The Missouri herald., 1922-09-22
OUR NEWS GUN KICKS ED. GROVE

Our esteemed friend Ed. T. Grove of Dexter States
man, pleads guilty to clipping and repubishng his paper
news article from recent issue Of The Missouri Herald giving
partial details OF negro crime" attempted upon white girls
in the neghborhood of Hay The publishing article
it seems, "backfred Ed he being taken the
next issue of his by ay reader excuses
himself and apologies in his superative sauvty That
means he did good job but stopping there the
fill of the by less agreeing with his correspon
dent requiring column OF heavy editorial relieve
bushng embarrassment AS the true Southern gentleman
we know him to be- that the gracious thing or him
he had think he needlessy tnougntessly
offended of his fair patrons Did think had
too, would hasten to do likewise but
absolutely clear Our only apology for speaking fuller
and palmer than did All said more too true
and deserved Our stand is approved of here, the
people know the facts and circumstances and the comments
strangers, based upon assumptions false notions
we'll afford to pass ill-advised.
1t is always disagreeable impart news
but consider duty readers keep them inform
ed We don't make the news do color it. AS much
possible to render Ineligible draw the
y and modesty the dark spots of all bad We did
in this particular and sorry that the OF
history must be backened with such criminal demark
ations.
Some newspapers-not Preferential to yours Edexcuse
their dereicton and lack of enterprise by saying 1--WE don't
publish sensational stuff We have always noticed that such
papers publish very little of any kind of stuff say
believe restraint and practice it. but the most sensational
have read of those described in the
Bible and most people regard the Bible sacred Book
people have that old Book in their homes and quite
read it, occasionally Editor Grove being Bible Scholar
familiar with the reporoa work of this ancient publication
and fully recognizes its worth moral factor in the world
Evidently inspired writer's believed that publicity the
foe of crime If such true then,
true
AS revolving of modern crimes who
that the world is not better off know about them than
the facts to be hidden under the pail Of silence
leaving the pits evil by the roadside unmarked yawnng
menace to the unsuspecting travellers feet?
These thoughts though leading to another subject
being points injected by the lady writer that
feel far variance with the facts require at
tenon, the main issue for brief passing In
speaking of this particular the lady any white
have guilty of the crime. May the Almighty
God pardon that gross sander upon the being He created His
own likeness and image. Granting for the argument sake
that the allegation true why should be mentioned at all?
But it not true any white have not been guilty Of
the "same crime Few, if any, have. Sed down to the
actual facts this writer fails recall single duplicate
should be fairly we'll posted We don't clear the white
degeneracy and deprav We don't clear him his degener
ated and deprayed state in isolated of the crime commit
ted in similarity. We wish could 1t is sad reflection
humanity this inhumanity of But say again
he does not commit the negro He does creep from
the darkness like from the boomless pitt and crawl
into the white womans bedchamber at midnight He does
not leap from the lonely juges by the roadside like beast
and sink his fang the flesh of the unsuspecn
maiden journeys school, church. and leave
her dead than dead We offer paation for the
white degenerates derecon but defend him against the
charge that normalcy he raps fend comparable
that the the The charge that he such
palng and all the when such charge said to
from a White lady, Mother sister, when to that
goodnight! 1t is time for the of to end Time for
the hide its face the
night of eternal obivon
We again this peculiarly the negros crime made
by his frequency of committing the and his british afro
city accompanying the deed Not only the unprotected