The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-11-25
HEREFORD AROUSED
White Men of the County
Hold Enthusiastic
Meetings.
REFORMS ARE DEMANDED
THE BASE CONDUCT OF FUSION
lists DENOUNCED IN PLAIN
ENGLISH.
REFORMS ARE DEMANDED
NO MORE NEGRO RULE OVER WHITES
The Fusion Officials Recently Elected in Hert-
ford See the Inevitable End Even
Before They Qualify.

Winton, n. c., Nov. 24.-(Special.)-
The large number of white men which
assembled in the court house at Winton
today at the call of the chairman of the
County Democratic Executive Commit
tee was Indicative of their determined
purpose to remove forever the dreaded
fusion incompetency and misrule in this
county.
This is one of the few counties that
by reason of the aid of Il few so-called
white men remained under the control
of tbe Re-pop-licans. Yet this meeting
has cooled their arder and their dreams
of ayarice have been rudely disturbed
nv the shouts of white men declaring
their avowed disipproval and in no I'M
mistakable terms making known their
wants and the necessary requisites Tor Il
white mans government in this county,
with the abundant assurance that such
will be cheerfuly granted them by the
next General Assembly.
For this purpose the meeting was call
ed as was made known by Hon. Il. Is.
Winborne, executive chairman, and the
existing state of affairs in the county
and briefly outlined remedial course
were ably presented by him.
s. NJ. Aumack was made chairman
and on escorting him to the chair, W. +.
Taylor very truly remarked that he
had the honor of presiding over the best
body of men ever assembled in Hartford
county
A committee was then appointed to
draft resolutions making known the
wants and purposes of the white people
of the county and to report the same
10 this meeting for their approval and
adoption. During their absence in re-
Spouse to calls several speeches were
made. among them j. III. Picot and our
Senator-elect, the Hon. George Cowper.
On their return the committee report
ed the following resolutions, which were
read and then taken up one by one and
unanimously passed. There was discus
sion only upon one point-the words
lagos to come" some insisting that it
should be forever"
BE it resolved by the white people
of Hartford county in a mass meeting
assembled on the Dist day of Novem-
ber 1898:
q. 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.
80 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.
So We want the office of County
Treasurer re-established in this county.
4. We want the office of Sheriff and
Tax Collector separated and a Tax Col
lector appointed for each township.
5. We want the Criminal Court for
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 Solicitor
of said court.
-. We want the Judge and Solicitor
of said court to be appointed by the
General Assembly.
80. We want the other officers of said
court appointed by the Judge of said
court or by some authority representing
the white people of Hartford county.
10. We want our county affars-in-
Guiding the public schools-to be man
aged by true and efficient white men.
I'll. We want all vacancies in county
offices filled by the resident Judge of
the First judicial District or by the
Judge Of the Criminal Court of Hert-
ford county, except as provided by the
Constitution other than Art Z.
10 We want the Election Laws of
North Carolina so changed as TO guar
antee to the white people of the county
and State an honest. economical white
mans government for the ages to come.
''13. We want our public schools man
aged and controlled by good honest white
men.
THE white people of Hartford county,
in mass meeting assembled, do hereby
proclaim their emphatic and public CON
demnation of the acts of certain white
men so called, who, during the recent
exciting political campaign in North
Carolina, gathered the colored voters to-
gether in negro school houses at night
and endeayored to incite them to acts
of violence against the white people.
Such acts. under the cover of darkness.
and during the excitement incident to
such a political campaign as the last one.
cannot but tend to the destruction of the
peace and harmony of communities and
We're a menace to the lives and property
of the white people. Some Of these
agitators are known. and we hereby
serve notice upon them and all others
guilty of such perfdious acts that the
people of this county will no longer sub
mt to such conduct and hereafter will
mold them to strict accountability to an
outraged public sentiment
bill was then ordered framed en-
bodylng the resolutions and all other
things incident to placing the county
affairs In the hands of the white people,
and committee was appointed TO go
before the General Assembly and aid
Hon. George Cowper in securing its
early passage
1t was an enthusiastic business-like