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THE WAYCROSS HERALD WEEKLY
\ THE WEEKLY HERAID
' A. P. PERHAM & SON.
A. P. PERHAM d SON.
* Editors and Publisher*.
Entered at the Post Office at Way*
cross, Oa., as second clat matter,"
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WAYCROSS, OA., JULY ^ 1908.
Fitzgerald has voted to issue 1130,
000 bonds for municipal Improvements.
* *
We all Joe Brown men all did oui
best, and when a fellow does his best
that ends It.
It is claimed that Taft, is standing
on plank* taken from Bryan’s plat*
form. We'll do our beat to make hla
position very uncomfortable.
After all,. It looks as If the Joe
Brownlte* only wanted the prestige
of us Hoke Smlthuns.—Macon .News,
Well we got it and the coon too,
ain’t we?
*
. Grady Hospital Is now short of doc
tors. How can you expect the young
doctors to stay around when they are
uot allowed to apeak to the pretty
nurses.
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Dick Grubb excialms: "If the Geor
gia Press Association is dead It'ought
to* say so!’’ Dick has probably for
gotten that dead men never talk.
At any rate our general assembly
In Atlanta Is doing some talking
whether anythingelse Is being accom
plished or not.
That notification cormnltti
get busy. Joe Brown may still be
in doubt about his nomination.
It has Just occurred to us to enquire
here Rube Arnold was when afl
those “durned fools” were assembled
in Atlanta last week.
ij.
! Welle Southern states are voting
should i prohibition, Maine, the original dry
state Is considering she propriety of
returning to the wet condition. Maine
ought to be ashamed of herself.
The body of Grover Cleveland has
been placed beside that of bat* * Ruth,
his first born. May It rest well
has
The Vermont Den;
fused to s. n.l delegate* Instructed for
Bryan by a vote of 163 to 37.
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We had rather oc<Mij>y the position
now held by Charley iVpdlvton In the
hearts of the people of Georgia than
to be governor of the state.
-fr
it Is reported that John Temple
Graves 1h coming back to Georgia to
live He needn’t come back on our
account. We haven't missed him.
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There Is much danger that tho pro
hibition business may be overworked
by those who are supposed to bt
Lightning struck the ~cbol house
In Ionia. Mich., tore the shoes and
stocklrfs from the feet of Miss Ma
in? I Kendall, who was knocked un
conscious but* was not seriously in
jured.
Madisonian remarks that “the
Ion Tuesday of Harry Lyles at
oss was but the triumph of Jus-
He hud murdered his wife and
hlld in a most brutal and heinous
tire
CLEVELAND, BRYAN AND OTHERS
William J. Bryan, who never had a
kind word to say of ex-Prestuent
Cleveland while living, now praise's
him when dead.
Governor Smith, who deserted him
when he was under Are by resigning
from his Cabinet, now rushes away
from the General Assembly just met,
to be among the chief mourners at his
grave.
Two years ago when Democratic
polltlcans, in the South particularly
were going mad on the hot path of
radicalism, Grover Cleveland came
forth from his dignified retirement
long enough to say, speaking t
Democrat, “We are doing some things
now that we will be ashamed of after
awhile.” Tho grand old man lived
long enough to see sanity begin to re
turn-—the first proud step forward be-
If Cleveland had not been-deserted
by those who cught to have followed
him, the Democratic party would have
had a continuous reign in the White
House from that day until this good
holfr. Think of the possibility that
once existed, of no Roosevelt In the
White House; no Bryan on the hu*t-
Ings; no wild ass Democracy; no,cor
rupt and paternalistic Republican party
In power! - »
But we did not follow Cleveland.
We hearkened to the voice ol sophis
try, and turned our bftc'ks upon fhe
greatest man of our time.—Telegraph.
WAS SHOT BY ARTHUR RICKER-
80N LAST SATURDAY.
Tli»’ Herald has no plan to offer for
the management and contract of tho
Georgia convicts. We have sent
to tne General Assembly of Gee
to work out that problem ami w«
sIM that they do so.
strongest support**
Senator Felder has referred to the
Atlanta platform as "Casius, will.”
Pray whoso last will and testament
wjtb tne Macon platform?/'' ’
"Where are Inst June’s brides?”
asks tho Now York Mail. They are
busy, dividing tnelr time betwoon
watching the nursery and their hus
bands.
"Upon a platform of ImpostUfi
says Cob Wa'.erson, "largely construct
ed out of timber stolen from Mr.
Bryan's bnjck yard, the Republican
party has set a man of straw." Isn’t a
300-potmJ citizen such as Mr. Taft
rather too ponderous to be described
as a "man of straw.”
The Atlanta Georgian says there was
no steam roller at the Georgia con
tlon. Probably because the Georgian
was riding on the band wagon It did
not see tho vehicle that some of us
encountered.—Maeon News.
If the editor of the Macon News was
mashed ne evidently tukea It good na
turally.
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Tin* water moion market broke nil
to pieces laat wcok r then took on new
life for n few days, but sagged again
the latter part of tho week. Tho
heavy shipments are responsible for
the decline In prlcos.-^aldostn Time,
King Alfonso, of Spain, baby boy'i
full name Is; "Alfonso Plus Christian
Edward Froncr is Willb.m Carlos Hen
ry Eugene Ferdinand Antliony Vannn
co, Prince of Jhe Asttiil.is, Chevalier
of the GcldefT Fleece. Private of the
First Royal Regiment.”
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The first bale of this year’s cotton
crop was sold at auction at the New
York Colton Exchange Wednesday. It
was fully strict go<nl middling in grad*}
and brought 25 cent* per pound. This
bale arrived at Houston, Tex., on Lie
morning of June 20, and was sold at
auction there at W cents per pound.
An Interesting coincidence In Geor
gia politics Is the close approximation
of the majorities of Joseph E. Brown
fof^Governor In 1857 and Joseph M.'
Brown in 19bS. The majority of Brown
tho father, was 10,767, and of Brown
the son. 10,k5?—a silfferenco of 90
votes. Fifty years ago the elJerj
Drown running as a Democrat, polled
GfcSSS votes against Ben H. Hill,
Know-Nothing 46.731
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The Mllledgovlllt* News thinks tho
recent election left a lot of work for
the ministers In getting menlbcrs of
their Hock on speaking terms again.
Perhaps they didn’t complete the Job
at first. The woist of It is thnt some
of toe members don’t enre whether
they speak to their pastors or not.
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At Telmore, near Fairfax, in this
county Saturday afternoon, A. J. Music
was shot and almost Instantty killed
by Arthur Rtekerson, both residents
of that section.
Very little information about the
killing has been obtanablo here. It
is stated that Music called Rickerson
from a crowd and after a short argu
ment. the latter *lrew, his pistol and
fired, the ball passing through Music's
stomach.
Coroner Grimes went to the scene
of the killin'-' yetserday morning and
after being Informed that there were
several witnesses to the killing, he de
clined to hold an Inquest over Music's
body. It Is said today thnt Rickerson
will come to Waycross at once and
surrender himself to the officers.
CONSERVATIVE NEGROES. . «
In jutslce to the better clas of ne
groes In Waycross, we publish today
a communication from three leading
men of the race. There can
doubt that as a rule tne colored pop
ulation of this city Is better than tnat
of any any other town of Its sfcee in
the State. It is tru8 that- we have
had some lawlessness in the past, but
It Is also true that we, have not been
called upon very often In the past
fifteen years to rebuke our colored
citizenship for serious outbreaks, and
at this time especially we do uot see
any cause for apprehension. #
The recent trouble was not brought
about by Waycross negroes. The
crime which was followed by speedy
and just retribution in our own town,
was committed in another county, and
twenty miles distant. No Waycross
negro was connected with it and we
are quite sure that no good colored
citizen of our community sympathizes
with the criminals.
It is unfortunate indeed that Wayne
county did not attend to her own af
fairs and that Waycross was made
the scene of a horribieTynchlng In re
taliation for a more horrible crime.
Returning, however, to the first pro
position* we desire to say emphatical
ly that we do not consider Waycross
negroes a “bad lot," for among them
are to be found a number of good, sub
stantial, law' abiding men, people
whom we could count upon In case of
dire necessity and trouble.
It Is our duty as white citizens to
countenance, sustain and encourage'’
this class of our colored population In
a proper manner.
Tne Herald repeats that we do not
feel that there is the slightest neces
sity for a breach between the races
In Waycross at tills time.
The communication to which we re
fer appears in another column. *
DON’T KNOW WHERE HE 18 AT.
Atlanta, Ga., June 29.—“I seriously
consider Introducing a resolution call-
upon the legislature to adjourn
sine die’’, said one of the most prom
inent legislators in the state a few
day
a?o.
A PROTEST.
Editors Herald:—
Please allow mo to suggest that tho
report wired the Morning News from
Waycross by its correspondent of
the lynching Saturday does our citi
zens a grave Injustice and places tbo
odium of tho whole affair on our fair
city. While not attempting to de
fend the transaction, I desire to say
that our newspaper reporters should
be more careful in crediting Waycorss
with such affairs. T£e [acts as 1 un
destand them ere that a part.
Way no County Citizens hurried hero
on tbo into train and took the negroes
away from the sheriff. The crime lu
Itself was most dastardly and its per
petrator, the negro brute deserved all
got, bufl do nok see why the r»
porter In his telegram to the New
should say It was our citizens wh
did tho lynching.
"WAYCROSS."
TAFT.
The man who gets nmd aud stops
his paper shouldn’t slip around and
borrow his friend's paper. We would
be ashamed to do that—Glenville
Observer.
A man who would do a thing like
that Is too small to notice, yet when
the time comes for him to wind up his
earthly career he expect* the paper to
say something nice about his depart
ure and predict a safe landing In that
upper aud better world not made for
m*nple of hla kind and where .ie Is
efrre not to go.
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to 85 cent.: “1 have already declared „ wou|| , lnrolva „ „ expeBdI .
myaclf on 0.1. aubjec. and my deep < „ tncalcttlaMe . lUere
intercat tn rte welfare of hc.e .chool. I woulJ be great danger of a natlooal
4a well known. The Martin bill to In- sscrlflce anJ[ Humiliation beyond
crenae tbo price of fertilizer tag. from 1 (K)W( . r o( C8 „ mRte
10 to 25 cents seems to solve the prob-
Tho Brooks county authorities arc
devoting nearly all of their energies
to building good roads, and the result
Is that they are building some road*
that are a credit to the county. Lown
des county has been doing a little
"claying," but the work we arc doing
Is mere child’s play to /ibat ought to
l>e done. We ought to be using ct u *
ed rocks from the river beds on all
sides of us and building roads tnat
would laql DM) year*. We would add
to valuesThen and would Invite manu
factories *ud people, who would
literally dock Lus way. Let’s get busy
on this line.—Valdosta Titles.
Ware coaaty officials please take no-
Uc «- t. i?
Our vinegar must be Served straight
now*, without adulteration, according
to an order drawn up by State Chem
ist Stallings, making it Illegal to sell
ith more than four per cent, of
acetic acid.—Ex. We, are usolng hon
ey instead of vinegar in South Geor
gia these days. Our "sour” day* sro
passing away.
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Governor Smth recently made th
Senator Bacon says: "The princi
pal thing which I will regret If Mr.
Taft la elected president is that it
will preveut a consideration of tae
Question of relieving the American
people of the horrible burden of the
Philippine Islands—a burden which Is
grevlous and intolerable, both from a
pecuniary and a political standpoint.
Secretary Taft Is unalterably wedded
to the retention of Phillplne Island*
for at least a generation' to come, and
tho restoration of those Islands costs
the American peoplo, directly and In
directly, not one dollar less than a
hundred million dollars a year, whiU
followlo* atatepunt In regard to rale. pnct|ul|y thoy brlng „„ In
Inc tho tax on fertilizer tags from 10
i notnlt
jreTgn
lem.
A "Grand Army" man who served
as quartermaster under Sherman when
he heard of the death of cx-Presldent
Cleveland, announced that he had "no
respect for him,*’ and added that ho
had a “perfect contempt” for any man
who would seek to "cut off the pen
slous of the old soldiers.” This shows
the Macon Telegraph that even
the contemptible may profess to feel
contempt.
*
“Our hands are practically tied, and
If we stay here all summer we will
do nothing and by adjourning we will
save a hundred thousand dollars for
the state.”
The legislator who made the
marks is an enthusiastic suporter of
the administration, and although he
is not antagonistic to the Brown meas
ures ho believes that the present legi
slature Is between two" fires and can
come to no good end. "If we stay here
through the full term, we will dilly
dally. around and try to kill time pass
ing local bills and adjourning for
barbecues aud picnics and Saturdays
and most anything else that will offer
Itself qs an excuse. You see, a majori
ty of this legislature are supporters of
Governor Smith and with his defeat
ke hardly know ‘where we are at*. I
do not know how my proposed reso
lution w*ould be taken, but I seriously
contemplate Introducing It.”
BILL*ARP ON LYNCHING. j promise. At any rate it caused
_ - trouble and name in the family, and
... so It dias dene ever since whenever
LUUeStag, fret u. more than *. »•»«■ »«*»*' C
one.. If I write that Neptune 1. ala-j wages. Blackam *' ’ ..
j a waiiaa from (sons, painters and drajmen are all
teen Hundred millions of miles from _ • ^ . „ nnA „. achor
the sun and It comes out In print six
teen million it worries me. 1 write
that the doctor seweJ up hare lip* and
It comes out hair lips, I don’t like it.
The type didn’t know that the rabbit
had a slit under its nose. If I write
that I walked out into the garden to
let my choler down, meaning my an
ger, the typo thinks I meant by shirt
collar, aud so changes the spelling to
suit his own Idea. But since
and editor’s defense In a New York pa
per I feel better, for he says It is
amazing how few’ of these mistakes
are made In the great dallies that have
to be rushed through with lightning
speed. Tho constant pressure on tytfb
setters and proof readers is tremeuJ-
busy. Cooks, nurses and w’asher wo
men find constant employment—and
they are not only contented, but some
times dare to be merry and laugh.
Where did Sledd get alt that rot about
kicking and cursing and beating the
negroe? We never hear of such treat
ment In this region. Mr. Milam, a
truthful gentleman, whose business
keeps him on the street, told me, the
other day that he had heard but one
11 oath uttered by anybody within a year
and that was by a Northern man to
ward* a negro who asked him a clvnl
question. Dehumanized, Indeed! Ask
Tribble and Brown who give their
shops the most patronage. What ri
diculous folly to demand seats in our
; but thev rarely make any serious cluircne. for tie negroes. They have
’ 'churches of their own'that were built
blunders, and the Intelligent readers
can'geperally correct then In his mind.
And so I will not worry any more
about It. Therfc are some other t.iings
that are of more consequence
Just now. Our cook has Quit, aud so
ha* the house maid—gone off to Rock-
mart for a week or two—gone to a
nouse party, I think. That Is all light
for t(te cook has been faithful a long
time and needed re^t
servant and keeps a clean kitchen
mainly by the charity of the w'hite
folks. They don’t want seats In our
churches. They have schools of their
own that we support and they have
excursions and baseball and watermel
ons and funerals aud Daughters of
Zion. Oh. for shame on Sledd; I pity
hi* family and his kindred. He thinks
he has found a mare’s nest and for
She is a good j lack of something fresh has raked up
- - - ,| Sam Hose again. He laments the lyn-
for several months. I have been sick
but now we are reduced to tne regular
family of five and have but little to
cook aud can get along on two meal*
a day. My wife arranged it for me to
fire up the stove ad fill up the kettle*
and grind the coffee and put on tho
hominy and then ring the bell for the
girls to get up and finl h up the break
fast. She said that if I felt like it l
might sweep out the hall aud the front
veranda and settle up the front room.
Well, of course. I had to split up some
proposes a remedy. Mr. Sledd can set
this down: that the lynching* will not
stop until the outrages do. When a
negro dehumanizes himself and be
comes a veritable boast ne ought to
be lynched, whether It is Sunday or
Monday. Let tho lynching go on. That
U the sentiment of our people, and
let Boston and the Atlantic Monthly
and sledd howl. We are used to that.
Not long ago we had a lynching In
Rome that was to my notion. The
strung up In Broad street
kindling and bring in the stov
•rood,
in the daytime and shot to pieces, and
THE PROFESSOR WON OUT.
Unless nil signs fall the Georgia
peach crop will become more famous
this season than it ha* heretofore.
With good weather and tho right kind
of stripping facilities, the lucioua El-
Vert a will find it* way into hovel and
palace alike over the greater part of
too Ignited. State*. We congratulate
the Georgia growers over the excel
lent prospects this year, and we earn
estly hope that everybody in the deal
makes money.—New York Packer,
“1 remember a stately and venerable
professor,” said President Hadley, of
Yale, while talking about Ills student
days, upon whom some sophomores
once tried to play a trick.
“Tho professor, one morning, being
unable to attend to his clas* on ac
count of a cold, wrote on the black
board: “Dr. Dash, through indisposi
tion. la unablo to attend to his classes
today.”
The students' erased one letter In
(Tils notice making It read:"Dr. Daia,
through, indisposition. Is unable to at
tend to his lasses today." i
TO EVERY BUSINESS
MAN IN WAYCROSS.
If "Never Give Up” is the motto of
any man or sot of men who are bent
forward with their shoulder to the
wheels of progress, it Is mighty hard
to stop their rolling entirely, but
should they stop still at any time for
lack of interest or because of obstruc
tions In the shape of panicky bumps or
frightened capital, it will require
double effort of both brain and muscle
to start them on again rolling.
Now, what’* the matter witn Way-
cross? Is It not time that we wer
giving the above motto thought?
Would it nol be w’ell for the business
men of our "Magic City” to get to
gether,—and that very soon,—and dis
cuss questions wuich the gathering to
gether may cause to spring up, and
like Jonah’s gourd vine, thelter us
from a possible collapse that n.
leave us with shattered fortunes, to
say nothing of lost energy and stren-
uoslty, if we wait too long?
A half dozen citizens met a few* days
ago at the Board of Trade rooms and
after much thoug— and pleasant dis
cussion about the very quiet condition
of business In pur city, finally deefaed
| that it would be a good thing to have
some one go around and call on the
business men of Waycross and get up
enough funds to have a business men's
banquet at an eany date, and In addi
tion to having short talk* by some ot
our own people also have some good
up-to-date progressive man from some
other live, wtde-a-w&ke city to give
us a few pointers by which we can
steer our way clear to a safe and pro
fitable port:
We do not beiieve there is a busi
ness man or any ...er who feels an
interest In the growth and prosperity
of our city w’ho will refute, if in his
power, to donate something in this
direction. These little gatherings of
"But it happeud a few minute* after
tho professor returned for a bos he business men occasionally In every
had forfotten. AmM a roar oflaught- *? live, yrosressive city of this broad and
or ho detected the change lr» his notice j great country have done much good,
and approaching tho blackboard, hn! and have helped to build cities where
calmly erased one letter In his truu, ! once tadpoles and frogs held sway.
Now tae notice read: “Dr. Dasfi, •. "Let ‘or rolL"
through indisposition, Is unable to * Sincerely, .
attend to hla asses today.** - OBSERVER.
but I am getting along fjily well
my wife thinks Lie exercise Is doing
me good. Last n’ght rhe hinted that
the veranda v, as badly tracked up
since the rain am! necJed a good wash
ing. So this morning I turned loose
the hose pipe on It and she praised
me right smart and I brought her
some roses, from my garden. We let
h«;r sleep until breakfast Is ready, for
she cleans up her room and makes up
two beds ami'then spwn all day for the*
grand-children. But I want that col-
'ored house party to break up as soon
as possible, for I don’t hanker after
this morning business as a regular
Job. .Airs. Mi turns say'fc she likes It,
and I*think she does. She has a good
room In the back yard and good fur
niture and a handosme lamp to rend
by, and her little grandson lives with
her, and I don’t know of any colored
woman that has a better time. In ract
I know* of lots of good negroe* In town
who are contented with their situation
and will continue so If they are let
alone by the northern fanntlcs and
southern cranks.
What craze has come over that man
Sledd to cause »dm to write such a
fool piece for the Boston magazine?
What good can it possibly do, even if
as true? But it Is not true and
only the product of a diseased imagina
tion. I would write hard things about
him but for his family connections.
For their sake he had better have
smothered his feeling and his pen.
The Atlanta Monthly has never shown
any love for the south, and why he
should select that as bis organ passeth
comprehension. Professor Sledd says
the negro Is an Inferior race: Then
why does he Insist that we give him
a place to our own churches and ho
tels and railroad, cars?
It was the work of the Creator that
made him inferior, and will-.remain
so—and neither education nor mlsce-
generation will ever change it so far as
social equality is concerned. Moses
violated the law of God when he mar
ried that Ethiopian woman, and he had
to discard her, and Aaron and Hirtan
chided him for it long afterwards.
Numbers xll. The story goes accord
ing to Josephus, thnt the Egyptians
had suffered defeat In every battle,
until Pharaoh was advised that no one
could command his army successfully
.but Moses. So Moses was given com
mand and he marched with the army
to the borders of Ethiopia and met the
enemy and defeated them and then
marched on to Saba, the royal city,
and attacked the walls and Tharbis,
the daughter of the King, saw Moses
from the window of her tower, and he
w*as so handsome that she fell des
perately in love with him and sent a
messenger to him to say that if he
would marry her she would surrender
fhe city and "army to to him. Moses
agreed to this and their marriage was
i once consulted. Then Moses re
turned with army to Egypt
He did not take with him Ms Ethio
pian wife* tat act 1m? after he mar
ried Zippc-rah, the daughter c! Jehro
the MIdlauite.
So we must suppose that Mose» mar
ried the Ethiopian princess as a war
nobody was disguised. The judge
lived there, and sheriff and town mar
shal and policemen and a military
company, and the governor wasn’t far
away, but not a soul say nay. Tnat
suits me exactly.—Bill Arp In Atlanta
Constitution.
DIVIDED ON POLITICS.
About the queerest product of the
editorial mind that has yet o’oine t^^f
OUT notice nonpars tn
notice appears In the- Emporia
(Kan.,) Times. Tho destiniesvof that
paper are controlled and guided—
with ability, apparently—by Mr*.
Mary McCreary Parkruan, who Is des
cribed os a lifelong and loyal demo
crat. Mr. Parkman, on the other hand
Is n republican office holder, now a
candidate for rcelection. The Times
is against him, and therefor^ its edi
tor or editress or edltrei has been
mpved to explain the situation.
Mrs. Parkman, using the convention
al “we," assures the public that In
some ways Mr. Parkman is about as
satisfactory as a mere man can be.
He and she, it seems, "agree on liter
ature, religion, art, the nebular ip-
pothesls, tne proper method of poking
the fire, the value of a breakfast food
as a brain builder, paving, municipal
ownership and the facts in the Guen-
ess case.” On politics they are far
apart, and Mr. Parkman is solemnly
notified that a* a Republican he has
ho claim on Mrs. Parkman as "a
molder of public opinion, a fellow
citken or as a wife,” which Is a little
hard -to follow or understand. Then
conies this gem of eloquence.
“We .will cook for our husband, we
will mend our husband’s clothing, we
will darn and brush him up, as our
husband—but as au office holder of a
v (Jf’ venal and corrupt organization,
an emissary of Wall Street, and as an
oppressor of the poor, our husband has
only our unspeakable contempt. He
should thank hi* lucky stars that wo
do keep his name out of the Times.-
Wo know enough of our husband,
should he attempt to press this matte*
too far, to make his vote In thi> mat
ter too far, to make his vote in this
election little more than scratching.”
Mr. Parkman has been on theTimes
blacklist, and hla name has never_ap*
peared on it. Apparently he or his
friends have complained of this and
made threats. They would do well to
be careful, for as the article from
w’hlch the quotations are taken says:
"This newspaper is a free and un
tamed organ of special privileges to
none, and equal rights to all, and If
our husband thinks he belongs to the
privileged classes he Is mighty badly
fooled. We think a good bit ot our
husband first and last and In one w&y
sml another but we will permit no
fool(8unes£ from this Republican coun
ty- surveyor. He te a bad lot,, and we
withhold certStn matter! in tbU affair
on account of the respectability ot
the parties concerned.'*
■*'
Little Joe la now resting on hia oars.
In fact he may bo placed In the co-
- tegony with those wto are waiting
meaaure and with no Idea ot keeping fdr their job.
