Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1911-11-02

settled. his was the title OF OoV.
Vandeman's lecture and it is going 10
be a live one too. But the negro is
to be pitiod in some ways, and ! do
not hesitate 10 say that the white
people themselves are responsible
for their condition 10 day, although
they lay the blame at the door OF the
northern neighbor No one will deny
but that the southerners have had
ample time in which TO make condi-
tons better. and they are now reaping
the fruits of their lethargy 1t is one
Of the southernerS arguments that
the negro OF today is not what they
were 80 years ago and this is un-
doub. eddy true.
~ the negro now is, he is the most
irresponsible creature it has ever been
my lot To meet. In many respects
he is utterly worthless.
But the negro is here and what is
To be done with him? As they now
are they are not much better than an
animal. and really are nuisance
Personally. ! see no hope except in
education, and in this our southern
brett en- disagree They say it does
no good to educate the negro But,
has il been given thorough trial?
think not at least not in the true
sense OF the term education
There are many interesting and
Beautiful sights here in the south,
and il is certainly worth an effort to
take a trip this way. And if one
! comes they should never miss the
scenes around Chattanooga, Tenn.
Mrs. Felch and had an opportunity
( Of visiting Chattanooga and Lookout
Mountain several weeks ago. This
alone is worth trip from Michigan
We also had an opportunity of Wis
iting St Augustine, and Jackson
Vile, Fla, and if one comes TO Geor-
gia they should never return till they
have seen the historic town OF St
Augustine
Well, friends. I wish | could paint
you word picture of this country
and ! know of no place where one
can get so strongly contrasted pic
lures as here On the one hand. We
have a country full of negroes, ALI
gators, snakes. lizards, scorpions
wild cats. feas. gnats. mosquitoes
bugs red-bugs. crocodiles. malaria
hook-worm disease, pallagra, dali,
thunder storms. slow railroad trains
high cost OF living, and what not
On the other hand we have countr,
rich in agricultural possibilities o
every description, minerals. timber
manufacturing enterprises, easy &C
, cess to the markets by coast trans
portation: we have many very fin,
and we'll educated people, people whC
are high up in the social scale; beau
tiful scenery mild climate, with it
flowers (where roses bloom clever
months in the year,, its pretty mock
ing birds. its almost absolute free
dom from sunstrokes A land where
there are no SHOWS or wintry biz
yards. A land where in reality the
snakes seldom bite. where the scor-
pion rarely stings. and the feas will
not attack you if you keep out Of
their path Where you will not have
malaria if you take quinine. nor hook
worm disease if you are fortunate
enough to escape. where alligators
are harmless if confined in strong en-
closures. where railroad trains get
there in their own time Where Uncle
Sam gives you daily mails. and sells
you postals, one for a cent and runs
r. F. y. TO the most humble negro
cabin
Taken as whole this country will
average nip pretty well with our
North, and is not a bad place to live
if one is not too closely welded to
the North
Best regards to all frineds and
thanks to the Editor for space in the
columns Of his newsy paper
Yours.
Mr.. & MRS. F. P. FELCH.