Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1900-06-22
been visiting her parents few
days. ROMULoUs.
Here and There.

Dear Courier;-Here / come
again, but the constant patter of
the raindrops on the windows and
the roof, casts melancholy dam.
per oyer the none too vivacious
spirit of your correspondent.
While the murky, threatening
clouds hang low and heavy, and
the tiny rivulets are swollen into
raging streams, sweeping away
the farmers belated crops.
The wheat crops are good but
the rain is hin dering the reapers,
while that, that is reaped is I'll
danger OF spelling. Indeed til
outlook for farmers is dishearten-
ing; but now / am croaker of
bad news. Well, rainy weather is
an excellent time for frogs, you
know.
Childrens Day at Swinea Chap.
ell was q decided success.
e. j. Carter, Democrat, is the
favored candidate for constable,
against j. L. Hughes, Republican.
Will Snow, Of Morris Chapel, is
the census taker for our section.
Miss Minnie Burross has the
fever.
James Smith and wife, and Sci.
ly Kincanon and Miss Hattye
Dobbins passed through our sec.
ton en- route from Adamsville, a
few evenings since.
The pail of death seems to over
shadow Wilkinson's Mill, since
there has been four souls sent in
10 eternity from that place within
five months. Five lives have
been ended on the site. No won.
der the black man stands off in
awe, and says "No sir, | wont
work there for wages"
r. @. Fagg, and sister, Mrs.
Meek, of Sardis, were en- route to
Savannah recently.
Some of your correspondents
said something about the parents
doing the raising and the neigh.
bors the training, in regard to the
recent murder case. D! crowd no
more thorns in their rugged path
way. OF lade no more on the al.
ready too heavily burdened shoul.
ders-bending beneath their
weight ofyears fraught with cares.
o! dim no more the dear fading
eyes with bitter remorseful tears
tears of NORWOOD. o! stab no
more the oft, pierced hear, with
the sharp.edged dagger of "fail-
ing to train their children right"
Has not that mother lulled his in.
fantiie restlessncss into the peace.
full slumber of innocence, ON her
breast by her lullaby songi Has
she not taught his childish lips to
lisp sour Father" in holy rever.
ance at her kneei Have they not
watched over him in sickness and
pain, when The angels were silent
ly reckoning to bin, and at mid.
night knelt by his bed so lowi
Have they not often and often
begged him "not to go" Blame
not 80 much the aged parents,
but turn 10 the real cause, and
what do you find it to bes All, the
Leak of the Still, as it trickles
down from its poisonous fount,
, slyly but surely making it's course
throughout the broad area Of''The
land of the free and home of the
brave" On either side flourish.
ing in decieving brilliance the
thorny flowers of Deceit, untruth,
robbery, etc., and whatsoever at
tempt to slacken his thirst with
the drops from this stream, finds
he has only created an unquensh.
able thirst for its death dealing
liquid. No longer can he boast OF
his liberty, but finds his shackles
: stronger forged by each succeed.
! ing quaff. swine is a mocker;
strong drink is raging, and whose
ever is deceived thereby is not
wise." In form created in the i'm.
8 age of God, but by dissipation
i. sunken to the state of a brute
At last in the frenzy of maniac
: he Stays his fellow man. The
brand of Cain is imprinted on his
brow. That brow once so pure
and white and imprinted by a mo
d theirs kiss. His hand is stained
! by the life gore of another. In
e one moment soul is sent from
, the barroom to appear before the
l just tribunal of the most High
e While the slayer is doomed tt
pass his days behind the iron bars
{ or end his fated existence on The
J.. gallows. II nothing more 10 won
der OH the face of the earth endu
ring mental Hades, waking o.
. sleeping murder" is ringing il
his ears. Still blame the aged par
ents: still allow this leakage Il
!. grow wider and deeper while i
h engulfs our brother and friends il
its darkened current. For tn,
long arm Of the law allows it.