Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-04-20

Dear T. Moses:
Thought I would write to you
some days ago, out found there were
SO many things to attend to that
ust kept putting off a few matters.
want to tell you that when
went to Granville County the other
lay 1 Travelled in five states. My, but
1t is quite a way around these noun
aims by bus. A smart fellow at Knox
vile, Tenn, got busy with few time
tables and a pencil and before I
knew it he had shown me that I could
get to Durham several hours earlier
by going up into Virginia; so I took
that route. am doing all this writ
ing just to say that in all my travels
saw the most pleasant farming
country in and around your section of
the country. I can easily see that
our farmers learned quite a good lea-
son from the S. C. S. camp at Oxford.
On my return trip, I went through
South Carolina and back into Geor-
gia: So you see I did get a rather
good slant on the country. Things
look mighty fine down around Harris
vile, S. C. In fact that is about the
second best section of country through
WulCn Travelled.
Well, 1 trust that everyone gets the
Tobacco acreage and poundage work.
ed out in a satisfactory manner
Another thing which 1 note is that
Mr.. Hancock is getting things in mo-
ton. an pleased to see him select
an old friend of mine, Billie Devin as
| campaign manager: too, it is crafty
ing to see another of my friends, Ed
ward Taylor, as one of his able assist
ants. Will keep my eye on your
paper for all the political dope.
| Oh yes, 1 also note that you have
received a well earned promotion
After all, daily paper should offer
you many more opportunities to keep
all of your friends and acquaintances
in touch with one another. w ~.
You know Vance County has in it
| many of by best acquaintance and
more kin people than I have ever
had the opportunity of knowing as
intimately as should. I might say
that my cousin, Richard Wilkerson.
of the Wilkerson meat market, is a
fine fellow who has hundreds of
friends, and if you haven't met him
yet you should do SO at your earliest
convenience. 1 think that 1 owe him
visit, along with many others down
Dabney way; so I'll just have to stop
over and see you in your new set-up
the next time come to town.
1t is cold over here this week, but
the most optimistic people think that
spring is just around the corner
Tell all the folk. "Hello!" and ex-
press to them my kindest personal
regards.
AS ever,
lack M. Williams,
| Assistant district educational adj
wiser, Dist. CO., CCC., Fort Ogle-
thorpe, Georgia"
The above young man with the
| half-smile, half-grin; half-serious and
! half-solemn look on his face is a friend
+ of your Old Nose. lack was home to
see his Mother, Mrs. Mary J. Will,
liams, some weeks ago, at which time.
| he had. some pictures made for her.
One of those pictures got into my
| hands by mistake, hence the above
reproduction. lacks father was the
| late John P. Williams of Stovall, at
which place he attended high school,
Later he came to Oxford to school.
lacks education was a well-balanc-
ed one. Besides mental, it was also
physical In the University of North
| Carolina Annual Of 1928, the Yackety
Yack, it was said of lack that he was
| The "Most consistent shot putter to
eyer don a Carolina uniform He
was the Athletic Coach of the CASTOR
in high school the session of 1920
For several years he taught in the
New Hanover high school at Whining
ton, N. C. Following that, he was
athletic coach in the Roanoke Rapids
| high school.
i Beginning in 1884, lack was educa-
tional adviser at Southport and then
at Fort Bragg. Soon he was promot-
ed to assistant district educational adj
wiser, leaving Fort Bragg for Fort,
| Oglethorpe, Ca, where he now is To-
Gated lack did not have money for
his education handed out to him on
a silver platter. but worked his way,
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