The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1908-05-19

flourish without disturbance. When
heard from his friends, they said he
was the iightingest man in the coun.
i y And | said let him come. In my
Ibeyhood days was the champion
baseball pitcher of North Carolina
And i wound my baseball arm around
tHere he showed how he did it while
the crowd laughed) and found it all
right. | went'to my room ana was
uneasy all night. The next morning
his boy came there and said his father
wanted to see me. thought my time
had come and worked my old base
bail arm. The sheriff knocked and
| told him to come in. He did with eX.
tended hand and said j want to say
you are right and was wrong. My
sins have been of omission and not
of commission and | am going to en-
force the law Two days later | had
a letter and he said caught two He
didn't say what he had caught but |
knew. And he had captured two blind
tigers, an found the incest, sweetest,
| juciest, ropiest-look yonder at that
cid fellows mouth working (great ap.
! plause) liquor in the world and poured
| it out on the ground. They would not
let anybody have a drop. And two OF
those fellows who ran the blind tiger
are in the penitentiary. now CAP
plause.) They say prohibition will
prohibit"
The governor replied to the argu.
ment that prohibition curtails mans
personal liberty He said finely: 81
believe in giving man the liberty
to soar, like a bird, to God, but not
liberty to do anything low or vile
Why, everybody talks of independ-
ence. Even this mongrel, New York
mixed banquet talked more of indie
pendence that it did anything else
That editor of the Independent said in
speech that ne favored the marriage
of whites and colored people. that
those who favored the independence"
of the black nan were determined to
see him get it and they added that that
would ram this liberty down the
Threats of the southern people. "a
voice: They viii never do it, They
will never, never do ii. applause
Governor Glenn brought more APP
plause when he said: "Mr. Settle
said to you-uo he didn't for you were
not here, (cheers,) but he said it at
you ladies'" ana then the quotation
about crossing the Rubscon OF poll
ties. Mr.. Glenn declared that the man
who votes prohibition can show clean
err hands. God will reckon with the
blind tigers, for they violate the law.
But if vote for strong drink / may
wash my hands in all the waters Of
he state, / can never make them
clean again. (Applause.) / am my
brothers keeper, am my sons keep
err my daughters keeper. And We
are going to carry this election by n
majority from 10000 to 10000. (Wild
cheers.)
And then he repeated the old north
state and dramatically exclaimed:
How can you hurrah for the good old
north state when you strike so das.
tardly a blow at her with a liquor bal.
4ot." (Great applause)
He paid a fine tribute to Judge
Pritchar1 who, he said. had risen
above party and stood for righteous
mess. And he will be remembered
when the name of Tom Settle is for.
gotten" he declared. while the crowd
showed it's love of the Settle turn tina:
L took. In closing he declared that
ruling elder as he is he means to cut
the pigeon wing when the election
carries and all the other church peo-
pie will dance the backstep when the
hear of II. He spoke Of his love for
the people Of the state whose humble
servant he proclaims himself to be. g.,
feel like ! would love to take you all
In my arms and hug you. especially the
iris. wouldn't care much 70 embrac"
you men" Laughter and he told a
story 10 illustrate his point.
The governor stopped at ) O'Clock
after one hour and thirty minutes OF
whirlwind speaking to an audience
that manifested the most patient in.
terest throughout.