Thursday, January 18, 1940
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NEW KIND OF CHAIN LETTER
Carl Goerch, editor of The State, has turned up a new
kind of chain letter, which he published in a recent issue and
which we with our usual wild abandon, lift from his columns
for the benefit of our nine readers. It goes like ..this:
RENO PROSPERITY CLUB
Faith Hope Charity
Dear Friend:
This chain was started in Reno with the hope of bringing
happiness to all. Unlike most chains, this does not cost you
any money.
Drop the top name of this list and add your name at the
bottom. Send a copy of this letter to five male friends. Then
bundle up your wife and send her to the person who heads
the list.
When your name works up to the top you will receive
15,175 women.
There was a group of names signed to the letter, but none
of you know them, so we're leaving them off. If you want
to start something, you might
make up a letter of your own and
start it out. But be sure to enclose
your wife.
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ANCESTORS
We don't know whether you
know it or not, but we have a
sister living here now, and the
other night we got together to
Say Bread-
Say Holsum
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compare notes on some of our an
cestors.
Of course you have heard about
a lot of our ancestors, but our sis
knew of some we were not famil
iar with, and inasmuch as all
self-respecting people have an
cestors, we thought perhaps it J
THE ELKIN TRIBUNE, ELKIN, NORTH CAROLINA
might be interesting to you to
leam more about ours so you
won't feel so ashamed of yours.
We sort of started out discuss
ing Uncle Culpepper and his
folks, and thanks to Nancy (our
sister), we figured out why Uncle
Culpepper is like he is.
For instance, he was never one
to waste water, especially for
bathing purposes, but always in
the spring Aunt Frousy has trick
ed him into getting near enough
the watering trough to be pushed
in. This trait, we find, came
from Uncle Culpepper> grand
father.
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His grandfather, known
throughout the length and width
of Orange county as Squire
"Washless" Culpepper, was never
exposed to water but twice. Once
was when he joined the army
during the war of 1812 and fell
in a creek, and the other was
when he was laid up with water
on the knee. They do say that
the creek he fell into has been
muddy ever since. To this day it's
known as "Muddy Creek."
Then there was Uncle Culpep
per's great uncle on his mother's
side, known far and wide as
"Moanin' Mose" Mooch. This old
gentleman probably left his sor
rowful nature to our Uncle Cul,
who himself is so sorrowful look
ing Aunt Frousy does a land of
fice business renting him out for
funerals.
It has been said of "Moanin'
Mose" that he looked so sad on
his wedding day that the preach
er became confused and started
reading the burial service.
From what we've heard of the
woman he married, he was abso
lutely within his rights.
It seems a pity, though, that
our Uncle Culpepper should have
inherited all these traits. Seems
like he was handed down all the
failings and none of the good
points of his ancestors. Why
even to this day he has a hard
time passing a horse, or any
thing else, without being followed
home. Aunt Frousy said she
could understand a horse follow
ing him home, but when a couple
of hams and a side of bacon ar
rived with him one night, she be
gan to really feel sorry for him.
And she felt much sorrier when
a neighbor followed the hams and
bacon.
Uncle Culpepper was as far as
our sis and us got during our last
visit, but if we stumble over any
more ancestors in the -future
whom we think you might be in-
STOCKHOLDERS
HOLD MEETING
Boonville Bank Issues Report
of a Prosperous Year;
Pay Dividends
OFFICERS ARE NAMED
The Commercial and Savings
Bank of Boonville held its annual
stockholders' meeting Tuesday,
January 9, 1940, and reported a
prosperous year. The directors
declared a 6 per cent dividend
and added $1,000.00 to the sur
plus. The following directors
were elected for the coming year.
Dr. T. W. Shore, M. V. Fleming
and J. W. Shore of the old board
were re-elected. The new mem
bers elected to the board of di
rectors were R. C. Day, R. W.
Reece and Joseph A. Fleming. Dr.
T. W. Shore, who was vice-pres
ident, was elected president of
the board of directors to succeed
F. W. Day, who had been presi
dent of the bank from the time
it was organized until his death,
which occurred a short time ago;
M. V. Fleming, vice-president; J.
W. Shore, cashier and R. W.
Reece, assistant cashier.
On January 31st this institu
tion will close its twenty-ninth
year, opening for business on Feb
ruary 1, 1911, with J. Wade Shore
as cashier, who has had charge
terested in, we'll let you know.
Who knows, we might be able to
trace some of ours back to the
same limb yours are hanging on.
Wouldn't that be just too, too
interesting?
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of the manangement of this bank
through all these years.
On opening the Commerical and
Savings bank had a paid in capi
tal stock of $10,000.00, in 1925 the
capital stock was increased to
$20,000,00 by paying a 100 per
cent stock dividend to the stock
holders. At the present time this
bank has a capital stock of $20,-
000.00, a surplus of $4,000.00 and
undivided profits of over $12,000.00
making capital assets of more
than $36,000.00, all being earned
except the first $10,000.00 paid in
when the bank was opened in
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JEWELER
Phone 56
Dad's Ambition
Son—Dad, what was your great
ambition when you were a kid?
Dad—To wear long pants. And
I've had my wish; If there is any
ALMOST NOISELESS
HARRIS ELECTRIC COMPANY'
Phone 250 Elkin, N. C.
body else in this country that
wears pants longer than I do, I'd
like to see him.
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