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BLACKS PROPOSE TO COLONIZE
AND CONTROL NORTH CAROLINA
They Are al Work on a Startling Solution of the
Race Problem.
A ffl FOR CONQUEST IS ON
The Negroes h Solidly United To
Capture the State.
WANT COM MONWEALTH OF THEIR OWN
In the Struggle for Supremacy the
Whites Are Divided —How the
Elacks Have Attained Dom
ination and Exercise ’
Their Power.
By Erank Weldon.
Raleigh, N. C.. September 30.—(Staff Cor
respondence.)—The white race and the black
race in North Carolina are engaged today
In a momentous struggle for supremacy.
Although ft has been conducted In peace,
without loss of life or even the letting of
blood, it Is as much a war for conquest
as was ever fought and wen or lost by
armed hosts.
The black race, united, solid, aggressive.
Is marching as one man against the divid
ed whites with the avowed purpose of over
throwing what slight vestige of their power
remains and setting up for themselves a
sovereign negro state.
Then they will repeal the laws
against intermarriage between the
races and mixed schools, and all other
laws which, in any manner, shape or
form, provide for separate accommo
dations for whites and blacks.
This may be denied for political effect,
but there Is abundant evidence to sustain
the assertion, and the evidence Is furnished
by the colored people.
Their atm is to colonize and negrolze
North Carolina and to so firmly establish
themselves in possession that the black
race will flock here from other southern
states.
This is the solution of the race question
which the negroes are attempting for them
selves. V. Idle some of our southern people
have declared there was no problem and
others have said, with Grady, that the two
peoples were working it out together and
could only "report progress," colored men
of admitted standing and wide Influence
among their own blood undertook to solvo
the Issues on Un •' of their own. The dls
, ~v r y of this fact camo as suddenly and
m teor'e flight athwart
a November night’s sky. It is
no secret that colored leaders,
ambitious for their race, have
matured in their minds a plan by which
they hope to obtain absolute control of the
legislative, judicial and executive machin
ery and th n to rapidly carry out a scheme
of colonization by w hich this will become a
thoroughly negro sovereign state, with that
population in the majority and furnishing
till officials in the public, service, from
Unit, natot tnd gov< mor down
through judg< v . legislators and solicitors, to
the last constable ami janitor.
if thefr plan succeeds. North Carolina is
to he the refuge of their people in America.
Their brethren from all the southern states
will be Invited to come here, cast their
lot among tl.-ir fellows and together to
w rk out their destiny in whatsoever de
gree of prosperity and advancement they
may be able to achieve for themselves.
Tri- >s no fairy story, no mention of
the Imagination, but a vital reality, for the
invitation is going out even now and the
word is spreading far and wide. 1 heard it
Wednesday on the southern border of the
state from reputable witnesses who had
that day returned from South Carolina.
Yesterday It was told to trie by men who
had just come from Virginia. The negroes
in the adjoining states are discussing it
and are enthused, and the idea
Ing In ever widening concentric circles.
“ff North Carolina goes republican again
this year, w< intend to move over there.
Tho negro has more rights there than
anywhere 'lse." This was the substance
of the talk in both South Carolina and
V’rginla. The blacks arr very much dis
satisfied with the political conditions in the
former state and are anxious to get away.
Nor Is this a fanciful and altogether il
lusive drcam of commonwealth on the part
of Its projectors On th> contrary, it Is
fir more pr. <■: -:1 than Bishop Turner’s
>eopie to Afrit a.
and colonfz and civilize th' dark conti
nent. It is more, praeti.nl, too. than the
plan suggested by our own gifted Geor
gian, John Temple Gr ive.-i. who for years
has been nropagatlng the theory of form
ing a negro state sorr i where In our great
we.-tern domain. Tiie colored man of the
south does not want to go to Africa nor
to the west. He prefers this climate and
this soil. Bishop Petty saw that any
plan which ont -mplated an exodus of his
people and colonization bv them of new
territory would not b 1 (popular. Knowing
that the negro prefers to stay in the south.
Bishop Petty hit upon the bold scheme
of colonizing a southern state with his
race and he believe,! .North Carolina was
tho one in which to make, the attempt.
Whites Have Been Divided.
If the while;- were unit'd t.-n-v would
have a majority, but divided as they are
between three parties, the negroes standing
sol dly logo’her and with the aid of an
element of the white populists anti white
republicans outvote the white democrats.
Sim e the neuro has come into power this
last time, he has been strengthening his
by legislation. The negro
proceeded shrewdly, partly by design,
partly by force of circumstances. While
some of the white Iscariots thought they
were playing the blacks for office, the
latt.r wc|-e ciiimliiglv using these office
hunter.; as in re tools for whom they
had no r -peel or use besom! th l tem
i ... w hieh they could give.
The 1 ilorcd tiers realized that t hey
must k'- p tin whites divided and, pro
f o>. ■ S lll'.-l'l \ -Hoc, they offered the
wliii- r ~u;>!|.ns and popu Sts some of
the high":’ plm--s, taking tor themselves
Jes.s eeiispicm ms positions. Hence w--.
find negro aldermen, and white mayors.
White chiefs, of police and tn-gro police
men, whit' sheriffs and negro deputies,
white judges and .solicitors, black magis
trates and constables, a white governor
and black legislators. It is absurd to
speak of tie- white republicans and fu
sionists playing for the negro vote. The
truth Is the negroes play for tho white
vote. A republican convention In eastern
North Carolina looks like a spot on tho
sun, as a prominent Georgia republican
once described a Dyons-Rucker-Buck con
vention in Atlanta.
Tho blacks are bent on capturing the
state and carrying out their plan of coloni
zation. They do not want to drive the
white man out, but to have a state In
which they will be supreme. It has been
suggested that some of the blacks would
prefer that the whites stay In order to lord
It over them.
But If, the whites fall to regain supre
macy on November Sth thousands of them
will move away. They say that they can
not enduro the conditions which now exist
and they know that If they lose in the
coming election their last hope will bo
gone. The rich can move away by sacri
ficing their property, but the poor white
men with families to support will find it
a hard matter to leave their homes, go
into a new community and make their
way. Hence it is that tiie poorer whites,
the operatives In the mills, the farmers,
the workingmen everywhere, are aroused
and desperate. They are fighting for their
homes in a double sense. They realize that
ft is to their pecuniary Interest to drive
back this advancing wave of black supre
macy before it engulfs them In everlasting
ruin. , ,
The Menace To Womanhood.
And then there Is the other danger,
greatest of all, the menace to the woman
hood of the state, the constant and grow
ing peril of each man's wife and daugh
ter. That Is the thought which Is seared
in the mind and on the heart of every
man who loves his family. I know it to
be a fact that the operatives In the cotton
mills and the tobacco factories and the
various shops and manufacturing concerns
all through tiie state have given more at
tention to this phase of the subject than to
anv other.
Arid, so far as my observation goes,
the same Is true, of the farmers who here
tofore have voted with tho republicans.
It cannot be denied that In many counties
tiie farmer leaves his family with appre
hension. While in the field ills ear is
strained to catch the first shriek of warn
ing. His eye ever turns in the direction
of his humble home. There Is a prayer In
his heart if not on ids lips for the pro
tection of his dear ones when he goes
out In the morning and there is gratitude
when 'he returns and finds them safe.
Fusion and the accession of tho blacks
to power have lessened the respect and
fear of the law among tiie vicious. In
cendiary speeches a.nd writings by black
men to black men must have Inflamed some
of them. Such a tremendous wave of indig
nation has just swept the state over a
published slander on the white women
that actual violence by the criminally In
clined has been checked. But if the cam
paign of tiie blacks for tho conquest of
the state succeeds this fall, an epidemic of
assaults upon the unprotected in tiie coun
try Is predicted.
This lias aroused tho pure womanhood
J HON. E M. SIMMONS, |
t Democratic Chairman of North Carolina, Pays ihe Constitution An Ap- *
•f; preciated Compliment. i
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T Democratic Headquarters. X
J STATESEXECUTIVEtCOMMnTEE)
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T iN NORTH wi NO OF*— TH £ CARROLLTON,”
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-!;• Sept... 29,
iHon. Clark Howell, X
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X Editor The Constitution,
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X Atlanta, Ga. a
X Dear Sir: In behalf of the Democratic party of this State, I wishy
j; to thank you for the assistance your great paper, ’’The Constitution”, ?•:
has been, and is giving us in the campaign we are making in behalf *
Xof white supremacy and decent government* The clear and faithful ;i;
i exposition of the awful plight into which this State has fallen
nuder Fusion government, contained in a recent issue of the Consti-
tution, has been of immense service to us; and the influence which $
:h it has been, and is exerting, throughout the State is one of the forces £
❖ which has given to our campaign an impetus which is sweeping every- x
x thing before it, and which I confidently predict will eventuate in x
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X a great victory in November* $
Your staff correspondent, who wrote that review from personal x
X observation and investigation, did not exaggerate the wretched con-
ditions which exist here, nor overdraw the picture* X
X Yours truly, X
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X. \ \J\ / X AT -
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Chairman State Democratic X
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J Ex. Com. of North Carolina. :i:
THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: ATLANTA. GA., MONDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1898.
of North Carolina from the seashore to
the mountains. They are asking their hus
bands and sons iiow they Intend to vote—
for the wives and mothers and sisters or
for negro supremacy and a reign of ter
ror?
A Poor But Noble Woman.
Here is a case In point: A populist of
some influence in his community w is given
a postofliee by tlhe republicans In order to
win his support. The income from the
office, though small, helped him In support
ing his family. He bad m ade up his mind
to vote the fusion ticket this year.
A friend who kn wv how the postmaster
felt, asked the latter's son how he was go
ing to vote. The young man, who had just
come of age, replied that he had not made
up ihis mind, but the chances were he
would vote with bls lather.
“What does your mother say?” asked the
neighbor.
"Mother wants us to vote for the demo
crats on the white man's ticket," said the
youth.
‘‘Have you thought that If you vote the
fusion ticket you vote for tiie negroes
against your own mother?”
"No, I had not looked at it that way, but
that is right, and 1 am going to vote
mother's ticket.”
"Det me ask you," continued the neigh
bor, "to get your mother to put the case
to your father as 1 have put it to you.”
The next morning the postmaster went
over early to see his neighbor.
"See here, my friend, you have been in
terfering w ith my family and my politics,"
•the postmaster began good humoredly. "My
wife wanted to know last night whether I
was going to vote against her or against
the negroes. I told her that if I voted the
democratic ticket, t'he republicans would
turn me out of the postofliee, and what do
you think she said then? Why, God bless
her, she said she knew we were mlg'hty
poor, and needed tiie few dollars we get
out of the office, but she said she would
put up with tine poverty and any hardships
without a murmur."
"Then what did you say?"
"1 just hugged the old woman end told
her I would vote her ticket, too.”
Extent of the Black Belt.
Through the black belt there are not
fifty white republicans to a county, with
possibly three -exceptions.
The black belt includes that part of the
state lying east of the Seaboard Alr-Dtne
railroad, which enters North Carolina above
Weldon, passes through Raleigh -and crosses
into South Carolina below- Monroe. That
is more than one-third tho area of the
whole state.
There are some white counties east of
the line named, Sampson for Instance, and
Wayne, Johmston and Onslow, but there
are fully twenty counties in which, when
the whites divide as they did in 1894 and
1896, tiie negroes control. Wake county, in
which Raleigh, the capita! of the state, is
situated, is controlled by the negroes. They
are in the minority as to numbers, but
by giving offices to a few white pie hunters
of the Hal Ayer stripe, they have been able
to capture the county government. Samp
son county, which was mentioned as nn
exception, is the home of Senator Marlon
Butler, who was here today. Ho runs
Sampson county politics. He remarked to
me within the last hour that he is related
to lialf the white people in the county and
ills wife is related to the other half, hence
his Influence there is not strange.
1 have stated that the negroes have
strengthened their position by legislation.
They have done, it in various ways, but the
most effectual of ail was the adoption of
a new registration and election law. in
Georgia, and I believe In most states, a tax
defaulter cannot vote. He must keep his
taxes paid up or he loses his ballot. The
registration books are carefully watched
to prevent minors, non-residents and ex
convlcts fronv getting on the lists of most
states.
Here the registration law is very broad.
Tho gates are thrown open and anyone who
will make oath that he is of legal ago and
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is qualified to vote, can register. Tho reg
istration was largely In the hands of the
negroes and the fuslonists two years ago.
and ft will be again this year In precincts
where the populist registrar co-operates
with tiie c010r..1 r-gistrar. Hundreds of
cases were report'll two years ago where
negro boys were registered. Reputable
wiiite men might make oath that they
knew of their own personal knowledge that
the boy was not more tnan eighteen years
old, but ff he stated that Uncle Mose had
told him he wne born In 1875 he would bo
registered.
This year the registration frauds will bo
reduced. In many counties the populists
will not lend tin Ir aid to the black registra
tion clerk and the voting list will be
purged to some extent. Fvery White Gov
ernment Unlo*n Club has a committee to
lock after this matter and to challenge
every one who Is pot .il*itled to register.
This ought to keep 10,000 fraudulent ballois
out of the boxes.
No Fear ns to the Count.
The democrat.’ ire not afraid of a fraud
ulent count. Ti y will Ire represented at
every ballot box, and If the blacks and th •
fusionlsts attem; t to '-heat In counting the
ballot sit will I letected and there will
be trouble.
The usual voting strength of the two
races is about this:
Democrats 0
Populists 3!.00i
Wiiite republican:! 3 >.o’o
Black republicans Bu.0<«;
Total 321.000
This does not include tho 10.00) fraudu
lent negro votes which it Is hoped will be
eliminated this year.
The democrats wfll poll their full vote
and the negroes will poll all theirs. 'lb.'
democrats will get some white renuhliean
votes but what proportion no one can yet
tell. I would figure on 2.1.000 white repuhli
eaus voting with the .negroes, will'h would
carry their vote up to 13.1000. So far the
democrats lhave a big lead, l>tit there i>
the populist vote to lie considered.
Cy Thompson, Tin] Av«r and th.it pans:
have m ule a deal with the nn?ro -s jus’
as Millkin did in the eleventh c< ngr ■ ■ l >n il
district of Georgia. Thompson, Aver and
H irry Skinner are the fusion 1< ad r on
Hie populist side ami they have control of
tho machinery of the peop e s party. I hej
are trying to throw tiie popufist vote to
the negroes. But they have opposition rn
their own ranks. Senator Mirlon ihuler
Is calling to tiie people’s party to stay in
the middle of the road.
Major Guthrie, the populist candidate for
governor two years ago,, is denouncing
: ' He has not '
far as known, to vote with the demo
crats blit he is begging them to keep aw.ay
from Skinner. Ayer, Thompson and the
other fusion ringsters who sold him out in
IS9C. I saw Major Guthrie find Senator
Butler In conference this afternoon tind
judging from the wig-wagging of the.r
beads and the gesticulations of both. It
was a right Ha ely int< rview. Neither
would talk about, their conference n ft- r they
concluded, but my opinion is that they are
not going to fill out with each other
Both of them want to punish the traitors—
Skinner, Thompson und Ayer, who sold
out Guthrie, and are now attempting to
deliver the populists o'er to tile republican
party.
Senator Butler’s Policy.
Fuller wants all the middle of the road
, ts in the legh I iture that he < m get
. leet.n He will tight th- r publicans and
the d. mo. rats. to-., in ’ * popul I coun
ties. Fowler, tho populist congres-m.i a m
Butler’s district, has made a trade with
the negroes and they will not run a candi
date against him. Current report has it
that the deal cost Fowler lots of money. It
is said he gave Abe Middleton, the negro
who "dictates” in Duplin. SI,OOO, but tint
is merely hearsay. There is no doubt, it
cost him a good part of his salary. A
day or two before the convention met lie
looked like - man wh h g wa ng
pulled.
win:!.er Butler approved that fusion Is
n< t known. It is pr< bable that he k( pt
hands otr and let Fowler work out his
own salvation.
Senator Butler will make ten or twelve
speeches in the campaign. He hopes to
e1e.,1 enough straight populist, to the b..use
aid senate to hold tin- l.alance o’ power.
Some of Hie populists will fuse with the
negro, s in the bln. k belt. That is a fore
gone conclusion, oiti a great many of the
sincere populists uro coming ov. r to de
mocracy. In some eountb s they are r- turn
ing in numbers, but so far that ts in spots,
it is not a general movement as yet but
where their ballots will ■ led either a dem
ocrat or a republican, the democrat stands
tho b< st . h ince to get it.
The honest populist- from principle pop
ulist is dsg ted with I t on. Governor
Russell'S allministration had not a defender
up to the opening of the present campaign.
Republicans and fusion populists denounc
ed it as Shameful ..nd disgraceful. The re
publicans did not intend to indorse him
in tin- state convention, and even thr< it. li
ed to impeach him. The governor loaded
off his enemies in his own pat ty by sending
out word all over the state to his appointees
.and henchmen that they must g.> as dele
gates to the convention. A number of them
got in md they just did sav. b tn by get
ting an indorsement of his administration
for economy. Some of Russell’s appointees
have I, ( . n publicly .■otnp.ar. d io Tobias
Knight, Who wa.. .. r.-tary of the colony
200 y. ars ago. Knight « is suspected of pro
tecting tin- notorious, murderous pirate
Teach, better known as Black Heard, and
he was driven from office in disgrace.
The Negroes Do Rule.
The fusionists in II I' slate and in Geor
gia are telling th.- peo| le that there is no
m-gi-o domination in eastern North Caro
lina and no danger of it here or there,
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this assertion In a meeting at Dublin, Ga.,
last week. In both states the fusionlsts
are endeavoring to escape responsibility
for the inevitable results of a political
trade betw< en tin mselves and the negroes.
I have spent this week, traveling day
and night through tin- black belt, Investi
gating tho situation,and what is written
here is ttie plain, unvarnished truth.
Further along, so far as space will permit,
details will be sei out, and if a Thomas
doubts, let him write to some reputable
person, say a minister of the gospel, in
any town nami d.
The worst feature of black supremacy
here comes from the character of negroes
who get the offices. The intelligent, honest
and respectable colored men are not in
control, but tiie ignorant and dishonest
members of the race receive th" spoils. On"
of the educated, upright, respected colored
men in Goldsboro, 1 think it was, stated
that It would lie useless for him to apply
for an appointment or run for a nomination.
Tiie. other class of his people would defeat
him with some barkeeper or other man of
low associations among his race. "There is
no encouragement from his own people for
a decent man to try to do something for
himself and his race," he said.
In Tarboro, i-’.dg. combe county, the repub
lican nomine" for coroner was pointed out.
He is a Idio'k drayman, who cannot make
count for holding an inquest.
At Rocky Mount a. coal black negro,
who was carrying a mail sack on his back
up the railroad track, w is pointed out as
the republic.m nominee for tin- legislature.
In New Bern, Craven county, Isaac H.
Smith, tile republican nominee i• r the leg
islature, lias bi-.-n twice convicted of forg
ery ami he. was finally let off by the negro
solicitor. Smith has considerable money
and is the richest negro in the county. He
aspires to social b adership among his peo -
ple, and partly out of that arose a jeal
ousy between Smith and George H. White,
the negro congressman from North Caro
lina. Bast y.-ar Smith published a card
intimating that White did not pay ids
jiebis ami that lie. Smith, held White to
be his inferior socially. W hite hit back in
a published letter, stating that In- and
Smith had jointly indorsed a note for 87
for a friend. The maker of tiie note failed
to pay it and Smith insisted that Wiiite
should pay it all. with interest. White
off- red to p.ij half and he said In- n.c,-d
that Smith had erased his own name from
tin- note. In concluding his letter, White
.said:
"In conclusion; Mr. Editor, permit me to
say that 1 may not be the social equal of
a man who has been convicted tind sen
tenced to tin- pi'iiitenti.irj- for forgery. [
may not be the so- lai equal of a man who
lias east off his lawful wife and innocent
children, who are struggling for an ex
istence in another state, while the father
and husl and is trying to buy ills way into
the society of decent people, 1 do not wish
l" be the 'social equal' of the fellow who
lias been indicted lor forgery and come
¥ THE OUTLOOK IS ENCOURAGING
y THOUGH CONTEST IS DESPERATE i
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,t. After the story of North Carolina's wrongs at the hands of the fusion re- j,
A gime has been hastily and Imperfectly told, this question comes:
What will l>e the result? J*
A The truthful answer is. no one can tell today. A
<• The tide Is now running toward white supremacy and decent government, A
which is the only issm . ,1.
If the white men unite as solidly as the blacks have done, the whites wb .•
A win. On the other hand, if the mountain republicans, who are practically al!
*l* whites. Uno up with the negr es. the elect >n will be uncomfortably close. The v
••• republicans will not get many : ■ outside t ranks of the ;• ■ hun
Senatoi Marion Butler will hold a large elemi ’ lo of a
h‘ the road. The democrats are counting on ullst vo • 1
Ajsin an excited, turbulent state. There are of a I I; • a
A mmt among the wblt< -> an 1 in the next few we< k ; it n v develop int ■ 1
X pede to the democratic party, which stands solemnly phdged and It Is t ie only
A one so pledged, to restore white control. The democrats have promised an
T honest and e. tnomlcal administration, but there never was a party that did y
A not put that in its platform. The democrat ve promised protection to the T
A wonnn and the children, which Is in no other platform that I rec.ad. a
T The democrats arc aggressive; the rcpubli ans are on the defensive; the y
A Butler popup ts are sitting steady in the boat. a
A The republicans or fn • onists are weak in leadership. They have many lead
% GrS) b u s jn this case there Is not wisdom in a multitude of counsels. The dem- T
a oprats are fortunate in having an able leader, a wonderful organizer, a tireless T
worker, a man of splendid poise and groat resource. His plan of campaign y
A was broad and le p ind the work I - going on precisely as It was mapped out. ’£
Mn F. M. Simmons, chairman of th o party, has rallied a list of speakers J.
j* whose appointments would, fill a column. The speaking has really Jn«t begun, y
a The organization of the White Government Hnion lubs is going on rapidly.
democratic papers of the state have thrown themselves into the contest T
T and are fighting with the dash and gallantry of the troops at San Juan. A
A ' And then to cap all this is the stern resolve of the democrats to win Every
where T mot that grim, resolute exp resslon written on tho faces of the beat
A type of Carolinians. V
a \ jok*' |s seldom hoard from tho democratic side. Ono of the speakers re- j.
A marked that the issue Is too serious; it borders on the tragic too closely for .|.
a levity. a
A The democrats can count with good reason on electing a majority tn the J.
T house of representatives. They had only live senators in IS"! 'in t they must
A change twenty-one to have a majority there. That is not a hopeless task. A
A but P is exceedingly difficult and tho party leaders rcaliz. ■ it. If the demo-
A crats do tail to control the senate. I h ave no doubt tiiat them will be enough .j.
A straightout populists who will co-operate with them to relievi in great meas- •£
y uro the Intolerable conditions in the east. What those populists will demand for
A their aid can only be guessed, but in the event that they .hold tho balance of ,|.
A power, they will get whatever they ask. f
into court while I was solicitor and begged
me to allow him to put in a plea of nolo
contendre, and let him off by paying the
cost, to escape the penitentiary again.
“But why need 1 go further? The dock
ets of Craven county superior court will
tell the rest. God forbid that I ever should
be the ‘social equal' of a man who lives
by skinning the poor, gullible, unsuspect
ing people of the community in -which, he
Jives.
"Should tiie above statement fit any resi
dent of the city of New Bern, I will say
tlhat on the 2d of October, i-97, 1 will bo at
my office on Broad street, in said city,
for tiie transaction of such business as may
come before me. GEORGE 11. WHITE."
That is tiie negro congressman’s testimo
ny about the negro nominee for tiie legis
lature. No white man had anything to de
witli it.
In Greenville, Pitt county, the negro
aldermen created a new office, that of
night policeman. A negro was appointed,
but his reputation was so baxl that tiie
merchants of tm- town raised a fund by
private subserfpt ion and hired two night
watchmen to watch tiie policeman and
guard their stores.
1 was at. Halifax courthouse, Halifax
county, the day the fusion populists met to
fill out the ticket agreed upon by one wing
of the republican party. Among the re
publican nominees who were Indorsed by
th" white fuslonists was Baker, a
negro, nominated for the legislature. He
has been Indicted for stealing chickens.
The other nominee for the house in that
county is Rev. James H. Arrington, the
negro chaplain of the Caledonia peniten
tiary farm. Arrington succeeded Babb,
who was removed as parson because he
would get drunk and had > n found guilty
by his fellow ministers of adultery. The
people of Halifax say Bibb was much
the better man morally of the two.
The situation in Wilmington is worse in
some respects than tn New Bern. A special
chapter must be d"V"t<d to Wilmington to
ti ll of tiie outrages of tiie negro official*
fln-i'".
Negro School Committeemen.
Fusion h is elevated many negroes to the
position of school committeemen.
These committeemi n have the authority
I by law to visit and inspect white schools
as well as colored schools, and they do it,
not in all counties, but in some. They
have inspected white st-lioois here in Make
county, and white seh "Is with cultured
young women teachers. <me of these com
mitteemen visited a wiiite school In this
county not long ago ,«.n<l now the white
republicans who sen: their children to that
school announces that they will vol'* the
democratic ticket. There are thousands of
white repnbll- ans and populists in the mid
dle and western parts of the state who
would aet the samt way if their children
had the same experience. They will see
tiie very ssrne tiling in their township
If the fusionists control the next legisla
ture, bc- :iiis" til' negroes are determined to
have a band in everything and rule tho
roost, not onl.v in th-- east, but in the mid
dle and w.'st. too.
%ro school < ommltti < men In
Halifax is one who calls a certificate a
"certifical.”
Bertie county has two negro school com
mitteemen in every township. New Han
ovt county has six all told. Craven and
a number of other counties aro in the same
boa t.
it is said that in some counties these
negrO"S attempt to b- domineering to 'he
male t'-aehers. No Instances have been re
ported of any disrespectful manner ni.i ii'l
lady teachers. It. is worth while for the
White teachers of middle Carolina and on
up iri th- mountains to reflect that some
I day they may see a colored visitor enter
their schoolhouse and m ike a request to
hear the first class in spellin' step up and
spell.
This is not nil. either. These colored mem
bers of the committee must be consulted
before appointments of teachers are made,
and sometimes young lady teachers have
had to hunt up a n -.ro committeeman to
! get her voucher signed so that she could
: draw her salary.
Negro Road Overseers.
One of the latest evidences of tho negro
' In official position is bls' appearance in
i the role of road overseer. In that office
i It is his business to keep the roads In
i good order and he looks after tho work.
I In some counties these overseers have
1 called out and worked white men. This Is
; supported by affidavit.
: The negroes resent It when white mon
pay hands to work tor them. They want
the whites to work instead of hiring It
i d"ne.
An off' ’tivo cartoon which is being clrcu
i lated over the stat - represents a negro
overseer directing tiie workmen. There are
I three white men and two negroes engaged
with picks and shovels, but the negro la-
I borers are renting while the whites aro
. perspiring to such an extent that they
I sei-m t" bi in a shower bath.
This road overseer feature- and tho negro
i school committeeni'n are making votes for
| the white suprem ■ <-a u-iid it es. It Is all
I true and it is getting worse.
The Orly Negro Colonel.
North I’aridiii.t Is the only negro colo
nel in the United States army. He is Jim
Young, one of Gov mor Russell's espo
ciai pets now. although a few yeans ago
t'he governor denounced him as a scoun
drel, hoodlum and thief.
Young eime down from Knoxville last
week, where his regiment Is encamped,
and play d a star part in a county repob-
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