The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-12-13

resolution providing that the bill be
entitled, "A measure for visiting the
sins of the fathers upon the children"
After all, why not?
A law which should prevent the en-
plov-, ent in any mandatory of chill
DIRE less than II years of ag e, or of
any child who could not re. Id and
write, would be effective for go, I'd. Also
night work for the young sh culd be
forbidden.
Mrs. Lenora Beck Ellis is wr thing a
series of articles in Northern maya
zines upon Southern Cotton MIL Com
munities." There are profusely illus
trated and are a valuable contri button
to the sum of information upCh this
interesting topic.
Intelligent mill owners find that in
telligent workers are more pr bfitable
than are the ignorant. so they re pro-
viding free schools and the work of
education is carried on among II he chill
dren of the mill workers, gre atty to
their profit also to the entir e COM
munity. The tendency is to mcEe for
ward; sometimes progress is slight,
but here is no retrogressinn; and in
some favored localities the advance is
all that the most earnest altrulSt could
desire.
Recently Hon. James NJ. Thom pson,
district court of Louisiana, addressed
the grand jury of the district, referr-
ing to the Balltown riot, saying:
Death, inflicted by cruel torture, is
not only a blot on our boosted 'civiliza-
ton, but it destroys the good reputa-
ton of the parish and causes its citi-
zens to be regarded as savages." He
added: Every lynching is followed
by a crop of crimes" So mach for
l.s1 fe- ANff nr1 nf "a
finding of the grand jury: las to the
burning of the negro, Bill Morris. our
investigation shows that 1t was done
by the best citizens of that country.
four or five hundred in number, and
that they were wrought to it by the
heinoqls crime of the negro brute. and
that they are beyond the reach of
law" So it would seem that the jul
dicial opinion had failed to influence
the members of the jury. The knfiu-
ences which will prevent 1.-The best
citizens from engaging in such acts
of vengeance are at work, but the
progress is, and must be, slow One
of my valued friends who looks
through different spectacles than mine,
writing of THE Thrashing Age, con-
cludes an able article thus: There
are some children who do not need
to be spanked; there are others that
need a full course of spanking from
the slipper to the barrel stave with
out skipping any of the intermediate
INSTRUMENTS" If this be really true
it would be interesting to follow the
career of the child reared after this
advice and practice; what becomes of
him? Possibly he may be found
among the five hundred best citi-
zens" who, in Louisiana, "are beyond
the reach of the law" Train up a
child in the way he should co. But
who has ever found the way? Chris
tan missionaries in India find the
question of caste a stumbling block
TN the path of progress, but how to
remove it? 1t is very ancient, it is
a part of the social life, the light
which comes from the west does not
appeal to them. The messenger who
brings the good tidings of life eternal
conveys also the menace tc the prlrity
of the race and so finds few who listen
to his words. The message must wait
until the teacher is better instructed
Much of the best reformatory work
is hindered by the mistaken methods
of good people with more of zeal than
knowledge. THE Futilities of Reform
ers'' furnishes theme for a clever
writer in the December Arena.
William Riley Boyd.