Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1905-05-25
AS TO MIGRANTS.
Every Community Should Hold
and Correct, and Not Infict
on Other Towns, It's Vag-
rant Element.1

rant E1ement.l
DEAR Mr.. EDIToR:-Annent the
enforcement of the Vagrancy Law,
and permission given by the author
tiles of some of our towns to vag-
rants sto leave town." stmove on"
and the like, and the question OF
"inficting these characters on other
communities" which is ~agitating
the State press to some extent, an
experience which I had in Japan
may be interesting to some of your
readers, an may contain a sugges-
ton which if acted upon by city Of
fcers might permanently settle the
question of vagrancy, as regards the
Migrants themselves, in the whole
State.
I rented a large house in the city
of Nagoya, Japan, to be used for
preaching and lecture purposes, and
for Sunday school on the Sabbath
day. 1t was In q densely populated
section of that great city of two hum
dred and fifty thousand people, and
where nc mission work had yet been
done.
The owner of the property was a
liberal minded old gentleman who,
while not a Christian, had no preju-
dice against Christianity. He need
the money for the rest of his
property, and, according to the Gus
tom of the country, I had made the
deposit of money necessary to secure
the contract.
AT this jbncture the Buddhist
priests of the community became a.
Harmed. christianity was invading
an important stronghold. It must
De prevented, ii possible. These
priestssWeut oou their opposition
IN a very thorough, system nc, ana
manner. AT first a COM
called on the owner of the
property and demonstrated with
nun. lie reasoned with them, SAID
ne did not think the YdsukwdI
Christian church) would harm their
ieighburhood, that he had made a
contract Which as an honest man he
must moi violate. This Was not sat-
.t,tactory, AID Soshi "a species of out
ltW) NeiG employed to terroiiZe the
cid fellow. his pr wing ~inetfectu Il,
a mass meeting vas called at a near
by Buddhist temple, 10 devise meius
whereby the mission might be ;lIe-
from WrEing in the cru
muniiy, but more particularly 10 ie.
termine what III uid D. done witt
the owner cf The LJu-e for The CT
OF r'ni = fr IcIty fOI
jiinSIian NILSSON work.
The nl"risilS WIS properly organ
jzed, a fIi4n! Of 'tinn being in at
ami sev"ral plans for dis
of tn. house owner had been
all of v hich were of min
Importance and unsatisfactory,
when some one suggested that the
proper thing to do with him was to !
sxpel him from the city, in advo-
'acy of which he urged the terrible |
nature of the offence, and the fact
hat in the opinion OF this proposer
/ person who would rent a house to
Christians was really so vile as
his presence to defle even the |
very ground on which their city was
At the conclusion of this mans
another and a still more
iery orator addressed the chair, and
aid that he heartily agreed with all
he previous speaker had said as to-
he heinousness of the offence under |
consideration. It was truly some
hing awful. But for this very rea-
'on heopposed the proposed remedy.
Let it never be said that the people |
If the proud and virtuous city of
finding to their shame that
vile a wretch lived within their |
borders, had imposed him onanotheI
community! Let the people of Ma |
soya themselves settle the account
with this vile miscreant! And he
proposed, as the only remedy suit
able to the nature of the offence, that !
/ large cauldron be produced aud
Tiled with oil and this then heated
10 the boiling point aud Mr.. House
owner plunged into it, and kt pit
here until his flesh should be cook
ed from his bones. This he urged a
The only adequate punishment.
Now, since the japanese of late
nave so completely convinced TIL.
of the uceess of their metho Is
n some. other lines, il our Mayors
and others charged with enforcement
IF the law against Migrants, will
''bile" a few of them in oil, the re-
of INJECTING these worthless
fellows on other communities will be
removed, and, sofar as those ''biied"
concerned, the whole question
will be settled, ttM,O