The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1908-01-31

I ing crusade against this blackmailin
system. Lii the black flag of revolt
, show uo quarter and let the resi- of u
touch elbows with: themlin the hol
war and wipe this unwritten law fror
the face of The earth. 4 friend Of our
dincd I'M New York restaurant r,
Gently, and having paid four dollar
and more for dinner for two. hand
ed quarter To- the waiter who turnel
Dol, back with curl Of the lip and
contemptious scorn, as much as to sa.
give me something more or give m
nothing lmpudence intensified
Let's make il nothing ia the futun
and black list all public places wher,
. tipping is allowed II has gotten {,
. DE 20, ntolerable and burdensom,
a- the Ubiquitous tariff itself, andlook
. ing neither 90 National nor state aid
let's determine TO crush the monster.
The humble subservient slave nc
longer lives and the taker of tips feel,
100 whit of gratitude but laughs at the
+ folly of the giver and gloats over his
standardization warfare and his i'll
gotten gains. Better suffer than sub.
|mit
Pay for your meal aud let the pro-
pneior pay the mental.
WRONG, Mr.. wATTERSON.
The gifted editor Of the Louisville
touner-Jourual J., always brilliant,
bui sometimes strangely and emphat-
ically wrong and never more so than
boo his recent address before a New
York audience.
J., seems 20 AS that il was delivered
TO tickle the ears Of DR.. Booker Wash
ngion, whose name was freely inter
mingled with its rhetoric and round
cd sentences, and evidently about all
Obi, ready writer aud pleasant speak
Co knows of Booker and his work has
been learned at Tuskegee. where mil
lion, of money have combined to build
palaces iu which luxury reigns SUI
preme and from which no labOrer is
sent out 20 put into practical use the
lessons that may he very well taught
there.
Hampton. another child Of fortune
and pet of the rich, made Booker
Washington still of tongue no doubt,
Uut his example in restless desire To
eat and sleep under the roof Of Ogden
and other white fanatics Of the North,
has been more hurtful to his race than
has Tuskeg ee been helpful or his !
platitudes been uplifting.
And why insult the living South |
that veuerates and well-nish worships |
The dead South, in order to please one
negro?
Quoting from Mr.. Lincoln who said
'if slavery i, not wrong then nothing
IS wrong Mr.. Watterson adds, and
SO say IT, Son Of the South you
insult the memories ofyour
ather and mother, your grandfather
md grandmother The institution Of
llaveTy has Bible authority behind it
md while by no means a profitable
eutufe, and the wonder is that the
southern people hadn't early in its ex-
silence learned that fact, but that it
vas morally wrong TO own slaves is
bsolutely untrue. Aud what a debt
i gratitude Booker Washington and
he negro bankers, and the negro farm
rs, and the negro merchants owe to
since out Oft they were made pos
Idle. ]
And then, Mr.. Watterson speaks Of Z
he amendment To the Federal COnsti-
ltion as peace bonds between the ,
ections. which i'm very deed and
ruth they have been the prolific
luice of all our woes. The oft-quoted .
nd much beloved Lincoln would not
ave endorsed the 18th amendment
nd This no one knows bett than
ne, Mr.. Watter,on, who has made I
'iiical and careful study Of his life. q
The speech reads well bu. is redolent :,
errors. n