The semi-weekly messenger., 1898-10-25
WHITE MANS DAY
Thousands Of Democrats from Edge.
eombe. Pitt. Nash and Wilson Meet
I'm Tarboro-A Housing Convention.
4 strong Ticket Put Out

| eombe. Pitt, Nash and Wilson Wee
I'm Tarboro-A Housing Convention
strong Ticket Put Out
Tuesdays gathering in Tarboro wa.
the biggest political meeting seen her,
for man years. The crowd was esti
mated at 5000 white people It was
perfectly understood that Tuesday wa:
a white mans day and the negro was
not here. He was not expected tc
come. He was not invited to come, un-
less he were 10 vote with the white
man, and it was a fact that he did not
| come
Heretofore so much has been said
| about the negro in Edgecombe, that
1 would the whole state could have
| looked in on our people Tuesday.
| They would have seen a united demo-
cracy. They would have seen the
white man, cool and determined, that
come what may, the Anglo Saxon race
must and will rule this country. There
was no mincing matters among the
| people or with the speakers. 1t was
plain open talk that everybody could
| hear.
|
THE MASS MEETING.
| There were more white people in Tar
! boro than have ever been known in
many a day. They began to assemble
| the night before and by IL o'clock
dory %I1
! streets at least 5000 white men. They
were here from Nash, Martin, Pitt and
! Halifax counties. Every township in
the county sent a big delegation, but
Nos. 8 and 10 capped the climax. No.
| 10 sent the biggest delegation of all.
| The band was sent to meet these dele
| cations, and as they turned into Main
street at Hotel Farrar corner, hun
! dreds of buggies and teams, the en-
! thusiasm of all grew to white heat,
| as cheer after cheer went up from the
| spectators for Nos. 8 and 10 town
ships. The procession went all over
town, and for fully an hour yells such
as have never been heard here before,
rent the air, and the whole town
,, went wild with enthusiasm.
THE SPEAKING
Two large stands had been erected
| in the town commons, where the speak
| ing was to be- By II o'clock fully 1000
people had gathered around these
stands to hear the good cid time demo-
cratic doctrine. On the right of the
speakers stand were one hundred and
| fifty children and fifty young ladies
and gentlemen, who opened this occa-
sion with "My Country 'Tis Of Thee"
Mr.. B. F. Aycock, of Wayne county,
was the first speaker of the day. He
| spoke for an hour. He made a plain
honest speech, but one that went to the
hearts of all present. On account of
the weather the meeting was adjourn
ed, and Chairman Gillian announced
| that there would be speakers at the
| town hall and court house. Both
these buildings were filled to their ut
most capacity Mr.. F. M. Simmons
| spoke at the town hall, and Mr.. Ay-
cock at the court house. The speech
of the day was made by Mr. Simmons,
| the state chairman. He spoke for an
hour, which time was devoted to the
negro question of the day. He puts
| things plainly to the point, and
| throughout his speech he was loudly
cheered. He was in touch with his
audience, and made one of the best
| speeches l ever heard. He was at his
best and he threw his whole soul into
| his address.
| THE DINNER.
At / O'Clock dinner for 5000 people
was ready, and 5000 hungry people
went to work on it in earnest This
dinner was the old fashioned Edge
combe barbecue of eighty hogs.
| The county convention, or mass meet
| ing was called to order by Chairman
Gillian at o'clock. The convention
was for business and not for speech
making, and the following ticket was
| nominated:
| For sheriff, J. R. Harris.
| For register of deeds, B. F. Dawson,
| by acclamation.
For clerk, Ed. Pennington, by ac-
clamation.
For treasurer, J. W. B. Battle
For senate, DR.. R. H. Speight, by
acclamation.
For the house, S. L. Hart and Il. A.
Gillian, by acclamation.
For coroner, DR.. Harrell, by accla-
| nation.
For surveyor, John Howard, by ac-
| clamation.
For county commissioners, S. S.
Nash. E L. Daughtridge and w. S.
Crisp, by acclamation.
FEW REFLECTIONS.
| Did Tuesdays convention at Tar