Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1889-09-21
me Race War in LeFlore.

ini'S tuesday issue the Greenwood
nc Enterprise, Published near the seat q
i" trouble by car lcvcl-headed brother
=" VII d., Cowan, gives about the mos
al correct version OF the race trouble.
t. IN l'eiiore county last week. which
= we reproduce Tor the beuetit of those
$ OF II readers who do not read his pa.
O psr or the city dailies:
a Briefly, the origin of the tropbIas
can DC traced TO two rival factions nj
= TIE colorcd Alliances of this ronntv
, uiiver Cromwell, an ex-copvirt md
We icari al>o one OF the leaders in The
la'iouS clinton riot. was the PRINCIPAL
organizer OF these Alliances in onr
co"hty, and was holding a lucrative
position as county superintendent
ohe Mullen also had an eve to Tho
'laih coailccs, aud learning that Crom.
wen was an cy%.convict, rendering him
lHel'S'ole even for memberships, at.
tempted TO Dust Cromwell from III.
o''lcc. cromwell received an a~nonv. S
nous hoie giving him ten DAYS IN ,
:eave The county or he would be inun q
ms was exhibited BY him 10 his - :
tion and a demand made far five
armed men from each Alliance true 70 n
MN % meet at Shell Mound to invcs. =,
9lsa'e Inc authorship OF the note o,tri y
ou!ea TO The whites. Mullen's crowd y
cram now that Cromwell wrote tho Vi
mole himself, and Cromwcl's hack ST.
say that Mullen was the author A, Sc
my rate, seventy-tive men reported ,o in
Cromwell and made some rhrn,,S sh
'gainSt the whites at Shell Mound, ind of
MS was followed by another ononv s
nous letter to the whites, tLreotcuiny or,
'!engeancc..&c. This created intense nx. an,
cement which was partially alloved .
! oheH Mound to break out more in.
,hsely stlil at Mintcr City, where sew. ,
RAJ htndr negroes with arms to
themselves, the majority claim
ON the attack of the whites WIN
ere reported as advancing, killing nil ,
&c negroes as they camc Again procn. u
council prevailed and the negroes Ii
.persed, when George Allen. n ion. a
u on ihe place of G. l.. Towns, goth. b
ed IL oand and sworc that a tiyhf on- fl
would satisfy them, and when on-
ler tenant on the SAINT place refused
JON mn: or let him have his Win.
rlhe for one of his followers IT
shot ana Killed him and took thr ing
ms caused the fast dispcrsino heal
l'es 10 ally again. and the fact tLni the
ny collected Sc promptly, alone even
a collision of forces. Aliens and
deserted him when the hummer heal
inc whites assembled at Minter bless
y on Monday last was discovcr. hear
ana me struggling bands from 9th. So II
''aees dispersed one by one. and re-. ton
10 the various plantations Alter
ming the protection of the mano' troul
aud owners from tie storm tLcv news.
,raIIn lh's was accorded and short
o" aeSper'cu' except in the case ly fin,
or" violent leaders, many of whom, tiers.
ana some few were caught md at J.
shcd by Judge Lynch. and Thurs
lhe last OF the whites dloh,opIol ON
vniIa q nome, Reporting ali oui. orle,
me ass natural where snch q u 10
oo'y OF men is hastily assembled ~ Is
"hwarrantcd violence was ncrnr' marx
u, sun, from all we can ,gathrr matt
rhcral conduct of the matter wos every
" IN the hands Of conservative post
rs VINO prevented indiscriminate excel
l'er which is the generally rcsul,
III eihettes. Greenwood Enter.
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