The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-11-06


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careful inyestiua tio,,S IN j 10 rua district
Of "a armenia; he foun,l .that' there ,yas
not n single fChristinn woman IN tho
district who had MT, heen ef3ishonored
before she was married Al That, Is tho
condition of the Christians thrnnuh.
mt the whole Of The Turkish emnire
I.et mn give von another er.mnleE nf
how this hnsnitolltv fay works 7
now ouote q cno,,dant of onother
leading Enulish newsna nor ~ no nor
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nnylish,nen ,yl,o ,y;ii ta,l tt,osi tr,,t,,
Hc yyas In a cartain town IN TmrLav
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An officer Of police arrived ard de.
manded three days gratuitouS hospi-
tality. All these villages and small
towns which are Christian have a
head man appointed by the sultan to
be responsible for the conduct and
taxes Of the community. The officer
Of police found that by the connivance
OF this man-at least SO he suspected
some of the most beautiful girls Of
the place had been sent away before
his arrival. What did he do? After
he had unsaddled his horse and sta
bled it he ordered a Christian standing
by to bring the saddle out. 1t was
Christmas day. The head man was
prett5 we'll to do, and he was
dressed in his holiday attire. The
uilicer of police ordered him to kneel
in the mud. Ho had the saddle put
ON his back, and bride with Il bit in
it put into his mouth, and he mount
ed him and rode him round the place,
taking care to ride him, in his best
clothes through all the puddles, and af-
ter his ride forced grass into his mouth
and compelled him, whip in hand, to
eat it like a beast.
Taking all the taxes topether tha
amount, Of taxation th,t tho Chris-
tians nav is. accor6ing to the renorts
of the consuls thronuSmt oil rnrLav
67 per cent. leaving them "a nor cant,
Of the produce or thcir Iohor and toii
to live upon. and. in addition To that.
thev have to nav bribcs and IN
some nlaccs tho;r poyortv is such that
in snmo families thav h,vn nnlv TO-,
or three suits of c,athas hat,yaan ther
md some of th., family ,ro oh,i,,rod
to stay in the house while the others
90 about in the two or three suits that
remain for use. You hear people
sometimes speak of the tolcration of
the Turkish government. Let me tell
you what the toleration of the Turk
means. 1t is a crime for a Mussul.
man. Il crime punishable with death,
10 become Il Christian, and It is q can.
ital crime for a Christian to convert
him. 1t is IA crime also for q Chris.
tian to dissuadc FELLOW Christian
from becoming MuSsulman. The
Christian subjects of the sultan are
not allowed tu build any new places
Of worship. They are allowed, gen
orally after paying brides, to repair
the old religious buildings, which they
had when the sultan took possession
Of the country. They are allowed tc
repair tht Old buildings, but not te
remove them beyond the spot on
which they originally stood, nor to in.
crease their dimensions; they must
not have bells to their places Of wor.
ship, aud they must not sing loud
enough to offend. the ears of Mussul.
men in the neighborhood.
L mentioned lust now that the
Christians are Obliged to wear son,h bro
dresses to mark their depreelatinn and
To distinp,,ish than fron7 thair Nc
IN example of how that law is carried m