The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-11-16

Hi'SS"StS were sem back and lulill
continuously until the tpicrlouc Mir,
WAS cut when nothing more could be-
heard. causing the an\icN, oi th,
townSiolli to rise higher for The men
who were out and from whom no word
could be gotten. \ company of u,r,
WAS organized for general protective
purposes and To start ont nrNt murnnr
and Try 90 pcaccahly strai.h;.,i mat
tcrs III he seat Of the trouble. .Nnn,,-
milton and guns were gotten auh n,
about ten o'clock "Wednesday morning
the company left town.
In the meantime report comes that Il
ncgr" named Hampton had been Shot
near rlocnYx. He was driving along
i'll Il wagon when met by Il party OF
men who told him to stop for he pur-
pose OF c0nvorSing with him. Instead
of ohcying the negro jumped from he
wagon and started at run across II
cotton patch. y number of shots were
fired AT him and hr waS seen to fall and
crawl OH to he woods hnt could not be
found when looked for.
The company which left Greenwood
proceeded to Pincy Grove church
where they met crowd of about two
or three hundred men resting. They
had five or six negroes whom they were
guarding. 1t was reported that large
crowds of negroes were c0ngrcgatirlg
ut tho Harris placc-thc home of one Of
the Tolbcrts. The party proceeded to
this place and found the house deserted
except for Tom Tolbcrt who was in
bed i'll IL serious condition and :ln aunt.
There were no negroes around save one
Or two who were Mt work in cotton
patches. The swamps were then
secured but not single crowd of ne
grOcs could be found, i'll fact no two of
the very few seen were together.
About 4:3O p. IN. return was made
i'll tho Phoenix direction. At Rchoboth
church large crowd was met. There
were eight negroes seated ON II log and
strongly guarded.
Another party had set out for the
Tolbcrt place it was said. The crowd
at RehObOth stad cOnmcndably uuict
for quite q while but loud talk and
prOfano language soon began. Twice
was the rising heat suppressed only to
start the stronger. Finally one negro
was grabbed from the log on which the
eight were sitting and forced into tic
r0nd Il short distance from large oak
and about one hundred shots were
poured into his body. During this fir
ing two of the negroes OH the log made
q break for liberty and took across q
cotton patch while two more took to
the woods back Of the church. The
infuriated mob Immediately turned ON
the three negroes who were rooted to
the log from fear and poured vollcy
OF at least two hundred shots in their
bodies before they could move from
their seats. Attention was then turned
to the two men in the cotton patch, n
number OF shots being fired ut them
and one it is thought was wounded,
but they both escaped. Of the eight
four were left manglcd masses, three
piled OH top of one another as they fell
off their seats. The names of the dead
are: IIamp McKenncy, Luun jackson,
Charlie White and Bob Daniels.
The crowd Immediately began to
disperse, going in different directions,
leaving tho dead just rs they had fall
len. 1t Is utterly impossible to make
even an estimate of how many were
connected With the affair.
Various were the expressions of opn-
ion. Many thought more fuss would
be brought about, while many others
thought that the death of the four ne
grocs would put stop to all the trou-
Bile, and that il would br an object les
son for any black man who harborcd
any thought whatever of causing more
;as;;;i BIZ.
1t seems that for some time the ne
grOes Of this section, under the leader
ship Of the white Republicans, have
been trying to come above their mt
ural sphere. while now the general be-
lief is that they will all realize their
error i'll following the dictates of white
men who get them into trouble and
then drop them to pick for themselves.
Many were the expressions that "this
will end our T0lbcrt troubles" and go
might it be and with them all other
troubles between the whites and blacks,
ut political meetings as well as else
where.
Joe Circuit, the negro who is said to
have fired the shots that killed Mr..
Ethcridgc. is still at large. and no one
has the rcmotcst idea OF his whcrca-
bouts.
LATER.
Report yesterday WAS that John and
Joe TOlbert passed through Chester
Wednesday night and were thought to
still be in that county. An effort will
be made to find and bring them back
to Greenwood and lodge them in Jail.
A letter was sent to Greenwood yes
terday morning from Mr.. Milling, who
lives in portion of the disturbed see
tion that is settled almost wholly by
negroes, saying that while the negroes
were quiet the day before it was be-
cause tho country was crowded with
armed mcIi, nearly all of whom had
left since the killing of the four nc
grOcs the previous evening, he h,,d
OrOlU0a Tn fa0r th0t thav ICn,tsl ,,n>c