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:nc ouPLiM Tinr.3 FRIDAY, APRIL 14th, 1950 - ' n .'n n c 'Aico:u:rup fV'BrVA. M. DAVIS : He was just a little ordinary country lad not unlike to many of us. He liked to run through Hie woods, wander along the creek banks, flab, play ball and do all the other things a normal healthy country boy likes to do. He had never seen much pain or suffer ing. His was a happy. . carefree life - - not too many cares or wor ries --not too many thought about what the- future held In store for him. . , - Perhaps many of you know this lad. Many of you knew him back then. He did not live far from here, Just out beyond Mr. Mosley Bowden'a farm. Many of you liked his and played games with him. Many of you remember the tragedy that struck this happy carefree lad of only 13. You can remember J. M. FAISON General Insurance faison, n.c; OUR REGULAR PRICES, Argus Flour ' A First line Flour. Every Bag Sold With A - y Money Back Guarantee Mm" $ -80 25 ID 1.85 Gold Strap Poultry Feeds 25 1ft Gold Strap Starting Mash $1.15 25 1ft Gold Strap Growing Mash 1.15 25 1ft Gold Strap Broiler Mash 1.15 25 1ft Gold Strap Chick Scratch 1.15 25 16 Gold Strap Hen Scratch 1.05 This is just a few of the values to be found at our store. A Complete Line of Dairy, Hog, Rabbit, Dog and Poultry Feeds. Direct From The Mill To You LET US SOLVE YOUR FEEDING PROBLEMS A Dairy, Hog and Poultry Specialist to help you FREE OF CHARGE (Your Complete Feed Store) BIG DOLLAR FEED STORE 'DIAL M FAISON it but not a distinctly as he. Every little detail seems to him as if It happened only yesterday. He de scribed It to -me yesterday and very few of jus who have never been through such can visualize the suffering and agony put upon the shoulders of this lad of 13. But he did not complain as he told It It was in April about 35 or 4b years ago. In spring when the flowers are Just beginning to bud. The time when people are planting and getting ready to plant on the farm - a time of happiness and cheer and hopefulness in the hearts of all of us who gamble with nature and the soil as a means of sustainance. It is almost time to shed our shoes. Many of us still get that urge in April after many years of living where our social habits will not permit this freedom. People in those days did not burn off the waste lands and break for planting as early as they do now. We can remember the thrill we got when a broom straw patch was. fired. The lingering March winds would whip the flames across the field at a terrific pace, rab bits would run and you could hear the crackling of the hungry flames as they licked at the dry grass. Oh, what a thrill it was to us as a lad of 13. What a thrill it was to this lad when his father gath ered the boys around that morning In April and told them the old briar patch had to be burned, never dreaming of the impending trag edy. Never dreaming what it would mean to this lad of 13. Plans went as they should at first. The fire was started and each boy would grab a hand full of the dry grass and s trow the fire- along the edge of the broom straw patch. The fire leaped and roared the rab bits ran - - the boys yelled. Every body was happy, but not for long. It seems that the lad of 13 lost the assigned pith as he ran along spreading the fire. Instead of run ning the edge he ran into the mid dle of the patch of straw and briars. The flames met and he was directly In the path of each coming sheet of flames. They licked at his body and seared his flesh and passed on leaving him in his agony. His father and brothers found him after the fire had gone. He was laying face down on the earth clutching the briars so hard that thorns had passed clear through his fingers. He was blind and remained so for 3d days after the fire. And the akin had burned off the back of his hands and then Or. Falaon wanted to amputate his hands but the lad wouldn't let him. It was September before ha could go back to the briar patch and find the place where he had been found on that fateful April day. His little pearl handled knife and old snap pocket book with the change his father had given him was still there. In his mind a hor rible memory that time could never erase. But he never complained. That lad of 13 grew Into man hood, worked, married, a fine fam ily, and got along well until about 10 years ago. Fate struck again. This time in the form of another heart rending tragedy. Arthritis set In with all its cruel after ef fects. It crippled his hands and legs to the place where he cannot walk around and lead a normal life like other people. But he nev er complained. You can see him any day now. He always has a smile and a kind word for his friends. He has never given up. He continues to make a living for-his wife and daughter!. We wonder how many of us could have done as much for our fami lies with the memories as tragic dating back to a lad of 13. We know this lad as John . L, Oats, our local magistrate and seed merchant and we feel indebted to him for teaching us how to live SPECIAL...... FRIDAY AND SATURDAY ONE LOT LADIES DRESSES 1 f-M ;.' QUANTITY LIMITED ;.:':!,.; :' ' i-ft'-i--' ..tV;' v: :i.,J ','' '! ' - " :--x S,. ; ' f -.W'r.V.;:.,:-. ,. -,v . ,: 't. ,.:: ' ' .v It h a normal uncomplaining lite re gardless of the heart rending trag edies that may upset us at times. This brings the admiration of. nnf t. ne man n mImm. V. hav very little concerning the boyhood of this man to tell. We know him as a young man some years ago. He was well to do and could afford all the necessities of life for he and his wife. The depression came and took most all he had. But he did not give up. He continued to struggle along. His health was good and he would have come along if tragedy had not struck. This time it was in the form of blindness and failing health. In the past few years he has lost the sight of one eye and is totally bllnd in the other. But he hasn't given up. He asks no one for anything and we never hear him complain. We know this man as Frank Byrd. To him we owe a great deal. He also is teaching us a lesson. When we come In contact with people who always grumble about hard times, no business, minor aches and pains we think about these fellows. We never, bear them complain yet their luck has been running out for years it seems to us and I am sure it must seem so to them. These men are teaching us a lesson --a lesson for which we should all feel grateful. It is a shame that they should- have to' suffer as they should have to suf fer as they have to get it across to us. But I ame sure that in the end they will receive their Just reward. Exchange Club Helps Woman The Exchange Club of Clinton presented a wheel chair last week to Mrs. Ben Turner, an invalid ,of near Outlaw's Bridge. An attack of arthritis has pre vented Mrs. Turner from walking for about two years. She and Mr. Turner have five small children and her condition has caused kirn to have to stay at home much of the time and wait on her, hence their financial condition has not been too satisfactory. The. presentation of the chair j came about through the efforts of. - . - m n -1. -. 0 t Ma ' Mil. W. J0CU (U CWVH WW ... Norden Bowden, a member of the Exchange Club. Mrs. Bell became acquainted with the case when she visited the recent tonsil clinic in Kenansville. She saw one of the Turner children and noticed that none of her people were with her. She asked permission to take her home. When she went to the Tur ner home she saw the condition the family was in and noted the need for a wheel chair for the mother. When she came back to Falson and was discussing the family with a friend, Mr. Bowden.representa tlve of a bakery in Clinton, over heard the conversation and offer ed to take the matter of a wheel chair up with his club. The Ex change Club's main project is the care of crippled children. Recently it is sponsoring Indoor Sports for Shut-ins. The Club was able to locate a used chair and presented it to Mrs. Turner. Mr. C. B. Robinson, chair man of the committee In charge of the project, made the presenta tion last Friday afternoon. Freak Accident Destroys Truck A freak accident completely de stroyed a tractor-truck owned by Jim Thompson, a Faison trucker, in Richmond, Va. last week. The driver, C. B. Taylor of Faison, es caped with only minor bruises and a slightly singed head. The tractor with trailer was going north through Richmond and as It approached a part of the street being repaired it was forced by an approaching car to make a sharp turn onto the torn up part ot we street It hit a bank of sand and damaged the gas tank. Immediately after it passed over a lighted flare and the tank exploded. The truck was almost Instantly In a mass of flames. Taylor broke open a door glass, Jumped through and was fortunate to escape with his life. The tractor was a complete loss, estimated at $3,300, and the trailer was saved by the Richmond fire department with the loss of the tires and a badly burned paint Job. Announcing SOMETHING NEW FOR FAISON SHAPLEIGH'S TOOL BAR Featuring A Complete Line of CARPENTER TOOLS, STILSON WRENCHES, PLIERS. SCREW DRIVERS, VICES, SHOP HAMMERS. EXPANSION BITS, CHISELS, PUNCHES, WRENCHES, TIN CUTTERS, ETC. Come In And Look The Bar Over J.H.OARDEII YOUR FARM SUPPLY STORE FAISON, N.C. first Ball Game The Faison semi-pro raitiall team, a member of the Produce League, will play a practice game with Calypso on the Falaon dia mond at 3 oclock Saturday after noon April-15th. There will be a return game on Sunday, April 16 at Calypso. Both teams have been practicing each Saturday and Sunday for some time. This game will give the fans a preview of what they can expect from their home teams this season. REV. CROSSNO TO ASSIST REV. WARREN Rev R. L. Crossno, pastor of the Warsa wMethodist Church, will as sist Rev. Fred F. Warren in a re vival at Epworth Methodist Church, 9 miles south of Clinton on the Garland highway, beginning April 17th and continuing through April 23rd. Services will be held each evening at 7:45. The public is cor dially invited. Rev. Warren filled his regular appointments at Epworth and Trin ity Easter Sunday to near capacity crowds. ATTENDINGREVIVAL Rev Dennis Kiniaw, pastor of the Methodist Church in Faison, will be away for the next three weeks. He is attending revival services in the State of Iowa. charge. He isRurvived by his wife, Mrs. Mattie Hizzell Adams; two sons, Henry Hizzell Adams and Bobby Adams; one daughter. Mrs. .vl.ylan Cartel-; and two grand iliildren, all of the home; two sis ters, Mrs. Hicks Pipford of Caly and Mri. W. tv Lewis of Fai son; two brothers, P. G. Adams of Faison and II. K. Adams of Tampa, Florida. COOOOOOOOOd FAISON , THEATRE ! JAMES L. ADAMS DIES HEART ATTACK James L. Adams, 55, died sudden ly at his home in north Clinton Friday at 1:30 p.m. Funeral services were held at a Clinton funeral home Sunday afternoon, with his pastor, Rev. C. Freeman Heath of the Clinton Methodist Church, in Sat. April 15 - Double Feature TKAlL OF THE YUKON KIRBV liRANT, S. D ALBERT. GUN LAW With TIM HOLT. Sun. Mon. April 16-17 PINKY With JEANNE CRAIN, ETHEL BARRYMORE, ETHEL WATERS, and WILLIAM LUNDIGAN. Also Ladles NEWS Tues. Wed. Ap II 18-19 Itouiile feature BRAND OF FEAR With JIMMY WAKELY. And ( ANNONNBALL TAYLOR. STAGE STRUCK With KANE RICHMOND, And AUDREY LONG. Thurs. Frl. April 20-21 BEYOND THE FOREST With BF.TTR DAVIS, JOSEPH OTTEN, DAVID BRIAN and RUTH ROMAN . NEWS & CARTOON. ftOOOftOOOOOO PERFECTION OIL RANGE I i imTT" SPECIAL ONE WEEK ONLY Reduced From $159.50 To $129.50 LEVIS FURNITURE COMPANY FAISON, N. C. FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE FAISON 5&IOc STORE A BRAND NEW STORE Next Door Te Morton's Drag Store j J IN FAISON, N.C General Aulc.?.3!::le AND '4;"T Garage 7crk QUAKER STATE MOTOR OILS . SHELL GAS & OILS P.6tJ5S ,w - WE POINT WITH PRIDE TO OUR OUTSTANDING WORK Dry Cleaning, Laundry, Shoe Repair TUESDAY, Pick-ups FRIDAY, Deliveries MODERN DRY CLEANERS DIAL 208-1 FAISON, N. C. OUR PRICES 1 CUCUMBER SEED A& C$2.00 IT) Cubit $2.25 lb Abbott & Cobb $2.25 lb Marketer $2.00 lb BEAN SEED AU Varieties At The Right Price Also Squash, Corn Watermelon, Cantaloupe Seed 0 FIELD SEEDS We Carry A Full Line. Sclhcrn Produce Distributors . , !. FAISON. N. c. i raoNE con - -T
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