The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1901-09-20

aOUTHERM METHoDlsTs

Forced TO Hosr Sons Unpleasant
Things 9aid About Their
Section and It's
People.
Understanding as do thc excessive
bitterness Of many English people TO
wards tho south, | watched with con-
siderable iptcrcet + : nc first discus
sions at tho lGoumcnioal cou nci attend.
cd by tho followers Of John Wesley
from all over tho civilized word. This
E,umenical c2unoil 10 now in sossion in
tho city Of london. Tho meetings arc
hold in building which ia intimately
associated with tho active work Of rev.
John Wcaley during his noted career.
10 this srot the hundreds Of dole
gatoe woro attracted and program had
been arranged covering ovcry hour Of
the ontiro session Of ton days or two
Mocks.
Some Georgians arc supposed to bo
present and Bishop Galloway preached
tho opening sermon by invitation OF the
committee on program. IIo j, as1uth.
orn Methodist bishon
So fer, 80 good. Bishop Gallaway
prcsohod his aormon ard fow hours
later negro bishop from tho state OF
Now Jcrsoy took occasion to 5cnouuoc
tho southern states ss favcring ly1ch-
ers and poraeoutiDg negroes. This no.
gro bishop from Now Jersey declared
that ninoty pcgroes wcro lynchtd in
tho southern states during the ycsr
1900, and only eleven wore found guilty
of assault on tho persons Of whito
womon.
The Britona ohcorod tho negro biahop
to tho echo and it is reported that q
good many southern dologa'cs left tho
building in disgust.
With tho lights before mo | respoot-
fully assume that tho southern mon
found themselves in the wrong pew.
and unless thoro is ooulpgo enough
uncovered in tho southorn delegation
10 tell in detail Of tho L,ovonworth
affair, tho Akron massacre aod tho hos.
tility Of dozens Of othor localitiee in
the north and weet to negroes, | here
declare that our southern delegation
would do we'll to shake of tho duet Of
London and losve the negro bishop and
British nogropholists to cloae commu-
MON and racial sympathy without at,
teripg another word in that presonoo.
Thoac who onjoy boipg kickod about
by British fanatics, 'iod by negro
bishops, may Of courso onduro tho kick,
ing exercise, but | protest thoy have
ceased to bo representative men from
Southern Methodist ohurch if thoy fail
TO roply in strong words to tho New
Jorsoy negro, whose poses a, bishop,
before tho EoumoDical conference.
Tho story told by tho negro hishop as
to the number Of rapists as before sta
ted is q palpablo mistake, to speak rc
speotfuily Of his utterancos Suoh
speakers as this negro bishop gro among
tho informcrJ who have "padded" the
rcports Of tho Howard association Of
lIondon with falsohoods OF yiciou, mag
pitudo in regard to tho excessive bru-
tality Of The southern whiso mon Of our
country towards tho southern negroes.
And it's tuch cunning, crafty pro
yaricators who withhold all mon!ion Of
tho burning alive OF negro rspists in
northern aud western etstea.
Tho same crime brings tho ssmc pun
ishmont wherever white mon arc brave
enough to protect their own womcn
FROM violence and rapiNc. And |
measure my words in ;ho sight Of
hceyon, and in hearing Of Tho Eoumon-
ical council, il need be; whom say it
is q aorry whitn man, unworthy OF tho
namc, thst will refuse to punish tho
blaok ficnd With quick and oommonsu.
rato punishment that has thus destroyed
hia innocent daughter or wife on the
public highway or in her own homo.
1t makes ogery drop Of blood in my
anatomy tipglc with Indignation to hoar
Of thcso srclogists for rape ficuds, on
this or on ,ho other sido Of the Allan
lie ocean.
It passes understanding that tho ra.
pist's victim finds no sympathy among
sush so called roligionis;s as che cred
tho negro bishop ovor yondor in the
city Of London.
Womsn az | am, I'd tell that crowd
OIL plotlets low wholesome truths in
the pIcsonon Of tho cntirc bod y Of dole
gates, or wash my hands Of the con-
coro, and seoodo from tho organization
quicker than you could say "Jaok Rob.
inson"
Id tell the stoly Of tho Georgia wo-
man, well dioattd, tho happy wifo
and mothor of four children, in hor own
homo, At rouco with all tho world and
trying to do her duty to hor Makor,
who was outraged for hours bosido tho
woltoring, bloody body Of hcr murdered
huaband, in tho prc5onoo Of her own
young daughters, and would ask that
ocumonical council to namo tho pun.
ishmcnt that would meet tho ndienity
and inhumanity Of the situation. They
should reply, or tho town Of London
would not TO big enough to hold us TO-
gcther in q so.callod mooting Of preach.
ers and oifisial laymon Of tho Mctho.
dist followers Of John Wesley.
After their applause of the words Of
tho negro bishop, that body Of Metho.
dists should hear tho truth in plain
language, or southern Delegates should
nevor attompt to fellowship another
hour with such gang OF fakirs and