The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1910-12-15
COCAINE Evil
So eads Rap 81, Aao,>s. The Ntge'es IN
Pf,hlbi,an Trrnla'y..

WORSE 1H4N WHlSKEE.Y |l.l:',5| y,
white Men Connect Themselves q '. W'th '
Clubs and Use Whiskey Behind
rbese Doors, While Negroes Are
saksag. J Moss p ana =! !lsals Merf' e''s g e
usabit Of Dooaiue.
T,ha Charlotte Observer sass the
.sszords show; that there she : asrefseap q e
{ sar selling whaskey hare been sraaa- 'l.
a1.y decreasing within TIE past sev- =
g, mSsthss tie report :, tro the Of
"a OF the chief OF police for one
sEanth not long ago, sshoYsng ,tnae
oS,,y one arrest had been: made TOT
snIs ofrense. The comparative rec
,sas Of the last slx months OF TINS .
rear and the last s'x months OF OF. lso' 70
yseu,d doubtless disclose the fact that
fSa arrests have decreased from 20
d so per cent, while there has been
nd material reduction in the amount
<aa drinking that Is going on. :,
9students ofTconditions here wouia
NOT dare lay to the door OF the Pc Per
ncemen Of the city cnarge or derer
Metion OF their duty In this fespec1::
Tbe men who were on the force a
wear ago or, two years ago Tor tnae
matter and who were principally sens
sue for the specific purpose Of GYMS :
nAase to ur1seeing tigers are ssill on
ehe force and are as agile and as
aaept In this service % ever. The
main trouble Seems to be tbae there
a no game now In comparison 70 tnee
unantity in former times. oS4eontso'
vakskey is being sold hers illegally.
bat for. some reason. Or other ON:
nsra have been unable 70 go out ann
ses the offenders with the ease OF
: osher days. =. = ;.
/. ..Tbere are still bllni tigers here
sid an officer, "but the sale Of @nii:- :
sev las largely decreased among Cd Q
uhites because OF the prevalence OF
che so-called social clubs. We ire
onently corner a defendant In the
court for beirs drunk In all testifl-
cadum PROCEEDINGS AMI in. nearly eH-
. arv case he swears that he ordered
.tha whiskey ss member Of one OF
the many Of these clubs. There .'s
NO telling how much drinking goes
am behind the doors Of these social
organizations.
"The large enrolment OF member
uhip which they claim and the rre-
erency of new organizations of the
same sort indicate that these who
have been forced at other times to
buy their whiskey from chean blind
tsger and take chances OF getting al
.most any old sort OF thing to drink
have found 1t paws better or order
through these clubs. TO my MIND
this explains the decrease in the
Number of arrests for blind tigers.
But there is another and: better
reason.
"Among the negroes who were tho
most frequent defendants, In the city
court for. selling whiskey Illegally az
lar prohibition became effective. a
substitute for drink has been found
IN the unlimited use Of cocaine here.
and believe It is the greatest evil
thai confronts US today. Nobody but
those in such canecitles rs police
man can fully understand the perlls
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 raid on a
dozen blind tiger shons than to enter
one cocaine den where there are sew
eral negroes congregated and half
rnder the influence Of the drug. 1t
REQUIRES all the mental practice and
dexterity OF body that can be COM
manded to get away from. one OF
thcse places with your life. C'ca'ne
absolutely crazes negro. Wh,skey
doesn't. Wo have brought negroes
20 the station here who were. totally
,nsenslble to pain. totally beyond all
lear, in condition OF stupidity or
undue vividness that made him
worse than beast in ferocity.
IL have been told by one negro,
~bo, used to consume deal OF CO.
eaine and who qrit 1t. that when he
took whiff OF the white granules,
the dose seemed to race to thc top
OF mis- head and there break like
forked li?htning and when this ef-
;cct was felt he SAIL steam engine
would have had no terrors for him
"It Is very evident to us that CO.
caine hos supplanted wh'skey among
the negroes. They like the infue ice
better and 1t is making for the c'tV
the worst sort Of negro citizens. We
have no way to stop 1t. There Is nc
process by which we can find out
where they get the goods and pro-
eeed to stop the traffic.
"They make great profit on the
artice e. too. The johns that sell II
max, from so to 100 per cent on