Woodville Republican., 1903-05-23

q BIZ APPS letieH on The evils a.
itndant uoon the efforts d Booker
Washington and bis Tuskegee IN
stituie, 70 educate a negro into
good man aud useful citizen. is 30
pertinent that we rcpnblish H. Al
the older citizens who remember
what a negro was in slavery. viii
at once acknowledge the truth of
what he says:
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The old time slaves got a good,
fair education from contact with
their masters children, and that is
where they had the advantage Of
the poor whites. Most all Of the
family servants could read. not
withstanding there was a law for
bidding their being taught. Shack
les aud chainsl Where IS my
grindstoue and my axl The negro,
especially those Of the copper col
ored type q don, mean the mulat-
ioes) are natural born mechanics.
We had in Georgia more negro car
pcnters, blacksmIths aud shoe
makers than there were whites Of
the same trade. This kind OF me
chanics are all over the State now,
but they didn't come from Tuske-
gee. For several years ! have
been looking for laboring graduate
Of that school CT any other negro
school, but have not found one.
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'Juss emerged from bondage and
( ignorance and were a thousand
years behind the white race when
their shacklcs were knocked OF. "
Oh my country where is my grind
sione3 Before those imaginary
shackles were knocked of our slaves
were so obedent and law-abiding we
! did not reed a prison, and now
there are 4. 400 in the chain gang:
OF Georgia. Wonderful progress
With all their education they ar,
meauer, lazier, dirtier and ten times
more immoral in their domestic re-
llations than ever before.
The cities are full Of vagabond,
who play craps aud steal and
snatch purses from women ant
4 lburglarize houses and keep th,
women and children in constan
state OF alarm. Stealing is as mucl
a race trait with them as it |.
among the Bedouin Arabs. Wher,
are..my young pigeons and that be
comes of my stove wood and coals
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| No, otr editors are too young Il
realize the difference between nov
aud then. Why, my faithful mar
servant Trip could tell them NOR,
about slavery than they all know
/ Did | ever whip Tipf No, never
IL never thought Of such a thing
i never whipped but one Of N,
negroes. Ny wife's father, Judgi
Hu,chine. owned over a hundred
and | never heard Of him whipping
enc of them. He had one very bas
negro who got mad and run away
and stayed in the woods monll
out of spite. aud when he got tirct
and came home lheold Judge drov'
him off again and told him to sta,
in the woods, that tic did.t wan
him any more. but he hnally beg
; ged his way back and gave no NOR
, trouble. Chains and shacklesi
wonder were Gen. Grant was whel
Mr.. Lincoln knocked al:em oH o
his. There are many kinds 3
; chains. but the chains Of SLAYER,
were not TO be compared with th
, chains Of the chain gang or Ih
chains OF ma,rimony that many
poor wife IS suffering from.
Now let us hear no more alSoti
| shackles nor about the negro bein,
$ a thousand years belid the Whit
r nan. The truth is, the oldtiTn
, negro was morally a thousand year
ahead OF the raseals up north VIII
who broughthim here in slave ship
Z and sold him to us because the
\ could not use him at home. Blu
h the Lord is merciful aud we ha
: rather endure the negro than liste
to northern SANDERS. They hav
Just found a mare nest. II it ha
< taken them 10 years to realize thei
h folly, how much longer will
f take them 10 pay us for what the
swindlcd MS out OFF Where is m
gridstonef 1t was an unshackle
. niggner that stole il and the folk
e that unshackled him ought to pa
Il for il. Bill Arp, in Atlanta Cor
! stitutiou.
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Three commissioners from IL
: French Government are on the
way 10 Mississippi to purchase ii