The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-07-29
SAMPSON ALL IN SCARLET
Buffers County Leaps to the Front TO
Show it Defes Him.
FUSION THREATS AT CLINTON DEsPiSED
When They FOurd They Could Not Prevent
Aycocks Speaking They Vanished. Ard
the People Took Their Hero in
Their Arms and Rugged Hin.
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Wilmington. \. C., July 2S.-Mr. Ay-
cocks campaign draws rapidly to a
close. Clinton, the home of Marion
Butler. gave him today the most tri-
umphant reception he has yet re-
ceived.
The rapid growth of red shirts from
Wilmington to Goldsboro has struck
terror to the hearts of the negroes
and their allies. Butler has had three
appointments TO speak in this section
in the last few days, and though a
few Populists and negroes waited pa
tiently all day Butler did not come.
Butler is as much afraid of a red shirt
as negro is. When he recollects
having said something about a little
gang of red shirts and whipping men
from the State a lump rises in his
throat. The Populists see he is fright
ened and they are chagrined and mad.
So they swore in their wrath that
Aycock should not speak at Clinton
today. The gang of red shirts" de-
cided he might speak if he wanted to
and assembled several hundred strong
at Warsaw this morning to accom-
pany Mr.. Aycock. Each man had
pistol and a large per cent carried
Winchester rifles. Their leader made
them a speech counselling them TO
conduct themselves as gentlemen and
saying that none should be allowed
TO enter a bar room at Clinton.
Mr.. Aycock came down from Colds
boro on the Shoe Fly. With him was
the Aycock Band in white duck suits.
Hon. F. \. Woodland accompanied
him with a large crowd besides the
red shirts from Warsaw TO Clinton.
There was disposition on the part
of some to fire off their guns and
yell defiance as the long heavily load
ed train sped by the home of Butler.
But wiser counsel prevailed and out
of respect for his wife and children
not a sound was uttered. Not a soul
was to be seen at Buffers place save
a solitary negro sitting sullenly on
the fence. At all other farm houses
smiling faces and waving handker-
chiefs greeted the train.
The approach of the train to Gin
ton was announced by the screech
of whistles lasting five minutes. I'M
mediately was heard the booming of
cannon and an undulating roar of
cheers from thousands of threats. The
I jam that awaited the train has been
I unequalled save possibly at Lumber
ton. The roaring multitude swelled
from the cars far back up town. Peo-
pie could be seen everywhere as far
as the eye could reach on piazza, in
window and even on housetop, all
waving and shouting. Everywhere
were the red shirts on horseback in
that struggling mass, some with and
some without rifles. They had come
not only from Duplin and surround
ing counties but there too was the
Sampson red shirt. How does that
sound? Sampson the county in which
Butler and other negro allies have
boosted that no red shirts could put
his foot. Almost ere he had uttered
the words his neighbors sprang up
and donned the flaming garb in loud
definance of the man who would ne
groiZe them.
Among them were many Populists
who few short months ago were
shouting for Butler. No man in North
Carolina is more heartily hated by
those who once loved him than Ma
rion Butler And that is why he does
not dare even to go home to visit his
wife and children. The Populists who
had come TO give trouble had vanished
early in the day. The people rushed
TO get hold of Mr.. Aycock. Time
and again he was lifted from his feet.
Some even Rugged him. He was
borne along, sometimes seeming
scarcely to touch the ground and
placed in a handsome white rig drawn
BY a pair of daDDle crews The Du-
pin red shirts who came on the
train with much difficulty formed in
double line on foot and followed their
flags, headed by the Aycock Band
behind his carriage, which proceeded
almost at snail's pace.
When opportunity afforded the Az
cock Band and Duplin red shirts took
a side street and the head of the col
umn halted at the head of Main street
above the Murphy Hotel. The mount
ed red shirts, following the Clinton
band. took the opposite side street
and met the other column at the
head of Main street. The two bands
then marched together up Main street
followed by the mounted red shirts
and the red shirts on foot took the
sidewalk. The onlookers followed
the carriage up Main street to Col.
Holmes residence. where Aycock and
Woodland were cared for.
Later on the regular parade, long.
handsome and inspiring, took place.