The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-04-05

HE YELLED; HE WAVED HIS ARMS Liz
A WINDMILL"
Pickles Smith to throw away the re
mains of the raw turnip be was chank
ing on and then quietly said:
MY friends, | hereby announce L
you de dissOlushun Of de Limekiln De
batin' society. From and arter d,
date it will be hung by de neck unit
dead"
Sensation lasting a full minute. dur
ing which time State Rights Johnson
chOked over a peanut and had to b.
pounded on the back and kicked o.
the shinS.)
Some two months ago Sartin mem
bers of dis club came to me wild -
proposishun to start a debatin' socic,.
widin dis OrGanizashun. 1t was /
meet weekly. It was to draw e
bers away from saloons. 1t was I;
elevate 'em. 1t was to add to del.
gineral knowledge and give 'em more
mental confidence in deirselves.
81 looked upon de idea wild dOult
l believed dat lie persons interests '
could benefit themselves Il heap mo-
by sittin' down at home wild de spell
book and de arithmetic. | gin nay CA
sent. however. and de society W.
formed and began to hold mcetin's.
kept away until de lneetin' last wee:
I wanted to gin &c society a ta.'
chance to see what it could do w
Elder Penstock as de shinin' light a;
It's head"
Uneasy Movements.
(Hitching around and uneasy move
ments in all parts OF the hall. Genera
feeling that q brick house was going to
hit some one before the thing was
over.)
81 drapped into de mpet.n' last week
spectin' to be highly entertained. l
had heard DAT de society was i'll full:
blast and t2kin' de slime out OF any
thing of de Kind in de kcnt~y. S@b"raI
people told Elc dat tiCe"o wasn't III j.
wild some Of &c members and dat HI"
Clay. Calhoun and Webster Iibed oi
till dis date dey wou!! have hid DER
heads in humiliashuD."
More Of that uneasy feeling. durin
which some one threw an apple core
and hit Drawback Henderson in the
left eye)
"De subiiek Of debate dat eavenin
tain Greatness? De firss speaker was
Giveadam Jones. He hain't cross eyed.
but was born bow legged and has a
sympathy fur cross eyed folks. He riZ
up and tackled de subjick like a man
sawin' wood fur his breakfast, and he
closed his remarks by sayin':
Ode attenuation of de aggravashu:l
exceeds de compatibility Of de exaG
gerashun so much dat it is useless to
prosecute de procrastinaShun any fur,
der
Eyes, dat was de way he wound up,
and de close vas received wild thun,
ders of applause. Brudder Jones s0t
down like a man who had cleaned out
de last chicken in de coop, and den
Brudder Siayback White got up and
tried his hand. He yelled. He waved
his arms like a windmill. He jumped
Up and down. When his knees -.
weak and his voice got hoarse he
"OuHu ny Az
""You Elm believe wild Charles Sum
ner or wild Tom Collins, but as fur M
de compilashun of de insinuashun in
courages de conglomerashun till I fee
dat de a%filiashun must eventually til
umph ober de humiliashun.'
"Yes. my friends. OATS de way Bruf
der White ended up. and when he s.
down wild a superior smile On his fac,
a number of you gathered around hir
and shook his hand. You just reckon
ed dat he had climbed to de topmo-
limb of de tree and had reached q
pinnacle"
More u~neasiness. All over the hal
IL was like : farmers hired man wait
ing for the COW TO kick him and won
dering where her hoof would land.I
DE remarks Of de p%recedin' speak