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Scraps and Jacts. , ? It is possible that after all the Maria Teresa may not be lost. The navy department received information a few days ago that the next day after the reported sinking of the ship, a derelict steamer, answering the description of the Maria Teresa, was seen off Cat Island, about 30 miles from where the vessel is said to have gone down. Under orders from Washington, the United States repair ship Vulcan, left Newport News last Wednesday, under nf Panliun Mrftrtllft for the tv LLI Ui UUU VI VUJ/VIMU purpose of bunting up the Maria Teresa, and recovering her if she is still afloat. ? "Probably no finer illumiuation of the heavens by the fast-flying, fiery November meteors has been witnessed in 30 years," says the New York Herald, "than that expected by astrouomers between the night of the 12ib and sunrise of the 15th. The earth will then sweep through the immense ring of these small, pebble-like meteors, each.of which travels in an orbit extending beyond Uranus (more than 1,780 millions of miles from the earth) and in a direction opposite to that of our motion. But all that enter our atmosphere seem to radiate from a small area in the constellation of Leo." ? Charlotte Observer: Some of the northern and western papers that are always on the lookout for a lynching in the south have found it.convenient to overlook the recent affair in Illinois. ?--J I?_J .. A negro nau assaunt-u a uiiuci a ?ouguter, and instead of locking him up to await the slow process of the law, they hung hitn, if not with neatness, with dispatch. ' When somethings are brought close home they look quite different from what they do when viewed from afar, and when the Negro ravisber invades the north and is promptly lynched, it is small wonder that the press of that section does not find in it a subject to rant over. ? The supreme court of Ohio has declared1 constitutional the law providing that the county in which a lynching may occur shall become responsible in the sum of $5,000 to the next of kin of the victim, and in the future it may be expected that the bloody diversion of lynch law be rare in Ohio." The Indianapolis News says : "The remedy is a strange one ; but it is%imilar to the old SaxoD law, which amerced the hundred that failed to produce a crimiual. In many cases it is not the loafers or idle people who constitute the lynching committees, but the well-to-do citizens, each of whom would feel the burden of part of the $5,000 tine. Sometimes lynchings take place because trials have beeu found expensive aud the law's delays exasperatiug; now it is the lyncbings that will be expensive, and they will be content to await the verdict of the law." ? Governor Russell, of North Caro lina, went from Raleigh to Wilmington on election day to vote. There had been threats that if he tried to vote he would be killed. He appeared in the city, however, attended only by his private secretary, and went from the hotel to the polls accompanied by the newspaper reporters who were watching for development*. About the only indignity that the governor eucountered was when somebody shouted "souey" at him, as if driving away hogs. The governor is reported to have been somewhat nervous; but was allowed to deposit bis ballot without molestion. On bis return to Raleigh, a party of red shirts boarded the, train at Maxton and it is said they pulled his nose and jabbed him in the abdomen with their fingers; but this the governor denies. It is true, however, that the governor left the passenger coach and went to the baggage coach where he was locked in by the conductor. ? The Argonaut: A story concernning our troops in Manila is told by an English naval officer, who was an eye witness to '.he occurrence. "The city was ouite crowded," he says, "with both American and Spanish soldiers, and they seemed to be on the friendliest terms. As I was crossing one of the numerous bridges across the Pasig river, I saw a native Filipino spit in the face of a Spanish officer, and then ruu to the American sentinel, who was guarding the bridge, demauding his protection. It was sometime before the Filipino could make himself understood, and the sentry took sometime to catch ou to what had been done ; hut you can imagine ray surprise when he hauded his gun to the Spanish officer and caught the native by the nape of his neck and the seat of his trousers and pitched him off the bridge into the Pasig river. Then he calmly took his gun from the Spanish officer and began pacing the beat as if nothing had happened. The American soldiers may not be so military as his brother of Europe, but he is made of the right stuff." ? Some remarkable details of the career of Ferdinand Linke, the "King of the Usurers," who recently died in Vienna, are given iu the Loudon Morning Leader from its correspondent in the Austrian capital. Linke came to Vienna from the ghetto of a provincial towu in Galicia in the early sixties, and began a money-lending business on a very small scale. His loans were small; but the rate of interest that he charged was enormous, aud he soon began to accumulate capital. In the earlier part of his career he was content with from 60 to 80 or 100 per cent, interest; but as he grew older in rascality, he extorted as much as 400 or fUrviSck OUO pel ueut. liuui JIU luuuaii v By these means he became a millionaire. Linke uuderwent several terms of imprisonment for usury, but the greed of gold always drove him back to his illegal traffic in money. He lived alone, guarded by a number of savage bloodhounds. His do6rs and windows were barred and bolted, and his ill-gotten gains hid in different parts of his house. Linke's will has been made public. He has left all hi9 wealth 'to his only daughter, whom he so neglected during his life-time that she was obliged to undertake menial work for 3s. a week. Linke, however, with the instinct of a miser, attached the very characteristic condition to the acceptance of his magnificent legacy that not a farthing of it should at any time be applied to any charitable purpose. Jffhc IJttltviUe (Enquirer. ( YOIiKVILLE, S. C.: I SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1898. ! ? If our North Carolina friends will now copy the South Carolina eight-box law, they will practically make an end of their troubles. m J ? There is uo question of the fact that the election of Theodore Roose- , velt as governor of New York, makes the famous "Rough Rider" colonel a j formidable Republican candidate for the presidency in 1900. i mL" ?AttoKtnvliora arp I i Ut) asiliuuuuici a ticijnuviv ? ~ , talking of the prospective shower of ' meteors this mouth. They are not ! exactly agreed, however, on the date. , Their calculations range from today? , Saturday?until next Tuesday. I , . I ? If it had not been for the coward- ' ice of the New York Democrats in 1 squelching the silver issue, there would have been more ground for sympathy ^ with Yan Wyck in his defeat. But, , after all, the result of the New York i election makes but little difference to < the Democratic party. The party would not have been any better off had Van Wyck been elected. ? That is a dreadful state of affairs ( over in Greenwood county, and when ' taken in connection with the conditions < prevailing in Wilmington, N. C., peo- J pie who realize the paramount import- ; ance of good government in accord- ( ance with the principles of law and j order, may well feel alarmed. But the i conditions appear to be those for which ' there is no peaceful solution. Oil and water will not mix, and notwith- 1 ' j standing the constitution of the United ( States, white men will not submit to | government by Negroes. In this im- i mediate section of South Carolina, the Negroes realize this fact fully and thus j save themselves much trouble ana [suffering. Possibly some day the sit- , uation may be different; but even that j is doubtful. We deplore the actiou of the whites over in Greenwood. We i wish they would have restrained their 1 angry passions and contented themselves with the arrest aud punishment of the murderers of Mr. Ethridge, according to law. But they did not, i and they will not. The least disposi- 1 tion on the part of the Negro to assert I either social or political equality puts him directly over the volcano, and the , plain truth of the whole business is? , harsh and arbitrary as it may seem? if the Negro desires to enjoy life and ( liberty in this country, he must renounce for once and for all his social 1 ! equality and political aspirations. Otherwise there can be no peace be- , tween the two races. i THE "COXJUK" DOCTORS. i The trial of the case of Amzi Duno- ' vaut, Frauk Castles and Lizzie Goore ' for the murder of old Ben Goore last week, brought to light a conditiou that seems to require atten;ion at the ( bands of lawmakers. We refer to the superstitious belief of ignorant Negroes in the power of certain members of their race over "evil spirits," etc. Frankly, we do not believe that the real motive of the Negroes?Amzi | Dunovant and Frank Castles?in going to the house of Ben Goore was on- 1 ly to take away his conjuration charms. There was something deeper and more malicious about the motive than that. The real motive of the crime did not come out at the trial, and probably will not come out 1 at all, unless the Negroes make a clean confession of the whole murderous business. This they will probably do. But at the same time this i conjuration business should "be looked 1 after. It is a well-known fact that in slavery times, on almost every big plantation, there was a conjur or voodoo ( doctor, who made it his or her business < to prey on the ignorant superstitions of i their fellow slaves and secure from them various benefits in the shape of labor and different articles of value. The voodoo doctor was a power iu those days, and he has found it profitable to continue his profession to this day. One or more of these "doctors" are to be found iu almost every neighborhood. They are generally the same persons who used to pose as voodoos in slavery time, or the descendants of , such people. All of the Negroes do , I not believe iu them, of course; but nost of them do, and while generally ! ipeaking they are harmless, still, as ieveloped at that trial last week, it is ;asy to see how the matter may be:ome of dangerous consequence. i There was a time when witches were jurned at the stake. That was a very lark age. Even during the last ceoury, the pruetice of witchcraft was lolemnly recognized by the laws of south Carolina as an offense, for which .he only adequate punishment was leath. We have cause for congratulaion, of course, that we have reached i higher plane ol civilization; out itill all intelligent people must recoglize that even to this day, it is easily possible for shrewd and unscrupulous people to impose upon the credulity and work upou the superstitious fears )f their more ignorant fellows. The Lendency of such practices is unwholesome, and we really believe that it would be better if the law should provide some means whereby it would be liscouraged. RACE WAR IN WILMINGTON. Many Negroes Killed and Wounded by the Whites. About 1,000 citizens of Wilmington held a mass meeting in that city last Wednesday for the purpose of "asserting the supremacy of the white man." After enthusiastic speeches, a set of resolutions were adopted setting forth that hereafter the whites did not propose to submit to government by men ; of African origin. The recent editorial in which the Negro, Munly, editor of The Record, spoke so insultingly of white ladies was taken under consideration, and it was resolved that Manly must get out of town within 24 I hours and take his press with him or 3ufler the consequences. It was also , 3et forth that Mayor Wright aud Chief , nf P,dir?<? TVTiiIlfn had shown their in capacity for government and they must resigu forthwith. A committee of 25 with Colonel A. M. Waddell, is chairman, was appointed to carry out the resolutions adopted. The committee called upon 15 or 20 leading Negroes aod instructed them to say, within 12 hours, whether The Record press would be removed. The Negroes failed to make reply within the time specified, and at 9 o'clock Thursday morning, the committee, accompanied by several hundred armed men, marched four abreast into the Negro quarter of the city in which The Record office was located. Ne- 1 iroes?men, women and childrenfled in wild panic on the approach of the committee. Without delay, the , white men knocked in the door of The Record office and entered. Within a few minutes the entire plant was a complete wreck. Then a fire developed, and the fire company came with hose and prevented the flames from spreading to adjoining buildings. Somebody carried a report to about 500 Negroes working at Alexander Sprunt & Co's cotton compress, to the effect that the white men were burning their homes. The Negroes started in a body in the direction stated ; but Messrs. James and W. H. Sprunt assured them that the report was false and the Negroes went back to their work. All the while the city was being patrolled by squads of whites, armed with Winchesters. At about 11 o'clock a squad of whites ordered a squad , of Negroes to disperse. All the Negroes dispersed but one, and he fired at the whites, seriously wounding Mr. William Mayo. The whites returned the fire with a volley, and as the result of the firing on both sides, five Negroes were killed and some twenty or more wouuded; several whites were wounded also ; but none of them 3eriously. At another place, a large number of Negroes assembled. The whites or tiered them to disperse, and on thenrefusal to do so, firing was commenced. Four Negroes were killed and quite a number were wounded. Late Thursday night, a shot was fired at a party af whiles from a house in which there were a number of Negroes. The whites returned the fire and killed one Negro ; making up a list of ten killed during the day. During Thursday afternoon, the Republican mayor and aldermen resigned their positions one by one. Theif positious were assumed by white Democrats, who elected Colonel Waddell mayor and E. G. Parmlee as chief of police. As the next step, the new government swore in 250 policemen from among the most reputable white citizens of the town. A uuinber of Negroes, who had been engaged in the rioting during the day, bad been arrested and committed to jail. At night a mob assembled witb the purpose of lynching the-n. Mayor Waddell said that nothing of the kind should be done, and placing himself at the head of 25 citizeus armed with Winchesters, went himself to protect the jail. At last accounts there was still much excitement; but the situation was more quiet. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. For Shooting at a Fugitive. Columbia Record : Constable Newell has been discharged from the constabulary force on account of shooting a Negro in the back, who was running when the constable attempted to arrest him for violatiun of the dispensury law. Fatal Fight In Columbia. R. J. McCarley, Sr., of Columbia, killed a Negro named Lytes, on Gervais street, last Monday afternoon. The tragedy wus the result of a freefor-all fight. A Mr. Lathrobe was in a fight with the Negro, Lytes, and other Negroes took part. McCarley came to the rescue of Lathrobe and struck Lytes several times on the head with a stick. McCarley was arrested. He employed Messrs. P. H. Nelson and Andrew Crawford as counsel. LOCAL AFFAIRS, th m INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. g, VV. N. Ashe, Jr.?Wants to buy 500 cords of dry pine or oak wood. Srist Cousins?Are prepared to supply us you with new crop New Orleans tnolas- at ses, self-raising buckwheat, currants and seeded raisins, star breakfast bacon n( put up in pound packages, roasted Mocha and Java coffee, and grated pineapple. The Ganson Dry Goods Company?Claim that they sell goods cheaper?quality of for oiiulifvr?t.hun nnv other house in Soutb Carolina. By carefully reading 28 their advertisement in this paper, you 01 will probably be able to got information with regard to things you want K1 and at prices which suit your pocket q book. They quote special prices on a number of articles for next week. W. Brown Wylie, C. C. C. P.?In today's \\ paper notifies persons who have claims , against the estate of Dr. J. Wistar Aliison, deceased, that they must be pre- A sented to him on or before Thursday, T December 1st, 1898, as payment of claims ^ which are not presented by the date in mentioned, will thereafter be refused. , et ABOUT PEOPLE. J1 Mr. A. F. Woods wus on the witness 3C stand last Thursday. He says he is tc over sixty years of age aud that was fc his first experience. The reporter is informed that Mr. t Nace Williams, of the the Leslie sec- , tion, is putting in about 40 acres of wheat. He does not care whether he 133 has more than three or four acre3 of T cotton. ti fr ELECTION RETURNS. ^ Owing to the fact that there was no ^ contest last Tuesday, and the imme- . ,. . . , ic diate interest in the matter was not . sufficient to justify the expense, The ,c Enquirer made no attempt to collect the returns from the electiou in this A county. Bui little interest was manifested in . 18 the election, and so far as is knowu, it passed off quietly at all the pre cincts. The vote generally was iigni, and from an estimate based on the figures at several of the precincts, it ^ is not probable that the aggregate figures of the county exceed 1,000. The exact vole will not be known until next Tuesday, when the commissioners of election will meet in ^ 88 Yorkville for the purpose of canvassing the returns aud declaring the W result. There were no Republican ballots in evidence at the Yorkville precinct, aud ^ in fact from the information obtain- ^r able, it was the same way all over the j district. For some reason, unexplained, Candidate Jones made no effort to marshal auy portion of the Republi- y can forces. ^ DOESN'T LOOK FAIR. ,a A circumstance developed in the ^ courtroom on Wednesday morning ^ that brought about some complaint on the part of several of the jurors, ^ and that complaint sounded reasonable. V The calling of the calendar devel- ^ oped the fact that there was not a ^ single jury case ready for trial, and so far as the jury was concerned, ^ there was nothing to do during the ^ morning. Quite a number of the jurors are ^ citizeus with important business in- aj teresis at home. They make no ob- 91 jection to the performance of jury ,c or other public duty required of them ; but when they have to wait ^ around in idleness on account of the ^ tardiness of the lawyers in having e; their witnesses ready, they consider that they are not being treated ex- al actly right. During a discussion of the subject, 11 the case when Judge Townsend, findiug at Wiunsboro, some time ago, that noue of the lawyers were ready to go w into a trial, adjourned court sine die, ? " rta wifh onnrnvft] ^ uao V/iicu nuu It does look like the juror9 are en- 31 titled to some considerable consideration in the matter. c< t tl HAVE GOOD SEED. d There i9 no doubt about the fact d that there will be much more wheat sowed in York county than usual. T We have reports from all sections L of the county, and the story is the P same. Indeed, much wheat has al- li ready been sowed. And there is another encouraging si circumstance connected with the mat- P ter. As a rule, the farmers have b; chosen the best lands that have here- cl tofore been devoted to cotton and c< corn, and they are preparing it well. " ai In a talk with two gentlemen on tl Wednesday?Messrs. D. P. Leslie and ti T. A. Barron?the reporter picked up a point that ought to be worth some- tl thing to somebody if it is not too late. R Mr. Barron has been running a thresh- M er for 15 years, and Mr. Leslie has been in the 9arae business for more than 20 years. Both are large wheat raisers, and they know considerable about the w grain. H In the talk referred to, they agreed that for some reason or other?proba- e bly the weather conditions?they ran e across more "heated" wheat last sum- y, mer than they have ever known. They i< both agreed that acclimated seed is tj much better than imported seed ; but ti it is their opinion that it this heated seed is sowed, then the chances for a oi good stand are bad. Where people tc have not already done so, they should m investigate this matter before sowing, w Mr. Leslie guve an interesting poin- th ter about seed wheat. His father, la himself and brothers have been ex- in perimenting with the matter for more oi an 20 years. They have tried nuerous different kind of seeds, and id that a variety they struck upon >out 20 years ago is the best. It is ted extensively in the Santuc country id gives satisfaction there ; but it is it so good on red lands. THE TIRZAH MURDER. Additional facts about the murder ' Noise Avery by Bud Dunn, at Tirill, last Tuesday morning, were develred at the inquest which was in pro ess when the last issue of The Enuirer went to press. It seems that a number of Negroes ere at work in a cotton field within le incorporate limits of Tincah. Noist very got into an altercation with ovey Bratton, a woman, and hit hei i the head with a stone. Dunn join 1 in with a pocket knife, cut Avery't igular yein, split his spiue and slashed ito the cavity of bis abdomen. Avery >ok of few steps in a dazed way and ill dead, after wbicb Dunn ran away Superintendent Gordon got on the ail of the Negro an hour or two aftei ie murder, and followed it for severa liles in the direction of Charlotte he dogs, however, eventually lost th< -ail, but from information securec om a Negro who was coming along ie road, there is reason to believe tat the fugitive escaped by getting ito a wagon that happened to be go ig his way. The woman, Lovey Bratton, would ot say a great deal about the tragedy s the result of the finding of the cor ner's jury, she was committed tc ,il as au accessory. Avery, the Negro who was killed as about 21 years of age. Dunn is ily about 18 or 19. Both the Negroes ?d the reputation of being worthless larpcters. Dunn came to Yorkville yesterday ad surrendered himself to the sheriff i reply to a question from the rearter as to where he had been, he lid, "Nowhur," and the interview as promptly dropped. CIRCUIT COURT. The circuit court convened on last Wednesday morning, after a recesf om last Saturday on account of the ection, and prepared for business by ganizing the jurors as follows : Jury No. 1?A. H. Jackson, VV. H loffman,'J. J. ScOggins, E. N. Miller [ilton H. Jacksou, Edward Shilling tw, W. M. Wbitesides, R. R. McCor le, D. W. McCarter, J. B. Neely, J uff Smith, Thomas Hope. Jury No. 2?R. H. Smith, J. R [assey, W. G. Riggins, J. F. Pursley abn A. Byers, R. T. Castles, T. N food, Jo in Knox, W. B. Ardrey, S '. Ferguson, J. B. Robinson, R. W Id wards. Supernumeraries?J. T. 'Lore, J. B eil, S. M. McNeel, R. G. Garrison . G. Boyd, D. P. Leslie, T. A. Barron There were no cases ready for trial uring Wednesday morning, and abgul II that was done by the court was th< gning of a number of orders. Dur ig Wednesday afternoon the case o; abn W. Bloodworth against W. N she, Jr., was taken up. The suit wai ir about $107 alleged to be due foi jpert services and labor in 1895. Th< efendant denied the debt outright ad held that he had not been askec >r the money previous to the com lencement of the suit. The jurj >und for the defendant. The first case taken up on Thursdaj as that of J. F. L. Patrick against R I. Allison, intendant, and J. M. Brian iwn marshal, of Tirzab. It was f lit for $200 damages alleged to hav< een sustained by the plaintiff on ac aunt of alleged illegal detention o le plaintiff's property by the defen aut. The jury found for the defen ant. The only other case tried durinj hursday was that of Mrs. Julia L - ? - 1? TT Vf..*.,?l lOWry against idb numu inuiuai i u< rotection Association of South Caro na. This was a suit to recover $45( ) cover damages claimed to have beer istained to a bouse belonging to tlx laiutiff, and which had been insured y the defendant. The defendant aimed that the damage did not ex< 3ed $40 and had offered to pay that mount. Verdict for the plaintiff ir le sum of $250. Defendant gave no' ce or a motion for a new trial. When The Enquirer went to press )e court had taken up the case of the ,ock Hill Buggy company against R [. and John B. Whitesides. LOCAL LACONICS, rice of Cotton. Cotton on this market yesterday was orth from 4? to 4J. envy Potato. Mr. W. ?A. Youngblood, of the Claj iill neighborhood, has left at The nquirer office a sweet potato of this ear's crop that weighs & pounds anc 1 ounces. It is of the Peabody varie r. lie Witch Kan Away. In bis efforts to sbow up the beliel F ignorant Negroes in the conjur doc. irs last week, Major Hart had sum. oned as witnesses two old Negrc omen who had the reputation among leir people as being able to manipute charms and spells, etc. Both were i the court room, and while one wae i the stand, the other was in the audience listening to the searching examination to which her professional sister was being suhjected. She had previously agreed to testify ; but before the examination of the first was concluded, she realized that the ordeal would likely entail more or less embarrassment, so she quietly stole out of the court house, and when wanted was not to be found. Brick For Stock. \f?? W7 XT Aoho TV Kua morlA d trade whereby he is to furnish the bricks necessary for the proposed addition to the York Cotton mills for their equivalent in stock. He says, however, that his first offer to take stock in a new mill, payable in brick at the market price, is still open. Married In Rock Hill. i Rock Hill Herald, Wednesday : ' Our city was invaded yesterday by ' quite a number of young ladies and ' gentlemen, their object being to wit* ' ness the marriage of Miss Blanche 5 Stewart to the Hon. T. 0. McAlbany. The following are among the number : Misses Josie Pharr, Bess Gibson, " Pattie Morris, Essie Stewart, of CharJ lotte; Miss Annie Howard, of Prov' idence, N. C.; Miss Mary Jo Wither> spoon, of Yorkville; Miss Marion 5 Leckie, of Chester; Mrs. H. H. Beard, ? of Yorkville; Miss Mabel Ardrey, of Fort Mill; Hon. Thomas Brantly, of Orangeburg; Mr. Willie Gelzer, of ' Charleston, and Mr. J. R. Stewart, of ' Old Point Comfort; Captain and Mrs. J. W. Ardrey, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. ' Spratt and Mr. Thomas B. Spratt, of Fort Mill, and Mr. J. 0. Stewart, of ' Charlotte. BLOODY RACE RIOT. Whites and Blacks Kill Each Other In Greenwood Conntjr. It is always the unexpected that - haDDens. Instead of the election day race riot developing in North Carolina, r where everybody was looking for it, it took place in South Carolina, where there was but little excuse for anything of the kind. ' The sceDe of the trouble was the ' voting precinct of Phoenix, in Green' wood county, and about 10 miles from Greenwood, near the Edgefield line. One white man was instantly killed and . several others were wounded in the ( first cash, and as the result of subsequent developments, several Negroes have been killed with no assurance that the trouble is yet over. Phoenix is the home box of R. R. Tolbert, white, the Republican candi. date for congress in the Third district ( against Latimer. A number of Tolberts, all prominent citizens and big landowners, live in the vicinity of ' ' Phoenix. All are Republicans, and having a large number of Negroes in their employ, and a big influence on . the balance, they determined to make t the best possible showing in the election at Pboeaix precinct for R. R. j Tolbert. The white Democrats were not dis' posed to put up with any foolishness, 5 and being aware beforehand of the in tention of the Tolberts, sought to f prevent it. T. P. Tolbert had charge of R. R. Tolbert's interests at Phoenix, j He had been working the matter up with the Negroes for weeks, and had arranged a box of his own. The Ne5 groes would present themselves at the , regular polls and make application to | vote. Upon being denied the privilege they would go over to Tolbert's box and deposit therein a vote, together with an affidavit setting forth that they were duly qualified electors under the ' constitution of the United States, but . that they bad not been permitted to f exercise the right of franchise. t This thing was kept up until some 15 nr on NWrnes had thus deDosited votes 3 v* "w ' ~o - and affidavits in the Tolbert box, when Mr. J. B. Ethridge, one of the Demo* f cratic managers of election, went over - to Tolbert and began to remonstrate . against the proceedings. Tolbert struck Ethridge and Etbridge knock* r e.J him dowu. Then a Negro named ' Joe Circuit shot Ethridge iu the back of the head, killing bim almost in5 stantly. This was followed by a fusi lade of shots from the opposing sides. ) As many as 50 or 100 shots were fired , within a few minutes. Tolbert was } wounded and so were several Negroes. On the side of the whites, a ' young soldier named Stuart Miller ' and two other men?Flemming and Young?were wounded. Tolbert and j the Negroes fled from the scene before , the shooting ceased. The shooting and bloodshed, of course, caused intense excitement, and as the news went out angry men from ! different parts of Greenwood, Abbe> ville and Edgefield, began to collect . about Phoenix. After a while it was decided to go to Tom Tolbert's .house and kill bim. He was found in a helpless condition, however, and the leader of the party refused to participate j in any further violence. John K. Tolbert came up in a buggy with little Steve Tolbert, a son of Elias Tolbert, about the time the crowd was leaving. When he saw the crowd he tried to : escape by flight. The crowd fired a i volley at him, riddling the top of the I buggy and wounding him and the boy. During Wednesday, the whites, in large numbers, armed with shotguns, rifles and pistols, scoured the country in search of the Negroes who were present at the shooting of Ethridge. The mob came upon a crowd of Ne groes near Rehoboth church. Some > of the Negroes ran away and others , finding escape cut off, climbed up on a big log where they sat unarmed and helpless. The mob fired a volley into ! them and killed four?Hamp McKin1 ney, Columbus Jackson, Jesse Williams ! and Sam Watts. After the Negroes