The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-07-05

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II he might drive her to the Fourth OF
July speechmaking and picnic IN JACK
sons grove, and she said no, Whlie
Marrock. who was chief orator OF the
day. girded up his loins and strove
NIGHTLY. being determined to shake
down the stars.
The elders of Smith county celebrat-
ed the Fourth of July in the old'fasn-
toned way. Patriotism was as ram
nant out there as it had been In the
older sections of the country h1ty
wears before They had no use lot
new.fangled methods OF rejoicing.
What their fathers had believed was
good enough for them. They appoint
ed a regular committee to see that the
thing was properly done.
Thus it happened that in Jackson,s
grove large lumber sand was erect
ed on which the elders might SIT, the
county trustees, the village trustees
the school trustees, the county judge,
the clerk of the court, the schoolmds-
ter and so forth. Item-there was
Ismaller stand for the Smlthvllle paho'
which was strong and earnest thoush
7 a little crude. ltem-an open space III
the front of the big stand reserved lor
4the readers and speakers. lten-a
larger stand to the right, reserved lot
the Young ladies who should 1mper
senate the States. Item-a large space
nm the ground to one side reserved for
, the f1re-crackers catharine wheels ana
what not. Long rough boards ialo Oh
trestles served as tables for the dlh-
ers. There was any quantity OF spring
. water. ginger pop and coffee as pot
7 ables. but no whisky nor beer. smith
Vile was a moral community.
1t was a cloudless day. thousand
people were in the grove. From lar
down the dirt road came the DOM
nah. oom-pah of the laboring band
\ AS it grew nearer an occasional Dal
\ of "The Star-Spangled Banner De
II came audible. Behind it rode the dig
nitaries in open carriages, most o.
them with grizzled whiskers, showing
the yellowish stains of tobacco-Julce
Back of them came the principal Tea
ture of the procession. three farm
wagons metamorphosed into triumph
al chariots by the aid of red, white an
blue calico and flowers and filled VIII
forty-four gaily dressed young wome'
impersonating the commonWealths
this glorious Union. They were tiushe
with the ride and in more than on
instance their diadems mad been Jarre
crooked, but were happy and prout
In their front was Claudia in a gov
cut a la Greek, holding sceptre an
wearing a pasteboard crown soloe
gilt and bearing papler-macn
shield. She was Columbia Benin
the wagons at a slow pace came tn
faithful James in his buggy.
The grove reached, the bar
climbed to it's stand, the dignitarles
the center platform, the girls to the
nlatform. The bands leader pune
ont his chest, faced the gaping crow
swung his baton and the lnstrumen
crashed into My Country, 'Tls
Z Thee" half a tone fiat. The Peep
u plunged into the tune hat tol
sharp. the trees trembled, but did
" fall. The folks liked their singing
much that they encored the band al
n sang the last verse over again.
III Alcibiades Curtius Dickson, coun
n clerk, a lantern-jawed man with
voice like a foghorn, read the Decla
yf ton of Independence through TO I
VI bitter end, rolling out the sonoro
X syllables and pausing soultully at I
II end of each sentence. Ellphalet AID
lom Rawlins, county Judge, rose
introduce the orator OF the day, a
,-fn
touching upon Bunker HUI and
~ state of the crops. tossing a hand
y u. of bouquets to George Wasnlng
NIX and Thomas Jefferson, deVoung !
* y minutes OF thunderOus denunclat
to Benedict Arnold and winding
with a glorious burst over the res
~. of the Spanish war. Marrok ran
INV fingers through his hair and glaret
him. Finally he got his chance.
Now this young man in the Sc
10, sion Of his law Office had been reac
"a, a lot of cheap literature and worry
~ himself by thinking that he was tn
Ike ing. The result was that his skull
,.ir become filled with lot
do. things that he thought v
m ideas and he felt called upon
ry a eApi esS 'A'eA r.
init not reck VI onpopu,ai IVY Gnu ~ .
,ood all ABOUT 'ne sii, i,lo M ,,,,, =.
ugh nuent' occaelonaiiy e.o4ue' w:
attic, got out Oh ea'h ne ian us
" through his hair and took drin
,,dia water from small white pitcher
lied STOOD near.
was he salo tha' 'heS nau soiu
and blrthrlght 1or d mess VI po.'"se'
,er,s the Money Devil had them by
rops thrOats; tnat the Ilch "eie &c