Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-05-25
Big Bub Wants to Help the Boys.
JACKSON. Mss. NAV q. 1907.

EDITOR Of The beacon
was asked a few days ago when
was going to commence my canvass,
ard l answered, why, l have COM
menced it already; endorsed two notes
on yesterday" 1t seems this has got
ten to be a new method of csnvassing.
In the good old times before the war,
was told that no candidate ever
asked a man to vote for him without
offering him a drink, and as they drank
together, the candidate solicited the
vote, but as we are living in dry
time, the method has changed some
what and now good many of our con-
stituents think that one good turn de-
serves another and if they are going to
vote for you to have a good office, you
ought to endorse a little for them.
Now this seems fair and just but as
Elliot Yates had his training under
Judge Foote and the Judge had de-
nominated me ian extender,' cant |
be of much service to the boys, be-
cause Elliott has told Tenie Dorroh |
what the Judge said, and they both |
turn me down as fast as | sign.
Elliot says, that on one occasion when
the Judge was President of the Finance
Committee. a note was brought in for
some $20O0O signed by Allie and jim
Swami and by me as endorser, and,
that the Judge, after carefully looking |
over the paper, said "If Emmett's
name was not on the note, believe
would pass it." Some one asked,
"Why his name does not make it |
worse, does it," He said, Eyes, it
ruins it entirely. These boys would |
not know any better than to pay this
note when due, but Emmett will tell |
them that there is no use in this that they |
can extend it, and the Lord only KIN WIS
when it will ever be paid. Tenie has
had some experience with me on this
line himself. | endorsed note for a
friend of mine during my last canvass,
four years ago, and we carried it along
nicely for a good while but finally my
friend, the maker of the note, got fret
ted at being asked to renew it so often,
and since that time that note has been
extending itself automatically. | was
in hopes he would renew it one more
time for | felt like Uncle Ross did
when he came around to collect the
premium on the life insurance policy
that we held for the church on rather
weakly young man.
| seems that smart life insurance
agent q always felt like | wonld like
to have met this fellow attended one
of our Presbyterys and persuaded them
that as we wanted to endow Cumber-
land University and had no money, the
best thing to do was for each church
to take out thousand dollars insur-
ance on the life of some young man and
that Presbytery could take out one
hundred of these policies; and of course,
some would die each year and the
school would commence getting the ben
eft at once and finally get the whole
one hundred thousand.
Now, Uncle Ross was practical
man and loved his church and he agreed
that our church should carry one of
the policies, so when he came home he
had us all to meet so he could explain
the matter and select the young man.
When we returned home to grandma's,
Aunt Margaret, loyal to her church,
was anxious to know whom we had Sc
lected and we told her that Uncle Ross
had said that her son, Bobbie, was the
very boy. This being her only son, the
old lady arose in her wrath and said,
mo; Sir, she would go out and see
the old gentleman and tell him they
should not insure Bobbie. Didn't see
why he didn't put his own son, Tom, in,
that she was afraid the old professors
at the school would get in tight and
would pray for her little boy down in
to be removed for the good
Of the church and she was not going to
stand it, so Uncle Ross finally selected
a rather delicate young man who lived
near him and We commenced the pay
nents. Well, we paid on this and paid
IN 1t, and the young man seemed to
grow stronger and healthier all the
time. Times were getting harder and
IN one occasion, when Uncle Ross
called to collect my quota, asked him
where this young man lived now and he
said he had moved over to Pickens
county. | said "Well, if he had moved
'ver to the hills of Pickens, he will
never die, and we might just as well
luit paying The old gentleman heaved q
sigh and said, LET us make one II
more payment; maybe he will wink 81
tut, y so | thought if | could get nv II
nan to renew one more time, some n
hing might turn up Il
So you see the boys know me and have r =,
10 hesltancy in turning me down. But v
wish to be of service to my constitu- .
nts, and my friend McQuown, of Col =.
INDUS, has recently taught me how =.
his can be done: He said that nice y
Dung man, on his first trip selling har- ~
ess, visited Columbus recently and V
RED to sell him some harness, but not 3,
'lshing to purchase at that time, he
ould not give him an order. Just as ..
e was leaving he told Mr.. McOuown ~
hat as he was beginner, his house
ad told him not to draw on them for "
Expense money, and needed $25. 90 to -
ave town on. Mr.. McQuown said he y
Did him he would be glad to let him =, =.
ave the money, but his business wa, ~
cling buggies, and his friend, vii. VI.
ans up on Main street, loaned money '"
nd II he was to let him have the A.
Ieney, Williams would think he was W.
terfering with his business and %
ould not like it, so to go right IN W
lere and get the money from Mr.. 81