The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, January 11, 1916, Page 3, Image 3
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,
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