The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-07-13
EVIL SPREADING
ONE NEGRO IN EVERY FOUR
USES COCAINE.
Efforts OF Police to Stop the Illegal
Sale OF the Poison Have Had Lit
tie Effect.


Sale OF the Poison Have Had Lit
tie Effect.
According TO PHYSICIANS IN ioach
with the situation in Charleston. the
cocaine habit among the negroes is
spreading TO ar alarming extcni. The
drug. from all accounts. made its
appearance among the denizens OF the
under world in Charleston about
twelve years ago. but at that time
was used only by comparatively
small number acquainted with the
peculiar influence which the pow
der exerts upon the human sys-
TEN. The use Of the drug. however.
spread rapidly. first among the
whites. then in Darktown. until cow
it is estimated that one negro in
every four uses cocaine in one form
or another.
The police have at various times
during the last tao years attempted
10 stamp OUT the sale OF cocaine.
bat apparently without success. Scv-
e7al persons. charged with selling
the drug without a physicians ce
| tifcate. were convicted in the Police
Court and fined heavily for his vio-
lation Of the city ordinance. There
is at present pending in the Char
lesion Police Court. the case Of Chas.
jones'. while. alias "WeatherhoTn.
charged with selling a box OF CO.
caine TO a negro woman on Market
street.
Very often the drug is used IN
the shape of solution OF the cryS-
talline form. mixed With other in
furious ingredients and injected into
the system by means OF hypoder-
mic syringe. Other habitual users
take il in the form Of pills. The
devotee using the syringe method.
in many cases upon examination S
found to have his arms. legs or
chest covered with one mass
OF sores. resulting from the pune
lures made by the needle OF the
syringe. These wounds as a usual
thing heal up very quickly. but very
often tester and break out. owing
10 the unsanitary surroundings in
which the cocaine fend lives as ]
general rule. Cases are known in
waich cocaine fendS died OF lockjaw
and other forms Of poisoning. as a
direct result OF fostering OF the hypo-
dermic syringe pricks covering the
persons OF the unfortunate users o!
the drug.
| The mos; popular" and s!mp.e
method in vogue Of taking the drug
into the system is by snufing i;
through the nose. The pure CO
caine flakes are crushed 20 powder
in a mortar. and retained in this
form a small quantity OF the stuff
is shaken on the back OF the hanc
and then inhaled through the nose
Another method consists OF dissolv.
ing a small quantity OF cocaine in .
teaspoonSful OF water. and then heat
ing i; over a match. The is swal
lowed
It has been pretty firmly establish
ed that indulgence in cocaine lead:
70 physical wreckage. The users o,
the drug claim tha, a dose give:
them courage. sweet dreams.
and sort Of exuberance OF spirit
This state lasts from two to tou,
hours. as rule. but after that wears
of quickly. leaving the victim with
an Unsuitable craving for more o.
the deadly drug. Negroes especial,
are very susceptible TO the influence
OF cocaine and under its sway will
commit acts from which they wo1lc
shrink under normal conditions.
The illegal cocaine trade is car
ricd on by three different sets o:
individuals First. those who pro
cure it from the large drug centers
OF the country in wholesale qu.ati
ties: those who sell TO agents: and
finally the latter themselves who
dispose OF it 20 the friends. The
profits OF the peddler are known &c
be considerable. A vial Of cocaine
which sells at 81. is made up inc
as many as three dozen boxes. each
containing enough OF the drug FOL
two or three small doses. The boxes
sell AT % cents each. No; coni"n;
with this proti.. majority OF The
agents adul;cratc the pure COCAINE
fakes with other drugs and various
harmless powders Ba.oric acid is
principally used for this purpose. as
i; is snow white and therefore in
visible unless detected by the eye
OF an expert chemist.
Eerv small boxes have recently
made their appearance on the mar
ket. which are offered for sale at
price Of 10 cents. Il has leaked
| out. however that the fends refuse
TO buy them because OF the fact thar
the contents are mostly ingredients
other than cocaine. thereby g:vlnc
the A.yer none OF that sensation
which he Graves with might and soul.
GOT FOR BONlNG.