The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1922-11-29
NEGRO EDUCATOR DECLARES
RACE STILL LOYAL
Dir. II. X. Notion, OF Tuskegee, OH
Goodwin Tour, Asserts Ante-Bel-
lum Fricndliness Not Gone.

| lum FFlcnullneSS NOT Gone.
Atlanta, Ga, Nov. 2G.-Negrocs are
! just as loyal and friendly to the white
! people now as were their ante bellum
ancestors, DR.. II. II. Motion, president
of III "gec institute, declared today
in ope.l..g & a goodwill tour Of Georgia
| designed to promote better relations
! between the races.
Speaking in the city auditorium to
an audience of several thousand per-
white and colored, DR.. Motion asserted
that the world hears much OF the oc-
casional clashes between the races in
the south but little of the hundreds OF
; cases Of unusual and helpful! CO. opera
ton between blacks and whites that
take place daily in every community
! in the south. The time has nov come
, when we should emphasize the thou
sands of good things that are happc
ing right here in Atlanta, in Georgia,
and throughout the south. rather than
the occasional bad things"
The president of the big negro in
stitution in Alabama, asserted that
we. as negroes, must not permit the
moral larscs here and there on the
part Of the few thoughtlcss white peo-
pie who frequently misrepresent their
own race to befog those unmistakable
evidences Of friendship and co-opera-
ton on tho part, not only Of the lead
ing white people. but frequently of the
average white persons as well.
''On the other hand, we want to ask
the white people not to allow the acts
Of the comparatively few ignorant
criminal members Of my race, who hu-
initiate and disgrace our race, to mar
the good feeling that exists between us
and to blind themselves to the fact
that whatever may be said and done
the negro believes i'll the white race
o-oEcration."
The negro DR.. Motion continued,
is willing to give himself to the ut
most in cooperation with the white
possible to become"
Skctchng the remarkable progress
his race has made in the last half cen
tury the speaker pleaded for fair
treatment for the negro.
1T is gratifying" he said, ito me
that we hear little nowadays OF this
foolish question OF social equality"
being brought up to disturb the good
feeling on the part Of both races to-
ward each other. When the negro
asks for better educational facilities,
adequate sanitary arrangements in his
part OF the city. good roads in his part
| OF the country or equal railroad ac-
commodations, he is not seeking social
equality but he is asking for civil JUS
t!cc, to be treated OH his moral, in
tellectual and economic merits"
Declaring that it is a question Of
simple Justice which is as important
| FOR the good Of the white race as it is
for the good Of the black race" DR..
MOton said, that the white race is not
fair to itself when it is unfair and un-
just to weaker group The black
race is unfair to itself if it permits
itself to become embittered or to hate
the white race. The two races in the
south have lived, fought, sacrificed and
died for each other and for our be-
loved southland and The relations be-
tween the races were never better, in
spite oF all that is said. We never
had more strong, unsclflsh God-fcar-
ing white friends right here in Geor-
@ia, and in every state in the South
tn@n Wc have now. | count among my
best and most helpful friends in Ala
bama and in ruSkcgec, the white pco-
pic Of my state and community"
Saying he had recently returned
from trip 10 England where he told
the people Of the progress both races
were making in America in an effect
to help them to solve their own race
problem there and in Africa, President
Motion said that the negro must learn
to appreciate his opportunities here
he pointed out that they could buy
land, and had other opportunities
which are not open to them in some
other countries
In Il speech preceding Dr. Motion,
Mayor James IL. Key, OF Atlanta. in