The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-10-29
THIRD PARTY MEN WILD.

| Watson's Wild HArangues Bearing
Dang us Fruit.
The Augusta Chronicle prints the follow
ing heart-rsading story from Lincolnton.
| I. b. Hollinshead, the Chronicles travel
ing agent, and his brother. G. s. Hollins-
head came in laes night and brought the
news of Mondays inciden is in Lincolnton.
which they witnessed in person,
Monday was the first day of the fall su-
perior court In Lincolnton, and this, to-
| gether with the announcement that Tom
Watts n would speak broug t crowds into
Lincolnton. The third party ties were large
| ly in ne majority.
Owing to the illness OF Judge Hamp Nc
| Whorter there was no court and owing 10
| Mr.. Wats0n's nightmare IN Thomson there
was no speaking, so the C ovid was all as
| sembled around the stand in the grove near
town with nothing ~ do but talk politics
aud ''cuss" the democrats.
About noon a courier rode into town post
haste and announced with imaginative en-
bellishments that an ate npt 10 assassinate
Watson had been made at Thomson. 1t is
said that the scene which follow beggared
al description. The third partyites we're
wild; they we're furious. The democrats
laughed at the report, as the silly canard it
has SO painfully proved to be, but Just in
keeping with the excited, dstempered state
OF third party mind, and was too good an
opport nifty for putting iD-o practice the
Watsonisn policy of arming the negroes.
AIMING THE NEGROES.
So the negroes were armed! The third
partyitss will not even attempt to deny this
It was do @ openly and above Joard. Over
100 white men with guns, pistols and rifles
paFaded up and down the streets of Lincoln
ton. yelling ike Comanche India IS and
swearing vengeance on the dem lcrats
/ About the same number of negroes were
armed and could be SEN march, x around
with pistols sticking from their Ickets.
The town was in fever Of excitement
never known before in its history. In the
afternoon they mounted their horses and
started for Thomson, where they arrived
only to fiud the quiet little village picture
of peace.
One of the most outrageous incidents of
the day was the statement made to the
crowd, already furious, by a Baptist
preacher named j. NJ. Hudson, who is a
white man.
lie said that If the report was true he
was in favor If taking up arms there and
then, ana
SHOOTING DOWN THE DEMOCRATS
wherever they saw them. This infamous
assertion was heard, and will be vouched
for, by Mr.. Carpenter, local editor Of the
Liucolnton NelCS, who is a man Of unques-
Jionable integrity.
r. T. Cuilans, sheriff of Lincoln county,
aud third partyite not only made no effort
to quiet the distracted people, but was in
sympathy with the movement. News
reached the populist crowd at the stand
that their men were about to have a diff
Gully with the democrats in the town. A
delegation Immediately came into the city,
yelling and shouting, to join the fray. Con-
spcuous among them was the third party
sheriff evidently intent on reaking rather
than keeping the peace Raising his club In
the air he was heard to shout
cd On 'ER, LET FER ROLL"
The mob seeing that the sheriff was with
them, was boisterous and yioleat in the ex-