The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1902-12-06
VIEWS OF THE PEOPLE.
Continued from 4th paoe.


e. gro renters paid a direct tax Of on
70 u0ilar, as also the negro's half q
:, al snare cotton. The only cottol
! on which he did not pay a direc
; TAX was one-half the share Gro,
= ana that raised for wages or o.
- the lay by plan.
: Assuming this to have been b
per cent. of the total crop-and j
Z .hlnk this is liberal allowance
we have LETT the sum of $l39. 7O6 OC
pau by the negro as a direct tax
m the four countiss Of this dis
trIct alone. The amount expended
On negro education in the entire
,' i' ~ laced, / believe, at about
SNOO.O.00 All | have is in the
SOL OF Washington county, and |
100 know something of the bur
, dehs OF taxation, but | h ID rather
see the Delta alone pay to the hill
ss'lion vi the state the aullre
ailleuat expedited on negro educa-
u 'h' tnan see any such mischief
breeding experiment attic m ted by
our people.
J A moment S reflection will show
no" Ultimately tbs negro is asst :
r,aleI "lth VIC Business life Vi tie
liza, ana III now many WAYS lis
usefulness is increased by his abil-
ily 10 ieau ana wll,e. Take this
Own tor example: lock at its OF.
efs, diaymell, DEM clymen, car
pihlals, masuas, painters. tInlicy-
IS "a cotton factors, uuyers. etc. !:
All to mind the hundred and one
Says in which we daily find t ese
~ k useiul, and then try t. i'm
.gl.ic what an lnl> rnal nuisa .Se II
'oulu De II We could n1l l.ck up,
'ht never we Wa t. MN, 4 nulk. v |
Tho could read I'D VIZ %. 1l.e
egro rs tne mudslll ot the Dylta's |
rosperliy. his contented res. ice
t < one h ng essential 10 its
ature development, ard this sec
ION is not likely TO counter ,nce
ny attempt calculated to d sturb
ne friendly feeling which now
larks the relations between the
aces here. 81 eaking Of our race
Citations, what warrant did Mr..
,arlaman have tor his assertion
nat no man inhis audience woull
lare leave his home UNPROTECTED
It n ght, for fear Of negro violene
How many white women ha Q
cen assaulted in this county, a d
hen? Such statement calls for
o Argument simply appeal to
ne Judgment Of his healeis for
NE lacts, and to the columns of
lis own paper for their partial e1
lanation by DR.. B. F. Ward.
| am no enthusiast on the s. b.
ect OF negro education, not a
III u IL, ana l thlnk that lUr the
masses u the race so-called higher
ducatlon is all moonshine. | SIM
jly contend that, measured by
whatever standard we please the
e.sro b. his daily labor, by the art
le plays in developing our re-
ources, by his presence as !.
arge, important and contented ele-
nent of our population, earns,
nd is entitled to, all the educa-
ion he receives at our hands, -
nd that in justice to ourselves as 1
yell as to him we cannot afford to
el rive him Of any part Of it. ]
$50 maintain that the educated I
egro is not an enemy TO the
-hlte man, and in support of this I
cite the student of the state S his 4
Dry to the part played by B. K.
'ruce during the reconstruction Z
avs, to the stand take by Isaiah 4
'. Montgomery in the last consti- )
ltional convention, and to his Z
ublic defenses Of his former mas a
II. Mr.. Davis, to John r. Har- ,
S stand in the Legislature, of 'Ss z
believe, on the Confederate mon 4
ment bill, and to thel wise, gen )
'ous and most valued letter OF z
Iran L. Revels to Fresidenl q
rant. at that critical period OF >
II history when Mr.. Lamar's first Z
ection to the senate was about I, q
cont s.ed. INSCRIPTIONS white >
en- carpet baggers and scala y
ags have more sins to answer for
our history than the negroes
ho became their dupes and tools.
1t may not be out Of | lace fCl
e to say that I am not i'll politics, y
i'll the remotest sense OF the
RIM. | have no personal ends to q
rye no favors tc ask-no axe to =
intl-no irons in the pohticd. z
c-and never eXI Get to have.
thus venturing these reflections =
Jon matter which r gard as OF
M consequence to tha reOl lie
this state, ! am actual d by Ii,
Irl.Cse ct than that 50 ably
by NJ . Van,iama' 4
lilstli the discharge Of what Ii,
5 rightly declared 10 be enc o.
e highest duties Of the citizel
private life, the honest, fair,
prejudiced, imlersonal discu@-
II Of questions pertaining 10 tht >
bile welfare.
ALFRED H. STONE.
Gr,enville, Miss