By Mrs. J.E. Thomas
Oakboro, June 15—The Western Union Telegraph Company is building a new line and will start building a new depot here tomorrow. A crew of workmen arrived here today for that purpose.
Prof. and Mrs. C.J. Whitley have moved back to our town and occupy the house belonging to Dr. Dee Honeycutt. Mr. Whitley has bought the drug store and he and Mrs. Whitley will work there for awhile.
Mrs. Mary Ann Talbert, widow of the late Rev. W.T. Talbert, spent last week here in the home of her son, Mr. Marion Talbert. He left this morning to visit another son, W.W. Talbert in Albemarle.
An election will be held here tomorrow concerning the recently adopted school plans to broaden the district in order to have a bigger and better school, etc.
Mr. J.B. Arant of Pageland, S.C, passed here today on his way form R.R. Springs. Mr. Arant once did a barber business here.
Two more families by the name of Horne and Wilson, of Wadesboro, have moved into the Hinson building and work in the mill at night.
Mr. and Mrs. Penny, who recently boarded at Dr. Love’s, are keeping house upstairs at Mr. J.W. Coble’s. Mr. Banister, our new barber, is boarding with them.
Mrs. D.R. Kennedy and daughter, Gretchen, motored to Concord Saturday on business.
Mr. Horace Almond of the meat market is out this week visiting his parents at Mission.
Mr. A.F. Hinson contemplates going to the western part of the state some time during the summer. Mr. Hinson once lived there and made many warm friends during his stay among the mountains and it is a duty he feels t owe them that he should visit them again.
Mr. Jim Barbee has returned home from a sanatorium at Hamlet where he has been for treatment. He is still quite feeble.
Hubert Furr has moved back from Charlotte and lives upstairs at his father’s, Mr. C.C. Furr. His father’s condition remains about the same.
Mrs. Zeb Easley and children are spending a few days with relatives in Albemarle.
Misses Emma and Mary Jewell Hartsell left today to enter Greensboro College for Women.
The home-coming service at the Baptist church passed off nicely yesterday. A large crowd and plenty of good eats. A choir from Mocksville made such nice music. When announced that the old folks would sing and no quick response, one good sweet sister (we’ve a good mind to tell her name) whose heart is always young, piped out that the old folks didn’t come. There were only young folks present.
Not quite all of the Oakboro folks are Baptist but we are bound to say, they know how to do things. Non multa, sed multum.
From page 4 of The Albemarle Press, Thursday, June 18, 1925. “Non multa, sed multum” is a Latin phrase that means not many but much, valuing quality over quantity.
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