The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-09-15
Negroes Not Wanted.


impression that the people of the
North and West are fairly yearning
for them to make their homes
among them. But such is not the
case as the facts will amply prove.
It appeared likely to certain citizens
of Chicago, residents of Gage Park.
that a colony of forty-two negro
families was to be located in their
neighborhood. The negroes were
refugees from the lawless citizens of
Springfield. Illinois. and they natur-
ally sought refuge in another city of
the same State that so promptly
and effectually protected their
brethren from the mob in the capt.
tai. Aut the white residents of
Gage Park rose as one man and de
clared that the negroes should never
never be admitted to that choice
residential locality.
Robert w. Schulze. a game war
den ofGage Park, is quoted as a
representative Of the people by the
Chicago Daily Tribune, a rabid Re-
publican organ, as saying that 1.-THE
first negro that shows his face
around here will wish a dozen times
he had never heard Of Gage Paak
See those shotguns there. Every
body out this way has one Of those.
And what's more, everybody knows
mighty we'll how to use. mis- gun.
Will we use them? You just bet
we will. We don't want negroes
here, and we are not going to have
them. It won. be case OF tar and
feathers for us. We wouldn't take
that. We'd simply---well just wait
till one comes"
The Daily Tribune says Schulze,
the game warden, was not the only
citizen Of Gage Park thatSwas op-
posed to the negroes coming there
and then quotes a dairy farmer
who went even further than Schulze
did, as saying I'VE won't stand for
them here. There is no reason why
they should come here and if they
do there's going to be more trouble
than there was in Springfield. There's
nothing for a ''nigger" to do IN
this place and we can't stand for
sny riffraf. What Schulze says
about shotguns is right we'll use
them" That is what we call plain
talk, and we would advise the ne
groes to steer clear of Gage Park.
Nor was Gage Park the only place
that did not want the negroes as
citizens, The voice Of Brighton
Park also is raised loudly against
the invasion Of negroes and the
prospect Of social equality. The
sentiment of that region seems
pretty fairly expressed by one OF
The Tribune's correspondent, who
writes to that paper:
"As a residence Of the south side,
and one acquainted with conditions
there, especially with reference to
the colored invasion, I wish to give
g. few reasons for the intensely bit
feelings which is engendered against
the negroes, and which if allowed to
continue, will most assuredly lead
to an uprising beside which the
Springfield riot will be child's
game.
THE average white man will not
accept the negro as a neighbor. The
negro knows this fact, and he knows
also that, once a family of his race
is located in neighborhood, prop
erty values begin to fall and the
neighborhood becomes negro ter
ritory. Restrict the negro to negro
quarters, keep him in his proper
place, and the conditions may be
better. Otherwise prepare for a
far worse riot than that at Spring
field, and that in a short time.
This is the reception given to the
negroes who fled from the Spring
field mob by the people of another
Illinois city, and there was nothing
left for them to do but move on.
So they continued their journey
until they reached the hideous South
where they are made to ride in Jim
crow cars and debarred the ballot
box, but where they can live IN
peace and happiness as long as they
behave themselves. This ought to
convince the negro that his best
white friends are the people of the
South. They know him and he
knows them, and he knows that he
is allowed to live in peace and work
out his own destiny quietly if he is