The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1903-12-11
WINFIELD, la. FRIDAY MORNING. DECEMBER H. 1908

see the Chicago Tribune. and pos
sibly l would never have seen hi.
letter but for its reproduction in
I the Tlmcs-Democrot of July IA
read it and Immediately saw
WHEREIN he had made mistakes
both as to facts and ideas, and on
that same day / wrote letter of
correction to the Times-Democrat
(which was published in its Issue
of July 16, 1908. More than
this. during the entire CONVERSE
ton with MIR. Raymond Mr.. G..
P. Johnston of New Orleans was
present. He is prominent man
Fin New Orleans, and his address
Kin New Orleans is the Peoples S
bank building. Any letter to
him at that address will reach
EhIm. am sure he will tell the
people of this state just exactly
what dia say. if any one will
write to him. In the early part
bof October l heard that a rumor
fof tlfis Kind was being cir rculated
tagainst me in North Louisiana
land | addressed communication
to Mr.. Johnston asking him to
write ME letter setting forth in
Full my conversation with Mr..
Raymond. In reply l received
the following letter bearing date
Iof New Orleans, October L.
1908, and addressed to me:
Dear Sir:-Your letter of
the 10th inst. has just been re-
Eceived by Inc and I take pleasure
IN replying at once.
.'I distinctly remember the
time and circumstances of your
conversation with Mr.. Raymond,
representing the Chicago Tribune.
1 was present during lhe entire
conversations that you had with
him. I Iromembcr meeting few
days after the Times-Democrat
had reproduced the letter to the
! Chicago Tribune and of remark
ing to you that he had entircl.
misunderstood your ideas and
views on the question of the diff
fusion II the negro throughout
the Union, and of saying to you
that he had not in any way faith
fully reproduced your ideas of
the conditions that existed in the
black belt, in cUntrovention tol
those that existed in the hills OF
south. You told me at the time
that you were sorry that MIR.
Raymond had not gotten your
ideas straight, and l regretted it
very much because ] would have
liked your correct views on this
subject to have been published.
!" You made no reference IN
Eyour talk with Mr.. Raymond that
Ewould have justified him or any,
Eelse in coming to the conclusion
that there was any equality. act
Eual or theoretical, existing among
1.-THE negroes and the whites in the
Ehills or any other section of the
Esoutl, and your only reference to
the hill section of the south was
that it being sparscIy settled and
Fthe negroes not living in bodies.
Ethat therefore tho white women
bio those sections were more apt
Ito he the victims of the negroes
Ethan those living in the lowlands
where the negroes lived altogether
lin plantation quarters. From
the fact thdt In the hill country
the whites largely predominated,
Eyou drew tire conclusion that if
that was the section of the south
Iwhre these crimes wer, commit
||tsd, then the diffusion of the
negroes throughout the states of
Ethe Uniou would not lessen the
crime:
Il well remember your tribute
to the hardy pe0ple that inhabit
the hill country Of the sonth, the
devotion they had always shown
!for their country and their reo-
Eple, and distinctly remember Il 9
lawful pictures you drew of the