The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1901-05-16
BILL ARP ON ROASTS
Barlow Philosopher Touches on ViSi-
l0rS TO the South.
IT'S A GAMl Or PREY, he SAYS.
Ogden and His Party Are Cleverly
Criticized by the Georgian - Tells
How Ii happsned.

Roasts, That IS newspaper word
for large hoadlime@. 1t attracts atten-
ton like fire Criticise wouldn't do.
The reporter must have ward that
burns or scOrchos There is good
deal of this ROASTING going on. Inc
governor roasts the yankees who came
prying around. DR.. ParEhurst and
Br,uthton roast the governor and the
negro preacher Lamp rs rcaSS
Parkhurst. It looks like everybody and
everything has to prey on something
The eagle catches the hawk; the hawk
catches the chicken and the chicken
eobbles up the worms and the bugs.
Everybody and everything is In con
slant peril ami 1t is we'll we don {
know it, for it would make us very
miserable. Tho people Of Galveston
and Jacksonville escaped the worst al
ffiction-the dread Storm and fire-the
agony OF fear and apprehension. What
a noble and generous deed it was Tor
Galveston to do--to give $500 to Jack
sonyille. What a reieaming trait in
our northern cities to give help u
southern sufferers. think | think
more of them than think do. There
is still a power of good in human na-
+ura averywhern and | reckon that o.
den 6, Co nad good intentions WA5n
they came down to inspect US. The
trouble with those people is that they
think they know more about US than
we know ourselves AID are surprised
whan they find us a civilized and re
specta5le people Dr. Parkhurst ad-
uitted that he had never been south
before. TEay know less about US than
they do about the French or the Ger
mans or the Chinese, and they know
nothing about the negro. One Of th2m
remarked: These negroes seem to be
quite happy / hear them laughing
quite merrily at the dapo. had sup
posed that they we're very miserable
indeed"
Now, DR.. ParkhUrst says that We
hate the negro aud say 50, but tha
northern man preteads 10 love MIN
and lies about g. The Dr.. IS mistH-
ken. We do MOI hate the negro. W.
hate the mean Unes. whom the north
has contaminatei bat there are lots OF
them in every community whom we
have respect for and who are good,
useful, law abif.n3 citizens. We can
pick out scores in our town who are
useful and industrious and pay re
spect 20 respectable white people For
many Of uhcSe we have more regard
than for Pat Banks and all his sort.
Pat breaks int9 Jail and breaks out
Pat broke into the chaingang and |
went down to see the prison CommIS-
sion and begged h:m out for his WIS
sake AMI paid his way home and h
has betn in jail OF the calaboose or the
chain2ang ever since. and yet his poor
wife sticks TO him and follows him
with her little children when he runs
away. They are hid out somewhere
now and u0bGiy cares for them. CHI,
the bonds ahc chains Of matrimony
that tie poor. IdtGfUl. pleading woman
to such man rs that.
Yes, there are many better negroes
In this community than some of the
white folks had rather depend upon
them in time OF trouble My daughter
would trust her two little children with
her sarvnnt. ClA:iSsy, as willingly a.
with most any white woman she could
hire. ClaIiSSy IS kind. watNhful an
affectionate and ths children love he.
She is a good servant, and you will fud
such in almost every family that is able
to hire one. All such negroes are con
tented and have the comforts Of lifH
in their homes A good negro will give
the sidewalk to a man who he respects
and will tip his hat to him. Sofa!
equality is not wanted nor expected.
Social equality is not a fixed. universal
privilege in any race or people. |
would step aside and give the Sidewalk
to a King u A president or any great
man. am not enVious because II n
man can travel In his private car. /
rerogrfze the. i&&t that an in an hun.-
be walk nf lie and must not ntruda.
And 50 an one Of the o,d-timers VINO
require the zane respect to be sh2wn
to me by The negroes now that they eX-
hibited 8n the 0'den time. No more no
less. Those WHO do not DO ii are the
negroes whom we hate; for those who
do, we have regard that is akin -
affection, ard we would defend and pro-
tect them Here is Sam Henderson,
who gardens smd chops wood for half
dozen families and they are all his
friends and would help him in time of