The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-02-19
- RrLKINS, M. A.


Is Making Roadway Slowly--Try-
ito Get Woman's Rights Into the
Dsmocratic Platform -MoOnahin-
ers Capture the Major and
His Hair is Now a Shade
Whittier.
R-"HeIlol Mr.. Editor"
R-"Hellol Major. Are you making
ry prOgressf"
B-.Not much. This weather liz
.inrlv terrifck. I'm showed up here
ne mountains an can't git erbout
-ncb. but I'm sowin' the seeds ov
r.vaIandism rite an left. Once an a
lille find a Teller whut will agree
~4b me-, az they say over In Africa
vben they git holt ov a real tender,
;,icv mishunary. I struck up with
an old hardshell Baptist preacher up
hare the other day an tole him whut l
vuzdoin'. He got ter quotin' skripter
allowed az well az he could see tina
vsrut menny ov my seed fallin' in guide
ground in this rocky country. He sed
when the wicked ruled the people
mourned, an sed he didn't see why
this wuzent az guide a time fer the
hkes ter do a little mournin' az they
would ever git. He believed in very
tn' the scripters, an nobody couldn't
mn7inse him that them fellers at
Washington amt meaner than most
white folks ever git He awlso sed
thstif our North Carolina statesmen
don't soon git a move on them an pass
the 6 per cent. interest bill, county
government bill, eleckshuu law an
sum other needed things, tina will be
a nifty mournin' an nashin' ov teeth
on that account. I hear that the folks
are gittin' nifty impashnnt awl over
the State"
R-"Your preacher friend is right.
The people of this State are tired of
this Democratic obstruction and fill
bwtering tactics. They are tired Of
this wraDgle between Democrats and
Republicans about the days of 1868"
B-"T've bin tryin' ter inject a little
woman suffrage in my campane. Betsy
don't wanter vote an there liz lots ov
other wimmin whut don't; but they
want the men ter vote more sensibly or
they are goin' ter do the votin' them
selves. In talkin' with the wimmin
folks up here 1 find that they will sup
port me if they ever git ter vote, an
I'm goin' ter try an git wimmin suf-
tsge inter the next Democratic plat
form We are in a posishun ter make
that the leadin' ishew fer we amt got
nOthin' else ter go before the peepul
With. But I'm erfrade we would soon
pass an eleckshun law providen that
no woman could vote unless she tole
Tie registrar her age ter a mint,
an that would deprive most ov the
Wimmin frum the rite ter vote, fer
they wouldn't tell their age. That
would pus us men In the saddle again,
and then the wimmin would awl turn
%POpulist, tell their age and outvote us
three ter one. / had the awfulest ex-
perience the other day ever I did see.
went out huntin' with Sam Sneed's
boys in the mountains. I got lost frum
the boys an wandered around till
erbOut mite. Finally two fellers cum
Ter me down on the creek. They had
coonskin caps on an carried a gun
apiece. They asked me whut I wuz
dom in them diggins. I tole them how
it Wuz an wanted them to show me
the way ter Sam Sneed's house. They
sde me ter cum erlong. l follered an
they took me ter a still house. one ov
them things run by moonlight. They
then tole me that I wuz a reverneW
parader, an ter keep me quiet they
would settle my hash in short order.
Soon seed now it wuz an that they
we're desperate fellers. 1 began ter
think over my past sins an erbout
leavin' Betsy q broken hearted widow.
Atlast I tole them my name wuz Bill
Rms, and that / wuz goin' ter run fer
Governor on the Populist ticket. They
sea they wernt Populists an would put
ny lite out while they had me Then
tole them 1 wuz an Abe Lincoln Re
RTGolean and fought fer the Union side.
Hsney sed it wuz time fer me ter die
uen, anyway. At last / tole 'em 1
Ez a Grover Cleveland dymakrst
az HJ@ top ter bottom. They went off
a. held a cawcus then an cum back
t6oL sed they would spare my life az
oSyH so few ov US left, providep I
moSIlGn't tell where their moonlight
0-oaA!e9olte battery is. / wuz relieved
SoaIty: then. After another cawkus
olnd folded me an led me erbout
sToasa got down on my knees and
Sam 3 secrecy, Then I went ON ter
Nv Ssneed's. I tell you I wuz scared.
The ualr Is erbout one shade whittier