The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, September 26, 1913, Page 3, Image 3
? MR. CLARENCE POE ON 1
RACEJEGREGATION
White ComniunitiesShould Have
Kii*ht of Self-Protection.
A SIMPLE LAW ADVOCATED <
Now liHW I'loposcil l?y The I'rogres- i
sivc Farmer Exciting Widespread ^
Interest Throughout the South.
To the Editor of The News: /
Will you be kind enough to give At
me space?since the idea is so new, I
since it lias excited so much interest. \
and since so many people are ignorant
of my exact purpose?to explain j
to your readers just what I propose 1
by the policy of race segregation I
I have been advocating for the rural
South?
Hut to begin with, let me say a
word as to the imperative need for
some such remedy as I have been
urging. 1 knew when I began this
agitation that thousands and thousands
of white farmers in all parts j
of the South were being forced from I
their homes for soctal reasons by the I
growing number of negroes around |
them (as my own father was), but
I did not then know how wide-spread , J
?r o thn uvilu rou iilitticr f mm 1
present Indiscriminate sandwiching
of white and negro farmers.
SITUATION DEMANDS REMEDY.
The hundreds of earnest messages
from farmers, and even more earnest
mesages from farmers' wives and
daughters, have opened my eyes. A
white farmer may have bought land
in what he expected to remain for- !
ever a white community, may have
built a good home with this expee- I
tation, ordering his whole life accordingly.
And yet some non-resident
owning land adjoining him may put 1
any kind of negroes on it, terrorizing
the farmers' wives and daughters, destroying
the social life of the community,
depreciating the value of the
farmer's land, and finally forcing him
to move for social reasons?leaving
the negroes to gobble up the farm
for half its real worth.
This is not a fancy picture but a
literal report of what is actually happening
all oyer the cotton belt. Almost
every section of the South feels
the blighting effect of such conditions.
Worthy settlers refuse to
come, and farmers already In a community
hesitate to build worthy
country homes, because they have no
assurance that they or their children
will not be forced to leave the place
in order to find plenty white neighbors.
A SIMPLE LAW ADVOCATED.
If we are to save the rural South to
the white race, we must find some
remedy, and I have become convin- !
ced that an aroused public sentiment
is not enough. We must have a statute
which will enable any white com- i
munity that wishes to do so to take I
steps to insure its remaining white? I
a statute framed not in a spirit of
fnfustice and nersecution to the ne- !
gro, but in a spirit of justice and protection
to the white man.
Briefly, I propose a simple law !
which will say that whereever the
greater part of the land acreage in i
any given district that may be laid !
off is owned by one race, a majority t
of the voters in such a district may
say (if they wish) that in future no 1
land shall he sold to a person of a
different race. Provided such action
Is approved or allowed (as being jus- j
tifled by consideration of the peace,
protection, and social life of the community),
by a reviewing judge or
board of county commissioners.
It may be argued, I know, that
such a law is unjust because with the
government of the South as it is, |
it could be utilized by white people [
to keep their communities white, but !
the negroes would rarely or never
be able to use It to make a community
wholly negro. All of which I
admit, and yet I believe it is jubt.
NOT UNJUST TO THE NEGRO.
I believe it is just because the
white man needs the social protection
of such a law and the negro doesn't.
If a majority of his neighbors are
white, the negro doesn't care. His
land is made more valuable by the
predominance of neighbors of a different
race;the chances of selling it
for its worth are better; his family
are not uneasy or unsafe; they don't
mind running off day or night to see
neighbors or kinsfolk miles away;
and his money-making facilities are
better. But with the white man surrounded
by negro neighbors exactly
the contrary conditions exist. So I
am confident such a law as I propose
would be just, and eminent lawyers
have assured me it would be constitutional.
As for its practicability, that is apparent
on its face. It is not a radical
measure. It would not be forced on
any community that doesn't want it.
But wherever any white community
does wish to keep Itself white and
does want protection of such a law
as I propose, I believe it should have
that privilege.
I shall be glad to send further in- I
formation to any interested reader
who agrees with me.
Sincerely yours,
CLARENCE POE.
Raleigh, N. C.
Mother of Eighteen Children.
"I am the mother of eighteen chllddren
and hare the praise or doing
more work than any young woman
In my town," writes Mrs. C. J. Martin,
Boone Mill, Va. "I suffered for
five years with stomach trouble and
could not eat as much as a biscuit
without suffering. I have taken
three bottles of Chamberlain's Tablets
and am now a well woman and
weigh 168 pounds. I can eat anything
I want to, and as much as 1
want and feel better than I have at
any time in ten years. I refer to any
one. In Boone of vicinity and they
will vouch for what I say." Chamberlain's
Tablets are for sal* by all
dealer*. I
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