The weekly North-Carolina standard., 1869-03-31
nereesters - and proves to them that the Re-
publicans are willing o'bury the hatchet.-s'lt
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- Williamson, March 20, 1889 'p' 9'h'
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Matters in Jones County. a

Sh4 H3tlMatters in Jones County. ca
3 Messrs. Editors: see an article in one of
the Newberne papers concerning "The down
trodden" citizens in Jones county. 1t is
trne, there are down trodden" citizens in
Jones county, but the term does not apply
to the party or persons of which he speaks
or to whom he refers. -ha go
1t is well known that there has been "a
band of horse thieves, murdercrs and rob
bcrs in Dupin. Jones, Lcnoir and 0ns1ow
counties operating for the last three years,
Who have been violating every right ofithe
citizens Of those counties. They have been
a terror to the inhabitants so long, that it is
next to impossible to get any one to testify
against any one of them in the courts,
through fear; for if person dares to testify
against them, or prosecute and arrest them,
they are to suffer death. A crowd of 4s.re-
spectacle" mcn will meet on the highway
and lay in wait to murder any one who dare
to do or say anything against this "hoIy
band. The 'anoiuted," ''downtrodden p
These are the men whom the editor speaks
of as being Oppressed and downtroddcn
Two of the down-trodden" "respecta-
bic" were arrested some days since on a
charge of highuay robbery, and strong pre-
sumptive evidence of murder against one of
the parties, and this not from colored ;,
testimony, but respectable white men as
there are in the county. .,t7s d.
But when this is done the cry is raised
in all directions these men arc "oppressed,"
downtrodden," Notwithstanding these are
the men who propose and council together
to murder innocent men "by piece meals.
and when the officers of the law arrest these
desperadoes the civil authorities are defied,
and the criminals rescued by force and ter
ror. How long are these criminals to go un-
whipt of just:ce9 When will public joum-
ais cease to encourage lawlessness by defend
ing criminals, and crying out ".usurpation,"
oppression &c., when the officers of the
law attempt to protect the peace and good
order of the community by restraining evil
doers? 5-1@ 5|'d 5et"H '.,i M h..
This same editor knows that some parties
whom he attempts to defend as being "op-
pressed" on the Goth inst, after rescuing
criminal who was in the hands of the civil
authorities, committed highaoay robbery on
their way home. How many such crimes
have been committed in the counties referred
to in the last three years2 And how many
of these parties have been brought to justice?
will venture the assertion, that no less
than thirty innocent men have been mur-
dered, and yet no one has been punished for
| these crimes; that no less than two hun
dred horses and mules have been stolen in
| those counties, besides various other crimes
| of the most heinous character, and but few
OF the parties have been brought to answer
| for these crimes and now these are the
persons whom the editors denominate as
- down trotlJtn't and sSnnnreSsad =, -I r ~
. This is a true statement of affairs in Jones
and other counties, and it is to be hoped
that public Journalists will cease to defend
criminals and apologize for crime, and in
future give their influence in suppressing
crime, disorder and lawlessness in this sec
| ton of the State. .st TRENT.