Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-07-10
A NEWSPAPERS FALSEHooD
Tho Populist County Convention at tho
State Capital a Partial Failure What
fcnitentiary Shirt Fnctory Did Last
Month Speaker Odcred to Move
On at Laurinburg and Did So "A We'll
Known Baptist Preacher Dropped Dead
En- Route to Church Sunday.

Sii'lHoiiS, SpeuklIB OIL the statement
made in the Caucasian, that Democrats
were responsible for the election OF the
negro Congressman, White, stated this
evening that the managers of the
paper when they published this state
ment knew that 1t was not true. Mr..
Summons said that In the campaign of
20 the Democrats were so anxious to
defeat White that after the Populists
nominated Lloyd, they did not put out
candidate, intending, If LLOYD would
TAKE Il position in favor of white SUI
pIeinacy' to support him, so that the
mhi,e vote or that district might not
ne divided; that some time before thu,
eiectlon Lloyd was informed officially
mat II he would declare for white SUI
premacy and denounce the fusion,
Mnich MS party in Edgecombe and Hal
liaN and some other counties in tho
district had made with Republicans bv
Whlci they agreed to vote for negroes
lor the Legislature, the Democrats
would put him on their ticket and vote
ior nm ana elect him in order to pre-
vent the election Of White. Lloyd was
furthermore told If he would not do
TINS. but would resign and let the
committee OF his party nominate Foun-
taitI' another Populist, who had declar-
e Co. LOT Wnite supremacy and aginst flu
SION with negroes, the Democrats
would put him on their ticket AMI elect
MN. L!oyds answer was that he would
lirst have to consult Senator Butter. lie
went 10 see l3utler and instead of COM
Ing out for white supremacy proceeded
to Raleigh ana gave out an interview
ueclaring there was no negro domino
t,ol' IN Eastern North Carolina. al
onouSh he was living in n county with
30 odd negro magistrates and other
negro officers galore. This was lust
before the election. Immediately
thereafter Fountain declared himself
an independcnt candidate for Congress
ana the Democrats voted for him. If
re had received the support of the
fopulists, who voted for Lloyd. he
could have been easily elected
There seems to he" said Chairman
simmons. no lie too bald faced for the
WHITE allies of the negroes to attempt
to palm off on the uoonlc In their dos
pcrate attempt to deceive them into
voting for negro rule and negro sur
frage."
POPULIST CONVENTION.
The Populist county convention here
was more caucus than convention
Only Populsts could enter The Re
puplieans. many of them negroes. hung
around the outside. The caucus
agreed on ex-Unitcd States Marshall
John Il. hin for sheriff. Hill said this
afternoon that lie had not the faintest
notion or accepting ana had told the
Porulists and Republicans so with
later they wanted J. y. Reynolds nomi-
mated. The Populists insisted on Hill
me unfortunate delegates in the hall
with the temperature at 100 degrees,
were subjected this afternoon to tor
ture equal to that inflicted by the Box
ers in China. namely TO hearing Marion
Buticr speak two and One-half hours
lie failed to arouse any enthusiasm
He took 3-year-old boy on the plat
form to illustrate the point lie Illus
trated with a mulatto at Morganton
The convention filed out the blanks
on the fusion ticket left by its Repub-
lican ally.
SHIRT FACTORY.
The number OF shr;s-,nade- in-thc
factory in the penitentiary last month
was a little over 25,000. There We're 95
convictS then employed. OF course
many are unfit for any heavy work.
Thirty-one were Federal prisoners,
and these arc now gone. The manager
or the factory were not sorry to see
them go, as they were troublesome.
ORDERED TO MOVE ON.
A special from Louisburg says:
II. T.. SeWall, who WAS to speak
here to-day, was met at the train by
crowd of citizens and advised not
to do so. He took their advice and
boarded the train.
The cause OF this action by the citi-
Zens was not political, put personal.
Sewall MAIDS n speech IN Pittsboro in
which he referred To negro who was
killed there in 1898. He referred to his
slayers as coWariiy murdercrs VINO
killed an inoffcnsive negro in the very
attitude Of prayer.
The facts are that the negro was very
tmpudcnt, had gone about armed with
n shotgun, had threatened to burn and
had also threatened the life OF one of
our good citizens. Instead OF assum-
Ing the attitude OF prayer he was
found heavily armed and succeeded in
firing several volieys into the crowd
before he was slenced with a Winches-
ter bullet. These are the facts. Sew
all's speech was n great reelection on
our people. hence he was ordered to
journey on.
PREACHER DROPPED DEAD.
Rev. Marion r. Pernell, one of Frank
lin >county's most highly respected citi-
zens. dropped dead as he was hitching
his horse 10 go out to one of his
churches yesterday morning. Mr.. Per
nell had been in the ministry Cor thir>
ty-five years. He was in Ms sol tn year
and has probably established more
churches than any Baptist PREACHER in
the State. He leaves devoted wife.
three sons. Mcssrs. r. D. Pernell. OF
Louisburg; Rev. p. II. Pernell. of Vir-
ginia, and r. o. Pernell who lives two
and half miles from this place, with
whom the deceased had lived for a
number of years. Those who knew
him best were his best friends. He
was truly one of Gods noblemen.