The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-03-19
B[AMES VIRGINIA
FOR ALLEN CRIME
MISS HOLMAN, MOUNTAIN MISSION
AIRY. GIVES LECTURE IN
NEW YORK.
MUST EDUCATE THEM
SAYS MOUNTAIN PEOPLE ARE THE
REAL ARIsTOCRACY OF THE
COUNTRY AND SHOULD
DE EDUCATED.
MUST EDUCATE THEM

NEW YORK. March ls.~-"The
state OF Virginia and not the Aliens
IS responsible for the Hillsville MUIR
ders. Ii the State had helped these
pcople, through education and other
cltthods. these crimes would not have
seen committed. 1t ia to the shame
II Virginia, OF the other mountain
States of the South, and Of. the whole
country at large, that we do not take
these splendid people--the real aris-
tot racy of America--and make them
/ true american citizens.
According TO their code the Aliens
have committed no crime. They have
lssniply been loyal To each other. There
fore, they wlll stick together to the
end. There Is no telling how much
/ blood will be shed or how many use
! less lives lost if the state persists in
hunting them out. Not one OF them
will he taken alive and before they
die they will send MANY Of their pur-
suers into the hereafter
Plucky Little Missionary.
/ Miss LYDIA Holman, a plucky little
woman, who for ten years has been
| the missiinary of hyg,en and social
service among the people Of the isolat-
ed mountain sections of North Caro-
| lima and Virginia, made this statement
| this evening at the home OF Miss
/ Winifred Holt. where she spoke be-
| fore New York members and friends
of the Holman Association, which has
been formed to establish relief sta
lions and emergency hosnitals in the
regions where 1t has almost been I'M
/ possible To obtain skilled aid in cases
| OF vital necessity. one station has
| already been founded at Alta Iass.
! N. c., but few miles from the Hills
! vile region.
/ Miss Holmans address was an able
defense of the Aliens. She SAID they
were oriven TO such courses by condi-
tons.
| The government has prosecuted
these people," said Miss Holman.
.1They are not bloodthirsty murderers
and oesperadoes. They commit most
of their crimes OF violence because
they are bounded by revenue officers.
Tender Hearted PeOole.
"They raise much corn and they
consider that they have o perfect rlkhf
to turn It into moonshincs wfiiskey
| II they want--government tax or no,
They make very little out of this whis-
key traffic. but they kee" on moon
| shining simply because they have
nothing else to do with their extra
corn.
| Except In places which revenue Of
ficers have invaded the people are
| tender hearted and hospitable. II you
went into an Allen home vol would
| be given the most comfortable bed In
| the house. rye ridden the mountain
traits for ten years, often At Night
and have never received anything but
the kindest. most gentlemanly treat
ment.
I'm simple Justice to this hne. fear
much as we do the newly arrived
en- iKrunt. We give ninc months OF
schooling to Philippine children, only
four to the mountain children. There'i
never be another Allen affair II we en-
tighten the children. II we enlighter
| them they may develop another Alb
ra ham Lincoln. who knows?
Miss Holt said the Southern noun
! taineers are aristocratic In every sense
o. the word, and George Gordon Bat
tle said that the unfortunate environ
| nients were to blame for the Hills.
Vile murders.