The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-08-19
PASSING OF PREJUDICE.
Only Better Acquaintance
ship Necessary to Re-
unite Our People.

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the remarks of "The Listener" il
the Window (Minn. Reporter, the
Canadians must have given the
Northwestern Editorial Association
a right royal welcome and a most
enjoyable time in their recent two
weeks excursion through Western
Canada via the Western Pacific rail.
way from Winnipeg to Seattle and
return. Each member of the very
large party of ladies and gentlemen
was given a badge of the Union
Jack, American Flag and Canadian
Coat of Arms combined, which was
worn throughout the trip and which
proved to be free pass to every
thing, railroads, steamboats,, thea
tiers, hotels, etc. Everywhere they
went bands, schools, fire companies
and people turned out to welcome
them; the Union Jack and Old Clio
ry, pictures of the Queen and Presi-
dent Mckinley, Sampson, Dewey,
Schley, Drake and Nelson were ev-
erywhere displayed and all received
equal honor. The healtbs of the
heads of each nation was drank and
the patriotic songs of each were
sung at every gathering, and the
greatest admiration and sympathy
and the strongest desire for an al
lance between the two was every
where shown. Nothing but the
present war and alliance was talked
of. Evidently the Listener" was
at peace with all the world and en-
joyed it all hugely. Commenting
on all this the 'tListener" shows that
such a state of warm feeling would
have been impossible a few years
ago and from his own admission he
would not have touched a Union
Jack with ten foot pole.
Reading between the lines of the
Listeners" very ably written, read
able article it seems to the writer
that by far the greater part of the
i'll feeling between the two nations
flor they are one people, was moth
ing but prejudice. Get them lit
tie better acquainted and the preju-
dice would die.
Is it not the same between the
north and south to-day? These
whole. souled, kind-hearted, brave,
generous people are as loyal to this
Union,as ready to "dare and do" or
eight or die" for the honor of this
nation as any in the land. Possibly
that Association may get up anOth-
er excursion through the south like
the one to the Atlanta Exposition.
They will have a good time if they
come, and pray stay long enough
to give some such whole-souled
southern gentlemen as Mr.. E. P.
McNeal, Mr.. Pitser Miller or Mr..
Knox Tate a chance to invite them
to barbecue or take them through
this resourceful country and show
them what "typical southern plant
er's home is 1.-TWO rooms, one iron
pot on a brick hearth, two broken
back chairs and bunch of women
clothes hung on 0 penny nail is not
an accurate description of one) or to
look at the pretty homes of Mr.. Ca
ruthers, Mr.. Badly, Mr.. Stewart, or
be entertained by Mr.. Mont Jones
or others just like them; go to Mr..
Noah Nuckolls' to what he calls a
game supper, where besides game
there will likely be roast turkeys
so large that a man has to stand on
a chair to see over the top of them
as he carves, and a score of other
good things; take charming drive
to that twice charmed spot, Dunlap
Springs, and let Mr.. III. B. Paul in
terview them and fill them up with
water from one of the best medici-
nal springs in the world.
''For of this be assured:
If a maid has the mumps,
Ora mare has the CHAMBERS
Take a drink from that spring they
VIII quickly be cured"
In short, / believe all needed for
a hearty sympathy between the two
great sections of this country is bet
ter mountaineering and / think if
such could be had the Listener, "
strong and influential republican and
loyal northerner as he is, would be
one of the first to hold out his hand
and say: ''let us forever bury the
Ratchet" Very Respectfully,