THE WOMAN'S COLLEGE
OF
THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA
GREENSBORO, N. C.

DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY AND POLITICAL SCIENCE

Nov., 27,1935.

Dear Pip,

I am enclosing herewith and sending by
air-mail the article dealing in part with Du Bois' BLACK
RECONSTRUCTION. As you will see it is also in
the nature of an essay on various modes of historical
interpretation and writing with emphasis on what I
designate HISTORY AS A CURATIVE.

I say frankly that in my judgement it does not
come up to your standard of literary excellence. More-
over it is a great deal longer than I had first written
it. When I saw you in Birmingham I had written a 1500
word review of the book. At your suggestion I began
to lengthen it into an article and before I realized
it it had run into five or six thousand words. I have
counted them. Without doing violence to the thought
pages 6-10 inclusive can be eliminated with the exception
of the first eight lines on p. 6. Also the note
on p.16 on J.W. Burgess can be omitted, although I think
DuBois should be called down for making such a serious
error about a man of such distinction as was the late
Prof. Burgess.

As you know I have no great pride in authorship
and do not think very well of anything I write. There-
fore you and Prof. Warren may feel perfectly free to cut
and amend the article in any other way you see fit or
reject it altogether. Any course you pursue will in

Cedar Grove, Maine.

July, 5, 1936.

Dean Charles W. Pipkin
La. State Univ.
Baton Rouge, La.

Dear Pip,

Since coming to Maine a month ago, among other activities I have read the four books you sent me in May with the request that I write a sort of composite book review article on them. I regret to say it cannot be done- at least not by me. There is no unifying theme I could possibly lay hold of. The fact that they all relate to the South or some part of it is not sufficient and moreover two of them are so poor that they approach rottenness and I do not think it is worth taking up valuable space in the Southern Review to say a book by some obscure author which will not be read to any extent anyway, isn't worth reading. The two I refer to are: "The Black Batch War" by XXXXX Street, John G. Miller and "Look Away" by James H. Street. The latter is a milk and water imitation of "Stars Fell on Alabama" but very much worse. The former is an account of the fight made by tobacco farmers in Kentucky some thirty years ago against the Tobacco Trust in the course of which they attempted to wreak vengeance upon those fellow farmers who would not join their boycott. They naturally committed some lawless acts and the book is written by an aged lawyer who prides himself upon the fact that he had been the chief instrument in convicting the poor devils who had been unable to obtain a living price for the product of their hard labor.

The other two books are: "County Library Service in the South" by Louis R. Wilson and Edward A. Wight. This is a typical Foundation sponsered piece of research, respectable enough, with the

obvious result of telling us what we already knew—viz. library service in the South is inadequate, that our country people do not read much if any and that they should do so and the state, the school etc. should exert their respective influences to put at their disposal reading matter and try to see to it that the books are read. The fourth book is hardly more than a pamphlet by a semi-communist who attempts to reveal the horrors of the revolt among the share-croppers of Arkansas. It also reveals what we already know only I cannot be sure of its factuality in detail and naturally have no way of checking the results which Mr. Kester, the author, finds.

These last two books might deserve a paragraph each in a column of shorter notices but it would be rather tortuous to bring them into one article. You do not run the sort of Shorter Notices to which I refer and therefore I hardly know what to do with these two which are perhaps deserving of some consideration. Shall I return all four books to you or what do you suggest? I will try to comply with any reasonable suggestion you make.

With best regards to you and other friends at B.S.U., I am,

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1. The company shall not be liable for mistakes or delays in the transmission or delivery, or for non-delivery, of any message received for transmission at the unrepeated-message rate beyond the sum of five hundred dollars; nor for mistakes or delays in the transmission or delivery, or for non-delivery, of any message received for transmission at the repeated-message rate beyond the sum of five thousand dollars, unless specially valued; nor in any case for delays arising from unavoidable interruption in the working of its lines; nor for errors in cipher or obscure messages.

2. In any event the company shall not be liable for damages for mistakes or delays in the transmission or delivery, or for the non-delivery, of any message, whether caused by the negligence of its servants or otherwise, beyond the sum of five thousand dollars, at which amount each message is deemed to be valued, unless a greater value is stated in writing by the sender thereof at the time the message is tendered for transmission, and unless the repeated-message rate is paid or agreed to be paid, and an additional charge equal to one-tenth of one percent of the amount by which such valuation shall exceed five thousand dollars.

3. The company is hereby made the agent of the sender, without liability, to forward this message over the lines of any other company when necessary to reach its destination.

4. Domestic messages and incoming cable messages will be delivered free within one-half mile of the company's office in towns of 5,000 population or less, and within one mile of such office in other cities or towns. Beyond these limits the company does not undertake to make delivery, but will, without liability, at the sender's request, as his agent and at his expense, endeavor to contract for him for such delivery at, a reasonable price.

5. No responsibility attaches to this company concerning messages until the same are accepted at one of its transmitting offices; and if a message is sent to such office by one of the company's messengers, he acts for that purpose as the agent of the sender.

6. The company will not be liable for damages or statutory penalties in any case where the claim is not presented in writing within sixty days after the message is filed with the company for transmission.

7. It is agreed that in any action by the company to recover the tolls for any message or messages the prompt and correct transmission and delivery thereof shall be presumed, subject to rebuttal by competent evidence.

8. Special terms governing the transmission of messages according to their classes, as enumerated below, shall apply to messages in each of such respective classes in addition to all the foregoing terms.

9. No employee of the company is authorized to vary the foregoing.

THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY

INCORPORATED

R. B. WHITE, PRESIDENT

CLASSES OF SERVICE

TELEGRAMS

A full-rate expedited service.

NIGHT MESSAGES

Accepted up to 2:00 A.M. at reduced rates to be sent during the night and delivered not earlier than the morning of the ensuing business day.

Night Messages may at the option of the Telegraph Company be mailed at destination to the addressees, and the Company shall be deemed to have discharged its obligation in such cases with respect to delivery by mailing such night messages at destination, postage prepaid.

DAY LETTERS

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SPECIAL TERMS APPLYING TO DAY LETTERS:

In further consideration of the reduced rate for this special Day Letter service, the following special terms in addition to those enumerated above are hereby agreed to:

A. Day Letters may be forwarded by the Telegraph Company as a deferred service and the transmission and delivery of such Day Letters is, in all respects, subordinate to the priority of transmission and delivery of regular telegrams.

B. This Day Letter is received subject to the express understanding and agreement that the Company does not undertake that a Day Letter shall be delivered on the day of its date absolutely, and at all events; but that the Company's obligation in this respect is subject to the condition that there shall remain sufficient time for the transmission and delivery of such Day Letter on the day of its date during regular office hours, subject to the priority of the transmission of regular telegrams under the conditions named above.

NIGHT LETTERS

Accepted up to 2:00 A.M. for delivery on the morning of the ensuing business day, at rates still lower than standard night message rates, as follows: The standard telegram rate for 10 words shall be charged for the transmission of 50 words or less, and one-fifth of such standard telegram rate for 10 words shall be charged for each additional 10 words or less.

SPECIAL TERMS APPLYING TO NIGHT LETTERS:

In further consideration of the reduced rates for this special Night Letter service, the following special terms in addition to those enumerated above are hereby agreed to:

Night Letters may at the option of the Telegraph Company be mailed at destination to the addressees, and the Company shall be deemed to have discharged its obligation in such cases with respect to delivery by mailing such Night Letters at destination, postage prepaid.

FULL RATE CABLES

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DEFERRED HALF-RATE CABLES

Half-rate messages are subject to being deferred in favor of full rate messages for not exceeding 24 hours. Must be written in plain language.

CABLE NIGHT LETTERS

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SHIP RADIOGRAMS

A service to and from ships at sea, in all parts of the world. Plain language or code language may be used.

THE COMPANY WILL APPRECIATE SUGGESTIONS FROM ITS PATRONS CONCERNING ITS SERVICE

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WESTERN
UNION (03).

R. B. WHITE
PRESIDENT

NEWCOMB CARLTON
CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD

J. C. WILLEVER
FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT

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The filing time shown in the date line on telegrams and day letters is STANDARD TIME at point of origin. Time of receipt is STANDARD TIME at point of destination.

Received at Field House L. S. U., Baton Rouge, La. Office Hours 8 A. M. to 5 P. M.

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THERE IS NO DEPENDABLE SUBSTITUTE FOR WESTERN UNION TIME

4. Domestic messages and incoming cable messages will be delivered free within one-half mile of the company's office in towns of 5,000 population or less, and within one mile of such office in other cities or towns. Beyond these limits the company does not undertake to make delivery, but will, without liability, at the sender's request, as his agent and at his expense, endeavor to contract for him for such delivery at a reasonable price.

INCORPORATED
R. B. WHITE, PRESIDENT

CLASSES OF SERVICE

TELEGRAMS

NIGHT MESSAGES

DAY LETTERS

NIGHT LETTERS

Night Letters may at the option of the Telegraph Company be mailed at destination to the addressee, and the Company shall be deemed to have discharged its obligation in such cases with respect to delivery by mailing such Night Letters at destination, postage prepaid.

FULL RATE CABLES

DEFERRED HALF-RATE CABLES

CABLE NIGHT LETTERS

SHIP RADIOGRAMS