The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-07-09

er IS hot enough to make the Lizards
pant. The mercury stands at 100 ex-
actly, out on the front porch. and lest
/ H. may boil over | am going to move
! the thermometer inside, and, if that
won't do. I'll put it in the ice box. We
| can't afford to let it get any higher
! If it is 9Th of July. / wish | hadn't
| looked at the thing. / was getting
along toerably WELL wlping perspira-
| ton with one hand and tanning with
the other. until | went out and looked
al the thermometer; but, when / saw
that the mercury stood at even 100 |
came mighty nigh suffocating-had To
battle my face and hands in cold wa
ter and take off cuffs, collar and vest
and, for awhile, / seriously debated
the question whether it would not be
better for me TO adopt Adams style
Of dress. before he and Eve went into
the fig leaf business.
rather like hot weather. 1t makes
lemonade drink so good, and a man
can drink so much Of it. 1t don't take
more than fifteen minutes To sweat out
a glass and another will drink just as
good 10 a fellow as if he had not drank
any since the last 4th OF July On a
day like this, however, ! can think or
nothing more pleasant than for one
to sit in a shady place, with his fecl
in Il spring branch, while a tub or
lemonade is near enough for him 10
MI his glass about every ten or fifteen
minutes.
About this time of the year, the
candidates. In my young days, We're
beginning to make things lively The
elections were held in August, and so
most of July was spent in canVassing.
As my mind runs back to those DAYS
| remember many things that bring
into review a host Of men who We're
very prominent and active both az
citizens and politicians, but who are
remembered by but few that are now
living. In the northern part of the
county, the Thompsons, the Aliens,
the Crenshaws. the Dunns, the Bled-
Soes. the Warrens, the ellis, the
Jonses, the Flemings. the Mangums.
the RogerSes, as well as many others
were prominent people, and though
to this generation, they are almost
wholly unknown, they were only few
years ago, as it seems to me- very
much in the public eye. Especially
may that be said of Hon. George w
l thompson, who served as Senator one
Or more sessions Of the LEGISLATURE.
He was a fine debater. and all the
people, of both political parties haG
the utmost confidence I'm him. In the
@diIle Setl!On OF the country llNeu IOn
j. M. Mangum, a man small of
stature, but he fixed quite n large
space in the politics of the county
Mrs. Sanderling, and her children, own
and reside on the old Mangpm estate
The Democratic candidates. when car
vasSing in that part of the, county
generally stop at Mrs. Something's to
spend a night, as she is regarded as a
mother OF Democracy, because of the
fact that she has several sons who
were reared up in the Democratic
faith. | used to like to go out to New
Light. for the reason that they gener-
ally had lively times. True, [ did not
endorse everything they did, but l err
1oyed the novelty of an occasion.
whenever L went there. the like OF
which / found nowhere else i'm the
county. With few exceptions the peo-
pie We're well-to-do farmers. and pos
sessed a robustness of character that. |
to strangers, gave them the appear /
ance of frontiersmen. Yes, they'd get |
up several fights In the course of a |
day and when they fought it meant |
lighting, sure enough-no shammins |
about it. In one day. so | heard, one |
fellow had his teeth Knocked out; an |