Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-11-11
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BY t. MOSES JONES

And all that time was telling about
Uncle Billy Williams being at tne
corn shocking, forgot to say tnat
Aunt Mollie was visiting her daughter,
Cousin Minnie, at Winston-Salem.
/, Since it turned cold Tuesday night,
II suppose all the rest of the snakes
will 90 into Information. Irwin
Thomas said he killed the largest
highland moccasin he. ever saw some
days ago. :.
J. Every time think of Smoky Joe
Hicks, it makes me wonder what
cousin Cora feeds him on. Several
days ago saw him for the first time.
Il wonder if he eats, three, FOUR i've,
TOR ten biscuits meal.
And 1 saw Jimmy Kelly, who also
slives in Henderson, and >Willlam
Walker, and Jack Vinson. Jack fav-
+ors like his mother.
And while my mind is rambling at
random, let me tell about the light
wood man. He says his crop down
east, where he lives, was almost de-
zstroyed by the wet weather. He IS
rolling a wheel-barrow all around
town, filled with five-cent punches of
slightwood. But 1 told him that one
aof my good friends, 0. ]. Tinjen, from
Inear Berea, had this last past Satur-
day brought me whole guano sack
fchocked full of lightwood. He and
.Pervist and Stanley got it up for me,
but suspect he did most of it.
Cousin Ethel Breedlove from Dur
ham was here today and I had the
pleasure of walking with her down to
IL
ing her for a short while. And also
Miss Esther Gupton got on the bus
going to Chapel Hill to see the big
-plaE, Tobacco Road, over there to-
night.
~ Marie Antoinette', was on for the
lpast three days and nights at the
movies here, but never didn't get to
go to see her get her most-historical
head chopped off with the guillotine.
And saying guillotine, that word re-
minds me of the name Guilfoile. 1
once met a fellow named Gene Gull
.foile And one of the men who works
ain Hollywood for one of the big movie
companies is named Guilfoile. ] see
his name in the list sometimes ex-
planning those who take and make
athe film.
:. And now let me tell good true
story on Charlie Jones. He is the
one who always keeps long stick in
his hand and hollers "Drive In" every
morning at the Owen Number One.
Our preacher, Mr.. Dowd, lives just
Slightly catabias across the street
from the warehouse and Charlie often
wondered if whether or not he awak-
ened Mr.. Dowd early each morning
by his loud hollering. So bright and
early one day the preacher walked
slowly across the street towards
Charlie, and Charlie thought to him
self, now I've got it coming to me-"
IBut Charlie did not run, nor ever
back off, but stood his ground.
: But ne said afterwards that he could
just feel himself getting smaller and
smaller every second. Finally the
preacher reached him with a Good
Morning" end nice conversation
Then Rev. Mr. Dowd finally told this
ito Charlie: II do so much wish that I
could get you to stand like that every
Sunday morning at our church door
and get the folks to come inside as
you do there at the warehouse"
- Then Charlie said he quickly bounc-
ed back to normal when he found the
preacher was not going to give him
"A good blessing out" for his noisy
noisiness. But I, for one, am glad it
happened to Mr.. Jones, as Charlie
needed taking down a notch or two,
for he once played a real mean trick
Yon me and almost liked to have scar
ed me to death until found out that
1t was joke. But you may have
heard,
"A little nonsense now and then
Is relished by the wisest men,"
T. MOSES JONES.