The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1899-06-27

Negro Educator Deals In PtaIu Facts and
Figures = Record of Crime Among
The Negroes.


the Industrial and Normal school,
today furnished the Associate Press
an elaborate discussion of the race
question in tho form Of Il paper.
Prof Washington begins his paper
by sa! ing that, while it is true that
there arc eases Of lynching and out
rage in tho Northern and Western
States, candor compols him to admit
that by fm most of tho cases of
lynchings take place IN our Southern
States and most of tho persons
lynched arc negroes.
"With all the earnestnoss of nv
heart" he says, 81 want to appeal
not to the psesident of the United
States, Mr.. Mckinley, net to the
people Of New York nor of New En.
gland, but to tho citizens of our
Southern States, to assist in creating
such Il public sentiment as will make
human life hero just as safe and
sacred as it is anywhere else in tho
world"
The paper then offers review of
the appeal that has been made
through the press and prominent
men that the negro problem be left
to the South. He rrcites that the
whole country from the president
down, has been inclined to do this.
BY the policy Of non-intcrfcrcnce
the South has been given Il sacred
trust Prof. Washington continues:
IL fear but few people in tho
Sonth realize to what nn extent the
habit of lynching or the taking of
l'te without du" process of law has
taken hold Of us, and to what an ox
tent it is not only hurting rs in the
eyes of the world, but injuring our
own moral and material growth.
Many good people in the South and
also out Of the South have gotten
tho idoa that lynching is resorted to
for one cr'no on y. / have the
facts from m anthOri ltive sOurce
During the lust ycar l27 persons
were lynchcd in the United States;
Of this number Is were executed in
the South and nine in the North and
West; Of the total number lynched
lo2 wero negroes, 23 whites and
two lndiaus. OF this number only
"A were rhnrsed in any way with
the crime Of rape.
"Within a period Of six years about
800 persons have been lynchod in
onr Southern States. This is but a
few hundred short of the total nun.
ber of soldiers WHO lost their lives in
Cuba during the war. If we could
realize still moro fully how far this
unfortunate habit is leading lis
note the classes of crime during a
few months which the local papers
and tho Associated Press say that
lynchlng has been innic,ed for
they include murder 'rioting,' 'in-
condiarism,' 'robbory,' 1arceny,' self
defense,' Insulting w)men,' alleged
poisoning,' malpracticr,' alleged
barn .burning,' suspected robbery
race prejndicc,' attempted murder
and horse steaiing,' 'mis'aken i en-
tity,' etc The practice has grown
until we ar" now at th" point where
not only blacks are lynched in the
South, but white men as well. With
in the last six years at loast half
dozen colored women have been
lynched.
IL am not pleading for the negro
alone. Lyhching INJURIES and blunts
the moral scn"ibiIities of the young
and tender manhoo Of the South.
Never shall / forget the remark
made by Eth" nine year old white
boy with blue "ycs and liakcn har.
The little fellow said to his mother
after be had returned from a lynch
ing: 81 hay" s"cn man hanged.
Now L wish | could see ono burned. ."
"Rather than hear such remark
from. one Of my littlo boys | would
rather see him dead.
"Ihere is too much crime amono
us. The figures Tor q given period
show that IN the United States thir-
ty per cent. Of the crimo committed
ls by negroes. while wo constitute
only about II per ccut. of the On
tire population. This proportion
holds good not only in the South,