Fayetteville N.C.
July 1st 1919.

His Excellency,
T. W. Bickett.
State Capitol,
Raleigh, N.C.

Honorable Sir:-

We, the undersigned officers, of the local branch of the Nat'l Ass'n for The Advancement of Colored People; wish; through this medium, to express the appreciation of our people here, for the manly and the noblemanner in which you have expressed yourself relative to the "Ku Klux Klan" or any such organization that may have a tendency to lessen the friendly relationship existing between the two races of this great state, of which you are the executive head.

With great respect,

J. W. Waddell Pres.
Andrew Lanier Sect