Pocahontas star herald., 1915-09-03

! luittuf W athhbNi'Ns' hH"N
are splendid people with the pures'
blood in the "blatant' South, jusl
as there is pure blood in the North,
aud, incited by like outrages, we
are all prone to acts of violence.
There Is no element Of extension In
connection with the eowardly muir
der Of the Georgia convict; no act
in recent years has east darker
stain upon Atlanta nor brought into
question more yiyidlY the Ineiieien.
C, of our criminal institutions and
the personal equasion. Yet in the
hiphly educated city Of Chicago We
dnd examples of degeneracy more
revolving even than that exempliti
ed by the murder of Frank. Chioa-
90, il sill be remembered, was at
one time the home of "Jaok" john
son--that world celebrity of the
colored zone. Ii will not be insist
ed that Jack" was typical Of the
higher type of citizenship Of which
the Tribune prates, but al the same
time it is interesting to observe that
Chicago upon one occasion fell
madly IN love with the celebrated
hero of the ring. lie was permitted
by these Nawthern hlghbrows to
make Chicago his haven of retreat
where surcease from the annoyances
aud inconvenience incident to the
life of a criminal could be found.
Johnson bought or rented a gilded
saloon where he could entertain
with LAVISH disregard. lie married
a white wife, the former eonsort OF
a "well known turfman," and took
her to his silver.be-spangled cage IN
that God-blessed city of culture and
refinement from which Southern
blood infusion is to spring. While
hundreds Of thousands of those
with "better ideas" pursued the
even tenor of their way in this
Eden of Goodness, Jack John.
son took his wife to her bed in his
Chicago den. Lavlshly he enter
tanned. Wine, women aud song
we're the watchword of the hour.
In tins celestial harbor, guarded
and protected by the Intellib emily
conceived ordinances Of those who
constitute the fibre of Chicago and
guide her political and sociological
destinies, black lips met white lips
aud the American Beauty was
crushed to the breast of the African
Beast. The newspapers of Chicago
were full of incidents of lawlessness
enacted by Johnson. His resort
was blight upon the name Of civil
ization. His ASSOCIATION with white
women, permitted by the police de
partment of Chicago, was but q
single instance of what Chicago
will permit with regard TO the in.
termingling o. the races. From thii
union TO which we have referred
perhaps we are to understand wll
spring that race Of intellectual anC
moral giants whose blood must b,
infused into the South before thi,
blatant and wholly ignorant section
can hope to grasp the modern men
tai view which bangles so radIantlN
and resplendent before the visior
of the editor of the Chicago Trib
une.
The South has no inclination tC
have its species propagated by th'
intellect Of such. 1t does not be
lieve that an Improvement would
result. We have no desire to hav,
our physical or our moral standard,
invaded and polluted by that vas
army of moral perverts known al
"high society"-men and womer
who live in open adultery from yeal
to year; who believe that the obli
cation incident to promissory notC
Is more binding than the solemn
VOWS of wedlock, and who believ,
that a national hero of the prize
ring, though a low-bred negro, i,
their social equal and should be per
mitted to mix and mingle among
them; dine with their daughters and
suoopgt IN their sons