The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1910-12-15
COCAINE EVIL
Sp eads g,pd II, Aao's the S+sf'es IN
pfshlbi ian Trrnl"'..
WORSE Than WHlSKEY

u,h,,e Men Connect Themselves "'tn
f,ubs and Use Whiskey Behind
These Doors, While Negroes Are
zsklag More aad More @ g the
Easbit OF Cooa'ne.
The Charlotte Observer says she
m.,ords show that there the arrests !:
q.r selling vhiskey have been sradu'
sI,y decreas!ns within the past sew 't'
"a, months, ,;3iti the report from the Of
a;o OF the chief OF police for one
Ttnth not long ago. showing .tna'
oa,y one arrest had been neae io'
eHIs ofrense. The comparative rec
,sis Of the last six months OF TINS
1,,s, and the last s'x months o! lsos
upuld doubtless disclose the fact tna'
The arrests have decreased from %
q, so per cent. while there mas oeen
nm material reduction In the amount
az drinking that Is going on. :,
Students OF conditions here Wou'o
mot dare lay to the door OF the po-
Mcemen of the city cnarge OF oere-
Region Of their duty in this respect
T,he men who were on the force
u,ar ago or two years ago for that
matter and who were principally se"s
cs,t for the specific purpose OF giving
chase to unsee,ng tigers are stiil on
the force and are as agile and as
a,sept in this service % ever. Ine
,ra,n trouble seems to be that there
"a no game now in comparison TO the
u,.antity in former times. O. course
vhskey is being sold here illegally
bat for some reason. or other ON.
csirs have been unable 20 go out sna
u,A the Offenders with the ease OF
o4her days.
.rhere are still bl!n1 tigers here.
ssaa m officer, "but the sale OF whis-
ensy has largely decreased among the
whites because of the prevalence OF
ehe so-called social clubs. We ire
ouently corner a defendant IN the
court for being drunk In oil testsn-
,ndum proceedings AMI in nearly eV-
e,.v case he swears that he ordered
tae wb,skey as member OF one OF
the nary Of these clubs. There is
ma telling how much drinking goes
ON behjn1 the doors Of these social
orga ganizatiors.
"The large enrolment Of member
ah;p which they claim and the ire
orency Of new organizations of the
same sort Indicate that these who
have been forced at other times u
buy their wfiskev from chean olino
tiger and take chances OF getting al
most any old sort OF thing to drink
have found it paws better or order
through these clubs. To my mind
this explains the decrease IN the
number of arrests for blind tigers
Rnt there Ia another and better
reason.
"Among the negroes who were the
most frequent defendants. In the city
court for selling whiskey Illegally at
ter prohibition became effective, q
substitute for drink has been found
IN the unlimited use Of cocaine here,
and believe It is the greatest evil
that confronts US today. Nobody but
those in ouch capacities As police
man can fully understand the perlie
OF the rse Of cocaine so universally
among the criminal class OF negroes
here.
"Any officer will tell you that he
would choose to make a raid on
dozen bl'n1 tiger shons than to enter
ene cocaine den where there are sew
eral negroes congregated and hall
rnder the influence Of the drug. II
REQUIRES all the mental practice an7
dexterity OF body that can be com
manded to get away from one OF
thcse places with your life. Cocaine
absolutely crazes a negro. Whiske>
doesn't. We have brought negroes
20 the station here who were totally
,nsensIble to pain. totally beyond al
lear, in a condition OF stupidity o'
nndYe yividness that made HIN
worse than beast in fero"'ty.
"f have been told by one negro
-ho, used to consume deal OF CO.
caire and who qrjt 1t. that when hf
took Whit Of the white sranules
:he dose seemed to race to thc toI
OF mis- head and there break !iks
forka,l li?htning and when this ef
feet was felt he sail a steam engine
would have had no terrors for MIN
"It Is very evident to lis that co
caine his supp1"nted whiskrv anon:
the negroes. They like the infut 1"'
better and it Is making for the CT
the worst sort OF negro citizens. W.
have no way to stop it. There IS NJ
process by which VIC can find on
vhcrn thcv got TIE goods and pro
ceed to stop the traffic.
"Tkey make great nrcHt on tn
srtic e. too. The joinrs that sell !
E1ak. from 50 10 100 per cent o.
svery sale they make. These he
g-oeS buy cocaine IN quantities val
ded for instance at S. and then pur
chase twice the same amount .
sce.enelid. They compound the tw
drug. and wrap a Whit in a lttl