The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-08-23
MANY WHIPPED.
Peaceable Negroes Terrorized b-
Bands of Whitecaps.
FLEETo SWAMP AND TOWNS
The Governor Appealed to by
Sheriff of Greenwood Who
Can't Preserve Order in
the County.

A Specl2l 10 COIunDla Ot2Ie 1TOm
Greenwood says: a portion Of this
county between Greenwood and Phoe-
nix has for more than week past
been terrorized by gang Of so-called
whitecaps engaged in whipping Ne
groes. The whitecaps began Monday
night week ago and entered the
houses Of several negroes who were ta-
ken out and whipped. Since then this
performance has been several times re-
peated and the Negroes are badly
frightened. The object Of the white
caps is to drive off Negro tenants in
order to secure control at low prices of
valuable farm lands in that seoncti
much Of which is rented to Negroes by
the white landlords.
There is no political foundation for
the troubles and the offenders are said
to belong to low class ofwhites. The
Negroes have taken to the woods and
swamps at night to avoid the visitation
of the gang ard many Of the colored
people have come to Greenwood,
some Of them bringing all their posses
sions and refusing to go back home.
Inofensive Negroes are said to have
been whipped and they have told Of
their troubles to white friends here but
are afraid to talk openly. So far as
known none have left this county but
few are anxious to remain in the COM
munity. The better class Of people de.
plore the occurrences and until now
the matter has been kept quiet, but to-
day the sheriff wired the governor for
assistance, stating his inability to con-
troll the situation.
It does not seem to be the object Of
the gang to seriously injure the Negroes.
They simply want them to leave the
community in order that the lands may
be rented by white tenants. 1t is a
fine farming section producing good
crops but is thickly settled by Negroes
although the colored population was
somewhat thinned out Immediately
after the election riots last November.
The Negroes are now very badly scared
and the object Of the whitecaps has
been very nearly attained. This is the
version Of the story as gained from
Greenwood men.
A large land owner Of that section.
told me today that he had his Negroes
sleep in his barn for. protection and
that the colored population is terroriz-
ed. Two hundred Negroes from that
vicinity spent Saturday night in Green
wood to avoid the visitation Of the
whitecaps. The same mastery mac
tivity which characterized the sherif's
Office in the November riots hangs over
that Office IN this instance and nothing
has yet been done.
TILLMAN CONDEMNS IT.
A special dispatch from Greenwood
to The Greenville News says:
In connection with the Whitecapping
situation in this county, Solicitor Sesse
is in town, and has wired the attorney
general to come up and investigate the
matter:
Senator Tillman is here. Abiding to
the subject, he said that he did not
censure the people for the Phoenix
riots, but that this was entirely past.
Il do not advise you to kill the Toll
bers," he said; ''but if you have to ez-
tirpate anybody, don't punish these
poor devils Of Negroes.
THE time will soon be when this
race question will shake this country
from centre to circumference. Anarchy,
once begun, is like fire in the woods.
You are dominant; your own civiliza-
tion, your self-respecs demands some
thing to put down this trouble. Keep
up this trouble, and you give powder to
your enemies in the north, you injure
your country, and if this trouble con-
tinues, you will drive every laborer
you have out of this section.
II beg you, | entreat you, l plead
with you, to rise as one man and put
stop to this trouble.
Some one would say he would lose
votes by it. He didn't care if he did.
He didn't want the votes of men who
would do such thing, and if he didn't
speak out he would be unworthy to
represent anybody and the people
ought 70 retire him.