The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-03-16

again up q still larger tree which,
after lot of argument, we proceed
ed to cut down with the same result
as the first tree, still nothing doing,
and we at once got disguised with
this dog and made an end to him
with an ak. DR.. Lipscomb cut the
Chamber Of Commerce tree and and
found nothing doing there, and | cut
the Farm Bureau tree and found
nothing doing there. Now Uncle
Johnnie pray tell US who you meant
by your statement which you say was
in the form of a question.
Uncle Johnnie says he can see my
finger prints on the farmers ware
house at Stems. did not know that
finger prints were so visible there
as | was only one of a band of farm
ers organized to try to better our
conditions and when see those long
strings of wagons hauling cotton seed
and getting $40 to SIP a ton more
than they were getting, we are proud
of our finger prints and If Uncle
Johnnie will come to our community
i will show him some of my finger
prints up and down our roads, on
our church and on our school house.
Uncle Jolnnie did not tell us that
this ware house made a little divi-
dend every year Of its existence and
last year we sold it for 40 cents on
the dollar. Uncle Johnnie did not
tell you that right by the side of our
ware house az Steens was nice and
substantial ginnery that had gone to
nothing. Did he see our finger
prints there? | will tell you what /
saw: | saw saw the prints of Mr..
Boil Weevil on our ware house, on
that ginnery,~ on our oil mill and on
our compress.
Uncle Jol'mie says hit him right
about the sore toe. have read in
the Good Book where man had to
to eat grass like cattle for span of
time, and | have read in history of
men living off of roots and herbs but
never in my life have ever heard of
man making his living by scratch
ing like a common dung chicken.
No wonder his children all left the
farm. ! do not blame them. | think
| would have left too. No wondee
he has never left his finger prints
any where, he uses his toes. have
inquired whole lot and | fail to
find his finger prints any where un-
less it was few years ago when
he tried to run the A. & M. College.
We remember few years ago when
Uncle Johnnie was running around
over the country cumming the good la
dies out of something to eat writing
a lot of stuff about their good cook
ing, and good looks, and their fine,
good looking children. | do not
think would say anything about
any one cumming when he had been
an old hand at the business, We
take what he said about our teams
and myself finding some way to get
something to eat, but from what we
saw whoa he stopped to cut switch
to- try and persuade old crazy Kate
along the road If they were turned
,, loose, we have no idea where they
would go. One thing we do know
Old Crazy Kate had more sense thar
he had, or he never would have turn.
ed her loose and let her leave him
We do not know the butcher and res.
taurant he spoke of, but all we know
anything about are heightened gen
tlemen and could not afford to have
their business reputation injured by
handling an unclean article.
appreciate what Uncle Johnnie
has to say to me IN his good old faith
erly way, and will try and take his
advice, but when he or any one elsC
hits my friends feel like | am al
ready struck, and | am going t
strike back. But one thing Uncle
johnnie and myself seem to be agreed
/ on and that is our high esteem. w
hold the head of the Farm Bureau
and if he will make a nomination
will second It and we will run him TO
Governor, and if he can get as man!
votes around New Salem and the res
of the county and state as he cal
around Rural Hill he can be the mex
Governor of Mississippi and need no
/ 20 into very expensive campaign
i We would like to vote for a gooc
+ clean man; and we do not know of ,
better one In the state. What sa!
\ you, Uncle Johnnie? want to tel
you few things about Rural Hill
Farm Bureau. A few members go
together and pooled their cotton see'