The evening times., 1898-11-22
DESTRUCTION OF
THE RECORD OFFICE
Says the Editorial That Caused SO
Much Indis nation Was Printed
ON the 18th of August.


T. c. Manly, manager of the Whining
ton Record and brother of Alexander
Manly, editor -, the paper, is in this city.
He is stopping with friends at 1882 Fiji
teenth Street northwest He talked freely
to Times reporter last night of the
recent election riots at Wilmington, and
the causes leading up to them. He was
markedly conservative when asked for an
opinion on the tenor of his brothers edi-
toriai rejecting on the white women of
North Carolina. but observed no reticence
as to the destruction of the Record Office
and the ultimatum Of the whites which
compelled himself. his brother and several
other colored people to leave the State.
about the editorial of my brother. :
said Mr. Manly. "a great deal OF adverse
criticism has been INDUCED in. Ii has
been commented on and in many instances
held responsible for the e.ecti0r riots
While | do not believe that, / would
rather not express an opinion other tnan
to say that the editorial was published
on August Is and the trouble did not oc-
cur until a short while previous TO the
elections. The issue of the Record con-
tinued without interruption until the
Thursday following election day. The
office, as you remember, was destroyed on
that day. The people Of Wilmington,
while to a degree incensed AT the editor
ial al the tire IL was published, took no
action against my brother until long az
terwards and a a time when We supposed
the matter had been dropped. Its revival
was due 10 the fact that the article was
used as campaign matter While the
Record was Republican sheet il was dis
tinctly negro organ and sacrificed party
principles when the welfare of the col0red
man was concerned. The Republican
party had control of the State and the
Democrats were seeking to control the
municipal elections. They wanted To Kill
two birds with one stone, and while seek
ing TO dethrOne the municipal government
struck a blow at the Record, the ex-
ponent of the rights of the colored man,
vino was a most potent factor in the cam
paign-
Relative to the destruction of the II C
ord office | will simply say this: he
whites held d meeting on Wednesday
night following the election and arrived
at these conclusions. They appointed a
committee To meet committee OF col
Ored men and deliver their ultimatum,
which was to the effect that the Record
Once SHpU!b smut GOWN anu iiJNfr HlF
brother and myself leave and the city Of
! ficials in control resign. These facts were
to have been communicated To m as my
! brother was not in the city. / did Tot
see the coIored committee, and they. act
| ing on their own responsibility. ma led a
! communication to the mayor saying Pc
/ demands of the whites would BE- acc 81 d
! to- II is said this communication va :
/ never received by the mayor, AT lie
/ same time l, in anticipation Of the turn
| affairs had taken. decided not TO ISSUE
! our paper on the following morning.
/ Thursday morning the paper was rot
/ published / was in the office early AID
! left. in company with J. y. Coins To go
10 breakfast While at breakfast We
4 heard pistol shots and word reached us
/ that the whites were marching on the
Office and were looking for Manly. As my
brother was away | naturally supposed
they meant me. and in company with
Mr.. Coins Immediately drove into the
/ suburbs where We remained anxiously
awaiting news from the city. We got ont
/ Just before the outpOStS We're stationed
{ to prevent either exit from from an en-
/ trance to the city
/ I'VE heard several stories of the con-
! dition of affairs in Wilmington, but the
! news was very meager and We had 10
! content ourselves with a conjecture drawl
| from the rurIors. Among other things
we heard that Manly mad been killed. Ehe
| only Manly who this could possibly be
was younger brother who worked as A
/ compOsitor on the paper. | have not re-
ceived word from him since and do not
know what has become of him.
THE exact wherca bouts Of my bcathe.
Alex. ! do not know. He was in this city
several days ago When ! last hedrC
from him he was al ASbury Park, y. ]
While in Norfolk wrote to him, bu
have received no reply. | understood INA
he was on the program to speak d til,
recent mass meeting held at Cooper's IN
ion in New York city. but saw that At tht
last minute his name had been with
drawn Whether he was present or not
can not say | will remain here for som,
days but my plans for the future art
not formulated as yet. | do not know
just row. whether or not | viii rJturI
10 North Carolina"