The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-03-05
Enondalr, Miss.
Kemper Herald,
Sceoha, Miss.


/ If you will allow me q little
space about A. Henderson's letter
from Vernon, Texas, published
in your issue OF Jan. 22nd. He
is correct about the "multiplied
thousands of acres of fine land"
but when he stays there longer
| think he will find that the rea-
son they. don't plant corn and
cotton is that it sometimes fails
to rain fora year or more ; and
those "dry winds" that he men.
tions will sometimes strike him
with such force as to nearly blow.
the hair Oft his head, and cold
enough to FREEZE the'rEARs that
he will be shedding over his toll
ly in leaving old Kcmper.
l have travelled over o large
part of the South, and at no 9th
er place have l found it so easy
for q poor man to get hold of q
home as it is in good old Kem-
per; and / don't think that there
is any place in the South where
the people who are able will help
o poor man more than they will
here in Kemper-it he is the
right kind. 1t is true that from
several causes old Kemper farms
are q little "run down at the
heel: but there is nothing the
matter with old Kemper that
can't be easily remedied if all
hand will put their shoulders to
the wheel and all push togethe r.
SO, brother farmers, let us stop
mounting about "hard tines
and go to work and fix up our
farms. and houses.
1t Is true that we have not ac-
cumulated great wealth, and un-
der present conditions we are not
likely to do SO; but let NE tell
you what we have done: we have
supplied the surrounding coun.
ties with the finest lot of young
men to be found anywhere in the
South-the surrounding country
owes old Kemper "a debt OF graf
itude for furnishing them With
brains and muscle. Compare our
tarm-raised, rudy faced, muscu-
lar boys with those raised in
cities it is like comparing a
mountain to a mole hill, the
American eagle to a bantam
rooster-and our rosy checked,
home loving girls are hard to
beat; thep are more charming
than are those of any other State
in the South, except those of
Alabama (my native State). l
except Alabama because il the
girls back there are still ms CHARM
ing as was my wife thirty five
years ago, they can't be beat
now tor this little compliment to
my old lady I expect to get ex-
ira strong coffee ("with a little
sugar i'll it when the boys amt
lookin'" tor several weeks.
When the future history of old
kemper is written she should
certainly get credit for raising
line, manly boys and charming
girls. And Teddy will learn, #
ne trys to come any OF his color
blindness on Us that we can raise
hill as successfully and with
more energy than we raise boys
and girls.
Now, brother farmers, 1 want
US all 10 get together and see ii
we can't manage some way to
keep more of our boys at home.
We need them to help terrace
our hill sides, drain our swamps.
We want them to marry and
settle down near US so we can
play with our grand children and
have the little white headed fell
lows toddle around with us and
help drive up the calves, climb
our pecan trees and shake down
down the nuts (when they begin
bearing).
Perhaps the good old Kemper
Herald will allow us space to
talk over these matters and get
our county in better shape all
round. Let US hear from other
farmer on this line. We CAN
MAKE our HOMES MORE coMFoRTA-
BILE and our farms more pRoDuc-
TIVE. We can induce our chill.
dren to build homes near u.s.. So
let US get to work and do 20.
Yours respectfully,
OLD BILL WEBB.
Yes, The Kemper Herald will
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