Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-12-03
SOUTHERN RACE ISSUR,
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had little or no participation or ever
indirect interest in the business, trade
property or substantial condition o
these places.
This is not a mere assertion, but it il
fact readily established by specif,
instances which can be cited. and
think it is no more than simple justict
to the people of the Carolinas that theil
brothers of the north should look a
these facts and consider what they
would do under similar circumstances
Take, for instance, the city of Green
Vile, n. c., where the taxable proper
ty is $75O,OOO. The board of aldermen
levies the taxes and orders the expen
ditures. One of the Negro aldermen
pays "a cents in taxas another one 6;
cents the other two nothing. Th'
total taxes paid by the Negro alder
men are $l.47. The mayor, white
man elected by Negro votes, pays 4
cents in taxes. The Negro city clerE
pays no taxes, the policemen none
the night watchman none, the chief o
police 25 cents. The revenues of thi
town amount to SIS, 500, of which $2,S3(
goes to pay the salaries of these non
laxpaying Negro oficebolders. be
lieve it to be safe assumption to say
that 95 per cent. of the taxes are paic
by the white people.
The instances have cited is but ont
of great many throughout the state
and it would be simply a wearisom'
repetition to repeat these instances
The same abhorrent principle, or lscl
of principle, runs through all of them
namely, taxation without representa-
ton Negro direction and control o
widespread white interests, persona
and property. Not content with tax
ing possession of municipalities ant
appointing Negro justices and police
men, the Negroes seem inspired will
vindictive desire TO make their swa.
as odious and oppressive as possible t.
their white fellow citizens.
WHITE WOMEN IN TERROR.
But this Negro unrepresentative di
rection of property rights Is only tn
least Objectionable feature of Negr
rule. The real danger arises to tn
individuals, particularly the white wo
men and young girls. In some section
it is unsafe for a white girl or woman
to walk the road alone. I Travelled
over North Carolina during the recen
political contest, and on all hand
heard the reports of Negro lawlessnes
and outrage, which at least had be
come so bold and defiant that the whit
people, representing order, protection
to life and person and the purity o
womanhood, were aroused and unite'
as never before, and without referenc
to previous political afiliation.
The frequent assaults by Negroe
upon white women are a constan
menace and source of terror. No
long since I spoke to large crowd il
North Carolina. Among those presen
was an old Republican, who had beeI
the backbone of his party in that sec
ton. He was an old Confederate
soldier and a man of undaunted cour
age. 1t was the custom in that sec
ton at the close of a speech to call TO
converts. White men of all partie
were called upon to come forward ant
sign the "white mans union" Imad'
an appeal something like an old fash
ioned Methodist minister at a CAM
meeting for those who wanted "savinl
grace" to come to the mourners' bench
The old man Immediately came for
ward and made as thrilling an appeal a
ever heard. He started out by say
ing: 81 have been a niger for Il
years; but by the help of God 1 will b.
a white man the balance of my life
You people know how mean l hav'
been, and l ask your forgiveness. d.
you know what turned me? Well,
good woman did it. My nearest neigh
Dor was assaulted by Negro, and
white lawyer volunteered for his de
fense. My daughter put her arm
around my neck and begged me will
tears in her eyes to stand by the Whit
people. Her plea for the white wo
men was irresistible, and / promised
her then and there that would stant
by the white people in their fight to
white supremacy"
FELoNIoUs ASSAULTS INCREASED.
1t is impossible to describe a scen'
like this. He was big, rugged OLE
man, as brave as a lion, and when h'
announced that he was not afraid o
"Yankee troops" as he had tough
them under Stonewall Jackson, ant
was not afraid to meet them again i
sent down by President Mckinley
declaring he would not ask a mor'
glorious death than to die in defenc'
of the women of North Carolina, ant
thus expiate some of the wrong he hat
done, there was hardly dry eye il
that large crowd. The effect of sucl
an appeal was electrical, and ever!
man, without reference to politics
there signed the paper.
1 heard from reliable sources il
North Carolina that since the Negrt
rule began in the state, there had beer
20 felonious assaults of white womel
by Negroes, besides numerous at
tempts, and that every one of then
had occurred in a county under Negr'
government, and not single one il
counties under white rule. A Negr'
newspaper in Wilmington, N. c., at
tempted to justify all such assaults b!
an attack upon the virtue of the whit