The Monroe journal., 1921-05-31

do dey sho would ruin de people
cause dey would habe to pay dere
debts many times ober.' He said: L
am ruined. my friends black and
white is ruined. no man got any right
to lib who can't pay his 'onest debts.
No use giving de 'xcuse dat de money
bin changed since he make his debts.
dat don't pay il, side from dis he
ought not 10 let dem fool into plant
ing and get caught; dat fool must
pay for his folly. He said il was
right bout de people in Europe and
Asia ragged. cold and starving and
not able 10 git our cotton and odder
products, dere labor and factrys are
idle for de lack OBJ de very tings dat
Is rotting in our fields and ware
houses. still we can't pay our debts
if we can't sell our cotton. at least.
for what II cost us to make il and
we can't even sell it for one-third
what II cost us TO make II.
Boss become awful discouraged.
l keep telling him dat times going
to change and git better, but one
morning he amt come from his room.
! call him and he amt answer. |
shook de door and find II locked. we
priced de door open and find dat he
had shot himself and gone to join old
Master in de better world. He wus
too proud and honest to bust and
wipe his debts out like some people.
De old Missus when she hear de news
say De Lords will be done Course
amt dispute de old Missus word.
but all dis trubble aint de Lords will.
de debble is got lots to do wild IT,.
you kno I hear old Masser say
during his lifetime dat Geo. Wash
ington tell great truth when he say
dat America would bring peace TO
all de people OBJ de world by sup
plying dem wild things from our
farms. such as cotton to make cloths
wild and wheat for food; dat dis
would result in letting de people OBJ
de world get busy; dat il would bring
continent; dat it would do way wild
wars. dat dey would turn dere ten
tion TO making de world better place
to lib in. My old Master said we
could not make too much cotton for
de- wants of de world, dat our only
trubble was gittln it to de people who
wanted il and dat sho seems to be
de trubble today.
When cotton was forty cents and
we commenced paying our debts and
people wus happy old Missus say:
Praise, de Lord, surely he. tended
d. se people oh de- south should
be made happy and prosperous when
he gin dem a right He aint gin to
any oder people In de world. to grow
de kind of cotton de world has to
hab. De prediction Of your old Mas
ter and Geo. Washington going to
cum tru. We will hab to strain our
selves to raise nuf on de farm In
dis country to supply de odder part
of de world We will nebber had too
much cotton any more cotton will
stop causing us misery and will bring
US happiness at last, tank de Lord
Old Missus say: De prediction of
de Bible going to be fulfilled at last
where il says And he shall judge
among de nations, and shall rebuke
many people; and dey shall beat dere
swords into plow shares and dere
spears into pruninghooks; Nation
shall not lift up sword against nation.
neither shall dey learn war any
more" Isiah 11:4 in Micah IV;3.
But they shall sit every man un-
der his vine and under his FIX tree; /;
and none shall make them afraid !;
for the mouth Of de Lord has spok-
en- II.
"Old Missus she bin in dis world
a long time. her head was white as
snow, her shoulders was bent, her
face always carried a smile dat re-
minded me OBJ Heaben and her voice
was so low and sweet dat II sounded
like music. She was staying wild her
sons widow and in de midnight hours
her grandchildren heard her singing
in her bedroom.
"'Oh come angel band. come and
around me stand.
Oh, bear me way on your snowy
wings
To my eternal home"