The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, April 06, 1922, Image 4
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
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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. ]
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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. ?
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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." <
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Tou know the fight and struggle, ;
Hor they begged them to come in, i
How they shouldered up together, 1
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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.
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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:
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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.
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Newspaper "Lies" are Public's Lies. ]
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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
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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.
Newspapers of the twentieth century
are far more accurate than they were j
under your first Bennett, under Horace
Greeley or even under Dana, and fifty I
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