The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-11-24
that CAIRO MOB
..lNsaarsshsard he Criminal Negro Problem
Makes lis Way"
CONTEMPT FOR TIE Law

CONTEMPT FOR TIE Law
The Only Novelty Was the Aeos
PARTICIPATION OF Women n tn
Affair, q Thing That Has NeSe
Yet Occurred in the South an
Never WEn.
In discussing that Cairo lynchins
IN its editorial columns the August
Chronicle says apar, from one novel
", hereafter 70 be mentioned. ths
recent etu!lition OF mob TioleHc'
IN Illinois as the same old syp'cs
American lynchins. Same getting
mad all together: same rush -: the
prisoner: same slaughte. OF sae
sh-!ek;na wretch by hanging. shoot
,ag and burning: same theatrical
au--y,ng 20 the spot Of troops, VINO
neye, get there in time, and II os
some miracle shey ever do SO, eahe
a vote 70, to shoot. as they did the
other day.
The only novelty was the active
participation Q: women in the anai!
"a thing that has never yet occurred
In the South and never will.
The excuse tor the !ynch:as !eseli
is the same old excusa-distrust OF
the law. But the real underlying
cause is-contsrnpr 70. the Law. Inc
mob ITSELF is. for the time being.
lawless aggregation OF .nadnea:
70 matter hcw much each uemoe.
OF II individually may, IN his caimes
momeats. p-esa2d TO respect the law.
he is an outlaw. pure and simple
when he takes the law into his own
hands "a was done IN Cairo. And
this is true whether it occurs N
In Illinois or in Georgia or Missss-
sippi.
And. vet. it would not be 1nt!rely
fair 70 say that the courts. as
whole. administer justice as certainly
and with as even hand as they
sho2,d. It las been consenced more
than once. that IN matters between
man and man, as the ownership OF
property for istanee, our courts. sea-
orally are Trustworthy. but that when
I. comes to crime, they are not alto
Sethe. effective instruments for N"
protection OF the community tnis
Is t-us only in sense: and Il is
generally speaking. true only IN the
sence that 5ur;es sometimes tai. 70
Do their duty.
We have seen something OF THIS
IN this very community within sne
mast few weeks, where more than
one p-;soner. charged with heinous
e-tme-and as guilty as any that ever
faced a cou-t-we-e sumnar:!y turn
I'D loose ey the trial jury. bus.
surely, this sau,, can not De iaio al
the door Of the court i:self. wnen
I. is seen sha: II IS Tith the people.
ate. all. thar lies the right aao
mower to enforce the law as It shoa!o
No enforced. Perhaps Il Is. N
measure. true that II they "oa'o
administer justice in the jury oos
more often than thet do. they "oo'e
no. find i, necessary. or. rather. pos
sib,e. TO administer !t az members
Of a wild. savage mob.
There is still another thought
however, an conneceico with ,nis
ca,ro ,vncn;ng. II has again beer
nroye6-as Il was in the Sp' nSne!o
riots-sna: human nature IS pretty
much the same there as IN Georgia
or South Carolina or MISSISSIPPI
=. only needs sufficient prorocahon
10 ASSERT s,se.t. The in2sx Of q Ger
tain class OF negroes into the North
va saw certain class OF negroes.
hecause we .e-,se 20 place all ne
groes ia the category Of criminals
Is furnishing this prorocation IN
Illinois as It has furnished II ID
she South since the wsr.
For some years past the negro
,rohIen las been moving norfa-
ward. Springfield and Cairo furnish
ed uamistakaole ui,e-stones OF its
o-ogress. Unfortunately the NEGRO
problem" carries with It .he problem
OF coping with certain forms o.
crime, such as murder aud rape.
And l, Is inevitable. peraaps-ao~
ever !nexcusable II may be-that sae
method OF dealing with such crimes
Is the same in the North as II ens
South -.
Yet. We would synpathize with
rather than condemn. the North 10:
the problem which consosnts It. /.
Is a problem not OF its own making:
any more than the same problem "as
Of the South's making. Therefore
we refrain from referring to shi'
Cairo affair as "anothe. Northern
outrage" even though We have. SC
often. seen similar affairs IN IN
South referred to as another Sousn-
arm outrage Perhaps our kindred
.-oubles are rapidly bringing Us a.!
70 a better understanding on taas
point; certainly. oe;ae- section mas
any cause to throw stones at the
other In connection with IL They
are both. now. simply confronted
with a similar problem. or problems:
the criminal negro" problen-ano
the problem OF putting down mob
vsoience. without respect 70 provo
cation .. persons-aad at any psice.
Killed Abopt LyneninS.
At Cairo. H.. Wednesday Henry
nao-n shot and kEleG WE