The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-01-19
JOSH B1LK1Ns WRITES TO zEKE.
~LICKsKILLETT, n. Q.

N1CNOLA4LALU4 L ANs ~
DEER BRUTHER ZEEK:-I have good
muse to write you at this time. Me an
the merchant an the lawyer was ap
pointed on a committee fur to wurk
fur the Democratic party in this town
ship an tina made ms CheeTman.
Tha said that the best way fur US tn
du was to try to keep the Alliance out
Nv the Sd party. An here IS our
plans: 1st. We will abuse them Ali
ance demans and the head officers Nv
the Alliance, and git the peepel tn be-
lieve the demans are wrong and their
leaders are bline phules, for if the
peepel in them demans tina will be big
phules not to vote with the party that
believes just as tina du. I'd. We will
show Alliancemen that if they vote
with the Sd party that will be partisan,
but if tina vote with the Democrats that
will benon-partisan. Sd. We will keep
on skeering the white men with the
threat Ov niger supremercy, and the
merchant said he had rather the
niggers would carry the State than fur
the Alliance TIL succeed.
| was mighty skeered when tina
elected me to the honorable position OF
cheerman Nv the committee, fur i ex-
pected it would be found out in our
Alliance and tina would call me traitor
an turn me out. But sense | see them
big leedm Alliancemen like cOuzen
Sidney alexander and cOozen Elias
Carr, SC, in the State Democratic
committee a trying to keep the Ali
ance into the Democratic party, Isay
now tina shant turn me out If l am a
traitor until tina turn out Sidney, Elias
an Eleeizer two, so tina shant.
Now bruther Geek, tina tell me that
nearly ell Nv the rich men who have
the munney an the good clothes on
are goin' tn stick tn the ole party, fur
it wouldn't be best fur everybody tn
have plenty Nv munney, fur then the
rich wouldn't have ennybody tn look
up tn 'em an du their dirty wurk fur
EN- 'cept tina paid a heap Nv munney,
an tina wants tn keep that fur the
campane Nv 1892. 1 tell you Geek
there is a big pile Nv munney cunning
down through the hands Nv theese
committees an you know it is mighty
hard to handle money unless it sticks
tn your fingers an a Teller is mighty
apt to lick some, when she sticks,
Don't you e. whar Josh ISL
Now Geek il you will give Betsy a
good t~hrashing an make her hold her
tung still, an cum out fur the Demo
Gratis an against the Alliance demans
an the Sd party tina will promote you
like tina have me, an you a grease
your fingers two.
An finally if the Sd party does cum
an carry everything its own way an
git that Sub-Treasurv plan then you
an me can be the furst too men tn
fill it with our cotton, an we will
make munney twice instead of once,
Geek if we don't go with the rich men
tina won't like us a bit, an you know
we always like fur rich folks to notice
us, even just a little bit. l know their
winnin smiles and soft han shake about
election times don't feed an clothO us,
nor raise the price Nv cotton an to-
bacer nuthsr, but then l just like TIL
be on the side with the big men; sum-
how l can't resist him. a yOn?
Don't let Betsy see this letter, fur l
know she is not favorable to any
wabbling, but believes in keepin' in de
middle OBJ de road.
Your bruther. JOSH BTLKINS.