Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-01-07
OTHERS VIEWS
MORE FROM MIR. WRIGHT.

hccn able to get along Wlthou. NV
ors ~ wood and drawers of water. III
othor words it has always had 10 nave
r.r,,,ors and workers. For a long
time il survived without the help Oh
MANY things we have TO-DAY, puC ~
has never at any time been aDle 10
oxist without some to hew the Wooo'
draw the water, and till the SOIL. 80
tbnn # Is very plain that the farm
or and worker perform the absolutely
fundamental. essential WORK ol any
tribe or nation. Some or their "orh
is pleasant, much of it is arduous' ols-
trcssingly hard.
Some distance from the county
town lust west of here, one AFTERNOON
carly in June, l went to see gen
tleman: / use this word adVlsedly be-
cause he is a gentleman, and found
him and his dear wife in the field
where he and his dear wife, l use this
term advscdly also, for she is dear
good intelligent woman, were plant
ing tobacco at that late date. He
knew and so did he had little cnancc
Of making a good crop. In fact he
said as much. He said But having
failed to get plants earlier this is
the best l can do, for the little chill
drcn who are dropping plants and the
one under the shade of that tree at
the end of these rows and my wife
and I need so much to even half
way live that I feel / must plant this
tobacco and get what I can out of IT,
Besides his other dire needs, he had
All interest debt to meet or get in the
road, where millions of our infer
tunate fellow citizens are running TO
and fro seeking some solace. But the
gentle winds Of summer and the
Wintry blasts tell them there is
none l could see agony all over this
good mans face as he talked to me
of his poor prospects Of a crop. His
dear brave wife standing by reflected
the dark forboardings of her hus-
bands face. for as she would appear
to try to smile an ODlinOuS cloud would
eclipse the smile as she too thought
Of her dear ones and possible crop
failure.
From the hour / talked to those
dear people until now l have thought
of them along with hundreds Of others
SO situated. If I can never do them
any good, God knows 1 wish He would
shield me from thoughts of them,
for He alone can keep me from think
ing of them to my last hour. Poor
and needy as 1 am, I know the
awful agony that must rack their
brains all the time as they contem-
plate their needs and the needs of
those they love who arc more help
less than they.
During the Summer and Fall II
passed this humble home several
times. Nearly every time 1 saw hus-
band and wife out in the fields striv-
ing to keep their home and their chill
drcn. They had evidently had high
ideals in early life. They saw or hop
ed so see a pleasant and happy home
and a good education for their chill
dren, but the money power that
controls our country soon knocked all |
that out of them. So l would pass by
and sec them out in the fields with |
bowed heads striving to keep their
humble home and their little chill
drcn.
Kcenly I tccl the agoniZing pain
that went with every stroke it took
to make that crop and house it. While |
the work was often hard it was moth
ing to tho other pain they felt when
they thought of the possibility of
their not getting enough TO pay out
Thanks to God Who Sent the Sun
shine, rain and dew, These dear peo-
pic made a good crop. Their tobacco
brought more than an average price.
After paying for fertilizer, provisions,
two and three hundred dollars was
left, that he and his dear wife could
call clear profit, if they did not count
anything for their long hard year of
almost constant labor. Who under
Heaven believes it was worth the
effort they put forth? l say it was
not. A nsillion times it was not I am
quito sure this man and good wife
voted two years ago to send a luAn
to Congress who cares no more for
them than if they we're just common
drift wood on the great sea of time.
God have mercy on them and SO guide
their hands next June that they vote
for a man who at least loves little
Gil anu Will UO Ills UCSI W see
to it that their parents, the parents
of all little children, may have enough
of this worlds goods to bring them
UP as Thou would have them.
IL this man had received ten times
what he did get for his crop he |
would not have then had near enough I
to near satisfy his conservative wants
He needed a house to live in which |
would cost five thousand dollars, an
automobile, eight hundred. furniture
for house two thousand, including
lights and modern refrigeration One
hundred dollars for radio. Five thous-
and for out buildings etc. Now if I
he could have been receiving for
some years net profit Of say three |
thousand dollars he could have had |
all these things and besides had his
farm paid for. That is about what the !
average farmer Of our country should |
receive each year. Even at that he |
would like just fifty-seven thousand |
Dempsey has become a beaming res
t4Ilra fnlr and l,o l.