The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1900-05-07
PlUnk6ff' SlA6ff6r
written for The Weekly Constitution)

That It's mighty hard to judge OF what
Do the best you can today.
Kick trouble from the way,
And the Lord Is mighty sure 70 90 mo
rest.
So says Brown now, and TINS Is Ms
favorite saying whenever things are NOV
ing smooth to him and others are dis
posed to complain.
| can tell as well when my old friend
has spent profitable day In foraging
upon the candidates as he can himself.
At such times he is always ready to
advise others to be cheerful and never
seems to think of the fact that when he
IS of having a good time with the candi-
dates his folks at home are living hard
and without much hope for the future
As these happy moods, or poetic moods.
as you may choose to call them, are only
upon him in troublesome degree when
the candidates are rife in the land, nope
the reader will be as patient with him
as 1 have always been and let him spread
himself to his hearts content:
Green truck is In the garden and young
chickens on the way,
Eggs are Just a-wasting and there's
ham for every day,
The cattle are a-fattening ana the mhKs
pouring down,
take lot to town.
There Is beans III l4ie puAch anu Do0AS
We Will have them hot for dinner and
at supper take them cold,
The potato beds are humming and at
digging time, it's clear
Well have 'possum and potato along with
simmon beer.
Well have squashes and tomatoes and
cabbage when they head.
And onions by the bushel and beets both
white and red,
And melons ringed and striped and melons
VIII make US ali rejoice that In Georgia
we were born
through the kindness OF the frost.
And peaches win be plenty, though
heap of them were lost
Our cherries won't be many, Tor the
cherry trees are few,
But the blackberry crop is inc oes'
So we're smiling. smiling. smiling. and
pushing right along.
If we miss crop OF cotton we VIII mako
70 we haven't any credit we will wait to
get the cash,
And instead of peach and honey" we
can make out with sweet mash
For the mountain boys are busy and pass
ing on the sly,
ahead of rye,
valleys nor the hills
If you fail TO get religion you can patron
ize the stills
wish that Brown could be kept in his
present mood forever, but walt TIL the
primary is over and you Will Sc sight,
not only in Brown but in many others,
that is thousand times worse than
when the ball IS over" The candidates
that know them now Will know them no
moro and there tune will be
Kick me, kick me, Mr.. Mani
Kick as strongly as you cant
Black my eye. scratch my face,
Smother me with dire disgrace
l am the fool of fools today
And know I always was that way.
But Brown is no criterion TO judge
our people by. The country is full OF
cheerfulness and viii remain cheerful
Just the same when the primary ia over
It really seems that Providence is on
the side of peace and cheerfulness in this
region. The George ". Scott company Is
building what might be called acres or
factory at the little village OF lngleSide
and this has brought a changed condition
of feeling wherever you go. OF all this
change of feeling 1t is not the least that
all our thinking farmers have come to
know that the town people and the coun-
try people must get close together in SEN
timent and stand united to bring the best
results in material progress The coun-
try needs the factories TO give them
markets for whatever they may produce,
and the towns need profitable and stable
investment for their money and their
energy. l know that our county of De-
KaIb IS bristling with desirable sites for
all sorts OF manufactures. This year Is
to he a good fruit year and much profit
could be derived from small canning in
dustries one of these canning factories
was started down at the town OF Clarks-
tor and / learn that IL
has proved great success to its owners
as well as proving a thing of profit to
all the farmers around that neighborhood-
What applies to DeKalb county applies
to nearly the whole south. All sorts Of
small industries could be started on the
cooperative plan. The truth IS that
every settlement of people could start
some sort of industry among themselves.
this would be better than not to start
them at all. hut the country people need
the help of business trained men. Every
man to his business viii apply in this
as in everything, but II Is not sharper5
nor adventurers that is wanted Solid
business men embarking in these enter
prises inspires confidence. puts the coun-
try and the town shoulder TO shoulder
and would surely bring prosperity.
1t does me good TO contemplate the
conditions in Georgia and in all the south
ed There will be no more moving to
town to get the benefits OF good schools
for children and for what they call "op-
portunity" The country will have good
churches and good schools then, and good
teachers and we already have good
preachers. Wherever an industry Is plant
ed the people will conSregate and build
a village and the farms will be worked
from these villages. Each village will
have all these opportunities and all
the loneliness of country life shall have
passed away. The passing away OF this
loneliness IS a great thing within Itself,
but many a man never gave 1t a thought
Just think of the women who are LETT
day after day in lonely places on the
farms as they are today, and you should
not wonder at there being so many dis
satisfied women IN the country This Is
coming around right in its own good time
and peace and prosperity Will crown the
land So mote it be. and speedily.
SARGE PLUNKETT.
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