The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1894-07-04
SHdeEsa4 gHttlligeHeet,
SARGE pLUNKErt.
The Old H1en Meet w.th Great Scientific
apntleman,
atlanta Constitution.

"A long nalreQ, Stuuy-WOTu, eCieuIluC
scholar could never have got US to lis
ten to him, had it not been that we
are so worn out with politics that we
accept anything for change. Yes
terday there came along one of these
s.scholars," and he had it his own way
for about four hours, but when he had
gone we had it our way. The fellow
was bristling with literature. The
pockets of his seedy Prince Albert was
strutting with periodicals, and his
arms we're filled with treatises upon
every subject from the little ant to
the mighty elephant, from the minnow
to the whale, from the sparrow to the
great American eagle. The evolution
Of man. ''how to breed men"-is the
pressure which bore upcn him through
the four hours with US, and he is COM
ing back in August to spend month
with us, in order to continue the sub
ject.
Me and my old oman are always
modest upon subjects we have but
little experience in, but Brown and
his old oman looked like they were on
nettles just to get a chance at this
what-ever-you-may-call-hi scholar.
Not a word could they get in, as this
fellow went on to convince them that
it was just as easy-if they had known
how--to have their whole thirteen
children heroes and heroipes as to have
them the plain cooks and clodhoppers
that they are. At every turn he
would fish out paper to prove what
be was saying. The concentration of
the mind upon the kind of child one
wished was all parents had to do to
fllthe world with Napoleons, Jennie
Linds, George Washingtons and Edi-
sons. Mrs. Brown shook her head a
few times, and Brown wunk at me,
but the fellow awed them with his
papers on the subject, and even open
ed the lids Of our Bible and turned to
where Jacob put up the striped
poles in the sheep ranch, in proof of
his theory. He had his own way for
four hours, but when he was gone we
had it our way, and all of us voted
that Browns experience was better
than book learning to Judge this sub
ject upon-it is all a fallacy, says
Brown; it is all falhcy, says Mrs.
Brown. If ever two people did have
their hearts set and their minds con-
centrated on having their boy great,
it was this couple-the boy is moth
ing.
OF course, we could not pass around
in Atlanta without listening to some
thing political. When Mr.. Toombs
pressed his bill into the constitution
of the State, forcing the payment Of
taxes as right for suffrage, he little
dreamed Of how many Of his own race
would be disfranchised by its opera
tions. If the grand old man was liv-
ing, he would be too honest to deny
but that the Z. bill was aimed at the
negro. No;defense can be made for a
man not paying his taxes, but it is a
fact that it is growing to such propoz-
,tions that it should catch the atten-
.tion Of thoughtful men and remedy
should be sought after. It might
.astound some Of our Statesmen" to
ind out the number of men who are
5disfranchised in Georgia at this time,
and the number is still growing. It
is not the chad elements" that is
mostly affected by this law. A "bad"
man can always manage to get his
taxes payed, even if he prostitutes
the ballot box by making this tax the
price Of his vote. Some good men
real good men, but poor-are unable
to vote on account of this law, and it
is a shame as well as impolitic that it
should be so. It was never the inten-
tion of Robert Toombs to disfranchise
q white Georgian-the negro can take
care Of himself in this matter.
I have said it before, but twill
bear repeating right at this time, that
it is the poor white man who needs
some Of the attention that is keeping
Hproblem solvers" awake at night and
a-howling by day. I have never been
in sympathy with the "poor man 8
friend idea, as used in politics, and
have always been suspicious Of candi-
dates who use the theme, but do
think that the time has come when
the conditions and the future Of the
Door whites ofthe South should have
attention. The world has been too
busy helping the negro to rise for
thirty years to give a thought to the
poor white man. In his abundance Of
self-confdence, the poor whites have
been blinded to the great strides Of
the negro, and forgot that wealth has
much to do with respectability-they
forgot, or did not think of many
things, but I can tell you again, as I
have told you before, that "money
makes the mare go"
I am we'll known as being against
so much organization, but we have
organized society in our settlement
recently that I give my hearty sup.
port and sanction to. The object Of
this new society is to foster and en-
courage the settlement of our own
surplus population upon lands in the
country. hhe main plank in the plat
form Of this society is that the money
spent in bringing emigrants from away
off shall be spent in unloading the
towns of their surplus. ! ran for the
presidency Of this society, but my
opponent had such a good record Of
my past, with evidence to sustain.
that I was overwhelmingly defeated.
The rascal fooled me into voting
against myself. This fellow, in his
opening address, said some things that
/ thought was sensible-if he did beat
me-. BE a&rms that "big men look
too far off to find their material for
the improvement Of the South. Com
mence right here, and encourage and
aid all you can the men who are idle
after our own capital and labor has
profitable employment, it will be time
to reach out-make haste at home.
In the course of his remarks, the
president exclaimed with great -four
ish that "the State Of Georgia donates