Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1900-06-08
PARAGRAPH CAUSED H,W.
Cosored Newspaper Editor &c AM
gusta, Ga, Narrowly Escapes
Rough Handling BY Mob.

Rough Handling ny MOD.
Augusta. Ga, narrowly escaped
more violence last Saturday night
growing cut OF publication coa'
corning the recent killing OF AleT
Whitney and the lynching OF his muir
derer, William Wilson. Saturday
afternoon moro than 200 white men
marched from an indignation meeting
on the river bank mile across town
to The Georgis Baptist Office on Camp
bell street, near Gwinnett, to demand
q 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 me-
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, popular young mechanic, in
Augusta, GA, few days ago, is
another one OF those damnable
sins for which the south must be
held responsible. Mr. Wilson died
unfolding 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 o 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 it filed the friends of
young Whitney with indignation.
An indignation meeting was callod
and the publication denounced and IL
was proposed to run Editor White out
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 a committee to wait upon
White and demand that he sign an
apology and reputation Of the arti.
Gle.
In the meantime White bad 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 ii was absolutely false
and he was anxious to put card in
both papers regulating it aud apollo
giving for its publication in his paper.
The following is the card which the
I4eemuei..~~ k-A-s &C. Sai..N. W'-;.~'-
1.-THE inil hous article that appear
ed in The GEORGIA Baptist on May
31st as clipping from The Bee, was
inserted without the knowledge or up.
prevail Of the editor OF this paper,
who hereby empha.ically disclaims
connection with its publication.
II cannot sufficiently deplore the
fact that this disgraceful article APP
peared in our paper, apparently as the
expression of the opinion aud senti-
ment Of the editor OF this paper. And
further deprecate, repudiate and de-
nounce the article and all the senti-
ments II contains, and further guaran-
tee to the white people Of Augustatha
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. 1 further
guarantee to the white citizens that no
such offense will again occur in the
columns Of this paper. I respectfully
ask the morning papers to publish this
denial and promise TO print it in large
type in The Georgia Baptist.
"WILIAM J. WHITE,
Publisher Of The Georgia Baptist"