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ISlLSr-PdOOF t-ltfDIL’*475rI!Play at Opera House CausesiNegroes to CheerWHITES RESENT THE ACTIONAnd Fight Ensues Which Ends Disas trously to the Negro Delegationin AttendanceThe play Princess of thePatches at Harry man OperasiHouse last night precipitated arow between the whites and afew negroes in attendance,whichresulted very disastrously to thew %lt;colored people and means that infuture the Harryman Opera.house is f »r the whites alone.'The play, in which there was anegro character that at timeslorded it over the white-, causesWHOthe negroes to cheer lus‘ily andremark “that’s right,etc. Atthe c e of the second act andafter an unusual outburst f applause on the part of the negroes.Isome three or four men rose fromtheir seats in the audience andhind, and was gone. She wasstaged for the negro section infollowed by the )ther negroesthe rear On their way theybut hardly a one got awa\ w ith-grabbed chairs and on arrival at tt , . • , , , out a gentle tap over the head totrie dusky quarters wielded them 1them that HrownwoodI Jk in * Jwith a vigor that created a panic : remi •and PejP‘e ouldrot stand firand caused a hurryingequality suggestionsscurrying of woolly headsThere wa no stopping untilAt Harryman Opera House.every negro had left the operaThe Payton Sisters held thehouse, but then that was notmore than thirty seconds, then boards at Harr* man operahouse’ the men returned to their seats last night presenting a bill theand the performance continued “Princess of the patohes whichwas well rece.ved by those preswithout interruption.The negro disturbers were ent. The specialties, especially!those between acts two and threemostly women, but m this casetheir skirts did not save thewere highly exciting.from the wrath of the insulted■| whites. The first blow found a | Lot 68x182 feet, good location.landing on the woolly top-not of; prjce $175, will give terms. Thisa dusky damsel .whose fame had |ot is reajjy Worth $250. Better' already gone abroad as danger look at it.ous when armed with a bucket of ; 135E. B. Henley Co.“Swift’s Premiumt fSh* forgotWAS ARRESTEDall about her fighting propensities and with a yell darted for; the door, leaving her wTaps beMan Who Was on the streets ol Brownm«M»J1 a^t Week has Bad I.utk at ComancheItrn •
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Brownwood Daily Bulletin
Brownwood, Texas, US
Wed, Mar 20, 1907
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