The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1894-04-05
GOING INTO POLITICS,
The oolorea People OF Columbia Hold a

Sea 10. -. -rr.,A Moeting.
COLUMBIA, s. O., March ,eA Tho
negroes 1of the city met to n,oht l., = ttio ho
Cooper g Taylor Hall to sdont % eome S"o
action looking towards taking q bon4 40
tne coming municipal general electIo,,
Ihere was an attendance of abont a ~"
hundred men. juno 8. Moblev. who is1
sued the call and inaugurated the n,eus,
ment, called the meeting to order and
stated the object of the meeting. Tha
Rev. Il. j.. Hart, was elected permanent
chairman. gather from the Convention
that the negroes intend to see exactly
what strength they, can develop on the
registration books, and then if thew deem
such strength sufficient they will place a
ticket in the field againts the regularly
nominated Democratic ticket.
They appointed the folllng committee
OF three from each ward, whose duty it
shall be to 60 from house to house and
sec that overy. Colored voter registers:
Ward l. James Robinson, Cyrus Ais.
ton and Noah Johnson: Ward 2, G. +.
Holmes, Henry Johnson and Abram
Moore: Ward 3, l. j. Miller, J. S. Mob
10y and r. E. Hart: Ward 4, j. l..
Simons, E. B. Thompson and Alexan-
der Coultry.
This committee is to keep one man at
each registration place aud complete
list of every colored voter who registers
is to be kept and the voting strength O
the negroes thus secured in advance.
A committee of ono from each ward
was then appointed as below whose duty
it shall be to decide after duo delibera-
tlon whether the negroes should place q
tull ticket of their own in the Geld or
support certain mon of the Democratic
ticket, or support this whole ticket or do
something else. They decided, no mat
ter what this committee thought best, to
use their whole voting strength as q
writ. This committee will meet on
Monday evening next at 6 o'clock at
the chairman's residence, to decide upon
some course Of action.
The committee consists CT r. T.. Avery
from Ward l, DR.. g. g. johnson from
Ward 3, the Rev. j. II. johnson from
Ward 2, aud j. l.. Simons from Ward 4.
The other committee will meet on
Wednesday night next, aud the two
committees will then call another con-
vention. The attention Of the negroes
! was called to the fact that only certili-
certes secured in the next few days
would be Of use in the election. Hart,
IN speech, told the negroes to remem
ber that they were not seeking Offices
but measures. There were no offices to
be secured. Tue call meant business, TO
think more and say less. He said their
move meant chapter in the history of
their lives.
June Mpbley, the originator Of the
movement, in his speech said the pegroes
had been asleep. He had looked over
the situation and he had come to the
conclusion that it was suicide to them =
selves and children to remain asleep.
He had noticed The rules of the people
in power who cared nothing for them but
their labor. He wanted everybody to
know that June Mobley was not satisfied
with the Government as it was. He
had prayed, and then he felt it was his
duty to 60 to every man and catch him
by the sh builder aud make him. They
had been gong backward. He said John
Gary Evans had won his applause by
saying that no race was any race was
at all unless it participated IN politics.
The great need OF the race was 70 think.
We are not here to defeat the present
nominees, but we want some show in
the Government and went to let all
know that we are dissatified with the
past Government. He said that it
the duty of the colored people to pay of
ministers who would not lead them to
the ballot-box as we'll as to heaven. He
had nothing to say against Mr.. Sloan.