The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-08-28
THE GOOD NEGRO AND THE Bad
NEGRO.

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Il IL unquestionab!y true that TOO
many Of the younger generation ~ ne
groes are immoral. lazg. shff,less ana
unreliable. 1T j. true also fhat the
terminal element af the race comes
I ON the class that shirks work and
itanks UP on mean whiskey. They are
d menace t. law and - safety. The
negro Of that type cot what NJ de-
served when ~ vas lyuchea i'm south
Carolina. but h. should have been
published by hanging attn the legal
fornaIities.
The editorial in yesterdays News
and Observer calling attention - the
other class of negroeS-taud Il larger
class than many ihInkJ-vno are in
dustrious. thrifty aud well behaved
was read with approval by many
white men ana negroes yesterday. The
following letter from Rev. \. W.
Pegues, Dean Of Shaw University.
shows how it was received anon the
best type Of negroes in Raleigh.
Raleigh, n. g.. Aug. p. 1906.
"J~osephus Daniels. Esq. Raleigh.
y. {.
Dear SRI want To thank YOU for
the editorial III the New. and Observer
inns morning headed The Other KIND
OF Negro As a matter Of fairness and
justice the public ought to discrimi-
nate the vicious eiement and
the better class of negroes. The pub
lie can hardly appreciate how much
sorrow and suffering is caused among
the better thinking, Intelligent. honest
ana struggling egrOe because OF the
crimes OF the Nlci0nC element and aIGa.
the wholesale abuse heaped upon the
whole race because OF the dastardly
crimes Of the vicious element of the
race. Let there be discrimination as
with all other races. Such an editorial
as you had this morning Will do more
TO and strengthen the hand
of the better thinking ana growing
c'asS of negroes han 500 articles which
IN Il way blame them for crimes at
which they themselves are Mortified
and to which they are bitterly opposed.
Thanking you again for the editorial,
| am
Very respectfully, yours.
"A. w. PEGUES."
The Monroe Journal, not in the
same line as this paper but to the
same effect. tells Of the presence of
this good class of negroes in Union
county. The editor OF that paper, ex-
senator Beasley, is also County super
i~ntcndent of Schools, and has excep-
tional opportunities for knowing thu
+ condition, and in yesterdays pa
per says:
ELLISON Funderburk, colored. Of
Buford township, is a land owner and
a darby who commands the respect
of the white people. He is intelligent.
He wants his children to go to school,
wants them to learn to behave,
to be honest and to work, as we'll as
to get some book information. He j.
not q slavery negro. having probably
born during OF since the war.
There are many ike him; not many
5 o thrifty, perhaps, but many like him
in the desire to live honestly and to
deserve the respect and friendship of
their white n~eighbors. But you don't
find them about on the street corners.
are persuaded that there are really
more OF them than is usually sup
posed. There are thirty-siX negro pub
lie schools in the county, and they
committeeman from their own
race. In dealing with these men the
has never found one insolent,
impolite or in the least disrespectful,
one that did not seem to he self
respecting and deSlrOuS Of having the
will of others. Some of them
are men of considerable strength of
Il few own land, others
some stock and rent, but most
Of them yet belong to the tenont class
will always. Yet they are hOneSt
and do faithful work on the farms of
the white people. This class OF ne
grOeS have to bear the full opprobrlum
brought on the ace by the crimina
and the vicious. The old explanation
of this is that the negroes all uphold
q mean negro when he gets into trou-
BILE. Some of them do not but the
is too true. 1t is natural. You
can't fairly Judge a negro by a white
standard. The a negrO-tH
negro, the criminal ~negro--is
meanest thing on this. continent
since the bad Indian has gone
way Of his fathers; and some one
said hat the bad negro must fol-
low the bad Indian. But it is not
fair to say all negroes are bad. This
is not true. We see more of the bad
They thrust themselves on the
public attention.. But back in the
country there are many good arkies
even of the OUNCE generation, who
are doing their best to live honest and
industrious lives
DIR. DIXON'S CHANGE.