The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, March 20, 1903, Page 4, Image 4
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UNION, B.C., MARCH 20, 1903.
MISS GARNER AND
SOCIAL 1$QU\I<ITY.
Miss (turner replied to our editorial
in Tiib Times two issues buck, but j
her reply did not get in iti time to
appear in the last issue, and as she I
claims that our editorial misrepresented
her. we cheerfully give her
space for a reply, thus giving her a
chance to set herself straight before
our readers, who can judge for themselves.
We also leave those who
read her article which called forth
the editorial, to decide whether or
not we were justifiable in drawing
our conclusions, When she says "I
am not in favor of social equality''
it makes us both glad and sorry, glad
to see ner niuKe that statement ana
sorry thut we misconstrued the meaning
of lier former letter, if we < id.
As we do not wish to enter into n
continued discussion of a subject of
this nature through Tiik Ti.mks, we
will give her letter, dessert it and
comment on the salient points in the
orier in which they appear and drop
it. Here is her letter with our co:nimnrs:
sociai. e??i:amtv.
"Mi*. Editor : I am much surprised
to see, in your lengthy editorial, that
you represent ine as an advocate of
social equality. I am not an advocate
of social equality. I am rather
trying to make a plea against such;
for 1 < msider social equality or its
equivalent, miscegenation, one of the
most abominable sins on the face of
this earth." , _ would not
jLtt/fflterelfs example of admitting the
negro into the home tend more to
foster miscegenation than to stamp
it out? O.ir President should make
his actions worthy of emulation by
the millions of constituents whom lie
represents?or is supposed to represent.
You said his act in entertaining
the negro at his dinner table did
not furnish any grounds for criticisms.
You say you are making a
plea against social equality. Roosevelt
is making a plea for social equality,
yet you defend Roosevelt?
"it is a crime so terrible that some
punishment has ever followed and
? >er will follow close in its wake all
individuals and nations that practice
t r tolerate such. The present generation
are not responsible for all the
conditions that surround us, it comes
as a heritage of the bad customs an 1
improper government that lias existed
among the people of past generate
ns."
i'ossibly Cupi 1 might be somewhat
to blame in the past for the present
fet-be of affairs. lie should have
betn more liberal with his darts, and
have used his power to have joined
ii?vre hearts together in early life.
We have always been an advocate of
early marriage as the best safe guard
against immorality.
' It has been the greatest astonishinr.it
of my lif" that these conditions
J. .ve so long existed among the peo]
i > being seen and felt and known to
h i! irkening up ny souls for eternity i
l.'nl vr o 1 ei I Ati l I (* ?aI i>w?i f a/1 K ?. ? ' 1 r a
j vv . ?*? II I J WiCiiibVU M V lill, II
s.n? us Providential that these facts
nr.: slowly coining to the surface of
our high state of civilization.
Hi 1 Ar|? has been writing on the
nogr>for some time, but it don't
take the wisd > n of Solomon to see
through the en veb of his arguments
and learn that the height of his ambit
ion is to let the public know his
family have some good, old, extraordinary
colored people very elose to
them ami that their little grand children
have a colored nurse. There
arc many more like Hill Arp, that
think they havo a very superior article
of the colored ruoe under their
control, and that they havo a very
superior ability in negro management,
anl have very superior rights in all
soci il privileges, .lust, mention a
similar state of affairs in connection
with some ono else and you will see
^ the same individuals fire up in the
most vehement criticism and condemnation
of all such. These per\
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ions are truly objects of pity, as A
mbit has become a second nature to C)
:hem by inlieritance and practice
their principals ure so near a part of
their individuality that they w'-ll ro- 01
main the same through life." k
We are not posted as to Bill Arp's o
sentiments as to social equality be- f<
tween the white and black race ; but if w
he is holding that there are still good n
negro men and women in the land he b
has plenty of evidence. But our a
trouble politically, is not with the a
good old negroes of slavery time, but | t
Ihc rising generation with a smatter- P
iug of education, which seems rather a
to make fools of them than honest, f'
upright citizens. They first secure
some education, principally at the }
white man's expense, and the next 0
rise of the curtain shows him an as- |
pirunt for some office or easy position
in life. You don't see many of them c
hunting agricultural pursuits. No, ,
some people from purely personal a
motives have been hammering it into g
his head that he is as good as the
white tnan, until he has came to ;
think so himself, and there is where
the trouble is coming from?mark t
the prediction, You never hear the (
old grey headed negro giving any at- |
tention to the new doctrine of social
equality.
"The greut. change in National Government
demands a change in social 1
customs not for the few hut for the '
many." I
What change is demanded'/ The i
social custom, as far back as our mem- '
orv serves us, has been Intermarriage :
of the white families of this country, :
aud the intermingling of same sociul- I
ly. If there have been any joining I
together of the black and white races
it has been illegal and the rarest exception.
Now does the great change
in the National Government mean
Kooseveltism and his demands, which
all concede to be to force the South
to recognize the negro as his equal?
"This State has made a very decided
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IIlUNVMHeilU 1UJL ICIVJIIU, uuim- (Hill
very costly convention held at Columbia,
S. C., in ISDo, by passing an
act or making and establishing a law
which classes miscegenation as a
crime with all other crimes that debar
registration and voting in this
State. Do you know of any instance
in which miscegenation has ever been
mentioned since then with reference
to registration or voting?''
No, we do not, in fact wo are not
aware, personally, of the facts in any
cases of miscegenation. We have no
doubt if those who are aware of the
facts in such a case would make a
statement to our grand jury, the
matter would be promptly taken up.
Sad to nay, however, this is on)y.iiiS'
want of evidence.
"What benefit is it to make or establish
a law and then never put it
into operation?
The editor is far more competent
to judge and decide what is suitable
for print than the writer; it is cus-*
tomary to cast all objectionable items
into the waste basket. If I have ignorantly
written what is improper
and objectionable you have committed
a greater blunder in publishing
it."
You are the only one to judge of
the propriety or impropriety of your
writing. It was proper enough to
put it in if you wanted it in, and the
fact of your writing it is sufficient
evideneft that rnn wnntarl i?- nnt>.
lished. We could not take the lib- 1
erty of cutting out of an article the
apparently main feature and then
publish the article. A writer of
Miss G's intelligence cannot take (
refuge behind tho veil of ignorance.
"1 write only what I consider truth- '
ful, and never write anything inten- <
tionally to offend any one. Yes, I <
am a native Southern white woman I
and cannot be ignorant of tho common
customs here and the condition <
of tho people; considering these conditions
I am truly and honestly 1
ashamed of, and do sincerely pity any '
Southerner that can attempt to crit- i
icise any one North of the Mason ,
and Dixon line with reference to .
social equality, especially the President,
as the Scriptures command us
not to speak against those in au- '
thority." 1
That's another batrbreak, is it pos- s
sible that you condemn tho whole 1
people of tho South for tho acts of a
few? If there is evidence of iminor- ci
ality between a few members of each t
race, is it just to condemn the entire v
people? "Any Southerner" em- o
braces several millions of people, e
can you hold that the people who li
have sinned in the way you refer to, t
are not a very small and insignificant u
minority of tlie population of tho o
South? If not then why is a South- g
erner, who speaks out against elevating
tho black man as a social equal v
of the white man, be an object of !l
pity? Shall the church bow down in
shame and disgrace, cover itself in
sack cloth and ashes and closo its
doors, and hush its warning cries h
against sin and iniquity because, I
forsooth, there are a few mom hers who r
have not clean hearts? Nay, verily, t
nd the 8onth has a perfect right to
ritieise this senseless effort of ltoosek'elt
to force social equality, and
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icivjiwu 1we win, no tu i-uu ouuta
now tho negro, und know what an
pen gap of that kind would mean
>r the South and especially for the
omen of the South. And we must
ot criticise Roosevelt because he is I
resident, as "the scriptures are
gainst it. Well, we are not going to
rguo scripture, but will say that
hat sort of scripture is not going to
rotect Roosevelt or anyone else in
uthority who will subsidize his cfTice
or mercenary motives.
"Judging from what I have read of
'resident Roosevelt and of his writings
I must consider him an iuteili;ent,
honest, christian gentleman,
iving far above all unjust criticism."
Rooosevelt ought to feci highly
omplimeuted. l'erhaps you have
lot read enough about him. Wo repectfully
refer you to Tillman's
peeeh of a few days back. You can
jet a copy by writing him at Washington.
1 honestly and sincerely believe
hat littlo incident of asking tho colnrcd
man to dine meant nothing nnore
ban a friendly recognition of the
rolored people as a part of the nation."
Possibly that other little incident
vlnere he invited not only the negro
nen but the negro women to one of
us receptions, where the dusky
jelles wore dresses cut de-collette,
ind the colofed bucks sported their
spiKcrt tans, ana wntcn reception was
short some one hundred guests on '
account of the negro element that
liad been invited, was just ur.other
little incident thut meant nothing
more than a friendly recognition of
the colored people.
"The strict laws of government at
the North very plainly prove that
they don't want any social equality
between the race."
Yes, uud the facts very plainly
show that they don't want any negro
postmasters; and collectors of por'.s,
or cabinet officers, or any other important
offices filled by negroes,
though they have the cream (if it is
dark cream) of the negro race among
them, so far as intelligence is concorned,
then why under heaven does
he want to ram the negro down the
throat of the South? Simply to iniiuence
the negro voio in his favor,
when the nomination convention
meets, that is why.
"If writing the truth is an insult to
the South then truly we arc in a
most deplorable condition and had
better humble ourselves properly in
??ck cloth *na; ?*;;
F iftfiffoiru 1 degradation too revolting
to be truthfully portrayed on
paper."
That may be your Idea of the Sout h,
but we doubt if you could find many
Southerners who would agree that
the South is any less moral than the
North, East, West or any where else.
We are for the South first, last and
a 11 the time, and she has never yet
been known to take a back seat. She
is equal to anything on God's green
earth, in chivalry, honor, integrity,
patriotism, courage, religion, morality,
and anything else along the line
of high civilization. We have our
faults, we admit, but we believe the
good predominates many hundred
fold. Hurrah for the South and for
Old South Carolina especially,
"them's our sentiments."
"We take the Bible as a guide in
life, it teaches that to keep nine
commandments anil break one is
equal to breaking all the law.
Examine all history of civilized an 1
uncivilized nations, ancient and modern,
sacred and profane, and where
lo wo find a similar state of alTair* as
the present condition of the South?"
L'retty hard to find, fact is, the
3outh has made such wonderful and
iin'wl ufrirlna frvrtvvo***! ?? ?/! 1 1 ?
unu u|j'.vara in
ho lust quarter of a century that
>'ou might search history, ancient,
noilern, suored and profane and not
ind ;'.y thing to touch her. ,
"The old prophets, Isaiah. Jeremiah
tad Ezekiel describe much wicked*
less in their writi.igs. hut they piclire
no state of past history that relembles
the present customs of this
>eautiful sunny Southern land."
(Had the majority of our people
lou't feel that way about it. If they
hongut matters wore as bad as that
re verily believe they would tnovo
lit and seek new quarters before tho
ntire country was destroyed with
ire and brimstone, then our Indus*
ries would ail go to pieces and there
rould be a great calamity, and dearth
f business, and calamity howlers
alore.
"Three clients to Hey Denver for his
cry intelligent, honest and reasonbio
opinion with reference to social
quality, even if wo don't exactly
greo on tho subject. K. A. (t."
Mt. Joy, S. C.
Thanks, but maybe you have not
card all of Hey Denver's opinion. I
Io Won't iiko lioosevolt nor his social
'[Uftlity business a bit, and ho's a
. rror when ho jji ti straightened out,
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respect. We are not liipjli climl
very low.
We have a line of the
We have a line of the
We have a line of the
We have a line of the
We have a line of the
A big line of Boy's Pants
Stetson Hi
A bi^ line of Curhartt Ove
Trunks! Trunks!!
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for $1.25, $1 "0, $2.00, $:>.00. i
Shots! Shoes!!
We are not boasting
GOODS are tar beyond anvthii
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R. P. HARRY, M
prffUnBTy hesitates to toll
you like he might, if he didn't know
the writer, and that little paragraph
so neatly put in may have a tendency
co noia nun on,
It is announced that l'rof. W. II.
Morton, vice-president of Asheville, X.
C.. college for women has agreed to accept
the poffered chair of phy-ica and
astronomy at Converse College, Spartanburg,
S. C.
Spartanburg is humping light along.
We notice from the Journal that the assessors
have turned over to tin* Auditoi
for assessment sum two huulrel new
houses since the last ycai's a^sessmont.
Union any not bo able to show quite so
many but a show down of the new buildings
in Union duiing the last twelve
months would surpiHe many.
It seems that the position of Mate
constable is considered a choice plum,
judging in.in the number of applications
that have been sent to the Governor. It
must he a soft snap. Of course all of
the old constables are applying, besides
these we notice that from .Spartanburg
alone there are about lU'J applications in.
Gov. Iiey ward informs them that it is
uoi liis present iuteutiou to inc.ease the
constabulary force.
Spartanburg seems to ba ahy.it to pet
into a pick ol trouble for exempting tlie
Spartan Mills an 1 lb- linunirutM lis
I'corn ax for a jieriod of leu years. An r.ction
is being brought by one J. 11. Milster,
a taxpayer,to force the city to collect thest
back taxes. The petiliou came before
Chief .Justice V. .1. Pope, and lie. has issued
au order to the city of Spartanburg
to show cause why this should not be
done, etc. Hearing to be at Clumbers,
New lerry, on A jail T.h. It is estimated
tliat llw taxes for Spartan Mills will
auiount. to about and for lieau- |
inont ?"?,UOU. Considerable interest ,'.s
aroused iu the case.
The extraoidinary rise of the Miss!.4sippi
river, which has been caused by
tlie exc *Ksivo rains, continues, until the
situation is becoming desperate. Some
of the level's lravc been broken causing
liuudicds of miles of low lauds to became
inundated, and nitwit -
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t<> property and the loss of a considerable
number of live stock. Fortunately
there lias as yd I en no loss of human
lives tvporLed, as ihey htd warning, hul
a ureal number of people have Ucoiiip
hemmed in, caught on lii^li places, on
house tops, in trees, etc. It lets been
determined to dynamite the levee in
order to make an opening for llu rescue
boats to gel through i:i lluio tosivc
these people from a watery grave.
arld's Strongest Lii
LOTHI
he world's strongest line of
haven't seen the Spring line (
nov rnnnc
LSIA i uvuuo
lilt by Clothes Builders which insure Fashi
unihility and your money back if you are i
t)ers therefore the price of our men's and
world's strongest Suits at
world's strongest Suits at
world s strongest Suits at
world's strongest Suits at
world's strongest Suits at
i at 25c. ? A big line of Boy
ats at $3.50 and !
'rails at 85c and 81.00.
Trunks are high grade, our prices are low
my a trunk for 25c, a trunk for 50c, a trui
54.00, $5.00 and up to $25.00.
nnc n ,?n Koimn fl f li a ofnn/lnM/1 4-1? ' mr% ,1
LV/V.C "IV. vuu LUC cuiuuaiu tillQ Bp&lUg, (lllU
correct Shoe or Slipper.
C We are not boasting but simply give
>' you will govern yourself accordingly
ig that has ever been brought to Union eit
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our Millinery will be right up to the QUEE
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shoes on earth for the mor
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lk for $1.00, a trunk
we give you nothing
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that our SPRING w
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