The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-05-06
RANDOM REMARKS BY DoTE.

Dear Edditorial:-Sum peepuls
sais as how this here town IS ded.
well it nearly is simply becos it is
badly pizened by havin them in it.
sum of the mems which is the best
able to put up the mummy to buy
the Victry lone bonds will Gus out
the town becos sum poar man don't
buy the bonds which they shood
buy. bleeves in smoakin few OF
the grumblin ritch out of their holes
and in maiken them cum acrost OF
move to Gorgie. heerd a murchant
taIkin bout this hear town gittin an
uther cottan mill or doin sum uther
big doins and while he wus talkin the
Victry men KUN along and askt him
to buy bond, and he sed he wood
taik five hundard, when he shood a
took 5 thousand, and wus tellin it
TO a man in greenwood which wishes
To build a cotan mill and he sed he
wood not have a mill in kommuni-
ty where the bizness men and folks
gives three RECEPTIONS, to ther sol
deers in a weak and then Good sot
raise a hundard thousand dollars to
. buy bonds. he sed it lookt to him
like a hipperkrit set of foaks which
claimed to keer so mutch fur the SOL
deers and wus not willin to buy the
bonds to help the sick git well, and
the boys to get fixed up agin, and to
nav the inshoreance to the, widders
and chillens and to bring back our
BOYS which is still over in Frants
and germunny. he sais if the mu-
chants which did SO mutch deckor-
aiting of theer stoares for the boys
ter kum back reelg keered ennything
fur the boys which did the fitin he
bleeves we kood raise million dol
ars and lend it to unkle Sam. Envy
way he say tite-wads and hipperkrits
do not bid cottan mills. and he
wish to own. no stitch unless he is
backed by gain set of, fellars
which will put up ther mummy when
called and not grumble bout it. In
tack he seam to think that the pee
pulls which has maid a good deal of
fuss bout how glad they is to sea
the boys back and how mutch they
thinks of the boys, and all that, is
bout as big a liars as thease here
fellars which say the cotan krop are
redaced to twelve aiker and less. he
sed to NEE that he has been to
greanvil, spartanburg, anderson and
hodges and watterlu all in the last
weak and he say that he has sean
but two small patches of korn in the
whoal lay out and that the whoal
kuntry is now being plastered in
cotan. he has KUN ter the konklu-
sion that the fellars which sais they
>is reducin the akerige is tryin ter
fool the bois in the kuntry inter
plantin all korn while they their
selves is plantin all cotan, and that
the bois in the kuntry thinks the
uther fellars Is plantin korn and
sich like and cuttin doun on the cot
tan so they say to themselves there
are goin ter be a short hop and j
will put in full supply of cottan
and git a full price fur it and this
fall it will be ernuff to. pay all I
ows, and will have mummy be-
sides and by out the whole kuntry
and town too. in such way my friend
say that each side is thinkin it is
foolin the uther fellar and that both
Is foolin the uther fellar and hisself
too,. and he sais that if the Lord
do, not step in and cut off the crop
that Gummany will have all the cot
tan it has missed in and durin of the
war and sum to sell to Arkangels
and ticonderoga. he say it are SIM
ply redicolous- . ...'t
now this has put Dote Smith to
thinkin. still has bout four akers
which has not planted in cottan
and it seams to NEE that if evrie-
body else is plantin all cottan it air
a good time to let Dote plant sum
corn. i has bin like the uthers
thinkin all the dam fools was bleevin
what they said bout plantin a short
crop Of cottan, and jumpt in and