The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1910-11-03
LOCAL s-ELE-GovERNMENr

ISSUE u LOCAL 601l-SOV6rum6QG
about which the republicans have
been prating during the present
campaign. And first we shall
again direct attention Ia some re-
suits of the fusion republican leg
.islaures of 1895 and 1897:
'Fn New Hanover county forty
negfp magistrates were appoint
ed.
Bette county got sixteen of
these d1sky dispensers of justice,
law and equity" Edgecome
got neark twice as many, or thir-
ty-one.
"GraveRcounty was blessed
with twentseven of the ever
faithful.
"Halifax Sunty, which was
particularly obnoxious, having
produced BUD" Kitchin, who
did not believeNp negro magis-
trates, got twenAnine of them.
Granville cou1y got seven
teen, while you wal
"Caswen county, Which had not
Edone quite so mucA for "ou1
cause" received seYS.
I'm all, there wera named by
the. legislature of 1e9ahree hun
bred negro magistrate in North
Carolina.
$50 much for the dshnsers of
justice at the homes Pfthe peo-
pie.
"But the negroes wfeinot con
tent with that. Veal ago the
negro did not aspire 1.-THE cou1-
| ty offices. In that yea lhoweyer,
) Craven county was Civ pegro
) register of deeds and nFol depu-
: ty registers and three gro dep
uty sheriffs, a negro cdper and
r a negro commissioner.
: "A negro was electefegister
3 of deeds in New Hanoi negro
constables and deputHherifs
were appointed.
: "In Halifax, EdgecoAI, Ber-
: tie, Warren and, indedin all
t the black counties of thekt, ne
e groes were elected or aSinted
:. to public Offices.
h "And if there was one De the
e negro was particularly u for,
/ it was school committeemove
le white children; and yet tngh-
le out the eastern countieshere
were a great many negr APP
d pointed school committeemtver
is white children"
f In a speech in Hendersdlle,
aIon October 8, Judge Ewartho
y now seeks to represent Henion
to county In the next legislatuAA-
Of mitted that the. general assay
IL of which he was a member ipH
er elected negro magistrates; n
to he had twenty-five justices of
r. peace appointed for Hender
to county and did not even app
O. cize for it. That same legl
w ture created a criminal court
ed trict and made Mr.. Ewart pju
nd without so much as consulting
ct. people. Mr.. r. S. Mccall,
ng Buncombe was eletced sole
hit by the same method and the
an pie had no voice In the mat
il Judge Pace was authorized to
ar point a county "school examin
lot to take the place of the cot
nd superintendent whose office
abolished by the legislator.
rs. the middle of his term. TIL
we the sample of local 'self-gov
ri ment the republicans gave
Die people when, they had an op
me tunity to "show their faitl
les their works. and yet they !
he the temerity to complain bee;
IN the democrats have gotten POI
oil sion of one county Office by Il
for lative enactment.
cir AS a matter Of fact, it is
ars court house ring and not
the masses Of the people who
.lse1 been doing the most complain
In SThe democratic tax collector
lip. saved the county hundreds Of
thy lars every year by reducing
no. insolvent list and reporting
-ge, coveries and this newspaper
IN no apologies to make for the
the istenee of a law that has
ler- productive of results so favor
all to the people. However, It's
on erations will cease two
hence and some ringster
zeal have an opportunity to tr
ex- hand for the job. In the n
any time the republicans, in the