The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-03-01
Tie Tolberts Must not Tarry in Green
wood.

about 9 o clock Il body 0t men NarlOuSly
estimated ut from - to 100 in number
rode into the square and stopped in
front Of Rilcy's hotel. They were all
on horseback and all We're armed. The
men were i'll. or nearly I'LL from thcvi-
cinity of PhuniX. in this county. and Il
number Of the best citizens of that Sec
ton were in the party. None of the
crowd wore masks. and there was no
attempt ut conccalment. Hon. j. NJ.
Gaines appeared to be in command and
did most of the talking. Inquiry WAS
made il Joe Folbert was ut the hotel.
On being tol.l that 'rolbert had left the
city several days ago, the crowd, with.
possibly onc=ol two exceptions. seemed
glad oft. They said they dilnot want
any blood shed, and We're glad Iolbcrt
was out of thrway.
The object of the visit to Greenwood
the men composing the party stated.
was to make a demonstration showing.
The attitude of the people of the Phn-
nix section toward thoseof the Tolberts
who were to blame ior the recent polit-
ical troubles in this county. Two of
these TolbcrtS. it was known, had been
in this city. and the citizens stated that
the object OF their visit was to protest
against the presence OF these men in
the county. and If they were still
there. to insist on their Immediate tc-
partulc.
On finding tllat@thc men they We're
looking for We're not in the city. the
citizens spent about two hours around
TOWN. before starting for their homes.
Before leaving they made urgent re-
quests of Nh I. +. Riley and othcrcit-
liens not toallcw amy Of the Tolberts
now under prescription to again take
up their residence in the city for any
length OF time. ilcpeoplrill the lower
portion Of the county. it was repre-
scntetl had suffered formany years ut
the hands of the Tolbcrt>. and they
ll;lvc resolved that they will not suffer
from zrl.is cause any longer They slo
not believe that peace and good order
call BIZ bcllaintaincd with the Tollmrts in
the county at present. and they slo not
propose to rllll=any risks.
They said tInii il the 'lolbcrts had.
shown amy sign of regret for their past
cunductantl the consequences OF it, and
lla, made amy pledges as to good coll
duet in the future, their return might
lave been tolerated. but thatuntil tln.
rolberts showed some desire 70 have
the fricnlShipaml good willof the pco-
pIc.of the county they would not be.
allowed to live in this county again.
Tile citizens said they tlonghttllc Soon-
CT this w;lS known the better it would
be tol3all parties concerned. and that
tie object of their visit here was to.
make that fact known in the most
lnistakablcmarlicr. The crowd, during
the Two hours STAY in the city, w;ls
generally quiet and orderly. Some of
themcn had been drinking. and one or
two were disposed 10 be uuarrclsomc
and make asses OF themselves. but the
great majority were sober men. and So
bcr men We're certainly i'll charge OF the
crowd anil directed its movements.
The leaders wcrcll>ing every effort to
keep down any tisordcrly or rnSccnl-
lyscondnct.
The crowd started ont of town i'll tile
direction Of pllt,.nx about II o'clock.
4 stop waS made the home of Mr..
W.Il Napier. in the outskirts OF the"
city. Ahr. Napier is ;l=brotlrr-ill-law of
JAS. w. 'rolbcrl. Tolbcrt has been
there for two weeks. hutlrfl, il is >;lid
several days ago. AIr. Napier wis told
not to allow 'Iolbcrt 10 return. Alr
Napicrstatcd yesterday that tic crowd,
during the stop ut his llolSc. w;ls quiet
all,l orderly; tlrltno threats were made
and that no abusive language wns
used.
.rIr .Sint..colrcSpon.lcnl talked with
Hon. j VI. Gaines over the telephone.
Yesterday aftrrnool. Mr.. Gaines waS
ut hisshomc. Is miles i'll the country.
He stated that the men. after leaving
the city Tuesday night. all returned
quietly to their homes, andwcrr to-day
attending to their business as usual.
Joe Tulbcrt came to Greenwood to-
day ON the Southern tlain1rom Cnluni-
.bia. He Was met at the depot by citi-
zcns and told OF the occurrences last
night and advised to stay on the tlain
which he did, he lcft=on the same train
-Sprcini 10 The State.
-roilIllstlntctllr.lilirrcnccbc between
fighting !, ,lrc;nd shooting at5:l=tar-
gel, the New York Evening post#rc-
calls the story Of The sw;lggcrcr who
said tu tile NAN whom he WAS Threat
=rnin. 10 call ont: LEAN hit the stem
ofa wine glass at#ll patYs. VERY
WE'LL. was the unI;untctl reply, but
suppose tllcswiuc glass hada pistol ;ln.l
WIS firing :lt Won