The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1936-01-10

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led into the Negroes mind. character
and principle, and say what you
may, act ~ you may or do what you
may, but you will never getanywher,
or command the respect of my bird
dog. not to mention respectable peo-
pie, without these two virtues, y"u
may have 0 take club and knock
into some Of them you will have
a respectable citizen b. white or
black.
it is eassir to get It into the white
man for the simple reason that Cir
what the ecientist are right In claim
ing that We all sprang from the monk
IeO the white rae started To spring
toward civilization some four or five
thousand years before The Negro did.
therefore he is lot closer to it, 50
the thing for the Negro to do is for
get his racial feelings and say to him
self: 1t looks as tho this white race
is springing in the right direction.
and while he has an awful start on
me. j am going to take few e1tnr
jumps on him If hae to do 1t Mt
night, SO that when the white raca
sees me, If he happens to look hack,
they are going TO SOY, that Negro
race took an awful lump since, the
hast time noticed him. and I asn
Isss ssaezsiis Z ID txatsysu
fare making an honest effort without
prejudice to any race or person, TO
place themselves on firmer basis,
socially and financially in order that
they may be in a position to aid in 4
more comprehensive way TO place
their government In more sound fin
nncial basis. they will not stand in
your way.
dot believe that out of 10000
5000 Negroes In the United States of
America, that there is more than ten
percen Of them that really know that
the constitution conains anything
other than the fourteenth nd eight
eenth amendments and while my own
race Is far too lax along these lines.
at the same time ] believe that their
Intelligence along Theses lines Is great
or than yours and such being the ease
they would naturally be the leaders
which You are now crying for and
that. of course calls for q more care
FL selection of these leaders may not
be selected that will lead us into
tronblp as has bton the case in so
many instances I'm the past.
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have placed stigma on the Ameri-
can people that the total output Of
Proctor and Gamble Ivory soap will
no wash off In the next fifty years,
all on account of, you might say
dnmbness. hut ] am sure more on ac-
cont Of carelesness and thoughtless-
mes.
SO. Tom my advice to the black
race, and thru your paTs.r you should
keep impressing upon their minds the
vale Of character and principle and
when they have mntrred these two
virtues, carefully select their idaI
and then follow II thru, tell these
Negroes to stop making eyes and try
ing to associate with and get fresh
with young white girls. this will. ]
am sure cut down the number of lyn-
chiDs and those that persist insuch
actions can expect to be lyDchcd and
I don't think you need have any wOr
ries about any great number beipt
/ lyncbcd for tho reason that the mum
her that still persist In these actors
will be so small that the lynching NJ
what Is left will make no material
difference TO the race and beside that
IT is cheapest and quickest way 81
getting rid Of them any way and
goes long way towards healing that
old racial sore on your leg TINT ba.
kept you from making as long q jumT