The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1908-06-04
ARTESLA.

The baseball game between Artesia
and Hickory Grove was won BY the
former by the large score of is TO 2.
Battery for Artesia: L. A. HaIbert.
Jr., and Jim Gillespie. Battery for
Hickory Grove could not be ascer-
tanned
The prairie buck farmers made an
oyamah turning movement" on their
crops last week. Hot sun and suItry
nights have improved the looks Of
both cotton and corn. The long rainy
spell followed by such a scorching
sun has knocked the prairie gardens
into the middle of next month, but
the second cutting of alfalfa is being
harvested and if the people only
knew that it was as good food for
man as for beast they would have
plenty of greens and the best Of tea
the year round. remarked in these
letters fifteen or twenty years ago
that cotton seed meal was q good
food for man, and that we would
soon be eating pancakes and mullins
made from cotton seed meal. and
now we learn that the oat meal and
other palatable foods are over half
cotton seed meal and some fine morn
ing you will find alfalfa tea served
on the governors table. What's the
use of hauling tea all the way from
China when we have a better article
right at our doors?
We should give the negro who in
formed Mr. Ussery, Of Waverly. that
the man of his race who had killed
policeman and was fleeing from jus
tfce was near at hand and did all he
could to procure the murderer's ar
rest. the praise he deserves. The press
is free in exposing the faults Of the
negro and when one does a good deed
it ought to be made known. This
same negro ought to get half the re-
ward that is to be paid for the cap
ture Of the murderer. We often read
of the dishonest vote of the negro
and his unf1tness for self government
and in the same papers we read of
three hour speeches being made in
congress in behalf of honest elections. /
We read columns and columns about
the rottenness of the municipal gov
ernments of San Francisco. Boston, |
Philadelphia and other cities. We
read Of state senators, congressman, /
and United States senators being sent I
to Jail for the dishonest use of their /
votes and general grating. Some of /
our readers may think l am defend 1
ing the negro, but I am not How /
ever, we should be charitable and set
a better example.
1t is a hard job to get some folks
to take a hint A few weeks ago the
editor Of The Dispatch offered a prize
of ten dollars for the best news letter
from his regular force. That was
hint that news was what was want
ed and not sermons lectures, essays
and editorials. I acted on the hint
for one or two letters. but again fell
into line with the first nine.
Some one said it was ''the day"
Sunday and not the singings that
be objected to- Well, well. This is
what we get from Mt Sinai: Re
member the Sabbath day, to keep il
holy. Six days shalt thou labor and
do all thy work, but the seventh day
is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God;
In it thou shalt not do any work,
thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter,
thy manservant, nor thy maidser-
want, etc." We are commanded to
mot work on the seventh day. Moth
ing is said of singings, social gather
ngs, family reunions of baseball.
Neither could be termed work unless
he participants are paid. A hired
baseball team that plays on Sunday
has violated this command. The
paid organist or hired choir who per-
forms on Sunday and receives pay
has violated this command. and the
correspondent who gathers his notes
or writes his letter on Sunday and
axes pay for the same has broken
he law. But prejudice goes a long
ways. I have always been so preju-
ficed against baseball that I would
lever write up a game even at the
'equest of the boys. Not that there
5 any harm in the game-simply
prejudice. Don't believe that play
ng on Sunday would be work and
.ome under that commandment IN
ess the players are paid. 1 notice
me member of the family is not in
luded in this law: that IS, the wife.
never noticed this omission before !
oday. have often wondered how