The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-02
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war gardens, ard I'll never forget the stirring times I had campaigning over the state with Mrs. Mathis, who had she spoke.
 The great trouble with me personally. however, was that when I got to be hitched up with the governmental propa- ganda for gardens had no time to cui- tivate my own. and dropping out for several years I lost interest to 8 certain extent in donning my overalls in spring to go out and dig in the earth
 I made up my mind on many oc- casions to have fall garden, but some how was never very successful in the gardener to stick by it after the sum mer vegetables have given out, and yet the rewards to the man with energy and enthusiasm is great; and some anna teurs make good at the game.
 I spoke of the wonderful fall garden out at Lewisburg, planted and kept up by the boys and girls in the school. I saw it when I visited the community fair. and it was a show affair. I wish that the children in every school in the district could have walked through it and seen just what could be accomplished in the way of dry cultivating by willing hands The plots were clean from grass and weeds. and some of them were so green that they. looked as if they had been sprinkled.
 All this to lead up to garden that in the hospitable home of the Inzers, and by the way, Editor Doster of the Prattville Progress may be surprised to learn that while I was not present at the big barbecue he gave his friends during the weekend of Thanksgiving, that I however got to eat some of the Brunswick stew and the barbecued meats. I am willing to testify that who ever cooked them knew their business.
 
 It came about in this way. On my way to Springyiile on Saturday afternoon. as is my custom, I walked up and down the aisle of the coach to see if any one was aboard whom I knew, and as is usually the case, I hadn't gone far before was shaking hands with acquaintances and friends. I ran across Dr. J. A. Hem dricks, one of the faculty of Howard col. lege, who was on his way to Ft Payne, where the congregation was to worship for the first time on Sunday in their handsome new church. I then found the Rev. I. w. Inzer, en route to one of his appointments. It was a kind of Bap- preaching date.
 On one of the back seats spied Mrs. "Jud'' Inzer, and was soon standing by her side in the aisle, as she is one of the 'elect'' women in the Springville Baptist church, and I had often occupied the prophets chamber in her hospitable home. She told me she was just back from her daughters in Prattville, where her husband. MT. Doster. had given a cue, and that she had lot of it in her dress suit case. When she invited me to take dinner with her on Sunday ac- cepted on the spot.
 
 Some one asked me why I was always talking about the weather, and what I got to eat, and the state of my health The answer is easy as they are three things which have much to do with one's happiness, and therefore are heaven born topics to open conversation or to write about. am willing to admit that the great majority of my readers may not care straw about how I feel what I eat, or whether it rains or shines upoa me; but I'll ask them to put up with 1t on the basis of the Widow Murphy, who. after some painful moments of suspense when Widower OTIarrigan called upon her. And faith, and how is yer health. not that it matters. but jist to start a bit O talk.''
 No, l haven't forgotten what I started out to write about My subject was fall gardens, and 50 I'll resume. It all came | about in this manner. On the way out to brother Inzer's in the morning after church I looked over into Martin Day. idson's garden, and it was as green as though spring had not passed into sum- nler and summer into winter. It immedi- ately attracted my attention, and I com mented upon it. To be perfectly truthful, I broke one of the Ten Commandments. the one about covet thy, neishbors things, for my mouth watered for mess of col lards.
 l That afternoon we found Martin in the road. and "Jud" gently hinted to him that he knew a Baptist preacher that loved collards. and in spite of the fact that Martin is Methodist. he caught on, and taking kindly to 1t. asked me to get out and look over his garden. I did, and 1 it showed what can be done if . man makes up his mind to have fall garden. In 1t saw row after row of coliards Ga dish not to be despised after the frost has fallen upon them. although 1t may be true that while they are cooking it is well to leave the windows open or take a walk).
 | saw row after TOW of strawberry plants getting ready for next spring. l saw row after row of onions. He plants three varieties, and onions is one of his best paying crops. saw beets galore and turnips, too, and rutabagas and ear rcts. I ran across what thought was a row of mammoth lettuce. but 1t turned