The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-09-29
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sohaol committeeman IN ell the townships
but three; / on Board OF Education, l
superintendent OF the Deaf. Dumb ana
Blind Asylum. assistant % the same IN
stltulion. chief fertilizer inspector Z
magistrates. ] janer. ] Ianitor OF county
courthouse. aldermen IN Raleigh and
several guards in the penitentiary. There
are also a number employed In the Fed
eral service.
Sampson county has Is school commit
tcemen and ) magistrates.
Chatham has 20 school committeeman.
union has magistrates.
The number OF negro Oifice-hoders In
some of these counties is small. and they
are nearly al east OF the centre line. but
they give pretty strong indication OF
what we may expect II the mongrel party
which has put these negroes In once
wins. n they make such a showing In
few years what may we not look for II
their marty triumphs and they get on TOP
again?
The sar does not mention the fact here,
but Il is a fact that many Of the police
iaen OF that city are negroes. There Is
also a negro newspaper In the city which
recently offered The grossest insult TO
the white women Of the community, and
the editor has been commended and lion
lied by negroes in other parts OF the State
for his infamous attack.
The city Of Newbern and the county Of
Craven. I'm which It is located are under
the complete domination Of negroes. The
whites own seyen-eighths of the property,
pay seven-eishths Of the taxes and yet
negroes run the government, spend the
money. select teachers for schools, and
hold most Of the magsterial offices. a
correspondent OK the Raleigh News and
Observer in commenting on this eondi-
ton says:
This IS strange to the people Of New
bern because SO juries out OF 100 siluhg
in court in Craven county are composei
Of as many negroes as white men, Fur
thermOre they are summoned by a nesro
deputy Sheriff Hahn, upon receiving the
nomination at the Republican county CON
yenti0n, made a speech, in which ne sald'
"No white men need apply for places as
deputies nor as clerks" lie has been az
good as his word and all OF his clerks
ana deputies are negroes. II there should
be occasion to arrest the sheriff ne
gro man would do Il, for we have a ne
gro coroner
The register of deeds IS a negro man.
and of course. all of his clerks are
negroes. too. Being naturally incompe-
tent there must of necessity be more OF
them than there would be If they were
white.
The keeper Of the county Jail. being
under the sheriff. is likewisce a negro
One Of the county commissioners IS
negro man.
The county standard keeper Is negro.
The candidate and nominee OF the Re
publican party for the position Of county
treasurer is a negro saloon-keeper.
one Of the members of the county
board of education is a negro.
There are thirteen negro school com
mitteemen I'm Craven county
The city government is largely admin
istered by negro officers. In the town
council there are three negroes. The
city attorney, the Legal adviser OF the
town authorities, is a negro lawyer. lie
Is also the Republican partys nominee
for solicitor.
Four negro policemen and negro ser
geant Of police strut the streets OF New
bern I'm blue uniforms
Around all the public buildings negro
| ianitors, engineers etc, are seen.
Some time ago a young man in Craven
county was adjudged a lunatic and order
ed to the asylum at Releigh. lie was con-
Quoted to that institution by negro
deputy. We have not space 70 go further
into detail. but this is enough TO show
the awful state of affairs in that grand
old state.
Do you ask how all this came TO pass?
The answer IS simple 1t is the direct
outcome Of Populism Soon after the war
North Carolina suffered greatly from
| the arpet-baggar-negro regime. The
prominent whites in the eastern part Of
the state. at least. were practically dis
franchised and the carpet-baggers and
negroes practically ran the government.
| Some Of the counties were almost bank
rupted by these corrupt and ignorant
rulers, and Il is we'll known that there
was a large issue Of State bonds for the
alleged purpose Of internal Improvement
the proceeds Of which were outrageously
| squandered and the internal improve
ments were not forthcoming. The white
men OF the state submitted for time,
but finally rose up in their might and
indignation and turned the carpet-bagsers
! out and set them adrift From that time
until about six years ago the State re-
| NAMED in control OF the whites, and
the wonderful progress which North Car
DINA made under the administration Of
Governor Jarvis was a subject OF favora-
BILE comment in all parts OF the Union
But about the year 1892 Populism broke
out in the state, and large percentage
Of the whites were infected Until that
time the Republican party in the State
J was powerless because It was composed
almost entirely of negroes who were cas-
| lily kept in subsection. But when the
| Populists broke away from the Democrats
and organized party Of their own, with
q certain respectability, the temptation
to fuse with the Republicans was too
great 10 be resisted, and the coalition
thus formed was strong enough 10 wrest
| the State government from the control
| OF the Democrats II was then that the
mischief began. The white leaders Of this
coalition had no more love for the negro
than the Democrats had. and were no
more DESTROYS to put him into office. But
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