The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-05-15

send a lot Of graduates up there to do
work IN Connecticut and
Massachusetts. Those negro gradu-
atos couldn't teach them the lost art
Of making wooden nutmegs. but they
could teach school and preach and the
New England people could pay them
for Il and keep their money az home.
Something must be done. and done
quick. or the old Puritan race will be-
come extinct reckon these colored
graduates would make good mission -
rles. Thty have never tried anything
else.
When Ily good friend. Mr.. T. K.
0glesby, sent me his book some
Truths OF Hlstory-tne South Vlldi-
Gated" / was too sick to peruse II
carefully. Since have gotten better
have reread it-eyery page-and am
free to say IL is the most comforting
little book Of 200 pages have yet
found. II is mastery and as true and
solid as a stone wall. He has certain
ly indicated the south and nailed tho
lies and ISLANDERS to the masthead.
feel like | have a defender IN mine
own household, and yet there is not
a malignant expression in 1t. II Is
gracefully done and would bring con-
yiction to any mind, north or south,
that was open to conviction. Every
youth IN the land should buy a copy
and absorb its contents, for II Is as
readable as a romance. l regard It s
the best contribution 10 southern C..
torical literature that has yet appear.
cd. Send 1925 to Mr. Oglesby, No. 8
South Broad street, Atlanta, Ga. II
seems to me that this book would
convert a northern fanatic, and II It
only converted one, t would save a
soul from death and hide a multitude
Of sins. And there has recently come
10 me The March number or me Aka.
hest, frst-class southern magazine,
and find In II very remarkable ar
ticle. THE Stages of Civilization" by
Mr. Frank Orme, Of Atlanta. did not
think that the Frank Orme l used to
know was old enough to have written
an article so scientific, so philosophl.
cal, so Huxley-like on the races Of
mankind. Most Of the article is an
analytical history of the principal
races and the causes that contribute
to their advancement or their decay.
The latter part deals gently and fair
ly with the negro and our efforts to
elevate and refine him by education
From Mr. Orme's viewpoint and the
laws of ehhnolOgy and biology this
cannot be done, and the effort will be
In vain. But have not time or space
to review his admirable treatise. Let
our thoughtful men, our wise men
our learned professors In the colleges
read it, and they will find abundant
food for thought and serious rehec
ton. Mr.. Orme seems as familiar with
ethnology, biology, anthropoIogy, so
GEOLOGY and all the otner ologies as
Huxley or Humboldt or Darwin. We
old veterans are pleased to see oul
young men taking hold Of these
things. Ever since the war our people
nave seemed almost paralyzed Tor rear
Of making their condition more intol
cradle by talking, but Of late there i!
a renewal of independence, and young
er men are coming to the front. Thc
sale of Henry r. Jacksons grea
speech, "The Wanderer," has exceed
ed my expectations, and as was
young man who projected that-no
for money, but for the diffusion O
knowledge.
And here is long article in a De-
Moines paper from woman who ha
been recently travelling through Texa
hunting for something she wanted t
find, and she found it. 1t was SOM
very high weeds in the front yard 0
one homeland at another house wa
a woman sitting on a log dipping SNUFF
and she had lost all her front teeth
Another discovery was that Texas VIC
men don't do anything. They won
work the garden or raise chickens o
churn the butter, and if one wa
caught at It she would be Caken t
the st. Louis lair as curiosity. Wha
malignant slanderer she is. Sh
winds up by saying that the peopl
there hate the negro so bad that if tn
whole race had but one neck the
would chop it off. l know Texas fror
east to west and north to south, an
the people will average well with tn
better class in the older states. Whe
will these ISLANDERS cease? The Marc
number Of The Review Of Reviews ha
o most excellent editorial on the sout
and her people 1t is kind and consit
crate until it gets to Roosevelt and
gives him the most fulsome praise an