The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-11-27
ALEX. ANSWER TO TOM.
Says Chapman's Letter Does Not Sound
Like Toms Writing.

Dobson, Miss, Nov. 4.--Mr. Edi
tor / have just read dear Old Tom
last letter, and if his name were MOI
at the bottom of it, I would say Tom
didn't write it. tt does not SOUND
like Toms writing at all. It doel
not have the right ring to it. He
uses language that he never used be-
fore and epithets that do not suit tol
Tom, but his name is signed to it, sc
he certainly wrote it. In one place he
calls himself puppy, he says that ]
never found puppy that could tree
me until I found him. Now Tom is
no puppy. And in another place he
calls himself fool. He says "that
any fool knows that big fish belongs
to the townman. don't believe
there is man in Rankin county who
believes it. The country people can
catch big fish as we'll as town people
can, and eat them after they catch
them. Well Tom is no fool or puppy
IT he does say SO. And as far as eat
ing persimmons and washing my
face and combing my hair I might
have taken lessons under Tom and ]
learned them we'll for keep it up tc
this day, and keep my head combed
we'll, hands and face washed, and eat
peIsimmons yet, but leave out the
seed. But seems that Tom has forgot
ten the lessons that I taught him.
| taught him that perssimmon seed
would kill calves, but Tom would not
believe me so he tried it to see, and
if he had kept on he would
have found out that I was right. Tom
seems to be very solicitious for the
poorman, and the free school extention
hard ship on him. I would like for
Tom to tell the people of something
better for the poor man than to help
him educate his children. There is
nothing that can be done that will
benefit his family more than have
good schools for the children to go to.
1t is the children that are the ben
eficiaries of the free school and to pa.
rents. 1t is not proposed to do anything
for the poor man more than to helI
him to educate his children, and il
the county proposes to furnish educa.
tional facilities for his children te
enjoy and prosper by, I think he
might hustle around and furnish
food for them while at school. AnG
If the people are as poor as Tom says
they are they wont have much tax tt
pay. know times are hard and tha
the crops are very short, but we hat
better go a little short on grub thar
to starve the minds Of the children
The children are growing fast ant
wont wait for good times or crops,
where there is will there is a way. ,
Tom, thesschools arc as old as the ere
alton OF man, SO the bible says; yor
read in Genesis and you will find tina
God taught Adam how to manage th,
Garden Of Eden and what to eat anl
what to let alone, it might have beer
persimmons, at any rate persimmon,
are creating trouble with some |poeplt
now. And when Christ was on eartt
he taught his disciples what to do anl
how it was to be done, and sent then
into all parts Of the world to teach
All of which goes to show that teach
ing was instituted by God himself
and to show the people that it wa.
necessary to teach and educate his chill
dren as they grow up. Schools are
older than the church itself. An un
taught ignorant man could ont run 8
church successfully without first beine
educated in that line. And God ex.
poets every man VINO has family te
improve on the previous families and
raise them up and educate and trair
them up better than the parents were.
1t this were not so we would to day be
right where Adam and Eve left off.
The schools and churches by being
well patronized have brought us up te
nearly civilized perfection and we
must not fall back an inch. And ]
know that we have good liberal chris
tain men in this county tc
keep the good work going. heard
you say in speech that when ssCol.
umbns discovered this country that he
found Websters blue back spelling
book here And he also found biz
lot of ignorant heathen Indians here
also. If Columbus had taught the In
dians that old speller and learned
them then what was in it, the Indian,
would be here to1ay, they could no,
have been dispossessed of this beauti
fnl country. But alas they were moi
taught anything about the grand ole
speller. Where are they today
Ignorance had to give way to intel
ligence as it will ever have to do
Educated people came and hay,