The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-08-09
Regardless of Denials Race
Trouble Story Does Work.
The Celebrations Yesterday However
Were Unusually Orderly, anh
Crowds Numbered 1900.
AN UNUSUAL SIGHT AT DEPOT

terday was over 10000 There is no
positive way to get at the true figures
but the Illinois Central alone. with
less than dozen excursions. sold a
total OF 9,746 tickets into Paducah
The ~. G. 4 St. l.. road sold over I =
600 aud the boats brought many Wis
itors here. The railroads were pre-
pared for any emergency and handled
the crowd with ease The trains were
scheduled TO leave at ~ O'Clock but
did not all get away before l O'Clock
this morning
A denial never catches the story, as
the following from the Cairo Bulletin
of today viii attest:
Few negroes went TO Paducah yes
terday from Cairo and the number
from other places In that city was
also much smaller than In former
years on Emancipation Day. The rea-
son was that warnings were sent out
By the mayor OF Padacah that they
were not wanted there. and in some
cases. as in that OF Cairo. these warn
ings were accompanied by threats.
Word was sent here that there was a
disposition among some OF the white
friends OF the young baseball player
who was shot In Cairo recently by
Hardin Davis. were inclined to ar
range shooting. and would XIII Ave
OF the Cairo negroes should they
come. No less than Ave would APP
pease their wrath. II Is said that an
attempt to charter the steamer Dick
Fowler for an excursion from Cairo
to Paducah failed, the owners OF the
boat refusing to entertain any Offer.
The Illinois Central excursion train
which usually carries several hundred
negroes to Paducah on these occa-
sions. had only about 60 yesterday
morning.
II Is thought that hereafter the ne
groes will go to some town In central
Illinois to celebrate the day.
Mayor Yelser. when shown the
above article, was Justly wrought mp
over Il. There Is absolutely no
truth In Il at all. and such reports
were spread by enemies OF Paducah
merely to injure the city" he said.
How such a report started. no one
knows. We heard II here at the city
hall some time ago. and through the
press had the story denied. but, as
usual the correction is never made.
I never saw a more orderly crowd of
people than the darkies who we're
here yesterday. and Chief Collins
reports remarkably quiet day.
which the records of his office bear
him out in.
unusus, Spectacle at Depot.
The variety OF baggage cars and |
coaches attracted a great deal OF at
tentlon at the depot. 1t was some
thing unusual and the fact that over |
100 cars we're stored away alone |
would attract great deal OF atten-
ton.
There were cars here from all the |
big roads In the middle west. The
roads were represented |
here: Wisconsin Central. Burlington
Route. Rock Island. Southern Pacif-
lc. Evansville and Terre Haute, Big
Four. Gulf 4 Ship Island. Frisco and
Illinois Central roads.
Terminal Points.
The following are the terminals of
the excursion run into Paducah by
the I. c.: Three from Memphis.
Jackson. Tenn: Wlcklffe, Cairo.
Owensboro. Nashville. Ev-
nnsvllle and Hopkinsyille.
Disposition OF Trains.
The disposition of trains was left
10 Mr., w. A. Carter apd his assist
ant, Mr.. Frank Budde. coach in
spectors. and the local yard crews.
The sidings were all cleared and
not a hitch in side tracking the
trains occurred. II is feather in
the cap for the efficient Paducah IL
linois Central yardmen. and was the
most successful handling OF trains
ever seen in this section.
August the eighth passed of qul-
etly and with credit TO the dusky
celebrators. Not an arrest for any
serious offense was made, and the
of the negro was excellent.
One or two arrests OF drunken me-
groes were made, but the men were
released when IL came time to re-
urn home.
The police depar.ment had made