The uplift [serial] . grasp the brawny hand That labors lips have kissed,For he who has not labored here Lifes greatest pride has missed: The pride to feel that yore ownstrengthHas cleaved fur you the wayTo heights to which you were notborn,But struggle dav by though the thousands sneer anscoff,An scorn your humble birth?Kings are only puppets; you arekingBy right o royal worth. The man who simply sits an waits Fur good to come along,Aint worth the breath that onewould take To tell him he is good aint flowin round thisworld Fur every fool to sup;You,ve got to put your see-er
The uplift [serial] . grasp the brawny hand That labors lips have kissed,For he who has not labored here Lifes greatest pride has missed: The pride to feel that yore ownstrengthHas cleaved fur you the wayTo heights to which you were notborn,But struggle dav by though the thousands sneer anscoff,An scorn your humble birth?Kings are only puppets; you arekingBy right o royal worth. The man who simply sits an waits Fur good to come along,Aint worth the breath that onewould take To tell him he is good aint flowin round thisworld Fur every fool to sup;You,ve got to put your see-ers on, An go an hunt it up. Good goes with honesty, I say, To honor an to bless;To rich and poor alike it brings A wealth o ristercrats aint got it all, Fur much to their suprise,Thats one of earths most blessedthings They cant monopolize. —Paul Laurence Dunbar. To many individuals baseball isnot a game, but a philosophy and a,religion. Four THE UPLIFT May, 19: THINGS ABOUT MOORESVILLES PAYING CREAMERS. Harry Preston Deaton. Harry Preston Deaton began to make his presence known in no uncertain man-ner, in Concord, N. C., on February 22nd, 1872. He enjoys his arrival on February22nd as being a distinct celebration of the natal day of the Father of his coun-try. He claims nothing in common with George Washington, though that dis-tinguished character in the worlds history is, in the point of manhood, loyalty and patriotism, Mr. Deatons ideal of a trueAmerican. Every man, woman and childsince Washingtons day has heard of oneaccomplishment that George could notboast—the ability to tell a lie. Harry Dea-ton, if we are to accept the estimate somepeople vulgarly put on the average news-paper man, can tell a lie; but those, whoknow him well, believe that he is one edi-tor that wouldnt, except by error of an-other. We are writing a few words about afriend, true and tried. We like to take aprivilege with a friend and tell things abouthim—good, bad and indifferent—and
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