The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-07-27
VOICE OF THE
PEOPLE
A Booster Trip Booster.
Sessums, Miss, July 22, 1921.

Mr.. V. b. lines,
Editor The Dispatch,
/, Columbus, Mississippi.
II Dear Sir: It again becomes m
le most pleasant duty to thank the grea
n Columbus and Lowndes Count
/ Chamber of Commerce for anothe
0 pleasant get Acquainted" trip, thi
9 time through Lowndes and Lama
counties. | think we all greatly en-
u ioyed the trip, even if we did get be
i Grabbed and muddy.
= We were all men of determination
and were determined not to disap
{. point the good people who gave vi
such hearty welcome by turning out
to see US on this rainy day. / want
to thank the ladies especially for the
very extraordinary dinner and supper
they gave us on this trip We GER
tainly did enjoy it. 1t was more than
a treat.
! was exceedingly sorry the rain cut
our visits shorter by delaying us, and
caused US to have to appear before
| these good people like fitting pic
ture on the screen. Nevertheless, we
enjoyed seeing and being with them,
and hope we may see more of them
in the future.
On this trip had the honor and
the very great pleasure, too, of riding
| in the same car with the distinguished
former president Of the Mississippi
State College for Women, the next
governor of Mississippi, Hon. Henry
l.. Whitfield, farmer and educator. 1t
is not too much to say that, if he is
elected to this office, he will make
one of the very best governors the
state has ever had.
Mr. r. ]. Gunter was also in the
same car He is gentleman of re-
finement and culture. He served as
circuit clerk of Lowndes county for
twelve years. | greatly enjoyed his
company on this trip.
! was glad we had the president of
the Chamber of Commerce( Doctor
James w. Lipscomb) with us on this
trip. He was unable to accompany
US the first time because of the fact
that he had some important cases that
he could not leave. Doctor Lipscomb
is "natural-born" orator and pre-
sided with dignity and grace on this
trip.
We were also very glad, indeed, to
have the Rev. Jesse c. Rowan, the
very able Presbyterian minister, along
with us on this rainy and slippery ,
day His presence served to keep the
mot the cars) from wob- |
bling out of the straight and narrow {
way" | hope that Doctor Rowan will II
continue to go on these great Get
Acquainted" trips. He makes a i
splendid speech, and all the people h
Enjoy hearing him. /
/ think, Mr. Editor, these "Get Ac- +
Juainted' tours, if they were general g
the land, would go long n
way towards making this a brighter, +
happier and better world. This great
movement, inaugurated by The Dis 7
,atch, calls to memory these lines U
rom the poet: .
New times demand new measures
and new men;
he laws that in our fathers days "
outgrows
'he laws that in our afthers' days !
were best; "
And, doubtless, after us, some purer :,
scheme Q
Win be shaped out by wiser men than ;,
iade wiser by the steady growth of Ii
truth ii
Ne cannot hale Utopia on by force; O
But, better almost, be at work in sin, a
Than i'm brute inaction browse and n
sleep. W
10 man is born into the world whose
work W
S not born with him; there is always &c
work, b.
md tools to work withal for those d,
who will; a
md blessed the horny hands of st
TOLL p;
he busy world shoves angrily aside
he man who stands with arms
akimbo set,
Until occasion tells him what to do; :,
md he who waits to have his task :.
marked out r..
hall die and leave his erand :,
unfulfilled."
With best wishes, and again thank \,
ls YOU for the pleasant trip, 4.
| remain, o..
Very gratefully your friend