The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-08
Huskey Of Cherokee.

A new planet swims into our ken. We
salute it joyously and shall watch it
reverently. The Hon. K1MsEY HUsKEY,
the most brilliant of the rising or risen
statesmen Of Cherokee county, S. c.,
has consented to become a candidate
for the Democratic nomination for Men,
Der of the General Assembly. He has
published a prospectus and brief ac-
count of himself, work that is an honor
to Palmetto literature and politics and
worthy. of the politics and literature
Of any age.
Mr.. HUsKEY is modest; his few words
about his own SELF are more impressive
than whole libraries. He was born in
1875 and has worked on the farm most
Of the time until four years ago, when he
began to teach school. School teaching
is to be his "life work. he thinks, not
seeing, perhaps, the other honors that
may be waiting for him. His autobi-
ography is so simple, modest and amiable
that little Of it must be given in his
own words:
boy could do. I have plowed. hoed, ditched.
cut cordwood. split rails clerked In store about
two ysars. and have taught school about four
yeArs. We read about old Old ARR LINCOLN
used to split rails he split enough rails winter
for man to get him pair Of pants. Now. that is
about what he did. and the whole world has made
big thing of It, split nine hundred rails my own
self In one winter for an uncle Of mine. II will
Try as hard as l ought TO can do anything AsB
LINCOLN did but DO Republican and . President.
can't do that"
South Carolina, all the United States,
hope, expect, demand that the Hon.
KIMsEY HUsKEY try as hard as he ought
to. 1t is his duty to be a Democratic
ABE LINCOLN and President. While
every State and Territory has it's modern
Democratic JEFFERSON, that Of Nebraska
having the widest range, perhaps, Demo-
cratic ABE LINCoLNs are scarce. In
deed, there isn't one of them. Even Mr..
BRYAN has never been called the LINCOLN
OF Lincoln.
Il am young man and not known
by many of the people in this county,
[country?l Mr.. HUsKEY says in super
fuous defense of his true description
of himself He is better known than
he knows, and in a month or two his
fame will fold in this orb o. the earth.
The man who has but to try as hard as he
ought to do all things but two that ABE
LINCOLN did is too great for Cherokee, for
South Carolina, for the United States,
for continent and hemisphere. The
Hon. KIMsEY HUsKEY is world power.
He has split rails not for mere trivial
pants" but as the bright beginning
with no better ending-of a halcyon and
vociferous proceeding.
1t Is a relief and pleasure to know that
this man, henceforth to be reckoned
within the councils OF nations, looks at
the frame OF things with hopeful and
kindling eye. He is well pleased with
the conditions in Cherokee" and he will
do all in his power to make such con-
dition In all South Carolina, all America,
all this oblate spheroid. But he is no
rash and sudden doctrinaire. Evil ex-
lists, must continue to exist, while the
round planet on its axle spins:
There IL being some whisky sold and drunk
in this county now. and will be 50 long as baby
boys are horned into the world, and just as long
as the mountains of North Carolina stand"
And just 80 long as baby boys are
horned into the world and just as long
as mountains stand-dum nontibus UNI
brG-the fame of the Hon. K1MsEY HUs-
KEY the rail splitter Of Cherokee, will
endure, provided he tries as hard as
he ought to.