Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-08-11
The DARKEY IN The SOUTH
He Is Decidedly OBJECTED 10 BY The
White Man as an Equal Associate.
VIII work cheap. ears Litiie tor
FINANCE, aud " rond oi
uot weather.
LrnASos, Ky, Aug. 8, 1896.

ha'aAa''A'N - y
To the Editor;
The colored man IL no great iayorlle
In the Slulh since slavery has been
abolished. Tho labofins white people
would prefer that he was back In
Africa, for the negro will work 10 the
cities for sl.5O week and his bosfd.
The hotel keepers, livery stable owners
ana many wealthy people D the cities
arc glad they arc here, A. the money
paid out for the work done 70 bat little.
Many Of the owners Of the lafgcf
plantations would rather have them
here, as they like TO navo n lot OF
colofed people 10 boss, and then they
can hire them for their hoard nni a
little clothing without paying cut any
solid cash.
IL the coloted man accumulaies n
little wealth, and deaifea 10 live In
respectable aud fashionable city die.
tfIcts, nobody will sell 10 him. some.
times a negro IN able 10 make SUCH
purchase through white man, but
whenever this happens, all his neigh.
boTs, for square AROUND, become dis
pleased aud make every effort 10 get
MIN out OF the ueighborhuOd. The
same rule u followed with the renting
Of houses and propcrtyi 20 generally
the negroes are under tue ntCeHsiy VI
living In certain quarters along with
others VI their own color.
In nearly every city OF the South
there Ia n section which belongs 10 the
colored population usually called by
some name, a. "GeoTgttowu" or "COl-
oredtown," distinguish tho col1fed
districts from tho balance OF the town.
Then the railway service Of the South
dave the separation line between tho
white aud oOlofei people very pininly
On every train that leaves thU dcp0ln
there are cars marked "F0r Waite
People" aud cars marked "For C0lorpI
People,
Tho negroes Of the South arc diyi ted
Into three pretty distinct olntsr'--ihe
well.te-do negro VINO has oinuia work.
ing for HIM the negro who Is making
daily living; and the indigent
pilieren who depend Tor q living
ON the number Of chickens
aud other food thoy can stcai.
The majority Of colofo1 people, though,
don't seem 10 bother their heads much
over nnAncIal sfiaifp. Just 90 they
have enough 10 eat dhy.Dy.dAy, thoy
seem To bs M free from cato ana ~
happy as children.
The ool0Ted people OF the South have
their own SCHOOL,, with teachers Of
thoir own color presiding. In the
cities they have their lawyer, anu
dQctors, and preachers. Tho ncptotr,
~ rule, like 10 attend church ser.
Vices. In ons city was In, there hsd
been q "pfOlracted meeting" going on
Tor two mountaineering every night
sud the church was crowded all the
time, and many sinners had come up
to tue "mournef's bench aud got r..
ligion, "and been taken Ioyiully Into tue
fJlds OF the church. Many Of the
uaTkies ato ino singers, And when the
whole congregation In n church ato
singing II sounds splondidly. The
daTkius like the warm summer weather.
| wss walking along a'piko road the
other dny with my umbrella up, ana
Just roastinp-ih Thermometer only
registered 100 degfoes IN the shade
anu l met an OLD datkey coming up
the road with pitchfotk Ia ono hnnd
anu bucket OF nice cold loOklng water
IN the other.
"Mighty warm" said /. shave you
tom. drinking water there"
"Yesah." he taiJ, "heIp yourself"
"Ihis weather just suits me-" no
went on; al can't stand cold weather.
And ips the same with all tho dsT.
kies-they oil like this warm weather
btsi.
Las, winter, 90 the story goes, there
was cOloted pTotrEoted meeting 40.
ing on, aud the preacher In telling his
congregation where they would 20 n
they didn'i repent, spoke Of Hatau's re-.
gions M aplace where pitchi0rko would
40 thrown AZ tho people all tho time.
After meeting one NJ tho members OF
his congregation came up to admins,
ter q gentle toprooi, Aud no asked him
why he told the people this. The
preacher replied by saying that he
didn't care - tell them u was heated
region for fear some OF his rheumatic
congregation would want to 20 there
too had.
The wHleimtlous are ripe here In
"Old kaintucR" now, tue cOTn.top's
npenIuR. aud the birds arc maEinR
wusic "ris summer ana the diTkies
"a arc gay"
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