Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 65, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 November 1919 — TEACH RIOTING TO NEGROES [ARTICLE]

TEACH RIOTING TO NEGROES

Arkansas Blacks Drilled in Military Tactics by a Former Service Man. Helena, Ark. Nov. 7.—Negroes, trained in the rudiments of military tactics and placed in strategic posttyonp against white posses, took part In the race uprising at Hoop Spur in October, negro witnesses related at the trial of Cornelius Morgan, negro, charged with night riding in connection with the disturbances. Organized into squads the witnesses testified, the negroes were Instructed tB military duties by Frank Moore, negro service man, who was convicted this week of first-degree murder. Witnesses, questioned as to their affiliation with the Farmers’ Progressive and Household Union of America, usually replied: “Yes, I belonged to that 'farmers’ union.”