The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-12-09
a R,.,,,atesl Ap,.ologz.

Mfr. Robert J. Collier. publisher
of Golfers Weekly, at last makes
retraction Of and apology for an
article that appeared in his weekly
some year or more ago that many OF
US regarded as sianderous to all Wo-
men. but more especially to Southern
women. as the crime the article at
tempts to excuse. when it says lit
is we'll known that many identified
tons are sheer hysteria. often for
crimes that never were committed,
and many other charges and identifi-
cations are founded on something
worse than hysterical invention; they
are the easiest escape from scandal"
was confined almost entirely to the
South when the said article was pub
Iished.
MT. Golfers claim that this Ian
guage did not refer to q Southern
city, but to 9 city In Illinois. Is not
tenable. 1t will be noticed that the
writer OF the article says many
'ldentifcations,' are sheer hysteria,
often for crimes that never were
committed, and many other "charg-
es and identi6cations' are founded
on something worse than hysteri-
cal invention;" they are the easiest
escape from scandal" It is sheer
nonsense to say this referred to
city in Illinois, 1t Is a sweeping
slander against every woman in this
country who has had the misfortune
to be criminally assaulted by
fiendish brute, white or black. The
general and sweeping scope OF the
language used proves this.
Up to the time this slanderous ar
ticIe appeared In Golfers Weekly,
assaults ,on white women by black
fiends were confined almost entirely
to the South. and the insinuation
the article contained that many OF
the charges made against. and the
Identification off, the black fiends
who committed these assaults, ARE
founded on something worse than
hyster,cal inventions--they are the
easiest escape from scandal, could
refer to no other than Southern wo-
men, as no other women had been
called on to identify the ,fendish
brutes who had, attacked them. The
fact that Southern women were not
named in the Collier article is no
proof that the slander was not In
tended for them.
There are other references In the
slanderous article that indicates 1t
was aimed at the women of the
South. Notwithstanding MIR. Golfers
denial that it was not. After saying
the things quoted above. the writer
goes on to say, in sneeripg way.
Nov, these are not the things to
say. no doubt. They altogether lack
chiyalry and the aristocratic vir-
tues. But perhaps 1t Is time to put
Justice and truth above honor, what
ever that may be. IF this paragraph
were not already named, 'Chiyalry
orr onor'FswoUtd serve. for a title
as vel as amy other term" -Wer':
these sneering illusions to virtue,
honor and chivalary aimed at that
Illinois mob? Are not these the
slurring terms used by Scuth-hating
papers at the North. when they want
to rldicule; and say something par
ticuiarly mean about this section!
or course the South will have to
accept Mr.. Golfers belated apollo
gy. No doubt he means exactly what
he says, and will in future see to
it that Golfers Weekly will publish
no more such slanders against the
South. There are other publications
at the North that delight in slander-
Ing the South on occasion. No such
papers or magazines should receive
any patronage from Southern peo-
pie. No doubt the pocket nerve had
much to do with Mr.. Golfers be-
lated apology. and 1t ought to be
used on all publications that persist
In slandering the South and It's peo-
pie
We have submitted to such indie..
mites too long, and 1t Is full time
to call a halt and mend our ways IN
tbot nartjculer