The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-11-19

fer heap oy men inthat party he
plenty ov cash an they don't mini
spendin' hit list ter see little ful
an make the campane interestin'
But. feiler gitizens, the game fer u
Dymakrats ter play LIZ ter guess hov
much the Republicans hev fer a cam
pane fund. fer hit amt nothin' bu
a Wild guess, nohow. an then pu
out the word that We hev at leas
forty times az much an that we al
goin' ter spend hit recklessly. Their
you orter see the voters that like
ter make a few dollars on eleckshuI
day yaggin' their ears an tryin' tel
sit on the greasy side ov the plank
| Why, IL wuZ ter git the nomerna.
| ton fer anything I'd spread the re-.
port that l had found a gold mine q
year or 80 before an that had
more money than | know'd what tel
do with an that | wuz goin' ter re-
| duce the pile before eleckshun day
| Then you orter see them fallin' over
| each other ter git in the rear ov my
flag. Then they liz another thing
that ! would do that sum people mite
think would be contrary to Dyma-
kratic principles: Id let the report
git out that / wuz goin' ter use q
lot ov whiskey in the campane. I'd
do that to stimulate the prohibition
vote, a large portion ov which liz
awlWayS more Or less thirsty.
l hev bin readin' erbout the thrill
in escape ov Col. Taylor out erbout
Tiptonville, Tenn. / read how he
escaped five hundred bullets that
wuz fired at him by Might Riders"
an swan a river an got home safe
an sound.
AZ l understand hit Col. Taylor
objected to the nabors fishin' ON hiz
land, an a crowd ov them organized
a band ov Might Riders" an caught
him an hiz partner, Capt. Rankin,
an wuz goin' ter kill them. In fackt
they did kill Capt. Rankin. But
while they wuz disputin' among
themselves az ter how ter kill Col.
Taylor he escaped an got ter
friendly naborhood safely.
This Might Rider" business that
hez bin goin' on in several ov our
Southern States this year sounds
nifty Dymakratick ter me an l hev
bin thinkin' I'd look into hit an see
If hit wouldn't be guide thing fer
North Carolina. We uster hev the
''Ku Klux," the Lowry Gang" an
the Red Shirts" in this State, an
I don't see why We should not hev
few bands ov Might Riders ter
make things lively. 1 may write ter
my friend Jodeseevus Daniels an
see if we can't get up sumpthin' ov
that sort, fer the Republican party
seems ter be ON the increase here
jist az hit liz in Tennessee an other
States, an hit will take sumpthin'
awful to stop hit. The Governor ov
Tennessee says he liz goin' ter put
down the Might Riders" If hit takes
awl the troops in the State. But the
Governor seems ter be takin' plenty
ov time ter git warmed up, which
leads me ter believe that he liz in
sympathy with the Might Riders"
Just az most of the officials wuZ with
the Red Shirts" in this State, an
they never wuZ more 1awless set
than the Red Shirts" an they wuz
not necessary at all. The South will
never get it's proper place in the af-
fairs ov the country until these law
less bands are wiped out ter stay
wiped out.
l see by the papers that soldier,
a member ov an artillery company,
ry the name ov Bernard Lesser, hez
bin discharged from the regular ar
my fer eatin' green apples. The
charge wuz: Conduct to the preju-
dice ov guide order and military dis
cipline."
That ib sumthin' new ter me. /
didn't know hit wuz erginst military
rulese ter eat green apples. or any
ether sort. l judge frum readin' ov
this case in the papers that hit IL er-
ginst the rules, especially at this
Time ov year when green apples air
scarce. l suppose the officers want
ter git on the outside ov all the
green apples themselves; they air
TOO guide fer a common soldier ter
eat. He must confine hiz eatin' ter
lard tack an COOLERS, an things
like that. The ways ov the military
and the pollytishun passeth my un-
derstandin'. First thing you know
sweet pertaters an buttermilk will
be perhibited in this country, an
then what air you goin' ter do er-
bout hit?
I see by the paper that Mr.. Hearst
Willie Hearst-ov New ork, haz
found that sum rich men hev bin
newspapers by paying ex-
ira big prices fer subscription. He
says one man paid $4,000 fer a
years subscription an another paid
$1,000. No wonder the newspaper
business pays.
But the two gentlemen named by
Mr.. Hearst must be like an old fell
ler I once herd ov. Every time he
wanted ter go ter town he would get
ticker an would tank up. Then he
would git rich an go round ter the
Office ov the weekly newspaper pub
lished In the town an insist on pay
in hiz subscription fer year in
advance. Az he would go to town
fifteen or twenty times year an
tank up jist az often, hit wuz not
long till he had paid hiz subscription
IN