Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-07-21
Gr1tS and
Gravel >
By L. MOSES JONES


Something never before saw IN
my life just happened within reach
Of my eyes. A humnling bird just SAT
on wire fence for, i. seemed like,
whole minute. They real often come
around the window after some or mrs
Jones flowers, dipping their tlny'
long beaks into the blossoms 1ot
honey. There az now blooming al
theas, gladioli, crepe myrtle anu
other flowers so 1 won't say WHICH
particular brand of honey they arc
after.
I wish we had a couple of mlmosa
t, ees in our yard, as those blooms are
very choice to humming birds. Some
times / think will take lot OF tiny
Walls from the drug store and I'LL
them with honey-water as l saw
man once in the news reel DO Ihere
were hundreds of humming birds tly-
ing around his bottles and drinking
the nectar, and their wings sounded
like the propeller of an airplane.
The dahlias are beginning to bloom
and Mrs. Jones has one or two new
kinds and colors this season. This
is ono season that the flowers have
had to be watered very little, as ma
ture has done it's part in a most
bountiful way.
Betsy and Bobby, the three-year-
old twins of Mr. and Mrs. Aionzo
Hughes, were in Oxford recently. Ii
was the first time had ever seen
them Their older sister is named
Nancy Jean. They live out on the
Dabney road near Henderson. Their
mother was Miss Ruby Cottrell, who
is a daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Tom
Cottrell, who also live near there.
Tommie Cottrelfs daddy was the
late David T. Cottrell, who was 2
cousin of my Daddy Jones.
Alonzo is a nephew of the Hughes
Furniture Company in Henderson,
but 1 have never, had the pleasure
of meeting his unAe. But his Daddy,
A. D. Hughes q cal him Uncle Lex
is a special friend Of mine. Well, any
way, Bobby and Betsy were sure cute
little twins, all dressed in blue.
Edible Dement'S wife said that
Edible had sat up at the barns so
much lately that he had to prop his
eyes open to keep awake at all. Won
der how his brother, Cooper, is get
ting on up in Canada. Cooper has
been up there ten or twelve years
and now owns and operates big farm
Of his own, besides being one. of the
big managers for the Oil-Tobac sys-
tenn of curing tobacco with oil. Coop
er got his start out eE Old Salem
school, but IS many years younger
than your C,d T. Nose.
Cooper also mari led a very beauti-
full and young Canadian. lady several
years ago, and brings her down South
to see his folks every winter. Our
coolest winter here seems only like
spring to them, as their winter gets
around and below zero. Cooper, I in
sist on you writing us letter.
Cousin Ernest and TIermenia' S
Aiken's oldest daughter, Miss Ursula
Aiken, of Washington, D. c., passed
through town Saturday. They were
on their way QUITO Cousin Rebecca
Breedlove's to spend the night. She
was with her Uncle Joe and Aunt
Lucille. Her Uncle Joe Breedlove is
librarian e Duke University.
Ursula said that her cousin, Joseph,
had just left to spend a month at
Lake Junaluska, and her cousin,
Caroline hs> left with friends for a
trip to Detroit. The latest fad in
Washington must be the manufacture
ing of hand made bandeau, as she was
working on one, making it out of tiny
long, white braid. One was also on
her head, and was real pretty.
It all reminds me of years and
years ago when I was a child. We
took large spool, four tacks, hair
pin, some wrapping thread of differ
ent colors, and made us a knittin g
machine Then we sewed the finish
ed product around and around and
made mats of it. Just I suppose
that any of you children of this day
and age ever do anything like that?