The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-01-12
INVADE SLAVES.
Ugly Traffic III Chinese ]. aborers
For South Africa.
WILJ WORK i'm MINES
Herled Like Cattle. Ths Contractors
Furnish Them to the Mine Workers
and They Belong To Their En-.
ployses5 Body and Soul.
Sent TO Mines.

ploysesi Body aud Soul.
Sent TO Mines.
ANletter from Washington to The
OhFkS1Rt0p Post says an interesting
500 mas list reached this country
con feInfng the traffic in Chinese
coliSg}in the mines of the Tfansyaal
Thtmethods OF collecting, separating
and shfpping the coolies is fully de.
sor' ped and the whole treatment Ct
the a resembles tho selection OF ont.
tie cor. the great slaughter houses
mo- than Of human beings. Duriug
the last year the industry" as it is
cal.a grew to large proportions.
Whhs labor, since the close of the
SouaAAfrlcan war has been found in.
SUIT Sient for the purposes of mining
gol"$ttp the Transvaal, and cOnse
qu ftly TT has been necessary to ex
Por,iihousan6s OF. lo,ies to that place.
TaS primary work of collecting tho,
coo.i is begun by missionarydc cjors,
st tdse expense OF the contractors. The
acW1ged coolies are first marched to
che asarest administration and forA
w~a'tsdSto the&shfping point. Being
TAX from The trains they are placed
in b. racks of3diffsr9nt siz 70, usually
lars enough, however to atcommo
dat from three TO four Kindred Obi.
nese Each Is then stripped and
exaa 4ined by the doctors, Including
teaIsfor eyesight and hearing. Those
acc:Pted pass into aalarge tank OF
marg1 water and are there scrubbed
With soap by other coolies. They are
then ~yaccinatsd, photographed and
theii Identification cards written up
on.
a number Is hung about their,
nee and they are III leYed again.
int tn6ther compound unttI the. next
tranS0oft sails. III is said that they
are Rere furnished with cspyf a sbe
COL act they are to sign both inS
Oh, a8e and IN EoglishE It Is even
ella abhst chs coolies aTe told what,
thu SntraebtmegtAS where they are
goi GhegWggeB they are to- receive,
etc.sgfIut bhis lis seriously doubted.
Few loltes have enopghlintellect to
undo ssanPS q eoatrscb should IL
nese liquor are nov denied him,
though ne may ha 5e all the rice and
tea his stomach Is capable OF holding
Fhe play before shipping, the coolies
are taken in lots Of ten to the otice
Of ths Chinese protector for a final ex
ANIMATION. Here they are not only
given another severe physical test,
u are asked many questions in the
endcavor to aSc 3rtsin whether or not
the heathern understands fully where
he it going and what he is expected
TO dc after getting there.
In q large hall stand or 81 lat som
two hundred coolies in rows along the
wall. Their only clothing is a piece
If sitting and a paper tag. If passed
up az being all right, they are given
anot1er wash and are then given
clear! clothes, shoes, belts, socks,
straw hats, etc, and reappear in
dark blue uniforms. The paper or
temporary tag which has heretofore
been hanging around the coolies neck
Is now exchanged for a permanent
lead one with q number on 1t. He
has no name, hereafter a number.
This lead tag bee Jmes as muc / a part
of him as his fioger or any other sec
tion OF his antony.
He Is now given S38 (M, xican) two
months pay, and So bonus, and asked
again II he prefers to return home or
retain the silver. The answer Is In
variably in favor Of the silver. Hav.
Ing decided to retain the money In ex-
change for a tag with q number on 1t
ne pushes 1t into o. tin pan, which
later serve him for his rice bowl, his
%Washpan, and for many other use to
which he may wish to put it. At this
point the cpoly belongs to the con
tractor soul and body. He is now
placed In a kind OF jail, and here he
bids farewell to his family and credi.
TORS. lie receives hi3 kit bag CON
tainiug clothing. a blanket, a tin CUP
and u bamboo pillow, and Is 0 lea.
dy to take his place In the gold mines
OF the T~c2nSva6l.
Inc ffSd shipment OF coolies was
made in July, 1904, and the total
number OF shipments from all ports 10
the present time ls twenty. nine. The
total number OF coolies shipped from
all parts Of China is 40, 00G The
deaths have been comparatively few.
Contractors are making May thou.
sands of d liars annually out OF this
slave trailic, and IS will he seer from
the numerous phyS!ctl tests to which
The coolies are put, they endeavor to
tran sport only what are C )nsidered
Rool risks. On tho others they would
undoubtedly lose money.
fInnuthIn
At Caledonia, Mimi, Matthew
StSlor, infatuated with Pearl Whea
ton, daughter Of S. N. Wheaton, a