and has never missed an election
nor 1 scratched a ticket. For ' a
great partof this time he was in
public life holdiag various positions
lof public trust from Warden of the
j poor to State Senator. He h& been
a remarkable fiur lu 'county af
falrs and 8dmpon can boast of bat
i lew ucl. men.
A ii;? li"-Xie ia W.trB SasjHM.
The rw ople f Western Simpson
) will huve a big jollification PJc-nic,
!nir tho r'ul.,.? M a. if. Wit-
liams, on Friday, December 19th.
This iKjint, in Dismal, is seized a
being centrally located between Lit-
- tie Coharie, MuDaiia.'s, Minjo,
Westbrooksand HoneycuU's. Taey
extend a cordial welcome to the gen
eral public to come and join in the re
joicing over the recent great Demo
cratic victories won by the people on
the great Ksues and principles in
which all farming and laboring peo
ple are concerned. We understand
that several speakei swill be invited
and we know ? itat there will be a
bountiful spread of good things by
the sturdy yeomanry of that fertile
section of the county.
Cliutoa Literary Clnb.
Programme of
exercises lor 111-
day
cvening, December 12th:
Subject- The Lit
and Writings
of Edgar Allen Poe.
1. Biographical Sketch of Poe
M iss Sudie Faison.
2. Critique m Pae's Works, T. M.
Lee.
3. The Room, (Reading) J. C. Slo-
cumb.
1. The Prose Writings of Poe, R.
W. Ilolliday.
. Selections fro -, Poo's I'oetical
Vorks, Miss M. L. Brown.
(. Selections from Poe's Prose
Writings, Miss M. Thomson.
7. Comparisons between Poe and
Byron, Miss Reni Micks.
8. Poe's Place in Literature, Mr.
Bobbie Williams.
Personals.
Post office Inspector Carraway gave
us a call whde at the Fair last week.
