The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1908-12-17
Crawford Notes.


which has been quite pleasant. will
OF necessity have to come to an end.
| must move my tent TO other parts.
which will throw me out of your
bounds as a correspondent.
Many things have transpired the
two weeks I have been out of your
columns, only few of which | will
have time and space to mention.
Our concrete walks are far ad-
vanced Mr.. Walker pushes things
in good weather.
A thief robbed our postofice few
nights ago, securing about $500 from
Uncle Sam and about $40 from Mr..
Elmore
Rev. w. C. Lester and family have
arrived. Mr.. Lester takes Mr.. Babb's
place, and Mr.. Babb goes to Verona.
We bespeak for Bro Lester a warm
place in the hearts of this charge.
Mr. Lester preached his first sermon
Sunday.
Mr. Babb baptized little Jesse Ran
die Waller Sunday evening in the
presence of the Waller kinfolks at
Mr. Jesse Walters home
Mr. Cheatham and wife are visit
ing Capt. Waller.
Mrs. Waller OF Aberdeen made
flying trip here last week on business
Mr. Sam Webb and little boy left
Saturday last for few days visit in
Meridian.
Mr.. j. M. Ledbetter is receiving
some favorable news as to the condi-
ton of his daughter, who is in Ashe-
vile. n. c.
It is said that Miss Bessie wilkins
Is improving in the sanitarium in
Meridian.
Mr.. Charlie wilkins sold his place
just above town last week to some
Northern men for $3.50 per acre.
Mrs. Swallow and little daughter.
4 Maude, came in from Illionis last
Wednesday on their way to the Per-
kins' place to spend the winter in
the Southern cline. Mrs. Swallow
says that had a snow four feet deep
in Illionis a few days before she left,
all falling in one night. Just think
of that! No wonder we love the
South, and others are coming TO US.
Mr.. Thompson has sold out his in
terest in the Perkins place TO young
Mr. Swallow.
What do you think? We have
Memphis photographer set up in the
city of Crawford. Come over and
have your pictures taken at half the
regular price.
Our ginnery is about through for
this season. Quite an amount of cot
ton in the yard. Cotton seed is SELL
ing above 26 cents per bushel.
We see considerable moving among
the colored folks. Many of them
are behind, so say the merchants.
While we were away the Erwin
boys went fishing and caught some
large trout. That's the way they do
|. when we are not with them
Mr.. C. D. S. Bragg and Mr.. Hunter
Walker passed through TO the Walker
. place one day last week, making a
; final settlement with the tenants. Mr.
Bragg turned the place over to Mr.
. Walker. he having had it leased the
. past four years.
Our r. F. D. men had TO try II
. horse back few days last week, but
! now report the roads in fine cOndi-
. ton for vehicles. Use your buggies,
. boys, as long as you can, for mud will
: be here ere long.
Mr.. Kier spent the day Sunday at
Mr. Ed Smiths
Miss Louise Jordan Is here visit
ing her sister, Mrs. DR.. Spaulding.
Now, dear Dispatch, l leave you
today. / wish you q merry Christ
! mas, also that you may never grow
less. but grow stronger all the while
as an advocate of the right, to devei-
op your country and people, ranking
first among the journals of your
State for reliableness and soundness
on all moral and political questions,
] for in this your influence for good
Z cannot be measured. and when it goes
! well with you think OF "Mississip-
4 Dian'' in the most charitable way and
! / deal mercifully with my Crawford
! friends, and il your garden fails on
: vegetables call on my good friends,
! Charlie Kier, Capt. Scales, Miss Kate
| Erwin. DR.. Bailey, A. J. Erwin, Jr.,
and Others, and they will supply you
Good bv. ''Mississippian.