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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1919 edition. Excerpt: ...The economic background of the race riots was set forth in the last issue of The World Tomorrow. Within the last four weeks fifty-eight Negroes have been tried and convicted, eleven of them sentenced to electrocution and forty-seven to prison terms ranging from five to twenty years each. The first six men to be put on trial were jointly indicted, convicted and sentenced, the jury returning a verdict guilty of murder in the first degree in seven minutes. The trials took place in Phillips County, the scene of the alleged "insurrection" one month after the actual fighting took place, in an atmosphere surcharged with bitterness and prejudice. A change of venue was neither asked for nor granted; the accused were not allowed counsel but were "defended" by counsel assigned by the court. As is the case in all parts of the South, no Negroes were allowed on the jury, although the Negro population of Phillips County is 26,354, and the white population is only 7,176. We are unfeignedly glad to hear that Senator Curtis has lately introduced a resolution authorizing a congressional investigation of conditions in Arkansas. Much good would be done if the real facts were made public. Our readers can render a public service by bringing pressure to bear on Congress to adopt this resolution. sent Professor Ernest H. Starling, the famous physiologist of the University of London, to Germany to examine into and report upon the food supply and condition of the public health. With Dr. Starling were sent also two eminent agricultural authorities, Mr. A. P. McDougall, and Mr. C. W. Guillebaud of Cambridge University. The result of their investigations has been recently published as a Government "White Paper" (No. 280), a copy of...
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Author: Anonymous
Page Count: 636 pages
Published Date: 13 Sep 2013
Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
Publication Country: United States
Language: English
Format: Pdf
ISBN: 9781230025575
File size: 27 Mb
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Author: Anonymous
Page Count: 636 pages
Published Date: 13 Sep 2013
Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
Publication Country: United States
Language: English
Format: Pdf
ISBN: 9781230025575
File size: 27 Mb
Download Link: The World Tomorrow Volume 2-3
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1919 edition. Excerpt: ...The economic background of the race riots was set forth in the last issue of The World Tomorrow. Within the last four weeks fifty-eight Negroes have been tried and convicted, eleven of them sentenced to electrocution and forty-seven to prison terms ranging from five to twenty years each. The first six men to be put on trial were jointly indicted, convicted and sentenced, the jury returning a verdict guilty of murder in the first degree in seven minutes. The trials took place in Phillips County, the scene of the alleged "insurrection" one month after the actual fighting took place, in an atmosphere surcharged with bitterness and prejudice. A change of venue was neither asked for nor granted; the accused were not allowed counsel but were "defended" by counsel assigned by the court. As is the case in all parts of the South, no Negroes were allowed on the jury, although the Negro population of Phillips County is 26,354, and the white population is only 7,176. We are unfeignedly glad to hear that Senator Curtis has lately introduced a resolution authorizing a congressional investigation of conditions in Arkansas. Much good would be done if the real facts were made public. Our readers can render a public service by bringing pressure to bear on Congress to adopt this resolution. sent Professor Ernest H. Starling, the famous physiologist of the University of London, to Germany to examine into and report upon the food supply and condition of the public health. With Dr. Starling were sent also two eminent agricultural authorities, Mr. A. P. McDougall, and Mr. C. W. Guillebaud of Cambridge University. The result of their investigations has been recently published as a Government "White Paper" (No. 280), a copy of...
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