The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1875-10-13
THE COAH0MA TROUBLE.
STATEMENT OF A COLORED
CITIZEN OF THE COUNTY.
Interview with Lewis Thomas,
Col0red. t


Memphis Appeal
An Appeal reporter met with Lewis
Thomas, colored planter, who lives
about thirty miles back of Friar's. Point.
who came up on the Quickstep yesterday
morning to purchase supplies and imple-
ments for his farm. Lewis Thomas is
an intelligent eolored man, who, by hard
labor and close attention to his O'pn bu.
siness, has acquired quite competency,
owning splendid farm of over four
hundred acres in Coahoma county.
He has one hundred and twenty-five
acres under cultivation this year, Of
which about eighty acres are in cotton.
He is not at all in sympathy with the
Radical element ......1 n = 3. -..s.
THE DISTURBANCES OF THE PEACE
and good order of the county, he says
and is very positive in the opinion that if
the colored people would let politics alone,
and 90 along and attend to the cultiva-
ton or their farms, or take advantage Of
the great demand for laborers now pre-.
vailing, the whole country would be
better off. He states that the prime
cause of the trouble in Coahoma county
is that the present sheriff, John Brown,
colored, is charged with
ALL MANNER OF CORRUPTION,
and has at his beck and call host of bat
men, who are ever ready to do his bidding
Last Saturday, during the day, Brown
called his crowd together in what h
terms convention of the Republican
party, at which he Brown was nomi
mated for reelection 10 the Office of sheriff
Another bad man, named Smith, ais
colored, was nominated for circuit an
chaacery clerks. Now, this man Smith
originally from Ohio, but recently fror
. BoIiver county has already three offices
He emigrated from Bolivar county durin
hast winter, into Coahoma county, whel
he was elected to the State Senate to fl
an unexpired term, after which he WI
E crammed into the position of Superil
tendent of Education. Nit Alcorn, so
of the governor, and
: THE ONLY WHITE MAN
: on the ticket, was also nominated at tn
so-called convention, for county treasure
: All the balance of the favored of tn
e nominating machine were colored follow
, ers of Sheriff Brown. The anuouncemel
of the action of the Brownies, and II
, manner of its accomplishment created tt
s greatest dissatisfaction and confusion,
: the extent that at night convention W;
: called and held in the courthouse,
3 which the taxpayers and solid citizens
o the county were in attendance. This WI
s called and considered
THE REGULAR CONVENTION
! ; of the Conservative voters Of the count
s Judge Rucks, prominent citizen who
e standing for integrity, honesty and intel
Q gence is second to none in Coahon
! ! county, was called to the chair, al
= Julius Flagg, an intelligent colored ma
appointed secretary. The conventit
; proceeded to the nomination of ticke
with the following result: For sheri
Judge Harrison P. Reid for circu
clerk, Julius Flagg, colored for chanc
u ry clerk, George Alcorn. The latter t'
r Offices were consolidated into one by L
, Browites, to which Mr.. Smith, as abo
?, mentioned, was nominated. After &
r above nominations the convention W
i addressed by Judge Harrison P. Rel
III the nominee for Sheriff, and ex-Govern
< Alcorn, during which the latter denour
81 ed the action of the Brownites in t
or everest terms, and proclaimed it as
d fact that Brswn, the present sheriff al
nominee of the Radicals for re-electio
had already defrauded the county out
FoRTY-sEvES HUNDRED DOLLARS,
and in many ether respects had prov
IL himself unworthy the trust of the pc
4. pie: that there was not one hundr
dollars' worth of tax receipts held by I
- entire representation in the convent
n that nominated him for reelection Th,
tn severe remarks Of Ex-Governor Alct
as created considerable confusion, dnri
/. which Chairman Racks abruptly ad|Ou
ed the convention, whereupon She
ea Brown, who was present and leader
he the confusion, mounted prominent
sition and called a meeting, to be h
- Monday night, when he would take oc
p sion to prove that
for Ex-Gov. ALCoRN had LIED.
Az far as our informant knew, no 3