The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-11-05
BILL ARP'S LETTER.
ENGLISH PEOPLE KNOW VERY
LITTLE ABOUT THE SOUTH.
William Tolls OF Some Of Their Bad
Breaks.

VI al! enlightened ndtlONS tle LuSilsH az
&c most isnoraN Of affairs and things outside
cf England. The dominant idea OF the common
eeonlc is tina: no hing IS worti! knowing that !"
not English. ami ilcm:c they do n9s disturb
:Aer minds about onr pcoric or Cur country.
Cnc Of OFF boys was over there last summer
and vas amazed a. the ignorance Of some OF
,ilcir educated rcaple. His landadv had heard
IF OH civil war, but thought il was between
North America alll Sout!. Amsr;ca. That was
.he only north and scrih she knew Of Her
son, lad Of fourteen, asked my So! II lie Ia"
a::y boys at home.
Yes" said he. II have four
'Are they black he nnoccntlv inquired.
His mother apolosiZ,d by saying he Lad
lcard 50 mEch about the neGrce; over hcr-
hat he thought most all tho people were
back.
\ very refined and cultured English lady
:t:ucd ~ onr home sonle years ago ard asked 20
fce our cook, who ilsd prepared such delight ii
fishes. So Aunt Ann was invited to her res-
trce. She askc her many questions that were
rrcocr enough end after she had retired The
lady inquired how long Aunt Ann had been
from Africa. Ny wife was surprised and said:
She Ecye. was in Africa. She WIS born here
Nd 20 were her parents and grandparents.
The lady tl"n expressed her surprise. "H:!r,
I thought" said she, ''thas they gradually
changed color from the influence OF climate and
in two .: three generations became almost
W!litc.'
We al. smiled, If course, but she rallied 10
ier own defense aul said. "Well. saw some
down at tie hotel wilo are turning white. |
Old her that there were few crco.cs scattered
Ground over the country and then n!auaGed 10
chance he subject.
fused at b3-mouth Bob for going to meeting
go GIrch on work days, and Bob said: ''W3l!.
hos-, VIC ni@gers is tryin' 10 save ol,r soul7."
freeman smiled and said: "Whv. you oil
fuol, don't YOU know that ni@ger Easent got
aay Goni2 4 man up in Tennessee has written
y hook al,)ut that and lis donc proved that
i!iGgcr hasent got any more soul than a mon.
key. SO what are y:n going to meeting for:
Bob showed his pearlv teeth and laughed an:
:Fcn caWo back at him and'sail: Loo; here,
boss. has nlelIater got any soI!!:
This rcrn. xcd The Dabor for a rnmCnt and
i3o said: well, sulpnso tlia: mula;to has
got about half sorl."
Dob laughed tGDlu!tuor-iy and sad We'll.
boss, daL'S all right. bu; don't see il1w P SOIL
can be G;:l!t IN TWO
The o.hcr day Travelled in The car with an
Onio farmer WHO was vc:y taIiAtire and friend
lv. H. was empha!icaily horily-han'!"d son
Q. toll. for his hands We're seamy and cracked
aHl his s:u:npv iaSers looked like iron Claws.
Gor1ht cigar from lie ncwsboy and from the
way lie manaS Scd il knew he WAS ncs used to
the article.
''Go;ng 10 the cypo:" said 7.
''Wa!, yes, said he. ']'To so: sarIe nabors
along. We sorter wanted 70 $50 tho sonSfl now
that things are Citing along ?caceabic and
there wascnc any danger. Mighty clever neo-
pie down here, sem ike. We haven't seen ar
lis rrbaucc.
"Yhat we're v1N afraid Of" said !.
''Ch: nothing much. b1t YOU see i: was a pow
e.ful long si.r1ch from home an! ;Ecrc are SO
many l:SGcrs down here, and our folks where
live don't Ike nig@ers. | stopped oTtr 4 ;isy
in Chattanooga aud sa* lc:S OF nigScrS and
they seemed 70 hc p.accSjlc enough anc; was
avn more fua :han the white folk. so Tc
co!,ct,I:lel 10 come 0" further down. We want
- Ee. acq"ain' cd with Won people and maybe
Sc will Ike one I'll ,ther better. Some Of us
a,e gi:tn' tred OF Blk months winter and wonld
like to change climate. We lave been talk
tie way wascnt over down here and some
sail tho Climate WIS too hot aml some
sail TIC niggcrs wou' / peris: us Oh: AMI
orr preacher said VIC wonid hsvc TO turn
dem Gratis the first thing o. leave the
cnl,iiitt::: I,u3 GOT GIol farm o. Us acres and
7 can sell it any day for S7G.c01. it pays
good in.crCst on that. I sn.I 500 worth Of
back wiiea. las: week aud $50 bushels Ct apples.
| I:aisc ca tic and hogs and potatoes ani hops
ana wheat AMI con- AMI fowls an everything.
but my wife is runnil' down hill: she works 90
herd and the doc Or says sne wo:i,l live longer
in warmer climate and so lin Go,;'S 10 loo!:
arcI;nd for a farm afoTc go back.
lie talked fair and honc,t and was sample
COPY Of thousands Of those people wnO have
been FOX i:&tf G century as lgEo:IHt abo1; The
s0r;lt ., # We lived on arott:cr continent.
Now :ha: man can hu: our best Iaraliug land
fnr 80 III acre: Ian! tina; will produce ever
Thing that he grows III Ohio and cotton and
swec: pota:o>s hes:dcs and he wonid lave ten
mon ~ % work in instead Of six AMI TO doubt
lis wife would I've several years longer.
!;H; X is all right and has no donbs been
&c snc in disguise that Tie tile Of imn,;Sra-
lion wcnt wcS: instead OF south. As Nr.
[oniGiS laid. Or people lave preserved their
.lI:cr,2?l.sil
am 10 A. P. A., and never expect 20 he. but
| 90 like to ming with o;lr same Sort OF people;
what you call n I.nmo5cneou; people, people
WHO value good principles and truth and tair-
Ec:s in trade and rc:pcc: tor law and reverence
fnr T0llaI.
But like that Ohio man Itravcied with. aud
lis scr: w0all find Welcome down hare IN Dixie.
He would have come long ago Int lie WAS
afraid. He .!ilen; know anything abon: ;s cx-
'''-~''
:hat. !c sail.
Eut list consider those English. Even their
editors arc rIlculoislv ignorant OF o'!r coul-
Try. Only Il :ew days ago London daily pub
iiSl.o1 III: cs motto. OF our exposition and o.
ratct it =: Atlantic Cry. It tod of the Lib
ert" bel hat was taken from the dome OF the
;ar; ol at Washington to open the exposition
will. and that Iro:cssor Booker Washington.
WHO was I l!ncal descendant oe George Wash
iu.ton the fist American president. mldc the
opening address, ana that one OF The novelties
w:s il grove Of cottonwood ;r.es full oi Gotten
aud that The exposition re,liz;d the dream OF
Thomas 7. Grad the father of the solid south.
II W is l:at f.r blum lcrs? Il lo0Es like
ioac but i; vas ro: knew an / 'clisAnlan
WHO tod me nc had been tauGE; iIlat cotton
rev on large trees and was gathered y using
l,t1d rs
The oath kaS always ieen better ac4raiEt-
c iwi,l; tic Eorih ii!an the north has been with
us. Oar merchants used ~ 20 lios til about
twice year 10 bEy ;l:cir goods, and or rich
;.oplc visited their c;tis aid Watering places
ey ~ slnIner. hi;t Tn re wa n"!!tlnS for them
tocome down here for Albion TJurSec cinla