The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1898-11-18
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off quietly, but the day following
citizens of the city held meeting
passed resolutions demanding that
negro editor Manly, who wrote in b,
paper, the Reeoyd, the slanderous ane
defamatory article against the "Pool.t :
white women" of the Slate, should
leave and that the publication OF his
paper be suppressed.
These resolutions were submitted to
a committee of colored citizens and
an answer was demanded by 8 O'Clock
the next morning. No reply having
been received at the time agreed upon
Thursday morning body Of men,
400 or 500 in number, marched to
the Retoy4 office and demolished the
outfit, the building being fired in the
mean time 1t is said it was not the
intention of the committee, headed bs
| COL A. M. Waddell, to burn the
property and that this was the work OF
irresponsible persons. Be that as it
may the building and contents we're
burned and the editor fed the city to
save his life.
But this was not to be the ending.
A terrible race war was precipitated
and as a result II negroes we're killed
outright and as many more badly hurt.
One white man WIS killed and three
or four others were gounded.
Six or eight aymore of the ring
leaders among (he negroes we're
arrested and pr b jail and it looked
as if they wo0 be .lynehed' But
Mayor Waddell y a strong guard to
protect them ana later they were re-
leased and ordered to leave the State
for their own and the States good.
This they were only too glad to do, 1t
need not be stated,
Several other objectional characters,
both white and black, we're made 10
leave and never show their face in Will
mington again upon pain OF being
hung or shot Among these were
Geo. L. French, notorious carpet
Dagger, who was acting sheriff; trial
justice R. H. Bunting; and J. r.
Melton, chief of police. Two negro
lawyers, Scott and Henderson, one
negro preacher, the negro editor
Manly and about half dozen Others
are among the "dispersed abroad,
and it is reasonable to suppose they
/. will give Wilmington wide berth
hereafter.
The firing upon the white men and
wounding of one of their number by
negro as the crowd was returning
from its mission of demolishing the
Retoya office, brought on the trouble
which resulted in so much bloodsbed.
This was the signal for the real con-
nict and it swiftly followed. Two
negroes were instantly killed and in
the riot which followed nine Others
shared similar fate while as many
more received wounds of more or less
serious nature.
This outburst, when it partially sub
sided, W followed by a complete
sss4-.s.se3 Senvs6sAgpen6 IN - day
The Republica gayor resigned and
Col. A. M. Waddell was elected in his
stead. Then the city officers resigned
one at time and each place was fillec
by Democrat. This was continued
until there was change in the entire
city government Those in Office
: saw that the forbearance of the Whit
people was at an end; and so the,
gave up their places to more compe
tent men,
; Meanwhile troops from Maxton
Kinston, Clinton and other places ha'
been ordered by the Governor to re
, pair to Wilmington to help preserve
the peace. Special policemen wer'
appointed in large numbers and vlgo
rous efforts were made to restore ordel
and quiet.
Mayor Waddell Immediately after hi
election set about bringing order out o
chaos; and SO we'll has he succeeded tina
the place where terror reigned a weel
ago is now orderly and men arr
going 10 and fro at their business a
though nothing had happened. Hen
derson GELD Leaf