The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-08-02
GALA DAY AT BURLINGTON
Speeches by Overman, Guthrie, Fou.
shee and Mebane.
ALAMANCE ABLAZe WITH ENTHUSIASM
The Testimony Of Squire Staley. AFamiIy of
Twenty-Three Voters Brought Into Line
Fer White Supremacy by
Major Guthrie.
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Burlington, N. c., August IA crowd,
estimated at from 10000 to $4,000, filled
the town and Troxler's Park today. They
came to attend the great White Suprem-
acy rally, and such multitude was never
seen in Burlington before in all it's his
tory.
By 9 O'Clock people were coming in
from all directions and one hour later
the great parade began from Graham to
this place, by the four lower townships.
Some five hundred horsemen, wearing red
shirts, a half dozen floats containing pref
ty girls in white, hundreds of farmers
in wagons, cars and buggies brought up
the rear, making parade of nearly one
mile in length.
The sidewalks in town were crowded
with people who cheered as the parade
passed.
Patriotic airs from the Gate City Band
of Greensboro added to the enthusiasm
of the occasion.
There were banners of the National
colors, and white flags with such in
scriptions as mo Negro Rule for Ala
NANCE" ''Our Women Shall be Protected, ,"
''White Rule for Tar-heels."
The center of interest was the park
where the speaking began at II o'clock
County Chairman w. H. Carroll presided,
and introduced the speakers
The first was Hon Howard Foushee
who made an excellent. speech of a half
hour, predicting victory for himself and
his Senatorial colleague as well as for
the State ticket. He said he was just
from old CasVell, and that the county
would this time swing into the right col
umn.
Hon. Lee S. Overman, of Rowan, was
then introduced and for nearly two hours
held the vast audience spell-bound by
his eloquent appeals to the white peo-
pie to stand together, and forever lift
the black shadow from old North Caro-
lima. His peroration was sublime
flight of oratory, and thousands of strong
men wept under its influence.
C. II. Mebane, Esq, was loudly called
for, and made brief speech pledging his
hearty support to Aycock, the friend OF
education, and to the amendment
Major w. A. Guthrie was then presented
to the audience, and was accorded great
ovation. He made an able and convincing
argument OH the COuSIlIullOAdllIy VI IhO
amendment.
At the close of Major Guthrie's speech
the banner was awarded to Graham town
ship as having the largest number OF vo-
tiers in the line of parade
A free barbecue was served. Old Ala
nance is ablaze with enthusiasm and
will be found in the right column election
day.
While the thousands of white people
were enjoying themselves in Burlington,
$50 negroes and 81 people with white
skins. were in the court house at Graham
listening to the coarse and vulgar jokes
of Stumptail Ashby, profane fellow,
said to be from Texas.
Butler was advertised to speak at Ora
ham, and also at Hillsboro yesterday. as
we'll as at Smithfield-he had no idea
of going to either place-his name was
used to conjure with, but it doesn't work
now as it did some years back; the de-
cent and self Prospecting Populists are
not to be led by this Judas in politics as
of yore, they know him now
Several gentlemen were here from RAN