Pocahontas star herald., 1915-07-02
Late County News
HAMIL NEWS

between the sluggish waters OF
Fourche river aud the whirling,
leaping cataract Of that famous
mountain stream known as Eleven
points river.
Our farmers are busy laying by
their crops and stacking wheat
oats, etc while the good women
are busy canning fruit, berries,
etc., and putting the finishing touch
es on their gardens with the goose
neck hoe while the ram man, God
bless him, is sending a toad drown
er every week.
We understand that Prof. Terry
Waldron will commence his school
here uext Monday, June 8, instead
of June 18th. Prof. Walter Ben
nett will also begin his school at
Allen Hill the same day. These
schools will, perhaps, consolidate
their literary society which will be
supplemented by the llamil aud
Allen Hill string band. Then
watch business pick up m our old
town.
J. Wesley Brown has purchased
a fine saddle horse from Dave Up
shaw. Teddle Roosevelt, now
don't soamper away with the idea
Wess is going to run for sheriff
this time. lie told this writer he
positively would not run this time.
He SAID he might be a candidate for
we'll we don't want TO be a
news carrier, but we have thought
all along that Wess needed bis
cult cutter at present worse than he
needed the sheriif's Office.
We met our old friend, Ben +.
Spikes, the other day and am proud
TO note the improved appearance
Of his health. II was Uucle Ben
who first taught us to read and
write, away back in the seventies,
lie also taught us what the hickory
bud was intended for. Uncle Ben
says he will be a candidate for
county treasurer in the coming pri.
mary and as be Is so well known
over the county il would seem like
q waste of time and space for us to
say that be is good man in the
fullest sence of the word and that
the man who beats him will justly
earn the title Of runner from Run
nersville.
Mr.. Editor we want TO try to
clear up little mystery that is be.
ing discussed, aud cussed, in the
columns of your good paper with
the regularity Of serial story and
WHICH we tear Is earting us into the
hmehght little too fast. When
this mystery first appeared some of
our friends eyed it, stretched their
necks and scolded like an old her
warning her biddies Of the presence
of a copperhead snake but presently
our good friend, the Mock cores
pondent, diagnosed the case and
pronounced it political pm which
we had bent for some one TO SIT
down on. But he vas wrong.
We refer TO that now famous dis
cussion which we had with our Ed.
itor a few weeks ago relative to the
cause of hard times, etc. Here
is our explanation: Some weeks
ago we devised this plan to raise
some cash and got up bet with a
good Democratic friend that we
could raise that discussion with the
editor and that some little sucker
would get scared lest we should
thresh the good editor and would
back off like billy goat ana make
a dive and try to butt us clear off
the pike. Now we nave got the
little sucker hooked all right and
we regret to say that he is one of
the brightest lights that adorns the
correspondents columns. Ladies
and gentlemen, we refer to the
Mock pencil pusher. The stake
we have won consists Of ten gallons
of black berries and ten pounds Of
..;,,l, root Tho vyhola efake will