South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-06-05
INDUSTRY IN THE NEW SOUTH
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INDUSTRY IN THE NEW SOUTH.
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CNote. The COB of nouns and
verbs below is the fifth Of a series,
which is being inflicted on patient
public by the editor. Against the
advice of friends. we insist on con-
tinuing this series. if for no other
purpose than 10 prove that we have
been south of LakeviHe in our lives.
and also that we are close observers.
Professor a little thin music before
We start today's travelogue. Thank
you. that's little enough
SPRINGNILLE. Ala.-This town
is one of the widest places i'm the
road TO Ice found close TO Birming-
ham. People of Springville are at
least consistent they consistently
live within the corporate limits Of
Springville until death relieves them.
You ask anyone OF them information
about the roads. for instance. five
miles beyond the town and they
viii answer YOU hazily that they
guess they are all right, later add
inS this sentence which by the way
is the most popular expression in the
south: Il hain't never been down
that way" If you were asking about
creek mile from town. or
stretch OF woods even nearer. YOU
would get just the same bright.
snappy answer. Il ham't never been
down that way"
Judging from the way some of
these people stay close around home
in the little towns Of the south. we
think most of them could live along
admirably on "A space of ground
about the size of dime
The population of Springville is
around so. we should Judge. There
were forty-nine Of them came out
10 see Sill Nichols Buick when il
went through the town, and those
that came told us that the missing
part of the population of the town
was a drunkard and that he seldom
arose for the day before 1 o'clock
in the afternoon. If ne can sleep
while Nichols is caving around i'm
that there Buick Of his We guess
hes quite a respecta ole sized drunk
ard all right.
Nelson Jones, of South Bend. re-
ceived the humiliation of MS life.
when ne started out 10 call on his
brother undertakers in town He
learned AT the garage that there
were two OF his profession there and
straightway made arrangements TO
look them up, Expecting 20 ind
them attired in the latest cutaway
at all times foOling the public. Mr..
Jones went to. the expense of a shine
and had his clothes carefully brush
ed and secured a sort OF "a shave.
Thus dOlled up Mr.. Jones started out
and then came the humiliation He
found one OF the undertakers in his
own grocery store. weighing out
beans and drawing coal oil for the
local populace. and the other was
exceedingly busy shoeing a very tall.
robust appearing mule. Then Jones
threw dust on his shoes and mud
AN over his clothes. announcing
that he was retiring from the UNI
dertaking business for all time as
soon as ne is elected county treas
urer
There hasn't been anything eNcit-
ing happened i'm Springville. except
on the day Nichols went through.
since the slaves were freed The
people OF Sprinsviile knew all about
the civil war. bat they We're never
informed that ii is now over and
hat a treaty OF peace has been sign
ed between the north and the south.
-Tha.- hoard "a -rrrr-o- Of soma Lind
about the European war but just
concluded that was one OF the bat
lles OF the civil war. A hurricane
blew copy OF the Louisville Herald
INTO town in the seventies. and the
people are still reading It. When