The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-01-25
WILL NOT DOWN.
White and Negro Children IN the Same
School Causes Trouble.
DEMAND IT Be CHANGED

Row Began by White Girl Rcfu>-
ing to Dance With i Negro Boy.
and the Teacher Compelling Her
to DO SO against the Wishes Of
the Girls Father.
The New YORK World says because
wo or three !i;;le girls at recess
gathered around l2-year-o!d Beat
ice Chapman and chanted "Oh.
&c. shame. You danced with ne.
gro" the r!l!ase o: Flushing Is e1-
citedly discussing the color question.
and a movement was started T.. rs
.sy 20 seSreSa;e the negro children
in the prblic schools. There are
go colo-ed chi! ren among The -
900 pupils in old Flushing.
In the folk dances and games in
school colored children have danced
with white children ever since dane
'ns ~as taught IN the schools. and
no parent ever thought OF obtect!as
70 a i!.tle colored boy dancing VIZ
white girl or white DO! dane
ing with 9 colo-ed girl until Wednes-
day. when some OF her companions il
the Lincoln School 2oked FUN ut lit
tie Beatrice. She went home and
told her father. Charles E. Chapman.
He told his daughter 20 tell the
teacher that thereafter she was not
10 dance with coloced children. She
says the teacher answered: "Oh. its
100 bad about you.
II have nothing against the color
ed race and beliave that II should
,.e educated" said M Ch2?".rr
: SGT think That the TWO races sIcu.I
5e educated separately for the good
O. both. Discussion u re reason
does no good 20 anv one. do not
blame the young teacner who TOLD
my daughter 10 d.; ce with l2-Eear-
old Charlie Davis. She was follow
ing the rules OF the Board OF Edu-
cation. l suppose. But the board
should DO something 10 remedy the
condition l would suggest separate
class room for colored and white
especially after eight years
OF age. did not give publicity 10
the matter a friend OF mine. T. J.
burnett. heard Of I: and brought Il
rp In the meeting Of the Flushing
II caused sensation.
The Flushing Association appoint
.! a COMMITTEES consisting Of 4 E.
Sao!cs. William 2. Parsons. R.ch-
~o,t Wc-d. John D. Vandewater and
T. Jefferson Burnet; 10 investigate
nd take /, up With the Board OF
NJ. Sholes. the Chairman. vet
.ran OF tn. civil war. born in :hodc
's!acd. and who lived in the Sou:A
.hirty years after the c!osc OF the
war. said: There is no doubt that
il would be good thing TO send the
sre or six hundred children 20 color
y public schools If it could BE done.
We have some very good colored
,eop:e .ere and the public schools
are as much theirs !: they ere ours
but it would be TO their own good
% BE- educated in schools where there
would be no race feeling 70 de'rac;
.,,e:r attention from study They
would have as good schools as The
whi:e schilG.en.
With our constantly growing pop
rlaticn II seems b"st 10 avoid race
ceiling rs much as possible. and this
-o%!d re done. j: seems 20 me. oy
,ollowing the action Of Jamaica ard
establishing scp"-ate schools.
The matter was discussed thor
ousf,lv In INST Flashing nomez and
will be teken up in some OF thc
women's clubs. Mrs. Beard. wife
OF Dan Beard. the naturalist and au-
thor. said:
81, is 4 difficult problem. Years
ago. before Flushing became 4 part
OF Greater New York. the co!ored
children were segregated. and this
same Lincoln School. which my hus-
bard named. then in the old build
ing. Was colored school and had
colored teachers In some instances.
They we're very good teachers. too.
The thing TO DO IS 70 seperate
:he races and give good schools 20
e.ch. Then there will not occur these
annoyances and both races will BE
benefited by their schoo! lie
Little Beatrice Chapman said: u
do not dislike Charlie Davis. the col
o.ed boy. I have nothing against
him. Tie was never rude 20 me or
10 an- one else that know OF. But
! didn't want 10 BE singled out b.
the girls as = laughing stock he
cause Of It. At a-st I told the teach
er that I had a pain in nay side AID
didn't want 10 dance Thought that
a polite Wy 20 get out OF it. BIT
she made ne think K would Be
mach nicer II white children danced
together and cotorcd children toseth-
err
Family killetl.