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ice examminasion. Then aftur he is ap-
pointed then Gums the First Vice Chair
man, and the Secund Vice Chairman and
so on down the steenth Wise Chairman.
Then Gums the chairman of the Committee
on Credensials; the chairman of the COM
mittee on gum shoes; the chairman of the
committee on transportation; and on enter
tainmint; and on electrick illuminasion,
and on liquid illumination; and on sup
pressing the illumination. And if it so
happens that there is a lifelong DENNY
orat-evver cents last November-in Wash
ington that tsan't Chairman on sumthing,
it is because he s under srspicsion or in jail.
Then Gums the ladies auxillerry. In the
ladies' auxillery they have sum seventy
eight or forty differint committees, with
clarnans and wise chairmans. The COM
fMttee on Tare Pins; the committee or
aian Suits lae committee on perfu7n
mefg tie aonontlea of powder puffs; ae
commttes on newaraper puffs; the co,liiit
tee on uthe1 pUfs a1 ta Puff comHttee.
If there is singie blek ef aene'esa yasn-
ington that don t haSe 4l de sitl
that innougerrel in sum oaaassltg, der so
sial promminense couldn't be ssen IN a
cleer day with feeld glass that would
make seed tick look like Jumko
There's only one thing tha icy can't
fix and that's the weather EVERY time
there is a Presidint to be innougerrated
that weather goes into executive session
and introduces sum spesialtes for the oe-
cassion and makes that inougerrel proses-
sion look like an interrupted week S wash
ing.
The weather will start out on March 3
looking as calm and peeceful as Senator
Crane; it will keep rite on that way up to
about a. m. on March the 4th, then it will
spit on its hands and begin to turn pale
round its horrizun, and start a ruff house
A blizzered that started in for a little frol
lick across Alaska to toy with the furr
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black coffee, an omelet and some part
ridges shared the previous day by the
Snead boy.
Beyond certain satisfied smacks, tes-
tifying to the goodness of the water,
little was said till they had turned and
gone some distance toward the hotel.
They were men of the world-these
three-not old in years, but had lived
long enough in environs where the need
and methods of the world are soon
learned To see lines of sagacity in a
young face-to see alert shrewdness
where one might anticipate open-heart-
ed exuberance. makes one almost regret
that the grave experiences come with
such swift feet 1t Is perhaps a vast
pity that facts are recognized as facts
so soon.
Peter Wilson, the youngest of the
three gray-eyed and lean, was strip
ling in stature. restless and spirited. He
carried the glass from which the three
had drunk, and filled with the gladness
of the holiday they had begun, dashed
the few drops it held into the face of
his nearest comrade. His brother Ju-
Illus would have resented the impudence
by challenge to scuffle on the narrow
path, were they not pushed from behind
by their companion, who urged upon
them Sneads old-time impatience when
there were delinquents at the breakfast
hour julius, who proposed to be no
partner to Snead's discontinue was
soon appeased. He was a ponderous
fellow, broadshouldered, muscled like an
athlete.
AS the little party neared the gateway
leading to the house, a sudden gust OF
wind caught julius hat away and trip
ped it along through the fennel weeds
"Snead will guess we've deserted him
Dat don'f or a m
said he to his brother, who to max e
amend for the sprinlxling of water drops
had gone in chase of the unruly hat
The older brother had broad forehead
and eyes which seemed to rest on moth
ing without intent. They were light
gray and did him genuine service IN
conversation. for the great fellow was
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things about Johnson's leg "gittn'
broke, and the exact manner in which
"the grass was trespassin' on Browns
ginseng" Vastly more important to
these juveniles was the glorious fact
that here in, their presence sat three
veritable Governors of Alabama. maybe,
who had come from over North River
and had been in the County seat and
mad seen the Courthouse course them
knows, all bout what Dads sayin',"
mused one. But the little fellows knew
not that the old mans confab was like
balm for hurt wounds and that their
spirits were unfolding as the curious
plant whose petals unfold slowly after
long whiles of apparent death. Espe-
cially was there in the natures of Hos
kins and julius this element of love for
the' natural and primitive. out in the
open there, the tiny voices of nature
far past the prelude of spring now,
soon to emerge into the imperial flower
chorus.-and here one of the products
of the earth, too: Snead with his grun
voice. but in praise of the growing par
sley and the dewberries. which would
presently be blackening with sweetness.
The great symphony had begun with
trebling pipes of April air, and into the
square window crept delicate vine.
Hoskins,. in a half-dreamy way, wond-
cred IL some orchestral conductor long
Oedd unuer the moist SOIL, ndu not sent
UP this green tendril for baton with
which to blend the singing.
Out on the veranda ten minutes la
ter very gravely the men produced pipes
and watched the sun rout the mis- I
shapes. Only. Peter had deserted after
coffee, and was in his room rummaging
in great suitcase. Presently out of a
recess he drew small package. mystic
rious. we'll wrapped. The trailer" was
preparing to fulfill his brothers proph-
ecy. for the parcel had within it a gift
for the pink and white girl. "Ahi little
one. little o.nei< IL has been SO iong--so
long, he said as the memory of her
shone in his faec.
1t was 1890 and broad day---all of the
mIsts had cleared when he slipped away
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NISTUR EDDTTUR: Whatever
- may be sed of the Demmocrasy of
Sszy the men of this Republick, as to
its genuwinness, one thing is sertain, that
Demmocrasy, or the brand Of that CON-
modify effected by the wimmin OF the Uni
ted States, would not stand emmy assid test
under the Pure Food and Drug Act.
We air doing a lot of things in this coun-
try and calling it Demmocrasy that II taken
up to the soopreem court would land us IN
the penitensiary for faults pretenses. Our
forefathurs started this Republick as gov
vermint of the Peepul that's what dem
mocrasy meens- and they proposed that it
should be run without emmy frills or lase
trimniins, cut on the home maid plan,
which could at all times refer sneeringly
to the ''Pomp and Splender Of Kings and:
Emperers and to the empty honors OF the
Nobility.
Our forefathurs weer lot of plain,
very plain, aggriculturists, who spent there
time-when they wasn't shooting lead and
intemperrence into the Indians, picking
worms off there tobacker crops. When they
elected a Presidint of the United States,
they picked out one Of there number and
he was put into offise with out emmy blair
ring of trumpets or extryordinery display
of emmy character When he rode down
to the capitol to take the oath there mite
have been few persunal trends on hand
to see that nuthing was overlooked, but
there was no fleet of battleships in the Of
fling firing saloots costing about 10000
bones per loot, nor was there 79 Reg
gimints of the standing Army getting 80
sents per dyem and board and washing
marching up and down Pennsylvanier ave-
new with the Bands playing fHale to the
Cheefr'
There wasn't emmy innougerrel bawl
held at the Pension offise, with an orches-
ire of $50 peeses, because there wasn't emmy
Pension office and the orchester consisted
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unaware, as he thought. to the garru-
lous Snead and his friends.
Windham Springs is not far removed
from the postoffice through which the
hill folk receive their county paper; and
when Joe Whiting was appointed post
master at Oregonia. the hill folk were
very glad The sections staunchest st
citizens had applauded him nightly
three years before when he was made
dispenser Of the mail in lieu of Snead !;
that worthy having resigned because of
the stress of duties at the hotel.
Toward this place FASTENED Peter with
the wind in his face. the bird -chorale in
his ears, and love in his heart Ages
ago she had promised to think OF him
lots and lots' and pledged her
wild eirlish heart to write sometimes.
And she did wrte,--once, twice, and a
third time, in reply to passionate lines
from him. But she was a nature child,
a daughter OF Joe Whiting and u girl of
the hills, unused to lyric flights The
caImness of her yexed Peter sometimes
in that happy summer when they were
together. The woman's Intuition whis-
pered do not care overmuch. for he
will forget-and you might not
And now he was coming back with
the old tale in his heart--of the long
nights and days. II was the soul OF a
man TO be unDuruened now. refer had
dabbled somewhat in Hoskins' library
and some old lines out of Brown
ing came to him as he breasted the
slope leading to the poseoffice:
Hold fast, hope hard. in the subtle
thing
calld spirit; though cloisterd fast
soar free"
"what is the drift of 1t, Hoskie? -
And the older man through rings OF
tobacco smoke tried to tell what the
poet meant and Of the fine ethic passion
one might know, spite of the world's
bludgeoning, for spiritual things. 'Tc
learn thoroughly the exits and the en-
frances OF ones cioister.-that's II. Pc
ter-xin. To know the escapes and t.
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know the power of ones souls WINGS.
and TO soar to the peaks If there's the
strength TO do itl And then, after the
good prospects. TO be glad for the four
walls you must come back to after the
far flights"
.The soul Of me Is. having "a good time
now thought the young fellow, lau$h-
ing with the JOY Of life. Browning and
Hoskie are first-class and know about
these things"
The postoffice premises were very
quiet when he reached the hilltop and
he walked rapidly across fifty yards Of
brown stubble to the gate "A great lop-
cared hound ambled toward him.
by George. Howdy.' Peter, When'd
ye come? Like old times, my boy." And
from a woodshed rearby emerged the
speaker Whiting with the same gruff
voice or the old time himself grizzled
and weather. beaten as any of the grim
pines which sang about their heads.
"Snead was spealSin' yesterday baoui
how he was 'spectin' some boarders, but
who'd "a said you wuz 'mong emf
Peter was holding both OF Whiting
mighty hands. Good of you TO come
over frs thing. laddie," the gracious
voice welcomed; now tell me 'baout
you -al1."
"And Julie?" Peter managed to say
"Julie's still postmaster. | reckon
20, boy, boy Don't talk like that
jules gone away And the old seam
ed face of him grew soft with pity foi
the boy, whom he had supposed knew
all. ''Julies married now. and's livin
out Dallas way IL wuz las July
Young Folsom--oP Bill Folsom's boy
courted her for moren three months
Then whuts to happen but he come!
drivin up one mornin' and sez. soft as
yer please. Mister within, / wants vel
permission ter court Miss Julie Will
marri' gible Intentions" What could
say2 1t all come sudden-like. and / sez
stern al possible. Guess ef julie kin pa
up with yer. can't say I'd objec ter yei
marryin
Seem ter upset the little gal nightly
when / toll her what the felier said
Lookd sorter in pain and sorry all el
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WV HO journeys northward from
nv Tuscaloosa, in Alabama, and
w follows with patience the de-
yious threading Of Watermelon Road.
will in days journey Cor a half day
according to the speed and resoluteness
of the beast driven), come to a wild.
timbered stretch of country broken by
many hills. In the midst of these. out
of the heart of a cliff side oozes quar-
ter-inch stream of first-class spring
water, long the ooiinty's piece de resis-
tance In the early spring the dogwood
seems to burst to whittier bloom there.
ana the smell of the pines and the keen
air floats eloquently to the hearts OF
some men and women who know the
innumerable virtues of the place.
Nearly within halloo distance of the
spring's gush one may secure toierable
board in a squatty, tenement AFFAIR
whose outward grim finishing never
danlpens the ardor of those who go in
ouest of pure water, air and rest, as
will testify whatsoever journeyer who
finds hafborage there. Snead, the land
lord, is a power in his beat, and exacts
from his farm neighbors each year n
proportion of goose feathers sufficient
TO keep his beds ponderous and downy
and wholesome. On the whole. he was
a good fellow in years past and served
meals table dhote without ceremony
or pomp only darl1ey Jim served there
who grinned without pause and at fire.
ouent intervals fetched yellow bread or
battercakes on great tin salver
One gusty late April morning Snead
horn announcing breakfast, beloved
across the wide yard and down to the
spring where three had foregathered
10 celebrate with cold draughts their
arrival the previous evening. And tru-
lv there was occasion for good cheer
These three had heard the pines call
and felt the moist of the morning in
memory's train for two summers: and
10, here was 1.-THE sights self, the SER
mons text" The morning was raw and
rusty. presaging rain, but counteractina
ehis sounded Snead's horn. inviting t.
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along the backs of the festive Poller Bares,
and run up the prise of coal in Eskimoville,
will take fool nosion to go 1000 miles out
of its way and but in on that innougerrel
procession. 1t does so.
1t rains, and sleets, and SHOWS, and
hales and blows and otherwise tries to an
noy and muss up the programme, but it
takes moor than it can do to discourage
would be F'edderrel offise holder. The pro
session proseeds to prosesh rite according
to schedule, and as advertized. Sum folks
thinks that the weather servvlse is under
the control Of tho detected cannydates,
Ihis T=1n1Hl te he l{Ve gatet
Il, rn Iui lssat g stala se afens aas
AstaDt svip 81 se8asH Itfni 81 ut pp8
u s5 l, IS il, {. ,.Ia,, o,.eA e,ns. int,ifo tno
0f orse in an innougerrel procession
tl1s .in thing to see is the new Presidint
IA .e last innougerrel procession this was
ret difficult When Presidint Taft is in
te the difficulty is not in seeing him, but
IS in seeing emmy thing else When he is
using Pennsylvania Avenew traffic along
that thoroughfare is suspended. The first
time that Presidint Taft is abull to pass
through the Pannerma canal, it, will be
notis to the world that the canal will be
open for traffic But it will be little
moor difficult to see Presidint Wilsun, but
ennyhow he don't much matter the main
thing is to see the Cabbynet
The Cabbynet will be rite along behind
the Presidint. In coach and fore imme-
diately following the Presidensial coach
will be the Hon. Willyum Jennings Bryan,
Secretary of State, and the Hon. Willyum
j. Bryan, Atturney Generil, and w. j.
Bryan, Secretary of War, and the Hon. W.
Jennings Bryan, Secretery Of the Navy.
Following this carrige will be anuther
one containing the Distinguished Edditur
of the Communer, Secretery of EVERY
thing else. The Cabbynet is the party that
every boldly who Graves job will be
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ordinarily silent in the crowd; at such
times his intelligent eyes had a COM
pleter vocabulary than his tongue, az
least a reader one. "a first class boy
il he'd leave trailing alone, he said
to his companion, indicating Peter who
had captured the unruly hat in dew
berry patch forty steps in the rear He
must go hari-kari about little pink
and white girl-the one who gave us
letters over the hill ages ago-and
pledge syou, we'll have some difficulty
in keeping him in bounds today He IL
be scouting out in that direction, point
ing eastward where the great trees
brooded in mist. But the llhes OF MS
face were very soft and gentle as he
turned to his friend. and to his brother
he said, Thanks, Peter boy, taking the
hat. a.esL -.f
IIoskins loved the simple life, too in
way. and when the boys suggested
gypgyfng for a season he caught at the
chance with glad heart. His face was
clean cut and thin and at this moment
wore an abstractcd look. There was a
deep peace in the whole man--in the
calm ways of him, and the firm chin.
and the compressed lips. Since the
death ten years before of Chancellor
Percy Wilson. father of Peter and Ju-
Illus, he had been adviser, friend and
camaradie to the boys. since they were
now of age, and his duties as trustee OF
the estate and incidental guardian had
PASSED, right welcome was the chance
to be with these men on the new terms.
Snead was quite red in the face from
excessive horn blowing but was soon
soon pacif'Ad by certain sort of free
masonry " aused Hoskins to re-
member a BRAND of good Scotch whis-
XIV the landlord loved in the old time.
a couple of frowzy children, with that
usual reticence children have until the
broad day fully heartens, peered as
kance from the Kitchen at the visitors
engrossed with the smoking edibies and
at their rotund papa. garrulous through
out the meal with village gossip. Would
he never be finished? wondered they,
who knew. word for word. all these
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that day, an next evenin' when | come
rum mill. foun her cryin soft-like
Papa seq she. what must | do? what
must ! do9 And / sez. my heart feelin'
heavy like. Little gal. do whut yerheart
tells yer TO do rememberin' how Millv
would cry sometimes when | wuz court
IN her. Between her and Milly Cmy
wife faVorln' the match, the weddin'
took place n month afterward.
1t gifts mighty lonesome sometimes
with 1es' me and Mlly In the house
no little gal ter Kiss me of mornins-
no more little songs around the house
no more like Forgotten Las day / see
her she wuz singin il all to her self:
an 1t seemed ter me funny like her
singin' that jus before she wuz ter
marry An when she and Bill wuz on
the way to taown----"
Good God Would the man never hush
with his prattle2 lie had given her that
song. lie had told her 10 sing it some
times Deep in his college work and
dreams he had failed TO fill the loving
hearts sore need.
Just a slip OF little hill girl--out
Dallas way. Gone out or his sight in
the April weather-gone beyond reach
OF hand clasp and heart-call. 1t was
the heart of youth clamoring for Its
mate-no more than this, there in the
April wea ther. .......... Well?
A haze of pipe smoke waited full into
his face as he tramped through the gate.
Dear God" he had been saying. Dear
God. make her happy! Keep slIer. strong
and glad" SO the heart of youth prays
in the April weather and pities Itself
Been missing YOU sorely, Peterkin
Where been?' called Julius. at peace
with himself.
60 to hell"' said Peterkin.
"Hoskie. old ehap. ''said the hurt boy
in heart heart confab the next night.
does the time ever come when there
aren't any more exits from the cloistere
Does the time ever come when poor
devil gets so badly wounded that he
doesn't want 10 soar any more?'
"You are Just an ordinary, commons
place. foolish young ass was. Hoskins'
surly reply.
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wanting to salaam to. and he will be rite
there. The Cabbynet proposes to take an
active hand in the administration, he told
me SO himself
But the point we started out to make
cleer is, that where does the simple ways of
Demmocrasy cum ing Is all this splendor
in harmerny with our bosted tradissions!
Air we not drifting away frum the simple
life? And if so whittier will it Iced us
| wot not, gentle reeder, and having wot-
ted | leeve the questsion with you, SO that
you may also wot if you choose.
If n,av 10 i pi9e lairnoa --i4l.
the "a ans taesrR 81 this 9iafs n
aeses sFsssh sssd stg ssg 5.sirs
efs II s. We sbuaid Het b0fBe afrarsqfs
iurtner ABOUT II, put we should consern
ourselves in trying to obtain a dividend
upon our stock. So far our stock has
yeeled us nuthng but permission to work
for a living and vote the demmycratic
ticket, we have dun both for yeers, long
and gloomy yeers when the demmycratic
party didn't seem abull to beet an egg;
now when it stands out in tryumfant vie
terry with a majority on the board of direc-
turs, it seems to me there is nuthing left for
us to do, but to go before sed board, and in
low and tremmulus tones tell them to Cum
eileen" with us, and if they fail to do so,
to raise a holler that will wake up the ma
tives back on Route One.
Then if they will not reckognize our
claims, there is always one corse left, next
time we can bolt the ticket and join the
Bull MoosersA- they will promise us ennv
thing. We have gone through several
hard winters with nuthing but thin prom
ises between us and the cold, cruel world,
and if it Gums rite down to it perhaps we
can do so again. In the meen time cum TO
the innougerrel and put in your claim It
will be like betting So on 800 to | shot, it
will be existing while it lasts Yours
trooly, BILL VINES.
Washington, y. G.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-12-11
FLOODS IN TEXAS
LOSE THEIR FORCE

Houston, Dec. 1.-THE Brazos river
flood had practically spent itself last
night, although several small towns
in the rivers delta were still over
flowed. By morning the stream was
expected to be falling throughout its
entire length.
Thousands of tents and blankets
were rushed into the river bottoms
from Bryan south. for rain Wednes-
dap added greatly to the sufferings OF
big camps of negro refugees.
Gov. o. B. Colquitt. who has been
trying to reach the capitol at Austin
for a week, was still here last night
but general resumption of railroad
service was expected within a day or
two.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-12-11
MAKES BIG GRIPS
ON 4-ACRE FARM
REV. /. l.. CLAY DEMONSTRATES
WHAT CAN BE DONE ON
CUT.OVER LANDS.

If anyone should perchance indulge
any doubt as to what may be grown
on South Mississippi land, that doubt
would be removed by a visit to the
four-acre farm of Rev. l.. l.. Clay,
situated within the corporate limits of
the city of Hattiesburg.
Mr. Clay lives alone on his place,
situated near the N o. & N. e. R. R.
in the Sixteenth section, and for sew
eral years he has been cultivating his
four-acre plat, making it more and
more productive each year. This year
he has given much attention to sweet
potatoes, though he grows many other
things. With his own labor and that
Of horse hired for sixty days during
the past season, Mr.. Clay made and
harvested over 700 bushels of yellow
yam sweet pota toes. There was one
strip of his potato ground which he
took pains to measure and from which
he kept careful account of the guam.
tity of potatoes gathered that yielded
at the rate of 730 bushels an acre
Frior to planting his sweet potatoes
this year Mr.. Clay had gathered 225
bushels of Irish potatoes.
Another interesting result obtained
by him is shown in the fact that from
a strip of ground 7x55 feet h, gathered
and sold in the local market during
the past spring strawberries, which
brought him SIS, which is at the rate
of $1,700 per acre.