The Semi-weekly leader., 1916-05-03
FROM VINEGAR BEND"
After a Long Silence Correspondent
Says He Has Gone Nearly All
Way Around Bend.

Since our last contribution we
have been almost completely
around The Bend. However this
tour may not be of as much inter-
est as Stuart's q. E. 3D. ride
around Mcclellan.
Springtime really seems to be
here. The earth is clothed in all
the splendor of Solomon in hi S
glory. The air is laden with the
fragrance of flowers, and all ma
ture seems to be glad. The soft
notes of some love song can often
be heard on Sunday afternoons or
nights as the young knight returns
| from his quest. But we'll change
the subject, lest we get too near
causing suspicion that we have
been observing things very closely,
or particiating in them, one.
A bank thief and a steward of a
church were riding together once
upon time, neither knowing
which was the least respected.
A house divided against itself
shall not prosper. How can peo-
pie expect some schools to prosper
when factions exist? Right here
in District Five some people should
wake up to the fact that you owe
to your children and your neigh
bors' children the privileges of
good peaceful school. For the sake
/ of these little ones do not be so lit
tile, so narrow, and self conceited
as to carry personal matters into
public things. Do not mix politics
with your religion and your
schools. Do not estimate yourself
too highly; every child, ricEf or
poor, is entitled to the same sad-
vantages. So why get mad and
"cuss" because something did not
go your way?
The concert over at Confederate
Grove School on Friday night,
April 21st., was entertaining and
instructive, showing talent in the
teachers, Miss Burns and Prof.
Thompson. The people of this
community always extend an open
hand. 81 believe an open han&, is
better than the fist. 4"
Reports come from the cold
Country that there will be a
greater scarcity of the necessary
things of life this,~year than last.
The BOIL weev1l said when he
came >1tfat he had raised the price
on every bale the farmer had car
ried down to the gin. +" The price
is really soaring on many, many
articles. One day you buy things
the next an advance is made on
the price. What will the consum-
er do if it continues? What will
the middleman reap? We wonder
what will become of the men in
office who promised a revision of
things, namely saving to the tax
payers. What about the amount
appropriated for Good Roads? Not
that we object to this amount or
cause, gentle readers; but seems
the roads are in the future. The
bonds have been foated; the banks
will draw interest. To begin
with, we would like to know, mat
ter of information Mr.. M. B. S.
Please!
When the "next number was
announced - and it was "a
Pair of Lunatics' there was a
good lot of excitement in the audi
ence. You see they did not know
where the "pair" would be gotten
from, the audience or the "regu-
lars".
Visiting seems to be the central
thought of some correspondents
but to the average reader it is of
very little interest who called on
Mary Jane Holmes Sunday p. M,
or where Ralph Conner tied his
sorrel horse and new buggy We'd
nesday night. But it takes many
kinds of people to make up a
world and and the news writer
gets about as much pleasure from
writing and reading his own notes,
as an old bachelor would from
winning a smile from the powder
ed enemy.
Easter is over. If all the eggs
that were consumed on this day
had been sold and the money sent
for chewing gum, every body in
the world could have chewed to
their hearts content, or if the pro-