The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-11-17

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have something Oh his mind, however,
and when he wrapped his Roman toga
around HIN ;tIiI S>oOd Up in his place
o speak al eyes were turned upon
i'm and the hall grew as quiet as
teath.
members of de I.imekiln club" be-
|gan the pre- ;iGent after a moment in
(which lie surveyed tie faces of those
iround him, ~ right smar time g
hree culfG nlen and Il dawg met on a
treet cO'nar AM organized this we're
.il-ehiln cisb. Dey felt dat dar was
iccl of sue Il club, and events have
proved DAT dey was right. De club
Ike a green bay tree. In a
month it had fifty members and held
tits meetin's in a BARI. In two months
lit had 200 members and had hired dis
hall. In six months it numbered almost
Ia thousand ncLberS and owned dis
|place. For de last ten years de club
has been 4 power in de land.
1T has sought to elevate de culrd
imam politically and socially.
1T has sought to restrain~his natural
Extravaganza and teach him economy.
sit has turned his a%ttenshun from de
game of craps to all de great political
jqucshuns Of de day.
1T has taken him off de top rail of de
fence whar he sOt in de sun and made
1 worker Of him.
ut has proved to him dat rentin' a
postoffice box and wearin' a diamun
pin am but boiler mockeries in de case
of q Guild man.
ut has taken his wife away from de
front gate and her gossip and put her
at de washtub and added to de income
Iof &c family.
at has turned most of his dawgs out
ldoahs and sent his chillen to school.
1T has settled thousands of ques-
Ihuns of social etikette, and it has made
lde standin' of thousands of Guild folks
secure.
"All desc things has de Limekiln
|club accomplished, and yet it's work am
not done 1t am gwine ford to new
!pinnacles. and it am gwine to accom-
iplish new victories.
Mo dan ever befo' it will be de
!head center for de Guild people of
America to look up to and consult wild
and be guided by.
''Cities, states and kentries change
Edeir form of government for sunthin'
Inew and better. When butter gifts too
lold it must be worked ober and made
new. For de last year / have been
realiZin' dat dis Limekiln club was
libin' in de past and should be worked
Iober to correspond wild de progress Of
de times. Ten years ago am an old
date wild dis kentry. We have new
men, new laws, new circumstances. I
have allus advocated dat de Guild man
must keep up wild de %purceshun or go
under. De man who falls down am
Igwine to git stepped<on
II now call your attenshun to sartin
lchanges | have made in de constitu-
shun III bylaws of dis club and later
on shall ask you to ratify dem:
"F~irst.-Under de old constitushun a
member Of de club found guilty of po-
Ilitical graft could be bounced out and
fined $1,000. Under de new nuthin'
tall kin be done wild him 'cept to call
him a sharp Teller and ak him TO whack
up wild us.
"Second.-De old constitushGn says
II member found guilty of en-
lbezzlin' public Or private funds shall
lbe drapped from de rolls and prose
Icuted into state prison. De new con-
lstitushun a Y dat if he kin settle for
ihalA he will be considered an honest
man and be reelected to Office.
.Third-Article % of de old constitu-
lshan says dat any member of dis club
who takes office at Il salary of $500 a
iyear and makes $4,000 within eight
leen months shall be deemed an object
of suspishun. Dat has been changed
Ito read, Unless de said member shall
contribute at least $500 toyvard q
church bell or some Sunday skule II
brary.'
Fourth. Article IS speaks of a trust