The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-07-13
THE DESPERATION OF WHITE
FANATICS.

As the election approaches the hot
leaders of the negroes in North Carolina
are more ~hydrophobic and BEN on bit
ing. They are giving advice and trying
to incite the negroes to desperate and
dangerous deeds. 1t is to clean up the
white registrars and to force registra-
ton. We will gather some evidence
to awake the white mans early at
tention and to help to arouse general
indignation AT Morganton the rascals
broke into a room in the courthouse in
search of the registration books. but
they were fooled, for the books a
been removed.
At Whitsett a negro threatened the
people with fire and murder. A special
from Greensboro to the Raleigh News
and Observer
"A negro named Eli Wharton. made
a boast in the presence of reputable
white men at Whitsett, y. c.. tina
the amendment was carried, every
house in Whitsett would be burned and
that White men would be called out n
shot II that women and children
would be put to death. This conversa-
IIOH WAS ONeTHedTU Dy lhcSSIS- j. ~.
Oldham, George Davenport, T. @.
Boone and o.. NJ. Ingold, all responsible
and trustworthy gentlemen"
At Greenville, Pitt county, two no.
groes made a deadly assault upon
Chairman Blow. of the democratic
county committee. using savagely bru-
tai knucks. \ dispatch to the News
and Observer says:
The police captured one negro The
deputy sheriff chased the other home
and shot at him while running.
Reaching his house, the negroes
brother drew Il gun and forbade the
officer entering. Citizens with rifles
and guns followed and surrounded the
house, which vas searched, but the ne
gro had gone through a back door and
escaped.
THE negro who stopped the officer,
and the one arrested by the police,
were tried before the mayor and sent
to Jail in default of bond. There is
much indignation among the citizens
and threats among the negroes. Other
trouble may follow"
Chairman HOlton, of the negro party,
at Winston went to a registration place
with a lot of his associates, negroes. A
dispatch to the News and Observer
gives the sequel:
When the registrar k questions,
the republican chairman would tell the
negro what to say. This did not pro-
coed long, however, before the registrar
gave Mr.. Holton TO understand that he
could not run his business, and the
state chairman went away"
The same paper states that one
knight, of Wake county, Gill of Vance.
Mcneil of Wilkes, and other fusion
leaders are giving advice to negroes
to murder and peat the regular ap-
pointed democratic registrars. 1t pub
| fishes a cartoon that fits the case show
ing the desired results of the devilish
advice of the wicked white deceivers.
Abe Middleton is in all of his glory and
grins even a more CHASTITY smile than a
few weeks ago. Abe is happy at the
Prospect.
The News and Obser, CT gives an &C
count of F~lamboyant Adams, black
RADICAL candidate for governor, while
at recent republican national conven-
ton at Philadelphia:
"A republican OF state prominence
says he has it on the best of authority
that at the national convention Spencer
Adams. the republican candidate for
goernor, had eath and several
other negroes in his room, and he was
drinking and ~fraternizing with them
Some Virginia coons sought to regis
ter at Kinston but failed. They pre-
pared to assault Mr.. j. CT. Cox, the reg
istrar, but they failed rs -four white
men appeared OPPORTUNITY and the
would be murderers vanished. They will
hang if caught in all probability.
Mr.. John a. Bush, registrar at Ca
tawba county, was assaulted by a no.
ted radical named w. J. Bean. A dis
patch from the town of Lenoir to the
News and Observer tells of what fol-
lowed and it is ~disgraceful and violent.
NJ Bush moved his position from
the place he first opened his books to
a small store a quarter OF a mile dis
tant and was followed by Bean and
some others. Bean then threw a scoop
from a pair of scales at Bush, which
he lodged, the scoop breaking some ar
ticles on the shelf. He then drew a
weight on Bush, and was about to
strike him when Bush made a motion
as if drawing a weapon and Bean left
him. Not having anything to DEFEND
himself with he left for home
appeaed to a republican magistrate
present for protection n he refused to
preserve the peace and to issue a war
rant. Bush acted with great prudence
during the excitement. Bean was ar
rested by the sheriff yesterday. under
a warrant issued by Maj. j. G.. Ballen."