Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-08-06
Critx and
Gravel
Saturday, August 81
BY T. MOSES JONES

Saturday, August g.
I have found out that 1 spoke out
of turn when I said that the opera
tor did not have any stars on his
keyboard, as you, may have seen that
pretty row of stars he fixed for me-
But | suppose operators have a lot
of tricks up their sleeves.
also suppose he laughs up his
sleeve at this attemptation of writ
ing of mine sometimes. But he who
laughs first, laughs best, and he who
laughs last laughs more worser
More news a-happening at the time.
l called Bum Morgan -. P" short
for. John Piermont. Bum and Mrs
Morgan and their niece and nephew.
Kathleen and Brent Adcock, have
gone to Florida. / suppose Bum went
there to the coast to go out on a deep
sea fishing expedition. He is great
fisherman. Hope he catches as much
as a tadpole.
For several days Miss Lucille Bas-
ket of Henderson has been the guest
of Joe Billy Hunt next door. / think
those two ladies are very special
friends.
Mrs. E. l.. Mize of Route 1 is get
ting along nicely. at Granville hos
pital after an append citis operation.
so her son told me yesterday morn
ing.
Hubert Averett, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charlie Averett is recuperating from
recent car wreck of which he was
participant, but not one of the driv-
ers. His eye is still blood-shot, but
he is thankful he got off as light as
he did.
| Lum Poole of Person county, (Vir-
gilina, Route ~ was in town late yes
terday p. M. I keep on talking about
Yesterday" which reminds me Of
that old song about ten years ago, SO
before l knew it I was singing aloud
the words which go:
What day was yesterday,
For yesterday gave me you!"
Well, Lum said he hadn't seem me
since the market closed last spring;
he comes over very occasionally dur
ing the tobacco season. Lum said his
boys were big enough to take hold of
the farm now, and that he thought
he would retire from so much active
work and let them manage things
But Eight farming is much like
light housekeeping" There is no such
thing So if Lum intends to do what
he said, he will just have to move
to town and get away from every
thing on the farm.
Lum was looking well and fat and
ing as hard as he claimed But l do
not doubt his veracity, so take it as
he said it was-hard work.
Yesterday somebody comes UP and
asks me about our twin baby car
rage. Wanted it for his twin daugh-
tiers just several weeks old. So I told
him we sent it out in the country four
or five years ago to some twins, and
doubt that even two parts of it are
now stuck together, as our boys had
gotten the best of it while using il
and then later playing in it when they
grew larger.
Mrs. Charlie Burnett cousin
Claudia) sent me word by her old man
that she caught one rat in two traps
the other night It's hind foot got
caught in one trap and he crawled to
the other one, about two feet away,
and stuck his head in that one, so
that was the last of the rat. Will
someone please cut that out and mail
to the man who draws sketches of
Carolina Oddities"
On Friday night Miss Louise Gooch
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. N. G. Gooch
of Oxford, Route s. became the bride
Of Bonnie Adcock of Route l. HE
wedding ceremony was performed by
Rev. G. Van Stevens at his home at
Oxford. Miss Louise is the last of the
three sisters to marry, and also the
youngest.
Her sisters are Mrs. S. W. Knott
miss Ethel of Henderson, and Mrs
George Mcdonald miss Evelyn OF
Rocky Mount These three young
ladies gave their parents a silver
wedding celebration about year ago,
which we attended, and was one OF
the incest of it's kind ever to be had
in this vicinity.
Little Miss Mary Elizabeth Hamm
has returned from Franklinton. I'll
lust bet she visited her grandmother
while she was gone, and that she had
the best time a-tall.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Blackwell Of
Berea. Misses Evie Sue and Mamie
Blackwell, and Darrell Daniels have
returned from trip to Mays Head.
Miss Rachel Whitaker of Elon, and
her eight year old twin sisters, Helen
and Halle, are visiting their Grand
mother. Mrs. G.. B. Vaughan, Of Frank
| linton, Route 1.
T. MOSES JONES.