Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-03-25

my voice and said! Hello, Moses. He
SAID ne was getting the paper and
enjoying having his mother and sis
ter read it to him.
Aum Is a grown young man, who
mace a crop with his younger broth
er last year. He plowed as late as
July ~ at which time he was laying
by some late. corn. The next day he
could hardly see how to walk. He
stayed in McPherson's Hospital in
Durham for six weeks. His eyes got
worse. One of his eyes has already
been removed. and he cannot even
tell daylight from darkness with the
other. But instead of giving up and
turning sour on the whole world lust,
because he has. lost the sight of both
his eyes, he is one of the most cheer
full folks I have ever seen.
If you talked to him to try to cheer
him up it would turn out when you
left him that he had cheered you in
stead. I spoke to him today about, a
blind mans watch to feel the time of
day But don't think the time re-
ally bothers him at all. He and his
brother made only one hundred and
three and one-half barrels of corn
last year.
Of the very few gifts I gave Christ
mas, was the proudest of the seve-
raj packages of Camels I gave Lum-
because I was not expecting anything
in return, and because 1 knew they
would be appreciated. He told me to-
day he had just finished smoking
them but he had also receiver others
besides them.
The neighIbors gave Lum radio
Christmas, so he enjoys that a lot. I
asked him if he got plenty of static
and he said he did. So if you T51NK
you have lot of troubles, just shut
your eyes for five minutes and think
of Lum
Little Miss Mary Elizabeth Hamm
was nine several weeks ago. Soon
afterwards someone asked her age
and this is What she said, II will be
TEN my next birthday"
Dan Clark is the repair man and
trouble finder for the phone COM
pany, and where do you think found
him today? At the top of the pole
near the Post Office. Think he was
trying to talk to the inhabitants of
Mars.
A certain young fellow made rath
er sensible statement recently. He
said, II had rather have a $500 a
month income, than to have all the
money in the United States.' I feel
myself that I would go places and
come back home on that amount.
j. B. (Ben) Matthews from just
over the line in Vance was in our
toxx,p fO1oxy Tic do,oh%or Miss IL
liam. married Casper Critcher and
Casper and myself were next door
neighlbors when, we were boys. There
were Casper and Calvin, Cullum and
Sam, Willie and Earl, Robert and
Murray, besides Henry and their four
sisters. But three of the boys have
died in recent years.
Joe Currin caught hold of me to-
day and I thought he was going to
squeeze the breath out of me. So
hollered real loud right on the
street. When he turned me loose,
told him that hollered as an ounce
of prevention.
Lee Riggan was talking about the
time he was a very small boy and
came to his house. He said that I
turned my face wrong side out and
pretended to have a fit and that I.
scared him nearly half to death. He
doesn't think that he has ever been
the same since. Which reminds me
of the same trick I tried on Raymond
Dean when I worked in Mr.. Gar
rett's store. Raymond was tot and
came with his daddy (Roy) to town.
After I had scared him, he asked his
doddxy if fhot y Cd
good sense. His daddy pacified him
by telling him that that man was
really not very bright. And that little
boy, Raymond, is graduating at Caro-
lima this year. How time DO fly!
Julius O'Brien from up above Be-
rea was in town this afternoon.
asked him where was his little son,
10y Says he IT am sending him to
school every cay so he can grow up
and make an easy living like you"
I suppose it is like that. Most every
man thinks the other fellows job is
much the easiest. So there you is.
Allen B. Currin and son, Julius, of
Angler were in town today. Don't
know what they come over here for,
but Allen is another one of those
folks what is going to be enormous
ly fooled some of these days at which
time accept their invite and really
go with them home.
The Jones twins. got a birthday
folder signed, "Ernestine, Ben, and
Ursula" from their Aiken cousins of
Washington, D. c. It had pictures
of Walt Disney's, Happy" "Doc",
Grumpy, and ."Dopey'', all wishing
them both a Happy Birthday. II
Lawyer Bob Winston's Daddy Dave,
from near the Virginia line, was here
today. And if anyone can listen to
him talk five minutes and NOT learn
something worthwhile, then I will
give that person my eleven-year-old
fountain pen which I still use every