The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-04-08
BENNETTSV1LLE S. c.. FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 1904
SOME lE GOOD ADVICE
Given the Negroes by Preacher of
Tasir Own Color.

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Tasir Own Color.
WE MUsT DIGNITY LABOR.
This Isl tiss Crucioal Period 70,
tho Negsp Race. Safe Lead
ere 6hd Wise Counsel
4prs Needed.
The follotsfng is an extract taken
from a seril5n delivered in Augusta,
Ga, recentlg at Tabernacle Baptist
church by tie Rev. DR.. c. Il. Walker
to the colofsd Knights of Pythias, as
we find 81. n the Chronicle of that
city. His subject was "Scne Ways
Of Improving the Condition of the
Negro Raca.. The sermon is full of
good adyiceito the colored people:
THAT mr. people the intelligen t,
tndustrioisn ones are dissatisfied, ner-
vously restless with present conditions
i'll this country, no sensible negro will
deny, that5they have suffered enough
to be discouraged, most white men
will admit,as
My race is passing through cru
cial period;$it Is a period of adjust
ment. The race needs safe leaders.
and wise %counsellors. Sensational
sermons and incendiary utterances
will nlysinetease our enemies and re-
tard our pgegress. Our salvation i'm
this countr@ will depend upon our be-
ing God-feacing, lawabiding, intelli-
gent, industrious citizens. Our sue
cess will n!b be in conflict with the
dominant FACE, but in concord and
cooperation. with the hest people Of
this country North and South, East
and west. We are suffering as race
from the lawless and vicious element
among us, from dishonest politicians
in and out,Df the race, from modern
fanatics, from unwise leaders, and
sensational newspapers.
line negro has trends in the South
as we'll as in the North, or he could
not remain4in the South. There are
their farms, and 5000 part owners
OF farms, with $4,000 tenants on
farms. The banks that are conducted
by the race in the South, and there
are hundrc is of negroes throughout
the South conducting business, who
can get anss amount of credit and en-.
conragemen5 from their Southern
white friends,
The invtlcible and uncomfortable
American nation believes in progress
Ours is Christian nation Justice,
equal andseEact justice, will yet hold
an even balAnce. AS the negro makes
progress, betomes intelligent, accumu-
lates, saves and invests his money
wisely, refuses to shield criminals and
condone rlme, as he draws the line
beta eel ? issn'9d and the bad in his
race, eliminates Ghe idle and criminal
classes, he will have the sympathy.
help and encouragement of good peo-
pie, North, South, East and West
Already the great metropolitan jour
nails of this country have done great
work in favor of our race, and the pres
ent condition is but manual train
ing school from which the race will 90
prepared to face and grapple with the
great problems of life
Does the present warrant a hopeful!
future? Yes, there are stars of promise
on nights horizon. Elijah's servant
saw patch Of CLOUD in the heavens
the size of Il mans haud, but he told
Ahab to hurry home for the rain was
coming. Let my pessimistic friends
stop talking about the dark future,
and, like men, face the problems OF
life. Act we'll their part and teach
the race to rise by their own efforts
and eXertions
"We should not only seek employ
ment for our people, and discourage
vagrancy, but we should make en-
ployment We should organize stock
companies, and inaugurate busine IS
enterprises, and in that way train our
men and women in business. Why
can't my race conduct grocery stores,
shoe stores, dry goods and clothing
stores as well as others people? Why
should not colorcd women stand be-
hind as clerks, cashiers, bookkeepers,
floor walkers, and superintendent as
wells as other people. Frugality is
also necessary. The man who makes
So. 90 and saves one fourth of what he
earns is better off than the man who
makes $500 and spends all. My
people need not expect help from
political parties through presidential
messages. They must expect hell
from their farms and their variou.
hncinpsc aptnrnriS
We must dignity labor The labor
ing man Is the backbone and sinew o
uhiS country. Christ was a laborer
He was called the carpenter and tn,
carpenters son. His life was Il bus,
one; He said must work while it i
day. He employed the idlers. sen
them into his vineyard and paid them
ldleneSS is curSe-it breeds mSchic
and crime. 1t is the busy man tina,
is always wanted. Moses was herd
ing Jethro'S flock when God called
him to be his ambassador to the cour
of Egypt, he received divine credcn
tials, became the greatest human
legislator the world has ever produc
ed; he was Israel's emancipation ant
their successful leader until God call
ed him to Nebos summit and kissc:
him to sleep. Elisha was busy plow
ing ~ yoke Of oxen, when he wa
called to the prophetic Office to sue
cecd Elijah. David, the shepherc
boy, was called to the Office of king
Amos, the herdsnau, to the prophc
tic office. Daniel the slave was mad