Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1922-10-26
WANT LAWS ENFORCED.
Barnwell Women Call on Men to DO
Their Duty.

no<nWcu women Coll on Men 10 DO
Their Duty.
"A strong arraignment Of present
day justice" Is the title of state
ment signed by AZ prominent Barn
well women and published in the
county paper, in which a challenge is
issued to the men Of that county 90
stand for law enforcement. for good
men to serve on juries, for remedy
ing Of the trouble said to be existing
with the courts and for q stand that
will save the children Of the country
from the present "state OF evil.' Tile
statement follows:
Since republic is a government
of the people and by the people we
take it that every citizen Of our COM
monwealth Is responsible to the linn
tied extent Of his or her influence for
the kind OF government we have, and
because our hearths have, for years
past, been made sick at the flagrant
miscarriage Of justice in the State OF
South Carolina and in Barnwell coun-
ty in particular, We can no longer re-
strain ourselves from publicly ex-
pressing our horror and distress at
such conditions. Men are shot down
in our streets; the prohibition law is
openly defied; gamblers pursue their
unrighteous business and either no
punishment Is meted out to them in
our courts or none worthy OF the
name. Men say our courts are a
mockery, that our court house had
as we'll be pulled down SO far as
there is any hope for justice within
its walls. The lawbreaker walks un-
afraid, with no restraining hand laid
upon him by the officers of the law.
in our county who will come out
openly in our papers and espouse the
cause of law and justice and use
their strength and influence to bring
about better conditions? 1t is said
that nothing can be done because
our juries will not convict Then
Is there not some defect in the laws
governing the drawing of juries? We
do not know the names of the ma
jority Of the men Of our county, but
the names Of men known by us to be
OF outstanding character seem to
appear among the list of jury
men drawn much more rarely tnan
those OF men who do not enjoy tho
reputation OF lawabiding citizens, aud
We do not believe there Is larger
proportion of men Of the latter type.
We suppose this Is chance, but should
such matter be left to chance? In
stead, should not every man in his
turn serve, unless unavoidablv pre-
vented?
Again We note that so frequently
when men OF a type apparently we'll
Tilted to render just decision are
called they are so often met with the
legal, I object 1t would almost
seem that our lawyers, who, above any
other class, are sworn to maintain
and uphold the law, have a prefer
ence for men on the juries whose
Judgment is against the punishment
OF criminals.
we do not in any wise pretend to
know the underlying causes, but there
IS something wrong with our courts,
and Is 1t not time for lawabiding men
to come together and find out the
trouble?
III there are none who love their
Country and the right we'll enough to
10 this, then we will take comfort in
the fact that One with God is a ma
jority.' We believe in His righteous
ness, His justice and His power, and
he will yet hear our cry and save our
Children from this present state OF
evil, but will not His condemnation
be upon those who Game not to the
help of the Lord, to the help "a the
Lord against the mighty