The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1908-07-23

II TO the cor 1l crop aE8 alEesr 5G-
sares good Weld a. rhs late cora
I viii add materially - rk- Jlsz
crop OF alfalfa. which Viii he est
as soon the weather settles. The GrE
and hot weather Of this month has
shortened this crop. and the tonnage
viii not be nearly 50 great A. the
crop N the spring months.
I The citizens OF Artesia vii held q
pose Of organizing a bank An in-
stitution OF this kind j. very much
needed here The monthly pa rosl
Of the NJ. ( 0. Railroad az Arrssla
is several thousand dollars. besides
/ the immense business O. ouE IsF-
chants. Besides this. the farmers ot
this section are drifting 5lro the
wage system OF working their hands
and this OF itself VIII crsa-e q De-
mand for a bank As the different
/ grasses encroach on rhe ee-ro2 a2a
corn lands the wage system viii im-
crease proportionateIy. and ia q shore
time half the labor of this section
viii be employed by monthly wages
or weekly payments. and a bans wila
then be indispensable. As 70 how
and by whom the bank II ORGANIZED
VIII be Differed is engaging the Ar
tesla mind and causes as 70 wonder
how many young men who begin
their business career aspire and work
10 accomplish the desire go heeoIe
the head Of some great business en-
terprise- When Mr. T. @ Burris
was a poor country boy, dld ir occur
10 him that he would become The
head Of a successful cotton faeEcrve
Did Mr. W. c. Beard. when be slip
ped OF that big hin in Pickens eaur-
". think that he would one daE -
the proprietor Of sueh a mammoth
mercantile establishment as that over
which he now presidese When Mr.
Joe Street was a poor bow clerkilg
in a country store. do you suppose
the thought ever occurred To him
that one day he would De The presi-
dent Of one Of the best banks IN ths
country? When Mr. Tom FTankliu
was a poor boy and working as
travelling salesman. think that some E
good day he would be the president f
OF one Of the oldest and most relia- E
bic banks in Mississippi Every boz .
who desires 10 become somethiug F
more than the ordinary should con
duct himself in such a manner as to
n him for any high place that his
fellows might offer or which he might .
attain, and not be pronounced q +
misfit.
Once upon a time the Grand Lodse f
of A. F. and A. NJ OF Mississippi met .
at Natchez and Bro. J. L. Williams. +
of Caledonia introduced Bro K o.. i
Cain OF that town 10 Bro w G. NE
CulIough of Artesia. and closed the
introduction this ~He Bro CatnI .
is a son-in-law of old Johnny OF sour
town. Bro. NcC0ulIough remarked. +
That's a d-d poor recommendatiun .
for Bro. Cain There is 81 certain .
man in Caledonia known as Prot. Z
J. =. Thixtons ex-principa3 ~ the
high school Of that town He beasts .
that he Is from Missouri. and ] rise
10 remark that that is q poor recon-
mendation. for II GOV. Folk tells +.
the truth and history Is correct His d
souri, is an incubator for brioers. I
bribe takers, grafters and what not 4
IN last weeks issue of The Dispatch +
Prof Thixton. the Caledonia corre- +
IN commenting on the cat crop of s
AR Tom Walters. which I reported f
IN my letter IN the prize contest. 20 /.
be the best cat crop in the county.
says: Now, il was not a member OF {
the Ananias club that made this re-
port, but the man who threshed
them Mr.. E. E Harris Nobody. not
even the Artesia heather. who ou-
poses schools and morality, wiI
doubt his word. u seems that man
from Missouri never tried 70 culti-
vate the acquaintance of Bro. Har-
ris till after I wrote his (Harris'l
obituary. ] have been starching this
man from Missouri for some tine.
and now he is ready for the hot iron.
I have stated before that when the
professor ran out OF argument he
would resort 10 names. base fnsinE-
ations, and now ! viii add. false
statements" While returning from !
an entertainment on a bitter cold {
night with two young ladies. when
was boy. I pulled on my coat
and gave it TO the girls 10 wrap their
'eet IN. Prof. Thixton, the man from
Missouri. on a bitter cold dav. locked
1ut of his school room two young :
iris and forced them IN stand our