Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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ALDRICH DENOUNCES I, LYNCH LAW. h li In Charge to Berkeley Jury Judge li Discusses Race Problom?Points n Out tho Difficulty of Two Un- tl equal Races Living To- ti gfcther on Equal m Terms. & w Monde's ('inner, November 4.?In t( Itis charge to the grand jury at tlie a opening of I he fall form of the court n< of general sessions at Monck's Cor- fi ner, on November 2, Judge Robert p Aldrieh spoke in part as follows: d< "Here today are seven indictments for murder in one county and, while :" 1 don't know, I would not be at all h surprised if there are not others that r' I he solieilor has not been able to get (M ready. The newspapers. ministers of g< the gospel, good men in every voea- I" lion, cry out every day about our 1" brothers' blood crying ??ut from the oi ground. No use for it to cry, if no one heeds it. We all hear it. You are the ones to heed it. ai ''In addition to these seven indict- w inenls for murder, there is a full eoin- w plement ol cases of minor importanee, but still of great magnitude in them- V selves *s ''I am I'oreibly struck with the fact ..( that I lie great majority of' these eases o'-cnr anions colored pd>plc, from ,|, I m'm* rinks c uni' Ih?- |>ri11?*i|>aI law breakers. Thai is a object that I I'eel .J my duty In pr-'sent as turei 1)1 v as 1 r i ' te can I nr your e o:isnlerat-ion. '' I he peoph' of Sniilli Carolina, and of the .South generally, are face 'M to lace with a problem, more momcnIons, and more ditVicult. than any peopie have ever laced have ever been '' called to solve- in the history of eivili/.atiim. Twelve millions of white people. I lie highest grade of human- ls ily are forced to live in the same ter- <M lit.try with eight millions of black p(aople ol the lowest grade of human beings. This problem is not of our making, but we have to solve it. To '* give you some idea of the difficulties w to be encountered in the solution of Ibis tjueslion, it is necessary to re- 1,1 fleet upon one eharaeteristie of human mUure Whenever men are di- (M vided upon anv lines, there is that in " l'ie Inmian mind which causes ri- ;l' valrv to spring up: rivalry grows into jealousy, jealousy into liositility, and, . unless ie>l lined, hostility he- 11 gel s I orce and blood-died. ^ on sen I his iMust ra11 I in the case of school; boys in their foot l?;ill clubs, their v' base ball <lnb- and their debating soeiet ies?rivali \, jealousy, liosit ility '' and violence \ on see it between po- ' lilical parlie*. and factions, you see it between dilteriMit religious deiiomiua- '' lions in ;i \ -i v accentuated form, i'' Sometime-, i:: !lie pa-,; ii has broken''11 out and I m i ! \pre--i,.u in |||(> tires 'I and in:is>:ici", <>| S:. Martholoinew, S.nit htield and 4!i? Spanish lmpiisi- u 4" li. llcre Wo ire divided. our populaI ion i> divided upon the most acute ^ and accentn i'od line- tha< it is possi- v ble for civili/.od nicn to tind theniscl- ' ves divided up mi: that is, upon race " lines, race indiucts ami race jealous-Is* ies. We are in a mos-t unnatural con-, dit ion. Philanthropists are very foml, in their comments on the subject, of reminding us of the word ot ^ <?od. in saying, ''That of one blood! (iod made all classes of men' hut ! thev slop loo M>on. 11 icy do not go oil and say, 'And fixed the boundaries of their habitations'.' (iod intended P every race of man |o live to itself. ^ Here we have two races of men, to- h geliier in the same territory and in- P \es|ed with the saaw privileges try- ' iug to live together in the same com- ' inanity upon terms ol legal and politi- I1 eal equality. Whenever iliat experi- !| ineut has been tried in other parts of I the world, it was tried in the same f way thai it was tried when first in- I t rod need here. One race has had to n live in subordination to tile other. |u Here we have to tr\ the experiment f o f both races living together upon I terms of equality, political and legal. " ''1 say that it '.s the greatest problem that ha-, ever been submit ted to civili/cd man to solve. I low are ynu 1; going to solve it.' I don't know. A |i great m my theories have been ad- i vanced in regard to it, but those the- < orisis don'I know anything more i about it than I do. I would say that I: the only practical way to meet those t dinicult ies, ia> they arise, lad e the wise and virtuous of both races a divosj themselves as far as they can a of human prejudice, rivalry ami jeal- t ousv, and try to meet these obstacles v and overcome them as they arise, and in (lint way make progress from year r to year, and in (iod's own time this n question may be deternijfaed to the o !>es| interest of both races. In doing h this we must plant ourselves upon the e great moral principles that govern | mankind in this world. It is an old saying, but a wise one. that if you li wnnl men -to respect your rights, you f must respee.j, theirs: that is the easi- s csI way and the best way to com- \\ inand I heir respect. White men who g oast of (heir superiority and who alj ave a right to boast of it, have to or icet this question firmly, fairly and er umancly. Cruelty and injustice pe ever accomplished anything since pi ie foundation of the world. Chas- W se a boy unjustly and you have si: lade no improvement on him; on the cd Mitrary, you have filled his mind yo ith a sense of injustice and cmbitsred him and have chastized him at 'ui loss. Chastise him in a proper man- nu im- and it does improve him, unmerci- fu illy abuse and mistreat any one dc- nij endent on us, or responsible to us, hu d that unjustly, you don't reform it in, you brulal'ze him, and mako him is "c-'ve on ve. gcance and conliniM in be wrongs. Do it lawfully and hif ght fully it has a good effect, and cry true man in South Carolina, foi mtlemen of the grand jury, should ?<1 it his foot down on this damnable t>0" actice prevailing in sonic parts of wo tr country, the mob law, what is call- w> I ' lynch law.' It is mean, it is co- thi ardly, it is brutal, it is barbarous ??' ul accomplishes no good purpose hatever. The host man, the man b' ho occupies the most eerditable >sition in a 'lynching bee' is the 001 ctim?he passes off of the stage and done with it. F, very other man an mncctcd with that ill^ral transac- (,,>| i?n goes through life with the stain r0' blood guiltiness upon his soul. '"-al iilk about protecting our women! so; o<l have mercy on our women, if mr lat style of man is their only pro- -r el ion. riv "In this connectiou, the colored ople have high duty to perform. > hen white men commit crimes, rc> liite men bring the criminals to jus<'<' As a rule when colored men ^1{ uiimil crimes against white men, a ' 'lorcd men shield them from punhnient and aid and abet them in coving np their oflences. The majority *' ( I colored people are law abiding, "l< il there is a lawless element among ~,ai icin. who give a bad name to the enre race, and it is to the interest as ell as it is the duty of every law hiding and self-respecting colored an to wipe that stigma from the a" ice of his race by bringing to justice .'erv one of his color who violates ie law; and this will do more to ')'1 lolisli mob violence than anything sc. Let colored men feel that they ive duties in society as well as { ghts, and the best way to maintain ic <ok> is to perform I lie other. w .. i , wo .\n\ man, negro or otherwise, who dales the law, lei him he brought 1 re and let him be tried according > the orderly method of the law, and guilty, let him he convicted and vecutcd according to law and let nil example go out to the public and icy will see i| is right and il will live its ell eel. cs, in dealing w I) ''1 lis problem, plant yourselves on i,.e T* '" at principles of the Bible and you ill I iud no belter rule ul conduct by hieli to be governed than the one "" hich was enunciated two thousand s?! ears ago by Him who spoke, as nevr man spake, 'that ye would that "" >eti should do unto you, do you even . ? unto them.' " THE COST TO JAPAN. merican Fleet's Welcome Paid for by Very Hard Work by as Farmers. Iv The brave show that the .Japanese oh eople made in welcoming the In imerican lleel at \ okohama must pa ave contained some elements of the fo ilhetic to close observers among the \vl oreiiiu residents in Japan who know cei he true condition of tlu* country's sic overly. I'erhaps they knew that the ivl loney spent in the decoration of he 'okio> streets, the casting of gold tic nd silver medals for* the officers of co he tleet and the lavish entertain- tn lenls in a score of towns came nlti- s>n lately from the meagre increase of hil ields no larger in many instances i<>, ban the court of an apartment house |>a ivshatt. or In old Japan, where hundreds of enerntioiis have lived on scraps of lv mid that the uioiintaius grudgingly cr [ ave tillable, every artifice of taxed | ?li* ngenuity has been employed to draw wl rops coniincnsurati' with the heavily >" ' ncreasing population. Hills have j iin ecu levelled, mouutaius terraced in-1 At i? parallel alleyways only wide '? iiough to hold a double row of plants Mi nd rivers so carefully banked up "I ml tenderly pelted into docility that th hey are made to share their beds li< kith the rice planter. tii So precious is the arable land that co eccntly when the government built a cli ew railroad across the main island wi t Hondo hundreds of claims had to ov e settled for the dots of ground j>re- th mpled for the erection of telegraph up >oles. One of the fertile vallevs near the j F< mse of Mount Fuji when viewed, rom an elevation resembles nothing r> much as a piece of cloth figured, ith resclangulnr blocks of gold audi reen. The rice fields are squared 10 out by mud dikes, cacb in perfect dor; next to them, on slightly highground, are the patches of barley, as ami mi; , all arranged with a 'ecision almost mathematical, bile one field lies fallow for a brief t months, another next to it is tendwith an individual care almost bend belief. Each rice plant that is sunk in the id of (he flooded field receives al>st as much attention as the carelly numbered fowls that roost^each ijbt on the thatch of the farmers t. Seed is not scattered boardcasf; is too precious for that. Instead it pushed into the loam of a forcing <1 by the finger of the farmer or ; wife. When the rice plants are three or ir inches high they arc transplantto the paddy, groups of three or ir plants in a hill. This is grilling ?rk. Tt means that the farmer, his fc and his daughters, naked all of " in save a cloth about the waist, isf bend their backs all dav in the earning fields during May and car'Tuno. in waiter and heavy mud up their knees and fighting leeches istantly. When the stalks of grain and rice 1 above ground and flourishing nes (he farmers dread: The toi" dial rains of (ho naiubai (phonetiIIv transcribed,) or summer wet ison. Tn an hour (lie work of; " His may be flattened to the iMind. dikes washed out and the ers roaring over Hie fields that had j cronched on their dry channels, 'thing but a total loss of crops can Milt from this onslaught of the rain. Rvcn with all conditions favoring, > Japanese farmer has to work like serf to gather his harvest. The rows grain are cut with a sickle, for no Id is large enough to accommodate 'utting and threshing machine even mgli so expensive an adjunct to mirig on a large scale could be af ded. When the grain is brought, out of J field it is laid bv handfuls on the nind in front of the farmers house '1 there the heads are pulled off and ' kernels, still bearded, are caught a piece of matting by the laborious >cess of pulling each handful of iin through the close set teeth of a itated iron knife. Did women and children do this iK and il is usually the old women ? ' "vp to plaee the kernels in a oden mortar and pound them with heavy mallet until the chaff is is?ned. Then the handfuls of mixed i-nels and grain are tossed in Die ??ver a pieee of malting eonlin"s'y "?< ! wind has carried av (lie chaff. Kacli seed tli;it I lie farmer gains :if- I his long yenr of untiring effort ins t?, represent an individual plea liichease made to the parent seed 'I was planted, for on no other loud der heaven is the parable of the d that is sown so faithfully exemlied and perhaps nowhere else does planter of the seed prav so arid l.v against the inexorable proporn of disappointment. The "Joy Ride." 'wark News. "That the nocturnal automobile, a vehicle of dissipation, is a highdangerous implement of death"to at large in the community is an vious conclusion, remarks the I)e.Journal. That excellent newsper gives several cogent reasons i- its belief further on. chief of licli is that three persons have rei"ly been killed in Detroit by extl.v the kind of an automobile nch it describes. Tt would have en an easy matter to gather statiss '',(l same kind from the rerdi in nearly every city in the oounfor it is unhappily true that no all proportion of the fatal autoaiocasual! ies in recent vears is diI'lly ascriable to dissipation on the rt ot either driver or passengers hot h. As \el the motor car is dislinctivethe vehicle for pleasure. Its ownis usually a man who can afford to v-ipale. it he so chooses, and those "> 'i.l?. with him on pleasure bent rv frequently regard wine as an dispensable adjunct to enjoymenl. any rate, it frequently happens roistering parties whiz along the eels at all hours of the night, who. intoxicated or not. permit ' ir hilarity to blunt their apprecia " of the danger involved. Kome'" s it is the owner with some boon mpanions. Frequently if is the aiilTeur, out for a ".joy ride." Alivs the shadow of death hovers er the jolly party and invariably < automobile is a menace to (hose ">n the streets. 5R SALE 500 bushels home rais- | <"l seed oats. f>00 bushels home raised seed wheat. A. L. Coleman, Silver Street, S. C. ! -23-41-1 taw, I JNO. P. LONG. I have a nice up-to-date line of Shoes, Hats, Dress Goods, Notions, Underwear, and e verything that goes to make a complete stock of general merchandise. SEE ME BEFORE BUYING. JNO. P. LONG, SILVER STREET, S. C. The Standard Warehouse Company Begs to Announae: 1st. The rates of storage coverall costs to the farmer, including protection for his cotton from fire and the weather, and the rate is as low or lower than the farmer can insure his cotton when housed at home 2. Its warehouse receipts are regarded as the highest class of bankable collateral 3. f moiic^ can be borrowed on anything it can be borrowed on the receipts of The Standard Warehouse Company. 4. The identical cotton that you place in the warehouse is returned upon the I surrender of receipts. 5. In case of fire your cotton is paid for at market value, and you have no difficulty as to insurance, the full insurance being maintained by The Stand- , ard Warehouse Company. 6. The Standard Warehouse Company is absolutely independent of any otliei organization and conducts its affairs upon strict business methods. 7. The paid up capital stock of The Standard Warehouse Company is $350,000.00 and the company is absolutely safe, and its warehouse receipts come ahead of the stockholders. 8. The Standard Warehouse Company is anxious to have cotton of farmers and others stored, and offers the most complete protection and encouragement for farmers desiring to hold their cotton. 9. Rates will be furnished upon appli cation to Mr. J. D. Wheeler, Local Manager Standard Warehouse Newberry, S. C. T. B. STAGKHOUSE, President, Columbia, S. C. TO DRAW JURY. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned, Jury Commissioners for Newberry county, S. C., will at nine o'clock A. M., November 7th, 1908, in the office of the Clerk of Court, oj>enly and publicly draw the names of thirty six men who shall serve at tho Court of General Sessions as Petit Jurors for 0110 week beginning November 23, 1008, this being the second week of the Court of General Sessions which will convene at Newberrv, S. C., on November 10, 1008. Jno. L. TCpps, Win. W. Cromer, Jno. C. Goggans, Jury Commsisioners for Newberry County, S. C. Newberry, S. 0., October 20, 1008. NOTICE TO CREDITORS. In the District Court of the United States. For I lie Western District of South Cn rolina. In the matter of Klebtr L. Bailes, Bankrupt. In Bankruptcy. To the creditors of the above named Bankrupt: Take notice that on the 21st day of October, 1008, Klber| L. Mniles, >1 Newberry, Newberry County, South ' 'arolina, heretofore adjudged n Bankrupt in said court, filed his petition in said Court, praying for a discharge as such Bankrupt; and that a hearing was thereupon ordered, and will be had upon said petition, before said court, at. Charleston, in said District, on the 4th day of November, 1008, at 11 o'clock a. in., at which time and place, all known creditors, and other persons in interest, may appear and show cause, if nnv they have, why the prayer of the said petition should not be granted. Witness (lie Hon. William II. Brawlev, judge of said court, and the [seal thereof, at Charleston. S. C., this; 121st day of October, A. D, 1008. (Seal) Richard W. Ilutson, [ Clerk. , JUST ARRIVED! Cleaned Currants, | Seeded Raisins, I Citron, Extracts, !l Spices, a Cream of Tartar, i Fresh Vegetables, Celery and Fruits received fresh every week. T Our line of Fancy Groceries is f complete. For cake baking try a sack of J. E. M. Flour. We carry a full line of Groceries, and solicit your patronage. JONES' GROCERY. Fresh Norfolk Oysters received every day. Sold by the quart or Served on Short Notice in any I Style. j Patronage of Ladies especially solicited. All seasonable dishes at Jones' Restaurant- ! YOUR BANKING! THE NEWBERRY SAVINGS BANK. Capital $50,000 - Surplus $80,000 No Matter How Small, No Matter How Large, The Newberry Savings Bank vill give it careful attention. This message ipplies to the mon anu Lh# women ^like. IAS. MclN 1'OSH. u. E. NORWOOD, TresiJenL Ca: COME TO THE Charleston Fell Festival. AND VISIT THE NAVY YARD With her large Battleship "TEX-\S" and Torpedo Fleet in Port. DON'T FORGET THE DATE Nov. 16-21, 1908 This is the Time of the year to Visit he City by the Sea WEDNESDAY, "SHRINERS DAY" Military Parade; Fantastic and Trades Display; Fire Department. Parade and Horse Reel Contest; Automobile Floral Parade; Foot Ball Game, Charleston vs. Savannah; Aquatic Carnival in Harbor; Street Carnival. : : Low Rates on Railroads. i