THE UNLYNCHABLE FACTS.
(The Clumbia State.)
The lynching of the negro, Anthony
Crawford, in Abbeville, wai
provoked by the negro's commissior
of the crime of assault and batterj
on a white man after he had quar
reled with and cursed another whit<
man. lirannng, Dy stretcn 01 lmag
ination and for the sake of the dis
cussion, that the killing of a negrt
in these circumstances by a con
coarse of white persons is an act no
to be harshly condemned, grantinf
that the laws of South Carolina ar<
not made for the protection of ne
groes, granting even that the murde:
of a negro is not a crime, thu:
granting incidentally the absolutioi
of public opinion to the members o
a mob who raid a jail, overpower
sheriff and kill a negro, it may be ob
served, in passing, that Anthon:
Crawford would not have beei
lynched had he been white. Neve:
in the history of South Carolina ii
such circumstances has a whit
man been lynched. Had this mai
been white, however, turbulent an<
desperate, there would have beei
two mobs, if* one, in AbbevilL
last- Saturday, the one of hi
enemies and the other of his friend
and what turned out to be a lynchinj
would have been a battle betweei
the two parties?such a battle a
used to be fought between faction
in the mountains of Kentucky am
of West Virginia.
These things being indisputable, n<
time or space need be wasted her
in strong adjectives condemning th
. / "lynching." but certain practica
suggestions may have weight wit)
the people of Abbeville and of Sout]
Carolina in relation to it
At this time, apprehension t is fel
throughout the South on account o
a movement of negro labor to th
Northern States. Kemonstranc
against it is generally expressed ii
this part of the country. While Th
State believes that it will attain t>
no great proportions, it is possibl
that The State is mistaken. Tha
scone thousands of negroes alread;
have migrated is certain and that
temporarily, negroes are receivinj
oigner wages in tne rsortn tnan tne;
are offered in the Soath is beyom
doubt. By permitting a negro to b
lynched for assault and battery am
by declaring that a mob may- kill i
nt*gro for that offense, do white pec
pie wish to accelerate this move
ment northward of the negro popn
lation? Whenever the North resolve
to assist the negroes to leave th
South, not all the laws agains
emigration agents that can be en
acted will prevent it. In this age th
, circulation of letters and posters i
too easy and railroad travel is to<
cheap for the going even of negroe
to be stopped if they wish to go
Nearly 40 per cent, of the negroe
can read and write a little. Were j
movement of negroes from Soutl
Carolina to start lynching of person
encouraging it, it would merely has
ten the exodus. The flight of the Is
raelites from Egypt still has its les
son.
The boll weevil will arrive in Soutl
voiuiiiia in a jfcoi ux iwu anu it# Wii
arrive in the Savannah river countie:
first. It is within a hundred mile
or less of Abbeville now. The prin
cipal danger that it threatens i
demoralization of labor. Under thi
direction of intelligent and informe<
farmers and land owners it can b<
combated, but not without labor an<
plenty of it. In brief, to keep th<
labor on the farms of South Carolini
will be the complex and difficul
problem that the land owning farm
ers of Abbeviile and of all Soutl
Carolina will have to grapple with ii
tfie next two or three years.
In the Abbeville case no questior
of attack on a woman arises. Shal
the right to a trial in the courts, bj
a white jury and a white judge, b?
denied to a negro who has committee
an aggravated assault and batter]
. on a white man? The Abbeville vie
tup was a land owner, a "rich negro.'
Snail the negroes be put on notic<
that no matter what they do thej
shall have no rights in the courts oi
justice?that courts of justice anc
the protection of jails are not foi
th?m?
The State would prefer to dea
with this matter as one of morals
but, that being apparently futile, il
may be as well to get down on th<
lower level of the pocketbook. Shal
the negroes be driven out of Soutl
Carolina? Shall an Abbeville mot
tell them that their case is hopeless
absolutely hopeless, and that theii
sole safety is in flight? To say thai
they have but to behave themselves
is to trifle. White men quarrel anc
, fight, committing assaults. The ne
groes will never deport themselves
better than do the white people
Shall the farms be depopulated 1
Shall they be desolated? Shall the
mob go into partnership with the
boll weevil to drive away the labor
from the farms and bankrupt this
Southern country?
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has been on the wane in South Caro
0 lina. Whether or not the AbbevilL
affair shall give it a new start is fo;
the white people to determine.
The time has come when the lynch
' ing of a negro may be expensive
The time has come when it may b<
* easier to be rid of negroes than b;
lynching' them?when the task is to
keep them. Mobs in these days ma;
' lynch their pocketbooks.
e We leave the question with th
e land owning farmers of South Caro
a lina. Hard facts are unlynchable.
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J MASfER'S SALE.
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? The State of South Carolina,
County of Abbeville.
'? Court of Common Pleas.
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7 MRS. JEMIMA ADELINE HAMP
1 TON,'Plaintiff
e against
? MRS. CARRIE HAMPTON, CLA1?
1 TON HAMPTON, et al, Defen
a dants.
i- By authority of a Decree of Sal
by the Court of Common Pleas fo
Abbeville County, in said State, mad
l" in the above stated case, I will offe
s for sale, at Public Outcry, at Abbe
e ville C. H., S. C., on Salesday in Nov
t ember, A. D. 1916, within the le
gal hours of sale the following de
" scribed land, to-wit: All that trac
e or parcel of land situate, lying am
s being in Abbeville County, in th
0 State aforesaid, containing Two Hun
dred and Sixteen (216) Acres, mor
s or less, and bounded by lands o
? Alice H. Covert, on the South; Rock;
s River on the East; J. C. Hall on th
a West and others, being a part of th
, tract of land conveyed to T. E. Hamp
ton by J. S. Stark.
s This tract of land will be subdi
- vided into four tracts?plats of whicl
_ will be exhibited on day of sale.'
TERMS OF SALE?One half cash
balance in twelve months, secured b;
mortgage of the premises, with in
1 terest from date of sale at 8 per cen
1 per annum. Purchaser to have leavi
to pay all cash.
Purchaser to pay for papers an<
3 recording.
R. E. HILL,
s ' Master A. C., S. C.
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Excursion fares front
1 stations below to Col
nmkia CJ P nnrl rphirr
b account South Caroline
i State Fair (Colored,)
1 Oct. 30th to Nov. 4th
> 1916.
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| Abbeville $3.7i
Anderson 4.5t
Calhoun 5.11
, Central 5.0(
uonaias 3.81
Honea Path 4.0(
[ Liberty 4.71
. Seneca 5.2E
Westminster 5.5C
Bel to n 4.2 E
j Greenwood 3.3C
[ Tickets at above rates
j will be sold for all trains
\ October 30th to Novem>
ber 2nd, and for trains
; scheduled to arrive Colt
umbia before 1:00 P. M
_ Uxt i r% l i i r\
s iMovemoer ara, wim n1
nal limit Nov. 4th, 1916.
For detailed information
call on any Southern
Railway Agent, or
address,
R. C. COTNER, T. P. A
Spartanburg, S. C.
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sperous old age."
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ass without adopting this %
r SAVING HABIT.
Now Open 'i
JILDING & LOAN
IATION.
TOW, Secretary. I
[ 4 Treasurer's Notice!
e OFFICE WILL BE OPEN FROM J
r MONDAY, OCT. 16tl^, UNTIL g
SATURDAY, DECEMBER ^
30th, 1916. J
The Rate of State, County, School 1
e and Special Tax, Including One Jy
Dollar P6ll Tax, One Dollar Cone- f
-j mutation Tax. y
IN ACCORDANCE WITH AN ACT |
to raise supplies for the fiscal year I
e commencing January 1, 1916, notice g|
_ is hereby given that the office of the jg
County Treasurer for Abbeville g
County will be open for the collection fof
taxes for said fiscal year from |'
Monday, October 16th, until Satur- I
day, December 30th, without penalty. I
There will be added?
A penalty of one per cent, on all |
taxes not paid on January Is, 1917.
l A penalty of two per cent, on all I
taxes not paid on February Is, 1917. E
A penalty of seven per cent, on all M
" taxes not paid on March 1st, 1917. ~
Rates per cent, of taxation are as S
e follows: l~
g State Tax -_6 % mills.
r County Tax 5% " S
s- Past Indebtedness '2 % " r
Constitutional S. Tax?8 "
t Total 17 % M
d In addition to the above ,a special |
e tax will be collected for school pur- M
poses as follows:
f Abbeville Shop Bonds ?1 Vz mills
Y Abbeville Special School-- 8 "
e Corner 2 "
e Lowndesville 8 "
Rocky River 2 "
Calhoun Falls 2 "
l? Bethia - 4 . "
Sharon 4 "
jf Bethel - 3 "
Warrenton ! 3 "
t Reeds 2 "
B .Lone Forest 4 "
j Antreville 8 "
Sunny Slope 4 "
Long Cane 2 "
Smithville 2' "
Central 2 "
Hagan 2 "
1 Parks Creek 3 "
Keowee 3 "
Due West 6 " M
I Donalds 8 " g
^ Pineville 2 " g
Vermillion 4 " H
I Fonville 2 " I
Eureka 3 " 9
? Broadmouth 2 " I
Rock Springs 2 " g
Ray 4 " I
Winona 4 " 8
Cana 2 " 1
\ Omega 4 " ||
> Lebanon 4 " 3=
' A poll tax of One Dollar per capita m
] on all male citizens between the age g
} of 21 and 60 years, except such as M
] are exempt by law, will be collected. ?|
' A commutation road tax of One g?
' Dollar will be' collected the same n
! time as other taxes from all male cit- |
' izens between the ages of 18 and 58 jg
* years, except such as are exempted M
by law. Unless said tax is paid by the 3
first of March, 1917, eight days' work S
upon the public highways will be re- ||
quired under an overseer, if so much g
be necessary.
Taxes are payable only in gold and jj
silver coin, United States currency, J
Mational Bank Notes and Coupons of ?(
State Bonds whcih become payable j|
during the year 1916. A tax of 50 gj
(cents will be collected on each dog. J
Parties desiring information by j=
mail in regard to their taxes will ??
please write before December 16th, H
stating the location of their property ?j?
and include postage for reply, and ??
those paying taxes by check must in- S
'elude the charge for collection.
JAMES CHALMERS,
Oct. 17, 1916. County Treasurer. .,^1
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