The vidette., 1922-03-30
From shasl. Mlss,
8..27..22-


started right. Keep on the job and
hike all the way and when YOU can
no longer hike you will have helped
someone else to take your trail and
keep hiking, so to speak. Now, we
sure do like to hear you are going
to make a place for the good ladies
to have place to rest and care for
their little fellows, also public
hitching and stalling place for peo-
Piles horses and mules. They are
mighty good and useful and
ought to have better care and at
tention than most people ever think
about because they are our best
and most reliable power. These
things | have just mentioned, have
actually hurt and kept back the
progress of Iuka and Tishomingo
County more than any other one
thing know Of. If yol want every
body to come to Iuka. make it a
place they love to go TO and you
can sure bet on them all being
there.
Now, concerning the Lee High
way. you know | was named after
him, and TO my master in Heaven
never wanted anything worse than
| want this, and we have got to do
something to get it. | will struggle
to my limit for my part. This
highway can't go by my house and
your house and everybody s. But
it will go by somebody's house and
| am going to be glad fer him. My
part will sure come right if do
right. l haven't ever lost case
yet John Floyd am giving you
my hand. Say something more.
1t is worth while and tie right time.
| believe you are fair and one of
the greatest things with me on this
earth is to be fair. Do no more to
any one than you would have him
to do unto you, Work for good
roads, and keep on working for
them. Work for everything that
will make Tishomingo County good.
| am persuaded to believe its the
best all around county | ever saw,
and | have seen the largest portion
of five states, including Old Blue
Grass, Ky. Now, beyond question
ing, we have the very best soil to
grow. anything to eat or feed on
and it is up to US to do the work.
So let's never grumble again, and
make ourselves a living. But we
are going to have to go right to
work and not depend on prayer
alone. You know James was one
of the apostles and he said faith
withour works was dead, also works
without faith was dead, so lets
get in the work and | feel like the
Lord will help out on that faith
business as there is pretty good
appropriation for this particular
part. But we are in actual need OF
workers so we are knocking right
along, Now this to be fair. Lets
not kick if the Lee Highway fail to
come right by the door. 1t goes
by some ones door and he is a hui
man and | guess better than myself
so | am going to hollow for him.
Remember and don't forget this.
If you get more out of anything
than you put in il you have got
more than your share, SO put in and
it will all come right. Now, in re-
gard to establishing a ferry on
Tenn, river, that will be done if |
live. l have the only practical
place for ferry between Waterloo,
1 Ala. and Hamburg. Tenn, and
that is at Cooks Landing, the best
place to me l ever saw, as | get
money there every month in the
wear besides a nice hunk OF dirt
| there makes me feel good and some
help. Now there is 10000 bushels
of corn on the Ala, and Tenn,
| side of the river that is without
| market also thousands of bales OF
lhay and no market for it. But still
our people in Tishomingo County
| need the corn and hay and it is
| selling from 35 to SOC per bushels,
hay $1,000 10 $1,000 per ton. Let
me say to your Chamber OF Com
merce of Tishomingo County, you
may know if / live by August
lis, 1922 your dear grandpa will
have the best ferry boat at Cooks
| that exists from Florence to Paducah
lKu- and | am well acquainted