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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-11-10

Raleigh Christian Advocate.
The last number OF the South Atl2nuc
Quarterly has not reached this Office. con
seouently. we knew nothing OF Dr. Ba>-
sets article on the negro question until
this week, when il was condemned by the
News and Observer 81 sunday, hy the
Timse on Monday afternoon, and the
Morning Post on Tuesday. DR.. Ha~sett,
if he is rightly interpreted. takes strange
and extreme grounds on the rac n CUES
ton, and makes statements which cannot
be anything else than unfortunate IN the
midst of the strained social situation which
the people OF the South now confront. Al
the same time We take pleasure IN saying
from personal knowledge that Whatever
defects in Judgment DIR. Bassett may have
shown, his heart is al right. He 5 a low
able Christian man Of great ability. We
are sorry that the article was published
orry because we think that the able writer
IS mistaken in his views: sorry because
of DR.. Bassett himself; sorry for the sake
of that peace between the white mar and
negro which thousands Of both colors IN
the South are trying to establish. Under
the circumstances. we do not feel like no
ticing the article IN eXtenso. II the points
in the article are true, we do not think il
wise TO give them further publicity by
denying or attacking them. II they are
not true, the sooner they are forgotten
the better. II DR.. Bassett has been mlsln-
terpreted, it would be nothing but simple
justice for all to withhold criticism until
he have the opportunity Of explaining
He has said nothing that should affect
his standing as a Christian gentleman, yet
we think that it would be a grave mistake
for him to ignore the situation.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-11-10

boro. The only thing Tor Bassett 10 do Is
10 move North and let the curtain drop.
We clip the following from the Tarporo
Sortherner:
Bassett'S father came from Virginia.
He was a contractor. Here he built the
store OF w. 8. Clark G Son. the present
residence OF DR.. l. l.. station and other
buildings. It was while here that the
sen. with more mouth than brains, was
born. The family moved from here too
early for John to imbibe any OF the Ster-
Ing qualities that characterize the na-
tives OF this county.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-11-10
1.-The Logical Outcome.
(Webster's Weekly }

Holy martyrs! Booker Washington a greater
man than Kllgo! Our head swims. Surely
that is carrying the thing too far. Yet 1t is
the discovery of DR.. Bassett, a member of
the faculty of Trinity College. The State
papers are roasting him, and even the Raleigh
Post says his usefulness is at an end. Well,
we'll.
But seriously, this thing is logical. First,
Duke robs the people; then he establishes
an institution and endows it; the professors.
independent of the public as to salary, pro-
coed to ignore it and make asses of them
selves under the delusion that they are great
original investigators of sociological prob
lens. They first discover that Thomas JET
ferson is not only greatly overated, but a
monster, and now that Booker WASHINGTON
is the greatest man, with one exception, that
the South has produced in century,
The Methodists ought to get rid of the whole
outfit or invite Booker up and make him
president and open the doors to the coming
race, whom Professor Bassett says can not
be denied equality or account of their flat
noses and black skins. Why the delay?
The wife of Trinity professor has said
that with two exceptions every professor at
Trinity is a free thinker. Let them be free
thinkers; but for Gods sake let the Metho-
dist Church withdraw from the whole mess
its seal of approval.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-11-10
FALLEN on STRANGE TINES.

Roxboro Courier.
Our people have indeed fallen upon
strange times when a North Carolnian,
q professor in a leading institution OF
learning, should so far forget himself a.
TO favor social equality between the white
and black races. and to extol a negro as
heing the greatest man, with the eNceL-
ton Of General Robert E. Lee. born N
the South in a hundred years.
We have always been taught TO regard the
African race as inferior TO the Anglo
Saxon. and may God forbid that we ever
disgrace ourselves as Dr.. B2sSett las done
himself, and think that a negro Is Is
good as We are. There are thousands
throughout North Carolina and the South
that think as We do, and Will not hold
to the views advanced by Or. BasSett.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-11-10
CHAIR OF HISTORY IN B0OKER's
SCHOOL.

Litteton NeWs-Reporter.
No man of sound judgment and q far
amount OF information believes the dec
l~aration made by Prof. Bassett respect
ing Booker Washington's greatness to be
true. We do not knoW his reason for ma
ing the statement, perhaps he feels that
he is of sufficient force and influence to
settle the race problem for the Amerlc J
people. and settle it in favor OF Booke,
and his other disciples-but this view
OF it would only show the ignorance OF
Prof Bassett, and makes it probable that
he desires the Chair Of History IN Book
er Washington's school. II he wants that
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-11-10
TWO NEGRO
Salisbury Sun

Salisbury Sun
The Stanly Enterprise joins the vast ma
jority of the State press IN condemnation
of the utterances Of Prof. Bassett, OF
Trinity College, who pronounced Booker
Washington the greatest man, with the
exception Of Robert E.. Lee, the South has
produced in one hundred years. Con-
t~inuing the Enterprise says:
"Washington is undoubtedly the great
est man his W race has produced, and
o man of vast amount of usefulness"
With full appreciation OF the service
Washington has rendered his race we
doubt II he measures up to the ate DR..
j. c.. Price, the founder OF Livingstone
College. DR.. Prices work was undertaken
at a time when race feeling in the South
was infinitely more intense than now.
There was no wealth to speak of in the
South, but undaunted by this fact and
the existence of racial antagonism he set
about securing funds, and Livingstone
College is a monument to his zeal and
concern for his race. DR.. Price was kindly
received and his ability won for him
conspicuous recognition in England. He
had more native ability than Washington,
far surpassed him as an orator and pos
sessed to d greater degree the elements OF
leadership. With all the attention shown
him his head was never turned and he
| never lost sight of the unbrldgable chasm
between the races in so far as their social
! relations are concerned. He tOl.ed earn
estly with his people, impressing upon
them the Importance of industry and the
necessity for mental development. All
this he did unostentatiously. Today some
of the greatest negroes OF the United
States are young men who drew their IN
spiration from J.. c.. Price.
A mans greatness can only be meas
ured by his influence on posterity and by
! this standard Booker Washington has.
fallen far short of results attained, even
under u~nfavorable conditions by DR..
Price.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-11-10
TAKING PROF. BASSETT TOO SERr-
OUSLY.
Norfolk Virginian-Pilot.

Norfolk Vlrglnlan- Pilot.
Several contemporaries are more or
less nccnsed because of a paper by Prof.
Jcnn S. Bassett in the current number
OF the South Atlantic Quarterly, in the
course Of which the declaration is made
that Booker Washington is the greatest
man born in the South in a century. ex-
cept Robert E. Lee. Mr.. Bassett is pro-
fessor Of history IN Trinity college, at
Durham, and some of the North Carolina
papers are loudly demanding his dismissal
from the faculty on the ground that a man
holding such views is unfit to teach
Southern young men.
The Virginian-Pilot finds itself unable
to share in all this indignant outburst.
because It is unable to take Mr.. Bassett
or his views seriously. In northern Uni
versities there has developed within the
last few years what, for lack of a mora
definite tenn. NAY be called the yellow
~pedagOgue. Usually an overeducated mar
of mediocre parts who cannot win genuine
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-11-10
FOLLY IN WIsDOM's GARB

FOIlLT IN WISDOMS GARB-
Norfolk Landmark.
Yesterday we referred to the editorial
ecstasy OF the New York Evening Post
over certain articles in the last number Of
the South Atlantic Quarterly, M par
tlcularly over one by the editor OF the
Quarterly, DR.. John Spencer Bassett, OF
Trinity College, Durham, n. c..
The Evening Post quoted with zesr
the statement of Prof. Bassett that BooS-
er Washington, taking him all in ali,
is the greatest man, save Robert E Lee.
born in the South during the last ere
hundred years. That is disgusting enough.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-11-10

position there will be no protest among
self-respecting white people of the South.
LAMENTABLY LACKING IN SCHOLAR
SHIT.
Newton Enterprise.
One of the striking sentences Of Prof.
Bassett's article asserted that, with the
exception of Robert E. Lee. Booker
Washington is the greatest man that has
been born In the South during the last
hundred years. This was extremely alb
surd, and shows the Professor as lamenta-
bly, lacking III scholarship and learning,
as he is IN propriety and common sense.
But this is the least important feature Of
the monstrosIty. 1t prescrlbes social
equality as the solution of the race prob
lem, and predicts the acceptance of thar
solution. Who is B~asset6, anyway? Is
he a Southerner or an Importation?
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-11-10
ONE SENSIBLE THING.

StateSville Landmark.
But the professor does say one sensl-
bic thing. It Is tbs: The writer las
no solution OF the negro problem He does
not think it can be solved by writing
magazine articles or making speeches.
Now if Prof. Bassett had adopted that
sentiment and never written the article
which viii do no good but may do much
harm il would have been infinitely better
all round.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-11-10
NOBODY CLAIMS HIM
wilson News.

According to the Tarboro Southerner
John Bassett. a professor at Trinity Col
lege was born in the good old county
OF Edgecombe, and according to ti,
Goldsboro Argus, Bassett's father came to
Goldsboro When Bassett was quite youns.
The Argus thanks God that BaSsett wasn't
bern In Goldsboro, and the Southerrer
is equally glad he didn't remain in Tar
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-11-10

Greensboro Record.
How are Kilgo and Ba~s.tt 81. go. D.
gether and decide on who .a the |ee
man in the country. Kl.Eo says .#
the man; Baseett says Booker Haa..
ton is the chap. We hope the aa.....
be settled without blood-heI.
COULD PROVE 1T If BEING TIKI.
FOR MURDER.
Greensboro Telegram.
1t is up to Prof. Baseett u5~ '.
a case Of temporary insanity.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-11-10
NOT FIT TO TEACH WHITE BOYS

I.ouisburg Times.
Anv man who has no more sense lhSn
10 saw that Booker Washington is the
greatest man born in The South. excepting
General r. Z. Lee. is certainly not a III
man to teach the rising generation 81
white boys in North Carolina. and &c
sooner such a man Is asked to retire iroE
It's faculty. the better 1t VIII be Tor the
institution with which he IS connected
II Trinity expects 10 continue %
get the boys OF the State the trustees VIII
certainly have To be q little more car
lll in the selection Of ITS faculty.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-11-10

"a contend with IN the last lev years
without having IN stand sponsor Tor bAs-
sett.
North Carolina IS in the lead again
a. usual. This time she has produced tie
greatest freak OF the age. Jehh spehSF'
Ras-ett J. his name.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-11-10

FOOLS, FRAUDS AND FANATICS.
G~reenyille Reflector.
To the disgust Of all decent people,
another fanatic on the race question has
sprouted in North Carolina. This time it
is Prof. John Spencer Bassett, of the
chair of history of Trinity College. As a
rule North Carolinians are little given to
making promiscuous fools Of themselves,
but when one does begin to feel that buz-
zing noise in the place where his brains
ought to be he generally goes the whole
hog.
Such is the case with Prof. Bassett,
who. in the South Atlanti Quarterly, de
clares that Booker Washington is the
greatest man born In the South in d hun
dred years, except General Robert E. Lee,
and that the negroes will eventually force
social equality. The Trinity Solomon goes
on in the above strain at length, and slam
ders and defames the South and Southern
sentiments in every word he writes.
Candidly, we are ashamed that such a
measly mind should belong to one who is
connected with one of the States proudest
seats of learning. If Trinity is what it has
always been considered in the South it ;
head will droop in shame for having har-
bored a spectacular viper. who insults the
time-cherished ideals of North Carolina
and the South. We blush for Trinity.
OF course Prof. Bassett's diatribe will
have but one effect-it will Simply feed
the fire of race hatred, that is now and
ever has been kept alive by fools, fra';ds
and fanatics. The professors glory in his
Incend:ary utterances will fade quickly,
but he has added his load Of fuel TO the
flames, and we find ourselves wishing that
he could live long enough to suffer in them
for his misdeeds.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-11-10
SHOULD RECONSIDER AND REVISE
Biblical Recorded.

SHOULD RECONSIDER AND REVISE
Biblical Recorded.
AS We surmised, DR.. Bassett's article
Stirring up the Fires OF Race Antipa-
Thy" has become the subject of sensation
1t IS the most radical, deliberate utter
arce that has been heard from a Southern
nan, and we are not surprised that the
protests against 1t are vigorous and pas
s%ionate. DR.. Bassett holds that the negro
will yet win equality; and he declares
Booker Washington the greatest man
born in the South in a hundred years.
He also predicts conflict and trouble.
The negro never will win equality. North
or South. He has lost for years steadily
in the North, and he las had nothing
to lose IN the South. We deeply regret
that DR.. Bassett arises at this time to
fire the negro race with this deluslon-a
time when the negro IS getting rid of e.
Nor do we believe that Booker Washine
ton is SO great a man. He IS the greatest
negro up to date, but any comparison
with white men is defective and uncalled
for II Washington were a white man
ana had white men to cope with, a CON-
parisOn could be made. How much G.
his distinction and emiiience is due To
the dark background against which he
stands, no one can estimate; but our iii
preston IS that were he white he Wouif
be practically unknown. We hope that
the Trinity Professor will reconsider and
revise his u~tterance. OF his good intentions
there can be no doubt. He IS acting uu-
der humane impulses; but his conciu.
s!ons are false to the facts and to his
better nature.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-11-10
SHOULD PACK HIS PACK FOR II
r
Kings Weekly.

Kings Weekly.
Poor Trinity. Its cup of misfortune Is
running over. One OF its professors IS q
soldering negropolist and should be EN-
ployed by Booker at Tuskegee. If Trlnl-
~ retains It's social equality Bassett
white people should keep their boys away.
Bassett should pack his pack for Liberia,
where he might find his element.
BETTER FOLLOW BOOKERS AID
VICE.
Warren Record.
The Professor IS surely mapping. It Is
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-11-10
WITH BOOKER?

Greenville Reflector.
Maybe Prof. Bassett was fishing for
an invitation to dine at the White House.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-11-10
DOWIE n BASSETT.

Wilson News.
1t Dr.. Dowie and Prof. Bassett were both,
put IN a bag and shook, we do not know
which would fall out first.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-11-10
FUNGUS GROWTH.

Wilson Times.
This good old State has had an over
Plus of such fellows as Prof. John S.
Bassett, who disgraces Trinity College.
HIS utterances concerning Booker Wash
ington while they will not affect Booker
or sensible negroes, has a ~tendcrcv 10 put
tool notions INTO the heads Of negroes
who have just about as much sense as
B2esett.
We a carpet-baggers and rcccnstruc.
ton IN rs, Fusionism in &c, and here we
have Bassett in 1909. They arc all enc
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-11-10
INSULT TO THE SOUTH.
Smithfield Herald.

Some of the sentences in Bassetts article
are an insult to the best people of the
South.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-11-10

Tarb0ro Snuthcrncr.
When Prof. John $. Baesa.t.. 81. -
College, stated in ~" Sous. .
Quarterly thar Booker T II .....
was the greatest man saws r.. @
the South IN n hundred wears
himself to be tho create
world since the equestrian pert rig
OF Palaam.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-11-10
INSULTS THE MANHOOD AND WO-
MANHOOD.

Watauga Democrat.
AS President Roosevelt kindled a fame
of Indignation in the breast Of every true
American citizen by dining Booker Wash
ington, so has Prof. Bassett, of Trinity
College, lnsulted the manhood and wo-
manhood of the South by an article pub
lished in the South Atlantic Quarterly on
the negro question.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-11-10

a pity that Professor Bassett wrote on
this subject unless he could have written
more wisely. notwithstanding all the
worse than nonsense that appeared in the
latest number of the South Atlantic Quar-
terly On this subject we advise the negroes
to follow the wise advice Of Booker Wash
ington. and stick to work.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-11-10
NOT FIT TO INSTRUCT EITHER RACE

Prof. John Spencer Bassett, professor
of history at Trinity College has written
for the South Atlantic Quarterly an arti-
Gle on the race question in the South
which shows him incapacitated for the
position he holds. The directors of the
college ought to demand his resignation.
He is not fit to instruct his own race be-
cause of the low standard he places upon
it, neither is he a proper man to teach the
negro race because he would impart to
them statements that would be ruinnus
to them. He is unfit for an instructor OF
either race.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-11-10
SACRIFICING TRUTH t<.. .
FOR THE PURPOSE dr.
ING ATTENTION

Salisbury Sun.
Prof. John Spencer pr--... F.
College. may nave been
tcrlcty when he wrote ths. w
coption OF Lee. Booker w
greatest man the South has
enc hundred years. Many
him mas chcerfullv sacrifice
decency for the sake q attra..
ton.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-11-10
THE GREATEST FREAK OF THE ACE

vi course the trustees Of Trinity Coz
lege Will demand Bassett's resignation.
II they do not every Southern parent
has a son at the college should or
der the boy to leaye the institution on
the first train.
Surely Trinity College has had enough
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-11-10
TEDDY, BOOKER AND JOHN

TEDDY, n JOHN.
Chapel Hill News.
The thing for DR.. Bassett to do now,
IN way of explanation. is to advocate
Booker Washington for Vice President.
along side his friend Teddy.
The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1903-12-24

derellcts which were menaces to naviga-
ton
Following this work the Cincinnati
fell in with revolutions in Central Amer
ica. South Africa and the West Indies.
The vessel went to Venezuela before the
actual hostilities began there couple
of years ago, and then was ordered to
Colon, Panama, where a battalion of
men was landed who guarded the 18th
mus. The battalion's duties consisted
/, of guarding the port and keeping the
isthmus clear, going from one end TO
the other on armored cars This work
was continued until the fleet of Admiral
Casey came down to Panama on the
Pacific side, when that commander took
charge of operations.
For six weeks the vessel lay off La
Guayra, the port leading to Caracas.
Then the vessel went to Hayti where a
revolution was in progress and landed
men there. The men on the vessel
witnessed the storming of fort and
F "llSil iCIQSOCS (diliC Out III UOdlS luSy
were taken care of by the Cincinnati,
and fed and quartered on board. From
Hayti the vessel went to San Domingo
where revolution had been started. The
revolutions in these parts have been so
numerous that the officers and men GET
mixed in telling of them, especially in
giving dates.
Following her career in Caribbean
waters the Cincinnati went to Norfolk.
Va, to be reftted and then joined Adj
miral Higginson's squadron for the
maneuvers. On January 2, 1908, the
vessel joined Admiral Crowninshield S
squadron which was assigned to the
European station. The vessel cruised
about in the Mediterranean and waters
surrounding Europe until April when
she proceeded to Chefoo, China, and
joined the Asiatic fleet.
silver service aboard presented by the
City of Cincinnati the punchbowl being
verv large and massive, and big enough
to have healths drunk from it by all
the officers of the fleet, with enough to
spare to go around few times more.
CINCINNATI SAW MARTINIQUE
DISASTER.
Perhaps. the most remarkable episode
in the history of the Cincinnati was her
connection with the terrible eruption at
St. Pierre. When the eruption of Mont
Pelee took place the warship was
at San Domingo Orders were given
to proceed at once to the scene of the
disaster, the vessel arriving in the har-
Dor of ST. Pierre four days later.
Lieut. Commander Gilmore, who was
then on the Cincinnati, says that it is
impossible to describe the horror of the
situation. Long before they reached St.
Pierre the sky was overcast and it be-
came so dark that it is was difficult to
locate the island. Dense clouds over
hung the fated place and ashes came
down in clouds. The air had the ap-
pearance of heavy. sitting fog.
The vessel entered the harbor and
passed the British steamer Roraima,
which was even then smoking, COM
plete ruin. The Cincinnati anchored
near the vessel, which afterwards sunk.
Clouds of ashes fell upon the decks until
thew were covered with more than an
inch of fine dust Small particles of
stone dropped ike hail upon the vessel,
and it was difficult to breathe. Many of
the officers and men on the Cincinnati
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