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Newspaper
Mount Airy News
Location
Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1900
Page
2
A citizen warned of a five week window to vote for white supremacy with no clear facts. Rumors claim Gen Beymore is captured and foreign legation members fled under Chinese troops escort. In Columbia South Carolina residents report a black ring around the sun at noon with sun light dimmed and Negroes alarmed.
In stark race biased terms a call urges white voters to back an Amendment to curb negro rule. The message asserts counties with black majorities face worsening trouble unless “help” is given and frames voting for the Amendment as the duty of every white man.
Dr. C G Fowlkes a lifelong Republican and influential Alleghany county figure openly states his intention to vote for the amendment. After earnest consideration he says it is his duty to the State and people to support the measure, noting revenue department officials cannot deceive the public into ongoing harmful conditions.
The piece reports John B. Myers, longtime Populist and former Populist county executive chair, elected president of Gulledge township White Supremacy club. It notes his shift from fusion politics to pledging to stand with white neighbors for racist extremism.
The Charlotte Observer reports that Congressman K. Z. Linney compared the constitutional amendment fight to Fort Sumter and urged Republicans to resist removal from office. The piece notes his bitter rhetoric and claims his words harm his own party more than opponents, while dismissing concerns about danger.
The article argues county boards and citizens must support institutes as normal schools in miniature. It urges teachers to lead, engage patrons, and unite for stronger schools, with aims to elevate education, raise professional status, and spread modern methods nationwide.
A Brooklyn gathering marking John Brown's birth centennial featured T Thomas Fortune denouncing the South and predicting a coming crisis in which 2,000,000 armed black men would confront white Southerners. He urged vigilance, saying the Fifteenth Amendment was won with blood and could be overturned only with more.
The Chinese army under Prince Tuan attacks Tien Tsin with 45 Krupp guns as Dowager Empress orders extermination of foreigners. Reports say foreign warehouses escaped and civilians were killed or wounded. Admiral Kempff and Gen. Chaffee mobilize U.S. forces for China relief as fighting continues at Tien Tsin and nearby concessions.
In Lexington North Carolina on June 23 a crowd of about 3000 welcomed Governor nominee Charlee Aycock. A free barbecue followed as Aapell delivered a two hour speech that persuaded many to support the state's constitutional amendment. B F Lacy also spoke and H B Warner coordinated the event with four bands providing music.
A reader from Lynn Massachusetts reports relief from persistent headaches dizziness nervous unrest and stomach distress after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She notes improvement in fatigue and white discharge and recommends the remedy to friends and her daughter.
The article notes that over eighty thousand letters were received by Mrs. Pinkham during 1897, regarded as strong proof of her ability to assist suffering women seeking guidance and remedies.
Opens Sept. 18th, 1900. One of the leading schools for young ladies in the South with magnificent buildings and ten acre campus in the Valley of Virginia famed for health. European and American teachers offer a full course and superior advantages in art music and elocution. Students from thirty states. For catalogs address Mattie P Harris president Roanoke Virginia.
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