The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-11-19
CAUSE OF THE RIOTS
IN NORTH CAROLINA
Editor Manly Of the Record Tells
the Story Of the Recent
Trouble.
CAUSED BY HIS OWN WRITINGS
Wrote an Editorial Answering a
Speech by Mrs, FELTON, on
Negro Morals.
TAKEN UP BY The PRESS
He Claims Tint the Editorial Mould
Have Done No Harm Had Not
the White Press Distort-
cd the Facts.
TAKEN UP BY The PRESS

Asbury Park, Nov. ia. L. Manly,
editor of the Wilmington, N. c., Rec
ord, whose office was destroyed by
white citizens Thursday, is now at
Asbury Park with his b~rother-in-law,
iief. l.. N. Giles. lie fled from Will
1aington to escape probable lynching
Mt the hands of the mob, which had
sworn to have his life.
1t vas through an editorial in the
Record that the recent rioting in Will
lnington started, and the attendant
loss of life came about. When seen
Manley said that while he was per-
sectly willing to tell the story OF his
troubles as far as he himself was CON
cerned, there were some features of
the case which he could Tot make pub
lie at present, as the safety of others
might be affected.
Manley said the trouble all grew out
OF the fact that the much talked OF
editorial in the Record had been mis-
quoted by the press OF North Carolina,
and only part of it reprinted, with ed
%itorials tending to inflame the whites
of the south. This he said had been
done to scare the white voters for po-
litical effect. He did not seem to
think that the editors of the papers
which started the blaze of riot real
lied the harm which would follow the
articles printed in their papers.
The editorial which appeared in the
Record, Marley said, was called forth
by a speech made by Mrs. FELTON, be-
fore the agricultural society of Tyboc
Island, Ga, early in August.
During her speech Mrs. FELTON, said
that the money which was collected
for foreign missions could be spent mt
home to better advantage in educating
young white girls. She said that ow-
ing to the carelessness of the poor
white men of the south their girls
We're left the victims of colored men.
Then she spoke, according to Manley's
statement, OF the low moral standing
of the colored race. He says she adj
vocated lynching as the only means of
Graduating these evils.
lntlnmcd the People.
Manly's editorial inflamed n large
portion of North Carolina. Manly says
he did not intend to attack any class
or race, but simply wrote as he did TO
defend the DETAINED colored man.
IN this editorial Manly said: Poor
white men are careless in the matter
Of protecting their women, especially
on farms. They are careless of their
conduct toward them, and our expert
ence among the poor white people in
the country teaches us that the women
of that race are not more particular in
the matter of clandestine meetings
with colorcd men than are white men
with colored women. Meetings of this
kind go on for some time until the
moment of the %infatuation or the
mans boldness brings attention 10
them, and the man is lynched."
The very editorial from which the
above is taken was published on Au-
gust 1S. Manly says that for nearly
a week after it was printed nothing
was said to him about it by the resi-
dents of Wilmington or vicinity, and
his relations with them were of the
usual friendly nature until the white
press took up the matter nearly a week
later. From that they have attacked
him and his paper in every conceivable
way until at last he was compelled to
flee for his life.
When asked as to the present situu-
ton at Wilmington Manly said that as
he had been absent for several days he
would rather not be quoted as eN-
pressing an opinion m that subject.
When asked if he inteded to return
to North Carolina he replied that was
another question which he could not
answer at present. There were facts
connected with that part of the story
which might affect others and he
thought it would be best not to say
anything as to his future prospects.
Manly would not tell how much his
losses were at the hands of the mob.
All he would say was that he had lost
everything he owned in the world. He
had carried an insurance on his prop
erty, but he said there was no clause in
the policy which insured against the
fury of a mob.