The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-12-01

ty to perpetuate itself by political per-
or legislative enactment
alone"
HEREFORD WAKING UP.
The Murfreesboro Index gives the
proceedings of mass meeting held in
Winton last week in which strong
ground was taken for white supremacy.
While two weeks after the election is
a little late for our Hartford Democrats
to wake up, when they did come they
came with a meaning. A committee
appointed to draft resolutions reported
the following which the meeting unan-
imously recommended to be embodied
in bill which tho next Legislature
will be asked to pass for good old Hert-
ford:
Be it resolved by the white people
of Hertford county in mass meeting
assembled on the 21st day of Novem-
Der, 1898:
l. We do not want any law to work
the public roads of the county by tax
alton, but we think the Commissioners
of the county ought to be empowered
to furnish timber for the bridges at
their discretion.
2. We do not want any free public
ferry established in the county other
than those already in operation unless
by a majority vote of the Board Of
Commissioners which Will be organized
under an act to be passed by the next
General Assembly.
3. We want the Office of County
Treasurer re-establlshed in this county
4. We want the Offices of Sheriff
and Tax Collector separated and a Tax
Collector appointed for each Town.
ship.
5. We want the Criminal Court fol-
this county re-established with full
criminal Jurisdiction.
6. We want B. B. Winborne for
Judge of said Criminal Court.
Z. We want George Cowper Solici
tor of said court.
8. We want the Judge and Solicitor
of said court to be appointed by the
General Assembly.
9. We want the other offices of SAID
court appointed by the Judge of sale
court or by some authority represent
ing the white people of Hertford coun
ty.
10. We want our county affairs
including the public schools-to b,
managed by true and efficient whit.
men.
IL. We want all vacancies in coun
ty Offices filled by the resident Judg'
of the First Judicial District or by TIT
Judge of the Criminal Court OF Hert
ford county, except as provided by tn
| Constitution other than Art. Z.
IL. We want the Election Laws o
North Carolina SO changed as to guar
antee to the white people of the coun
ty and State an honest, economical
white mans government for the age
to come.
Is. We want our public school
managed and controlled by good, homes
white men.
The white people of HEREFORD coun
ty, in mass meeting assembled, do here
by proclaim their emphatic and public
condemnation of the acts of certain
white men, so called, who during tn
recent exciting political campaign II
North Carolina, gathered the colore'
voters together in negro school house
at night and endeavored to incite then
to acts OF violence against the whit
people. Such acts, under the cover o
darkness aud during the excitement in
cident to such a political compalgn a
the last one, cannot but tend to tn,
destruction of the peace and harmon,
of communities and were a menace t,
the white people. Some Of these agits
tors are known, and we hereby serv
notice upon them and all others guilty
of such perfdious acts that the peopl
of this county will no longer submit t.
such conduct and hereafter will hol'
them to strict accountability to al
outraged public sentiment.
AN ENTERPRISINGD DRUGGIST.
There are few men more wide awak