The leader., 1897-11-03
TO THE PUBLIC.
A Wrong Perpetratrd Against the brook
haven Coiored Educational aud Indus
trial Association.

A Wrong Perpeirated Against the brook
| haven CoIored Educational aud Indus
! trial Association. -
! The general public has been mis-
led as to the purpose aud intent of
the citizens fost ring the High School
/ project in he city of Brookhaveu.
la order 20 set ourselves right be-
fore the intelligent public. We hereby
condemn the malicious falscinod that
has been circulated in. aud about the
city by some low, mean person, that
! the Association is Specializing, aud
the money raised 10y festivals and
from other sources, is being used by
the members of the Association to sup
ply their personal needs. wish to
say To each of you who have been
are without the slightest foundation
in truth. \ person who will tell
lie simply to iniurc another's good
name before the public on account of
personal difference between them, will
do anything that's mean. Had the
| promoters of the High School enter
prise gotten up something to bring
whisky back 10 Brookiiaven. or to run
an excursion, or some plan To protect
the unlawful retailing of whisky, or
anything to degrade the Negro, nine
tenths of our opposers, if not all of
them, would be with us.
We have talked to good many of
the leading white gentlemen of the
city, also colOred, concerning our
effort, and our plan of procedure, and
| every one, to the man, highly indorses
out fear of successful contradiction,
that we have not IL single opposer
among the white citizens
Now few months ago when the
election for Lights and Waterworks
was under discussion, all of the
whites did not agree, each man had
the right to think for himself, and they
did so. After they saw the benefits the
town would derive from it, nearly all,
if not quite all acqaiesced. But as
they did not agree as unit, you
don't remember seeing the opposition
standing around with negroes, talking
and telling lies on those who indorsed
it. But it seems to be natural with Il
negro, when he finds hiprself broken
down. by his dishonest dealings with
his fellow-man, and his reputation,
and everything else of any value to
him has flown, to try to build up 10y
tearing down some other negro, by
way of exposing or telling on him, as
they call it.
What is it that prompts us to this
eflortg We will say by way of ex-
planation, we have young boys and
girls in this city whose parents are not
able to send them off to school, and If
there were good schools here trey
could keep them going. There are
boys and girls here, who have attend
ed the corporation school; now they
are over age, just ut the time when
they most need to go, but they are
shut out. Their parents are not able
TO send them off to school. What are
they to do? Go home, get in the
wash tub. aud wash out what little !
they have in their heads. The !
result will be the first pjmp like that |
one that's going around lying on the
Association. gets in her way, she is
captured by his wicked lies, and brings
disgrace on ii mothers home.
Oar boys are let loose to hang
around every filthy dire in town, from
there to the county farm, if not to the
State pen, because of idleness. We
have been made to see our sad mis-
take for the last twenty-five years.
We have thrown our thousands |
away on whisky and railroad eXcur-
slOilS ANA bllitI tHiilSS iildt NAVY
served to degrade us as a race, and yet
we sit still waiting for our white
friends to do for us what we ought to
do for ourselves.
There are lot of negro imps in
Brookhaven who despise every thing
that is right and honorable.
We will be able to judge from the
braying of the animal whose hide we
have managed to tighten the most.
Jesus Christ says; "All things
whatsoever ye would that men should |
do,untoyou, do ye even so unto them"
So. in order 20 know how we should
conduct ourselves towards another
under any circumstances, we have
only to ask ourselves how we would
wish to be treated.
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