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ONE MILK COW FOR SALE. N.
B.Grantham, Smithfield, N. C.
LARGE STOCK BILLION DOLLAR
grass seed just received. $7.50 hun
dred pounds.—J. R. Ledbetter, Prin
ceton.
A LOT OF NEW FICTION JUST
received at THE HERALD Book
Store, Smithfield, N. C. Price $2
each.
NEW LOT OF BIBLES AND TES
taments just received. The best
line we have ever carried, THE
HERALD Book Store, Smithfield,
N. C.
MONEY TO LOAN ON FARM OR
city property—5 to 30 years -6 p;'
cent. One thousand to twenty
five thousand dollars. J. R. Bai
bour or R. T. Surles, Farmers
Commercial Bank Building, Bensor
N. C.__
GET YOUR NITRATE SODA FRO VI
Floyd C. Price, Pine Level, N. C.
He undersells competition.
ONE MILK COW FOR SALE. N.
B.Grantham, Smithfield, N. C.
FLOUR! FLOUR! FLOYD C. PRICE
Pine Level, N. C., is selling good
self-rising flour for $7.39 cash pc
barrel.
ONE MILK COW FOR SALE. N.
B.Granthnm, Smithfield, N. C.
A LIMITED NUMBER OF RECITA
tion and declamation books just re
ceived. The Herald Book Store,
Smithfield, N. C.
EXTRA GOOD ASSORTMENT COT
ton hoes. Come quick and get your
choice.—J. R. Ledbetter, Princeton.
EXPECTING DAILY ARRIVAL, Ni
trate Soda—Get yours and use
early. Floyd C. Price, Pine Level,
N. C.
ONE MILK COW FOR SALE N.
B. Giantham, Smithfield, N. C.
CUT FLOWERS PREMIER ROSES
and Carnations. Funeral designs
given special attention. Mrs. C.
V. Johnson, Smithfield, N. ('.
W A N T E 1): SEVERAL SECOND
hand Delco Light Plants at once.
Will pay a good price cash for
them. Write, phone or wire L. M.
Rhodes, Smithfield, N. C,, Box 402.
FOR SALE—ONE CARBIDE LIGHT
Plant with real nice set of fixtures
at a bargain price on easy terms
if wanted; the reason for selling
have bright Delco Light for my
home. W. V. Blackman, Bentons
ville, N. C.
PLANTS FOR SALE SNAPDRAG
on, petunia, geranium, and begonia.
Gladoli bulbs, assorted colors. Mrs.
C. V. Johnson, Smithfield. N. C.
WANT A FAMILY TO WORK ON
farm; will furnish house, garden
and potato patch free. A. W.
Woodard, Princeton, N. C., R. F.
D. No. L
CAR WHITE SWAN AND WHITE
Rose Flour. Very lowest prices.—J.
R. Ledbetter, Princeton, N. C.
LOST: GOLD KNIGHT’S TEMPLAR
watch charm. Return to Hood
Bros, for reward.
NOTICE
This is to notify the public that
I am in no way responsible for the
acts committed or debts contracted
by my son, Hermon Daughtry, aged
18 years, who left my home April
26, without my consent.
SOLOMON DAUGHTRY
Princeton, N. C.
May 3. 1923.
MORTGAGE SALE LAND
Under and by virtue of the powers
containe din a mortgage deed execut
ed to the undersigned and duly reg
istered in the Office of the Register of
Deeds at Book 105, page 283, of
Johnston County, default having been
made in payment of the notes secur
ed by the said mortgage, I will of
fer for sale for cash to the highest
bidder before the Courthouse door in
Johnston County at 12 M., on Monday
the 28th day of May 1923, the follow
ing described property, to-wit:
Adjoining the lands of Pias Hudson
Ransom Raynor and bounded as fol
lows: Beginning at a stake the run
of Dismal Swamp or creek, in L. M.
Bryant’s line, and runs Noi*h 3 East
49.50 chs. to a stake in J. G. Raynor’s
line; thence as said line North 89 E.
1.60 chs. to a stake J. G. Raynor’s
comer, in Ransom Raynor’s line;
thence South 3 West 11 chs. to a
stake Ransom Raynor’s corner or line;
thence as his line North 87 East 1.50
chs. to a stake Ben J. Hudson’s corn
er; thene as his line South 3 West 37
chs. to a stake at a ditch near Ben
son Road; thence South 32 West 3
25-100 chs. to a stake at the run of
Dismal creek; thence down the run of
said creek to the beginning, contain
ing 13 1-2 acres, and is lot £Jo. 8 di
vision lands John W. Hudson,
2nd. Begins at a stake on South
aide of Dismal Creek canal, and runs
North 32 East 2.35 chs. to stake at
the end of a lane at a ditch; then as
ditch North 4 East 37.50 chs. to J.
G. Raynor’s line, then South 86 East
3.60 chs. to stake in Raynor and Senia
Hudson comer; thence as her line S.
4. West 27.59 chs. to Dismal Creek
Canal; thence down said canal to the
beginning, containing 24.75 acres, be
ing lot No. 1 allotted to Dora Webb
in Ben J. Hudson Division.
This 23rd day of April 1923.
PRESTON BARKERS, Admr.
A. K. Holly, deceased.
J. R. BARBOUR, Atty.
NOTICE OF LAND SALE.
North Carolina, In the
Johnson County. Superior Court.
JOHN R. CREICH
Vs.
CHARLES F. TIPPETT.
By virtue of the powers contained
in a decree of the Superior Court of
Johnston County, made in a certain
action therein pending, wherein John
R. Creech is plaintiff, and Charles F.
Tippett is the defendant, which de
cree is now on file in the Superior
Court of Johnston County, The under
signed commissioner will sell at pub
lic auction for cash, at the courthouse
door in the town of Smithfield, on
Monday, the 28th day of May, 1923,
at 12 o’clock M., the following des
cribed tract of land. All the right, ti
tle and interest of the said Charles F.
Tippett, the same being the life es
tate of the said Charles F. Tippett, in
and to that certain piece and parcel
of land, lying and being in Johnston
County, State of North Carolina, ad
joining the lands of Dempsey Hocutt,
deceased, A. Leo and others, and
bounded on the south by the Dempsey
Hocutt land, on the west by A. Ix?c, on
the north by Moccasin Creek, on the
oust by the lands of Dempsey Hocutt,
and known as part of the Wilder
homestead, containing 57 and <we-half
acres.
This the 27th day of April 1923.
ED. S. ABELL, Commissioner.
• NOTICE!
Whereas on January 1, 1917, N. E.
Ward and wife, Emma L. Ward and
G. C. Earp and wife, Marceline Earp,
executed to II. W. Jackson and W.
B. Jerman, Trustees, a certain deed
of trust securing certain bonds in the
sum of $15,000.00 and interest, as evi
denced by coupons attached to said
bonds, and payable serially up to and
including January 1st, 1923; and
there is now due $11,00.00 of bonds
secured by said deed of trust, with
interest from January 1st, 1923,
which deeed of trust is recorded in
Book No. 39, Pag e316, Registry of
Johnston county: and
Whereas the holders of said bonds
have made request to the Trustees to
foreclose the said deed of trust and
collect the money due on said bonds:
Therefore the undersigned Trustees
will offer for sale at public auction in
front o fthe Court House Door in the
town of Smithfleld, N. C., on Satur
day, May 26th, 1923, at 12 o’clock M.,
the following described tracts or par
cels of land owned by N. E. Ward and
Emma L. Ward as follows:
1st tract being that tract of land
conveyed to N, E. Ward by the Selma
Lumber Co., on November 16, 1911,
an dreeorded in Hook L, No. 10, page
279, Registry of Johnston County,
containing 205 acres, more or less ex
cept 70 acres sold off to J. S. Sulla
vant by deed recorded in Hook S, No.
9, page 238, Registry of Johnston
County, leaving a balance of 135
acres in Selma township.
2nd tract: Heing that tract of land
conveyed to N. E. Ward by William
Richardson and wife, April 16, 1913,
and recorded in Book F No. 12, page
356, containing 140 acres, more or
less, and lying and being in Selma
township.
3rd tract: Being that tract of land
conveyed to Emma Lucas Ward by
Lonnie Capps and wife by deed dated
October 14th, 1915, and deed filed for
registration on Feb. 16, 1916, and re
corded in Book 13, page 27, Registry
of Johnston County, containing 26
acres, more or less and being known
as Lot No. 2, in the division of the
land of the late William Creech, ly
ing and being in Selma township.
4th tract: Being that tract of land
conveyed to N. E. Ward by W. J.
Parker and Mrs. N. J. Edmundson, by
deed dated December 29th, 1905, and
recorded in Book Q No. 9, page 519,
Registry of Johnston County, con
taining 102 acres, and being the land
assigned to W. J. Parker in the divi
sion of the lands of Jesse Parker, de
ceased, recorded in Land Book No. 4,
page 282, Office Clerk Superior Court
of Johnston County.
5th tract: Being that tract of land
conveyed to N. E. Ward by W. T.
Bailey and wife, and J. H. Kirby and
wife ,by deed dated February 28, 1910,
and recorded in Book N, No. 10, page
580, Registry of Johnston County,
containing 36 7-16 acres.
Tracts 4th and 5th adjoin, and
from these two tracts has been cut
off and conveyed to E. W. Holland
and Dessie Holland 17 4-10 acres, as
j will appear from deed recorded in
j Book No. 34, page 190, Registry of
| Johnston County, leaving 121 acres in
| above two tracts.
6th tract: Being that tract of land
■ known as the Cox place and lying on
! the west side of the Smithfleld and
! Louisburg road, containing 403 1-2
acres, more or less.
I 7th tract. Being that tract or par
cel of land conveyed to N. E. Ward
by C. H. Hines and wife by deed dat
' ed Jan. 26th, 1911 and recorded in
Book G No. 11, page 180, Registry of
Johnston County containing 72 3-4
acres, more or less.
Tracts 6 and 7 are subject to a deed
of trust to Frederick Frelinhuysen,
, Trustee, executed by N. E. Ward and
wife, Emma L. Ward on April 1st,
1914 and recorded in Book D No. 13,
page 19, Registry of Johnston Coun
ty, securing the sum of $15,000.00.
Also the following tracts belonging
to G. C. Earp: 1st tract: Being that
tract of land conveyed to G. C. Earp
and wife by Winnie Earp by deed
dated Nov., 21st, 1891 and recorded
; in Book E, No. 6, page 518, Registry
of Johnston County, containing 90
acres, more or less, and known as
Lot No. 2 in the division of the
of Winnie Earp.
2nd tract: Being that tract of
land conveyed to G. C. Earp and wife,
by deed dated Nov. 6th, 1907, and
recorded in Book U, No. 10, page 570,
Registry of Johnston County, con
taining 89 acres, and being known as
Lot No. 4 in the division of the lands
of Winni eEarp.
3rd tract: Being that tract of land
conveyed to G. C. Earp and wife by
Mary A. Tisdale by deed dated Sept.
20th, 1900, and recorded in Book R,
No. 7, page 401, Registry of Johnston
County, containing originally 160
acres, but from which has been cut
off and sold 3 tracts of land as fol
lows: that tract of land conveyed to
Boas Woodard by G. C. Earp and
wife by deed dated Nov. 5, 1903 and
recorded in Book M, No. 8, page 23,
containing 119 1-8 acres, more or less;
that tract of land conveyed to J. L.
Jones by G. C. Earp and wife by deed
dated Dec. 5, 1898 and recorded in
Book R, No. 7, page 320 Registry of
Johnston County, containing 63
acres; and that tract of land deeded to
J. C. Eason which has not been re
corded, and after taking off the
aforesaid three tracts of land there
is left 20 acres, more or less, lying
and being on the northeast side of
Long Branch adjoining the lands of
Boaz Woodard, Willis Woodard, W.
R. Parrish and the Todd heirs.
All the foregoing tracts of land
are specifically described by metes
and bounds in the deed of trust
above referred to, which description
will be had and read at the time of
the sale.
The Trustees will sell only a suffi
cient number of said tracts of land
to pay off the prior indebtednesss on
the Ward lands owing to the Mutual
Benefit Life Insurance Co., and to
pay off the $11,000.00 due bond hold
ers under deed of trust to H. W.
Jackson and W. B. Jerman, Trustees,
including the all costs and expenses
of sale, and whgn so satisfied the
sale will stop.
Terms of Sale Will Be CASH. De
posit of 10 per cent will be required
of the purchaser on day of sale and
the balance to be paid as soon as deed
is executed by the Trustees and ready
for delivery.
This 21st day of April, 1923.
H. W. JACKSON,
W. B. JERMAN,
Trustees.
P. H. BROOKS, Atty.
NOTIC EOF SALE
By virtue of the terms of a certain
deed of trust executed by Miles R.
Barefoot, which deed of trust is duly
registered in Book 65, Page 552, in
the office of the Register of Deeds of
Johnston County, default having been
made in the payment of the note se
cured by said deed of trust, the un
dersigned trustee named in said deed
of trust having been requested by the
holde rof said note to exercise the
power of sale granted therein, will,
on Wednesday, the 23rd day of May,
1923, at twelve o’clock M., offer for
sale at public auction at the Court
house Door in Smithfield, North Caro
lina, the following lands in Johnston
County, to-wit:
FIRST TRACT: Beginning at a 1
stake in the Barefoot line, corner of
Lo tNo. 3, in the division of the lands
of James Barefoot, deceased, and
runs with said lot North 85 1-2 East
89 poles to a stake in the Tart line;
thence with said line North 85 1-2 W.
18 poles to a stake; thence South 3
West 89 poles to a stake in the Bare
foot line; thence South 85 1-2 East 18
poles to the beginning, containing 10
acres, more or less; and being Lot No.
4 in the division of the lands of Jas.
Barefoot, deceased, the same having
been conveyed to Miles R. Barefoot by
deed of Sarah Barefoot, registered in
Book L, No. 1, Page 263, in the office
of the Register of Deeds of Johnston
County.
SECOND TRACT: Beginning at a
stake in th eBarefoot line, corner of
Lot No. 1, and runs with said line
North East 89 poles to a stake in
Tart’s line; thence with said line N.
85 1-2 West 18 poles to a stake;
thenc eSouth 3 West 89 poles to Bare
foot’s line; thence wit hsaid line S.
85 1-2 East 18 poles to the beginning
containing 10 acres, the same being
Lot No. 2 in the division of the lands
of the late James Barefoot assigned '
to the heirs of E. B. Barefoot, As
signee of Israel W. Barefoot, the
same having been conveyed to the
said Miles R. Barefoot by deed of the
heirs at law of E. B. Barefoot ,to-wit: i
Junius E. Barefoot by deed registered ;
in Book X 12, Page 338, in the office
of the Register of Deeds of Johnston !
County, and by deed of W. O. Bare- {
foot, P. T. Barefoot, and wife, Bertie
Barefoot, W. R. Hawkins, and wife, '
E. E. Hawkins, N. L. Westbrook and ]
wife, L. F. Westbrook, registetred in
Book 66, Page 283, in the office of '
said Register of Deeds.
THIRD TRACT- Beginning at a
stake and runs South 3 West fifty-one
poles to a stake; thence South 89 1-2
East 36 poles to a stake; thence S. 6
West 45 poles to a stake; thence S.
: 85 1-2 East 22 poles to a stake, M. R.
j Barefoot’s corner of Lot No. 5 in the
! division of the lands of James Bare
i foot, deceased; thence North 3 East I
189 poles with E. R. Barefoot’s line of
said lot to a stake; thence N. 86 1-2
W. 55 poles to the beginning, con
taining 22 3-4 acres, more or less, said
tract adjoining the lands of Bradley
Barefoot, Jerusha and Redding Bare
foot, said lands having been convey
ed to Miles R. Barefoot by deed of
Ed. S. Abell and James A. Wellons,
Commissioners, registered in Book
Z, No. 7, Page 124.
FOURTH TRACT: Lot No. 5 in
the division of the lands of the late
James Barefoot awarded in the divis
ion of his lands to Miles R. Barefoot,
bounded and described as follows: to
wit: Beginning at a stake in Bare
| foot’s line, the corner of Lot No. 4,
i and runs thence with said line North
| 3 East 89 poles to a stake in Tart’s
line ;thence with his line North
85 1-2 West_18 poles to a stake;
thence South 3 West 89 poles to a
! stake in the Barefoot line; thence
with sai dline 86 1-2 East 18 poles to
beginning, containing 10 acres.
The successful bidder will be re
quired to deposit with the trustee 10
per cent of his bid before the sale is
closed as a pledge of his good faith
in his bid. Balance of purchase mon
ey to be paid upon delivery of deed.
This the 19th day of April 1923.
J. C. CLIFFORD, Trustee.
Clifford & Towsend, Attys.
Dunn, N. C.
A Model Advertiser.
Our advertisers will be interested in
a clipping which THE HERALD re
cently received from the Division of
Publications of the Agricultural Ex
tension Service at Raleigh. It is
believed that the method of attracting
attention to goods for sale as exempli
fied by Defoe in his tale about Robin
son Crusoe could be well followed by
some of our advertisers:
“Robinson Crusoe was both a pio
neer and successful advertiser. True,
there were no newspapers at that
time, but he knew the value and ne
cessity of attracting attention to his
important business, and that without
the support of others his venture
would prove a failure. He also be
lieved in changing his “copy” often.
So when his first flag (a shirt) was
whipped to pieces by the wind and
weather Crusoe put another garment
on the pole, and he kept at it until
he got what he wanted, a ship.
“Suppose he had stopped with the
failure of his first flag, as some mer
chants do with one advertisement, on
the plea that ‘advertising doesn’t
pay.’ Crusoe would have returned to
dust and it would have been scatter
ed upon the waters and lost. The
moral is: Put out your signal and
keep changing its style. In other
words, use your local newspaper reg
ularly and systematically and you
will get what you want and deserve.”
—Sampson Democrat.
The Things Divine.
These are the things I hold divine:
A trusting child’s hand laid in mine,
The taste of grapes and the drone of
bees
Rich brown earth and wind-tossed
trees,
A rhythmic gollop, long June days,
The welcome smile on neighbors’
A rose-hedged land and lovers’ lays,
faces,
Cool, wide hills and open places,
Breeze blown fields of silver rye,
The wild, sweet note of the clover’s
cry.
The soft, pale tint of the garden
phlox,
Fresh spring showers and the scent
of box,
, Lilacs blooming, a drowsy moon,
A flight of geese and an autumn
moon,
Rolling meadows and storm-washed
heights,
A fountain murmur on summer’s
nights’
A dappled fawn in the forest hush.
Simple words and the song of a
thrush,
Rose-red dawns and a mate to share
With comrade soul my gypsy fare,
A wailing fire when the twilight ends,
A gallant heart and the voice of
friends.
—Jean Brocks Burt.
Keep Up Family Interest
Now that summer is come and the
heavy work begins outside house
cleaning to the house, and of course
more socials and community affairs
commencing, the family is rather di
vided. The days are getting longer
but we will have to retire in good
time each night anyway in order to
be up with the chickens in the morn
ing and around to our duties.
The farmer works until chore time,
does his chores, eats supper and it is
soon bedtime. How much time has
he had to chat with the family? Has
there been any conversation which
has really improved them mentally?
Where does the reading aloud come
after father has read the markets
and mother and the girls washed the
dishes and tidied the kitchen?
This is an important thought. There
is a grave danger in the summer
months of neglecting those family
ties which make a home more beau
tiful. Of course we do not expect
this busy man or his equally busy
wife to take the same time in summer ;
that they do in winter, but it is en- :
tirely wrong to let the interest drop
altogether. Every family knows its I
own likes and dislikes better than 1
any other person would so we can j
not make any set rules for all but ,
we know’ that home will be much more 1
like home if each member’s ideas ]
upon the subject under discussion are I
given. Incidentally this will give i
them better conversational powers be- j
sides providing a common interest.—
Mrs. O. S.. in Indiana Farmer’s Guide, j
Full Directions
Colleget Student (writing home)—
“How do you spell ’financially’?”
College Student (writing home)—
Roommate — “F-l-N-A-N-C-I-A-L
L-Y, and there are tw'o ‘Rs’ in embar
rassmed.’—Dry Goods Economist
(New York.)
The Backward Child
Is your child “backward?” You
need not necessarily be discouraged
David Hume’s mother found him as a
child “uncommon weak-minded;”
Darwin, Humboldt, Patrick Henry,
Goldsmith, Beecher and many other
great men were as children consider
ed hopeless dullards.
Psychology is coming to the aid of
the anxious mother and father and
the despairing school teacher. It is
a new science, this thing of measur
ing intelligence, and some of its prac
titioners are apt to claim too much
for it; but it throw's much light on
the hitherto bafling problem of what
to do with boys and girls who make
little or no progress in school and
seem to be interested in nothing par
ticularly.
The schools are experimenting with
these mental tests and parents are
encouraged by the scientist’s aser
tion that the backward child is as
likely to astonish the neighbors as
the infant prodigy provided the dul
lard is given intelligent attention.
The weakness of the school system
has been that it sought to stamp all
minds with the same die—Dw’ight T.
Farnham, industrial engineer, says
that we have been too much occupied
with the effort to educate all children
to be ladies and gentlemen of acad
emic attainment. He recommends the
German practice which separates chil
dren into classes as the farmer grades
his livestcok.
The German-system of classifying
minds is in many ways admirable, but
beware of its tendency to become a
purely mechanical process— a boy
shows no aptitude for books, there
fore make him a mechanic or hod
carrier. Remember that the child
mind, often seemingly closed to all
knowledge, is lying fallow like a field
which stores up in itself chemical re
sources for the future harvest. Psy
chology has learned much about men
tality; but mind is not matter, and it
has in it tremendous possibilities fo.r
upsetting all predictions about its
powers. Study the inclinations of
your child, don’t let him know that
you are watching him, and above all
don’t forget that he is only in part a
mechanism. He has in him forces as
mysteriously potential as the apppar
ently dead flowers that spring into
life and beauty under the chemistry
of sun and rain.—Asheville Citizen.
BUILDING AT N. C. C. W.
TO BEGIN AT ONCE
Greensboro, May 9,—The board of
directors of the North Carolina Col
lege for Women held their annual
meeting at the college on Thursday,
May 3. It was decided by the board
to go ahead immediately with the con
struction of two new buildings on the
campus—a music building and a phy
sical educatjon building. Jloth V>f
these were asked for at the time of
the meeting of the state legislature.
The cost of these two buildings will
be around $300,000 it is expected.
Architects will submit plans for
these buildings at an early date, and
work will be expedited as much as
possible. No other buildings have
been decided on at present, but it is
probable that three new dormitories,
a new wing to the dining hall, a newr
power plant and other structures will
be erected as soon as practicable. The
legislature appropriated to the col
lege the sum of $1,350,000 for perma
nent improvements during the two
year period, and it is the desire of
the board to use this sum to the
greatest possible advantage. These
first two buildings will help to give
information on present building costs,
and enable the board to go on with
other work.
The board also granted to President
Julius I. Foust, of the college, a leave
; of absence for six months, to take ef
fect at once. Dr. Foust has now been
, ill for two weeks, and his doctors
feel that it is imperative that he take
a much needed rest. During his ab
i sence all the executive duties will be
| carried on by Prof. W. C. Jackson,
. vice-president of the college, who be
comes for the time acting president.
We Are All Artists
The baby draws attention.
The official draws a salary.
The laborer draws wages.
The lawyer draws a contract.
The gunfighter draws blood.
The dentist draws teeth.
The doctor draws a fee.
The actor draws a crowd.
The politican draws votes.
The drink draws a blank.
The artist draws faces.
The draughtsman draws plans.
The old soldier draws a pension.
The reporter draws assignments.
The forger draws a jail sentence.
The philosopher draws conclusions.
The bank acount draws interest.
The depositor draws checks.
The writer overdraws his account
and
The time draws near when
The undertaker draws us all.—
Charlotte Observer.
The Old Country Road
Where did it come from and where
did it go?
That was the question that puzzled
us so
As we waded the dust of the highway
that flowed
By the farm, like a river—the old
country road.
We stood with our hair sticking up
thro’ the crown
Of our hats as the people went up
and went down
And we wished in our hearts, as our
eyes fairly glowed
We could find where it came from—
the old country road.
We remember the peddler who came
with his pack
Adown the old highway and never
went back
And we wondered what things he had
seen as he strode
From fabulous place up the old coun
try road.
We remember the stage-drivers look
of delight
And the crack of the whip as he
whirled into sight
And we thought we could read in
each glance he bestowed
A tale of strange life up the old
country road.
The movers came by like a ship in
full sail.
With a rollicking crew and a cow
that was towed
With a rope on her horns down the
old country road.
And the gypsies—how well we re
member the week
j They camped by the old covered
bridge on the creek.
How the neighbors quit work and the
crops were unhoed
Till the wagons drove off down the
old country road.
Oh, the top of the hill was the
rim of the world,
And the dust of the summer that
over it curled
Was the curtain that hid from our
sight the abode
I Of the fairies that lived up the old
country road.
Down the hill of my dreams, as it did
long ago,
, The old country road! I can see it still
flow
And I wish even now I could lay off
my load
And I’est by the side of the old coun
try road.
—Jawes Newton Matthews.
Hophni And Phineas
Hophni and Phineas were the bad
sons of a good father. Eli the high
priest had done well in everything
except in the matter of rearing good
sons. Not all good fathers are able
to rear good sons, and we are told
to what extent Eli was blamable. Per
haps he had done the best he could,
perhaps not.
The boys ran with a high hand.
They abused the laws that their fath
er was administering and they out
raged the people who did not fail to
charge their sins up against the old
man. Still the father loved them, af
ter the way of fathers, though they
paid no attention to his rebukes. So
when the news came that they were
' slain in battle the grief-stricken old
j man tumbled over and broke his
i neck.
It is an old example of an old
! tragedy—the story of sons who bring
shame and sorrow to their fathers.
! It seems to be the way of the world.
, When a father rises much above the
mass his sons usually drop below the
average.—Goldsboro News.
“I Thought Of You, Mother/*
When a boy, Governor Russell, of
Massachusetts, came near being
! drowned. The boat in which he was
' sailing capsized, and he had to swim
■ more than a mile, but he finally
j reached home and told his mother
, what a long distance he had to swim,
| she asked him how he managed to
i hold out so long.
I “I thought of you, mother,” replied
the boy, “and kept on swimming.”
i The thought of mother helped him
in the moment of his greatest need
' and thus saved his life, not only to
himself and his mother, but also the
j State and nation.
The thought ot mother has saved
many boys and girls, men and women,
from sinking. Indeed, it has done
more than that. The thought of moth
er has not only saved men from death,
but it has inspired them to the most
noble and heroic achievements. The
thought of mother’s love, mother’s
life, mother’s toils, mother’s endless
sacrifice, mother’s sleepless nights
for our comfort and safety—thoughts
of these things have helped many
souls over the rough and dangerous
places in life and finally into the
Father’s house on high.—Selected.
The farm women of Vance County
are selling about $200 worth of pro
ducts per week at the curb market in
Henderson, according to reports from
the home demonstration agent. Many
women are kept busy filling other
orders that were taken on the market
day.