The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-24
FEW NEGROES
 REGISTERED Only 36 Get Certificates
 in LOWndeS. o7s WHITES ON THE LIST Blacks Do Not Come Up to Re- quirements as Rule. Charge That They are Being Given Certificates Indiscrimdnately is shown to Be Untrue--In
 Other Countless
97s WHITES ON THE LIST
By D. ". Mcryer.

Fort Deposit. June 23.--(staf Corres~ pondence. )--The rumor has gone abroad that negroes were being registered in Lowndes County generally and indiscrim- inately. The report came to The Ad~ vertiser from prominent citizen of the State who wrote:
 'I am in receipt of letter from q prominent Republican in Alabama advis- ing me that the negroes are being regls~ tered in Lowndes County in large num- bers. hardly think 1t true and yet the gentleman who writes me thinks his in- formation Is authoritative. Have 1t inves- tigated."
 The Board of Registrars of Lowndes County is composed of three of the best and most trustworthy citizens of the County, viz; 5. l.. Tyson, Fort Deposits George E. Gordon. Hayneville; J. A. Coleman. Mt. Willing.
 Mir. Tyson Is the Chairman of tho Board and he very courteously stated that the Board had completed its work until after the election. and cheerfuilx made tho following statement:
 Fort Deposit, June 2. 1902
 hereby certify that after giving legal notice. the Board of Registrars og Lowndes County have spent one day in each Beat. except the two large beats Fort Deposit and Sandy Ridge. where two days were given and that we have registered 975 whites and thirty-six ne- groes, each and every one of whom are qualified electors under the Constitution of 1901. The work has been completed until the final round after the election in November. s. Y. TyNon.
 Chairman Board of Registrars.
 This sets at rest the rilmOrs as to the work of the registrars in this County. for having completed their labors they have placed on the registration books sas whites and thirty-six negroes Mr. Ty- son says that the board registered the negroes who answered the questions pro- pounded them satisfactorily and who gave evidence of sufficient intelligence to properly exercise the right of suffrage The Board in this County has been dili- gent and earnest in it's efforts to do it's full duty conseientiously and impartially and that 1t has succeeded in doing so is the verdict of the people of the Countys
 Other Counties.
 From statements in The Advertiser iu the past few days 1t appears that in Dal- las County there have been registered 1878, of which forty-seven are negroes In Marengo County there have been registered 1,567 whites and S06 negroes. and this will probably be the largest number of negroes registered In any one County of the State.
 Tn Adtauga County there have been registered 1,416 of which thirty-seyen are negroes
 And from information at hand the reg- istration of negroes in Russell Macon. Bullock, Barbour. Perry and Wilcox has been in about the same proportion as in these counties in which the figures are given above. The negroes are not being registered except where they come up to the full requirements of the organic law. and these are not very numerous in any of the counties, being less than 20 per cent. of the whole in Marengo, and not really one per cent of the whole in the aggre~ gate
 Aside from the registration, very few of the negroes have paid their poll taH and would be disfranchised in any event in the next election. All those who have been registered have not paid the poll tax and will not be permitted to vote in the November election. at which time the negro will certainly not be factor in determining the result. If the Repub- licans should put out full ticket as Chairman Vaughn tells us they conten- plate doing 1t will be good opportunity to learn the exact number of white Re- publicans in the State, as that election will be one election since the emancipa- ton of the negroes, in which only whits people practically VIII take part.