The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1900-07-12
HEED THIS APPEAL.
R:IE1GH. n. c., July 10, 1900.

Rx1E1GH, N. c., July 10, 1900.
The Republicans have begun their
risky game Of attempting to intlmldate
and buldoze Democratic registrars for re-
fusing to register illegal negro men as
voters. as indicated i'll this correspond
ence week or two ago.
And the first earnest" was made at
Winston last Friday Uieut Gov. Rey-
nolds' home) at the instance OF declalm-
er Spencer Black burn, assistant United
States District Attorney.
The best lawyers here state that the
registrars have perfect right, under
the new election law, to be exactlng
in their requirements for a full and
legal Identification of the man demand
ing to register. Too many negroes
without a local habitatlOn and name
that sticks from one state to another,
have been voting illegally In North
Carolina, and the Democrats have the
law and the grit to stop this sort OF
business. No harm Will come to this
registrar nor to any other who does his
full duty in this matter.
But it should again be remembered
that it Is the desperate and devlllsh
white office holding LEADERS" who are
insiigatlng the negroes to take this
step-that of swearing out warrants
against white registrars. And they are
the fellows chiefly to be held RESPONSE
BILE, if trouble comes.
NEGROES REGISTERING.
An examination of the registration
books of this city and reports from
number of other points, show that the
negroes will all vote this year--all OF
them who are legally entitled to do so.
Some OF the ex-convicts and South Car
DINA importatlons of 1898, who got
their name ON the registration books
of that year, by the aid of the fusion
registrars, will not vote however nor
Will number of negro boys from II to
20 years, whom the fuslonlsts will try
to vote.
But the great hulk Of the 10000
negro voters of the State will vote
three weeks hence, and they are regis
teilng In Il 'urry--mnch more active
and anxious to do so than the whites
appear to be so far. OF course all o!
them Will vote against the amendment
the very best reason why every sell
respecting white man should vote for
It,
They not only are applying promptly
to register, but they go to the registrar
we'll schooled and unusually glib and
ready to answer every question put to
them under the provisions of the new
election law. This fully shows that
they have been taught by the white
fusionists and local bosses before going
to the voting precinct to register. 1t
Is stated that their lessons are taught
them, here in Raleigh, at the negro
lodges and other secret orders, of which
tire are numbers of them here. and
even at the churches and Sunday
schools.
And in settling it no man ought to
vote against his race. No negro will
90 it, at least not one in ten thousand,
aud surely the anglo-Saxon race should
be as care full and wary Of their own
welfare as the Ethiopian.
White men, here is mass of over
100, 900 black votes solldly against you,
before white vote is cast. We have
got to overcome that heavy vote before
there is even a possible chance for us
to carry the Amendment and dereat
the plans OF this negroes and few Of
fice-holding whites to saddle negro rule
on us for an indefinite period if not Tor
all time.
But there are, taking the state as
whole, two white men to every negro,
and it would be and everlasting dis
grace, us we'll as an intolerable burden
and shame, to fail to adopt White Su-
premacy. The negro has been lying
low all during this campaign by order
of his bosses, the white and negro Of
flee holders, but now that registration
time has arrived, they necessarily come
from under cover and sh wv us what
they intend to do.
Be not deceived! Every white
mans vote is needed this year, and
needed more than for many
years. "To your tents, o Israel !"
WHITE MEN MUST LEICESTER FASTER.
A~Oo 1o AAA'' ouipOoO tud1 UOCduSO
his name Is now on the old registra-
ton books that he can vote on August
End without registering anew. Ev-
cry voter must register again, ON the
new books, by sunset of Saturday, July
81, or else he cannot vote this year.
Don't delay this important matter
another day. Go now to the residence
of your registrar, or have him come to
you and register. This can be done
on any day excep: Sunday but on
Saturdays the registrar is to be found
at the voting place let veen 9 a. m.
and sunset-and there are only two
more such Saturdays, remember.
Up to this time the white men are
not registering as promptly as the ne
sroe> simply Ieca,tse many think,
well, any Gay will do Any day
will not do. You may be taken i'll, be
summoned away, or dozen reasons
may prevent if you delay another day.
Let me beg of you, pat 1t off no longer.