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Show . - ' - , , ' tW-- ,., Wvmir !M '' . , - 1921 PROVO POST, TUESDAY, JUNE' 7, ' HAY! GAD! The Story of Our States S By JONATHAN BRACE Bein' poor he nay! Gad! So thet Eddy ter fellers ' askin if Ive lost my voice. eh? hev ,, MebOe so. , ter say last montb-least-- wua so I didnt say nuthln. ,I tarnation mad I couldnt b talk. An gad,.Im when I cant talk then, ways nuthln NORTH CAROLINA The as er f tiler vlrchus. Mebbe so. 4 XII, Uncle Charlie kept many or at maddern Wilson ever got North Carolina is very ap--, spell I gdt since Evry breathin wuz pr opr latelya- - J March I figgerin. Twant fust B named J enuff thet all th spring fork w lelgh, for It t cornin on, an me blzzyer n hell er brains inter er was Sir Wal tryin ter bat sdme but th dear I man got, e hired new respon-Blblwas ter Balelgh who sends me er guvment (thets good)due March flueen. Rite for North Carolinas first doo billy settlement. It was In 1584 that ter earn an in th middle uv tryin'. obtained permission stop an tell Raleigh livin I got-te- r honest I from Queen Elizabeth to plant jam whut I did with th .munney year. last make an English colony in America, didnt ho 'hhd"'the'exp?dlttonswhlch sent established a little colony on Roanoke island. There in 1587 was born the first American child of EngHsh parents., She was named Virginia Dare, -after the virgin queen. This colony, due to Englands war with Spain, could not be properly supported, and after a few years perished. It was not until over a century later that permanent settlements were made. Daring pioneers from Virginia pressed south Into the new territory, and these, augmented by a large company of Huguenots from France and a greater number of Germans from the Palatinate, founded the first North Carolina towh of Newburn in 1710. By the time of the Revolution the population in North Carolina had Increased to such an extent, with an Influx of Scotch-Irls- h and Scotch Highlanders who settled chiefly In the western counties, that It ranked fourth among the original thirteen colonies. Today its population en-- 4 -t- itles It to twelve electoral votes - $ for president In area It stands J about half way among the states ' with 52,420 square miles. North Carolina was the twelfth state to adopt the Constitution, the formal ratification taking place in November, 1789. The derivation of the name Carolina, as in the caseof South Carolina, came J from the Latin Carolus, mean-- , J , Cong-TCS- B. ZJ heffer with th scours, in fly time, ez thinker with one o them damn call an Income sheets er music they wuz no good on Tax blank. I never be work In must Sam Lloyd puzzles. Gad by the Hay! fer th guvment. time I gits done readtn all the did yous" an "if sos anVere yous an an "If nots and what isos I wuz an skedulies, how manys I felt ter nlah crazy. Th only place Intrust on said it where hum wuz, I thet hit Gad! Hay! indetedness. Twant enuff ter git one o them Guvment things frum the Fedrul ernuther cums enuff. Erlong twant An I York. New o State frum th over thing damn hull do th got ter I got ter th place agin. By th time where It sez I swear I didn t hev er decent cuss word left. Twouldnt a been so bad, but jest my erbout thet time my neffy ocalls articles attenshun ter, er couple tellin erbout whut th war department didnt do with th munney th peepugiveem patryotick American war Hay! ter try ter run th so sickwith. since Hy Gad! I aint been Perkins gimme erdrlnk An all th , said wtiz th real stuff. s I time 1 wuz wraslin they Juwuzjhet? why thlnkin kept nuthtn-mun goin on but wuz them tfuz It in this country. I set down HAylGad! evry time In th News or two line er read ter er see how them skunks wuz whinin erbout payin upfererpart d git er hit o th' muss they made, I fer them madder. Its er good thing I 0'8h them-flgger- taxa-shu- ch tXcswhur Snknuthln thet alnt say1. Hay!Gad! I wouldnt out o - given by CHOI AT THE ARMORY and Saturday; and Provo Post No. 13 next Friday evening. dance being given at the Armory for the Visiting Delegates Band will furnish the music. Tickets will be $1.00 per couple. The Provo Provo Post No. 13 American Legion. .WTar it VISITS PROVO STORE. . , o makin slaves 1 Nwppr Friday, June 10 Legion is being held in Provo next Friday FeX?nt.ion of the American American Legion desires that you attend the Please Help Make This Dance A Big Success inally in honor of King Charles J .till inis country goes dry. Them gerhev been I? of France and retained by mang an therin ancestors Urope ever since King Charles H of England. J, raisin- - hell 1 er boy. wuz North Carolina is also known July us Ceesar An y 5 they wuz ktoppefl. as the Old North state. no Armysttc , with thet McCiur. sradicat.) (br V , Stillman stink llay!Gad! aint thetterermanwUh readln' o' rllne hit stummtck? It makes ne strong kbpt elad Im poor. Bein poor hez er feller vlrchus. Building menny O. G. Bates,, general manager of Materials. the Bates Stores company of Ely, en. lmore Of the- American worn Nevada, was In Provo during most than one in every six llv?8 of last week In the interest of the Hawaiian Islands marry and others ot brnoa local business. Mr. Bate, expressed Of all the satisfaction with the manner In to their ancestry. women repwhich business has held up in Provo, racial groups the Corean which he stated was better than resent the only one which refuses to! many other parts of the country he mix blood, not a single casofaCor-man other had visited. ean Woman marrying abeen disco v- than a Corean having ' J" part-IIawaiia- COMING LIEURANCES LITTLE SYMPHONY the Noted American Compowr, Ellison-Whit- e and Coached hy Chautauqua Present Organization Created of the Believing that the need conpresent day is for honest, sistent work and that hy perand forming such as individuals firms we are taking the first step toward normalcy, we will continue to serve our customers in the future as in the past And our yard will be open on Satur-da- y af temoons as usual. fSuhlietd annonuces Lleurancea Little the noted American composer, Eltison-Whit- e Through special arrangement with Thurlow Llcurance, and has and coached this created has Mr. organization Lieurance for the on the Insists a!l cad at times It with in personally touch Is but with Scram the company, closely SSi He does not combination play g musicianship that has characterized his own work during the rast fifteen years. Lieurances Little Symphony is an . music. of world the in the best of wide a with repertoire from a representative number of Symphonies, together apir BERT BANDLEY Utah Timber & Coal Company JESSE HARMON, MANAGER. Phone 160 West 5th. North HORSESHOEING AND . blacksmithing Sa t i s f a c ti o n Guaranteed Phone 85 22 South Second West. . 232 CLEAR CREE CASTLE GATE BLACK HAWK KING ROYAL STANDARD LUMP, NUT AND SLACK Kindling, Lumber, Shingles, Rooflnf , and Cement A Square Deal to Every Patron 4 |