The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1938-10-28
5. GIVE THE NEGROES 4
BETTER DEAL"

BETTER DEAL"
The first deal the Democrats
gave the Negroes was to DEAL
them out of public office in 1886.
Prior to that time we had a
Negro holding the office of Mem
Der of the Board of Education,
representing over $4,000 Negroes
in Mcdowell county. The Ne
groes have no representative in
the Board of Education at this
time, nor do they now have
candidate for ELECTION to that
Office. We also had Negroes
holding the elective offices of
Justices of the Peace and Con-
stable. Now, how many Negroes
hold public elective Offices? Not
a single one, with the exception
of Fleming A. Jones, a member
of the House of Delegates, and
Nebraska Gardner, ]. Of p, and
they were made secure in office
by the Union vote and not the
Democratic vote.
1t is true that some few Negro
es have jobs as janitors, office
helpers, three Deputy Sheriffs,
one truant officer, and one holds
Office of assistant Prosecuting
attorney. IN NAME ONLY.
Now, as to the assistant Pro-
scouting Attorney. One, DR..
Robert Tomlinson, was appoint
ed to this position. He takes no
part in the investigation of
crime, or the prosecution of
criminals. The Democratic
Prosecuting Attorney will
let him in the court room for the
purpose of taking part in the
trial of a criminal case. He has
no office. He has been hidden in
the attic of the Court House
next to the County Law Library
but they will not even trust him
with a key to it. In fac the Demo.
cratic Prosecuting Attorney will
have noihngto do with him. Anc
time sitting OF ,SHRDLUSHRE
tol him to tend to his own bust
ness. He does not want him
And poor old Tomlinson spends
his time sitting on the steps OF
the Mcdowell County Nationa
Bank building and snoozing in
the attic of the Court House.
Then the Democrats appoint.
ed hree Negroes Deputy
Sheriffs, Thes dputies perform.
the same duties as the white
deputies, but the Negro deputies
were first paid $500 pr month
and the white deputies $4,000
per month. July LIST, 1887, the
salary of the white deputies
Twas raised to $4,000 per month
while that of coIored deputies
remained at $500 until Sept
IL, 1887, when it was raised tt
$4,000, then, September 1, 1888
| just before ELECTION, the salary
of the colored deputies was rails.
ed to $4,000 per month. Now
the white deputies receive $15C
Iper month, WITH an expense
account, and the colored deputies
receive 500 per month WITH
IOUT an expense account.
| For a perio of six months, al
two m s of Criminal Court
the Democratic Prosecuting At
torney tried with all his zeal tt
convict Charlie France, coloreC
police officer, who was bonded tt
1 carry a pistol, for carrying ;
pistol while he was looking fol
Z man at Eckman, for whom hi
ha da warrant. At the same time
white police officers of every
town in the county were being
when outside the corporate
limits, whether on business OF
pleasure.
Instances, TOO many TO emu
merate, can be cited where Demo
Gratis, in charge of relief, have
refused to help Negroes solely
for the reason they were regis
tered as Republicans.
Not a single Negro now holds
office in Mcdowell county DIET
the office of Justice of the Peace
or Constabl in Mcdowell ounty
while under the Republicans
these Offices have been held by
Negroes for forty vars. Not g
singl elective office in Mcdowell
comfy is held by Negro, and
the Negroes do not have the
S ii g h tie t representation in
school affairs, although over
one-third of the population of
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