The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1881-05-05
"TRE HAN OF FACTs.n
lir. Henry w. Grady, tho Itinorant Jour.
naliat MIXED In Charlotte.
Charlotte Ohferrnc

Charlotte O5,errer.
"There ia Henry w. Grady" said a
gentleman as representative of the
Obaerter was passing through the office
of the Central Hotel Sunday u little be,
fore church hour.
The representative looked in the direc.
tion Indicated and SAW face at corner
OF the writing desk in the Office which,
by tho shadow cast over it in this part of
the room, was anything but prepossessing.
The oYner was writing on plain white
paper such as is put to every purpose in
o newspaper office. With his travelling
satchel and duster on o chair beside him.
he seemed ready to fit at any moment
but, for the nonce, was entirely absorbed
in his work. He stopped, however,
when the Observers desire for an intro.
ducti0n was communicated.
II write everywhere" ne said by way
of explanation.
II was just desiring 10 see one of you.
! see by. your paper this morning that
Louisville and Nashville Railroad stock
has gone up TO 96f. This represents a
profit to me Of $4,000. 1t made an ad-
vance day before yesterday worth $4,000
to me, and was @ little afraid when I
saw this second rise that it was too good
to be true, and | wanted to ask if there
was any probability that it was an error
Of the printer"
There Is nothing unprepossessing about
his face now. He has cock.eye but
otherwise it bears the good natured aim-
plicty Of child.
II arrived on the Wilmington tr IN
this morning and 20 South on the {
train, which leaves, 1 understand, q
couple of hours. l came last from he
Albemarle fisheries, which 1 have been
writing up for several journals. Two
Atlanta artists ars with me for tho pur-
pose of sketching the necessary illustra.
tions. One of them, Mr.. J. II. Moser,
represented the Harpers', and the other,
MIR. Horace Bradley, the New York
Graphic. We ere going to Mississippi to
sketch and write up ]. r. Richardson's
place and industries. am on the wing
all the time. | passed one-third of my
time last year in n sleeper, and haven't
had an hours rest in ten years."
How old are you, Mr.. Grady?" (The
representatives, impression before seeing
MIN was Of middle.aged man, and he
was surprised to find him exceedingly
young l0oking.)
A scarcely perceptible twinkle in his
eye indicated that the suggestion in the
tone with which the reporter asked this
question was understood, anu he pro.
ceded in simple, unpretenti JUS way as
follows:
II am 20 years old. My I.,her fell at
the head ofa North Caroiin,. regiment in
Virginia during the war; / graduated
from College at 10. I had been educated
for lawyer, but was crazy to get on O
newspaper. At the time vas rich. Tho
proprietor of the Rome (Ga.) Courier
gave me $500 year to edit his paper
stayed with him two years. wrote
an editorial on the Ku.Klux. He
refused to publish it. 1 became angry
and went across the street and bought out
tho other paper-there were two IN the
place. After running this awhile, went
to Atlanta and started the Herald in con-
nection with Bob Alston. We got into
a fight with competition paper and
whipped. We next 'bucked' against Joe
Brown and busted had an offer of
$50 week 10 come to North Carolina
and edit Raleigh paper, in which Zeb
Vance, l think, was interested, as he
wrote to me. hesitated about it, but
finally concluded as l was in the busi-
ness l had better strike high and 30 went
to New York, engaged on the Herald,
and have been with it ever since"
You don't consider your time so
much the property of the Atlanta Con-
shtation, then rs that of the HeraHf"
well last year became co.proprie-
tor. Of the Constit,tion, paying $4,000
cash down for $4,000 interest. There
are four proprietors equally interested
the capital stock being 100000.
l write for the Contribution as I do
for great number of journals, but / am
under moro partie lar obligations to the
Herald. I have co.equal supervision
with Mr.. Cuthbert, of Richmond (only he
does not travel), of the Rt-cla's South.
ern correspondence, and can direct Whist
correspondents shall write up occurren-
ceS which are expected tc transpire. I
am now engaged in writing n review of
Jefferson Davis book for the Herald. 1t
will appear between the first and fifth OF
May. And, by the way, l am the only
read this bnnk. The Memphis paper
published some advance sheets, but they
have no knowledge of the the contents OF
the book. The Herald has . contract
with the Appletons for the frat view.
have moro work laid out for the rest OF
the month than I csn accomplish. /
am engaged for constitutions to both
HaFperh's and Scribner's next issues, be-
sides contributions to other journals,
some Of which will have to be disap.
| pointed"
"Have you any prominent ideas of the
prospects of the South gathered while
travelling through it?"
II don't know that / have. have
written more about the South, suppose,
than any other ten men living, and it Keeps
me stripped. can say, however, that
the prosperity of the South Is going to be
greater than has ever been known. Gu,
people have hitherto neglected the small
industries, but I think their eyes are
! opening. AS an instance, I found one
man in your State who makes l5,0OC
gallons Of vino yearly. These thing,
| viii be developed moro in future. The
tide of immigration is finding its waS
South, and az an instance forty German
Immigrants came into this State on
train behind the one I was on, and The
great resources of the South properly
developed and peopled, will make hel
the richest and most glorious country ir
the world"
Mr. Grady is of stout. not cornulept