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BILL ARP AND THE NEGRO. lie Beliewes la The Grolring Power Of the Race. I was riding along on tke rail. road the other day, when we stop ped at a station and a colored "scurshion" got on and settled down all around me. They were well dressed and well behaved, but when the conductor came afer tick ets two of them had no tickets and no money. He stopped the train in the woods and put them off. I was sorry for the rascals, for they did want to go so bad. I asked some of the crowd why they dident lend them some money, and they showed their pearly teeth and said: "We knows dem niggers; dey neb ber pay back. Dem nigger's like a broke bank-dey owes everybody now. Dey just tryin' t) slip and slide along, tink de sonductor no find 'em. You know, boss, dar is always some sheep among de goats.' Well, there are, and sometimes I think the darkey expressed it right, though he dident mean it. There are a power of goats i n .this sublunary world, and if it was not for a few sheep scattered, society and law and order would be in a bad fix. But I like the nigger. I like him hetter than I did ten years ago. I can look back and remember what he was soon after the war, and I am satisfied he is improving. He works better and is more respect ful. He has almost quit politics and settled down to his Hatural condition. I don't know so well about the towns and cities, but the country niggers are doing very well where they are mixed up with white folks in the right proportion. Most all negroes are good natured, and love to depend on the white man, but the white man must treat them fairly and kindly, land act like he was not only a master but a friend. The negro is conscious of his inferiority and is content with it. He likes a man who or ders him around in a dignified way bettor than a man who puts him self on an equality with him. The white man was born to command and the negroeknows it. The white man ranks him, and rank is a thing recognized and submitted to eve rywhere. and has been in all ages, and it is right. Rank is the safe guard of the social eircle. I r'ank some folks and some rank me, and we aire all happier and feel more at ease in ouar circles than in those above us. I was onced invited to a party in a fashionable city, and .there were distinguished gentle men there and splendid ladies, and I put en my very best behavior, and after while a lady friend call ed me out en the varandah and laughiody told me that the host ess, a Ic. vely and aeompli-shed la dy, said to her: "0h, my dear, I do feel so much relieved, for I did ent know Mr. A.rp, and was afraid he was rough and common, and wouldent know how to behave in this elegant eompany, but I find him to be a perfect gentleman." You see they ranked me and I knew it, but I came out pretty well. When I told Mrs. Arp about it she said:- "Well, I don't won der at it, for you write so muc1 f6olishuess the people' who don't know us think we are all erackers.' Then -she looked away off, and ad ded: "But I don't care. I kno* what you are, and it's nobody'i business. We van have gentlemer here as well as there. Some folki don't know a gentleman when the3 see him." "But you do, my dear.' said I. "You always did. Yot had that knowledge away bact yonder, -and that is the reasor you -' "Never mind that now," sai( she; "that will do. The bes of us are mistaken sometimes.' And she resumed her work. The negro is a good invention and he will continue to be good ai long as he is a negro. When the1 try to set him up with a hifaluti' education and make a white ma of him. he becomes a new creatur< and a public nuisance. The col ored colleges are turning out i smart set every year, but wher are they and what are they doing The men are vagabonds, and th women are-well, ask ainybodi who knows. A man said to i not long ago that the fact that th negro was capable of high ordei of education was proof enough tha they ought to have it. There wa: anl educated hog exhibited in Riomin some years ago, and he could spel your name with cards, and tell tin time of day on a watch. So I sup pose we ought to set up all thi hogs in a school house. Now, the negro is a distinct ere ation of the Almighty, and ha: original traits and instinets as a! the mixed nations have. He love: the present good, and has no mor. bid desire to accumulate ri les Unlike the white man he rarelj cheats or swindles any body. Cheat ing, swindling, overreaching, de c.eivino is the sill of our race-'th( foundation of all the civil suits it out courts-but the negroes don'i do it. They are more 'sinning against than sinning in that regard ThIe white aIn will steal on a larg< scale if he is mean enoughi to steal at all. Th'le m1oreC he gets the bQt. ter satisfie~d he is But the negr'c won't. lHe wouldent rob a bank, If he found a p)ocketbook with e big r'oll of mYoney~ in it he woulh take it to some white man ; but ht will pick up little things like t chicken, or a bushel of Corn, or i dollar, or a breastpin with a se rene and peacef'ul conscience Small pilfering is the extent of his inclination. When my darky finds a lhen's nest and brings me half o: the eggs I thank him. When oui cook hides away a little flour, Mrs Arp shuts her eyes and says noth ing, for it hurts their feelings s bad to be accused when they ar<4 guilty. But for hard work, contente( work, humble work, who (oulc takem their laces on the farms anz on the dranys, and the steamboats andl the railroads? Who wouldl dh the white mani's bidding with s( little murmuring and so muel cheerfulness? The negro is still an imp~ortanit factor in our south. er-n honmes and southern industr'ies and I hope he will remnain. Hie is grafted onm to thne southern tree k Other nations have been transplan b ted, and live and prosper. The Jews8, like the mistIetoe, fasten axid - feed upon every tree, but they have preserved their-habits, their Telig ion and their nationality. Then let the negro alone. My faiith is ; that a wise Providence will take care of him and of us. BILL ARP. BOWEN'S MILLSI H AVING been recently overhauled, are now in first, rate order. Per sons coming from a distance will get, their grinding done at night. They will find ia house to stay In and stalls for their horses. Give us a trial. All persons wishing their GINS filed by the 0'NEIL SAW FILING I MACHINE, can have it done at Esley, by Mr, Marion Day, or if You will notify me at Briggs Postoffice, S. C., I will send a man to your Gin and - do the work. It is better thaI all oth e r Mahns Tr~y it am1i ba COnin iiced. july 25 tf I. E. BOWEN. BLACKSMITHING In all its branches, done by JAMES ROSEMOND. Easley, S. C. t Give him a call amI1 satisfictioni vil b given. both as to work anit ch irges RICHMOND & DANVILLE RAILROAD. PASSE NGER DE1WPARTMNIENTI. On after Aug. 3d, 1884, Pasenger 1i1 nService on te A. & C. Air-Line Divkion will he as follows .7VOT H TF.il RD. Express, fMail, No. 51 No. 53 D ailv. 'Daily. Leave Atlanta. . . A 4 40 p in 8 -10 a mn A6r. Gainesville.....657 p i 10 35 a in " la... . . . ....7 25 p mn 11 01 a m) 1)h. GapJiunelB S 1 p in 11 30 a in Toceoa.. .....C 8 i4 1) 1m 1204 p in " ieneca City. .D' 9 in 1 00 P ) Central..... 1032 p m, 152 p ni Liherty. . ... . 10 53 p m 13 p m " E sly'.. .. ... 11 0 m 227 p) mn Greeniville.. .. E 1142 1) in 2 47 P i '' Spartanlbirg. .F 101 a m1i 3 56 1) n " Gaston ia.. 3 20 at m| 554 p m "' Chmrlot te. . . . II. 4 10 a m' 6 40 ) m) Ek press, .Ma1 ii, No.50| No.52 Daily. Inaily UCav7CEhltt. . .'1 45 a mn 1 00 p m Al. Gastonia.. .. . .2 30 a m~ 1 45 p mn "Spartan onrg. . . 4 28 a mu 3- 45 p mn " Greenville. .. . .. 5 43 a mn 455 p mn t"Easley's. .. . ... 6 17 a mn 526 pmi " Liberty. .. . .... 6 34 a mn 5 42 pm " Central.. .... .. 6 55 am 6 00 pm " eeca City.. .. 7 32 am 6 37p m "Tocco9. . ... ... 840 am 7 35 pm "Rab. Gap June.| 9 34a mn 8 30 p mn "Lula . .... i '0 09 a i 8 59 p mn "Oainesville .....110 36a mil 9 25p m "Atlanta... ... .. 10 Op mill 30 y m Accommodation T1rain, (Air-Li ne Belle) GOING NoRTH. Leave A tlant a........... 15 p mi A rrive Gainesville...........8 25 P m Accomimodation Train, (Air-Line Belle) GOING SoU'I'I. L've' G ainesville............ 7 00 a mn A rrive A tlan ta...........9 20 a mn No. 18--Local Freight, Going South. Leave Charlotte............ 6 00 a mn A rrive Gainys........10 50 a mf A rrive Spartanburg--........12 53 p) m A (ivGreeniville..........4 15 p mn A rrive at Kas leys ..........G 03 p mn Arrive at Liberty ........6 45 p m1 A rr ive -Cen tral.............. 7 30 y' m No. 17.-LocalI Freight, Going North., Leave Cenitral................ 4 45 a mn Arrive at Liberty............... 5 15 a ir. Arrive at Easleys........ 5 0 a m Arrive Greenville...... .. 7 03 a It Arrive Spartanburg............o 20 a m Arrive Gaf1ney's. ..............1 03 p m Arrive C Iarlotte................., 6 15p ti AH freight trains on this road carry passengers. All passenger trains run brugh to Danvile & Richmond with out chauge connecting at Danville with Va. Midland, to all Eastern cities, and at Atlanta with all lines diverglug. No. 50 leaves Richmond at 1 30 p. m, and No. 51 arrives theic at 3 50 p mu. 52 leaves Richmond 1 28 a m. 53 arrives there 7 00 a m. The local freights stop at above Atations 20 to 30 minutes. BUFFET SLEEPING CARS WITH. OUT CHANGE. On trains Nos. 50 and 51, New York and Atianta, via'Washington and Dan ville, and also Goldsboro and Warm Springs. On trains Now, 52 and 53, Richmmomil and Danville, Washington and Augus ta, Washingtoi and New Orleans. Returning, on No. 52 -sleeyer Greens! boro to Richmond. Through Tickets on sale at Uharlotte, Greenville, Seneca, Spar tanburg and Gainesville to all points Sonth, Southwest, North and East. A, with N E R R to and from Athens. B, with N E it it to and from Talb lah Falls. C, with El. Air-Line, to and trom Elberton and Bowersville. ), with Blue Ridge t it to and from Walhalla, &c. E, with c and a it it to and from Newberry, Alston and Golumbia. F, with A and s and s U and - it it to and from leiedersonville. Alston &c. G, with Chester and Lenoir R R to and from Chester, Yorkville and Dallas 11. with N C Division and C c and A it R to and from Greensboro, Raleigh, &c. EDWIN BERICLEY, Supt. M. SLAIroTER'It, Geni. Pass. Agi. A. L. Rivis, 2d V 1P & Gen. Man'r. South Carolina Railway Company. C ommencing Sunday, May 11 1884, at 4 P i. Passenger rTrains will tin as follows until furtlher notie. "FTastern time : TO AN) FROM CIIARTLESTON. EAST (DAILY.) D)epart Columbia at 7 50 a i 5 25 p m Due Charleston at 12 20 a mn 9 5.5 WEsT (DAmIY.) Depart (harlestoin 8 18 a tm 4 30 p in Due at Columbia at 12 38 " 9 22 " TO AND FROM CAMDEN. East (D~aily except Sunday.) Depart Columbia at 7 50 a mn 5 25 p Diue at Camdeni at 2 25 p um 8 25 West (Daily excep~t Sunday.) Depart Camden at 0 00 a mn 4 00 pm Due at Columbia 1238 "' 9 22 " TO AND FOM AUGUSTA. East (Daily.) Depalrt Columbia at 7 50 a mn 5 25 p ma Due at Augusta at 1 20 p mn 8 10 a mn West (Daily.) Depart Auguista at 7 15 a mn Due at Colnmbia at 12 38 p m': CONNECTI ONS malhde at Columbia with Oohlnbia and Greenville Railroad by* traini arriving ait 12 38 p in, and departing at 5 50p. mn. At Columbia .Junction with Chari lotte, CJol umbia and Augusta RailroadL~, by same train to andl from all points on both roads. At Charleston with Steamers fo New York on Satuirday'; and on T[ue. dlay and Saturday wvith Steamer for Jacksonville and points on S6. .John's River; also, with Charleston and Sa vannah Railroad to amnd from Savan nah and all points in Florida. At Augusta wit h Georgia and Cen - tral Railroads to and1 from all p~oints8 West and South. A t Blackylle to and from points on B.arn well Rail roadI. Through ticketsecan be purchased to all points Sout~h and West by a.pplylng mt 1). MCQ UEEN, Arenit, Columbia, S.C doH N B. 1PECK, eneral Manager. D C AmLLENOen. Pns. and '2T'k't Agte