The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1920-10-14

in thenorth and west, where you have
probably been told that conditions fol
the negro race are preferable to those
found in the South. The elements OF
the white lace, with which the negro
comes most frequently in contact in
the north and west have a,feeling OF
active enmity towards the colored
man, while this feeling does not exist
in the South. What has caused this
feeling in the north? 1t is due to COM
petion. The element in the north per-
forming manual labor, for which the
negro is, at this period, best suited
finds the negro an active competitor
and situation of this kind, whether
it be between nations or races, pro-
duces friction. The white labor has not
ed with alarm the rapid increase in the
colored population in many northern
and western cities, and determined eff
forts are being made to drive the ne
gro out of these communities. l am
frank to confess that | hope this move
ment will succeed, as | believe it will
ultimately prove beneficial to your
race. As previously stated, you are
known and understood in the South,
and generally there is a feeling of
kindness toward you on the part of
the white people. The slums of the
big cities of the North, with their
severe winter climates, are certainly
not to be compared with the great
out-of-door climate to be found in the
South, where you and your children
can make a good, comfortable living
and enjoy many privileges.
At Toledo Ohio several years ago,
negro came to me and asked me if
l knew where he could find good
stand for butcher shop in North Car
olina. He told me he was from North
Carolina originally. asked him why
he wanted to leave Toledo and come
back south, he told me that he found
Toledo agreeable in some ways, but
that he was not permitted to work at
his trade, and that he had to do jobs
of various kinds to make q living.
Just think of it-Idon't believe there
is any locality in the south where a
negro is not permitted to follow his
trade. This man brought his wife a
round to see me, and she told me that
life had been quite different, with
more difficulties than she had expec
ted, and that She and her husband
wanted to get back to North Carolina.
This was a most respectable couple
and after several years trial, they
found the situation in the North not
so easy as they had been led to believe
it would be. Since that time conditions
in the north have become more Sc
rious for the negro, on account of the
trade competition that have mention
ed. My advice to the negro race is,
stay in the South, live clean, decent
industrious lives; raise the standard
of living in your homes, and you will
find many helping hand extended
you by the southern white farmers,
merchants and bankers.
Soil Fertility Fundamental
In any system of farming"Soil Fer
tility is Fundamental" The arrival of
the cotton boil weevil, the scarcity an /
high cost of farm labor, and the great
ly increased cost of seeds and CONNER
cial fertilizers make it absolutely nee
essary for the farmer who is not in
business for his health and pleasure,
but for good living tostudy and ap-
ply farm practices that increase crop
yields.
Coastal Plains Soil Deficient in Or.
ganic Matter
Coastal Plains soils, generally
speaking are deficient in organic mat
ter. In order that the most profitable
production of crops shall be secured,
even when using fertilizing materials,
it will be necessary to so arrange the
crop rotations that organic matter in
considerable quantities will be turned
back into the the soils low in this ma
terial. In arranging the rotations, it
should be planned as nearly as pos
sible to provide, by the growing Of
suitable leguminous crops and turn
ing themin, the required nitrogen in
the soils for the nonleguminous crops
of the rotation. In order to grow the
leguminous crops in the rotation sue
cessfully and in some cases too, the
nonleguminous crops, it will be neces-
sary to use liberal quantities of lime
on the soils. 1t is quite evident from