The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-05-12
In the Negro Baptist State Con.
vention at Union Friday.
THE BLUFF CALLED
BY Carroll, Who Told the Preachers
That They Were Guilty of Dis
honest Practices. Carrots Life
Threatened Is lie persls.
ted in His Charges.
ted in His Charges.

l will puta bullet hole through
you If you repeat your charges in this
convention" was the sensational
threat sent to Rev. Richard Carroll, a
prominent negro educator, by a negro
preacher in high circles, both OF whom
was In attendance on the negro Bap-
tist State convention at Union last
week.
For several months past Carroll has
been orally aud through newspapers
making grave charges against the
character Of number Of negro Baptist
ministers in this State, saying that
some OF the more prominent ones had
formed a ring and that collections
made for foreign missions, education
and orphan work had been diverted
into their own private purses. The
knowledge that he was at the conyen.
tlon to push his SubStantiated charges
made those interested employ almost
every means, including threats against
his life, to have him remain silent5
However, he was undaunted, and
the investigations which he demanded
and helped conduct brought out facts
and over Is other ministers corrobora.
ted his statements.
A striking feature occurred in the
convention when, in a wild disordered
assemblage, one prominent delegate
demanded OF Carroll to name them!"
You are one," was the reply.
Another preacher Immediately
81 ang up and shouted. Am 1 one,
too?" evidently thinking to bluff the
speaker, who calmly replied: Yes,
you, too;" and Carroll proceeded to
draw out book in which he had the
names OF everyone implicated. This
caused storm Of confusion and calls:
You need not read any morel"
Carroll, who is doing good work for
negro youths in Columbia and has the
supporter the whites, seems to have
ISs | he's aoial santip Of many of his
race, who sarcastically denounce ffim
as an migrate" the white mans
friend" and seeking to raise himself
on the dead bodies Of the negro race"
The whole session was a dramatic
one, and the ring is larger than sup.
posed. judging by the violent opposi-
tion against Carroll.
After long session, the following
resolutions were adopted, which,
though strongly worded, are really
Deutral in Character:
Whereas, in the recent ne 1spaper
articles under the signature Of Rev.
K. Carroll, commented upon in and
out OF the State, the impression has
been made that the negro Baptist
ministers in South Carolina are venal
and generaly depraved; and whereas,
the public recognition given Rev. r.
Carroll, coupled with the gravity Of
the charges, are calculated to do un-
told harni TO the ministry and check
any present looking toward securing
aid and sympathy from those whose
aid and sympathy should be given, be
it
Resolved, That it may be trne and
FULLY admitted that there is among us,
as among all other peoples and Chris
tain organizations, some Irregularities,
but it Is the exception rather than
the rule. While we fully deplore and
condemn the Irregularities among the
few, we, in convention assembled,
most emphatIcally deny that such con-
dition referred to herein above obtains
among theigreat majority Of our min
isters and churches. Be 1t further
Resolved, That the Baptist minis
try OF South Ca olin, in character, in
tegrity and neral uprightness, com
pare favorably with the ministers
rywhare."
The sentiment OF the majority Of
delegates, including Dodd and Jen.
KiEs, editors who had violently op-
posed Carroll, seems TO be that 1T is
best to have corruption exposed and
remedied. Tie State.