The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-03-09
ONE HUNDRED AND NINE.

ing was held at the Methodist
church here ON last Monday night,
the object of which was to adopt
some method for the suppression
of "blind tigers, vagrancy and
all other violations of law. The
large house was filled with repre-
sentative men and women, whose
department indicated that they
had met for business. B. 4.
Brister was elected chairman, and
Luther Tyler and Miss Louise
Mckinney were elected secretary
and assistant secretary, respec-
lively. After speeches by Scutt,
Arid, Bolian and Berry, with an
occasional chip chip from the
writer thrown in for good meas
ure, "a club was organized, each
one signing pledge, which was
as binding as an oath, that they
would do all in their power to
suppress "blind tigers" gamb-
ling and all other evils which in
fest our community.
1t is not unreasonable to sup
pose that the "blind tigers and
gamblers were present with eyes
and ears open, and somebody has
intimated that he was there and
signed the pledge, which was his
privilege to do if he was SO in
clined. If such wcs the case, let
as suppose that for once in his
life he found himself in good
company, and seized the oppor-
tunity offered him to do better.
A vigilance committee, consisting
of six men and three women, was
appointed, with Dan Bolian as
CHAIRMAN. This committee is to
act in Soncert with the town Off
Gals. and hear and investigate all
reports relative to the violation of
law. All that is necessary to
the peace and happiness of our
community is for the people to
see that the law is enforced.
Just he1e, | will repeat in SUBJ
stance what / said in the columns
of The Leader some time ago,
when SO much was being said rel
alive to the "niggerism, y race
war, etc., all OF which was the be-
ginning of the damnable work of
the labor agents in this country.
When the labor agent is complete
ly ousted m}our borders, white
caps viii becok me thing of the
past. i remember saying that |
had no fear of a war between the
races, no fear of a war between
capital and laborj but the fight is
coming between the law and the
law breakers. The better ele-
ment of both races will line them
selves up in favor d the suprem-
acy of law, and the lower element
will mass their forces against the
enforcement of law and for the
overthrow of everything held ga
cred by God-fearihg people.
Already the evil forces gre orga
nized, and are putting in their
deadly work on every hahd. They
will swear falsely whenl brought
before the courts of the country,
and to a grand jury thfy will
give nothing away. Let dhe peo-
pie see to it that every .blind
tiger and yagrant goes to the
county farm and that every public
official does his whole duty, or he
relegates to the rear, and put
men in their place who will do it.
To this conclusion the good beo-
pie Of the town Of Bogue Chftto
have come and we ask the symPa
thy and corporation Of eveFy
law-abiding citizen in the count
The meeting adjourned to meet
next Monday night week, When
we hope to have d greater meet
ing than on the first. If the bet
terelement fcolored people would
organize similar meetings and
cooperate with their whiteneigh
bors for the supremacy of law,
it would go 9 long way towards
suppressing white capism, or IN
other words, the labor agents.
Yours for law and order,
]. A. SCARBOROUGH.
Lee White. : white man Of Hat.