The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1870-10-05
Riotcus Assembly Of Ntsraos "A Shooting
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The sceno Of the affair is near the
] Laurens boundary, and not Tar from
1 Milton in this ID strict. The negroes
throughout the entire neighborhood
| seem to hays caught the ,riotops spirit,
and on Sunday and on Monday large
bodies of negroes, with arms, were
! moving towards tho locality of the
trouble. At Gross Hill, on Sunday
hey assembled in large body and
marched to Little River, in military
fashion, with arms. At this poiut
they halted, returned to Cross Hill
and fiuding large number of the
white mon assembled, they disban-
ded.
T. OniSunday AFTERNOON party of nc.
groes, numbering about thirty, passed
along the highway leading iro.p, Mil
ton to Clinton, threatening, as they
want to kill hundred men, before
morning aud other violent expressions.
Three or four gentleman started to-
wards Clinton, ate in the afternoon, to
inform the inhnbitantS, Of the approach
Of this party. They wtrc mounted, and
endeavored by diffc, ent road to &c,
ahead of the party, but about one
mile from Clinton were balted by a
number of armed negroes, and after
a short parlcy tie negroes commenced
firing. These gcntaemcn returned The
fire, and the negroes took t, the
woods. Four negroes were slightly
wounde@. a. ly., r,o.,,, 49,.
On Tuesday Me, srs. John Young,
Samnel W. Vance, Addison Boyd,
--Jointer, and Workman, ch,rgcd
with riot and assault with intent to
Kill, Same" to the authorities, and
we're admit;9l TO bafl before Trial
Justice Joe Crews, who had granted
the warrant. On Sunday night, ne
grocs cougrcgated at Clinton, ahd Con.
sinued 70 iucreaBe until Tuesday
morning when the whites came in
large numbers elso, and remained
until Tuesday afternoon, when the ne
groes and whites Dispersed.
On Tuesday night, company OF
about fifty negroes arrived in this
village, but were quiet. On that day
Joe Crews addressed crowd at BY
SONS, and, it is reported, ordered q
general rendezvous of every negro
that Gould crawl to the coMrt house Oh
that night, .sa.
During Wednesday, large crowd
assembled and fingered during the
day around the quarters Of "Joc,"
where the arms of the militia arn stUr.
ed. .v.
The negroes say that It is Governor
Scott's orders that whenever negro
has difficulty with white man, and
the negro is imposed or, they are to
burn aud kill for fve. miles sduare
Their leaders have instIiled it into
their minds that arms are but Into
their hands to destroy the white nan,
and they say the white man has 10
law for his protcction-no Wight to
bear arms. Tho whites are firm and
cautions and intend only to dcfend
themselves and families,
These are the fruits Of the campaign
speeches of Chamberlain, Moses, Wui-
laoo, Ovens, Crews q CO.
ocott, VI course, Will proceed against
us as rebel Ku Klux. Under such
government as that of Scott's, no
remedy is left the citizens but cour=
age, fortitude and prudence.
1t Is proper to state that in the
shooting affair on Sunday night, lit oc.
Cured ut an early hour. of the night,)
tho negroes, wo understand, assert
that tho whites fred first.
Ga Thursday morning, the largo
forcc Of negroes assembled about
Crews arms despository quietly dis.
persed. ,,t.l.aE.. 4ay
AT tho present writing (Thursday
poon), all is quiot 10 town and
throughout the country haarensbsNs
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