The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-11-28
BILL ARP's SOUND ADVICE.
SOUTH MUST PRESERVE NAME

Our peOplc mould Move high 4 long
and Keep in the Middle OF the
Road.
Let us move right straight along and
keep in the middle OF the road. All Is
not lost save honor, nor will the North
dare to cut down our representation in
Congress-such u o would ALLEVIATE
their new Southern converts, for
Southern Republicans are at heart
all lilywhites and have no use for the
negro in politics. Southern Republicans
have been under the ban ever since the
var, and they realize that it is because
they are aligned with the negro.
Captain Lowry is all right when he
says, but for the negro in politics
the Republican party would have q
good chance to capture and hold the
South" The captain Ia q Republican
"a Tennesseean, a Georgian, a banker,
and has travelled much, aud his party
up North ought To give weight TO his
opinions. He Is q gentleman, q mar OF
integrity, and stands high In financial
circles all over the country. Financially
he is a success and liberal with his
money, but he will not take Carnegie's
advice and give it all away before he
dies. Yes, the niger is still In the
wood pile, and the Joke OF it is the
niger don't know it. There are no
s dozen negroes In this country who
care a straw about voting. II the white
Office seekers would let them alone
they wouldent go about the polls or
election day. What ia wanted ia &c
purify the candidates. II this can be
done In Atlanta why not elsewhere
We all rejoiced over the election OF
Major Minis, for he ran for MAYOR as
q gentleman and had no heelers, MOI
would he ask any man for his vote o,
Hll0w any corrupt slectioneering by
his friends. He ~stub6ornly refused tt
promise anything to anybody, aud,
strange to say, was elected.
But the Republican party Ia growing
very last In this section, and will grow
into responsibility if they will let the
negro alone. Mr.. Lowry is right. Some
years Z when we had suffered q
similar defeat my friend Newt rumlir
WAS greatly distressed, and told me In
a whisper that there WAS only one WAY
70 get even with them, and that wa t.,
nc en-. Well, there arc lots OF folk.
JinihS EN- around in these parts, and
i Is hard to tell who is a Democrat
ana wac Is not. They tell ms thai q
Democratic ~oficeholder and two OF the
executive committee OF this county
~ 4tSihihiSJ IL OuT uCLR 2OOrlDp
county OF Polk went for him by 500
majority. Maybe hat is au evolution
that will stop the threatened reduction
OF our representation, for our Republi.
can friends don want that TO happen
any more than we do, and they will
lie a protest and fight it.
What we want at the South il &c
preserve our good name, our historic
honor II our traditions. a section
that has produced Washington, Jener
son, Madison, Monroe, jackson apd
Polk, as presidents, Clay and Calhoun
n Lee and SLoncwuii jackson and
President Davis must hold up her
proud head and vindicatc her honor
Who are we? We import no foreign,
ers To do cur work, and nire no Hes,
SLAMS TO do our lighting. How did our
hearts ourn within us as we read the
brave words OF General Evans to the
confederate veterans at Augusta: "DC
not let the history we have made be
perverted by partisan pens or polluted
by sectional slime. Our schools must
be cleared Of Northern rubbish dumped
into the minds OF our children. We
want q literature that Will not continue
divisions, but Will contain the honest
reiatlon OF lacts, that will unity the
youth OF this country IN common. ap.
preclatlon OF the truths OF history"
Yes, we have been shamefully care
less IN the selection OF our school
hooks. Inc poison has already crept
IN ana must be elected. Thcre should
be a sci ooi commission Ia ovury south
crn State, Tor it Is a well-knOwn fact
that there are teachers who arc secret
~ paid by Northern publishers to
get their books into our schools. We
cannot control their literature, but we
can their school books. A few wceks
ago an artful %canvasser visited our
town with an attractive history OF the
world In ten volumes. He was the ont.
taikinglst book agent | have ever met,
ana MS scheme was to give away five
or SIX sets in every town to Influential
men Of culture. He called it giving
away, but required the cos OF the
binding, which no eaid wa; $l4. Tho
sale price was So. WIS one Of the
favored six, and he fed me literally on
natIcry and assured me that there WAS
not u line In ail the volumes that any
southern would object TO nor
could any, tell whether The auth
crs lived l., OF South. He uHd one
vo.uino as a sample, and | noted that
the authors were distinguished pro.
lessons in some Northern colleges.
The volume III well written and
WAS pleased with it ani with the price
and the hattery, and SO | put my name
aown with the coma lion That on exam.
lnatiOn OF the OthC. volumes miu.t
accept or reject. La due time Lncy
came and | tool up the ninth volume
thai contained tho history OF our civil
war. The book was opened st random
ara thcre was an engraving OF William
Il. Seward and the first paragraph read:
" tic had hardly got Installed into Office
when he WAS confronted by three auda
cious commissioners from the rebel
Auda.ious Just think OF it.
| was mad and got up ard walked about
and then played On tho piano . little
and then opened the book again at Mr..
picture and read anotl or
Paragraph, which said that there was
not much difference between Calhoun
and John Brown, for !hey were both
fanatics and would go down in history
the same plane. or course the
BOOKS were rejected, but the agent has
my influence as a cultured gentleman.
y Ilmeo Danaes %forentes dora" Ba.
ware OF the Grecians when they come
With gifts," and beware Of histories
published by Northern houses unless
hey are writer by Southern authors.
S0metim' when | ruminate about
III their SANDERS and lies and brapga.
loclo, | get sad and then mad and dis.
'ouraged for fear they will drive US
INTO another wal and we will have to
Whip 'em again. When u ,ountry dog ,
to town he hides u4u, rGvn.h
he wagon as long as he Gao but tGy +,
own dogs drive him out and he runs
III and backs up In the corner of the