The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1908-10-02
Interesting LETTER
FROM OIL FIELDS.
Ohio C0untian Tells Negro How
To Cast His
Ballot.

all my friends in OHIO County, | will
just bunch tneIn all in one in tais let
ter believing this will be the shortest
way to recah most of the people in
Ohio and adjoining counties.
This oil field is about 1856 miles
west of New Orleans, Z miles from the
Southern Pacific Railroad, jennings
being the nearest railroad station of
any note. IL is between TWO Bayous,
Bayou Nepeo and Bayou Decane, and
within 40 miles of the Gulf of Mexico.
We have a gilf breeze from about s a.
m, until near night, and this is fine
OH the laborer.
The land in iris immediate neignbor
hood is not very productive. think
when our Creator made this special
place be put the wealth deep down
in the bowels of the earth. as the
oil companies are going anywhere froi
1900 TO 1900 feet deep 10 find oil
and some of the drilleTs find old tim
Der anywhere from 1000 feet TO 1900
feet under the ground. Now, if by
cnance you could be here and see
the immense quantity Of oil taken out
of the ground every "A hours. you
John DRockefeller is so immensely
ricn and eating ricner. Some wells
are estimated at 1000 barres every "a
hours and will pay for themselves in
four days. Now you Can begin TO fig
ure on a profit and about now mucn.
OF course Jonn ID. Rockefeller is not
tie only oil king in this field. j. NJ.
uGffey, tie man trat came so ! ear be-
ing rByan's running MAZE for Presiden
owns as much or more of u e oil field
tnan anyone else.
Now as to tre natives IN tlis coul-
try, they are all French buJ To follow
a boom of any kind you can expect mos
all nationalities and they are all here.
except the race that Bryan fed fried
chicken to the other day in his back
am not quoting myself but will give
the colored man little hint of the
love and affection those democrats
nave for MIN, except to vote for Bryan
If a negro comes to the oil fields and
asks for a job, he had about as well
go TO a white mans house and insult
his wife or daughter In either case
you will near OF a death. These sOuJ
ern people say goodwages were never
intended for a negro and that unless
he is driven and made to work with
lash, he is not worth standing room.
Now would be very good time for
the colored man to think of some Lin
coins wise sayings, in particular Iris
one; You can fool all of the peo-
PIE some Of the time, and some Of the
all the people al the time" Now if
the Democrats would tote" fair win
the negro and tell MIN what
mad brought about this great
and sudden change, he would
whisper love in his cor and wou d
say if the negrodon't vote for Bryan
Taft will carry our state. good o.d
Kentucky this time. Now my color
ed friends, | know the Republican par
ty may have failed in doing some
things for you they should have done,
and it may be that nave done and saus-
ed to be done something fear some
colored folks have lost sight of the
Republican party stood pat for tne
freedom of all mankind, white or
black, rich or poor, freedom at the bal
and TO have mis- vote counted as cast,
Now we will soon be called on to vote
and TO vote our sentiments in Ken
lucky as we should lie in all states.
However, the negro in the South VIII
vote for Bryan or not at all quoting tie
saying of some leading democrats, We
nave white mans party IN the Sou'n
vote for Bryan or stay al nome b. /
this you can say you are as much
slave as sixty years ago, so far as
freedom TO vote is concerned. Now
bill Jennings" look at a negro eat
ing fried pie and say: away down in
my heart | nave feeling for YOU"
l feel just like | wanted you TO vote
for me. | have the utmost confidence
in the colored men voting in Kentucky,
more especially in OHIO County, the
right way believing some of me good
old gray headed fathers still live, and
will carry as itwere land marks of
scars to their graves in token of the
great love for liberty which Bryan and
his henchmen have for them, just on
the eve of an election of the most i'm
portanoe for us, to decide the question
whether the American people are TO
nave prosperity or soup houses.
With respect for white and black
where it is due, lama Notwithstanding
where it is due. i am an OHIO Coun- !