The Lexington advertiser., 1910-05-06
ANNOUNCEMENTS
For Mayor.
II. S. HOOhER.
w. L. DYER.
@tE
For MARSHAL.
OAKLEY c. JORDAN.
JOHN A. BROWN.
XII - ~
For Alderman--City al Large.
r. E. WILBURN
Ward |.
]. c. PIChENS
Ward z.
w. Q. BARRETT
III. A. ROSENTHAL
Ward 5.
w l.. JORDAN.
Ward 1.
STEPHEN L. BURWELL
CATO's sQUIB.

Mr.. Leroy Percy put up "a big -
bluff in wanting the people to say In
q primary whether he or Elk Gov. Var
daman was the choice Of the people.
Percy didn't think Vardaman would
accept the challenge, but he did, then
Percy and his friends saw the hand.
writing on the wal" and began to
tremble as Belshazsr did. for he knew
if he was weighed by the people be
would be found wanting. Knowing
this, his political friend, Gov Noel,
said primary would be unconstitu-
tionql Mr.. Percy knew all the while
there would be no primary, but want
ed to fool the people, by making them
believe he was willing to go before
the people in q Democratic primary,
When if Percy had not havo had some
assurance that there would not be any
primary he would never have chal
lenge or proposed to Vardaman to let
the people of Mississippi determine by
their vote who was the choice OF the
people, and some of representative
members will have some explanations
to make next year concerning their
Stewardship in the special election of
Mississippi s disgraced Legislature. |
heard one who was a candidate for
senator say that he was truly glad he
was defeated, an it was he was not
mixed up in the most shameful chapter
in Mississippi's History.
The above squib was dished out to
our readers in last weeks issue of the
Advertiser by our versatile correspond
ent, Cato. at Bowling Green. Every
body who knows him was surprised
and considerably worried aoout the
state of his health. Usually so calm,
collected, dispassionate, fairminded
and logical as his namesake OF old,
who reasoned WELL, he has gone Oft
on an awful tangent aud thrown rea-
son to the four winds of heaven In
fact, he appears completely "locoed "
Charity would suggest that he is sus-
ceptible to astral influences and that
the approach of Halleys comet may
have disordered his mental mechan ism,
and as that mysterious celestial trav.
eleI recedes he will gradually recover
his wonted balance and equilibrium.
But at present, the comet or the much
more malignant scourge, Vardaman
ism, have put him in woeful shape,
''left him with jaundiced eye; eye,
to which all orders testers, everything
is out of joint" He really ought to
do something for his condition, con
suit good medical authority or take q
powerful ru!gative and get his system
thoroughly cleansed of the insidious
poison, Healthy bodies make hea lthy
minds. IN his normal condition he
will readily admit that it is really
possible for man to be honest, patri
otic and actuated with the best of mo
tives, without genufecting at the
shrine of the long named prophet. Th,
world is old, very old, and so far il
has wagged along quite comfortably
produced very fair civilization ant
made substantial progress, withou
having every human thought, motive,
action or endeavor measured by tn,
newly established standard of loyalty
and devotion to Vardaman. AnC
there are some several even in tn,
good old state of Mississippi who hav,
the temerity to believe that it is actu
ally possible for man to be a good
conscientious and efficient constable