THE NEWS AND OBSERVER, THE NEGRO-HATING ORGAN OF DEMOCRACY,

Spits Forth Fire and Brimstone Because the Negro was Given His Rights in the Appointment of School Committeemen.

The News and Observer, the leading and recognized organ of Democracy in this State, in several of its issues last week, belched forth its venom and hatred of the rights of Negro manhood, as follows:

A negro school committeeman in each township in Wake county must now help select teachers for, and look after the interest of the white schools.

And for this we have the recent demented fusion Legislature to thank.

It will be a bitter pill to some people; but it must be taken, for it is the law.

In accordance with this law the County Board of Education for Wake county met yesterday and proceeded to appoint committeemen for the townships.

Mr. Fleming, the Democratic member of the Board, tried to remove the most objectionable feature of this negro school committeeman business by introducing the following resolution:

“Whereas, it would be detrimental to the public school system to appoint colored men on the school committees to look after the interests of the white schools either in whole or in part-

“It is therefore resolved, that such colored school committeemen as may be appointed are expressly appointed by the Board to assist in looking after the interests of the colored schools, and it is the opinion of this Board that such committeemen should not interfere with the control of the white schools either in the employment of teachers or otherwise.”

But this did not suit the other members of the Board – an ignorant Populist and colored Republican. But they did not have the backbone exactly to vote it down, so they simply postponed action on the resolution.

Hasn’t this negro business gone about far enough? The self respecting colored

men and women think so if this Board does not. They no more want to have anything to do with the school affairs of the white people than does that race want them meddling with them. What does this Board propose to do with Mr. Fleming’s resolution?