Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 70, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 March 1920 — SHOULD HAVE BEEN AN AD WRITER [ARTICLE]

SHOULD HAVE BEEN AN AD WRITER

Macon, Miss., 3-14-20. Mr. Louis Hamilton, Rensselaer, Ind. Friend Hamilton:— I am sending to you herewith, “free of charge'' an ad, which I have clipped from the Macon Beacon. The darkey who wrote this ad is a farmer and a blacksmith. He has missed his calling. As you will readily see, he should have been an ad writer. Can you beat it? Yours truly, M. R. HALSTEAD. Here is the ad: / Pierce Garner Wants His Cews. My cows stole. March the first these Five Head was at home and March the secon up to this Dat they cant Be found no where. They or Stole or Drove of and i want my 5 cows. Please help me. 1 White Spoted Cow, alipta in ears. She have a calf. 1 Spoted like her that sucks. 1 Whit Spoted Star yarlen. 1 Dark Jessy Heffer, white under Belly. ; 1 Red Heffer split in ear. A Good Reward will be paid when I Besives them. PIERCE GARNER. March the 8, 1920. Pierces’ postoffice address is Dinsmore, Miss., and these cattle were stolen from the Rock Hill place.