The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-05-14
LETTER FROM HII.kISs.

The Two Gr~mx ssapie Crsss.@ In Irx-
deIs Counfy-shildr~a and -Fuli
sseks"-fr-ssd~ns Reo=exels as N
Advis~r-The Wall of n Rlals
Agent -- Politics an une@rxals
| Greed.
Correspondence Of Caucaxlan q Enter
prise.
BilkinsviIle. y. c. May s.-Nortl
Iredeli In a rite productiv country
They raize corn. wheat. oats, pon
ticks. cotton. cattle an children
An while they do purity well with
awl the other crops. the crop ov chill
dren an politicks IL erbout the big.
gest thing going. am told thai
there liz IS children In three families
rite In this naborhood. In fackt, they
liz more competition in that line thar
In any other in these diggins. II
they had an association ter offer pre-.
| miums fer the largest number oy
children ter the famidiy. reckon
the populashun ov the State would
soon be double what hit liz now. They
would keep rite up with Noah. Solo
mon an them other fellers erway
back in the guide ole days when they
usually had erbout ennuff children
ter the family ter form a regiment
without includin' the girls, fer they
hardly ever counted them. anyway,
they being thrown in fer guide mea-
sure. When the order ter go forth
an multiply an replenish the earth
wuz Issued awl these people begun
ter sit up an take motifs an they air
still obeyin' instrucshuns ter the let
ter. In sum seckshuns ov the csun-
try they brag on their farmin'. their
stock an sich like. But in this seek
shun they brag on the children. Two
or three sets ov twins ter the family
liz not unusual. But hit causes a
gude deal ov envy ter exist ermong
nabors ermong them that air not so
lucky.
Preserdent Roosevelt orter come
down here an spe nd a few DAYS. fer
he liz CRATE man fer encouragin'
the raisin' ov large families. II he
wnz ter visit erround in Iredell and
Alexander counties he would git so
enthuzed that he would dance a Jig
every now an then.
l see by the papers that Congress
liz sorter down on the Preserdent's S
plan ter add four new battleships
ter the navy this year.
l am with the Preserdent. We
need more battleships. Not that we
air tryin' ter git up a war with any
furrin' countries. But we need the
battleships ter help keep the peace.
A feller that il goin' erround armed
an lookin' fer a row iz more apt ter
attack an unarmed man than he liz
ter attack feller that liz prepared
fer trouble. If We had four or five
new battleships We would probably
be safe frum a furrin' war fer a long
time ter cum. Give us more battle
ships an fewer pollytishuns. The
wise men in both parties generally
agree on this subjeck, an the polly
tishuns orter be driven ter the rack,
fodder or no fodder
But while / am in favor ov more
battleships, l don't think much ov
them long trips they hev bin goin'
on ter China an awl erround, then
45,OOO-mile trips. Hit looks ter me
like wearin' an hit liz nifty expensive
Better put the cost ov them trips into
new warships.
| hear that Bible agent who hez
bin travelin' in Iredell County IL
tellin' that he hez found many fami-
lies without Bible in their homes
l am purity well acquainted in most
seckshuns ov the county an | think
he must be mistaken. Still, they
air guide many people in the land
who take up much time with pol
lyticks that they may be negleckin'
that part ov their lives I know a
guide many people who think that
they air awl rite fer the next wur1d
jist SO they happen ter belong ter a
certain perlitical party an they may
be sum ov that sort in Iredell coun-
ty. If such liz the case, they had bet
ter fee frum the wrath ter cum, fer
pollyticks air nifty onsertin' at times
on earth, an they air apt ter be more
SO fer spiritual purposes.
l see that they hev h ad $50
cial equality convention in New
York an they air raisin' CRATE ru-
Gus erbout hit. 1 don't believe in
anything ov that sort an I don't
reckon anybody else does. Hit liz
simply another perlitical game ter
keep the South solid an the North IL
solid anyway. The sitizens ov both
seckshuns air the losers an the pol
tishuns air the gamers. The people
who TUX part in that convention air
| simply hired tools ov one ov the crate
perlitical parties, an this bein' cam
pane year, the ball hez opened az
usual by raisin' the colored line az q
flag, an the people will be humbug.
ged some more. I am opposed tel
social equality, an I haint got any
kin folks with negro blood in theil
veins, which sum ov the prominent
men in the State can't say. But tina
don't keep me frum sayin' that II
like ter see the campane run on tn,
issues an fought out on it's merits
/ But never expeck ter see that done
The people ov this State an othe
States also, hev bin humbugged fe
forty years an they will continu'
ter march up an take their medicil
fer sum years longer, guess. May
be the next generation will be borl