The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-08-21
RACE TROUBLE IN GEORGIA
One White Mar and One Negro Killed.
Negroes Attempt to Burn Two Towns
and Tear Up Railway Track-Troops
Ordered Out.

Atlanta. Ga, August iI.-GJverr1r
Gambler today upon advices recet ID
from the deputy sheriff Of Liberty
county. this state. ordered n Lib>rty
troop. a cavalry company OF the cor
gin militia. to assist Sheriff Brewe-. OF
that county. In Queiiing \ riot now said
20 be assuming Serious proportions 1t
ohnsto station, SfIy miles fiom Sa-
vannGk between tie whites and the
bIa.fa
The following Is the message rs
ceived by Governor Gambler from
Deputy Sheriff Henry this aftstnc,r:
The negroes who murdered *. II.
Chris are being 1cined ir the woods
by ether negroes. Liberty ci.y was
fired In the center CT the town. last
night about i, o'clock Lambert vas
fired at the same Slime. The
Florida and Western railroad is being
torn UP the two towns TO
wreck train No. -. on which are
Sheriff Brewer and Parloa Pass. One
man was taken from ne qua yester-
day. One man Vas Allied whiic res,st-
Ing arrest. The people are much ex-
CITED n trouble is expected. cannot
control the mob IT all and everything
Is getting more and more wrought up
hourly.
e. y. HENRY"
"Deputy Sheriff"
The negroes in Liberty county have
been troublesome for several weeks and
for the last few days a number Of ar
rests have bee made X. III. Curtis.
who was killed, was we'll known in the
community. He had some trouble
with negroes severa days ago. The
negroes fled TO the woods. where they
have been in hiding.
one OF the negoes Implicated In the
murder was arrested yesterday and
while resisting was killed. Another
was taken from the guard and is sup
posed to have been murdered.
1t Is not known whether any damage
was done by the fires started last night
by the negroes. 1t is the opinion OF the
governor that as soon as the Liberty
Guards make their appearance upon
the scene as an armed body the trou-
BILE will end. The company numbers
eighty men.
In this vicinity of Georgia the ne
groes are three to one in
numbers to the whites.
Three miles of wires along the Plant
system have been cut, 1T is believed.
by negroes. During the night several
negroes were taken from their houses
and severely whipped by crowds OF
whites for alleged incendiary speeches
lneS HdU MADE ms 1ncenSe0 the ne
goes very much and was condemned
by the more conservative whites OF
that section. About 10 O'clock his
morning a small shop occupied by a.
negro at Liberty City was found on
fire. A crowd gathered and a man
named Med Gordon threw a keg Of
powder into the flames. Gordon was
seriously, If not fatally burned II was
with great difficulty that surrounding
property was saved. The rumor then
began to spread that the negroes in
tended to attack and fire every house.
in and around Liberty City. This led
the sheriff to call on the governor for
troops. saying the matter was beyond
his control. The detachments Of the
two cavalry troops in Liberty county
and armed citizens are patroling the
streets of Liberty City tonight and
most of the women and children have
left the place. The store of j. T. Gill
at ~Walthoursville was burned early
this morning, probably by incendiaries
Two negroes ave been arrested sus-
pected of attempting to wreck the
Plant system train. So far there has
been no actual clash between the ne
groes and the armed guard, but il is
expected momentarly. Several other
fires are reported from various parts
of the county.