The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-03-01
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| GEEENW.,op, Feb. 9!.-I.ast night
about ?o'clrck II body of men variously
estimated at from - To 100 in number
rode int" the square and stopped i'm
front of Pilry'> hotel. they were all
on horseback and all were armed Tie
men were all. or nearly I'LL from, the vi
cnItN OF Phu.niN. in this county. and Il
nllnhrr of i!H. best citizens nt that see
tion were in he party. None of The
crowd wore masks. and there wnS no
attempt ut roncralncmt. Hon. j. NJ.
Gaines appeared To br in command and
did most of he talking. Inquiry was
made If Joe Tulbrrt WAS ut the hotel.
On being told that Iolbrrt had left TIN,
city several days ago, he crowd. with
possibly one or two exceptions. seemed
glad of it. They said they did NOT want
any blood shed. and were glad Tollrrt
was out of the way.
The object of the visit tu Greenwood
| the men comprising th. party stated.
was To make Il demonstration showing
the attitude of the people of the Ihu.-
nix section toward tloSu of the Tolhcrts
who were to blame for the recent polit-
zeal troubles in this county. Two of
| these TOlhcrtS. it WAS known, had been
| III 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 OH their Immediate de
| parturr.
On finding that the men they were
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 Mr.. II. +. Riley and othrrct-
iZcns not to allow any of the Tulbcrts
| now under prescription To again take
up their residence in the city for any
length of time. The people in Inc lower
portion OF the county. it WAS repre-
scntrh- had suffered for nai,y years ut
the hands OF the T0lhcrtS. and they
have resolved that they will NOT suffer
from this cause any longer They do
can BE- maintained Wit. the Tulbcrts in
the county at present. and they .lu not
propose to run any risks
They said hat if the Tolbcrts had
shown any sign of regret for their past
conduct and the consequences of it, and
had made any pledges ais to good con
duet in the future. their return might
I.nx- L.. %<1. 4 Al
TOlbcrts showed some desire to have.
the Friendship and good will of the pcn-
PIE of the county they would not be-
allowed to live i'm this county again.
The citizens said hey thought the. soon
er this was known the better it would
the object of their visit here. was to
make that fact known in the most IN
mistakablc manner. The crowd, during
The two hours stay in the city, WAS
gcnolally quiet and orderly. Some Of
the men had been drinking. and one or
two were disposed to be uuirrclsome
and make asses of themselves. but the
great minority were sober men, ami so
Der men were certainly in charge uf the
crowd and directed its movements.
The leaders were using every effort to
keep down any tisOrtlcrly or unsecnl-
ly conduct.
The crowd started ont of town in the
direction of phrniX about II o'clock.
a stop WAS made at the home of Mr..
w. II. Napier, in the outskirts of the
city. Mr.. Napier is Il brothcr-in-law OF
JAS w. TOlbcri. Tolbcrt has been
there for two weeks, but left, il is said.
several days ago. Mr.. Napier was told
not to allow T0lbtrt 10 return. Mr..
Napier stated yesterday that the crowd,
during tho. stop ut his house. WAS quiet
and orderly; that no threats were made
and that no abusive language was
used.
The state correspondent talked with
Hon. j. NJ. Gaines over the telephone
yesterday afternoon. Mr.. Gaines was
at his home. II miles in the country.
He stated that the men, after leaving
the city Tuesday night. all returned
quietly to their homes, and were to-day
attending to their business as usual.
JOo.TOlbert came to Greenwood to-
day on the Southern traintr0m Coum-
bia. lie was met ut the depot by cit-
zens and told of the occurrences last
night and advised to stay OH the train,
which he did he left Oh the same train.
Special to The State
TOilluStrate the difference between
fighting duel and shooting mt Il tar
get, the New York Evening Post re-
calls the story of the swaggcrer who
said to the man whom he was threat
cning to call out 81 can hit the stem