The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-09-13
Editorial From The Progyessle Farmer For September
A Call To All Who Love The South

Of life that characterized our ante-bell,lm
and later days. But does not this mean We
should try all the harder to recapture the
Souths ancient charm and qualities?
over and over again for more than 20
years have repeated an ideal we may never
reach but toward which we should forever
strive: II every person of either race would
try each day to do some kind deed or say
some kind word to some person of the other
race. then we should soon have an atmos-
phere of good will in which all our other prob
lens might be solved
Facts All Negroes Should Remember
Each race should now examine ancient
causes of i'll will in the light of truth. Our Ne
groes should learn that slaves did not toll
and labor Just to make life easy for mas
ter or mistress The obvious truth is that
slaves first of all had to make a living for
themselves. for their young ones, and for their
aged or alling who could no longer labor It
was only from what was left over that mas
tiers could expect to find profit It was not
case OF everything going to the master and
nothing to; the slave = as so many critics
and historians seem to teach My grand
father. relatively small saveowner, was not
alone in saying, Il have never made any
profits from our slaves
Furthermore, all fair-minded people North
and South should realize this - that while
Negroes suffered terrible hardships in the long
years OF Southern poverty, SO have millions of
our white people - poorly paid both for farm
products and factory labor. Hence while seek
ing to give greater hope and help to our col.
ored people suffering from poverty and poor
schooling. our Governement and our churches
should remember that millions of our poorer
white people have long suffered from the
identical handicaps and are in equal need Of
help. Let's never forget this.
What Both Races Need Today
For 100 years to come white people and
colored will live together in the South. And
for either race to have the peace, happiness
and prosperity we covct for it four things
seem supremely important; greater good will
by both races; greater generosity by our
white people; greater restraint by our advanc-
ing colored people: and very, very much more
and better training in schools and skiIls for
all our people.
christ supreme doctrine or ove-love not
only for our neighbors but even for our enc
mies-nust root out the suicidal spirit Of hate
only by such an effort can we again win and
mold the honored place which the South held
IN other days when men thought of Southern
LIE as something beautiful distinguished for
courtesy, hospitality, and kindness. Perhans
we OF the South today above almost every-
thing else need to teach our young people
what humble, farm bred Pope John XIII
once said to group of students: 1.-THE two
most important things you possess are your
minds and your hearts, With one, you learn:
with the other, You love. beg YOU to learn
and to love with your greatest capacity. The
people in this world need all the love YOU and
l can give them.'
To learn and to love-this seems to me. is
the supremacy urgent duty Of all the South's
young people today. And is it not equally the
duty OF all our older people also?