Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1919-11-26
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There have been two meetings In
our county--one near Richland, the
other near WestminSter--in which
number Of white citizens have met
with representatives OF the colored
race for the purpose OF consulting
with, advising and hearing members
of the colOrcd race speak along lines
tending to create better under
standing between the races, and ce-
mcnling the good feeling that is pre-
yalent in our section Of the country,
and which has been so marked in
the past. The Courier IS in receipt
OF Il letter from one OF the represen-
tative colorcd men Of the Westmin-
ster community, which we present to
our readers here with the idea OF
showing tho good will and spirit in
which the efforts along the lines we
mention here have been received. we
regret that this letter reached up too
late last week to appear in our last
issue. The writer Is tne with whose
name we have long been familiar by
reason of the fact that it appears
prominently in the minutes Of the
Baptist association to which he be-
longs, and we have taken note, with
no small degree Of pleasure, Of the
progress OF this and other co!ored
church organizations in our county.
The letter is as follows:
Tho Work Appreciated.
Editor licowcc Courier:
Please allow me space in your pa
per to show to the people OF Oco-
nee what we are trying to do toward
the making Of better people Of our
race.
We we're glad to have our white
friends with us last Sunday at Pleas
ant Hill Baptist church (colored, }
near Westminster, at called meet
ing to show and prove the relation
ship between the races. The speak
ers on this occasion were as follows:
First, Mr.. j. NJ. Bruner, superin-
tendent Of the Westminster Cotton
Mills, who based his argument on
"WOrk." and showed that the black
man talso the white mani who is
busy at work never gets into trouble,
nor has he need to fear. Mr.. Bruner
was followed by Hon. e. F.. Verner
an up-tO-date farmer Of Richland,
who spoke on Good Example" Mr..
Werner was at his best. His argu-
ment proved to the white man that
he should conduct himself before
the world so that his conduct would
he good example for the black man
to follow. Mr.. Werner held the au-
dience spellbound for about As min
utes.
Then came Col. r. r. Jaynes, who
endorsed Mr.. Verner's argument, en-
larging upon some points. Mr.. Jaynes
Is one OF Oconee's foremost lawyers
and stands with outstretched hands
to help the poor and needy.
Mr.. II. p. Anderson. Of Westmin-
ster, followed, endorsing all that had
been said by the speakers ahead of
him and telling Of his vision Of the
future OF this section and the part
that both the white and colored men
OF our county have in the great work
OF upbuilding that is ahead Of us. He
Was followed by MIR. Steck, editor Of
The Keowee Courier. and Mr.. James
NJ. Moss. Then the pastor OF the
church, Rev. A. B. Morton, colored,
charged his people to take the say
ings OF those distinguished white
friends, who showed by their pres
ence and their counsel that they are
our friends. Then Prof. J. B. Daniel,
colored, was called and spoke to the
people. He stated that by the aid
or the white man and the cO-ODcra-
ton OF the black man he had opened
up small territory four miles west
OF Westminster that does credit to
our race. and in doing so the work
had been Of benefit to both races
making the owning Of homes by not
few colored men possible, and put
ting cash into the hands Of the for
mcr owners Of the land, who would
never, probably, have gotten that
section settled up. Both were better