The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1906-10-02
SPOKE OF NEGRO
Rev. Ashley Jones Talked to Large
and Appreciative Audience On
HAtlanta's Lesson to C0lum.
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| Columbus, Ca, Oct. 1.-(special.)-
What Is considered one OF the NEST
powerful sermons ever delivered IN
Columbus. was heard last night at the
First Baptist Church. when DR.. M.
the subject, "Atlanta's Lesson to CO.
lumbus." The spacious auditorium.
| one of the largest in the city. was
| completely filled. and the large audi
ence Of thoughtful men and women.
| representing the intelligence ana good
| citizenship Of Columbus, listened to
! the words Of the speaker with an In
tentness that showed their deep and
| unaffected interest
The sermon war mastery as
course and the immense congregation
was profoundly impressed. Broadly
considered. the general conclusi"rs
| reached by the speaker were share1
by the great majority Of the audi
ence. The speaker had a firm grip ON
his subject and was Sts master from
beginning to end Of his sermon. Sa'
strong, such an eloquent. such
deeply earnest sermon Is seldom heard
from a Columbus pulpit The s,caker
| rose to oratorical heights seldom at
tained. The audience was not merely
i filled; II was Impressed as never hc-
fore perhaps, with a deep ae.se OF us
responsibility as the dominant race Ut
the South.
DR.. Jones is a new minister in Co.
lumbus, having come to this city tr' nm
Virginia. only a few months ago. ana
there was naturally much interest IN
his sermon. as he had never publicly
| expressed himself at any length On
| this subject.
DR.. Jones's conclusions may he
briefly summarized as follows:
First-Social equality is not an open
question in the South. The white 2"o.
| pie have answered that. and answered
| it forever. Social equality never has
been, will not be. cannot be. IN the
South. The preacher. politician or
newspaper who holds up the bugaboo
| Of social equality is an enemy to '"tn
| races.
second-The so-called issue Of p,lt-
| teal equality is not an open question
The white people Of the South hnve
answered that the same way Ihe
| white man will always contrib the
South politically.
Third-It is easier to make beast
out Of a negro than it - TO make
good citizen. He is born with ter
/ dency towards bestial actz. The &c
gro In but Ave degrees removed rom
the barbarism and brutah.y Of Africa.
He is not born a beast-ne simply has
the tendency. A child If consumpti'e
parents Is not born witt tuberculosis
but he has a strong tenl.,,y III That
direction. This same natural law IL
| Illustrated in the case OF the negro.
| Fourth-The uplift Of the negro race
has no parallel in history. No Other
| dominant race has done go mum 3or
an inferior race as has the white man
ct the South for the negro. TIL" white
man has builded him oh lr:a.s emo
school houses and given him civil
cation. He has opened wide to the
| negro the door Of indust rIal n;'pcr'u-
nifty. He has denied to him soci1l and
| political equality. but 1T IS Wise snd
right that this should De done
Frfth-But school houses and church
es are not the only things that ire
white man has builded for the negro.
The white man has establish, ID for rim
| saloons and ders OF vice. Every re
gro dive in Atlanta is. in .. degree. On
dorsed by the votes OF the Chris':an
civilization Of the State. rhey "xis'
only by permission Of the whitef tho
dominant race. It is in these lens ~
| vice. where cocaine ana WHISKY ave
sold. and where negroes gaze On
shameful pictures of nude white no.
men. that these vile rapists ar. loln
and bred.
sixth-The same danger that con-
fronts Atlanta confronts columbus
| Within three blocks of the speakers
voice stand saloons for negroes which
contain more possibilities for danger
to the white civilization of Columbus
than any other institution or influence
in this city. The authorities of Co
lumbus should so far rs their power
extends. prevent the sale of liquor to
negroes. Negro saloons should not be
licensed.\
seventh-Lynching is not cure for
the urspeakable crime. Last year 1000
persons were put to death in the
limited States without process of law.
he dino faar fr
increasing number of lynchings. the
unspeakable crime is increasing faster
than the so-called cure. Mob law is
not a cure for anything. 1t never has
been and never will be.
| Eighth-It is argued that while in
no2ent people are sometimes lynched,
the general effect is to strike terror
to the hearts of evil-doers and suppress
crime. Statistics do not prove this as
sertion. In the recent riots in Atlanta
from fifteen to twenty innocent negroes
were killed, a brave police officer was
murdered and a lady was shocked to
death-and not the hair of one guilty
rarist was harmed! In a crisis like
that it is the time of all times for
"iety through its legally appointed
representatives, to strike a terrible
blow At the crime: to run down the
criminal by the organized. systematic
efforts of law officers. and then to I'M
trinity ana Ut MN 10
death. An execution with all the calm
terror Of the law has more effect upon
the mind Of the criminal than an exc
cutiou by n lawleSs mob. Rigorous en-
| fnrJcircnt of the law will do more to
decrease the commission of the un-
speak, Me crime than anything else.
| Nintu--Sincr the white man is dom
, inant in the South and proposes to con-
tinne TO rule the land bought by the
bloc # his ancestors. il is his Chris
= tian duty and responsibility to give the
> negro race, his ward. full opportunity
= to develop within its own proper sphere
Tho gro should be protected. Negro
dives should not he Permitted. Good
; whole =ome institutions, devised for his
hen"ft. should be encouraged, AS an
illustration, the white people of Co
lunhEs should help the negroes of the
city 80 erect a Young Mems Christian
I ASS, iltiOn building. Su h an insti-
tuUWu should he directed by a board
l of vito citizens. VINO would sec what
kind 90. pictures hang on tie wall.
TENN The negroes of the South may