The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-10-08
J. H. iCHAPPELL ON THE NEGRO
Says. He Descended From Cain-The
Way to Control Him-If Labor
Is Scarce Sow Grain.


that all idle mind is the devils work
shop, and this lonely evening while
"old Miss,' (as I call her) and all
the children are away and I alone loft
to look after the things at home, nv
mind reflected back to conversation
between i very prominent citizen Of
Newberry and myself rs to the ORR
gin OF the negro, and l contended
taat when Cain killed his brother,
Abel, and God put a curse on him
and said that he al,ould be a fugitive
and va"abonl On the earth, then
Cain fled and went over into the land
Of Nod on the east Of Eden and Cain
knew his wife-lnind you, there were
no other people on the earth at the
time but Adam and Eve and Cain and
Abei-yet Cam, according to the
Good Book, went over in the land Of
Nod and knew his wife, which, ac-
eordi*g to My Interpretation, to use
a negro's expression, meant that
Cain "took up with her.''
Now the question is, who was she,
and [ claim that she was nothing
more or less than a monkey, and the
cross Of Cain and the monkey you
got the negro. Now let's sec if we
can find any proof. None but cir
cumstantial, which in law is good
proof if there are no missing links in
the chain. Well, we find Lamech,
one Of their descendants, had two
wives. Do not all negroes have two
wives7 Well, the Good Book says
that Cain and his descendants should
be fugitives and vagabonds. Are
there not large per cent Of the ne
groes fugitives and vagabonds7
But enough of Cain. My object in
this article is to try as best I can to
show some of the evils Of this day
concerning the negroes, and tney
alone are bad enough, but, Mr.. Edi-
tor, they are the easiest people con-
trolled on the face Of this earth. If
some low down scoundrel Of white
skin would let him alone and keep
him in his class. Nine times out Of
ten when your negroes become dissat-
asfed and want to leave you, there is
some white scoundrel, who has crept
around your field and told him that
you were not treating him right and
that he would give him more than you
were giving MIN and let him have a
11,,,1a Sunloy tN lr,xyo 70 o1,,-ol,
The next important point that I
wish to underscore is that you cannot
treat a negro like you would a white
man, for he will not stand it. He
is intended by God elf as a COM
mon laborer, and when you try to
treat him white, right then you spoil
him, and he will consider himself as
good as you are and you can no long
er control him. A white man is just
!. what he makes out Of himself, and
negro is just what you make him.
South Carolina IS the garden spot
OF the world, and Ncwberry county
Is the garden spot Of South Carolina
and from one to three miles west of
Ncwberry is the garden spot Of New
berry county. Not that we have the
very best land, or raise the very best
crops. but listen to these words. far
mcrs. Dick Ncel nor George Hill nor
Jim Henderson do not try TO diSsatis-
" my hands. They would not nire
ne of them under any circumstances
wanted him, and God knows my
cart, and [ know that under no cir
lmStances would I try to hire any
Of theirs, but would get out Of my bed
at midnight to go and help one of
them put his negro in his class, but
we do not even need that. We have
no trouble with them, but You do not
hear any negro call Us Dick or George
or Jim or John. We do not allow
it, and the negro respects us the more
for it. Now, my reader, quit your
internal meanness, let your neighbors
alone. If you can't get as many
, hands as you want, SOW down your
land and cultivate and fcrtilizc well
what You do work and you will be
more prosperous and happier, and
7 when old age. with all Of it's infirmi-
( ties comes upon you, you can look
back at a well spent life and rejoice
in the glorious prosperity Of those
divine blessings, which heaven alone