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From Old Kentucky Jad, The Pooler. Jad Wilson had been croppin' Weil, I reckon, twenty years, A growin' uv terbacker An' a raisin' on the sheer. An' when each year was windin' up, It was the same old thing, He had as much at Christmas As he'd started with in spring. The expenses kept a climbin' An' his children numbered more, Seems the Lord delights in sendin' Lots uv children to the pore; But Jad kept on scratching J On his face there came no frown, But the price uv old white burley Kept a drappin' steady down. 1 < An' he wrestled with the fox-tail ^ An' the creeper vines an' weeds, 1 An' the pulsey an' the cut-worms, ' An' the sweat stood out in beads 1 On his bald head as he hustled, 'An' the news came floatin roun' \ That the buyers Lad predicted J That the crop would sell way down. In the winter when the buyers \ Came a ridin' to his barn J With a leetle tech of licker, Seems they didn't give a darn j If they bought it or they left it, As they looked the samples o'er, "We 'vill give you six cents fer it, : An' nary red cent more." j An' Jad Wilson had to take it, Twuz a hitter day fer him, But h? buck.ed up Ms girdle An* he faced the future grim. Oh the little ones were ragged, ! An' their little feet were cold, But the men who bought their burley Griuied behind their piles uv gold. ] i Bid you ever git to thinkin' How conditions sometimes change, 1 How the under dog comes out on top ? i I dont know, but if s strange? ] The farmer didnt note the fact ] That he was such a fool i *mi boosted ud the prices By the formin' uv a pool. ? 1 Jad Wilson wuz among the first 1 To take his pen in hand i An' grace the contrac' with his name, ] Says he, "I take my stand 1 An' here I'll stay, till Judgment Day A fightin' till I bust 1 The hand that's been a chokin' me,? i Here's one agin' the Trust." < J Tou know the fight and struggle, ; Hor they begged them to come in, i How they shouldered up together, 1 ISMi ? 1 What Dam< 2 rinn. We h r-j ? ? LU . r \ I ? i I Silve bhl y | fiti fijui How they headed up to win, !; An' I reckon you remember j < When the pool crop all wuz sold, < Jsd Wilson's little children Weren't so ragged or so oold. ( Jad bought a parlor organ j An' a white oak foldin' bed, An' the things he bought at Christmas, < From a tin horn to a sled,? 1 Oh, 'twuz joy within the cottage ] Happy voices everywhere, ] An' it seemed to old Jad Wilson 1 That th? Lord had dropped down 1 there. I: o ;< Hemingway Methodists Held Meeting j' Hemingway, Special to The Record.? i On last Friday at the Methodist . :hurch a splendid group meeting was j( held in the interest of the various < activities of the church. The five gen- i jral departments of the church were < represented as follows: ] Evangelism by Dr. D. M. McLeod, and Christian Education by Rev. G. i E. Edwards; in the afternoon, Chris- 1 tian Literature by Dr. R. E. Stack- 1 house and Missions by Rev. A. J. . Sauthen. Then in the evening Rev. : L E. Ford made a strong appeal in behalf of the Sunday school. Special music was furnished at each session by the choir. A most excellent lunch was served in the Sunday school rooms by the ladiee of the church. The meeting from start to finish was very inspir- , ing indeed, leaving the people much better informed and interested in the various activities of the church. o Newspaper "Lies" are Public's Lies. ] ? i The country newspaper editor and t publisher certainly has to stand for \ a lot in this world. ] In what other business on earth i would somebody dare to offer the bus- , in ess man $100 for $1,500 of his j product, an actual happening, as re- \ ported in the news columns of this j issue of "The American Press." i What high brow or pedant would j iare to appear before a meet'pg of j big daily newspaper editors and ad- ] rise them to make accuracy .*>, part ] a# afViVs ? A a if fYmip t JJL UiCil WUC VA VWA4VW , practice was to fill their papers with j lies! 1 The newspapers are as accurate | today as the great mass of high- ? minded American editors, city and j country, can possibly make them. 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