The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-10-29
LETTER FROM BILKINs.
War Between Turkey and Austria
The "Harems'' In Turkey Probably
Constitute the Balkan Situation
"A Moral Lecture On polItscs
Dishonesty in Elections . Curse to
the South.

the South.
Correspondence of The Caucasian
Enterprise.
Bilkinsville, n. c.. Oct. 20, 1908.
see by the news dispatches that
Turkey an Austria air maxim faces
at each other an threatenin' ter go
ter war. The war started erbout the
Balkan situation" whatever that liz,
Ter | don't know, an / hev no idee
that anybody in Turkey or Austria
knows.
But ! expeckt the "harems" they
heV in Turkey air at the bottom ov
the difficulty. The "harems" they
hev in Turkey air part ov their re-
hgion an awl ov their politicks. The
officials ov that country think more
erbout the "harems" than they do
erbout running the country, an if
Austria thinks she kin whip Turkey
an capture the "harems," she hez a
big job on her hands. The average
Turkish official thinks az much ov
does ov package ov cigarettes, an
that means fight ter death.
Turkey heZ bin whipped. But when
the war would end they would give
the victors purity much everythin'-
except the harems In that country
the harem liz az popular az the magma
charter liz in the United States.
hev hearn that they hev sum nifty
pretty curiosities in the harems.
Some ov our American officials
hev harems, it il sed. But they
don't call them that; in fact, they
paign speeches or when they air go
in Ground shakin' hands with the
brethren. They prefer ter pull the
mote out ov the eyes ov the voters
by takin' their dram erway frum
them, or sumpthin' ov that sort, an
az the American people love ter be
humbugged, they hold mass-meetin's
an bless the politicians fer deliverin'
them frum evil. Then they sit down
an order four gallons an three
quarts frum Virginia or Kentucky.
If you don't believe hit, examine the
North Carolina politicians keep on
gittin' religious they will soon re-
quire awl naturalized citizens ter
spend half ov their time in prayer.
Great liz perlitical humbuggery. An
hit liz CROWN worse instead ov bet
ter
Well, hit liz not more than two
weeks till the eleckshun. What air
you goin' ter do erbout hit? Coin
ter vote like your daddy voted, or air
you goin' ter be an American citizen
an vote the way you think liz best?
This liz question that you orter de-
side now. Give hit your attenshun
rite erway. Be a man. If you air
twenty-one years ov age, an air le-
gally qualified, otherwise you hev a
rite ter vote in this eleckshun an no
man nor woman hez rite ter say
how you shall vote. You air the
man ter beside that question. You
should vote your sentiments. If
they liz any man who should be de-
prived ov the rite ter vote hit iz the
poor weakling who iz lie dup ter the
polls an persuaded ter vote contrary
ter what he believes fer the sake ov
''bein' popular" or ov bein' on the
big side" Be man. Vote fer the
man ov the party ov your choice, no
matter if you air the only man in the
State who votes fer that party or
that man. In some matters man
may be unable ter cope with other
men He may be inferior in brains,
physically or in some other respeckt.
But when he goes ter the polls ter
vote he iz the equal ov any man The
| law guarantees certain rights an
privileges an hit iz only contempti-
BILE towards who fail ter vote their
sentiments. You may live in a ma
borhood whar nearly everybody liz
| goin' ter vote contrary ter the way
you air inclined ter vote. Perhaps
| an oily-tongued worker fer the 9TH
er side-"the big side"-may ap-
proach you an urge you ter vote hiz
way fer the sake ov bein' popular,
or sumpthin' just az silly. If you
give in an vote that way just ter
please the poll-worker, he will lose
confidence in you an the chances air
that he will hardly speak ter you the
next time he meets you. A rascal
admires an respekts an honest, fear
less man, but despises the weakling
who will yield ter hiz persuasions
Vote your sentiments if you would
vote wisely, if you air worthy ov the
name ov citizen If I wuZ not mar
ennuff ter vote az [ please, I'd gel
: sum cloth an ask Betsy ter make me
some knee pants an I'd be a little
boy ergin. I repeat, that the mos
contemplate coward in awl the worlc
iz the American citizen who will bt
dragged up ter the polls an vote
contrary to the way he thinks bes
fer the country. l wouldn't allow m!
[ dog ter bark at sich man. II m!
, mule Bob, which | value at $4,000
, wuz ter kick sich man I'd sell hin
fer $40 ter the first horse jockey II
> meet up with.
f I see that the dymakrat count.
e candidates in Davidson County he
!. announced through the papers 'tha
we will buy no votes this year."
'' guess that goes ter show that the
l. hev been buyin' them in years gon
= H., A., b;f IL q shame that tn