Woodville Republican., 1903-05-16

and that u where they had the aoNah-
tage OF the poor whites. Most all Of
the family servants could read, not
withstanding there was a law forbid
ding their being taught. Shackles and
Chainsi Where Is my grindstone and
my rake and my axe The negro, espe-
eialls those Of the copper colored type
Il don't mean mulattosl are natural
born mechanics. We had In Georgia
more negro carpenters. blacksmiths
and shoemakers than there were
whites OF the same trade, This kind
OF mechanics are all over the state
now, but they didn't come from Tus-
kegee. For several years | have been
locking for a laboring graduate OF
that school or any other negro school,
but have not found one. A New York
friend told me not long ago that
could find so of them a. walters In one
hotel In New York city. That Is all
right. The money for their education
came from up there and we can spare
the whole turnout. Just emerged
from bondage and ignorance and were
a thousand years behind the white
race when their shackles were knocked
OF" Oh. my countryl where is my
grlndstone2 Before those imaginary
shackles were knocked of our slaves
were SO obedient and iaw-abiding we
did not need prison, and now there
are 4.l00 in the chain gangs of Georgia.
Wonderful progressl With all their
education they are meaner, lazier'
dirtier and ten times more immoral IN
their domestic relations than ever be-
fore. And yet some southern editors
boast of their acquisition OF property
and run IL up IN the millions, ofcourse
there are some good aud some thrifty
negroes who have made money, but
they are not Ave per cent. OF the masses.
One negro in this town Is worth more
money than all the rest. The cities
are full of yagabonds who play craps
and steal and snatch purses from wom-
en- and burglarize houses and keep
women and children In a state OF con-
stsnt alarm. Stealing is as much
race trait with them as II is among
the Bedowin Arabs. Where are my
Young pigeons and what becomes Of
my stove wood and coalP
No, our editors are too young to real.
lie the difference between now and
then. Why. my faithful man servant
Tip could tell them more about slavery
than they all know. Did ever whip
Tip? No, never. / never thought OF
such thing. never whipped but one
| OF my negroes. MY wife's father,
Judge Hutchine, owned over hundred
and never heard of him whipping one
| OF them. He had one very bad negro
who got mad and run away and stayed
In the woods month out Of spite, and
when he got tired and came home the
old Judge drove him of. again and told
| him TO stay in the woods, that ne
didn't want him any more, but he final
| ly begged his way back and gave nc
more trouble. Chains and shacklesl
wonder where Gen. Grant was when
Mr.. Lincoln knocked them off Of his.
There are many kinds Of chains, but
the chains Of slavery were not to he
compared with the chains Of the chain
gang or the chains of matrimony that
many a poor wife is suffering from.
Now let us hear no more about
shackles nor about the negro being Q
thousand years behind the white man
The truth is the old-time negro was
morally thousand years ahead Of the
rascals up north who brought hin
here in slave ships and sold him 70 u'
because they could not use him al
home. But the Lord is merciful ant
we had rather endure the negro thar
listen TO northern ISLANDERS. Thel
have just found mares nest. If !
has taken them 40 years TO realize theii
folly, how long will II take them TO pa!
MS for what they swindled us out Of
Where is my griDdstone? II was AZ
unshackled niger that stole 1t and th'
folks that unshackled him ought t.
pay for it.-Bill Arp, in Atlanta Con
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