The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-09-19
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 One Big County in Texas in Which
 Only Three Were Permitted to Live
 You are all Southerners, aren't
 you?" asked a gentleman yesterday of
 group of his associates. l There was a unanimous assent given
 not by single word spoken, but by
 strongly assentive silence. 1 Did you ever live in a county in the 1 South where there were no negroes?" | Every head swung from right to left and one of the party, who was possess ed of considerable ld-time sentiment, said:
 T hope never will, because this old
 South of ours is a sweet smelling sa- vor. It has produced thousands of men-I mean white people-worthy the name of Southerners--or had I not bet ter say Americans? But the negro, although even now an embryo Amefi- can citizen, in its fullest sense. has been an essential part in the bringing of our Southern folk to the present full measure of their material prosperity Our people, of course, gave the negroes all the morals they have"
 q made a mistake, l see now" said the first speaker, lin my questions. will ask another question. Did you ever want your shoes blacked--did you ever want a negro boy or man to run an errand-did you ever want one of them to bridle and saddle your horse and when you rode home save you the trouble of riding to the barn, unbrid- 1t,,o ha a ,f UptorinC him ho1tpr{ptr o him In the stable and then feeding him with either rain or snow falling, or even in good weather-after a long ride?'
 There was bow of assent and no philosophilizing
 Now" said the first speaker, "I lived in county in Texas a little over ten years ago where negroes were not al- lowed to live. except one family.'
 What county?"
 "Comanche about one hundred miles southwest of Fort Worth"
 How did it come about?"
 Away back in the latter part of the s0s--about 'SS-one of those too horribly frequent crimes was committed by negro. He was quickly caught and was punished In accordance with the rules of the unwritten law.
 "The county was sparsely populated. It was largely used for pasturage of cattle, but was rapidly developing into grain region. The whites were In considerable preponderence but they lived at some distance from each oth- CT. They met at Comanche, the name of the county seat, which had a population of possibly 400, and was dis tant from one railroad sixteen miles and from another fourteen miles.
 "The meeting was different from most American meetings. There was very little speaking. Every one knew the work at hand and on the verbal motion of some reputable citizen, it was resolved to give every negro in the county one weeks notice to leave the county, and committees of men from different sections of the county were appointed to carry out the will of the white people
 "The motion was carried by a rising vote, and every one arose, but before they sat down. an old gentleman. who was known of all men to have feared In youth, manhood, middle and old age, OILY NtOu, SpohS.
 MT. Chairman
 "All eyes turned to him, and seeing who 1t was. he was left standing.
 CT am for this motion,' said the fine old Texian-that's the way they call it l in Texas--'b1lt I want to move an There has been living in different parts of Texas, with me and my people, who came here from Ken | lucky, negro family. They or some 1f them, have been with us through | good and bad times The head of this l family now is Aleck Hughes. You all : know him. You know his old wife, | Hannah. Why
 Here the old gentleman broke down. Some one tried to second his amend nent, but he gulped a little and quick y said
 Sit down there, sir, until I finish speaking for my peopla-for they are nine. No, won say any more, but 1, and we all knew hinD God help the