The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-04

 FORM LEAGUE
 FOR SAFETY Citizens of Chisolm Are
 Indignant. DEcRY ANONYMOUS THREATS Feeling Preeipitated by Recent
 Letter to John Garter. Law and order League, J. H. Kennedy President VIII Guarantee Police And Fire Protection--''Venge-
 ance Swift and Terrible" 

Precipitated by the threatening letter which was received by John Carter several days ago, d mass meet ing of citizens of the suburb of Chisholm on the north of Montgomery, last night formed themselves into shall be the policing of the community and the installation of a fire alarm system. The meeting was called at instance of w. R. Daniel.
 There were more than fifty of the most prominent citizens of the pro- gressing little suburb attending the meeting. and every resolution looking to the protection of the property or the community was husiastically passed. A reward of $100 was offered for information leading to the arrest and the conviction of the person who. signing himself Ike Williams", threat ened the life of John Carter.
 The organization launched last night Is to be a permanent one. and will be under the leadership of J. H. Kennedy, elected unanimously as presi- dent of the organization. Other off, ficers elected are: J. T. Stovall. vice president, and II. P. Marlborough, sec retary and treasurer. It was announced that the organization would meet as q body on the first and third Mondays of each month to consider ways and means of giving the citizens ot Chisholm thorough protection in every
 The first regular meeting of the organization will take place tomorrow night when the election of an officer to patrol the entire district will be the first order of business. The committee appointed at last nights meeting to consider the purchase of a fire alarm system for the community will make it's report. This report will be made very soon because It was deemed im- portant that the lire protection be installed at the earliest possible moment.
 The following resolutions were un- animously adopted:
 "That we the members the citizens of Chisholm and neighbours of John c. Carter, wish to make public our indig" nation at the attempt to in- timidate Mir. Carter in letter received by hin through the mails and signed Ike Williams" who claimed to be c negro friend. Lam guage faiis to express our mitigation when we de. ounce the cowardly cur who would hide Toind the United States mail and a disguised name to annoy q good citizen.
 we his neighbors, who are in al- most daily contact with Mir Carter, knOW OI uO Cn& WnO @nO0lu pc Junbly aggrieved at him either white or colored. We know him to be square and honorable in his dealings with both white md colored. We knoS him to be charitable and accommodating and one worthy of his highest esteem by both white and colored.
 "We pledge to him our zealous sup port in try ing to apprehend and avenge the wrong that has been done him in this letter, Id shou'd any bodily harm be done him that would indi- cate a carrying out of the yelled threat in , anonymous warning that would cause a reasonable belief that a. plot of negro conspirators was re- sponsible, then vengeance should pc swift and rrible, even though in. nocent negroes might tuffer.
 And 1t might amount to the anni- hilation Of many negro communities, homes, churches, and schools. We denounce lawlessness and so called night riding in white communities, and will not tolerate 1t in our sur negro communities. Signed: W. E. Chisholm. J. B. vicl1ers J. T. Stovall. Rowlin, H. T. Yarbrough. E. Druvow. John Chisholm. J. W. Martin, E. T. Harvis, and H. S. Crosby"