The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-06-08
The Apostle of Social Equality
Fully Exposed.
HIS WITNESSES REFUTE HIM
sIFCH MEN AS CAPT CAPEHARI
AND L. BLACKNALL WRITE
BUSINESS MEMS STATEMENT
Ar. o, w. g acknall, a Patriotc anu
Conservative Man, Sums Up the
Whole Matter Without ras-
sion or Rejudice.


To the Editor: l desired notihhs inole
eban that Hawkins should deny anu CIV
mo the opportunity to subsIah'ia'e w
.hargas that ] nave made. Surei! ho'i
s,,nre can be required than that l
.honId refute him out of the mouths Vi
r., ou-p witnesses, gentlemen OF the place'
-oar,v all merchants who, he CONSIDERS
80 favorable to himself, and VINO ne
g.. r,;von as references as to his business
reliability.
WHAT HIS WITNESSES SAY.
The declaration drawn up by one Vi
and signed by eleven of the geh'ieihen
whose names he uses as relerehee =,
branding his plan in regard TO the ra,i
rosd waiting room as IAN unhistahau y.
md irrevocable step towards the apoii-
ZION of all race distinction" and addlns
that II "would further the establishment
ar that social equality he claims 70 not
IN anv way desire or care for. Inns Is
che oninion conservatively expressed ps
xhe very men he appeals to for vihoica-
zion and on the vital charge mace
,paipst him. charge he does not, De-
cause he cannot, deny.
His credit at the stores of the village
so something wholly foreign to the mat
.or in question. If his credit was ever so
Soa u would be something with which
+ha neonIe of the State have no concern
am not arraigning Hawkins the man.
hut Hawkins who as virtual mead OF the
1y;ttreIl Institute is exerting the innu-
ance his position gives him to ends
which the white people who sustain nun
vould not approve or countenance.
Even if so inclined / am far too busy
. man TO waste time in attacking any one
from spite or malice, or for any other
oause except one of great moment ana IN
which am impelled by strong sense OF
duty
AN INTRUDER AND TRESPASSEk.
will saw also that / was a friend 10
the Kittrell Institute while under the
charge of Coins, whose influence was IN
trutb exerted to promote peace ana mar
monv between the races. As soon as
am convinced that its spirit OF agrees
Fyeness against the right that every true
white man values more highly than ne
does his life, | will be its friend again.
shaIl be it's enemy as long as IT'S primer
nal can insult a white minister or the
C,ospel seeking to protect he's wire from
Intrusion. For it is not the man standing
within his rights and within the law, but
the intruder and trespasser, the man VINO
il where the law and custom says ne
must not be. that must beware OF WINCH
he says and does.
Few men are as little inclined as | am
10 exact subservience from the negro. I'M
politeness on his part / regard as l do
impoliteness on the part of any other
man. as something harmful only to him
who is guilty of it. 1t is only when he IN
yades or attempts to invade the right OF
the white race to remain socially separate
and distinct. that / resist him with all
the power at my command, and count not
the cost.
THE WAITING ROOM INCIDENT.
Tn regard to the recent invasion of the
white waiting room by the Institute stu
dents. / attached in my last no especial
blame to Hawkins in that matter, hut
only stated that he with the. ether au-
thorities was resent. Whether he was
there in the morning, as he acknowledges,
or in the afternoon, or whether he was
there at all in person or not, Us not or
the least moment. His spirit and infiu-
ence was present and active. The same
spirit that prompted him by a personal
letter to the superintendent to seek the
abolition of all race distinctions in the
railroad waiting rooms at Kittrell, the
same spirit that prompted the social
equality speech and that to all appear
ances seeks to bring not his Wanted
~peace and harmony" but d;scord and
strife between the races.
The railroad agent at this place while
withheld by the usages of the road from
publishing a statement in any way APP
pertaining to the company's business I'M
til authorized by his superior to do so,
has made the following statement, and
his word is not to be questioned:
THE AGENTS STATEMENT.
Hawkins came to me on the morning
In question and asked that the white
waiting room be opened for the Institute
students. ! told him / couldn't do it; it
was against orders. He said, Open the
door and / will take the consequences"
This refused to do. 1t was then about
forty minutes to train time.
''At thirty minutes to train time, as is
the custom, / opened the door of the
white waiting room for any white people
formed that the students had gone into
the white waiting room / at once went
over and told them they must come out.
This they would not do. Hawkins was
then at the depot"
The agents assistant was present and
yerifies this statement.
Please compare this with Hawkins
emphatic assertion that he was eight
miles away when an order for the ne
groes to leave the white waiting room
was given and also his whole account of
the matter
HIS LETTER TO THE RAILROAD
SUPERINTENDEN
Hawkins touches very lightly on his
letter to the superintendent urging the
abolition of all race distinctions in the
Kittrell waiting rooms. AS manifestln2
the true spirit of the man this is the
point to be dwelt On. But for that letter
my communication would have never
been written The reason which he gives