The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-09-12
RkMEDY PROPOSED
TO SAVE OUR WOMEN FROM
BLACK BRUTES.

The Tdi tor CT The Georgian Writes
5orcefully on This A]l-Eb.
sorbing Question.
In discussing the frequency Of as
saults on white women by negroes in
the South the Atlanta Georgian says
we have learned the great truth that
lynching dosS not stop tbs crime
against our women. We have reached
by elimination the conclusion that
other experiments must be tried to
intinidate the criminals Of the negro
race. O Of the most hopeful OF these
experiments seems to be a statute su.
thcriz!ng tbs mu+ilat!on Of the crinat
nal and the branding Of him on the
forehead with the letter r." signtf.
csnt Of his crime and making him an
object Ct suspicion for the rest Of time
The other experiment. Is to devise
some neR and mysterious form OF pun
ishment wrapped in darkness and IN
mystery which will appeal to the ter
ror and to the superstition OF the
criminal negro.
But beyond these and above these
and more potential than al others, Is
the stern and inslstent demand OF cur
white civilization that the leaders OF
the negro race shall give US from this
time forth that co operation which
they have heretofore refused. The
South is growing indignantly tired Of
negro TRADES in central citiss against
the lawlessress Of lynching. We are
tired Of negro platituies and resolu.
:iops against the Injustice OF the
South toward the neer). And We have
utterly lost patience with these paci
&c preachments which cry cut for ls"
and order on the part Of the white
man, while they spsnd no time nor
breath nor effort In thun deripg to
their own people the earnest and PISS
sionate denunctstion OF these cr1m1.
nails who make the chief tension and
the deadly friction between the "a
ceS.
Nov see hers: The South has for rs
wears befrlended the negroes In every
oratticsl way. We have helped TO
sustain their schools, we have buried
their dead and helped to MAINTAIN
uhsir living sometimes in idle1sss ano
sonesirnes in want But now as one
unit In the mass Of Southern senti-
ment, The Georgian lifts It's voice AID
protests that henceforward it will give
no dollsr snd lend no aid AND no CO.
operation to any negro Institution
until its officers. its preachers, ITS
teachers and its editors SHALL join With
us In laundering into the ears OF the
negro race the warning and denuncia.
ion Of this horrible crime.
Without passion, OF as least With
out passion which is not richly due
and justified, We ask our breathren OF
the Southern press and our Caucasian
friends and brethren everywhere to
lake this firm and unalterabre stand
that they will help no negro church,
newspaper OF school until they know
that us preachers, Its teachers ard
Its editors In those institutions are
thunderlng the doctrine OF hell and
dsmnation to the assailants OF white
women. Nov this IS fsir. It Is just,
snd it Is right.
The South is living under shadow
which no man can estimate. N5n
whose public meetings are held 81
hcms bscsuse they are afrsid to leave
sheir families alone even in che shell
ter and sspctity OF their own homes
after nighttall. Man csnnot 90 80
church for the same reason. And this,
please God, is the South. We are q
free people and great country. Are
We to live forever under this SHADOW
and under this terror? Are We to sit
still and help 10 build up these negro
institutions when they are silent and
apathetlc toward tie peril in which
their criminals put the best element
OF our race? Are we to co operate
with these peopIe to build up inSt1tu.
tions when they are silent ano sps'
thetic toward the peril in which they
do not preach the enormity OF these
osenses? Are W. to be forever held
in a state Of serge with our women,
trembling in fear and terror when
they are alone? Is the liberty which
oDr fathers bought with their blood
20 be surrendered to the foul terror
OF an alien and subordinsts race?
We tell these teachers, these
preachers ard these editors ttat thsy
have the most vital interest in this
sffsir. II the boundaries OF restraint
are ever broken by this Caucasian race
in a wild spirit Of retaliation Tor a
condition which impcisons and terri
fes the noblest worea Of the world,
they themselves Will be whelned in
the tidal wave which follows.
And we cay here and now to Book.
er Washington, to Gaines, and Turner
to Proctor AID to Stinson, and to the
rest Of those WHO are SC eager to rub
into print to plead Tor law and order;
that il they have any regard for the
future ct their race a1d for them
selves, they will take the hint which
is not unkindly sent from this arous
ed and indignant race Of Caucssians,
and will stand shoulder to shoulder
with us in demanding that every
nree cher in ever country pulpit and
every editor Of every little 2S4 saeet
and that every teacher in the city and
country school shall devote some part
Of his sermon or some portion OF his
editorial, OF some segment OF his
scholastic hours to preaching hell and
damnation to all who are guilty OF
this fen6ish crime.
We assure these men that the
Caucasian sentiment OF this eoun.
try as it never was before. We
need not and will not continue