The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-05-24

llyander n no sooner IMAM Cney
knode that uncle Jim wus a Baptust
than they throde his he'd in the bas-
kit. Well uncle Jim who kin GIN
! nerly lite on his feet in a boss trade
was sumwhat Komfusticated when
the brethrun begins ter pint out
! that this are no Baptiss movement,
' nur rails in South Kaliner poller-
ticks, and seem the drift of things
he lowed he wus jist joakin and
wood interdoos bruther Will stea-
vingson who wus a presberterian
and the Mare, More Mars, who wood
| give the propar doap. Well the SUI
per Stevingsun had been looking at
the good lookin stenography who
wus taikin doun the noats of the
meetin, and he drifted his bote intoo
a lucidation of the fine pints of
good lookin wimmen. They say
that he shode a wunderfull admer-
rashun for ther ladies, which wood
a bin a strong pint with the meetin
if it had been solder boys who air
yung and good lookin themselves and
likes the girls, but all derrectars
being bout the aige Of Col. Tom
Kotherun of Greanvil, s. c. they
took verrie lital noat of what the
supervisor wus sayin. Of corse they
sed that they had no dout that abb
vul had a crate number of good
lookin wimmen but they Good not
find in Their dickshunnery where that
had ennything to de- with good roads
col. Mare Mars havin cleened up
his throte agin my this time took
his posish in the middle of the
ordinance and said that he was in
faivor of filming ennyman for speedin
ON the Dicksey Hiway cording to his
aoillerty to pay the fine. Bein rich
men moast of them, the Mare had
hardly got their wurds out of his
mouf befoar the Konductar IN the
meetin sails that the joory will re-
tire and kinsoder the Kase. The
joory was col. Winslow, a CRATE
. friend of uncle Jim as evrie boldly
thort, but he return wifi a verdict
fur Greenwood fur the full ermount
havin maid a map of the whoal
cirket wifi Due West left off.
now Mr.. edditor, it do sea to
NEE that we had the wrong set OIL
orrertors. we shood at wunst start
a CHAMPAIGN for trainen a set Of
speakers fur this City who will
know how to handel a case. The
City kounsel will no doubt be glad
ter maik a preparation to help the
cause. if they do not it will be the
fust time they have refused. Now
it. happen that idoo not live rite in
the city, but i am a kontributer Of
the City finances and I bleeve when
a man pay he shood talk. j wishes
ter nommernait for the orratory
skool fust and foremost my self,
Mr.. R. W. Smith, sometimes called
Dote, also DR.. 'Jax Pressly and Will
Barnwell. Now you will need sum
explanashun of theas nommerna-
tions and why i named myself fust.
we'll you see in evry crowd of busl-
ness men, bankers or polltertishuns
and orrertars you need a leeder
which furnishes the brains for the
other two to go by. That is why i
name myself fur the frunt part of
the Job. Now DR.. Jax Pressly is a
miscellanus man, he is a good talk
er to the ladies, a good singer which
sumtimes counts and then he can
talk a good deal among peepul which
nav more tention to the wurds than
they do to what is sed. I wood reck-
ommind DIR. Jax as a verrie wurdy
man, and reddy to talk to emmy
crowd if you give him the right
kind of a push. Now Will Barnwell
i talks in on count of his CRATE
popularity. he has jist been leckted
to the Kommish, is a trusty OF
the skools and a alderman in the
church and visits round a good deal
with the Bishop. A man like that
need not say a word and still he XII