It happened one aftr noon." he continued, "when I was alone in my father's store. It was filling the summer time when most of the other employees were occupied with farm work. Husiness was very dull. Not once had I waited on a customer that afternoon, and time was hanging heavy on my hands. I read every catalogue, old papers, and almanacs in the store; and at loss as to means to amuse myself I determ ined to make a little experiment in pshyeology, to see how many men would overlook an opportunity. Ex 1 1 acting from my pocket a livo dollar Confederate bill which had become worn and dirty from loo much hand ling, I threw it out on the middle of tlie si le-walk, and proceeded to watch lite t:-li;uicnls. Thirteen men, by actual count, passed that bill without seeing it. Then along came the late Hill rulderwood. who was a noted forager during the Civil War. and who was reputed to still possess the attributes of one, havliiK the habit of staring at the ground as he walk ed instead of holding his heart high in the air like most men. From his demeanor I saw that he had diseover- ed the bill before he came within ten feet of the store. He slowed his pace, and stopped right in front of the bill, which looked like Pennine American money. However, instead of reach ing tor his find, he pufled out his handkerchief, blew his nose, then dropcl it. The handkerchief fell on top of the bill. With a quick motion, ho recovered it along with the bill, which was stuck among the folds of the cloth. He didn't stop to examine the bill, but walked hastily away. I followed him. When he reached the rear of Flow's store, he stopped, and extracted the bill front his pocket. It doesn't lake a Confederate soldier lone to identify the coin of his old country. I hurried away, listening to the refrain of expressions of an outraged man." Commander Howie Hears From Ills Old French Girl. Pining the war, while stationed near Talis, Mr. Kobert S. Howie, commander of the .Melvin lees. post of the American Legion, made the acijuaintauce of a joi.ng French mademoiselle, who took much inter est in tlio American sold'cr from ftu away North Carolina. From his con versation she lea-ued that he mid offices in the sumo building with the firm ot J. M. Pauley a Sons. Fol low in., i he signing of the annistle, nnd alter Mr. Howie had roturm-1 to lii home, tbe French gill wiote many letters, all of which were un answered because Future had lost its charms for Commander Howie. Hut not to bo daunted, and thinking. It strange that the gallant American . soldier had not replied to her com munications, she wrote to J. M. Fair ley & Sons to ascertain the causae of il'r. Howie's silence. The letter, which was received here last week, contained many enquiries as to the healiu of the young man In question, and ended with tlio request to the Messis. Fali'leys" lo see If the post- ' man. was not destroying her letters. Mr. Howie now toils that be will have to wtite the young lady. Advocates County High School. The establishment of a big county high school, in which agiiculture, domestic science, aud pedagogy, In addition to the regular courses, would be taught, appeals to Mr. J. E. Stew art, il ;uty clerk of court. Tuition would be free, and board would be furnished at actual co.it, the school to be under the control and manage ment ot the county board or educa tion, A bin saving would be affected for the citizens of the county, who are U reed to send their children nil to boarding schools after they enm ' plote grammar school work, believes Mr. Stewart. There Is a large Fed eral appropriations for schools of this s.'it, it is understood. Itig lotion Mill M.iii Wit Once H Clock I'eddler. Th" news of the desperate illness of Co". C. H. Armstrong, of Gastonia, who i- head of ihe largest chain of mills i i the South, is a source of re gret i i many Monroe men who are arqi!,.'i:t d with the Colonel. Col. Armstrong started in life as a clock f pedlar. Itok on Christmas Present. F.dward Hole, former editor of the Ladles Home Journal, who was quot ed In this department last week, has a new system ot Christmas giving, which he Intends to tine himself this year and which he aho suggests for use to his friends. To each one with whom In the past he has exchanged gifts, he is now sending the follow ing card: "Instead of sending you a Christ- mas gift this year I am giving Its money equivalent to Mr. Herbert Hoover to send to the starving and clotheless children of Europe. Won't you kindly do the same if you have It in mind, as In previous year, to send OYF.H THHKE TIIUVSAXO TOTS A1GFJ TO 8TATK ApMnt lor Aid fur Starving Children of I lie Xettr Kat It Meeting With Good Itopoiise. An appeal from the North Caro lina Committee of the Near Relief has been scattered broadcast through this State aud It is a cheerful sight to see how many of the people are responding to the cry for aid for the hungry and homeless Armenians and Syrians who are waiting for North Carolinians to set their table. This advance drive comes at an op portune time a time when the giver feels like giving and when the needy can be cheered most and Chairman Bellamy is highly gratified with the holiday response. The Christmas offering, however, will feed only a few of the 3,334 who are waiting for North Carolina to set their table. TL big drive must fol low and it is this drive that will tell whether all will be provided for at the Trebi2ond Orphanage. Here Are Jus u Few f the Sad Mes Nitiie from their Lund. "Tens of thousands of refugees from zone of operations. The situa tion now doiibty acute. Can you do anything to help in matter of food supplies." -Yai row. "Repatriation movement has col lapsed. l'i ',,.!, !,..,, u inter in Mosul region. Suggest we take over one block of I'nimii. s ithey are- rem nants of the old Assyrian race, Cris tians who were driven from their homes in 1918 (."Thrasher. "Heavy taxes levied by nationalists on all Christians will not be easy to to bear and will prevent them from contributing anything to the support of their dependents, and It will be very necessary for us to make up Ihe deficiency." Coombs. These are only a handful of the numerous reasons why North Caro linans must feed the 3,334 tots as signed to the State y the National Committee of the Near Fast Relief. North Carolina helped the starving children last year and tbe same i portunity Is again- offered to us. The Christinas appeal should not go un noticed at a time when a little life can be saved. It may be too late after somo lit tle child h.n perished by the wayside. Are You Tired of Drives? This is a serious question. Are the Armenian children tired of starving.' Are the homeless tots tired of persecution at the hands of the Turks? Are the ragged orphans tired of going without clothing? Are the hungry children tired of begging for something to eat? Are we North Carolinans tired of pleasure, tired of lolly, tired of the luxuries of life? What more could the hunry tots ark of us than a few morsels of bread nnd just enough bread to hope flu life. Chairmen let's get together In be half of i Just and Christian cause before it is to-i late. Let's plvwue for u real blos.ing. The children V:e v. .ili!.ig for us lo set (heir table. Should Highway Bill Pass, This County to Get $750,000 Highway Would Also Be Strong Likelihood of Us Getting $2, 000.000 Worth or More of Hard-Surfaced Roads, Says Mr. F. C. Henderson Should the proposed highway bill pass at the next session of tbe Gen eral Assembly this county would be come the immediate beneficiary of a seven hundred and fifty thousand dol lar hard-surfaced road, and later on there would be a possibility of se curing over 12,000,000 worth more of hard -surfacing, according to Mr. State to Maiiiiain Highways. "The new bill will require the State to immediately take over the maintenance of every mile of the 3,500 miles suggested for the State highway system. Provision will b made for patiolling these roads aud for repairing them immediately after the damage is done either by rains Concluded on Page 8. Ill M.-mny of John ;,. ' 1 To the Ed in of The .; -nal: An all wine Co ', in his ii.;. e wis dom has seen lit to send .1 our mids! nnd clalt.i our friend ,' 't on December 1. l!i:0. In enlmne- . the lpght we were hushed by i, v ilee, which cii'.te In the home of Mis. J. V. Meillin, nt-.d life was gone fro,.i our loveit one. It inry je what W;j say or what we think i.iay not mid to his pcaceiul rest or contribute i.reat er repose to his eternal ideep. T'of somehow and in some mysterious way, v.e feel that the stiil and silent fofin molding away in the church yard plot, would rest better mid we are moved resigned to fate of the dead, if after he Is gone Lr kind hearts and loving lips recall his livliur face and speak words of praise and friendship lor the virtures which he irirsescti. It teems but yester day he was with us; today he has gone lo his last ristfiig place. Covered with the cold clo.U surrounded by a silence that is eternal. He has left the warm arid general spheres of life, and gone to mix forever with the elements nnd to be a brother In the city of the dead. Such Is the sad f ile of John for a little while with us, and then the number of his days are. ended; the silver cord is broken and he Is carried out by his loved ones to dwell In the city iif the dead. I am sure that he for whom this i-ketch is written knew Hint when he was gone, we, bis relatives and friends would not. forget; he knew wo would keep his memory s.icred and reonre and that In warm hearts and living minds wou'd continually dwe'l kind thntiirhts of h'ei fresh nnd sweet, until ope by oin. cb;. iro to lay down with him in the silent hi'll of death. Tis sketch would he inrompb'tp did we foriret the gloiious hopes of him. May we live so (me tlint some lime we may greet each other ever there in the land of dow ers anil w here tretible comes no more. John thou has left us. Here thou loss we tVcply feel, but God thai hast bereft us; he can all our sorrows heal. Teac-frd be thy sile-.it slumber. Peaceful In thy grave so low thou no more wilt Join our number; thon no more, our sones shall know. Yet again we hope to meet thee; when the day of life Is fled then In heaven with Joy to greet thee, where no farewell tears Is shed. His little friends. Owecle and Lucille Helms, 14 Sou(,h Brevard. Charlotte, N. C. Give undivided service or none. Imitation goods give Imitation re sults. Ask the man with a wooden leg. F. G. Henderson, a member of the or through anv other aeeucv. The executive committee of the Citizens' j officials in charge of every road sec Road Association.- Ition will be held directly responsible The highway bill provides for thfr the maintenance of every mile of expenditure of 140,0u0,0u0 over a( his road, and the failure to do this period of twenty years for Ihe con-1 will be the cause for his immediate struction and maintenance of 3500 ! dismissal from the service, miles of haid-surfaeed highways. I "With the expenditure of this Twenty millions of this sum would ' money for road maintenance and of be realized from the sale of bonds, I the other funds for the eonstrue wbile an ad volorum tax of five uon or new roads, it will be pos cents on the hundred dollars would ; nible in less than a decade for a man amount to approximately a million to leave the mountain counties of and a half dollars a year, and a I the west and travel clean across the tax of one cent a gallon on gasoline State to the sea-shore on the east would also return five hundred thou-! without having to traverse other than sand dollars every twelve months. J a well-constructed and perfectly Automobiles taxes would be used for i maint ,ied road all the way. Such a maintenance. system would open up the great Would Cost County $5lMUMM. mountain counties to the oi h r sec- The cost of the huge project to this lions of the Suite and would enable county would be about five hundred ; the people of the east to get to these thousand dollars with twenty years, beautiful mountain counties. The jto pay. The ad vo'orum tax would .adoption of such a program, it is con jcost the county about fifteen thou- ndentiy believed would result in giv Isand a year, while interest and slnk-jinK North Carolina one of the best tug tunil tor tlie retirement ot I he system of roads to be found any twenty million bond Issue would cost j where In the country." us around two hundred thousand, i ,. , ... , , However, details of the bill are How I nion Would Benefit, more accurately set forth In the fol- "The purpose of the bill." said Mr. lowing ltab Igh dispatch: I Henderson to The Journal, "is to "The bill to be presented to the connect county seat wilh county seat, legislature some time early In the This means that Union county, owing session, will embrace the following Ho ls peculiar location, will get a Ideas for raising the money: j hard-surfaced road between Monroe "1. 'Federal aid money. $2,500.-' "d Charlotte, or that part of the 000 annually: 2. 5o property lax, I Wilmington to Charlotte highway; $1,500,0110 annually; 3. lc tax on ; and later on. at least one, possibly gasoline, $500,000 annually; 4, State nil, of the following roads will be bond issue, $4,000,000 ' annually; ; hard-surfaced and maintained by the total, $8,500,000 annually. ' ; State: Lancaster road, 20 miles; "This schedule does not take Into Concord road. 16 miles; Morgan Mill consideration Ihe million and a half r,,od to Albemarle, 16 miles; and the dollars that will be collected from an- load to the Chesterfield county line, lomoblle license sales during the about 16 miles. coming year for it is the question i "As the cost of hard-surfacing is of this joint committee that thUi about thirty thousand dollars a mile, money shall be used strictly for main-' ,ne Wilmington to Cbarlotta high-tenancc- Every hare man In ,ntihwuy through this county would cost Carolina -in lias given 'he tnnticri $750,000; and the construction of any coii.ii'ier.i liii at nil h.v won to-1 1 highways to the other county seats at the lack i.f ludgin 'at nnd fyrp-' vcould entail an expenditure of over sight whicn lui prMiipt-'d T.ie !i-! $2.tMi0,0u0. lug of nads at a gnat oet wituiut' "From a selfish standpoint. If from any tlinntht for the maintenance of no other, this county ought to by all these roads. Yet such has been the means heartily support the highway urogram in North Pnrolinn for mniiv bill. The hard -sili'facinir of the Char- I years, nnd the result is that while 'otte to Wilmington highway alone I rent sums have beent spent by the would equal In Importance the advent ( unties for road work, in the inn- f a new railroad to Monroe. Tin Jot iy of the counties this money 1 resultant saving in freight, and the sen l but a temporary purpose for Pleasure and profit to he derived the piads soon wore out under traffic ,,oni ro'',(' '"ads leading out of Mon- nud H i provision was made for keep- ''oe would alone be worth the cost ;ng Ihei.i in repair. 1,1 FIlAlIt I MM'OYF.KU) BY THE IsK OF F.THLK Changing County Offices Back to the Old Fee Basis Proposed Extension of Hunting Season to Forty-Five Days, and a Tax on Hunters Aho Among Legislative Acts Slated For This County. rroposed legislation to bf passed for this county at the forth-coming session of the North Carolina Gen eral Assembly Includes acts changing tlio county uf fleers back to the old lee system, a tax on bird hunters, and milking a Jail sentence manda tory for the second conviction for manufacture or sale of illicit liquor, so The Journal learns from various sources. An effort to secure a revision of the Revaluation Act will also prob ably be made, according to some ot those opposed to the measure, and ho are known to have sought the Influence of at least one of our leg islators towards the accomplishment of this end. The belief that the county should not profit by offices created for tin purpose of serving Justice and the lecorditig of papers is snid to have actuated the movement for a change to the old fee system. All of ihe county officers are now on a fee ba sis, even t)e sheriff. The fees In the Clerk of Court and Register of Heeds j of tb'es amount to around $loo(i a ! vear inch; while the sheriff wmilii i h" allowed five p?r cisit on all tax s he collected up to a certain amount, j Salaries of deputies would also be i paid out of the fees. Change in the Iilrd Lmv. The agitation for a change in the game laws, which has been going on many years, has reached a success ful climax, It seems. Interested par ties claim a law will be passed ex tending ahe hunting season from fif teen to forty-five days; and that a resident tax ranging from $1 to $3, and a non-resident tax of $15, will be Imposed on hunters. The law will be patterned after the South Carolina statute, which Is said to be an Ideal one. A part, if not all, of the taxes collected from this source will be paid to a game warden to enforce the laws. The proposed statute making it mandatory upon the Recorder, ot a Superior court Judge, to Impose a Jail sentence on moonshinrrs or blind -tigers convicted for the second time ! would provide a minimum sentence of thirty days, and a maximum of one year. The punishment for third offenses would be increased in like proportion. As the law now stands the penalty is discretionary wilh the court. Advocates of this measure be lieve its adoption would stop much of the Illicit distilling that Is now going on. i May Save Recorder's Coiirl. i The movement to abolish the Re corder's court will be defeated, this paper is told -by a Monroe citizen ' who stands hiuh In the counsel of the mighty. There may b some salary , changes made, but the Jurisdiction in the court will lie extended rather than curtailed. I'nder the Influence of tbe I'rug, Faked rani I) -Is of egru lleggar Is F.M-d. Florence. S. C. December 23. Having such a larewand varied ward robe in his possession, Florence of ficers are confident that negro giv ing his name as George Lee is wanted somewhere for robbtry. but so far they have not been able lo get in touch with the proper city or town. Lee came to Florence in a rolling chair and made application to the chief of police to beg. He claimed that he had been paralyzed for ten years. The chief was suspicious and put the negro through all sorts ot tests to see whether he was really paralyzed. The man stood all of them even to bearing the pain of pins Jabbed into his leg without flinching. This did not satisfy the police, who look Lee to the Florence infirmary for examination. There he was placed under an anethetic and as the e.her began to take effect, Lee swung his arms and kicked out Inc l"gs like a good fellow. He left the Infirmary free of paralysis and has been held here pending fun her in vestigation. Lee is 4 5 years old. 5 feet 7 inches tall, weighs 170 pounds. Is slightly baldheaded and is of a ginger cake color. In his two trunks were found several suits uf new clothes, .-'ven f-inry vests, a new ov ercoat, two leather raincoats, several pairs ef shoes, i.ine silk shirts, 23 cotton anvd wool shins. 30 suits of light and heay underwear and num erous other at I icl;s of wearing ap parel. It is claimed that he told a fellow prisoner that he had killed an other negro in Virginia and he was very much worried for fear he had talked too much when under the In fluence of the ether which cured his paralysis. ltoldiem Knter Hunk niul Get IjSIO, .11 Ml Cash ami Bonds. Orangeburg, S. C, December 20. Robbers entered the Farmers' Dank at Parler, S. C, 16 miles from here, early today and after blowing the saft'niade their escape with $5u0 In rash and Liberty bonds said to the amount of $10.000 1 hey Can't Full This Mutf en Smart Folks. (From the Helton, Kan., Signal.) How would you like to pay $960 for two gallons of whiskey? Nobody in Holton would pay that price, but that Is what a fellow who said his name was John Custer tried to get lor it here last week. The fellow put up at the Sutherland Hotel ami at otiee began to look around for cus tomers to whom he propose! to fell the old reliable brajid of "Taylor' whiskey at $60 per gallon, but the men who were familiar with the brand, which in time gone by they bad purchased for $4 a gallon, were shocked at ihe price asked, and word was passed lo the sheiiff that there was a profiteer in town and he was placed under arrest. After the ar rest of Custer his room at the Suther land Hotel was starched by the of ficers, who found a two-gallon jug under his bed. When the whiskey was poured out it was discovered that instead of there being two gal lons, there was only a pint, and re pented shaking.) failed to produce any more. When the bottom was broken It was found that the jug had been Rilled nearly to the top with layers of sand and sawdust to make II (he proper weight, and on top of this was a layer of waterproof cement, hav ing enough space In the top to hold a pint, of whiskey. lYcsliyteriiiil i Inn eh. A cordial invitation is given to the fallowing services. hi. A . M. Sunday scho.d. A t i ;!:! pro-nut, ;ud offering for "Near Ea.t Relief." 11 A. M. Worship and sermon. Christinas text, "Where Is He?" "VV" have found Him!" 7 1. M.--Fralse servic ' and sermon. Miss Alice Norwood's rl i s In chatge. We are glad to vclcoei" out young people home fbr the helidavs an. wish them and all our people a V.iva y Christmas. Recorder. WOMAN REQUESTS HARDING NOT TO USE CIGARETTES Seveiily-Flvr Vtur Old Pennsylvania email Is llrmiilcd a W itch and Ostracised. NFAYS OF THE STATE NATION The I'nited States will have a pop ulation of l!7.ou0,00 people, the maximum which its continental ter ritory can fusiain. about ihe year 210U, professor Raymond Pearl of the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Heath estimated in a lec ture recently. To support such a population, he said 620 trillon cal ories of food a year would be needed, and judging from the production of the last seven years, when the maxi mum population w,u reached. It would be necessary" to import about half the calorie? necessary for sus tenance. Uranded r.s a witch, blamed for sickne.-s. de;:'h and misfortune in her neighborhood and thruened vn binning at the stake, Mrs. Augusiino litario. 75 years old, ef Eilwood, Pa., has appealed to the law for pro tection. In the meantime Antonio Capriano, accused by Mrs. Caun io ; starting the witchcraft story, is t; der arre t. Mrs. Catario said t'.a women avnide.l her in the 'irt-t. that childr i lied in fruht and that she was i .- i,ici."d by neighbors. Threats had m i n made, she said, that unless :t left Eilwood city she would be th,: to a Mke and burned to death. A Topeka, K: n.. dispatch says that Miss Lucy l ag.- Gaston of Chicago superintendent of the International Anti-Cigarette League, who is In Topeka working in the interests of the organization has announced that she had sent a letter to Piesident eleet Harding asking him not to use cigarettes. The letter concludes: "The United States has had no smok ing President since McKinley. Roose velt and Taft and Wilson all have clear records. Is not this a question of grave Importance?" Henry Ford got panicky over the coal shortage in Detroit, according to testimony introduced In Washington before a Congressional Investigating committee, and sent ten differe-nt agents secretly into the coal fields to buy coal. These ngmts competed against each other, one buying from the other, until they "jumped" the price from $4 to $11 a ton for ths same coal In one day. The highest paid labor in Vienna, Austria, receives only $8 a week in wages and workers there could not have existed last month had not the government contributed thirty-two million crowns daily to reduce the price of food, says an official dispatch to the .v.w oi k Herald. The fate of the navy balloon and three navy officers, who left New York Ciiv Monday on a flight, is still a mystery. Nothing has been seen of the men since they started Un . flights. A thief had been Hiiakiiig into the barn at right and stealing milk from a cow owned by a Johnson county fanner. The plani"r Jeicrmincd tc put an end to the culprit's deprada tlons. A few days ao the cow was transferred from her regular stall and a young mule was substituted. One night later, the farmer was aroused by a teirifllc racket in the vicinity of the stable. He grabbed his shotgun and ran to the barnyard, but ihe thief had escaped, leaving a battered milk pail, a small stool and a hat in the mule's stall. The visits of the intruder have ceased. THE M.WS OF HOGYII.I.i: Gets Thirty tews For Mabliling W mi. In Guillen! Superior court Tiiur.-i-di'.j, Frank Pietro, Italian, who stab bed Maud Latham to dea'h at the lio of h." mother. .VI r. Chariot l e H,i..ley, lio Ward rlreel, Ili-h Point, on Ihe nit:hi of July 15 It',. l!2o, was permitted through his attorney, 11. L. Ko"uu, to enter a plea of murder in the second degree by Judge J. Pis Kay, presiding over the criminal term ef Superior court. The court sentenced the defendant to a period of thirty years hard labor in the State penitentiary at Raleigh. The Greensboro Daily News says lhat Pietro, stockily built, between 35 nnd 40 years of age. wept copi ously after the sentence was passed. He spent six or seven very anxious hours during the day, and when th judgment was read to him he was unable to restrain himself longer. He stated he was born In Panna, State of Naples, Italy, and had been living In the I'nited Stales for the past 17 years, most of the time in Philidelphia, Pa. He was unable to understand or speak English, neces sitating an Interpreter, Mrs. Gus Pap pas. Custom of l,ain Corner Stone. The custom of laying the corner stone of a public building with rrre monies was iractici.I by ancients, tays Ihe petrol; News. l the hiv ing of the corner str. whi n the rapi tol of Rome was rehuili a piorcssion of vestnl virgins robed in whit'', sur rounded the slope aud consecralcd it wilh libations ef Itvinc water. A prayer to tbe gods lollov.ed, and then the magistrates, priest -, se.n.iois and ihe kniehts laid hold el the top"" ami i.ioved the mighty s'une to i.s i roper position. In a bellow cut in lh stone v as laid ingots ef g ml, silver Mul oilier no'lals v.hic'a had not be.'u inellel in any furiace. Wilh thp Jews the coiner stone was con sidered ;;ii emblem of power, and they also perfoi mcd ceienumlcs a! Us laying. In Medieval times the rite was taken up by the order of Free masons, and by them lias h"en brought down to modern (lavs the Masonic ceremony of laying a corner stone being symbolic. Out of Sight. The topic under discussion was the avdantage of a woman's stocking as a bank. "Nowadays, women wear hose so thin that you can read the serial numbers on the- bills In the bank roll," advanced the New Gangled Guy. "Oh. I admit the principle is all right but the money draws altogether loo much Interest," persisted the Old Mossback. Hill Hiram ll, liiank Lust Pint of Liquor on This Faith, Hogville, December 23. Every body i;i llngvilb, including Gap,' All sop, wishes the rest of the world a Happy Christmas and a prosperous New Year. We hope the rest of the world will be as happy as we in going to try to be. Hogville is a very rare free place. No man who ever lived here has been committed to an insane asylum. Also there is not a bald-headed man In the whole town. Zero Peck has been excluded from membership In the Hogville Loafer's Club. The Club voted unanimously on this unusual action immediately after Zero went out ard left the post olficc door open daring the cold snap ,-. tew dtivs ago when Mie wind wns blow ipg squarely ttion th nurth w...,v Zcmi wtll contest this notion but tt ; . ennlii ful if ho w ill be re- itlsttl' -i LVtil Vit:tl! w live;' 'fm I has spi r-l a i ri' it ile:,l of bis life iw'ik.i.g ariuii.tl saw niHIs w here t b-v do I"' ha v doors it n.l it is , v. .1 t i ! a real d -al of hi-' i l.Ollgllll, .; ( .1 . ,itl it,U( ,j . this l.-i-l. In f (l-'.i'i Pill Ibllwanger saw l liM.it-. If .l-i ,l;:-u; the last half pint tef v. bisk- ;. , ti earth. The thine that did him the Heist good, Zero Perk and Pas Smith were there looking at Gape Allsop bets thee n-on't he near as much drinking, sh-iotlng and killing this Chri.oniiu, unless they drink something rdse. Miss Faruzla Hocks and one of the Allsop boys will be married Christ mas. They will locate on a farm east of town near the place of the bride's parents. They would locate elsewhere, but the bride wants to be close to her mother. Mr. All sop, the husbandvto be, being more or less a stranger to the young lady. Little Helena Allsop says Santa Claus will never think of going to see the Moseley children with a doien dogs lying around under the house.
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