McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-02-15
BUCK SNORT
Makes Some Timely Observations

"'~SS SSS '~'y WV '~o'
Some OF these here Holiness hop
pers is a prophesyin the end Of the
world. Shucks! This old world has
been doin bizness at the same ole
stand fer too long to let a little war
like this do it any harm. No doubt
the hop-todes and snakes in a sedge-
grass field that's afre thinks the world
is all burnin up, and its jist that way
with this here war. But its a big
war all the same, and line mighty
proud of the McNairy boys that's in
lit. In times to come everybody will
be hurryin to claim that his great
grandaddy's stepgrandsister's aunt's
husband served in the great war in
France, and them that can prove it
will be some punkins. Anyhow, our
boys will help make it safe to sail the
ocean. Big benefits costs big sacsi-
fees, and our boys blood is precious
enough, God knows, but they are
sheddin it fer US. even if on the fields
of fer-awav France, fer them dern
Jermuns shore intended to take Us
lock, stock and barrel
| didn't think anybody was a-payin
any tention to ole Bucks writins in
the Independent till | was in Sell
mer tother day and hearn some fellers
a-talkin about who Buck Snort was,
and whur he really lives. Some sed
it was Bully Erwin a-doin the writin,
and some laid it onto Lany Beatty,
and one sed he knode it was Doc
Henry Sanders over at Layton. But
there was others that allowed all
them people that was mentioned has
got some eddication, while Bucks
spellin is a sight to the world and
shorely is shame to the county
whur he lives, fer ole McNairy has q
name fer eddication and brains, and
Buck don't seem to be overburdened
with either Of, them things. They
was all agreed that the churches and
sunday schools in Selmer, std of git
tin up money to send to the heather
| 10 Cuina would be a-doin better to
take up collection to help the home
missionary work, and that Hickry
Holler was the place. and not Hong
kong, to begin that kind Of work.
Sometimes it does q Teller good to
overhear what's a-bein said about i'm,
be mighty nigh gifts jist what people
thinks of i'm, which he amt likely to
hear to his face.
You know that kind Of talk kinder
knocked me out, and was jist a-goir
to lay my pencil away fer good, when
here come along a letter from one Of
the sweetast little gals in Selmer, one
Of Lee Alexanders gals, a-askin me
to write some more fer the Independ
ent. Now don't keer what all tn,
smarties and fiy-up-the-creeks In Sell
mer has to say about me. line a-writ
in fer the little gals. and them tina
don't like it knows what they can do
list turn to some other part Of tn,
paper.
Well, in spite Of the war, thing
goes on about the same: people i
a-courtin and a-marryin and a-dYil
jist the same, and babys is a-oomin t,
take the place Of them that's gone
But Sallie and me has had an expert
ence We don't want to go througl
agin very soon.
/ You know all our gals and boys i
married of cept the baby, Little Sis
TIE others has got husbands an,
wives right among there own people
farmer gals and boys that they
groSed up with and has knode al
there lives. and the younguns is o
commin so fast it takes heap Of
scratchin to keep um fed and clothed
There ohillerns all as sweet as honey
in the comb, reglar ole-style McNairy
Tennessee brats. and ! wouldn't take /
million apiece fer I'm,
i Little Sis always ssd she was a.golI