Oxford eagle., 1919-02-06


have 5gst mentioned.
II seems 70 me that this old void
is iust about ike my OLD friend ana
neighbor. Lawson Wallace, once said
about one of his newly acquired sons
in-law. Brother Wallace was up on
the ton Of his house patching the roof,
and WAS having 4 hard time sticking
on. and had Just mashed the nail of
one Of his fingers when he made
mislick with his hammer and OF
course was IN no humor TO repeat
Sunday school lesson in regular sun
day-morning style. when up rode
neighbo- and asked Brother Wallace
II he had heard the latest news to
which he replied. No, what IS II ,?
Tie peiphbor said: Did YOU know
your daughter, NJ, Ian away from
school Yesterday ana got married
NO. replied Wallace, "who did she
get The neighbor informed him, to
which Brother Wallace replied. The
h. YOU say, He lacks about %
cu-ses being worth d"
1t looks to me ike this old world"
Of ours lacks about Is per centum OF
lbciap worth 30 cents. It's IN a dick
ms Of fix. and to make bad matters
worse. Oscar johnson has spent 500
+ Cor a 23-inch news" advertisement IN
1.-The Meridian Dispatch. informing u
+ .l,,t be is q candidate for Governor Of
Mississippi
don't know VINO viii bc the next
&. .verpor. notice that Brother G. G
Anderson. over at Holl. Springs.
wants me to blow my bugle for Lee
Russell. But | am not much inclined
10 vant to kill any time blowing for
laav one. Lee Is a mighty nice man,
and / believe ne l. sincere and honest
II know he made u 4 mighty good
presiding officer Of the State Senate.
But he never did give M a first class
+ Irt.ance to make . speech. but II might
have been because he knew ! could
not make d speech. and 20 wanted TO
nrotsrt M colleagues from having to
listen t. me. And. TO tell you the
truth. Il Is a mighty good idea not to
let a fellow speak unless he mas some
thing to say. and 50 guess Lee act
.-d 81 Scly IN managing me while IN
der his care. Lee does not appear
IT. b. -biggity" and all stuck up"
Hess eommon-folk> hoy. and Is not
rich. for he is too honest for that,
.aad he Is sure bold and ont spoken.
ana / believe he would fight If q fel-
.iau ~~asaed'' him. know I was al
ways afraid II him. for -very time ]
e5t up ia the Senate 10 Try TO make
q speech would get scared and ~ 10
trembling like "a dog expecting a whip
ping.
. While lee Is pretty nlce and good
kind cf "a fellow. can say about the
same for Oscar Ro>. Ed. Corn Cob
and >ome Of the others. A. To Mar
ION. be- told me AT the Suquelena PIC
mic over two yeas ago he would never
again be a candidate for Governor.
1 II seems that his mind has changed
which do not consider disgrace. foI
fools only have minds that stay sot. =
Marion Is citizen of my county
4 tLaudcrdalel now. but was not ''laiS-
ed here. Ross was born and bred
IN the northwestern paT1 of this coun-
y. and his old ''wash-hole" Is still ir
Oktibheha Greek. nea~ old CollinSville
He used to go barefooted when a littl,
boy, and would climb trees. throw rocl
al birds, get on the bridge across tn,
creek and spit 10 see how many h.
could count before the spit" woul,
hit the water, and when he got bigge
he made his daddy buy him som
"StOrebOught" clothes. and he began I
go to see the girls on Saturday night
and Sundays. and finally got to be
grown man, learned to be a lawye.
married. got into politics, and "riz" I
the position of Attorney General, an
so far as | know has made good.
Now, / have said more in this articl
for lee and Ross than for any of tn
others. But it is because do ne
know as much about the others. Bs
3 / does look like extravaganza for o.
. car to spend 1878 fos news" a,
= Vertisement. / thought he did ha'
: better financial judgement than tina
They" say Oscar Is sharp" Tn
o may be so. But there is such a thin
l. as using a sharp thing to cut 4
! wrong way, and Oscar is liable to |
II The Jackson News use him to do
p whiting" with, and so long as Fr
X Is boss" Of the job am little afra
a TO ~'oan'" Oscar to the NeTs.
le Well, the length and strength"
70 this letter viii probably prove TO y
ID why Lee would never let me make