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IAT JV & .fi'rVWWr: i'WTl'1'''" "T717vrr!:zFr7pi ""vy"?1i,'if "n-ii Wffi?S 'ilswSSJ ?' i i( THE MISSOURI HERALD, HAITI, MISSOURI I s 3 ! & ! f e l S . 6.. I V B Si 1 1", I. l ft E a I li ' fi '4 T"l I li --"-rsyv CL-ii-iJLL.sl'' ""J The MlliBBrH erald THE HERALD PRINTING CO., Publishers 0. POPHAM, Sole Owner and Business Manager C. S. YORK, Editor t Published Weekly, on Fridays, at Corner Fourth & Broadway Sts. Enfrrrtl im mTiinil-clnnn ninllrr Ortnlirr !). 1WIS. nt !ie potttofllcp nt Ilnyll. Bllmmurlt under Hie net if Mnrcli .'I. 1871). Subscription Bates: One Year, outside county $1.50 One year, in county $1.00 Dlnplnr. column Inch .1.". Ilrnilrrn, pp' Inrli .2.1 LornlK, per line . ' I.oi'aln, Iilnck tnve, per line .11) Office Phone 04 Editorial, Night Phone 80 Besidcnce Phone 47 THE NEGRO ISSUE. The immediate and unmistakable iBsue in Pemiscot county politics is the deluge of negro votes that have recently come upon us with almost the suddenness of the Gal veston disaster. And it has provor nlmost ns devastating In its consequences. America is called "A white man's country." By every right that it what it should be. This National right, however, is lessening as the years go by. A certain class of brainless and heartless politicians would destroy this right entirely. Some portions of the country have awakened to this impending danger. In the South both Democrats and Re publicans stand together on local is sues. The fear of the "Black Plague" has forced the southern people to stand together upon the first law of nature self-preserva-tlen. It should and would be so in Pemiscot county, Missouri, if the people here but realized the black ness of the shadow the newly ar rived Ethiopian is casting athwart the doorways of their homes.' After the harm has been done the reined will be harder to apply. Now is the time for unity of action. Pemiscot county a few years ago was a "white man's county." Twen-ly-tive years ago there were not a dozen negro families within the con fines of our borders. It is not so now, nnd may never be so again. At least, not until all right thinking -white people come to realize it to b their duty to vote the same local ticket. It was the negro vote that put tho Republican party in power in this county in 1920. Tho leaders of that party sank to the most damnable depths of political de bauchery to win the election. Not satisfied with voting their hordes o! 'qualified blacks, they spent their time and money to vote hundreds not entitled to vote. This same gang is preparing at the present for a repetition or the same practice, be ing encouraged by tho success ot their former efforts. They openly boast that their work in this respect is to be on a larger scale. Some ot these Republican politicians say they will vote at least 2000 negroes while yet others say their black ava lanche will sweep down and inun date more than .'!000 white votes in this, formerly a "white man's coun ty." They expect the black tlood o billy goat stink and Ethiopian wool to sweep everything before it, bear ing them upon its crest to victory and success! White man, think of that! White woman, think ot that! Can you, as a good citizen, and in your own interest, go along with this sort of a crowd and cas. your voto with them? The choico is yours. It is up to you. There are white-skinned but benumbed-brained politicians in this MMmuKMii wta county who are, in our opinion, not as good as decent negroes, if the de cent negroes were soft alone cad riot contaminated by them. With that sort of politicians it is "to hell with the white man's county," and every thing else respectable, so long r.s they can get into oillce. That is their single object and aim. As we say, this deplorable condi tion has come upon us in rocent years. It has come upon us so sud-J denly that some hardly realize the , meaning of its far-reaching conse quences. Think of it, we say. The white people of this county must put up j 2000 or 3000 of their citizens' vnte to be slaughtered by negro votes be fore they can get from under the avala'nche of black, brutish ignor ance, that knows nor cares no more for tin r''''' thin tint r:ny yahor. from h- '.i'det jungl's of be nighted Africa. We repeat, think ot it. If you h iva any brain at all yet ; will th'nk it Is hell and damnation And i' s .".-Mar, ,'c" The i.;'-'"r ."b.i&wr.e:.: uf I hi whl'r people Qf Pemiscot county by the Ignorant negro vote has gone pretty far, but it i.vit go no further. Th-dange- :oir.: hrj been reached. The negro, himself,, 'is not si much to blame. They are not par ticularly anxious to vote. And th intelliKent ones of the rare f n--' coerced, would often vote th; Demo , cratic ticket as, being most hclpfn" : to the common people. It :. th herding and the driving of th; negrc j voters to the polls like so ra.viv dumb animals and voting them ir ! a solid block for the Republican j ticket, that is objectionable. j We say again, the negro question is the political issue in Pemiscot county. It overshadows every other question. We had something to say about this is&re last week, and be 'ause we said it, lost a Republican subscriber, one who came from Illi nois, tho F'-te in which Eas t S; Louis Is loc tei1. and it is yet f: -'a In the mind, ol many what happen: to the NEGROES there. Oh, h". the northern Republican politicians love the negro as they ride upon his back into office, and Oh, how the go after hir. and hi- v ith It ,yonet and gun ai.'l torch when h stops innocently upon their toe . l'ooi negro! Blind as a bat! Yet in bondage! The slave ot the Repub lican party! The servant of thc master who rides upon his back while he makes him furnish his own grub! Wo know there are many Republi i nns who look upon the negro que? tion th(? same us rwd do, hut If there are among them those who cannot stand the pressure of our remark? in behalf of the whito men and wo men of Pemiscot county, right here is a pretty good getting off place The fellow who quit us last week got off at the right station, for wo are not through on this subject by o long shot. However, tho fellow re ferred to had, for some time, beon-j showing growing symptoms of . hi disgust with our course, and since we were evuily dfo'vstcd with him. the severance is mutual and porten tial of a more happy state for .all concerned. There are plenty of peo ple in Pemiscot county who believe in white supremacy to support and sustain us in our fight for what we believe to be right and tho beat in terest of all concerned There is much ir.orc to be sai.l on the negrc Issue and it i3 a duty we owe the white psople of Pemiscot county to say it. Not yet havo we shunned ,;ir dutv, and for every subscriber wo lose we expect to gain two in hi place. We have lived tso long among the people of this community to mis take their temper. -k-k THOUGHT HIS ORDERS INCORRECT. It i3 a grav situation which i. suggested by the report that th: Frisco wreck at Horlne, Mo., Wed nesday was caused by disregard of orders which the engineer "thought w;re Incorrect." A fatal acid'Mit hap-cned. U wr.s the engine;r's thinking, not the orders handed him, which' was mistaken. If the same kind of haz-ardi-ig of opinion whlr-li e.v..3Pt! ih iraglc collision i v.-:ek be!-,re at Siu phur Springs was at the bottom ol' the later disaster, -one more example of the evil df taking things for granted has been entered in th: record of railway wrecks. There must be more dependable basis for human action in vital mat ters than mere supposition that a suspected or possible condition ii in actuality. Backing a groundless opinion with the lives of men, women and children is a shockin? procedure. St. Louis Times. The tanner who has to go ten miles for a trace chain finds it an expensive purchase. If the town man had to go r tho nearest city for a pencil, or his wife had to jour ney hence for a spool of thread, both would be peeved beyond endurance It pays to spend ynur money with our local dealer?, for tho more tin-. sell the greater th" vn-ier-- -:f stock they can afford to cany for your con Once an editor was severely critl ci-cd by mr.ny of his "sul's-ribers fni' pruning the plIn truth in his paper Stung to the quick, he announced that on a given date he would omit from his columns every class of no-vp fo which any objections' was made by any person. When his paper was is sued on that date every page wa1 blank. To what class or' news tU you object? Two men lived side by side ami each owned a dog. Each day as one man went home his dog would rush to meet him, joyful over thff return of his master. Whenever the other man entered his gate his dog wonlO blink out of s:,'-ht. D .;, . ro gf" j-ulges cf lie 'r e In wan' e - of m.'r Everybody likes to hcold the mani festations of human nature, but those manifestations are like June floods in the Mississippi there's no stopping them. The only thing to do is to build a levee of law and re ligion on each side. Man is a wonderful creature, after all. The Lord having failed to pro vide him with wings, ho now manu factures them for himself. The strongest of hands are with out value unless there is a brain ca pable of directing their movement. POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS Democratic Ticket New Goods at New Prices Not in a long time have we owned goods at such reasonable prices, and our stock is getting more .complete every day. Such things as all-wool dress goods at seventy-five cents per yard yard, good serge dresses, seven dollars, ladies' stylish coats, ten, twelve and fifteen dollars, and sweaters and sweater coats at old-time prices. Don't fail to see them. You can get an all-wool one now and have money left. Everything looks like a prosperous year for everybody. And we are ready with our old-time courteous clerks and new, up-to-date goods. i H.yli Buckleys' Store Missouri 7 "his store is the authorized .resident deafer for THRoYAiTiuwRS'GJmtf,vi4fr, J ttovartallortd-io-Mtaaur Suits and Oe&coata ted Look? We announce the following as can didates subject to the Democratic pri mary held Tuesday, August 1, 1922'. For Circuit Judge HENRY C. RILEY FOR Prosecuting Attorney SHELLEY I. STILES For Circuit Clerk ERNEST A. LONG For County Clerk FRANK BAIRD For Representative HANS Ev DOERNER For Collector of the Revenue A. PARKER KERSEY For Judge of Probate Court B. B. SANDERS For Recorder of Deeds JOHN W. GREEN For Presiding Judge County Court S. E. (Ed) JUDEN For County Judge 1st District F. M. PERKINS For Justle of the Peace Hayti Town ship B. F. ALLEN F. M. GWIN For Constable, Hayti -twp. S. P. (Sid) OATES Republican Ticket We announce the following as candidates, subject to the will of tho Republican voters in the pri mary election August 1: t For Collector of the Revenue T R. COLS MISCOT FARM BUREAU NEWS The l-'.ys' nil mr"-' ' .s oi Pe .. "A(i. county 'vill VI I th"ir iinn:i ' pr nic on Pi. M cot hi yo.s in tlrj walnut giove near Newc Maxwells p! ce This pi'enic will be held Fri day, August 25, beginning at 10 "' m., and lasting through the after noon. Thesa boys and girl will be treated to a free fish fry on this oc casion. The Farm Bureau will fur nish the fish and the merchants and business men will furnish the bread, coffee and bird. These hoy? and girls will extend invitation? tc all of the schools and all of the citi zens of Pemiscot county. We are o pecially urging the farmers and their families to be present. It may be necessary for th; farmers' wives to prepare a basket in order to have sufficient food for all, but we are confident thut fish will li" P'entlful, and it" you like this diMi you ran come with a good appetite and be confident that you can ge. plenty to eat. The program will consist of some games and amusements for tho chil dren, and we plan to have some amusements for the older folks. A prize will be offered for the farmer who can stage the best demonstra tion on calling hogs. Each farmer will be given three distinct trials and then the judges will decide who should win. Tho ladles will proba bly bo in a contest of calling chick ens. Wo will also havo somo horse shoes for those who like this game, and probably some other things to amuse those who attend. A lesson will be given to the club members through 'a demonstration on fitting n pig for the show. Mr. Barnhart will dress up this pig ue it should bo prepared for tho show ring, and all of the club members as well as the farmers who are inter ested in growing hogs, should see this demonstration. Then we will call on a few of tlie local farmers and business men for short -talks. Wo do not plan to burden the people with long speech es, but tho program 'will bo one worth-while and full of Interest and amusement from the beginning to the end. We are anxious to have you present, especially for the din-( ner. The "Successful Farming" is pub lishing a series of articles on com munity organization. In . tho Issue of August 10 some rules for the foundation ,of a community organiza tion have been' laid down: 1 The people in the commounity should be industrious, efficient and thrifty. 2, If they are to have a happy, community, they must have a clean community. (By 'cleanliness we mean that they must be clean mor ally, that they must be clean tem- ft&SHsnssxsus Two Ways of Killing Your Car The first is by using a sledge hammer , The serene! is simple NEGLECT Either one is highly eiToctive, and both should be scru pulously avoided. You might just as vsll use" a sledge hammer on your car as to continue rumrr.g it when it is not in condition Plea3e boar in mind Iba we do all kinds of automobile repair work, promptly, efficiently and economically. BETSSa We sell F.sk tires and tubes D. R. DORTCH W. J. DORRIS D. & D, GARAGE HAYTI MISSOURI TO BUILD GRAVEL ROAD. Part of Cairo-Poplar Bluff Highway Across Scott County Was Awarded Monday. Contract for the building of that part of the Cairo-Poplar Bluff high way from the end of tho concrete road west of Bertrand to the New Madrid county line near Morehouse, thropgh Sikeston, was awarded to Norman Davis of Sikeston Monday. Mr. Davis was the only bidder for the work, his bid being $83,007.91 while the engineer's estimate was SS3.487.16. The contract is known as Federal Aid Project No. 5, and the surfacing is to be of gravel, 15 feet wide. This contract, when completed, will finish all of that portion of the Cairo-Poplar Bluff highway from the terminus at Bird's Point to the Stod da:d cc-'intv line, including, i.". it i!mp:, th.it portion ot the road in Mis sissippi rounty which is in the n;ie ci:al road district. Charleston Enterprise-Courier. AUTOISTS FIRED UPON. LAND FOR SALE. If you have cut-over land in Southeast Missouri Drainage Dis trict that you would like to trade for a well improved stock farm In North Missouri, see H. P. Culbertson, Huyti Missouri. It Mr. and Mrs. A. E Poo of Blythe ville, Ark., spent a few hour-! Sun day with George Gardner and family in this city. Use Herald want ads If you want quick results. perately, and that they must be clean In all of their dealings slth their fellows.) ?,. They must bo an educated people. (To be educated, we mean people who read not only the news papers and magazines, but some good books.) 4. They must 'have quick and easy transportation, which In turn means that they must have good roads. These are some of the essentials for a good community and any ot our organized communities will do woll to try to carry out some ot these principals. Two Piggott Men Targets for Stran gers When They Fail to Halt. J. N. Crossno and H. A. Thrasher of Piggott, Ark., while driving on the highway a short distance north of Portagevllle in Crossno's car last Monday were called to halt by five unidentified men on foot at the side of the road In a dark, secluded spot. Attempting to check the speed of the car, Crossno failed to make the brake work, whreupon the five open ed fire with revolvers as the automo bile was about 20 feet past them. Crossno antl Thrasher escaped injury and forthwith speeded up. One of the bullets was found im bedded in the rear of the' car about one and a half inches below the edge of the back curtain and marks of two other bullets were noticed. Seven shots were fired. The affair was reported to officers at Portage vllle. . Crossno and Thrasher wore re turning from Bikesoon, where they had driven with Rev. L. A. Webb, evangelist of that city, who, the day before, Sunday, closed a two weeks revival at Piggott. Neither Crossno nor Thrasher could describe the appearance of any of the men. They think the Inci dent was an attempted holdup, or that the parties were lying in wait for others. Congoleum ana linoleum we put it down for you. Lefler Hard ware Co., Hayti. tf Truth is stranger than fiction and sometimes harder to find. Emerson fans, oscillating and non-osclllatlng. All sizes. Lefler Hardware Co., Hayti. tf NEW ERA LODGE, I. O. O. F. (No. 352) Meets every Tuesday night. Visiting members cordially Invited to attend. C. K. CHISM, N. G. W. B. O'CONNOR, Secretary FIRE INSURANCE THAT'S GOOD L. C. AVERILL Canned Goods A Handy Thin to Have in the House. No matter how well your cellar is stocked, a few cans of .good things always come in handy. There is no better way to provide for emergencies or running short, because food kept this way never spoils, Just think .how handy it is to bring out a can or two of salmon, sardines, tuna fish or lobster for the main dish. With that as a basis, the meal is, half prepared. Only the best is today cann ed for use. And improved methods of putting up. insure an ex ceptional flavor. Sanitation Our Watchword Highest Market Price Paid for Produce White Star Market J. E. McFALL, Prop. Phone 90 Uu . t ' iul imimwi""'' 1 awn aywMwwwMMjpMPtWMM"'WFWWi