The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1899-02-10

u as the choice OF The GrenadIaH 10
o our next chief executive OF the gran
old commonwealth Of Mississippi tn
name Of that brilliant journalist
brainy statesman and patriotic sol
der and citizen, Captain Jas. X
4 Vardaman, OF Leflorc. la doing thi
: we have weighed well the issues in
A volyed and the merit Of the aSpiraDt
; for this high honor, and while W,
. cleerfully and proudly realize TIN
merits OF each Of the gentlemen, ant
viii cordially aud faithfully supper
the nominee, yet We recognize il
r Capt. Nardaman the mar for tn,
place.
II there has ever been ia the his
tory Of MtStisslppi a time when a new
era IA government and a uew order Ot
craftsmanship was in demand that
time is now. This fact is we'll gecog-
ntzed by clear thinking nlea and and
eal eciaiIy by those who are without
tue pale Of self ACKNOWLEDGEMENT sole,
ly, but consider the interest Of the
commonwealth paramount to all else,
The juncture demands a man who is
free from all pledges or promises,
from all trades and tratiics, anG tricks
Of = political naturc-one who stands
free and unfettered. Competent. cap
able and courageous to execute the
right because it is the righJ without
fear or favor, and alb these qualities
we lind united in the gentleman
whose aus we now advocate. The
man and the hour have met. Captain
\ardamau has proven again and
again, in every walk Of life, that he
has the proper stuff within him, of
which heroes are made. His father
was a farmer, pure and simple. The
war swept away his negroes, ana in
an endeayUr to better his condition, |
the farm Don followed. Thus, he
was left Il farmer without a farm or
tleId-land, and without no other yo-
cation. There was nothing, no al
Tentative. but to rent and aud put
his W hand to the pillow. This
course he pursued to ,oppvrt his wife
and six children. The subject Of this
sketch, Jas. X, being the fouth. On
the farm aud under these conditions.
less than a score Of iaiICs from Gre
NADIA in I~alObuSlla county. did Cap
Nardaman attain his Young
manhood, As rapidly as his growth
gave ability, that ability was eX-
generously and checrfully t0I,
the condition of the father
and mother whom he loved and hon
bred, and Of the brothers and sisters I
whom he loved and cherished. /
When the crop was laid by he at
tended the free school of the neigh
borhuod for a month or two at atime.
usually walking three miles and back
daily to enjoy this greatly adyanta-
geous opportunity. When the crop
harvested. in the winter. at such
times as his service, G34M NJ spared
from home he improved the oppor-
by picking cotton on adjoin-
ing farms by the hundred pounds,
uhe consideration therefor being
80 cents per hundred. Under
such adverse circumstances he secur-
ID what is commonly termed ''his
Today he is generally
conceded to be me OF the most grace,
hi, most forcefnl, most finished writ
FRS in the state, with few equals and
no superiors. In the legislature he
forged to the front and upon
the occasion Of his second term Of
therein he was. upon the or
s%anization of that body, appointed
chairman of the committee on ap-
propriations, besides being 4 member
IF the other most important commit
tees. a vacancy occurring in the
speakership, he was unanimously
chosen to that high and respouslble
position, secondary in Importance to
that of governor only. He has since
represented his state as delegate to
the national democratic conventions,