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Writes of The
Days
, Dear Editor of The Herald and News:
I have concluded to have another little
say and my secretary is not here, so
:i1 that i have bv own
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scratching to do.
Now, clear reader, you may call me
an old crank or fogy, whichever yo.u
please, but I can't help from thinking
of the days when I was young.
Yes, 1 have lived in the days when
the people called persimmons, simmons,
, and onions, ingins; and potatoes were
called taters. and molasses were lases,
cabbage were, called collards, and to?
11 _ _i _ a i i
matoes were cancu lumous. .-4.hu gravy j
was called sop, and dresses were called
frocks and pants were called breeches,
and Bedenbaughs were called Peterbocks,
and Mowers were called Moores, >
i
and Kohns were called Koons and Buz- j
hardts were called Buzzards and McCulloughs
were called iV'cCulicks and
Gallmans were called Colemans. And
ministers and pastors were called
l>reachers and mechanics were called
carpenters.
Xo. my young friends, there was no
doubling and twisting over things in
1 .1.1 1 _ mi __ _
uiuse good oiu aays. mere were no
high cocolorums to come around and
mar the good pleasures of the good old
country homes. Yes. God bless these
good old times, when the farms were
self-sustaining and the people were!
happy. i
There were no agricultural colleges |
to teach young men how to go around
over the country and tell the farmer
wnat ms land needs and get Ins mind all !
mixed up over the science of chemistry
% and stimulate the habit of the use of
adulterated fertilizers.
There were 110 telephones for gossip
No phonographs to sing I
No autos to scare horses out the road,
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^ There were no fascinating arcades,
No pepsi cola to drink,
Nobody to disturb you
When you were trying to think.
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No legislature lagging
In Columbia forty days.
To discuss the situation
Over the liquor phrase.
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There were no round about monkeyings
On what people had to drink,
Our land was full of oleasur*
And it didn't cost a cent
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Yes. Mr. Editor, I love to tell the
story of the days when I was young. I
this hachine is hyj
invention, it will pc
tlvelystfly up in the
retain it's eauillbri
ANOTHER ^
1/ONE O'theh ,
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Good Old !
Long Gone By
read a little paragraph not long since.
It must have been in an almanac, but.
however, I am going to throw it in. It
sid the way to keep young is always to (
think young thoughts and never think .
of yourself as the old man or old wo- j
man. Always keep pace with the young.
Keep on thinking young thoughts and (
doing young things. Exercise dancing
and singing. Keep happy by making
others haopy. Be of the world, not just
on the edge of it. Keep intersted in the
things of the times. Xo one ever gets
young by rinding fault. Be an optimist
in all things.
|
These are some mighty good rules for 1
the old folks to practice except one. i
can't agree with the idea 01* old people
e. cising the practice of dancing.
Wouldn't it he a pretty sight for some
people to see. The Idler and myself try- 1
ing to cut the pigeon wing, on the floor I
with a set of young people. Hub Evans
is the only man among the older crowd 1
who can measure up with the hoys in ;
that respect. But. Mr. Idler. I tell you
what we can do. We can join in with ,
young thoughts and go hack to our hoy 1
days when we were in those good old
time country schools, and think of how
many times we played marbles and ]
climbed the sassafras trees and broke off 1
nut* ru'ooflioi ffiT
UJC ICllUfl UJailV.IIC3 1VI UUI jn\.viln.aiu
to chew, and gather around the old
spring with fifteen or twenty other boys,
one boy with a gourd in his hand and
all the rest hollering out at the same 1
time, "Give it to me. it's my time next."
This water drinking was more general
just after dinner. Then we would go ;
back and enjoy ourselves nearly an
hour in playing ball and marbles.
The larger boys would play base ball
and the smaller boys and girls would
play paddle cat until the teacher would
holler out. "Books !" This would kill
the joy for a little while.
I si"all never forget one evening when
my class was called up to spell. I was
standing about middle of the class for
I seldom stood at the head. I have always
been a bad speller. In fact, an
old lady called upon me once to spell
a certain word and after I had made,,
the first pass at the word she pronounc- i
ed me a dangerous speller.
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:The teacher gave out the word, "bts- ,
cuit," and it passed on down the line,
let her come. boys. I'll walk your log
this time. Sure enough she came, and
the teacher seeing my determination to
"e'l the word gave me several trials. I
began, 'biscit,' 'biscjuit.' 'biskit.' and kept
on until the teacher became amused. So
*1 1 1
:>-"crd the word on unni ine wnuic j
friVd. Then she told us she
' M ??ive us until the next morning <
ty dcT
PWN 11'T MUST BE 11 IT'S THE
)Sl- J WONDERFUL COMING DOWN
fllW T0 6E AN PART THAT ?
I MM A AIRlGftTOR DON'T LIKE.
:flKIN6L -7 r??1 ABOUT
T?J ]> JftVWtNG
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si e would try each one separate, j
and the one who failed to spell the word I
c >rrec:Iy pos:tively should not eat any j
f?iscuiis for dinner. I told mother when )
I went home I wish she would put a j
;::le pie in my bucket for next morning..'
I kntw that 1 could spell pie so that if
I failed on biscuit I would have the pie
to tall back on. But the next morning
I
t'very little fellow could spell biscuit to
lI I I iHJLlUIl.
Mr. Editor, will you please tell The
Idler to outline a few more of his school
days. I am not talking about the days
he spent in college. I am speaking of
his good old country school. I will close J
for this time. I have a whole lot of other
experiences to tell along this line if
it i? not imposing on the reading public.
T. J. W.
CLASSIFICATION OF ACCIDENTS
ON THE SOUTHERN RAILWAY
Wnchinrrfnn D f\_ Frh IO.?In tile I
effort to discourage the dangerous cus- j
torn of trespassing on its property, i
Southern Railway has had prepared j
t
some interesting statistics in regard to
he 146 trespassers killed on its tracks i
and trains during the fiscal year 1015.
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(){ these tatal accidents. (J) occurreti i
n country districts and 4 in cities or
towns.
Of the victims: 79 lived near the!
scene of the accident, 45 lived far from j
It. and the residence of 22 was un- I
known; 82 lived at home with family!
or parents, 32 did not, and 32 unknown; '
133 were male and 13 female; 73 were
white and 73 colored; 50 were married.
U2 single, ana 34 uiikiiowh, hue
without occupation, 43 were unskilled laborers,
it were skilled laborers, 1 was
a professional man, 2 were merchants, ;
1 a clerk, 1 a housewife, and 36 unknown
; 35 wer regularly employed at
the time of accident. 70 wer not and 41
unknown; 93 were walking on track, 35
"stealing ride" on trains. 3 killed by
other accidents, and 15 unknown; 2
were under five years of age; six between
five and ten, 12 between ten and
15, 28 between 15 and 21. 42 between 21
and 30, 22 between 30 and 50 and 10 berr\
in/1 C\r\ To Iwwppn 60 and 61;.
I v\ V.V.U JW Ullu W, * vy .?vv..
fix over 65, and eight unknown; 22 were
intoxicated at the time of the accident, :
40 were not. and 30 unknown.
These figures show conclusively that
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lessly sacrificed were of useful citizen?,
tl:c-y were equa'ly divided between the
nee?, men greatly predominated, and
there was a wide distribution as to age
ind occupation.
During the year 1914 on all the railways
of the United States. 4,746 trespassers
were killed, 826 lost one limb.
172 lost two limbs, and 5,041 suffered
Dther injuries.
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CALL* ON THE SENATE 1
FOX Mi)HE SPEED
TILLMAN TELLS COLLEAGUES
TO HASTEN WORK?BIG
TASKS A HE YE1 AHEAD
I
The State. !
Washington, March I.?Senator B. R.
Tillman today delivered an interesting
ii\e minute lee.lire in his characteristic
.. iv. i !.ii colleagues on the value of
speeding up legislation and intimated
c ?::*_rrcs would in all probability see
> tr ' ?1 fr ?- : f'lll bet >re adjournment,
unless ?on:etl ing should be done to expedite
irattcrs.
"Durug my 21 year; of service here,"
'cnator illmm raid. "1 have learned a
.rood many things about the senate and
s :r. t! ds of (! >ing business. When
it wants to do a thing it can do busiie?s
as rapidly and with as much celerty
a< any legislative body in the world,
>ut it can al*o practice the game of 'haw
not t;> do it' with more skill than any
' jr ' )' 'Ik w 'rid, at least any I
' ' n vvn of or read about.
"I-have never known a legislative pro- ,
^ra:ri i as great magnitude and importance
as we have on hand 1 iglit now. .
The two subjects of increasing the navy;
and army are both \ital: and while it ,
will take some time for these bills to be j
orej-ared there are bills already on the j
ca lendar relating to the subject of pre- j
parcdness that should be passed and
passed promptly.
WILL PRESS HIS BILL.
"1 am responsible for one of those,
as chairman of the committee on naval j
affairs, and it is my duty to call atten- j
tion to that bill and try to press it !
through the senate .is soon as possible.
r i .t_ _ t *11 . _i r
u is tne mil 10 provide ior a govern- i
ment armor plant. It ought to have !
passed the senate four or five days ago,;
hut the time has been consumed with
discussing the water power bill, a bill
of great importance, I acknowledge. But
that bill could have better waited. Unless
the government armor plant is authorized
at once great delay will occur
and much money will be lost. I do not (
see any hope from the progress we are
niLking of getting through the legislative
program before October, if then, i
Senators who have tried it know how
riuicu't i-. is to maintain a quorum in
Washington during warm weather. Senators
who are interested in their reelection
arc necssarily absent a good part
<>t* the time and no mere politician objects
to it. But I think the constituents
of a senator would watch whether he
thinks more about his reelection than he
dnes about his public duties and vote
accordingly.
SATISFIED I'rYlTH HI'S WORK.
"If I neglected my senatorial duties
as much as some senators I know of,
I would never expect to be reelected. I
r .1 1 r _e c _ 1
can not see lor ine nre or ie now any |
$ A BETTER "BARE
:R" THAN "AVIATOR
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'TwONDERIf |"PON,T Sflf
HE'LLCONE. that tit
BACK ALIVE: WALNUT,?
HE OWES'
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Put it on now.
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man with a conscience and patriotism
o /*f t nil UMttl It 1 C C^TKP
can reconcile sum ^
of duty. The people sent us here to
pass laws and legislate for the whole j
country; and I always believed faithful
and efficient service was the best way j
to be continued here. That has been
the rule by which I hqve always been
guided, and until my health broke down j
seven years ago I a'ways considered it
my sacred duty to 1 e in Washington j
whenever the senate v.as in .session and ;
to be in the senate itseli it were pos- j
sible.
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i nave aiways ouscivcu iiicti v.uuitcov j
and kindness anw willingness. to grant
favors when it was right to erant them
has been tlie best course to pursue here.
''I do not criticise in ever so slight a
degree the senator in charge of the water
power bill, but be certainly has al
lowed that bill to jog along at a snail's'
pace.
"I give notice now that I shall move
to take up the armor plant bill as soon \
as the water power bill is out of the way f
and press it to a vote at the earliest
practicable moment. If the senators
who expect to vote for it will help me
maintain a quorum we ought to pass it
through the cenate in three or four'
days at most. All senators who expect
to speak on the bill have had ample
time to prepare their speeches and I
shall see to it that the talk is kept up
or a vote had."
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