The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-08-11

AS se!f-reepecting men, ma,n'ang 4
ivilized government we cannot ahoio
o le, individuals do as they please, II,
of the rights Of others ana
he law of the land. Each man mus
De adiudged guilty before conaemheo,
aud the courts, not men, are ehoo"o"
with this function
am informed that an incipient rio'
was organized in our midst lie" uai
ago. and threats to lybch man ,h""
because he had some quarrel WIN '"e
sou of one of our citizens, ana Inc "'a.
was actually run out of the coih COM, enss
ty because of this iuconsequeh'la On ~
with boy. Is our parish 30 ,u
mar that i, is necessary or ao'
81. RIM ,hem off by mob violence
hava the victim go abroad ana spit
e. tho had ua,ne that com"""
which permits such thugs us. i.hor
onr fields so overrun win 'aooi
! want The world to DE au-
- that a strangers life 10 not e",.
m;aa,p Mol aud did you nave
TON tenants and laborers 10 whe.o 20
lave one now, you could NOT AMI ~
baye the fair name OF Eas'
1s,.aaod with such uncniied-for ahu
D' acts. IL ia made your duty'
on,Iemen. to investigate all such r'o'-
80 snd unlawful assemblies or gam,
r;uas the punishment OF which, anu
no .5is,urbance of the peace on tne
e ',n,Jic highways aud streets oy Inc
pse of loud, obscene and vulgar iaus
usoe Curslng or swearing is specially
nrevided tor, aud it is your outy W
q indict the guilty parties
! rhese matters are not only OF leeai
!, ;,,nnr,auce. but of personal and COM
" nnrciaI A riot. shooting scrape o'
q murder. disorgsnizes socitey, lnpair'
a ,rade and condemns, in the eyes OF .h'
yorld The community which snheF'
such. Ours IL an agricultural coih'n :,
njly. Agriculture is peace'ui car.
Of mo and the fruits of the field are hi'e'
r. wi,h the hoe and the plow, ana no
with gun aud pistol as some peop'
te ooam 10 think. When the "ori
ell rrows that the lives and rights OF a
,ar ,,,ou are maintained on IootibS
eooaljty IN our coarts, our waste ian'
d" Iii ha cultivated and we VIII nav
les many thousand citizens where We ~
me have hundreds. ,ho,a
&c You are specially charged Oh the Ia
o,a;ns, the destruction OF ush al
7ell "sa''''
game. -;a;r. q, q,
,,, des,ructjon Of leYees. On
law AGAINST selling or loanlng wea
ons 10 minors. Gn the law requiri
Won 10 investigate the jail, ETC.
TO the carrying Of concealed "eape
which go into fully as 1t 10 maj
o. so much Importance. !,
de- Ac, No. 1l2 OF 1898: Amehol
,dav Ser 932 of the revised statutes
.ou 1898. "Whoeyer shall carry "eal
"e' ar weapous, concealed on or ao'
VIII his person, such as pistols, oo'
knives. dirks or auy other DANGER
!, for weanon. shall on conviction, sufter
that ar i,nnrisonment or both at the
poor ore,ion Of the court; provlueo 'ha'
inst nroyisions of this section shail not
il is nlv TO sheriffs and their deputies,
,sply stables. porcemeo and town marso
sss ia when in the actual discharge OF u
and official duties: provided further,
4 all tho fine in no case shall exceed y
,itvn and the Imprisonment not more
e, or four months.
rails. To illustrate the eHsc' u '
,r the OF concealed weapons WI. g,
You y charge delivered by Judge III %
nd so Carolina to bis grand jury. moss
nv of which applies directly to TINS pa
bend and which is shame to chris
erret- civilization:
guilty SIN charging the granu Ju'y
,press umbia, South Carolina, Judge
oath had some interesting things to So
, deep the relation between Poeeo' r
hunt and the death-rate. Durlpg
neace mswbicb was no exceptional year.
~ of said 1.-TWO hundred aud forty-thf
o de- our fellow citizens were put to
vou,h he the hands of our fellow-citi2en
'asn;se ond South Carolina is small !
hts of A cause for this alarming preva
"a and NJ homicide be found In "'the oe
a p;are able custom OF carrying pistols,
q Ia AN ON carried 10 snch an extent tns
trust State may be regarded an armed
cd. in time of peace. Our young me
,indipg hove black aud white, rich ana
: room saen, TO think that their outfit
ra left comnlete without pistol; some
word, older men show osd eA"l,pie
rad by 7 regret to say some public
If vour c;ala have on occasions been
"a one armed in visitation Of law. Pist'
for the carried, not as pro'ec'ioh a. !"
your some lonely road, OF III SUM
such an mart of he country during The
all so in some dangerous neighoorho1
g which at nublic meetings, on the stre
q, NAV soeial gatherings, even at dance
40 black AT daily labor and following the
,ce rich and add also even al chuf'
cane the prayer-meeting; aud as for thos
aud in erings known az the nee'o0'
was a ners ia there hot supper wit
reason cold corpse p" After this anti
sde was fight, the Judge, if not the graz
! iurors mnst have smiled at the practi
,e,i who oastious with which he pro
, certain a.Mr. Foreman and gentlen
would be an interesting exper
men to the court were at this moment
The sheriff and his bailiffs to Sc
h,iy over nooksts Of all in this court-hot
sllow wing and see how many pistols
found carried on the perso
o crime cealed, even In the temple OF
,flow.men don't know whether our
people have any hot suppers,
r. largely have crap games ana oahces'
Win each how many cold corpses have
or pity ried away from such in this p
to allow a result of concealed weape
.aker aud most recent | recall, is the da
In
tiful, aud fall when william Commouu
such are nocent man, was shot and xii
nposed in result of murderous ARRAY;
lie. Over. from the carrying OF conceale
, NAV be a ans.