The Washington herald., 1907-10-14

Stamboul. La, Oct 1S-President Roose-
welt spent Sunday in this vicinity. In
Difference to the religious convictions Of
Ben Lilley and following his own GUS
tomary observance Of the Sabbath, he
did not hunt Accordingly the bears.
which are reported TO be thick in the
section where he is now located. were
for this day immune from the man behind
the gun.
Once many years ago Ben LiIley went
fishing on Sunday. He caught a fine mess
of trout. but when he returned home that
night Ben found that an accident had be-
fallen bis little son. and then and there
he took a VOW never to fish OF hunt
again on Sunday. and he has strictly ad-
hered 10 his resolution
SO to-day was spent by the hunting
party about the old clubhouse on Bear
Lake Ben I-irey and Holt Collier told
Of their experiences hunting, while the
President recited some of his Western
adventures. always drawing the moral:
and the Rough Riders swapped yarns OF
their campaigning in Cuba.
Eat Real Corn POne.
Otto Winter. who was a member OF the
coloners regiment, and who came all the
way to STEAMBOAT from Gulfport. Miss.
Just because his former commander was
''in the vicinity" went out to the camp
to-day and received a royal welcome. He
rode twenty-four miles out and back for
the privilege Of greeting the President,
but he stayed to dinner. which he de-
claTed was better than the embalmed-
beef rations upon which the troops fed
on in Cuba. 1t consisted of fruit, veni-
son. squirrel. trout. and some Of the corn
pOne for which Jack Powell, the negro
cook, has become famous.
Otto says the colonel is the real thing.
whether warrior. hunter. or President.
and that he is going TO vote for him
next year. If he IS the only Democrat
in Mississippi who does
The colored population about STEAMBOAT
and Lake Providence. which outnumbers
the whites in the proportion of 10 to l,
was out in full force to-day. expecting
that the President might come IN from
camp and attend church. but he disap-
pointed them. So they lounged around
the streets. not hundreds. but thousands
OF them, and discussed the situation.
East Carroll Parish has 1000 Of these
blacks and only about 900 whites.
The total voting strength OF the parish
Is 300 for since the adoption OF the new
constitution no negro has ever presented
himself at the polls to vote They are
an indolent and worthless lot. but gen
orally respectful, always happy. and for
ever in debt TO the white planters.
Negroes Not Counted.
They are never taken into considera
tion in any reckoning. They will tell
you in Lake Providence that during the
yellow fever epidemic there three veorS
ago. I'VE lost ffty-two whites and
didn't count the others
The negroes count only for the worl,
they will do. and that is always as little
as possible.
" III DuLu mas warned them /
that they must keep away from the Pres
ldents camp, and not one Of them has
dared TO violate his command. although
they have the keenest anxiety to see The
President So strictly is his order obeved
that none of them viii go to him for per
mission to take message to the camp.
The order for the Presidents specfal !
train TO take him TO Tensas Parish was
revoked to-day. and this is taken to mean
that he viii femain throughout the week
at the new location in Madison Marsh. |
on Bear Lake. Reports from there say
that the bears are in that vicinity. fresh I
tracks having been seen, and, in fact. one |
bear was sighted yesterday by a negro
helper.
A new start will be made at sunrise to-
morrow morning, and there are confdent
expectations that the President will get /
his prey before night Ben Llley says
that man so successful In hunting the |
with a big stick ought TO be able |
to add bear 10 his zoo. and he means to
put one in his way this time for sure.
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