The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-10-11
RIOT AND RUM JOINTS
Discussed BY Baptist and Methodist
Ministers in Atianta-Some Terse
Resolutions Passed.

nSooiutiO!iS FdSoCOs
Both the Methodist and Baptist mIll,
listers of Atlanta held interesting ses-
sions of their ministerial associations
Monday morning. The Baptists held
forth at the First Baptist church and
discussed with considerable animation
the recent race riot in Atlanta The
Methcdists went deeply into the liquor
fight and showed a desire to have
not only local, but a general state
prohibition election.
The Baptist ministers had thor
ougn and good-tempered but animated
discussion of the race issue and the
causes leading up to the Atlanta riot.
They expressed the belief that the
best leaders of both races should get
together and solve the situation. 1t
was the expressed belief Of the ma
jority present that the colored race
was by no means entirely to blame
for riotous conditions, and that the
white people ought to shoulder their
part of the burden and help the col.
ored race to get out Of conditions
which are alike unbearable to the
lest element of both races.
The resolutions adopted at the
meeting were in part as follows
Among the chronic and general in.
fuences liable to arouse acute race
antagonism al any time is the in
creasing alienation between the
whites and blacks, due to the follow
ing causes: .. ..
81. The illiterate class, or unedu'
Gated, or inisedGcated class, from
which the criminal negroes come, is
very large. The il!iterate portion Of
the blacks is actually as large now
as it was in 1865. In word, it is
about four millions. These millions
the whites view with increasing
alarm.
90. Race hatred is intensified be.
cause Of the unspeakably brutal and
deyilish nature of some Of the crimes
committed by the negroes and be-
cause these are directed against help
less white women and unprotected
girls. ..S
"3. The lack of sufficient rural po-
lice force and the feeling Of inse-
curtty because of that fact which
sometimes amounts. to state of ter
ror in some homes far removed from
legal protection.
~. The apparent unwillingness OF
a certain element Of negroes to CO.
operate with the officers of the law
in capturing the guilty members OF
their race with a view to their trial
before the courts.
"5. Social contact between whites
and blacks in the barroom. The sa-
icon where whites and blacks drink
together at the same bar is the angle
of dangerous contact bringing togeth-
er the most infammahle class OF
whites and the lower and most des-
perate class of blacks.
s'The local and temporary causes
Of the riot in Atlanta may be stated
as follows:
81. An idle Saturday. night crowd
In the congested part OF the city.
"2. Attacks by negro boys on wh:s7
boys, as some allege, or the thought
less hazing Of negro boys by white
boys, as others maintain.
"3. The excitement arising In the
hearts Of older persons by witness
ing these scenes induced in part by
LIQUOR and much more by the feeling
of resentment against the whole ne
gro race because of recently reported
attempts at rape in or near Atlanta.
81. Increased excitement brought on
by the crying of sensational extras
on black outrages published by some
of our city papers.
"5. The Indifference and probable
slowness and inef1ciency Of the po-
lice force.
IS. The temporary Indifference at
the time of the riot Of many white
people to any active defense of mem
bers of a race which had so sorely
tried their patience and excited their
Indignation"