The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1893-02-01
OF NE3R5 TYPES.
,vrEREsTING ARTICLE CON
4 r,giBUrED TO THEME" YORK
HERALD

flo." Thomas Dixon, Jr., has contrib
,., increasing article to the New
u'9u 1rrsII under the head of Studies
~ T-r, Types in southern States" The
which the negro question is
,''. Ira5 is in refreshing contrast to the
no n,n Of such contributions to the
U.s. ,1orn press, which are chiefly notable
ignorance and prejudice, where they
inf villful misrepresentation. Mr.,
nm is a southern man and the popu-
.;-,. he has attained in the North will
49,. -, hi. sketch a very wide circle of
ryraaders, who will gain some in
..ino information about me negro in
49, snrb not often furnished hem by
,~.raarn writer's who are fond of-dis-
nssinr tha subject. OF the fidelity Of
l.snarro raised under the old regime,
Nj. Dixon writes:
..Tge old time negro as a domestic ser
,t has no equal in the world today
r-.r.,.er me SIrvives-at least from the
Il .'---Iarr p3int of view. AS nurse in the
1,oma their word is supreme au .hority. l
10 seen .lem ru a household OF chill
5ran with imperial sway. The mother
ms ,~3s 1nsled aside with impunIty The
IND If "mammy' was the source of all
authority. This trust was never abused.
0.ao4tGe dearest recOlections of my
ocsn childhood is the face Of this old
n4rse of the nome, tender With love, Sc
we're In her reg al IOr truth and right
stttinTat her feet, | heard the story of
eIvsrr and the life of the slave and
learned TO hate it, and yet she never left
tbe home when freed by the result Of the
war The shout of millions Of freedmen,
fine shock of a revolution, could not
braaz her love and allegiance to the old
homestead, TO have one of these ser
,aas attached to your home is bene-
7fn.io1. Some Of them after the war, by
careful saving, have accumulated prop
arfv own homes and lots in towns and
cities and. true to their old love, spend
tbelncJmo in making bright and glad
the birthdays and holidays of the chill
dren OF those loved ones for whom they
cared in childhood and in whom they
still live and move and have their being"
On taequesion of skilled labor among
the negroes, Mr.. Dixon agrees wiCh Thorn
asNIsJn Page, that the only master
workmeu among them are those who
learned their trades as apprentices be-
fore the war, that among the new genera
ton there are none who have the capa,i-
ty to build houses as master builders and
dotLo work which these skilled wolkmen
Of Jbe past did with such satisfaction.
Mr. Dixon's sketch would not have
been complete without some reference
to thenegro preacher Of the old school,
and of him he says:
THE old-fashioned negro preacher
Sill survives and is an interesting figure.
He breaches with great junction. aud with
great power over his hearers. Where he
gets his sermons the Lord only knows.
Their origin. their construction would be
a mystery to Aristotle. And yet they
reach and influence the lives OF their
people These oid-fashiOned preachers
are usually men of sterling integrity.
Their ignorance of the I5ibIe is as pTo-
found as their knowledge Of human ma
Jule is often keen and accurate They
usually work at some trade, fer their IN
comes as ministers would scarcely be
sufficient to buy the food for the many
dogs which their children insist ON rear
ing about their cabin doors. have IN
mind now the preacher Of a church n a
village III the SoutE5Who works at ms
anvil through the week and breaches %
lIs peop,eO on Sundays. de Is one OF ING
best blacksmiths in tho village Hl7
1ame is The synonym for honesty, ana hls
work is as good as his name. Wish al
Wuch could be said for his boys. I'M
boys have been tie sorrow Of the oF
uans life. More than once he HIS h4
to stand by them in the c0urCs OF jug
tce"
Illustrating the pride and interft
which the old time negro has IN the SUI
cess or failure Of the children Of The r.
mer master, Mr.. Dixon relates the foiloF-
ing incidents;
"A youngminister from Virginia, VIC
lad made a distinguished success in qe
North, went back TO his home some ycfs
ago and preached in the little cnu1 Pa
near he old homestead. The nurSdyI
hiscMdhood occupied her pos-tionEn
the pew and watched him WITH p7se
and joy as he proceeded to copluoJ pc
services. When he preached Ger no
@els could not be contained AS pc
proceeded to deliver magnificent ia
ZION, in the midst Of the sermon the l4
aunlie leaped to her feet, and t9oH1g
around the church, exclaimed: 'Deais-
ten al dat honey! Des hear him d Z S
any chile! OATS my boy! Glory. y
Mr. Dixon closes his interesting stdy
With the following, which all who How
t4eoldtime darkey as he is will recobize
and Appreciated
Curious that with such relation be-
LN-anrl c.Anial ctnl.