criticized African-American education in the South and in some columns endorsed lynching of blacks to enforce white supremacy. He supported the disenfranchisement movement of the late 1890s, arguing that Southern blacks were not capable of casting an intelligent vote. But some of his "Bill Arp" writings continued to focus on humor and rural life. Death Smith died on August 24, 1903, in Cartersville, Georgia, where he is buried at Oak Hill Cemetery. See also Literature of Georgia (U.S. state) References Collected works online at UNC History of the University of Georgia by Thomas Walter Reed, Thomas Walter Reed, Imprint: Athens, Georgia : University of Georgia, ca. 1949, pp. 522–525 "Alias Bill Arp: Charles Henry Smith and the South's 'Goodly Heritage' (Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1991) by Dr. David B. Parker. External links Bill Arp from the Uncivil War to Date, 1861–1903. Atlanta, Ga.: The Hudgins Publishing Company, 1903, c1902. Birthplace of Bill Arp historical marker Bill Arp's archives at the Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library, Emory University. 1826 births 1903 deaths Writers from Georgia (U.S. state) American newspaper editors Mayors of places in Georgia (U.S. state) People of Georgia (U.S. state) in the American Civil War University of Georgia people People from Rome, Georgia American white supremacists Georgia (U.S. state) state senators Confederate States Army officers 19th-century American politicians