Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-12-12
EXODUS FROM SoRrH CAROLINA.
Mystery OF the Movement.
WHAT PROMINENT CoLoRED MAN OF THAT STAT


Mr.. w. V. Turner, formerly a clerk in the
Treasury department, and for some years editor
OF the North Carolina Republican, published at
Raleigh, in that state, arrived In this city We'd
nesday morning, having left Goldsboro', N. c.,
Monsday ght. Mr.. Turner is one OF the
leading colored men in that state having located
permanently there as a newspaper man for the
purpose Of advancing the interests OF his race,
He states that there were 25 or 80 colored people
az Goldsboro', when he left there, awaiting re-
auction OF rates to this city, and the rush then
seemed to be about over. The parties awaiting
transportation expected the rate to be cut from
ABOUT sl2 TO $50; and some of them proposing
10 move having become discouraged on Monday
had thelf goods taken away from the depot.
THE ORIGIN OF THE MOVEMENT,
ne says, he could not ascertain, but there never
was more causeless enterprise. The four or
OF the state, he is quite certain have already
found, or will find, that they have made a mis-
take. AS to the encouragement said to have
been given them by the railroads. he states that
about month since he met Capt. j. Peck Duke
hart, of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, at
Goldsboro,' and he said that he was there for
them to leave, yet If they were determined on
going he wanted his road to get them. Mr.
Turner denies the stories as to the oppression OF
these people by their white EMPLOYERS but
they have been badly treated. He says in that
section the colored people largely outnumbef
the whites, and generally the negro is respected.
He says is
UNFAIR THAT THE STATE SHOULD BE so SIAN
DERED,
for to-day the rights and interests of the coloretl
race are as Well protected in that state as in any
other and he believed that in this respect it was
the foremost southern state. Even Ii this was
not the case in this section, the negro popula-
ton being SO much larger than the white, they
have ii in their power to redress their griev-
ances AS an evidence that the colored man
who attends strictly to business will prosper he
with some pride refers to a number who have
grown wealthy during the war, naming Isaac
Forbes, Oh Craven county, who makes 100 bales
OF cotton annually; L. FL. Fisher, of kinStOn,
who in 1865 started pedding with a five dollar
stock and is now doing business paying pro-
fit of $1,000 per year, and Wiley Lowery, of the
same place, who does most of the drayfng of
that place, besides running plantation which
he owns. The usual wages for farm hands in
that section. he says, ranges from s. to SO per
month and ratiOns.
Gdr Reporter:-Some of these people talk
about the land holders treating the poor whites
and and blacks alike, and say that the rich are
building up an aristocracy.
M. Tnne':-These are tales manufactured
for the most part after they had started AS
for the whites becoming aristocratic, it is
THE POOR WHITES WHO ARE THE MOST PRE-
JUDGED
against the blacks These stories of g0uging
also are all manufactured. They had to make
some story to tell, for as class they had no
real grievance.
.Sdr:-What is the condition of the colored
race about GOldsbOro'?
E:-There is no need of the colored man suf-
fering. and all have plenty of work who wish it.
Take the state all through, and have Travelled
extensively in ii. have never seen a COlOred
person begging, save an afflicted boy in Colds
bOrO.
WHAT THE PLANTERS THINK.
Sdr:-What do the planters think about this
movement?
T:-They generally regret the movement, and
assert that 1t is altogether causeless, especially
OF colored people are of the same opinion, and
are opposed toit
StaI':-At the meeting on Monday night it
was stated that there were thousands walking
on the roads.
T:-Thats all stuff and in less than a week
the movement will be over. On my way up it
was only here and there that little bands could
be seen waiting for the train as means to get Off.
Those who have left, or will leave, are gener-
ally the most ignorant, restless and unstable of
the population. They do not represent the
colored race OF the state
Stdr:-Some say that the railroads started
this boom.
TIT is the most unreasonable movement 1
ever heard of, and 1 can account for it in no
other way, for 1t benefits the railroads more
than any Others Perhaps it may be a political
scheme. There is something mysterious about
it that cannot fathOm.
Sdf:-How long will you remain here?
tt had intended to remain only a few days,
but will now stay till Saturday week. until after
the meeting at Israel church, on Friday 10, in
opposition to the exodus.
Liberal Donation for the EMigrantS.
st. Paul's chapel, on sth street southeast (Rev.
Daniel Draper's), is still occupied by the North
Carolina colored emigrants, en- route to Indiana.
The number had been decreased yesterday to
below hundred. Last night, however, an-
other observation-disclosures thirty arrived, and
they took quarters at the church. The aid So
cety expect to get them all off by tomorrow
night.
few days ago Mr.. Frederick Douglass, the
marshal OF the District, although opposed to the
the Wellknown New York philanthropist, who,
it will be remembered, presented the painting
OF the signing OF the Emancipation Proclama-
ton" to the nation. He this morning received
a response enclosing a check for $3.50. She
writes to Mr.. Douglass to use this money in his
own discretion, and adds that ga little FORE
thought and foresight and little judicious
management will often do more than money"
In view OF the number of emigrants having been
decreased, and the probabilities of the concert
tonight yielding sufficient for all pressing needs,
Mr.. Douglass will retain this check for an emer-
gency-a pressing necessity.