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PACE SIX
THTi MOXROS JOVRNL, TlESDVf. JAN TART I. H22,
EICHT PACES
Monster Rat Puts
Tom-Cat to Flight
After Big Battle
WAXHAW LAND ONCE MADE;
HALE COTTON TO THE ACRE I
LEGAL ADS.
That Was Whea It Wat First Clear
ed; Won't Mawe Fsnrtk of a Bale
With Fertiliier Now
By Noma Horn
York. S. C. Jan. 2. I.'s a long
lane that has r.o turning. atil the
lane down which the blooj tUirsiy
cat has relentlessly pursued the poor
rat for, lo these many centuries
turned abruptly today and the oat
wIl. he'd be in a white bed in a
feiine r.-i-pital if V ie :i mttro
poluan tint Her. tt: t be'ni; a resident
of a small town he is :yi',e i r.der a
kitchen rartce. in'.rsitti; ni w.v.mds,
disillusion.-,; ami ti;'resl with lu--utiricua
rtfiections on the vieissi
tudts of life.
Ii hapi't ned this turning o the
lane in the b:u-K aid of J. O. Alli
eon. well knovtn York citizen, who
was an eje witr.ess to the epochal
bade that proxed a Waterloo, a I'ijI
towa ami U; a, all rolled m!o one,
for the iv;'!-e.- Mauve t.f tile feiitie
trite, and u. iv r. ,u' t!u- dow mall
of the cat dn::;t and the i t lease
from thr.llldolu of t::e rodent fam
ily. Mr. Allison has lately trapped a
nui::ht r of rat. tv! because li's aris
tocratic hi:: cat "Dandy" was derelict
In the performance of duty, but be.
cause there were more rats on the
premises than the cat could manage;
beiiiK, in very truth, quilt as num
erous and destructive as the rodents
of llatnlm town before the Pied Pi
per's visit. This timniiui; he discov
ered in his trap a rat of prodigious
proportions, a real whuppt r, w ith a
w icked tieam .u his e; es ::nd a belli
cov note in his squeak. To ta'.c tlie
trouble of dispatching the captive
and also to demonstrate his cat's
prowess, Mr. Allison called the fe
line and turned the rat loose in the
backyard.
No sootier had the rat touched ter
ra tirnia than the cat ie;:.d at Mm.
And the rat. c-:im i. u th- i :c M.et.t
of the ceimi'i- i i le i t i. '. t
escape. Lut I a,'-M at ;h-i ". r!;'W
ed a L-y-a ini; b.'il . r :! t . t and
rat and cut. !'r"i i tvlr. ,;i ss.ied rcis. ,
cons itoh's. pi' v. 11 .".1 hy ; 'uia
cic.'s squeak-'. Th :i ta.ee tl. t ' t. r. -derholt
Ih.tt I 'f " e o' vn-" vl the
Homeric coiv.f.it i i.::r- i; 1 hi. ah.
let;?. Thf cal, .!rr. .,'. ; vit!i vote iu.ni
his v.ouiuH '.! hi it io se ft.,
his aiivcr.--.try and a"e 'ipt.-(l to bre-tk
ott ; '.nit t; pen Mir n't bulled bin,.
t- If n Mar-hal Kiv ,i .-1 v 1 . at t io n
t rt- . i i:v; Id.' ;i ilw e him from the
flel'l 11 dis-ordet ar.l villi shattered
llUM.ile. ,
l. th t:t te the ( '.iioi'o'i It :d
afiartr,! ;.t , r,'.i :i of r.et (loot
lit it1, bo: s v N .i-:-n.l in titr.e to s-'e
the f it's deiViif ar.d C'e killiiu of f'e
rat with a stick b Mr, Allison. That
the fill's nerve was braced up by a 1
drink of York county moonshine H
th,i theory r.dv a need by some, but;
this hyjii'liisis is not sit. i epit ible of,
ptoof.
A X EST! J A TK " OF llICK ETT ,
j Waxha w. Jan. 2 M r. W. P. Neeley.
! who is now one of Wa thaw's popular
I priH-erymen, and who for many year
farmed on his lands just south of
"This Too Will Pass"
(Bruce Barttnl
Last summer when pessimism was
everywhere, a well-informed man told
me that the basir.ess depression j
mould la't for sevral years.
l ,Tm.l,K'l- thsnked Ijoo ana
ivtk rnurace. I knew from tl
mark that we must be on the very : t tr, 0f January. and
threshold of better times. recorded in book Al, pate 2T7, I will.
LAND SALE
t V,t virlea of a power cun'.airud in
I knew from the re- , trtk:n titfed of trust to nie execat-
In the snrin of li'ls well-inform-'..
licteJ another three yeart StrJa. Jatiuarr Tth.
of war. But the war ended that au- i kt lWl.va o'clock "at the court
Waxhaw l reek and om the southern' ,. . , . v.i, of three t. .u.. .:. i . ,k .. i...i..i
the follow-
boundary of North Carolina,
PS some day ajfo of the lan-
field of one hundred acre lying west!
ieaki well-informed bankers spoke of three h-hest buider for cash
Ava v.'am of prosperity. The pros-
hid K,.,- ;,KK,K-w1 A. ..K-.l I'fniv ws rrn w mk Willi, I) u.K iu aiuc
of .me hundred acre, lirirnr west " eiueu. r. 1:J.T twowiisnti.. i n.oii couiuy. oria i.f
f hu farm ami on the northern , " 1 " " . ' . : ; u:ia. at:a oyutvaeu on uie wes;. norm
U..II... Ill . , ., ..... ' - . . . ... ,- . ,
berJer of South Carolina, which was t'"" lrT """''" M.WJ,a ? '? na w
cleared in his boyhood days and pro-.t' to m f, . a:lJu li" l''J " "rT
diufj one hundred bales of cotton the' ' "f r;- "r " I ""the north by the lands
first year it was in cuhivation. "Myt th- contrary ou can i abi lutely 0; w. r;. j mra uj the L,lz;c enU
fvher" said Mr Neeley "was one ' -e;enl upon this that wnaiever n M.M;a land; on the ea-t by the lands
of' the crt.up foremen who superin-l ' roin'J to -''ntmue "J "J N"h
. i ...... i .k. i.... ..in... . i,.. Nothinir is certain in this world ex- rRWIu i'mIi. The tract containinir
l.:im-;utu v::r ii-fuiuii 4 n, ? . nil ' - ,. . , , .... -- . ,
piled in in h'iL-e heaps the lanre cept one thira; lintl that s erante. -.Js c:es, more or less, and known as
I f .m.L ni hkk.irv irrown on; l'hilpsophers rec:ni-e this train. i,aan,i,.r roard land, said one-
tie e lands, and seerI tiavs were! ordinal men and women do not, v.Vf,j, Unl.vi.ied interest having
u-nien accoiinTS ior nia:i iii;.-ivi 1.-
of life t.-
r.vti.rel to eow'e:e the wotk of
p-.!it: .-aM loirs. There wis enough i unes.
.,- .k.. ...'... .,f 4 i...i f. I Hoth start the journey
i'i .ill itl 'i .i-.i iuj r.i-u .iiiii ---- - . -
this i:eld. jus: to ire: it out of the.V-her and pursue it under precise y
iv, to hao supplied the farm for! the same circumstances to a common
vtars and no ono seemed to realize goal.
vht a wsste it was to destroy good
Ut-n conveyed to Therun B. Foard by
L' uin.e U. Letnmond and husband, l'e-
faail having been made in the pay
ment of the note secured by said deed
of trust, and demand having been
mad on me to proceed to advertise
t-mhor in this manner." These lands
at the t:me spoken of belonged to the
old lias.-eltlne and Chaffie firm of
Lancaster, S. C, and were worked
wholly by nero labor, under white
overseer. There was no trouble at
all to make a bale of cotton per
acre, and corn enhs were abundant,
and were regularly filled to over
ilowing. "llu.v in-eh cotton would this hun
i't e.i-acre fieid make now ?" we asked
Mr. MoNeeley. "if one sack of fer
;:!:zer was aoplietl per acre." "Oh, I
ilon't kn w " 'Twenty-five bales 1"
suggested his little son, Newton.
No." replied W. 1'. N. "I doubt very
much if you could raise a good fat
rabbit on it."
"Who was i. that owned a great
I iiz long-horned wild west bull over
there somewhere about forty years
ago," we next asked. "That's the
llasseltine and Chaflin bull you are
thinking of now," said Mr. Neeley.
"Yes. that sure was s une bull; 1 fer
got just what he weighed, but he
was a whopper, and reople were
.-cared of h;m too. You bet they
gave him the road when they saw
him coming. It was said of him
that when he came to a fence, he just
lewerifd his head, stuck his horns
under the rail next to the bottom
iitid threw the fence over his back
and went on. You bet folks got out
of his way."
"1 wonder who knows who built the
f.rst house in Wa.xhaw?" asked Mr.
1!. F. Trice the other day as he en
:ct'!' 1 a certain grocery store. None
of us knew exactlly. Not because
Mr. Trice was the oldest mun in the
Hut the ordinary man travels as ,i c.n m.-..vnti nmlivid.-H
though he were the first human be- int,.ri.fc, in sa d tvuet of lund.
irg who had ever gone over the path.
When he reaches a little hill, he
throws up his hands and shouts and
assumes that all the rest of the jour
ney will be over high ground.
When, a few months later, he is
plunged into the valley, he abandons
his courage and his hope. From such
depths, he cries, there can be no es
cape. The philosopher, knowing some-
Ihis the old day of December, 1021.
W. O. LK.uMUMj, Trustee.
Slack, Tarker it Craig, Attys.
ADMINISTRATRIX'S NOTICE
Having qualified aJ administratrix
of the estate of W. T. Mctiuirt, de
ceased, this is to notify all persons
having claims against said eslate to
nvliili.t tin, innid r,t lha tinj tirttiirnnd
thing of the records left by those who 0( or bt.fjre tntf ulh duy of Llecem
have journeyed on before, understand, VJ.,. or .hls notic, wil, .lWad
in advance that the journey consists , ,n ha (f th : recovc,ry.
of alternating ups and downs. He
expects them, discounts them and
travels on without undue perspira
tion or dust.
What pulled Lincoln through the
War Between the States? In the
blackest hour he would lean back,
draw a deep breath and remark:
"This too will pass."
In the winter of his old age Emer
son's house burned down. It was a
tragedy, destroying many prized pos
sessions and very nearly costing him
his life. I imagined, when I read his
"Journals," tha I twould find a full
account of it. Instead I found an en
try consisting of these two eloquent
words:
"House burned."
Most of us will never acquire quite i
so much of the philosophic spirit. We j
will insist on exacting quite a good
deal more conversational material
from our misfortunes than that.
But the time may well come when
we will nil have a little better histor
ical and economic pors-ctivo when
we will know that periods of inflation
This 12th day of December, 1921.
MRS. MINNIE McGUIRT, Adm'x.
Vann ii Milliken, Attys.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Having qualified as Administratrix
of the estate of R. A. Caddy, dee'd,
this is to notify all persons holding
claims against my intestate to pre
sent same, duly authenticated, to me
at my residence in Wingate, N. C
on or before Dec. 20, h22. other
wise this notice will be plead in bar
of recovery on said claims.
This lfth Dec. 1H21.
ELIZABETH GADDY, Admx.
Vann & Milliken, Attys.
NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION
Having duly qualified as the ad
ministrator of the estate of Mrs.
Fannie E. Clark, deceased, all per
sons holding claims against said es
tate are hereby notified to present the
same to the undersigned udministra
rowd, but because he had a better! n.l l..Wi,,n n,....wl oi..h ,tiU iith I tor on or before the 10th day of Dec.,
hance to know he informed us that! much the nmt raiMilritv .luir and lt'22, or this will be pleaded in bar
night when we will neither en wild ol tneir recovery. All persons inueni
:. . -I.- ii ...
Raletijh Caper Sajs Former Governor
l!.:s Left a Sterc of Sympathy
(Fn ni the Raleigh Times.)
How shall we people of this com
munity, who knew so well and loved
him, speak of the death of Thomas
Walter Bickett, gentleman, scholar,
tottorr.ey at, law, former Coernor of
North Carolina ami before that at
toTiey gen 'nil?
Perhaps a calm estimate of the
hon.st worth of 'he man should come
first, hut that v;l not suffice for
those wlvj were in a manner of speak
in r of Ins own household.
Bickeit's place in North Caro
lina was won for him primarily by
his sincerity of purpose. Even v.heii
less earmst -hseror thought they
snv him cn'ei'i.ig upon a di'tour thev
never thought lie had lost sight of
his ihjective. Eloquent as he was
on 1 courageous, filled with achieve
ment us was his public career, North
Carolina will forget his speeches and
his administrative ia'ts before it for
gets the elemental strength and fine
ness of his faith in his kind and his
boric times gloriously unsuccessful at
tempts to gain political acceptance
for this faith.
His strenuous, whole-hearted ef
forts in behalf of truth-speaking tax
books, his stringless proposal that
unfortunately was not "practical" for
a suspension of partisan warfare be
tween Democrats and Republicans
whose sons were fighting shoulder
to shoulder for civilization in France
these things which he did not ac
complish illustrate his character ever
so much better than the big contri
butions which he did make to his
times. His bringing together of hos
tile industrial factions showed him
at his best a peacemaker to be
trusted because he loved and trusted
those embroiled.
l.'nder the press of affairs of State
he bore up wonderfully, his keen
sense of humor always enabling him
to nrcept defeat or criticism as some
thing impersonal. Sharing all of his
victories with his friends, he knew
that they shared his reverses.
When he went out of the Gover
nor's office and settled down to the
practice of law at the state capital
he left statecraft definitely behind
him to work at his job, to continue
his courtship of Mrs. Bickett, than
whom no full-grown man was ever
given fitter mate, and to enjoy as
much as possible of the companion
ship of his neighbors.
And wa.-n't he goin fine at these?
Hot many of us had formed the
habit of keeping nn eye peeled for
him on the corners at the intersection
of Favctteville and Mar. in!
It's hard taking k-ave of hint, and
well, sorrow :s something that
makes mighty hard newspaper writ
ing, an; how bat Governor Bickjtt
has lelt a store of sympathy that
will be drawn on even beyond his
generation.
ne did
"Wei!, it's th:s way," he say. "My
brother, Mack Trice, was arranging
to build himself a house in town, in
the woods, and I wa.; just a boy, and
he said to me, 'Ben, you go over to a
certain point just this side of the rail
road grade and build us a little shack
for a tool house so we can have shel
ter and protection for our tools while
we work on the house.' I built this
little shack just about where Rod
man's stable now is and the house my
brother built was right near it. It
was destroyed by tire shortly after
building, and was nuver replaced with
a dwelling.
"The rail gangs were putting down
the cross-ties and rails just at thatiB
time, and Capt. Hicks told my father
that if he would take some nun up to J
Monroe and bad Ins year's supply j
of fertilizer on a car, and then would j
have some nu n to meet the cur at !
Waxhaw and unload the fertilizer that i
he would pull it out here free.
"My father accepted this pnuiosi-
tion uf ( apt. Hicks, and therefore was
the beneficiary of the first freight
movenunt to Waxhaw by rail.
"There was no depot here, and the
fertilizer was thrown off on the
urouna at me suie ol the road in I
front of J. L. Rodman's stand, or near
the public well.
"Later in the summer, Mr. D. C.
McDonald opened a general store in
his own newly erected building near
the depot crossing. This was in H(t8,
nearly .'54 years ago."
And by the way, most of these
things were closely remembered by
the writer, and we had hardly real
ized that we are getting to be an old
man.
with extravagance in the daytime,
nor abandon all hope in the dnrk.
When with Lincoln we will say:
"This too will pass." November Red
Book.
ed to said estate will make prompt
pavment and save costs.
This the Tth day of Dec, 1U21.
B. R. CLARK, Admr
R. B. Rodwinc, Atty.
5
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