The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-08-29
Stirring Up Strife.

Stirring Up Strife.
Uhe bitter speech made by the ne
yro Deas in assuming the chairman
ship of the Republican State Conven-
tion IN Columbia recently should fur
nish food for thought for the white peo-
ple of South Carolina, Or rather that
norton Of them that do not agree
with the views expressed by Deas.
After calling the convention to order
Deas made what The State called a
sred bot" speech In which he said the
convention might if it so desired noml-
nate state ticket. Ouher business CT
the convention, he said, was the reor-
ganization Of the State executive com
mittee. In it's report OF the bitter
speech The State says IDEAS warmed
up as be proceeded, raising his voice
to a loud pitch, and declared tha1 II
the putting to flight OF one OF one
greatest powers on earth by the Japa-
nese, a colored race, was not encour-
agement and hopes for the negro' ne
had water in his veins" linen ne
shouted "today is the time Tor Une
drown trodden to climb" which oec-
laration Uhe State says was greeteo
with applause.
Uhen Deas, says Uhe State, palo ms
com mpliments to Senator Uillman ana
the dispensary, asserting that every
man who has touched the rotten dis
pensary, even the distinguished Dem
ocratic State Chairman, had come OUT
dirty" He said that the primary sys-
tenn was a curse; formerly the best ele-
ment could keep down the worst, but
such was not the case now. He SAID
that the negro was no longer plowing
lone yaller mule" but that many
were operating six and eight-mule
farms, ,'others were bankers, real es-
tote agents, merchants, etc. "Coloreo
men don't want to rule" said Deas.
he declared that the State was coo'
trolled by the "understrata OF white
society," meaning the men who Voteo
for and sustained Tillman.
Uhe speech was worse than "reo
hot" as the State calls it. It was IN.
cendiary, and is liable to breed trouble
between the people who compose what
Deas is pleased to term "the under
strata Of white society" and the ne
gro, and may cause a few negroes tc
be lynched for presuming to act on
the declaration that to-day Is the
| time for the down trodden to climb
| This remark taken in cor nection witt
what precedes it shows what was II
| the heart of Deas when he uttered it
| He had just declared "that if the put
ting to fight Of one Of the creates
powers on the earth by the japanese
a colored race, was not encouragement
| and hope TO the negro, he had waite.
| in his veins'' Uhen he shouted "to
| day is the, time for the downtroddel
to climb" In effect Deas says th'
negroes are superior to the whites
and if they want to climb they mus
do like the japanese put the hatet
white man to fight. 1t will be a cost
ly experiment. for the negro when b
undertakes to carry out the bad ad
vice given him by Deas, and W
would advise him to repudiate it.
Deas' abuse of Senator Uillman ant
| the dispensary is OF 10 consequence
but when he says "that every mai
who has touched the dispensary, ever
the distinguished Democratic State
chairman, had come out dirty" be ut
tered lie that should not be allowed
to pass without challenge. Uhe same
| lie had been given circulation by one
OF the ''so-called upper strata OF white
society" who is a candidate for the
State senate from Richland County
but it had been run down and shown tx
a lie and nothing but lie before il
was repeated by Deas in his malignant
bitter speech in the Republican con
vention. Uhis speech amounts tc
nothing within itself except to show
be the friends Of a. leading negro's mind
From beginning to end it bristles
with hatred to the white man and
everything connected with him. TIC
what extent this hatred is shared by
by other negroes is matter that can.
not be exactly determined, but the
fact that Deas' speech was applauded
the members of the convention,
which was largely composed Of ne
groes, proves that there are many
other negroes besides Deas who Sc
cretly hate the white man. and are
ready to put him to fight if they
thought they could.-The Times and
Democrat.
A Dramatic Incident.
Uhe more the people Of South Caro-