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Poole’s Medley BY D. SCOTT POOLE On January 5tfa, 1875, I carried mail anotiier trip, riding horse back, carrying the same two saddlebags, and food for three •days. I rode a good bay, and soon after I left . Clark’s Mills, snow began falling. I passed Jackson Oprings, supplying that office, then rode on east, reaching Inver ness at 5 p. na. The snow' turned to rain about 8 o’clock that morning, and fell in torrents all day. I was as wet as water could aoake me. and I almost froze. I ■could hardly free myself from the saddle when I reached Inverness, hut I tore loose and carried the teail in and rode on towards •Aigyle. 1 was coated with ice half an indi thick, and the trees were all hung across the road, but my horse fmmd a way around the tree^ It •was so dark after 1 passed Inver' ness that 1 «>uld not see hand boBore me. I was not coldafter ttie ice covered me. The next morning I saddled my. horse, got my mail bags and start ed to Fayetteville. The trees were bending over the road when I dlarted, and about 8 o’clock the limbs of the trees began bresdcing and falling. I do not see how I escaped with my life, for branches «f trees 20 to forty feet long crashed dowm with tons of ice «n them. Whole trees often fell across the road either before or behind me. But the woods were as (green as a newground cleared in flie open pine woods made by Callen timber; as I saw on my re- -10071 trip that afternoon. ’ 1 passed by 10th birthday on 'August 3rd, the summer before, and when I went in to get the mail ,ibr the return trip. I handed the ipostmaster a sworn statement that I was sixteen, and left him mut tering something about swearing to Kes.. ‘ As I rode away from Fayetteville up Haymount early that afternoon, toere was a flash of lightning and a peal of thunder and rain fell in toirents. Water met me coming down Haymount two feet deep, and water stood two feet deep in the level lands along the road. I went «n towards Argyle and lodging wet as a drowned rat. Wert morning I rode on towards Inverness', and as I crossed a pole bridge across the road, my horse broke through the bridge, and had difficulty getting out of the ditch, but finally he stood on three feet, bolding up his right hind foot. He refused to move at first, but in a few minutes I got him a short dis tance where I tied him to a tree. •I to* the mail bag into the woods i hundred yards from the road and hid it behind a big log. I had no knowledge of its contents. I liieii walked off up the road fowards home. I was weak so had •to walk every slowly, and in about u hour I arrived at tiie home of a Mr. Smitti, who had married a Miss McLeod, a member of the family of McLeods who lived at Inverness postoffice. He loaned me his horse, a lively horse who wanted to rUn, and did run all the way to Inverness, two and a half miles. I did 4is he told me, took off everytihirlg and turned the horse’ loose. He went back home as fast as he cOuld run. After they had given me dinner of fresh sausage, pudding, bread and coffee, when I went to the door, there stood ofie-eyed John McLeod, post master at Inverness, with a horse and mule saddled, and all my equipment on the mule. Mr. McLeod rode the horse and I rode the mule, and he went with me to Archie Blue’s, eight miles from Inverness. He, Mr. McLeod asked Mr. Blue if he could let me have a horse, and he let me have a nice four year old bay horse. McNair's YIELD-TESTED SEED M cNAIR'S seed is bred to give you bigger crops—higher returns. When you buy tobacco seed in the fconiKor Tobacco Bam package you are assured of high cpiality, high yielding se^ — that means bigger re turns from every acre. sou MTi The Johnson Company Kaeford, N. C. Dnndamich Trading Company Ki. L Bhaimon, N. C. Seutismd Hardware Company Wacraai, S. C. Z. V. Pate, Inc. Lettfel Hill, N. C. W. G. Buie Company Wognm, K. C. oseaw ow Hums sr om rfflO-rfSTfS NcWUI S SEED CO. tAwaiNsuas, n. c. M ' THE NEW&JOUBNAL THUBSHAY, JANUARY 6,^ Gala Gown Ermine and Black Velvet Spell Elegance in Modem Adaptation of Victorian Loveliness which had only been ridden to tvatering once or twice. The lock on the mailbag rattled from his trotting, and that fright ened him, and soon he was going up the road as fast as he could run. I saw I could not hold him, but guided his course as well as I could. We left Inverness about three o’clock that January 7th 1895, and -the horse ran first north out in the woods , then soutti, as fast as he could run, not following the road ten feet at the time. This ■went on until about sir o’clock when I ar rived at the Jug John McKinnon place, where the creek followed the road for one hundred yards, and the horse could not jump the stream. I ^ould have stated before this that the horse had not wet a foot that evening, although he had crossed several branches and two good sized creeks, he jumped all^ of them. Mr. Blue said after wards that he had a well broken horse when he got that one back. When I found I could not get the horse to ford the creek. I rode back a half mile and got help to get him across. I them went on nother half to Uncle Peter Ray’s, -where the family took me off the horse, put the horse in the stable and gave me a good Supper. The next morning Make Ray went with me down the Morganton Road to Jackson Creek and drove the horse across the creek like a cow and I went on home. 0 Frosty white Alencon-type lace is combined with the sheerest of nude net in this ballerina dance frock worn by Gloria Grahame who co-stars with Maureen O’Hara, Melvyn Douglas and Bill Williams in RKO Radio’s "The Long Denial.” The border of net at the top of the bodice gives the illusion of an off-the-shoiilder neckliqe, and matches the wide strip of net border ing the ankle length skirt. To com- plete the romantic mood. Miss Grahame wears long lace mitts, spangled with silver sequins, silver brocade ballet dippers and a black velvet bow tucked in her blonde curls. For Informal At-homes The Victorian mood enhances Teresa Wright’sibeauty with this bonnet , and muff ensemble tff creamy ermine 1 which she wears with a romantic black velvet day dress. Delicate silk tulle is draped over the John-Frederics hat and tucked in at the high collared neck. Tiny black satin buttons march from elbow to wrist on the tapered sleeves, and a matching double line trims the bodice from neck to pointed waist line. To complete the ensemble. Miss Wright, who co-stars with David Niven, Evelyn Keyes and Farley Granger in Samuel Goldwyn’s "Enchantment,” an RKO Radio release, wears long, slender white kid gloves crushed over the wrists. The Soft Suit ACCENT YOUR WARDROBE WITH COLOR Black taffeta and crisp white organdy combined is fashion news. Barbara Bel Geddes, who ’co-stars with Robert Mitchum and Robert Preston in RKO R.idio’s "Blood On The Moon”, TVears tills youthful model for little dinners. The ’48-49 season will be remem bered as the period of brilliance with color accents ranging through such magnificent shades as burnished copper, brocade blue, fuchsia and plum, pure leaf green, molten gold, all the way to the fragile creamy-ivory tinu. Scarves, belts, gloves, and novelty jewelry all play a colorful role. Gone are the loose' and formless scarves which hid the line of a pretty neck. Instead, this year’s bright and : saucy necker- 1 chiefs are fas- I tened with a gold j band or, as illus- I trated, with a j small four-in- i hand knot. Nan j Leslie, leading , , 4 lady opposite star t', • Tim Holt in I .RKO Radio’s . "Indian Agent," • uses two hand-loomed cotton squares in contrasting colors to atoieve the ’ neckline pictured here. ® And here’s a clever idea for a novelty belt. Wide bands of woven raffia or ribbon end in two very wide gold rings. A thong knots the rings together to make the fastening. ' Try it with a wide length of satin on your date dresses, or make such a belt of the lining material of your bolero to wear with your new bolero smt. ’Die wssibilities are infinite. The wit i llustrated is of red, brown and beige cord, woven in a four inch strip, and worn by Helen Oaig who has a pivotal role in RKO Radio’s "They Live By Night," starring Cathy O’Donnell, Farley Granger and Howard da Silva. * t * . The classic pump retains its position of unquestioned populwity, but this year it is offered in a variety of wonder ful shades. Peacock blue, Morocco red, all the shades of green, taupe, copper and even lavender and purple are rep- resented. The shoe illustrated comes -from the wardrobe of Eve lyn Keyes, who co-stars With David' Niven,- Teresa Wright and Farley Gfinger in Sam- uel Goldwyn’s "Enchantment", an RKO, Radio release. Most popular are in 'extremely flexible kidskin, as soft as ^oves, and suede as fragile ,as doeskin.. State College Fann Qiiestioas QUESTION: What is the best time of year to graft apple trOes? ANSWER: January and Febru ary are -the best months for ing fruit trees,‘says H. R. Niswbng- er, in charge of horticultur^j^- tenrion work at State College. Niswohger has recently” iff^ared a neW' bidletin on “Budding and Grafting Fruit Trees.”’" It is in tended to help fruit growers in the propagation of their own fttut trees; in changing an undesirable variety into a more detsurable one; and in repairing trees d^aged by field mice nd rabbits. If you would like to have a free copy of this publication, see your county agent, or write directly to Agricultural Editor, .State College ;, Stationv Raleiigh, and ask for Extension Circular No. 326. QUESTIAN: What does it cost a producer to get a loan on a bale of cotton? ANSWER: The cost will vary in different areas. In general, it wUl not be more than $1.25 per bale. The producer fust pay the cost of delivery to the warehouse, a small fee for filling out the nec essary forms, and a part of the tee for the first month’s storage.' QUESTION: When should tiie culling of chickens be started? ANSWER: The time to start culling is when chicks, are placed under the brooder. All birds that appear amnty or weak should be promptly culled out, killed, and dispose of by burning or deep burying. Culling is a continupus process which 'should ibe practiced throughout the life of the chickens. The soft suit worn by ValU is light grey menswear worsted, with interest ing pocket detail, tapered sleeves end ing in narrow cuffs, and a jacket fitted snugly through the waist. With it, the glamorous Star, who shares stellar honors with. Joseph CoUcn in RKQ Radio’s "Weep No More,” wears a black felt hat draped with grey dr ffon, black doeskin gloves @od suede shoes. Her overshoulder bag is calfskin. • QUESTIONS: Are rabbits raised commeVcially in the United States? ANgWER: Yes, rabbit raising is an important industry in some; parts of the country. The animals are raised primarily for meSt and fur, but increasing numbers are being used for biological, labOraT tory, and other experimental pur poses. The production of raibbit wool, a recent phase of the in- dtistry, is still in its infancy. Rab bits >ore excellent animals for 4-H ■ Club, Future Farmer, and Boy. Scout wofk. They also make ideal pets and will continue to be raised as a hobby. The industry lends it^ self to a wide range of possibili ties, .from simU backyard units of three or four hutches for supple menting the family meat supply to large commercial rahbitries of several hundred hutches. Jewish New Year Is Solemn Rite Jewish people observe the New Year at a different date and with more religious solemnity than, is associated with the Christian New Year. Rosh Hashana, the name of Jew ish New Year’s day, may occur any time between September 5 and October 5. It is one of the highest of Orthodox holy days and opens a period of penitence, prayer and charity vdiich tests until Yom Kip- pur, ten days later. Yom Kippur means Day of Atonement. Traditionally, Yom Kippur was set apart as a day of atonement by Moses and elaborate ceremonies solemnized its observance until the offering of sacrifices was aban doned after the destruction of the Temple In Jerusalem in 70 A. D. In modem times, no other Jew ish fast day or festival is as gen erally and religiously observed. Services in the synagogues begin in the evening of the preceeding day and are continuous until sunset on the day ItseU. ’The souls of the dead are included in the commu nity of those pardoned on the Day of Atonement, and it is customav}' for children to have public mention made of their deceased parents and to make charitable gifts on behalf of their souls. There is, reportedly, a Book of Life wherein the name of every liv ing creature is written. This Book is sealed an.nually on Yom Kippur. This is the reason for the, customary Jewish New Year greeting, “May you be inscribed for a happy New Year.'’ i^ccrrisii NEWS By Mrs. A. A. Mclhnis. _ , -0— North Carolina seed corn pro ducers this year almost doubled their 1947 certified hybrid corn acreage. The 1948 total which met certification regulations was 3,633 acres. GIVES FAST RELIEF «vhen COLD MISERIES STRIKE T^EEPING accurate track of years ■■Vhaa been one of human histozy’s toughest problems. Many a head ache and much trouble have dogged ffiose who dared to tackle it. Seven hundred years before Christ, a smart Roman named Pqmiiilius stayed awake nights fig uring out what he thought was a good system. But, alas, he made several mistakes. Within a few hundred years the, calendar which he had worked so hard to produce became inaccurate and practically useless. The man who Inherited the re sultant confusion of Pompilius’ errors was a very busy person by the name of Julius Ceasar. Ceasar called all the best minds of his empire into conference and soon the world was given another calendar. It wasn’t much good, either. It.only tested fifteen hundred years or so. Then Pope Gregory XIII, tried to straighten out the mistakes in Ceasar’s calendar. The result was the Gregorian calendar which we use today. ‘ However, there’s trouble ahead. Along about 2500 your many-times great grandchil dren will celebrate a New Year that’s bound to be trou blesome That’s the year our calendars will start getting out of whack. When calendars go wrong, seasons start arriving on the wrong days and.in the wrong months. This hap pened because calendars aren’t prop erly geared to the sun’s movement. For Instance, when Ceasgr got stuck with Pompilius’ system the calendar and the solar equincncea were months apart. Pope Gregory Went to work on Ceasar’s calendar in 1582 when it was lagging ten days behind the sun. To Pope Gregory we owe the leap* year. In presenting his calendar to the world, the Pope specified that the calendar play leap-frog. All a re sult, the year 1582 holds all records for losing birthdays. In order to make up the ten days the calendar was behind the sun, the days be tween October 5 and October 15 were simply skipped—lost forever. During the evolution of our cal endar some strange things have been tried: Once a year was only ten months long, once March was the first month, again January was the first month, and once February was the test. Scholars still v^estle with the problem of the years. ■ Even today there’s agitation for calendar revi sion. One solution would keep a 12- month year with provision made for the extra day left over from the 52- ■ week year in or dinary years and the two days in leap year. The extra day in ordinary years would follow December 30 and be known merely as Year day. Janu ary 1 would then follow. In leap years, Saturday, June 30, would be followed the next day by another Saturday caEed Leap day, then Sunday, July 1. However, it doesn’t look as though there’ll be any revision during 1949. Most people will be too busy with their own problems this year to worry about, 2500 when our calen dars Won’t be much good. The Grange will meet on the 1st and 3rd Monday nights in each month from now on, at Rookfish and Wayside Community houses alternately. Mrs. Walter Hall of Ashley Heighits spent the past week-end with Mr. and !Mrs. E. T. Brock and ■family. Her son William' Hall and family came for her Sunday even ing and alsoi paid the Brocks a short visit. D. P. Andrews, 'who accompani ed his son-in-law and ’daughteir, Mr. and Mrs. Claude Williams to their home in Charlotte twp weeks ago for a visit Will retiun home this week. It Pays To Advertise In The News-Journal Mrs. F.. P. Bethea, Mrs. Floyd Monroe. Miss Lucy Smith of Wag- ram, Mrs.. Neill McKeithan and Mrs. Mary Mclnnis . went to an all-day quilting at the h(ime of Mrs. Gus McBride at Dundarradh last Monday. In Ihe fore-noon while the others quilted, Mrs. Mc- Bryde busied herself about dinner, and when the time came served a. most (bountiful and delightful meal, which the quilters thoroughly en joyed. They Wicre not sure that they would be able to quilt any ■more after;, eating but managed to finish the quilt and hem it, ^ they could riot think of leaving it other wise after such gracious hospitality on the part of Mr. and Mrs. Mc- Bryde. Mr. and Mrs. Eatl McKinnon and daughters. Sue Allen and Patsy of Cumiberland visiied Mrs. Claude Wood and family last Sun day p. m. . Mrs. Marshall Ray spent Mon day and Tuesday of this week in Fayetteville with her son Ray and family. Gilbert has been called back ihtb service arid left Tues day for San Francisco. Miss Lucy Smith of Wagran\ is. spending this week with her sister Mrs, Mary Mclnnis. -, ’ M. S. Bristow 'who came; hoine from Highsmith hospital recently following an. operation had to re- turri to the hospitol last wedc and has not been-getting on so' well some of the time. ; , Mrs. M. H. Grooms went to Fliy- etteville Tue^ay to visit'her dtild- ren, Mr. and Mrs,. Nash Grooms and 'Mr. and Mrs. Melvin for a few days. Lynda, small daughter of Mr. • and Mfrs..Gordion Barnard of Port Royal, S. C. is spending a while With her grandmother, Mrs. C. H. Dove; Rev. and Mrs. W. C. Smith and son and daughter,\ Herify Lewis and Carrie Lena Smith of Syl vester, Ga. visited, relatives here over the past week-end and at tended the Hare-Mclnnis wedding. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Kelly and daughter of Greensboro; Mr. and Mrs. Sydney Sumner and daughter of Lumber Bridge and J. D. Gibson of Fayetteville spent Christmas with their paTents,-,Mr. arid Mrs. M. S. Gibson. ■Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Edge of Fay etteville were guests, of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Boseman last Siunday p. m. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Brock affd family of Wayside were guests of Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Brock Sunday p. m. , ■ ■ ■ Mr. .and Mrs. Roscoe Bundy of Raetfofrd visited relatives in Rock- fi^ Sunday p. m. Mr. A. A. Wri^t of Raeford was the guest of Mr. W. T. Bos^ man last Sunday p. m. Mrs. J. M. McMillan. w.ho has been on the sick list for the past two weeks is some what improved; W'd are glad to state. Wilton Wood (and Bruce Dees, who were at home for Christmas holidays returned to their sthools Monday. Wilton to U. N. C. apd Bruce to State. Miss. "Vera King returned to Wake Forest - college. Mrs. A. W. Wood and Mrs. C. L. Wood spent Tuesday with Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Monroe and Mrs. Floyd Monroe. ASHHCStiontoBuyersof Country Hans Ask if the .Hams have been protect^ ed from Skippcfa br CHAMBERSr AN-nl-SKIPPER COMPOUND ■ Bos 483 N. J. BODDIE Th« HRmlotorRncGMaa - .Durbaoia N. C> * * * it -k it it it it it
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