The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-06-22
STEAMING THE POT POLITIC"
THIRD WARD MEETING LAST NIGHT
AND OTHER NOTES OF INTEREST
White Supremacy Club ~Auspiciously
Organized With George L.. Peschau
President-Buck Kitchin,s Visit to
Wilmington and ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
izfng Clubs in County Townships.
Ward Meeting to be Held During
This Week.

A white supremacy club was organ
lied by the democrats of the Third
ward at a meeting held last night in
the Merchants Association apart
ments, Seaboard Air Line building.
The organization vas perfected by
the election of George Peschau pres
ident; Mr.. F. H. Fechtig, vice pres
fdent, and Mr.. James H. Taylor,
Jr., as secretary. The meeting was
called TO order by Chairman E. F.
Johnson, of the county COM
mittee, and after the election of off,
GERS Brooke Empie, Esq, county or
ganizer of white supremacy clubs for
New Hanover county, was called upon
for a speech. He responded with a
very interesting general reference to
the purpose n plan of organization
of white supremacy clubs. He expressed
qualification at the very good attend
ance which he finds at all the club
meetings which he has attended in the
several wards and emphasized the i'm
portance of the work which must be
accomplished through the clubs md
especially by the efforts of the several
committees.
After Mr.. Empie's speech the consti-
tuition and bylaws for white suprem-
acy clubs, as issued from democratic
headquarters, was adopted for the gov
eminent of the club, and there were
interesting informal talks and ques-
tons and answers by a number of the
gentlemen present.
A notable statement made by Mr.. H.
Mel. Green was that he does not be-
lieve that there will be as many as
fifty white men in New Hanover county
who will vote against the amendment.
1t is, however, the general determina-
ton, and very wisely so, too, to con-
duct the campaign as vigorously and
in as thorough a manner as though
there was a probability of a strong OPP
position. They propose, too, that the
moral pleasure which will be brought
to bear during the campaign shall be
so strong that no S~elf-respecting man
can afford to stay out Of the move
ment and not lend his influence and
cast his vote for the amendment.
1t was decided that the Third ward
night of each week, and a committee
was appointed to select a suitable
place for meeting.
Brooke Empie, Esq, New Hanover's
organizer of white supremacy clubs,
said last night that he expects to or
ganize during this week clubs in Cape
Fear and Harnett townships. and on
next Tuesday night he wants a large
crowd of Wilmington democrats as
possible to accompany him to Mason
boro township, where Hon. Buck
Kitchin will speak, and a white su-
premacy club will be organized. This
will complete the work of organizing
clubs in this county.
1t is now definitely settled hat Hon.
Buck" Kitchin will speak in this city
on Monday night. The place for the
speaking has not yet been selected, but
it will be somewhere in the Fifth ward.
Every white man in the city is urged
to attend.
From a notice published elsewhere in
this issue it will be seen that the white
government union of the Second w~rd
are called by President Springer to
meet tomorrow night in the rooms OF
the Merchants Association, Seaboard
Air Linz building, for the purpose OF
organizing a white supremacy club fol-
the amendment campaign.
Captain j. NJ. MCGOWAN, president OF
the Fifth Ward White Supremacy
club, requests The Messenger to say
that the club will meet tonight in the
hall over the old hook and ladder
house, corner Fifth and Castle streets
and all white men are cordially invited
to attend.