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The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1907-05-25
with all the might that in him lies.

with all the might that in him lies.
His propensity for speaking out
in meeting without regard for diplo-
macy has kept him on the fighting
line all his life. But Vardaman would
be happy no where else.
Before the Spanish war he was
editing newspaper at Greenwood,
Mississippi. He preached interven-
ton Then he deemed it his duty
to help fight the war he had advocat-
ed. Leaving wife and family, he en-
listed as private III the First Mis-
sissippi Volunteers. A neighboring
company elected him captain, bat
the then Governor of Mississippi re-
fused TO commission him. His in
dignant company wanted to disband
but Vardaman held them together
and forced the election of another
leader. He immediately reenlisted
IN the Fifth Y. S. Volunteers, Of yei-
low fever irnnlunes, although himself
not an immune The situation at fe-
YER stricken Santiago was so des-
perate that Colonel Roosevelt and
officers. in the famous round-robin
said if they were not taken out of
there they would die. Vardaman
with the Fifth Immunes, was sent to
relieve them. A few months after
his arrival in Cuba he was appointed
major
General Wood" says the Cover
nor, "to1d me an incident that hap
pened to Colonel Roosevelt in the
battle of San Juan It seems that
negro regiment had broken, and
some of them were lying down in
front of Roosevelt's position. When
the negroes got cool and began to
look around them, one big, black fell
low raised his head and remarked
Dis amt our cmand.' Keep your
position ordered Roosevelt
"sWe'se goin back to our c'mand,
the negroes insisted
"'Keep your position Roosevelt
repeated. The first man that moves
will kill If you don't believe I
will kill Won, ask that man point
ing to a sergeant.
Yes, he will kill YOU the SER
geant assured them cheerfully. And
the negroes lay quiet
"That is just like a negro" the
Governor commented "Under the
command of one brave white man
while the band is playing, you can
lead him into the mouth of hell. BuL
once get his tail turned to the enemy
taxable English Then he backs it up
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1907-05-25
THE PRESS
ASSOCIATION

The forty-seeond annual session
OF the Mississippi Press Association
held at Jackson this week proved a
grand success. There was a large
attendance of editors and their rela-
tives. The Capitol City, through It's
clever Board of Trade, did every
thing possible in their power TO
make their short stay in their grand
and growing city an enjoyable and
appreciative one
The entertainments consisted Of
hearty welcomes trolley car rides
over the city, invitations to all the
States public institutions, glimpse
OF the city's excellent FIRE depart
ment in discharge OF duty, public
meetings banquets, etc
We don't believe there was an edi-
ter present but who felt true well
come in the grasp of every hand
and marveled at the rapid and sub
stantial growth OF our Capitol City
city in which every editor and citi-
zen feels just and pardonable pride.
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TO ENTERTAIN
THE TRAVELLERS

All hail to our fellow townsman
Mr.. Albert Kossman, for the grand
work done by him at Shreveport
convention of the United CONNER
cia1 Travellers, in securing for Green
vile against such cities as New Or
leans, Jackson and others of their
class, the next annual convention OF
this grand order.
It is an honor every citizen should
feel proud of, and each one. from
this day, should extend to the local
organization who has this matter or
entertainment in charge, a helping
and willing hand nd heart to work
for its success
II IS true the time is yet year off.
but the work for the entertainment
should start today and if kept up
till their coming no city in the past
will eclipse the Queen City of the
Delta in the entertainment of the
iolliest set Of boys on earth, the U.
c. T
We also wish to congratulate Mr.
Kossman on being elected Grand
Counsellor of the order for Missis-
sipDi-Louisiana. 1t is an honor that
will fttingly rest upon Mr. Koss-
mans shoulders, for he will dis
charge the duties of this most i'm
portant office 10 the credit of himself
and the order.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1907-05-25

and it's .Good-by wife and potato
patch
After ten months in Cuba, vards-
man returned to Mississippi, ran Tor
Governor. and was defeated -Four.
years later he was elected.
There has never been a Governo,
IN the South who has striv--u more
earnestly to protect negroes. H
las pardOned more negroes shan
white men. He broke up the White
Cap organization, and sent many OF
them TO the penitentiary for outlages
upon negroes.
On one occasion a lynching Aas
threatened In a distant county Var
datlan rushed TO the scene on spe
cal train, and personally brought Tie
negro to Jackson, where he would
be safe until the day of trial Inis
IS only one instance. There are many
others His administration of State
affairs has been 5cruplously ncnest
and successful: even his enemies con-
cede that much.
| The necessity Of the repeal of the
! Fifteenth Amendment is not SO much
! for the protection of the white man
against he encroachment of the black
man as it is to protect the black man
against the inevitable destruction by
the white man. # we undertake to
adjust the white mans civilization to
the negro it lifts him to a condition
and atmosphere in which he cannol
live. any more than a fish can live
out of the water Neither can we
draw the white man down to his le-
vel Therefore, we have got to make
laws for the utterly distinct moral
and intellectual requirements of the
respective races. Thomas Jefferson
saw that more than a hundred years
ago Abraham Lincoln realized il
fifty years ago. Every observant mar
in the South knows and feels it to-
dav.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1907-05-25
THE RABID
VARDAMAN IDEA

IN thIs issue OF me LINES vii! be
Iound mr., HARRIS Dickson arhcle'
TAKEN rom recent issue OF the sat
ofoay F,Veiille Fo9J, on the arda-
man iGea. MI. DICKSON IS reco8-
ll1zed by az as NOT only an enter
lalns story writer, Dut also as
aeeP ana cohscienuous THINKER and
ms article m TINS issae IS a clear and
e2ne-7e statement regarding TINS all
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1907-05-25

We heard a gentleman remark on
cur streets this week that outside OF
using his influence III shaping the
legislation OF the Democratic party
in Congress. the Hon. p. 9. Hum
phrcys. the Congressman from this
district has done more in the four
wears he has been in. the House ten
Congress man Williams has i'll his
f0arteeu years. and still he j the
man, the representative on the Riv-
ers and Harbors Committee whom
Mr. Williams would not recommend
for tic place ON the Committee, and
hes only received the place through
the sid Of other Democrats and
Spcaker Cannon, = the Republican
party who. IN ju<ace to the river
district md in honor to himself re-
cognized him as the proper man for
the place
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1907-05-25

We are authorized TO announce the
Below named candidates for their
respective offices, subject to the ac-
Non OF the Democratic primaries:
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1907-05-25

Bishop Galloway, in speech be
fore the Press Association, advocatt-
ed the payment Of the States repuQ--
lated Uri0n & Planters Bank bonds
which amount TO between eight or
nine million dollars, without lntre-
est THE raising OF this question at
this time viii no doubt call for an
expression upon it from our cand1-
dates for Governor, but we dare say
that each will guard we'll his words
before opening his mouth.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1907-05-25

election for a Constitutional Con-
vention
The paying off by the State her re-
pudiated bonded debt.
The suppression Of the future
gambling
Statutory prohibition
A higher salary for our supreme
judges and State officers.
A taxation Of corporations IN pro-
portion to the taxation Of private
properties.
Immi grafton
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CONTINUED from page threeJ

must begin IN his home. in his pri-
vate character, At the elemental dut-
les, and work upward. Schooling
may sharpen his intellect, but it loes
not make character
White men have earned preemi-
hence by the centuries OF struggle.
They posses rights and duties today
which It would have been impossible
for them 10 comprehend a thousand
years age Nations and individuals
are alike; they must grow by their
own efforts, or the growth is habby
The body must be strengthened by
physical. exercise, each man for him
self No man can take exercise for
another. The white man cannot, by
law. confer his own instincts, his gem
ius for government, his capacity and
power Of comprehension upon the
negro
Unable as he is TO control him
self, the negro is singularly tractable
and amenable TO control by his we'll
recognized superiors. For this reas-
on the Egyptians, Romans and Turks
paid higher prices for them than for
other slaves They never fretted in
captivity; If was their natural state.
The negro throve and attained his
highest development in slavery.
Transplanted % a new country where
the climate suited him, where he was
not raided, massacred and eaten, he
multiplied like imported rabbits in
Australia. During slavery their
children were we'll cared for, aud
there was a wonderful increase But
since freedom came, this has been
checked by the frightfu1 mortality
among their infants Men and wo-
men alike lead such irregular lives
that new diseases. utterly unknown
before the war, sweep them off like
sheep Since the war the percentages
of black insane iii Mississippi, as
compared with whites. has increased
four hundred per cent. tuberculosis
formerly unknown. is now extremely
common
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1907-05-25

Offers are asked for BY the city
eauncii of Greenviile on from 500 To
400 acres of land for the purpose Of
locating and establishing a prison
farm All offers must be fled with
the city clerk on or before Tuesday.
July 1T : O'Clock. Abstract OF
tftle VII BE required on land offered
s the eS0euse of party offering and
the right s reserved to reject ali Of
fers. Lyme Startling Clerk
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Appendicitis

Is due in a large measure to abuse
of the bowels, by employing drastic
purgatives To avoid all danger, use
only DR.. Kings New Life Pills, the
safe, gentle c1eansers and invigora-
tors. Guaranteed TO cure headache,
bi1liousness, malaria, and jaundice, at
all drug stores. 25c.
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CANDIDATE ANNOUNCEMENTS

We are authorized TO announce tn
Aelow named candidates for thei
respective offices, subject to the &C
Non OF the Democratic primaries:
INSURANCE COMMISSIONERS
Jas. C. Spencer.
Port Gibson, Miss.
FOR CHANCERY CLERK
]. II. Robb.
Of Greenvllle
w. w. Miller.
of Greenville
FOR CIRCUIT CLERK
w. K. Gildart.
of Greenville
FOR SHERIFF
Harvey Miller.
of GreenyIlle
! FOR COUNTY TREASURER
VIM. Klingman,
OF Leland.
]. c. Brandon.
OF GreenVllle
Mr.. Geo. NJ. Wheeler,
+ OF Greenville.
FOR COUNTY ASSESSOR
]. T. Moore,
of Greenville
c. A. Moore.
of Greenville
STATE LEGISLATORS
7. Nj. Cashin,
OF Greenville.
4. l. Neal,
OF Leland
n. w. Sumrall,
of BelzOni
J. NJ. Jayne,
of Leland.
FOR STATE SENATOR
a. c. Paxton,
OF Grcenvllle.
]. L Hebron
OF Greenville.
co. SUPT. OF EDUCATION
Stevenson Archer
-Of Greenvlilc-
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The South's Bitter Dose of Black
Rule

The fathers Of the present genera
ton were better men than their sons
healthier. more reliable, more in
dustrious. There were better arti-
sans and mechanics among the slaves
than among the free men today.
Young negroes are idler, more vi
ciUus, and have been educated into
six hundred per cent, more Grimm
atty.
Left to his own devices, the negro
produces only twenty-seven per cent
of the cotton crop, despite the popu-
lar idea that he makes it all. The
English president Of Southern rail
way system once told the writer that
for twenty years they had been grad
ually eliminating negroes from all
positions Of responsibility where ne
e1igence would cause loss of life or
property. These are facts. open, mo-
torious facts, which no man can gain
say.
The South has had its bitter dose
of negro voters, We took it not IN
sugar-coated pill. nor in a capsui :.
but straight. Negroes governed the
country for eight years after the war.
and increased the war debts five
fold. Four years of unparalleled war
left the Southern States with an aver
age debt Of seven millions; negro
rule in eight years of profound peace
f-fAT4A1+pH fh
debts to an average of thlrty-iour
millions. War IS less expensive than
neace under negro domisation
Vardaman knows these things; we
all know them. The Nardaman
Idea is growing. It is an accepted
fact in the South-although there are
differences of opinion as to its pre-
sent e1pediency.It IS being whispered
bv politicians Of both parties n the
Ro~ser States under their breath, for.
She nero holds the balance T
n0wer. Lifelong Republicans II
1TarvIand have been driven temper
ari1v into Democratic ranks upon
this issne-tte ligament which BINDS
fto Solid South. Governor Varied
after recent experience. has changes
1,;s views and his State IS now in 2
fs;r ~ax to rid itsef Of the black IN
c,,l,,,s Mark the reason given tor
Governor sVarieid's previous felne-
farce-he Is said u come Of the cd
siave-f4ofdino class and has not yet
c...4oroxn his sentimental kindlness
fer the negor This IS character
istic at his class.
yardaman IS six feet, black-haired
erect as an Indian, wide-hatted, white
cravated staiwart and picturesque. a
man Of intense personality he says
n nat he thinks. and says II II uI1n1ls-
New-York tribune., 1907-11-17

rnented blandl-. It was very sweet and very
generous OF YOU 10 say that l might have what
wanted, Jim, and as l limited TO Mr.. Skeers that
nobody knew quite as well as | myself just what
do want he suggested that l come down IN person
and make the selection.
oh, l see. Then suppose ring Tor Mrs. Ioll;rer
and YOU and she set about the business at once
You can tell her what YOU desire and where YOU
wish It shipped. I'm sorry to say have arranged
TO 90 out this morning.
But could-couldnt do little Of the select
ing before YOU 90, Jim; You see, Mrs. Tolliver
isn't here. | sent her TO the railway station
70 see about the trains. II YOU wOuldn mind help
ing me-iust little. Thank YOU. Suppose We
begin in this room first. Its pretty little place
isn't II. JIM"
Il suppose It is-a good many people have said
l used TO think myself, once upon time
but-one's taste changes. | suppose"
'Yes-t does" she confessed. "One dOesn't
always like to admit 1t; It seems so ike being a
naughty child, and not knowing ones mind"
Latruer had gone back to the window and was
staring moodly out on the sunlit lawn and the
distant again. She hesitated for q moment, and
then Went softly over and stood beside him.
Il wish you'd help me. Jim, she said It's not
50 easy as It seemed. and-I wish you'd help me
lie turned IN his blunt masculine way and looked
round the room. Certainly he said Where
shall we begin: There's the piano-but OF course
YOU won't want that"
It's the very thing l shall want she replied.
New-York tribune., 1907-11-17

and smelling of the lavender Il which ttev had b.
packed away.
The woman gave little heart wrung crv AMI
vent down On her knees beside them and ben, -
head over them; the man stood silent for -7r-7.
silent and awed and q l,t-le shaken then r,
turned and walked away - the fa- erI II rHe -
and lett rlorheTLCod that one sacred --c-7ar- =
communion with itself
After moment he came back softly and t;5
his hand upon her shoulder. Don't," he -
husIily- ean.c bear 70 hear You CRY. It bringss
J:m--oh. J,n, L was rnne-it was you-gr
Oh, jim, Oh Ji--.'
He slipped down On his knees beside her. =,
hand g-oped to- hers and squeezed Il in silence -
jim she said n q voice that shook with sot
Jim. I'm 50 tired of II all! I've been irving -
ask you something, TRYING and TRYING TIL nv hea-1
aches. Won --V-l- YOU le- these ask r f-- --a=5
Her ewes lifted - his. and through them Isr.--s-
looked down INTO l-- very soul
Molly he said ---,- his BREATH n l-v sl.u
r.e wipe OUT the past and begin All over a-4i1. ca
knows Us better than we know ourselves dear -
think that lie a1E---e baby want Us ~ md
stand that we. We been s--aElng long enough NH
YOU come back % me. Molly, W-l yo- Eea-:r
i Vou want me, In.
Ii / want YOU, l -l.rl- have wanted v.-, II
the time. dea-. and .r1v 1 shall want y.1 -5-T
all The dars c5 r1v he
Then h-s arm slipped round her, his lips met te-
lips, and - long long ----e there WAS silence.
New-York tribune., 1907-11-17

What a dear It Is. So much daintcr and nicer
than the one have at Aunt Nancvs, Do YOU re-
member how we used % sing duets TO rs accom-
panirnent. Jin.-Sometimes YOU playing. sometimes
land how we used TO lose our Il.ce-arG-
everything: Such sillies as We Were III t-lse davsl
Weren't we, Jim:
Utter stiles, agreed Latimer, f-owning and
looking away. You'll take the piano-thats one
thing. What next:
Let me see. Oh, that dear little d;van where
we used 70 sit together evenings and watch the
moonlight on the sea. May l have that too: Oh
thank YOU. See, here are the scratches where -91
used to kick Your heels and chip III, va-u,sh on
Did l; l had forgotten. That's ou- q the
blessed things Of Efe.-ore can forget. i---r--
more that YOU care for in this room: or shall We
look into the Others: Mrs. To,Iver tells me there
are lots OF Your private belongings in the rooms
overhead Shall We 60 there and see."
Yes, please she said, with queer little catch
in her voice. " 1t is good of you Jrn-good and
generous,-but | shall want such lot. / III afraid
YOU Il hardly care % give It To NE
You are welcome t. anything yoa "snr--..a,
YOU should have the half Of everything l. ~--- fe
share ard share alike
He lived up 70 his word Together they went
from room 70 room, turning out cupboar.-- and
ransacklng drawers; until all of q moment --e.
came upon something which they had shared. Yet
never in this world could share a.-.--a I.t-e care
fully folded heap Of tiny things trimmed with lace,
New-York tribune., 1907-11-17
Diamonds by the Ton

/ lhE al the --er- rs metals and mes mt
- - weight usually employed N ------ FL. -.s-
r.1d- Is The carat. u which one hundred ana 5i-v-
one and q half 60 90 make ur single .-- g.. To
-hir- Il sacks II diamonds p. The IN ------- The
.-I-a-.0a-c indeed. The average a----. .-.---.-
~ the famous kimberley mines chan half
-aC. ii. -.-t
Statistics have been published recently r. C-ue
Town giving --e output -.- several wears { he
Kimberly mines and -le --.r- 6.--- These
Welded n --r --- ---ve yea- nearly seven million
a-e II one and hall -.c- Their -o.---.-- value
V-~ ~N-E-'l -----. -v. hundred and ---- --r,.-
sand dollars Since The ---- diamond was ..- -e-ed
aE The banks o- che E-al IN 1907 down e.. -.e end
.t The present --c-- ye-- = .S estimated -- he
-.-.l "e--- .- diamonds extracted from The ----l-
land mines has been over thirteen and j. -.rs
Z 8 market value u fully t---- hundred and -.a---v-
-..e ---.--.1 3 l,--S
L statistics II This ~ --- he trusted -.-t 4
-ac case u the --I African weld -Hvv ,-.-- -
r~.E---.a-e % --r ----S.-,-v seventeen --- u
dam. -..-~ had ttv- mined al over -Ee ne
end .- -.-- N--- The same relative .----- ---le
-a-- ----- 1- e. brazil -rt Indie. the worlds -----
e --- q -- e. -"y more ------ twenty These
r---s- seem snail considering -Ie --e~ l..- cis
have been " -set III Ir5-- and elsewhere f. ne
E-~-. and mast tr largely --e--Ho-- v.-. .--ec-
- The output II antiquity. r. Is tc--a-- ....--
That more c,a---- r,iS have been placed % -
Wears.
New-York tribune., 1907-11-17

make. a~en YOU afraid q climb these old graz
r,lcs''
some reached g the seventh story windows.
Thcyr re- safe said hc
But look l persisted. All these tall ones
are -PI'ced high ap Wha, # YOU should fall some
morning: " hat II one should brea, off there where
' IS Splced. when YOU are az the top
i man IN the court was sitting IN an ash barrel
n', far from the lineup man. He sat there .dIv
every morning while his wife went out % work
lie won fall, said he cnc9uragingIv. adding
DOM teI HIM .eN fall. or he Viii He'll ger
frightened q, The Thought Whenever they ee-
frightened and lose their Nerve they -lways fall '
II Is worse than Washing thc top >tor. window,
oi Tie FM'.ron building. SAID I'd be afraid "
In not afraid, sand The lineup man, throwing
hls head back as he walked a. and Yelling a y. lc
louder than before.
Line ur' Line ~! Wan, q Inc:"
New-York tribune., 1907-11-17
| saw | cried

The nan took his PIPE ou- u his mouth nd
looked Up II ne. - What Is H. asked he
Ny tree. Ny t-ee," / called down 20 him. II
Is h-.Eeu there Look,
Tie nan on the ash barrel shrugged his --.-ie-s
lie po. his PIPE back n his mouth. T. was rts
lineup man, he SAID between his teeth and he
-lo---r.ece q /.
~Fe,I:' called wildly a- The Ere-u1 nan had
yel'et his &c Line W. Line -r, Wan O. -.----
Fell" said the ash barrel man Iac.-5---
Dead: / asked IN q softer zone thar was almost
. WHISPER
We SAID the ash barrel man. deal. lie :en
early This morning and died
Then. taking his pine ou- q his mouth once more
he a. lei. BIZ L-s lie j. insured. and his VIII
get The -evt-- y--ive.
New-York tribune., 1907-11-17
Drawing by Hcn-y Raleigh

Receiving no response TO his Wild cry, he
deigned once more 10 notice me g. Il /
did fall and get killed he vouchsaied
cheerfully " Il would be all r:gt- / am
E1rrh more dead than alive NJ lie :
insured II | got killed my wife would get
IL of money--shed gec sevent y-tve
dollars This with an air of pride
Seventy-fve dollars / repeated Won
deTngly 4eS, seVeuty-tIve dollars, Sa-t
the lineup man. and, climbing the high
fence surrounding the court. he went down
the other side and on and on, his voice
reced.ug as he went in his eternal cry:
Line up. Line up, Want a line:
Again and again, morning after morning.
his CRY walked me ~ formerly ! turned
on my pillow and slept; bug sometimes
through The day, al work near my window,
ny thoughts went after The lineup man
and the danger that threatened him What
# he should taI, The tall dead posts. -l-
ghosts of tree. We-c the .u.v trees there
IN the court which was The II - ya-i Il
my back fat Some II them SV4Eri when
the wind blew. They c-eaEet when II
raned, and "c- them through and through
and made tE-U miserable Particularly
they creaked and uoauei above the place
where they had been -rl-cG. as II e r---
hem When / first lived IN the L---e back
flat. / thought there W,-r ---i~ IN the ---r--
tuc there We're n.t. N.H and again O. >----
r." would tly a, q --ce. and. finding -.
worms there g.G -iv away aG--r
The pulley~ fastened tyrael. lineup man
on the tall paie- IN t.-e courts ui the p.a-. then
are fastened u the edges pt the windows. 81.
2 housewife. leaning out. hau.- The lines IT and
I'm out again When The l.oe IS hauled IN
.ur. the ru.lrys sing with q and that Is
song .t g. t--i.-.- SD +, seemed. 2. --e, Te--
cause. when one lEr- 10 the -,.-auo-lool
r where there aye %. green trees ~ t,-.i-.
songs II o,-tS. ONE must make believe ~
~ - think that the sad gray poles a-e
trees and the crcaA d.. t-o tu.~y- IS IL,
birds
morning l "aset AMI set ou- my -.<-r
.ndow AZ the tall gray poles There. -a~-
he place where ONE --,e 1-- ~tEret. was
K | looked down in The c.--,. There
Top Il tie tree flat .u -re flags L was
.e Tree directly III from, II the window i
ned :a- .u- and booked over .u-. HE co.--
place against the fence where the man So
ASH barrel, as usual, smoking his clay II
r.-