The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1922-02-22
BLACKGUM HALL

/ have often heard men say it is
cheaper to rent farm than to own,
maintain and pay the taxes on one.
1t must be so, for a neighbor of mine
has moved off his own farm and
rented another.
Some one has written consistency,
thou art a Jewel" bat let me write
Inconsistency thou art a sham
Now listen, Splivins, what do you
think of a newspaper man who claims
that the merchants of his town work
3G5 days in a year? | don't believe
there is but two or three stores in the
country that runs on Sunday as
every other day. What would you
think of newspaper man who adj
vises farmers to work on Sunday?
We are told by this moulder of pub
He opinion that if the farmers would
hit it on all tours 800 days in year
as the merchants do, the small farm
would become equal to a gold mine
and the owner of the farm would be
proud of the day he was born. As
rule, this is the kind of taffy that
is generally doped out to farmer
by man who does not own a farm
and who does not know heel sweep
from a disc harrow Yes, it would
be a great pleasure for them to see
farmer work 3G5 days in a year, not
observing the Sabbath nor Christmas
day, nor new years day, nor the
Fourth Of July, nor George Washing
toms birthday, nor even an all-day
singing. If there is more than one
man in this district that has made
enough money on a small farm to pay
for the land and improvements. he
owns in ten years we would like to see
his picture on the first page of the
Peoples Paper" which makes the
best pictures of our paper that enters
Blackgum Hall
Now, friend Splivins, ] will ask
you another question: What do you
think of a man who advises the peo-
pie of the town in which he lives to
do their trading in another town
and TO put their shoulder to the boos
ter's wheel and go glimmering around
the 50-mile radius, while his home
town is, as he says, working 3G5 days
in a year?
Again, Brother Splivins. what do
you think Of a tax assessor who be- I.
fore he goes out to assess the taxes /
threatens the tax payers with the I
law? Looks like there is something |
wrong with the assessor or the peo-
pie, one or both.
Mr.. Splivins, / am pleased to note 4
that you write the best letter Of any
country correspondent / know and ] !
read the Flint Hill items with great .
pleasure. Your father and ! were
fast friends which makes me more
interested in you as a writer, farmer
and a man Of intelligence and good
Judgment, therefore the question
above.
For the last several years the rats
have destroyed Thousands Of bushels
Of corn, oats and other feed stuff,
but they have gone the way Of the
farmer. Moved TO town,
the delta or the prairie. Up until
gathering time last fan this country
was overrun with rats. but they NOV
ed out about gathering time and now
there is no rats here. Even a rat
knows when to move on. Last Sat
urday / noticed several dead ones on
the streets in Columbus ] guess they
couldn't find comfort station and they
died from exposure.
Mrs. Johnnie say the lady that re-
fused 10 set a patch on the back n
verander Of her bubbles pants knows
her business. Says the patch would
be in the way Of kicking the booster. I
Some Of the girls who write such
nice newsy letters to the Peoples
Paper. ] want to ask sou a question:
What is the diHerence between a man
and a dog Here Is what an owner
said: Come here d0gie. Dog. you
are nothing but a dog. Dog you
are nothing but a dog. When you
get hungry you 60 to the kitchen f
door and get your meals. Lie around
in the shrubs and bay the moon. When /
you get ready 70 20 to bed you don't