The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-05-06

| 1Ionunued from F1rss rage
that they air liable ter git into pol
ticks an bust the vagina charter awl
ter ninderation an upset the bono
publieo. Ov course. that wouldn't
matter. but the average farmer In
very cautious. very conservative an
he'd rather be robbed than do hiz
duty 10 himself an hiz calling. 20
most ov them 60 on and quietly sub
NIT ter awl sorts ov bunco games.
An some ov us really enjoy hit,
couldn't be happy II We had our rites.
The late p. T. Barnum. a famous
circus owner and manager, once said
that the American people were never
happy unless they wuz bein' hum
bugged. And hit was true. liz true.
| hate ter say hit. but hit liz true-an
honest man. a gentleman. hez nifty
little show In America. Ov course
he attracts attention, IL pinted out
az a man who hez a powerful guide
reputation. a man who lives q
blameless life. The next question
IL: IL any air asked: Has he any
money! Not much liz the average
reply. Then the converse ton
4 changes. The memory ov Jessie
James. the king ov train robbers, an
a murderer. too, Is kept green In
America. But thousands ov guide.
honest men hev died in America un-
honored an unsung; they were not
| rascals.
''Az to the prohibitionists; you
heard my speech at the opry house
the other mite. Many ov them air
guide people. tryin' ter do guide an
maybe they will in time. When l
hev a ''morning-after headache" l
sometime wish them a long an hap
Ply life. But no CRATE cause can sue
coed an stay SO with nothin' but
politicians in the lead, an that Is the
that IL, in the so-called dry sections. I"
How erbout the mite riders seq
Mike, tell more erbout the dirty
spalpeens who go erbout an murder
innocent people alive an burn build
in an interfere with their nabOr
| farmers.
''Oh, they air a sorry lot ov divils
who ought ter be hung az rapidly az
the courts kin find them guilty. They
infest Kentucky an other out ov the
way sections in our beautiful South
| land. They air the natural out
| growth ov mob-rule and rotten poll
| ticks. Sectional hatred an party
! prejudice first burned out awl that
/ WIZ guide in the brains and hearts
ov the men who jined SIGH gangs.
, When they finally reached the last
stage it wuZ an easy matter ter step
, into a murderous gang ov dirty cut
threats, fer the night riders air
nothin' more nor less than cut
Threats, an they wuz proud ov the
| fact until they found the strong arm
lov the law GROUND their bodies.
Might riders air singin' sorter low
nowadays, though some bands ov
them doubtless still exist. Politicians
I who openly an secretly advocated
fraud and terrorism In elections, dis
honesty in elections, air probably at
the bottom of all the night rider
. business, an some ov them air Of
fcers an leaders in churches whar
they operate an stand high az sum
people say. But the devil will never
be happy ontil he gifts them"
l find that there are no snakes In
Ireland, an that is one reason why
enjoy my visit here, fer | ANYWAYS
did despise snakes an mad dogs
America is full ov copperheads
vipers, an rattle snakes, three oy
the meanest varieties. There air a
number ov guide medisins fer the
cure ov snake bites, but whisky OF
brandy il hard ter beat, an they all
two articles that won't Spite on your
hands, az they improve with age
But, in some sections of the United
States you'd be dead an buried two
or three days before you could gel
a quart ov ticker if a pizen snake
should bite you.
j In Ireland hit IL different. They
hev plenty ov guide ticker, but nc
snakes. Perhaps the real reason
why no snakes exist here liz unknown
But the explanation given il that g
guide man, Saint Patrick, once lived
in Ireland and went erbout doin
: guide He didn't like snakes an sc
he made them awl leave the borders
ov Ireland never ter return. How
he did hit liz another story. At any
rate they tell me that no makes Prov
GROUND in that country an I fee
, safe. However, none ov us know
what a day may bring forth an
feel safer with a quart or so ov thu
remedy in my satchel-'ta stitch IL
time saves nine"
II the signs air rite, I may turf
up In Paris next week.
Az ever,
ZEKE BILKINS.