Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1900-06-08
PARAGRAPH CAUSED NOW.
Cctcred Newspaper Editor oc AM
gusta, Co., Narrowly Escapes
Rough Handling BY Mob.

xoStas On., narrowly Escapes
Rough Handling BY Mob.
Augusta Ga, narrowly escaped
more violence last Saturday might,
growing cut Of publication coa'
corning the recent killing Of AleI
Whitney and the lynching of his muir
derer, William Wilson. Saturday
afternoon moro than 200 white men
marched from On indignation NEE ting
on the river bank q mile across town
to The Georgia Baptist Office on Camp
bell street. near Gwinnett, to demand
retraction from the editor, and at
night another party was organized to
force Editor White TO leave town and
to wreck his printing Office.
The indignation in the community
arose over paragraph published in The
Georgia Baptist, o UNCONVENTIONAL ne
gro paper. published for years past by
Rev. w. j. White. II rurported TO
have been copied from another paper,
''The Bee," said to be published
Washington CITY. II was as follows:
''The lynching OF William Will
son, q popular young mechanic, in
Augusta, Ga, q few days ago, is
another one OF those damnable
sins for which the south must be
held responsible. Mr. Wilson died
upholding the virtue OF one OF
Georgia's NEST refined and highly
respected young ladies'. The white
wretch who offered the insult fell
at the hands Of this young martyr
and the unpleasant thought that
such brilliant career had to be
sacrificed for one portraying the
worst type Of criminality is not
only unfortunate, but sad to the
very extreme"
The entire statement was so palpar
bly, false that il filled the friends OF
young Whitney with indignation.
An indignation meeting was callod
and the publication denounced and ii
was proposed to run Editor White ont
of town, to wreck his newspaper office.
while some even wanted to tar and
feather him, or do him other violence.
The meeting decided upon the appoint
ment Of q committee to wais upon
White and demand that he sign an
apology and reputation of the arti'
Gle.
In the meantime White had gone TO
The Herald and Chronicle offices and
stated that he did not know the para
graph was in his paper; that it was
published without his knowledge or
consent; that it was absolutely false
and he was anxious to put card in
both papers regulating it and apollo
giving for its publication in his paper.
The following is the card which the
leemnss.se- ~ -s-Ss s--s Gas.-Ns Wi-'s-'''
1.-THE inn dous article that appear
ed in The Georgia Baptist on May
3lst as clipping from The Bee, was
inserted without the knowledge or ap-
prevail OF the editor OF this paper,
who hereby emphatically disclaims
connection with Its publication.
~ cannot sufficiently deplore the
fact that this disgraceful article ap.
peared in our paper, apparently as the
expression OF the opinion and senti-
ment Of the editor Of this paper. And
further dsprecate, repudiate and de.
nounce the article and all the senti-
ments IL contains, and further guaran-
tee to the white people Of Augustathat
IL Is not the intention OF The Georgia
Baptist to offend by upholding any
such dastardly acts as that referred to
in the article in question. further
guarantee to the white citizens that no
such offenss will again occur In the
columns Of this paper. I respectfully
ask the morning papers to publish this
denial and promise 10 print it in large
type in The Georgia Baptist.
"WMLIAM J. WHITE,
Publisher Of The Georgia Baptist"