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VOL. XXIX
ROXBORO, NORTH
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MIRANDY ON CHRISTMAS.
By Derctiiy Dix in Good Ketwekwp
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"Well, SisMirandy," gays Sis
Armanity to me the odder day,
iJde merry Chris'mas-tide is al
mos' imon us."
"Dat's so," I 'spons. "When
ever yer sees a woman wid a wild
look in her eye floppin' (ip an'
down dc aisles of a departmen'
store lak a chicken wid hit's haid
cut off, or yer notices dt mos of
yo' lady fricn's is dat vrorn out
an' narvous dat dey jumps when
yer speaks to em, an hns de jin
eral appearance of havin' jes'
been through a long spell of sick
ness, yer don't need nobody to
tell yer dat Chris'mas is comm
'Dem am signs of Chris'mas
dat never fails, for ef dere is any
one thing dat's mo' wearin' on
de constitution dan anythin' else,
hit is tryin' to spread fo' dollars
an' seventy-five cents over dr
Chris'mas presents for forty
leven people, an' it somethin'
for each one of 'em dat'll look lak
hit cost forty-seven dollars an'
fifty cents. Hit ain't no wonde
A CHRISTMAS SONG.
Near where the shepards watched by
night
Ark heard the angela o'tr them,
The wise men saw the starry lifht ;
Stand still at last before them.
No araaore4 castle there to ward
His precicus life froa danger,
But. wrapped in common cloth, our Lord
Lay in a lowly manger.
No blowing bells proclaimed His birth,
No armits marshalled by.
No iron thuuders shook the earth,
No rockets demb the sky.
The tampiea builded.in Hi name
Were shapeless granite then.
And ail the choirs that sang His fame s
NVere later breeds of men.
But, while the world about Him slept,
Nor cared that He was born:
One geatle (ace above Him kept
It's motner watch till morn;
An1 if fis baby eyes could tell
What grace and glory were.
No roar of gun no Doom of bell
Were worih the look of her.
Now praise to God that era his grace
Was scorned aad He reviled
He looked into His mother's face,
A Utile helpless child
AnJ praise jj God that ere ' men
Auut His tomb in war
pne loved Him with a mother
Nor knew a creed therefor
JOHN CHARLES McNEIL.
dan de compliments
son, when he
stoadioidra'and c
Woples-Ba cur
officeonvSattird
1913,-12 o clocl? noon. .
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President.
iron.
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Ataaal Ueef eftBsibV iC-rp-'"
Tne: annual ;meeiinp fof-.-.thc.
stockholders the! Bankof Rps-
bbro willbe held mr6ffice;;otme
jianicon tsaiuraayya
1913. at:i pmIv-:
IY LAN JVv;?n
An lurdermo, bis Aram m-r VweM. says ls.arammHy wia nusieiy., i"
ty. bu Cbruoas to kind rntuuir. , I TW.MfUi.- 1:.5
Cam n.U.. T i l i fadM :Avar,knr-OhnG matt nrf ntB ' . "!
uujuui. l ui wuy, j. wain itwr 1 - ;o T? DPnH 1 Lilian
know, does Ike Up an' perenf whut we feels lak tfar'iS anTSIK
me wid a new cook stove an' setlnWs I never does look atfde wmstead, Bera Garrett, v Mabel
ofwashin tubs, ef hit warn't feCTK66lTi'datam'igood
kind of a hint to me dat I warn'i liothin in ctfs world but to clutter ntt, Jlathryne KraasperMay
aUdy love no moV but dest i Mlbouse an" getber dust, dat - . Si
perrormer on aem instruments ifcnas mc an uai uy uaa MAwtnn arld Rreta Noel!, Messrs.
I lay dat ef he had a sent medlWed HmVick,
Chris'mas present of a cooking butwishin dat 1 could trade hit Elbert Brooks, Willie ' I Nichols,
stove an' a wash tub as a Chrjs'- filfbff for one good pair of stock Cliff Winstead, and Connor Mer
moo rr?Fr Krt mo, ?nJ ni sompthin dat had some mu
ii f ill. ii. lav ww l war n, i & u-a. i , w . w w w w - . w , i- T .
dere wouldn't have been no WfidJseanVni&'thit1
t tokt Will ObMrYe Holiday aur s. -
on Dec. 26th the
curious oeculiarities of huabaBds, l9 de.money datr 04etockeach day until Jansr 2nd; ITBaslbrvnlfeai KJ '
which is de mos' ondiskivered! .(ymio spc'i on junk 1913 i::.. vr1
nation of people dere is,n ' m IfqrcJder.Epii spent hit on
Early.' JmefAVik?lBcl,
sill' U. ifi!"-f
my ppces joeipryuu pus
on planfcanQi exp.re:s , ;cnargcw:
to me dat hit rums folks batty, at' ,ec vc my lite, whut-a sin- Sis Araminity. Mbttt one ot d6 deidfcs rfor der ,thmg deyj
1 bet dat ef we knoed wnut de ,4fVi !' s. An' for dat rea strangest thinfis Jabout 4em is dat aftisycs. pett, nobody
mos1 of de folks in de bus-bouse son 1 (Je'! p,tchcs in t0 dc bar' befo' yer is married to one Of WnVabi
was doin we'd find out dat dev vair counter an' fiKhts wid de od- 'em, he, can always .remember gifWw'C
was a beatin deir haids up against der omcn 0vcr de fstthin:I dest whut yer should lak to have hxtinrt&hi&ft
de padded walls, an' ayayin f I v hands on an' de PUS80
Sue, an' Qousia Mam. .a' little, "ei 111 11 ru hesh Chriamaa gifts pat d($y,
e; af mllaws, wh.ati!? or some: betc rattt1li- W qSiest way, dat tllsaboni in ' newspapers
. . MTCI tail CUIKBUIUW 21 uui 13 Ilicla I WIlai VUU WskfiVO a IUIIIOIV AU
"Hu's my opinion," says I,' jft out of him at all is by remind- some velvet, ah ribbon, an lace
Mdat 'Chris'mas is de time dat ail in' him evy mawnin' for six tinsel, an embroidery an
of yer enemtes takes to git even months befo'hans dey is gwine to makes a perfectly lovely shayin
wid yer, an to do de thing dat celebrate Chris'mas on de 25th of out of m? Dem ldeas for
deydoa'tdast to do de balance December dis veah home-made Chris'mas gifts aut-
tuuiKnuig iu tats, ivuui x Uiw-J
emf no matter whUt hit is?'
'Yes, Sis Araminity," 1 goes
on, 'hit ain't no wonder to me
dat reason topples on hits throne',
as Bro Jinkins says, when we
starts out to spend de monev we
can't afford, buyin' Chris'mas
of de yeah I tell yer Sis Ara
minity, dat when I sats down an'
By doin'dat, ef you'se got en-
erov p.nnnoh. vpr ran ronlc him nn
looks at my Chris mas gifts I am L. a u u.i
nrPSAntefnr dem B 1W1 want ch.j-.-j- . lu uc fim wuar a wceit WW
f w uueu wiu a uecp, uarK. suspicion, ai,'mni v,mi v,,.
'am I finrio mueif rnltn' , . . . uiiris mas be IJ tnrow a dollar in
em. 1 nnds myself oin roun YoU needn't tell me dat dat cat of v 1:,n fln CQV fnr w n . on.
in rirplt? a rrvin' tn fif-Hdp c j t u V0 IaP an Say IOr yer tO gO an
m circles, a trym to aeciae a Eudory Johnstng warn't a cas- oU VfvCPif a ruricW
whedder hit would be mos' ap- lin. aia-atrus on mv flmr f .1, . , P '
nronriar to nresent mv Aunt u- i T c I t hdon't know whut yer want,
propnate to present mi Aunt which is built after de pattern of do vr" muMti'f hi fn
MiuiHw nh,.ro iH,i.n , , , ... ...... a11 dat yer couldn t hire him to
MJimujr, uui c ui. a rcaaer oea mstia or a teiepnone
for de las' ten years wid a mis- p0st. hen he sent me one. of
ery in her back, wid a safety ra x dcse hpah fancy beUg whut j
zor, or a umbrella, as a slight to- 0 ,ul (n, muCh mQ. dan gjt aroun
ken of how I thought of her at mv
dis blessed season."
"Dat's de true word." 4pons r t
Sis Arminity; 4 'hit sisttinly am
curious de way yer mind uks H s,
at Chris'mas. All de balance NP
de yeah4 can remember tr.r tas-n ,TlH.
an' needs of my frien-K, n' mv :,
fambly, but when I Marts out 1
buy a Chris'mas gift I dest lose- -8,
my rabbit foot an' I c-fint recoi
i) .
alone my waist.
had my eye on dat
twtv Gladys Maude
J n- whu 's always
u y ole mar Ike,
nt me a Chris'-
resk his life in one of dem apart
ment sto'es.'
"Siz Araminity, " says "I don't
know nothin4 dat is mo calkilat
ed to bust up love's young dream
dan de way yo husband acts at
Chris'mas time. Why, heah I've
been a discousin to Ike for de
las six months on de subject of
dese heah weepin wilier fedders,
a p ir of ole lady's which I suttinly does hone after,
list she's got on dem but yer reckon dat man is gwine
! dippers. Lakwise to have gumption enough to take
d-rin' ef Bro' Jin- dat hint dat L knocks him down
muigatin' anythin' wid ev'y mawmn at breakfasia yeah.'4
tinly does read grand.
Not me," says I, 'becaxe hit
takes de grace of God to forg ive
dat kind of a Chris'mas gift, an'
I ain't got confidence in none of
my friends bein able to do hit "
4 'An yet, says Sis Arammity,
"who would do widout Chris'
mas if dey could? no matter ef
deir friends did send 'em em
broidered whut-you-may-call-
'ems dat dey don't know de
name of, nor whut dey is for,"
"May besoTspons, "for I
notices dat ev'y yean at Chris'
mas present, an' dat at 'bout dis
time I begins to hant de sto'es,
an' run aroun' wid de odder
women a-loGkin' for I don't
know-whut to give to Ldon't-
know-who, But dere's de
Lawd's mercy in on dis thing
dat Chris'mas don't come but once
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-r.auura
r Lock&iiiatres - screen maow
w'' . rf .?.':-i41.r. lU - - - - .-cr--.--
Ghttrih
ColoniaJ columns
Cypress siding '
Door frames ..
Felt roofing
Gable ornaments
Gable sashs
Gav'd roofing
Glass
Oak mantels
Pinenantels
Plasfering hair.
Plaster- of Paris
Porch balusters
Porch brackets
Porch columns
Porch rail
' Stair balusters,:
"'Smr-rewels M
Stair rails
Tin shingles '.
Ventilators
Weatherboarding
Window Frames
Wood & glass doors
Every thing to
Mis 1
Build wfth.
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PHONE 94.
PHONE 94.
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THIS IS THE RANGE-
THE RANGE ETERNAL
A Happy Christmas
AND
Prosperous New Year
Jv- , " 1 '"IF"""" itjtt .f irr'flfl II I"
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For Christmai
.What is nicer or more useful for a
Christmas present than a nice China
Dinner set, a Rochester Percolator, an
Oil stove, a Range or Cooking stove,
Guns, Leggins, Razors, Pocket Knives
or (Sarving Sets ?
If you are going to give your mother,
father, sister or brother a present come
to see us and get something that will
be'useful and appreciated.
TO ALL.
We wish for ybu all good
things, but we wish especially
that this may be the happiest
Christmas of your life and that
1913 will be the best year of M
vour life to date.
We also thank you7 hear
for your patronage and
will during the past:
Again wishing you a
Christmas and
Year, we are
serve you.
tily
good
Merry m
Frosnerous JNew n
alwa'ys pleased to M
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