Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-11-15
mand the attention of students Of
NEGRO RESPONSIBILITY.

NEGRO RESPONSIBILITY,
A recent occurrence illustrates the
general thought of the whites on negro
responsibility. 4 negro hired to drive
a coal cart was trusted to come and go
without close scrutiny, and, when Occa-
sion served, hauled a few Jumps to his
own house. His employer was very in
dignant on discovering the theft-he
had not lived long in the Southland
prosecuted with vigOr The proof was
direct and abundant and no defense
could be made, yet, to the employer S
disgust and amaZement, the jury &C
quilted. One of them when asked the
reason, broke forth somewhat indig-
nantly: What Send a good niger
like that to the chain gang for six
months for stealth a dollars worth OF
cOal2 'TwOuld be ridiculous! The man
knowed he was a Niger and oughtn't
TO have trusted him that way. In fact,
the man ought to be punished a little
himself for the temptation. Suppose
we sent our cocks to Jail for talIin coz
fee and sugar and so on from our dtch-
ens-why, they amt jails enough.
Ridicul0us-perfectly ridiculousw
Per contra be it noted that in 1879
when first separately assessed the me-
groes Of this State owned property val
ued at S5.1S2 1888: while in 1890 il was
S12322 003, and in 1898 $l4960679
But this year 1t is only $12,941 $50. The
whites show an equal loss, and all that
and much more is on the farms, for city
property has increased in value COun-
ha
complain bitterly that the farmers have
no money How can they have money
in q country which averages but -
bushels of corn and nine of wheat per
acre and other food crops in proper
ton, when cotton is but half crop
and the grass burned up by drGuth so
that stockmen had to buy feed early in
September.
Samson was strong and Solomon was
wise but neither could draw blood out
OF a tuvnip or pay the printer under
such circumstances. By tAe way, 1t
may interest some people 10 know that
Georgia pensions INDECENT Confederate
soldiers and The widows of such, and the
amount paid the last year was $4,000
10 veterans, S236000 to widows, the
average being SEQ per year each. And
as this Is my las. letter from Atlanta /
present my conclusions on the eXposl-
lion. and the State and the South.
A REVIEW.
The first IS a grand success as an ex-
libt and an average success as TO al
tendance, but there are scme sad disap-
pOiu,ments. or the cone ssionnarles
all bu. three or four viii lose money;
too many concessions were granted for
the biggest crowd possible In times Ike
these. With the sole exception OF the
Egyptian theatre C'coochee coochee,
"danse du ventre' and that sort OF
thing and the shooting the chute
every show on the Midway was losing
money down 10 the first OF this month.
There are twice 2s many as there
should be- The support Of an eXposi-
ton necessarily comes chiefly from re-
gion within a goo mile circuit, and to
The southern farmer this year silver
quarter looks as big as cart wheel.
C.htrW The affair is brilliant sue
cess. especially ,he Negro building, the
fireworks. the electric fountains and the
govern exhibit.
AS TO the SCUM, / see 10 cduSe 10
change my oft expressed opinion that,
while this central highland will main
tain a fair rate Of progress for many
years or even centuries, the South, as
while. can never have a boom in the
least res 5mbling those Of the new States
in the Northwest. The soil is not here.
I'm an the world there is no other con-
tlnucus body Of fertile land like that
which stretches from Pennsylvania to
middle Kansas and from the Ohio to
the Saskatchewan. Furthermore, as
soon as one goes down the slope to where
the streams run sluggishly and form
bayous ne strikes a region where the
white race is at an immense disad-
vantage Where wheat does not grow
and Grass does not form a firm sod the
Anglo-SaXon is an exotic. All that re-
gion Will be given mp to the negroes.
Tn half o. it they already outnumber the
whites four to one. and before many
years. my guess Is. that section will he
divided into districts and governed by
commissions oDD0inted by the States
the whites Of the highland ruling all
without participation OF the blacks
J. IT. BEADLE