The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1894-09-05
Upriisinla az Negroes.
Serious Trouble Narrowly Avertsd
at vances's 1n orangebusg.
Special to The State.

iug With ten prisoners oh.rsed Ylsh
riot IN Teal Justice @ B: WhstseHs
conrs:. q Vaaee's yesterday: Justice
WhesseH ~as IN the city to-dsy.e
was is,a s, seen 81 The Stsse's correspondent
ana asked abouY the matter. .s
Tie toilesipg tac.a we're obtained :
when thes costoa season afst
opened. sasa the 3aage. ..aegeoss
is s., opr section organized themselves
into Z bsdy. sbont $50 stroag and re-
solved no. to pick cotton for less than
so eeo.sspes LOO peands. if any one
violssed tbs rule 10 picking for . white
man Tor lees. he vas to BE- tsken opt
and slipped. Tkeee rplee we're g .6e
euforce6 against all negroes. whether
TIE oifender be- member Of the osgsu-
iixatioa 81 not. . ..,..: -:
I4ss1 Mos,dsy, Peter Pel1er. noa
member picked some cotton for "a
white aaa uesr Nssee's for less. shan
SO cents. He Vas psomps.y taken eas
aud given about 100 lashes by 5 mob
Pelzer. % soon as be got able, s1oxe
our warrants before me against sev.
enteep negroes. Ill Of whonl be reeeg-
nised 10 tie mob. / deputized seven
men ,a .srass the seventeen indicted
They vsre. thought befare me aad
.iiven d sbfelimiu.ry heasiag The eIs-
depce addaoed Ms stroag enough 20
send tie csses up1o The Coart Of Gen
eral Sessioos. Abess ESQ segrees had
gathered scoand the Office and si9the
house, Who svose the msn shossd not
be s.ken 20 jail. Some were arnsd !
With pistols, guns, axes and bitea Of
wood. They re.s es.aine and de6sat.
Those Who we're unssmed went home.
got guns and returned; leaving /. suf6 ).
Gent number of the men 10 guard the
elise nu.il they retufaed. About oae
dozen white neo were there and they
drew their pistols.'
The judge says 80 riot VIZ imm!.
nent. Things locked serious, indeed I"
He told the. white ,men to stick to
himi and zsve them aashosity to sheet
the frss maa vho isseefered With the
prisoners. He telegrsphed the Cover
nor for the Ssutee Riaes. The me-
groes vsre rsging. swearing sod toss.
Ing their glittsriog vssposs abons
their heads. saying .'d-n the Rites. "
The white men aud ooussables srre
sN armed: they stood together With Pas-
tolls in hsud sad usrebed upon the ae-
groes. who st this time looked like
blood VAS ell they wanted With that
eharacterissie nerve OF CsroliniaDs, the
vhites held solia froos and marched
the prisoners out of the Office into
vsc.n. place Thence they we're
broaght without molesta,ion to Branch
Vile and tarned over TO Sheriff Dukes.
wbo had been telegraphed for
Fortunasely not shot was fred. It
the negroes had fred one time there
would have been possibly fifty men
dead there this morning. The negroes
saw the nerve and determination Of
the whites aud it cause them to auuk,
although they had twenty-five to one.
Justice Whetsell says he is going to
arrest the whole mob, but will get the
ringlsaders first He ssys he fears that
a general race riot. will occur when be
attempts to arrest the others. He
made an official call upon the sheriff
to-day to assist him with plenty Of dep
uties. The Tiliman Volunteers will
likely be ordered out in case riot
takes place.
The Santee Rifles. on telegram re-
oeived from the Governor, held them
selves 10 readiness yesterday to obey
the orders Of the trial justice. They
we're not needed, however.
Two of the negroes turned States
evidence against the balance and we're
discharged by Mr. Whitsell.
1t is believed that the negroes have
spite against the whites in the Vance
section on account of the difficulty be-
tween the Rickerbackers and Sol Ellerbe
at Elloree. in which the doctor received
several severe blows from the negroes
who we're standing around. Ellerbe
was brought here and put in Jail. His
friend said the "buokra" didn't do
aOythiog With white man, but they
would get even with them
That section Of the county is infested
With the meanest and most desperate
negroes in the State. A check, it
seems, will have to be put on their con-
duct.
MORE TROUBLE.
Three hundred negroes went to the
house of Ed Louis, on Mr.. John w.
Mack's place, in the fork of Edisto,
last night, took Louis about half a
mile away from his house into a
swamp aud gave him 500 lashes With
sovora1 hn0ou tracea Louis. it seem.