Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-12-12
DR.. Cameron, broke in with a laugh.

hall and across the street to his room
in a little boarding house. His dool
was locked, and the windows darkened
by blinds. Instead Of opening the
blinds, he lighted lamp.
" OBJ cose, DR.. Cammun, you say
muffin bout what gwine tell you?"
Certainly not, Aleck."
The room was full of drygoods boxes
The space under the bed was packed
and they were piled to the ceiling
around the walls.
why, what's all this, Aleck?"
The member from Ulster chuckled:
"Dr Cammun, yo'se been eh pow'ful
good frien' ter me-gimme medicine
lots er times, en- I hain't nebber paid
you nuttin'. Use sho' come inter de
kingdom now, en- wants ter pay my
respects ter you, sab. Des look ober
dat paper, en- mark what you wants, en-
1 hab 'em sont home fur you"
The member from Ulster handed his
physician a printed list Of more than
five hundred articles Of merchandise.
The doctor read it over with amaze
ment.
Il don't understand it, Aleck. Do
you own a store?"
"Na-sah, but we git all we wants
FUN mos eny OBJ 'em. Denis 'sundries,'
sab, dat de gubment gibs de members.
We des orda what we needs. No trou-
BILE tall sab. De men what got de goods
come roun' en- beg us ter take EN-"
The doctor smiled in spite Of the
tragedy back Of the joke.
Lets see some Of the goods, Aleck-
are they first class?"
| "Yessah; de bes' goin'. I show you"
He pulled out number Of boxes and
bundles, exhibiting carpets, door-mats,
hassocks, dog-collars. cow-bells, OIL
cloths velvet, mosquito-nets, damask,
Irish linen, billiard outfits, towels,
blankets, fiannels, quilts, wornen's
hoods, hats, ribbons, pins needles, scls-
sors, dumb bells, skates, Grape, skirt
braids, tooth brushes, face-powder,
hooks and eyes, skirts, bustles, CHG
mons, garters, artificial busts, chemises,
parasols, watches, jewelry, diamond
earrings, ivory-handled knives and
forks, pistols and guns, and Webster's
Dictionary.
Got lots mo- in dem boxes nailed up
dar-yessah, hits no use er lettin' good
tings go by yer when you kin des put
out yer ham en- stop 'em! Some er de
| 90 rrfQ
but TUX er par er fine mules wild har-
ness en- two buggies en- er wagin. Dey
'roun at de libry stable, sah."
The doctor thanked Aleck for his
friendly feeling, but told him 1t was, OF
course, impossible for him at this time,
being only a taxpayer and neither
voter nor a member of the legislature,
to share in his supply of "sundries."
He went to the warehouse that night
with his friend to hear Lynch, wonder
ing II his mind were capable Of receiv-
ing another shock.
| This meeting had been called to In
dorse the candidacy, for justice of the
supreme court. Of Napoleon Whipper,
the leader Of the house, the notorious
negro thief and gambler, and William
Pitt Moses, an sx-convict, his confed-
crate in crime They had been unani-
mously chosen for the positions by a
secret caucus Of the ninety-four negro
members of the house. This addition
to the court with the negro already a
member, would give a majority to the
black man on the last Tribunal of APP
peal.
The few white men Of the party who
had any sense of decency were In open
revolt at this atrocity. But their In
huence was on the wane. The carpet
Dagger shaped the first Convention
and got the first plums of office. Now
the negro was in the saddle, and he
meant to stay. There were not enough
white men In the legislature to force
G. roll-call on a division Of the house.
This meeting was an open defiance OF
| all palefaces inside or outside party
lines.
Every inch of space In the big cotton
warehouse was jammed-a black liv-
ing cloud, pungent and piercing.
The distinguished lieutenant govern
or Silas Lynch. had not yet arrived,
but the negro justice of the supreme
court, Pinchback, was In his seat as
the presiding officer,
DR.. Cameron watched the movements
Of the black judge, already notorious
for the sale of his opinions, with a
sense of sickening horror This
man was but yesterday slave, his
father a medicine In an African
jungle who decided the guilt or inno-
cence of the accused by the test of ad-
ministering poison. If the poison kill
ed the man, he was guilty; If he sur
| vived, he was innocent. For four thou
sand years his land had stood a solid
bulwark of unbroken barbarism. Out
of its darkness he had been thrust upoi
the seat of judgment Of the laws Of the
proudest and highest type of man
l evolved in time 1t seemed hideous
dream.
Il His thoughts were interrupted by a
shout 1t came spontaneous and tre-
mendous in its genuine feeling. The
magnificent figure of Lynch, their idol
appeared walking down the aisle es-
corted by the little scalawag who was
the governor.
He took his seat on the platform
with the easy assurance of conscious
power. His broad shoulders, superb
, head, and cleaning jungle-eyes helc
: every man In the audience before he
had spoken word.
. In the first masterful tones of hi:
voice the doctors keen intelligence
, caught the ring of his savage meta
Z and felt the shock Of his powerful
personality-a personality which hac
thrown to the winds every mask
: whose sole aim of life was sensual
, whose only fears were Of physical pail
Iop5 deotb who could worship q snake