The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-01-05

Su0s "uItO PSOP'o w 16io eoo ouos
and we are the equals of the white
people" We are not the equals of
the white people, and any man who
teaches such makes a serious mis-
take We are born equal, and God
made of one blood all the nations of
the earth, but the white race is the
superior race in this country You
are not their equals in NUMBER,
WEALTH, PROPERTY, HOUSES,
INTELLIGENCE NOR INFlU-
ENCE There are individual excep-
tions. but | speak of the race. You
can't be the equal of the race unless
you possess what they possess. Let
the negro race go back and begin
where the white race began.
GO TO THE FARM /! Stick to the
farm work on shares, rent, lease or
buy land The old patriarchs. Abra.
ham, Jacob and others were farmers.
God intended that man should till the
soil. The negroes are making great
mistakes by leaving the country and
moving to the cities. where they have
to pay house rent, buy wood and half
starve Besides, the majority of the
young negro criminals come from the
cities and towns Some of the first
lessons the boys learn are gambling,
drinking. stealing and other vices.
They become polluted as soon as they
move to the cities. You should not
come to town unless you have trade
of some kind and steady employment.
The town loafer above all loafere, is
the most dangerous.
There are Thousands Of sores of land
10 this State you can reos. buy or lease.
Plenty of ~hise men will be glad to
give you mule. land, etc, and give
you half you make. Does it pay. to
farm ? Yes. if you will stay away
from to~o on Saturday. and as Mr.
Tbos E Miller said, "rske straw and
leaves from the woods in winter aud
put On the land The negroes in low
er South Carolina can live easy if they
would work aud save You can grow
rice, potatoes. corD, peas, cotton, sugar
cane. n:iles aud grain you can raise
cattle. hogs, chickens and other ponl-
try; you Gao sell>. chickens. eggs, but
ter. ADD wuosnd then bring calf or
COW to market to sell to the butcher !;
you should never come to- town unless
you bring something to sell or ex-
change; then. the creeks, rivers and
lakes abound in fish !; he.woods are full
of gsme You remember the old time
diet, 'possum au latter. The raccoou
is iu the swamp.; where is the 'possum
dog :? .'Bur rabbit" is as prolific as
ever; you can live if you will
BUILD BETTER AND LARGER
HOUSES.
We will never be the equal Of ether
races unless We cease to live 10 one
room cabios aud shansies. l. will not
do for grandpa. grandma, wife aud bus-
band. SOUS and daughters to sleep in
The came room. There are white land
owoers who will give you the lumber
aud nails if you will do the building.
Some OF them tell me the negroes are
too lasy to build. others say they don't
want any better houses. The house is
the greatest restitution on earth for
good or evil ; you can't make a great,
good, patriotic and intelligent race if
you live in low. wicked. filthy 40 un-
godly homes. The home is the founda.
.ioa Of sociesy, morality and religion.
1t IS very bard to train up children
right in the scboolhouse and Sunday
school if their homes are polluted.
They must bsYe good. upright and iD-
selligent moshers and fathers. aud a
family altar.
We dc not want to govern the cocn-
try until We learn TO govern the home.
Defective homes will bring = defective
government in church aod State. |
must confess that We have plenty Of
church aud Sunday religion, but not
enough at hone [ like to see good
homes. owned aud paid for by negroes.
These are the most reliable and best
citizens very few of this class com
nit crime
They are sbe white mans bes. neigh
bors. and strange to say, they are poor
politicians.
The education Of the negro race is
imperative. All the races of mankind
should be educated. but the education
of the negro race has been on the leap
frog style. as in most everything else.
The teachers have been in hurry to
graduate" the scholars. The scholars
wans to make haste end get through
Latin, Greek, French aud German
were taught at the expense of Eogiish.
They began their education ct the top,
as the Chinese build Some who have
taken the full course (college) cauuot
stand an exaninstion for a second