The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-08-21
Went Home to Roost.

Went Home to Roost.
There is an old adage that chick
ms will come home to roost, and tn
people Of Springfield, Illinois, wher
The recent race riot occurred, ar
convinced that it is true. The pee
pie of Springfield have wept bite
tears over the lynching in the Sout
of scores Of black fends for assault
ing white women, and denounce
the lynchers as barbarians, but a
this is changed when one of thei
own fair women becomes the viz
tim of a black flend. The leadin
paper of Springfield on the morr
ing after the riot. in which seve
people were killed and all the ne
groes run out Of the city, had only
three line paragraph appealing fo
law and order, but it published COZ
spiciously the following editorial o
the Brutal Outrage" that cause
the riot::~
"Words are inadequate to
express the brutal and hellish
character Of the outrage of
which Mrs. Earl Hallam was the
victim Thursday night. This
lady was dragged from her bed
where she had been sleeping,
choked and bruised, taken to
heyard Of the resident and as
saulted by a negro fend. This
devilish deed was not committed
in the suburbs or in a disrepu-
table neighborhood, but in a
highlyrespectable portion of the
city and in moderately thickly
settled neighborhood. It must
have been premeditated, and
was in all it's narrowing details
so brutal as to arouse q feeling
of righteous Indignation among
the people of the city. That such
an atrocious act could be COM
mitted in Springfield alarmed
those who have wives and
daughters who are unprotected
in their homes at night to the
possible danger Of a similar fate
for them; for if Mrs. Hallam
could be made the victim of a
brutal assault what is there to
prevent others from becoming
victims..of like outrages.
Is there any way to relieve
the community of this fear. That
is the question in connection
with this devilish crime for our
people to consider. The prompt
punishment with the extreme
penalty of the law Of those who
commit or attempt to commit
such crimes, would doubtIessin-
sure greater safety. But to
this should be added the exer-
else of the power and authority
vested in the city administration
to expel from the city the scores
of worthless and lawless negroes
who come here if not to COM
NIT crimes themselves to "egg
on" others of their race to do
so. The disreputable dives
where this class Acongregate
should be suppressed and kept
closed and the police should be
instructed to compel the vag-
rants and lawless to leave the
city.
The universal expression of
profound sorrow and sympathy
for the unfortunate victim and
her family is accompanied by
the desire to see the brutal per-
petrator of the deed brought to
speedy and summary justice.
AS the Augusta Chronicle says il
moments like those the organs o.
popular opinion speak the language
If the heart, and we see how the
people of Springfield feel about the
natter. Other evidence is still more
.onvinc ing that the negro who lives
n Springfield hereafter will do so a
lis peril, while there are grave in
imations that even now the end is
lot yet. Conflicts between the
aces have taught many fearful les
ons in the past few years, but none
f them have taken stronger hole
pom the mind and heart of the peo'
lie than this affair in the home OF
.braham Lincoln.