The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1899-08-15

| Yldo tho two sections Of tho nation to
their own advantage. If Miss
Jewetts words and actions have boon
correctly reported in tho Boston pa.
pors this latter WOW of the situa
ton would seem to be tho correct
ono.
Tho Boston Globe contained the
following in its account of tho provi-
donco meeting:
"Miss Jowott opened by saying
that hor heart WAS fired by soeing
such Il great audience present, and
her only regret was her inability to
| present an address such us sho had
planned for tho Providenco public.
But sho would dolivor that address
at luttcr timc. Sho considered
that tho appearance Of Mrs. Baker
and hcr family before tho audicncc
was tho greatest object lesson he
North could have Of tho tremendous
barbarlsm in tho South as it oxist to.
day.
"Littlo Lincoln Bukcr who had
beon manned for lifo tho only reason
that no was tho son of tho postmas-
tor at Lake City, S. G., was an OK.
ample of mob law in tho South. Tho
speaker closed by thanking all for
their attendance, and with the OK
pressed hopo that it would not be
long boforo sho again addressed
Them"
Touching tho samo incident tho
Boston Herald, Il paper that through
tho medium Of Mr.. Larson's personal
interest has boon converted into Miss
Jewctts organ, said
"Whcn tho vast audience had be-
como quiet onco moro Miss Jcwctt
said: "Lndics and gcntlcmon: My
heart is iillod whom l 500 all tho pco-
plo who arc here to night. L thank
You for your kindness, and | only ro-
gret that L cannot dclivor the address
which | had upon my mind, and
which l should huvo given undor
other circumstances. | think ! have
in Mrs. Baker and hcr family ono of
the groatost object lessons Of tho ago.
| wanted you to SEQ them for your
self you could judge OF tho barba-
rians who oxist in tho South. IIerc
they are, look at them. | wish to in
trodu' little Lincoln Baker, who
was awakened from his sleep and
shot down and maincd for no other
reason than that his father was tho
postmaster Of Lnko City. Hero is
tho little boy; look upon his disfgur-
od eye"
And tho Boston journal started on
its account Of tho meeting with the
following sentence:
"With Il coal black negro boy on
either side, her arms around thoir
ncclis, Miss Lillian Clayton Jcwott
stepped smiling boioro tho great au.
dionco that packed Providence Music
Hall last night"
Tho language reported to havo
boon used by DIR. Lucy Brown, tho
negro physician, who went from this
city to Boston with Miss Jewott and
tho Bakers as reported, scoms to
havo boon far moro temperate than
that used by tho white woman. The
Herald says:
'Dr. Lucy Brown, who attended
tho Baker family when thoy were
brought into tho Colorcd Hospital
and Training School Of Charleston,
S g., said that thcro woro good and
bad men in the South, as we'll as in
tho North, and that tho white man
IN tho South was as much in need Of
education as was tho black man.
Simply because Il man was white it
did not mean that no was honest.
That the white man will shoot, burn
and cut is because he was born in
hot prejudice
"She rccitod tho incidents follow
ing the shooting Of Postmaster Ba-
ker, and said that after the family
wore convaloscont thoro was Il fcol-
ing in opposition to sending thtr
out to be exhibited throughout tho
country. Tho widowed mothers
heart had been torn, and it seemed
inhuman to start tho wound bleeding
afresh each night by recital Of her
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