Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1870-11-04
Troubles in tho State,

The Carolina Spartan, published ut Spar
tnnbnrg Courthouse, prints the following ar
TILE in regard to the Ku klux outruges. 1t
Nil, be keen that tho wrong doers ere denoun-
,ocd i9 Indignant terms, and that tits bel lev
ed sthat they ere Radicals, no. Refhrmers.-
Whoever they aro, Spartanburg owes it to
herself TO bring them speedily to Justices:
II, On Monday evening of last week report
reached town that large number Of persons,
most of whom were unknown, had whipped
and otherwise maltrcad Wm. Champion, Glenn
Bowden, Duniel Linder aud two other persons
whose names VIC have not learned. Great
excitement was created in the peighborhbod
and two Of the sufferers, being managers of
the, election, it was determined not to open
the polls in that precinct. Trial Justices
EleaA,rS and Pcinier repaired st once .oEtlie
scene Of the disturbance, and arrested several
persons suspected of the infamous crime
Among the latter we're Mcss.s. q. T.. .NIoAr.
thur and Spu! A. Camp both of whom are
gentlemen Of intelligence and influence and
moment believe that either Of them ever
dreamed of participating in such disgraceful
and barbarous villany. But notwithstanding
he was arrested on doubtful information only.
MoArthur was turned over by Trial Justice
Poinier, who arrested and had him in charge.
into the hands of an armed and excited color
ed guard, in the night tin,e, and whilst the
Justice wns in n house near by, he was
''doublc quickcd" by his guard until he fain-
ted
1t is thus that justice is administered by
QUO of SCOTS eject: A man is arrested upnu
Information only, put into the hands of his
enraged enemies, aud the latter are permitted
to inflict the most intolerablc personal indigna
ton, aud the most cruel aud humliating cor.
pora punishment upon their helpless vctiu,
without the slightest investigation having
been had as to nis guilt or innocence. We
affirm that if Mr.. Macarthur wns guilty, be.
yond any reasonable doubt, Of tho crime with
Which he was chnrgcd, his offence does not
constitute greater outrage upon law, justice
and humanity than that Of the persons who
inflicted upon him this illegal aud iuhuman
punishment,
AS the persons whipped were Radicals, it
is at once concluded, and the news circulated,
that the outrage had been pcrpctratrd hy the
ku- Klux Klan of the Reform party. The
report doubtless, had its effect upon some
unthinking persons at the election but there
arc circumstances connected will, the affair
which point much more plainly to the RndicaI
Ku Klux. 1t was just long enough before
culatcd in tho county. Any sane man Of the
Reform party n,ust have known that such an
occurrence would necessarily. donnge the in.
tcrests of his party. 1t occurred at !. place
the Reform patty hada large n,ajority. 1t
resulted in breaking up the election precinct.
and thereby losing to the Reform party
large number of votes, and to thc Radicals !.
very small number II any 1T the l,rtn,n,
party did the deed they are not ouv yt.l,ii,.
but fools If the Rrdcnls did i! t,rn%tittS
il was piece of sharp rasc.|ily, 10, wEIat,
they are doubtless bow c"u4,hintatiug ,tcm
selves let Che ci,icris of tie law hook
among the Radicals ns well rs the R.fnr,nrrs.
and in our opinion they viii be u,uch ,nu,r
aptto find the guilty parties. 1t IS an ont.
rage that ought not t" 90 unwhirprd If iu,.
tice, aud we hope the ut,.Jst diliceuet viii be
used to cntch the outlaws, whether Rl.lcaEs.
or RctOimcrs, or both.
AN ATTEMPTED RIOT IN NEwBEuRY
The following article from the N,wl,crry
Herald shows that the negroes did their
best to get up riot ut Ncwbcrry Courthouse
on election day:
Tho hosexcitemcnt on "Wednesday last, of
which some erroneous reports have been cir
cuiatcd, originated in the attcmpt OF II crowd
Of infurinted Radical uenrnes to natrent n
colorcd Reformst, who, to his honor be il
said, stood up for the cause with a courage
which reflects the greatest credit upon him
He is u noble fellow, and deserves we'll at the
hands of our fellow. citizens For hoars was
he badged and threatened, and when it seem
ed that he was about being over wl,cncd
and pistols were drawn, a brave gentleman
stepped in, pistols in hand and said, the first
one that touches him will be hlnwn Though
In moment every negros had slipped his
weapon out Of sight there was no desire to
fight ou!that ground. Col IS two six
shooters was an irresistible argument in favor
of queit. At that moment weapon was dis
charged accidentally, and some confusion oc
CURED, the negroes crying out, and running
like mad, ''gct your guns boys, '.so for your
guns" They oil ran, but only a few went
in the direction Of where the guns were stnr
ed, the others moving through the cross
streets. The citizens, Of to,lrse, rrcprrcd
themselves, but nothing more grew out of it
The t3nstabulnry, and few ntgrro7aids, dur
ing>ths'alYfm, fled TO their {sffongholds md
weAfs,teld, ;levelled tAeir sixreep. ttt,tcrs
frogtlissf xihdew, down on the crowd of White
men below 4, iis well they did mot Shoot. -
In ths.aes ntins, Skeriff, P,aysldger odilei on
thogatsissn;; who, quietly responding, march
ed 'tbths e0prthouso square, ! and awaited
cvapts,a N othing more occurred. XiH
Cd KrHay afternoon little excitement
wassersated ~ the knocking down osfiItwo or
three aSrtly apd,ofapsive negroes, bya oou-