The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1901-05-22
BILL ARP'S IDEA OF RoAsTs
The Ignorance OF the Northern
People About the Negroes.

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People About the Negroes
Roasts! That is newspaper wor,
lor large headlines. 1t attracts atten
ton like fire. Criticise wouldent do
lhe reporter must have word thai
burns or scorchcs. There is n GOO
deal OF this roasting going on. The
Governor roasts the Yankees who
come prying around, DIR. Parkhurst
ana Broughton roast the Governor,
ana the negro preacher, Lampkins,
rOasts Parkhurst. 1t looks like every
BODY and everything has to prey on
something. The eagle catches the
hawK; the hawk catches the chicken
ana the chicken gobbles up the worms
and the bugs. Everybody and every
thing is IN constant peril and il is we'll
we don't know 1t, for it would make
us very miserable. The people of
Galveston and Jacksonville cscaped
The worst aillictions-thc dread storm
ana hrc-the agony of fear and apprc.
BENSON. What noble and generous
deed it was for Galveston TO do-to
give 81 800 to Jacksonville. What
rcdeemlnS trait in our Northern cities
to give help to the SOuthcr sufferers
think | think more of them than
think do. There is still a power of
good in human nature everywhere and
L reckon that Ogden Il Co. had GOOD
intentions when they came dow, to in
spcct us. The trouble with those oco-
PIE Is that they think they know m ore
about us than we know ourselves and
are surprised when they find us
civilized and respectable peop.c. Dir.
tarkhurst admitted that he had never
Deen South before. They know less
about us than they do about the
French or the Germans or the Chinese.
ana they know nothing about the
negro. One of them remarked: "Thesc
neguros seem to be quite happy. |
near them laughing quite mcrrily at
the dapo. | had supposed that they
were very miserable, indeed"
Now, Dr. Parkhurst says that we
hate the negro and say so, but the
Northern man prctends to love him |
and lies about it, The DR.. Is mistaken. |
we do not hate the negro. We hate
The mean ones, whom the North has
but there are lots of
lhefn in every community whom we
nave respect for and who are good.
useful, lawabiding citizens. We can
PICK out scores in our town who are
useful and industrious and pay respect
% the respectable white people. For
many of these we have more regard
han for Pat Banks and all his sort.
,at breaks into Jail and breaks out.
'at broke into the Chaingang and
vent down to see the prison commits
ion, and begged him out for his wifo's
axe and paid his way home, and he
las been in Jail or the calaboosc or the
managing ever since, and yet his poor
vie sticks to him and follows him with
Ter little children when he runs away.
Ihey are hid out somewhere now and
'obody cares for them. Oh, the bonds
the chains of matrlmony that tie
'oor, pitiful, pleading woman to such
! man as that.
Yes, there arc many better negroes
n this community than some of the
ihlte folks. | had rather depend upon
hem i'll time of trouble. My daugh-
cr would trust her two little children
'lth her servant, Clarssy, as willing
as with most any white woman she
ould hire. Clarissy is kind, watchful
nd aifcctionate and the children love
cr. She is good servant, and you
illl lind such in almost every family
hat is able TO hire one. All such nc
rocs are contcntcd and have the COM
orts of life in their homes. A GOOD
eSro will give the sidewalk to a man
'hom he respects and will tip his hat
o him. Social equality is not wanted
or expected.
Social equality is not fixed, unvcr-
al privilege i'll any race or people. |
would step aside and give the sidewalk
o king or president or any great
nan. L am not cnvious because rich
nan can travel in his private car. |
ccoSniZc the fact that am in an hum
'ler walk of life and must not intrldc.
And so L am one of the Old-timc
masters who require the same respect
o be shown to me by the negroes now
hat they exhibited in the olden time.
No more, no less. Those who do not
10 it are the negroes whom we hate;
or those who do, we have a regard
hat is akin to affection, and we would
''iShd anu pIOlCCI lllcn. 1iCre ls
sam Henderson, who gardens and
,hops wood for half dozen families,
md they are all his friends and would
lelp him III time of need.
What Il college education is doing
or this generation of negroes | am at
: loss to know. If | have ever seen
onc of them he was not at work. This
hing of education is changing so rapid.
y that we old-timcrs can't keep up
with it. The most important feature
Of it now seems to be kicking or batting
a ball, and some of the colleges send
Their boys 500 miles away to play
game. l had hoped that the Tech boys
would come out good mechanics, but
they don't seem to have time to do
anything but play ball. The develop
mcnt of the muscles Of the arms and
the legs is very important. Such boys
are needed in every town and city for
tiremcn and to Iun with the hose reel
and climb the ladders, so / reckon it is
all right hope so.
But we are all getting along fairly |
well now and in the enjoyment of more |
blessings than curses. The weather is
delightful, the flowers are in bloom,
the garden DrOsDcriup and we arc