The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1898-11-18
Observation-Disclosures
NEGRO WOMAN KILLED by THREE
UNKNOWN WHITE MEN.
PHOENIX CITIZENS HOLD MEETING.
Interesting RESOLUTIONS Adopted one Of
che Toiberls Repudlates IIis
Past Affiliations

A special from Columbia states that
there has been more bloodshed in
Greenwood county, South Carolina,
and along It's borders In tho sister
county Of Abbeyillo, but none Of il
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, was
beside her invalid daughter and
child when three white men came
along and beRar TO fire indiscrimi-
nately through the walls Of the house
Z IS supposed that they thought GER
tain negroes they had been after were
in the house. The woman and others
saw ths men, but do not know who
they We're
The people held a mass meeting at
Fhwnix and adopted a series of re9o-
buttons, 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, it's peaceful, law-abiding
disposition, and the friendly relations
that have heretofore existed between
the races.
Resolved, That the evidence Of
negro as well 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 fired was the one that
killed j. 1. Ethridge, and was fired by
negro We regret that deluded
negroes have had to suffer the penalty
for misdeeds committed as a result Of
5 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 III. 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 a committee Of
safety be appointed, who shall be
asked to suggest and put into opera
tion such measures as will best insure
peace and the protection of life and
4 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 il
the discharge of their duties and il
the exercise of their rights as peace
full and orderly citizens, and that WI
condemn all assaults of negroes b.
white persons.
Immediately following action on tn
above resolutions, the following in
formation was read from Elias Tolber
and accepted as such:
10 the Citizens Of Greenwoo,
County Heretofore / have acted as
have from a sense Of high Christian
duty, from pure conscientious motives
not from a desire for any Office or th
emoluments Of Office.
81 have tried to do my duty to m
country as L knew it, my church ant
school ] have never shirked my dut
as / saw it. tried to do my duty q
fifteen year cid soldier boy in til
Second South Carolina cavalry, com
pany ]. If there are any old soldier
present belonging to my old comman
they can testify to the fact that wa
always found at the front.
IT find that in many things I mad
mistakes; that the two races cannot az
together in the formation Of a govern
ment and that the country should hay
whitesupremacy that the Anglo-saxo
should predominant, and hereafter