, 1891-10-09
OUR SWIMME Err.
Champion John |. Henderson
Home From the South.
A Challenge TO the world for
Ten Miles Swim to- Sea The
Political Outlook of
GEe south.

John Il. Henderson, brother to i. r.
Henderson, and formerly his partner in
the real estate and abstract business, has
been in the city on business the past few
days and returned today TO Bay st, Louis,
Miss, about fifty miles from New Or
leans.
Mr.. Henderson said yesterday: "Times
are good in the southern states and money
very easy. The savings banks in the city
Of New Orleans never pay more than s
per cent and plenty of money is to be had
at t6per cent on gilt edge
'How about politics ?''
THE COLOR QUESTION.
{ Ina Mississippi there are SO per cent
more negroes than whites. Now, am a
democrat, but if the question of negro
suffrage we're to be eliminated in the
south, Louisiana would go republican at
the very frs t state election. The only
thing which keeps the southern states sol
idly democratic is the one question of
race, and in conversation a short time
since with some leading democratic law
yers and politicians, they stated that they
would vote the republican ticket them
selves were itnot for this question"
EQUAL RIGHTS.
In every question, except in that of hold
ing office, the negroes enjoy equal rights
with the whites. They are however, as alb
solutely separated III the walks Of life as
if they We're on opposite sides of the fence.
The hotels, cars, busses, and all transpor-
tation are separate, but just as good as
those used by the whites, and it is consid-
cred an offense for either race to intrude
upon the rights of others. They are slowly
acquiring wealth in some instances, but
the majority never work, except as the In
dian, and live from hand to mouth, with
only an idea of existence.
SOCIAL EQUALITY.
The race is constantly growing blacker,
and the social evil is almost unknown The
more prominent and wealthy white man
rendered. A negro must be at least seven-
eights white to be consi dered white in law,
but society accepts no tinge of color what
ever and the line Of distinction is drawn.
DOMESTIC LIFE.
Living is very reasonable, fish, fruit and
bread forming the principal articles. But
little meat is eaten. Everybody drinks
wine, and eats red pepper, as an antiseptic.
Oysters and fish are plentiful, and it is
nothing unusual to see an oyster eight
inches long, They are eaten the year
round. The living is reasonable. and in
proportion to the decrease of wages. La
| borers receive S1.00 to $125 per day, car
penters, $500 to $3.50, brick masons, 80. sc
to $3.50.
A MATCHLEss SWIMMER.
The TR1BUEEhas printed several accounts
4 of Mr., Henderson's feats as a swimmer
\ His challenge is still open to any man i'll
the world to swim ten miles out to sea- in
the gulf of Mexico, without rest or change
of stroke, for from $1,000 to $4,000 a
side. While Mr. Henderson devotes
much time to that recreation, he is
equally attentive to business, and Is
working up a set of abstracts of the
three coast counties of the gulf taking
from six to eight years, and requiring al
expenditure Of $4,000. On the walls of his
office hehas map Of Olympia and vicinity
and talks Olympia and Washington. lii
Olympia he has unbounded faith as to It's
future in point of general advancement
He has all his holdings here and expects to
retain them. His family has also large real
estate holdings in Mississippi, where his
! grandfather was a United States senator
and his father leading lawyer.
while ] have many close ties in the
South, !" said Mr.. Henderson, Il still look
upon Olympia as my home. Real estate
all along the gulf coast has increased 100
i per cent. in the last twelve months. The
climate is delightful, the summers being
not excessively warm, and the temper
4 ature in the winter months is even and de
lightful."