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BAMBERG MEN
, GIVEN FREEDOM
TOWXSEXD IJELEASES MAYk
FIELD, BREEDIX, SAXDIFER.
Oil Technical Error,
; Papers From North Carolina Found
Insufficient and Defective at
Habeas Corpus Hearing.
Columbia, Sept. 12.?W. D. Mayfield,
James Breeden and Henry M.
Sandifer, Bamberg county men wanted
in Anson county, North Carolina,
on a charge of kidnaping, were released
from custody yesterday upon
orders of Judge Townsehd, thereby
bringing to a conclusion one of the
i most hotly contested legal battles
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A listed in soutn uaronna amicus auu
ringing down the curtain on one of
If the most interesting interstate cases
V of many a year.
P Sheriff Sanders, of Barnwell, who
was designated by Governor Cooper
as the agent to deliver Mr. Mayfield,
Mr. Breeden and Mr. Sandifer to the
I North Carolina authorities, was .restrained
from carrying out the instructions
of the governor on a writ
of habeas corpus, served upon him
September 9. Counsel for Mayfield
in the petition for the habeas corpus
writ alleged among other contentions
that the extraditioh warrant issued v
by Governor Cooper was made out iri
regularly in that the extradition papf
ers forwarded to South Carolina by
Governor Bickett were irregular.
This contention was aamiuea oyi
Assistant Attorney General Morris C.
Lumpkin and Solicitor W. E. Brock,
of the Thirteenth circuit of North
Carolina and an effort was made by
them to prevent the issuance of an
order under the habeas corpus proceedings
by withdrawing the extradition
warrant, under which the men
were being held. Governor Cooper
upon tljeir motion, revoked his former
mandate and instructed the sheriff
to release the alleged fugitives.
Judge Townsend held, however, that
since this action was taken after the
writ of habeas corpus had been served
and the hearing begun the hearing
on the writ should proceed.
Counsel for Mayfield, Breeden and
Sandifer think that this is to be the
last act in the case, which has occu0
pied the attention of two governors
and excited interest in both North
and South Carolina for some weeks.
The code of South Carolina, they
pointed out, provides that no man
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snail oe rearresieu uu me same
charge, however colored, after having
once been discharged on a writ
^of habeas corpus. A fine of $2,500
is provided for any person assisting
in making such an arrest.
Sheriff McCain, of Richland county,
was present at the hearing with a
warrant for the three men, intending
to hold them until new extradition
papers could arrive from North Carolina.
The warrant was not served.
. Judge Townsend's order follows:
"On hearing the sheriff's return to
the writ of habeas corpus issued in
this matter, whereby it appears that
he holds the petitioners in custody by
virtue of a warrant of extradition issued
by his excellency, the governor
of this state, and it being admitted by
the assistant attorney general, representing
the state, that the proceedings
upon which said warrant for the
extradition of the petitioners was issued,
are insufficient and defective
and not in compliance with the act of
congress, and it being further stated
by the assistant attorney general that
the defects in the extradition proceedings
had been discovered and
called to the attention of the governor,
and that the governor has instructed
the sheriff to discharge the
prisoners, after the sheriff had prepared
his return and the prisoners
were before me in court. The instruction
to the sheriff by* the governor
to the effect that he had revoked
his warrant of extradition, "and that
he should discharge the prisoners,
was made after the hour fixed for the
hearing in this matter before me,
and after counsel for the petitioners
had commenced to present their petition,
and while I was waiting for the
governor or attorney general to submit
any reasons that they might have
for resisting the discharge of the petitioners
under the habeas corpus
proceedings.
"It is therefore ordered that the
petitioners be discharged from the
custody of C. K. Sanders, sheriff, and
go hence."
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Mr. Mayfield and his two associates
were accused (ft kidnaping Jesse
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WEEVILS EVERYWHERE.
All Top Crop Destroyed and Most of
Staple Now Open.
There is no denying the fact that
the cotton planters of Bamberg county
are blue over the boll weevil* situation.
The top crop is a complete
failure, they say, and they make the
further statement that a cotton bloom
can scarcely be found in the county, ,
whereas 'usually at this season of
the year the tops of the cotton plants
are white with blooms. It appears
to an observer who does not pretend
to know that small cotton this year
will make a much better showing than 1
the larger cotton. Most of the medium
lands this year nave cotton
which is well fruited, while the lar
ger cotton, which matures fruit later,
is very poorly fruited, due to boll
weevil devastation, and will produce
yields nothing like normal.
Jones and Eugene Stroman, two negro
farm hands, who, they allege, .
were formerly employed on Mr. Mayfield's
farm and had fled from the
state violating their contract with
Mr. Mayfield. Efforts were first
made to secure the extradition of the
two negroes from North Carolina,
but Governor Bickett of North Caro- 1
lina refused to honor the requisition
papers. The Bamberg' county men '
then, the North Carolina authorities ;
claim, took matters into their own
hands, went to North Carolina and '
brought the negroes back to South
Carolina. This was effected, the negroes
alleged in affidavits presented (
at a hearing before Governor Cooper,
with force of arms and with the use
of handcuffs. Mayfield and his asso- 1
ciates, however, claim that no force '
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was used and that the negroes even
expressed themselves as glad to get i
back to South Carolina.
Requisition papers were then is- '
sued for the three Bamberg men by
Governor Bickett and after several
hearings were honored by Governor ^
Cooper, who notified Sheriff Sanders, *
Rarnu-Dll pnnntr tn srrocf- tho mem ^
and to deliver them to the yorth ?
Carolina authorities. Sheriff Sand- "
ers was' passing through Columbia *
September 9 en route to North Carolina
with the-alleged fugitives when 1
he was served with the writ Qf habeas
corpus.
Mr. Mayfield and his associates 1
were reperesented at the hearing by
Edgar A. Brown, J. Wesley Crura,
Jr., and ^ W. Robinson, while j
counsel for the state were Assistant
Attorney General Lumpkin and Solicitor
Brock. Former Senator S. G.
Mayfield, father of W. D. Mayfield, j
was also present at the hearing.
Statement by Governor Cooper.
With regard to the discharge of
W. D. Mayfield, H. B. Sandifer and j
James Breedin by Judge W. H. Town- .
send, Governor Cooper has issued the
following statement: *
"The order of Judge Townsend as t
published in the State Sunday does <
not state fully the proceedings had
before me. The order leaves the impression
that I had acted in the mat- T
ter after the hearing had comemnced
before the judge. The facts are as .
follows:
"When the writ of habeas corpus *
was granted I was advised by the attorney
general's office that the defect t
compiained of in the requisition sent c
me by the governor of North Carolina K
was fatal, and that the petitioners '
would be entitled to discharge before 1
Judge Townsend. On Saturday morning
about lu:30 o'clock Solicitor W. a
E. Brock, of North Carolina, representing
that state, and the assistant 1
attorney general, Mr. Lumpkin, ap
peared before me, and filed a written (
petition asking that I revoke my
mandate directing that the petitioners
be delivered to the authorities of 2
North Carolina. This I did about 12 3
o'clock on Saturday morning in a *
formal order. By my direction Judge
Townsend was notified of my action
about 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon,
two hours prior to the time fixed for
a hearing before me. As soon as I
could see Sheriff Sanders, who had
the parties in custody, I informed
him of my action, instructing hiip to
release the men, and they were actu- i
ally at liberty when Judge Town- ]
send's order was made. It is proper r
also to state that at the first hearing '
before me in this case I called atten- ^
tion of attorneys representing May- e
field and others to the fact that the j
warrant from North Carolina on
which requisition was based was not
supported by affidavit. They stated *
that they did not care to raise that i
question; that they wanted me :o c
hear the case on its merits. I natv.rally
assumed that this defect was 1
waived, and proceeded with the hear- f
ing on the merits. t
I regret very much the necessity of
having to make a statement that has
even the appearance of criticising the s
action of a member of the judicial de- (
partment of the government, but in 1
justice to myself, since it does not f
otherwise appear in the record, and ,
since my order was not published in
any of the papers though it was given 2
to press representatives two hours before
the hearing before Judge Townsend,
I feel that the whole facts c
shouly be known." 3
WATSOX NOMINATED.
Defeats all Opponents in Georgia.
Second Ka<'e for Governor.
Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 9.?Thomas E.
Watson maintained his majority in
the Democratic nomination on the
face of returns, incomplete and unofficial,
from yesterday's primary, as
compiled late today by the Atlanta
Journal.
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A runoff will be necessary to decide
the gubernatorial nomination on the
face of- incomplete returns.
Complete returns, partly official,
partly from unofficial totals by the
Constitution tonight on the popular
\rote in yesterday's primary showed:
Senate?Watson, 98,475; Dorsey,
60,801; Smith, 50,700; Cooper, 842.
riftTTArriA^ "Ho-rrl TT7i 87 n 7
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Walker, 79,879; Holder, 23,673;
Brown, 2,497.
The county unit vote, however, determines
the result.
Later returns showed no changes
in the standing of various state officials,
as compiled by the Journal.
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Miller-Herndon.
Miss Leila Ellen Miller, daughter
of Mrs. Leila Means Miller, was married
yesterday afternefon at 5 o'clock
to James Herndon, U. S. N., the ceremony
taking place at the home of the
bride's uncle-in-law and aunt, Mr.
md Mrs. W. H. Galloway, 1824 Sumter
street. The Rev. Andrew W.
Blackwood of the First Presbyterian
church officiating.
Mr. Herndon, who has been on naral
recruiting duty in Columbia for
the last year as assistant medical examiner,
has been transferred to Santiago,
Cal., where he will do similar
service and he and his bride left yes- (
-prrlav for thp west. exDectine: to
spend a few days, en route, in Atlanta.
Before coming to Columbia Mr.
flerdon saw 15 months' service with
;he naval aviation division in France,
laving belonged to the lie Tudy air
station, which was cited for having
sunk three German submarines off
:he coast of France.
The bride has been one of the
imminent young business women of
Columbia and has scores of friends
lere who will regret that her mar- ]
iage takes her away from Columbia. '
?The State. 1
Mr. Herndon is a brother of Frank 1
rlernddn, of this city. He was rear- <
id in this county and he has
visited the city on numerous occa- 1
ons and is well known here, where 1
le has scores of friends.
Urges Women to Register. $
Editor The Herald:?On Septem- 1
ier 22, 1920, the registration office in !
;he court house at Bamberg will be
vept open so that women may regis
n.AWk Am /\ wArriptf A *? on/1
.er. UlXltJSS W Uliicii uu iC6iOLCx aiiu
let their registration certificates they
vill not be qualified to vote on No- c
rember 2nd in the general election. 5
The women of the north and west
ire going to register and they are 1
?oing to vote. Why not we? 1
The women of the north are going 1
;o stand by the Republican party. ;
Jhall we stand by the Democratic par- 1
;y, or shall we fail to take the trouble
to register and vote? 1
Now is the time for all good men 1
md women to come to the aid of their j
party. Will you do it? '
The registration office will be kept
)pen on the 22nd of this month especially
in order to give the women
mother opportunity to register. If :ou
do not register on that date it 1
vill be too late. 1
MAMIE MAYFIELD. 3
Denmark, S. C. ^
Mrs. J. E. Ulimer. 1
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Brunson, Sept. 3.?Mrs. J. E. Ul- 1
ner died last night at her home in ?
Brunson after a prolonged illness. ?'
rhe deceased was the jpidow of Capt. 1
I. M. Ulmer, at officer of the Confed- 1
?rate army, and was before her mar- 1
-iasre Miss Janie Free, of Bamberg. *
Mrs. Ulmer was highly esteemed (
)y all who knew her, and loved by 1
nany friends because of her sterling 1
lualities, amiable disposition and
mre Christian life. She wras a faith-'
I
ul and consistent member of the Papist
church.
The following sons and daughters
survive: H. M. Fulmer, of Monroe, N.
2., Mrs. M. E. Edenfield, of BatesDurg.
Mrs. J. T. Rivers, Misses Her- *
;ha and Ru* M rimer, Eric Ulmer,
Bush Time '. and J. Gordon Ulmer, 1
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ill of Brunson.
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Just received, shipment of Ameri- *
an Wire Fence. See me at once if
'ou need fercing. G. 0. SIMMONS.
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SMITH REELECTED.
Defeats Warren Tuesday.?Shealey
and Harvey Nominated.
Returns tabluated up to one o'clock
Wednesday morning indicated the renomination
of Senator E. D. Smith by
a majority of more than 15,000 over
George Warren, his opponent in the
second primary:
Wilson G. Harvey was nominated
lieutenant governor over Oscar K.
Mauldin, his majority being more
than 13,000.
Frank W. Shealey has been renominated
railroad commissioner over
D. L. Smith, his majority being
around 13,000.
Bamberg For Warren.
Incomplete returns tabulated up to
noon yesterday showed that George
Warren, of Hampton, was easily the
favorite in Bamberg county. Thirteen
boxes out of 15 gave Warren 658
votes to 296 for Smith.
The only county contest was that
of magistrate for Fish Pond. Up to
Wednesday noon the Little Swamp
box had not been heard from, and the
outcome of this race is uncertain until
Little Swamp is added in the tabulation.
Twelve boxes had been tabulated
for all offices except senator. The
official and full tabulation will be
published in The Herald next week.
Following are the totals heard from
up to yesterday at noon:
U. S. senator?Smith, 296; Warren,
658.
Lieutehant governor ? Harvey,
566; Mauldin, 246.
Railroad commissioner?Shealey,
278; Smith, 534*.
Magistrate at Fish Pond Little
Swamn wot inolndedl?Garfor 44*
Hill, 72.
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ATTENDED BIG CONVENTION.
Bamberg County Farmers Enthusiastic
Over Cotton Meeting.
S. S. Williams, of Govan, and H.
C. Crum and T. P. McCrae. of Denmark,
attended the big meeting of
the American Cotton association in
Montgomery recently. Mr. Williams,
in discussing the convention Saturday,
spoke very enthusiastically of
the actions of rhe association, and
he is of the belief tha: great good
will be accomplished in the carrying
out of the mammoth programme outlined
at the association. Mr. Williams
said that the various cotton interests
were represented at the meeting,
including the spinners, exporters
and the banks, and that all of
these interests were unanimously
agreed that the time has come for
the fixing of a fair price for the
staple lest farmers entirely quit cotton
for other crops. It was generally
agreed among the men of big in
terests that unless the farmers are
permitted to make profits on their
otton similar to profits made in other
industries, the people will continue
to leave the farms for more lucrative
employment, and it was pointed
out, in support of this argument,
that the percentage of farmers moving
to the towns is growing larger
every year. All the spinners agreed
that the planters are entitled to a
^ood price for cotton, and a representative
from the English spinners
pleaded for the fixing of a high price
as the only hope of supplying the
European people with clothing.
Mr. Crum stated Saturday that he
had during his trip talked with many
Alabama farmers, and he found that
the boll weevil is eating up the cotton
there, and that the damage is
greater than in recent years. Many
farmers, he said, are expecting no
more than three bales of cotton to
the plow. During his visit Mr. Crum
became very much encouraged over
the peanut crop. He says that No. 1
Spanish peanuts are now worth
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1UUIH tp -L ? U J 'CI LU11, tum lUC
Pay quoted at around $30. At these
prices, Mr. Crum says the farmers
tvill make good money this year, as
;he crop is generally good. He has
eighty acres in peanuts himself, and
nany oth"- farmers in his section
lave rented heavily of this crop.
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Political Points.
"And whom did you vote for, Miss
Sophy?"
"Well, you see, the Republican was
;implv stunningly good-looking. But
;he Democrat had always been perfectly
splendid to his family, so I
narked both ballots, closed my eyes,
shuffled them, put one in the box and
;ore up the other. Nothing could be
Jairer than that."?Life.
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Read The Herald, $2 per year.
TOBACCO MARKET DROPS. J
North Carolina OPens 50 to 100 Per
Cent. Off From Last Year.
A. M. Brabham has handed The
Herald copies of the Raleigh (N. C.) j
News and Observer of September 8
and 9, containing accounts of the
opening of the North Carolina tobacco
markets. In view of the in
terest locally in the price of tobacco,
we give here a brief summary of the
condition of the markets in the north *
state.
"Tobacco growers in eastern North
Carolina are up in arms because of a
fifty per cent, reduction in prices for
the opening day as compared with ^
last year. Greenville warehouses s
were closed shortly after the opening
yesterday, when, it is reported,
the angry farmers refused to allow
the sales continued," says the opening
paragraph of the issue of the 8th.
"Sales were also discontinued at
Farmville and Ayden, but the larger
markets remained open though the
price flumps caused a lot of the weed
to be hauled back home and many
indignation meetings were held."
The greatest part of the North
Carolina tobacco is bright leaf, and
very high class, although the prices
reported from the various markets
wrere less than prices paid in Bamberg
for tobacco that is generally
conceded to be inferior to North
Carolina bright leaf.
Millions of pounds of tobacco were 1
on sale the opening day. At G^een- 2
ville the price averaged between 15 2
f
and 20 cents a pound, fifty per cent,
under last year's prices. More than
three-quarters of a million pounds
c
were on sale at Wilson, the largest
bright leaf market in tjate world, and t
the "cures" were the finest, ever offered,
though the price was 100 per s
cent, under last year. At Kinsfon 1
"initial prices were 35 to 50 per c
cent, off from those of last year's c
opening." Last year the average at s
Kinston was 50 cents. The everage 1
price at Goldsboro was 20 cents. The 8
average at Rocky Mount' was'25 *
cents, and at other markets about the 8
same as those given above. c
Following the prices offered at the s
opening, most of the markets de- c
clared against selling. Many markets
were closed entirely and resolu- c
tions were passed by farmers' meet- ?
ings protesting against the prices. t
In the issue of Sept. 9, slightly t
better prices are noted, but still not i
near approximating the prices of last c
year. i
In view of the fact that many t
farmers were dissatisfied with prices I
paid on the Bamberg market, this r
should be of interest to the planters I
of this county. The fact that Bam- c
berg tobacco was placed on the mar- c
ket early saved the farmers here
thousands of dollars. Mr. tfraDnam s
will be pleased to 'show the papers t
referred to to any interested parties. I
Denmark Notes. 1
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Denmark, Sept. 15.?Misses Julia I
and Elizabeth McCrae have returned I
to Winthrop college, and Miss Ruth
Folk to Chicora college. r
Misses Clara Wyman and Kather- t
ine Faust returned on Wednesday to ^
Converse college. Miss Wyman will s
enter the senior class. She is a I
member of the student council and t
an officer in the Carlisle society. Miss c
Faust, a member of the junior class, f
is one of the editors of the college
magazine. Last year she won the r
annual prize for the best literary a
sketch contributed during the term. v
Graham's chapter, U. D. C., will g
install two drinking fountains in the h
school buildings as a memorial to i]
the Confederate dead of Denmark t
and vicinity.
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Bamberg's Fair Voters. a
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To Denmark goes the exclusive h
honor of nossessing all the women v
of the county who so far are suffi- s
iently interested in politics to regis- n
ter. Up to the time of the closing t
of the hooks of registration last
Wednesday afternoon, twenty-two of t
Denmark's fair citizens had appeared ii
before the registration board and se- e
cured their certificates entitling them a
to participate in the elections. The s
books of registration will again be t
opened for one day on September 22. ai
The following ladies have register- n
ed in this county, all of them being t
voters of the Denmark precinct: 01- ive
D. Crum; Priscilla H. Crum, Flor- fi
ence B. Cox, Lillie Cooper, Gussie ^
H. Cooper, Blanch W. Faust, Rosa ^
B. Fanning, Sarah H. Guess, Caroline
S. Hovt, Dorothy E. Hoyt, Annie a
B. Hooper, Jennie F. Hooton, Beu- F
lah Leslie, Hazel Lecroy, Vivian Le- ii
crop, Sarah M. Liles, Mamie B. May- g
MANY NEGROES
ON FRONT PORCH
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WARDING VISITED BY FIVE DEL^
EGATIONS.
Makes Two Speeches.
several Hours of Demonstration and
Oratory Mark Day at
Marion.
Marion, Ohio, Sept. 10?Five delerations
of negro Republicans, representing
various organizations of the
ace in the north and the south, gathered
at Senator Harding's front porch
;oday and pledged him their support
n several hours of characteristic
lemonstrations and oratory.
In response the Republican nomilee
made two speeches praising the
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oyalty and attainments of the naion's
negro citizenry and promising
hat the federal government ''will not
:ail the American negro." He asked
;hat they make service to the counry
the every day standard of their
utizenship, and declared his abhor ence
of the use of "brutal and unawful
violence" against the black
'ace or any other class.%
In several private conferences Senitor
Harding also heard the grievmces
of various negro leaders and
i
issured them he would make a careul
study of the situation. Lynching
md segregation of the negro federal
imployees were practices for whose oppression
the visitors made a paricular
plea. '/
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Conventions of negro Baptists, in
iession at Columbus and Indianapois,
sent the largest delegations and a
:amp meeting spirit ruled the day's
:elebration. The first group came in
linging "Harding Will Shine Tolight"
in parody of a revival hymsn :
md "Amens" and "Hellelujahs"
loated heavenward with "Oh, Boy's"
md "Yon Tell 'Em" as the succession
)f orators poured out their profeslions
of loyalt^ to the partyvof Linjoin
and Grant. x JWk
Henry Lincoln Johnson, Republi>an
national ^nminittPAmnn for door-.
;ia, headed the group from the na-*
ional Baptist convention at Colum>us,
which arrived during the mornng
and which was the first to be adIressed
by the nominee. An afterloon
speech was to the representaives
of the Baptist convention incor>orated,
which is meeting in Indiatapolis,
the National Equal Rights
^eague, the African Methpdist Episcopal
church and the Methodist Episcopal
church.
Besides Johnson, those who made . ;
peeches included the presidents of
>oth of the conventions; William H.
^ewis, of Boston, a former assistant
ittorney general; Charles Cottrill, of
roledo, former collector of internal \
evenue at Honolulu; Hallie 0.
Brown, president of the National
rederation of Negro Women's Clubs. *
A prayer opened the afternoon .
neeting which had lasted for nearly
wo hours before Senator Harding
vTas reached on the programme of
peakers. Other speeches followed
lis, and then the visitors flocked up
he front steps of the Harding resilence
and kept the candidate busy
or half an hour shaking hands.
Two hundred thousand votes from
tegro women were promised the sen:tor
by the women speakers, one of
rhom praised his stand for party
;overnment and said the women of
ler race, would claim representation
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n the government proportionate toheir
numbers.
ai duixi my muxuiug ciuu cvcums
elebration of Gen. John J. Pershing,
n overnight guest at the Harding
ome, was an added attraction that
elped stir the enthusiasm of the
isitors** To each crowd he made a
hort speech praising the service of
egro soldiers in the war but not
ouching on political subjects.
One of those who conferred with
he senator during the day was Willam
Monroe Trotter, of Boston, excutive
secretary of the National Rov1
Rights league. He asked that
egregation of negro employees of
he federal government be abolished,
nd declared afterward that the nomiee
had given the request appreciate
consideration.
eld, Louise Matthews, \Bessie M.
layo, Christobel Mayfield, Lida K.
layfield, Laura G. Sandifer.
The ladies readily give their ages,
nd do not seem to mind it at all.
'riends of the registration board say
t will not be any trouble hereafter to
et the board together.