French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1916-11-30

our good soil, and the good power in
our river that we amt never developed
yet. But I tell you what I think about
Thanksgiving: i think we ought to
give something more besides giving
thanks!
There's a young fellah setting down
here that has been secretary of our
committee of arrangements, who has
been Citing off q lot of ideas UP at our
place about us folks Citing together,
and I want to tell you they're sound.
I move you that we go into commit
tee of the whole, Or something, and
that, after we git organized, that Dan
Meeker be made secretary of the
blamed business, whatever it is"
1t didn't take more than q minute
to make Dan secretary. They wanted
to make April president, but he
wouldn't have it. But he would act as
treasurer, SO the Methodist minister
turned over the collection.
swat q minute" said April Jones,
"you amt through with this here col
lection yet. Here's this hill west of
town, that seris half the farmers to
Spragueville with their produce be-
cause it's too hard to haul. How many
menT give a days work with teams
to grade her dQwn?" Zszes".
Fifty hands Went ~ in tie air like
bayonets. "Good!" said April Jones,
THAT'S the first thing we tackle. But
we're going to git a power plant at the
old dam, and we're going to pay off the
mortgage on the Methodist church, and
do a few more things. And, as for the
mortgage, put ne down, Mr.. Secre-
tary, for two hundred for a starter"
There isn't any mortgage on the Gen.
trail NJ. E. church at Hometown, and
there is a power plant at the dam, and
Dan Meeker is working in the bank.
No, April hasn't taken him into part
nership.
But June has.
(Copyrisht. 1tas, Western 9aswapeS.s uEIonI
their dealings and kind to their neigh
bors. But 1t hadn't any n~avigable river,
Harry to the contrary n~otwithstand-
ing. The old mill dam below, long
OuL VI uSS S1A(S LAX Sd"A1AAA was SOACS
but still in existence, backed the river
up for a mile and bred canoes and bull
heads.
"Three squares a day have come so
easy to most of u here" said Dan to
himself, that we've kind of forgot that
there is anything else"
AS Thanksgiving approached, the
three local pastors began to think
about their Thanksgiving services. The
choirs were rehearsed, and certain
! Thanksgiving sermons were busted off,
! looked over and rewritten. One day
the minister of the Methodist church
said to his wife:
"There's April Jones. He has more
to be thankful for than any of us, as
far as this worlds goods so. Wouldn't
it be a fine thing to get Ape out TO
Il Thanksgiving meeting?"
His wife Immediately said it would
and she couldn't help wondering if
it might not ultimately have some
effect on her husbands back salary
although it was a worldly thought. So
that very afternoon her husband called
at the bank and invited April Jones.
April Jones said he'd. see-and he
was so decent about it that the min
lister told his wife that April Jones
was a misjudged man. The Baptist
pastor saw them through the bank
window and, as May taught in the Bap-
fist Sunday school and June sang in
the choir, he decided that it would be
no more than right to drop in and have
a talk with their father and mention
the Thanksgiving services.
"The absence of our leading citizen
said the pastor, 'would throw cold wa
ter on the whole service"
well, a little cold water amt going
to hurt a Baptist, is it?" asked April
with something that approached a
chuckle. And, not quite so pleasantly
he said he would see.
April Jones was a suspicious Der.
son; and that night when Dan asked
him if he wouldn't come to the Con,
gregational service, he roared:
What are you fellows up TOT ]
amt no heather. that you have to star