Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-10-25
ST. GEORGES REGISTRATION
Republican Efforts to Save
Doubtful Negroes.
ALSO TO KEEP DEMOCRATS OFF
False Charges Against Young
First Voters.
The Latter, However. do Not Propose to
he administrative of the Iismtown
Rioters Arrested and Flned--A Promis-
Ing Young Horse Sold ut II Bargain.

Special Correspondence OF Gazette and Journal
MIDDLETowN, Oct. 22.-Howard JEFF
ferson, Rienzi Jefferson and "Chet"
Gibbs, three of the participants in the
Hamtown trouble the early part of last
week, have been arrested and sentenced
by Squire Ferguson to pay fine of SO
and costs. The charge was that Of dis
orderly conduct.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Eliason arrived
home from their wedding trip Saturday
evening and were driven to their future
home with the groom's parents on East
Main street. They werc welded last
Wednesday and have been visiting in
Wilmington and Philadelphia since thut
time.
There was an amusing incident at the
office of Registrar John A. Cleaver on
Saturday. Mr.. Joshua Clayton, the Re-
publican member of the board of regis.
trars, duputized relative of the same
political faith to bring Assessor Melton
before the board to identify a negro
who wanted to register under different
name from shat on his tax receipt and
furnished SAID relative written sum
mons which was to be handed to the
assessor with the probable hope Of put
ting an "oillcial" appearance TO his
action, The summons was served imme.
diately and in the course of an hour or
more the assessor went to the reglstrars'
office to learn just what was wanted. He
found that several Republicans wanted
him to identity negro US the one who
had been assessed under certain name,
which. as a matter of fact, Assessor
Mett'n, or no other man except one
with memory for faces that would en-.
title him to rank among the living
wonders Of the age, could possibly do.
The Republicans expect the assessor to
remember the names and faces of every
negro in the hundred, and this Is not the
first time he has been called upon to
identify some negro whom his Republi.
can friends have had trouble with in
getting him to tell his name the same
way twice. But still they want the as
SCISSOR TO identify man who he prob.
ably never saw but once in his life and
that was when he was assessed, when
the negro himself does not know his
| Christian name. This is but u sample
OF what 4 "rattled" condition the lie.
publicans Of st. Georges hundred find
themselves in.
Saturday was gala day for the De-
mocracy Of ST, Georges hundred, and,
according TO the report of the convict
list, number of the dusky adhorents Of
Republican principles shed their glory
in the eyes Of their stanch supporters
when their names were dropped from
tho registry lists. A number of heads
fell into the basket of disqualification
before the awful knife OF the registra-
ton board.
| But mean revenge was taken by
certain men who are anxious TO have
their names before the party of their
choice us having struck feeble blow in
defence of the party 10 which they claim
allegiance. Their method Of revenge
was making ailidavits against young
men who vote for the first time in
November and who they know are
entitled to vote, but they make this
feeble effort in hope of coercing them
out Of their franchise, simply because
they are employed at distance and
may not be financially able to come
home and make their defence. This
move will be met by the charge of
perjury, and the would-be politicians
prosecuted, III hope that they may be
taught Il lesson.
A cowardly assault upon young
man of this town by u Maryland tough
precipitated fight in the hotel yards
Saturday night, but the MiddleLown
boy knew enough to take caro- of him.
self, with the result that his assalant
received wall.merited thrashing. The
streets being crowded at tho time con.
siderable excitement was caused.
a promising young gilt,elge stallion
was sold 10 pay training expenses in
the hotel yard on saturday afternoon,
and the price brought, $55, was less
thnn half the bill against him. Ii. II