Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 112, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 May 1918 — WRITES POETRY AS WELL AS RAISES COTTON, CORN, CATTLE [ARTICLE]

WRITES POETRY AS WELL AS RAISES COTTON, CORN, CATTLE

McLeod, Miss., May 16,1918. Editor Republican: I am sending to you, herewith, a few simple verses that I have written to “compliment” that Arch Fiend of all Creation the German Kaiser. My business is the raising of cotton, corn and cattle, and not that of-writing poetry, and I don t ™ ow that you will be able to use these verses in your business, however, 1 Have looked them over a couple of times and have decided that they are “absolutely harmless,” therefore 1 will send them along. We are having glorious weather, and the crops are looking fairly well. Yours respectfully, M. R. HALSTEAD. OLD GLORY’S COMING IN.. O Tyrant Kaiser Bill, Of you we’ve had our fill; Your villainy has made us sadly wiser. To awaken, we were slow, But now, we’ll have you know That we nevermore will tolerate a kaiser.

O, inhuman Kaiser Bill, You’re a bitter, poison pill, And you murder women, children, babes and all. If you take a look this way, Toward the good old U. S. A. You will see “The Hand is writing on the wall.” As a bluffing liar, Bill, And incarnate Devil, still You stand, on earth, in bold relief, alone. Did you notice, fiendish Bill, How it was and always will Be, you had that trip to Paris to postpone? Uncle Sam is up in arms, And from - cities, towns and farms, His patriotic boys are on the move They are keen to go and fight For our freedom and the right And the honor of the flag that we all love. They will rout your hellish Huns With their rapid firing guns, And o’er your crimes, you 11 then no longer gloat, For Old Glory’s coming in, And she’ll float high o’er Berlin And Uncle Sam will get your Kaiser goat.