The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-12-20

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On motion, a copy of there minutes
and resolutions be sent to THE PRO
GREssIvE FARMER for publlcatIon ana
the Caucasian; the Wilmington Star,
MESSENGER. and Southport Leader are
requested to copy the same. Ad-
iourned.
ISAAC MmLIKEN, Chmn.
JOHN JENRETTE, Secy.
Stand aside Taminy. Give the board
of c~anvassers of Brunswick county a
chance-you can't hold them a candle.
If you want the Peoples party to come
out with a small MAJORITY, and the
Republicans stuck into a hole with the
head first, call on Brunswick's Board
of Canvassers. JOHN JENRETTE.
ANOTHER REPORT FROM BRUNSWICK.
Ell PARo, N. @.
Mr.. EDTToR:-On the 9Th day of
November, 1902, the pee pie of this
county were robbed, cheated and de-
frauded out their most sacred rights
and privileges. By whom? The
county commissioners paved the way
in the appointment of poll-holders; the
poll-holders by the appointment of
the board of canvassers, and the can
vassers by the merest pretext of differ
ence In the paper on which the ballots
we're printed. Now I want to say that
a majority of the board of county com
missiOners are or have been members
of the Farmers Alliance and are mem
bers of the church; a majority of the
poll-hOlders, board of county can
vassers and county candidates de-
clared elected are or have been mem
bers of the Alliance and are members
of the church. Now, Mr.. Editor, what
are we going to do about it? Can any
Allianceman, can any Christian, can
any honest man make himself a pGTtG
cepS crUmn1iS to this transaction by in
dOrsing or sustaining those who hare
thus robbed and cheated their neigh
bOrs and farmer friends9 Can our Sub
Alliances, can our churches afford to
longer fellowship with those who have
robbed us of our rights and privileges?
My countrymen, whether are we drift
ing? Stop, think, reflect where this
will lead us to. Turn about and change
a course that will eventually shipwreck
this country, this nation and the civil
cation of the nineteenth century.
Fraternally,
w. w. DREW.
THREE TOWNSHIPS THROWN OUR IN
NASH.
Mr.. EDITOR On the 10th day of No
vember, 1892, the board of county can
vassers of Nash county, of whom there
we're eleven, one from each township,
eight Democrats and three Peoples
party, met at Nashville for the pur-
pose of canvassing and counting the
votes. At the hour of IL o'clock all
were together in the court house. Law
renee Moss moved that Bone Demo
craft be made chairman of our board,
/ onH hu VTOjonG Of Loose YO01Ifhc IN Tho
house he was made chairman. The
next move was that Lawrence Moss
act as our Secretary. Loose mouths
made him secretary. With his assis-
tant secretary, the other ~canvassers
and myself constituted the board of
-canvassers of Nash county. The
Sherlffs election was so intensifying
that there were four lawyers employed,
two for the Democratic candidates and
two for the Peoples party candidates,
as / thought, to investigate an honest
election. Democratic lawyers moved
that three townships, viz: Ferrell's,
COOper's and Whitaker's, be laid aside
as contested townships, and anvass
the eight remaining, Canvassers for
Peoples party asked for the grounds
of contest but were not answered. The
chairman Of our board put to vote the
h1ONO h1CbNO OS COOIlSCl 1OI OGLlOCEdJS,
and their eight ayes passed it over our
three noes. After canva5sing the eight
townships, counsel for Democrats
claimed that the polls of the three con
tested townships were not open pre-
clE9ly at seven O'Clock and their regis
tration books were detective; that the
electOr gave his place of residence as
Ferrell's or COoper's instead of FerrelPs
township OF COOper's township, Nash
county, N. O., and his full name. Peo-
pies party counsel attempted to show
that two registration books of two of
the townships already canvassed were
defective in h same way that thOSe
three contested townships were. Demo
cratic COUNSEL objected to the opening
and showing of those books and claimed
that it was too late to make that a de-
fence, and asked the chairman to vote
us upon that question as to whether
Peoples party counsel should investi
gate those books or not. OF course the
eight Democrats out voted us. Demo
cratic counsel claimed that ~resorting
to these books hen was too late for a
defence. The Democratic counsel asked
the chairman to vote the board as to
whether the votes of those three con
tested townships were legal or not. 1
then rose and moved that as | was a
member of the board, that the board
examine the books from all the town
ships, and throw out every one found
defective, but the chairman and three
or four more of the board argued me
down in that. The chairman then put
to vote as to whether we should throw
out those three townships contested,
and eight Democratic votes three them
out. What does this mean? I now
appeal to the honeSs people of my
country, where is honesty? Where is