Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1900-04-05

str III ohdllNy OF the ameLQment be
cause Il WeS IN Two sec ions and that |
The bad section wa good law and the
rood section was bad law was just a
dust kicked up 10 save the niger from
being disfranchisnd by soaring just /
such men a. me.
have found out that a law just like +
this has been working in Louisiana for |
trren wears. and is working ali right, i
Whlte men voting right along and mig |
gers hay. quit voting and footing and
( one raj sing cotton. and ! thought |
70 myself, That's jus what / want
them to 90 To doing here. and | be
leve / viii help to push it along and
take The risk. when / heard. that to
satisfy every body'ls doubts. the mem
bers Of the Legislature that puC this
law before the people, have gwen it
| ont that it will meet again ~ June,
and the very fist lhing il toes viii be
o put notn section and : y one sec
tion, and give tle white man a chance
| 10 rule this country. That's right.
| + Tncn for CERTAIN every white maa
| who vas born and raised in this couh
| try. no matter whether he ever looked
| in BOOK. can evermOre vote, but Z.
nigger who couldn't vote in 1867 and
none Of his heirs VINO can't read and
! write row. could ever vote. and that Is
/ non e,tly about like want it, for | do
not believe that God Almighty ever in
| tended for niggers to have equality
1 ovel white people and | know | don't
intend 20 if ! can help it, without hurt
ing any Of my own ace and blood.
! Third. The GaZette. instead OF being
satisfied at this prospect Of having the
| amendments married in June and eY-
! cryb3dX happy, 30 il could not be de-
| cided Nv the court TO he unlawful II
the good part and lawful III the bdi
part, but lawful all over then jumped
her rabbit and i was olii5 Whit
men, after 1908 who cant read and
write can't Vote. ] get ny Il" and Tea1
it again and ! f0und ma. it says, ~
section 3 ''All persons vho register
and vote before 1905. shaTi have their
names enrolled aud hept forever, -
yen see their names are kept on THIS
record in the cour. house, 50 tal2t there
can le,er be any dispute over their not
always voting. 1908 only means per
sons Nho get 10 he y after then and
explained this 70 one of my revenue
officer friends who seems 70 take 3
| great IN crest IN mo scmeh0W, and he
said that would be all right, Dut the
trouble is, that after then there might
be more educated niggcrs taan white
men. and | couldn't help from telling
him that if he thought that much BET
ter of nigger than d white man ca
pacity, | don't and il [ did, Why al.
that more bent and determined nov
TO vote for the an endment 50 as to
everm@re cut oh a niggers prospect TO
outgeneral my children. And | couldn t
} help from asking him if he was so
much concerned about q niGger's Vot-
: ing after 1905 now in the name OF
common ensc Ne was o anxious TO
: keep him voting now he had a chance
to stop il right away He lett aoout
/ then to cut up somebody's still and
never heard his reply
The las report / haze heard was one
sent ont fto.l revenue headquarters at
Winston. They say That II IS that al
!, who failed to pay their taxes by the
first Of March. jus gone Viii not be
allowed to vote under the amendment.
picked up the law and went to stu
Z dying again and I found this: And be
fore he shall be entitled to vote ne
q shall have paid his poll tax on o. be
D fore the 1st day of March for the pre-
( vious year.
= Now that did phase me a little, untll
, common sense and little thought told
me that as 1t could not be a law unit
we voted on it and We did not vote Oh
| il unt;l Angus 1900. now the dickens
: could anything in March, 1900, affec'
my rights, but | kept On reading ans
, | when | got down to subsection ;,
:, read this: The provisions of this COL
: .itltion etc shall go into effect OF
= the first day Of July. 1902. etc )
that looked like a sockd0loger to falls
repor; No. :.
! Nov. Mr. Butler have honestly
told YOU the trouble OF my mind. am
how came u experience perfect sal
; isfact!Ca about the amendment. aIlt
the moro | understand il the better
ike it. but can fec for ,hen who az
vet honcst stly tying 10 get oui OF tn'
o darkness. for was honestly in tb
: 4tark myself The more | am informe,
o on this amendment the better like II
+ am stronger than ever for 1t since
o have found Ou1 that that same Ashe
q Vile Gazette. pretending to be Demo
a cratic. had been bought up by Office
holding Republicans for the purpose Q
deceiying and | hate traitor and spy
| do not think you could have read tn
: amendment carefully. II YOU will sen,
/, 10 Mr r NJ Simmons. Raleigh. \. G
fOr a COPY he will send you one. or .
+ YOU prefer nOc asking him. Write I,
, our new county chairman at Winston
: ~ G. Mr. Andrew Joyner, and he vii
send YOU or anybody else one, witt
Lieutenant Governor Charlie Rey
j, nolds name to it. TO show that ii is th'
genuine article. just like it passed. Ey
cuse this long letter. suppose yo'
> meant we'll by writing 70 me- and
; certainly mean we'll by writing to yol
Yours truly,
ZEECLON BAIRD BITTI\G
e Not long after the negro editor
l. Manly. left Wilmington and the othe
obnoxious whites and blacks We're ex
q -Al., 81,