The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1900-06-21

justitiable. but right in the sight 0I
man and .ol heaven. Suasiou, moral
ana physical.waS used, Hui every con
ceivable argument employed to show
the. negroes that their interest could
only be subscrvcd by their white neigh
bOrs.
70 show that there was nothing in
the bugaboo OF putting thcm back i'm
slavery and dcprlving them OF any
means OF education, predicted by their
leaders from every stump and preached
rom every pulpit by their preachers,
IT was promised that tho constitution
OF the State be amended so that "a pcr-
pctual two mill tax should be levied on
all property OF the State for the benefit
OF education which should be equally
divided among the blacks and the
whites. Many anecdotes were told,
illustrating the pcriidi,y of their
former leaders, such rs the following :
An old darkey had a dream in which
he went to Hades, and being asked
what he saw in that warm region,
claimed that he saw Scott, Moscs
Chamberlain and other leaders there,
but cvcry one OF them had Il negro be-
tween him and the fire. Another Old
fellow had come to tho election and re-
ccived for his work that day some
cheap cigars, q box OF sulphur matches
and quart OF pop skull whiskey. On
his way home he WAS overcome by the
whiskey and lay down by the side Of
the read and went to sleep. Turning
over IN his drunken StupOr, the match.
cs took fire and smelling the SULPHUR
fumes, and feeling the burning, he rose
in fcar and repentance, CXclaiming
Just AS expected in hell upd roast
ing thaI's what: comes OF following
the Yankees" Another which usually
caught the Hcgro was tho experience
OF rcpcntant darkcy who was used
for the benefit Of The politicians. Gov.
scott and the darkcy wanted TO Ecc
into heaven, but as no man could enter
except ON horseback, and Mother had
a horse. the Governor proposed that
the darkcy should cover himself with
an OLD horse hide and carry the Gov.
ernOr through the gates on his back.
The horse hide WAS procured ana after
Is Tong, steep and stony NscCht, the
gates OF heaven were reached. The
Governor Knocked LOUDLY at the gate.
ST. Peter appeared with long wbitc
beard, flowing robes aud u hlg bunch
Of keys in his hands and said "GuOd
evening, Governor, light, throw your
bride over that hitching post and
come in" TO the negro he said, 1--WE
tOH SllO" nO uOnktSS 10 CnICr tnG
gates Of Heaven" The darkry re.
hitching post till | most starved to
death, anu amt seen Gov. Scott from
that day to this
Judge Tom Mackcy, who helped us
in the CANVASS, thus described Con-
grcssman A. S. Wallace, whose obtu.
ary he WAS supposed to he delivering ::
Beneath the rude stones,
a. :. Wallacc'S bones
In solitude are laid
lie thus has met,
Dame Natures debt
The first he ever paid.
TO heaven we know,
lie did not go,
Too mean to pay the toll,
We know in hell he does NOT DWELL
For Wallace had no soul
Future employment was promised
those who voted with the whites and
those who voted against them were
threatened, not only with discharge,
but that they should never be employ
ed in the future. In dealing with that
class OF Ignorant and prejudiccd peo.
pie, however, more could be accom-
plished through bodily fear than all
the reasoning and promises in the
world. SO the "red shirt companies
were formed in every section OF the
State, and at all political gatherings,
and frequently at night, they paraded
on horseback with plenty OF firearms
visible, and dressed in rcd flannel
shirts or blouses. While there was no
actual violence done to the person,
there was So much shooting, yelling,
"Hurrah for llampton,' and noise OF
every description made that many Of
the negroes were deferred from ap-
pcaring on election day.
There werC riots, however, at Cain
hoy, Straw berry Ferry, near Charles.
ton, in which white men were killed,
and in Edgeield md Barnwell counties
in which negroes were killed.
On election day the tissue ballot WAS
used. 1t was q full State ticket OF
regulation size and shape, printed on
the thinncst silk tissue paper. In &
ticket printed on ordinary heavy pa.
per, folded so as to fall open on strik-
ing the bottom OF tho ballot box, from
five to twenty OF these thin tickets
were placed within and voted. Under
the law, II there were more ballols in
the box than names on the voting list,
tho number OF ballots to bring them
down to tally with the voting list had
to be drawn out by some one blind
folded, and 1t was very easy matter
to select the heavy paper and leave the
thin. The result in most OF the boxes.
after the drawing out process was com.
plctcd, showed large Democratic ma jor.
tiles. The face Of the returns showed Il
large Democratic majority, both for
State officers and members o. the Leg
islature, but the returning board, or
State canvasscrs, composed Of the Re-
publican State officers, decided to 20
behind the returns, and they throw out
the returns from Laurens and r. ipc-
field counties and refused to issue
commissions to the members Of the
Legislature elected from these two
counties.
Gen. ltugcr was in command OF the
u. S. soldiers and being called upon by
the Governor tChambcrlain) furnished
troops to guard the State House and
prevent the entry into the hall Of the
House Of Representatives, OF any mem
her who did not have commission
| from tho State board. In addition to
the soldiers the Republicans sw0rc in
| hundreds Of State COustablcs to guard
the State House, maay OF whom were
roughS and cut thrOatS. One was