The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-05-09
A VISION BY AN EX.CAN-
DIDATE.
Campaign Reflections From
Deep Down in the Soul
of GuV.

ness, and we'll notify 'em that the
voters are organized and are ready
for business. Come out and come on
We efaicted bretberen, sf1icted with
what the doctors might term scabies
MANILA, which is a biennial epidem
ic tha. regularly attacks the commu
pity, more or less severely, and is
simply an itching desire to quit
blowing and 10 suck at the public
pap. The candidate stage of this
affection is quite serious, tho never
fatal. The most serious and trying
stage is after you are completely
cured. (Those patients who are per-
mitted ever to get taste of the pap
are never cured) The cure consists
in wading into a stream called Pri-
mary creek There are three Of
these creeks Most of you afflicted
brethren will receive your cure in the
very aidge of the first stream, and,
for your consolation, we'll state that
you'll be the most thoroughly cured
aud will not probably ever contract
that type of scabies any more during
your natural lives-and be safe after
death Others will wade in more or
less deep before they are healed and
restored to their right mind A few
may be able to cross over, and this
only aggravates the symptoms for
little while, and until they reach
second Primary creek and still fewer,
may be, will have to paddle little
in the rill called Sd Primary, but
most of you will be prone to stand
on the windward banks and sing,
.On Primary's stormy banks l stand
and caet wlstful eye. Oh, bow wist
ful p' Well, we don't blame you, for
that pap is mighty sweet diet--we
sucked at it once, in the long ago.
and still say "You may break. you
may ruin our hopes if you will. but
the favor of that pap will hang
around still Well, you are
mighty sweet set. a mighty promis
ing (?) job lot of suckers. you are,
and you'll 6ud mighty promising
(?) assortment of voters just "a lay.
ing for suckers - Mind what we
tell you. You remind Us much of a
pack at fox hunt. only you are of
all breeds ead qualities Some of
you have already broke cover and
given tongue to that resonant "(a)-
n-o-u NC 9 ~ and are spread over
the field. some after big meat and
come only "smell rat" of an Office
somewhere, others are still in the
woode trying to strik some more or
less hot little trail and then they'll
also break cover aud CON o-u-D-
c e ~ Then soon we'll blow you all
up and the timbre of your voice will
change to that shrill yelp, "abi)ity,
ability, ability" Some of you, per-
chance, will want to be sent to the
state house when that other institu-
tion across town might be more ap-
propriate and more beneficial to you
and to US We think this las:
suggestion will apply to large
portion of the recent occupants of
the state house Bill Arp says ''the
Georgia Legislature is composed OF
24O mepbers-mos,ly fools"-and
there are others. Others of you will
offer for Bro Nash 8 place, and Itch
to sign yourself c. G c P and G
S, and baply don't know what it
signifies, and possibly your concep
ton of the duties is some underlined
idea that they will consist in furnish
ing Bro Bradwell with plenty OF ink
and stub pens aud your own portion
will be only to pose your oshum cum
and dignitaty in front of the judges
bench and learn to say "Youwillwell
Observation-Disclosures
and 80 forth. Well, Bro Nash might
Lot be selected as model for a
statue of Apollo, but mis- oshum and
dignitaty and suavitu in mode has
passed satisfactorily and compensa-
torily thus far. Some of you may
possess more pbysiognomical pull
cbritude, but then do you know the
difference between vin'ry fashus
and addimus protesta:lm, or words
to that effect Others of you will
want to be sheriff, snd we bet you
don know how to handle double
back action brass rife howitzer can
non if Simon Cooper was to rise
again Some more of you would
like to draw Bro Rembers's sup sal
airy and lick pot luck among the
patrons. Yes, and therell be some
more of you wanting Bro Ad Moses
enoes (and so1, too, We reckon and
be quite anxious about killed people,
and heart failure and congestion Of
the gizzard aud ecb, and you'll!
promise "to the beat of my ability" +"