Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1919-11-05

| ple-white Of skin, but black of
heart. The Richland negroes will
not be duped by any such. They are
| working out their own salvation on
high plane, and they will have, as
| Will every other right-thinking and
law-abiding negro citizen, the good
wishes and the hearty good will Of
all the thinking white men Of our
! county.
There were only few white men
| present at this meeting Messrs
Ballenger, W. Fl. Hughs. Miles Nc
Donald and II. D. Chastain, Of the
Richland community, and the party
OF four from Walhalla. No party Of
men were ever more cordially re-
ceiVed or more courteously heard
That little colored church has for
its pastor and preacher Rev W. NJ.
Pulliam, Of Martin, Ga. He was
present, and the general tone Of the
meeting and demeanor OF his con-
gregation gave evidence Of tie fact
that he Is doing a good work among
his people. Capt. Ballenger stated
that he believed that this colored
preacher has accomplished more in
the six years Of his pastoral work
than had been accomplished in the
previous existence Of the church. He
talks we'll, he talks good, hard COM
mon sense, and he had last Sunday
an audience Of several hundred SEN
sible, law-abiding negroes. This col
oced preacher is fighting tho
devil on all sides, and he goes after
the devils chief ally-liquor-with
gloves off. Besides the preacher in
| charge, two other negroes spoke
Eugene Rice and George Scott. Rice
| is young preacher, the product Of
Seneca (colored) Institute. His talk
was on the one-word subject,
Watch" and he made some splen-
did points. lie bids fair to become
one OF the leaders Of his race in the
future, and power for good. And,
by the way, he is one Of the Oconee
negro boys who went overseas to do
service for his country. Speaking for
himself and his comrades he said,
very unpretentiOusly, 1--WE never let
old Glory trail in the dust, and we
never intended to-"
George Scott said that he had but
one favor TO ask. "I've got no SYM
path Whatever" he said, with or
FOR the bad nigger'--and we have
bad niggers' just as you have some
bad white men. But let me ask this
one favor for my race: When a Mig
ger does wrong, get that niggcr, but
let the rest OF tho negroes alone.
Don't make the better class Of the
| negroes suffer for the sins Of the
| bad niger -
| Gould there be Il more reasonable
request? That plea of George Scott
| is righteous thrust at violence at
the hands Of irresponsible mobs.
Too often good negroes have suffered
at the mob's hands for the sins of the
bad nigger'
This Richland meeting may we'll
he taken as outlining a plan by
which much good may be accom-
plished for whites and blacks alike
The negro race is learning much in
EtheSe days. AS a free people they
are but a comparatively few years
OLD. They are, so to speak, our
"7r'F Shall We lUrn ihG,n over TO
jG" D.waY - he irrcs DDuaiA}r, nm
! prtuclr'C0 ones Of our own race. 10
I DO r%r.uJ."d aUd ted ulo wrong Ilv-
ing 1nG wrong thinking. or shah we
ACT NUt U."' like men. AvSing and
counseling, encouraging and helping
them to work out their destiny for
the glory Of God and the good Of all
mankind? Away with all thought of
social equality and other rot that
some misguided ones and other un-
Scrupulous ones may seek to teach.
The better class of negroes neither
think Of nor want 1t. They do want
our help, our sympathy, our advice
and counsel in the solving of their
great problems. They have a right
to look to us for guidance. for ad-
vice. for sympathy in their travels
on the upward path. Will we give
aid TO them in this critical period in
the history Of the colored race. or
Will we stand aloof and let the care
less, thoughtless ones Of the white
race do more devilment among the
colored race than can be counter
acted IN years and decades?
we have work set for us-a
problem handed us from past gen
Grafton and period of thought and
action far different from the present.
1t seems to us that it is better to face
the problem, meeting 1t squarely and
openly, performing those duties that
GOD has set for lis in the great work
or building up the negro race to the
highest possible standard Of morality
and efficiency. Our interests are so
closely interviewer as to be scarcely
susceptible OF separation.
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