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LARRY GAfiTT'S By T. La STORIES OF OUR SOUTHLAND i The Southern People and the Negro j ?Vur Southland 100 fer Lent Pure American * I was born and raised on a planta' tion surrounded by slaves. I have worked negroes all of my life, as farm hands, domestic servants and in j other capacities. I have had in my j employ what were known as very bad n-egroes; but I have never had the least trouble with one, or had a ne*gro to give me the slighest impertinence. So it is' my firm belief that if a white man will stay in his place a negro will remain in his place and j not presume to trespass on the domain of his employer. If you will analyze the racial troubles, in most rases thev originate in some white . man placing himself on an equality with negroes, associating, drinking and gambling \vith them. The negro always look down on a white person1 who places himself on their level, and is ever ready to take advantage of such condescension on the part of a white man. "Give one inch and he will take an ell." The result is that * the white man becomes incensed at such familiarity by his black associates and falls back on his blood. Then his own race espouses his side, the negroes rally around their color, and trouble results. I believe I-understand negro nature thoroughly. He must first of all be kept in his place, and be made to remain there. The negro is always ambitious to advance his position alongside the whites, as he looks up to them as a superior race, and is quick ? fto take advantage of the slightest movement on the part of a white mair toward wiping out the dividing line.! Whilk there are brutes among the negroes, as a whole they are a kindly gentle people, and easily controlled for good or evil. But the negro is a child of impulse, and is easily led. Dunne the davs of reconstruction he v was controlled by political adventurers from the north, but after the overthrow of carpet-bag rule his leaders were from his own race, generally his preachers, as they are an emotional people and quick to espouse any new thmg that comes along. They are enthusiastic about their churches, their schools and secret societies. But the negro is devoid of two traits: gratitude and resentment. I Even after emancipation some of the hardest taskmasters among farmers can get ail the hands they need, while toher men wlio are kind and more lenient with their hands find it hard to secure laborers. This was evidenced in the case of Col. James M. Smith, the great Georgia planter. Col. Smith dealt justly and honestly by his hands, but he worked them Qc liorfi oc nf eloworr ao &AC4X. ao uuixii^ ua^o vx oa?? j and punished any neglect of duty on their part. . Yet Col. Smith had no 9 trouble in getting a pick of labor. But it is casting pearls before swine to do a negro a kindness and expect any gratitude or appreciation in return. He has no appreciation whatsoever for favors, and will unhesitatingly, when 1 his interest or* humor prompts him desert you and go over to the one to J whom he owes the slightest favor. As | evidence of this, Col. John H. Christy of Athens, Ga., for years supported j an old blind negro and kept him out of the poorhouse. But when Col. ; Christy made the race for congress, j ana was opposed oy a wnue carpetbagger, this old negro voted against his benefactor and for a man hje did not even know. The thriftlessness of the negro and his wasteful extravagance have been ^ a boon to the south. Had these peo pie the thrift, economy and business ' management of the white man they would today be the land owners of our section, as they tilled the fields and by saving their money be enabled to buy up on time the bulk of our farm lands. While an occasional negro, by economy and thrift would manage to accumulate considerable property it does not remain even through the second generation. That old darkey is not long in his grave before his children begin to squander their inheritance, and it quickly passes back into the hands of the white man. Every child that old negro has ?eft wants to besrin life where his d^ddy left off. Very few blacks will lauur witu inunc^ m men. auu j good clothes on their backs. As a | successful southern planter once remarked td me, to get good work out of a negro you must get and keep him j poor, hungry and naked. But the negro has unquestionably made great strides and advances since emancipation, but this applies to only isolated cases and not as a general rule. The great mass of our southern blacks continue to live from hand to mouth, and such will always be WEEKLY LETTER ! rry Gantt | (their ease. But the morals have un| deniably improved. I notice in my | travels over the south that the blend! in r*? /"\ ^ ^ rv \-s rl U1 r\ U1 a A/1 V* r? r* 1 i 111^ Ui wiiicc clilU Uiciurv. UIUU u IICID Cii[most ceased. It is a rare thing: these | days to see a mulatto baby unless the off-spring of a yellow mother or father. And every year it seems that the race of genuine negroes is increasing, except possibly around the cities. This is a healthy moral advance. It is a common belief that all negroes will steal. This is slander on the race. Of course there are many rogues among these people, but one ,thing about the negro he never takes i*i f _ 1__ . T7* jany article 01 very great vaiue. r or I instance if you have a dishonest house [servant and chance to leave a $20 bill | and a 50 cents silver piece exposed, j the negro, nine times out of ten, will Stake the silver and leave the bill. A I white thief would pocket both. We [Southern people know this failing and ! often condone small thefts as we I make that allowance in employing servants. But there are also honest and trustworthy negroes. Even during slavery days, my mother never locked her closets, having every confidence in her black domestics and she was never mistaken or .had her trust betrayed. The negro has a commendable ambition to educate his children, and will make any sacrifice, and feed them on blackberries, crust of bread in order to send them to school. This zeal is doubtless 'attributed to the fact .that in slavery days education was forbidden fruits to blacks. And the negro is an apt pupil and makes rapid advances in his studies. But he is an imitator, and whatever he builds or does is transient or temporary. You might today remove every negro from the American continent and in a | half century or less not singly evii Wl Q ? fliof -fllA VOrtn ll O /"! UCiiLC v> uuiu uiai xav,^ uc+u ever been brought here, unless it be ' ' " Columbia, SB? 2 By direction of the f 29th, 1921, at the Colur freight and other charg< without guarantee of qi cash. Newberry, South Caroli ^ x ?? ? . rmm i ???? No. W. B. Article. ? ci a -i T>?1 ? ? $?i i><iie vynuu 4 42?1 Bdl Grate Castings 7 572?25 Sx Bran 9 Gt>3-?2 fcxs Syrup 11 92?17 Sx Meal, 1 Sx R Feed. 12 AF.1?1 Sx Rice 13 4?13 Pkgs Various articles.. 14 4?11 Pkgs Various articles.. 15 5?1 Gasoline Tank 3. Ctns Cd Goods 2 Bdls Grates / 18 lOt)?1 Kelrigerator L?oor 19 205?1 Pc Iron boiler section.. 20 224?1 C Catsup, ICC Sauce. 22 48?2 Bags 70 Cans P & Beans 23 281?3 C salmon 25 509?1 C R R Glass 26 502?1 Cs Cd Meat 1 Bdl Iron Washer 27 547?11. Sx Rice 28 547?1 Erl Rakes 29 53?1 1 Galv Pipe 32 12?3 Sx Oats i S2 11 r>3?1 Cs Flv naner .34 28?1 Crt Stone Glss 35 26?3 C Salmon 37 13?1 Cs Pineapple 38 14?1 Sx 82 Cans Lye 40 ?1 Bdl Old Burlap 41 8?1 Cad Tobacco 42 12?1 Steel Brl PL Oil 1 W Brl PL Grease 43 24?2 Bdls News print paper.. 44 327?1 Ctn Peanut Butter 45 427?1 Grubbing Set 47 56?1 Heater 48 54?1 1-2 Brl Lubg Oil 49 53?1 1-2 Brl Lubg Oil 50 52?1 1-2 Brl Lubg OiOl 31 51?1 Brl I.ubg Oil 52 63?1 Bx W Powder 54 23?3 Sx D Feed 57 22?1 Bdl Pipe 58 23?1 Bath Tub 59 23?1 Sx Seed 60 23?5 Sx Cane Seed 61 23?5 Sx Dairy Feed 62 23?1 Bdl Stove Pans 1 63 24?1 Axle, 1 distributor 1 Bdl Plow Wings 64 24?2 Bx Auto Parts 65 232?1 Crt 2 Pes Marble 66 247?1 Crt Soap a 6D 18?1 1-2 Brl L Oil 70 275?1 Crt Elec Flashing 73 450?21 Sx Feed, 11 Sx D. Feed 74 9?5 Bx Stock Powder 1 Bag Stock Powder i Newberry, S. C., Septen I I ! some washed field or gully where they p ! tilled the land. The negro never C looks to the future for his creed is, a "Sufficient unto the day is the evil fi thereof." With full stomach he nev- v er gives thought of tomorrow. i v I { i If northern poFticians alter eman-jt cipation had left the negro to the i( control and guidance of their former ,'r owners, there would never have been d - .1 any race issue to solve, and these; f people would have been ftr advanced,P over their present condition. Un-,n questionably, the. Southern people best understand negro nature, are i their true friends. They have been;C .safe and trustworthy guides for their' former slaves. Old negroes tnd their' former owners would have lived to-, F gethcr in peace and kindliness and j their children been trained in the! wav they should go. 3ut with each i * i succeeding generation of blacks the ' . lines dividing the two races are each ?C . day widening, and what the end will I t be no one can predict. Some writers !y i assert that they only solutions of the C j racial problem will be one of three a , thing's. Emigration, extermination a ; or amalgamation. Neither of these is u I possible or at all probable. The ne-'o !gro is here to remain and increase.'p ! His numbers are too great to move j a lor exterminate, even did humanity jb ; sanction the latter alternative. As to je !amalgamation abhorrence to such a!h , i i ; mingling of races is taking deeper j i root every year, even in the North. ie jBut the South has solved the race r '|problem so far as this section is con-ji 1 cerned. The negro will never be per-. t Imitted to have any deciding voice in jh I controlling this country. While there J I may be race riots and outbreaks, Sou-!c ithern manhood will always keep the in ' ; blacks in check and in their place, j ; The idea of amalgamation is too ab-! t ;'horrent to conside^for a moment. js ;| But one benefit, and a very great jc !one, the negro has been to the South: in 'His presence among us in such num-jj ; | bers has always kept from our section j fc | that flood tide of foreign immigra-; z Ition, for these new-comers did not care to compete with such cheap la- '0 jbor . The result is that in the South ;b . you find pure-blooded one hundred i b per cent Americans and when the civ- j a jilization and purity of our great re-it " . - ' N 5 rreight Claim Agent, I wil nbia, Newberry and Laur< 3S, the following unclaimet iality, quantity or value. ? ina. Consignee Destination No Marks Laurens S. M. and E. H. Wilkes Laurens Adlun Milling Co Columbia Young Roy & Brown Columbia Shell Dist. Co Columbia Purcell Co Newberry No Marks Clinton No Marks Clinton No Marks Clintos No Marks Clinton No Marks Clinton ^ r*. r> n ? xr 1 (jr. summer 6: con ;>ewoerry A. F. Bush Newberry ,R. D. Smith & Son Newberry ,R. D. Smith & Son. Newberry .Merchants Wholesale Co Columbia C. 0. Brown Columbia Thomas & Howard Colubia P.oyser Guano Co Columbia Germany R & Brown Columbia Xo Marks UolumDia Xo Marks Laui*ens 1 No Marks Goldville 1 Simpson Drug Co Newberry 1 Jacobs & Co Clinton 1 L. McN. & Libby Columbia 1 No Marks Laurens ] Swygert Nickles Co Laurens 1 No Marks Prosperity 1 No Marks Prosperity 1 J. G. Lowman Prosperity 1 J. G. Lowman Prosperity 1 Herald & News Newbery 1 Van Camp P Co Columbia 1 Dixie Farm Columbia 1 Xo Marks ..Laurens 1 kE. Carbett Laurens .1 . M. Duckett Laurens 1 W. M._ Ferguson Laurens 1l S. E. Elledge Laurens 1 City Market Laurens 1 Shuil Dis. Co Columbia 1 T. W. Madden Clinton 1 D. H. Hayes Clinton 1 S. L>. Clowery Clinton x r ti'n. i 1 j. 31. ruts uiniuii i J. M. Pitts Clinton 1 N'o Marks.. Clinton 1 1 Xo Marks Clinton 1 C. J. Jackson Clinton " C. J. Gleason Columbia 1 J. D. Miot Brokgr. Cofl Columbia Xo Marks Laurens 1 Thrower Auto Co Columbia I Columbia Groc. Co Columbia 1 1 A. P. Richardson Irmo 1 iber 29th, 1921, ublic is poisoned or imperializcd bv't )ld World scum, the South will be in i position to save the nation. I con-!i dently believe that a day will come!' >*hen our country muit rely on the I rhite people of the South to rescue J heir land from a peril that threatens'; t by a mixture blending of so many ] aces and peoples. Such mixtures I c estroyed Rome and Greece, and to-1; ay imperils our great American Re-! ublic. But there will ever remain ;t i the South one spot where pure!t Americans are found. ic I j{ >LD HICKORY MEN is GO TO NASHVILLE !f ' ?- i' Reunion of 30th Division Personnel ( to Be Held November 4-3? !t Pershin? to Be TK^re , i 1 it Nashville, Oct. 1.?Men of the! i )ld Hickory association, veteran i of i1 he Thirtieth Division which three i ears ago was pounding away at the 12 ierman strongholds in France, will | gain march in review before Goner-j< .1 Pershing at their third annuai re-i1 ;nion, to be held in Nashviil's Tonn., < <n November 4 and 5. In fact, it is h irobable that Marshal Foeb, geiier-jj lissimo of ail the allied armies, who j ( ias been invited to. accompany Gen-|1 ral Pershing to Nashv:Jle, will rlso! 1 ie in the reviewing stand. ' jl The parade of the veterans, how-j] ver, will form but a part of the fuilji eunion program. .VIen who biiiotedlJ n French villages or battlefield shel-j< ers three years ago will find the i iome of Nashville open to them, j ! 'lans have been made to house and j are for ten thousand veterans and; nore if they should come. | j Convention sessions "will be held in i i he auditorium with a capacity of i even thousand. Dances and other so-!' \ ial features enough to give every j iian who comtes an opportunity to ?n- \: oy himself are being arranged for j j y the hosts of the occasion, the citi-jj ens of Nashville. 11 Separate headquarters for each!: f the regiments of the division will ij e established in Nashville and in the jl 'illeting arrangements it is planned,,]! s far as possible, to put men out of < he same outfits in the same section of i and Laure 1 1 ifiSdl MnnNMnMBnMMMMBMWBBMnBBHMMMnMMU 1 sell at public auction < ;ns Freight Warehouse, d and refused articles o Sale will commence at 1 I I u* : * I '_ ty. W. B. Article. 75 12?3 Pieces Fittings N 76 13?1 Pc C I Cstg -...Li 79 372?107 Sacks Feed H 80 393?5 Crts Milk V 81 33?1 Bg Beans N 82 G?1 C Paint L. 83 6?1 1-2 Brl Jl Cement L. 84 49?1 1-2 Brl L Oil N 85 50?7 Pkgs Drugs G 86 51?1 Bx Grease Pumps 1 Bx Trucks for same CI R? 52?1 1-2 Brl L Oil F. 88 .53?5 Bx Drugs : Pi 89 54?1 1-2 Brl Oil LI 90 55?2 Cs Lub Oil W 91 56?1 Dr Lubg Grease S. 02 57?1 1-2 Brl L Oil H 93 58?1 Radiator S. 94 17?1 C K Goods F* 95 17?1 Bx Oil ' H 97 17?4 Brls Oil N< 99 is?i 1-2 Brl L Oil W 00 23750?2 Cs Paint Fi 01 AF37?1 Bx Washing Powder....Bi 02 78?1 Foot Tub G. 03 366?2 Bals Paper bags Ci 04 45?1 Refrigerator H< 05 21?1 Sx H Feed NT< 06 232?1 Cs Cd Soup V< 07 358?1 Crt Table Case Ki 08 16?1 W Brl L Oil Li 09 518?1 Crt Mtv Cans B: 10 C32?3 Bdl Tents, 1 Bdl Poles.R* 11 2702?10 Sx Rice -J. 1 O OO- 1 T>? T> Dinn A i & jLO i 1 rc rixi.li i is jl ipt 13 2?1 Sx Coffee N< 14 501?1 Erl Oil, 1-2 Brl Oil Cc 15 502?1 Bx Medicine 0. 16 11?1 Crt Glass Pi 17 2-10-48 and 10-24 Sx Meal.C. 10 4?1 Brl Syrup C. 20, 5?5-96 lbs Sx Grits C. 21 6?20-100 lb Sx Feed C. 22 7?5 100 lb Sx Hen Feed ....C. 24 383?1 Small Roll Cloth C. 7 Rolls Ciotii C. 25 14?3 Sx Grits G. 26 OHl?3 S Insect Powder A. 27 2?1 Brl Paint J28 3?1 Brl Oil H. 20 4?2 C B Powder A.< 30 5?2 Cs Pet Lubg Oil J. 31 6?1 Wd 1-2 Brl L OiOl T. 1 Cs P L Oil T. 32 7?2 Steel Brls Rfg Cement.. 1 1-2 Brl Rl'g Cement .... 2 Kegs Grease J. 33 103?3 Chairs G. 34 69?1 Column R. 35 104?1 Cs Paint Mi he city. There will be all sorts of opportunities for oldtimers to get together and 'fight the war" which started on the Mexican border for some, at Camp Sevier for others, and ran all the way icross the seas, over the Hindenburg ine, through the Argonne, into Belgium and Luxembourg and home igain. In the course of its training and raveling and fighting no division in he American army made a more :reditable showing than did the Carina and Tennessee troops. The ichievement of the division in the irst smashing through the socalled Flindenburg defense system to Bellirourt across the St. Quentin Canal unnel, is one of the outstanding ichievements of the tntire war while he artillery brigade, operating sepn ately in the St. Mihiel, Argonne and iVoevre sectors, took rank as one of liost effective artillery outfits of the irmy. Railroads have granted reduced rate -v-f r>np nnrl n half fares for the round ;rip to members of the division association. Members planning to attend nay come to Nashville paying full ^are, and there receive their certificates of membership entitling them ;o half fare on the return trip. Certificates may be secured in advance of ;he meeting, however, from Frank P. Bowen, Holston National Bank buildinging, Knoxville, Tenn., or from the Reunion headquarters, Chamber of Commerce bulding, Nashvlle, Tenn. SALE OF TICKETS t*T lf/NVn & v iu jetuirx raunurti Eight Thousand Seats for CarolinaClemson Game The State. Tickets for South Carolina's annual football classic, the Carolina-Clemson ?ame, Thursday of fair week, will ?o on sale in Columbia Monday, October 10 with every indication pointing to a record breaking attendance for the battle. The prices will be :he same as those charged last year: ^2.50 for box seats, $2 for grandstand seats and $1.50 for the open stand ;r>nt?5 \ ns, R. R. 3 fl KraiiYnf u 11 Vlglll on Saturday, October Newberry, S. C., for f freight. Goods sold 0 o'clock a. m. Terms W. DENNING, Agent. ' t ? " r5r>3f-:3Tnt:n "! I , o Marks Laurens j jurens Ildw. Co Laurens artness Simmons Co Columbia j an Camp P. Co ^...Columbia | o Marks Laurens D. Bedenbaugh Kinards j D. Bedenbaugh Kinard elson & Davis Laurens lobe Med. Co Laurens [eveland P. & F. Cow Laurens j W Wfiorhnrchv LauroilS ! jtman D. Co Laurens ioyd Lynch Laurens ! P. Sanders Laurens { G. McDaniel Laurens j. . T. Wad'dell Laurens M. .& E. H. Wilkes Laurer.s lir Store Clinton . Nabors Clinton j d Marks Clinton j . A. Pool /. Clinton I. red J. Harmon Newberry j *yson Gro. Co Newberry J. Jones & Son Newberry J irolina Paper Cofl Columbia Dine Furn. Co Laurens } Marks Laurens in Camp P. Co Columbia i mbroll Furn. Co Columbia ttle Mtn. Ginnery- Little Mtn. ingo Mfg. Co Columbia i\\ W. M. Young Newberry W. Kibler Co Newberry T. Bratton Columbia j 3 Marks Goldvilie ; )la. Pet. Co Columbia ; N. Daniels Columbia J osperity Furn. Co Prosperity j W. Martin Laurens j W. Martin Laurens j W. ^Martin Laurens i W. Martin Laurens j W. Martin Laurens j V. Hall Columbia V. HalL Columbia W. Kinard Prosperity P. Richardson 6..Irmo Ernest Meetze Irmo P. Meetze Irmo rnes Richardson Irmo P. Meetze Irmo W. Lorick Irmo W. Lorick Irmo . B. Dreher Irmo B. Summer & Son Newberry B. Baker Newberry rs. Mary P. Fant Newberry ? . 9 mammmmmmmmmmmmm? mmmmmmmmmBamsmmmmmmmmmmm Additional stands are to be bui!t !\V at the field this year completely en- hi closing the playing field and permit-1 at ting 2.000 more spectators to witness* : oi the contest. This brings the seating; th I capacity up to 8,000. No standing n< room will be sold this year while all I) seats will be reserved, no persons oth- ti er than the authorized newspapermen, b; coaches, athletic representatives, etc., !cc being allowed to s stand about the p: field. Of the 8,0T)0 seats, 480 are box ec scats, G25 grandstand seats and <5,(>2U j si open stand seats. !ri The tickets will be sold-from Co- ^ lumbia by two committees, one r.-pre-l^1 renting each of the participating in-;"1 stitutions. Persons desiring seats in ni the Carolina sections of the stands 111 may make their purchase either in>* person or by mail from the Carolina committee while the tickets to the: Clemson section can be purchased | from the Clemson committee. Both j committees have offices in the Bank of 0] Columbia building on Taylor street.! j yi Playing Same Game A freelanle journalist found him-1 a: self on a train without a ticket and j tl decided to play the deadhead game, ir Newberry Fil r Many witness* to witness the our Visible F ? * t see what voo< what you see. High Grade ( and Auto A x y J Ynn cfftl: foil Vi D dollar. You v/ill have Water Service TVfl ns vour w ,? ? J will do the res i ftnTvncitp f.wrt Hnase '? i P**"* ?"-"ww' ' .'t vMrt-v-wvmww . Lew loll Rat Station to station when made in the ev< and midnight are one 'J? The service is quick A station to station c and not for a particula be '"'reversed" or sent "< Ask Lone Distance f v.;? SOUTHERN BELL TE AND TELEGRAPH C hen the conductor appeared he told m that he had left his pocketbook home, but that-he was on the staff The Daily News. "All right," said I le official, "come forward to the S 3\t car. We've the editor of The aily News aboard and he can iden- 1 fy you." There was no turning I ir.L- ^ noccAncrpr followed the i.\- l\ J O W C11V mductor expecting ignominious exDsure, but to his great surprise the litor, looking .up from his paper, said j mply: "Yes, conductor, that's all / ght. The man is on my staff." 'hen the conductor had departed the 'celance undertook to express his ratitude to the great man for his lagnanimous falsehood. "Oh, don't ontion it." said tnp other. "You see, , "" ' - * ( m not really the editor of The Dai News." Sure Sign A man went to the undertaker to rder a coffrn for his brother. "Why," said th? undertaker, "is our brother dead?" "Xo, he's not dead yet," was the nswer; "but he'll die tonight, for ic doctor says he can't live till mornig and he knows what he gave him." t .' r.. . . . - - ( .2. K ) ling Station js are called operation of * Himps. You rpt?~YfHJ g&t I 3? ^ ? iasoiine, Oils * iccessories i * alue for your Free Air and p ' 1 rants &nti we t . ' x ; - 1 >u ling Station Phone 156 . ; " 1 1 > - ? long distance calls suing between 8:30 , ; \ T > . i half the day rate. When made be-% , fwppn m i H ri i cr b t i t 7 r w. V/ XX AAA A V4 A * A ^ ** ? T and 4^30 A. M., the < charge is one-fourth j 1 the day rate. i and clear. \ all is for a telephone r person and cannot ! collect." ' 1 | 1-/1 f AO 1 I U1 1 ct LC j, LEPHONE #2?^ COMPANY