The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-06-14

i may be successfully employed by any
body DESTROYS of creating evil or com
batting good. People who have made
careful study of the issue are UNI
able to explain the exodus of thou
sands of negroes who have left the
south during the past twelve months
| for the icy north, where q few of
them may have received a temporary
| increase of salary.
The south is prominently the sec
ton of the United States best adapt
ed for the residence of the negro, as
has been conclusively demonstrated
by the remarkable progress that he
has made. In no other section of the
United States or any other country
could men and women who were
slaves fifty-five years ago accumulate
an equal amount of prosperity and
win the regard of greater number
of white citizens.
Every negro who has worked in an
energetic and intelligent manner has
.reaped profit from his endeavors, and
while it has not been possible for all
of them to be given the same oppor
tunities, there is not man among
them that has not enjoyed equal priv
ileges with Booker r. Washington,
who was the recognized leader of his
race. All negroes cannot hope to at
tain collegiate education, prominence
and wealth, but in the prolific fields
of the south and the various lines of
industry are to be found many lucra-
tive advantages.
Many negroes have left Brunswick,
and there has been 4 constantly in
creasing spirit of unrest among the
ranks of the uniformed, which has
not been alleyiateG 5y the incendiary
advice of would-be leaders who talk
with their mouth while denying their
brain liberty of action. If the north
offers the negro more satisfactory ed
ucational, religious and financial ad-
vantages than the south, they should
by all means go north
But il does not. There is not a
single negro church or school house
in Brunswick that has not received
contributions of some kind from the
white people of this city, either di-
rectly or indirectly. There is not
negro in Brunswick worth the time
and energy that would be required
in shooting him who cannot obtain
assistance from the white people
among whom he lives. There is not
negro in Brunswick who doesn't
know that he can depend on the
white people in times of need il he
deserves aid and sympathy The re-
ception extended the migrating ne
groes by their northern "benefactors'
in Missouri, Illinois and other north
ern states was doubtless disappoint-
ing. for they did not find Che floWerY
beds of ease and the land of milk
and honey that they expected to
find. No negro, so far as we have
been able to ascertain, has ever been
mobbed in Georgia because Of his in
clination to perform honorable labor.
/ ne average lOCdl iCSio NM
more about our port class of work
than he can possibly learn about any
thing else, but there are other pur-
suits open to negroes who can qualify
| for effective service
BY nature, the negro belongs to
| the south, where he is understood and
| appreciated, and while punishment is
| administered for the commission OF
crime, merit will not go unreWarded.
| There are negroes in Brunswick who
enjoy the confidence of the white PEG
pie, but they do not belong to the
| faction that revels in the creation oil
strife. The Chicago Tribune, which
frankly admits that it is the greatest
newspaper in America and seems to
believe it. has never adhered to facts
| in discussing the race problems until
| last week, when it published an illu