The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1888-11-07
INFAMOUS EAVES.

HEATTEMPTS TO BULLDOSE
THE REGISTRAR OF WIN
SION PRECINCT.
The Chairman of the Republican
State Committee Writes a
Threatening Letter to ~
Maj. Young and is X.
Replied to i'm Red
Hot English.
Winston Twin city-Daiiy.
The following correspondence will
explain itself:
RALEIGH. ". G.. Oct. 20, 1883.
i G. Young, Winston. N. c.
DEtR SrR: --You are, | believe, the
Registrar Of your precinct. desire
to have few words with you 1 will
speak very plainly, in order that we
may no. misunderstand each other.
! learn that You are refusing to regis.
ter legal voters / send you two en-.
closures which may prove interesting
reading. | commend to your careful
consideration sections 20O7. zoos,
550j ard 55i5 Of the Revised Statutes
ofthe United States.
The enurse yon are pursuing is
one which will land you in the Fed
eral Pe itentiary at Albany at an
early day, and we shall take very ear.
" steps to place you there, unless you
conduct Yourself in a proper manner.
These are very plain words and W.
do not think il will take you long to
unier.t md them You can now do
as You please Yours truly,
]. B. EAyEs.
Chm Republican State Elk. Com.
WINSTON. N. G.. Oct. 81, 1888.
J y. Fares. E'q, Chm Republican
Frecptire Com, Raleigh, ~ @.
sIG~ Yours Of the 18th Inst. has
been received and found me uIround
ed By gang Of ex'penitentiary con-
victs, whose names your henchmen
here are trsiag 10 force me- to place
up1n tn Repatriation books Of WIN.
sion precinct.
lhn IRE correct in your belief that
| nm thu registrar Of Winston pre-.
einct. have 40 objection In yout
having i few words" with ma, aud
| mn II 10 danger Of misuDdersiani
ing you. | want il distinctly under.
stood, b. you and your committee
that | ! not to he ~ rved from my
duty by any sucb impndent and inn
perlinent threats as ron dare 10 make
against me
You have received your iuforma.
ton FROM s me men here brlinging
to your uarty organization, who are
without ,haracter and who have NJ
regard fr the solemn obligations Of
an oath, and VINO if they had thei
Just des rts would long since have
been un or the disqualification which
The contl tuition places upon men who
have been convicted OF an infam' "
oiTense. have refused no man the
right to register at this precinct who
is a bona fde resident aud voter Of
Winston. and shalt not do so.
have, rs / have since ascertalned,
allowed some men to register who
have served a term in the penitentia-
~. and who have since been challen.
ged BY gentlemen who art acquainted
with I'll, facts.
In co clusion / again desire to re
mind y,t that | am not u b. intimi
dat d i'm DOING my whole duty by
any idl0 threats Of yours Of Standing
me In i1e Federal Peuitentiary III
Albany" And | would az the same
time qu tly intimate to you aud your
informer NJ this precinct, that the
contiuut | Eilful violation Of the reg
isifatinu laws ofour State "will land"
s0me III our voters in the State pen.
itentiar, at Raleigh, and / desire TO
warn 70 and those who are aiding
these III onpted violations Of the law
that yop and they had best keep a
clase lo' suut for yourselves. | con.
cIude. you did. that these are plain
words md ] do not think il will TAX
gou long 70 understand them.
Yours,
JONI u. You've,
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