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

men and one negro-a preacher. ar Of
tice-hcldng politician. He. and lie
alone, voted for acquittal. While the
iurv was celebrating Cicero tied the
court and forfeited his bond. which was
secured by a mortgage ON his home lie
was afterwards captured i'll Norfolk,
Va and tried again here al the May
term of court of this year He was
convicted ana sentenced ro
one year at the county work house
After the grand jury had ADJOURNED on
SATURDAY. of the same term OF cor.rt. Il
Was announced that Cicero mad escaped
from iail. The jailer, IA negro, that
mon ming sent Cicero's breakfast To him
by a small negro boy. lie locked the
boy in the cell and took his own time
about escaping. lie is sun at iarSe
This same negro jailer - chairman vi
the Republican party of his county. lie
is the boss dog. Here Is d case OF j
thief being elected by the vote Of tie
Republicans and Hopulists to ba con-
ST. bic of a country township; a case u
a jury being hung by the one negro On
1t, because d negro Was on ulal, q case
of gross negligence on the rarl ot :.
neGro official-all in one. In l>'6 tie
Republicans of the county elected
Champ Page Ia negro drayman). ,nro-
ner. but he could not give the bond 10
Quired.
board of education OF this county. lie
was elected by the Republican-rupu-
list board of county commissioners
In each township there are ivy" ~
grorS on the school committee. Thev,
are: Windsor school district, No. /. q.
r. Cherry and Primus OUTLAW. Merry
Hill school district. NO. 2: a. T. Wilson
and George Holley. Whites school
district No. 3: John A. HALEY AID
Willie Cobb. Colerain school district
No. /: +. q. Lane and =. Ii. Morris
Nutchelle school district, No. 3: Wright
Cherry and w. A Askew. R"Aab !
school district. N. 6: X. f. Bush ana
John Urquhart, woodville school dis
trict. No. {: Legis Duggan and J. T.
Williams. Snake Bite school district
No. s: J. J. BoZeman and Dorsey II.
Cherry. Indian Woods school district.
No. 8: Isaac Bond and Harry SmaI-
wood
NEGRO POSTMASTERS.
BERTHE has but few white postma STEERS
The negroes are gradually falling into
the few offices that remain. Emma
Wynne was appointed postmaster at
PoWellvill@, tniS county, and her broth
er Luke, was made her assistant Luke
could not stand the pressure. He brohe
open letters and stole the money from
them. He was arrested, tried and con-
victed at the December term of Federal
Court. at Raleigh. in 1897, and SEN
fenced to the Federal prison. one F
w. Bennett. another negro, was at
once appointed in the place of Emma
Wynne. who was allowed to resign for
some reason.
At CoIerain postoffioe, D. W. White.
coiored. was appointed He gave a
bond that proved to be insolvent and
hence had to get out. In his place
George ASkew, cOlOred. was offered the
appointment and refused it and it was
then given to the daughter of the
Plitchard Populist chairman of the
board of commissioners
Other negro postmasters in the coun-
ty are: Cahaba. J. c. Williams; Lewis
ton. d. w. Baker; Kelfsrd, FRANK
Clark: Drew. D. II. Cherry: Quitzna, f.
j. Ryan; Merry Hill, Isaiah Mebane,
and Windsor, l.. 7. Bond.
Ben Askew is the negro jaler in
| PRODUCED elsewhere in this story. He i.
also chairman of the Republican c0un-
ty executive committee.
MORE HONEST 90 ELECTIONS.
The following negroes were tried at
the fall term of court, 1897, and plead
guilty in this county on the charge Of
Illegal voting: John J. Winston, Tur-
ner Thompson, Samuel B. Williams anC
~
lenged before the election but the Re-
pubican-POpuliSt registrar refused tC
allow the challenge Each of these ne
groeS gave an affidavit to the effect
that he had been told by politicians
that the Legislature had reinstated him
to citizenship 50 that it was legal for
him to vote.
NEGROES DEMANDING PLACE.
Fusion Was complete in this county
/ in
uliStS would not support negroes Tor
office the combine was able to keep down
! the negroes. They made a strenuous
effort to do so. And with this effort
put forth you see the number of ne
Sroes who got office. They are now
emboldened to demand more The Re
publican executive committee favOrs
fusion on the terms Of two years ago
d ticket OF white men. The mass OF the
negroes resent this and are demanding
that the race be given more places or
the ticket They are specially anxious
to send one of their race to the Legs
lature. They want to be represented So
| II IS death struggle with the Rep
! fop. combine to keep them in the back
ground. ON the goth of this month the
county convention of the Republicans
! meets. Congressman White and other
| leaders are billed to speak and Will
| urge fusion. They may carry their
point, but 1T Will only be done with the
! pl onIse of hundreds of offices, judge
ShIpS. road OverSeerS, clerks places,
ana what not, to the negroes Then,
700, the presence of a highly compe-
tent and Watchful clerk OF the Superior
Court IN the person Of Mr. W, l.. Lynn
2 Democrat has aided greatly to keep
a"Nn scandals. They hope to ret the
/ clerk office in this election. Then The
| 'brldle' will be off and every avenue
OF honesty and corruption trod by the
| hungry horde of incompetent negroes
eager for place and by the half dozen
Whlte men who are willing to Sink
Srn-r"spect to get place at the hands OF
the negro.
1 talked with DR.. Fl. v. Dunstan,
mayor OF Windsor; Mr.. T. Gillian,
banker: Mr.. J. Il. Nichols. merchant;
Mr. q. L. Mordre, merchant, and many