The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-11-06
Fraternize on SIyatVance
County Barbecue.
BRESS DE LAWD BOSS!
..ro, Gods sake stop That FUSS or
Joe Daniel, VIII Print il" Liquor.
Hog Meat and Convert HICKS
Conspicuous at thc
"HaliY."

Tp in Vance county MIR. Niger
| pIucEiae no hope. Never has ho had
such a time since the days when AItl@4
, pan Russell ruled tEe roost. He ~
wgnzv ana dripping Of corn liquor ana
~cver-noWing with hilarious Gul1d"@
lie is still smacking his lips over not
~farbecucd ehote and talking about Ia
H5g speech that Mister Hicks done dl7-
cover.
ne s1thin'Iy did lay hit on dc pemi-
Gratis. fuh de Lawd. Boss, He did dat.
The Vance county Renaissance OF the
brother in black came to blossom a rev
Gays ago at 4 Iong-chefIShtd 1tHpupit-
can rally ana barbecue. convert i
IN Hicks was down on the bills for fire
works. u full delegation Of county can
| didatcS were busting up Their ofalolN'
the word went far and near. ON tie
day of the speaking the C~anQldale@ anu
Mr.. Hicks sailed forth from fi"ndei-
son 10 the rendezvous with high hopes,
but a small following from the town.
In addition to the candidates only
about a dozen of the faithful Went
from Henderson. 1t was TO be a gath
eTing Of the country EcoinanfE-
When the scene of the rustic theatre
was reached. however, convert flck ;
Jaw dropped 50 that his prosperity
came near to splitting over before hand
) stable little crowd was present. bu'
j. was black. u~nGeniably dark, 1rrecon-
GLADLY dusky. All told there were T.
after dance ninety persons, seventy
eight of whom were negroes. 1t wa
a crowd, for the barbecue va
giving forth it's aVoufy odor and tn
sons of Ham were dripping IlolSlult
Tor the pork,
However,. the meeting was organized
informally and Mr.. Hicks was intro
ducod and managed to make a speeci
which was in line with his usually
volcanic style. It's effect, however, wa!
somewhat lost on the crowd. which
could not get its mind off the pig. IE'
candidates also spoke and as they pro
CCCdcd the dark portion of the audl
once became more and more eatAu 81
aetir as the white lightniAG' gOt u
its work. As the liquor circulated tu'
negroes got warmer and warmer ar
a. length h woods rang with thej
j%ubilation.
one big buck negro. in particular
found Z looscned tongue in his iba
tions and Wagged it without ceasing
: rs the candidates one after the othe
Sawed the air, this enthusiastic suffrag
list cheered them on:
Give hit to EN-. Boss!" Dress Ct
Lawd!" Listen to i'm. boys.' "Glor.
be- Oar. now"
Just as this ardent supporter wa
S coming down" for perhaps The twen
t tieth time. a white Republican SAM
. out high above the clamor:
Here. you, stop that fuss, for God
1 sake! Don't you know somebody wi
+ send it to Joe Daniels and he'll prir
it in the News and Observer"
s THIS remark put something OF
n damper on the cheering but spirits ros
n when barbecue time came. The meet
V ing would have been kept quiet ha
f it not been for the negroes. They ca
+ Just taste that hOg-meat and yelloN
corn yet-and they couldn't keep frof
{ talking about it.
$ The time of the negro in polite
certainly seems to have returned j
some measure to h Republican eoun
sells of Vance county. At the count
convention the organization had to b
# effected without q roll-call, since
reading of the names would have dis
q closed the fact that a negro was anon
4 the duly accredited delegates. Thu
negro was sent to the cOnventiO
through the direct influence of e1
Sheriff Smith. Of Vance. whose son
now q candidate for his fathers oil
a office, having been nominated by tn
convention in which the negro referre
to was an active participant.