Thursday, March 20, 1924
On last Tuesday, the roads were blockaded by snowdrifts near Hillsboro so badly cars couldn’t get to the station to meet the trains until late in the afternoon. This is the worst snowstorm since 1918.
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This writer will not vouch for the following, which somehow leaked out of the grand jury room, but it is a good story nevertheless. A lady was before the grand jury to testify in a matter involving the signature of a paper where forgery was charged. Her answers were straight forward, intelligent and illuminating. After the particular matter for which she had been summoned had been disposed of, the foreman asked her the stereotyped question, “and where have you been buying your liquor?” Quick as a flash came the answer, “The last I got I bought from you!” That held the young fellow for the rest of the session. …
THE STEADY SUBSCRIBER
How dear to our heart is the steady subscriber,
Who pays in advance at the birth of each year.
Who lays down the money and does it quite gladly
And casts round the office a halo of cheer.
He never says: “Stop it; I cannot afford it;
I’m getting more papers than now I can read,”
But always says: “Send it; our people all like it –
In fact, we all think it a help and a need.”
How welcome his check when it reaches our sanctum,
How it makes our pulse throb;
How it makes our heart dance.
We outwardly thank him; we inwardly bless him –
The steady subscriber who pays in advance. – Exchange
WEDDING
Mr. Reed Johnson and Miss Flora Perry were married at the home of Rev. D. T. Tharp, Wednesday, February 27. The groom is a son of B. F. Johnson, of Fairview, and is now employed by the Pifer and Williams Lumber Co. The bride is a daughter of John Perry, of Thorny Creek, and has been a teacher in the public schools for a number of years.
BIRTHS
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Summers C. Galford, at Woodrow, March 13, a daughter.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Weatherholt, near Marlinton, March 13, a son.
DIED
J. Beckley Pyles, aged 75 years, of Seebert, March 13, 1924. The death of Mr. Pyles was the passing of one of the oldest and most useful and esteemed citizens of this community… He was a Christian man of the old school, walking in the old paths of an upright Christian life with his fellowman. He was the oldest son of James H. Pyles and Susan C. Pyles, whose family consisted of 10 children… Mr. Pyles was united in marriage with Sarah J. Buzzard, June 17, 1873, which bonds were not broken for more than 50 years. To this union 10 children were born… The funeral service was conducted at the Presbyterian church at Seebert. His body was laid to rest in the McNeel Cemetery.
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Moody Orndoff Sheets, three year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Sheets, of near Greenbank, March 9, 1924.
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Bernice Catherine Faulk-nier, little daughter of Mrs. Clyde Faulknier, March 8, 1924, aged two years, eight months, 22 days. Burial in the Mt. View Cemetery on Sunday afternoon, service being held from the Methodist church. The little child had been afflicted with tuberculosis for several months…
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Mrs. Alcenda McLaughlin, widow of the late Hugh P. McLaughlin, died at her home on Browns Creek, near Huntersville, March 9, 1924. Her body was laid to rest at the McLaughlin graveyard on Monday. Her surviving children are Charles and Edward H. McLaughlin, of Browns Creek…
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Mrs. Minnie Rebecca McCarty, wife of Mr. J. W. McCarty, passed to her reward March 11, 1924. She was a member of the M. E. Church