The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-01-05


treatment Of negroes in Southern In
t,i9na gives some significant details
showing The prevalent public sentiment.
He says:
The prejudice dates back to the close
of the Civil War. and had its origin IN
the coming of negroes 70 Indiana and
conpetn: in farm work. This competi-
ton led TO strong feeling against the
negroes, and also against the men wao
gave them employment. The former
were often driven away, and the latter
had their barns and hayracSs buried. their
machinery broken and notices posted OF
their fences warning them against further
employment OF negro l;pbor. Tue result
Of these tactics soon deprived the negroes
Of farm work. and many of them were
forced into the smaller towns and cities
Robberies. soon became a nightly occur-
renee. and every man who suffered dnSS
by such depretatiouS charged it to the
negroes In Perry. Pike, Spencer. War
wick. Dubois and other counties the peo-
pie rose against the negroes and drove
them from the counties. Many of them
were whipped, some of them simply or
dered away. but all terrorized. and whef-
ever q negro appeared he was Walteu
upon by a committee OF citizens and Or
dered to leave. So great was the fear
these methods engendered that negroes
gave the counties Il wide berth. and for
many years there was only one negro III
Perry county, and he was blind and deaf
from age.
In Pike county few families Were per-
nl!tted to remain. but in Harrison not a
negro escaped the order to go, while in
Crawford only one remained after the
cleaning out, as it is jocularly1 referred
to- In time. however. the negroes began
TO return: in Spencer county better DIS
position was shown. and Il number settled
around Rockport, GrandvieW, Tiey and
9TH nj
" tuout molestltion.
The people of Crawford county never
reIented and to this day the advent or
a negro in tae county is followed al once
by a summary order TO go.
! The Iynch!ng of the two negroes at
Rockport and of the third at Bonneville
! was the elimination of this prejudice,
ana the State authorities do not know
where it will end. TIE lynchinss have
been followed 10y other Gets that may
! we'll raise 1t doubt as to the safety of
coored people in the Ohio River counties
On Monday the citizens Of Troy, Enter
! prise and GrandvIew, all villages of Speu-
GER county held meetings and formally
! determined TO rid the places OF their COL
| ored population The history OF the last
| four or five years reviewed. and all
J the petty thieving and The more pro-
| nounced stealing was laid at he Negroes
door From the town halls committees
! went to the egro settlements and gave
| the orders to move. Many, t"-~or!zsd by
| the iynchIng and the open threats against
! the race lad already fed and on Monday
! there were skiffloaiS of negroes CONSTANT
! " passing over TO the Kentucky shore 10
| escape the supposed wrath 10 come. As
| the day wore away the exodus became
! more pronounced and many did NOT dare
remain in their homes over night for fear
| that they would be taken out and hanged
! before morning OF course these fears
|. were grcundIess. but they evidence the
| terror felt by the negroes and it is pos
( siDle II the order 10 leave the county Is
| not complied with many will be severely
| handled
Evidently Southern Indiana is not the
| land OF promise for the negroes. NO par
, alel 10 this case can be found IN any
| community south OF the Ohio and the
! Potouiac-Iynchburg News.