The Colfax chronicle., 1900-08-25
Dastardly Murder, the Outcome
OF Foolish Prejudice.

+ iumDia, some OF the white people will
}. not allow a cOlOred person to reside.
a coiOred boy, 16 years old, was am
q pushed and shot to death at Boston
: spur, wednesday,, Aug. Is. at 3 D. m.
!, y was cowardly deed, and we
would Ike to nee the author of the
OF the crime punished to the full ex-
tent OF the law. There is no need of
kilnng colored people who go to the
ssction mentioned. Give them notice
10 leave and they will go at double
that one failed to obey there an,
ways to make them change their
minds without Killing them. -AIex-
dria Town Talk.
| The killing referred to occurred in
Grant parish, and we call the atten-
tion of our authorities to the special
ly dastardly nature of the crime. as |
1t seems to have been committed in
an unusually cruel and cowardly man.
ner, demanding thorough and vigor-
Gus action on their part. We do not
know what our officials have done
toward locating the guilty party or
parties, but this certainly is a case
where justice and public sentiment
requires that they shall do their full
duty toward arresting the guilty.
1t Is an outrage and shame to
have such deed perpetrated in any !
community, and the good citizens of
east Grant should band themselves
together to run down the cut-throat
murderers who have been committing
so many outrages in their midst. "
There has been q good deal OF high
handed violence in that section of
late, threatening, shooting and rum
nlng on negroes that had been en- s
pioyed at some Of the sawmills. This . .
. altogether wrong, and should not eli
70 tolerated in a civilized eommuni- "
y. 1t is criminal folly of the worst n, ~
o't, and can only result in harm to Al
nose who engage in it, or counte- "a "a
enance and shield the guilty. The ne
egroes will only render important W
eip IN the development of the vast VI W
ssources OF that country if they are va
t alone. They will be made to do du
u ot the rough, unskilled work. such tr' m
white men avoid, thereby increas-
g improvements rapidly and neces-
tatlng the employment of more and ~,
ore skilled white labor to work in q
le mills and handle the finished out rim
1t OF lumber. In this they sbould "al
protected by the whites. adj
We are reliably informed that in hs grs
vt one single instance have the mill tim tim
anagers ever attempted to work bot
ute and negro labor together, and wol
negroes are never employed when enc cue
Ute labor is available. The negroes is +
9. Kept ISOLATED, given separate ac- min
and quarters, and are keel
ed principally to perform heavy. lore
POROUS work that is stunned by | e.
lite men. In putting in new plants. VI
a building spurs and tramways. com
Il men inform us that negro labor rept
Indispensable if the work is to be tI1 IeIr
ne with anything like dispatch, as hold
impossible to get white laborers niciy
hey can get ANYTHING else tn do hoot
here is moro wort tb. uh:. else
can be secured to perform, and it tho - ,
ot only unjust, but silly, to put a perit
p to progress and enterprise by and
ming the negroes off II 10 .,. any
ardly and criminal, for thoee who !, " ~, =,
age In it would not dare to let NOR,
nselves be publicly known, well and
wing that they would land In ;a;, who
probably suffer a worse fate If mum
were to get before the courts. of to
DIV, we do not believe that any day !
siderable number of the members eleme
he white labor organizations in cease
Mt parish countenance or encour- +ha - =
such deeds otcrime. 1t is doubt gro /
the work of irresponsible worth night
persons. We are familiar with fully
inside workings of one or two la vesn
o' anu we Know IL 10 be ilnper
that the intelligent leaders, man. a viii
8 and counselors of labor organ that
ons alwavs advice noacooh ~. .a such a
,aIlv sat;sfoc.o., : - a.u ing ~
"eo'nonts was 81
proprletors 20 be entered into traget
ever practicable. We believe the scOun
opment of the vast m;ll;nr IN fiamet
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