The Chipley banner. (Chipley, Washington County, Fla.) 1893-1943, 1898-11-26
ANOTHERVCT|M|NCA CAROLINA
NEGRO WOMAN KILLED BY THREE
UNKNOWN WHITE MEN.
PHOENIX CITIZENS HOLD MEETING.
Interesting Resolutions Adaptations Of
the Tolbsrts Repudiatss His
Past Affiliations.

there has been moro bloodshed in
Greenwood county, South Carolina,
and along its borders In the sister
county Of Abbevills, but none of it
can be laid to the door OF the white
men who wreaked summary vengeance
upon the blacks last week.
A negro woman was shot through
and through and is supposed to be
MORALLY wounded. The woman was
in her own house, which stands near
the point from which unknown parties
fred upon Private Miller, wounding
him SO seriously, on the day of the
riot. The woman, Eliza Goode, WINS
beside her invalid daughter and a
child when three white men came
along and began to fire indiscrimi-
nately through the walls Of the house.
1t is supposed that they thought GER
tain negroes they had been after were
in the house. The woman and others
saw the men, but do not know who
they were.
The people held mass meeting at
Phoenix and adopted series Of reso-
lutions, which are OF particular inter-
est They read as follows:
Resolved, That we, the citizens OF
Phoenix and surrounding country, in
mass meeting assembled, desire to ex.
press our deep regret at the loss OF
life and bloodshed that has occurred
in this vicinity during the past few
days, and to call attention to the fact
that this section has always been
noted for the high moral character OF
its people, its peaceful, law-abiding
disposition, and the friendly. relations
that have heretofore existed between
the races.
Resolved, That the evidence OF
negro as we'll as white eye-witnesses
to Tuesdays riot agrees that the first
hostile attack was made by Thomas
Tolbert and certain negroes, and that
the first shot fred was the one that
killed j. I. Ethridge, and was fred by
negro. We regret that deluded
negroes have had to suffer the penalty
for misdeeds committed as a result OF
the influences OF white men, whose
greed and selfshness has led them to
act the part of enemies to both the
white and colored people Of our coun.
try.
Resolved, That we hereby express
our firm conviction that the deplora-
BILE troubles through which we have
just passed are attributable solely to
the evil influences exerted by John r.
Tolbert, Rhett Tolbert, Joseph w.
Tolbert, Thomas P. Tolbert and
Robert Fl. Henderson, and we believe
their further residence in Greenwood
county or its vicinity will tend to i'm
peril the lives and property of both
the white and colored people, and we
earnestly hope that they will choose
to remove themselves and their evil
influences elsewhere.
Resolved, That q committee OF
safety be appointed, who shall be
asked to suggest and put into opera
ton such measures as will hest insure
peace and the protection of life and
property; that We desire to assure the
colored citizens Of this community
that we will to the best OF our ability
protect them so long as they are in
the discharge OF their duties and in
the exercise Of their rights as peace
full and orderly citizens, and that we
condemn all assaults OF negroes. by
white persons.
Immediately following action on the
above resolutions, the following in
formation was read from Elias Tolbert
and accepted as such:
To the Citizens of Greenwood
County, Heretofore I have acted as I
have from O sense Of high Christian
duty, from pure conscientious motives,
not from desire for any Office or the
emoluments Of Office.
IT have tried to do my duty to my
country as I knew it, my church and
school. I have never shirked my duty
as I saw il. I tried to do my duty as
a fifteen year cid soldier boy in the
Second South Carolina cavalry, COM
pany I. II there are any old soldiers
present belonging to my old command
they can testify to the fact that I was
always found at the front.
al find that in many things ! made
mistakes; that the two races cannot act
together in the formation Of govern
ment and that the country should have
white supremacy; that the Anglo-Saxon
should predominate, and hereafter I
intend to stand shoulder to shoulder
with the white people to do all in my
power to have q government that will
protect every one alike, but let IL be
made by the white people. ] solemly
promise to do all in my power and
shall heartily cooperate with them in
doing this. z. l.. ToLBKRT.