The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1903-08-28

a splendid tribute to the honest edu
Gated preacher who has dug out the
beauties of the Bible in many Ian.
guages. But there are hundreds OF
the negro preachers who are abso
lutely corrupt "and we preachers
must get together, get down to bust
ness and put the rasoals out" he
said. Better homes, better schools
and fumigate the ministry was his
remedy for the criminal assaults of
which the race is accused.
He was followed by Rev. r.. e.
Wall Of Columbia who was assigned
to speak upon the question, "How
can more kindly relations be estab.
ilshed between the races" He ad.
Vised the negroes to assure the white
people that they are satisfied with
their color and to show them that no
work is menlal. Ask the white peo-
pie merely to treat them as men, pay
them their just due and get out of
the negro's sunlight and tour hearts
best blood shall be theirs"
The last speaker was G. w. Muir
ray of Sumter, who once represented
the negroes in congress. He denied
the fact that negroes seek social
equality.
WEDNESDAYS SESSION.
At the session Wednesday per-
manent organization was formed.
Rev. w. G. johnson was elected
president, Rev. g. II. billiard vice
president, and Rev. j. A. Brown
secretary.
The following address WAS issued
to the people of South Carolina:
THE ADDRESS.
We, the colored citizens of South
Carolina in convention assembled.
desire TO direct the attention Of ,Ae
law abiding white citizens of the s,iN;e
to tho alarming amount Of !aw!ess
moss that is being precticed in tho
State which is disturbing the peace
and good order of society, generally,
creating much bad feeling and an
tagonlsm between the races and Ell
dangerlng the lives Of many citizens
ny mob violence 1t is we'll known
that i'll the majority of instances
where for any Cause difficulty
occurs between white and colored
man, the latter has nothing like an
equal showing before the courts if at
all permitted to come to trial. 1t
cannot be denied that if colored
man is accused Of any serious crime
in which the interests Of n wh;te
man is involved, especially if the
crime results in personal injury to
the latter, lynching is likely to
take place.
Whenever there has been SEM
blanoe of race riot in South Caro-
lima the principal cause was the
attempt of white men to punish
crimes charged againat negroes, in
stead of invoking the law. Numer.
GUS instances could be cited in proof
of this fact and we venture to chal-
lenge the impartial public to cite a
single instance to disprove this.
The negro in South Carolina has
no voice or participation in the en-
actment or tn enforcement of the
law. We, thereio4o, appeal to the
white people for the proper enforce
ment OF the law which they them
selves have made, for we have relied
upon the promises of protection and
before the law made by the
late Gov. Wade Hampton and suc
cessors and endorsed by the law
citizens. We wish to record
our unqualified condemnation of all
criminal acts by negroes. We do
not deny that the negro race fur
nishes an alarmiDgly large per cont.
of the criminal class of South Caro-
lima. and we do not condone their
crimes. We denounce the crime of
rape IA inhuman and brutal and
those who commit it should be in