"Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness"
ON OUR OWN SIDE OF THE BORDER
Recent American History, compiled by the National Association for the Advancement of
Colored People, 70 Fifth Avenue, New York
THE LYNCHING IN LEE COUNTY, GA., JANUARY 20, 1916
(Reproduced from an actual photograph, see next page)
The Dogwood Tree
"This is only the branch of a Dogwood tree;
An emblem of WHITE SUPREMACY.
A lesson once taught in the Pioneer's school,
That this is a land of WHITE MAN'S Rule.
The Red man once in early day,
Was told by the Whites to mend his way.
"The negro, now, by eternal grace,
Must learn to stay in the negro's place.
In the Sunny South, the Land of the Free,
Let the WHITE SUPREME forever be.
Let this a warning to all negroes be,
Or they'll suffer the fate of the DOGWOOD TREE."
840 —Southern Sentiment
RAPE IS NOT THE REASON
A Lee County Farmer named McGuinn, shot by a mob, took refuge
in old man Lake's house. The sheriff came for the wounded man
while the Lake boys were out of the .house, and was shot by McGuinn.
Although the mob knew the Lakes had nothing to do with the shoot¬
ing, they returned the next night and hanged old man Lake, his three
sons, and a nephew to "The Dogwood Tree," merely as an expression
of White Supremacy. (See front page.)
This woman did not commit rape
Albany, Ga., October 4, 1916.—A negro woman, named Connelly,
whose son is charged with killing a white farmer after a quarrel in
which she took part, was taken from the jail at Leary, Ga., some time
Monday night and lynched, according to reports reaching here to-day.
Her body, riddled with bullets, was found to-day.
The Son is under arrest.—Associated Press dispatch, New York Times, Oct. 5.
Five hung for a hog
On August 18, 1916, the sheriff went from Gainesville, Florida, at
two o'clock in the morning to arrest Boisy Long for hog stealing.
Boisy shot the sheriff and escaped. In retribution next morning, the
mob hanged Boisy's wife, Stella Long; Mary Dennis (pregnant), James
Dennis, and Bert Dennis, neighbors; and Josh Baskin, a colored
preacher—all to the same " Dogwood Tree," as an expression of White
Supremacy.
Here is a typical year=1915
Colored men lynched 74
Colored women lynched 5
Colored children lynched 1
Colored Citizens 80
Hanged ... 71
Shot 3
Drowned 1
Burned alive 5
Tortured Citizens 80
For Murder 32
For Stealing 9
For Rape and attempted rape 9
For Resisting arrest 6
For Unknown reasons 6
For Improper Advances to women 5
For Assault 3
For Threats and insults 3
For Poisoning mules 3
For Concealing fugitives 2
Miscellaneous 2
American Citizens 80
THREE REGIMENTS, 2 85 0, LYNCHED SINCE 1885
LESS THAN 33 PER CENT. FOR RAPE,
ATTEMPTED RAPE, AND
ALLEGED RAPE
THE WACO HORROR
THERE ARE CRIMES EVEN WORSE THAN RAPE
HERE IS ONE:
On May 8, 1916, Jesse Washington, a boy of seventeen, of de¬
ficient mentality, raped and murdered the wife of his employer.
On May 15, 1916, he was tried in Waco, Texas, and condemned
to hang that same afternoon. With the connivance of Sheriff Fleming
and without protest from Judge Munroe, the mob took the prisoner
from the courtroom to the square under the Mayor's window, where
the camera was set up which took the above photograph. Fifteen
thousand Texans shouted their approval while those near enough un-
sexed him; cut off his fingers, nose, and ears; and burned him alive;
after which the remains were dragged through the streets of a city of
40,000, bouncing at the end of a lariat.
The teeth brought five dollars each, and the links of the chain,
twenty-five cents.
This while the gallant Negro Troopers of the Tenth Cavalry were
on their way to Carrizal.
HOW LONG ARE SUCH MOBS TO BE ALLOWED TO
DRAG THE NATION'S GOOD NAME IN THE DUST
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When will we elect a PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES who
will make the lives of American citizens safe on AMERICAN soil?
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Pastor Unitarian Churoh
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This side [or The Address k«-k.
(Facsimile of a card received through the mail by a vice-president of this Association)
The colored voter who votes for a man who acquiesces in, or " pussy¬
foots," on this issue of lynching and lawlessness, is a traitor to his race.
FIND OUT WHERE THEY STAND. THE SOUTH IS IN THE SADDLE!