The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1898-11-18
BLOODY RIOT m WILMINGTON
CITIZENS OF NORTH CAROLINA
TOWN TAKE PULL CHARGE.
NEGROES AND WHITES IN BATTLE.
Eight Deaths the Result-Nerro News
paper once Destroyed ny Com
mitieo % white Men.

mitteo % white men.
Following up their success at the |
polls, the white citizens Of Whining
ton, North Carolina, held a mass
meeting last Wednesday and appointed
committee Of twenty-five of the
leading business men TO wait upon
Aleck Manly editor Of The Record,
the colored newspaper which pub
hshed editorials derogatory to white
women, and ordered him to leave the
town within twenty-four hours and
take his newspaper outfit with him.
The time limit expired Thursday
morning without an answer from Man
ly, whsreupon the committee Of white
men repaired to the Office Of the Rec
ord, broke down the door and com
pletely demolished everything in the
Office. While the destruction Of the
outfit was going on some one set FIRE
to the building aud it was destroyed,
although il was not the intention to
use the torch.
The publishing house was destroyed
but the neighboring property saved
The colored editor, Manly, his broth
er and their associates fed and could
not be found hv the citizens.
After destroy 1g the printing house
the marchers returned to the armory,
where they had left a rapid-fre
machine gun, mounted in wagon, ready
to be dispatched to the scene if bat
tie should occur.
Riot in Another Section.
At 1890 o'clock the scene shifted to
another section of the city. Scarcely
had the marchers disbanded at the
armory before word was passed along
that 300 or 400 negro laborers of the
! great cotton compress had knocked of
work and we're assembling. The
armed men hurried to the river front
and took positions at the head Of the
7 streets leading to the docks. The
9 negroes gathered in groups Of 10 or
p. 20, huddled together and apparently
very much excited. They were soon
in a state of panic Their wives had
= hurried to them with reports that the
d whites were burning the negro quar-
d ters and were shooting the people, and
begged their husbands to come home
So the whole force quit work.
The white leaders endeavored Il
/. calm the excited men, told them NJ
harm was intended and advised tina
they return to work. There was nt
9 violent talk nor threats by the negroes
8 In all the disturbances the local au
al thorities made no show of asserting
"a themselves and not a policeman up
peared. The preservation of orde
>, was practically vested in the commit
IL tee Of 25. The rapid fire machin
le gun on wagon, manned by a GREY
n armed with Winchesters, was brough
"a down in front Of the pOstoflice, but Of
! the advice Of the leaders, was halte
% there.
IN AT 11:30 a. m. serious trouble oC
y. Cured in the First ward. Two whit
a. men and three negroes were killed
&c Llrge companies Of armed citizen
rushed to the scene. Near by cite
az were telegraphed to for help.
10 About 80 o'clock two white me
ed passing house were fired on. A dC
or tachment Immediately surrounned th
49, house and took away five negroes.
." was at first proposed to kill them o
oS the spot, but it was finally decided t
'e. put them in Jail. Another negro j
the house broke and ran. After Tr,
ceeding half a square he was sh,
"a dead
- City Under New Government.
A later special received from RaIeip
= states that Thursday night the city
by Wilmington was in the hands of ne
ay municipal government, and law al
bv order is being established. Thursdi
j. afternoon the board of aldermen r
" signed one by one. As each alderms
w. vacated, the remainder elected a su
ost cessor named by the citizens commi
ays tee, until the entire board was chang,
MS legally. They resigned in response
=, public sentiment The new board
~ composed Of conservative democrat
are citizens The mayor and chief of p
Jay lice then resigned, and the new boa
ass elected their successors, according
80 law.
Ex-Representative Waddell W
lor elected mayor and e. q. Parml
sly chief Of police. The first act of t
to new government was to swear in
No special policemen, chosen from t
most rp,,y1fo bta ,ybita oitigano TIL