The Monroe journal., 1921-05-31
:De Lord Loaned Us Old Missus
And Has Called Her Back Home
BY J. y. wANNAMAKER
President American Cotton Assn.

My old Missus has gone TO
Heaben; God called her way from
where dere is so much sufferin' and
sorrow to where dere is peace. hap
piness and joy. She wus an angel
on earth. De Bible seys God sens
trubble to de people He loves; He
sho has sen trubble to her and kno
He lobed her cause she was so good.
She worshipped old Master and loved
her lations in de North who used TO
visit us fore de war.
when old Master wus killed in
Virginia | wus wild him and | bringed
de news home TO old Missus. When
/ git home could not make up my
mind to tell her. git home way in
the night. My old lady was in de
big house wild old Missus putin de
chillun to bed. peeped in tru de
windo and seed dem. de little curly
headed baby gal dat always minded
me OBJ de angels was saying her pray
ers repeating dem after her Nanny.
when she finished she said. 20. Nam
my | got to say my prayers all over
cause I forgot to tell God to bring
pape home safe from the war. when
the baby made this remark | burst
out crying cause I knew she would
never see her papa any more in this
world. When old Missus heard me
she know what had happen fore
could tell her. She said: De Lord 3
will be done Den her cousins and
old Masters baby brudder was killed
fore de war was ober
after de war de old plantation
was took by oder peole and old Miss
been knocking round from pillar to
post ever sins dat time, first wild dis
child den wild dat one and all of dem
was just able to exc out an 'yistence,
often old Miss just had nuf to keep
soul and body together but she never
complained, you would never kno II.
you would tink she was blessed wild
everything in dis world dat anyone
could wish for. Everybody both black
and white people loved old Miss.
when dis last big war come on
her gran-son named for old Master.
got killed way cross de ocean. Den
one of de udder gran-sons. de busi-
ness man of de family de one dat we
called young boss, he so good to us.
he left everything and went cross de
ocean to fight in de war. even do
dare aint no law 10 make him 80
cause he wus too old. When mon
strated wild him he just say III Is
my duty to go and | am going to
do my duty After he cum back he
TRY to catch up for lost time In his
business. he had big family to sport
and lots oh friends, both white and
black, dat he had always helped who
pends on him. He says: I is 'ves-
tigated it and dey is going to to need
all de cotton we can make. While
dem people cross de water aint got
no money wild which to buy our cot
ton, dem is got lands, forest, mines,
/ factory and mills and dey is hard.
working people and dey is mighty
anxious to start back TO work and
dey tell me dat de country ober dere
, will need more of our cotton den
ebber before. II is going to be rang
ed so dat we can sell dis cotton on
credit, security will be taken on de
things dey Jas got. our government
going TO fix dis so as to help dem
people get back on dere feet and de
government wants us TO raise all dc
cotton we can, dey done 'vestogate
it and If we raise less den fifteen
million bales it will cause lots of suG-
ferin' 'coun not bein nuf cotton.
Boss was so certain he wus cor.
rect dat he planted hundreds OBJ acres
cotton and from his store he helped
udder people, white and black, to
farm. De first year we got forty
cents for cotton tho we amt make
much Gro count de boil weevil eatin
1t up. but he says Dis prove am
correct Last year 1t cost more den
ebber to raise cotton, and We cant
sell II fur one-third what IL cost to
make 1t. When he find out dis fall
he can't pay he debts he tell me:
Abraham Lincoln sho tell de God :
truth when he says de Gov'ment must
not change de money till de people
get thru paying dey debts. dat II dey