Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1906-11-28
TILLMAA SAYS WHITES WILL rule.
THE NEGRO MUST NOT voTs-DEcLARlKe
PURPOSE OF Law.

Washington, Nov. 17.-Going into
fence corner for figure oi speech
1t scarcely could be called flower
Senator Benjamin r.. Tillman said
81 grew up as wild as jimson weed
in some respects" He had been
talking Of his childhood.
Ordinarily Benjamin Ryan Tillman
is as docile as rabbit. He may sit
in the Senate for days in traotability,
saoiturnity, and amiable dig
Sometimes he has all the sympt. ID
and the very front of Solomonic wis.
dom. In the twinkling of an eye he
will be a roaring mixture of lion,
tiger and hyena. Then words, fierce,
blazing and ungovernable, rush to
articulation in wild and furious
torrent. Albeit, he was the slowest
man l ever interviewed-I was with
him three hours-and about the most
natural, affable and original. Now
and then he took off one of his slip.
pers and scratched the sole of his
foot.
Arising to his feet, Senator Till
man went to the window, looked into
the sunlight for an instant over the
rim of his eyeglasses, out of which
the left lens was missing, and walked
back again. He is of good height
and beam. Careless in dress, wear
ing frock coat and fresh linen, he
tousles his hair, more brown than
gray, with his left hand, on the last
finger of which there is diamond
ring. Curiously enough, he writes
with that hand as we'll as with the
other. Complexion, dark. Jaw,
square and solid as ohopping block.
A mouth which turns downward at
the corners. Rashness is in the short
upper lip. ga newspaper, in an ar.
ticle filled with discourtesy and un-
truth, said l had thick lips. Have
IT" No; nor thin once. A fiat nose
thrown into the description, would
have made the offense mortal. To
the contrary, that feature of the
strong and almost handsome face is
long and straight. The slow drop at
the end is Natures mark of courage.
Planters SON.
"And your fatherp ?" l asked.
"He was cotton planter, with
1900 acres of land and about fifty
slaves. At his death was about Q
years old. My mother took up his
family and business burdens. | was
the youngest of nine living children,
and two were dead. Everyone who
knew my mother will tell you that
she VS. an extraordinary woman.
She slways agreed with my wife
when my wife disagreed with me.
Show me another mother who will
do that. She had great good sense,
much dignity of character, and pres
ence, and was energetic and ambi-
tious. Shams, untruth and hypoc-
risy were detestable to her, not &C.
cretly, but openly; and she showed
it both by her speech and conduct.
She added to her real and chattel
property until she had several plan
tations, some $500 acres of land in
all, ard hundred slaves. The
average value of slaves, old and
young, men and women, was, /
should say, $1,000 apiece"
"Where did you 60 to school?"
"My first teacher was Anna Ar
thur, sister of Chester A. Arthur,
who became President of the
United States. When my speoula-
tive brother was at Harvard he
heard of Mrs. Emma Willard,
founder of the Troy Female Semi
nary, in New York, author of
Rocked in the Cradle of the Deep
and instructor and trainer of teach
ers, who were sent into all parts of
the country. My mother wrote to
her and she recommended Anna
Arthur. A little school house was
built on our home plantation, some