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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 J> UU W 111 uuov.1 ? >_ - 1 -J 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, An/-? \.U Uw\. 5U1. y ? t 1 W I ^ There were no fascinating arcades, No pepsi cola to drink, Nobody to disturb you When you were trying to think. I i No legislature lagging In Columbia forty days. To discuss the situation Over the liquor phrase. * 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 I l 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 , . ' flERONUTSr 11 UTp ^BY HECK:J > tfk JFT/a -.Will ' /talk )/ gg CSCI > 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. ? i 1 :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 A i 11 h ?i HlffihliW ^ltu?xj (jwm | i " j, 1 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. - - " ? 1 I (){ 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 I-* nf llVPS 11Se? ' Li t ^,1 ttu uiaj vt *-? a. .. . 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. lit ft" HE I ^141 RIDE P) r^S J NAY8E. L , / O i~Cf r^SOMEPRYj .((/(?* jsp WH OAJu/5 ~7f~ ' w Copyright ifys. wr/owi cbrfoon szrv/cb Corp. 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 I 'TwONDERIf |"PON,T Sflf HE'LLCONE. that tit BACK ALIVE: WALNUT,? HE OWES' lE'LU HE TWO wfi/tmMM? I CAN'T5EEIIMAY6E. If , A THINGPHE WANTS tiJr??7/-?^/TO STAY UP TTn) S> /there over f S-Night SAVE YOU Figarro Preserv vnur meat. Smo' J all insects, prevent Put it on now. 400 pounds of mt * Gilder & Newberry, 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. I - -1 -I A 4.\ ?4. ! 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. 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