The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-29
Trolley Lines and Vehicles 10 Wilmington Do a Thriving
 Business With Crowds
NEGRO PREACHER SAYS
 WHITE MEN ARE TENDS
In a Heated Sermon He Urges the
 Blacks to be a Law Unto Them seIveo and Ole Drinking the Blood of Their Pursuers.

Wilmington, Del, June 2S.-Thousands of persons today visited the place where George White was burned to death last Monday night by mob for the murder of Miss Nelson Bishop. They came from all the small towns in this vicinity and hundreds journeyed to the execution place from Chester, Pa, and Philadelphia. A trolley line runs to point about three quarters of a mile from the scene and bus drivers and others owning vehicles did a thriving business carrying passen gers to the place and explaining to them the events of the last two weeks.
 The burning took place in a freshly ploughed field, about fifty feet from the roadway which is hidden by high bushes. The field has been tramped almost as smooth and hard as asphalt by the thou sands of persons that have visited the farm. The only evidence that remains of the work of the mob are three cobble stones, on one of which this inscription has been placed in indelible ink.
 Here Is all that remains of White.'
 4 4 Relic Hunters Busy.
 The bushes behind which the murder was committed have been cut down for distance of several yards and carried away by relic hunters Many of those who visited the scene today, among them a large number of women, carried away a sprig or branch of the bushes.
 Discussion of the event of the last week is rapidly ending, although the affair was the text of some elergymen today. The preachers without exception condemned the lynching, notwithstanding the fact 4t.f Il I,,erl on the side of the lynchers. The Rev. R. A. Elwood, the Presbyterian minister who has come in for much criticism for his sermon of last Sunday night, in which he suggested lynching in case the negro es- caped speedy punishment at the hands of law, did not refer to the lynching or the criticisms today. These criticisms were answered by his congrega ton today when the following resolutions were read during the services:
 Presbyterians Adopt Resolutions.
 We, the officers and members of the Olivet Presbyterian church, Wilmington, Del, realizing the unjust criticism being made upon our beloved pastor, the Rev R. A. Ellwood, by large proportion of the public press, do place ourselves on record In the following resolutions:
 First, we express our firm belief in our pastors honesty, integrity and Christian character; our appreciation of his minis terial labors in our congregation and our admiration of his manly Christian cour- age as expressed by his pulpit messages and his life in our midst.
 Second, we record our belief that his message of last Sunday evening was both timely and true, sensible and scriptural. and in no wise can the actions of the citi- zens on Monday night be chargeable to that sermon.
 Third, we order copy of these reso- lutions placed upon the sessional records, read In the church services of the coming Lords day, and given to the press for publication
 Wilmington remains quiet. The police department, however, has not relaxed it's vigilance and Is prepared to meet almost any emergency. It Is not believed that any further trouble will be started by either the whites or the blacks.
 The Rev. Montrose w. Thornton. pas tor of the First A. M. E. church of WiI- mington, preached to a large congrega- tion tonight. He said in part:
 White Men Arc Monsters.
 "The white man, in face of his boasted civilization, stands before my eyes to- night the demon of the worlds races, monster incarnate; and insofar as the negro race is concerned seems to give II. fiend, monstrosity before God, and Is equal to any act in the category of crime. I would sooner trust myself in den of a hyena than in his arms. With courts, law and officers of the land in his hands, the despised negro can expect no mercy, justice or protec- tion. The negro is unsafe anywhere in this country. He is the prey at all times of barbarians, who know no restraint and will not be restrained.
 There is only one part left for the persecuted negro when charged with crime and when innocent-be a law unto yourself. You are taught by this lesson of outrage to save yourself from torture at the hands of the bood-seeking public. Save your race from insult and shame. Be your own sheriff, court and jury, as was the outlaw, Tracy Die in your tracks, perhaps drinking the blood of your pursuers. Booker T. Washingtons charity, humanity. advice of forgive ness. love, industry. and so on, will never be reciprocated by white men,"