The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, October 23, 1908, Image 2
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FRIDAY. Oct 23. 1908.
To the Editor of the Batesbu
Advocate:
Dear Sir.
Please allow me to say a fe
words, to your reply to my letter
Oct. 6, relating to the special cou
for the trial of Herrin. I just wa
to say, that, I was born and raise
in a country where mob rule ar
lynching is unknown, and where tl
courts must carry out the law to i
fullest. There is no mixed popul
tion there, same as this country hi
consequently there are no sp
cial courts required. But I <
not narrow minded enough not
see and understand the circumstE
ces of a mixed people like tl
country has, circumstances that e
not properly understood by stran
ers until they have lived in the sout
We all know that lynching is depl
rable and the vast majority of
would rather see the law take i
course at a regular term of cou
Down in the heart of a man of tl
Anglo-Saxon race there is a spa
which always calls for justice ai
fairplay, and they have their vario
COurtS to rarrv r?"* fh " 1 * >**. ^ *
tnat justice is Jor.'*
And if the negro '.eej-s :i
place as a r*eg ? rh f
tc wilt t t j. slice I t t iesi
? . CttVlUUdUtllCVO U1 lilC o*_ii
ment against the negro is too w
known for me to try to expla
however, we all know that the se
timent is there. And whenever
negro commits such a crime as H<
rin did, that sentiment is very easi
roused to a dangerous pitch. Nc
Herrin shot and killed one of tl
best white men in Saluda count
without cause or provocation of ai
kind, the murderer himself admitt<
he had no cause to kill Carver. Ai
when a negro commits such a da
tardly crime on a white man, tl
sentiment and that spark of justi*
and fairplay, call it revenge if v(
like, that is in the heart of the An,
lo-Saxon is fanned into an unco
trollable flame, and unless there a
a few cool men among the crow
who are able to control themselvi
and the crowd too, the first thir
they know the negro is lynched.
The time may come when all sue
crimes will be tried at the regul;
terms of court, without having to o
der a special court. And the orde
ing of special courts for a speed
trial of such crimes is the entrarn
of the thin end of the wedge, so
speak, of the time when the regul
courts shall deal with such cases
Herrin's. But we have to live dov
that "sentiment" before such a tin
comes, and down in our hearts v
all know it.
Taking the circumstances of tl
two race of people into conside
ation, the ordering of special courl
for such crimes, doet not in an
way drag the court away from il
nxea purpose. We as a peopl
living under such circumstances a
we have to contend with, must al
ways adapt ourselves to circun
atances. We, as law-abiding ci
izens try to give the negro the pr<
tection of the courts as far as v
possibly can, and we know that i
shoot him like you would a ms
dog is violating the law.
When the people are doing the
best for the law to take its cours
then I say why question the wisdo;
or right to order a special court f<
Herrin.
And such editorials like the or
you published on Oct. 2nd ar
rather out of place and uncalled fo;
Hoping you will pardon me fc
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We will sell p
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W. J. McCARTtiA, Manager
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>w taking up so much of your valuable
0? space. Yours truly,
irt Ward, S. C. William Houston.
nt Oct. 13-0S.
Our correspondent still insists that
1C1 we should have kept quiet about the
special trial for Herrin. If we had
[ts not a more reasonable argument to
[a_ support our position than he has
ls then we would readily admit that
)e_ what we said was out of place and
im uncalled for. There are lots of peoto
pie that think just as we do about
in? this matter and we did not mean to
iis cast a reflection on anybody except
lre the would be lynchers, such, we des!g_
ignated by the term mob.
h. The only thing that looks anyo_
thing like an argument in our corus
responents reply is what he says
[ts about this being the best that could
rt be done under the circumstances.
he This is a delusion that has and will
rk appeal to many- It led to the establcj
lishment of the right to appoint
us special terms ot court and as sure
as we live it will never make people
;, Ik \v * ) u>
Liej]
guard this principle. The mere fact
in that prejudice excitement or indig,n_
nity ? righteous or unrighteous) exa
ist is the more reason that we should
.r_ guard the court from such influen
1 y ces. Instead of adapting the court
)W to the circumstances we should a
he dapt the circumstances to the court,
y Our correspondent sees the point
ly and admit? that he was raised up
under such principles but he has
lcj seized to this delusion as a solus_
tion of this phaze of the race
problem. Does he not know
ce that human prejudice and envy
)u are insatiable characterstics,
that the more we cater to such feeln.
ings the stronger they will grow?
re Courts that are constitutionally held
d and conducted will establish the
es principles of justice and impartialjg
ity in the people and this is what
we sorely need. We would not
h argue that justice could not be had
ar at a special term of court but a sacr_
rifice of principle is necessarily inr.
volued in appointing a special court
ly under such circumstances. In a
;e sense the white people are respont0
sible for the negroes presence here
ar and we do not hesitate to say that
BS most of his meanness is done in
m imitation of examples set by white
le men. It is a mighty peculiar spark
t,e of justice that flames up so suddenly
when a negro commits a crime and
ie dies out so readily when the order
r_ is reversed.
ts Let us see to it that the courts
y take their constitutional course then
s the law will take care of itself.
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A Puzzle In Uigurs...
IS Take any number of three different
[_ figures, as 471, uiuler it pla< ? the same
figures in reverse order, subtract the
Vs^er number and you will tiud that
t- ftio middle figure of the result Is In3.
variably 0. Why II is so Is something
that only the most learned mathemat/e
leal scholars can explain. Here is our
to case worked out:
id Taking any number, say 471
Reversing figures 174
,jr Subtracting, wo have 797
Further still, we can now reverse
C, this nuinlicr 207 hi the same way and t
m add the two numbers and the result |
will always come 1080. Thus:
J Taking
Reversing 732 1
a
Adding, wo have 10?f ^
e Why should the answer always come r
out the same? Hero's something for
' you to work over.
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1 Estate Co.
BELL TIMMERMAN, Attorney
state.
A Real Apology.
"When the late Joel Chandler liarpIq
wmiu ci ft mill ai* horn nnmnnf '
?1U MVIV lUUVU^ UO, Oiliu
nn Atlnntan, "I called on liiiu ono tiny
and found liiiu very willing to correct
I nu error nbout 1110 that crept into his
columns.
"Wo talked nbout uewspnper contradictions,
public apologies and the like,
nud 'Uncle Itemus' took down a scrapI
book nud road me nn apology that was
j an apology indeed. It had happened,
i he said, in n Transvaal paper. I'll never
forget it. I agreed with Mr. Harris
that it was the finest specimen of
the public apology und retraction extant.
It said:
"I. the undersigned, A. C. du Phsds.
| retract hereby everything 1 have said
against the Innocent Mr. O. I\ Bezuidenj
hout, calling myself an Infamous liar and
j striking my mouth with the exclamation:
'You mendacious mouth! Why do you lie
so?' I declare, further, that I know nothing
against the character of Mr. C. P.
Bfezuldenhout. I call myself, besides, a
genuine tlar of the first class.
"A. C. DU PLESSIS."
His Cough Cure.
"In my boyhood there came to our
towu," said a clergyman, "a gentle niln
lster who, the very ilrst Sunday of his
lncnmbeucy, stopped effectually bis
eoughlug congregation.
"It was a congregation, too, singularly
addicted to coughing Rattling
volleys of coughs ran over It every few
neignt no ceased preaching.
"At once the coughing ceased. There
was a profound silence. The minister
smiled.
" 'Mv friends,' said he. 'It seems that
when I stop you stop.'
"From that day In that church they j
coughed no more."
Queer Wedding Effigy.
There is a curious custom still pre valent
in the Bcllnry district of India
in connection with the wedding ceremonies
among certain Brahman families.
dust prior to the close of the
feasting a hideous efllgy of a male
tigure. fantastically robed In rags, supposed
to represent the bridegroom's father,
is carried along the streets in
procession under the shade of a sieve
adorned with tassels of onions and
margosa leaves. Every few yards during
the procession the feet of the elligy
have to be reverently washed and its
forehead decorated with a caste mark
by its living spouse, the bridegroom's
mother. The bridegroom's other female
relations have several mock attentions
paid to them by the women
of the bride's party.?St. James' Gazette.
Restaurant Affiliation.
The waiter in the light lunch cafe
looked expectantly at the first of five
men who had just entered.
"Bring me a coffee cake and a cup of
coffee," ordered the first man.
"I'll take some milk biscuit and a
glass of milk," said the second.
"Tea buns and a cup of tea. please,"
remarked the third.
"A piece of eocoanut pie and a cup of
cocoa," said the fourth.
The waiter passed 011 to the fifth
man.
"Dou't say It, don't say it!" lie pleaded.
"I know what you want You want
a sliee of chocolate cake and a cup of
chocolate."
"No; I do not." protested the fifth
man. "I want a plate ?>f i<-? cream and
a glass of ice water." Judge's Library.
An Odd Legacy.
Thomas Jefferson, the founder of the
Jefferson family <>f actors, was remembered
curiously in the will of
Weston, who was himself an esteemed
nieiuuer or ??nrrii'K s < " i.[i:in\ Wes- * ?
ton's will contained this item
"I hnvo played under tin- immune- Jj
inent of Mr. Jefferson -it Richmond
and received from him own p .iiteness.
1 therefore leave him nil my TU
stork of prudence, It helm: tie- only l"'
good quality I think lie Slmds In need
of."
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