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"The Murders At Wilmington," Richmond Planet, November 19, 1898

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THE MURDERS AT WILMINGTON.

The outrageous happening at Wilmington¸ N. C., almost surpasses comprehension. Never in the history of this country have we seen or heard of anything like it before.

A mob takes possession of the city, and without…

"Defamer Must Go" Raleigh News and Observer, November 10, 1898

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DEFAMER MUST GO

Mass Meeting of White Citizens of Wilmington Pass Resolutions.

EXPULSION OF MANLY

AND RESIGNATIONS OF MAYOR AND CHIEF OF POLICE DEMANDED.

MANLY GIVEN TWENTY-FOUR HOURS

Time for Negro Domination Forever Past,

Though…

"The Story Of The Wilmington, North Carolina, Race Riots" Raleigh News and Observer, November 27, 1898

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THE STORY OF THE WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA, RACE RIOTS.
By COL. ALFRED M. WADDELL.
Leader in the Reform Movement and Now Revolutionary Mayor of Wilmington.
(Special Correspondence of Collier’s Weekly.)
My active connection with what has been…

"Chairman F.M. Simmons' Speech," Raleigh News and Observer, April 12, 1900

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On calling the Democratic State convention to order Chairman Simmons said: Gentlemen of the Convention: “This Convention is assembled by order of your Executive Committee for the purpose of nominating candidates for State offices and for the…

"Amendment Good For All Parties," Raleigh News and Observer, February 2, 1900

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Amendment Good For All Parties. Twelve Conclusive Reasons Why Democrats, Populists, Republicans and Negroes should Support the Amendment. Below we sum up twelve reasons why the members of every party ought to support the Constitutional…

"Chairman F.M. Simmons Issues a Patriotic and Able Address, Summing Up the Issues, and Appealing Elo- Quently to the White Voters To Redeem the State" Raleigh News and Observer, November 3, 1898

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Chairman F.M. Simmons
Issues a Patriotic and Able Address, Summing
Up the Issues, and Appealing Elo-
Quently to the White Voters
To Redeem the State

TO THE VOTERS OF NORTH CAROLINA:

The most memorable campaign ever waged in North Carolina…

"The Game is Ended," Raleigh News and Observer, November 10, 1898

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"The Game is Ended"

Simmons: The White Men Win.

Holton: Great Steptoe, I Thought the Black Men Would Win.

"Makes Them Color Blind," Raleigh News and Observer, June 19, 1900

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Marion Butler in his reaching out for the sensational rather over did the thing in Morganton on Saturday. He was trying to make the white people believe that the Amendment would disfranchise them. After finishing [?] that false argument he started…