The New South., 1894-12-01

We see that some IT our hig fzrfners
ard agricultural officials y Macon hAve
been resolving again about holding cot
ton Tor higher price. They resolved
thar same thing several years ago and
fixed she price ~ 10 cents, bat cottca
kept On going down al the same ard
nobody needed the roxSise. II snxn is
able TO hold and his Judgment tells him
to hold he w1lI do So Without the rcsolu-
tion. But II he Is poor and In debt for
advances be cant hold and 20 the resc-
lation is of no good anywhere. Better
resolve that the New York merchants
be requested to indulge tho Atlanta
merchants and tho Atlanta merchants
indulge tho Cartersvllie merchants 50
that they can indulge the farmers and
enable them " hold their cotton until
next spring We don't know hew II IL
elscwhare, but the crop in barlow il 50
per cant greater than II was last year
and the small farmers are selling and
paying their debts Oar town IL lively
and the farmers are net dispirsted. The
mar. who planted Tor ten bales will make
fifteen, and that helps out good deal.
Then his other crops are so abundant
and bring such good price that he is
not discouraged about his prospects.
These Macon resolutions don't fit our
people--we have all got 10 learn econo-
my, especially those who arc mot
farmers Non-prodncers are having the
hardest time. am sorry to say am
ono OF them. We ara trying TO put on
the brakes at my house, but II Is hard
70 teach an old dog new tricks. Some-
uses too much butter and too much lard
and too much coffee. and my wife she
hears me and smiles. Aunt Ann genor-
ally tells my wife when things are out
and my wife tells INC, but OF lato she
makes Aunt Ann tell me and the old
woman don't like 70 do IL, for sho says
The look SO surprlsedlook sorter like
his fcelins is hurt | started TO town
this morning and sho came slippin' up
to the front door behind me.
Wants two or three nntmegs, sir, TO
fix up de slice potato pic. sir. She say
comp'ny comm fer dinner. sir. "Ail
right. AUNT Ann, III bring tho nut
megs,' and moved on d little ''And
she say must tell you de rice is out. 7
We'll, I'll send Up some rice, and
took another step forward. And /
hain't got nary tatcr TO make dc pie
Wild Lord help us said /, and
nary aig, she continued. And, and
"And WHAT said l. Dare ia Jos
enough coffee for supper but none for
breakfast, sir. She tolc me to tell YOU
And she ran back laughing how sho be-
gun on tho nntmegs and fiaished up wid
lcoifec--and my wife was listening aud
| laughing, too. Every time try 10 DO
,ksfso1s U ~. d. spc:s.n they pas !. )
some joke on me. Had to buy hat for
one Of the girls yesterday. She Is just
obliged to have hat my wife said.
Wanted black felt hat with black
'oird and feathers, but no plumes, and
wanted little border of blnettc around
tho brim-iust enough to show she WASH I
in mourning. SO went into milliner's
on Whitehall and meekly told my in
structions, especially about the bluettc,
which my folks said was French
and meant little blue. The head
woman smiled and a biack-eycd maiden
giggled when said bIuette. What's
the matter" said she. tThen reckon
IL is bluetty," said I. ard they laughed
more reckless, Mo- said she, ''it Is
blu-ar--like bouquet, which is bokay,
you know. OF course, | didn't presume
to argue the question for | am no French
man, but I'm not satisfied and my folks
axe not either. They sny the word ends
in q like croquotte, an article % food.
III am TO be run over and made fun OF
! by these pretty women In the stores I'm
going TO quit trading for hoy folks.
These city folks take me for an old
Populsst, reckon, and they talk about
mo after have gone. If there is any
thing do hate II Is TO be talked about
after ! leave. Sometimes ] stay twice
as long as want to for fear OF H. We
used to haro club in Rome that was
organized 10 talk about people and
scarify EN-, and one OF the rules was to
talk about every member after be left
| the room. DR.. Miller was chairman and
the chief scaritier and be never left the
room until all the others had departed.
We had lots OF fun but that was before
the war, when he had time to have fun.
! Since the war there hasn't been much
genuine old-fashioncd fun. aid I'm
afraid there never will be again.
BILL ARr.