Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-03-21
Grits and Gravel
(By T. MOSES JONES'

So I rushed to t., nisoatch oefio.
with bit of news, ami column -.
next issue. Both m. boss men snok.
a word OF encouragement 10 me which
made me determined - come bach
nome and WORK halacr ihan ever. The
SueS | left to beg Win the hext i
sue, included several n,,re for Gary
Green's Route ]. New papers is wha+
he wants on his route. am deter
mined he shall have them to the hes.
OF my ability.
Miss Nell Breedlove of E. c. T. C.
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. c. H. Breed
love. is home for the spring HOLIDAYS
| think 1t is so nice for college stu
dents to have an occasional breathing
spell, as they do these days, instead Of
rushing through as they expected each
new day to be their last. Miss Nell is
a niece of Sam Patterson of Hender-
! son.
Tom Aiken from over towards Stem.
knowing me to be a great chawer of
gum, brings me a new supply every
time he comes over this way. which.
he did yesterday.
lnomaS Sherman of Tar river asks
why L wear my overcoat on such a
nice, pretty, warm day. l tell him that
am trying to wear it out this spring
so that I can fbuy myself a new one
next season, provided that l am then
alive and able to do SO.
In at a grocery store, miss Annie
Herring tells Preacher Poe, 81 lust
can't get enough something to eat at
my house, And that is a proposition
for any mother or father to think
about, and especially any one like us
who have three growing boys to feed,
each with a ra-ve-ni-ous appetite.
Two gentlemen of the old school, y
Milt and Walter Hobgood, in deep
conversation. Brothers they are, AMI
Walter, the father of nearly a score
of children who are scattered over
this county and couple of them liv.
ing in Canada. Milt says he has worn
John B. Stetson hat every day and
Sunday too for the past fifty years.
He only removes it from his head
when he enters house or goes to
bed.
Melvin Yancey of Wake Forest col
lege is home for the weekend His
daddy, L. j. Yancey, the jailor, was
one of the first ones to give me a sub
when I started in my new work for
this paper.
Herman Currin, (and I ana not GO
ing to say Brother of Hamp, as folks
know him for his own self was in
town to get lot of screen wire and
accessories to match. Don't know
whether or not he is going to make
some venus fly traps, screen doors, Or
what not. Herman is the man who
ties honor with Macon Barker from
down towards Dexter, as they both
have raised nearly one hundred pigs
from fine. thoroughbred sow dur
ing the past five years. 1 should have
said that Herman might be going to
make some snake traps to catch some
specimens for the zoo.
Now here is story fit for an ar
ticle and picture in The State. There
are three brothers and three sisters
(six in one family who are still liv-
ing and their ages range from seventy
six to eight-eight, averaging about
eighty years. Mrs. Rose Hart lives at
Blackstone, Va The others live in
Granville: Mrs. Rebecca Curr:n, Mrs.
Ella Fakes, r. v. (Bob) Blackwell, R.
T. (Dick) Blackwell, and r. P. (Rubel
Blackwell. l attended their annual
family reunion last summer, and YOU
can imagine in a small way the great
number of relatives who were there.
George is now grown, but some
years ago he attended the State school
at Morganton for the deaf and dumb.
One time his daddy, Boz Blackwell,
l.. ~, hi !,
Mr. Bob took chaw of tobacco while
on the train. Not finding a cuspidor,
he used the window, and before Mr..
Bob knew what had happened he had
spot his teeth away The train was
stopped and a search was made, but
Mr.. Bob had to gum it until he could
have some more made.
Fred, Georges brother, is the on !,
who exhibited his six-legged cow sew
eral years ago. After firing of running
freak circus, Fred finally snapped
the animal for a mule, receiving some
cash to boot.
AS our CCC camp has been disband-
ed, Mr. and Mrs. j. B. Wilkinson left
Friday for Monroe to work there at
Camp No. 16. We have enjoyed having
NIL. V1lhIHSO1 dICOIIO Jul L. - -
Lodge on Tuesday nights, and Satur
day night would hardly have been SaF-
lrday night without both of them VI
town. He was senior foreman OF Ia
borers at the camp.
Mr. and Mrs. Sidney RusseH OF
Berea have a very unique way CT Keep
ing UP with their children's ages.
Their little Virginia Dell was three
years old last Christmas Day, which
can always be very easily remember
ed. And on the twenty-second of Feb
ruary a year ago, their 'caby was porn
so they named him George Washing
ton. And of course he cannot tell lie
as he cannot talk.
Max Tingen of Harrow ontario
Canada. is spending several weeks
with Hoe Greenway on Route 4. Max.
grown young man, has not been
back to the states since boy l told
him he had that Canadian brogue, and
he talks almost like Elvin Fakes who
lives At Detroit So he replied, you
tam like you have mouth full of
-a,.sh Yourself" And now know that
me sound funny to other folks as they
do to us.
Max's daddy, Oscar Tingen, left this
county twenty-one years ago and NOV