The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-02-09
Rumblings Round
Rural Hill

that the health of the people of this
community is excellent at this time
! We are pleased to welcome to our
community Mr.. and Mrs. A. f. Muir
ray, formerly of Ruleville, Miss. Mr.,
Murray and his wife come to US well
recommended, and we welcome them
to our citizenship.
Mrs. Dawson has been visiting the
old folks at home," the past week, Mr.
and Mrs. A. B. Delk.
Two more young people made their
appearance in our burg recently
young lady at the home Of Mr.. c. c.
Stokes, and a young man at the home
of Mr.. j. j. Shackelford. All are
doing we'll at this time
While riding around last week we
I spent two days in the Piney Grove
neighborhood, and there found most
of the farmers very busy. Most of
them had their land all prepared.
This is a very pretty and attractive
section, one of the best we know, ex-
cepting Rural Hill, and they are right
next to US.
While riding around last week we
met Mr.. james Hughson, who in
formed us that he had just butchered
a hog that netted him 412 pounds Of
good meat, so you see some of these
Ruralites are good hog-raisers, too.
Our school seems to be making good
progress. We have heard no com
plant, but on the other hand we hear
that new families are coming into our
community to send children to school
And this reminds us that win have to
add another room to our school bnild-
ing. OF course we Rural Hill folks
will have large part of the burden to
bear, but we will do the best we know
how. We would like for all of our
good old Rural Hill folks who love old
Rural Hill to help us a little, if only a
good book for our library. Anything
will be highly appreciated, but if you
do not love the old place and have no
tender recollections about it, we do not
expect you to give anything.
We hear considerable grumbling
about the general condition of our
country, and it seems to US that it is
/ time to arouse ourselves when taxa
ton reaches a point equal in amount
to production. From the best infor-
nation we can get, we are now vereing
on this condition. Our national tax,
per family, has reached the sum Of
$253.00; add to this our state, county
and city taxes, and you will have a
figure approximating $4,000. Our in
come, per capita, is about that sum.
1t is easy to see that we have reached
a very critical condition. The Amer
lean people are not willing to be
" taxed to death" and we believe it is
high time to call halt in public eX-
penditures. 1t is too late to dig {
storm pit after the storm has spent
its fury and left a pathway of devas
tation. Mr.. Dodson, of Caledonia
says he thinks it is about time for Tho
= farmers all to take a rest The " sci
p entific experts tell the cotton farm
err he is raising too much cotton
They tell the grain-grower he raises
too much wheat, oats and corn The,
tell the lumber man he is making to,
much cumberland half Of the worl
almost naked and starving, and n
houses to live in. Too much of every
thing, they say, except gasoline. |
looks like there was something radio
ally wrong. The railroads have bee
granted an increased rate, but still
they say they have no money; and
is fact that the railroads are try
ing to borrow money to make i'm
provements and repairs. The rail
road owners say they are going to rc
duce wages, and the wage-earners sa
they will strike if their wages are re
duced; that they cannot work an
cheaper and make a decent living-s
where are we at?" 1t looks like tn
leading men of the nation could pu
their heads together and discover
remedy for "what ails us. w
would suggest to our public official
that they cut down on the expenditur
Of the peoples money. Begin now, i
nation, state, county, city and towI
The farmers are compelled to eut dow
on expenditures. We will buy fewe
pillow tools this year than we have fo
many years, because farm tools ar
high and money is scarce. This wi
mean less production on the farm
However, we should all join our fau
bureau and strive to bring about