The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1897-08-25
Tie Fairfield Fanatics.

CAMDEN, August 21-White Caps,
numbering about one hundred and TWEEN
ty, passed through Camden at 8 o'clock
last night. They were we'll armed and
created a ripple OF excitement. Some
what like the wind, no one knew whence
they came nor whittier they were going.
It deyeloped, however, that they were at
ter some Mormon elders. They visited
the home of James Dixon, a convert of
the Mormon doctrine. five miles below
Camden, where they found two Mormon
elders. They administered to these Nor
mon elders q severe whipping. Dixon
was not at home at the time, and he had
no connection with the affair beyond
the fact that the Mormons were at his
house.
Last night Mr.. Dixon fortunately vas
at the home of a relative, who had during
the previous day lost a child.
The White Caps returned to their
homes, which are supposed to be in
the Ridgeway section, in Fairfield u
The two Mormons are still at DiXon's
and one of them, it is reported, is SO
severely whipped that he is unable to
leave.
Il is currently reported that they were
not only interfering in religious matters,
but were also guilty of immoral conduct
of q serious nature towards some Illterate
white women.
All is quiet here, and no che seems TO
care much about the affair.
WINNsBoRo, August 2l-There has
been no news from Bull Neck, where the
White Caps were marching on the Nor
mons, and it Is not thought that any &C.
rious trouble has taken place yet. The
-e.S;oa - oHo,f fvynnfu-CpNdn mi1QS
f"om here, and in 3 remote part of the
county.
R1DaEwAY, Fairfield County, August
1S.-For the past month there has been
quite q commotion in the neighborho d
Of C%entervi!le, about eight miles from
this place, caused by squads of men and
bows riding around at night and firing of
guns Mt the different houses where they
Supposed the Mormon elders were stay
ing.
These acts were thought to be only o
"bluff," but on last Tuesday a crowd,
numbering about one hundred, organized
at Smyrna Church, disguised themselves,
and went from house to house in quest of
Mormon elders, from l o'clock p N. to
9 o'clock D. N. They rode up, surround
ed each house, asked for Mormon elders,
then detailed ten men to forcibly search
the house. No Mormon elders were found.
The women at each place defied and
shamed the crowd for attacking the
homes of unprotected women and chill
dren. The marauders forced open doors.
rode owe crops, used profane language,
drew their weapons upon the ~defenceless
women, and threatened the lives of the
men, and said that on their next visit
they would castigate all who they knew
harbored the Mormon elders.
Now, there are two sides to evory pic
ture. Il is said that the Mormon elders
are the teachers of corruption; they
preach polygamy; they have a Bible OF
their own; they tell their converts that if
they will join them that they will have
two chances for salvation, one in this and
one in the world to come, and last that
the Mormons are not respectable, are OIL
the vulgar, ignorant class, and they work
to suppress the impending danger in the
bud.
On the other side the Mormon elders
claim they are teaching the true Gospel,
and at any time are willing to meet any
minister, and if they car prove by the
Scripture that they are wrong that they
will retire and 60 back to their homes.
Many of their converts are old veterans
who have done good service for their
State, and even If wrong or led astray
they are conscientious and deserve better
treatment, for controversy is preferable to
violence.-NeWS aud Courier.