“£bout the only time some
married men get to open their
mouth is when they visit the den
tist and %at 'Christmas time. Too
toad isn't it?”
—Mrs. M. C. Wilkins, of Court
ney is spending the winter in
Dallas, Texas. ^
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—Miss Ruth Hall, a student at
Farmville, Va., arrived home yes
terday for the holidays.
—Mrs. Estelle Johnson Gough
is spending some time with her
•daughter in Winston-Salem.
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—10% off everything. Dec.
only. Ann-Ola Supply Co., Brooks
Cross Roads. 12 17 2t
-o
—Dr. Rockey Wilkins, of Green
sboro was in town visiting fri
ends and relatives one day this
week.
-—o
—Early Jersey Wakefield Cab
bage plants 15c per hundred.—
Mrs. J. E. Brendle, Boonville, N.
C.
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—Miss Lillian Davis, a student
at Boone is spending her Christ
mas holidays with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Davis, near
East Bend.
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—The annual Junior Order
feast will be given in the hall at
Yadkinville next Saturday night,
Dec. 26. All members are request
ed to be present.
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—I have 100 bushels of apples
for Sale. Also peanut candy 10c
•pound; cocoanut candy 2 pounds
for 25 cents.—Lonnie W. Dixon.
12 10 3tp.
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—Dr. Lola Taylor and brother
Attorney J. K. Taylor of Birm
ingham, Ala., are spending the
holidays with their mother, Mrs.
Sarah Taylor on Route 2.
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—Marriage license have b^en
issued for Wade Brann to Vinna
L. Speer, both of Boonville and
Lester Myers to Annie Dixon,
both of Yadkinville, Route 2.
—Miss Mamie Marler who has
been a patient at the Baptist hos
pital at Winston-Salem for the
past tyeek is decidedly improved
her friends will be glad to learn.
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—Dr, L. S. Hall, who has been
ill for several weeks is improving
nicely and was out yesterday. He
requests us to say that he ex
pects to resume his practice by
the coming Saturday.
—Wanted small farms, if you
have a small farm for sale with
buildings on it, give size and lo
cation, give price for cash, also
with terms.—R. W. Cook, 2367 .
Waughtown St., Winston-Salem,
N. C. 12 3 4tp.
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—Lost, strayed or .stolen, bird
dog/white with yellow ears and
yellow spots and about eight
years old. Finder please notify
or return to Lum Williams, near
Shugartown? Yadkinville, Route
two.
WASHINGTON SHEATHS HIS
SWORD
On December 23. one hundred
.and forth-eight years ago, George
Washington handed back to the
Continental Congress his com
mission as Commander in Chief
of the Revolutionary Army and
returned to Mount Vernon, a
simple American citizen. But the
mere statement of that fact con
veys little of the drama that lay
behind his act. Only a few months
before he became George Wash
ington, private citizen, he might
have become military dictator of
America, and, at the lifting of a
finger. He put aside the proposal
in indignation, but had George.
Washington been other than the
man he was, the history of the
United States might read very dif
ferently from what it does.
While the surrender of Corn
wallis at Yorktown in 1781 had
virtually ended the Revolution in
victory for America, desultory
fighting still went on ,and Wash
ington wished to keep the army up
to strength. It was nevertheless a
period of inactivity, and the of
ficers and soldiers had plenty of j
** time to brood over their griev
ances at the hands of Congress.
Their pay was long in arrears.
Numbers of the officers had sacri
ficed their personal fotunes to the
cause of their country. And now
they faced the prospect of being
turned back into private life, pen
niless and ignored by a country
that appeared to them ungrateful.
This better sentiment reached a
climax while the army was sta
tioned at Newburgh. It finally
took shape in an open hint to
Washington that he place himself,
at the head of this movement in
the army to take over the govern
ment, and thus make himself dic
tator of America. So impoverished
was the country, and so feeble
had become the State and nation
al governments, that nothing
could have stood in the way of
this move, had Washington yield
ed. Instead he indignantly rebuk
ed his officers for this threaten
ed stain on their patriotism, pro
mised once more to stir Congress,
to take up the matter of payment
and in this he finally succeeded.
Late in January, 1783, came
news that the preliminary peace
treaty had been signed in Paris.
On April 17, Washington was in
formed that an agreement-for the
suspension of hostilities had been
signed. In due time thereafter
came the disbanding of the army,
the triumphal entry of Washing
ton and Governor Clinton into
New York City, on the heels of
the departing British, and the fa
mous farewell that the Command
er in Chief bade his faithful of
ficers at Fraunce’s Tavern. Im
mediately afterward, Washington
went to Philadelphia, to present
an .account of his personal - ex
penses during the eight years of
the war
This business being concluded,
Washington left Philadelphia for
Annapolis, where Congress was
then sitting. There he arrived on
December 20, and asked the pre
sident of Congress as to the man
ner in which he should resign *his
commission. The 23d was named
as the day for this ceremony. At
12 o’clock the Maryland State
House, where Congress was in
session, was crowded for the oc
casion. The galleries and a large
part of the floor in the Hall of
Congress was filled with ladies,
functionaries of the State and
National Governments, military
men, and citiens.
Washington Entered, conducted
by the secretary of Congress, and
took his appointed seat. After a
brief pause, General Mifflin, pre
sident of Congress, announced
that “the United States in Con
gress assembled" were prepared
to receive his communication. Inn
the course of his brief address,
Washington said, “The great
events on which my resignation
depended having at length taken
place, I now have the honor of
offering my sincere congratula
tions to Congress, and of pre
lecting myself, before them, to
surrender into their hands the
trust committed to me, and to
claim the indulgence of retiring
from the service of my country.’’
A few words of praise for his of
ficers and the army, a solemn
appeal for the blessing of God
on his country, and he had finish
ed.
A newspaper of the time, the
Maryland Gazette, in describing
the scene,* said, “Few tragedies
haye ever drawn so many tears
: from so many eyes as the moving
! manner m which his Excellency
took his final leave of Congress.”
t On the next morning Washing
ton set forth from Annapolis and
reached Mount Vernon that same
evening — Christmas Eve — to
spend there perhaps the happiest
Christmas of his life. Thus eager
ly did the victor of the war for
our Independence forget military
glory and return to the ranks of
fellow citizens.
The American Indian celebrat
ed his victories of the battle
ground with sumptuous feasts; he
had no other festal days than
those wherein he took the most
scalps. The American white man
is very different; he has many
festal days, rn^st of which cele
brate some peaceful event.
1 Christmas is, or should be, a
time of rejoicing. The family
doctor here sees American life in
its varied phases. He is called to
administer to the American glut
ton who “c&lebilates” with his
stomach, and, union) wn to the
masses, his hand go4s into hlis
pocket to help bringing cheer to
the squalid home. It is amazing
how many homes of the latter sort
we have when we take a second
look.
If ever a people should feel
profound gratitude and thankful
ness to-a beneficent Creator, then
our people should be first in ap
preciation. There is abundance
here for all, bar none. It is to be
regretted that superior skill and
sunning have taken most for
themselves,—but that is not God’s
work, it is man’s. He knew men
pretty well, when He said, “The
poor ye have with you always.’’
Gluttony is man’s weakness—
yes, it’s a serious fault. I can
see no reason for celebrating the
birth of our Savious in riotous
living. It should be a spiritual,
rather than a gastronomic feast.
Indeed, my own Christmas hours
are more filled with mental feast
ing than with material spices. I
love to contemplate that wonder
ful manger and its Rrincely Oc
cupant—and it is good for my
soul. My body is amply content
'with the simplest things. We pay
penalties for intemperance, with
'out regard to when it occurs,
Blessed Christmas! With its
abundant, spiritual feast!
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Robert Lincoln O’Brien, former’
Boston newspaper editor, ha^ been
named chairman of the Tariff Com
mission, succeeding Henry P,
Fletcher. Mr. O’Brien was Pres
ident Cleveland’s personal stenog«
rasher.
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