Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1912-09-19
WONDERFUL DREAM.

luEeuct ttOuOie dDput nv future
course in politics, as some of them
have already said that am Just
writing some political letters for
my own benefit, am not appeal
ing to the petty prejudices of the
people, nor am appealing to
their sentiment for their votes.
am not asking nor wanting any
office within the gift Of the people.
| am just giving you in as logical
way "a | can the facts as. | see
them staring US in The face. You
can take them for what they are
worth and vote hereafter as you
see TT. Ii you DO not >vota ac-
cOrding TO the dictates of your
own conscience for what you hon
estly think is to the best interest
OF the people, you should not be
allowed to vote. "Ot my property
they may deprive me, but % my
rights as an American citizen
they cannot"
Take the RECORD, yes take
record is the hue and cry OF those
who are personally interested in
the combination OF the county at
torney's office. Now the preach
er takes the record, the Bible, aad
reads to the multitude as follows:
Come unto me all We that labor
and are heavy laden and will
give you rest" Now IL two men
are walking in front Of you and
one Of them has 4 bale Of cotton
on his back and II Q other a linen
buster, to which one Of these char
acters would this language De ad-
dressed, evidently to the one with
the bale of cotton on his back.
He is la5oring, stage ,ring and
struggling under his heavy load,
loaded down 10 the axle with his
great burden of sins, then this is
sweet command TO him, "come
unto me and | will give you rest"
Now you need not rear, cavort
and beg him to come, he will come
all right, because there is a sweet
promise TO him "rest." There is
not a shadow of doubt but what
he will come. No man can rest
until he is weary and tired. Did
you ever plow fast mule all day
and when the sun was sinking
beneath the trees in the Western
horizon you were just able to drag
QUE foot after the other. So tired
81 wearied, every muscle in your
body exhausted. Then drive out
to the end of the row and your
boss" tell you to sit down and
rest awhile. Did your boss"
have to beg and plead with YOU
10 SIT down aud rest? Did he
have to say please sit down and
rest awhile. Don't this sound like
idIocy? You would drop down
on your pillow and such sweet rest
would not yoa enjoy it, yes why,
just because you are SO tired and
weary; you can'trest until you get
this way.
Now did not intend TO preach
a sermon on this text, but / want
ed to show you that preachers,
lawyers and doctors always say,
take the record. Now take tie
county attorneys oiise. and talk
to the present incumbent and he
says take the record. Welltake the
record and read it and how does
i read, it reads in language like
this: Come unto me all We that
LABOR and are heavy laden with
the burden of taxBtion and | will
make your load heavier by drop
ping $500 more on your backs"
This is q very bad promise to the
tax ridden farmer. He evidently
Is talking to the linen buster fel-
lows. Because he has not got the
right promise to the man that is
loaded already with all the tax he
can carry. So | am satisfied that
there are none but the linen dus-
ter fellows will vote to continue
this office. Did you ever try to
choke a calf Iooee from a teat full
OF milk, you can pull" him loose
from it and he will buck and Jump
and rear to get back tc it, or do
his best to hold on 10 it. Now let
ne tell you We had just as well
choke loose al the surplus calves
from the oil! tax COW, especially
those that are large enough to eat
by themselves, because the old
tax COW Is going dry some OF
these days.
Take the record OF the fines col
lected the year before we had a
county attorney by the Justice of
the Peace OF the county, then
take the fines collected by them
the lrst year We had a county at
tornev and take the difference be-
tween the two and see If this will
pay the county attorneys salary.
| can tell you emphatically now
that it viii not do it. Then the
office is costing US unnecessary
taxation. Now | want it UNDER
stood that am net fighting my
friend Edgar Webster, this is a
clean cut proposition "a t. wheth
er We want the county attorneys
ONCE or not. 1t is not a fight
against Webster, because if you
vote the continuation of this Of
nee want Ed to keep it for he
makes good one / would be
IN favor of him provided we had
the money to pay him and need
ed his services or if his services
would pay US. Principle is the
guiding star OF his life and truth
the toutchstone of mis- soul. Nv
advice To Ed ia M 90 ont 49, -