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BILL ARP' Arp on the dPropos Neg Atlanta C< ,0Scc more into the breach, good ^i. Once more.*' \\t negro question is tiow upper ^io thc minda of all the people of {touth and I write once more upon ?abject to modestly but confi jjjy indorse the utterances of the jjtitution in Wednesday's paper. t\r deportation is a dream, an ut impracticable solution of the ?problem. Sixty years ago it was jeat undertaking to remove 14,000 ?ioh from north Georgia to the [?go Territory with their reluctant jieDt. Kven then 4,000 of them ?on the way. The Washington st says there are not enough tron os in the world that could be had tired to move them all in twenty ?fi, and it would cost not less than H) a head, which would make a ?Hand million dollars. The federal ftroment would not vote a dollar to io the experiment. More than all i( tbe negro will not go. He will > even go north to live with his *de, his deliverers. A few hun Jssntto Kansas some years ago, they got homesick and came baok. rpared with Cobe about it and he "Well, major, to my opinion we git rid of some of 'em. We fy git up an excuahun train witb a carloads of watermiluons in front toll 'em along as fur as Ohio and |p'em, but I'm jubus about gittin' to Africy." lhere used to be a colonization so 7 tbat owned a good ship named beth, and they carried all the omitted slaves to Liberia free of |ge. Old Major Waters, a wealthy ;leman of G win nett county, gave .jty-seven of his slaves their free . and by his will made my father |>xeoutor and directed him to pro good clothing for them and to them to Savannah and see them on board the Elizabeth and to pay to William, his faithful body ser , $100 in gold for each of the y-seven slaves.' This money was |et them up in Africa. So my er corresponded with the'society, the good ship was sent to Savan ri time and the negroes were put ard. They wept and wailed B they told father good-bye, for all knew that he was their old er's friend. !>out two years after that there i knock at father's door one win igbt. When it was opened there ? William and six others of. the |>ea Bent away. He reported all ethers dead and that he and these 'iliad secreted themselves in the of the vessel by night and kept .'?en until they had been two days , for it was against the rules of ociety to allow any freed man to 0. They were brought to Phila Jia, and there got word to Howell and Alex. Stephens, in Waali tj. Those men knew William ^is master and sent him enough y to pay their way home. They into service of their young mas Eom Waters-not as slaves but as ten, and were happy at escaping liberia. Here is Uncle Sam, who in my garden and chop? my and goes after ice on Sunday, as four grown up children who rfcer married and they have ? lot ildren. The old man owns the le home and is not going to Af any where else, and the children ot leave him. There would be ng and wailing worse than a 1. Bat suppose they all went, is going to pay them for their ty? The negroes pay taxes now ec hundred millions of property, is chiefly real estate. They robably 200 homes in and around avilie, and there would be no i. If they were all deported, rould take their places? Who do our cooking and washing? Ifould nurse our babies? Who make our fires when the cold |f mornings como? Who would ?ur cotton? Hut the fact re that there are too many of and they multiply too fast, and ineration arc indolent and need ting by vigorous laws. There Qaseball game going on right now I write, and at least 200 vaga negroes have passed my house to it. The negro women arc |rti&g them ?a idleness. John son says he heard them singing ! den tbe other day, and the i of the song was: Jfse in. a nigger working very hard bia sx&aimy is a cook in a r^ito L>J4al??P. :-. . enough of this. Tve have ail ooh from the yankees about the and much from colored bishops Dcators, and they all sing the [one of atop the lynchings, but never yet seen anything so go truthful, so aptly spoken as ?dress recently - delivered at Bia Grove, in Kansas, by an Ala negro. He is the president of dell ?otiege/at Normal, Ala., is name is W. H. Council, ll J S LETTER. ition to Deport the * roes. institution. copy from a paper published at Law rence, Kas., a portion of his address : "Pardon me f jr any seeming harsh ness, but I du not fear southern op pression half as much as ? do the in vasion of white northern labor, which comes vi ?tu its social prejudice, which comes often pleading its color as its only mark of superiority. Thc color lino was never carried upon brick walls, to thc carpenters' bench, in all the other industries of the south until northern white labor carried it there. "The southern negro has far out stripped the northern negro since emancipation -outstripped him in every way. I do not ssy this in any unfriendly spirit toward my northern brethren, but I state a fact which must be plain to every observing man. This is all due to the superior advan tages of the southern negro. "Colored men of the north make a great mistake in abusing the south. They forgot that the south was an ante-room in which their fathers ex changed the clout of the barbarian for the dress of oivilization-the blessed ante-room in which four millions of miserable, ignorant savages were changed into four millions of indus trious beings-a great missionary tent in which four mil?ipng 0f fetich wor shippers were transformed to four millions of Christian citizens of one of the most powerful governments of j this, age. "Let the south alone and look to your own neglected opportunities and correct your own wrongs. "I appeal to the white men of the north to think more kindly of both black men and white men of the south. Every honest negro heart is loyal and true to the south. We all deplore I whatever is wrong there. In every community the best black men and white men are united for our common good. The criminal class is made up of thc worst elements of both races. Wc can no more check, in a single generation, our criminal tendencies than you can put down the mob spirit 1 in your own section, which manifests itself in strikes, boycotts and riots starving women and innocent chil dren, paralyzing industry, crippling commerce, tilling the air with the black smoke and red flames of ruin, tho cries of the dying, and the wails of the friends of the murdered dead. Compared to these, our disorders are as gentle Florida breezes to Kansas cyclones. We need and want the sympathy of every section of the I country, but there is a kind and un friendly meddling which invariably : increases friction and harms the negro. I We have strong men in the south who are capable, and have the righteous, ; inclination to fairly adjust all prob lems growing out of our new relations. There is a class of northern whites who come south as a disturbing ele ment. They arc hypocrites, singing one tune to the negroes and another to the whites. "There are many mistakes in our own sociul life, which we as a race must correct and which we alone can correot. Our women and children are left unprotected by fathers; mothers and sisters are deserted by sons and brothers and often leave home to in crease the army of idlers and crimi nals. The great majority of our boys are not in school, do not attend church, are growing up idle, vicious, insolent, ignorant, or shun hard, honest toil and look for soft jobs. The negro woman, almost alone, is fighting one of the grandest battles in the annals of man, with the oook pot, the wash-, board, sewing needles, ironing board, scrub brush, Bhe builds churches, supports schools, educates her daugh ter, often supporting au improvident husband or an unworthy son-tempted, assailed on all sides, she maintains a degree of virtue which would deserve commendation in women with more favorable environments. "We are negroes and should be true to our own nature in order to become strong and fair in the eyes pf an intel ligent world. Let us be more con cerned about straightening the kinks inside of our heads and the kinks on the outside will be all right. "I honor the white man because he honors himself. ' I honor him because ho does not go whining around, beg ging ether races for sympathy, bm ever since the ?ld Teutonic trifles o' German foreaters started out gor civi lization by their own efforts they have i dissipated rivers, raised valleys, lev eled mountain?, dipped the great ocean I dry, and harnessed natural forcea to their appliances-they eut and carve their own destiny-true to their racial characteristics. They protect and defend their women, aid throw their powerful arm? around their children and make it possible for them to rise in this world. Let the negro do like wise. He has it in his power to do so, especially irs the south. There he can grow rich. There and here Amer I ican prejudice is but the voice of God telling him to establish all kind? of business, put his own boys and girls in charge and grow rich. Hear this voice and do not go about begging for admission and accommodations where we are told plainly we are not wanted. American prejudice may yet do for us what a lack of race pride fails to ac complish-force the negro to patron ise himself and to grow rich in the goods of this world." That negro's head and heart are both right. He, is a brave man and dares to speak thc troth. I wonder ' why the negro papers don't copy that address. It should be scattered broadcast among their readers and would do good. But the Atlanta edi tors aro not on that line. They want sensation an northern sympathy. They are politicians. Politicians and teachers keep things hot. My friend Ram, who has been to a chautauqua in Missouri, says he heard a lecture there from Bishop Fowler, on Abra ham Lincoln, in which he took occa sion to lampoon and scarify us as is usual up there, and among other things recharged that old lie that Governor Brown had offered a reward of $5,000 to have William Lloyd Gar rison kidnapped and brought to Geor gia. The bishop ought to make up a new stock. Those old lies are worn out. He knew it was a lie when he repeated it. This is a lie for which there was no excuse and no founda tion, but it is a good traveler and preachers can send a lie as far as any body. If the devil, who is the father of lies, has any preferente for sub jects, I think he would choose a lying, slanderous preacher before anybody. Bat suppose that wasn't a lie; what good can possibly come of resurrecting it now? Joe Brown is dead; Garrison ? is dead. and maybe they have settled their own affairs over thsre. I was ruminating about the difference be tween this white northern bishop and the black man, President Council, who made that kind, conciliatory address at Bismarck, and that brought to mind the persistent slanders of our south ern hero, Lieutenant Hobson, who was retired almost to oblivion because he was a southern man. Not long ago the English government presented to a sailor the annual medal for the greatest act of individual heroism per formed during thc year. He had saved two men at sea when no other man would dare to attempt it, and the inquiry was made in a northeru paper as to who was entitled to the medal in the United States. Why Hobson, ; of course. No other act of individual heroism will compare with his, but yankee newspapers and reporters were ; jealous of him, just like they are of Schley, aud they magnified a few kisses into thousands and made sport of him. ? The yellcw journals and the white I ones are ali alike for lies on our men. j Suppose the ladies did kiss him and he submitted Lo it. They^arethe best ! judges of heroism I know of. He was I sent away to Japan, and u letter from I Miss Benedict in the last Missionary gives extracts from a speech he made j at Kobe to the Young Men's Chris I tian Association, that were beautifully patriotic and full of Christian spirit j and missionary zeal. Maybe Miss Benedict kissed him. She did not say, but he deserves all that he gets. BILL ARP. Chronic Diarrhoea Cured. i This is to certify that I have had I chronic diarrhoea ever since the war. ! I got so weak I could hardly walk or do anything. One bottle of Chamber lain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy cured me sound and well. J. H. BIBBS, Fincastle, Va. I had chronic diarrhoea for twelve years. Three bottles of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy cured me. S. L. SHA Vi: t, Fincastle, Va. Both Mr. Gibbs and Mr. Shaver are {?rom\nent farmers and reside near fincastle, Va. They procured the remedy from Mr. W. E. Casper, a druggist of that place, who is well acquainted with them and will vouch for the truth of their statements. For sale by HillrOrr Drug Co. -- Siamese women trust their chil dren to the care of elephants, which are ca-of ul never to hurt the little-crea tures, and if danger threatens thc saga cious animal will curl the child gently up in his trunk, and swing it up out of harm's way upon its own broad back. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure is a scientific compound having the endorsement of eminent physicians and the medical .p:ess. It "digests what you eat," and positively cures dyspepsia. M. A. Ketron, Bloomingdale, Tenn., says it cured him of indigestion of ten years' standing. Evans Pharmacy. - "Don't touch me," said the chry santhemum, as it limned away from the rose. "I would be foolish to at tempt it," replied the rose; "it's a well-known fact that you haven't got a scent." For wounds., burns, scalds, sores, skin diseases and all irritating erup tions, hoiking so soothing and healing as DeWitfs Witch Hazel Salvo. Mrs. Emma Belles, Matron Englewood Nursery. Chicago, says of it: "When all else fails in healing our babies, it will cure." Evana.Pharmacy. _ - Peas taken from an Egyptian tomb 3,000 years old have been plant* ed by a Scotch gardener and have produced vigorous vines. and fruit. There is no doubt as to the peas being Egyptian, but it will require strong testimony to convince botanists that they are as old as the tombs. The Rattlesnake's Master. That story recently published in the News and Courier about the won derful weed called the "Rattlesnake's Master," with which thc horticultural department at Clemson College is ex perimenting, is not so romantic as many would suppose. Tue weed has been heard of all through this section, and there are people who have actually known it to prove a specific for snake bite. Dr. Miles Walker, one of the leading physicians of this section, is familiar with the weed and he has seen it used with success. "There are two different kinds of weed that are known by diff?rent peo ple as thc 'Rattlesnake Master,' said Dr. Walker to the reporter a few days ago. "On? ot them grows up some thing like the tube rose, with loaves somewhat longer and broader, and the other looks like a fern. Of thc fern variety, I know nothing except that I have had it pointed out to me as the weedin question; but of the other I have more positive knowledgt. I have seen it tested. "It .ras over in Union county some years ago," continued Dr. Walker. "One of my neighbors, Mike Sellers, of Star Farm, was a quiet, easy going Irishman, of few words, but of a good deal of common every day informa tion. Passing by his house one day, I observed an unuasal stir among his people, and going in I found Mike ly ing on the piazza in heavy perspiration, with a bunch of herbs lying by his side and a bucket of water standing on the floor within easy reach. " 'What is the matter with you, Mike,' I asked. "Snake bit; that's all,' he replied. ".What kind?' " 'Big old copperhead, about three feet long, bit rae on the calf of the leg.' " 'You are drinking whiskey for it, of course?' " 'No; doing nothing but eating that weed and drinking water. I will be all right after awhile.' Sure enough within about three, hours Sellers had entirely recovered from the effects of the bite, and felt no further inconvenience except* a slight faintness which passed away entirely before the next day. I was very deep ly interested, of course, and at the first convenient opportunity, took oc casion to ask Sellers how the weed af fected him. He said that within about five minutes after chewing up and swallowing the weed, there came a burning, irresistible thirst, to cool which ho felt like it would require a barrel of water. The more water he drank the more he wanted, and before many minutes the perspiration began to flow freely from every pore. This was about all there was of it. "Sometime after that," concluded Dr. Walker, "I was sent for to attend a case of snakebite-highland mocca sin, copperhead, or ratt esnake's com panion-the same kind of snake that had bitten Sellers. I sent to Sellers and got some of the 'Rattlesnake's Master,' which had since begun to grow in his gorden, and had the pa tient to take it as Sellers had done. The interval between the bite and the commencement of treatment was some what longer than in the case of Sellers; but the patient recovered all right, and there were no bad after effects." -YorkviUf Enquirer. Ss?? Esss?n it Take. The finest quality of loaf sugar is used in the manufacture of Chamber lain's Cough Remedy and the roots used in its preparation give it a flavor similar to that of maple syrup, making it very pleasant to take. As a medi cine for the cure of coughs, colds, la grippe, croup and whooping cough it. is unequaled by any other. It a) ways cures, and cures quickly. For sr.le by Hill- Orr Drug Co. - Papa-I hear you were a bad girl to-day and had to be spanked. Small Daughter-Mamma is awful strict. If I'd 'a' known she used to be a school teacher, I'd 'a' told you not to marry her. Chester H. Brown, Kalamazoo, Mich., says: "Kodol Dyspepsia Cure cured mc of a severe case of indigestion; can strongly recommend it to all dys peptics." Digests what you eat with out aid from the stomach, and cures dyspepsia. Evans Pharmacy. - "Doesn'tyour mother-in-law take any interest in your domestic affairs?" "Oh, yes; she backs up my wife and the cook when I find fault with the dinner." DeWitt's Little Early Riseis per manently cure chronic constipation, biliousness, nervousness and worn-out reeling; cleanse and regulate the entire system. Small, pleasant, never gripe or sicken-"famous little pills." Evans Pharmacy._ THE Wt THE MU THE PH She was a good woman. He The pie was good. His wife E pie disagreed with him, and he d he takes a pill after pie and is EVANS'. MORAL : Avoid Dyspepsia 1 EVANS' LIVER All ?fl Internal Poisoning Remedies. ix tablespoonful of ground mustard in a glass of warm water, followed by more warm water, until vomiting oc curs, is an excellent emetic. Common salt will answer in the absence of mus tard. Or a glass of cool water, with a heaping teaspoonful each of common salt and ground muutard stirred into it, is good. The whites of eggs or a cup ful of strong coffee are antidotes for a greater number of poir -ms than any dozen other articles known, with the advantage of being easily accessible. Sweet oil, lamp oil, drippings, melted butter, or lard are good substitutes, especially if they are vomited quickly. Should vomiting continue excessively after all traces of poison have been removed, it may often be relieved by immersing the hands and wrists in as hot water as can be borne; meanwhile give the patient clear, cold coffee or cream of tartar water. Watercress, used freely with salt and vinegar, is an antidote to the in fluence of tobacco. A strong decoc tion will destroy the poisonous effects of nicotine. There's always hope while there's One Minute Cough Cure. "An at tack of pneumonia left my lungs in bad shape and I was near the first stages of consumption. One Minute Cough Cure completely cured me," writes Helen McHecry, Bismack, N. D. Gives instant relief. Evans Pharmacy._ YOUR HOME PLEASURES NO influence lends so much to home life as music. No Stock offers greeter attractions than ours, and we wish to help yon to happiness. It's not alo rae that we nay lt, bat yea knew (bet we mean lt, as we sell the neat elena of PIANOS and ORGANS, As well ss small Musical Merchandise, and will give yen f nil valu? for ev ery dollar. Yon are cordially invited to cali in person and inspect oar Stock, or write for catalogues and prices. We also represent the leading SB WIHO KACHIBE8 Of the day, and are constantly receiving new additions to our Stock. We appeal to you.* judgment and will sell youths bwi in tnt? ltne. We still handle thoroughly reliable Carriages, Buggies and Harness, And can save you money by an investi gation. Look to quality first-then price. MoBt respectfully, THE C. A. REED MUSIC HOUSE. If you want Bargains CHEAP JOHN'S, The Five Cent Store. IF you want SHCE3 cheap go to Cheep John's, the Five Cent Store. For your TOBACCO and CIGARS it's the place to get thom cheap. Schnapps Tobacco... 37}c. Early Bird Tobacco. 37io. Gay Bird Tobacco. 35c Our Leader Tobacco. 27Jc Kabob's Cigars.?.. lc. each. StogiM.4 for 6c. Premio or Habana.3 for 5o. Old Glory. 8c. a pack. Arbuckle'a Coffee Ho. pound No. 9 Coffee9c. pound. Soda 10 lbs. for 25c. Candice Cc. per pound. CHEAP JOHN is ahead in Laundry and Toilet Soaps, Box and 8tick Blue in fact, everything of that kind. Good 8-day Clock, guaranteed for five years, f 1.95. Tinware to beat the band. JOHN A. HAYES. WILL YOU? Before you buy a PIANO see me. I hare saved to some of my customers as much as seventy-five dollars in the per chase of ONE PIANO. Such makes as Cbickerlng, Emerson, Stutz Sc Bauerand Hehlin to select from. None better. As to ORGANS you can save from fif teen to twenty-five dollars by seeing me. Remember, I am in the SEWING MA CHINE business, just for fuo. You can get prices on any of the high grade makes ; and do not forget that I sell any Machine Needle at three for 5c, 20c per dozen. The finest Sperm Oil 5c per bot tle. Nothing but new, select etock. Remember the place M. L. WILLIS, South Main St.. Anderson. 8- C. OMAN, iN and the LL. loved her. She was bis wife, sade it. He ate it. But the Unagreed with his wife. Now happy. The pill he takte is >y using ID KIDNEY PILLS. NS PHARMACY. -y USC PRICKLY As ti 'BITTERS, LPOR KIDNEY DISEASE, ?TOM-, AOMTWOUBLB.INOIOtO (JION. LIVER DISORDER OR, cpHsnnftnsi wc fe Evans Pharmaoy, Special Agents. : KAMNOL. HEADACHE, NEURALGIA,' LA GRIPPE. Relieves all pain. 25c. all Druggists. OUR Buggy and Wagon Trade is on the increase, but we want it to increase more. THOUSANDS of Farmers eau testify that "OW Hickory." "Tennessee," "Studebaker" and "Milburn" Wagons are the lightest running and will wear longer than other makes on the market. You may (ind in this County these Wagons that have been in constant use for thc past twenty years. We also have on hand a large and varied assortment of BUGGIES and CARRIAGES, and among them the celebrated "Babcock'.-,'' "Columbias,"' "Tyson & Jones," "Columbus," and many other brands. Our record for celling first-class Goods is evident hythe In ands men tioned above, that we have exclusive sale for in Anderson County. Our "Young Men's" Buggy has no equal. Have also a large and select line of HARNESS, SADDLES, BRI DLES, Ac., and have recently secured exclusive control and sale of the cele brated "Matthew Heldman" Harness, which is well known in this County, and needs so "talking up." The Wagon and Buggy manufacturers are advancing prices on all their goods on account of the advanoe in price of all the material, and in conse quence we will have to advance our prices from $5.00 to 810.00 a job : hut we wish to give you a chance to buy before the rise, so you had better join in the procession and buy one of our Buggies or Wagons at once, for on and after September 1st next our prices will be at least 85.00 higher than at present. We regret having to ho this, but cannot get around it. Buy now and save this advance. JOS. J. FRETWELL. Will still sell you a first-class Buggy for $30.00. Car riage $85.00._ STOVES, TINWARE, CROCKERY. ALARGE LINE, carefully elected to suit the public. We sell the Iron King, Elmo and Garland Stove** and Rangea, and the Times and Good Timen, Ruth, Cottage and Michigan Cook Stoves, ranging in pri?e from |7.00 to $35.00. All are guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction, If not money will be refunded. Be aure you make us a call before buying a Gook Stove. We are bound to sell you and are sure to please you. We will take your old Stove in part payment for a new one. Our TINWARE is the best on the market. We carry a well-seleated Stock of CHINA, such as Dinner Sets, Tea Sets and Chamber Sets. We also carry a full line or PORCELAIN GOODS. Also, a nice Une of GLASSWARE. We do all kinds of ROOFING-Tin Roofing, Slate Rooting-and Repair work We will be pleased to have you give us a call before buying. OSBORNE & OSBORNE. N. B.-All Accounts due Osborne ?fc Clinkscales must be settled. " The Best Company-The Rest Policy." ^ THE MUTUAL BENEFIT LIFE INSURANCE GO., t OF NEWARK, X. J. T This Company hns been in successful business ior fifty-four years ; has JC ?ald policy-holders over *165,000.000. and now has cash astuta of over v 37,000,000. It issues the plainest and best policy on the market. After TWO k. annual premiums have been paid it- 1 r-TT A i. A vTTTu f 1. Cash Value. 3. 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