South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1890-10-24

| W iSaNc at "a fnOHlentS nOtlcC. L will
know definitely what our programme
Will be after L see our friends again,
which will be hope) in a few DAYS.
| II telegraph you / will address il
TO Jesup as suggested by you. ex-
pect you will then have To come up to
savannah, as / am pretty confident
| can't telegraph funds to Jesup.
| he perfectly quiet. Remember that
that the success of the whole matter
depends entirely upon keeping the
work clear of every semblance of DO
litical character. Write me on receipt
OF this. Your friend,
NJ. Mob. LINDSEY,
l7l3 q street, n. w
GOOD CITIZENS ARE ''sAFE"
Two or three weeks after writing the
above letter, Lindsey finally summoned
Whitehead TO Washington and proceeded
to instruct him In the details of the COM
Ing campaign in West Virginia. He pro-
vided Whitehead with number of let
ters of introduction, of which the fol-
lowing addressed TO Representative
Cooper, is fair sample:
WASHINGTON, ID. c., Sept. IL. 1890.
Hon. John Cooper, BrdnnceU, w. Va.
DEAR SIR: / wrote You some time
kinson, of your State, which you will
doubtless remember, In relation TO an
enterprise In which feel great inter-
| est. l want homes and employment for
1000 colored laborers in your State who
Will make good citizens and safe voters.
Ihls VIII Introduce you to my friend
and co-worker in the enterprise, Mr.. j..
IL. Whitehead, of North Carolina. He
is perfectly reliable and Trustworthy.
You can talk freely and unreservedly
with him. He has i'm his possession
letters from some of our most
prominent men which he will show Won
| and which will fully explain to you the
nature and character and purpose of our
work.
Mr.. Atkinson tells me he thinks you
viii cooperate with us in the work, and
If you and our friends in your State will
do so will vouch that there shall be no
contest over the result of the election
in your State in 1892.
Any assistance you may render Mr..
Whitehead that will be of service to him
| IN the prosecution of his work will be
highly appreciated by me and the
friends of the enterprise here
have given Mr.. Whitehead letters
similar to this TO Mr.. j. ID. Hewett, Col.
j. S. Mclean and w. s. Edwards. of
your State, all of whom / sincerely hope
will cooperate with us in the good work.
Yours very respectfully,
ID. MCD. LINDSEY.
| sent you a letter of introduction
some weeks ago from Mr.. Atkinson.
| LINDSEY GETS ANXIOUS.
| About the 14th of September White
! head arrived 1T Charleston, w. Va, and
went TO work with zeal worthy of a
better cause. Lindsey was evidently
very anxious for the success of his
scheme, and on the 10th of September
sent Whitehead the following supple
mental letter of instructions:
| WASHINGTON, ID. c., Sept. 16. 1890.
j. B. Whitehead, Esq, Charleston, w. Va. ::
/ have thought of thousand and one
things i wanted to say to you since you
left for West Virginia. Don't forget to
see Mr.. John Cooper. ! think you will
| find in him good friend and one who
can and will be of service to you.
! You can talk unreservedly TO him. and
| want you TO be guided by his advice.
And, for Gods sake, be careful to whom
you show the letters you have in your
| possession: be sure your man is all right
and that he is perfectly reliable and safe
| in every way. Also see Mr. j. ID. HeW-
EFT, OF Bramwell; w. $. Edwards. of
| Charleston, and James S. Mclean, of
| Winfield-you have "a letter from him.
which l gave you with the other letters.
| Our West Virginia friends say that they
are all reliable and can be trusted.
Don't show your letters 10 any
but these and those they recon-
mend to you. Now, Johnny, act
cautiously, and remember that you
have a matter of great i'm
portance in hand, and upon your action
depends In great measure the success
or failure OF the enterprise. BE par
| ticular how you talk and to whom you
| talk. And for my sake and your sake
and the sake Of our friends don't touch
one drop Of intoxicating liquor of any
kind or character. l am not afraid of
| your getting drunk and making an ass
OF yourself, for this know you will not
do, but a single drink often causes a
man TO say things that he forever re-
grets. The only safe way Is to touch
not, handle not and taste not the dam
nable misunderstanding stuff.
80 expect to leave here soon for Con-
necticut. will advise you of my go
ling and when TO write to me. We will
have to stir pretty briskly, for | want
TO have not less than two thousand good
men in both West Virginia and Con-
necticut within the next eight months
and then we will turn our attention to
Indiana. We have six months longer
TO operate in Indiana than we have in
West Virginia or Connecticut;-that will
give US eight months TO work I'm that
State, and within that time we must
place four or five thousand there. While
we will have TO take the bulk Of those
we carry TO West Virginia to the Third
district, / am exceedingly anxious to
! place three or four hundred in each Of
the other districts to help cut in a Con
gressiOnal way. So do your best TO
find homes for this number ia each dis.
triCt.
Push the work, keep moving and
keep me posted. Act discreetly and
promptly aud ali will be we'll Yours
very respectfully,
y. Med. LINDSEY.
Whitehead was very energetic, and
covered a good deal OF ground IN the
next few DAYS Under date Of Gaptarn-