The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1900-03-21
BILL ARP'S LETTER.
Arp Answers Questions Sent Him Through
the Mail.
Atlanta Constitutions.

do with him?" "Let. him stay, O
pitch him out the window" he re
piled. Sanford said to me, 81 thin
he is cross between babcon and al
esquimo.
l like such negroes as the one VII;
wrote me that respectful and sensibl
letter. In fact 1 know Of many ne
groes who have not only my regard
but share of my affections. How
willing they arc to oblige you. Whel
| am afar from home and want infor
nation about che trains or the town O
time always ask negro, for he will
tell me more willingly than whit,
man. Yes, more willingly than some
depot officials have met.
A good negro died here the other
day-a negro whose conduct and in
dustry and politeness has been fol
years without spot. Ellis Patter-
son deserves monument, for he die
the very best he could. He had nc
children, but adopted two orphan girls
and raised them. He was manly in
his department; always respectful to
the white people, and did not mingle
in politics and worked in his black
smith shop early and late and was al
ways honestin all his dealings. What
more need be said OF any citizen,
whether his skin be white or black.
The negroes of north Georgia deserve
commentator for their good conduct.
They are, as rule, lawabiding and
industrious. We have been living
here quite near to negro settlement
for twelve years, and have never
locked door nor lost chicken. I
believe the race is improving general
ly in the rural districts of this part Of
the State, and in the small towns, but
that they are getting worse in the
cities the police reports every day at
test, and the devil seems to have broke
loose among them again in lower
Georgia. A few more lynchings want
ed.
\ gentleman from Texas-an old
Georgian-has been reading Julian
Hawthorn's Nations Of the World"
and iinds on the eight hundred and
fourth page Of the fifteenth volume,
that when William Henry Harrison
was nominated for president there
were several aspirants in different
States: Webster, from Massachusetts
Mclean, from Ohio; Clay, from Ken.
lucky; and White, from Georgia. He
desires to know something about this
White. Well, it is a mistake, that's
all. Hawthorn meant Hugh L. White,
Of Tennessee. very great and gifted
statesman. He succeeded Andrew
Jackson in the United States Senate
in 1926. He carried the State Of
Tennessee by 10000 votes over An
drew Jackson, in 1928. AS an aspir-
ant for the whig nomination for presi-
dent he carried his own State and the
State Of Georgia. He was very
great and good man, but Mr.. Haw,
thorn's mistaken. He was not from
Georgia.
But this is enough of answers to
correspondents who request an answer
in your paper; try to answer most Of
them by letter, but they accumulate
nowadays more than ever, and it is
hard TO keep up. Some Of your read
ers have got an idea that man Of my
age ought to know something about
everything. Well, he ought TO, and
he has lived in vain if he is no wiser
than when he-was young. I like to
diffuse the knowledge that I have ac-
quired, and broadcast it among the
people who have not the books nor
the advantage that kind Providence
has given to me. Especially do I ap-
preciate letters from the boys and
girls. I had q nice letter yesterday
from TWO Mississippi girls, and they
sign it Mabel and sister-nothing
moro. I would answer their ques-
tions il I knew their other name. The
older / grow the greater is my inter
est in the children; the generation
that is soon to take our places. My
pnrest pleasure now is to play with.
and fondle the little ones. / mean
good children, Of course-especially
girls. When dear little grandchild
climbs my knees and puts her arms
around my neck and says:
"Yen scoa, o'dfos nothing thing"
1 am happy. Another wedding ami
'versary passed US yesterday, and we
are grateful that no calamity or afflic-