The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-08-18


the town is entirely at the mercy Of q
mob of riotous oolored men, and that
pistols and bludgeons have been used
freely, with threats of arson. The
difficulty il with the colored support.
ers OF the rival ohieftains-Jones. the
Senator. and Bowley, the member of
the House. Each claims to be work
ing for reform" but what that pe-
culiur reform is, cannot be discovered.
Ever since the oampuigu opened, these
shining lights of Republicanism have
beon making it unpleasantly warm for
| the whites in that section; but tho oc.
currences OF tho past few days 60 be-
yond anything ever known there be-
fore. On Wednesday last. conven-
tion WIS culied to nomiunte delegates
to the State Republican Nominating
Convention. The Georgetown Tins
eXplains that 1.-TWO calls were made for
this convention-ono by the Bowlrs-
ties ut IL o'clock, the other by the
Jonesitcs ut 2 o'clock. The Court
House was the place. The o'clocks
were determined to break up the II
o'clocks, and the IL o'clocks, if defeat.
ed, to completely. annihilate tho 2
o'clocks. So, at tue roll of the drum
aud toot of the fife. both parties us-
sembled ct the ancient seat of justice,
and entered into meeting. or mise.
rable apology for a drunken broil or
brutal row. the public peace invaded
and decency violated" The bullets of
the Bowley reformers proved to be too
strong for the Jones refcrmers, md
the latter inconlinently fled, after
several of them had been wounded1
In the melee, an unfortunate negro
who was by-stander was mortaliy
wounded by pistol shot. Tho Bow.
ley .cformers being now masters OF the
situation, recognized the military
and elected the delegates It may bu
stated here that the population of the
town of Georgetown consists of 74S
whites aud 2.772 colored The popuIa-
ton of the County is 2. 773 whites aud
1883 oolored PERSONS.
On Thursday, the Bowley crowd
surrounded Jones' house, and fired at
it all night, wounding four men and
kicking up muss generally. Not
only the whole house, but the wholu
fence, was completely riddled with bull.
let's aud slugs. The Sheriff, aided by
the militia, arrested every one con-
nected with this riotous proceeding.
Bowley has money, but Jones has tho
militia, so it is hard to soy which will
win. Bowley is now in Jail, together
with several others. Woodbury., QUO
OF the colored wardens, who was also
in the row, ran of to North Island.
The town is in q great excitement.
Everybody is on tho go. 1t ia said
that they fired four shots at the United
States mail; also, declared their inten-
ton to kill Congressman Rainey, lie
being expected to arrive by the mail
stage.
TiEA most furious persons in the
mob were the negro women, who were
armed with rice hooks. scythes and
hoes, and whose language was terri
BILE. Jones was wounded in the thumb.
On Friday morning, Jones paraded
through the streets, crying aud ours
ing, followed by f. few negroes. Later
in the dny, be gathered company Of
the militia, of which he is tue Colonel,
and persuaded the Sheriff to take COM
mand Of them. Bowlny's house, which
is one Of tho finest in the town, was ut
this time surrounded by an angry aud
excited crowd of Jonesitcs, consisting
OF men and women, who threatened
death to any one who approached,
swore vengeance against Bowley. and
that they intended to burn his house
down. The Sheriff, with the militia,
then marched to the house, and, while
the latter kept the crowd back, the
Sheriff persuaded Bowley, as means
of saving his life, to surrender himself
and go to Jail. He did so, accom- pa.
MED by his satellites, George PAwley,
Antony Jandon and Ned Lawrence,
(three colored custom house officers, J
and followed by mob of Jones ne
groes, hooting, yelling, cursing and
swearing. The slogan was: ''De Bow
leyites hab offended our god, an we
gwine to hab vengeance" BY their
yod, they meant Jones, who is 80 re-
Karded by them.
On Friday evening, tho women
brickbatted Bowley's house. smashing
all the windows in and wounding q
colored man who tried to stop them.
A coIored Methodist preacher came up
soon afterward and succeeded in queIl-
ing the disturbance in the Immediate
neighborhood. Before this the Jones
mob was loudly swearing that if it
could not burn Bowley's house in any
other way. it would do it by burning
the whole town.
At the meeting of the Agricultural
and Mechanical Society in Spartan