The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1898-10-06

colored child. their niece. heard them.
and ran away from the house to pre-
vent being taken away. She went to
the drug store. told AIR. Gaskill that
she did not want to go with her uncle
buA.n6m,Gae to remain with him. Mrs.
GscVl the two negroes that the
child had left the premises. and that
she did not know where she had gone.
They seemed to doubt her word and
demanded that they be allowed to
search for their niece. Thls was re-
fused.
WARRANT FOR A WHITE WOMAN.
This enraged the negroes, and they
went to a negro magistrate, w. ii.
Green. NEo runs q negro barber shop
in Five Points, the most diSreputa bic
part of Newborn. and sWore out a war
rant for the arrest of Mrs. Gaskiu,
charging her with abducting the negro
child and placed it in the hands of J.
p. Stanley. negro constab e This
negro ConSta BE went to arrest Mrs.
Gask'H. but she saw him approaching
and He'd from her home to neighbor's.
When the tria- come OF, in dirty
negro barber shop. Mrs. Gasllill was
represented by counsel VINO waived
examination and proposed to give any
bond that micht he fixed fur her APP
pearance. \ negro lawyer present ad-
E.Sed tEe mas s,rate u at -, Is tlaSkIil
should be personally lfCc If court,
and the fact that she was not present
vas plainly in contempt of his court.
The magistrate demanded that Mrs.
Gaskill be brought into court Her
, lawyer. who had lost all patience by
his time with the crowd for their
manifest determination to humliate
this highly intelligent and respectable
white woman FOR no reason in the
world, minated to the court that the
white people of Newbern had tolerated
such things as long they would, and
that if the negro officer was sent to ar
rest this lady and force her into his
disreputa BILE court he would not under
take to be responsible for the conse-
quences. This inundated the negroes
and bond was accepted for Mrs. Gas
kills appearance at court. where the
case against her was discharged with
out hearing.
ADDITIONAL 0UTRACES.
The New b I'm Journal of this morning
ing prints the following. which l have
taken the pains to verify. These stories,
as brutal as they are, are true in
community is becoming threadbare
under these repeated insults, assaults
and outrages at the hands Of negro of
ficialS and others.
No arrests We're made in either of
these cases, and the perpetrators of
to repeat their cowardly insults.
Should the white people be able to Sc
cure the names of tnese negro fiends a
summary punishment will doubtless be
administered. The Journal of Septem-
Der 9TH says:
HOW WAS THIS?
"One day last week, a young lady of
this city, returning home on one of
Newbern's public streets, came to
where three young negro men stood on
the sidewalk in such a way as to OBJ
struct the way. They made no effort
to move so as to let her pass.
mo white man was within seeing
distance The intention of the negroes
was probably to compel the young
ing with reluctant feet, where the
stream and river meet, 10 pass be-
tween them. She chose to leave the
walk in order to pass around them.
AS she did so, and reached a point
opposite the three negroes one of the
brutes. seeing what he considered
airs in the young lady. stretched out
and slapped her in the face
She reached her home as quickly az
possible and told what had occurred.
TO make the matter more appalling if
possible, the young lady is an orphan.
and has no natural protection Is there
white man in North Carolina VINO
does not wish he was near when the
blow was struck?
AND THIS, TOO
Some days previous to this a young
lady OF this city, walking on Trent
river bridge, had an experience that
brings tears of anger to her eyes when
ever she remembers it.
Trent river bridge will be paid for
mainly by the people of Craven county,
The negroes will have the main benefit
of its use. They seem to think that,
IKE the court house and public build
ing and other places. it is their.
The young lady mentioned is one of
the ioveliest of Southern woman hood.
Dressed in white. she stepped upon the
Trent bridge to walk out short dis
lance, to feel the cool breeze that usual
~ passes up the river. Passing a negro
woman, she was startled by the woman
walking close to her and thrusting the
point OF an umbrella into her side. She
walked little farther. and. turning to
go nome, she again encountered the
black Wench. who again did the same
thlns. saying, oh, you think you are
fine
JNO. P. KERR