The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1894-05-30

| It Tor LQe SAKE Oh tueiT Oh u 1eputaIioh'
but they have not done so in public. 1
had not heard that the ring was COM
mi'ted to Atkinson, but that it was
ring for themselves and doknow that
there is some foundation for the charge.
Maybe it has bursted. I hope so. AS
for General Evans and Mr.. Atkinson,
I know many good men who would be
perfectly content with either as our
Governor, and who lament the bitter
ness Of the canvass. Can't these 2x4
editors and politicians conduct the can
vass in gentlemanly way and be proud
that we have two such men in Georgia?
In the grand old days when Patrick
Henry and John Randolph ran against
each other for Congress the people
focked to hear them from far and near
and at Charlottesville, when both were
through speaking and their everwhelm-
ing eloouence had thrilled and charmed
,be multitude, the people with one ac-
cord seized them on their arms and
carried ITEM on their shoulders round
and round, shouting as they went:
"These are Virginia's sons, of whom
we are all proud, and they shall not
separate u.s." Cannot Georgia patriot
say the same about our candidates?
Has either done anything Of which we
are ashamed? Then let US frown upon
all this scandal and vituperation. After
all, it is not a matter of life or death or
of any great moment whether victory
or defeat awaits either, and it is COM
fort to know that we have so many
men in Georgia who would make as
good a Governor as either of them.
There is not a county and hardly a
town that could not furnish one or
more statesmen in whose hands the
commonwealth would be safe. This
abuse of political adversaries is unwoE-
thy Of any gentleman, and I.wouldh't
trust the man who is. He is machine
politician, and is always setting traps
and batting triggers to catch the igno-
rant and unsuspeeting. 1t is just such
men who keep good men from offering
for Office. They fear the lies and scandal
that would follow.
And now to change the unwelcome
subject and to do justice tho the Hea-
vens fall, will you please publish the
following letter which have received
from true and noble woman-a Geor-
gian now living at Winston, N. c. I
have Investigated such histories as are
at my command, and find nothing that
reflects upon the honor and good faith
Of Eli Whitney. find that in Georgia
it was asserted that be was not the in
ventor, but that. it had already been
used in Switzerland and that he haG
sixty law suits before he secured a
favorable verdict. South Carolina, how
ever, did pay him $4,000, sad North
Carolina gave him royalty on every
saw used.in the State. But still Miss
Boggs may have cleaned the true his
tory of the cotton gin, which Macauly
said, ''d;d more for the power and pro-
gress of the United States than Peter
the Grea' lid for Russia" If Mrs.
Greene was really the genius who sug-
gested it and the patron waose means
perfected it, then let the monument be
built to her, as Miss Boggs suggests.
Then let the truth come to light. Our
great historian, G.. c. Jones, is dead,
but Judge Riehard 81. Clark still lives.
BILL ARP.
The following is the letter;
"Major Charles Fl. Smith. Carriers
vile, Ga.-Dear Major: Born and bred
in Georgia, your contributions to litera-
ture have been source Of pride as we'll
as pleasure. 7 recently obtained from
the publishers, copy of your History
Of Georgia While I heartily join your
effort to have our children taught our
own history as seen by ourselves and
wish that other Southern States would
follow your example, you must excuse
nae for objecting to this sentence in
paragraph 6, page 46: Eli Whitney,
who lived near Savannah Invented the
cotton gin.' For many years I have
lived under the impression thai Geor-
gia always denied Whitney's claim.
My impressions are somewhat as fol-
lows: Whitney, like many other men
of New England, came South for the
purpose of teaching, while be acquired
profession to some more lucrative &C
cupation. His vessel was so long at sea
that when he arrived at Savannah the
position he expected had been filled.
On the same vessel with Mr.. Whitney
was Mrs. Greene, widow Of General
Nathaniel Greene, on her way to the
'Mulberries,' place presented to Cen
eral Greene by the State for nis dis
tinguished services in the South during
the revolutinsry war. Hearing of Whit
ney's disappointment, Mrs. Greene
offered him the hospitalities of her
home until he could find occupation.
The subject OF separating the seed
from the lint by machinery was mat
ter of daily discussion between Mrs.
Greene and her neighbors, as we'll ss
elsewhere. They had decided how it
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