Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-01-03
sUPPLANTINa THE NEGRO.
Now Being Superseded In Domestic
Service by Whites.

Service by Whites.
The introduction Of the white do
mestic In the service Of one Of the
prominent hotels of Memphis is an
other straw in the wind pointing to
the Punishment Of the negro from the
cities Of the south.
Southern steamboat men commenced
this battle Of color In the south when
they attempted to substitute the white
rouster for the negro. That they have
thus far failed is only an incident The
attempt is significant feature.
Following this first slxirmish be-
tween the races came the formation
Of the Housekeepers' club, for the ex-
press purpose Of bringing the battle
into the homes of the southern people.
Now the line Of war is extended to
the places Of public entertainment.
That the white domestics are being
cheerfully, nay. enthusiastically, well
coined Is shown In q certain rivalry
between two hotels in this vicinity as
to which was first to discard the ne
gro and bring on the white girl.
A hotel Of West Point, Miss, tele-
graphs: "The guests were agreeably
surprised by the appearance Of full
corps Of German dining room girls,
who arrived here twelve hours In ad-
vance Of the change made by the
Memphis hotel. West Point congratu-
lates Memphis on being close second
in this movement"
It is understood that the House
keepers club is endeavoring to make
arrangements with the Memphis hotel
manager to establish a bureau Of Inn
migration so equipped that 1t can pro-
vide white person to take the place
Of every negro domestic in the city.
It is declared that this bureau meets
with the eager approval Of housekeep-
ers, who have been and are now kept
in mental anxiety and physical distress
because of the incapacity and instabil-
ity Of the negro domestic.
Not satisfied with the formidable at
tack upon. the Industrial and domestic
intrenchments of the negro. the white
races have, like Hannibal, carried the
war to Rome. They have thrown
sharpshooters into the plantations and
are thus disputing the negro's useful
ness in those strongholds heretofore
deemed impregnable to white attack.
Thus, all along the line the battle is
on. The negro must now fight for his
very existence. Those imperfections
which opened the way for the white
invasion will doubtless cause him soon
to flee the cities for the plantations,
where his virtues are stronger and his
Of less personal inconvenience.
Incapacity, responsibility, instabil-
ity-and the chiefest Of these Is insta-
the imperfections that have
the fight. Looking upon
the negro as Of greatly inferior race,
the southern whites are inclined toex-
cuse incapacity in him. A mistakenl
spirit of generosity encourages ire
sponsibility, but the instability pinchS
es the employer both in pocket and
IN personal comfort. II also strikes a
blow at his pride and tears on pin
nacle in the temple of happiness de-
voted to his women. He cannot for
give this characteristic In the negro,
and it will prove the negro's downfall.
The south chided the negro over
duties half-performed; 1t has shown
a disposition to laughingly toss a dol
lar to the lazy and the trifing; but
whenever It faces the instability Of
the race, 1t grows serious. There Is
no disposition among them to win a
In any occupation, no
to settle themselves firmly |
amid their surroundings. No personal
comforts can win them; no personal
retain them. On the contra |
", they look upon consideration as a |
weakness, and instead Of returning |
gratitude for favors, are more than apt |
% meet them with injury.
White domestics may import fail
ngs that the southern housekeeper
low experiences to a minimum degree,
'uch as a certain "uppishness" and
possible impertinence; but the white
ace is amenable to kindness and
and the white race has
yell-defined ambitions which serve as
10 many anchors upon which reliance
nay be placed. They will win an easy
'ictory IN the southern home. for there
he negro has been weighed in the
cales Of patience and is found want
ng-Memphis Scimitar.