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Tan* Sharkey eow want* In hi— '
Corbet and aay* ha trill knock Ih*
ex-champion out for rharlly rah*
The "RooaeveltHes" In Augusta have
received plnuant letters during Hi*
past tr**h front tka New Vurk go*-
amor-*l*t i
Th* man abo la not on yfttir aid*
In politic* Is aa much opposed to you
a* you ar* to him. I)ld It *v*r occur
to you that way?
A number of *hlldr*n'» Thankagiv*
log atort** ar* prlntrd today. Otb*r*
will bn given later. Mom* of thr es
say* ar* **ry exoellnt.
Thr n*w city rod* ha* gone Into of
fret. Th* City olßrlala ar* studying
It. Th* famous section It hus lost It*
terrors In th* ahutfl*.
Whtl* you are trating your hair !>'■-
cane* your opponent Is opposed to you
your opponent Is also tearing hi* hair
because you ar* opposed to him.
Th* Tenth Ohio says its men can
tight at sea as well as on land. It Is
even said that Col Axllne can fight
from a bridge or anywhere else.
Th most Inexhaustible thing In ibis
world. It seems. 1* the Bank of Spain
It bus Just made a fresh Advance to
the Spanish government of tiO.'KMt.OtMl
pesetas.
The high praise given Camp MoKen
xlo by every army officer who comes
to Augusta Ik encouraging those who
are sulking for an army post at Au
gusta.
If you are not satisfied tbHl yon Ret
your money's worth when you buy the
Sunday Herald, nobody asks you to
take It. It stands simply on its mer
its as a newspaper.
There are many men ready to cast
a stone In Auguata. They are gener
ally those who live in the moat glassy
of all glass houses. But when a rnts
cle 1* thrown at them they scream —
great grief how they scream.
The handsomest thing In the sol
dier line down around Augusta now
are the Richmond Academy Cadets.
Division and corps headquarters are
o. k., but they don't cut any figure
alongside those manly looking buys
of pfoud Augusta fathers and mothers.
The man most apt at raillery is the
man who can least suffer raillery di
rected at hltn. This !« true too. as
regards adverse criticism The man
who most freely offers adverse citi
cism feels the most outraged when
adversely criticised, though having in
vited it.
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aad tbra buy him lo repeat hi* ballot
at tbl* bo* and th# Beit bo*? la It to
be Mid that there I* bo negro problem
In Georgia when w* are negroes herd
ed aad bought and voted by the hun
dreds In munlelpalltiee llh* davaunah.
Macon and Augu*ta, where single mu-
elwtlonx coet anywhere from
110 000 to tfiO.iMO a clip, because of
th* purchaaabl* negro vote?
is there no negro problem when we
»*e the brother In black, at election
times, entered to by political worker*;
when w* see them filled with menu
whiskey to decide Important questions,
bought with money to pas* upon Issues
of Importance and voted In herds when
governmental offices are to be filled,
lx it that It Is » crim- when Popu
lists or Republicans so control them
and not a crime wheu IKmocral* so
debauch them?
Contending Democratic factions find
themselves working for the negro vote
and the faction with the longest purse
gets that vote. When one faction can
raise us much purchase money as the
other the negro vote Is split und then
the wishes of the white man are as
serted. We find this condition In one
of the wards or our city now. Demo
crats have differed as to a counellmuu
lc candidate. One aide can raise as
much money as the other. The result
will be a split in the negro vote—both
sides being in tin market to purchase
and the will of the white man will
he asserted. At least let It he so
hoped.
So it was in the last mayoralty *lei
Uon. The succesxful candidate secured
the majority of the white vote and be
ciiin* the mayor, in obedience to the
will of the white people. The negro
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South. We do not believe, with the
Meat York Sun. that thr negro muet
eventually find hi* aay oat of the
South Hut ae do believe that the
while man muat dlecontinue the
radatlon of tlito Ignorant ward, eln*
the white man will find the day when
he will be glean advice like the ad
vtce given by the Constitution a* to
North Carolina. There to not the ne
re*alty for the negro finding hla way
out of the South a* there to the neces
sity for him to recognise that this la
a white man # country and to going to
Ih- ruled by the white men. When
he understands that thoroughly—when
he conducts himself In obedience to
that understanding— when whlto men
discontinued endeavoring to array the
negro vote against the white man's
vote -when white men decide upon
governing officers and economic Is
sues without negro Interference—when
the negro appreciates that the white
man who leads him to Interfere In the
white man’s government la his deadli
est enemy—then will steps be taken
toward the solving of the negro prob
lem for then white supremacy will
have been established
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It is an Augusta old-time darkey
philosopher who says: "When a man
am tryln' to do right and am seemin'
to git along prosperousy. it Is den dat
hls jealous neighbors holler out acin
him But when he keep on doin' right,
de hollering gits fainter and fainter,
till there ain't, nothin' left to holler
with."
A novel newspaper story 1* help*
narrated from a Western to«m—wh?re
two newspapers joined forces to fight
thr third In three years the assailed
newspaper, though it paid no attention
to the attack and never mentioned
either of the combination, lias ab-
Korlied both Us rivals.
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The Coloael'* Rod) Guard.
I Tbe soldtar* of Camp bfeKeaxta ail
: wear ptnurel oa tkelr coet* • rertala
enilguia
That easlgna to a red four leaf rto
! var. A great mans* people hare HP I
qulretl why such vras worn. Some said ;
' it representetl a company, other* tare
| tbe Bunwellon that Ifc was tbe badge
! of aome klad of military society, and
various other «uggestloas regardMg
tbe tom- laaf red rlovar were put forth.
All these suggestions came from tb*
uninitiated In army matfers, for all
those who keep up with matters nnK
tary know that each military corps da
| designated by a certain kind of badge
| or enslgula.
The hoys of tbe late Second Geor
gia wore ii whit# curved* pointed
crovK. and thta designated th# corps of
th# army that they w#r# In.
This bring** up an amusing Incident
that th# writer, witnessed regarding
the corps badge.
It wa» before th# Augusta soldiers
of th# Second Georgia regiment had
com# back to their native heath, und
arrived home on a few days’ furlough.
A party of friends gathered about him
l on a certain afternoon soon after he
i arrived and one of the party noticing
the white cross on his coat, said:
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THEY WILL HAVE A MILLION EACH
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in thom. Thev have sr-Vn married sisters, each of whom liaabtoto# gi.Vf;w the nnllion dot.
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glar If the safe to locked.
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to hurry up when she I* coming down
stair*.
1 be First saow I like.
Fluttering to north.
From the ashen »hv.
Waving here and there.
Tiny I'utterflyt
Hither, thither blown
In the chilly brees* .
over meadows brow Vi,
Over leafless trees.
Ah: whet mu*sage now
Do you softly bring.
While to *ome fair cheek
Haply you may cling?
Do you say "Sweet Girl.
Though from realm of star
Lovingly I ream,
You are fairer far?"
This the message sad
That you bring to me.
While you flatten down
Softly, silently:
"Hunt that ticket tin.
Wintry winds wilt toot.
And you'll need, right off.
Ijiet year’s heavy sut!"
—MONROB H. ROSBNFELD, In New
York Sun.
PATHETIC SCENES AT THE
liIQUOR ERECTION IN MACON
Rot lodic* «f the cil>. «t bcM 4# frlfhtcfHrd
ss Is to till, tinoll% enter tnt*th« hottl* ond
ck\ lumccr for the tohltc rihhun.
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Mercer •-•ye ett« mp'.ed the ** m '
tt tbe rtty hell, but as only eta.ut a
half dosen of them were •'••J' i
thev were soon .hoved said* Tb* antis'
1 n f |t| f . |h*,-«tnd otretot prv
Hart and tab! It for rente tints, end
• t each place It was simply a qtwetlmi
of Who e-uld n.»rehel their fore-* Mret
m this rrepect. the prohto got a Hltta
ahead of tbvtr c»>i>onrnt*.
••to
one nottcealde feature of the crowd
ghoul the poll" «H day. but especially
early in the morning, we* the gmM
nature of everybody. Anti and proht
Joked with one another and only a few
people got mad.
The nrat appearance or the ladlesit*
•he poll* was at the city ball shortly
before the |».l!s opened snd Chief Jcmre
..f the fire flettortment »«s the flret
man approached Theree ladle. .P
--proarhed him and began efforts to per
*usde him to vote with the proht* snd
to endeavor to get hla men to do the
same. The chler was greatly •mha.-
ruroed. hot he did not weaken snd the
ladles finally sought other, who they
thought might not U- re Impervious to
thetr appeal*.
Just about the time the poll* opened
at the city hslt a large "<
ladle# came marcldnK *lo«« to X "*
headed by Kev J. I*. White, sing
ing They carried banner* bearing.
"Cod Save Our Boys." ' Hum and
Itac* '• etc. The ladies aligned thein-
Mriven against the hook and ladder
house and after singing several songs
knelt and prayed.
Vt the court house the ladles did not
arrive until some time after the polls
opened snd then they came down sing
ing "Vote for Jesus. They remained
at the polls all day and were very
much in earnest. During the ‘twnoon
the bell of Mulberry street churi h
tolled -the prohibitionists claiming that
every time the bell tolled an anti oat
gone to hls grave, but the antis sab.
ft »-/as sounding th- death knell of the
prohibition movement.
Wter the outside precincts bad closed
the crowd gathered at the court hotter.
The Bon X.. Jones pickaninny band
from East Macon, at the h-ad Of about
,-,00 white and colored voters, all wear
ing red badges, came by. The band
was placing "A Hot Time In the Old
Town Tonight." and the crowd was
veiling to beat the band.
•«*
When the ladle* first came o» the
scene there they beheld, tor the first
time th* jumbled mass of high and toe,
white and black, which met on terms
of equality, far the man with the bal
lot in hls hand I* always to be con
sulted. A small parry eventually
rndA-ed across the street and took sta
tion on the very edge of the crowd.
Thev looked Hlf- frightened fawns and
tons from sheer nervousness over the
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.... which to#* print#4. tlol *4V# Our
I toy*:" flom. one called be*, aad.
haatlly handing tbe banner ta her hue
hand. who wa* »orbing In tbe Intereat
«.f Ifee anti*. »be left. Me did got »»•»-
Itk*# tohtoi wn on tbe b#»n#f
• rowd ct>tninet>Ctod luyißl bl#i.
•••
At one time attention waa directed
tonard the front of the city hall, where
woe passing a proceaelon of about fiOy
lad lea. ereorted by Rev. Mr. White.
They were irtnglng familiar clto rch
hvmna, their voice* rialng high and
| clear In the air. Marching acreae
! y-trat atreet, and taking their atanda In
I front of the polio, they were at a re-
Liartful diatom and at the same time
I p H d • full view of all that waa going
..n. It wa* at thia point that they song
jth* llnea: .
—We are coming, w-e are coming, roe
the light ha* dawned at l**t;
! HarU. hark, the battle cry is ringing.
and our line la lengthening fa*t.
F.w God ard home and native land
our ballots shall be cast "
The choru* to this wa* '“ken UP by
another party of ladles some dlatanco
off :
• Rally, rally, oh. ye. freemen.
Hally, rally, oh. ye freemen!.
Hall, rally, oh. ye freemen! ‘
The whisky shops must *»•’
The almost *lmultane.>U* appearance
of a Isidy of broken negro wmnen.
i Haunting red ribbons, attracted the at
-1 t.-ntlon of the leaders of both sides,
those of the antl-prohlbltlonlst* being
a» Ignorant a* could be those of the
mohlbltlonlsts. They took their stand
..n the sidewalk, while the ladic-a sttwl
In upon the grass plot and hummed oc
casionally songs with such expressions
as "l am a rummy, 1 love my liquor,
and X will have It. too." Shurtly
a-terwards a procession of colored vo
ters all wearing red badges, was ma
rching up to the polling place to the
music of a negro band, which was led
by a white man. The band left the
head of the procession at the entrance
to the polls, filed around and drew up
in line on the opposite side of the
street In line with the ladles, as thou
gh to challenge a contest in music.
Cries of "shame" at thts evident inten
tion induced the band to desist and to
march off but as it did so its members
sang a parody on a popular tune to
the words of:
"Oh. rally round the Jug. boys,
Hally round the jug,
Let ua drink our beei boys,
From over-flowing mug’
‘%Ve ar* willing, said “ vent table
lady who seemed to be m charge or
th» white ribbon people, to stand the
contrast which they are making If the
other side can stand it, in God’jJ name
we can. fffr we have always suffered
enough from intemperam to nerve us
to stand anything.'’