The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-06-26

educated. measured by tho Southern standard
having passed through the hiGh school. Those
arc not always amiaSle or respectful IN their
bearing toward any class OF whites.
''Ihosb who earn Eood wages spend them largely
in dress. Sitting on "A lNncEhurg Nornndn one
Sunday mSrning, saw among ne ,d bn Is
and old gentlemen with tho grace and dignity
OF colonial days, all well dressed In clothes
carefully preserved and not OF the latest FASH
Ion. More numerous were the Colurcd people
sOlne of them Ovcrdrcsscd, particularly ING
children, and others dressed IN good ,Ss tie ana ns.
grocs into whit proved TO lie the aristuCratlc
Baptist colorcd church. II was, certainly, as
fashionable a congregation rs CoHld DC found IN
the town. The services were dccurOils,. WIN =
studied sodatcncss OF manner ana thc te,l'
Tic ch"I'r Ind good voices AMI attacked am.
bilious music. OC uO,irsU the towns all have
their ragged, loud. and %inlOlcnt class of col,
orcd lahOrCrs, somc of whom are vicious ana
dangerous. The lines arc MS distinctly drawn
between these and tho educated negroes as be-
tween any two classes Of white people.
counties, where the railroad does not .pCne-
ttratc and the stranger is an Object OF curiosity.
the colorcd people who were slaves arcn thrifty
class. owning their small farms and sometimes
pretty cabins, fhCy spend little for clothes, ana
nothing FOR drink and have money In bank nero,
as in town, the negroes uf the new generation
are unlike those OF the old. There Is. however,
no educated class. Many nrc reputcd TO he IN.
dulcnt, imprOvidcnt, mud Enthusiastically as Ia
bnrers, caring more for II picnic than for EN-.
nloymcnt. II cannot be said though, that
lll'A Aih ' " u lIE VI MUS ' - NAN
whites'of the nciEhborhogd. To the hou. %ckcI,lcr
Is difficult to say which il the greater ni'Iir.
tion, the picnic or the revival. nnc morning
breakfast nj the village tavern was lalo, ana
the cause was said to he that the cook was
seeking The seeker never leaves the iuot.-
Ing house. night or day, until aviation : found.
This may be n matter Of many days. The moro
obstinate the ca c, the moro interesting TO tho
congregations. Another source Of complaint Is
the superstition that on quitting y place the
domestic servant leaves n spell. the force OF
which is not disoinntcd Tor II week. There arc
few servants who viii risk being C%ONiurrd ly
entering n house from which another has re-
Gently departed.
I'm some ways the white people arc hardly
more reasonable. ThCr never retire at night
without n feeling of real uncasiucSs. though
there is no apparent cause. II Is II tradition, =
relic of more than sixty years ago. As Tar as
could see. the COlored uCOplc were rs hntinless
as they were happy. Vet they were supposed
by tho whites TO be capable of n massacre,
Ncvor. since tho Nat Turner inslirrcCtion Of
| 1891. have the white people Of the rural districts
felt, themselves secure. 4 citizen, II man of MID
| die age, who was horn IN the house he occupies
to, day and has never gone u hundred lnl.lc'
AWAY, said that often in his childhood hi
mother had gathered her children about her il
the absence of the father and fed to the woods
where they spent the night in terror. tn
CEusc might he the noise Of m escaped mutt
rushing through the bushes. Any unusual nolS'
was regarded rs n probable uprising OF slaves
The impression made on the minds OF the chil
dren sim survives among n people who ar
not in close touch with tho busy world.