The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1901-03-08
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YOl XVI
SD. ST. d ; RiEl|l, NDLE.D.
1'|' SEN E:ll \ lAll.Tyo'!RI.. 4 TIL MAN TALKS
He S Rightly 4 Thinks That The citi
35sSI.$ sTs ] ofs#Iiiitna Entire state
I Should Not be Held, .Ss
toAccount.

81 Should Not be Held, .,Ss
70 Account.
Tho Philadelphia North American
has iniits issues Of Monday and Tues.
day inaugrated crusade against tho
Il system OF 'slayorys" which obtains in
Anderson county. This was brought
!; about By the recent occurrences which
h led to Judge Benet's charge to the
! grand jury to Investigate tho natter
MI. Ct %. sE. Prinoo- Of Anderson, a
5 memksE 0f Tho goReral assembly and q
i very prominent lawyer, was in the city
s yeHtord az B and stated that the grand
Jury is composed Of mon who will do
their duty, and. tho people cahssrest aB-
5t alrod ,Ahat the conclusion reached will
3. bo d proper finding. 5sl
Another gentleman reoallod that over
ID two years ago, Judge Gary presiding,
the grand jury Of Anderson had some
i thing Of tho kind called to it's alton
/ ton; }ii B So t:s A. \; Il ri,
4, Il; DDaafipgSth5, session Of the general as ;.
! aombly Uapt;T Banks Of Nowborry in
Il troduced a billto provide for q. oonsti-
tutionsl amendment to increase tho
4 jurisdiction Of magistrates in cases Of
violation OF labor! con ntraots.
MI. Wolling Of Fairfield opposed tho
c measure yohomently and exclaimed
that id Anderson county voritable
systemSo Of slavery exists, that mon are
ES boGa h2 andSs6ld as ohattols.
This was Indignantly. denied by Mr..
y r. Bra. !. Robinson, and the two mem.
3sss bers of the general assembly nearly
81 oAmesto; blows.
4 Mr. olling' IS repeated charges pro-
pared tho legislatdre for tho announc
& meat. not q week later, that Judge
# BGnetl had had tho matter called to his
u attention By. an anonymous letter and
Il that he had given tho grand, jury in.
Al Rtructions to investigate tho matter,
The philadelphia North American,
B after, the court had ordered tho investi-
ss cation, sentIa staff correspondent to
81 ss Anderson and now claims to have made
sss an Exposure" Half page illustra.
3 tiona I'LL up tho front page Of tho paper
and the Anderson "slsvo tarffic" is
depicted phosphorescent colors.
y horo arc columns upon columns of
@ interviews with preachers and others
and the staff correspondent, writing
q from Oolumbia describes tho condi.
IS tionb sat he asw them when in Andor-
Among the features Of tho .'ex.
6 f. ~ tyg with G0ngressmen.
;s4sSy.. The following is tho story of the
s aehingt6n correspondent. . s <.
SSSjfSYSy M ii .Waah I n utnp Noh ORkb
The North Americans exposure OF
81 the3rovival Of slavery. in South Caro-.
ssssS lima was read with am mAzoment by con.
s gress. 81 .i. 3. II, Es5
.S ~ . . That such q condition could exist in
Il that part Of the United Statos in this
day VaB almost beyond the belief Of
3 sena ors and representatives, and they
said The North American had done q
pubic service in making tho facts
known. n &, z. r..
Thesform ;of tho contract which tho
negroes employed by the cotton plant
,Ss eEB asa REQUIRED to sign was perueed
II with special interest. Wonder was
# #expressad that South Carolina should
3SS haYo, tolerated suoh plot for a mo
nlent. q
~ DAN CONGRESS- INTERFERA2
On the question as to to whether con.
grese had right to interfere, on tho
d ground that It was in violation Of tho
thirtoenth amendment to tho oonsti-
tuition, opinions differed. Al n.
As great many lawyers in congress
refused to give an off.hand opinion,
,declaying that the matter was too sori-
y Ots, but all agreed that, whether con.
/ 4 ,ggeabs acted or not, Tho North Ameri.
l5oan ahould continue its work by max.
ing the, ,peopls familiar with the details
4 OF tho criminal wrongs involved in tho
Il .!5t. s. The N0fth;Amorican secured the fol-
lowing Expressions from Representa-.
Il tive Asbury O. Latimer, Of Bolton,
AndoreQIp: county, 8. O. !.
81 gss,Y y os, VIC sell negroes in Sonth Caro-
81 AZ = 800 nothingso. inhuman or out.
4 rageous in this statement Of eaots.
w hem i SAY. we sell negroes, wish it
distinctly understood that not one of
s. the better GLASS Of the raoo is sub footed
to this Treatment. MN .I
J: sg.: Hero the South Carolina representa-.
IS two Of the slave district stopped, ,And
t.sS5AsvA povoA0A oooOhNp AOOhGU' uV tUO loaQ
4 lines Of The North American. .
Ss.ys'' I wish to say" he said, '.that L
d don't approve Of the PRACTICE as. it is
& now. carried on. While the rYinciple
Of solling men t. mako thom pay for
vioiattons Of the law may not be wi oily
wrong; I do think that it is now car
gried too far. Tho governor and tho
/ courts Of South Carolina have, and arc,
f!inyestigating the matter, and I feel as.
.s;aurod that justice will bo done. "a
q BII0yI,n THEY RUN FRRE2 M
'Ithink thspoople.of Of South Carolina
/. Toalisos that Tho manner Of treating
thoae& unfortunate wropgdoors has
I gone zoo far, and that o moro just pro-.
oSdhro will be- hereafter followed.
. II y eSaro Censured for not allowing
1 nagroos to. run foo. Are they not law.
sssbrsakofe? y Should we allow them to
" s5glins looso2s ;It,is not customary to al
f1ow onyiotaa al The privileges Of a COM
B tiilulhity 1l While all thoao confined may
YSnoti bo conviets, ovory one Of the mon
4! has been guilty Of somo offonso again st
4 law apl society. The question will bo
Il. .aettled ;5 and. i know that tho reaulta