The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-07-18
POLITICS AND POLITICIANS

The following account of speak
ing in Caswell county, in which
Democrat took virtually all the white
folks. leaving only negroes and
handful of whites for Oscar Spears
to speak to, is sent by prominent
citizen of IaSwell county:
MFR. Frank II. McNinch, of Char
lotte, John III. Kerr, of Warren, Dem
ocrat, AMI Mr.. Oscar Spears, Repub-
lican, were all billed to speak at
Locust Hill this afternoon. A large
gathering of both white and black
assembled. Mr.. McNinch bantered
Mr.. Spears for joint debate and pro-
posed all kind of terms in order to
procure joint discussion, but Mr..
Spears fatty declined to meet him.
Thereupon Mr.. McNinch mounted the
stand and invited all white men who
believed in White Supremacy, and
who desired to hear him discuss the
Constitutional Amendment to fall in
line and march to a grove nearby,
and for those who believed in negro
rule to keep their positions and hear
Mr.. Spears. In an instant the white
people with whoop and yell fell in
line and marched away with their
yells drowning the voice of Mr..
Spears, who was pleading with them
to stay. =
With only four exceptions, by act
ual count, the white people, several
hundred strong, followed Mr.. Nc
Ninch to the grove in front of the
old residence of Senator Bedford
Brown, where he delivered one of the
most enthusiastic speeches which has
ever been my fortune to hear. He
painted in burning words the condl-
ton which negro rule had brought
upon us, and pointed to the amend
ment as the only hope for the restora-
ton of white mans government, and
literally roasted the $50 FOUNDER for
refusing to engage in joint debate.
The following are the white people
who remained at the negro meeting:
c. j. Marlboro, Republican nominee for
the Legislature; T. ID. Mckinney, Re
publican postmaster at 1anceyvllle;
Floyd Davis, and William Hooper.
During McNinchs speech the pro-
position was made to Ed. Marlboro
(son of the above named 9arboro),
who had d kodak, that he would be
paid five dollars to take snap shot
of the white and black crowd sepa-
rately, and furnish the photographs.
He accepted the proposition and took
a snap shot of the white crowd, and
then attempted to take one of the
other crowd, when Spears, not know
ign who he was, told him to shoot
his gum" but, when Marlboro saw the
box he was getting in, he arose at
once and ordered his son to stop, con-
sequently we failed to get photo of
comparison.
r mr.. Spears is $50 FOUNDER: Mr..
McNnich is slender and weighs only
125.
1.-The above facts can be verified by
a hundred white men,
Mr.. S. l., Rogers, Corporation Com
missioner who reached Raleigh yes
terday, brings information that
registrar in Swain county was ar
rested on Monday upon the charge
that he had refused to register GER
tain Cherokee Indians. "This is the
first | have hearl of it, said State
Chairman Simmons last night, land
regret that | was not notified earlier
of the arrest Mr.. Rogers says that
the registrar appeared before the L.
S. Commissioner, who is of course
Republican, and asked time to get
witnesses to show disqualification UNI
der the law of the Indians rejected.
This was refused He then asked for
time to secure counsel and this was
refused. He was thereupon summa-
rily bounl over, and of course, imme-
diately gave bond"
Mr.. Simmons has written to Da-
wilson g. ones, of AsheviIle and Gar
land Ferguson, of WaynesviIle, to go
to Swain county and secure the arrest
of the Indians who swore out the
warrant.