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THE BARNWELL PEOPLE
at th« post office at Barnwell,
8. C., as second-class matter.
JOHN W. MOLMM
18^0-1912
B. P. DAVIES, Editor and Proprietor.
Subscription Rates:
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Six months *90
Three months .50
Per copy .05
THURSDAY,. JULY. 31ST.,_ 1919.
The Allendalc-Millen railway must
have taken another route.—Allendale
County Citizen. An air route, as it
were. '
“Which is the correct way to spell
the name of our ncifrhhorinp: town,
‘Baldock/ ‘Baldoc’ or ‘Beldock,’ ” asks
the Allendale County Citizen. Well,
it depends on whether it’s the post-
office, the express office or the place
where the people exist.
If Germany is admitted to the
League, she should take the cellar po
sition, or at least remain in the sec-
divition for the remainder of the sea
son.— Brooklyn Engle. The cellar
position, dear heart, is one that many
of the hihulously inclined among the
Allies h'.ve been aspiring to since
July the One.
Wr never did fully comprehend the
details of the Ihrnmark shooting till we
read the story in The Barnwell Pro
pie Editor Defies Sifted through the
various presentiueats and gave the
atory to his readers in a way that re
Aorts great credit oa hit ability to
•SwreSate — A!tenilate t'oawty i sisaass.
Therk• foe iosa Wind wo»4t
already been to the poet office and
asked tho post master to write the
pobliahera to stop his paper and If
they failed to do so not to send anoth*
er copy to him. This action on his
part is most commendable and should
be followed by the few remaining
subscribers, among whom are at least
two men who pose as leaders of their
race. Let us hope that they also are
wise enough not to follow its teach
ings, not sc much on our own account
but for the good of the negro himself.
There seems to be, however, a con
certed movement from the outside to
stir up friction between the races in
the South and this opinion is held not
only by Tlj^ People but by such con*
servative newspapers as The State,
which has always strongly condemned
lynching and stands for law and order.
Pressure must be brought to bear in
an effort to stop such publications as
the one referred to above and to shdw
the negro that it is unwise to follow
the advice of imported preachers from
the North and other sections of the
country who are not in accord with
the traditions of the South. We un
derstand that a negco preacher from
the North who some time ago gave
unwholesome advice to the negroes of
Barnwell ie noto conducting a series
of meetings at one of the negro coun
try churches in this county. It is
hardly probr.ble that what he will tell
•them, unheard by the white people,
will be t > the best interests of both
races. He may or may not he an in
strument of these outside forces, but
the leaders cf the negroea in Barnwell
County should take care that he
preaches nothing of an inflammatory
nattw.
We ranrwt refrain at this Ume from
rrprodurtirg as editorial from The
Stale, which appeared Saturday an*
der the rspOoa ** Advice and Warn mg
kindly Meant" and which te as fal*
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The tisgvwee af Waahssgf-
roafldehra la them The
I them **rrsp»>n* ’ v for
lawteeenrse that has boon
upon Uw-abtdin colored
editors would not dare to
tho South and speak publicly what
they write, at a aafe distance. Again
whether that ought to be the case we
are not diacuuing«-we are trying to
deal with facts. That these efforts to
stir trouble are long distance efforts
ought to make the Southern negroes
suspicious of them. . T
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Three months ago a negro maga
zine was sent to The State containing
an especially outrageous article, from
the white Southern point of view, and
it was suggested that The State re
produce it that the people might be
informed ^ what, the Northern negro
publicat.ons are saying. The State
refrained ffrom reproducing it—and
has severely let alone other similar
utterances—because.it does not wish
to * say one word that would incite
anger against the Southern negroes.
Talk about “race war” and “aggres
sive action”—nothing would be easier
than to kindle the fires of hatred
against Southern negroes. Heaven
knows that it is hard enough to keep
that sort of thing suppressed. It is a
fact that in the white population of
the South are ruffian elements always
on the alert for an excuse to start
just what these miserable ne^o pub
lications of the North are advising the
Southern negroes to start.
ESSEX
MOTOR
CARS
“When Can I Get
THAT IS THE INQUIRY MEN NOW MAKE CON
CERNING THE LIGHT WEIGHT, QUALITY CAR.
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Although, so far as .we know, there
it no immediate danger of an out
break, we think the moment has come
to speak plainly—however it is with
reluctance that we speak at all.
Every Southern negro in his vena** ia
aware that race collisions invariably
have the same result. The whites
have all the strength. They have the 4
courts, they have the militia, they
have the police—in every way. ta*
eluding numbers if the whole South
he ronsiil»rsd they have the powsr
to negro tawteoonees or oo-
serlteenesa Moreover, to the army
and the navy among the amsnrs of the
white people through sut the country.
as wo ha«e said, the feoHag Is the
•am* Bam nets ham jaioty
Eagtaad. showmg that
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by regf'^v e/wl p*** v'vr
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ihidiia s^f «h*wmg gmd
ntiien»hip srul srv. thrfvfi*rv. Isrgv-
ly rvtponsibiv fur thr frsr. frr^iurr11y
eipre*ft*«t. that truuhtr i« brewing be
twren thr rscea As thr Doctor no
doubt knows, it is thr unusual and
out-of the ordinary happening that
m<<kcft "news.” and this applies not
only to the negroes but to the whites
as well. It is not considered anything
unusual for a man to l»e a good citizen
and law-abiding, as we have grown
to look upon that as our normal state
of being, but when one of us breaks
the law we automatically create
“news.” If there, is danger to the
white people of this country in these
frequent outbreaks, would it not be
the height of folly to suppress the
news and keep them in ignorance of
what is happening elsewhere. If the
negroes have accepted as their leaders
“unwise members of their race,” isn’t
it better to know it In time and ad
minister the proper medicine rather
than wait until the patient has become
incurable ?
Frankly, we have no fear of trouble
between the white people and the ne
groes of Barnwell County or of South
Carolina so long as we are free from
outside interference, and this fact
was strongly impressed on us Satur
day by one of our colored subscribers
who read our reprint of the Columbia
Record’s editorial anent the Baltimore
negro newspaper. This negro informed
us that he subscribed to the Balti
more paper on the advice of a negro
preacher who left here recently under ■ stories. Much of the stuff printed ia
a cloud and who was instrumental in falae or gross exaggeration and some
about 50 other negrpea to of it, particularly ths descriptions of
Our subscriber told us shameful lynching*, is true. The
ttot he wanted the whits people to drift of most of it is to egg the poor
it he had Mt heea laBueseed I negroes hers in the South to violence
If it In* conceded, for the sake of the
argument, that the accusation is true,
the importrnce of it lies in the truth
and that •* what the negroes every
where would better ponder. These
soldiers are representative of the
masses of the white people, who are
more than 90 per cent, of the pop
ulation of the whole country—much
more representative of their passions
and prejudices than are the members
of Congress, the politicians and the
editors. As the soldiers feel in re
spect of a matter of this kind the peo
ple feel, too—and w r e are here dis
cussing, not what the prevailing feel
ing ought or ought not to be, but
what it is—what the negroes of
Washington in their resolutions have
virtually admitted that it is.
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tksy aas ms asaalaal flaagaf af tkaL
Tka gsvaaaat maaf«rt«aa tka* saw
tafbf! Iks aagksaa af Ms Baufk aas
tks mmflMg ar raflMBg la tksm af Iks
cafpsi- tmggstv Tksy aas saffsvmg
fram m ia tkaa day Tka rsypat-fcag-
gsfs lad tks aagfasw aatray. casfuptad
tkam. ascstssd tWaa. raaaad aa Sautk*
mrm aktls msa la bs tksir sasaswa
Bat far tkaa# tafamsas araaadrsla.
Iks grad aada rataadiag krtwasa tks
taa rarra mtgkt aavsr kava bsaa tan
uaaly impairad.
. Tks carpri-baggers have lang ago
drpartsd
It Lakrn by tks nagro amtrrs In tks
Nortksrn newspapers—they who take
no chance themselves but preach,
through the mails, racial antagonism.
For the Southern negroes to listen to
them could bring only a repetition of
history*
No industry has equaled the automobile
for its surprises. And judged by the w r ay
people everywhere have taken to it, no car
has equaled the Essex in the quickness with,
which it has gained its leadership.
Some Say
Advertising Did It
There is a measure of truth to that. But
the advertising was not of the usual type.
The Essex received the kind of advertising
that is always effective. No product has been
advertised as it has been that has not bo-
come a favorite.
Ita advertising has been the voluntary
praise of tons of thousands who recognize
Essex qualities.
Just aa it has never been necessary to
stimulate a wan: for an automobile because
ita utility ta recognised by everyone, so It
has wot been necessary to more than call
attention to the Eases.
The Essex is so well advertised because it
fills the want so many people have long
entertained.
Everything you. hear about the Essex is
what motorists think of it. At first only
impressions such as came from a store
room view and a short ridge were given..
But those views were all to the advantage
of the Essex.
Now thousands of owners know from dai
ly service just how good a car the Essex is.
So the Matter Of
Delivery It All
That is about the only question buyers
now ask.
Factory production is now steadily in-
creasin';. It is clote to a hundred cars a
day. Buyers must have some patience.
They must not expect to get an Essex off
the* floor whenever they may decide to bag
Wanted articles are itfbt usually so
obtained
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Sts million
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tr Ideal car.
All dealers are forced to enter.order* and
make delivery ta retqUefi. The man who
buys today will get hi« Esses l so net than
But t«a*t it «
ta buy mg suck
eulemehtle. aad et
sa uaixv realty pern
etb while tw take sae s turn
aa uapwrtaat article aa aa
•ope* tally when the car la
f as la the Esses *
Hagood-Jennings Auto Co.
Hudson Super-Six and Essex Dealers,
MAIN STREET PHONE 7*
BARNWELL. S.C.
To this condition we are directing
attention because there, has been
going on in this country the last six
months an agitation calculated to do
incalculable harm. A number of ne
gro magazines and newspapers are
poisoning the minds of negroes
against the white peope. They are
printed in Northern cities and sent to
the South. We have seen numbers of
them and they are filled with inflam
matory’ editorial articles and news
Finally, we remind those negroes
who are discontented that they are
not condemned -to dive in the South.
If they do not like what they are get
ting in the South they can go away.
Fifty years ago they were poor and
could not go—but they have money
now and there are trains running
to all points North. There is not one
owning land or other property who
cannot dispose of it at a profit at this
time. The white men who are not
satisfied in South Carolina go else
where and the same right and op
portunity are before the negroes. It
is scarcely a day’s journey to the
Mason and Dixon Line or to the Ohio
River.
We repeat that the disposition to
treat the negroes justly and even gen
erously, is steadily growing in South
Carolina and in the South, but it is
best for all concerned that it be said
candidly and- plainly that no swift or
general change in the matters of gov
ernment as they affect the relations
between the races will come to pass.
The State will persevete in condemn
ing lynching and uill strive to In
fluence public opinion against wrong
to the negroes. But the power in the
hands of the white men will be main
tained. •
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