The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-10-25
4 FUSION BARBECUE
The Niger Gets His Rights
at a Jubilee.
fIE MAKES A DASH
AT THE BARBECUE AND GETS
THE LIONS SHARE.
DOWN AT MARSHBoURN'S MILL
The Most Disgraceful Scenes Ever Witnessed
at a Public Gathering in
Wake County.

The fusionists had barbecue n few
DAYS ago at Marshburn's mill in Wake
county.
Now. it is just about as difficult for
the fusionists to have a public barbecue
as it is for Radical Governor to hold
a public reception. Mr.. Niger knows
Just as soon as he sees n Russell recep-
ton or fusion barbecue announced that
he ought to be high muck-amuck, and
he wants to throw down the cotton bas-
ket ''dray de plow lines" put his mule
in the stable, grease his brogans, put
ON his Sunday "fxens' and make tracks
twelve inches long towards the recep-
ton or the barbecue.
For a week or so the negroes in Marks
Greek and Little River townships
have been looking with longing
eyes and smacking lips on the
circulars that in bold lines an
nounced the Jenkins jubilee with barbe.
cue '.trimmins' " to be held at Marsh
hourn's mills. and on Wednesday morning
last they marched to the mill in almost
a solid phalanx.
There were to be two things ut the
Jubilee in which Mr.. Niger was par
ticularly interested. He wanted to feast
those large eyes On the physiognomy of
their candidate for Congress. Jcems
Jonathan Jenkins, and they were par
tieularly anxious to work those ilipity-
flop lips around some great chunks of
that hog meat. and for days they had
been singing:
"Whire man goes to de butcher shop
Ter git dat ole sheep meat:
Niger goes to de butcher shop
Fer ter git dat hog dat's sweet"
AMI so Il cy went. iii: " saw 'hti
candidate. Jenkins and tnelr great h:
eyes fairly sparkled with delight, but
while their big eyes were sparkling
their big white teeth were almost chat
tering and those characteristic lips were
fairly watering for ham homes and spare
ribs and other hog products.
When the fusionists returned to Raj
eigh they reported big crowd-some
five or six hundred people, plenty to
eat and glorious time, and it is a
pity that these glorious reports should
all be knocked into confusion by later
authentic reports by eye witnesses of the
occasion. Mr.. Frank Ferrall came to
town yesterday, after having talked
with several people. black and white
who attended the Jenkins jubilee, and
from what they told Mr.. Ferrall no such
disgraceful scenes have ever occurred
at a public gathering in Wake county.
Mr.. FerralPs brother J. M. Ferrall. it
seems, was the master of ceremonies.
while Capt. John W. Smith was one of
the chefs of the occasion.
1.-THE master of ceremonies when eat.
inn ftyf,n T. L
Ferrall. mounted buggy and in ii
stentorian voice that echoed and re-
echoed away down the swamp. announc-
eed that there was plenty of barbecue
and other delicacies. including 're-
freshments." for everybody and all they
had to do was to forward march, in an or
derby, genteel manner and eat and drink
to their stomach's content.
They had two tables, one for the
whites and another about four times as
long for the negroes. Mr.. Niger heard
the order to charge, and he charged
lie made for meat wherever he spied
it. He ran over the tables, grabbed
han''c.--- I'D Great hoe cakes. They ran
over Capt. Jno W., swept his tray rs
clean as window pane and made for the
woods at two-forty gait. In three
minutes there was not a piece of bar
becue in sight as big as a raccoon oyster,
but all down the branch for half mile
or SO the mig and the pig were hav-
ing most harmonious time, fusing
without any difficulty, and that night the
nag and the pig lay down together, the
pig inside the mig.
The net result of the jubilee. it is said
by prominent men from the Eagle Rock
section. will be from 20 to % new white
Democratic votes.