the
minister, the editor, the teacher, physician, the artist, the lawyer,
and all of the so-called "polite" professions. Let the Negro build up
his own social circle, and strive to perfect it through an exemplary
home life. While a part of the general social system the Negro people
can be to the Whites, as Booker T. Washington so well puts it,
"separate as the fingers" in social contact, but "one as the hand" in
all that tends to sustain and improve the State and Nation.

In short, let the white man be just, if he cannot be generous. Let him
give the Negro what is due him. Weigh him honestly as to character and
manly worth. Let the Negro be patient, persevering, philosophical,
thrifty, self-respecting and far-seeing. Brains and energy will
eventually win their legitimate place in the equation of civic virtue,
and the forces of right will gravitate, the one towards the other,
just as the flowering plant turns to the sunlight. In peaceful
conditions, nurtured by mutual sympathy, mutual suffering and mutual
triumphs, will be forged a bond that shall in due season draw the best
in each of the great races of the South in closer and more friendly
communion. Our beloved America shall throw off the shameful shackles
of racial prejudice. Progress towards a sweeter civilization will be
the watchword for all. Then, there shall be, indeed and in truth, for
every class, color, condition and section in this land, "One God, one
country, and one flag." There is hope ahead.

SECOND PAPER.

HOW CAN THE FRIENDLY RELATIONS NOW EXISTING BETWEEN THE TWO RACES IN
THE SOUTH BE STRENGTHENED AND MAINTAINED?

BY REV. W. D. CHAPPELLE, D. D.

[Illustration: W. D. Chappelle, D. D.]

WILLIAM D. CHAPPELLE.

Rev. William D. Chappelle was born in Fairfield County,
South Carolina, November 16, 1857. At twelve years of age,
he was sent to the common schools of Winnsboro, S. C., to
Northern teachers. So eager was he to learn that he cut
light wood up at night and carried it to town on his head,
using the money thus obtained to buy his first book. After
finishing the common schools, he entered Fairfield Normal
Institute, and there prepared himself for a teacher, which
vocation he pursued for several years. After his conversion
he felt called to the ministry. Accordingly, he joined the
Columbia Annual Conference in 1881, and feeling his
inability to effectually preac