Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-01-02
CLEAN UP THE LoAFERs- WHITE OR BLACK.

CLEAN Up THE L0AFERS-WHITE OR BLACK.
One of the big problems confronting the South will
the of the soldiers of both colors, will be thu
race problem. And it will be the problem from
an entirely different angle than that with which thu
South has had deal in the past The black soldier who
has gone into the world and found place fol
himself is coming back home with spirit that is going
to make it difficult for him to assume his proper sphere
The white soldier is coming home with admiration fol
the way the coored from his Dixeland
fought but with pictures burned in his brain of re-
voting scenes of the mnglng of the in France
the negro problem at all understood and
where negro made of by the whites
occasion.
Trying times are ahead, and the average negro at
home whether consciously or unconsciousy, is doing
little possible head off the There in
tegent Industrious negroes of courseleaders of their
racewho the danger and who doing their part
stop it. but unfortunately their efforts appear
have resulted fruitlessly up to this time.
The Incidence and utter untrustworthness of great
of negroes who work for living and upon whom the
white peopleboth in the homes and in business and
the farms are dependent since the arrival of day
of high wages are a SCANDAL and DISGRACE to the
black Ask any white and she will tell you
it is impossible to get in the home and keep
her more than day woor week at the outside no
matter how light the duties hok high the pay. Any
business will give you recital of troubles of sim
liar nature with the negro High wages and pros
perty which the negro rightly has shared have ruined
the negro, fosered his natural inclination to
laziness and wdened the breach between the two
a hundred fold.
A loafer is parasite. Any man who is physically fit
and who does produce with his brain Drawn, and
produce every working day of the week. a menace
any community be he white or black. 1t makes diff
ference what his condition of wealth, past present.
II he does not himself produce he what some
else produces and thereby destroys that much
nomic wealth of the community. The negro who will
work but half week because he can make in that
time enough money to keep him week, should not be
paid more than enough to keep him working six days
week to exist The negro who works six days week
CARELESS of the amount he makes per day, and who
thereby puts by of his wages is valuable citizen
deserving of the high wages he commands the
spect of the community.
Chief of Police Johnson has promised to start real
days Chief opportunity here to
make himself mighty popular with outraged public,
and the people looking to him for RESULTS.
THE LIMIT OF ENDURANCE HAS ABOUT BEEN
REACHED BY THE POPUIACE IN DEALING WITH
UTTERLY WORTHLESS NEGROES, and if these negroes
have any visionand ability look ahead-they surely
that the day of high wages for them will
10 an end before long. Then will they be returning to
the back doors they arroganty pass by when they
badly needed and which THEY will so badly need
later. a4#*
The white of the South has ALWAYS been the me-
grc's best friend But friend can be abused
and the that ne has the opportunity is abus
ing his best friends the limit 1t is time the black
of the South awoke his debauch Of sothsuness and
restored himself grace Of those he has looked
in the and will look to in the future in the day
adversely that may
The Times Recorder declares here and that it is
ready and eager go ANY LENGTH to assist the col
ored people of Sumter the Southin any
best and foster good relations between white man
and the black The negro needs the white man and
theAwhite man MUST HAVE the black man And The
TimN Recorder believes that by pointing frankly
RIGEF NOW, before it is further aggravated grave