Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1902-08-30
THE SERVANTS GONE
And Bill ARP Has to Play Cook and
House Maid.
Makes = Spirited Attack ON Professor
sledd's Views ON the Negro Prob
Iem-Cites Case Of MOseBand
HIS Ethiopian Wife.

| AtJle Things 1EeG US more tlan Dlf
ones. If l write that Neptune is six
teen hundred millions of miles from
the sun and it comes out in print six
teen millions it worries me. If write
that the doctor sewed up hare lips
and it comes out hair lips, / don't lik,
it. The type didn't know that rab
bit had slit under its nose. If
write that / walked out into the gar
den to let my choler down, meaning
my anger, the typo thinks meant my
shirt collar, and so changes the spell
ing to suit his own idea. But since
read an EDITORS defense in New York
paper l feel better, for he says it is
amazing how few of these mistakes
are made in the great dailies that
have to be rushed through with
lightning speed. The constant pres
sure on type settlers and proof read
ers is tremendous, but they rarely
make any serious blunders, and the
intelligent reader can generally cor
rect them in his mind. And SO | will
not worry any more about it. There
are some other little things that are
of more consequence just now. Our
cook has quit, and so has the house
maid-gone off to Rockmart for a
week or two-gone to house party,
| think. That is all right, for the
cook has been faithful a long time
and needed rest. She is a good serv-
ant and keeps a clean kitchen, and
we have had house party ourselves
for several months. l have been sick,
but now we are reduced to the reg
ular family of five and have but little
to cook and can get along on two
meals day. My wife arranged it
for me to fire up the stove and fill
up the kettles and grind the coffee
and put on the hominy and then ring
the bell for the girls to get up and
finish up the breakfast. She said
that If l felt like it 1 might sweep
out the hall and the front veranda
and SETTLE up the front room. Well,
of course, had to split up some kim
ding and bring in the stove wood,
but 1 am getting along fairly well
and my wife thinks the exercise is
doing me good. Last night she
limited that the veranda was badly
tracked up since the rain and need
ed good washing. So this morning
l turned loose the hose pipe on it and
she praised me right smart and
brought her some roses from my gar
den. We let her sleep until break
fast is ready, for she cleans up her
room and makes up two beds and
then sews all day for the grandchil-
dren. But l want that colored house
party TO break up as soon as pos
sible, for / don't banker after this
business as a regular job.
Mrs. Mimms says she likes it, and l
think she does. She has a good room
in the back yard and good furniture
and handsome lamp to read by, and
her little grandson lives with her,
and 1 don't know of any colored
woman that has a better time. In
fact, | know of lots of good negroes
III town who are contented with
their situation and will continue SO
if they are let alone by the northern
and southern cranks.
What craze has come over that man
Sledd TO cause him to write such a
fool piece for the Boston magazine?
What good can it possibly do, even
If it was true? But it is not true
and only the product of a diseased
would write hard
things about him but for his family
For their sake he had
better have smothered his feelings
and his pen. The Atlantic Monthly
has never shown any love for the
south, and why he should select that