The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-12-06

kingsbury and His Celebrated
Record he Major Feels Brave
His Old Friend Dennis in the
Chadwick
B.-"Hello Mr.. Editor"
R,-"HelLo! Maj7r. Your
sounds somewhat like a bass drns
morning. Suppose you have a
B,-''I am purity boarse to dav
an Betsy hez Din hayiu' a littb.
mint. alters git hoarse wheDI
with her erbout any little matt,
you ever git married you viii ND
stand tee DIFFICULTIES / hev ter cn1
with"
R-"Judging from the rirg Oh
voice, you must have had q heate
troversy. What was d~iecusse3r
B.-"Nothin' except we we're a
in erbout Kurnesl DR.. KDgsbur
the Wilmington Messenger.
Betsy I'd bet my beat my best
mule that Dr.. KiBgsbury killed
niggers durin' the rEct IN EViInh
a few weeks ago than any ms
! She sed the papers didn't mpp6io
in c0ncecRshun with the riots
an judgin' from hjz war reco5
wuz not q per5isipant where then.
any fin goin' on at all. Then
brought up that Ole story eybou
Kiugs0ury uein' the pulpig fer a
proof durin' the war bet ween they
an the South. I Wuz ovarseeid
gers at the same time an l ko
that K ngscury fl with a ready
sermon book duria' the war. butt
il now a dyed in the 70 / dymaE1
| didn'5 like ter hear him talked sG
J. give Betsy a piece or two ov myu
Sinse we dymakrats carried theI
I've got ter be purity independl
don't letB9Esy bulIdoze re like.
ter do. I've sworn by the NERD
Tom Jefferson an Grover Clea
that / Won't be bosged by my wt3
longer. Betsy amt az boisteroa
ahe WIZ, either. reckon thatI
I'll git out Ov the victory sine
found that I'm not eligjbie ter ta
seed in the News an Distortd
| other day whar the ediJur s8yl
| Populists ere EVIL dead. OF cd
| ain'G putin much faith in that
| erfraid they are not dead, but ss
I know that IL the way with
| She IL aorter dazsd. but Tn al
she won't stay so Tne P1pula
| s0rter like cats an pogsUms. I'd
kill cats at leasG Fl q zen tima
J 5hsn they viii cum ter lite aTgID,
~dymekrnts are toe sRr-iu'. W
| fool most awi 0v th9 people part
| time. part 0v 'em awl tina time b
| can't FOOL evil Q7 'em 8wl the lind
| kin RAGS moro cone when "e
! than any other party aD' play th
! quicker when we git in than 8nF
| else. We make folks beleev9 d
we kjn git the Cf5es we viii MAG
| earth q sort ov heaven 90 purtg
] they find that we've made it that
| place whar we pay evaugplists
dred dollars a week ter tell ei
We kin rare an pitch an mekea
many folks believe they'll be eUa
inlY damned if we don't get The
try an before we've bin in lona
think they will be ruined il they
git us cut This il plafn talk, B
be dadbIamed if it amt 80. UO
B. Andrews kin keep the dYn
party frum plaYin' the fool tbI
he will b9 a bigger man than
8eezar. He will be lucky if be
hev her git out an irjuDckshuns
| Onc9 q week ter keep it strate.
ov the Populists say that Col. An
hez leased the dymakrat par
ninety nine years, but l reckon
iist bought q rite ov way. We
out with the intenshun Ov disfri
in the negroes it we got in an
can't do it, fer we he'd ter gif
votes frum the negroes ter cal
State. A guide many voted with
still more we're accommodate
ter stay at home an not vote
us. Now we are in a box II
ter disfranchisin' we'll shut ou
nv our voters. We are sorter
fix ov thu Teller that had hold
hear by the tail an couldn't Ie'
It il awl rite fer Us ter git electe9
niger votes, but if anybody eli
in that way they are the scum
earth. Last week I WIZ down 81
the wise men nv the East in tD
ov Chad wick I he'd sum talk wi
friend Col. D mis-. He tbIDS
State il erbout ruined. He IL 8
list frum away back. Poor eSI
I'd give a bale ov 4 cent Clevels
cotton ter hear him an Betsy exc
a few remarks. They'd be jest
pair ov sweethesrts talkin' love-
could meet each other an ts1
ticks. I guess both ov 'em ter
would make it so hot fer me y
hev ter hide out in the woods
ov 'em are we'll posted an they
pest an agree on awl the sKep
convert q monopoly ridden .
inter q land howin' with milk 3D.
Then Col. Dennis would proDSJ
the consent ov hiz mind ter y
little love affair that il now 0ll
hiZ mind frI1m aWl the other "