The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-02

rying in his hand United States flag
and this is the way he explained the
tariff issue: He opened the exercise by
declaring in stentorian tones in favor
of states rights and the doctrine of inn
mersion.
. The constitution of our white fathers
was framed by white men for the Cau-
casian race and the ancestors of the gray
eyes and straight haired free men of the
proud old county of Randolph had q
great part in making that sacred fnstru-
ment' He dared any man to deny that
our fathers were inspired by a higher
power when they framed that immortal
document 1t has stood the test of time
and it will always stand as bulwarll
against the assaults of those who would
tear down our noble institution.
Who can read a line of it without
feeling a thrill of pride that the fore
fathers of the men who now hear me
made it, and at the same time made a
patriotism nation wide, but nowhere
stronger than in the proud old county
of Randolph. All! my friends; as / gaze
on the folds of the sacred flag encircling
nay manly form and recall the civliza-
tion it stood for, and the shed blood it
commentaries, great sobs of grief we'll
up in my bosom for the gallant men of
Randolph who fell asleep in the red fields
of Virginia with the faded gray jacket
as their winding sheet, and as / wave
this banner that [ hold in my hand, as
contemplate these sacred stars and
stripes / am proud of the tears that force
themselves into my eyes and here as
sert that whatever may happen when a
foreign foe invades our shores and at
tempts to polute our flag the men OF
Randolph will see to it that its con-
secrated folds are not dragged In the
DUST / thank you. my friends for your
i,,o mr. . IN <.f rat,-
tlemen the Hon. Tom is a loo loo! and
orator right.
His appearance was strikingly rural
His face was worn but kindly His
garb was homespun, baggy, ill fitting. In
every way he was the picture of the ideal
Reuben come to town. The incon-
gruity, therefore, between his appearance
and his evident intention to do the bal
lyhoo' act for a patent medicine out
fit was striking. Mounting the stand on
the midway of the fair grounds he be-
gan:
Gentlemen and ladies, fellow citizens,
candidates, pickpockets, book agents and
boss swappers! / hold in my hand a
utensil not entirely unknown to the male
members of this congregation; it is a
bottle and inside it's crystal walls re-
poses 100 sucks of joy and its all yours
for / cent suck. Prepare to pucker
while / continue to warble my jocund lay.
The Lord made man. and man made
glass and glass makes bottles, and bot
ties holds various beverages made for
internal improvements, and this particu-
lar one that am exhibiting to you con-
tains stuff that will cause your liver to
hop light ladies' and tip toe around un-
til you'n get a gait on yer like a young
mule loose in a 10 acre rye pasture.
Nothing stimulating in it, more than
it ort to be nuther. nothing inebriation;
nothing to make man hollering drunk,
and wanting to rip up his old grand
daddy and scare the children over into
the next county, but indoocin' a gentle
heating up, still a heating. feeling down
in, the southwest corner of the aiimentary
canal, same as the Methodist love feast
induces when the aged brother in the
amen corner announces with tears, that
he has home In glory, and a few of the
sisters get to smiling. On this here bot
tie is more sunshine and IA karat joy than
a boy with goat.
Just look at it shining in the warm
rays Of the baimy air and or making