The Lancaster ledger. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, November 12, 1898, Image 1
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A homicide occurred in the,
village of Tirzah yostordav morning
at about 11 o'clock. A party !
of Negroes got into a row while
engaged in picking cotton. Hud
Dunn was stabbed to death, and
it is believed that the deed was.
I
committed l>y N'oiso Avery. Several
other Negroes were more or i
less injured by knives and stones.
Avery and another Negro ran
' n
away. At last accounts, 12 o'clock
noon, yesterday, an in<|uest was j
in progress and a posse was be- j
ing organized for the purpose of
hunting the fugitives with bloodhounds.
?Yorkvi'le Enquirer.
llcauty In Blootl Deep.
Clean blood means a clean skin. No
vauty without it. Cascarets, Candy Cathartic
clean your blood and keep it clean, by
itirring up the lazy liver and driving all im
purities from the bodv. lb-gin to-day to
Vanish pimples, boils, blotches, blackheads,
and that sickly bilious complexion by taking
Caacareta,?beauty for ten cents. All druggists,
satisfaction guaranteed, 10c, 25c, 50c.
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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
COUNTY OF LANCA8TFK,
Court of Common Clean.
Jennie P. Helk. Plaintill,
V8.
William P. Helk, Defendant.
PURSUANT to an Order of court in
the above caw, signed by Geo. W.
Gage, Circuit Judge, Out. G, 1883. I
wilt nell nt Lancaster court-house ou
The First Monday in December,
within tiie le;al hours of sale, the following
described pioperty, to wit:
All that tract of land in the county
of Lancas er and State of Sou h Carolina,
containing
12li Acren, More or Leu*,
bounded, North by S J Staines and J
H Williams; Sou'h. by estate lands of
H K W Helk. deceased; Last, l>v lands
of Margaret Hinsou and D A Funderburk;
Wed, by estate lands of H R W
Helk.
let?* Terms of Sale, CASH, or onehalf
cash and balance in otic year, to
lie secured by bond o? purchaser (tearing
eight (8) per cent interest from
date which shaii lie secured by a mo-tgage
of the premises Purchaser to
tuiv for nanitrti
W. S. L. Porter, *
C. C. C. L. C.
11. E. Wylio, IMIT's Atty.
Nn-To-ll?r f?>r Klfty Onta.
Guaranteed tohucco liauit cure, makes weak
men stronc, blood pure. 50c *1. All drut'Kist-s
To Our Subscribers.
We have not Inul time to send
out statements to our subscribers |
in arrears as we expected to do,
so we ask our friends not to wait
on the statements but call at our I
ollieo and pay up, or at least pay j
a part. If not convenient to call
then send it by your neighbor.
We need the money to pay what
we owe. The amount of your J
indebtedness to us is very little
but several hundred besides your..?ic
- ... i ? '
m-ii imvo us small amounts. \\ e
hope each subscriber in arrears!
will make it a point to pay us as t
much as he can of his indebted - '
ness by Nov. 15th for we have j
some obligations falling due on ;
that date which wc must meet.
SPECIAL
Although U. BRANDT has a]
larger stock of better quality and j
greater variety at much closer!
prices than ever, ho has decided
on Account of the scurcety of'
money, to make a
10 PER CENT. REDUCTION. I
on tho entire stock, thus handing
hack to you still more change
than any other jewelry store anywhere.
K. Brandt's supplement advertismont
s are money savers to
you.
a BRANDT,
The Jeweler,
Chester, S. C.
nflliS VVAH IN
GREENWOOD
Bloodshed and an all Day
Fight Over the Election.
WHITE MAN KILLED.
Others Wounded and a Nephew of
John It Tolhert Believed to he
Fatally Hurt.
Bpeelul Cora. Greenville N ws.
Greenwood, S. C., Nov, s. ? A
terrific election riot occuired today
at Phoenix, ten milts south of
here. J. B. Kth ridge, .one of
the democratic managers, is dead,
Steve Tolhert, ten years old, son
of Elias Tolhert, is fatally
wounded. Stewart Miller, of
ninety-Six, is expected to the, and
Mike Younger has his right ankle
fractured by a pistol bullet.
The negro who shot Younger is
said on good authority to he dead.
It is thought that severa1 negroes
are lying dead in the road in front
of T LTolbert's house four miles
west of Phoenix where tho most
terrific pitched battle occurred at
4 o'clock.
At 10:30 o'clock, so far as can
bo learned, all tho surrounding
country is quiet and no further
trouble is expected till tomorrow
morning.
There are now camped at
Phoenix 400 or 500 white inch
armed with Winchesters, shotguns
and pistols. They are surrounded
by about an equal number
of equally well armed negroes
lying in ambush on all approaches
to that settlement.
Capt. F. S. Evans, of the old
Maxwell Guards, which disbanded
here recently, is now collecting
thirty picked men to go to Plnenix
at davbreuk. lie has thirty lilies
in the armory here but all day
has not been able to get ammunition.
Late tonight Elberton, (ia.,
wired that she would send l,00o
rounds at 1 o'clock tomorrow
morning.
The riot was the outgrowth of
a political scheme on the part of
Khctt Tolhert, republican opponent
to Congressman Latimer.
Monday word was received that
the negroes were instructed to
concentrate their vote at the
Plnenix box and go to the polls
ready to tight. The idea was to
put in an independent box there
where the negroes who were refused
permission to vote at the
regular box for lack of registra
tion certificates might deposit
their protests and votes for Tol
iJim"i mixi 111r111^11 evidence rot- inin
in his proposal contest ??f Eatihum's
scat. The boxes weio in a
vacant store at I'luenix, the congressional
up stairs. I)'?\vn stairs
near tho front door opening on a
front porch Hubert b Talbert,
brother of Khett, placed this independent
box and stayed to
preside over it. The democratic
managers protested that this was
illegal. They first requested and
then demanded that it bo removed.
Tolbert refused, having about
thirty negroes near the porch
ready to shoot. Ethridge went
down between 8 and 9 o'cl< ck in
the morning to remove the box.
As he laid hands on it a Negro
shot him through tho hoad, the
bullet entering between the eyes
and just above tho nose. Ethridge
felt over the box and died instant
'y.
About ten white men standing
by then fired into the erowd of
negroes and they fled like doer-,
never Stopping to return the tire.
Tolbert who was in tlie line of
the white man's tire, walked otl
j the porch from them. He was
-truck bv a shotgun charge in his
1 '
head and shoulders. Seven No.
i shot entered hut his wounds are
not considered dangerous. It is
reported from lMm-nix that not a
negro was injured there.
At it o'clock this morning
! Greenwood received a telephone
communication of the tragedy.
Fifty armed men were asked for
and sixty of the leading men of
I the town responded in a few
I minutes, some mounted and others
in buggies. The hardware stores
| sold out their stocks of arms before
night and all day parties
were leaving here for the scene,
i Parties from adjoining towns also
streamed into Phconix.
| At 2 o'clock a party of forty
left Plnenix for Thomas Tolbert's
| house to find out from him who
; the negro was that shot Ethridge.
iThey reached the house in safety
and interviewed Tolbert who gave
| them no satisfaction, saying all
he knew was that he went to the
I box to vote and was shot all to
! pieces. The crowd stayed in the
| house about ten minutes accordI
ing to the statement of an eye
' witness who returned here at 10
o'clock tonight. After they had
I gotten out of the house and wee
Ion the way hack to Phoenix John
; It Tolhert appeared in his buggy
! with the boy S-eve at the head of
; a party of fortv armed negroes.
To his hencehmen he yelled
"Come on hoys, hero they are."
I The white party answered, invit|
ing them on. The battle was
precipitated by a pistol shot from
a negro in the l??d of Tolbert's
'party. Instantly, the tiring became
general, Tolbert leading the
I charge of his men with splendid
, daring. The smoke of battle was
dense about .>' <) shots, being tired
in three minutes, but through it
jcould be.' seen Tolbert's white
horse being lashed into the white
party.
YoiineCP- iilwnrviiiir ?I... .1..........
^ , lll\y Million
of the boy, yelled to his party,
: "Don't tire on that hni;?;y, hoys,
you sill kill the little hoy."
The child was screaming with
fright, hut Tolhert pushed on
i .
within a few yards of the white
party, when his horse beeame
unniana^e l>le and su Idenlv
tnriied and tied, carrying Toloert
and his nephew haek into the in?
jro party. As the vehiclo turned
and disappeared its top was riddled
with hnllets.
It is supposed that a number of
negroes were killed in this battle
! but the whites did not wait to in*
i vestigute. The tiring did not cease
. until members of the white party
yelled, "fc'top shooting, Younger
I is killed." The negroes had tied,
j Younger was placed in a buggy
| and the party started back to
IMnenix.
Two miles from Phoenix Younger
and a small party of friends
turned off to Stockman's to have
Younger's wounds dressed. Before
reaching there the party was
tired into from ambush. Only
five shots were fired, coming altogether
from negroes. In this
little fusilade C res well Fleming,
a young man of this place, received
a load of small shot in his
Iface and neck. He is not thought
to be dangerously wounded. Mil
! ler received :i load of small shot T
in <!h left side of his faeo nod [
| nook and a Inn;* was perforated, j
; 11 i: physician thinks he will die. 1
Miller and Fleminir were left at
I . 1
the hoose six miles from here
wi. re the wounds of the two were
.attended hy Doctor Noel. Young- i \
jer was brought here. Doctor j
; Neel went to Thomas Tolbcrt's to ,
dress his wounds. Returning hot
harelv missed the fusilade in <
which Fleming and Miller were
wounded.
.John R Tolhert's little army at j
[Tom's house is said to have been I
barked by several hundred in the ?.
rear who lied at the first firing.
The party of Negroes at the
i Pho-nix box seem to have been
' harked by 500 in ambush waiting (u
! foi the whites to follow the small J v
j party out of town. e
j FOUR KILLED. I:
I "
Negro Prisoners Shot to 11
Death.
1
HELP SENT FOR. |I
Story of a bloody and Stormy li
Day Between Greenwood and it
Phrenix-All the Tolberts ! t
But Two Disap- is
pear. 11
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Greenwood,S.C.,Nov.9.?Four j t
Negroes were killed today at j v
Hehobeth church, between here It
and Phoenix, several are believed it
to have been badly hurt and the I c
end is not yet. 1
Greenwood has passed through r
a day of intense excitement and t
l,now Phoenix is again calling for <
o ')
! help tonight. A posse is being <
organized to go there. It is feared I s
?
| that the Tolberts will be routed <
oyt of their homes and killed?at j i
least all that remain. But for a t
few cool heads the entire family t
i'
would have been exterminated t
by the inobs today. (
Kciiobeth Mcliiodot church i>
a few miles from Plxenix and on \
the road from here to Pluenix and (
near where Miller and Fleming i
were shot from ambush la>t night.
The four negroes killed there are I
I lamp Mclvinnoy, Columbus (
Jackson, Jessie W illiams ami .
i Sam Watts. The last three of i
these are thought to be innocent
of the rioting though they were |
present at the killing of Fthridgel
at Pluenix box yesterday morning. ii
I'ho crowd was not certain of the ,
guilt of McKinncy. IIo was i
1 wounded in the hip in the tirst,
j fusilade at IMnenix. Will White p
and Harry Circuit, the negroes
I supposed to ho guilty of the p
murder of Kthridge, have not up
to this hour been caught. L
The moll had eleven negroes h
under arrest at Rehoboth whom i
they weie going to shoot hut the
other seven made their escape ,
during the confusion that followed '
the shooting. Volley after volley
j was tired into the tleeing men. It
lis believed that all seven are!
wounded, some probably fatally.
These seven are Marion Daniel,
S B Bacan,Robert Daniel, George
Logan, Lewis and Frank Latimor
and Charlie White. No white
men wore injured toduy, though
a party of 25 horsemen were fired
upon from ambush near Tom
Tolbert'a house.
The eleven negroes had been
picked up in the swamps and
other places within a radius of
" CONTINUED ON 4TH PAGE.
TED HOT MEETING !
!
'he Black Editorial Slanderer
Must Leave.
VH1TE MEN ASSERT THEMSELVES.
Situation Looked Stormy in Wilmington
Again Last Night?
Strong Resolutions. Were
K 1 l - 1
/vuopicu.
Special to The State.
Wilmington, N. C., Nov. S.?
rhis city is in a State of excited
nticipation of a race riot tonight,
rhich for intcnsoness has had no
qiiftl during all the remarkable
'white supremacy" campaign
rhich has just terminated In a I
weeping victory for the white
nan's partv. K/ery street corner J
s ciowded with men.
AHMED WITH WINC1IE8TKHS
lie military is drawn up in line, |
nd the most conservative men
ear the worst.
This threatening situation has
>een brought about by-action taken i
odav in a great mass meeting of ;
he business, or, more strictly'
peaking, white men of Wilmingon,
held in the court house at 11
. m. Resolutions were adopted,
he most sensationul feature of
rhich is a clause which demands
hat Editor ManleyotThe Record,
he negro daily published in this
ity, leave Wilmington and New
lanover county within 24 hours
iftcr the issuance of the proclamation.
and that. Tin*
ease to be published, and that
'the press upon which the vile
iheet has boon printed ho shipped
uit of the city without delay.''
Vnother feature which has created
onsidcrable excitement is a sec
ion which suggests that the
liuyor, Dr S I' Wright, and Chief
if Police .Ino. K Melton "re;ign
at once, because of their liter
incapacity to give the city
leeont government and keep
>rdcr.''
The meeting was presided over
>y Col A. M. Waddell, and m.mi
ir l,ooo people were present. A
.Treat throng was unable to get
into the auditorium. Knthusiastic
-peeches were made by many
leading citizens.
The chairman of the mass meet
ing appointed a committee of g.">
citizens to direct the execution of
the will of the meeting.
A conference between the committee
and a number of the lead
ing negroes was held tonight, and
they agreed to give an answer a1
S a. 111. tomorrow as to whethei
or not The Record will suspeni
und its editor quit the town. Il
is arranged that the answer shal
be given at the light infantry
armory, and at least 5f)b deter
mined men will be there wit!
W inchesters if needs be to go a
once to The Record plant and de
stroy it, as well as see that Maul}
forever quits the town.
CASTOR IA
For Infants and Children.
Thi Kind You Han Always Bough
B.ar? th. /J?
Signature of fCUCA44<
The Yorkville Enquirer ha:
l>een presented with the tusk of i
boar of unusual size and whicl
measures 7? inches in length.
BLOODIEST DAT
Ever Known in the City of Wil
roington, N. C.
ELEVEN NEGROES DEAD.
Municipal Goven incnt Turned
Over to Democrats?All Done
"According to Daw" Almost
in the Twinkling
of an Dye.
Wilmington, Nov. lu.?This
I has been a turbulent day indeed
in Wilmington. Race war and
; revolution have held high carnival.
Early this morning a body of
fully 1 ,000 representative white
men destroyed the ollice buildimr
and plant of the negro daily, The
Record, and would have lynched
the editor had if not been that
the fellow had previously left the
city. A few hours later a fight
arose between white guards ? by
whom every block inhabited by
white people was beingputrolcd ?
and a mob of several hundred negroes.
Pandemonium reigned. The
! mayor, S P Wright, Chief of
Police J C Melton nnd the board
j of Q aldermen a fusion-negro
I regime, became terrorized and
resigned under the direction of a
j citizens' committee. Their sue
j cessors were elected, so that now
jex-Congressman AM Waddell is
mayor. Edgar (i Parmeleo is
chief of police and a new hoard of
aldermen has assumed the reins of
government. Peace and order
have been restored,and 500 special
i policemen, many mounted and on
bicycles, are patrolling the streets.
About 500 armed citizens and
military from Fayetteville, Winston,
Goldshoro anc elsewhere are
here to help maintain order.
TilK I>l\A 1 > AM) wul NDF.P
Now that the "smoke has cleared
away" and conditions are somewhat
more settled. It a ipears that
10 negroes were killed outright
and at least *25 aro iii.tc or less
seriously wounded, and II other-,
whose conduct has been offensive
and calculated to aggravate the
strained attitude of the races, are
locked in jail. Not a single white
man lias Ween killed and only one,
William Mavo, soiiouslv wonndeil.
I
oNK MOKK Mil.Ill)
Wilmington, N. V'., Nov. lu.
? Another negro was killed to
night at Tenth and Mulberry
street, lie was hailed h\ a guard
but refused to halt, and, continu'
ing to advance, was shot by the
L guard.
Three companies ot' the State
| militia w ill arrive during the
^ night from neighboring cities and
aid in maintaining order.
A crowd was formed tonight to
I take from the jail and lynch two
negroes, Thomas Miller and Ira
llryant, who were arrested today,
charged with making threats, and
! were regarded as dangerous
characters.
The new mayor, Col. Waddell,
promptly prohibited the assenii
bling of the crowd at the jail and
I himself headed a guard of 25 men
' with Winchesters to guard the
' prisoners.
The Teresa did what the balance
5 of Spain's navy could not do.
* Carried the American flag be1
neath the waves. ?Columbia
Record.