The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1921-04-13
FROM IN
s s. AND AROUND EDMUND.


Well here we are again, and, Tor
the life of US, we haven't the re-
motest idea what we are going TO
write, but before we will even men,
ton the weather or the health Of
our community" we won't say
word, so there: you arc.
Anyway, we are afraid to say much
for fear that it was our granny
tickle" mistakes. as the old lady said,
that caused the editor to get called
down. We may: not always be gram
matically correct. but our intentions
are good. and if we make a mistake
or two. the super-aesthetical read
ers may skip us. we won't feel slight
ed.
Mentally, we gave the editor a
Sympathetic hand clasp. We have
been bawled out so often and so fed
up on advice as how to run our little
affairs till sometimes it pals our ap-
petite for human companionship and
we decide that Robinson Crusoe was
lucky in his lonely exile on the is
land, and, were we in a like situa-
ton. think that we should feel in
clined to kill any man Friday that
broke into our solitude, instead Of
giving him the glad hand
Truth is, teachers and editors are
the most "jacked up" people in the
world, and we suspect that the editor
happened to be the first person met
after some Johnny's or Mary's NAV
or c;ePaw" had called down the
teacher and the teacher passed it
on" We know whereof we. speak,
for we have "been through the mill
both as "bawler" and ,"bawlee."
1t is gratifying to know that the
potato Warehouse is an assured fact.
At first, it's fate seemed to be :'hang-
ing in the balances 1t seems to be
a hard matter to get farmers to take
to the idea of cooperation. Possibly,
it is result of the old "gold brick
days when farmers We're so easily
feeced of their hard-earned dollars.
However,, we hope it viii not be long
till it gets in full swing in South Caro-
lima as it has in some states.
Another thing, we think there is
TOO much publicity connected with
the farmers business. The govern
ment reports, the number of livestock
he owns, how many acres he plants
and of what. If the authenticity of
these reports were unquestionable, 1t
would be different matter, but in
many cases, we believe, it is mere
guess work, therefore misleading. If
the gamblers knew less Of how many
bales Of cotton are raised and how
many bushels Of corn and wheat are
marketed he couldn't victimiZe us so
easily. Sometimes we think that the
old farmer, who wrote on the back Of
the report card sent him to fill out
None of your darned business" and
returned it, was right.
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gressive farmers, and family spent
Sunday in Columbia visiting rela-
tives.
Mr.. and Mrs Ernest &. Sharpe vis-
tied the latter's brother at Eureka
Sunday.
Mr.. Jim Addy spent the weekend
with Horace Tanner.
The Edmund school closed last
Friday. Exercises by the pupils and
basket picnic were enjoyed by those
attending.
- Little Miss Caroline Griffith cele-
brated her twelfth birthday Sunday
by inviting a few of her immediate
relatives to enjoy the delightful din
rler prepared by her mother.
Times are hard, money is scarce
(and if we hadn't said we wouldn't
mention the weather, we would say
the weather was cold). but as long as
we can enjoy strawberries and cream
and strawberry pie, we still feel that
life is worth the living.
DOTS FROM HERE AND THERE.