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A THREE-SIDED DEBATE. A Queer Subject Discussed by Ne groes in the County. The following debate took place in the county by a negro debating so ciety recently. The account given here was written by one of the "among those present." J. V. Davis. presiden:; J. F. Abney, secretary. Exercises open by singing "Jesus Lover of My Soul," and "We shall meet one another up in Heaven." Mr. Davis introduces the speakers: Dear friends we have a most im portant subject :o introduce to you. 'Wilile I attempt to speak to you I -wish you would give me your best attention. The subject to debate is: There was a lady that was carried way of! ova storm and lost, and in that time -three men came along on the sea shore; the first man, he spied her; the second man he went after her -and the third man he cured her. Now, the question is "Which man haves the most right to that lady?" (Mr. Davis sits down and he is then introduced by Mr. "Reuben.") The speaker That I will introduce to you is the man that spied her, whic h will be Mr. J. V. Davis. Mr. Davis: Jentlemen, while I shall attempt to speak to you I wish you to give me your best attention. I am speaking about the man that spied her, which was John, because if the first man had not have spied the woman lie second man cc tld not have went after her. For that reason I say that John ought to have that woman. When the world was in darkness, t en Christ looked down the line of tirne and .aw the condition of things; he -aid in four :housand and four years he- would come and redeem the world from darkness. He saw man's cond:ton and that is 'he reason I say !John ought to have that woman. If Christ had not have saw man's condi tion the world would have yet been in darkness, and for that reason I say that the -man what spied her ought to have that woman. There fore I say if John had not have tound this w nan way off in the dis tance Bill could not have brung her away. Now if me and two other men were -w'alking along and I spied a ten dol lar bill, and if one of them picked it up and give it to the other one and -didn't give it to me, there would be -somebody to go to the graveyard right away. Therefore I say that Tom had no right to that money; Therefore she should have the man that spied her, for he hnaves the most right to her. For that reason I am goingz :o impress upon vou that lohn ha-:es the most right to her. N.wif this lady was way off there - o st. :>e other men having. as long -y V a, Joh~n, neither o'ne beitng blind, an-;ing the samte kind of eyes. nlow I :. ta: John was a Godsend to hi nman : he looked clost on the watet and spied her. Therefore I Dear friends. l am here to tell you. that whatever you: do look at John. the man that spied her. I want to state to you in co nclu sion rhat John ought to have that womanl. Dear friends, the next gentleman that I wiii introduce to you wvi llbe Master J. L. Lake. Mr. Chairman, gentlemen of the juror and gentlemen and friends like wise. I am before you to tell you which has the most right to this 'lady. The man what went after her Ihas the most right, meaning old Bill. What man would have done this? Of course you know, gentlemen, that now she should have belonged to old Bill. Then think of it again. Think of the distress that lady was in if it hadn't of ben fur old Bill. T'hen ihink of it agin! I tell you is the owner of this waggen (their plat morm was a wagon) the one whut seed hit? No, he ain't. The doctor don't own hit: the man w'hat found hit doan: own nit. The man whuY went after hit that's the wun hut owns hit, a3 course. That woman had the moest dis :rucinating aggonies. Friends think -about hit, when you air sick in bed :and none there but That man whut hiaves come to me in the fall of the year. That is t!he reason I say she Raise Our Vel ISAT Quattl it! I will state the view more cor rect. When Abraham Lincoln bought that Washington chur he could not have got that chur, that government chur, if he had not have went after hit. Let me tell you, my Jear friends, she belongs to old Bill. If you was in distress and nobody to took you away and take keer of you -friends think about hit. That is the reason I say s'he belongs to old Bill. Look at the man whut do the favor, whut run to get you in the water. With these few remarks, I will leave you. but vou will hatter go for old Bill. Now the next gentlemen that I will introduce to you will be Mr. J. L. Longshore. Mr. Chairman and gentlemens of the juror and ladies likewise: I come bfore you to investigate the matter about the man whut cured the wo man: he is the man whut haves the moest right to her, the ma'n whut cured 'her. The reason I says that, he umbled hisself. Gentlemen, the doctor that went and entirely cured her-look at hit. I want to drill in your minds the hunt for the doctor and that woman on her bed of af liction. The doctor jes*t cum and dwell with her until sihe become jenu ine well. That is the resaon that she belongs to that good old gingerwine doctor. When people are in ther bed of afliction they are obleged to have that. good old gingerwine doctor, Tom, and that is doctor Lake. Gen tlemen, I am here to tell that I wants that one too. I wants the adjueist ance of that good old gingerwine doctor. Mr. foreman, you talk about Tom and the man whut seed 'her has the moest right to that woman. As fur as I am consarned nobody ought to have that woman but That good old gingerwine doctor, and that is- old Tom. I am here to tell you that that good old gingerwine doctor whut dwell with that woman haves The moest right to her. By these few remarks I will leave t'he subject with y ou. D ar friends,'we will introduce that geteman what represents the man hat spied the wo>man. Mr. J. IH. Williams. Mr. Chairman and gentlemen of the juror and friends likewise: Talk ig about this old doc-or. Tom. and the man whut fotch her away having moest rig'ht to this woman, gentlemen. I wan-ts you to look into this, the man whut seed her haves the moest right to her. How in the world could you cure a person and not fust see them. Talk about this man whut went aftrer her. 'how could he have went after her and not have seen her? No doubt he did not know the way to the ocean. Talk about the man whut went atter her had the moest right to 'her. Anything that you went atter do you haves the moest right to hit? If you go out and cure anything do you have t'he moest right to it? Now, talk about this kuring business, whut good you going to do me and you way off and you doan come to me? Now 'that way seldom kures one. Now you talk about this man that never seed her. If you goes out there to play ball and can't see how you going to play ball? If a man gives yo a ten dollar bill and ycou blind, what good that money going to dc von? you can't see. Gentlemen. I wants y-ou to look~ into this thing. And talk about not seeing. How many here can't see? Talk about the man who can't see How many of you come for hash and didn't get it, waiting for you tc fetch ;i to them. Gentlemen, of the four M -y Fine 4 OUR STABLE ebaum PROSPER] juror, I wants you to look into this thing. Spose a man that "had -co pay you, spose he had to take and sell a bale of cotton, you can't see, wha good the money going to do you? If you go into town and have to cross a bridge, how do you know there's a bridge there until you 'hears it? you can't see. Talk about the man whut went atter her having the moest right -Eo her. Gentlemen, look into this. Song-"We will meet one another up in Heaven." Dear friends, our next gentleman will be Mr. N. H. Pitts. and the sub ject will be the man w'ho went atter the woman. Mr. Juror and -gen-tlemen. likewise of course the first man was blind, but we haven't anything to do with a blind man. And you may talk about spying a woman. Now. I would not give the snap of my finger for any man. but the one whpt went atter her is the one I would cleave to. Now talk about the man whut went at-cer her, not the one whut cured her. Whut did he hisself know about medsen? For all we know he mout have had a sack of maypops. Not tle one that seed her but the one whut went atter her and consoled her, and I wants dac one too. The last words she said when she went to make up her will, she called together the gentlemen, and she made her will and she said: "Bill, you has the moest right to me, because you come in the deep waters for me, and Tom and John didn't know anything abot it. But the one whut seed me and didn't go atter me, that doan do me any good until you come atter me." Now. spose you fall down in t'he dust and die and -they has the doctor there and he haven't anything but a sack or maypop roots. Now. the one whut kured her not the one w'hut went atter her has the moest right -to her. No. friends, the one whr.t rendered the moest services to her wus the one whut went atter t'he physician. She: could not have been cured of V(Mtr physican' if he had no-t have been went atter. The one t'hat went atter her he has the moest right to her. Dear friendsl. n'ith these few remarks I leave the subjec-t with vou. Dear friends, our next speaker wilP be Mr. W. M. Moore. He will speak on the subject of the one whut curedl her. Mr. Moore will tell you that the one whut cured this woman has Ithe moest right 'to her. 'Dear friends. I am before you all this afternoon nowv to tell you all which ones of the mens haves the moest right to this woman. which uz old Tom. That old man Tom is the one whut cured her and he is the one wvhut haves the moest right to her. You take and bring the wo man anywhere and you aint got no kno1edge to kure her, wvhut good that goin to do her? Old Torn he got the moest right to Iher, that man that kured her, 'but this man that seed her haves no right to 'her. I wants youenls to look into this bisness. Talk about the man whut come along and brought 'her awa~y and laid 'her down. hut good did he do? But old Tom, the man whut had the intelgence to work on this woman and cure her; of course will be old Tom what haves the moest right -to her. The one whut aint got no intelgence aint got no right to her. For that reason I says that old Tomn haves the moest right to her. With these few re marks I leaves t'he subject t'. you. A bachelor gets very little real en joyment out of a club because he can o thr any nigh-r he wants to. ules Jack<, P IS ALL THE &Lan [TY, S. C. 1785 College of 120th Year Begins Letters, Science, Engineering. One sc county of South Carolina. Tuition $40. tory $10 to $12 a month. All candidates: for vacant Boyce scholarships which pay HA FOLLC I[. 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