The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1897-09-02
BILL ARP ON CRIME.
Comparative Statistics on LawIcss-
ness North and South-An Amuzing
Result is Shown.


ness North and South-An Amazing
Result is Shown.
| have just received the third volume
OF Compendium Of the Census Of
lS99.' Eight years have passed since
the people made their returns and the
time is nearing when they will be
called on again. 1t takes iopg time
and costs millions Of money but it is a
big thing and ditfuses knowledge
among the people. 1t is better that
the money be spent that way, for there
arc no private schemes nor corpora
tion swindles in it and it gives employ
mcnt to thousands of needy people
Tho census is the only mode of getting
at the true condition of the nations
affairs and q comparative view Of the
wealth, resources, education and NOR
| ality OF the people OF the different
| States.
| have been very much Interested in
these comparisons and feel prouder
! than ever before OF my state and sec
ton. For more than half century
the partisan and sectional literature
OF the North has ovcrshadowcd and
humiliatcd us with unfair. untrue and
slandcrous statements. BY these un-
christian methods Of their press and
pulplts thclr own good people have
'S'h PoloOhSN uS anu llnlnlSfa-
tion influenced in Northern channels.
Personally; do not complain OF this,
iOr cstCuH ii IL blessing that neither
Northern fanatics nor foreign pauDers
have TO any alarming extent infested
our fair lands. Tho natural increase
of our own people will soon enough
occupy the South and secure to us a
homogeneous citizenship that will con-
tinuo to be tho most moral and the
most patriotic OF any this side Of the
Atlantic. Not long ago an Onio man
had the check to publish Il letter about
our lawlessness and said it was amaz.
ing impudencc for Georgia o.. the
South to invite Northern people to
settle here. We'll, we don't invite him
/ nor any Of his kind. an unknown
, friend writes me from Nebraska an |
says. Gal! OF your dogs. Let the
Q Yankees alone and blow your horn for
c Germans. | have lived for thirteen
years right here where both abound
: and will take the Germans or the
/ Swcdcs or Swiss every time. The
II Yankees have hated you for genera.
tions. They are born hating you and
) raised up in schools and churches tc
J. hate you. They can't help it. But
these foreigners have no such pre-.
: Judiccs. They don't like your negroes,
but have got nothing against YOU
3 Ihcy arc falr-mindcd industrious
|, people and have found them honest
Il and kind and good ncighbors whom
: you can depend on in time of trouble. "
Il But to the census. Look at these
5 figures on crime and criminals In
: some OF tho states North and South in
c 1890:
n Massachusetts, convicted criminals
+ III PRISON ......... ....... ......, 5 c11
= New York, convicted criminals i'm
- PilSol ,Ili>
: ohio, convicted criminals in prison 800.
t Illinois, convicted criminals in
+ prison ................. .......... !:a
| l''Ni % IT,
=, Now deduct the tgro2s......... 7nj
c Leaving whites ....... ol-li
l Now let us take four Southern States:
t Georgia, whites. .............. Dl1
/ South Carolina, whites ............ ~,
Q MlssleslpPl.... .......... 80. ..... 10
| lTSlnla ....'..... .............,...... ,,Sl
|
! | lotal... ............... S,ii