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THURLOW B. CARTER. { bnoBas Uuuou. I &E vjInVV KfcKLY WHOLESALE WHIPPING IN GREENWOOD COUNTY. Peaceable Negroes Terrorized by Bands of Whitecaps. The Govornor Appealed to by Sheriff Whj Can't Preserve Order in tho Count}'. Spceial to Tho State. Greenwood, Aug IS.?A portion of this county between Greenwood and Phoenix has for more than a week past been terrorized by a gang of so-called whitecaps engaged in whipping negroes. Tho whitecaps began Monday night a week ago and entered the houses of several negroes who were taken out and whipped. Since then this performance has beon several titneH repeated and the negroes are badly frightened. The object of the white caps is toj drive off uegro tenants in order to secure control at low prices of valuable farm lands in that section much of which is rented to | negroes by the white landlords. j There is no political foundation for the troubles and the offenders | are said to belong to a low class of whites. The negroes have' taken to the woods and swamps at night to avoid the visitation of the gang and many of the colored people have come to Greenwood, some of them bringing all their possessions and refusing to go back home. Inoffensive negroes are said to have been whipped and they have told of their troubles to white friends here but are afraid to talk openly. So far as known none have left this county but few are anxious to remain in the community. The better class of peoplo deplore the occurrences and until nnm k a ' * uun HID iiiauDi unn with KO|)[ quiet, but today the sheriff wired the governor for assistance, stating his inability to control the situation. It is reported that Gov McSweewy will ho hero tomorrow with Attorney Gonernl Bellinger and some action will be taken. It does not seem to be the object of the gang to kill or seriously injure the negroes. They simply want them to leave the community in order that the lands may be rented by white tenants. It is a fine farming soction producing good crops but is thickly settled hy negroes although the colored population was somewhat thinned out immediately after the election riots last No/ember. The negroes are now very badly acarcd and the object of the whitecaps has been very nearly attained. This is the version of the story as gained from Greenwood men. A large land owner of that section told me today that he had bis negroes sloep in his barn for protection and that tho colored population is terrorized. Two hundred negroes from that vicinity apent Saturday night in Green wood to avoid tho visitation of the whitecaps. The same masterly inactivity which characterized the sheriff's office in the November riots hangs over that office in this instance and nothing has yet been done. Jas A Hoyt, Jr. Pay your subscriprton to Lk doxh! Dr. MlWMHwJPKI* aro to SmMmmmlalS BiMla "Oa* (wUtatr \ % A Family Newtpap iPOUND OF WHEAT; !f-" BARREL OF TILLMAN.1"" an< j Senior Senator Speaks at the Greenwood Convention, w 1 in: TilK PERM \NEN'T ORGAM-1 api Z AT ION. I to Inn Next Meeting Will ho on August 1 1 k 1 onn *u~ e i>> ?vvvr, 01 UIU Ollllio I'lUCO? Ilia The Constitution. J |>er i |j vi Staff Correspondence State. thi Greonwood, July 1(5?Thecoin '*'u' mittee appointed at yesterday's convention of wheat growers nut] ' last night and mapped out a plan ca' for a permanent organization. It j,n<t was decided to hold the next con- j1,01 vention at Greenwood Aug 15, pot 1900, and each county is requested j 'ie to elect delegates on the first cori Monday in next July. A sub wa committee consisting of Mr A C cwl Latimer and Mr 8 II McGhoe was appointed to prepare a pro- no' gratnmo for the meeting. There P'e seems to be a general determin ^a ation among those in attendance P?' upon the convention yestorday to 'in porjietuate the organization, with the purpose of encouraging a cttfi diversitication of crops and in this ! way lessen the acreage of cotton, j as The committee on constitution ers and by laws met at 9 o'clock last tor night and organized by the elec- mil lion of J A reterkin of Orange-* tof burg as chairman, and L J Will- ; iams of Edgefield, secretary. pie It was ordered that the organi- cot zation bo named "The Wheat, be' Growers' Association of South coi Carolina;,' that the next meeting pet I be held at Greenwood on August I for 15th, 1900 at k2:30 o'clock p m. re< Resolved, That the officers of Gr the association be a president, I ] vice president, a secretary and an ! wo executive committee, consisting up of the president of the association pe< and one member from each con- wit gressional district, whoso duty it hoi shall be to name the places and |y. times of meetings. j am Resolved, That the discussions j wh :? i ??: ?t - ' me nooutiuiiuu iK' Oil It'll J I'Ull Of5< fined to wheat growing and diversi- wil . i i tied farming. 1 to Kesolvod, That all persons in- , sui tereuted in the success of the, wo agricultural interests of the State I he required to attend the moot-1 tht j ings of the association and that J off each county he hereby requested , ale I to appoint douhlo as many dele-I yo 1 gates as they are entitled to repre- j kil aentation in hotli houses of the (ch general assembly. j nej Resolved, That a meeting at wil each county seat in the State is j tht hereby called for tho first Mon*|pr< day in Aug 1900, for the purpose, tin of electing delegates to tho next we | annual meeting of the association an< 1 noil that tho members of this cotn- [ Iki iiittco are authorized to arrange It) for same. i lew Ordered, That Messrs A C' gii Latimer and S II McGee he ap- in pointed to arrange for tho next spi meeting of the association as re Y< lates to discussion, etc. { 1111 Kesolved, That the thanks of po the association he extended to the mi press of the State for bringing the association to a successful he organization. of Tho ?(>eaking this morning was wi held in the grove surrounding the mi court house. Senator Waller ke presided, and the first speaker foi was Congressman Latimer, who thi devoted the opening of his speech tin to a discussion of tho necessity ah * >cr : For the Promotion of the Politic*!4 L A N C A S I K K, 8. (j"^| the diversification of crops, rei told of Secretary Wilson's in- chit est in the growing of grasses fa:f 1 the practicability of this in- inte dry in connection with cattlej beg nving in this State. Secretary aa? Ison had told the South Caro-ldqfl i farmers that he would upon one ilication send seed for grasses 1 dc be used in reclaiming worn out you ds. ardi Mr Latimer then took up rural y il delivery and the attendant if fits to the farmers. Ten de? an<i srics had been established in ^j)e s district. lie explained fully intc working and plan of the rural ti)0 very system. 8Uc Itnmoliing oil'to subjects politi, Mr Latimer discussed the w\y nopoly question, paying par- q liar attention to the pro- or t >ed subsidy of ships which hon opposed vehemently. His ^ iclusion of the monopoly issue he , s that the farmers must also n bine. It i, rhe Philippine war was de- er j inced as contrary to the princi- a(iv s of our government. Mr Rn(i timer raked the administration's co \ I icy most vigorously, and his the oof thought was well received om the crowd, who interjected oc- anj lional applause. tolc Senator Tillman was introduced lam the "head-centre" of the farm- gro ,' movement. The senior sena- ers was brought forward "un- 4 th izzled to grazn upon whatever thai >ic he may choose." fori Senator Tillman started with a gr* asant reference to Greenwood olio inty, whose mother ?as Ab- h /die and father Edgefield. "No dns int}*," said he, ' has a better ligree." lie told of the fight I tioi Greenwood county and refer-i sett I pleasantly to the town of mat etnwood and its growth. I he He paid a compliment to Green-j ?hi od's citizenship, but he took f,ir| the whitecapping which makes in s >plo afraid to sleep at night thir thin five miles of the court J ,i-c. This lie denounced bitter- mei lie told of the Phoenix riot fl,n 1 said he didn't blame the ?d i lite people then. "If I had fair n here 1 would have gone / Hi you. I have never yet failed to * uphold the banner of white him jiremacy against the devil, the the rid and the Radicals." ! *nr The Tolberts ho denounced, hut 1 selection riotf?nre over and in- wet ensive negroes should bo let of t >no and be given protection. If Rl)e u want to uproot the snake and >SSI I it, go and kill the Tolberts Sm leers). Hut don't bother poor, ?nil iroes who have nothing to do ntv th tho I'olbe.its. Don't abuse J ) poor black devils. The race >uii iblein is coming to the front in cou , iT?:i_.1 tl! ? ..I 1 3 i mien ouiicH. i nis ueweu ,lul) mun has come to Charleston the I taken the Baker family to an(l >ston, the centre of deviltry.? on ' allowing the thoughtless, law- i s men to whip the negroes, you thr ,e ammunition to your enemies wh the North. This anarchy will on reait to Edgefield and Abbeville, con ui are masters, and while we bui ist make the negroes let our i'v litics and women alone,yet they i ack ist not be beaten and abused. ras If this thing continues,you will rut deprived of labor by an exodus rep negroes and moreover capital rail II be driven off. You must 1 ike the negro respect you and are ep his place, but you cannot af-> did rd to whip and kill negioea in ma is cowardly way. At present ooi b yankoes are disposed to let us ? me except to cut down our rep It m : SbcinA, Agricultural caud Oommmarcia I A IJ (i U M T 19 1899 sntation because we've disfran- L \f d tlit' negroes, but such nf- j s will trive litem a chance to irposo Federal authority. I j 1 I \<>u, I plead with you to rise me man and put down this (\ iluient (Loud cheers.) Some e may say, "you'll lose votes." {\ >n't care if 1 do. I don't waut |t r votes if you are such cow- p i as to uphold this lawlessness. 0 <rniitnr T!ll.n?n tl">n u ? ? ?. ...I.iuti vaIV11 iUUIV U|J|U subject of Fanners' Institutes ci the benefits to bo derived if id funnels will tuko tbo proper rests in them. In the north ( * institutes have proved very t< jessful by the cooperation of I e fariuers at d the farmers' ft es. a 'lie senator said what the farms a lecdsis to raise their living at r le. Yesterday ho had listened h he wheat growers, but fool as kvus ho had a better remedy inst wcavils than any of them s to gi ind as soon as you gath t. He gave the farmers some C ice as to cultivating their crops told of the great things tobac- . lad done for Darlington and: other eastern counties, llis [ v i experience in tobacco raising t its failure was humorously n 1. He thought that there was t 1 aroundGreenwood that would a w tobacco and urged the farm- ? to try it. His experiences at of a fuilure and fool," was f t there was nothing for our n liers in experiments with Asia t sses, because Asia is un arid c aate. t ^caking of the cotton mill in- i try, he said he looked for t tth Carlina to occupy ? posi- t i similar to that of Massachu- t s, and become the leading i lufacturing State of the South, n ? farmers of Texas and the 1 isissippi States would drive our f ners out of the busiuess, and * elf defense we must do some- 1 igebo. r 'he senator referred to Lati:'s activity and poked some * at the congressman, and talke> ? 4 i little about Washington af " s. I ts S nator Tillman was about ^ lit down, a bystander asked * i about his Sumter reference to! prohibitionists and the dispen- I y. 1 n reply tho senatsr said he ' it to Sumter at the invitation ! ill factions and in his morning i' ?: 1 i-- ? ' ctu uirilllDllt'U <>111 >' mil IOI1UI I I . les. After dinner, Mr. E D ' ith made a speech in which he 1 eavored k4to ruh the butter otl i back." 1 dy friend N. (t. Kays in pur- ' tig a policy of conciliation my ; rse is to give theni soft talk 1 sugar. Well, I've given in enough vitriol in the past 1 ought to bo allowed to say 1 lething nico now. iinith attacked Clem son, Win. op, etc., and said that Tillman en governor laid great burdens our people and I want him to tie back here and remove those 'dons. It was tho first time e been asked in the open to nowledge that I'm a damn t i * - - - - - - cai anu damn tool both. Smith >beJ off all the butter and 1 in ly discussed the questions he led. [ did not say the prohibitionists cowards and hypocrites. I say that prohibition would k? cowards and hypocrites of people. Some of the prohi* CONTINUED ON FOURTH PAGE. * llniwtttK >0 POLICE UPHOLD THE j 'I DISPENSARY. ! A "he Sta'e. Gov. McSweeney recently ro I need the number of constables mployed by the State to aid in j t tie enforcement of the dispensary 81 i\v. The results have apparently j11 roved satisfactory for the chief [P xecutive is looking around for b leans to enable the number of 0 onstables to be still further re- ? need. * With that end in view ho has (11 rritten the mayors of cities and g iwns asking them to uso their 4 tTorts to have the local police enorce the dispensary law. He has j n Iso asked each of them to express 1a candid opinion of his views in , C. egard to the enforcement of the A iw. R I SHERIFFS AND M AOIS- a TRATES. I s I o 1 auuoneu oy tne uovernor as to t Dispensary Law. I P In addition to the circular letter vhich Governor McSweeney yes- T erday addressed to the various uayors of the state with reference o the enforcement of the dispen- / ary law, he has sent another to heriffs and magistrates as to their 1 luties. Ho calls attention to the ! act that since certain constables i ire specially designated to see. hat the law is enforced, other law J >flicers seemed to believe that : ] hey had nothing especial to do J with the enforcement of this par ja icular. After advising them that'f his is a mistaken idea, he adds jj hat if he has ''evidence that auy ?J naglstruto or constable is winking ;'| it the violation of the dispensary j r aw and is not making proper ef-' orts to bring to justice those who L riolate it, I shall at once ask for j v lis resignation. I hope this will L lot Ikj neccessary." v * q Jharleston Safe After the Storm. ; g ii special to The State. j Charleston, Aug 15?The A'est v Indian storm has passed Charles- j on, doing but little damage. * This morning about 5 o'clock jj ho wind reached a volocity of 57 j -j miles per hour. A number of (i imbs of the trees on the Battery, ind other sections of the city: were blown down, and the tele- j phone wires suffered to some extent from the blow. The breaks! in the wires were repaired early | j this morning by a force of line- s men, so telephonic communica- f tion was cut off but a short time. , Tho tide came up in many of L the streets last night, and got in-, , to some of the houses in low ( places, which seemed to give the , streets a good cleaning. RPMARKABI.K RKHCUK Mrs Michael Curtain, Plain-j fw.Ll 111 molrau fKa atoi^nnl i iivim, mi.) iimr.V/.i tuv/ niaiv-iuuiii) that she caught cold, which set-1 tied on her lungs; sho was treated j for a month by her family physician, hut grew worse, lie told her she was a hopeless victim of j consumption and that no medicine could cure her. Her druggist suggested Dr King's New Discovery for Consumption; she bought a bottle and to her delight found herself Itenefitted from first dose. She continued its use and after taking six-bottles, found herself sound and well; now does her own housework, and is as well as she ever was. ? Free trial bottles of this Great Discovery at Crawford Bros' Drug Store. Only 50 cents and $1.00, every bottle guarranteed. ( TEBMS: $1.50 a te^v ) Paxibui a AwiiK?. a ESTABLISHED 1852 'HE TEX AS FECK) I) D A M AC >E i Government Expert Finds that it Amounts to $7,400,000. Washington, D C., Aug 14.? ) S Holme*, dr, an expert of the ttttistical bureau of the departlent of agriculture, lias just com* leted a report to Chief Statisici n Hyde, of that department, mhodying the results of a tour f the flood devasted region of exas and making u careful estiiate of the damage dope, the ngregat? of which he places at $7.14,000. The number of farms submerged 5 estimated at 8,100 with a total rea of about 1,380,000 acres. )f this area at the time of the ood there were about 503,000 ores under cultivation, 339,000 crea being in cotton, 124 400 ores in corn, 10,300 acres in ugar caue and 28,600 acres in thor crops, with a total proJucion in sight equivalent to about >7,950,tOO, which is about $74 ?er capita of the population. )OCK JOHNSON'S IIORRI RLE CRIME. Lttempted to Ravish a 4-Year Old Daughter of Greenvillo Farmer. Safe in Jail. ipecial to The State. Greenville, Aug 16. ? Dock lohnson, a negro boy about 15 or .6 years old, was put in jail here donday night on the charge of issault with intent to ravish. The lutrage was committed on a four 'ear old daughter of Mr Frank lates, who lives near Marietta. The mother of the child saw the legro and gave the alarm before le accomplished his purjKtse. She ailed Mr Hates, but without waiting for an interview the ne;ro struck out clown the road toward Greenville. A crowd was [uickly formed to pursue the ne;ro with the intention of disputing of him, but Mr Jesse Hates nd other citizens decided to preent a lynching. The latter party aught Johnson about four miles rom Marietta and hurried him to ail, reaching here about 9 o'clock, i'he attempted outrage occuired luring the afternoon. William Harris Arrested. Special to the Stale. MotTettsville, Aug 15. ? Will, am Harris, who is charged with attempting to assault his sister ceveral days ago, has been arrested. A preliminary hearing was given him this week and as a result 01 me inni no was nounu jvor on bond to appear at the next term of court. The Right Line. Hon D E Einley has sown 156 bushel* of clay peus this season. How will this do to supplement the short crop of forage this year? He also intends sowing wheat enough for 1,000 bushels next season. This looks like farming on the right line. If others will only follow suit, the redemption of the south from debt and money harks is not far distant. ? Yorkville Yeoman. Notice to Road Overseers. ALL Overseers of the Public Roads are hereby ordered to call out aheir hands and work their respective lections at once. By order of Board. M C. GaRuNkk, Co. Hup'r. Li J. iEKKi ,