The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-09-01

j. Nnr-h Carolina division of the Tray I.
:. ,L.r~. Protective Association Of !.
: America, spent the day in the city :.
:. and informed your correspondent <
:. that Il special meeting of his asso- x
= cation would be called at once to X
y take suitable action. x
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The episode at Hamlet in which Booker
Washington and his negro party were ac-
commodatcd for a meal IN the white din
ing room while the whites were put off
in a side room is the topic of the day.
Indignation. disgust and condemnation
Of the affair are heard Oh all sides. Not
4 voice has been raised in defence of the
action OF the people who permitted his
cross outrage on Southern sentiments and
ceilings.
The drummcrs are discussing the mat
ter and to a man they express disgust
at the affair. which they term a dis
graceful outrage. 1t was learned yester-
day that the travelling men had re
chrl~tc0ed the hotel at Hamlet, and that
letters were being sent there addressed,
care The Booker Washington HOTEL
Yesterday this paper received a com
NuL-AotiOh IlOLh q ploIllItlO bdNt1liH5
man. who, in the name of his associates
and railway men who have used the
eating house at Hamlet, writes as follows:
THE DRUMMER'S PROTEST.
To the Editor:-I wish to send to you
for publication the following which rep
resents the voice OF one thousand travelling
men and railway employees and others. We
wish to express our Indignation through
your medium, the News and Observer, and
to firmly set down our feet against the
parties who, on last Sunday, practically
set aside old friends and bOarders to make
room Tor the wOuld-bc Honorable Booker
Washington and his negro followers, who
We're entertained at Hamlet. | ann
indignant. as every other true Southcrncr
il, at the affair that took place Sunday
at the Hamlet eating house when white
gentlemen of high standing, honest and
true, were practically set aside to make
place Tor this negro gang.
We have known the managers of this
Hamlet Eating House for years and we
are heartily regret their action and are
a>tonIs1ed at them for that which took
Place III setting aside old friends and pat
Tons to show Booker Washington and
ms gang this courtesy which goes down
with the history of ages for which every
true white man in these United States en-
tertalns an abiding contempt.
AN EYEWITNESS TALKS.
\ gentleman who was at Hamlet on Sun
1ay and who saw the whole occurrence,
says That one of the most outraged and
indignant Of the white men who were at
Hamlet WAS United States Senator a. O.
Bacon. of Georgia.
senator Bacon, he says, arrived at Ham
let ON the same train, though in a sepa-
rate coach from the Booker Washington
crowd, and when he found the manner in
"hich the negroes were being treated he
0ec1Dcd to take a meal there, but as he
uad 10 meet a train at Hamlet went to
I~aehuTst and returned later to Hamlet,
DssihIng however, because of his indIgna-
ueh, to take supper or breakfast, pre-
IiiI1@ to 90 without this rather than
.dl 'n the dining room where the negroes
had d5ned.
The I~ateness of the arrival of the train
at Hamlet" said this gentleman, had
"''HhS TO do with the character Of the
'Ienoe for there were the same number
"AIle people on the train who wished
''I ha'i expected to get dinner at Hamlet
lh'Ie would have been had the tram
1s' On time. The conductor had made
"g"fitS as to who wished dinner, and
a1''oE Bacon, together with a number OF
.'I "Hllc gentlemen, had indicated their
''."a" 10 take dinner at Hamlet"
mat the whole thing was prcmcdita-
W Is shown by the fact that as soon
e2 O' tram stopped at Hamlet the nc
9'o'a Went In a body to the dining room
Ill were seated, the whites being di
.'o 'o IL small ante-room-thc reading
c "AI'a was ready for serving meals.
"11t Bacon and his friends refused tC
'"'f" under these circumstances"
.1 came another disgusting turn 10
'"If- Alter dining the negroes came
"'| with many airs and much pom
Lr pafadod themselves, to the great
+l Of the town negroes who hat
r,.I inc news Of the negroes dining
'"e tram departed. One negro patted
G"'lt man at the counter on the
cn.+' ihe whole thing was most dis
M ana 10 a white man sickening
f '1't'''Ion OF such an affair shoult
line ."Nlled or tolerated in North Caro-
rro. '"oFe statement is made by {
T. ."'A' gentleman and he * of sucl
fla,., Tor mat implicit reliance can b.
1ls, on the statement of the affai
1'' ho makes.
SEEN IN ATLANTA.
men, f.2nta News mas a red hot com
as r-r me Hamlet dinner and speak
break '' II IS true that though you ma,
roses ,.n use as YOU will the scent of tn
that ~ niger there still, we apprehen
'hhkeeper at Hamlet will find /