The mosquito rush will be on in a short time. As George Washington or Andrew Jackson or Thomas Jefferson or somebody said, “In time of peace prepare for war.” Have your doors and windows screened; and if they already are screened, see that the screens are mosquito proof.
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This is decidedly good weather for road work. We trust that the Cumberland County road forces are taking advantage of it.
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Begin right now to look well after the teething tots. Keep up their strength and nourish them in every way possible, for this weather is bad on them.
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A certain rural dweller inquired the price of corn at a store, and on being told it was $1 a bushel, remarked, “Before I pay such a price I’ll eat ‘dry’ bread.”
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Back to the simple life: as little clothing during the heated term as is permissible.
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The people of Fayetteville are looking forward confidently for a prosperous Summer and Fall, even though the boll weevil may attempt some stunts down on the farm.
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Smithers says he has concluded that, after all, Fayetteville suits him all right as a vacation resort, being as how he cannot “go abroad.”
From the front page of the Fayetteville Observer, June 14, 1922
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