The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-10-15

you find one good, honest, industrious
negro, you will find ten shif!lcss, iin-
! moral ones. We are tired. I Saw q
crowd Of them in Atlanta the other
day who Wee gathered around hack
man with :: plug hat, and Eeard nin
say, awe must all get away from this
,:ountry-a colored man has no chance
| mere at all. The white man hus got
him down and his heels on him, and
we is bound to 60" He is as much an
anarchist as Herr Most. Every one
of those darkies can get 81 day and
live on 25 cents.
There are millions of white people
| across the water who would thank God
for so good a chance to make living.
If this restless, tritling, irsolent, crime
loving class would go somewhere it
would be Il great relief. The fact is
they should be made to go. Abolish
the chaingang and ship them to Africa.
| wonder if it can't be done. England
used to send her bad men to Botany
Bay. We are tired of having to use
lynch law for their outrages. Lynch
law does not reform or intimidate.
There have been more Of these horrible
! outrages within the last year than any
year since the war. And yet there are
many good negroes, negroes whom we
respect and love to befriend, and there
is the trouble with Bishop Turner's
plan. He wants the good ones to go
and set up government. We want
them to stay and the bad ones to &c,
and that would take large majority.
At ali events they should be thinned
out, and We will give the bishop choice
and help him to thin them. II is the
common sentiment of our people that
the whites and the blacks cannot live
together in peace much longer. The
generation that is now coming on right
out Of the schools is worse than the
last. Every town is full of young ne
groes who are vagabonds and they
keep the police continually on the
watch. The Jail and calaboose are
never without boarders. Over five
hundred colored convicts have been
sent to the chaingang during the last
twelve months. When will this thing
stop?
Their own race, with few exceptions,
don't seem to be much concerned about
it. overheard one telling his expe-
rience as convict, and he had &c ID
time. He said: Nov, children, you
know was trusty, I was. 1 didn't
wear no spuls, nor chains. 1 had
charge Of the dogs, and when nigger
got away my boss holler for me, and I
jump for the mules and put the saddles
on quick and ontie the dogs, and away
we go. We had two dogs-a big, long
cared houu' dog, and small dog, sorter
half flee, and a short tail. Dey was
both powerful good track de-. One
mornin' about daybreak de 'larm was
given, two niggers got away. De boss
call me and got de mules and de dogs
quick, and he bounce on one mule and
[ bounce on de other and We let de
dogs smell Of de nigger's bunk whar
dey sleep and den put 'em on de track
and away We go. De niggers and de
dogs run and we keep up behind. De
niggers run and de dogs run. Bime
by de track got hotter and hotter and
de niggers run and de dogs run. De
ole houn' opens his mouth wide and
say come on, come on, and after we
had run 'em about four miles de ole
dog change his tune and we know'd
dem niggers was treed. Shore enuf,
when we got dar, de two niggers was up
IN post oak setten on limb. De ole
houn was settin' off a piece a-lookin'
up in de tree and be say t-o-o-o-o of
'em, t-o-o-o-o Of 'em. De little dog was
settin' on his short tail and be say,
dats fax, dat's y fax, dat's a fax.
Well, we make dem darkies get down
from dar and take 'em back and de
boss give 'em right smart whipping
and Put 'em to work agin. Dey was
mean niggers and dare aint no other
sort dare hardly. neber sociate wild
dem convicts. l was trusty, 1 was"
BILL ARP.