Show RACE WAR QUICKLY QUELLED threatened uprising ol 01 he frustrated by white A threatened uprising of negroes north of merld an miss has been frustrated by the determined stand of the whites A call for negroes to band themselves aga ast the whites was signed by a negro preacher named ruffin puffin instructed that a mob of fifty negroes form northeast of men dian and start through the county killing all whites destroying their farms and burning tl air houses As soon as the whites learned of the plan of the negroes who outnumbered them two to one they armed themselves with winchesters in a short time they had so int ral dated the negroes that it is now tl ought the ing is at an end ahe whites how ever are still alarmed and will be on the alert 1 all danger has passed |