The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1921-11-04
THE RALLY
As Seen BY Our Special Correspon.
dent.

Blue and Purple, the College publi
cation of Millsaps College.
1t is needless to say that the ar
ticle is a write-up of the so-calle,
Vardaman rally in jackson:
In August Of 1922 there will b
and election in our commonwealth
Only ten short months, and the goo
teepaf Of Mississippi will betak'
themselves from the cotton fields an,
march to the polls to right the wronl
that was perpetuated in 1918. Yes
the fair State Of Mississippi vii
arise from the nire into which sh,
sank three years ago and be cleansed
and even as the great State of Geor
gia has again hooored her battled
. ecarred prophet, Tom Watson, like
, wise will We, the free white elector.
ate Of Mississippi, once more place
in the highest tribunal Of the nation
our W James X. Vardaman. Yes
after three years of wandering in the
wilderness under the guidance of
such renegades as John Sharp Will
Hams and Pat Harrison we have at
last heard the.voice of inspired lead
.ership and will once more repose our
trust in the Great White Chief.
These and similar utterances could
be heard on every hand last Thursday
at the Vardaman Rally. Although l
realize that wac taking my life in
my hands, ] went. The Purple and
White must have a representative at
this epochal meeting, and if it was
necessary for anyone to sacrifice him,
self to this end ! was willing to be
the goat. So pulling my hat well
down over my eyes, ! sailed forth.
But no ooner had j entered the Fair
grounds than l found that my su-
was in great danger. At any mo-
spicions had been fully justified. l
ment ONE fervent follower of James
K. might suspect that ! vas an anti
and then the Purple and White would
have to go to press without an &C
count Of the festivities, and the
readers thereof would have to de-
pend or the Daily News FOR their in
formation. Desperate situations call
for desperate meausres. Oh, if | only
had the gift OF black magic and could
have summoned a full set of whisk-
ers to spring, Juno-like, from my
freshly shaved countenance! That
would be a disguise par excellence,
but as it was / had to adopt more
prosaic and natural means OF de-
Tense. AT this juncture my thoughts
were ruGely broken by a noise not
unlike that OF water escaping from
a fire hose. ] gave q quick jump
backward and barely escaped being
immersed IN 3 stream Of liquid nico-
tine which a big Vardamanite, for
Of his surroundings in the
heat Of a political discussion, had
sent in nay direction. This near ca
gave me. an IDEA. | reached
for my can of P. A, took out a good
~ mOuthfui, and at regular intervals
gave a perfect exhibition OF being a
bona fide member of the free white
Of Mississippi. was now
perfectly safe,
First or the program was a short
speech from Swep J. Taylor, master
ceremonies, at the conclusion of
which they unveiled a fag-covered
OF Senator Vardaman. Swep
the strings as he has been
known TO do before; and after much
the flag reluctantly fell
back, displaying to the worshipful
audience the Photographic likeness
If the Senator, while the Senator
himself sat on the platform in modest
approval. At this patriotic exhibition
thought / detected thrills running
Up and down my spinal column. !
to glance around sudden
y, I found that it was not thrills but
/ stick Of red and white striped
andy propelled by the lusty hands j
# a future Vardaman man, that was
,eing rubbed up and down my back.
sweetly at the dear little F..
hing, / nevertheless moved my seat. J.
The Hon. Swep vas followed by the
till more Hon. Lee M. Russell, :
to some as the present Gov
,rnor of Mississippi. Our Chief Exc !
.utive said just what was expected Of !
lin and sat down. He was followed
" several lesser lights from various {
,arts of the State who, one and all,
their love, admiration, and
of the ex and future Sepa-
or in fervent. if unprammatical. I