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THOUGHTS
x (By Rev. Roy R. Scarlette.)
I hive stood on the hill at midnight
When all was silent and still,
And listened to the voice of the hem
lock,
And the wihsper of the whippoor
will
I've tried counting the stars of heav
en,
An the cattle on a thousand hills,
And thought of old North Carolina
With her many rocks and rills.
I have thought of her institutions
f • Her colleges that deck the hills,
Of how Plato and Socrates are living
in them still.
I have thought of those who have
helped me,
Along the journey of life,
And have asked the God of heaven to
bless them
Throughout all coming life.
BARNARD BRIDGE
Edgar Standridge spent the week
end with his uncle R. R. Alexander.
The young people enjoyed a soci
able on last Friday night at the home
of V. A. Barnard.
Mr. and Mrs. Neal Haigler spent
Sunday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs.
Mark Weaver.
On Sunday of this week, at her
home on Highway No. 28, Mrs. V. A.
Barnard entertained a number of her
friends at dinner. Those present
were: Mose Cochran, Mrs. Corn, Ed
and Grace Barnard, of Presley, Ga,,
and John Alexander, Jr.
Messrs. Ed and Poe Crawford are
planning on building a new store
house at Barnard Bridge.
Miss Hazel McClure spent Satur
day and Sunday with her aunt. Mr.
Lenord Crawford was a guest also.
Miss Cora May Barnard is spend
ing a week with her brother at Pres
ley, Ga.
Mr. and Mrs. Jennings Bird and
sister, spent last week with J. C.
Brooks, they will return to Aquone
Monday. ' *
Mrs. M. A. Jarrett has been right
sick but is improving.
Carlton and Howard Groves spent
Saturday night with Mr. Good Craw
ford.
Mr. Clarence West of Robbinsville,
• N. C., motored over last Sunday to
be with Miss Gertrude Crawford.
!\
Mr." Dean Jarrett and Miss Moll
out motoring Sunday.
Mr. K. R. Alexander received the
i Monday of the death of his
G-, R. Alexander at Anna,
Texas, Friends extend their sym
SHOOTING CREEK
Delia Anderson was a busi
in Hayesville Saturday.
Mir; Sain and Eawrence Hogsed re
turned from Florida Saturday where
THE SOUL HAS ITS LEATHERS
Sometimes all is bright and serene,
and other times it' is dark and cloudy.
Sometimes it is clear weather and
somtimes stormy.
As'in .the case of the winds, of
which we know not whence they come
nor whither they go, but take their
blowing as an act of God beyond our
control, so our moods and tempers
seem to arise we know HBt how..
The best we can do is to maintain
our poise as much as possible and
turn toward our" ideals when the
winds of pessimism and doubt are
upon us, and remain as equable as
we can.
We speak of getting out of bed in
the morning with the wrong fqot
foremost It is another way of say
ing that we are in the grip of a mood
that is beyond our control.
How many acts of our fellows that
seem to us malicious are simply due
to the prevalence of - soipe. uncontrol
able mood in them?
There are some people, thanks be,
that are always bright and cheery.
Onewho has this sunny disposition ii
to he congratulated, and even more
to be felidated are those about him.
If ohe cgn be a point of sunshine
in this storm-tossed world he has cer
tainly added much to human well be
ing, '
The alternation of moods, however,
is common to all of us. We should
all expect some dark days and resist
their influence as much as possible.
We can do very much with our will.
Our judgment should toll us .the
danger of letting ourselves go when
“the wind' is from the east.” We
should wait until the times change
and not give way to dark humors. It
can be accomplished if we are but fix
ed in our determination to encourage
cheeWul moods and discourage unto
ward feelings. a
We cannot control our feelings, it
is true, but by a set purpose we can
make them strengthen us.
JANUARY 16—22
If your birthday is this, week you
are exceedingly cool and self possess
ed—courteous and agreeable at all
times. In fact, you are th personifi
cation of dignity and poise.
You are a brilliant conversational
ist, viry bright and witty. You are
light-hearted, and joyous—with a
genial personality that makes you ex
trevely popular with everybody. s
You are independent and self-re
liant, honest and loyal, generous and
sympathetic.
Your mind/ is inquisitive, “active,
and intuitive—and you have consider
able more than ordinary intelligence.
Persons bom during these dates are
clean-minded and refined—idealistic
and artistic—romantic and imagina
tive.
Women born during these dates are
real home-makers and home lovers.
They make excellent wives and moth
ers. They also succeed as teachers of
small children, writers, decorators,
welfare workers, and musicians.
The men born during these dates
become excellent business people—
extremely clever' and tactful in ne
gotiations. .They also become inven
tors, doctors, scientists and clergy
menT
Benjamin Franklin was born Jan
uary 17.
Olga Nethersoile (actress) was
born January 18.
they have been spending a few days
vacation.
Mr. Troy Ledford will leave Tues
day for Belmont, N. C., after a few
days with home folks here.
Mr. Floyd Green and Clarence Mc
Kinney have returned to take up
their work on Highway No. 28, after
spending a few days with home folks
in Asheville.
Miss Gracy Davenport took dinner
with Miss Lenna Marr Sunday. She
reported a nice dinner and a good
time.
A crowd of young folks took a
pleasure trip walking on the new
highway Sunday afternoon. They all
report a good time.
Mr. Narvie Hall fulled his regular
appointment at Mr. Will Penland’s
Sunday afternoon.
The farmers of Shooting Creek
have been selling quite a lot of pigs
during the last month—from seven
to eight hundred, and many more
about ready for the market.
The farmers made good use of the
fair weather of last week, plowing
and getting ready for their spring
crops.
ELF
Mr. W. B. Patterson and family
motored to Bell Creek Sunday to see
his daughter.
Mr. Robert Arnold’s son got badly
hurt Saturday, when a mule kicked
him in the chest. The family have
our deepest sympathy.
Mr. S. E. Hogsed, Everett Kitch
ens and H. M. Crawford went to
Hayesville on business Saturday.
Miss Thelma Penland was the guest
of Miss Dair and Ruby McCracken
Sunday at dinner.
Mr. Ernest Smith filled his regular
appointment at Mr. W. T. Henson’s
Sunday.
Mr. Ben Ledford’s wife and daugh
ter enjoyed a horse back ride toHia
wassee, 6a., Sunday.
A nine^pound girl was born at the
home of Mr. W. Al Barne’s the 4th
of January. We wish her health and
happiness.
Raport of ^iMSvtaditiM of
THE CLAY COUNTY BANK
At Hayoaville in the State of North
* Carolina, at the elb*e of business,
December 31»f, 1926.
RESOURCES
Louis and Discounts ......$ 49,972.43
Demand Loans ....... 200.00
Overdrafts, unsecured .... 145.72
United States Bonds and
Liberty Bonds [».... 850.00
Banking Houses, $4,000;
Furniture and Fixtures
$1,000 ..:. ~... 5,000.00
Cash in vault and net
amounts due from
Banks, Bankers and
Trust Companies . '17,860.18
TOTAL..$ 74,028.33
LIABILITIES
Capital Stock paid in .$ 10,000.00
Undivided Profits, less
current expanses and
taxes paid .
Bills Payable ...
Deposits subject to check,
Individual ..r..,..,....j.
Cashier’s Checks tfpnstand
ing .ails.,..—
Time Certificates" of De
posit, Due on Jop after
30 clays .......Li*-.
TOTAL.1%,
State of North t'/C
County of Clay, i ‘
sJl, G. H. H*
above named -
swear that- the '
best of my khoi
1,101.66
3,000.0.0
39,469.34
Cashier of the
j-ydo solemnly
is true, to the
l and belief.
GLER, Cashier;
Subscribed ami
this 11th day of.
•Oof the
Things Y<
by John JoMph Galne», M. D~
A FIRESIDE CHAT.
- “Keep the feet warm,-the head
cool, and, the bowels open." I was
told by the eld collegeI professor,
that strict obedience to this com
mand would insure a healthy body
at all times. .
I can think .of at least fifty seri
ous disorders, including fatal dis
ease ef the kidneys, and dangerous
liver disorders, that have their ori
gin in constipation, From ordinary
auto-in to rication we go from bod
to worse; the kidneys break do^n
in their futile'attempts to carry
iway the body-poisons; the gall
bladder becomes infected; the stoin
ich rebels; the blood becomes more
/itiaited; the heart finally weakens
langerously,—and all because of
neglected bowels. AT stitch in time ■
is worth nine applied too late.
The question of cold feet is in
<creasingly evident in these winter
days. The low-pattern shoe is the
correct thing in fashion;, but I. am
yet unconvinced that the low shoe
is not a shortener of life, and I
know it is a menace to health; es
pecially for women. The silk stock
ing, the “goose pimples” beneath
and the congested lung make the ,
thoughtful physician wonder if the
added attractiveness is worth the
price! r
Light head dressing should be
worn., summer or winter. Tight
fitting hats are conducive to bald
heads, which are perhaps minor ef
fects of head-wrapping?both scalp
and face are freshen?'1 and invigo
rated by. contact with winter sir.
The idea of enveloping the neck
and head in fur and feathers, and
the lower third of the person in
thin silk, carries little appeal from
the healthy race standpoint.
-TH'.YOUNG TOUKS LIFEt
1<T jest ONE RO*t° °
-PLEASURE—-DAY IM *»*
NIGHT OUr/
CLEVER TRAMP
The tramp paused outside the gate.
“Clear out!” shouted the lady of
the house. “I ain’t got no -wood to
chop. There ain’t" nothing you could
do here.” .
“But, madam, there is,” retorted
the wayfarer, with dignity. “I could
give you a few lessons in grammar.”
?' LATE NEWS
He who sells ribbon*: “Did you say
‘This is so sn4<^en’ when Mr. Kuss
man proposed!”
She (leaving to "bC married): “I
didn't have the audacity.”
He who sells, etc.: “Whtf”
She: “Well, you know how Kuss
man stutters.”
• .O ■ nay - .f
TRADE SECRETS
Lady (to butcher boy): “Do yon
know Mrs. Upperton in this road, ray
ladT” ^
Boy: “Upperton? ' Let me see.
’Tain’t pork and no fat—that’s No. 2.
And it ain't -two pound of nun. and
jncst—that’s No. 7.1 fcnow^where
’tis. It’s top side tanwir; an'
don’t pay—No. 5, thafsit,mum!>’
A
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“XMAS” A SACRILEGE.
CHRISTIANITY A FAILURE?
Dr. Work,' Secretory of the In
terior, says of the 1927 outlook:
“There is not a • single distress
sign on the whole economic hori
zon.’*
SeCretaty Work doesn’t at at his
desk, guessing. He travels over
the country- constantly, studying
>pportunities for national improve
neijt Ho knows conditions, and
ris Opinion is important and ere
:our%ging.
Should millions of women read
of the death of Sir^Oliver Lodge, ■
Marconi, Millikin and a dozen
other great scientists the majority
would say, “That’s too bad,” and
be not much interested.
^Svery one of trillions will be In
terested to hear that Jean Phillips
Worth, the famous dressmaker, has
a to a land where there is no
fif*
His house dressed queens and
empresses of state and finance, also
young ladies with whom-their sons
ran around in Paris. His word
meant more in real authority to the
world’s women than all the deci
sions of a thousand high judges.
Be patient with static, when it
interferes with jazz music or prize
fight news coming sweetly over
your radio. Professor Pupiif, of
Columbia College, says static and
“fading,” enemies of radio en
thusiasts, really indicate that other
planets are trying to talk to us.
They send powerful messages that
interfere with our feeble radio, and
Pupin thinks we shall understand
those messages within twenty-five
years.
Our age listens indifferently ts
that news, but no-man can exag
gerate its importance. -
If plamste millions of years older
than our earth ould tell us what
they know, oui science might pimp
ahead as rapidly as a child ad
vances in knowledge after it has
learned to talk and read.
, We ’ight little bonfires, heat
steam, and tires obtain power.
Mars might tench us to harness the
power of the sun, and transmit en
ergy without wires, which would do
away with engines or foci out Hy
ing machines, and give us uslfonftart
power.
It is said that in tins country
mileage” than many other.
-For that thanks are due t* Pres
ident CooISdgn and Postmaster
General Hew, win have encour
aged air maff routes. But flying
back and forth by mail carriers,
most desirable^ does not mean,
building up national aerial defense.
And for on* commercial flying
we depend on private initiative,
citizens building planes that will
“get by” and stable them to'make
money carrying' mail. That isn’t a
Government programme for pro
moting aviation.
the abbreviated “Xmas,” which, re
duces the name of Christ to “X.”
The abbreviation is disrespectful
to the. most beautiful word in his
tory, and it is disrespectful to the
English language. Anybody who
was in too much of hurry ’to
i write out “Christmas” should not
| use the word.. -
Wise men in, Milwaukee Will de
vote three days to discussing high
questions, including uOto\\