The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-06-15

der the head of his book depart
ment to throw "The Leopard
Spots" and 1.-The Clansman" 'ou
and make my name taboo N hi
shop forever more Then, Oh Lord
will | give thanks, for my wife "iI
never 60 there any more, and
shall be saved! At least, I'll save
from $500 to 81 900 annually!
i If the editor of the State wishes
to test the question Of Mr. Ogden'S
pitifu! negro obsession, let him
challenge the president of the
"Southern" Educational Conference
to give up his ne ro propaganda
restaurant, or resign his presidency
I'll guarantee that negroes will con-
tinue to eat with white ladies in his
stor., and that the Conference Will
find new presiding officer! | may
be mistaken; it is barely possible
that Mr. Ogden's innovation of the
past few years in associating with
Southern white people may have
broadened his mind-but l will not
believe it until | see it.
The State asks why | have de-
layed my attack on the efforts of d
group of good hearted, weak-minded
Yankee philanthIoplsts to pauperize
the educational system of the South
in the interests of negro equality.
Again | will be frank. This
"Southern' educational Society is
composed of many of my warm per
sonal friends, among them Mr. Page,
my publisher. They are in dead
earnest and their aim is high, and,
in the main, good. had hoped
that they might shake eff the in
fluence of such men as Ogden and
the editors of the Northern negro
organs like the Outlook. But it
seems vain hope. The truth is,
these negro propagandists are the
men who secure the funds which
make the Southern" educational
board power to be reckoned with.
As Southerner who loves the
South and the North, and who be-
lieves that the South has performed
a mighty service for this Republic
in preserving our racial integrity in
spite of the efforts of such men as
Mr. Ogden to corrupt it, view with
suspicion the Greeks who bear gifts.
And l venture mildly to suggest
that "Southern" educational
board, with its headquarters in ne-
gro equality restaurant on Broad
way, New York. is legitimate sub
ject of discussion.
The State has been deceived, at
least, about Mr. Ogden, whose real
interests have always been with the
negro during his entire life. He is
the president of the board Of trus
tees of the negro school at Hampton,
and on the board at Tuskegee. If
he were to deny over his signature
his negro loving obsession, it would
raise IL laugh among his friends that
could be heard to Philadelphia. This
soft spot III his brain is so we'll
known here that it is joke, and is
excused by his more robust asso-
ciates as a mild form of insanity.
It's good time for the State to
gracefully withdraw as an Ogdenite
champion. You are not bounu to
keep it up.
Many subtle forces are at work in
America to undermine the barriers
which separate our 100000 Afric-
ans from the white race. There is
enough negro blood here, if allowed
to mix with ours, to drown the ma
tional character at least in a welter
of negroid mongrelism. Neither
liberation, education nor religion can
make negro white man, nor JUS
tify the pollution of our blood with
his.
In my humble Judgment the
most insidious, dangerous move
ment against Southern sentiment
since the war is concealed be ind
the war front of the"Southern" edu-
cational board, with it's millionaire
hackers, of which Mr. Robert c