The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-06-30

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no)-that IN every southern Sr.ss
east OF the Mississippi. except F1ursf.
the percentage of negroes un fta
farms * increasing. the negroes .rs
gaining on the white prtportfeua-.a-
and rural districts are h-eearfr-
blacker instead of winter. Nor
over, not only are the rural sections
q the South getting blacaer instead
Of whittier. but the negroes are ca5rsv.-
most rapidly in farm ownership ~
per cent gain in neero ovnerShsp q,
Il per cent in white), while-mo--
sinister fact OF ALT is the Waite.
farmers who are fastest Decamfr-
tenant class o1SS. goo gain la White
tenants or p per cent and only l1>-
600 gain in negro tenants or Il rtr
cent?
The great trouble is tina our lead
ers Of thought. our propertied and .r-
tellectually and politically dominant
white classes. themselves sit AT perfect
ease in segregated portions of uar
towns and cities, and never have eo-
casion to think Of the negro ot.e-
than as a Seryant-neVer a. "a cuu-
petitor. The fierce economic s~tru-1la.
the struggle Of a higher civilization
10 perpetuate itself in competitions
with Il lower, has made no appeal tp
them. For them the problem has
had no aspect but a political one. ana
| when their humber white brethren
out on the farms and in the shops
and factories who are fighting the
hard battles of the race have uraea
the economic and social aspeCts-hava
argued, III short. FOR a simple eQuai-
cation Of advantages, for giving rural
white civilization an equal chance
with the Negroes lower civilization ta
maintain and ~perpetuate itself-thcrc
has been until recently a vast uucom-
prehension. You hate the negro" ~
80 w. -, 5000 r
been a frequent response.
Now | do not believe that the
white farmers Of North Carolina wish
to treat the negro unjustly. When
they ask that a reasonable proportion
Of rural white communities. under
proper restrictions shall have the
right to limit future land sales Ia
whites their desire is not to dea5 an
equally with the negro but To provide
an equal chance for The maintenance
Of their " civilization.
Charity Beginning at Home.
Such, briefly presented, are some ~
the policies of Statewide Importance
to which | believe we must give atteu-
ton in our efforts to build a greater
part would remind YOU that the
editor should become q crusader for
a greater State by becoming a cru
sader for a greater county,
In this respect / can but repeat tho
counsel ! have frequently given in
one form or another. First Of all.
interest yourself in your school. Find
out which communities in your
county ought to have longer school
terms, or ought to consolidate their
districts, and bring the matter to their
attention. Print the pictures Of the
old school-house and the new where
Improvement has been made. Demand
that q thoroughly equipped county
super tendent be employed To give
MS WhOIe time to the county school
work, or if you already have such u
man., cooperate with him in every
possible way. See % it tha the
schools take Oh more Of an Industrial
cast-that they relate themselves 10
the actual everyday life Of the pupils.
encourage every teacher Who is Civ
the schools that have libraries and
ask why other have nOt and so on and
50 on. In the second place. catch
something OF Bro. Warmers good
roads enthusiasm and keep no agita-
ton for sand-clay, gravel or whatever
klnd OF roads you need, never forget
tng that cheapest Of all good roads
makers, the split-log drae-and de-
fnand Whatever taxes or bonds are
necessary to get results.
And then boost the arner the reaI-
~ progressive farmer. He has been
neglected by the county papers. judge
Jones, of Ashevile, was e~verlastinalv
right IN addressing our Association
last year when he pointed out that a
city PAPER often thinks it remarkable
Tor a country paper to record that 4
farmer has bought q new moving ma
clllne. whereas the city paper i'm tn.
same issue viii record at length and
with great gravity that Mrs. Potter
| mas gwen an auction bridge party at
winch Mrs. Jones won one pink sachet
paS as the first prize and Mrs. Will
llams won a rag doll as BOBBY prize
[ What tc Play Up"
Men are governed in their actions
5 pretty much by the estimate the
[ world seems 10 set upon the import
ance Of these actions, and We are
i never gong 10 encourage the right
sort Of rural civilization until we give
+, ana domestic science. corn clubs. can
| nln8 clubs, school farms, etc. List