The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1900-11-29

IN and must be elected. There should
be school commission in every South
ern State, for 1t is a well-knOwn fact
| that there are teachers who are secret
ly paid by Northern publishers to
| get their books into our schools. We
cannot control their literature, but we
can their school books. A few weeks
ago an artful canvasser visited our
town with an attractive history OF the
world IN ten volumes. He was the out.
| talkingist book agent have ever met,
and his scheme was to give away five
or six sets In every town to influential
mon OF culture. He called it giving
away, but required the cos of the
binding, which he said was S14. The
sale price was &45. was one of the
favored six, and he fed me literally on
hattery and assured me that there was
not q line in all the volumes that any
Southern man would object to nor
could any reader tell whether the auth
or6 lived North or South. He had one
volume as a sample, and l noted that
tho authors were distinguished pro.
iessors in some Northern colleges
The volume was we'll written and |
Was pleased with 1t and with the price
and the hattery, and so put my name
down with the condition that on exam
lnatlon OF the other volumes I mig
accept or reject. In due time tbey
came and | took up the ninth volume
that contained the history of our civil
war. The book was opened st random
and there was an engraving Of William
d. Seward and the first paragraph read:
he had hardly got installed into office
when he was confronted by three auda
ciOus commissioners from the rebel
States" Audacious just thiuk Of 1t.
! was mad and got up and walked about
and then played On the piano little
and then opened the book again at Mr.
Calhoun's picture and read another
paragraph, which said that there was
not much difference between Calhoun
and John Brown, for they were both
fanatics and would 60 down in history
on the same plane. OF course the
books were rejected, but the agent has
my influence as a cultured gentleman.
"Tlmeo Danaes fOrentes dora" Be-
ware OF the Grecians when they come
with gifts," and beware of histories
published by Northern houses unless
they are writer by Southern authors.
Sometimes when 1 ruminate about
oil their slanders and lies and bragga.
docio, get sad and then mad and die
couraged for fear they will drive us
Into another war and we will have to
whip 'em again. When a country dog
comes to town he hides underneath
the wagon as iong as he can, but the
town dogs drive him out and he runs
OF and backs up in the corner OF the
fence and whips the whole gang and
all they dare to do Ia to stand Off and
bark at him. Those Yankees are bark.
Ing at us now. Let 'em bark. Those
who come down here to live with us
are good people and soon fall in love
with us, [ never knaw an axcention
except that Mrs. Caniield, who wrote
that malignant and fool letter back to
her folks and said she longed to soc
the time come whom black heels should
tread on white necks. Those who
come down here to stay soon harmon.
lie with our folks and their sons marry
our daughters and our sons marry
their daughters. Old DR.. Kirk says
It's @ mixture OF blue blood and green
backs and makes fair average. So
It's oil right, and no loss on our side.
BILL ARP.
p. S.-There are two Mormon eldors
In town and I've got no dog.