Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Home of *? K?medicH Dept. Union, S. C. BAKER GUNS For fifty years known to the trade a* the best for service. . $48.00 to $385.00 Send for BAKER BOOK LET describing the entire line. Baker Gun Company 314 Broadway, New York Eyes Examiped &nd Glasses Fitted M. H. HEYMAN & CO. Jewelers and Optometrists COLUMBIA LUMBER & MANUFACTURING CO. miLl work SASH, DOORS, BUNDS AND LUMBER PLAIN A. HUGER STS. Phmnm 71 COLUMBIA, S.C. DR. R. E. STEVENSON DENTIST Cracker Building Camden, 8. C. Dr. (J. F. Sowell DENTIST (Office 0?er Bruce'* Store) CAMDEN, S. C. SOUTHLAND STORIES Larry Gantt Gives Some Inter esting Recollections. (Written for The Cbroblolq by T. a Uiny ( iatit t . ) 1 was born und raised on a pluntu I ion surrounded by slaves. I have worked negroes all my III?* tts (WW hands, domestic tetVuntH and in other , ii|.a? iiii's. 1 have had in my employ what wore known us very bad UOgrOOS . i,m i never )>aa the lousi trouble with diu^ or had ft negro to give in.' the slightest iuii?ortlneucv. *>?> ii M'?v jfU'iu belief that >f '? white matt will s!ii> ill tila a ni'^r p will remain, in hiv und not presume to tin puss on t he domain of bis employer, t II you will analyze the r|?l|l troubles, | |u most case> they originate in fonWj WlVJi4 man placing Wiuself on an equality with associating, drinking' and gambling li thein ?M>0 negro always looks down on a white person who pi a con himself on their level, and Is ever rtyidy to take advan tage of such condescension on the part (if a white man. "(Jive one Inelf ami] I be will take an ell " ThoYesult is that j the white man become* incensed at snob familiarity by his black asso .?lutes and falls bark <>n his blood. Then his own race espouses his side, the negroes rally around their color, and trouble result*, I believe I understand negro nature thoroughly. Hp must first of all be k? |?i in* his place. and be made to re main there. The negro Is always am bit lous to advance his position along' side the whites, as he looks up to thorn as a superior race ami is quick to take advantage of the slightest movement on the part of a white man toward wiping out the dividing Hue. While there are brutes among the negroes, as a whole they are, a kindly, gentle people ami easily controlled for good or evil. Nut the negro is a obi Id of impulse, a nd is easily led. lhivjiig the days of reconstruction be was controlled by political adventur ers from the north, but after the over throw of carpetbag rule bis leaders were from his own race, generally his preachers, as they are an emotional people and quick to espouse any new thing that comes along. They are enthusiastic about tbelr churches, their schools and secret so cieties* But the negro is devoid of two traits: gratitude and resentment. ?Ven after emahcl^itlon aome of the hard est taskmakers among the farmers can always get all the hands they need, i while other men who are kind and more lenient with their hands find It hard tov secure laborers. Tbis was evidenced ln$he case of Col. James M. Smith, the great Georgia planter. Col. Smith dealt justly and honestly by his hands, but ho worked them as hard aa. during the ditys of slavery, and punished any neglect of duty on their part. Col.; Smith had no trouble in* getting a pick of labor. But it is casting pearls before swine to do a negro a kindness and expect any gra titude or appreciation lu return. He has no appreciation whatsoever . for favors, and will unhesitatingly, when bis interest or humor prompts him de sert you and go over. to. the one to vyhom he owes not the slightest favor. As evidence of this,: Col. John H. Christy of Athens, Ga.t for years sup ported an old blind negro and kept him out of the poorhouso. But when Col. Christy made the race for congress, afid was oi*posed by a white carpet bagger, this negro voted against his benefactor and for a man he did not even know. The thrifttessncss of the negro and his wasteful extravagance have been a boon to the south. Had those people the thrift, economy and business man agement of the white man they would today be the land-owners of our sec tion as they tilled the fields and by saving their money be enabled to buy 'up in time the bulk of our {arm land*. While an occasional negro, by economy and thrift would manage to accumulate considerable property it does not remain through the second generation. That old darkey is not long in his grave before bis children begin to squander their inheritance, aiul it quickly passes back into the hands of the white man. Every child that old negro has left wants to begin life where their daddy left off. Very few blacks will labor with money in their pocket and good clothes on their back. As a successful southern plant er once remarked to me, to get good work out of a negro you must get and keep him poor," hungry and naked. But the negro has unquestionably made great strides and advances sinco emancipation, but this applios 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 their case. But the morals have undeniably improved. I notice by my travels ever the south that the blending of white and black blood has nlmost ceased. It is a rare thing these days to see a mulatto baby unless the offspring of a yellow mother or father. And every F^ar it seems that the raco of genalaa negroes is increasing, except possibly around the cities. This Is a healthy j mural advaui**, It is common belief that all negroes* [will nNI, This i* nltw)?r on the race, 'of eourse there an> many roguea | among Hu so people, (nit one thing abynt tin* negro liu never takes any article of very groat value. For lu st a mv if you have ? dishonest house servant ami chance tu leave a bill ami at) cent* silver piece exposed, the negro, nine times out of ten. will take tile sliver inn! leave the bill. A white thief would pocket both. We .Southern people know this failing and often Condone -mull thefts, as we make that a 1 low tug v i ?? employing ^ervauts. Hut there a re also honest and trustworthy ih*?io.s. I'< vi'ii during slavery days, my mother never lockot) her closets, having every confidence in her black domestics and shn wus nev.i mistaken or Iwut her trust betrayed Tin- Qegro has "a commendable am hition 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 tbe foot that In slavery days education was forbidden to blacks. And the negro Is an apt pupil and makes rapid advauces In his studies. Hut he is an iinitatoc, and whatever he builds or does is trans ient and temporary. You might today remove every negro from the American i continent and in half a century or less not a single evldenee would remain that the race had ever been brought here unless It (he. some washed field or gully1' where they tilled the land. The negro never looks to the future for his Creed is "Sufficient unto tbe day Is the evil thereof.' JVith full stomach he never gives thought of tomorrow. If northern politicians after email-, Cl pat ion had left the negro to the con trol and guidance of" their former own ers. there would never have been any race Issue to solve, and these peoplo would have been far advanced over ?their present condition. Unquestionably the Southern people best understand negro nature, are their true friends, They would have bweu safe and trust worthy gulftWYor their former slaves. Old negroes and their fofiuer owuori would have lived together iu peace and kiudness and their children boon train t*d hi the way they should bo. Hut with each succeeding gonoratiou of blacks the linos dividing the two raoes arc each day widening, and what tUo cud will <l>e uo oiio ran predict. Souio writers assort that the only solutioji of the radical problom will bo ouo of three* things. Immigration. rvtrmdna tion or amalgamation. Neither of these is possible or at aU probable. Tho uogro Is horo to remain and Increase. Ills numbers aro too great to move or exterminate, even did huhmulty sanc tion tho latter alternative. As to amal Kama t Ion abhorrence to such a mingl ing of races I* taking deeper root ev ery year, even in the North. But tho South has solved tho rac$, (problem so fur as this section Is concerned. The negro will nover J>o permitted to have any deciding voice In controlling this country. While there may be raw riots and outbreak, Southern man hood will always keep the blacks iu check und in their place. The idea of amalgamation Is too abhorrent to con sider for a moment. But one benefit, and a very groat one. i ho negro has ibecn to tho South Hl(< presence amoug us iu such num bers has always kept from our section that flood tide of foreign immigration, for these new-comers did not care to compote with such cheap labor. The result Is that in the South you find pure-blooded one hundred i>er cent. Americans and when the civilization and purity of our great republic Is poisoned or iraperialcd by Old World scum, the South will be in a position to save the nation. I confidently be lieve that a day will como when our country must rely on the white people of the South to rescue their land from a i?eril that threatens it by a mixture blending of so many races and peoples. Siu-h mixtures destroyed Home and (Jhwo, and today imperils our groat American ltepubllo. Hut there will ever remain in tin* South one spot where pure Americans are found. Two Killed in tiuii Battle. Union. Oct. 20. ? Jim lloss, an em ploye*' of the Union Oil mill, ahd Jesse Lindsay met in u ravine near the seiu inary and shot eaeh other to di-ath at 7:80 last night. Their bodies were discovered early tliis morning l.vlng about fM> yards apart. l>oth still grasp ing the weapon with which the fatal shots were fired. lloth were shot in thy breast and d?*ath was almost In stuutnneous. It developed that bad blood had existed between them for some time and the meeting was sup posisl to l>e by chance. Hurt la Auto Wreck. I'loreuoe, (jo.t. 22. K. K. Hearon, of Hishoiwillc, is in the hospital here with hotb legs broken as the result o?' mi automibile accident last night between Kloreuno nut) HartsvlUe. With nint.' persons iu his large cur, Mr. Heuron was returning home from the fair whore he exhibited and raced fine horses. when\the driver of Ids ear. (Winded b.v th\ glaring lights of flu Mpjiroarliiiig autVonobilu, lost control of the machine /awl It skidded into a ditch. Nearly every person in the ear suffered minor bruises and cuts t>ul Mr. Hearon was the most serious ly hurt. women arc forbidden entrance to the Asiatic town of Xtalwatchi, on the border of Russia, Cotton Storage I Have Room for Several Hundred Bales. J. B. ZEMP ? v ? ? ' " .... -V . . - * ? The Best Gasoline Costs iio More DURING our many years' experience in producing gasoline we have dis covered that the proper* blending of basic crudes is necessary for a well balanced fuel. And our access to prac tically every developed oil field lias in sured full utilization of the various types and grades of erude in exactly the pro portions needed. The improved "Standard" Motor Gaso line is produced through the efforts of our Development Department experts. [These men have devoted their lives to the study of oil refining and the relation be tween the properties of oils and the uses to which they are adapted. "Standard" Motor Gasoline represents the fruit of their years of painstaking experimenta tion. It is uniform in quality, quick - firing, clean-burning. It is the best gaso line obtainable, and rosts no more than any other. The consistent use of "Standard" Motor Gasoline will go fcir towards correcting many of the more common difficul ties of motoring. If your engine over heats or gives oft' vile exhaust gases, if your cylinders miss or ea?*boni/<e quickly, if tin* oil in voiiv crank ease becomes diluted, it is probable that voti liavc hnrn using the wrong gasoline. Fill up with the improved "StaiHlani", Ou *nle wherever you nee the familiar "S.O.M sign. Remember ? itjeosts no more. STANDARD OIL COMPANY (NEW jliKSKY) '