Pocahontas star herald., 1916-02-25
SOUTHERN DEMOCRAT
REPLIES TO Mr.. PARK
Pocabontas, Feb, 81, 1910


spell, didn't you: You have not
only run away, but YOU have upset
your apple cart, wrecked your
wagon, torn your harness to picccs,
disiigured your appearance ana
played the dickens generally.
You should not have allowed
that high spirited driver Of yours to
urge you on to such reckless speed.
"Infamous," Corrupt Political
Gang" Ignorant muung Of a
Demhgogue," "Poisouous Sland'r,'
etc is pretty strong language; e''
erythinr from snail sIic arms TO o
cenlmelor, You appear 10 deiye.
the bali equally As well from the
port side as from the right. Your
assortment Of balls also looks good.
Your fast ball is screamer; your
curve breaks we'll, aud your spit
ball seems to work overtime. am
not gong to get mad at the Ian.
guage used in your letter, for to
use the words Of Sam Wade's boy,
1--WE have for the past twenty years
kinder grown up together" But,
"honest injuu" now, Mr.. Park,
didn't you have some help, some
very valuable help, in compiling
that choice assortment OF adjective,
aud expletives? l. not the party
who assisted, aided and abetted you
Of different political faith aud order
to you and myself? Why, oh why
didn't you get the assistance Of
some good Democrat, or could you
find one? Hasn't this Republican
friend Of yours been going over tins
county organizing Brough clubs,
aud isn't his rame Drew Bowers?
Haven't you, Drew aud myself stood
side by side in foul and far wealh.
er m every particular except pohti.
cally? had thought your better
judgment would have prevented YOU
from annexing your name TO this
tire.eatng article of his. At any
rate / am not going to let a pohti.
cal difference strain this relation.
ship. | always knew aud IN fact
boasted, that you were an architect
Of more than ordinary ability, but
you. suddenly, without notice to
your friends, and during the shades
of one night, blossom forth as an
Iconoclastic photographer. Drew,
poor fellow, was raised better. His
saInted father, while here among
us, was always found carrying the
Democratic banner, and right nobly
did he fight its battles. His parent
age on the maternal side, have,
from time Immemorial, been true
and tried Democrats, and while he,
poor fellow, is now playing the role
of the prodigal, let us hope that some
day he will return TO tue political
faith of his forbears. 1t was bad
enough for hIm to fall pell nell into
the arms of Miss Republican when
be attained his majority, but It is
worse for HIM to Inger so long IN
the lap Of Miss High Tariff.
My reasons for not signing my
name to my former article are these:
| DO not court newspaper uotoriety.
/ do not wish to intentionally hurt
anyone's feelings. Besides, the
reading public does not always cx-
tend that charity 10 the writer Of a
newspaper article that is accorded
to US in private life, and some tel
low who is not thoroughly advised
in the premises, and who has poll.
tical scales in his eyes. might rise
and say fool, or idiot. But to the
subject.
You cannot tell me anything
about the negro race. I was reared
in the South and was among them
every dav. Like many other south.
ern born, had a black nanny.
who watched over me as teuderly as
did my own mothsr. It wa. her
delight to steal me oil to the kitchen
while the others were eating, and
I'LL me so full Of pot-hcker and corn
bread that YOU couldn't tall INV