Eureka Reporter | 1906-05-18 | Page 6 | Just like Jim

JUST LIKE JIM slow simple hearted mother thought she sent pair of socks to her boy by telegraph during the war says the hortwell ga sun when the militia were cabout savannah an old lady who had a 16 year old son down there went to the depot at greensboro with a pair ot wool socks which she wanted sent to ler bold soldier boy by telegraph some men were walking about the de pot one ot them told her to walk into abe office and he would hang the bocks on the wire and in a few min atea she would hear from jim the man pulled off his dirty well worn socks and putting on the new ones hung the old ones on the wire and went in and told the old lady jim had received the cocks and sent back the old ones which were hanging on the wire the delighted old lady raised her spectacles saw the old socks and requested the man to take them down remarking in a voice full of pride and tenderness tend einess jus like jim he always auz a kearful savin boy and he has sent his old socks back tor ns mammy to darn god bless him and in turn we say god bless all such inno cent tenderhearted mothers as jims