The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-12-07
BLACKGUM HALL

This tax business Is getting to b,
a serious proposition. Very few men
in this section win be able to pay
their taxes. A great number Of then
had to borrow money last winter will
which to pay taxes. A supervisor
told me a few days ago that he haC
to borrow the money last Writer e
pay his tax. If man with nice
little salary besides the product of his
farm has to borrow money 20 pay up
how will the ordinary cuss come
across with his taxes.
Just now another calamity has fall
len on the farmer. He was told tc
get his pigs ready to kin his meat il
November as that killed in this mont
was never known to spoil. II has beer
a failure this time for reports are
coming in from every direction that
the joints of nearly all the hogs kill
ed have been lost
4 | am heartily in favor of a lot OF
rest rooms with easy chairs for our
wives and girls to enjoy when in Col
umbus shopping for the hardest work
any woman ever did was trying to
buy dollars worth of goods with
fifty cents and she accompliShos this,
but they need rest.
Blackgum Hall had hog killing
November 28th and our under jaw is
in running order again. Sausage meat
and cracklin bread is the best lubrica-
tion for our old rusty jaw ! have ever
seen. But listen we had last years
ham on the table when we killed the
new meat.
Sorry to see Dowdlc school house
is to be sold. The ncighborhood will
lose its identity. AS the school house
is on the "Seedtick" road it is in or
der to call the community the Seed
tick community" / hope Now Salem
will never be drawn into the consola-
ton. 1t is the place for egg clubs,
tomato clubs, poultry clubs. We have
recently organized a debating society
with Mr. J. L. Whitley as president.
and the boys are stropping their ora
tory now for the first debate, the
question being (which is the best for
the community, to consolidate or not
to consolidate" Go il boys.
New Salem has developed a new
industry right recently. Some gentle
man, in the dead hours of night, did
felloniously, with theft
enter the poultry gar
age of Mrs. Nora Adoir stole, took
and carried away three or four Wyan-
aott -silvel1aset rooateNs and several
fine hens of the same breed against
the peace and dignity of the State of
Mrs. Adoir is a widow
with four little girls to support and
any man or boy, white or black, that
would steal the hard earnings of
widow lady ought to be lynched. !
Three of these chickens were school
hub chickens raised by the little girls.
The roosters were worth at least SIS
each. If | was the fellows that got /
hose fowls ! would carry them right /
back. BY the way would like to
see report Of the chicken club bust
hess.
The men around New Salem are
laving their hats padded. getting
'eady for Christmas A padded hat
gill keep off the sore head and the
disease is usually worse about Xmas
han any time of the year. Take due
iotice and govern yourself accord
ngly.
Speaking about numbering the ave-
ues of Columbus reminds me of a
ew times in the last year or so that
tried to deliver furniture to certain
eople at given numbers on certain
treets. One one occasion ! hooked up
Id Crazy Kate and sailed out for the
ity with a load of chairs, settees and
wings for 18th Street and 18th Ave
ne, south. / got it into my noodle
rat TO find that street ! would begin
Main and count till got to No. II.
y he time / got to No. 4 lost my
,unt and had to go back to Main :
nd start again. / saw Crazy Kate !
rev | didn't have as much sense as
had year before last So drove on
nth to the Palmer Orphanage and
hadn't seen a street or avenue num-
r yet
got into Robertsons addition once !
oking for a certain street and drove
It nearly to Luxapalila. until the
reefs gave out. On inquiry ] was
stIucted to go TO the Second Baptist
lureh, thence south two blocks, then
st three blocks, then south f6Ar
,cks and by this time ] had met so !
my autos and trucks I forgot where '
had started. gave il up and :
lrted back home, when ! saw lady -
her yard and ask her If she knew
certain family. had lost the num-
+, you see, yes she said. ~middle Of
, next block straight ahead" Yes
, ] second the motion that the ave-
IS and streets be numbered.
asst Sunday I hooked ap Crazy
te, put Mrs Johnnie in my Stude-
Ser and we soon were enjoying the