The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-07-13

pbSkb 1u0 MghtuVi war Dhus anu tnoJ MOlo
liable to catch cold and die, for niGgers are
ndf Surr DID ,s enS O5 SST
dsS was 7sn % Of bSny tina,
That's one OF his best charaeterstics. and II!
,s!l you Why: II he was different we would
Henry. who was half brother to ono OF Nor
ifGlk's smssr r white men, and he was Just
wStchnE. H. could DO more S'T Work " than any
two ot his fellows. Valuable hand2 No. sir.
insLGO o Of ;oHE years nOr hired him he came
- done gwlne to leave 70. Mr.. Bsllentlne.,
o. 49, knew t., said you're going to work
He had bought a farm. and he, wanted me to
to him than any man know OF. but he doesen,'t
have TO- borrow now, II the niGGers were al
The lazy niggor who has to be watched ia tho
maiinstay Of our southern Industry neeanss L
DO more work in our climate than two white
said Cant. Clark: when / came hero to
Southern Pines four years ago bought some
land and built q house ana set some nicGers to
the soil. | was rap, full Of tho idea that knew
Just how to treat the niggers They came to
month and board. Board in this country
means one peck OF corn meal and four pounds
OF bacon week. The meal costs 90 cents and
the bacon 81 They get no moro. l said to
the men: l will not measure out the meal and
meat to you There ia the bag and there the
Then | told them that rs u mechanic had
worked ten hours a day, and that WAS all
would ask OF them. They need not work from
Now my neiGhhors at that time were nil
southerncIs. They cnme to, me. out OF desire
to be friendly and told mo was DOING wrong
the nggers would rot me. | snid wns 20.
ing to try my theory anyhow. although l was
poyees who had to work under tue old slave
system Of hours aud feed. They laughed at
months figured up the amount OF meal aud
bacon my niE2erS had used and founi had
learned sEmetnngmthat had heen feed:
that instead Of, doing as much, OF a days work
they had done less They had argued that tho
Northern man would not know whether n DAYS
lot them have free access to the meal bag and
smoke house. 1t Is u fact that instead OF graf
Mba t Sp or esn
bred TO respect one sort OF a white man ana to
consider all others AS poor white trash. ana II
nature OF the niger. Nine now got their ra-
tons measured OUT and they work from sun
to sun and do a full DAVIS work.
Whom had got my house enclosed hired
Niger TO paint It, He was good workman.
night he fetched Gp at Carthage and got drunk.
Monday, convicted and sentenced to thirty
went there. spoke to the Judge about him,
nteliing what good workman the Niger was,
So on. Tho Judge Ils,e%ed 500 good nat natursd-
Gould 1s YOU" to Gad to the 9
Gentleman; They 6roySht the niger from
the rail lIe came in grtnninS like acat. Why
had he hit the woman: She had said his
to the. audience ana said he wanted it distinct
brought before that court charged with as
sault. when such an epithet was the cause Of
tho vile language rather than The one who
made The asyaq Turning to the i 9dEEe5 ,
the woman before that p
" Snme's SIC called my mother
Take him bRrk to JAIL
tho Judge 10 pleased to iine ths niger instead
Of i,mp|r pr him and would pay, the. liue
would 60 that il thought the Niger would
work /, oui; SO he was brought bnck and
fined $50 and COSTS, amountin. 10 81 in lIl,
yer home He worked faithfully our days and
then he came and said he wanted SIS to nay
Manly instead OF Carthage bought whIsk"y in
st"nd Of food. got drunk. slashsd another niJ-
ger with n razor was arrested and next day
was taken before tho Justice a. tho Peace. Ho
%hat YOU'D the Justice be kid eno1c I'm; t. do
for mo He would let tho niEger uf on u tne
otsl5. That was really ont Of Kindness to mo.
fence paid tie tine and no WAS freed once
more, That night he went, 10 South Caro!na.
got ms lessons in a variety of ways and
now know tho Niger; He ia n most valuable
handle him, The boss must treat him as u
child. look after him and encourage him but
by no Pi means nc 70 trust him because rightly
perity OF this Southern country. lie is a cheap
laborer IN the bcst sense OF the word. He is u
the most cheerful disposition. hardly knows
any better fare than meal or bacon, cares for
no better: gets and keeps fat on. it, and under
an po OK Il is because he IS so
workman that the mil! owners get rgh
sG5n rG, yS0% Nv m pine at while
the North Carolina mines. No jndicious en-.
ployer wants TO zee the niger emgrate. nor
veiY much. The Niger in North Carolina Is
BY 10 does not have his political rights.
Eh3 There goes one OF them. Do you see
Lines t in Of spSsy or regret or
The negroes, as a race are II sleek. round |
faces and ready SMILES are an indication of |
world; They, strictly obey, the injnnctions:
I" Having food . and raiment be " therewith
row" The negroes who, like Mr. .Ballentine's
man Henry and John F. schel Of Atlanta OF
tine % recently 5Od hsys
a count OF 10000 But although acknowledged
to be excellent ia9orSrs ind necessary to the
slant source OF dread wherever they outnum-
Der the whites
In Dare county and In many Of tho mountain
counties there are verr few negroes. In about
every one OF those counties the Republican
voters outnumbor the Democratic. In counties
where tho negroes are numerous the Eepub,i-
cans can carry nothing 4t all at election time.
The whites are practically unit I2r the Dem.
negroes who are ambitious would lead their
ignorant black brethren to the POLES aud eject
themselves 10 tho LEGISLATURE aud to all tho
state ol1lCes. 1t is becAusF tho 'whitoS
lear negro lawmakers and officials that
Inc negro question is ever alive-tha!
every Southern newspaper frequently prints
article, on caste. and Tint y recent pamphlet
entitled Negro Suffrage" by S. s. Cnhoon.
which argues Tor tho reueal OF the constitu-
.lonnl amendment giving tho vote to the nn-
gro. has had II wido circulation. II is appar-
emit from talks with prominent politicians that
4 deal OF the stir made recently 10 attract
white men TO the south WAS as much from a
lesire to increase the white population as to
leveiop native wealth and nascent industries.
1t Is fact apparently not appreciate by
politicians at the North that 4 very large part
possibly Q majority. Of the white population Of
he South. would vote tho Republican ticket
question OF free trade or protection the only
ssue the solid South would DO strong for pro