The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-11-24
DOTE IN POLITICS.
Abvul, Mundy mite.

Jim bradlies offus las sattidy. jim
he'd sint fur mea ter git mea ter
rite him er tiucate thet whut i sed
IN my las letar bout them swimin
iesings wuZ put in jest fur poettick-
al efec, his let&r on thet sublec
runs ez folars-
deer doat--i mus sea yu ct Wunst.
ther letar which you he'd in ther las
weaks presbanar hez Civ me sum
lital trubal. wuz in ther frunt
yard wensdy morn, en- it wuz butt
Jul morn, when ther paiper cum.
pix it up en- then ther brekfust
bel run, means my wife cauls me
inter breckfus, ez we hev no slch
thing ez a bel, bein plane kun
try boy. wei goze in wifi ther
paiper en- evry wun jest ez ezule sez
reed doat. well j reeds along til j
gifts doun ter wher it tells bought me
en- renoc givin !hem swinim lesings,
then kinder limps er long en- trlze
C skim oaver thet, but no. mi wife
sez reed it, en- sez thet is sum of
doats lize,, en- she sez no 1t amt you
is trinter Ii yersealf, so hurries thu
wifi it, Ell trize ter laf it off, but
things is not yit seterfactery so sez
ter nlisealf doat will tilikait thet the
hoal thing is a maid up job so
pleas cum bi sattidy en- sea mea,. ez
hev sumpin fur yer. reminder
we is boath frum longcain en- will
help yu in timb Nv trubbal. you
is also a marrid man en- ma mead
heep. yourn,
jim. I
vel, goze up en- talks ter Jim
ebbount ther matter, en- while dis
likes ter do soa rites noat whicth
hoapes vii fix ther things up, It
wuz "maid up" job shore nuf.
so as Jim en- he'd finisht with thet
dix sonly an r. e. hill en- joa jones
en- Fat roach, sherf burts, judge
hamon. an sevril moar Gums in en-
sez whut is up, en- sez les hev en-
erlecshun on hoo is ther hansumst
man in toun. en- evrybcddy seams
wilin. en- tx sonley sais how shall
we voat en- sez cal ther roal lack
we did en- servanner at the Deep
Waters, en- with thet dix, en- Jim.
en- r. e. en- Joa en- jedge hamon, EN-
ther sherf all rores out oh no, we
il in pollertocks en- it will not doa
fur US ter let ennyboddy git onter
hoo we voats fur; tina sais it is al
rite fur US ter rite doats ticket but
ez fur us, it will not doc fur even
doat ter knoa who we voats fur;
we II fur the sickrit ballit; en- sez
bein a plane mersealf en- holdin MI
offus by pintlnint Nv the guvnar
il wilin ter voat emmy waigh, en- tina
all sais it is best sickrit.
soa sez perpair yer yoats EN-
evry felar rites his ticket, wei, whin
wuz on longcain, en- wenter loar
longcain ter church with Wite brad
lie. Jim en- renoc, all ther gals hung
'runo me sed wuz ther hansumsv
man which atinded ther meatins. e"
ez Jim knode this i sposed Jim wud
cirterly voat fur mes, en- ez hed
sum ritin fur R. e. en- hclpt dix
en- uthers out time nergin, i sez
ter miself theze bois is goner pla a
complement on dote en- he viii git
aul ther voats. tride ter think hoo
i wud voat fur on mi side Nv ther
town. en- furst ther Wuz our 2 mur-
chants bob Purity en- a. h. bonnett;
ez cuddent beside twixt them i
runs oaver in mi mine gorge godfri,
ed gra, sing finly, jon nunCar, JIM
kox, foster Bonwell. Mr.. Gamhol. on
most Nv ther uther bois en- sez ter
miself, dote ther air no usre beln Lvv
modest en- eoin round the bush
bought this here mater, you is ther
man so voat fur yerself en- maik it
unannermouS, so j puts her in.
Wei, evryboddie els he'd rote ther
voats bi this timb en- talks them
up, en- when counts ther voats
erlc hot pt erifc
voat cept jedge hamon, en- ther. is
wun voat fur Joa edmuns, mr.. ha-
mons nabur, ez suppoasin thet mr.
Hamons he'd voated fur his nabur
sails toa him, you duz well ter stix
ter yer naburs, en- with thet remark,
up Gums Jim bradlie, en- joa jones an
dix sonlie, en- sherf burts. en- r. e.
Hill Ell sez unannermously, no j.
voated thet voat fur joa edmuns, tho
ledge hamons sez he did jest ez i
gest. wei, knoze j voated fur
miself. en- while ther discushan en-
disputin is goin on as ter hoo voated
fur mi. edmuns, thinks ter miself
we ken tel ther hanritin Nv ther man
hoo did this hear voatin, en- fine out
hoo voated fur each Nv ther uther
gints, en- sez ez this is no reglur
lecshun les look ct the voats en- sea
hoo voated theaz voats by ther han-
writin, en- with thet al theaz parties
which is in pollerticks make a dive
fur the voats en- befoar knoze whuu
is up Jim bradlie has already burnt
up ther voats. sez we will hev the
voat agin, but tina all sez thet tina will
not go inter it unles "' rhe" ~''rs'
ritin on ther tickets in typeriter en-
then skratch wifi same pehsll Ell ez
spected that wuz goner fix ter
count me out, leaves en- goze hoam.
when gifts thear i tells mi wife
bout how the leckshun Gums off, en-
she lafs ez she hez a good idy who
voated fur Jim bradlie, ez wei ez
ther uther gents, but she wuz a
lital mad too as she sed oughter
bin elicted frs voat. wei sez ther
air no wais. tellin how lecshun is
goin but is still puzzlin mi brane
bout how it cum erbought that ivry-
boddie gifts that wun voat. Seams
ter me as it duz ter lizzy that Jim
bradlie shud no thet he wud be
spected Nv voatin fur hisself under