The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-11-22


tnem IN the movement got out OF the
county as best they could.
Tho only Tolberts who remained we're
Thomas. senior. end Elias T., the broth
ers or John X. Tolbert. Thomas senior,
had remained I'm Abbeville. and was not
moiested The mob pursued ELIAS j."
Tolbert 90 the house Of a prominent dem
ocrat. but was finally persuaded 10 as
pcrse. Since that time Elias J.. Tolbert
has printed q most AFFECT letter IN whlch
he alludes 10 his brave war record IN the
Confederate army. states that be never
joined in the movement 10 have the ne
groes vote. and pledges al his efforts IN
the future for the sustaining Of white SUI
prcmacy IN South Carolina.
THE HUNT WENT OK.
In the meantime the negro hunt went
on. the Tolbert hunt having been aban-
doncd. Wherever a negfO was found ne
was shot down.
II is doubtful if any ~ the men who
had a hand in the shooting Of Etheridse
have boon killed. Nearly an Of those
who were slain were not only innocent
Of participating in the earlier trouble and
OF firing on the whites az Piney Grove
Church. but were unarmcd. When "A ne
gro was found no questions were asked
He had merely 20 run and the mon rld-
died his back with buckshot ana Dullels'
At one place by the roads there was q
pile OF five dead negroes as late As
Thursday afternoon.
While thc excitement was M It's hei-l'
a movement was started 20 burn me
houses Of the Tolberts. Wiser couhsel
prevailed. and this was not done.
Early this week there was a moss meet
ing an Greenwood. al which the cltlzehs
Of the county passed resolutions dcciat-
ing that tho Tolbcrts were entirety 10
blame. and that they ought NOT return
20 their county. At the same line me
meeting pledged itself TO see ma. lhe
property of the Tolborts was protected
Tho excitement caused by the election
riots had a very bad effect ON the COM
munity throughout that section OF the
state AN SORTS Of stories were told,
tending 10 lnnamc the minds of the Dem
ocrats. 10 was said that r.. J.. Henderson
told am The negroes the day before cleo
ton 10 % 10 the polls armed.
DEEDS OF VIOLENCE.
This excitement over the killing caused
a number OF deeds OF violence. a party
Of whites rode past Piney Grove church
as late as Monday Of this week and fred
into the house of an old cOlOred woman,
shooting her through the abdomen. Ken
ucdy McCaslin. "a white man, and Charles
Hail. a c0i0red farmer. the same day got
into am argument over division OF some
cotton. and Hall shot McCaslin I'm the
head. John Fol. while nj "a place near Alb
bcville. accused q negro of theft. Tile
negro denied the charge % Fell shot
him dead.
During an this reign Of bloodshed. Gov
ornor Ellerbc, Of South Carolina. sat I'm
the executive chamber at Columbia and
never raised a hand 90 quell the disturb
ance. lie told me I'm Columbia. after quiet
had been restored, that the reason he did
not send troops was that he had none
10 send. Everybody else I'm South Care
lima says that the reason he did not send
troops was because he was afraid of be-
ing scoided by Senator Tilman.
Both Governor Ellerbe and Senator Till
man are iu favor of shooting c0iOre1 mon
I'm order 20 keep them IN subsection. Till
man himself participated in the great
Hamburg riot I'm 1856. In speaking OF the
Governors conduct. a Greenville paper
said that the Governor on Tuesday. when
there was rioting at the polls. remained
calm, and that on Wednesday. when
white men were hunting the colored men
an over Greenwood county. no became
calmer still. ON Wednesday. when the
rioting reached its climax. the Governor
was as serene as "a summer morning,
and ON Saturday. when the trouble was
AN over and most OF the white men had
put away their guns. the Governor e.
am impassioned despatch TO Greenwood
demanding that the rioting stop.
GOVERNOR ELLERBE,S POSITION.
Governor Elerbe told me Goa Columbia
ON Monday following tho massacre that
the sheriff OF Greenwood county tele-
craphcd him for two hundred rifles and
ID lot of ammunition. but that DE did not
send them because ne feared the guns
would Boo used 300 killing more negroes.
So. ~ the Governor dll not check the
killing of negroes. be az least has the
mOurnful satisfaction Of not having ac-
CELEBRATED &c.
There is Just ono good thing that the
Governor has done. de probably pre-
vented tho lynching Of John r.. Tolber,
and one of Ibis sons when they arrived
in Columbia several days after the kill
ing. Several companies OF the North
Carolina Volunteers had Just been dis
banded and wcre threatening tO take the
life Of any TOfDert they could find. when
John r. Tolbert and his son arrived at
the state Capitol Major TOibcrt. ale
though sorcly wounded. WAS as cool as
though am election had not been held in
/ South Carolina. THE Governor suggested
that he and his SON go 10 the p~eniten-
tiaIy. where they could have their
wounds dressed and De protected against
the mob.
ct am not afrail OF any mob that ever
was" said Major Tolbert. "I have taken
care OF myself without your help SO FAR
and reckon can a care or myself
to the end of the hunt
Finally. the Governor persuaded Toll
bert and his SON to go 90 the penlltn-
/ tiary. and orders were issued 90 the
guard 90 fire on anr person who tried %
break into the prison. forty-siN DUCK
shot were taken ont Of TOlhert iu prison.
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