Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1898-08-25

ter out so, 900 volunteers. May 1t
please Heaven that these useless
encum brances of the 3rd Kegi-
rent N. G, Volunteers be the
first to be mustered out. Cotton
will soon be ready to pick, sweet
potatoes are growing in the hills,
these are their duties. The white
manhood of North Carolina with
a Democratic Governor calling to
arms would stand at the head of
the sisterhood of States in re-
spending to the call of duty. This
regiment is the only one in the
United States commanded by COL
ored officers. The result speaks
for itself.
Wilmington Star.
Probably the most disgraceful
of all the shameful incidents that
have distinguished, for scandalous
arrogance and insolence the pres
ent Russell I-Republican negro re-
gime IN Wilmington and New
Hanover county, was brought to
light yesterday afternoon in JUS
tice R. II. Bunting's court when
Edward Bryant, colored, one of
the numerous New Hanover negro
deputy sheriffs, was bound over
to the next term of the Circuit
Criminal court to answer the
charge of assault with a deadly
weapon upon Mr.. D. K. Furch,
conductor on the Wilmington
Street Railway.
The evidence was to the effect
that Deputy Sheriff Bryant board
ed the Princess street car going
toward the Seacoast depot and
Mr.. Furch was conductor in
charge. He came to Bryant on
his round collecting fares. Bry.
ant told him that he had no ticket,
no money and no transfer, but
that he was going to ride on the
car. Mr.. Furch told him that be
could not ride unless he paid his
fare. AS soon as he finished get
ting fares Mr.. Furch returned to
Bryant and told him that he must
hand over his fare or be put of
the car. By this time they had
gotten some distance up Princess
street. He also signalled the mo-
torman to stop the car. About
that time Mr.. Furch noticed 8
street car transfer in Bryant s
hand, and said, "why don't yor
give me that transfer and stop al
this trouble? There it is in your
hand!'
/ Finally Bryant handed over the
transfer and said that he was only
Joking with the conductor. Mr..
| Furch told him that 1t was a very
poor way of joking and that he
had no time to be bothered in thai
way. Bryant became abusive
first calling the conductor {
d--n fool and then applying ont
) of the vilest epithets that the Eng
; lish language affords. In this
time the car bad reached the cor.
ner of Princess and Ninth streets
where on account of defectiy,
. switch, two cars met and exchang
, ed passengers. Mr.. Furch hat
just told Bryant that he mus
: shut up or get off the car. HI
(Bryant) sprang down from ths
car and drew a policeman's billy
which he said he would maui h
out of the conductor with ant
whip any body who came at him
eff l can't whip you with that, ,
said he, 81 will with this" ant
he drew from his pocket a pisto
! and thrust it into Mr.. Furch'
face.
3 The warrant against Bryant wa
5 first sworn out in Justice McGow
e ans court, but Bryant got an ink
3 ling of the movement which wa
Il on foot and went before Justic
: Bunting and had himself arrested
Deputy Sheriff Ashe, colored
served the warrant and, after tn
n trial, went on his bond for S.
i for his appearance at the Crimins
Court in October. Bryant wi
y continue to serve as a deput
d sheriff.
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