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fciLUME 46—NO. 1
County’# Oldest and Best Newspaper - - Established 1882
SMITH FI ELD, N. C„ TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 3, 1928
CONSIDER THIS!
The Hearld has the largest circu
lation of any newspaper publish
ed in Johnston County. That’s
something to consider, Mr. Ad
vertiser 1
$2.00 PER YEAR
-ooking For Woman!
In Hickman Case
[Police Believe She
Was In Hickman’s
ipartment On Day
rBefore Return Of
Child’s Body.
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 1.—Inves
tors of the District Attorney’s
p here today sought a woman
•; believed was in the apartment
Wlilliam E. Hickman, admitted
yer of Marian Parker, on the
• before the girl’s body was giv
•< to her father in exchange for
..•>00.
George Contents, chief investi
itor of the district attorney’s of
disclosed that the department
i kI received information from a
mari living in the Bellevue Arms
rtments, where Hickman lived
Donald Evans, that an uniidenti
i woman visited Hickman in his
vitment rooms Friday, Decem
■r in.
ilGHT CHANGE FACTS.
' fficerS said that this informa
a might indicate that the school
.1 was slain on Friday, and not
' Saturday, December 17, as
^ekman said in his confession to
[ he police.
The search of district A’torneyV
mvstigators was directed toward
| girl, who, officers were toid moved
lorn the apartment house several
s ago.
'he officers were told that a con
■w ation had been overheard be
|V n a woman and Hickman in
apartment in which the woman
. «d:
ihltite, we’ve got to get out o!
e. and get out quick.”
•nly a glimpse was obtained pj
tV^riL^ ' the ~ tour
w$s described as oB than
.man, fashionably dressed* and
’ vily made up.—Associated
4
fi NEGROES WERE )
LYNCHED IN 192;
iliSKEGEE, Ala., Jan. 1.—Six.
t.. i persons, all negroos, vert
1; ,iohed during- 1927, it was an
need today by '&&& ee insti*
on the^basi^/f re rds com.
d by its department f researci
and records. This compa4ed with 3(
in the previous year, 17 in 1925
10 in 1924, and 33 in 1923.
Four of the victims were burnei
to death, the report said, and th<
bodies of two were burned afte:
they had been put to death. Of
fenses with which they weri
rged included murder, assault
nipted assault and imprope
luct.
he report said that of thos
hed, six were taker 1 om jail
six seized from officers of th.
outside jails. It ad.led tha
re were 42 instances n whicl
icers prevented lyncl in 34 v
it hern states and ei in nor
cin' states.—Associa Pres.
NEWITT MORGA
Dewitt Morgan died ..
his sister, Mrs. T rl
»< nson Saturday and ■
;nday afternoon. Mr.
offered a stroke of
iwenty-fouf hours befe
was about sixty y
never marrie<l.
T!ie> funeral service .f
i t the residence S n
by Rev. Xure I e
Kirk. Interment .
Henson cemetery.
EAD
s burie
Morga
paralyisi
is deatl
conduc
iy aftei
and Re’
made i
Alter a younger m; n has mm1
khis first ringing spec* ie shoul
I buy the ring.
Tantalh ir
There are exactly en ugh let
ters in the lino below to spell
the name of a person in Smith
held, and if the right one de
ciphers his name and w'jh pre
sent it to The ITernld
we will present him
complimentary ticket
Victory Theatre. Ticket
be called for before
lowing issuw
office,
i vith a
to the
te fol
(Mis«) Luella Stan!
ni2ed her name last
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i’\4 inrgncoouy,
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Isue.
Chevalier
r
i’r '■ head of
, Minneapolis,
Miss Chloe Owiu
Hygiene Bureau,
Minn, just made Chevalier
Legion of Honor and award
Prix Carlier of the Academ
Social and Political Scienc
France in recognition of work
while serving as director of
American Relief House in i^rj
At 16 Miss Owings ran her invalid
mother’s farm.
‘the
E. 0. Moore Takes
Washington B;ide
--
Was Former Secretary
Branch Office Eastern Car
olina Chamber Of Com
merce At Benson B'fore
Going To Florida, 'j
WASHINGTON, li. 1
■ ed in matrimony in KVaMjing*toif
City, Thursday night. ipe.iBBier 2'J,
when Miss Margaret TowMjr-nd of
Washington became the j tide of
Ernest G. Moore of Gail'esville,
Florida. Both of the youisg peo
ple recently left RaleighJ Mrs.
Moore is the daughter of ifrr. and
'Mrs. M. L. Townsend, who live in
Chevy Chase, Washington., Dr.
Townsend is owner of the Ohety
Chase Sanatorium. He was assov
dated with the North Carolina
State Board of Health as director
of health education for two years.
The bride is a graduate o.' Guil
ford College anrl has also attended
the University of North Carolina
and State College. Mr. Moore is!
■ a graduate of State College, and
also holds a Master’s degree from
that institution. He is now ssist- •
, ant agriculural editor at the Um
• versity of Florida, at Gainesville.
Seycral North Carolinian were
> in Washington for the cermony.
i Miss Flossie Lassiter of ; aleigh
: was maid of honor; Miss .larga
; ret Leveling of Raleigh am) Miss
i Mary Grey Moore of New Bern1
i fere bridesmaids. W. C. Mcore of
• Sew Bern, brother of the g*room
fas best man. Other attendants
fere Herman W. Taylor .f the
State Coll/.‘ge faculty, fraternity
> brother of the groom, and J. Frank
i Casey of Washington.
Mr. e asey sang U rromise Me.
Merrill Hiatt played Schubert’s
“Ave Maria” as a violin solo, and
Miss Louise Hiatt sang “0 Per
fect 'Love” as a prayer while be
couple were kneeling befc-c the
altar. Mrs. J. Frank Cas<
of the bride, was at the \
Other out of town gi
eluded Mrs. W. E. Moore
Bern, N. C., mother of th
and Miss Inez E. Teague.
York City, cousin of the bride.
NOTE: The bridegroom was for
merly head of the branch office of
the Eastern Carolina Chainber 01
Commerce located at Ben (or. He
went to Gainesville, FJa.. from
Benson.
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no.
ts i
•f Ne
of New
T. E. TALTON BACK __
FROM NEV
t
VOKK
Deputy Sheriff T. E. TiH*n fe
turned to the city last w«ek from
New York City where he wy to
bring an escaped North P».0]ina
prisoner back to the state,
pr
■i goner was Hilton Sears
caped from the state P«niHtiarv
about eight months ago. Ij wa.
serving* a 30-year sentenc f01,
manslaughter. The prisoiy wafl
I delivered to Mr. Talton
I curing requisition papers ^(i
J. governor of New York.
Child Injured By
, Falling Porch Bor
f'tfve-Year-Old Son Of P. W.
I Barber Receives Serious In
j| ternal Injuries; Operation
Successful.
Friends of the family will be
jrlad to leairn that Edward Bar
ber, the five-year-old son of Mr.
and Mrs. P. W. Barber of the Po
lenta sectiort, is resting comfort
ably after undergoing a serious
operation at the Johnston County
Hospital.
Last Thursday afternoon while
; laying the chiikl turned a 200
>ound porch box over, the box :
•ulling- across his abdomen. Ac
cording to reports reaching here,
le was swinging on the flower box
vihen it turned over upon him.
Ke was brought immediately tr
he hospital here where it was
’ound that he had sustained serious
nternal injuries, his liver and kid
leys being badly crushed. Little
tope was entertained for bis re
ivcry. An operation proved suc
sessful, however, and the little pa
rent was doing nicely at the last
•eport.
Dodge Brothers Has
Completed Program
Leaders In The Automotive
Industry Ilelieve 1928 Will
He Active and Prospective
Year
-*
Leaders in the automotive in
lustry tire practically unanimous
n their expressions that 1928 will
>e an active and prosperous year
‘or the automobile trade. Many
sgns indicate that those opiHftfr
tc forecasts have an excellent
iiance of being fulfilled during the
jJew Year.
r Certainly in the case of Dodge!
Brothers, Inc., we have every rea- j
>on to hope for new high sales i
records.
During 1927, Dodge Brothers,
,nc., undertook the long and dif
ficult task of completely revising
its products. While a curtailment
}f activities necessarily took
3lace, the work of readjustment
was so organized that a shutdown
}f the Dodge factories was avoid
ed. This work has now been com
pleted. Dodge Brothers has suc
cessfully passed through this tran
sition phase and stands in a strong
position, with both manufacturing
and distributing facilities in shape
to handle a greater volume of bus
iness than ever before.
Instead of confining* itself to a |
single type of passenger car in a
single price classification, Dodge
Brothers emerges from its period
of preparation with an extensive j
line of models in three different i
price classes.
Newest in the Dodge line will
be the Victory; a six cylinder car,
embodying important features pos- i
sessed by no other automobile. The j
Victory six has been in production
for several w'eeks, and stocks are
now* being shipped to dealers all
over the country for simultaneous
display beginning* January 5. Pri
ces will be announced on the same
date.
Dodge Brothers* four cylinder
car, which has more than 2,000,000
owners, has been brought up to
the minute; with 4-wheel brakes,
an improved motor, and numerous
betterments in body and chassis.
The Senior six, added to Dodge
Brothers line a few months ago,
has justified the expectations of
our engineers and will be contin
ued as Dodgje Brothers’ highest
priced model.
Graham Brothers truck division,
which attained new high sales
records in 1927, is now producing
a wide variety of four and six cyl
inder commercial cars and trucks.
Our truck executives believe that
the steady increases shown in past
J years will be repeated in 1928.
With our full line in production,
Dodge Brothers dealers are now
preparing to make reasonably
prompt deliveries. However, if the
.volume business expected by the
automotive trade materializes, it n
more than likely that the peak de
mands of spring will exceed the
-supply of cars.
Crew of the "Dawn”
I ~ M • Jr ■«, ■»>..-mssrsn
Photo taken shortly before they hopped off for their trans-Atlantic
fltf’ht attempt shows, left to right, Brice Goldborough, Mrs. Frances
Giayson and Lieut. Oskar Omdal.
Robbers Stage Hold
Up Under Arc Light
Negro Barber Is Relieved Of
$27 At The Point Of a
Pistol; Officers Give Chase
To Suspects In Car.
A bold hold-up was staged in
Smithfield Sunday night about ten
thirty o’clock when a Negro bar
ber by the name of R. L. Hamer
who works at Bud Brown’s barber
shop was forced to give up $27 at
the point of a pistol. Hamer had
been to his preacher’s house where
they were arranging for a play.
On his way home about
10:30 o’clock he was on the corner !
where highway number 10 joins ;
Market street in front of the
Standard Oil filling station under
an arc light when suddenly a white
man dashed in front of him, hold
ing a gun i nhis. face and calling
‘hands up.” When Hamer had
complied his assailant called to a
companion, a neg*ro, who up until
that time had been concealed, to
do his work. The negro took every- 1
Lhing from Hamer’s pockets and :
kept the money. He returned what <
papers he found. As soon as the ;
money had been secured the negro j
and the white man ran toward th '
Johnston county hospital. 1
Deputy Sheriff T. E. Talton was :
called and he went immediately to <
the scene df the hold-up. Talton 1
scouted around for a while, -tut i
failed to find anyone lurking in j
back lots or any strange automo- !
biles. In a short time Frank Law- ]
rence Skinner came by and Talton
hailed him and asked his assistance i
in finding the robbers. They soon •
discovered a strange car going out <
of town at a rapid rate of speed. <
Their suspicions were aroused and i
they followed the car for about i
two miles and a half. The occu
pants of the strangle car realized
they were being followed, for a
part of the time the two ears were
neck and neck. A negro and a 1
white man were the occupants, and
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MRS. W. T. ROST TO
SPEAK HERE
The January meeting of the
Woman’s club will be featured
by a talk by Mrs. W. T. Host of
Raleigh. The meeting will be
held Wednesday afternoon at
13:30 o’clock in the club room.
Every member of the club is
urgently requested to be pres
ent to hear Mrs. Host, and any
!ady of the town interested will
be givn a cordial wlcome.
fi S. Calhoun At
Bankers Meeting
Raleigh Banker Talks On Ser
vice Charge. Committee Re
ports On Service Charge
For .Johnston County Banks
At the meeting of the Johnston
^ounty Bankers’ Association held
n this city Thursday night, De
ember 29, N. S. Calhoun, vice-.
resident of the Wachovia Bank
>nd Trust company of Raleigh, was
he principal speaker. Mr. Calhoun
alked on the service charge* which
s being* contemplated by Johnston
ounty banks. Three of the Raleigh ‘
•anks have gone into the plan niin
itely and have decided to have a
ervice charge only recently, and (
dr. Calhoun’s remarks were of |
(articular interest at this time, j
At this meeting, the proposed
ervice charge in Johnston county
vas given more definite form. The
committee headed by M. Britt
>f Benson suggested that a charge
•f $1.00 be made against accounts
.bowing an average balance of less
han $50.00 during the month
vhere there had been more than
’our checks drawn during the,
nonth against such an account,
rhe committee also recommended
hat where it became necessary to
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State Is Visited By Most Severe Cold
Gf Season With Mercury Still Failing
MERCURY SIX BELOW I
IN WAUTAUGA COUNTY f
BLOWING ROCK, Jan. 1.—The
new year came in here with the c
coldet weather of the season. At i
six o’clock this morning: the tern- j
perature was 2 above but it fell
throughout the day and at six i
o’clock- tonight it was (5 below. A f
high wind whirled a dry snow into
the faces of travelers. Acute suf- l
fering of ivestock was reported •<
from over the county, but no J
deaths have been recorded. ]
COLDEST WEATHER OF .
SEASON SEIZES DIXIE
j ATLANTA, Jan. 1.—Gripped in
the talons of the season’s record 1
cold wave, the south tonight was
swept by a brisk icy wind that sent
the mercury, already at new sea- ;
son lows, scurrying toward lower <
levels. i
Five degrees below zero a1- 1
Louisville, was the day’s lowest ]
reading for a city, with Savannah, 1
tGa., recording a 31 and centVai
j
lorida points ranging- into the
orties.
Fj*om the Ohio river to the Gulf
f Mexico and from Texas to the
Atlantic seaboard freezing tem
eratures prevailed. Only in cen
tral and south Florida did the
nercury fail to slide below 32 de
rees during the day.
Riding the winds of a near gale,
ne old wave swept in on a north
west wind yesterday, carrying be
ore it balmy weather that had
•revailed for several days, bringi
ng instead sub-freezing temper
tures, with colder weather pre
licted tomorrow.
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1TATE VISITED BY MOST
SEVERE COLD OF SEASON
CHARLOTTE, Jan. 1.—The new
ear brought to North Carolina the
oldest weather of the season,
anging from 10 to 20 degrees be
sw normal. Forecasts from all
oints in the state indicate much
>wer temperatures by morrivrg.
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Business Changes
In Smithfield
Two New Firms Open A1
First Of The Year; N. T5
(irantham Moves To New
Building.
Smithfield will no doubt experi
ence the usual number of New
Year changes. New firms are open
ing up, and some and changing
hands. Among the new firms open
ing up this week are Britton-HPl
Motor company, and James E. Wil
son. The proprietors of the mo
tor company are C. W. Britton bf
Athens, Ga., and James Z. Hill, of
the Sanders Chapel section. This
firm has the agency for Johnston
county for Pontiac and Oakland
automobiles. At present this bus
iness is located in the armory, but
by January 10 they expect to move
to a new building just completed
by Peedin and Peterson on Market
street next to the Underwood com
pany. This brings the number of
automobile agencies operating* in
Smithfield up to five, and is an in
dication that. Smithfield is a good
center for distributing cars. .
The other new firm, that of
James E. Wilson, is a sales stables.
Mr. Wilson comes to Smithfield
from Benson. He has purchased
Parrish’s stabes on Third street,
and already has a stock of mules
an hand. Mr. WKlson has just re
turned from Tennessee where he
purchased a carload of mules. A.
W. Hodges, who was formerly lo
’atecf at the Parrish stables, ac
cording to our information, will
still run a sales stable in this city
aear the Central warehouse.
The City Market changed hands
i few weeks ago when M. B.
Strickland sold out to Layton Mc
dugan. Associated with Mr. Mc
dugan beginning January 1 is
Wilbert Blackman, who was last
>fear with Stevens and Ogburn.
Among the moves is that of N.
d. Grantham, who last week mov
ed his stock of men’s clothing to
lis new store just a few doors
lown from his old stand on Mar
vet street. The new store, which is
wo stories high, gives ample room
■ or a fine display of the goods of
his firm. This is one oi the old
est firms in town and the propric
;or and his force will appreciate
shaking hands with their friends
it the new location.
FORMER GULLIEI) FIELD
VALUABLE TIMBER LAND
RALEIGH, Jan. 2.—Jacob Tickle
)f Alamance county is now har
vesting lumber from a woodlot
hat he planted in pines with his
>wn hands about forty years ago.
Mr. Tickle believes in the wise
jse of farm woodland and recently
vhen R. W. Graebern, extension
forester at State College, visited
nis farm, Mr. Tickle said:
“A little more than 40 years ago
I settled on this place to make a
living for myself and' family. The
farm had been abused and was
aadly washed . nd gullied. One field
af 14 acres was in such bad con
dition that it was impossible for
me to use it in planting. It was
fo poor that the former owner
asked the tax assessor to relieve
him of that part of his farm be
cause it would not sell for the
amount of the annual tax.
“I decided to reclaim this field
witfy pines. At that time, there
were few pines growing in this
section of Alamance county so I
went into another community and
dug a quantity of pine seedlings
to plant in this field. Some of the
seedlings, I planted around among
the gullies. On about half the area,
I planted the trees in rows, some
what like an orchard is set, with
the pines about 28 .to 30 feet apart.
] started this planting in 1887 and
added a little each winter until,
the whole 14 acres was very w’ell
covered. After these scattered
plantings grew large enough to
make seed, the* whole field was
soon seeded to a thick stand. To
day this field of waste land is as
valuable, acre for acre, as any
field on my farm."
Mr. Tickle stated that folks
would hardly believe him when he
told them in 1918, at which time
his trees were but thirty years
old, that he had cut enough lum
ber from the - field to erect sev
eral necessary ^buildings on his
farm. *
“And,” says Mr. Tickle, “this
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Kidnapper
William Ldwarcl Hickman, self
confessed kidnapper and slayer of
12-year-old Marian Parker of Los
Angeles. Hickman was captured in
Oregon after what is said to he
the greatest man hunt the Pacific
Coast has ever known.
Chevrolet Company
Presents New Car
“Bigger And Better” Chevro
let Incorporates All Advan
tages Of “Most Beautiful”
Chevrolet And Embodies
Host Of Refinements.
Surpassing all its former achieve- j
ments as a leader in the building
of low cost transportation, the
Chevrolet Motor company , today
announces the most distinctive low
priced automobile of all time. j
The announcement today of a
complete new line of Chevrolet
cars follows immediately on the
close of Chevrolet’s greatest year
when its volume of one million .
units made it the world’s largest
builder of automobiles, and pre
sages a year of unexampled activ
ity for the organization that, has
been the pioneer volume producer
of gear shift motor cars.
Known as the “Bigger and Bet
ter” Chevrolet, the new car that
goes on display throughout the
United States today, not only suc
ceeds the “Most Beautiful Chevro
let” but incorporates all the ad
vantages that made the latter so
popular and in addition embodies a
host of refinements that combine
to produce what General Motors
officials believe will be the sensa
tion of the automobile industry in
1928.
A quick picture of the new car
that seems destined to write a new
chapter into the history of the
automobile business may be had by
noting the following highlights of
the 1928 Chevrolet:
Extended wheelbase f greater
speed and power, four wheel
brakes, longer, roomier Fisher;
bodies, new Duco colors, thermo
state cooling, shock absorbing
springs, motor enclosures, and in
directly lighted instrument panel
and other advantages built in as a
result of lessons learned through 13
years of constant progress.
The “Bigger and Better” Chev
rolet owes its outstanding virtues
to the manifold facilities at the
disposal of the Chevrolet Motor
company, including the General
Motors Proving Ground, the Gen
eral Motors Research laboratory,
the Chevrolet experimental labo- i
ratory, the Chevrolet engineering
department and the skill and re
sources of the Fisher body corpor- |
ation.
Seven passenger cars, including
five closed and two open types,
comprise the line. Every driving
requirement is cared for in the
make up and appointments of the
various body types.
Beauty in appearance, perform
ance in driving and economy in op
eration are the keynotes of the car
that owes its every detail to with
ering tests of days, weeks and
months under all types of weath
er, road and driving conditions.
| Every detail has been proved
true in exhaustive tests. As a re?
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! ‘
field of timber is now making suf
ficient growth each year to pay
I the taxes on my whole farm.” v
, . . -1
Miss Laurie Currie
Weds Baptist Minister
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Bride Taught School At Brog*
den During Kail Term;
Young Couple Will Live At
Wingate.
RAEFORD, Jan. 1.—A marriage
of interest throughout the state
took place Monday evening, De
cember 26 at 3:30 o’clock in the
Presbyterian church of Raeford,
when Miss Laurie Currie became
the bride of Rev. Coy Mtickle, of
Wingate. Dr. W. M. Fairley, pastor
of the bride, and Rev. C. C. Burris
of Wingate performed the cere
mony. The simple but impressive
ring ceremony was used.
The church was artistically dec
orated with long leaf pines, pot
ted plants and cathedral tapers.
The altar was a mass of green
lighted only by the soft yellow
glow of the candles.
Prior to the ceremony, a beau
tiful and appropriate musical pro
gram was rendered. Mrs. M. C.
McLaughlin played “Londonderry
Air” by F. Himmelreich. Miss
Elizabeth Brewer sang “At Dawn
ing” and “All For You.” During
the ceremony, Mrs. McLaughlin
played very softly “Largo” from
the “New World” Symphony by
Dvark. y
The wedding party entered to
the strains of Lohengrin’s wedding
march. First came the ministers
from the pastor’s study and took
their place at the altar. The ush
ers, brothers of the bride, W. M.
Currie of New Bern, and H. A.
Currie of Raeford, entered from
:he vestibule and took their places
>n either side of the ministers.
The bridal party entered from
:he left. First came the dame of
lonor, Mrs. W. M. Currie, of New
Bern. She wore a blue georgette
linner dress and carried a shower
jouquet of pink roses. The brides
maid, Miss Eunice Currie, a sis
ter of the bride, followed. She
vore a biege georgette dinner dress
ind carried a shower bouquet of
)ink roses. The ringbearer, James
Currie Burris, the bride’s nephew,
preceded the bride. He was hand
somely dressed in a black velvet
:olonial dress' suit and carried the
’ing in a pink rose.
ler brother, D. S. Currie, who gave
ler in marriage. She was clad in
i midnight blue twill traveling
■suit with hat, slippers and har
nonizing accessories. She carried
* bridal bouquet of Toses and Hi
es of the valley.
The groom, with his best mah,
Fred Bryson of Marion, came from
:he pastor’s study and met the
>ride at the altar where tfiey were
jnited in marriage.
Immediately after the ceremony
Mr. and Mrs. Muckle left by motor
For Paris, Ark., and other western
joints. After their return they ^
will be at horn* in Wingate.
Mrs. Muckle is a beautiful and
popular member of Raeford’s
younger set. She received her ed
ucation at Flora Macdonald Col
lege and Cullowhee State Normal.
Prior to her marriage sho was a
successful teacher in the Johnston
county schools, having taught the
fall term at Brogden school.
Mr. Muckle is a graduate of the
Baptist Theological Seminary of
Louisville, Ky. At present he is
pastor of the Meadow Branch
Baptist church of Wingate.
A great number of out of town
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Aunt Roxie Opirj«3
By Me—
"Pro-high-bishon haz dun mint
de lil’ brown jug an’ fokes kin hava
gude times widout mean licker,”