The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-11-17
BENEATH THE CITIES
DIR. TALMIGE P9EaCSsS ON MENACs
OF CEiMiNAL CLAS ES.

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vav snesks Of the dangers threatening cur
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Do1;S ss,s fo-tb the bad iprl1euces which N
So t;,na broke in upon Gods heritage as
v;,b svine's foot trampinc and a. with
sv;na's snon, uprootinc the viaevards Of
Drosneritv. What wa. true then IS true
now There have been enough trees Of
righteousness planted to overshaGow the
vhole earth bsd il aot hee2 for tie axalea
rbo bawai theo, down 'rn. tc-,r,;,, Cf i1.,iti,
,ro,,,d ,on- ogo bava bson co,,olars3 ba,l il
not ham for the ;conocIas1s Who 5.faae,j the
IsI,s and batre~ef 3owo ,5a o;lla-,. Tae
80 go ,r,,,Is Lor, ha., .,,, r.cbof Of
-;na,eS cIns,ers ha3 :, not her I'M, tine
boar has wasted !, and the wild 5sas, Of the
fed deyoured it.
In opose TO point on; 10 7ou those waazu
consider 10 be the destructive classes OF
societv First the public criminals. You
oncht NOT 10 he surprise thai ihcse people
MAKE mn Iarqe Drapor,:on 81 many coln-
-nnni,iss In iS69 Of the a coo peopIe w2o
yvere ;nca-care,e, j., rhe nrisops Of the coun-
trv - OO0 were Of foreisn birth. MANY OF
them were the yery GeSperadoes o. society
forsn opersunuy TO and steal and de,
hsucb. Joining the large gang Of American
thugs and cutthroats There are in our
cities people whose entire business il life is to
commit crime. That is as much their busi-
ness as Jurisprudence or medicine or mer-
cbsn6ise IS vorr business To il they brios
ali their energies of body. mind au3 soul.
and they look upon The inte-regnuns which
they spend in prison as so much unfortunate
loss of time, just as you look upon a1 attack
of influenza or rheumatism, which fastsns
you in the house for few days. 1t is their
lifetime business to pick pockets, and blow
up safes, and shoplift, and ply the panel
game, and they have as much pride OF skill
in their business as you have IN yours when
yol unset the argument of an opposing coun-
sci. or cure cunshot fracture which other
surgeons have given up. or foresee turn in
the market 50 YOU buy goods lust before they
90 mn 90 ner cent. Il is their business 10
Commit cr;ne and 7 do not supDose that
once in 3 wear the thought of the imnorali-
" strikes them Added to those professional
criminals, American and foreign, there is
large class of men who are more or less in
dustrious in crime. Drunkenness is re-
sponsible for much Of the theft, since it con.
fuses q mans ideas of property. and he gets
his hands nm thinrs that do not belong to
him Rnn, is RESPONSIBLE for much Of the
sssanlt and bstterv inspiring men TO sudden
brsverv which they must demonstrate.
though it be on the face of .ne next gentle
man.
You help to pay the board of every crimi-
nal. from the sneak thief who spatches g
SPOOL Of cotton up to some man who enacts
sBlack Friday More than that it touches
yonr heartin the moral depression ofthe
Community. You might as well think to
stand in a closely confined room where there
are so people and vet not breathe the vitiated
air &c to stand in a community where there
areso many of the deprayed without some
what being contaminated VIVA. is the fire
thst burns YOUR store down compared with
the confagration which consumes your NOR
ais? What IS the theft Of the gold and sill
yer from your money safe compared with The
theft of your children $ virtue! We are all
:; ready to arraign criminals. We shout at the
top of our voice, ''Stop thief! snd when the
police get on the track Te come out ha'Iess
and in our slippers and assist IN the arrest
We come round the bawling ruthan and hus-
flob off <o Spst
prison what do we do for him! WITH great
gusto We put on the handouts and the hop
pies, but what preparation are we making
for the day when the handouts ana hopp-es
come on! Society seems to say 10 tneSe
criminals, s'Vlllain, go IN there and rot.
when 1t oug ut to say: "1ou are an o1enoer
sgalnst the Law, out We mean 20 give you an
opportunity TO repent; we mean 10 ne,p you.
Here are Bibles anc tracts ana Cnrlstlan IN
Susnces. Christ died TOR you LOOK ana
live" Vast Improvements have been made
by introducing industry into the prison,
but We want something more than hammers
and shoe lasts to reclaim these people. Aye,
We want more than sermons on the Saooa'h
DAY. Society must impress these men VITA
the fact that 1t does not ENJOY thelr suHecl,'s
and that 1t IS attempting 10 reform anu ele-
vste them. The majority OF criminals sup
pose that society has g7udge against them'
and they in turn have sgrudge against socie-
ty.
They arr harder in heart and more in
Nsriate when they come out of Jail than when
thew vent,in MANY of the people who 90 20
prison 90 again and again and again. Some
wears ago, Of /. 500 prisoners W 40 during the
wear had been in Sing Sing 400 had been
there before. In g house ofcorrect;on in the
country where during certain reach OF
time there had been 5 600 people, more than
5000 had been there before. So. in one
case the prison and in the other case the
house of correction left them Just as bad as
tbev we're before The secretary of one OF
fhe benevolent societies of New York saw a
lad 75vears of who had spent three
vesrs osbis life in prison, and he said to