The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1895-12-04
IsNGLIsH PEOPLE KNOW VERY
LITTLE ABOUT THN SOUTH.
William Tolls Of somo OF Thor Bad
Breaks.

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q our civil war, but thought it was between
North America and Somtll America That was
the only north and south sho know Of Her
SON. 2 lad OF fourteen, asked my son IL ho had
Yes /" said no, IT hayo four"
Arc thoy back2'' ho innocontly inquired.
| lls mothor apologiz,d by saying ho had
| noaId 30 mucl about tho negroo, ovor hero
| black. r'0 "0-o
| "a very refined and cultured English lady
! dlncd at our homo some years ago and asked TO
| soc our cook, who hid prepared such delight III
| dlsiies' so Aunt Ann WINS invited to her pres
| enrc. She asko her many questions That wcro
| proper enough and after she Ind rottrol tho
Indy inquired how long Aunt Ann ll,l boon
| from from Africa. MY wife was surprised and said:
she ncvor was III Africa. She was born hero
and so wero her parents and Il grandparents"
The lady then oXprcYsad her surprise. ''Why
l thought" said shc ''tha. they gradually
cnanBed color from the influence or climate and
IN two or threo generations became uhnost
white" "'''
Wc all smiled, Of course, but sho rallied TO
her own defense and said. "Wcll saw somo
!o%n at tho hotel who .aro turning white"
'o'i hcf that iIcr0 wcro fey crcoles soAtiorctl
around over the country and thon managed TO
change he subject.
This rominds mo of nciqhbor Freeman, WHO
fused ~ big-mouth Bob for going to meeting
boss, wo niggers is ,ryin' to save orr souls"
freeman smiled and said: ''Why, YOU old
1ool, don't you know TINT niger hasont got
| M! sohlI man up In Tennessee has written
n'ggcr hascnt got any moro soul than q mon
| hoS. 90 what arc you going to meeting fur?"
a., bon showed his poarly teeth and laughed anu
.hon camo back at him and s,id 'Look hero,
| posS has mellater got any sou2"
| This rerpl xod tho nabor for moment and
! got about half SOUL"
| Bob laughed tumultuously and said. 'Woll.
| N n I{Yh 1,kI a.
! can DO split in two"
Tho other day travelled in tho car with an
ONO farmer who was very ta,ative and friend
| ~ Ho was ompha'ically horny handed son
| ami ills stlimpy fingers looked liko iron claws.
ito was OIL bust but not from drink. He Ind
bought cigar from Tho nowsboy and from tho
way DO managed 1t know ho was not used to
| tho ar.iole. ~
"Going 10 tho expo7" aaid I.
| WAL, yes, said hc "I'vo got aomo nabors
along. We sorter wanted to 500 the south now
INT. INT things arc Citing along poaoeablo and
pio down hero, scom like. We haven't seen any
| disturbance" -
"What wcro yon afraid OFF" said I.
! I'm, nothing much, but You 500 it was pow
| oiiul long stretch from home and there aro no
many niggors down hero, and our folks whoro
l livo don't liko niggors. / stopped over tay
IN Chattanooga. and saw lots or niggors and
thoy seemed to be peaccable enough and was
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concluded to como on further down. Wo want
to got acquainted with YOU peopio and maybe
wo VIII like ono another betttr. Somo OF us
:;c g.ssstn tired of Blk months winter and would
Ing about 1t several yonrs. hut aomo said
tho war wasent over down hero and sonno
SAID the climate was too hot and somo
SAID SAID tho - niggora would perish us ont aud
democrats tho first thing or loayo tho
country. I've got a good farm Of 11S acres aud
can sell 1t any day for $4,000. It pays n
good interest on that. sold $500 worth OF
pack wheat last week and 500 bushels Of apples.
raise cattlo and hogs and potatoes and ilops
| and wheat and corn and fowls nni everything
but my wifo is runnln' down hill; sllc works 10,
| hard ana the doctor says she would 1.-Two longor
| III q warmer climate and 80 I'm going 10 luok
around for a farm aforo 60 back"
ito talked fair ana honost and was sample
copy OF thousands OF those pcoplo who have
been for half century as ignoront about tho
south as II wo lived on another continent.
Now that man can buy our best farming land
for 500 an aero; land that will produce every
thing that he grows In Ohio aud cotton ana
sweet potatoes besides and ho would have ten
months to work in Instead of six and no doubt
his wife would live several years longer.
! But II is all right and has no doubt bcon a
| blessing In disguise that tho tido OF immgra-
tion wont west instead of south. As Mr.
Loomis said our people have preserved their
! am no A. ?. A., and mover expoot to DO, but
DO like to ming with our samo sort OF people;
what you call homogeneous people, people
who yaluo good principles and truth and fair
moss i'll trado and respect for law and rovcronco
| for woman.
| But lilso that Ohio man I travelled with, and
his sort would find welcome down hero in Dixie
1e would hayo como long ago but ho WAS
afraid. 1io dldcnt know anything about ls *.
cept that VIC would fight "They oil know
that" ho said.
But just consider those English Even their
editors arc ridculonsly ignorant of orr coun-
try. Only low days ago q London daily pub.
lishoti Brief notice OF our exposition and To-
Gated it ut Atlantic City. It told OF tho Lib.
erty boil that WAS takon from tho domo OF tho
capitol at Washington to opon tho exposition
with and that Professor Booker Washington,
who was linoal descendant Of George Wash
ington, the first American president, mado tho
opening address, and that one Of Tho novelties
,yas grove Of cottonwood trees full Of cotton
and that tho exposition yoaliZpd tho dream OF
Thomas L. GRADY, tho father Of tho solid south.
II w is that for hlundors2 1t looks like
joke, but IL was not. l know an Englishman
grew OH large troos md was gathered by using
ladders.
Tho south has always been better acquoint-
OF with tho north than tho north has been with
u.s. Our merchants used to 90 north about
twico year to bny thoir goods, and onr rici,
| people visited thoir cities and watering places
| ocyry summon, but thcro wa, nothing for them
tocomo down loro for. Albion Tourgeo oamo
down on FOOLS errand aftor tho war and wont
paok and wroto that our people wore all born
politicians. Governor Altgeld said tho other
! day In his beautiful address that wo wore MI
| porn orators. MIR. 1oomis says wo aro native
born American patriots, and several sponkers
said that hospitality was an Unborn southern
trait. 1t 10 really refreshing to road tLoir
praises and compliments.