Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-10-04
Cr1tS and
G. nven
BY 4. MOSES JONES

One person told me that several
days ago she looked through the paper
and did not find this column. Neither
did 1. But that meant lot to me.
as that night when I got home real
tired, I did not have to write, as
still had one column ahead. 1t also
meant great deal for the paper, as
they had it so full of real news and
ads that this was omitted. It also
very slightly busted into what 1 call
the continuously" of my writing, but
as this column literally has no con-
tinuity, that too, did not make any
difference.
/ only made those statements so
no one would say that Old Nose has
gotten tired of writing, or had fallen
down on his job. So if I ever skip
again, you may know that either my
self or some one else has a good rea-
son for same. Now for several news
lets of the weekend:
Miss Annie Lou Davis, daughter of
Sheriff and Mrs. E. P. Davis, spent
the weekend with her parents here.
She is student at Peace, Raleigh.
Marshall Yancey, senior at Wake
Forest College, spent the weekend a.
the home of his parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
L. j. Yancey on High street.
Jack Wilkerson has returned to Sto-
vail after spending the past year at
Burlington.
j. L. Parham, ST., is able to be OUT
as n after a serious spell of sick
MSS. His daughter, the former Miss
Katherine Parham, with her hus
ban.. M. L. Newsone, of Martinsville,
Va. for the past week have visited
M nd Mrs. j. L. Parham at their
Rome near Oxford.
h L. Macon, of Wake Forest, re-
Gently visited his daughter, Mrs. G..
r. Harrison.
R. P. Early, of Raleigh, was the
weekend guest of Rev. and Mrs. o.
w. Dowd After attending Sunday
went to henderson, where he visited
his son, James Early
Mrs LESSEE Butler, Of Wilson, is
visiting Mr. and Mrs. w. L. Speed
on Hancock Street.
A. P. Paschall, coroner of Vance
county, was recent visitor in Oxford
on business.
Miss Lena Lyles, of Asheboro, and
Miss Ruth Kearney, nurses at Rex
hospital, Raleigh, have returned to
Raleigh after spending several hours
here at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. P.
S. Kearney.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl L. Pickett, and
son, Carl, Jr., and Mr.. and Mrs. Matt
Newton, all of Oxford, Route 1, have
returned from motor trip, alter
spending twelve days at Williamsburg.
Ontario, Canada Mr.. Pickett went
there for treatment of arthritis by
the world-famed DR.. w. M. Locke,
ing his twelve-day stay
Mr.. Pickett reports himself as al
ready greatly improved, and is plan
ming, another visit to. DR.. Locke next
spring. While there he saw cars
be airing license plates of twenty-five
different states in the Union. He says
that DR.. Locke treats the rich and the
poor alike.
Since papa's death, our family has
received many kind messages of
coincidence and sympathy. Several
day safterwards, the following letter
was maiied from Henderson. The
same lady wrote it that wrote me the
very first letter I received after be-
ginning this column in the Dispatch,
nearly seven months, ago. and telling
that her sister spoke of me as that
old colored man writing those pieces
in the paper.
Henderson, N. c.,
Sept. 10, 1888
Dear Friend:
With heart full of sympathy I am
writing you this note.., I sure was
sorry to hear of your fathers death,
and would have liked to have gone to
see him in his last hours, also wanted
to gu to the funeral, but sickness
kept me back. When I read of his
death in the Dispatch, 1 said, "Well,
it's a good man gone" But know
heaven is brighter, for he carried a
rey of sunshine with him.
81 did not know Mr. Hunt bL,
for only a few, short years. But to
know him was to love him. I believe
if there ever was a Christian, Mr..
Ilunt was one. I can almost hear
him singing, "The Old Time Religion"
and Amazing Grace" in the Oxford
court house. So many times have I
heard him pray when Mrs. Willie
Laurel Olive held revival there in the