The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1907-11-06
elAAeEs Of PE01leE.
OAsEs AGAINST sOUTHERNERs
TO he PUSHED.


~ Qusckenbos Woman Makes
Shsements' to Department. Of jus
sscs Tisat May Cause Trouble for
Sossherncrx.
The department Of justice proposes
- prosecuts &c the utmost all those
under suspicion Of psonage in the
osuth. Following the prosecutions Of
eAose In Florida last winter who held
Waite men inbondage. making them
work by force against their will.
Drsparations are being made to pros
eeuts certain ones In Mississippi and
Sehep Southern States who have been
Sslding In peonase either white la
eerers o. black onea A report made
eDaay 70 the attorney general by Mrs.
11axy Grace ouscksnbos. q woman
1nwyer. sp&cial sttorony for the
opathern federal dissrict of New
Iork! sagaxsd to visit cettain iocaii-
- IN the South, gives some inter-
~ne1ng Information about q case soon
. - tried In Mississippi.
n fsw weeks ago q man by the
aane of o. D. Crittenden OF Green
vsl>s. Ma. was arsrsted upon the
unArgs OF srrsstins an Italian In
0rssnviiis and taking him across the
sovsr 70 IAN ishand. sunny side. in
AxkAnsaA there to BE- held In peonage.
Aaording TO the report Of Mrs. ouack-
S1ooaL there b . whole island fun of
XDAlians at sunny Side. who are COM
Dsllsd 10 work under conditions and
n1soumstancss over which they have
- control and which are not very
uBoa1ly disuimilar from those which
~aeaip In slave countries. The Ital-
~ thousand OF them. were
orouoAt ovsr to America several
yoqss 80 under the Impression that
Nhav were going % become ssttlers
- free American citisena II ala
- work. though. a. they found out
oAAt when thsy wanted TO throw up
ebeer johs thsy could not easily do
~ rhsy we've In debt from their
panags mopey nom italy and were
ueapsllsd 70 ssork under such con-
0e1ons that they could not earn
-c(eugh Tor the support OF their fami-
- and at the same time save moey
- 1offay the debt Hence they had
- work on and On with no hope of
evw swing out When one tempt
- - leave No va promptly arrested
~ taken back to The plantation.
1lsa ouacksnbos. rscites many facts
- connection with the management
- tAs plantakion snd the Crittsndsn
Oseem OF managing labor. During
! ~ visit to the Sunny Side plantation
- was orderd on. the premises by
Cssttsnden. wh<' claimed that che was
on&rudins. and had no right to be
oG~ Crittsn'ien says that II was
bseapss of thM that shs sprsferred
'ohargss against him which caused his
usssA II y said At the department
- tustics that the srrcst was consid-
srsd and practically agreed upon just
efesr previous yisit Of Mrs. Quaci-
~nboe to sunny side and some time
Dsobrs she was ordered on the place.
ne prsiiminAry hearing OF crittsn-
- WIN saI<s place some time in No
.VsAbsr ana the trial viii likely be
- ysauary. Ntl l}4
some other cases Of alleged peon-
- n The South were investigated by
- MrR ouAckenbos. and II IL inti-
Unesd hereabouts that she found
G1ns things In ono Of the Carolinas
obout which she made an elaborate
SgDort For some time reports have
essn made to tho department Of Jus
eDos Of peonase In North Carolina and
thts special aesnt was sent down to
1nveseigaae. What her report says
w1u likely be interesting. and most
uks1y II will l,e strongly combattsd.
- any investigator of such things
osnt down from the North is likely to
-. for most natural and proper rea-
SsaA-rhs state.
There % more Catarrh IN this eco
- - the country than ali other