The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-06-23
EXCURSION TO FUQUAY
Appointments in the County For Con-
gresham Atwater.
WHITE SUPREMACY CLUBS BEING FORMED
Senator Butler Now ssing What He Calls the
Most Important Literature OF the Cam
paign. Letters That Might Ruin
Him" TO be Written Sunday.

There will be an old-fashioned bar
becue, basket picnic and Democratic
speaking at Fuquay Springs, some
twenty miles south of here today.
People from four counties-Wake,
Chatham, Harnett and Johnston coun-
ties to attend. The proposed Constitu-
tional Amendment and the other is
sues of the day will be discussed by
Jas. Ii. Pou, w. c. Douglas, r. \.
Sinms, +. c. Beddingfield, etc., and
others. Excursions will be run from
Apex and from Raleigh. \ very low
rate of fare will be charged for the
round trip. Every white man in the
surrounding country is invited to at
tend and bring with him his family
and friends.
There will be three other Democrat
ic speakings in the county today, as
Follows:
=. Auburn Cat p. m.)-Hon John
W. Atwater and Judge Spier Nhlta-
ker.
\ Franklin's Cat 4 p. MO. NJ. Bus
bee and Josephus Daniels.
Garner Cat night)-Hon. John W..
Atwater, Judge Spier Whitaker and
n b. Broughton.
On Tuesday of next week there will
be two speakings:
Purneli-W. NJ. Russ, II. n. Simms
and CASTOR T. Powell.
Eagle Rock-Hon. John w. Atwater.
Other appointments made for Con-
gresham Atwater are:
Rolesville, on the 9th.
Neuse, on the 2Sth.
Falls, on the Goth.
Oak Grove (Jone's store. at night
on the 80 til with \. b. Broughton
and r. Y. Simns.
Appointments thus far made for
July are as follows:
Rolesville, July 4th, +. w. Pou and
L. NJ. Argo.
Cary. July 4th. Cat night E. w.
Pou and 7. NJ. Argo.
Wakefield. July 4th, \ B. Brough-
ton. Judge Whitaker. f. c. BEDDING
field and Il. \. Simms.
Wendell. july 4th Cat night \. b.
Broughton. Z. c. Beddingield and II.
y. Simms.
Chairman Jones says he has received
information that a number of White
Supremacy clubs are being formed in
different parts of the county.
At Mills School house. in the west
ern part of the county, strong club
was organized last Wednesday night,
with the following officers: w. B. Up
church, president; S. w. Stevens. vice
presidents: T. H. Barbee, secretary.
The meeting, the report says. was a
very enthusiastic one. The club will
meet again tonight and Mr.. Barbee,
the secretary, will speak OR the
Amendment.
Mr.. Upchurch, the president of the
club. is one of the most prominent
members the Populist party has ever
had in this county. He was several
times a member of the Legislature
and for many years president of the
Farmers Alliance.
Mr.. L. III. Barbee, the secretary, IS
a son of Mr.. Rufus Barbee, formerly
a Fusion commissioner in this coun-
~ and at one time a Populist candi-
date for the Legislature.
The people of Wake county will be
addressed by eleven distinguished
speakers, whose text will be White SUI
premacy.
The presses of the Capital Printing
Company (Barnes Brcs.), were run
ming all day yesterday, getting out
what Butler calls the most important
literature of the campaign"
Butler left the city yesterday for
Wentworth. Rockingham county. Be
fore going he impressed upon his as
sistants the Importance of the cir
culars he was issuing. cautioned them
TO superintend personally the mail
ing of them, and see to it that not a
man on the list was missed
Also he notified his private secre-
tary that on his return Sunday he
would desire to dictate to him ,.the
most important letters that will lee
sent out this campaign" With this
information was coupled the caut on