The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-02-23

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! hundreds of children who are growing up
| in ignorance because the parents or
others who have the care of them fail in
the discharge of their duty, and the re-
suit is, they grow up in ignorance and
become burden to themselves as we'll as
to others. / really think our election
law is premature, from The fact that a
compulsory educational law should have
preceded it by from ten to twenty years,
for / know some white men who are
good citizens but cannot read or write,
and therefore they cannot pass the ex-
animation that entities them to vote, and
it was because they were not sent to
school, and the fault is with the parents.
Now let us see to it at once that this is
attended to, it is better late than not at all.
There are SO many questions in which
we should interest ourselves, but it is not
possible to refer to them all in this brief
paper, but there is one that demands our
immediate attention and strong legis.
lation and that is the negro question
What shall we do with him, Tor theul)
OF course they were brought here and
sold into slavery in the early history Of
our country and believe majority of
them were happy, especially when they
had humane masters. and such outraees
as are SO numerous throughout our
country now, were not heard of in those
early days.
Why all these beastly crimes perpetrat-
by negroes of the present time, how
can we account for it 1? For me to under
take to answer would be problem far too
large for legislative body, but I can
venture an opinion as to the cause In
the first, the black man is black, and
why he is black is question that belongs
to the Lord.
The black man was used by the white
man to buy and sell, and till the soil, and
pick the cotton, and therefore he helped
fill the pocket of the owner as well as TO
add to his own comfort as waiter, &c.
In that state he was docile and obedient
as a rule. Then the time came when he
got his liberty, and still the white man
uses him, not in the cotton field but in
the political field, and of course he had
to be fed; when he worked in the cotton
| field with hoe-cake aud bacon, now in the
political field he is fed with little money,
few small Offices and large number OF
promises, that are always not quite ready
to be fulfilled. Thus he finds himself
still black and no hope of becoming a
prominent figure in society and in the
domestic circle, and with all these disap-
Epoiniments he is brought to point of
desperation that produces mania that
arouses all the beast and all the devil
within him, aud quickened by this
demon he is prepared to commit the most
atrocious and unspeakable crimes, that
none but maniac is capable of. As for
remedy, we>will not undertake to dis
cuss it in this paper. AS farmers, let us
use our influence to adjust the above
questions for the good of others as well
as ourselves.
In commenting on the essay Mr..
Cherry stated he thought the negro
had better not be educated, as the
little he received made him more
worthless and vicious than when
left in total ignorance.
Others contented that the Booker
Washington idea of teaching the
negro to work before allowing him
any book learning was the proper
way to handle the question.
Others in commenting said that
legislation which was not urged by
the farmers was in most cases legls
lation which was a disadvantage to
the farmer.
The work and development of
the Cecil farmers Telephone COM
pany, which had originated in this
club, was discussed and the secre-
tary read a prospectus of the tele-
phone company which showed what
had already been accomplished, "a
miles of pole lines having been built
and 10 miles of wire strung there
on, two exchanges established and
nearly hundred phones in oper
alton. This move had caused the
monopolistic Bell company to be-
come more active and reduce their
rural rates from $50 to $40 per
year.
Is Wayne Reynolds asked if any
one present knew how the county
commissioners intended to have the
roads mended during the coming
year, but no one knew of any de.
cision having been announced by
the commissioners in the matter.
On motion the club adjourned to
meet with G. Ross Biles, March 81.
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