The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-06-01
WANT SQUARE DEAL
FOR THE NEGRO BY THE SOUTH
ERN WHITE PEOPLE.
Some Broad Statements Made at the
Southern Baptist Convention on
the Race Question.


the home mission board. responded
to the call from hundreds Of voices
at the Southern Baptist Convention
he did not prove disappointing. says
the Baltimore American of Saturday.
AS the negro was the question for
discussion. he seemed TO voice the
sentiment of ali present when he
said: we have got to treat the ne
gro right; We have go. tc get rid OF
some of our inherent meanness and
give them a just deal. The best
thing to do for the negro is TO
set him a good example There are
100000 in our land. and not the
hundreds OF millions IL Africa Of
this or any other race concern Us a;
much as those In our midst"
The Rev. Dr.. George ". Mcdaniel.
of Richmond. Va. in another address
on the negro problem said he hoped
to see the day come when the negro
would be given justice in the Courts
Il blush" he said. when / think
OF the negro given tie limit Of the
law for a petty crime and the white
man set free for the same crime
merely because his skin Is white and
he has the influence Negroes are
not Baptists because they know so
little. but because they read with
unbiased minds the Word Of God.
When we think Of them and how they
were the guards OF our women when
the NEE Of the South were OF to
war; sa7 We need to do the ne
sroes OF the South justice.
Dr.. Mcdaniel reported on negroes
for the committee appointed to con-
sider that subject He stated. from
the report. that the Baptists were do
ing more to evangelsze the 5000. 600
negroes Of tine South than all the
other denominations combined. He
said that $4,000 had been expend-
ed IN the work. and that 25 negro
missionaries were employed Two
hundred and sixty-fire Bible confer
ences had been held. he said. for ne
sroes. at which 1855 pastors and
deacons attended. He explained
that the missionary work anon. he
negroes was done by the home mis-
sion board Of the Northern Co2ven-
ton He stated that the relations
between the white Baptists and the
negroes were OF the most cordial
character. and recommended that the
present policy be pursued IL tue per
sonal activity OF the pastors coming
among the negroes in evangelizins
them.
An appeal from the Baptists o.
the North. asking that their oretn-
rem Of the South aid them in tak::a:;
care Of the negroes. was referred &c
special committee. and may create
a grave crisis in the Convention
should it come up at a future SIS
sion. The appeal came from the
American Baptist Home Mission So
ciety. with headquarters in New
York. For years the sentiment OF
Northern Baptists toward the negr1
has been gradually changing. and,
as one Of the delegates stated. "Tbe
Sortherners have come to realize
that the negro is 10 angel and we
are not heathens.' They used 70
call Us heathens." he said. because
we didn't go st the work very stren-
uously. Our policy has been to
evangeMze the negro and educate
him in morals and the Bible. This
appeal Is very much out OF place.
Ehe Northern Baptists want us to
educate the negro along their lines
by giving him an education In
science. literature. philosophy and
what not"