McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-11-26
Hiram Bridges Letter.
Possum Trot, Tenn,
Nov. %, 1915,

Nov. 22, 1915.
EDITOR INDEPENDENT:
Invent ter mill
las Saterday and while was waterin
mi nag and a waitiu fer mi tern to be
ground, seed lot of fellers squated
down on the sunny side O the hous
and they was feller a readin Of a
paper to em-they sed it was mr. Jim
pervinzes paper and they was still as
they cud be and finely one feller sed
eff they was one he was a goin to it,
i sed, eff they hav one what & he sed
mask meetin er a mass meetin er
sum kind of a meetin and as doant
go round much ceptin to our monthly
preachin and to mill as i sta purity
clos to home as it takes me & Sally
and all the Children kickin all the
time to maik a liven, i asst who was
goin to preach at this mast meetin
and they sed no sertin one'ud preach,
jest anybody cud talk that wanted to,
and asst what they was gointer talk
about and they sed about our t xes
bein so hi, about SO many iron BRIGGS
and few fellers buyin EN- and a
hole lot of other things and the moar
i talked the moar found out and
they sed we ode about $4,000 on the
fust lot Of BRIGGS and that the fellers
who sold EN- to our county officers
was pade with county warents and
that them warents is now drawin 6
per cent intrust, j found out too that
these saim fellers. j mean them fellers
what 90 to Selmer ever Itinerary,
Aprile July and Octoaber, them squirs
desided to by US 5 er six thousen 5
wuth moar Of iron briggs when they
had there last meetin. the thing got
to intrestin me hole lot cause i've
ben wunerin whar our tax money gos.
SO | axed the Teller what was a doin
Of the reading a hole lot moar about
things and he larnt me lots for he
peared to be the best postid man in
the crowd. he sed they dident by the
BRIGGS like we wood by a hoss. that is
get the best one we cud frum the
Teller that wood sci it the cheepist,
and sed he herd that the last lot of
BRIGGS what was bought and what
amt been put up yit he sed was bought
by A or 5 fellers what got up sum
writins to show who they was and
tuck the trane fer sum place away up
clos to Shicoger and they was gone
for severl days but dident 60 to see
but feller that made iron BRIGGS &
this feller pade all the expenses Of
them A fellers SO herd, that is | herd
tue Boss Of the crowd, who is the boss
Of the squares ever time they come
to Selmer, got check for SIS frum
this brige feller afore they allstarted
and shore bet them fell,rs had sum
big time ridin on the francs, eatin
on the eatin coach, a ridin autermo-
beels and eatin and sleepin in them
big hotels. Sum feller sed that amt
nun Of our biznes as the brige feller
was payin fur them fellers and sed
ef they wuz, ide bet they added it all
onto the bridge. j guess this is one
thing we lern at the mast meetin who
these fellers was what went up thar
and bought all them BRIGGS and who
lpade thare way thar and back and
who tuck keer Of them while they
waz up thar. 1t looks like that feller
lup thar, as they is just one Of him,
cud have cum to Selmer cheapern EN-
| A fellers cud a went up thar, besides
lie looks like cud hav put a motifs in
the papers about thom briggs and had
a hole lot Of fellers a biddin agin each
other, like seed a road comissoner a
Wv back when l was young feller.
He put up a notis about brige over
tar creak and Civ how long it was
and all about it & feller bid it of
about $25 cEeapern anuther feller sed
he'd bid it and they want no money
pade 10 nobody for coming ater this
brige, but the deestrict saved about
$25 on this brige. Haint our squares
got a rite to hav our BRIGGS bilt this
way? pleas put in yore Paper when
thew air pointer hay this here mast