Randolph County AlArchives News.....Cotton-Row Chatter visits Randolph County April 13, 1941
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Anniston Star April 13, 1941
At New Home across, the Tallapoosa River at Foster's Bridge we had our ego 
wounded almost unto death. We stopped in the store of Mr. and Mrs. Gay Foster to 
get acquainted and to ask some questions about the readers of our paper in their 
community. Mrs. Foster told us they just couldn't get along without The Star and 
then went on to tell us the features she enjoyed the most. We casually inquired 
how "Cotton-Row Chatter" appealed to her. Equally as casual she said she had 
never read it as she did not care for that kind of stuff.  Now we think this is 
about the most severe slap that we have ever received right on the face. We left 
the fair lady's place with our pride all trailing in the dust of our Jalopy for 
we let the full weight of our foot down upon the accelerator and sped over the 
road to the Wedowee Highway where we soon had our pride restored to its normal 
state of self-respect Mrs. S. L. Waters told us that she liked to read our 
column better than any other part of the paper and was filing away every article 
in a special scrap book just as they appeared in each Sunday's issue. We know 
now how a hound dog feels when he comes out wagging his tail to meet a friend 
and instead meeting with an expected pat on the head, he suddenly finds himself 
in violent contact with big hobnailed boot. The shock of surprise is just too 
much for a self-respecting hound to endure. He hies himself away from the 
presence of the boot and hurries to the seclusion of bushes. 
L. A. Cole was out in front of his house plowing up some wet ground so he said 
that his wife might plant some potatoes. We called his attention to the dampness 
of the soil. He realized it was extremely damp, but his wife told him to plow 
it, and as a good husband he was carrying out her command. Mr. Cole is a wise 
man. 
Farther on down the road we saw H. C. East out at the barn trying his best to 
look after a cow that was endeavoring to get into, the part where a newborn calf 
was trying to get out. Mr. East owns one of the very best farms in that section. 
He tells us though there is nothing to it just work and no pay. 
Upon a hill over the bridge, we found Thad Foster out on the woodpile with a 
double bit axe in his right hand and a block of wood in his left He was busy 
with the chore of getting his summer's supply of stove wood while his wife was 
sitting nearby at work on a fancy quilt. After a short talk with these two 
people, we moved back toward the Jalopy. We were stopped halfway by Mr. Foster 
who issued us an invitation to come back this summer and help him fish. This is 
the kind of a friend we like to meet. 
Across the river on the Wedowee side we saw the Mize boys, J. H. and Charlie. 
Those fellows are both old soldiers of the 1917 days. When we found that out, we 
of course had to swap some stories of the 1898. They are both good friends of 
our paper and J. H. sent us over to see another kinsman. Leon Foster, who also, 
with his good wife, allowed us to enroll him among our subscribers.

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