Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1910-08-25
Mr.. y. g: Parks. Of Or.
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aMge.
From the Durham Sun, Angus, lei
sunday, A1gost the 14,h. iblO'
M. D. g. Parks, OF Hnlsboro. g.
a9ge county, was Is years Old bay.
ing bee, born IN 1884 To look q,
the we'll preserved. dignii.d, court
y, Dave Parks. las everybody loves
70 call him, 's to cay, to The oaIendai,
'Ihoo hast lied" besaause rash il.
deed would be the person who pro.
non"ced him over 20. be though, ii
Judgment
In the very pine OF hi. vooop
ma"boed, III he joined ,be Contxd.
crate Army, and when the SIM rose
qpo" the tateful day at Appoma,,oy,
Daye Parks. was there to answer
Ron Can. tsl) Tia. has been
Pave Parks manner Of dong things
az through 'ife-quist, ~nenassnming,
d'gnfed in manner. and ,e. never
TOO oieniied to enjoy y good laugh.
l"t be it known thai if there is one
man who hat, scattered ,suiies along
!lie's path way, that man il. Dave
Parks. A gentleman of the Gid
school, of foe address, a"d . who
Thoroughly understands hHaman ma.
lure, add one who during his e
Years OF s:ioorn here, has never
been known tq lose his eqoaoimIty
o. temper, the friend OF everybody.
rich or poor, as neat aud we'll
Rr.oo"ed in bis daily dress. as If he
was 2 court attendant, ana yet he
has never, 4, srried.-a batcbsIor of
".he slric,est scot" If even he eyer
bad q sweetheart, the oldest iinuhabi.
tan. never heard Of It, SO We cannot
exco.e him upon the plea OF blight.
ed affecti4ns il bis youthful days,
and yet Dave Parks to all iu,eo,s
and purposes appears to be fond Of
and popular with the female sex of
all ages, from the romp,uIR child %
the we'll matored.,
I, was feared that when the Board
of Health plugged up the town
pump which, Corn wa lis installed ia
the middle of the street, and which
the good people of, Hillsboro from
time i~ memorial have averrea that
to driHk once, mean to, leone, backp
and drink again. ,ha: Dave Parks
youthful beauty would fade, but he
has oo,done the, legend that was
born Of the town pump. The old
pump has sees, dieea5ded aud stands
~iorsaken, but Davie Parks points i,
to scorn, and says, Look at me,
how we'll and fresh and strong ]
a~. / have ou,lived the town
pump" and smiles.
Dave Parks takes only one diver.
sion seriously. That is he will, At
,epa regularly and we wigbt add
reiigiously, every County, Senatorial,
Congressional or State Convention
held-',n his Bailiwick. Some allege
shkt il is or these occasions tha.
fs.Nase' renews hif youth; tina these
"a HIS Ponce de Eeons Be that as
i; Aay, this much We kuow.-,ha,
IL an up and wre.hes with ",he
boys" all night aif duty te4ures
Tney uSay sing and holler and chou,
md make ."roogh house,. but Dave
Parks Az. i bit scared, he lie wide
awake and "a 70 his 3.5 =. rgl!
calls. as faithfully as he was at the
roll call At Appou,a,tox.
We saw bip come out of the
Auditorium in Charlotte, after an AZ
night sitting as fresh as Any of 1.-THE
boys" By the way. we never fell
like randbagg,ng Dave Parks By,
once in lite. and that was when he
"a, tour days and nights in the Char
|o,te c%o9Yen,ion aud voted TO-
ki,chin Who ;~"never .melled gur
powder" tor Governor against hi,
Old comrade-in.a:ms, Ashley Horne
who, l.o2d at bis elbow at Appomat
,ox and answered roll call, aud VIII,
for tour years bad been one OF tb'
premier soldiers 10 Lees army, ant
we Amt never going to forgive hin
! for it "%nuther," tor he orte knowes
better.
Hillsboro of ye oldeo times boasts
and rigbtfully so, an hoporsbi
s%core-and It may be said thai be
Glory has not departed tor beside
+ Dave Parks il "UDuIe Jobh" Laws
IS years of age, vhp has not taken
y drink OF --- water in 70 year
and who Is the proud father OF ~
, childreo--one four years cid al
the other is months old wh
e il the oldest continuous office bold.
n in the Uhhed States land in IL
primaries last week Was u"animou'
n iy no~mina,sd 70 succeed himself q
Register of Deeds. 1t any coun.
} can boast two more honorable CIT
zens, let 'em speak now or toreve
/ hereafter hold their tongue.
s. EMO"
Z.