The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1874-08-27
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property.
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By the Northeastern Railroad train last
evening, Senator W. H. Jones, and DR..
J. B. Thompson, both colored, arrived
from Georgetown, having left there at
seven o'clock yesterday morning. Jones
who is she leader of the anti-Bowley fac
ton, represents things as being rather
warm in his portion of the country. He
says that when the Bowleyites attacked
his house on Thursday night, they sur
rounded it by band of regularly organ
lied black Ku-Klux, who had pass words
and signs, and who hid behind the bushes
and trees and kept up lively fusilade
nearly all night, the pass word was
.."aABE,"
and whoever failed to give it was inconti-
ly shot at. Jones says that he never be-
fore appreciated the benefits and uses Of
those legislative documents which cost
the State so much. That he barricaded
the doors and windows of his house with
House and Senate journals, and, by this
means, managed to save the lives of the
inmates. Two persons were severely
wounded, DR.. j: B. Thompson and Hem
ry Harrison, colored. The garrison fired
about twenty five rounds at the BowIey
men, but in consequence of the darkness,
could not hit them. AS has been already
stated, the riot commenced at Bowley
meeting, and was continued for three days
without intermission. On Thursday the
sheriff Of the county addressed the follow.
ing letter to Jones, who is the command
ing officer of the militia:
SHERIFF's OFFICE,
Georgetown, August IA, 1874.
To Col. W. H. Jones, Fifth Regiment 1st
Division, N. G.. s. c.
SIR deem it necessary for me to
call on you for one company of militia as
my comi possetatas (sic) to enable me to
act in suppressing the violence which our
town is threatened with, until 1 can get a
sufficient guard for tho Jail for the pre-
vention Of the escape of the prisoners.
s. E. CARR, Sheriff G. G.
The fourteen violators" alluded to are
Jams A. Bowley, Peter Woodbury., Ben
jamin Tamplett, Anthony Jandon, Ap-
pollas Jandon, John Smiley, D. P. Rey-
nolds, Henry Clark, Henry Smith, j. j.
Colt, George Pauley, Frank Penny and
W. R. Beamer. These are all negroes
In compliance with the request of the
sheriff, JIG Ynes furnished a company of the
militia, and, after some trouble, all Of the
"violators" were arrested and lodged in
Jail. Since then things have. remained
quiet, and although good deal of excite
ment and anxiety prevails, no actual riot
ing has taken place. Jones left George
town yesterday under the protection Of
mounted suard Of twenty five men, and
came to Gourdin's station. where he took
the train. The Jail is guarded day and
night by a company Of militia, and Jones
residence, where the militia's ammunition
is stored, is also guarded. The intendant
of the town has closed all the bar rooms.
The white citizens of the town have not
taken any part in the row, which is COM
posed entirely of the opposing factions of
the blacks.
1t is somewhat difficult to get at the
real position of the two opposing factions
on the Gubernatorial question. Jones
says that he only signed the petition for
the removal of Anderson, the trial justice
who committed the Waccamaw rioters,
because it was numerously signed by his
constituents, and he was requested tosign
it. He says that, as far as the Guberna-
torial nomination is conce rned, he does
not believe that Moses can be elected,
and if he is sent as delegate to the State
Convention, he is willing to be hound to
support any man that his constituents
instruct him to vote for. He says that
Bowley has frequently said in his speeches
that he intended to support neither Moses
nor Chamberlain. As matters now stand,
Bowley and his delegates are locked up in
the jail, which is guarded by the militia.
The Jones party were to have held their
meeting yesterday to elect delegates to the
convention which meets to-day to nomi-
nate delegates to the State Nominating
Convention.
USE OF SILENcE.-It is pity that so
few people understand the full effect Of
well.timed silence How eloquent it is
in reality. Acquicscence, contradiction,
difference disdain embarrassment and