The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1876-07-26

anplauded ny the colored people
Other speakers expressed their
views on politics and the necessity OF
sticking to the party" and the
meeting soon after adjourned.
ALMOST a .:DlsruspANcE. - Tbfcire
was some little cxcitttiiicnt on tile
streets on last Saturday afternoon,
caused by circumstances of whicl,
the following is IN impartial state.
ment, furnished by n leaaling citizen
of the town, and one whose sense OF
Justice and Whose f,'iH"hdsllip for the
colorcd people are iiiiivnraalTy known
and admitted -, -:
"ro iqt ,ftie people, of the North
understand how i3sSSd!h frasedies rs rs
that Mt Hamburg are instigated.
Wiil state what occurred i'll Winns~
horo OH last Saturday evening.
Late in the evening l was sitting
in my store door an | s,w IN OK .itcl
crowd of negroes filling the silc-
walk and parts of the street, and
lc'irnrd thnt the ,eQiiSe was that a
fight had just taken place between
white man, Mr.. w. II. Garrison
and negro named jim Smart.
"The negro was abusive to the
white IN ", who ordered him out of
his place of business, and, upon the
negros refusing to go, attempted to
put him ont. They got into IL
fight, and the white man rctreated
Che negro following) until he got "a 1T
iron weight, with which he struck
the negro and forced him to retreat.
On getting outside, the negro con-
tlnucI his abuse, and dared the white
man ont, to continue tictight The
blow with the weight caused
tic negro to bleed, and this
soon collected crowd of me-
groes, evidently much excited. l
piia no attention to it until L learn
cd that some Of the negroes were
using inccndiary language, saying
that the white people wanted to get
mp another Hamburg affair, that
! the, :, town ought to be burn
eel, etc: l then went to one man
who Wah. reported to be using
such language, and told him that
with any fight he might 'choofc to
get up with any other negro or
any white man had nothing to do,
as | had nothing to do with the late
difficulty, but that I gave him notice
that | did not wish to be drawn into
u difficulty in which L was not con-
ccrhcd> by his stil ring up battle
between the races, III which 1 would
be concerned. He WAS vc.y inso-
lent, and / left linn. Soon drunk
ell rrgrG. Frank Williams. WAS NJ :
.ested hy tr' policeman for disor-
derry conduct, aE1 There ,wcrc evi
denC signs that the mob meant to
rescue him, and their excitement
vas 50 great 'h3t J felt that a COLI
sion was inm;nHnt
This, thSh, iss IL. e trfoamnaitian of
the South. An ignorant and dc
pravcd race are always ready to
rush together and ulycptcp the
lives and property Of thr whites,
and the latter have in sc.f-dcfcuce
to be on the alert and qucl at once
by stem measures the first out
break; form such promptness lies
the safety Of the civilized population
of the South. ;.
There is some doubt as to The
pcrscn who made the allusion to
hamburg. 1t is charged upon
Henry Chappell. but he solemnly
and persistcnt,y denies it, saying
That the speech was made by Hyan
--, anl that he himsll
demonstrated against such talk
Frank Williams was released or
Saturday night, by order of Intend
ant Aiken. Everything became
Guiet by eight or nine o'clock.
We shall at Il future time discuss
the subject of such disturbances
Slowing on whom rests the
responsibility for them, and WHOM:
this community must hold chief,
accountable for troubles of the sort
should any occur. But we sincerely
trust there will be none, and pledge
ourselves aid the entire law abiding
portion of the people hero to use
every honorable means for thc:1
prevention.
PERsoNAL.-,-We had the pleasure
on Thursday ]ist. Of liicotipg Col
Asl ury Coward, who was on n short
visit to Winnsboro in the interest of
the Masonic fraternity. Col. Cow
ard, IS is we'll known, is the Princi
pal of Kings. Mountain Military
School, an institution now ianliins,
among the best colleges in the State.
Speaking Of the School, the travel
ing correspondent Of the Me,cs a,.o
Courier, writing from Yorkville,
says:
SIN the town of Yorkville is situat
cl tlia Kings Mountain Military
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