The Tupelo journal., 1909-12-03

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dred bales of cotton and other farm
products in proportion: and the mag
ni6cent cotton gin, turning out bal'
every half hour, and the wonderful
dredee boat cutting channels twenty
feet wide and ten feet deep, and To-
full measure the mayors office thrown
in. Do you wonder he for time for
got the little court house path? d.
you think him a busy man? Look uT
| the street or down the street or acros:
the Streets or on the Verona road, OF
along the by-roads on his farm, OF
through the woods towards the dredee
boat, wherever that may be, and yct
see him and that sorrel horse going OF
CO ming. either in sweeping gallop OF
running fox trot. and Will riding
faster than the horse. with his hano
waving and his eyes sparkling and q
smile on his face and resolution de-
pictei in his countenance. while busi.
ness juts out all over him. You sec
him, especially since the grading of the
| streets for the eranitoid walks began
moving like a "whirlwini" from one
square to another, jumping off the
sorrel. grabbing the instrument for in.
dicatins the height and depth of the
stakes showing the grade of the side
walks and the first thing you know
but not until the work is done, he
moves off again like cyclone TO some
other field of action for like or other
work. You see him rush into the gin
or dredee boat, ask rapidly some ques-
tions, give some needed direction, and
still again gone, | never saw him
when he was not in a wonderful hurry,
and vet never meet him when if
indicate | wish a conversation but he
smilinely assents. | have only seen
him in one place since his election
where he did not show by his manner
hurry and haste, and that was in the
mayors Office trying a. case. There he
seems to feel the weight of the judicial
toea, and acts accordingly. But, Will,
seriously. don't you think the channel
is near enough cut and the streets near
enough graded that you can call the
board together and deliver them a
special. message on the court house
path? Let the law be SO made that
no path shall be made and none used
which have already been made on the
court house square. And then next
spring when the flowers bloom and the
violets creep out Of the ground and the
general resurrection of nature shall
spring into life and beauty the little
grass blades will spring from the north
and the south and meet in the midst Of
that narrowing path and it will become
thing of beauty again. And, while
my eyes may not see it, the passerby
will say, see the power Of the pen.
Indeed it is miehtier than the sword. "
And the flowers will not bloom less
sweetlv over my last resting place be-
cause of the writing CT these words
But, listen again. Don't you think
since writing the above took another
observation, and 10 ana behold, ! found
worse path extending from the north
west corner cf the square to the
north entrance of the court house, and
I, | think, if | observed correctly, horse
men even have travelled this path, and
the horses have been hitched in the
court yard! What do you think Of
that? If this last path were in the
front part ii would be blot indeed
And who has right to hitch horses in
the court house yard? have as much
right as any one and have none
Look'ee here, these paths and the hitch
ling of these horses is an-well, ] won't
say exactly what if is, but, feeling fol
| the frailties of humanity, / have char.
ity enough to hope and believe that the
whole thing has been done through
| thoughtlessness. But we shall see. L
the wrong is remedied without waiting
for an ordinance, then my charity sup.
position is right; otherwise, the wrons
was of purpose. Which shall history
testify to be correct?