The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-03-31
MR.. HARDY ANSWERED.

M1sTuR EDrruR II thinks Bro.
Hardy dun got shame of dat peace 1ur
WI ter publish shoin dat he wer Pop-
perlyst and dat dun TUX 1t ap kase
noed WI diden want tri ter insult no
BODY no how. Now he is eykuzein yu
to bein COLE demmerkrat. He dun
no how most awl on us thinks OF de
munnyterry silver question, but wese
got ter voat fur de partte and he nose
he goln ter voat wild us. Now dar am
wun thing wants too no dfdent he
SUPPORT de fushun ticet an dldent dey
cend er gold man ter de cenat an amt
dat man dun voat fur de gold standard
awl de wa thru e>ry time de qnestun
KUN up an diden dat thon what am
in de fish OF de road what he is turin
ter yoat de fushun ticet. an dlden da sa
as bow dey dun gwine lessen de spenses
of our government an have hi tariff
tor max things cheep and labur hi
30 de wheels of de industra vii hum
an hum an hum an evry boldly ,wud
hav something ter du. an de smoke
wud ressude Up an up frum de furnasses
hier an hier an evyy tamil shud be
blessed wild nuf ter etc an ware an hay
sum gold two ter spar fur ter talk sum
rekerashun arlong while he ar restln
frum biz laburs out but did ct dey full
philin awl dose PROMISES de timz IL
dun got wose an now de fokeses dun
tel UNI ov it dey Is trim to git in er war
with Mister King of spane jest ter ex-
Writ de tenshun of de pepuls OF dat
mummy question so dey can fule us
ergin an Bro Hardy is wun ov UNI j
seze frum dis las letter. an l bet yu
mos eny thing he voat wid de fushur-
ers Bro Hardy yer bin giglin in yer
sieve tn think how yu dun writ tn fule
awl de fokeses what reeds his paper.
Kastin fecshuns dat yu gwine ter voat
fer Briant when yu amt zaly fxt In
yore mine how nur no you geone ter
voat fer. Now dun thunk yu il kas-
tin cinerashuns on me when yu ga Mr..
Hyllyard tuken got me tn wroten dat
pease. got sum niggar. i think dis
niggar Just as guide as desc white foxes
what doant no no mo how tn behave
derselvels dan me duz. sum OF de big
gest white fokesess in dis kuntry shaks
hans and sots down and forks wild me
an IL glad ter SO me two. an gifts
credick wild UNI fur err hors or er mule
and SURPLUS two. an dey noes how
voats kase dats my princerpal ana dey
noes it an tells me ter voat as chuses.
Yu jest jumps on Mistur Editor
widout emmy kauze yu tuken writ 'er
pease an sa pleeze explane an he sa he
got nothin to sa bout it den you tuken
skused him splanin bout de gold. i
seed he diden axplane an got sorry
fur you an explained de rode questin
to yu and yu token kali me er Niger
what was highered tn write de splana-
ton Yu thinks it maks yu stan hi
In de mustashun of de pepils If you
des sa niger. got two much SIAM
erashun ter be higherd ter rite agin
or man what dun voated with us in de
futer. Bro Hardy respecks yu wonts
er orifs de reesun you dun been wroten
desc yere too peases. Now hopes yu
won't token no recepshus at dis fraze
kause expeck yore fealins if yu did
ant expeck mine. amt gwine ter
pa amy mo tenshun ter what yu dun
writ or er gwlne ter write eff yu doant
be er kastln inf1eckshuns on our race
kallin US nlggors. viii KANT WI sa
cullerd fuks it luks mo enfined en- lit
cry wont voat fur ennybody like
yu kase yu is er demmerkrat ter day
er fushunest termorror an er publikin
mex day an doant won't ter Sc emmy
more ov yore writin In de papers eff i
du am gwlne tn turn luse my telegens
rite agin yu an conf1umterate yu with
perplexsin and parleymentum orrata-
sion. jes sa dis ter let yu hev er tast
OF de cabutterry ov what yu ma respeck
ef yu Kali me niggar In anoder Letter
ize gwine Civ WI my name dis time an
Of you wonts tn sa emmy thing yu rite
to me.
JAMES HooTRN.
Motifs
Mr.. Editor
Deer Sur sen yu dis clrtifirkit to
sho to de whom it am consarnd with
dat yu amt highard me to rite dis
pease and wonts yu tn print rite over
de top
Motifs
To awl ter whume It ar consarnd
dis lday in de presents of
Bro Ben du here disspoze an saith
writ dis pease what yu fine under dis
an no boldly doant do nuthin er bout
1t. Witness mi hand an ceal dis de
yer an da writs on de top ov dis SUBJ
skrlptiOn. JAMES HooTRN.