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COLAGgo (Cotin ,on e.) and widnis rapidly. Formerly lynsirs rinlynThci&edTby asqAUWhWfd'IrriU"ifii" t h haplt j tra o oultrags ae c mmfite< for iuch les* serintls bEfies* rTs1ego d[of Iy ih .o 1914; ebmpil&d- by thre -differ ent agencies give itotdium be' for the-year as.62. 54 and 74, th6 authority for"these figures being Tuskegee triitutb, the Chica"'r7aitne and 'he Cri, regeNtivly; lT6'AI .iii.fe:-, ports can ntbe harutonized, but to avoid any popibility .of ex!gt geration we may employ thq moi conservativ of these. for analysis. It reveals the.,facts: nu6iber -ynit; eolor male,46, C) female, 3; white male, 3; female, C_> 0; total 52.. Crimes cl argd against victims' murder 1g, rob bery and murder 6: robbery and attempted miirder 1, suspected of murder 1, assault 6, attempt C3 ed assault 1, killing an offleet':5, wounding officer 1, rMurderous assault 3, aleged Murdroud Js sault 1, biting off a man's chin 1 accused of wounding a. person 4,r killing person in quarrel 4, beat inglchild to death 1, trying to force way into woman's room 1, stealing shoes 1, stealing mulea 1, setting fire to barn 2, assisting a man to escape who had wound ed another 1, being found under a huse 1. 'The three women were lynchti for the following reasons: one, 17 years old, for killing a man, who, it was reported, bad -as saulted her. 'Another vvas ac cused of beating a child to death; the third was accused of helping her husband set.fire to a barn. In the last both husband and wife were lyncht in the presence of their 4-year-old cliid. "It .shoyId. be especifily .oted that of theA2.prp ynct ly seven, tw6 wee' or thr per cept.7 were,,har ged yptb he igg4rntwo manhp d This.'hows clearly how far and how quickly the habit has spread beyond the boutids set by those who first re sort'd to lynching as a re,ndy. "According to .States, the lyndhings vere distribtited "s follows: Alabarna 2, Arkansas 1, Florida 4, Georgia 2,' Lonisiana 12, Misij#ipD 4 JMwnissouri,1, Nevv 14exico 1, bloiIh Dagl9 .1, North Carolina 1, Oklahoma 8, Oregon 1, South Carolina 4, Ten nesaseei 1, Texas 6. "th.jR.-g.9Cy shbich .x.e portpd 6.5,1ynghirgs ,for 4914 mal(es the folTowing gepqrtL.foi, 191$: "Number lyncht: color1 ,,male 51, female 3; whit(e,.rna.e 1, (e mal# 0; tot,al 68. TIhia is an in crease of 16 or"30 per cent, noer the tota .pbr fopk914. "Acc g ingt6 States the lynch i4g*'foi1915-were distriblte, fOllows: "Alabam- 9,' Arkansas 5 Floi i4 5, Georgia 18, Ilinois 1 Keni tQeky,5, Loisiana 2, Mississippi N Misdri 2, hio 1, Okl6homa South-Carolint 1, Tennessee 2 TVxas 5. U"It is worthy of note that in at .epst four cases it later*wasdis cqyro thatihe vitims.-of the rmob.were innocent.of the crimes of which they iere accused. 'These are the terrible. foLets. Is tiWe no, rA3edy i Have we not sufficient Jgal intelligeice and machinery-to take .care of every . e .,conmnited ?. Must we fall- back on the methods of the jungle? Civilization rests on .bedience to lpw,. which means. ths substitution of reason and dglberaton for .impulse,,,inatinct land passion. It is easy. and tempting. to obey, the latter, but to be governd",.by the former re quires selfcontrol, which comes from the interposition of thought betwe'en 'Impiils and action. ,Ierpin lies. the college man's op Portunity to serv his .f1llows; plterpose deliberation letween impulses and actions and in that way control boih. .'.'Society- has a -right to ex pect college men - to help in moulding opinion and shaping corXoduot in matters of :this sort; it is their privilege and duty to coopgrate with others in leading 6rusades against crime and mob rule and fQr .*a,w and civilization. -'lTe college roan belongs in the front rank of those fighting for moral and social progress. For this. reason the University. Com mission makes -its first appeal to you and urges you strongly to cooperate with the press, the pulpit., the bar, officers of the law and all 6theragencies striv ing to eliminate this great evil by speaking out-- boldy when speech is needed and letting .9rj Apolpepce be felt Againt,it Ar i ed, ,i,takable ,mea.. urean4 mainner. . JoaiahMorse gir a; W. L. Kennon, lfississjppi:wV. 0. Scroggs, , Loui8aga;As.P. Hoskins, Tennesqee R. J. H. Deloach, Georgia;*'". f. n. ley, Virginia; E. ?.b-Ago North Carolina; ps. f.Farr, F'lorida; J. Y. Th~o isArkan sas; J. J. Doster, Alabarna, Notice. Mean's Barber. shop, an ad vertiser in THE 'GAMECOCK w s.sto ar)ppuryce that the ban iex.gis.en Aw.ayCiitmas ..was .n'yMr. Schaete..- This.shop Lannounees a siia,gis for the secornd sterrn and asks all ICarohns.men to investigate the! I propositidn. Read our Advertisements. NvaWiz,xt r-) f1424~aIpt. CeIusys lay S. C. 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