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THE TATTLER
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SAY, WE HAVE HEARD THAT
It snowed!
Examinations are over!
John G. Hall, Jr., spent Tuesday
and Wednesday in Durham.
Jack Thomas, of Dickerson, is at ;
Brantwood hospital for an operation.
Elizabeth Daniel is back in school
after a severe siege of grippe.
Mrs. W. H. Crissman, of Durham,
is visiting her mother, Mrs. E. P.
Jeffreys.
We are glad to have Mary Taylor
back in school after an absence of
several days.
Miss Alleine Whitaker, of Norfolk,
is the guest of her sister, Mrs. W. B.
Ballou.
Annie Thompson Bradsher made
the honor roll at Peace Institute. Good
work, A. T., keep it up!
Mr. W. I). Stimson left last week
for California, where he will make
his home.
John Graham Webb got in Wednes
day from Saranac Lake to spend some !
time with his family. ,
Jack Usry has been out of school j
several days this week nursing a se- I
vere cold.
Everybody will be glad to hear
that r'lder Hunt is much improved af- j
ter a particularly hard attack of '
pneumonia.
Mrs. F. B. Blalock entertained her
bridge club Tuesday afternoon. A
brisk game was enjoyed and delicious
refreshments were served.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Morton and Mr.
and Mrs. Edward Matthews have re
turned from Sr.uth Boston, where
they wer; called by the last illness
of Mrs. Matthews' grandfather.
Ik. II. Lewis, Jr., and Gupi.
attended the meeting of the
Credle
city superintendents held in Raleigh
this week under the direction of Dr.
E. C. Brooks. There will be several
matters for discussion, but probably
the most important one will be the
question of the proper Division of
School Funds between city and rurpl
schools.
THE HIGH SCHOOL LIBRARY
In the first place, we haven't one.
In the second place, we want one.
In the third place, we are going to
get one.
To start off with we have 184 book",
no money, and a vast determination.
Everybody is interested and every
body is willing to work. Mrs. Barn
hart's 7-A class has already raised
six dollars to help pay for the reading-table.
A staff of volunteer li
brarians has classified and arranged
the books. These students take turns
about keeping the library and are as
strict as the teachers about requiring
good order. The names of the vol
unteer librarians are Corinne Canna
dy, William Hunt, Lucy Taylor
Baird, Rosa Dickerson, Elizabeth
Sneed, Elizabeth Bragg, and Mabel
Smith. In another article in this is
sue, you will find how you can help
us.
Clarence Bcrch
A DEEP-LAID PLAN
. "Would you mind letting .me
off
fifteen minutes early after this, sir?"
asked the bookkeeper. "You see, I've
moved into the suburbs and I can't
catch my train unless I leave at a
quarter before five o'clock."
1 suppose 1 11 have to, grumbled
the boss; "but you should have thought
of that before you moved."
confided the bookkeeper to
the stenographer a little later, "and
that's the reason I moved."
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ROMLET:AND7ULEO"
(The aftermath of Romeo and Juliet)
ACT I.
(P. S. The only act)
Time: Just after the curtain has
dropped on last act of Romeo and
Juliet.
Place: Inside Juliet's tomb.
SCENE I. (A REAL SCENE!)
Jul., rousing herself "Well, Rom.,
old thing, arise and away; it's near
ly twelve o'clock, and here we are.'
Rom. No response.
Jul. -Vo you hear?"
Rom. Says nothing.
Jul. "Foul villain, get up!"
Rom. Shows no inclination to
wards moving.
Jul., becoming plenty hot "Trait
or! do as I tell you."
Rom. Does nothing yet.
SCENE II. (TRAGIC ENDING)
Juleo goes over to Romiet prepara-
tory to enforcing her demands. Hor-
rors! The poor fellow's arm had
slipped and he had really killed him
self! Volley of uproarious applause en
sues. The End.
Author's comment Children, thi.s
is good drama. The only thing that
keeps it from being printed along
side Shakespeare's stuff is the puV
lisher.
Signed A Promising Playwright
NOT SERVED THERE
The applicant for cook was untidy !
and insolent in appearance. 1
"Don't hire her," whispered Jones
to his wife; "I don't like her looks."
"But," remonstrated his wife, "just
consider the reputation for cooking
she bears."
"That doesn't matter," said Jones
testily; "we don't want any she-bears
cooked; we don't like them."
OUR DEPOSITORS ARE OUR FRIENDS
AND WE SERVE THEM ACCORDINGLY
No amount is too small to add to your Savings
Account with this Bank.
We welcome small deposits as cordially as
large, for we know that a small amount deposited
regularly will work wonders and will soon place
you well on the road to financial success.
4'i Compound Interest paid at.
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OXFORD, N. C.
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and National Bank Safety for Savings
T. White, President
W. T.
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Yais'CEY, Cashier
AGONY STUFF
Since Mary Therese was born,
"sweet papa" has begun to realize the
high cost of Livingood.
In a back number of The Tattler,
feet were referred to as being anions
man's various fortifications. Some
one has since suggested changing the
f in fortifications to m, thereby deriv
ing a more perfect definition.
Someone recently reminded us that ; the school library knows that we are
the old school-house on Williams- ' in desperate need of books, so when
Iwro street accommodated 175 chil- our agents come to you for your sub
dren last year. Strange as it may scription remember you are not only
seem, Mr. John Williams finds it nec- getting a first-class magazine but
essary to build more rooms when he you are also helping to furnish he
riioves his family in.
I TIDES OF LOVE
i Flo' was fond of Ebenezer.
'"Kb" for short was called her beau,
i Talk of "tides of love!"
Great Caesar!
You should see them
"Eb and Flo.'
SO TOUCHING
At first she touches up her hair
: To see if it's in place,
And then with manners debonair,
She touches up her face
A touch of curls
Behind her ears,
' A touch of cuffs and collars,
j And then she's off to hubby dear
i To touch him for ten dollars.
HOW COULD HE KNOW?
The youth seated himself in the
dentist's chair. He wore a wonderful
striped shirt and a more wonderful
checked suit and had the vacant stare
of "nobody home" that goes with both.
The dentist looked at his assistant.
"I am afraid to give him gas," he
said.
"Well," said the dentist, "how can
I tell when he's unconscious?"
- President
YOU CAN HELP US GET A SCHOOL
LIBRARY
Mr. Barnhart has found a way by
which we can get some of the much
needed books for our school library
with the expenditure of only a little
time and effort.
The Curtis Publishing Company
has offered us 50 per cent on all sub
scriptions taken for the Country Gen
tleman. Every one that has visited
much-needed books for the library.
The literary societies have charge
of the work and we hope to realize a
good sum from our work.
POOR MULE IS DEAD
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TISTS. OTK HOOK l HAM)
Poor mule is dead. His expiring
kick was witnessed by the budding
scientists of 9-B who wrote the whole
thing down in their cute little note
books. For the past year the entire town
has been aware that the genus mule
has developed a. hitherto unsuspected
interest in matters educational. Any
body who passes the College Street
mjilding is witness to the truth of
this statement. Mule is always
hanging around.
But who dreamed that this strange
attachment would communicate itself
to Squire Herndon's old clay-bank
mule. The poor critter escaped from
his own cozy stable and in a fit of
desperation wandered to the high
school campus where he was prompt
ly overpowered by learning.
Moral: If a strong-minded mule
can't stand it, what can we do?