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All OPEN LETTER TO HON.
I see you are a candidate for Ipp-
tier, to the next House intbe eo
oi Hjn?. i am also a n-r,A;A-
.1 iir--. r
for election to that House from the
county of Bladen. In this one re
spect you and I happen to be alike.
I suppose you hope to be a member
of the next legislature. I am very
certain that I shall be a member of
that body, if I live so long. I fully
and confidently expect to be elect, d
I have been honored many tiins by
election to office by the people of
vour countv it i tm0.
?lt llfi y011. we?e
never elected
, - J.on slmPiJ
stole a seat in the lecnslatnro.
stole it by swindling the voters in
the good old county of Wayne. I
am a plain sort of a man myself, and
I deal in a plain way. j am opposed
to stealing, because I know as well
as 1 know anvthiner. that
& IQan
wl.v nr;n , , .
Mif i . Z i -i V MO ? w?"
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"r lelslaturt- Now
notwithstanding your shameless
tneitoi a seat in the legislature
from Wayne county, you have the
impudence to come before the Popu-
lists and Republicans of that county
and a&K mem to elect you to the leg
islature. You, the man who robbed
them of the'r rights, and sat in the
legislature by a shameless throwing
out of their lawful votes. If you
were at all sensitive to circumstances
of shame, you could never have the
hardihood to ask the voters of
Wayne county to elect you to any
thing. I see by the slandering machine
newspapers that you have started a
new raid upon Governor Eussell. Of
course Governor Russell does not
need me for his defense he is abund
antly able to defend himself, but
then, the Governor is my friend, and
Ihave concluded to show you up to the
people of Wayne county since your
recent and vile attack upon the Gov
ernor furnishes me a suitable occa
sion. While I am at it, 1 will take
in your confederates in iniquity;
Simmons, of the Demecrat machine,
of Secret Circular infamy; one Joe
Daniels the chameleon editor of the
News and Observer, and his brother
the other Daniels, that you have put
up for the Senate from the counties
of Wayne, Duplin and Pender. I
not only owe you this exposure in
defense of the Governor and in the
interest of decency, but I owe your
associate and leader, Simmons, , an
fiveninc ud of an old score. When I
was sheriff of Bladen, oimmons tried
to rjnll me for his own pocket. He
brought suits against me in the name
of others upon charges that were
wholly false. It is true he busted on
that job, and did not realize any
thing from it. I have been informed
that the people whose names he
used as plaiatiffs to bring the suits
tid no interest whatever in themat-
ters, Knew noininer aooui. m unuB
ing of the suits. If he had succeeded
hfi would have crotten
the plunder for his own pocket, i unairman or me o aie uemierauc
think it well, therefore, to class you Committee, got a chance to get in
and Simmons and the Daniels to- some of his spite against the Go vern
iretber in what I shall have to say. or by procuring Emcok to write a
Your last attack upon the Goyer- letter saying that the Governor told
nor is about a pardon granted to a him he would retain him in the Fres-npe-ro
bv the name of Freeman Davis idency of the Atlantic R ad if he
j- .
in nrmlin COUntV. - 1 Will leave mai
aside for a moment and tase u np a
. . . i
little later.
Yon have many counts in your ar
ticles of impeachment against the
governor. xuo
foiln-rA to IOOl ine XreaS-
.J C r.TnliriJL Railroad to a
tic and North -Carolina Kj
combine of ! which you jew at
S5eZn over and 4 and yon
Irnta kLZ that yohad lost con'
SSite Tuse about the
" wi : - ... i ,
worKor pnu iiKHJ---
w"llk "l ?V:?a.W'k-- t?-;i-
Aiianuc V"". . rr"
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than it would bring io aay.
,.mn.
Governor broke in
aiauugvu. 7 j
job tbrongh, and so lost a tee o, on.
SSS5Stod "Vake n, e assTst-
y Pif IX to rob the neo-
"i f tip Stite TMs is the first
Jlf eVOnJ articles of impeach-
m.nt aJnst the Governor ? You
ment againsi tne ovruur. "u
can never bring yourself to the mag-
ooydb1trelTolanaThne
So.o ?wl and' now he is to be im-
done this, d "Jf," ?eVto
peached. Jn this little ejo
infaMhe ime fr less lamiirirmiaSlwrcowlrd who loose? Will you. explain? The
ftWaV?5 was slapped in the face by Day; trouble about it is - William
than it has paid to the ' Kne"; JSked into the gutter by Carroll; when you got the negro in prison
Sdt&lto8Z" awhided So pabfic streets you thought you could safely risk the
terwards "Z?? bv Ashe. The only possible trouble attempt to tap him for 3ust one hun
Railroad; and for very mucn less Dy a sne. ix y y dollars more than vou thought
Riilroad yon wonld have robbed the whether yon wrote them, or whether the court. You did not ge
5f.tB of hnndTeds of thousands o Simmons wrote them, or whether that you demanded alter
th tax Savers in Daniels wrote them. I am satisBed wss .n ,U. . Yon did not
lease tne Auanucaiiwui ""r
Wayfe waouldhavfbeaen Soipelkd
Kin to w fw it. Now yon
ftink ?hit th7intell,grnt, flight-
SS id virtnouTvoters of Wavne
ened aBd virtuous voier yi
cenctv will
ccr.rl vr 11 to the leClSia-
ture, in otder that you may
have an
- ... , .
W. R. ALLEN AND OTHERS.
tk .. t , .
JlA? "t'clcs.
is based upon your aggregious fail-
ures to rtal Zd
Fraud Claims.
upon your Oyster
These claims have been fully in
vestigated by W. C. Douglas and
Melver, both of them Demo
cratic lawyers. These nieri have
certified that, after a thorough ex
amination of the matter, they find
them to be fraudulent. The claims
against the Stat in this Oj ster Fraud
it, lY V 1 aLU IU1UI Luru
and I verily believe, that you and Sim-
uiuuuieu io iro.ouu. i am mtormed
mons were to get half or more than
half of the boodle when it should be
drawn from the State Treasury. You
well remember that you went to the
vwciuui, wonuiug tu ue ma iritsuu,
and begged him to advise the Treas-
urer to pay these claims at once,
Yon txrill alcn Y-cmamVtav f Vi o 4- V. -
"v;
governor absolutely refused to give
any such advice. Seeing that you
could not woik the Governor in an
tff jrt to loot the State Treasury,
you began the course of intense
malignancy against him which has
characteirzed your every utterance
FACTS
TROTH
TRUTH TACTS
FACTS
TRUTH
yMM
MP UitmSvL
THE DEMOCRATIC MACHINE
ATTEMPTS TO KICK DOWN
TRUTH AND FACTS,
against mm since he DaiKed you in
your purpose in that interview about
the Oyster Frauds.
I am aware that this is plain talk;
but it is the truth, nevertheless, and
you know it. Do you think the vot
ers of the county of Wayne will ele
vate you to the legislature when
they come to know thse facts abut
your career! Do you think sot We
Your confederate in
Fraud business, F. M.
the Oyster
Simmons,
.i"n ta
wuum wmp jw imD.-.
Evervbody who knows
anything
Simmons
Hancock
abont it believes that
wrote that letter, and had
to sign it. Simmons most have
known it was a lie when he began
. ii.: u. u .
l la vuvuiauuui wuii o mo "
that sort never interferes with any
of his purposes. Everybody e'sa
nowI it is i lie; because it is self-
dlnt that, if Hancock could have
slved his place by whipping Daniels,
Daniels would have been whipped,
It was too easy a thing to do for
xt . afnen if nt ce vnnr
T i: wUf hv hn
UfA. what iob conld have been
' 'eM
. -I TT 1 i- 1. ..
ra stl ao atr Tin a rt rrT nnnp.ni'K 1 1 1 ukvh
neVformance of that task wonld haye
rni .la f am &-r,Ta chltw That.
-?T, bn-
tYes. Yol. "have anieelitHearran
ment by which you are to come to
the legislature from Wayne, and
manage the machinery in that bod v
so as to get Oyster Fraud claims pa d
hv an annronriation
b7"Pp5nS
SSvS'A
torial pages of that disreputable sheet
known throughout this State as the
Know ni K I do not know
r "" " u" v,
SSE d. one It Tuhad
a hard in that nefarious business,
In this newspaper sheet, you will re-
member how vilely yen abused
w u 1 v,:- ;a
Xtur viuriu m iiul uoiug r"'"
icese irauuuieut ciaiuio. . oujiud
. n i. n ... k.m .mnAanhA4
Vwtto. Ut.
islature from Wayne, so that you from them in the midst of their mis
can work up a j b in association fortune?; should not such a Govern
with Daniel's brother from Wayne, or be impeached?
Duplin, and Pender, and get You are abusing the Governor for
You are to work it to loot the
State Treasury in one house while
.uanieis gets nis nngers into it in the
other hcus. You are a nice pair to
go before the tax payers of Duplin,
Pender and "Wavne and ask them to
vote for you. Ye?, you are a nice
pair indeed. It seems that the last
count in your articles of impeach
ment ftfrftinst: fh flnrprnnr is that Via
refused to let you use the pardoniog
power to extort monev iroaa a uu-
plin countv neero. You have fixed
4. i a it Tx.
ud a screed about the. armor's rmr.
doning a terrible criminal who had
violated the virtue of an innocent
woman. Your distressing anxiety
10 preserve tne virtue ot necroes is
crowding: theHeaverlv realms with
weeninc ano-ols. vrtn frot
n 1
meuuuu, uuwever, m your nine
screed, that you are the same indi-
viduals who begged the court not to
send this negro to prison at all if he
would pay you $100. You did not
get the $100 and the negro went to
prison. About all the white people
who knew anything about him or his
TROTK
FAC-i
0F
ACTS
1898
U'0tf 1 TRUTH tf
"Ai I r (2 l v la Iff- - L'l I Mr I 1 T V.'JfJ'JJJlti I I Bk.
AND KICKS ITSELF
INTO A SORRY
PLIGHT,
case petitioned the Governor for his
pardon. All the county officers in
Duplin countv urged that he might
be pardoned: some of the best wo
men in the county begsred that he
might be pardoned; and yon heard
that he was abont to b pardoned;
you rushed off to his friends and
told them that if they would pay you
$200 you wonld have the girl, who
was alleged to have been seduced by
the negro, ask also for his pardon.
You told this to Dan Moore, Sheriff
of Duplin county. You told him
that if you did not get your $200 you
wonld object to his pardon: Yon
did object to his pardon. Will
vnn h o-nnrl TinTih tn exDlain to
o -i -
the public what it was that made
you rouble up on your price
Yon were at one time willing to
have the judgment suspended if the
negro should pay $100 Will you -
plain to a curious and puzzled pub-
lie why it is that -you made up your
minn to pxiori irum uiuj. ur u.ia
friends. $200 as
friends, uu as tne price or your
nre,rw tint V a m lirht
ba turned
uuudci ii i iai uv? xukuv
yon conld get ont of mm betore ne
tiovernor, i nave oeen miormtu, auu
told him 4on desired to be heard be-
fore the pardon was granted This
you did simply in order that you
might have time to get your blood
pulling machine fastened upon the
negro, and you know it. Jour con-
duct was exposed by proofs laid be-
fore the Governor. He therefore
This was done and he was pardoned.
You did not get the $100 m the first
instance that you pleaded for before
ho rmrf Vnn did not et vour $200
the negro
ant thfi $50
t was paid to th. girl you are
simply mad about it, and want to
impeach the Governor. Certainly,
why not! Should not a Governor
wu etin hAtweenvon &ndthennb
j -
v j t ;
l allow you to extort money
anrt n n inn n n x. ih 1'riiniuH.iii. iuiu
you do this you insult every man and
woman who a?ked Governor Russell
to grant it, and some or these men
whom you thus insult, you have the
inipudenee to ask for their votes in
the coming election. How dare you
to face them, when you are demean
ing and slandering the Governor for
doing exactly what they recommend
ed and begged him to do? Who are
they! Here they art :
R W Millard, County Supervisor.
Thad Jones, Jr., Register of Deeds, Du
plin county.
D Moore, Sheriff Duplin county.
John A Gavin, Clerk Superior Court,
Duplin county.
Bland Wallace, Ex-Sheriff and post
master. J D Stanford.
J P. Turner, Justice of the Peace.
Joe. C Maxwell, Ex-Enrolling Clerk.
RG Maxwell, Senator 9th District.
W L, Hill.
R WBlackmore.
R L Blackmore, Commissioner for Du
plin county.
Dr. W P Kennedy.
G G Best,
J A Scott,
A J Scott,
J A Newcombe,
E J Scott,
J C Waiiard, P M,
J L Dickson,
Henry Fussell,
Jacqueline Jones,
C W Holmes,
J J Outlaw,
James Garner,
Fred Outlaw, P M, B F Bennett,
Robert Wallace,
J F Daii.
(iideon Outlaw,
Louis Outlaw,
J D Hardeson,
Maron Hardeson,
Daniel Hardeson,
Robert HowpII,
J O Goodman,
A L Johason,
J W Lee,
E T Reaves,
H J Grip,
Henry Garner,
Simeon Garner,
Lewis Cooper,
R A Bouden,
J J Garner,
J D Goodman,
G W Goodson,
y -y
&--f f T :. t nonnrmTH.K uXO.tL. Q
I rnxmi rKMrnoiA kt FACTS
' (FACTS ITWHMft.riTBatt KM
mt - I - 1 - i v 1 1 r-7 -j -
i Sate --xi' MP fcr I TKUTVI fitrtl TRUntLNAf l nuw.
I, - - ai'7-n,n:-
Mr
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BUT TRUTH AND FACTS ARE UNSCATHED
AND UNSCARRED.
J H L-p,
John Holland,
G T Bennett,
D A Bennett.
James Holmes,
Need bam Herring,
G L Dail,
John H Bennett,
Horane Lain,
Ira Summerlin,
Willis Huse,
A L Goodson,
J R Ta lor,
John Gaugh,
Thad Jones, Sr,
D H Garner,
R G Summerlin,
Jesse Neumans,
F J Quimm,
j.utner uan,
Richm'd Thorns,
F Jones
Xf
ffl
R E PaningtoTlj
VV H Maxwell,
Ray ford Kornegay, A B Soutberland,
A D Jones,
Bryant Smith,
R A Greenfield,
J R Greenfield,
James Gufford,
W F Gufford,
John F Davis,
L H Davis,
C F Garner,
R E Lee,
J R Smith,
Thomas Kilpatrick
Wm J Grady, P M,
Robt Taylor,
W H Barrett,
A D Potter,
Rich'd Summerlin, D H Barnett,
Zack BarfleW,
R D Jones,
B H Sullivan,
o xjaiuucit,
Simson Herring,
N B Whitfield,
J L Outlaw,
D H Outlaw,
M L Outlaw,
J A Whitfield,
Edward Hissey,
A D Outlaw,
B D Ford,
Isaac Stroud,
Jackson Potter,
Seth Tindal,
W P Barnett,
Harry Davis,
B F Jarman,
S E Jarman,
Lanney Davis,
J S Jarman,
Kelly R Davis,
York Davis,
Willie W Davis,
Hiram Davis,
J J Phillips,
Ashley Stroud,
Fred Grady,
James Davis,
Tim Davis.
Haywood Davis,
Ricnm'd Williams,
Sarwot 8t.nl,,
TJGraay
j Gridy,
Zack Williams,
b F Outlaw,
JB Outlaw,
D C Potter,
SS-
Albert'R Hill,
j c White,
A T Johnson,
A J Stanford.
A M Hill,
Essex Hill,
i-,
OWHm
k Phim
q. y Davis,
Aif,. rwi0
. '
" "
ubuu v ai uiau.
G W Cooper,
C F Williams,
vJohn Brinson,
James Branch,
Balara Borden,
K Whitehead,
Root. Graham,
Sanfers Middleton, Joseph Cartiand,
Jacob Dodson,
Amos Pearsali,
R R Middleson,
Willis Cowan,
CC Graham,
D Faison,
A R Cowan,
L J Summerlin.
Mack Miller,
W A Frederick.
W M Bayant,
W C Cowan,
Needham Dodson,
L Hussey,
Ramsey Cotton,
AD Mont, gay.
Rev. W!B F Korne-
Thim Middleton,
Sanker Hankerson.Wm. Brown,
J T Wilkins, Jno D Miller,
J T Wallace, Jacob James.
Then look at the following letters :
Kenansville, N. C, Aug. 13, '98.
Governor D. L. Russell,
Dear Sir : I had promised Free
man Davis to se you when I carried
him up to the penitentiary but I had
a very sick baby and had to send a
Deputy.
The first action brought against Da
vis in this matter was a bastardy pro
ceeding. The Constable who served the war
rant said that the defendant insisted
upon a trial, but it was not tried and
prosecutors proposed a compromise.
I have before me an affidavit filed in
the case, which states that Koxanna
Hall, being duly sworn, says that she
c&nnot obtain evidence sufficient to
convict the said Freeman Davis.
1 also have before me receipts show
ing that Freeman Davis paid prose
cutors $2750 and their names are
signed by X. V. Grady, Attorney.
These receipts from the woman
states that it is in full settlement of
all claims she has or is about to have
against him.
A short while after this settlement
they br ught another action for the
same offense, this time for seduction.
This warrant was placed in my
hands, and the girl's father came to me
and asked me not to serve it; stated
that they were not ready for trial, and
insisted that I hold it for some time.
I refused to hold the warrant as a
menace, and served it.
W. R. Allen assisted L. V. Grady in
the prosecution. After Davis wa3 sen
tenced to two years, Allen tried to per
suade the court to change the sentence
and require defendant to pay the wo
man $100 instead of serving two years.
Since the trials I heard L. V. Grady
say that he thought it was very doubt-
T ,,.r t.. pi TBdiH 1 A(TSI
jTACrsl TRulnl FAC TtfTlJlM
-
fynt iK8"l flKJ wirmfacjsj
hi rvni inula rc rs IKirM f Kt, y
f ul, or did not believe, that Davis was
the father of the child.
Durir;g court here last week Mr. Al
len came to Thad Jones and myself and
told us that Davis came very near be
ing pardoned, but that it wa3 held up;
said further that he had just consulted
the prosecution, and they were willing
to do as they directed; then proposed
that if Freeman Davis would pay $200
he would have the prosecution join in
the petition for pardon.
As we have asked you to pardon this
man I feel that these facts should be
laid before you.
Our courts should not be prostituted
by allowing prosecutions (or persecu
tion) in the name of the State to ex
tort money.
Your early action granting our pe
tition will be greatly appreciated.
I enclose transcript of the record.
If you require the $50 paid to the
woman, I assure you it will be done.
Yours, etc., .
D. Moore,
Sheriff Duplin County.
(Signed)
Warsaw, July 16. 188.
His Excellency, Daniel L. Rossell,
G overhor of North Carolina, Raleigh,
K. C.
Dear Sir : Aside from having been
of counsel in the case now before your
Excellency, I feel a keen interest in
the matter, from the standpoint of a
citizen. The defendant was the .ic
tim of the machinations and the hatred
of a man who has since had to leave
the State. The very best people in the
county have signed the petition for his
pardon, believing him innocent of the
crime for which he was convicted. No
one who knew the circumstances and
Sam Williams,
J B Cox,
G H Williams,
C G Graham,
D H Smith,
W M Faison,
D I Brinson.
the parties has refused to sign the peti- man, whose election was brought about
tion. I have no personal interest in in this way : One of the colored coun
the matter, having received nothing oilmen agreed to vote with the two
for my work in the past, nor do I ex- Democratic couucilmen for a Democrat
pect anything in the future. My only for assistant policeman, thus making a
wish is that an innocent man shall not tie vote, and I as mayor agreed to vote
suffer. People, irrespective of color, for the Democrat, thus preventing the
party and social coi dirion have signed election of the colored policeman. One
his petition, and by granting the same, of the Democratic councilmen, who is
Your Excellency will do an act which chairman of the county executive corn
will merit and receive the approbation mittee and the law partner of Gov. Jar
of our best citizens, and the cendem- vis, declined, as I was informed, to vote
nation of none who know the case an
the parties.
Yours very respectfully,
(Sigded) L. A. Beasley.
Krnansvilijs, X. C, July l 1898. '
To His Excellency Das'l L. Russell,
Governor of North Carolina, Ral
eigh, N. C. :
My Dear Old Fkiend : It is many
years since we have met; as my ad
vanced age precludes my traveling far
from home, and I do not remember to
have seen you since you were on the
bench in this county. However, I knew
your honored father, the late Daniel
L.Russell, Sr.) when I lived in Wil
mington from 1846 to 1857, and remem
ber you as a well grown youth. But
relative to this petition to you to par
ffon the negro boy Freeman G. Davis.
I feel constrained to ask an act of
clemency, or rather as . I regard the
matter from my standpoint as an act of
justice. Knowing as I do, all the ill
feelings that dominated the actions
of the colored and many of the .white
actors in the cas. The boy Freeman
Davis was raised and used to - belong
to my wife's brother, Dr. John Davis,
whom I think your Honor remembers,
and we take an interest in his affairs
from his being an old family negro;
and when you are assured by the sig-
natures of the majority of the most
respectable inhabitants of Duplin
county, that the boy is innocent of the
crimo which he was so unjustly con
victed, as you are by the petition that
accompanies this note, I feel assured
from my former knowledge of your
Excellency's character for justice and
equity, that you will set aside the very
unjust decision of the court, and re
store a very worthy negro to citizen
ship. I would be delighted to receive an
autograph letter from your Honor,
but suppose the affairs of State are too
numerous for me to expect it. How
ever, should you get an opportunity
to drop me a line, it will be gratefully
received.
Your very bumble servant,.
(Signed) B. D. Ford.
. Kenans vilIe, N. C., July 11, d8. -To
His Fxcellency, Daniel L. Rus
sel Governor of North Carolina,
Dear Sib: I h6pe you will pardon
me for this trouble to pou, but it is
prompted by a de.ire to see justice
done to one of our colored men, Free
man Davis, who was convicted of se
duction at our February court, and I
am certain from what I have heard
one Hiram Brown say just after the
verdict was rendered that he knew
Davis was not the father of the child
but he had to nay for it: and r hon
you can see your way clear to give
him a full pardon for'said charge, be-
neving mat ne was innocent oi the
charge for which he was convicted.
Yours truly,
(Signed) L. F. Shine.
Now, Wrlliam, what do you think
of yourself! Other people not only
think, but they do certainly knjw,
that you re now ju t what yon were
when vou stole that office from an
other man, and from tne people of
Wayne county.
1 suppose you will-say that this
letter was written by the Governor,,
ana if you do, you will say what is
abtolutely untiue, for ibe Governor
of North Carolina has never seen it
ard will not until it appears in print.
Fearicg that ore v sue of this let
ter will not be n ffif ient for the pur
pose of msfciEg you knewn through
out the State, I have had ten thou
sand copies struck eff and mean to
give you the full bent fit of them.
W. J. f TJTTON.
JAS. W. PERKIHS TO T. J. JARVIS.
A SCORCHER FOR THE EX-GOYER-NOR
A LITTLE EARLY
4 HISTORY.
AS HE IS SO FOND OF PERSON
ALITIES, THE EX-MAYOR OF
GREENVILLE, WHOM HE HAD
ATTACKED, HAS A WORD TO
SAY. '
Greenville, N. C, Sept. 5, 1898.
Mr. Editor : My attention has been
called to a letter which. ex-Governor T.
J. Jarvis has written about the town
government of Greenville, and as he
has suppressed some facts, I will give
them:
The town was first divided into wards
by the Democrats, in 1885. In that di
vision two Democratic wards, with
small voting population, were given
two councilmen each, and twd Repub
lican wards, with large voting popula
tion, were given one councilman each.
The Republican legislature of 1895
simply changed the representation by
giving the Republicans two councilmen
in each ward and the Democrats one
councilman in each ward. The present
town government consists of four col
ored councilmen and two Democrats,
and all the town officers are elected by
them. The mayor, treasurer and tax
collector are Democrats, sought office
from the negro councilmen, and were
elected by tbem. The two policemen
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