The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-01-07
AwfnI Record Of Crime.

Last year was one OF nloousnoo
: and .:c Grim d s.sard Mi sgod wa into his
tosy as: exceeding anYs other year iI iIl
thse number osilm u,ders and aafsi dag;
iiise ii sours history az a asnatton. = During
the year an army Of people died by
..Hiolence,- tho.-rscorde being Inbound:
numbers, nine thousand suieides and
thirteen thousand murders, makins
Q total Of tHenty-tRo thousaqa-
Deaths hzs violence. =, ,.,yt s: ..5.5 b
That $3.50 !. palltaS Ssseara. aaal
throws q dark shadow over the en-l|
tire country. ls7eryrproeession. eaA-l
Ing and occupation hare ss2reesA,tsas7..
ayeS @ il Ssas yoc6osa eif osine: ana
vh.le eAs,s gpsa' sosr teereaes.s 10 veryi
much greater IL eome than ia 3etaere1
the Observation-Disclosures te*a COM
mon cause, and that is e. laeA OF np-;
iprsssetiatiSntE III; ssoY shs Sasanetity 81 human!
Mte.I Tacsass. us iss9; 81 :, stt,JFss EE.sa.
This want of appreciation OF the!
sapctity and valuedof shuman llfs.is
not confined TO the uneducated
sias!s;eess, Gor itlt Il this appailing record
ifHa5gHup f1ad5g Hup of The dee Is Of the, poor d
tsg1no3ri:iafnat: 3i:iafat e IT touches all eIasses: The
rich a;nnid aid 3veli-edGcated people have
distributed their :full share to the
ciainiiival 81 Blood and, utter diaregard
of ostf thtsl sann1ctity Of human life tfat
ooyvxarEaE tf1s connntry' last year ..
Many thought that the almost. uni.
v9ersala 9 spread ci prohibition over the
country iur would have = marked effect
III checking murders and other.'vio
lent crimes, but It seeras that the
vSting Out tho legal, sale Of al, Il;
qruujorrs has had 10 effect IN. checking
There crimes, Sis Us the record Tor last
y,eeaair. ii the worst the country has
ever thad IN ITS history. @%n9 !.
-nTh,esre ,iiss;aso much II mot more As.
quors sold now in many places than
taf}eeirie taf}eii waas sold before the prohibition
law was enacted. In addition to the
iiHcit ssale II 11iquors., Quantities: off
cocaine and morphine are, ;noY sold
and used by those who ! formerly
drsnk ahfsEey. The effects Sf these
drugs are most degrading; and We
believe that: much Of the increased
crime SIS attributableG to them, =, rs rs
:. Another cause Of crime is tho nom
enforcement Of the criminal laws, Of
the different States: ours included.
It is; very hard TO convict men Of
capital crimes, and shouldthey be
convicted, 1T Is harder still to ade,,
duately punish them. Il Is prac--
tfcally impossible IN this section Of
the country TO punish q. man, with;
means fol; any crime. This applies
to colored as well as white, people.
-aover ID England and other couln-, coulnr
tries across the ocean It IS different.
When man kills another over there
he SIS punished ,Aregar rdloss Of Els
wealth. or Social position. Take the
recent case Of the prominent dentist
who murdered his wife IN England.
| He was pursued @1to, America cap
tured,itakeri back to England, tried,
convicted aud executed in about four
mo4ths efterf hisGheinous.crilna was
committed. That Is the kind Of jus
ttice needed i1a this country. When
/ we have it the carnival Of crime that
fnnao}w disgracses i us Will be over. -.
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