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NO GOOD IN DARKEY So Says a Free Born Son of Ham in His Book, BILL AKP UISLUlltttS LPU> II. Bartow Philosopher Quotes From the Publication and Shows the Negro His Friends. Tho race problem has 1>obbed uj? again at the north. The Hon. William Hannibal Thomas out-Hero-is 'Herod in his denunciation of the negro -i aird The New York Sun seems to i:i * docse him. Thomas is a negro free bo. n in Ohio, but came down to Sou h Carolina and served in the carpeting legiif.ature during the reconstruct 11 period ar?l afterwarls herd judicial office anl says in the preface to his booi; that he has been studying the n -gro fo" ? thirty years ar.i is more and more confirmed in his opbi TMt that there is no gorsl in him?neither sorially. moral'}*, industrially or valitically. His remarkable book ha- recently issued from the well-known pros of the Macomillan Co.. in New York, and The New Yo;k Sun devotes a good part of a page 1:. J reviewing it. Tire author says tli? i race is slowly but surely degenerating j ?that the negro is by nature a savage ! with an inborn ferocity and knows r.rsuch emotion as mercy?that he is e [ beset in his domestic relations an 1 witl the virtue cf his wife or fc:.daughters and lose no social posiiioi i among his p ople or in his church. I That the negro preachers are the wo. si of the race. They stalk into neg.o > sanctuaries, over-hadow trie pews, i varie the precincts cf domestic life 1 despoil the family a*rd yoke virgin in 1 nocence with brazen guilt. That th : negro churches are debauching re::- , dezvous. That negro ieiieion is i farce and worthless 10 reiorm cr n generate them, and the most hellion crime are comfittcd by these who rta'. , an! write and are members of neg.t> churches. He says that the negro is a brme in the commission of crime a;: ! i is a crown gxt z.'iflff kwagraw rhamnui is a craven coward after i: is com raited and when caught and punishel be lieves himself a martyr, anl if he capes the gallows would repeat his ' crime with no sense of wrong doing. He ; has no concepticn of virtue or truth. no fear of heil cr damnation, but with j the hangman's rope araunl his neck is j going stratp'nt to heaven. The author mildly condemns lynching for certain ! outrages, not because it is cruel or illegal, but bemuse it does not deter other r.etfoes front similar outrages. He says, howeber. that he has not yet I found that an innocent man has ever i been lynciKU. hp .lavo aivo a.the ouly practical remedy for the m gro?force?control?ubjectlon to the white rrce, net in a state of slavery as before the war, bat in one of fear and obedience. He goes still further anil suggests the extermination of the 'n^feiior elements < f the race because it is ^tter to have individual extermination thrm race extinction. But space forbids more of these anathemas and ' the wonder is that the hock was written by a r.cgio of the north and that ta rcptieabie publishing house would chaperon it before northern people and ' that a northern editor, wro nas ueeu j for years and years lampooning the ; southern people about the negro, should now givo this book his qua.*! indorsement. .. . , What tloes all th's mean? We knew that they did not love the negro at , Akron and Pa^ia. nor in the slums of j New York eitv, but we thought he was j still safe in the sanctum sanctorum of ' republican edi.ors. What is behind , this new departure? An rgcr.t las recently been to cur town distributing s*nsational eirulars about a new book just issued in St. I.ouis in which the author asscr s that the negro is a beast and he tries 10 prove it by toe B bio as well a? by scientific research. This b ok is but a revival of a fo mer book call d Ari?l. and published about thirty years ago. It is re'hreshing of old straw, but M-ems to be a brand new dectrine up north and has the indorsement of numerous preachers and college professors. One pres. her up iu itlaine says-that if it had been written ' forty years ago jbere would have been poSuutp stq .\3lu\pTC JK Mouq - - - .-vTT QP1I II ? < ua1 $? ui'/j o uw^ tvan j[B cq uo:j;ppB ui \?puo nt .v.ou e-B sdpSojpdy ., pojscav uaoq [JB enq ; o.iSou tuoqjnos oqj cpeonp-a oj qj-iou ?qj Xq ju3s jCeuom jo suoijna paap j -unq o.\n ?q; icq; ajqj^sod 3q, urk") s>??-b ot;t piiB ojSou oqi pnoqa J uolpcdu p*;b s&uuqco.tt jo souopjao ub JodBd UBoqqiu' B lit: [Bpoiipo ;UO>>3J ! r. u; eos i uibsb ueqj, SiSEdq jo jof v jo iuo;oojj oqj jcj jqSticj o.teq >;a : p;no.v\ e^dood aioqj -oj. 'ac.u jiajo oh front and that no for? negroes will be appointed tr> office. Is the nor:h about to abandon the negro and turn hi;n over to the mercy of h's frrnmr mastere If eo, the negro will 1>3 th" gainer, and so will the south. That is all we have askcv; for all the e years? j just to be let a:on?. They were our n.> j gnres before the war and they are our ; negroes vet. We don't give them office nor allow them to sit on our juries, ror ride <in our cars, nor find lodging in our hotels, nor iqko jwws iu uui chnrlhes, ord but for northern interference they would not have been allowed to vote, either state or na- | tional or municipal, but we pay them ' for thrir labor and give them a fair j education. Eut fcr fear o: shock ng | our northern friends the whipping j post would have long sine? been th? ' force that Thomas says must be used | and then the 5,000 that are in the stare j and county chaingangs of Georgia | would have ben reduced to 500 or a less number. A bad negro who fears not God nor regards man. (are not a great deal for the gallows and less for the chaingang. and nothing for a term in jail, but he does dread a good whipping. We old masters all remember tha:. One gooa wnrppmg win itux. a negro for years. The chaingang effects n reform and doe.? not last six month*. Hut the average ccgro does not need corporal punishment often; he needs a boss. Thomas is right when he declares ti: :t thev art g^tti^t worse instctd of better, especially in the towns and I cities. Read the Atlanta papers and ask the Atlanta police. Ask Judge HroyI s to convpare the records of h.s court. Ask the judge ai.d ,-olicitor of any court. They are growing worse everywhere, except on the farms and plantations. where they are controlled by la" Herds, who are nearly as much thoir masters as in the olden time?. If they <ion't use pi;j ical fc-rca they exorcise a v.ill power that exacts the lit- I ir.ost obedience. The landlord is the l?^s. Thomas is right when he e. sens that they have no conception of domestic viitueand morality. Th:y seldom merry according to law. but just hake up and quit wtien tney teei i;kc it There are more negro children in this town ajid every other town who born out of wedlock than tho.-a who are 1 orn in it. Neither man nor wife nor church member lose; easre for notorious infidelity to the mariiage relation. As Thomas says rr.o t cf the preachers on that line. Eight negro preachers are now in our stt te chain- , gar g end a? many m-ore in the county . gangs. I asked a negro the other day what they turned their preacher off for. and he said "it were for some onrcglarititcs." Seme of our r.cgro school teachers get the same reputa'icn and have to step down and out. We Lad one he-e a few years ago who ! was highly educated and wrote a beau- t ful letter, but he got to kidnaping little things and ran away in ;he night and didn: step until he got to Africa and was rmde a bishop. R?* ThftT..>5 nrrt roll how to ex- I terminate them nor where to draw the line betwten the inferior classes and ; these who shall be allowed to live and ; multiply. He exhausts his indignation | without defining the mode and man- : ner cf the remedy. 1 suppose we might j transport the men and boys over to j the Philippines and turn the army | loose upon them, br.t that would be j expensive, cr we might drive them out , and let them starve to death or be kil- i led by the Indians. Anyway would ! satisfy Thomas if it exterminated all j the* bad cr.es. We are doing reasonably well cn that line, for besides the lynching* for the usual crime, which I hope will be kept up diligently, we have retired about ii.OCO to private life | in the chaingangs cf Georgia, and 15.- I 000 more in other sou.hern states. i That amounts to a partial extermination and is belter, fcr we gel their labor during the p cctss. We ought to take up every trifling vagabond and send his there, for idleness is the parent of vice and crime. If he had done . something send him for doing it and if he hadent done anything then send him for doing nothing. And a^> for those snatch thieves who are pursuing and robbing the ludie-s of Atlann 1 wouident send them to the chaingaag until they had been whipped once a week for a month. Force is the thing ?the force of a cowhide on the naked skin. That is the remedy for black and white in Delaware, and neither a snatch thief nor a bank robber dares Thov 11 tt* v i*J S1A7JJ iu Liuii siaic. * j n?. ... through to another state where there Is no whipping post. When we get a legislature that has got wisdom and n.cral courage enough to exterminate the dogs and protect the sheep the? will re-e.-tablisn the whipping post. But about the Beasty book that says the negro has no soul. I suppose it was manufactured to sell and fool somebody. As my nigger Bob once said to Nahor Freeman: "Effon a white man got a soul and a nigger hauit got r.o soul how about a mella ur: 1 ff'JS d CUUUUIU1U. .~l.nu uun | haw about the Indians and Chinese | and Cuhans and the Arabs. How much coloring does it take to germinate a soul. How about such high minded philanthropic negroes as Hooker Washington, President Council. Bishop Gainos, Bishop Turner and the Bishop of Ix>uisiana, who are doing their utmost to reform their race. I had rather risk them and many other good negroes for souls and salvation than many a white man I know. How about my faithful T.p, who was born and raised in our family and has been loyal and loving to his mistress and her children all these years, and how about old-time servants in almost every family who owned negroes and whose devotion never died when freedom cam?? No. I/ft Thomas and Company write books to perplex the north and make money for them.seles. but let us and our negrots alone. Just keep hands off and we will manage them. We need them in our fields and furnaces and mines and on our railroads. But for therr labor as slaves the south would have been fifty years behind in the clearing of our forests, buildir.g our railroads and developing our mineral resources. But for them the south would be inur.dated with a horde of foreigners who bring with th-em all sorts of isms and religions and strikes. The negro has his faults, hut if bis presence will keep immigrants away it will be a blessing. It ! is still the destiny of the south to per| petuaite an unoon lamina ted white race I wliich will save the republic from anarchy and ruin or from Imperialism. Bill Arp in Atlanta Constitution. P. S.?We read tliat extermination hau begun at Terre Haute and Indianapolis. I hope Hannibal is happy. II. A. A CDA1NUANU LAW. Measure of Importance to Counties, Cities and Towns. The following is the text of the new act "to provide for the establishment o! chaingangs in inc orporated cities, towns and villages situated in countks that have no county chaingangs," which is of considerable importune: Section 1. That the authorities governing any.city, town or village situated in counties where chaingangs do not exist, if they sc?e fit so to do. may establish and oprrate a ehaingang for the purpose of working the streets of such city, town or village, and the public roads leading into audi city, town or village. Section 2. Thai all able-bodied male persons convicted before the court o' magistrates in counties where no county ehaingang exists, shall be sentenced. according to law. to work upon the chairgar.g e.-taklished under this act, by the city, town or village nearest the office oi the magistrate sentencing such pe.vcn. itoction a. i i:zi an ame-i/can n mu.e persons convicted before the court. of general session- of counties not hav ing county ch&ingangs, who are sentenced for a period of one year or less, shall he sentenced to work ivpcn some one of the chaingangs established under this act. Sec. 4. That i; after the passage ot this act. any county which has not already established a county haingang, should hereafter establish a I county chalngang. then this act shall not apply to such county. And if after the passage cf this act any county should abandon the county cbaingcng. then, and in that event, this act shall Immediately become operative and of full force and effect as to such counry .so abandoning the county chaingang system. Alien Ownership. The following h the text of the recently approve.] act to limit the~nu.tr.- : her of acres of land which any lien, or any corporation controlled by aliens may own within this state: See. 1. That lien, or corpo:ation eon- i trolled by aliens, either in his or its ' own right or as trustee, cestuique, trust or agent, shail own or control, within the limits of this State, more Inn 500 acres of land: Provided. This 1 act shall net apply to land purchased j under proceedings, either by action or ] power of sale, to foreclose any inort- : gage hereafter acquired by any lien, or corporation contronea Dy aliens, purchasing the same, but in such case such alien, or .corporation controlled ' by aliens, shall not be entitled to hold said excess cf land more than five ' years, without sale cf same, unless the comptroller general shall certify that a sale during that time would be ma- 1 teriallv detrimental to the interest of ' such alien, or corporaion controlled by , aliens, in which case the said alien, or . corporation controlled by aliens, may j hold the land for five years longer upon the same conditions. Sec. 2. Nothing in this act shall apply to lands already owned or control- , led by the persons or corporations re- ( ferred to in this act, nor to lands al- , ready mortgaged to such persons of corporations. < Sec. 3. An act entitled "an act to ; limit \he amount of land which aliens , or foreign corporations may own within this State," approved March 9. and all other acts and parts of , acts incon-siste>nt with this ao(, aie ( hereby repealed. Killing at Oaffney. < in Gaffney there was a difficulty Saturday evening which resulted in the ' death of a good citizen Monday morn* T* Donl?e T^crt' Tr ing. ii wv,es lAsmcwi uuunu . ...Jp and C. H. Gaffney, Perry's father-inlaw on one side and William Marsh on the other. It is claimed thai knives and billets of wood were used, and that the fatal work was done toy Perry who hit Marsh on the head with a piece of cord wood. Marsh was carried to Crawley & Co's. drug store and his head was dressed by Dr. J. N. Nesbitt. He was then carried to bis home in the southern part of the city, and it was thought that he wauld recover, but during the night the symptoms became worse. an<J he died in the morning about 6 o'clock, when the sheriff was notified and requested to hold Perry and GafTnoy. who had already boen placed in jail. News Briefs. Lord Kitchener reports that the Boers are retreating before General French, in the Eastern Transvaal. King Edward VII will arrive at Crougerg, Germany, to visit Dowager iompress rTeaericK. General Azcarrag-a. R Is now expected, will retain the Premiership or Spain. nci kan for his life. "I knew he could never keep his head about water." said Jimson. "llo started in business three years ago. and he's been going down ever since." "What did you say he was?" asked Johnson. "A diver," replied Jimson. and fled the scene. SUiNDAY SCHOJL WuMiLiO. Annual Convention of S. C. Association Met at Newbsry. Newberry, Special.?The twentyfourth annual coriveaticn of the South Carolina Sunday School Association was called to order in the Lutheran church Tuesday evening at 7:HO o'clock, when Prof. E. O. Excell took charge of the song service aa a preliminary to the official programme. The organ and the piano as istecl and supported a large choir, the atidiencs was supplied with the song book "Make His Praise Clerious." and the service was delightful. At 8 o'clock President Geo. B. Cromer requested Dr. McClintock to lead the conveniticn in prayer. The president then introduced Dr. Wm. E. Pelham, who delivered an address o* warm welcome to the convention, to which Dr. T. H. Lawvery felicitously* responded, mentioning the members of the international party by name and thus introducing them to the citizens and visitors. "The. International Work" w^s explained by Rev, B. W. Spi-llman of Raleigh. N. C. This work embraces all of North America. Organization and co-operation are the essentials of success in this work. A humorous iil.*stration fixed this point in the minds jf every one present. A herd cf mines was attacked by a pack of wolves. The mules turned their heads toward the wolves and their heol3 upon each other with disastrous consequences. When a second attack was mado the mules changed position, and with heads together and heels toward the enpmv the wolves were sn^n Virk-pd into confusion. I*et us net fight ejeh Oihcr. but fight our enemies? Satin ajtd sin. "The Modem Sunday School" w-:s the topic assigned to Prcf. H. M. Hamill, international field secretary. Prof. Hamiill discussed -the topic, "The Front Line in State Sucd.-y School Work." Tlie front line is the position of hard work, often of pert!, of short pay. and yet of the utmost importance. All of the churches should be united in thi3 work. South Carolina is leaking long strides in this particular. The use o' the secular press is possible and effective. Leaders, oiJ and young, are necessary. You have men well qualified for leadership. Lay hold of them and press them in as your successors. Organization need rot wait for a State organizer. Vc'unteers. returning from a State convention, are most frequently leaders in county organization. and their work generally abides. Statistics must be collected for the statistical secretary. The "front line" in Sunday school work i<5 to do the best vou can. all cir cumstancea considered. Instruction, sound, common seiue instruction, is absolutely necessary. Helpful information concerning teaching methods, how to reach the people and other similar topics. The last session was held Wednesday evening. At At 8:30 the Lutheran chireh was tilled with an eager congregation, and before the song service wa^ concluded every available Epace was occupied. The choir r.as rendered invaluable ? rviee throughout the entire convention and was highly complimented by Mr. Excel!. The solo sung by Prof. Excell struck a responsive chord in mary hearts, as he sang the question: "Will There be Any Stare in My Crown?" "Where He Lends Me I Will Fellow" was the last song of the song service, following which. President Cromer requested Rev. G. P. Watson to lead in prayer. The topic. "The Sunday School as a Socia.1 Winner." was presented by the Rev. W. B. Spillman. The Sunday school is a winner of souls; is a fac fo~ In accomplishing tne worn o: 'jur Lord. Let me not think of the Suntlav school as a separate organization, distinct from the church. The regular rrvice is the church preaching the Word through the pa:tar, and the Sunday school is the chu-ch teaching the Word through the teachers of that ?chool. In the harass of the teache- is placed the work cf forming character. Is not this a work of mighty power? We wish to impress the truth that Tesus Christ came to save this world. This truth must be instilled into the minds cf th^ young. In North Carolina three-fourths of the churches have originated from Sunday school'. These srncois were pnmea in sii sorts of places, in eheds, in the open air. in old ho'-s^s. vet churches and chapels arrow from this planting. Y"'s teaching is a power, and this truth v as illiu-.trat d by facts with which the speaker is personally acquainted. Then let us u-e this potent agency tc save the boys and girls. Save a boy and you surely save many through that boy. and the same Is true of a girl. Paintings may and will fade: marble temples will crumble: empire; wMl rise, stand; totter and fall; but he boy ard the girl are to live forever Tl-na Cutii'/jv coli n/il fo?? ohpr ia Inrp'olv responsible for the answer. The olu Scotch minister had worked a who'.1: year and only one boy wa? saved. Th elders thought nothing was d~ne a~d reproached the min cer f-r the little fruit which had attended his ministry that yenr. With tcrs the eld maa placed his 'hand on Robert's head and bade hr'm live for God. Years passed, the old man died and Robert became a man aTri stirred Africa wih nis work for Christ, and Robert Moffatt is everywhere known. The committee on resolutions offer d Che usual resolutions of thanks to ail whose co-operation has made thiv ccivvention so greet a success. "I'll Go Where You Warrt Me to Go" was sung. Dr. Ltw pronounced the bcnocWction a^d the convention adjourned sine die. A NOVEL CASH. A Suit to Alake the Winr er of a P-ize Divide. ? ... L 11 j-ancasier, &peciai.?a rjuuivi uv?<=i suit is now pending in this country. It grew out of an offer of the Atlanta Constitution to pay $o00 to any new subscriber to the weekly issue of that paper who guessed nearest to the number of bales cf cotton delivered at the port cf Savannah f;j" the year ending September, 1900. Mr. Lewis Cauthen of Health Springs is th9 canvassing agent cf the paper and in taking subscriptions had an agreement with subscribers that they would divldo thr prize equally with him if the winner. When the guess box was opened it was found that Mr. Wylie Lowery of Oakhurst was the winner and he accordingly secured the $300, which he doposited with the Kershaw Mercantile' and Banking company. Lowery now refuses to divide, claiming he had no such agreement with Caut'hea, and such agreement, if had, could not he enforced in the courts because it wouid he in the nature of a gambling contract which is contrary tn nuhlie nol icy. etc. Cauthen thereupon commenced suit for the recovery of his half of the money, making the bonking company a varty and procured an injunction restraining the banking company from paying out tbe money until the suit is determined. It should have been stated that Carthen advanced tho $1 subscription pries to the paper for I.owery. A motion was made before Justice Jones a few cavs aco by Lowcry's at'trney fo dissolve the injunction. The motion was refused. The case will come up for hearing at the next term of court. Constabulary Seizures. Clerk Harris cf the constabulary 0.13 submit el a statement of sei-ur s ma ie by constables during eleven weeks ending February 16. The following is the statement of the work during th? eleven weftks: J. F. Bateman and men made 212 seizures, mostly in Columbia, consisting of 704 gallons of whiskey, brandy and gino 10S dozen battles of beer; ono team, and bound over twelve violators to the circuit court. The whiskey seized includes 3S5 gallons original package goods, which had been stored in Columbia for the past two years cr longer. ? C. L. Cureton and men made 85 seizures, consisting of 609 galions of whiskey, gin and brandy, 38 kegs of beer, throe stills, and obtained seven convictions. The whiskey se'zed inrludes 45S gallons which w?s seized at a government distillery operated by H. D. Lesley. W. W. Sellers and men made nine seizures consisting of 20 3-4 gallons of whiskey, gin and brandy, 13 dozen bottles of beer and obtained one conviction. S. T. Howie and men made 129 seizures, consisting of 260 gallons of whiskey, wine, gin and brandy, beer m kegs 230 gallons, beer in bottles 131 dozen. These seizures were almost entirely in Charleston. S. G. LaFar and men made 66 ee'ztires, consisting of 130 galions cf whiskey aud brandy, nine dozen bottles of be:r, fibo stills, one team, and obtained twelve sonvlctions. John G. Watson i.nd men made five twelve convictions, whiskey. Mr. Harris adds to his reptrt: "A much larger quantity of liquor has been seized by magistrates and policemen during this period and is not included in the figures." Frank'ln Cotton Mill Completed. Greenville. Special?The Franklin cotton mill at Greer's, -with 8,000-spLndle capacity, has b:en completed. The machinery is being placed in order, and it is thought the mill will begin to make yarn some time during the month of April. W. W. Burgiss Is president and treasurer. J. F. Burgha superintendent. ard M. B. Cunningham secretary. The capital stock of the company is $43,000, and it is the purpose of the incorporators to enlarge th building in tho future. Mr. C. W. Burgiss w:is the first president of the Victor mills at Greer's, and he is a successful business man. Four Trait.mo.< KH'ed. Kr.oxville. Tern., Special.?In a heid-end collision between two freight trains cn the Southern, at Lenoir City, Tcnn., four trainmen wera killed, two fatally injured, a: i ssvcrJ seriously injured.The dead are: C. F. Madden, engineer; J. M. Stephenson, fireman; ThC3. Colbe-rt, rc!orc-.l, 1 rnkeman; 9 brakeman, name unknown. By Wire and C- bic. The German tank steamer Bremcrhaven arrived at Philadelphia from Rotterdam and crew cf ten men, ot the American' schooner George W. :i!ey. from Baltimore to Bahia. Brazil. The Bailey was abandoned 200 mile's nc. thwest of table Island. By direction of Major Giaeral MacArthur. I). M. Carman, an American contractor who wa^ taken into custody a; Macil'i r.n 1V>. C, charged with aiding the Philipino insurg.mts, ha? been i leased en $10,000 cash ball. Major Kulp. ?ncdfcrl officer, corti.lert that Charmaa was a very aid: man ar.d that further confinement was apt to causa his death. I