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The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1912-07-20
ON Toe AGAIN
Crystal Falls Takes Lead Hy Winning Two
From Norway
Dickinson.Iron County League.

The Crystal Falls base ball team won
two games from the Norway team.
league leaders last Saturday and Sun
day and as result the locals stand ia
tirst place today with Norway second
and Iron River and Iron Mountain still
battling for the cellar.
The game Saturday was one OF the
biggest slugging matches that we
have seen here. Norway started right
in after Gothe. the pitcher imported
from Green Bay 70 take Oswald S
place. They hit him hard and often
all through the game and but for good
work by Gothe's team mates the latter
would have been swamped.
A little left handler named Winans
was in the box for Norway. Last week
this man Winans was completes
puzzle to the local boys but Saturday
they hit him at will and. had the Nor
way fielders been as accurate peggers
as the local boys. the game would have
been tighter one. AS IL was IL was
no mans game until the last man was
out in the ninth inning, for the way
the teams Were hitting lead of three
or four melted away quickly when a
rally started.
Hager, of Irou Mountain umpired,
and he did much better tnan on his
hrst appearance here. The game was
an easy one to handle as there were
very few close decisions. The players
of both teams refrained from kicking
on decisions and as a result the exhibi-
tions ON both days were pleasing.
The score in Saturdays game was
as follows:
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1912-07-20

Mrs Horace. Thomas. daughter of
Mrs. ID II Margison. died ut Chr
cago hospital last evening. The re-
mains will arrive here Monday morn
ing for burial
We understand that Bony Dixon has
been secured 10 pitch for the Iron
River base BAH club
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1912-07-20
Per Capita Rate s7.4s

Auditor General Fuller announced
Monday that the total amount OF pri-
mary school money to be apportioned
this year would BE- 50, 500. 900, snpt.
OF Public Instruction Wright IA de-
termining the amount each county
VIII receive and the expected vouchers
VIII he sent out before Sunday.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1912-07-20

Meet me at the Church Social next
Tuesday. July 23rd. at the residence
of Charles NJ. Rogers. Anytime be-
tween three and six o'clock will be al
right wish me- Something good to
eat, Of course. Benefit 81. Marks Guild.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1912-10-12
Don Jose c..
Miro y Correa

Ell distinguido caballerO, cuyo nom
bre es ell que encabeza este suelto, ia
Ileci6 anteayer victima de inexorable
enfermedad
Era Ell senor Miro una persona cult
sima; y de las simpatias que tenia Ell
esta capital puede deducirse de Su en-
tierro, efectuado aver a las cinco me-
dia de la tarde t'u6 una verdadera
manifestation de duelo
FL BOLETIN envia los deudoS del
fnado, y especialmente a su esposa
dona Teresa Pinadella de Miro. su hi
ia dona Rosario, su hijo p0litico don
Enrique Adsuar, sus nietos, hermanos
don Jesus, don Joaquin, don Enrique,
dona Candelaria el homenaje de su re
same sentidisimO
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1912-10-12
De la Oficina
de Sanidad

Gregorio Cordov6s renunci6 la plaza
de Inspector temporero en- San Loren
20, d0tada con el Sleldo annual de 1850,
y fue nOmbrado en su lugar Rafael
Aponte Sanchez. Este nombramiento
tlenie etectO a partir de octubre 7.
lla sido nombrado Inspector INFERNO
de Sanidad en- Guaynabo con ell suel-
do de 1850 al senior Ricardo Carazo. a
partir del dia primero del corriente
Cirilo Mercado ha sido nombrado ms
pector lnterino en- CaguaS con el suel-
do annual de 1900 a partir del once del
corliente
Ha renunciado el Sr Luis Padial su
empleo de Ayudante del Jefe de limpie-
Ia do calles, dotado con $500 amuales.
Esta renuncia tiene efecto partir del
dia diez del corrIente
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1912-10-12
,Artistas amigos
Del importante peri0dico milan6s

del lmportante peri0dico milan6s
=. o'''e'4'~ -'-4o.-..o .u,lt 4,...... .,.c :.
'..44o' ''-'e4,vee' -44o. e-..,,.-.,,v, >44 "a ~
81 4tut4e.
~ 500 nc e,puemole lD.tuguro Drl-
a ''A' enc nc I'D oolnp4a. o,.s. 14lcu ca
'>"'lo AoIi ,od"le4 Al 5el.,luO, ue Dut-
as Aires, con la Opel.t Uocl4o. / uuncu
., ict 1iolAlO IlttioOu At N.4,.d SAID. u,Ie-
drndo satisfecho de la estupenda eiecu-
cion de la grandiosa partitura verdin-
ma.
La reentr6e de Antonio Paoh alcan,
70 un gram suceso, siendo muy ovacio-
nado y aplaudido el gran tenor en- Ell
l1spltate y demas nt1meros salientes de
la opera Ell tenor puertorrialeno fu6
llamado a escena al final dc todos los
actoS en- union del maestro Mascheroni
el baritone Ancma (Jugo) la .JoIe
AlaSSa (DeSdemona)
FL nueVo trimfo de Paoli ha sido
confimlado por toda la prensa bonae
tense.
Anna DE ReverS present0se en- el mis
mo Pohteama-empresa Giuseppe Bee
car1o, con Gioconda, produciendo espl6n
dlda impression como actriz-cantante en-
Ia parte Gle la protagoniSta. siendo acla
mazda Sobre todo dlmante ell llltimo ac-
to.
Los demas anistas que con La De Re
Vers compartieron ell triunfo de Giocon-
da fuerOn la HotkowSka. Maria Fran
chini, Alaurini Pignataro Antonio Sa
bellico
En los despachos Sc hacen entllsias-
taS concentrates de la orquesta, coro
presentation esc6nica lujosisima.
Tambien de Rio ,Janeiro trae mott
cias la indicada revista de Milan So
bre la acogida cordiaIisima sinpati-
ca hecha a Regina Alvarez, la celebra-
da mezzo-soprano espanola, que tomo
parte EN- la Inauguration de la Temporal
da
Con Regina sc encuentran en- Rio ia
neiro ell renombrado maestro Gino Ma
rinuzzi, la Storchio, Stracciari y Seam
lplni; nadie, como qUmen dice.
\ mientras por el Sur de America
gozan escuehando a esos grandes cantan-
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1912-10-12
IHACIA NEW YORK

En- Ell vapor " Coamo" que sali6 de es-
tie puerto el microbes pr6ximo paSado,
embarc6 para los Estados Unidos nues-
tro distinguido amigo Don Ramon Aboy,
tuien Sc propone descansar durante cua-
tro cinco semanas del incesante ira
baJo que tiene en- stis mlltiples mego-
clos particulares Y como PreSidente que
es de vaaias e inportantes corporacio-
nes az1careras de esta isla.
G1ata permanencia EN- la metropoli
americana deseamos a tan estimado ami
go.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1912-10-12
SOclelal fSpahOa De Auxlno MMue BenelIeeada
DE PUERTO RICO

Utmada la organization interna del Sanatoro de esta
ooc1edad la unta Directva ha acordado pdbco
espec1amene los Sres Medicos Ciruanos que deseen
uu1zarlo para Hevar ALI clientes sempre que haya
CANA dspon1be asistirlos debidamente las excep
c1onaes condciones hoy dcho estabecimento
para 10 cual acordo:
l:- Que cada Doctor pueda utilizar ell personal
ayudante de Medcos Practicantes de su particular
confanza
% La Sociedad cobrara GUATRO DOLLARS da-
rios por esancia servcio ordinario los enfermos
de tratamieno medico cinco los de tratamiento
quirdrgico
Los extraordnaros, incluso Ell uso de la Mesa
de Operacones, seran tambien de del enfermo
4c-Todo socio que 10 desee podra hacerse asistir
e Sanatorio por Medico particular correndo de
cuena los honorarios de dcho facultativo
Ell
AVELNO VICENTE.
San Juan, p R.. IL de Octubre de 1912.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1912-10-12

pues, por entire magnlficos vinedos y
de obreros y fiesta popular, hacian
contraste curioslsimo de una parte' ell
retrato de tristezas disgustos salpi-
mentado con. amenazas e imprecacio-
mes, Y de otro ell rasgueo de las guita-
rras. la harmonic de las canciOnes ma
slagueilas Y el palmoteo ruidoso de los
jaleadores DeciaSe que la discretion
" diligencia del Gobernador Comenge
estaban actuando con efcacia para re-
solver satisfactoriamente la crisis del
trabajo.
Cansados del train dc las incomo-
didades de los trenes las puertorrique-
has Y 70 decidimos regresar desde Ma
laga a Barcelona por el Mediterraneo
Y tomamos pasaJe en- un vapor costa
nero procedente de oeNilla. que tcnia
Tel pomposo nombre de La torre del
ORC. No cran Sus camaraS muy,como-
das. la cubierta iba totalmente aba
rrotada de cortezaS de alcOrnoque; pc
70 tenia para nosotros dos condicioneS
muy dignaS de eStima no Sc Senjlan
sus novimientos al navegar, V solo
navegaba de noche Sc detenia un dia
cabal Ell cada puerto que hallaba al
paso Asi pudimos visitar Almerla
Aguia; pasar 1n dia largo en- Carta-
gena-la famosa Carriage Espartana,
de los fenicios. sobre nombre que un
historiador atribuia a no sc que aini-
dades heroicas con Esparta luego re-
sult6 que procedia de la gran produc-
ci6n de esparto que por ALI Sc cosecha
Ell siguiente dia 10 pasamos en- AIican-
te Y el otro en- Valencia.
En- todas cstas ciGdades acudiamos
desde temprano la plaza del Merca-
do Ell busca de sabrosas frItas, y ha-
ciamos conducir al barco cestas colma-
das de aquellas uvaS moscateles que
tantO abundan en aquellaS regiOnes.
uvas dulceS. SabroSas aromaticas CO.
mo la hambroSla dc los doses griegos.
Costaba gran trabaJo deSprcnder de
elias las abcJas, que Sc afcrraban a
los dOradoS racimoS no los deiaban
SIN protesta Susurrante y sin scrios
amagoS de su aguij6n.
llabia cstado 70 en- Valencia otras
veces; pero ahora la encontr6 notable
mente meJOrada en- comercio Y en- ur-
banlzaci0n Tambitn adverti notables
adelantos Ell la prensa mayor movi-
mlento literario, 81 en- punto letras
faltaba ALI la pluma discretisima Y
docta de Teodoro Llorente, el noeta de
grata memoria.
La galanterla tie los hijos del Turia
obscqui6 con bellisimas flores las da-
mas puert0rriqnenas que me acompa-
naban. para que acreditaran ep BARGE
Iona una vez mas la fama que da a Va
| lencla el tltulo Dc primer iardin de
/ Espana
.sS" Manuel Fernandez Junees.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1912-10-12
Para la Escuela
Correctional

Secundino Cruz y Pedro Gonzalez Sc
declararon culpables del delito de Hur-
to mayor.
Por no tener todaNia de diez Y siete
amos de edad, el juez Rossy los senten-
ci6 dos amos de reclusion en- la Escue-
la Correctional.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1912-10-12
.Is
DESDE ESPANA
Impresiones de Andalucia'


Los trenes ferroviarios desde Madtid
a Baeza son bastante regulares, aunque
me parecieron inferiores a los del Nor
te de Espaiia pero los de la Inca del
Sur q. Sc toman en- aquella ciudad para
Granada son todavia fecundos en- mo-
lestias y eseasos de comodidad. Le-
camos''- porque ihan conmlgo algu-
mas senoritas puertorriquenas,- Hega-
mos Granada VA de noche y'eleglmoS
para hospedaie el Hotel Washington r.
wing edifcadO EN- los mismOs Jardmes
de la Ahambra, en memorla de aquel
insigne narrador americana que tan
acknowledgements poetiz6 con sus leyen-
das ese palacio Incompatible de los
mOnareas arabeS.
Aeababa yo de leer. la leyenda ira
giea de Francisco Villaespesa, - FL Al
e-azar de las Perlas,' escrita con tai
Drimor poetico Y con tan marcado gus
10 oriental, que parece haber sldo es-
crita por un gran poeta de la corte gra-
marina de Muhamad. y trasladada
nuestro idioma por el gran Iorrilla. Ell
mas munsulman de los poetas crisla-
nos
Con todo ese mundo de imagenes y
de giros poeticos EN- la mente me inter
ne al siguiente por los salones, patloS y
camarines de aquella maravilla del ar
te. pesar de las grietas de sus mu-
ros. de la rotura V desgaste de algunos
aicatados primorosos y de la perdlda
de muchos azulejos insusttuibles, me
pareci0 ell cOnjunto superior tOdo 10
que Sc ha escrito Y contado acerca de
Il. Renuncio, por 10 tanto, escrIblr
aqui un elogio mas de 10 que conSldero
superior todo elogio La Alham0ra
bay que verla - eSta era la Erase de
admiration que Sc Ola por ALI Ell 5oca
de ingleses. franceses. austriacos. ru-
sos V de casi todos los paises cultos de
Europa America que circulaban por
aqIeIa mansion ideal. Vi pOr ALI tam
bitn algqlnas j6venes de Nneva York y
Boston. copando Ell pequenos cuadros
al 6e0 parte de aquellOs ornamentos
murales de lineas sorprendentes de
extrafias foraciones. coronados por au-
reos caracteres que reproducian ala
banzas del heroismo Y sentencias del
C0ran.
En- los mas bellOs y pintorescos pa
bellones miradores de la Alham IRA,
suelen hacerse fotograftas muchas j6-
yenes andaluzas de peril arabe y de
ojos todava mas beIlos que los de las
hijas le Mahoma Para estas fotogra-
fias suelen ataViarse con todas las ga
las femenIes de la indumentaria orien-
tai .~,,-~
FL generalife eS una especie de Al
hambra rcducida menos fastuosa en-
el decOrado, el Albaicin, tambien de
origen arabe de m6rito artistico,
ofrece ademas e attractive de su 81
tuaci6n muy pintoresca y de preciosas
perspectivas.
I'm gitano joven de cara simpati-
ca, vcstido con pintoresco traje goyes-
co, anda constantemente por estos 81
tios ofreciendo Ell venta su retrato. Sc
titula rey de la gitaneria andalnza, por
legftima herencia, ofrece ademas el
retrato de su padre, que sirvi6 de mo.
delo Fortuny para un cuadro famoso
de los s1lyos.
En- Malaga, donde llegamos des-
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1912-10-12
A V L so

Sc espera que los yiajeros los Esta-
dos Unidos yisiten la Exhibition de
Puerto Rico-New York, ,-5a. Avenida
NO. 500. Esmerada atenci6n. Facii-
lidades y ventajas. lie convene zanzibar
lmpresiones con Mr. Mortimer Rerning-
ton-Gerente.
lgualmente Sc lie tratara en- e. Blu.
reau de Information, San Francisco ST.
No. 30, San Juan. 81 desea exponer en-
propaganda algun articulo sc le con-
cedera local su6ciente. :
G. F. Correa,
Jefe del Bureau de Information
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1912-10-12

tes, tenemos por aca que confolmarnos
aplaudiendo al 'Nirtuoso" La Chan
ga" con su bomba, y a algunos de los
no menos "virtuosos leaders socia-
listas EN- Suls decentisimas improvisacio-
neS p0hticas
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1912-10-12
Por los heridos
de Melilla

Subscription alberta por ell Casino Es-
palol de San Juan para SOONER To-,
heridos Y familias de los muertos en- la
presente campana
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1912-10-12
EN- SAN JUAN

Sc encuentra Ell esta capital don An
tonic Lopez Alcalde de Dorado
Con el senior Lopez Ina venido su hijo
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1912-10-12

Jefe del Bureau de Information,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-04-03
A FALSE POSITION

Rumors generally believed to have
emanated from the camps of men who
either are or have been considered as
Democratic presidential possibilities, that
Mr.. Underwood, of Alabama, could not
command the support of the North be-
cause of the fact that he is a South
erner, are not only poppycock, pure and
simple, but they place the men of the
North in a false position in the eyes
of the people of the South and tend to
revive sectional feeling which has been
buried for many years. The effects OF
such rumors are nil in the North be-
cause the people of the North know they
have not one iota of truth, but people
in the South are apt to take them more
seriously, and there is where they may
prove harmful, not only because of their
tendency to cause dissatisfaction on the
part of Southern Democrats, but be-
cause of the effect they may have in
giving rise to sectional prejudice through
false representations of conditions which
do not exist. No Northerner would
hesitate to support Mr.. Underwood be-
cause he comes from the South.-Ihe
Argus, Albany, New York, November
%, 1911.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-04-03
THE TAN

We have been h~unbugged and scared
off long enough by the bogy of North,
crn prejudice against a Southern candi-
date. Underwood stands for just those
things which recent Northern MAORI
ties have declared they want-a revi-
sion of the tariff downward and the
destruction of special privilege. His
qualities of leadership have been tested
and approved. In his personality he
is solid, clean and sane, with the cour-
age of a fighter and the clairvoyance OF
a true reformer, and if the South pre-
sents him as her candidate and the party
ratifes her choice this fine. strong char
acter of a new day in Our annals will
catch both the sentiment and the sober
Judgment of the North, sweep ava the
last remaining debris of the dead old
war and its dead issues and carry
enough States in that section to give us
the Presidencv.-Live Oak. Fla. Demo-
eyat. reprinted in the Montgomery Ad-
yertiser, January u, 1912.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-04-03
BAGeING AND BALING MATERIALS.

cd Congress, 1t Session. H. R. H13. An Act to place on the free list
agricultural implements, cotton bagging, cotton ties, leather, boots and shoes,
fence wire, meats, cereals, -four, bread, timber lumber, sewing machines, salt
and other articles "
States of America in Congress assembled, That o and after the day following
the passage of this Act te following articles shall be exempt from duty when
imported into the United States:
Plows tooth and disk harows, headers, harv@ters, reapers, agricultural drills
and planters, mowers, horsrakes, cuivator, threshing machines and cotton
gins, farm wagons and farm carts and all other agricultural implements of any
kind and description, whether specifically mentioned herein or not whether
Baggng for cotton, gunny Cloth, and all similar fabrics, materials, or cover
ings, suitable for covering and balng cotton, composed in whole or in part of
jue, jute butts, hemp, flax, seq, Russian seq New Zealand tow, Norwegian
tow, aloe, mill waste cotton tares, or any other materials or hDers suitable for
covering cotton; and burlaps and bags or sacks composed wholly O in part OF
jme OF burlps or other material suitable for baggng or sacking agricultural
products. ,
punched, or wholly or partly manufactured into hoops or ties coated or not
coated with paint or any other preparation, with or without buckles or fasen-
ngs, for baing cotton OF any other commodity; and wire for balng hay
straw, and other agricultural products.
Grain, buff, split, rough and sole leather, band, bend, or betting leather, boots
and shoes made wholly or in chief value of leather made from cattle hides
and cattle skins of whatever weight of cattle Of the bovine species, including
unfinished, composed wholly or in chief value of leather; and leather ut into
shoe uppers or vamps O. other forms suitable for conversion into manufac-
Barbed fence wire, wire rods, wide strands or wire rope, wire woven or
manufactured for wire fencing, and other KIND IL wire suitable TOT IenenEs
including wire staples. .,,,
Beef, veal mutton, lamb, pork and meats of all kinds fresh! sailed, picked,
dried, smoked, dressed or addressed, prepared or preserved In any manner;
bacon, hams, shoulders, lard, Lard compounds ad iHa uOs"~e' div
sausage and sausage meats. &c.,
Buckwheat -four, corn meal, wheat -four and semolna, rye -four, bran,
middlings, and other ofas of grain, oatmeal and rolled oats and all prepared
Timber, hewn, sided, or squared, round timber used for spars or, in build;
ing wharves, shingles, Eaths, fencing posts sawed boards .pankS DEALS aho
other umbg, rough or dressed, except boards, pankNs deals, IN other mm I'M
her. of Tonur- vitae lancewood, ebony box, granadMa, mahogany rosewood,
sainwood, and all other cabinet woods.
Salt Whether in bulk or in bags, sacks barrels, or other packages
ttsu Tic 'O"@' VI SOUTH TR1ae5E,,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-04-03
Underwood Prosi-
dontiaI Timber

Mr.. Underwood would make an ideal
President. He is a broad-gauged, level
headed citizen; he doesn't slip his cere-
bral cogs and go off at a tangent as a
rabid exponent of revolutionary dogmas
in an effort to popularize himself; he is
uniformly courteous to all men; he be-
lieves in reducing the high cost of liv-
ing in this country, not talking about it
he does not believe in destroying the
industries of the United States while al
the same time he is a thorough believer
in the principles of tariff for revenue
only.
There is no fub-dub about Mr.. Un-
derwood. He doesn't believe in shams
He is a big, brawny, brainy statesman,
without his lightning rod out to attract
the Democratic nomination for the pres
idency, and largely on that very account
he is liable to be the very man that will
get in the way of the bolt that may
elevate him to the White House,. w
Flenner, in the Times-D Democrat, Mus
kegee, Okla, October %, 1911.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-04-03
TINE TO ABANDON
UNWORTHY SECTIONAL
AMUSEMENT

course, as a people, to be so interpreted.
1t is not in human nature to accord
respect, where self-respect is absent.
How, then, can we expect the remainder
of the nation to continue to respect us,
when we grovel in the dust of a by
zone era, and let go by default the
rights inherent in American manhood?
For virtually half a century the South
has furnished the hewers of wood and
drawers of water for the Democratic
party. 1t has, faithfully with each re-
current four years, furnished the Democ-
racy's army and it's line oficers-cheer-
fully yielding command to other sections.
With a smile, it has steadily forsworn
the political loaves and fishes, content,
for the sake of the party, that they go
to doubtful States-time and again to
States most of us knew at the time were
steel-riveted Republican.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-04-03
FORAKER ON UNDERWOOD

Mr.. John Temple Graves will be in
town soon to make us a speech. He
was in Birmingham the other night and
The Age-Herald printed an interview
with the former Georgian, in which that
gentleman discussed Mr.. Underwood as
4 presidential candidate. Mr.. Graves
said: Mr.. Foraker used to be very bit
tcrly opposed to the South, but softened
a great deal after his elevation to the
Senate. l asked Mr.. Foraker if in case
Mr.. Underwood is nominated for Pres
ident, will it make any difference to you
that he is a Southern man?D
"'Absolutely none said Mr.. Foraker.
OF course, I cannot vote for him, as l
am a Republican, but if any Republican
should get up and denounce him because
he is from the South, I would take the
stump in U~nderwood's Defense"
That reads we'll, coming as it does
from a man whose ~antagonistic attitude
towards the South in other days gave
him the appellation of Fire Alarm"
Foraker.-Montgomeyy (Alahama) Ad-
7ertiser, reprinted in the Birmingham,
Ala, Age-HerSld, January, 1912.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-04-03
Let Us Claim Our Birthright

For so years we have eaten in the
political kitchen. Consistently, we have
waxed cheerful when denied even the
dubious privilege of the second table.
And to-day, when the clock of destiny
strikes, when the door of opportunity is
wide ajar, when the North actually lives
up to that prophetic utterance in the
Senate of Ben Hill, eve are back in the
house of our fathers, and we are here to
stay, thank Coda few of us are still
blushing and stammering, still wearing
political sackcloth and ashes, still up to
the old easy mark" game of doing all
the drudgery, with non of the cakes
and ale! Let's end this disgraceful
farce! We furnish, have long furnished,
the electoral votes, the powder and shot,
the munitions, of the Democratic party.
Let's assert those equal rights and privi-
leges as American citizens, as the re-
mainder of the nation f~raternally bids
US to do. Let's cease the qualification
of informing the nation, by III actions,
that we cannot bring forth a man capa-
Bile for the presidency. For the sec
tional cowardice, here and there mani
tested, is equivalent to that shameful
and %ungrounded admission.-The Con-
stitution, Atlanta, Ga, January q, 1912