The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1902-08-20

~ DuI now we are reduced To the regul
n family of five and have but little
g cook and can get along on two meals
@ day. My wife arranged it for me
4 fire up the stove and fill up the kettl,
k and grind the coffee and put on u
Q hominy, and then ring the bell f,
!, the girls to get up and finish up I'll
Q breakfast. She said that if L felt liz
e it L might sweep out the hall and IL
Q front veranda and settle up the fror
0 room.
Well, of course, had to split u
some kindling and bring in the stov
wood, but am getting along fairl
well and my wife thinks the exercis
is dong me good. Last night she hint
ed that the verauda was badly tracke
up since the rain and needed goo
, washing. So this morning [ turne
loose the hose pipe on it and she prais
ed me right smart, and brought he
some roses from my garden. We let he
sleep until breakfast is ready, for sh
cleans up her room and makes up tw
beds and then sews all day for tn,
grandchildren. But want that col
ored house party to break up as sool
as possible, for don't banker afte
this morning business as regular job
Mrs. Mlmms says she likes it, and
think she does. She has good room
in the back yard and good furniture
and good lamp to read by, and he,
little grandson lives with her, and ]
don't know of any colored woman
that has better time. In fact,
know of lots of good negroes in town
who are contented with their situation
and will continue so if they are let
alone by the Northern fanatics and
Southern cranks.
What craze has come over that man
Sledd to cause him to write such fool
piece for the Boston ulagazlne2 What
good can it possibly do, even if it was
true2 But it is not true and only the
product of diseased imagination. 1
l would write hard things about him,
but for his family connections. For
their sa.kke he had better have sia0thored
his feelings and his pen. The Allan
tic Monthly has never shown any love
for the South, and why he should BE-
lect that as his organ passeth compre-
henslol. Professor Sledd says the ne
SiO 10 OH lulOlloI laCOs LhOh uOSo
he insist that we give him space in
our own churches and hotels and rail-
road cars2
Twas the work of the Creator that
made him inferior, and he will remain
so-and neither education nor mis-
cegenation will ever change it so far
as social equality is concerned. Moses
violated the law of God when he mar
ried that Ethiopian woman, and he
had to discard her, and Aaron and
Miriam chided him for it long after
wards. Numbers, xii. The story goes,
according to Josephus, that the Egyp
tians were at war with the Ethiopiars
and had suffered defeat in every bat
tie until Pharaoh was advised that no
one could command his Amy success
fully but Moses. So Moses was given
command and he marched with the
army to the borders of Ethiopia and
met the enemy and defeated them and
marched on to Saba, the royal city, and
attacked the walls, and Tharbis, the
daughter of the king, saw Moses from
the window of her tower, and he was
so handsome she fell desperately in
love with him and sent messenger
to him to say that If he would marry
her she would surrender the city and
army TO him.. Moses agreed to this
and their marriage was at once consum-
mated. Then Moses returned with
his victorious army TO- Egypt. He did
not take with him his Ethiopian wife,
but not long after he married Zipporah,
the daughter of Jethro, the Midianite.
SO we must suppose that Moses mar
ried the Ethiopian princess as war
measure and with no idea of keeping
his promise. AT any rate it caused
trouble and shame in the family, and
so it has done ever since whenever a
white person mates with negro.
What monstroGs falsehood to say
that the Southern negro is dehuman-
lied. Right here in our town every
negro mechanic is employed at good
wages. Blacksmiths, carpenters, ma
sons, painters, draymen are all busy.
Cooks, nurses and washerwomen find
constant employment-and they are
not contented. but sometimes dare
to be merry and laugh. Where did
Sledd get all that rot about kicking
and cursing and beating the negroesp
We never hear of such treatment in
this region. Mr.. Milan, truthful gen.
tleman, whose business keeps him on
the street, told me the other day that
he had heard but one oath uttered
by anybody within year, and that
was by q Northern man towards ne
gro who asked him civil question
Dehumanlzed, indeed! Ask Tribble
and Brown who give their shops the
most patronage. What ridiculous
folly TO demand seats in our churches
for the negroes. They have churches OF
their own that were built mainly by the
charity of the white folks. They DOM
want seats in our churches. They have
schools of their own that we support
and they have excursions and baseball
and watermelons and funerals anC
Daughters of Zion.
oh, for shame on Sleddl :. / pity hi
family and his kindred. He thinks h,
has found mare's nest, and for lacl
of something fresh has raked up San
Hose again. He laments tile lynch
ings, but not the outrages, and he pro
: poses a remedy. Mr.. Sledd can set thi
down that the lynchings will not stoI
until the outrages do. When negr
dehumanizes himself and becomes
beast he ought to be lynched, whethe
, il is Sunday Oh Monday. Let the lynch
!, ing go on. This is the sentiment Q
. our people, and let Boston and Th
Atlantic Monthly and Sledd howl. w
are used to that. Not long ago W