The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-11-23
GREEN WOODS
TROUBLES.
THE PEOPLE PASS iREsO'
LUTIONS.
Jim Tolbert Wants to Come
Home But Ellerbe Advises
Him Against It.


Him Against It.
Special to The State.
Greenwood, Nov l5-The dis,
quoting conditions Of yesterday have
subsidsd There is no special cause
for alarm here to day The feelings
oil the people have not been greatly
excited BY the events in AbbevilIe
county
The negro woman. Eliza Goode,
was living a. noon to day, but in not
expected 10 survive Little more is
known Of the shooting 81 her house.
But the citizens are watcheul and the
perpetrators of this foul deed will do
well for themselves to keep clear Of
Greenwood county There is no
doabt of The determination of the
best people of the county to stop
this thing, aud their hold on the
sitnation is evidently firm
With the exception Of the shooting
Of Eliza Goode, 40 iawless acts OF
consequence have been committed in
this county since Friday. The moral
sense of the community is fully
aroused.
Private Stuart sfil!er's condition is
eighty improved to-day. His rela
tives express some degree of conf
dencs 10 his recovery Miller;s
condition is the real key to the
situation
Nobody is surprised at all the
TolDerss congregatlng in Washington.
It is best for the Tolberts and best
for us
Elias Tolbert has gone back to his
home, having been in hiding at. A q.
Stockman's. The fact of his being
IN the same house with the wounded
Miller, has been probably the means
Of saving him from injury. However,
.-1e is reasonably sure Of good treat
rent now.
There is little news of Kennedy
AsCaslan here He has numerous
reatives here He is considered
mrsaiiy wounded by his family.
TIE MASS MEETING.
This afternoon the people of the
county assembled in mass meeting.
Senator Waller presided over the
meeting and presented the following
resolutions which were unanimously
adopted:
In pursuance of cali for q public
meeting of the citizens of Greenwood
county to assemble at the court house
during the recess Of the court, to
take into consideration the late
unfortunate occurrences which have
suddenly arisen within our county,
we the citizens of said county,
representing every section of the
sane, in mass meeting assembled, do
hereby express our earnest regrets
for the conditions which have
prevailed in the neighborhood oi
Phoenix. and the occurrences which
led to it. We assert that the
responsibility therefor rests solely
npon John. z. Tolbert, R Rhet'
Tolbert aud R L Henderson, whose
incendiary teachings and influences
eliminated in the murder of J. /
Etheridge at Phoenix. on the morning
of the day of the general election
and the shooting from ambush of the
two white men on the evening of the
same day, returning quietly on thei'
way home These acts of murder
ous highway assaults, induced feel
ings of retaliation, the result O
which. however, are greatly exag
gerated
Now that the excitement has. sub
sided, and all armed bands have dis
persed, we urge all good citizens
white anG colored, to go to tbei
homes. aud we pledge ourselves fo'
their safety and protection in the
fell enjoyment of their rights, the
discharge of their lawful pursuits
We assure the colored people they
have nothing to fear if they are order
Iy law abiding citizens
Resolved, that we hereby endorse
the resolutions of the Phoenix mass
ook;,,. .e uoll as tho ausnrance,