The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-01-20

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Correspondents o lie c.ss.ss.s.
Enterprise.
l am OF. on. a. reae araia. IAm
aow making my dash .rr The Morris
Pole-ms an n0b gAs Pole alt
aow Be discovers - else biz ali
hev ter do sotnr ml'y ssy dsaKtn' ,ss
keep on, OF my ~ay
Ny last letter TO zoo uus from The
Hawaiian isiands} After lcavta' tAar
| sailed fer San F'rsHessco. an after
a short stay thar! 'aas traia &c.
New York. The tez gia'-au 20 cone
by Bilktnsviilo vaE great Hal as
hev bin errouni The aaf1d. an "a
I promised 10 settle ih~ NoTth Pole
business while or 'Ao TIP. I slmply
writ a Iowa letter 20 fhe old 2usnza
an told her - keep TIC farm Eugn'
on rite fer 'ew more seeks An' ter
remember me Ia her prayers No
doubt che viii nal the viii scola
me guide fer goin -ifs BY home. 80
/, TO speak. without stoppln' But this
business Ia too importAu;-ghe North
Pole must be discovered hii
must be done by som" one Who hsz
the confidence ov the pghliek-hY
man who will appreciate the dIscov-
cry ennuff ter bring back chip OF
Of the Pole ter prove that he did
| hnd hit. instead 81 git'lu' lost iu the
Far North fer awhll" an haagin' er-
| round some Eskimo village a-~raekin'
| Jokes az Peary an them other fcli~rs
| lid, an then 81 back an begin plan
min a lecture tour az 50 much Per
lecture will not lectdro. An II
write auythin' erbout IN" Pole. I
viii have a chip or block OF of bit 60
| show awl persons Interested thai ]
really reached the North pole an
'ha, kin tell some'hln' erhoui hif
1T less than s. 20 per word. Those
| fellsrs who go erbout dlFcoSertn'
| ,hings an then hey ter depend upon
soms little squad ov college perfes-
sors 10 prove hit. air efway hehind
| he percession. The average college
/ Derfessor knows shai9 lot erboat
| books. erbout theology an grammar
| But hit takes a farmer ter throw OF
| his coat an take slelFc hammer
an knocks icebergs down an clear a
road to the North Pole The profes-
sor who starts out with carload o.
scientifck instruments an years
supply oY rations may git good dssI
ov mention In the papers, But who
discovered America? Christopher Co
lumbus. q farmer boy. who became
A sailor. Who whipped the British;
George Washington. a farmer. Who
led the Southern soldiers General
Lee. virginia farmer. George
Washington lived more than a hun
dred years ago. The agricultural col
leges we're unknown then. There
were no experiment stations. no agri-
cultural newspapers. no fancy farm
in. But George Washington raised
more corn. wheat, oats an cattle on
jhiz farm On the Potomac than aSi
ov the agricultural editors. profss-
sors oy agriculture. an agricultural
speakers In the United States com
bined raise each year nov. But when
the liberties ov the people then Ia
America were threatened. when the
british soldiers undertook TO con-
nuer the coIonists. hit SuE George
Washington. the farmer. who mount
, al hiz horse an led the people TO
victory an to political freedom o.
course the politicians brayed. an the
, editors thrashed out some red-ho'
editorials. The lawyers told EN- whsn
m gt, out wrlts ov habeas corpus an
lforaciose the whole business The
, doctors told EN- not TO GIT s1zissa'
tha, II the British soldiers did sue
tceed In Iandin' On our shores thai
. some ov 'em would be sure To 81
aek an that they'd bleed EN- %
asectualIy that they'd give no nor'
trouble. In the meantime. GeorE'
washington an most oV the oihsi
farmers vuz maxim powder. gather
in rints an mouldin' bullets. Ies1
had a long, hard struggle, but mai
lIy whipped the British The poii
|" .scians an the other fellers. the
fell ter organizin' bands oy Sons o
tho Revolution an sich AZ that 81
g hey kept hit up ever since. whiie u
farmers hey bin al work ever sine
= an, bey raised billions ov dollar
worth ov corn. wheat. cotton. ts'
= hacker. etc. standIn' ready ter nc
I,he British ergin IL they air not sA'
, Iisaed. must insist that a fzrme
!. hez the rite ter discover the Noft
. Pole an I believe that q farmer ~
!, asscoxer hit. ar tha. biz home se
!. Iareas will be "BIIkinsyille. - e.
A which means yours truly.
when reached Se~ York the or
= dsx that really oomrietsd ny III
erround the world. for sailed froi
/, ,h.. mort for Londoa on the 2znd O
.lsst March. nearly nine months sine
: goin, East. SO. oy course. an no
! uattn, a side trip ter an uHkaos :
y land. q land whose ports air foreF'
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