The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1893-06-15
CRIME AMONG THE NEGROES.
Bishop Eenick's Startling Statements
About our Brother In Black,


work among the color I'd people. preache,
, Sunday mornins at the Church of the
Messiah, Of which he was rector from
1873 to 1877. 1t was the Bishops frs
sermon in his new position, aud he said
1t was singular coincidence that this
sermon should be preached in tn echurch
OF which he was once tie rector.
The commission under which Bishop
= rcn'cN's works were reOryssfsized at the
General Convention of INC Protestant
EpisCoptl Church, which met in b altl-
more last TALL. In speaking Ofhis work
Bishop pcnick said he would use all
m"thNds y ossiblc 10 improve the condi-
ton "I the colored race. "It isn he
said "but one part of the general work
ior the y or and needy. It's aim Is both
spiritual and educational. Something
must be done. The negro is today the
ugUCSt factor IN the criminal arena. The
Colorcd race lorms one fifth of the pOp-
uAtl"n OF the United Sites, yet is re-
.SpDnslh'c tor onG-thlrd OF the crime. IT
there Is / "ravcr question before the
American people than that of the ne
Ir"'s future | do not know il. II there
Is one demanding more prompt atten-
ton and heroic treatment | have not
heard 1t, II there Ia one that is testing
ANA will test til" Christianity of this
lan'i more thoroughly it does not an.
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J. lion murh ,noo " tI.i,,;S, iniS y, Wv ','H
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u homicide in thc vcrv vo,inw Of GLn;,I Ui y
r cndom or even riyiIiy ri ;,I,o,'ao 'a, 10
know it not.
| was reared omou, ,h,so ,oo,Lo
they were NOT = vIcions rocn no',a, n,
saw a drunken slave and hui cnn no,,ro
murderer durinr tho twenty voorS NJ ~,
, HE before the war. Whilc man o,o,,,
larcs Of blood have been sown ,nu 10
condition crows rouidIv wnrsn ,s -
shown by the fearful ro,.i,Gtv win whirh
crime j, ju,rcosin,, onnu,t ,,o ,a,',on ".>,,'
: negroes. In the dccaIc hctwccn ISSo
AMI 1890. from the oucs 70 tn 20 ,L.,n
w"r 2.Ij2 hnmicidrs. Or,hnsn ~ nr
onr n9. 4 were n"uroc4. + lyr.u rho
~ ~ Lp ~ thc,r we're nG}S bnmI,
cldrS aud OF these l.21l were ncorora
or one half, and between Il and 10 thorn
were }~N hDmici,!cs. and of those o2I nr
two thirds were negroes.
'Oi the 3S1 female homiciJcs % 1 oro
negroes two thirds. Aooin thc
native born whites furnished ~ oO5 fG}
Of the population, and 3.I57 homiridoe
only lN more than Ihc : 40 n IN no,
! Yrocs. pnrtnr il in onoihnr forn, !,
took l.539 native whites to lurnish ono
no niriIr--S,jI of the AVERAGE no,nio.
tom .G31} OF the ioreiyu horn whiIns
d hat only > 747 negroes. | uivc thnan
Ii-Wrc@ ON Homicidcs because thcv ,rc
less liable to Dc prciudiccd by m0nrvcd
or personal inAucDcc tnon 1thrr rrmi.
nal cnqr,cq, There orr rcnnricJ 80 :
30 adults in prison, OF VIII ,m ~ 81
arc heroes. There are H,SlG Juvenile
; pri3Onr.S reported. Of whom $3.50 arc
, negroes. II is sad fact that of the
adults only : per cent are females.
: while N the juveniles % re-. cen, arc lc
. m~!ro.
, "Mu.h has been done. and is bcnr
! done vet these tcrtlbic results Stare IA
e. N T.. tacc. There has been an incrc ,sc
l ui 81 81 per cent IN the enrolment OF ne
: "r0@s IN the public schools since 1850,
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