Morning journal and courier., 1893-10-03
HATRED Foa NRGHoKS.
Some Hoosicr Towns where They
Never Appear.
lFrom The Indianapolis News

From the Indianapolis News
1, Is doubtful whether in the south or
anywhere IA the world there IS any place
bav!; su2h cordial hatred for the col
ortd RAGS ss the towns OF Salem, Washing
ton county, Utica, in Clark county, OF
Sc Ottsbarg aud Lexington In Sc3;t coun-
ty, Indiana. In neither Of those plAces
dOes a n-gro Tes'de, nor will the people
permit uEe to settle ihrre, even only 10
stay over night, ii they cau possibly pre-
vent II. Salem follows ths cxampls Of
the county In which IL IL located. ami a ne
gro passing through there hlEsys makes
haste to ga beyond Il boFders
Shortly sfter thu waT there WAS a large
negro se.tlemsnt ~ Salem. and some Of it's
members became qlite wealthy. notably,
an old mGn named Williams For some
reason Williams who had large deposits Ia
the Salem bank, drew on; bis money, con
sIstins of several thOussnd dIllarr, taking
Ii In gold On the night % the Withdrawal
he was shot down while Fear his home, and
the money stolen by thu murdsrers. I'm
mediat,-ly after this the entire coloIed pop
ula.iun was driven uuT. aad since then
none has been peruitt' to settle within
the borders of that comfy la this senti-
ment Of aversion TO the cOaOred rscs the
Washington county republicans seem TO
be equally as earnest az the democrats. In
fact, the last mau to attempt the employ
msnt of the negro was a democrat and far
mer, but no sooner hsd he located = negro
on his farm than tbs negro received notice
that he must move, and be fed in terT6r.
In the Scott county towns of lexington
and Scottsbu-g there has never been any
demonstration sSainst the CslOrei people,
but It is a well-knovn fast that no colored
people will settlo there, and If they do ST
tempt to settle there, they sre promptly
given TO understand that they are not
wanted There Is not negro in that
county. The town of Utica, in Clark coun-
ty, is probably Tie mcst rsSid in It's oppC-
sitIon to the coloyed race. Although there
are plenty of negr es in Clark, and close
I'D to tke borders of ths toTa OF Utics, on
the farms surrounding It, the town will
not permit a negro within It's corporation,
and as coon as the shadows Of night fall,
IL there were col0rsd man found on the
street or known TO be one in one of the
houses. he would Immediately be roughly
handled.
Not lsnz sso q party of gentlemen st
tended a public meeting and wss driven
from Jeffersonvllle to Utica by q colored
driver. The later wac CniS permitted TO
stay or scecuu' ut The wcil-LnoEn csgTac-
Ter IF tGe men whose conveyance he wss
driving. and they had 10 take him into the
house of citizen for cafe keeping. An at
tempt wss made not loDg ago to land an
excursion boat, which had on party of
colored psop!e who were on thsir way to
Watson, a email town a few miles beyond
Utica When tbs bCat lsBdsd the pilot
was pre- emptoT.!y ordered off with his load
of culored peopl., ard when be refused the
demand vas enforced by shower Of rocks
and leveTal s',.ls The boat pulled ont
prcmi,;ly; in feet, naus ot the passsngsTs
on board all of them coloIed had any desire
to land after IL" demonstration.