The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-01-19
A New Year Message

His horse went dead and his mule
went lame,
And he lost his COW in poker game.
And cyclone came on a winter day
And blew the house where he lived
away.
Then an earthquake came, and when
that was done,
1t swallowed the ground that his house
stood on.
Then the tax collector, he came
around
And charged him up with the hole in
the ground. lY tks sB5 \
The following is by Mr.. Wood Rain
water, of the Rainwater Bank at
Morrilton, Arkansas:
If you've had harder luck than this
friend of mine, we will present you
with a 12-months' ready -made-l Living.
We have searched the papers to find
out who stopped the war, or who it
was that started our cotton down hill.
We like the dream days of 1919. The
Arkansas Methodist writer says-our
trouble, "We forgot God, and besides
tried to skin Him out Of His share Of
Jour prosperity"
Another author says. "What you
sow, you reap. The way of the
transgressor II hsrdF But think how
blessed we aael
We live il fire country, where a
fellow can do . he plcases, so you
don't break The law Cor get eaught.)
! Persimmons, pecaps hickory nuts
and acorns grow Wild for winter food.
If these are troublesome to find, any
body will give you q beef COW for a
load of wood Or 4 half-day's work.
Dewberries and polk salad grow
early in spring; blackberries in sum
mer. Besides everybody has kinfolks
in Oklahoma and Texas. Go visit them
between seasons.
A man asks, What's become of the
money!"
There is more money and credits
than the world has ever known before
Last year there was $54 cash for
every man, woman and child in the
United States. This year there is $50
Every day, in Morrilton, farmers sell
about $4,000 worth Of cotton. They
deposit little in the bank, pay some
on debts, trade little, and take hall
of it back home-to spend later,
guess.
4 Most of our customers have plenty
of corn and meat. Besides, the eight
hours you sleep, you are as well off as
: Rockefeller. The eight hours you
work, you are as happy as j. Pierpont
Morgan. The eight hours you loaf
eat and pray you are as happy as
Woodrow Wilson. Besides, money
won't buy red whisky, and most of us
don't care for clothes, and we would
not swap one ear, or one eye for a
wagon load Of dollars. So money Is
a very poor thing to base all Of our
happiness on. Hard times make bet.
! ter citizens of us.
AS long as fellow has health, if
he loses money some years that's not
so bad If man never had loss, il
wouldn't be any pleasure to win. II
you knew the day you were going tc
die, you wouldn't have any fun living
in the interim.
Every fellow thinks he has the hard
est time. We have food, clothing, ant
can worship our Creator, if we wish
There is one guaranteed rule for hap.
piness, peace and plenty. The Bible
tells you how you can get it. If YOU
are not interested, that's your trouble
What a man sows, he reaps.
Be man enough to take your medi
cine without kicking. There are many
good years to come. If waiting fol
them is horrible dred a nickel's
worth of Paris Green will take you t
country whore it doesn't snow anC
where there is no cotton market
Comeon! Buck up and be a man. GC
/, after what you mostly desire-wealth
/ pleasure or happiness. They say Their,
is Creator who will help you. Yol
might try Him and see if it is so.
r What do | think of cotton? If W,
e reduce next years acreage one-half o
: more-raise a good living at home
keep out of debt and keep this year