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THE ADAIR COUNTY NEWS
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FnmNirlh Carslini.
Lattimore, Feb., 27, '16
Editor News:
As to being offended at the
. literary masterpiece of "Granny"
liUther Wilmore, of Bogard, Mo.,
in the language of the lamented
"'Uncle SawneyGilmer; also a
sproduct of classic Union neigh
borhood; "I never thought of
;such a thing."
It is suggested that he show
this specimen of belles-lettres to
some of his great-great-great
grand children, who will put on
their "specs" and howl with
srapturous and consuming de
light. 'f As to time that elapses be
tween wheat harvests, more
wheat is produced in Cleveland
county, North Carolina, than in
- Carroll county, Missouri; and it
is harvested in June, near my
- 4)irth-day. We have good roller
anills at Shelby, Fallston, Waco,
iawndale, Kings Mountain, and
r other places. We also have
three railroads running into
Shelby; good sand layrqads
-seaTlyliiifover the county; and
-at least five hundred automobiles
' in this county. We also have
:' creameries, operated by joint-
.stock companies, at Shelby,
.Mooresboro, Lattimoreand Kings
JMouutains; and I have neighbors
who milk more than twenty
cows. We have two strong banks
- - .at Shelby, three at Kings Moun
tain, one at Lattimore, one at
r- -Mooresboro, one at Waco, one at
trover; and two loan associa
tions at Shelby and two at.Kings
.Mountain.
As to farming implements, we
lhave gang-plows, disc harrows,
.mowers and reapers. We also
: Aav9 corn-harvester andjfcshred
ders. The people of Cleveland coun
ty, N. C, dress as well as they
'-do in Carroll Icounty, Mo., and
vwill compare well with them in
culture and refinement. Of
f-" course the land herelis old, poor
and thin. The land of this coun-.ty,-
however, under, skillful cul
tivation, can be madejtoiproduce
-one hundred bushels of corn,
.forty bushels of wheat, or two
shales of cotton per acre. In nat
ural fertility, the rich prairie
Jand of Carroll county surpasses
the soil of this county five fold.
J?or rigid econtmy andj unflag
.jing industry; you don't sur
St6 -the 'Carolinian. When I
was in Missouri, the people were
Mnd and courteous to me, and I
,hold many of them in grateful
. memory. But I was much amus-
ed at some of them trying to ex-
v plain what certain farming (tools
. were and Tiow they were used.
.1 "jest orter" see a wheat
-thresher, a wheat drill, or a corn
..planterat work. Strange to say.
I had corn planters, wheat drill,
cotton planters, and seed wheat
threshers, corn-harvesters and
shredders at work every year.
What has been written as to
good roads; certainly deserves
careful consideration by the peo
pie of Adair county. We have
good sand-clay highways in five
townships out of the eleven in
Cleveland county. Where two
bale3 of cotton load two horse
on a muddy road, built up one
hill and down another and in Ui
creeks; a sand clay road, prop
erly graded, will enable che
same team to pull ten bales. All
this winter, and it has been un
usually rainy, there have never
been twenty-four hours that au
tos have not been run on our
sand-clay roads. This whole
country is covered with rural
free delivery routes. On many
of them, the carriers ride in au
tos, the year round. The way
to net these roads is to issue
bonds. We people, of No. 8
Toznship voted $50,000 bonds.
My annual road-tax is about
three dollars; but I am benefitted
at least twenty-five dollars. I
can easily drive fifteen miles to
Shelby in two and one half hours;
when in the mud it required four.
I generally make from five to
eight bales of cotton, and have
to use from two to three tons of
commercializer, to put under my
cotton, corn and oats. At same
ratio, we caniaaul four times as
much cotton, fertilizer; or take
four times as large a load of
wheat to mill. As for my part
I am not much of a farmer. A
man who teaches from five to
eight months out of the twelve,
can't devote enough time to ag
riculture. I am a better teach
er, agent-or writer than farmer;
and that grades me very low.
Some men are .natural farmers,
others natural mechanics, still
others, merchants, while others
are criminals and politicians.
The largest class in existence
are fools and suckers; and the
man who has the fools with him,
has a stupendous majority in
any state or crowd.
I see that my big-hearted
friend, Jim Cager Yates, , knows
what you need; and generously
effers to donate $500. For God's
sake, don't let him back you
down. A region of -the sterling
citizenship and natural advan
tages of Adair county, Kentucky
should avail itself of its-untold
possibilities, Vote bonds, take
the highways out of the creeks;
and you will augment your ma
terial prosperity forty per cent.,
in ten years. I 'can go from
Louisville, Ky to St. Louis, Mo.,
quicker than from Lebanon, Ky.
to Columbia, Ky.v and God knows
in more comfort Of course it
will increase your taxation; but
it will richly repay you in means
of paying said tax, and giving
rich dividends.
Some people fight every form
of taxation, whether it pays or
not. They are like the fellow
who killed every snake he saw.
He went to a show, and they had
a tame boa constrictor. He got
a poleand soon sustained his
record a9 one who bruised the
head of the serpent according to
scripture. The showman came
in and saw the mortal remains;
also the executioner with his war
club. "Did you kill my snake?"
said the proprietor of the great
moral circus. "Yes," was the
proud rejoinder, "I kills 'em
wherever I finds 'em.
'What
had he done to you? That snake
cost me a thousand dollars," said
the showman. "No matter ef
he cost ten thousand; by Heck, I
kills 'em wherever I finds'em,"
was the rejoinder.
Harking back ft) Jim Cager,
he wrote me a polite invitation
to come and help him quaff sun
dry potations of Baldwin apple
cider. Bless his kind heart, he
doesn't known how much I'd en
joy the trip and the revelry. No
man ever was kinder to me; and
I certainly hold him and his fam
ily in grateful memory. But at
sixty-five, he claims to be grow
ing old. Pshaw Jim Cager.
Look at Granny Luther Wilmore,
who played leap-frog with the
lamented Dr. Voils, before you
were born' Did I say before you
were born? I mean before your
father was born. He will enjoy
hearing this read, and will,
doubtless, call upon Bram White
or Ezra Block to rehearse it to
him through his eartrumpet.
But, bless his ancient heart,
"With all his faults I love him
still;" and to every good citizen
and pretty girl in Kentucky and
Missouri, I tender the message
of Tiny Tim: "May God bless
us, every one.
Melvin L. White.
Rank Foolishness.
You occasionally see lb stated that
colds do not result from cold weather.
That is rank foolishness. We It true
colds would be as prevalent In mid-1
summer as in midwinter. The mi
crobe that causes colds flourishes in
damp, cold weather. To get rid of a
cold take Chamberlain's Cough Bern
edy. It is effectual and is highly rec
ommended by people who have used
it for many years as occasion required,
and know its real value. For sale by
Paull Drug Co. Adv
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Oar people are burning plant
beds and making preparations
for Jage crops of tobacco. for the
Loose Leaf Houses' at Burkes
ville, Greensburg and Glasgow.
There is talk of one being -built
at Campbellsville.
Your strife is buying a few
shoats now to,feed for the June
market.
There were 200 hogs received
at Breeding last week and sever
al at Sparkesville at 61 cents per
pound. This has brought a lot
of money into this county. This
is a business us farmers ought to
pay more attention to for hogs
are quick money.
Miss Laura Janes left for Illi
nois last Wednesday, on a visit.
Rev. Purdue preached an in
teresting discourse here last
Sunday.
There was a large crowd at
Mr. George Cole's sale last Sat
urday. Things went off well.
He going to Illinois.
Mr. J. M. Shives, our hustling
merchant, transacted business in
Columbia last Monday.
James Sparkes was at Flat
Rock, Metcalfe county, two days
last week.
Willie Flatt has had a well
put down in his yard. He struck
a good stream of water. Geo.
Jessie, of Columbia, did the
work'
Elroy Roe and his mother con
tinue to improve slowly.
Mrs. J. B. Garman visited in
Cumberland county last week.
Barren and Metcalfe counties
are going to vote on bonding
their counties in a short time and
will likely carry as all of the coun
ties around them have voted on
the bond issue and so far Adair
is the only one that voted it
downThus saying that the rest
of the State can nave good roads
if they want to. The mud was
good enough for our forefathers
and it's good enough for us.
We will pay $1,500 per year now
if not more out of the county
levy to help build pikes in other
counties which is right as we
have lots of money, and when
we help pike the rest of the
State we will pike our own coun
ty. People, wake up, and get out
of the rut and some time soon
lets have another road bond elec.
tion and vote bond to pike our
own roads instead of paying out
our money every year to build
pikes somewhere else. Wake
up people and get your eyes open
and see what you are doing.
Our neighborhood is improv
ing in the last four months.
Messrs. Dock Rupe, T. McGin
nis, Green Murphy, and George
tanes have built newrssideaees'
and Matthew Akin is building a
new barn. Mr Carl Bragg is
building a new dwelling at
Sparkesville -and. Logan Roe is
putting up a new store building
at Toria.
Germany has sent an ultima
tum to Portugal, and demands
rsttitutiofi of seized ships.
Wheats Take Cluater's TaWets.
When you feel dull and stupid af teri
eating.
When constipatedjor bilious.
t When you have sick headache.
When yon have a sour stomach.
When you belch after eating.
When you have indigestion.
When nervous or despondent.
When you have no relish for your
meals.
When your liver lstorpid.
For sale by Paull Drug Co. Adv.
Dirigo.
Clara, the little daughter of
Mr. Tom Wooten, of this place,
has been very sick for the past
few days.
Mrs. Dooley, Sparksville, vis
ited relatives at this place sever
al days of last week.
Sam Garmon, Sparksville, vis
ited at J. J. England's one day
last week.
Allen Wooten bought a cow
and calfrom G. W. Dillion for
$65.00.
A valuable railch cow belong
ing to Dewey Murphy died one
day last week. Mr. Murphy had
paid $85.00 for the cow only a
few months ago.
Kollin Bean left last Friday
for Missouri where he intends to
work during the spring and sum
mer. He has a job on a farm
near Bogard in that State.
Dr. S. P. Miller, Columbia, the
County Health Officer, was here
last week and quarantined ihree
cases of small pox. The afflicted
were Mr. and Mrs. Arlin Janes
and their little child. But sev
eral others have had chances for
the disease from them, and soi
the quarantine will affect thei
also. Dr. Miller declares that i
is his intention to check this dis
ease in this county and that h
will prosecute to the extent of
the law all who break the quar
antine, or those who know that
they are afflicted with the dis
ease and then circulate among
their neighbors in such a way tol
spread the disease
Mr. Asa Pelston and family
visited Mrs. Pelston's parents at
Bliss from Friday until Sunday.
How to Prevent Cresp.
When the child is subject to attacks
of croup, see to it that he eats a light
evening meal, as an overloaded stom
ach may bring on an attack, also
watch for the first symptom hoarse
ness, and give Chamberlain's Cough
Bemedy as soon as the child becomes
hoarse. Por sale by Paull Drug Co.
"-. . .- - .- Adv
R. J, O'Mahoney, noted histo
rian and newspaper man of Lex
ington, dies at St. Joseph's hos
pital in that city Wednesday.
Joseph A. Brooks, a Confeder
ata soldier and well-known farm
er from seer Brooks Station, died
in Louisville iafirmary.
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