Newspapers / The Gastonia gazette. / Aug. 29, 1905, edition 1 / Page 1
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I B B. P. Blikli. ■b^b rrvMMK> C. N. BvtUt WwPwMmL A. O. My«r», Min. B. P. Rankin, C. N, Bvaaa, «*• M. Uaaa, <1. A. Olaan, YOU ANBYOtXVlLU. Wkk'i Doing Antnf nnr Nslgh torn Jasf Across the Linn. Yarkrlll* ItaMinr. Rev. J. Walter Simpson, son of Dr. I. Simpson of this city, left this week for New York, and on Saturday he will sail for Edinburgh, Scotland, where be will study ior several months. Before returning be expects to make a tour through Europe and visit Egypt aaa others of the old countries. Rock Hill is again assured of an ice factory which will be in operation by the opening of the next season. Mr. S. C. Camp bell of St. Louis, who visited Rock Hill recently to look into the situation, has written Secre tary Jno. Wood of the Commer cial club, that he has decided to locate here, and enclosed a check for $250 as a guarantee that work on the building for the factory will be commenced within niqcty days. The first bale of new cotton was brought to the Yorkvillc market VMtmiav hv Mr I R Brandon of McCoonellsville, and was bought by Messrs. Latte Bros., for 11 cents s pound. Tbe bale waa ginned by Mr. J. Claude Bell of Gnthriesville, wbo did the ginning and fur nished the bagging and ties free of charge. President T. P. Moore of the Neely Manufacturing company, had a letter on Wednesday from Mr. W. S. Lee. Jr., of the Catawba Power company, in which Mr. Lee stated that he expected to commence work on the line from the power bouse to Yorkvllle during tbe week. Although it is being received the Neely Mannfaeturing com pany’s electrical apparatus comes on and we will use our best efforts to have power ready as soon as yon are.” Sunday morniag as some children of Blacksburg were on their way to 8nnfiay school their attention was attracted bv tbe noise of n dog barking, which sound seemed to come from an abandoned well in a vacant lot opposite D. R. Blrd’a store. On investigation the dog was found to be one belonging to Mrs. W. A. Baber of this town and mentis were taken to get it oat. A negro Doy *u lowered into the wdfl end brought the dog up. It U s pretty water spaniel and has been missing since the first day of August. It was believed that the dog 'had been stolen. , The dog wss very emaciated bat otherwise nnbart. Mr. R. W. Whitesides of Smyrna wss in Yorkville Tues day and was fall of enthusiasm over spine fine Southdown sheep hr Mr. -Baxter White •ides of the Bethany nefafabor hfpd nm in the lock of Me- Baxter Whitesides 220, and a lamb only months old weighs 110 p__ Mr. Whitesides laments that sbano talking U a thing of the T. Castles has 25 or 30* Mr. R. 1 f b°2 ■*■»>« a down; Mr. 4 ®r 5j Mr. John McDonald 4 or 5, sod that i» ■[>, that Mr Whkesidss can think of in bis whole sec tion. It is doe to the people of Yorkville that the Southern railway erect' a decent freight depot at this place. Yorkville pays to the Southern from $5, OOO to |7,000 a mouth fur freight, depot, which can be called 2S m * •*d • hi-s rbkh0^ stroyed M depot building prow at, which was tea Ur uat Mail better. The soiled h*£kt 1 * depot is a hundred yards or wore from the passenger depot, and very incouveniept of access. It is utthrly inadequate for tbs purposes for which it is being naed. The railroad people have had plenty of tine in which to put ap a decent bnilding and tliev should attand to the matter without any further delay. Raw Tern Jshaaen Knew. FhiUd.lpfcUT.IWH>*. Tom L. Johnson, multi-mil lionsire, free trader, mayor of Cleveland and former congress** man, who was in Philadelphia on Wednesday, and took oc casion to congratulate Mayor Weaver on his campaign for good government, is one of the most picturesque characters in the political world, and has frequently jarred hia opponents in the most unexpected .manner. , There is a good story told of , the HkinM’« oksMs. tenitic of taking any advantage , that might be presented, while at the same time vigorously op* , posing the conditions that make them possible. It was while he was in con gress and waging vigorous war fare against the trusts. There were those of his colleagues ou the other side who did not agree with him, and wearying of the repeated demands for legislation the late Dr. Dingley of Main, the author of the war revenue bill, made w speech in which he said plnmply that the clamor againat the trusts was all for effect, and that as a matter, of fact there was oo snch thing as a trust in existence. Mr. Johnson was greatly in* terested. •How about the steel rail trust? he demanded. There is no snch thing as a Meet rail trust,- replied Mr. Dingley, "’and never was." . Wei ,” said Mr. Johnson, cheerfully, -there is a steel rail trust, and I am president of **£ **t down without another word. • Steer. Warns* SoMna. Mr. B. P. Bran nock lost a fine work steer in a rather peculiar way last Friday. Ha bad the animal in stocks, preparatory to when he struggled tcr nmcally. and in aome way dis located his neck, dying almost » — ■ uJ&r££££•*?* A first-clasa tun cannot afford to go to Congress for *5,000 n year. He is not willing to sar rendrr freedom and faMnence at dtome to take poverty end slav ery at Washington. He prefers to make Senators than to bdag a Senator himself. «5J^afk WalmPorast has been opened a I far a dab honse end an elovt M be made to provide a better wade of bosrd for the stodents »“ ‘>«rer»fa»clubs bavt bean able to give. The dab will be known as "The Students Home." A number oi New York wom •» *?»■* themselves into a eat dub "fat Sudd, of enkh the owaetah brad cats, to care far vagrant cats, and to susis? sirs tss better than tbe poodle.basleeas. Sanday'a Wilmington Mes ?***»•* "*••«• a luge shark. of the .peciei known m tbe "men enter,* waa ©sight near OM Stsmp Inlet. The shark was 9 feet, 9 Inebea in length and weighed 000 nit j&ffEyr — t FUTURE OF THE NEGRO Thos. Dixon Discusses Booker T. Wash ington. Colonisation Only Safe Solution. PHIt.AOei.PHIA SATURDAY EVeNINO POUT — ■ ■■ —- - ... ■■■ 1 ' ■ / ror Mr. Booker T. Washing too as a man and leader of hia race I have always had the wannest admiration. Hia life is a romance which appeals to the heart of universal humanity, the story of a little ragged, bare footed picaninny who lifted his eyes from a cabin in the hills oi Virginia, saw a vision and fol lowed it, until at last he presides over the richest and most pow erful institution of learning in the south, and sits doom with crowned heads and presidents, has no parallel even in the Tales of the Arabian Nights. The spirit of the man, too, baa always impressed me with Its breadth, generosity, and wis dom. The aim of hia work is noble and inspiring. As i un derstand it from his own words, it is "to make negroes produc ers, lovers of lsbor, honest, in dependent, good." His plan for doing this is to lead the negro to the goal through the develop ment of solid chsracter, intelli gent industry, aad material ac quisition. Only a fool or s knave can Sad fanlt with such an ideal. It rests squarely oa the eternal ver ities. And yet it will not solve the negro problem nor brinir it imUa sight of its solution. Upon the other band, it will on ly Intensify that problem’s dan gerous features, complicate and naka more difficult it's ultimate settlement. It is this tragic fact to which I im trying to call the attention >1 the nation. I have tor the negro race only nty and sympathy, though every urge convention of negroes rince the appearance of my first historical novel on the race problem has gone oat of its way ■O denounce me and declare my Books caricatures and libels on :beir people. Tbelr mistake is t natural one. My books are hard reading for a negro, and ret the negroes, in denouncing ■hem, are unwittingly denouuc ng one of their best friends. I have been intimately associ »t«l .with negroes since the •waning of my birth dining the s.lyil War. lay household serv ants are all negroes. I took them to Bbstoa with me, moved them to Mew York, end they bow have entire charge of my Virginia borne. The mat row I ever had on the negro problem uas when I moved to Boston irom the south to take charge of s fashionable church iu the Hob. I attempted to import my baby's negro nnrse into a Boston hotel. The proprietor informed me that no "coon” could occupy a room in his house in any capac ity, either aa guest or servant. 1 gava him a piece of my mind and left within an hour. As a friend of the negro race I claim that he should have the opportunity for. the highest, "f®***1 freest development of his full, rounded manhood He has never had this opportun Ity in America, either north or h* never can have ^erwh.1JET Um «• . My bo<ja •** simply merci lew records of eooditloiu as they exist, conditions that can hare bnt one endian if they sre not gw* fearlessly laced. The Civil War abolished chattel slavery. It did not settle the wo problems. It aettled the Union question end created the negro problem, Frederic Her nsoo, the Bnrfisb philosopher, declared that iU one great sbe f*®w «londs the future of Uie American Republic is the approaching tragedy e( the ir condlable conflict between the nemo and white men in the de* reJopmeut of our society. Mr. *“■•* ***** *»«tttly mads s similar statemeat. TTO UOCHSMT OP TH| OITI1CS MSN. A % * present obstruct uy seriotu cposideration of this question— P°t-bottse politician, the os W™ the pooh-pooh man, tb*. benevolent old maid. The politician is still busy ovat the block man’s vote in doubt fnl states. The pooh-pooh man needs po definition—be sms bora ■ kol. The benevolent old maid contributes every time the hat is passed and is pretty sore to do aa much barm as food in the loan ran to nay cause. The ostrich is the funniest of nil this group of obstructionists, for ho is i man of brains and ca* pocity. I bays a friaod of this kind in Hew York. He got after me the other day soaaawhat in this fashion: " Wy* *?*. »* keep arteUmr this infernal question for? There's no danger in it aniens you stir it. Let h alone. I grant you that the negro race ia a poor, worthies* parasite, whose criminal tsd sains si inJ atincts threaten society. Bat the negro is hen to stay. We const train him. It is the only thing we can do. So what’s the use to waste yoar breath?" "But what about the future when you have educated the negro?" 1 asked timidly. "Let the futard take pare of itself 1' the ostrich man shouted "We Uva iu the present. What's the use to worry about Hail? If I can scramble through this world successfully I’ll take my chances with the Hell psobkml* My friend forgets that this was precisely the line of argu ment of out fathers over U>e question of negro slavery. When the construction states men of Virginia (called pessi mists and infidels in their day) foresaw the coming baptism of fire and blood (*61 to ’05) over the negro slave, they attempted to destroy the sieve trade and abolish slavery. My friend can find b>s very words in the an swers of their opponents. "Let the future take care of itaclfl The slaves are here and here to •tar- Greater evils await their freedom. We need their labor. Let the question alone. There is no danger in it unless yon stir it* The truth which ia gradually fordng itself upoa thoughtful students of our national life ia that no scheme of education or religion can solve the race prob lem and that Mt. Booker T. Washington’s plan, however high and noble, can only inten sify its difficulties. This conviction is based on a few big fundamental facta, which no pooh-poohing, ostrich - dodging, weak-minded philan thropy or political rant can ob scure. Tba first one ia that no amount of edneabdo of aay kiod. tndos ttial, classical or religious, can make a negro a white area or bridge tba chasm ofthacaatu ries which separate him from the white man In the evolution of hnmaa civilisation. i»5rssZfz&aOzs. perioritv there is m Irr*. ratibl* fact. It Is possibly true, as the ae*ro, Professor iKatb Miller cl arms, that the Anglel Se*on is "the meat arrogant and capacious, the anat exclusive and intolerant nee in history." Bven so, what answer can ha given P» Ms cold-blooded propo •Woni , "Can yen change the color of the negro's akin, the Wnk of kla ImG, the babe of Wa Up or the beet of his heart wjth^e spelling book or a me WHAT AS1AHAX UXOOUT SAID. No ana haa expressed thk l Wjpw, win forever • forbid them living together ea tanas of social aad political equality." Whence this physical dther aacc? Its secret IWa ia tba gulf of thousands of years of Inherited prearreae which aeparatea tha cEMwWSr,lM te *• * taem we owe all that wa non a •vm oldTkrr bMt iWZ*. • * . their own live*; they m rmsati ally caamlativs." Judged by tbU nptttM teat what contribution to ham: prapaaa have the miUiou* o African* who inhabit this piaad made daring the pact font thousand yean? Absolute!) And vet Hr. Boofaei T. Washington la a recent bursl of elooueace over bU education •1 work boldly declares; The negro race baa dc «loped more rapidly in 5a thirty yean of It* freedom thaa the Latin race haa ia ooc thou sand year* of freedom.* Think for a moment of the pitiful puerility of this state ment fauimt from Urn lips of tbs greatem aad wheat lender tbs osgra hea yet produced! Italy la the mother of genius, the inspiration of the agesTtlM creator of sicfaitactore, agricul ture. manufacture, rniaiarsrr. Uw, science. plrilsaophy. finance, church organisation, sculpture, mask, painting and literature and yet tW Atnerkau ■*fw» io thirty yearn baa taf SX^SSSStf "*• Bducatioa is the development of that which b. The negro has bald the continent of Africa ■face the dawn of history, crunching acres of diamonds ba Math hh fret. Yet ha never picked one ap from the dart un til a white man showed to him ito light His laud swarmed with powerful and docile animal*, yet be never built a harness, cart or sled. A banter by necessity, be never made aa aae, spear or arrowhead worth of its oat. la • bad of atone sad timber, he sever carved s * “wed • fact of bmber or bnilt a boast save of broken SSsur th^ma yetneverdreamod a mdL ever lived according *to*Bookcr Washington? Through all his booka he speaks this area’s aaam with bated breath aad an covered bead—''Frederick Doug laaa of sainted memory 1* Aad what did Saint Frederick do? Spent a life is bombastic vit uperation of the men whore geams created the American Ra pnbNc, wore biauelf. oat finally drawing bis salary as a Federal ofiemholder, and at IsstsrMavai the climax of ampo sainthood by marrying a white woman! WHAT HDUCATtOK CAHXOT DO. HfXbU SLVtt .;^JsrssnsKi,,sjvss Ae. asaeatial character of any area or race of mea." I repeat, adocatfamb the da* slavery once concealed—nine arillions rtrong! Thb creatsre, with a racial record of four thousand years of incapacity, hail-child, half-animal, the sport of impulse, whim and conceit, pleased with a rattle, tickled •***■« l«ft to bb win. roams at night aad sleeps in the day, whose native topgue has framed no word at love, whore nasaluas once aroused are as the tifur'a— ity b the law of oar lib!—when he is educated and eeaare to W Ms useful sphere u servant and srsN»u“,~ "*« * The second Mg foot which Mk‘Xm£.‘toaSuU« mt-' be the corruption of our oatioosl —A - * ALa fi ** - ■* * M I_ ._______,_
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