The Neshoba Democrat., 1921-05-26

Greenwood, and at the same time OF
the year, aud just when the psychol-
ogy Of the people was AZ 1t is today.
There was q universal cry at that
time OF ''buy bale OF cotton, and
everybody had the dumps. Cotton
was low and there was talk OF hard
times. There is much more optimism
now than there was at that time.
We were looking for location in
the Delta then to open II law office,
and we got go little encouragement
that we thought that the Delta was
foredoomed to die. Today the peo-
pie there, as the people here at home.
have somewhat reconciled themsel-
yes to the changed conditions that
have come about by drfiat ton In the
wake OF wars inflated prices. A few
months ago, no doubt, there was
much complaint, but when plows
are at work men commence to pierce
the future, and think little OF the
troubles of the past. Ofcourse "busl-
ness Ia rotten" as 1t is here and else
where. The negroes have got thumble
again, and the planters talk about
how much they were worth last year,
or the year before. Work on roads is
stopped, and anything else that re
quires the expenditure of public
money Ia temporarily discontinued.
The picture shows are not well pat
ronized, and no negroes We're seen
riding around In super-sixes. year
ago negro would not look at you
for less than a five, and now every
night there IL a free for all fight on
the bank OF the Yazoo in which
negroes fight for hours, and TO finish,
for a purse of three dollars. At In
dianola we negotiated for u jitney to
take us through the country to
Greenwood. My friend was making
the arrangements, and price of S12
was made for the trip. To this my
friend would not agree. A car was
finally rented for IS to take the two
of us thirty miles to Greenwood,
Money is scarce, and q little Of it
goes much farther there than it did
year ago.
Everything is tied up in cotton.
saw Z 900 bales In storage In the
compress at Indianola. Greenwood
has 45 600 bales In storage, and
Clarksdale go 900 bales This is long
staple cotton, and represents consid-
erahle capital. I had never examined
long staple cotton before. 1t certain
~ is pretty stuff. When you break
the fibre 1t snaps like elk.
There is quite a difference between
appearances OF the plantations to-
day than when we were there several
years ago. The Delta, at least that
part OF 1t that we saw, is going
strong for corn. They claim that
about thirty.five percent. OF the acre
age IL I'm corn. There seemed hardly
that much In, but there is certainly
much OF the Delta in corn; at least 25
per cent. And 1t is good looking
corn, too. 1t survived the cold
weather and water better than the
cotton. and we passed miles of corn
ofexcellent stand and of healthy col
Or. As a matter OF fact corn was
about all we saw, as cotton Is being
replanted and not much OF it up,
The cotton that Is up looks bad.
Stands were 80 poor that most OF 1t
was plowed up and replanted.
The Delta certainly knows how to
do things In a big way. The enter
tainment given the State Press Asso-
ciatiOn there was rich. A banquet
was given at their Memorial Hall by
the women of Greenwood. The Me-
mortal Hall Is q great institution. 1t
is q sort OF community house where
the good people get together for all
sorts OF meetings and public func-
tions. The women certainly scored a
big hit that night. A Mrs. Saunders
from Swan Lake, and q Mrs. Hender-
son and Mrs. j. l.. Gillispie both Of
Greenwood, made excellent addresses
We have had the pleasure OF hearing
the celebrated Lady Pankhurst, Eng
lands foremost suffragist, Inez
Mulholland, before she died, and a
host OF other excellent women speak
ers, but this little woman of Swan
Lake gave one of the most sensible
talks we had ever heard, from one OF
her sex. AS a rule we care little for
feminine oratory; we prefer that
they play or sing, but this woman
was eloquent, beautiful, entertaining
and forceful. Her subject was 'The
National Association OF Women
Voters. We knew that woman was
q new and important factor In our
nation, politically speaking, but we
had not given the matter much
thought as to Mississippi, but do not
fool yourself. The women OF Missis-
sippi will be the deciding factor in
our next elections. The women in
the Delta are registering. There are
only 1900 masculine votes polled in
Lefiore County, and 800 women have
registered In that County already.
.Rhe feminine vote In Mississippi is