The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-09
APPEALS FOR
COUNTRY FOLK
Asks for Protection from
Bad Negroes.
BEFORE BOARD OF REVENUE
Major Steiner Points Out Unrest
Of People.
susxests that discriminating Re
Reached Between White and Black
Farmers-Engineer and Overseer
Have Controversy.

I'VE are on that volcano now. aEi
you gentlemen can contribute largely
toward preventing 1t. We haven't the
confidence of the negro we had ten or
twenty aso Ire get
any amount Of money would be justifi-
able in preventing one rape or one as
sault. You should protect the good
This, in substance. was the conclu
sion Of an earnest appeal made to tn,.
County yesterday morning by Major
for preventing any possible clash be.
tween the white and negro races of
Montgomery. Major Steiner said h.
represented no one but himself and tho
suggestions he made to the Board weI e
prompted, he said. by desire to see
Montgomery County free from any race
trouble He urged the appointment by
the Board OF ,o Officers IN each w beat
duty 1t shall be to confer with the hest
negroes and assure them Of the pro !:
lection of the white men, provided
these negroes would assist in the pre-
Of the whites.
Feeling Of Unrest Apparent.
There are many white families. Ma.
tcr Steiner said. who can go to and
other hand, there are thousands OF
white families in the country who do
not feel secure. Tho feeling of un
he decla,ed ,bs rss1ts as II
lynching would not be overcome IN
Montgomery in years He said he was
informed that 10000 negroes had left
Major Steiner urged the Board to
appoint two or three conservative
white men In every beat. who would
go to the good negroes and assure them
should assure white families Of pro
lection. He believed the success o:
such a movement would spread into
other counties and over the en-, entire state
ment should be made:
what's the use of waiting, to see
what the conclusion . VIII be? asked ask;s,
technicality prevent you from making
an expediture to do what is just You
have the right to spend money for the
protection Of life, liberty and prop
erty."
To he County Police.
He suggested that the officers should
be deputies, constables or county po-
lice. and should be appointed by the
| sheriff. subject to the APPROVAL OF the
on the sheriff.
The matter was pronounced to be a
serious one by Mr.. Matthews and DR.
Duncan. whose residence is in the coun
try, said that II was indisputable that
the families of white people could no
longer travel public roads with safety
President Houghton Of the Board. as
sured Major Steiner of the Boards ap,
probation of his remarks and dismissed
him with a promise Of careful consid-
GRAFTON of the grave question.
Besides the address delivered by Ma
Tor Steiner the Board If Revenue had
6ther important matter before 1t at the
regular weekly meeting yesterday
morning.
Engineer md Overseer.
feeling Of discontentment between
County Engineer ]. r. Bullen and W. III
Reeves, a road Overseer, was aired by
Mr.. Bullen. who complained Of the ut
Ter disregard that Mr. Reeves showed
for his orders The engineer said that.
in the right spirit. he had made re-
peated suggestions to the overseer, es
pectaily regarding idleness of the
county hands under the overseer.. and
that Mr. Reeves looked upon such or.
ders with disdain. Mr.. Bullen said
that the responsibility rested on him.
and he urged the Board to act.
Dr. Duncan believed that II the en-
gineer and the overseer could not get
along one or the other should resign.
He expressed the opinion that less I'm
nortant officials should be submissive
10 their superiors and that orders
should be carried out.
The matter was passed without az
ton by the Board. 49,,
Engineer Bullen declared to the
Board that he wanted to go on record