, 1879-03-24

bccn vcsy bat1-tlc iil.trcatmnnt Of tho white
ineni ,,n matter how uss,l n crop you nladc,
Ioti couldn't mako anything.
LnwIs WOODS.
Ny ago Is about 40 years; l,ave bccn living in
Alndison Parish for The past cfRht years; taye
pcGn farming the hest pnrt OF Tint time; paid
6lu htl Arre Tor ten acres, n1lil the last ytar
9y ecs aere, wSs @ onsta1lo TIRE m
tta,!so wns charged 70 high for rent and pro-
vlsions tlmt at iha cnd y! tf.e year the lnn,l.
Owncrs llatl Il all. Tho cUi0rtd incn received
very basl treatment ftom t''c whites; It was be-
conlns 30 the co'ored HeopIc dared tsut txprcss
AL opinion aGatnst the whites. In MmtEot f'nr.
iel. at tic election Inst fail, We wcrc nlowct1 to
vote ns VIC ,'lrnscd, bcca1lsc tho whites Wern
nttaia to cqi1'e there On nccmlnt OF tie ,c,luw
fever; III the nd dl0n!ny partslcs the conrel nco-
iite were not allowed to votu thu Krnlb1ican
ticket: left .be Snutb because didn't feel
myself sato and couldn't make ltving;. would
hy no i,ien1is gu hack. have acth ncop1o fran
Frnnl!n Parish who said ttnt it syns verr com.
mon itinE to SEQ co!urcd mRn killed anu hung
to a trce.H
j.. y, DANIELS
aass: am A. yents old, blacksmith, and
tFnn Werrcn County, Miss; ''nvc a vile nml
'lInkc living there antl couldn't vote % !
wanted 10, l1ecausu the planters, on whose land
VIC welc, tnade lis vote is they wanted ur we
would have to lenye; wv couldn't hold cur club
tn OIL us; wticn II Vtcksburr they calnc in Oh
nur club uni killed Washington Dnyenport's
son; Y was IN The might; they shot him and
tt"h burned him: Andrews at!l Green were
were mt disguised 1T the time: was constant
1y nlratd ot my lic; wns threatened a week
aso last Friday night. Mr.. t;corgo S'rnercl
told INC II was going to kanaas lu would
word al,tl went. In ,i,c ihiri district Of wiz.
rcn County. Miss, tile c0loreA people held
meeting to Instruct cncl otllcr low to vote, Two
nays ,niorc yoti,g, md VIC nj voted tic
esay sS9ds dnr 'fkS a i s ca ce4 ap pn ea ro5Ss
and threw II IN tho river; It wns found In lid
river between Newton ulut Dayis' Bend; niMl
,,su our own Judgment In voting. want to 70
to kansas, because | think va CHI 10 better
tl.crc. would not 20 back to the South
agatn.
JOHN MASSEY,
OIL his oath, says: i,avo lived for the Inst ten
ysars west Of Edwards Dauott, Hines County,
Mise.; llayu far,ne1; for tho .1rst thrue years
leased twenty-five acrcs Of lanu.; paa two bales
of cotton fur 1t last year; rnnde only u living;
lie general treatment received by thu coorcsl
people from tho wtftas IL bad; loft the aortl,
trcauso couldn't make living there, und b.
CAUSE VIC had no rights; on c'cCtiosl-dnrs w
werr compelled to vote tlle Democratic ticket;
they would come to tl6 null give us ticket. Mil
sohl us II wc didn't yutc it they would kill us;
times wcro getting 80 bad tllat colorca ,na,!
daro not speak ai,ovo his breath, for fcar Of
brtnr Killed; It sas impossible for It's to vote
the Republican ticket. | know Hurry CurtIs,
who lived ubtnlt tllrce miles from Auburn, and
wto was taken nut md killed., somu three
years nyo because Ito went to hear Radical
speeches.
DANIEL. pAHKER,
being duly sworn, OH his oath says: Inn about
20 ycaFa oil agc; have boon living for
the past i've years on Widow cranc's ulacc.
nb9t , ,f,1;, trre miles fran Delta i made VERY
rcnpu In tho South received no fayors ut ali
from thc white people; tho rcasnn. | left tue
South WA bcca'lsc ne bud organized u club to
ges u reduction in rent nntl WIS President Of
'lle club M Widow Crane's place; MAS accused
Of teacht.g the people to leave the South, a,d
hrnrd tlnt threats ilatl been made against my
life; was afraid they would make away with mo
nj night. voting nun. who had lived right
me that tic hnlllozers a!ong in August or
September, 1879, camc tuto tat parish Hul
killed mud slaughtered lncn there 1Nst for fun.
His nan,c was Ed. Darby; l!e was a preacher,
llc woultl be sl!ot. lie {Darby) nlso told no that
after llc riot in .lensas Parish uIc
Dcmocrnts compromised tho matter with
the coiorcd ocopc, anl the colored
te lcl.ls The whttomci,, about a00, mounted on
horseback, went around, b1uku intu their
llouscs, took their rulJ, and. going to the tlclda
shot Mtitl hung s0snc Ut the lRcn; the others
protection. Ny witc md two children are down
IN Madisun parish; haa to Leave without
them.
~. WATTS
testified under oath: Ny nsc Is 20 years; lived
IN VicIlsburg, Miss. There was no Republican
c:usc the Democrats would NOT allow It. They
would nut allow Il caue,ls to be held, ulld tho
eolored ncopu wcro alraA to attelnpt It.
heard there was rsDt tn TcDsas Parish l., thu
pcupia over there tu yet IL reduction In rent, anil
tho white Deopiu heard OF the 1ncetft. Nn tried
70 get away with t!osc who attc'rlutl Il, ntl
killed o! soiHo rolorca NELL cu!orcd lady
named Laura Lewis, who taught scll,'ol ahnlt
aeycit miles from boylna. told mt Hlc had 10
lieu for hsr. 1ifc, md left her bonnet Al slaw
In The 6ctl0ol-rnom; her dress WIS torn Artl wrt
with dew; all oecasiouctl by ller expressing her
unt.iiun ot tlIu grievances nE tlic catorcd pc,-
pic. A person In lin s1uth tnro not express TIL
Unsnon ngaiilst tie Democrats. ply fcnyilE
was oeeAslonca by an advertisement suw III the
Vlcksburg iftr"!I, notifying a!l parties that FUR
ntshrtl information tn encourage emigration, tn
kansns II they were NOT spHttcd they would ''e:
a.il when they wcrc tullia out tlsey would tlnl
that climate too hot Tor them.
JET OlnBB
took solemn oatfl md said lived Mt Madison
rarisI, below vic'sslurg. for tlftceM years.
aomo years wo would nIake g0uA crop nll,l
nothing ami tic white lolks would tako 1t all,
Last year the landowner took a!l ihc cott0It
ratsed nIM left niu nothing; ktll owe him
Ss3,:9. IN the ptncc where lived there wnsnt
n,lcl, killing, hut 10 Franklin, Washington. md
TeNsns parlshu8 il1eru WAS n 1lcap Of killing
done, wlitu men killing oil coarctl men tu prg.
vent them yot!ng .tliu Republican Ticket. /
know Of tug killing beea'lsg 50 many eoiurctl
MN Galp lrnfn those parishes to where l lived;
anil 1fJf nfrntH f,f