The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1903-05-28
bantam hen has hatched
and three little grand chill

things, but believe the little things
are the biggest.
For a month or more these chill
dren have been watching and wait
ing for the bantam hen to lay her
litter and hatch her little brood
aud this morning the telephone
bell rang furiously and it said {:
"Our bantam hen has hatched,"
and soon they came running to tell
us about them, but they didn't
stay five minutes. They had to 60
back and look after the bartams.
Well, there is nothing prettler in
all nature than a little brood of
bantam chickens and my faith
is they were created specially to
make little children happy. 1t
seems that they originated in a lit
tie town of that name on the island
of Java and have been transplant
ed to other countries. They are a
game bid and q bantam rooster
will attack and whip an ordinary
game cock of five times its weight.
These little children come to see
me every day and to comfort me
while I am sick and their presence
IS the best medicine I have found.
The happiness Of our children is
the biggest thing in life and my
desire to liye is mainly for their
sake. The papers are full of big
things, but they won't compare
with the little ones.
Clark Howell went thousand
miles to make big speech about
Grant. That was all right. l
have more respect for General
Grants memory than for any big
man who was on that side, but T
still fail to understand how LIN
coin came to appoint slave hold
er as general of the army. But
time keeps rolling On and Grants
attitude on the race problem seems
to be the popular one now among
our northern brethren. The census
and the result of negro education
has at last convinced the negro
lovers of their mistake.
couldn't imagine what Booker
Washington was to do with that
100000 Of Carnegie's last gift, but
I see by Booker's late card he is
going to expend it in manufacture
ing tooth brushes and he says he
can reform the whole race by sup
plying them with tooth brushes.
That is all right-anything to get
rid of the money that keeps on
piling up. He might add a side
factory for toothpicks.
But, speaking about General
Grant, reminds me Of his magnif-
cent tomb at Grant park, and that
reminds me of a good thing on one
of my boys who, when in New
York, not long ago. was invited by
some congenial friends to take
ride with them and see the tomb.
They stopped in front and my boy
heaved sigh and said, eyes, that's
old Bob Lee-the greatest soldier
who ever lived, and there's what
he said at Appomatox when he
gave Grant back his sword, Let
US have peace" When informed
of his mistake he Said: "Well, I
wasn't there, of course, but my
father was, and that's what hap
pened-so he told me General
Grant surrendered his sword to
General Lee and old Bob gave it
back to him and said; "Let us
have peace"
But We want no mistake made
about the negroes down hero in
Dixie. We want no more slaves.
We wouldn't have one az free
gift. We are ready to give them
awey to anybody who wants them.
The last census report says the
negro IS much the most criminal Of
our population and Is increasing
in crime with fearful rapidity.
The negroes who can read and
write are far more criminal than
those who cannot. The negro Is
four and one-half times as criminal
in New England, where he is edu-
Gated. What is to be done about
this. "Tooth brushes" says Booker
Washington. Surely the man was
joking, but that's the way it read
over his signature. Reform the
race with tooth brushesl If there
is anything in the world that a
negro does not want it is a tooth
brush. There is Sam Henderson
working in my garden now and I