Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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WITH ALL Olli Fil LTS. The Rev.vR, Carrol, Colored Loves Us Best. THE NORTH AND SOITH. interesting t'oniparisoiis ?{ (lit Negro in the Two Sections? Plain Talk to Northerners. To tho Editor or Th? ^?t ?t?4. I'co: lo in the ><< ::'i oi'lon "IIow do the Yankees tr? u Jin negroes in the north, an 1 whid is the ' est place for 1 :ui?-n ill 01 south?" I have giv, a the . ubjov! a good dea! of study %nd think 1 ?m well inn rme !. I have : raveled over the north ail 1 east a great deal lor the la a ten years. Most ol the negroes in the north came from the south, especially Yir ginia, North Carolina and South Carolina. The southern n; gro i.ahead of the northern horn and raised negro. The colored pupils are supplied by soutuern preachers and the leading colored men are from the south. The white people think more of the hrothci in black from the south than they do the natives. The northern negro thinks lie is better than his southern brother and the southern man thinks he is above the "Yankees in black." Tins Virginia and South Carolina col ored people are very j roud and hightoned. They are not ashamed of their birth place. The colored people live in the cities. 1 on can nanny luul out on a farm. I cannot say thai there is no race lines or distinctioi on account of color, race of pre vious condition in the north am tell the truth. It is seen even ii New England,the so called "para disc of the negro." There is ; disposition in the north to "colo nize the negro"?have thetn al live on a certain street or local ity. This is especially true it New York and Philadelphia Where he lives real estate dopre ciates in value and sell or ren "below par." White families d< not want to live close to the no groos or live in a house after the} have had it, therefore, the col or., d people can only get certaii houses. Some of the best whit? people in Charleston, Columbia Augusta ami other southern eitie live next door to I'm colored peo j)lo and think notkingof it if tin colored family is <juiet and re sportful. Tin? negro has eertait or proscribed labor north, such a. waiter-, cook: . coachmen, hous? servants, ; orter- on trains, etc. but you cannot find one on building working with white inei or contractors. Very lew 01 street or anywhere doing publi< .vnrk. 1 asked an Irishman \\!i; bis people hated the negroes am did not take them into labo unions, etc. lie said: We do no hate the niggers in Ireland: wi treat him like any one else am make no difference on account o his color, but here in this eountr< the negroes compete for labor am work too cheap. He will work foi little or nothing when ho is in noe< and besides he would not sticl when wo strike for higher wages but it is not the negroes that an giving us trouble now, it is tin Italians that are pouring into thii country and they work for litth or nothing and push us out of tin lat>or market. No, we do not hah the negro, but wo aro against hi: labor on account of tlie facts I hav< given you." There is a tendency 011 the pari 1 of sonic of the northern people tc hire Swedes, Danes and Hunga riati girls as servants and cooks and push both the Irish and col ored women out, "because," saic a white lady, "the Irish and negrc girls want to take charge of the house and r 111 it to suit themselves and not regard the orders ; of the house, and again, they got to be too independent after they t have worked with us a little while." Some oft lie people prefer tie gro cooks and waiters, and other" i want while people. A white ; preaehor said to me that lie was I j "done witli colored servants." I ' J asked him why had he e?>me to such a conclusion. lie said: uTliey j are not prompt, won't stick and they won't work unless they are compelled, and are always seekin:; to have a good time. 1 came down stairs one day to my hreak i fast at S o'clock, my wife and 1 ' walked into the dining room e\ peeling to eat our breakfast as 'usual. We found the cook gone i. and there was not even a file i j made." 1 told him that t lie white ?! people of the south took more than that and still they employed ? j colored servants and cooks. 1 said that sometimes the cooks go 1 oil' on a excursion or a pleasure 1 trip and leave all the work for the lady of the house to do for a i day or two, and when the cook 41 conies hack (ana some time when t she pleases) she takes up the i work ami goes on. "Yes," ho said - "the southern white people ar* 1 too slack themselves and that i> 1 the reason the negroes are slack We mean business here in the i north. We have no favors to ex tend. We pay well for good ser 1 vice and we will have that oi none." t I saw several colored met . working on the streets in Pitts burg, Boston and a few in Now t York city. In Pittsburg thej > have 20 colored policemen am 10 colored men hold office it 11. _ . l . .. . mi. vt ... i j 11 fUliri IKMISf. 1 liu .M'W 1 orii I New Haven ami Hartford rail ' road lias a colored conductor or one of its trains that runs fron I5erlin to Hartford. He lias beer 'conductor oO years. There ar< I some colored men in the nortl that have money and property Mr. .lohn Turner t a deacon in ; colored church) of Cierniantown Pa., 1 i\ o.^ in a pl'l.(?()() house am collects $.*>00 a month lor housi rent and has |(? other houselie made his money as a caterer of course lie i- respected by al , . . t , I 1.. I 11 1 I Ml jMIO^C II" WOI1U i: have many white friends ii In r lived in ()olumhia. S. ('. 1 We have many well to-do col rored jieoplo in the south, am t some in South Carolina. There i p a colored woman in CharleOoi 1 that is worth .$150,000 that he | ' f husband made in less than twon v ty years in the turpentine busi I ness. I hit. what about the treat r merit of tin- colored people in so II cial lines, restaurants and puhlii < I idnne?a i i r ? O )n iittf in t?w?cf ol ; of the restaurants in New Kng b land and stop in most of the he b tels, but some of the hotel inei s who take them in would rathe 3 not have them. While travelinj 3 north I have been compelled t< 3 stop in white hotels and be en i tertained by white people or sta; 3 out of doors, as there are few colored boarding houses (in some L places) or colored people that I > can stop with. In some cities - there are no negroes at all. 1 . asked a hotel man in Providence, K. I., if he cared about taking 1 colored people, lie said "No, I ) don't, but some white people do, * and if they come in and see a negro here, they will walk out. So ; far I have had no trouble, but 'other hotel men have; it hurts i our business to some extent. | There are some colored men I will not lake and some white men, but a man like you nobody : will obieet to.*' I said to him ..that T wouM jdv" them no clniico, j ami though I had engaged a room Mid paid lor il lor ton days and had only used il one day.l 1 d't a* I "eonhi read between the lines" these blessed words : "I want your money but not von ; 1 would be glad if you would go out ijuiot I ly and make no noise.'' I had considerable trouble to get the room at first. lie called his wife land consulted other parties. He i 1 j lir<t told me he "was tilled up,"and 1 he did not have a room in the 'house. He finally said: "Well, ' you can have room No. 27, but it j will have to be arranged for you." Hut I can read faces as well as books. I saw those words printed Jon his brow : "I wish you would i J not force inc. I will not loll you ! frankly you can't stop here, but 'can't you find some other place ?" In tho conversation next day, he ! told me how lie <*ot rid of entered . or white men by saying : "I am filled u]i." lie forgot that he told . me that the day I came, and so 1 . left him to wonder "why didn't ho stay rut his time." > I confess that the negro has more liberty and freedom north than he has south, and here ho is r generally taken for what ho is worth?on his merits, and that 1 justice will bo given him before - the law, that he can worship in ; white churches and preach in ,* some white pulpits, but you will 1 liiul race prejudice here (but the i climate modifies it) as well a? , south. It is not quite as demon strative, but it is under tlie skin i I was delivering an address some i weeks ago in Western New Yorl i State, frnd while I was talking ? about the south a white man sail i!ul)o they lynch colored people it . South (Carolina too?" I said yes (.sometimes, and if you lived then ' V.... ? ?..! 1 I ! . I . : . . , JW.. ?l |#t-|IK>< 1.11 111" I- , 1 strong lb-publican) a11< 1 J11* 1 ]? l< lyiif!i negroes, for when a \v 11it? . T7i:iii from the ri??rf!? comes sunt I In live, lie falls in line with othe: I white people there (unless h< 1 wants an office a 11 1 lie can us? the negroes to get it ) and most o j them are more hitter than south ' ?rn people. I know you whih 1J people here in tlio north hav< s. done a great deal for our school i and ehurrhos, hut we negroe r want you to stay here as you wil - he good friends afar oil', hut hai neighbors. When I finished my address white lady said to me that sh< L" was sorry I made that statemen ' and that it did me more harri than good. I told her it was th i- i r am ...o ? u..i a it nil* aim j iim iii/i/ talc ? 11.1L lilt " gentleman thought. I meant whit r I said : It, is best, for the nogroe ^ if they stay in the south and yoi 0 all stay in the north, and we wil always be friends. A gontlemai P said to me that he had a brothe in the civil war, that often said to ! him, that "if ho had known that he was fighting to free the negroes | . ho would have thrown down his gun and returned homo." There is a good deal of truth in what he said, sir. All the white people . are not friends to the negroes. I have come to the conclusion after traveling in the north and east, that the real friends of the negro in the north are nearly all dead ; that race prejudice in the north : and south is growing and that tlx? negro to a large extent is respon-1 1 sihlo for it, and that the colored! race can change this sentiment if!, they want to, and that the south I is the host place for the negro' I iini ; race to develop manhood.. Kdu-1 I cute themselves (if they have good schools), accumulate prop-'' erty and make money. Provided, they have Yankee genius, push,' thrift, industry an?l politics. 1 say politics because the negroesshould not bo hound or tied to nuv rortain party because bo i- a ! negro. With mob law, lynching*. ' prejudice, discriminations, iutim idntions, social and civil disadvantages, give mo the south. , R. Carrol. < "My hoy came home from I school one day with hts hand bad- j i ly lacerated and bleeding, and j . j suffering great pain,'' says Mr. Iv ' J. Schall, with Meyer Bros.' l)rug! ' ! Co., St. Louis, Mo. "I dressed tin* 1 ] wound, and applied Chamber-1 Iain's Rain Balm freely. All pain , ceased, and in a remarkably short j time it healed without leaving a i scar. For wounds, sprains,swellings and rheumatism 1 know of ? no medicinoor proscription equal ! to it. I consider it a household 1 necessity." The 25 and 50 cent i sizes for sale by J. F. Mackey Ar I Co. and B, C. Hough & Co., Lancaster, 8. C. Protecting Fig Trees. ; The problem is to grow tig [ trees hardy enough to stand one \ winter. A writer in the Louisi. ana Farmer says the first tiling is J to get an early growth by means j II of fertilizing and cultivation. If I the trees do not make a good , ] growth early in the season, they will be likelv to grow again in the I .i- ? . I fall, which will make them tender.' J I f they do not stop growing by the { l*t of August, pinch oir every hud i that starts out again. The tree .'needs the remainder of the season I to perfect its wood. ,! The quality of the fertilizers %' used has much to do with the tnak-1 . ing of liardv trees. Wood ashes' , make tlie best fertilizer. 1 . ,' To -cciirt' tho host results in fi^r J raising one must cultivate the . j gr<?iitul verv shallow over the root s * 1 pi ami deeper hevoiid the limits of I . them. Mulching is valuable in . summer hut should he removed in f' tlie winter. A firm soil gives oil' I heat in a cold night. Very young . trees should ho hanked high with .'dirt : then it they freeze to the1 s'ground they will have a short' s trunk left. I I I It Saves the (Toupy Children, Skavibw, V???We have a II splendid .sale on Chamberlain's i ej Cough Remedy, and our eustot mors coming from far and near, apeak of it in the higheat terras. 11 Many have aaid that their chile dren would have died ol croup if, Ml I I * ? * 1 ^namnoriaina uougn KemerJy had not been given.? Kkf.lam AOURRKN. The *25 and 50 cent ciizea ? for Bale by J. F. Mackey & Co. w and H. C. Hough Co., Lancaster, j S. C. 1 To dure Constipation r?r??rr. Take Oasraret* Candv Cathartic the or SAc r If C. C. C. fall to cure, drug^ista refund iiwiucy Tutt's Pills 4 Cure AH Liver Ills. Tried Friends Best. M Forthirty years Tutt's Pills have proven a blessing to the invalid. Are truly the sick man's friend. A Known Fact For bilious headache, dyspepsia > sour stomach, malaria, constipa- ^ tion and all kindred diseases. TUTT'S Liver PILLS AN ABSOLUTE CURE. WE SENS Ifft imnp 11 rnLci TO MEN a yj Mijull We will send you hy mail (in plain par? AHSOLl'TKliY I'ltEB, he powerful DR. HOFFMAN'S VITAL RESTORATIVE TABLETS, I'viliia le^al ^unranlec to permanently nre T.OST MANHOOD, WEAK- f, S'KSS, VARICOCELE; stops forever ? ill ll n nat ll ra 1 drains M>eeili'v re. .tires health ami perfect munnood. \V?? have faith in our treatment and f we eon Id not mire von we would not send our medicine Kit IS 15 to try, and [>ay when satisfied. g WESTERN MEDICINE CO. (incorporated), KALAMAZOO, MICH. fel?.:i-l y. LADIES DO Y00 RIG* WV OR. FELIX LE BR'JH'S w 7 Steels Pennyroyal Pills , -) ?ro the original and only J i rltENCn, Mfn and relintdo cnro S on tlie market. Price, $1.00; eout 1 by mail. (tannine sold only by 'Vrtaln nira for Mirk lleadarhn. l>T?rr?l*. In<1lirc?t1nn, l:"iir Moinnch. <'oi>Ktl|i:ite>ii. (.Ivor CompUInt, rVmale >n<l Nerrona Ke.rm, anil all Deren^rinrnta of Ihi-Mtomach. I.lvrr aiut lllooi). I'lrnaant, MIM. Croiti|?t. t> ? i r trl|i|na In bottle*, fifty iloaea.iio. Bold by ail UruKglala. I t DUIIM'C KOIt FITIIKit HF.X. L" tJnUirl u T'dIn remedy lirln^ in? 1 j""'"1 directly to tho scat of those diseases Hr? () C.r the tienlto- I'rtnorv ITin 7T1) Ortnns. rruulrcN iiu ftjW 0? tUtf rlinnc?* of diet. Core J guaranteed In 1 to 3 ? dkfH. Niuall plain park ?*' Y7 'iJ? "rt a?t'. I?y ranll, fll.OO 1 U JtkJllHold only by ' .1. K M ickt'V & Co. and II. C. llou^li & Co $100 To Any Man. WILL PAY SIOO FOR ANY CASE \ Of TOeaknrftn In Mm They Trent and Fall to Cure. An Onmlin Company places for tbo first time before the nnblie >i Mv;tf'Ai. Theatmkm for the wire of l.ost Vitality. Nervous niul Sexual \Venknf".s, nnd IL'storntion of Life Korco in oiil unit youutf men No worn out. !' !i r.. u. v; ronl i 'u no I liosphorous or i>:1k r harmful ilrue'- It i* II : i: i T ,. \ . i: i l.' 11 111 i ii 11? effect* jiositivo ift its euro All readers, who (ire stilTc. frmsi a vtukucss that blights their life, cn-i in that mental tunl jih\ it a! t.'li . .i>; j til r t?> l.o-i. Manhood, should w r.t?' t I la* ST A '1 K M F. lill'AL t t> it 1.1V, < 'in.ilia, .<(>'. and limy will send you nholntelv FltKK, a valuable paper i>ii ihtse uiM'ii <s. uml positive proof* of their truly M?i.* ?. i Tiititvpnt Thousntuls of men, who huvo lost all hope of n cure are Iming restored by them to a perfeet condition. 'I his Mm.icm. Tukatmkvt may ho taken at home under their directions, or they will pt.y railroad f ire and hotel hills to all who prefer to go there for treatment, if thoy fail to cure. They are perfectly reliable; have no Free Prescriptions, Free Cure, I ret* Sample, or C O l?. fake They have {t&jO.OOO enpital, and guarantee to cure every t-a.se they treator refuntl every tlollur; or their charge* may he deposited in a hank to he paid to them when a cure la effected. Write them today. SPANISH .JACK . J HRRCKRNRIOGR, TI1R CRRRhrated thoroughbred SPANISH IACK?the handsomest in the State, which has been awarded the highest premium over all competitor* at tbe State Fair for year*, will atand the m preaent aeaaon at tbe Htablea of Heath, Spring* A Co. in the town of Lancaater. Sure foal guaranteed for $10 April 13, 1SS?7.