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.

Mr.. Editor: | have often hear(
that an idle mind is the devils worl
shop, and this lonely evening Will
"OA Mss" las I call her) and al
the children are away and alone lef
to look after the things at home, m!
mind reflected back to conversation
between d very prominent citizen o.
Newberry and myself as to the orr
gin Of the negro, and I contendec
taat when Cain killed his brother
Abel, and God put a curse on hin
and said that he should be q fugitive
and a vaoabon,l On the earth, ther
Cain fled and went over into the LAND
Of Nod on the east Of Eden and Cain
knew his wife-ln;nd you, there were
90 other people on the earth at the
time but Adam and Eve and Cain and
Abei-yet Cain. according to the
Good Book, went over in the land OF
Nod and knew his wife, which, &C.
eordi~g 10 ny Interpretation, to use
q negro's expression, meant that
Cain "took up with her."
Now the question is, who was sne,
and T claim that she was nothing
more or less than q monkey, and the
cross Of Cain and the monkey you
get the negro. Now let's see 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 nave two
wives! Well, the Good Book says
that Cain and his descendants should
be fugitives and vagabonds. Are
there rot large per cent Of the ne
groes fugitives and vagabondse
But enough Of Cain. Ny object in
this article is to try as best [ can to
show some Of the evils Of this day
concerning the negroes, and taey
alone are bad enough, but, Mr.. Ed
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-
isfed and want to leave you, there is
some white scoundrel, who has or l.
around your field and told him ut
you were not treating him right and
that he would give him more than you
were giving MIN and let him have a
mule on Sunday to drive to church.
The next important point that I
wish to underscore is that you cannot
treat negro like you would white
man, for he will not stand it. He
is intended by God himself as 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.
Souta Carol1na IS the garden spot
Of the world, and Newberry county
is the garden spot Of South Carolina
and from one to three miles west Of
Newberry 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
bmers. Dick Neel nor George Hill nor
Finn Henderson do not try to dissatis-
y my hands. They would not aire
ne Of them under any circumstances
I wanted him, and God knows my
cart, and I know that under no cir
hmstancss 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 fertilize we'll
what you do work and you will be
more prosperous and happier, and
when old age. with all Of its infirmi-
ties comes upon you, you can look
back at well spent life and rejoice
in the glorious prosperity Of those
1;vino h1eSSinoe which hoavon a1ona