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Thursday, February 20, 1986
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By ALAN BROWNING, Jr.
H. P. GRAHAM
It is not often the Gab Bag: haa the honor of presenting to
its nine readers a hunter like Mr. H. P. Graham, pictured here
today.
Mr. Graham, among other things, is distributor of Sinclair
products for this section; is a member of the board of town com-
missioners, and a member of the
Elkin Kiwanis club. But neverthe
less, he had rather be a mjember
of a hunting party than anything
listed above.
It has been told (by whom we
don't remember for convenience
sake), that Mr. Graham, with a
large party of friends, was deer
hunting in Virginia in the 1 not so
distant • past, when one afternoon
late, he rushed into camp and in
sisted that every member of his
party be counted. The guide in
charge of the expedition thought
this a lot of foolishness, but nev
ertheless did as Mr. Graham
asked. H6 counted noses and
then made a report that all mem
bers were present and accounted
for. None were missing.
No sooner had Mr. Graham
heard this, than, his chest swell-
ing with pride, he grandly announced: "Well, then gentlemen, I
gueas I've killed a deer!"
However, some say it turned out to be a cow, but that's
neither here nor there. %
On bird hunting trips, H. P., as he is known among friends,
usually returns with quite a large number of birds. Some say he
bangs away 30 much he scares the birds to death, but this col
umn can't vouch for that statement.
But getting down to the more serious side of life, Mr. Gra
ham has proven a very useful citizen. He's public spirited and
believes in doing his share in all worthwhile public projects, al
though as yit he ain't bought' no fire truck, but that's coming
later, mayhaps. He has been an ax;-'
tive force In campaigning for bet
ter roads hereabout, and has made
many trips to Raleigh to see the
street kyars and plead with the
highway commission. He has a
very pleasing personality and very
seldom loses his temper, thank good
ness.
At the present time Mr. Graham is
Mayor Pro-Tem, which is the next
worst thing to being mayor. He is
also a past president of the Elkin
Kiwanis club. So if you want to
buy some gasoline with a pedigree,
we'd suggest you drop by and see
him right away. And don't be
skeered if you find his office full of
prehistoric animals, either, because
if you do, they won't be anything
to hurt you, but just/ part of an ad
vertising campaign.
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THIS AND THAT
We are going to prevail upon Q.
Snow to write a poem in answer to
Will Holcomb and Charlie* Wolfe,
soon as we get time. We've never
seen any poetry Mr. Snow wrote, but
we are sure that he could write ex
cellent verse If he puts his hand to it
Nothing much to write about these
days but politics and the weather.
You know as much or more about
the weather than we do, and with
Mr. Lovelace on deck politics needs
no further attention.
After hearing some Democratic
politicians speak at Jackson Day
dinners, and' some Republican poli
ticians speak at Lincoln Day din
ners, we guess it's a good thing both
of these great men are dead. it'£ all
well and good for Republicans and
Democrats to be proud of Lincoln
and Jackson, but we seriously doubt,
could Lincoln and Jackson return
to earth today, that they 'would be
proud of- some of the members of
their parties.
In these days and times it is easy
to distinguish a politician and an
ordinary man apart merely by lis
tening to their voices. Last Wed
nesday night we were listening to a
man over the radio who was speak
ing at a Lincolit Day dinner. He
was disagreeing with many theories
of the New Deal, but in a frank, sin
cere voice that compelled one to
listen with respect even though not
agreeing with what he said. This
man was the president/of one of the
nation's large universities.
A short while later we tuned in
another speaker, who was also
speaking at a Lincoln Day dinner,
and also belaboring the New Deal.
But no frank, sincere voice this
time. He shouted and stormed and
made his voice tremble in a way he
probably thought very dramatic, but
which the average listener could
tell was all forced and put on. And
when the speech was over, the
speaker turned out to be a congress
man—a politician.
Wonder if those guys, Republi
can or Democrat alike, think the
public falls for tripe like that?
We also wonder if Mr. Hoey is
very greatly upset now that "Our
Bob" Lovelace has expressed his
disapproval of him as a candidate
for governor? Seems like Mr. Love
lace is always upsetting somebody's
apple cart.
Simpson was in a few moments
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ago discussing proposed farm legis
lation, and while ratting on in his
usual glib manner, started telling
about how things were when he was
a boy on his father's farm.
He said that his father's farm
(all you farmers take note, please),
was so fertile that the com grew so
fast It was necessary to keep two
men at the base of each stalk to
chop off the ears as they went by.
One day, Simpson said, one of the
fellows missed the ear and It caught
under his belt, carrying him up so
high that they had to shoot dog bis
cuits up to him with a shotgun to
keep him from starving.
Bimpson says the cold weather
we've been having isn't anything to
one winter when he was a boy up
in the Maine woods. That winter,
he said, the snow became so deep
that logging crews had to dig down
to find- the tops of the tallest pines
and the choppers had to be lowered
to the base of the trees by ropes.
Every time they would boll any
water, the minute they took it off
the stove it froze so fast the ice was
hot. And a lake right nearbly, six
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miles long and three miles wide,
froze to the very bottom. Simpson
said it never would have thawed if
he hadn't chopped the ice out and
hauled it on shore for the sun to
melt.
Simpson said his grandfather was
kept busy picking up ears and noses
that had frozen and dropped off.
The only way any of them could
keep from freezing to death at
night was by hanging their feet out
of their beds into buckets of oil and
then setting their clothes afire, the
heavy woolen undergarments acting
as wicks.
NOTICE
Having qualified as Executor of
the estate of D. C. Smith, dec'd all
persons holding claims against said
estate will hereby take notice that
they are required to present the
same to the undersigned within 12
months from this date or this notice
will be pleaded in bar of recovery.
Also all persons owing said estate
will please make immediate settle
ment. This the 6th day of Febru
ary, 1936.
E. E. SMITH,
Executor.
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