The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-10-12
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It is no pleasure to feel the necessity
of calling the attention Of the autllorl-
ties to a fragrant outrage in this town.
and which there seems to be no at
tempt made by those in authority to
stop. We refer to the influx of lewd
women walking about on our streets
and Haunting their filthy infamy into
the faces of honest women, white and
black. It is an insult to virtue to per-
nit these social scabs to come in con-
tact with decent people, and unless our
Town Council take some steps to eradl-
cate this evil, it will 60 from bad to
worse, and may yet be the cause OF a
great sorrow visited upon some good
family.
1t is the sworn duty of Council to pro
tect the good order of this town, and
when they close their eyes to the effect
of these imps of hell in our town, they
do not conceive the results of their in
action. Wake up before it is too late,
Instruct the police to order them out OF
town. and if, after they have been
ordered away, they are seen upon
these streets, lock them up, as you
would any other vagrant who lolters
about these streets with no visible
means Of support. There is no necessity
to wait until these women commit a
breach of the peace, or become drunk
and disorderly, their regulations are
sufficient to brand them, and place
them on a footing with the lawless,
and council has the power under its
police authority to arrest these charac-
ters and put them on the chainsang; it
should be done as protection to those
who earn their bread honestly, and to
drive out a temptation to imprudent
Young men, who we are seeking to
save from their own folly and degrade
ton. Councilmen of Manning, think
of it. most of you have wives and
daughters, and they are forced into
close contact with these human ouz-
yards almost every time they go into
one of our stores to shop; these wretch
es. dressed Ii silks and satins and high
" perfumed to hide their rotten car
casses. brush up beside pure woman
to look at the same piece OF goods, is 1t
it. mot enough to make ones blood
boil with indignationo Yet no notice is
taken of it, but let poor, honest women,
white or black, push themselves
up as closely and there IS notice
taken of it, and resented, can 1t
be that silk is privilege badge and
cotton is not? Is a silk dress covering
the hide of Ieper of more consldera-
ton than calico dress covering de-
cency and purity? These dirty whores
can be driven out by order OF council,
if that body will act, but whethe.. 1t
acts or not, the citizens of Manning
owe it to themselves. for the good OF
the community to see that these women
leave here. We Go not advocate taking
the law into our own hands, because
there is constituted authority to ad-
minister the law, and when that fails,
and only then, should the citizens take
a hand. But to rid the town of this
pest, we stand ready at any time to do
all in our power to accomplish the de-
sired end.
There are some who argue that we
have plenty OF native immoral women,
a u q give t h at S a re a
why, the creatures we refer to should
not be molested, but this argument Will
not do. the characters we refer to are
perambulating lepers, who do not work
and they encourage all kind OF crimes,
the native immoral women do work,
and they do not defyingly haunt their
shame into the faces of decency.
We say run them out, or lookup the
nasty hussys, it is the duty of Council
to do it, and we know if the police get
the proper instructions the fostering
sore upon our social system will be re-
moved instanter, and every decent
woman and man, white and black. will
applaud the good work.