The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-01-10
THREATENED RIOT.
Negroes Of Pinewood Make Serious
Threats.

killing OF Lewis Burgess at Piuew ood By
Conductor Hursey, rumors have been rife
that the negroes Of the Pipewood section
we're making threats against the white peo.
pie OF that town and serious trouble was
feared Soon after The killing a crowd of
negroes gathered at Pinswood and for several
hours there vac great excitement aud uneasi.
nsss, for il Was feared the pegroes would be
rash enough to attempt to take Hurssy from
the magistrate and ynch him. The negroes
made boas,ful threats during the afternoon,
s"f made 90 effort TO carry them out, std by
night the crowd scattered. The excitement
has never entirely subsidized, and tbe negroes
hsvs cootiousd making threats agsiost the
white men Who took care Of Conductor Hur.
sey while hs was 10 Pinewood. II was
thought beet 10 BE- prepared for any coutiu.
ssocy. sod Gov heSwseosy was appealed to
rides sud aumuni,ion, bot % there was no
legal authorisa,ioo for him to turn over
State arus to private individuals, The request
Of The Pioswood people wss not complied
With.
Gov. HsSwssssy wired Sheriff Bradbam
direetieg bin TO 60 to P,uswood With q
possss u oscsssary. The following telegram
We cent TO Pioswood:
70 A l.. Barkss,. latsodsns, Piuswood,
O.:
Wire governor st ouca u there 10 dauger Of
asgrc uprising and " you need assistance.
Ebert q. Aull,
Private Secretary.
Bot the people Of Pioewood were not the
kind to sit dowo and wai, for the troubls TO
ssgia before preparing for Il, 90 ~hsu they
failed to secure arms from Oolumbia, they
ssst two nsu to this city on the 9 O'Clock
train last evening, aud they secured 26 rifles
and 90 abundant supply Of ammunition, and
returned to Piuewood 90 the 6 30 local
freight
The persistent rumors of an impending
riot and the psrchase Of ammunition las,
evening had prepared the people Of this city
TO expect 90 outbreak, and when the follow.
ing telegram vas received there was great
excitement:
Coluu bis, Jan o, 1890.
Capt. W l.. Lee,
Hold your company In readiness TO be or.
dsrcd st morenrs notice to Piuewood. An.
swsr. (Signed)
wv Floyd,
Aojt. Geo. 8 @.
The company was called out at once. and
! 10 as minutes from the time the order was
'ssued the company ~ss ready 10 60 to Pioe.
wood, The Columbia State ssys Of th.
prompt respnnss Of ,he Sumter Light In.
mutry tCo ny:
The order 70 Go. n, Capt. Lee, at Sum.
ter, met With perhsps the quickest response to
such . call that has ever been made by a
militia company. 10 4b minutes after the
order vas telearaphrd Capt. Leo wired to the
adja,snt.gensrsl that Co n. was ready 10
move snd vas awaiting further orders"
About the same time, however. tbs govern.
or got message from the inteodaut to Pine.
wood stating that the sheriff had arrived
there and was master Of tts Situation.
Ao order was thea scot &c Capt Lee &C. Ia
hold his company in the armory that 1t.
service would Got be Leeded.
The memsers Of the company. uever,he
less, rsmsioed at the armory until 8 o'clock
aud we're then dismissed by Capt, Lee with
orders to hold themselves in readiness to be
called out at any hour Of the night.
Ats 'sts hour last night everything was
qo'st at Pioewood, aud the whites do 90,
nov soticips's trouble nor fear the issue II
the lawless negroes provoke Q conflict, for
b are veil armed with repeating r,6es and
| earoioes secured 10 this city and have O biz
supply OF ammuoi,ion. They are able 10
take care Of themselves, add there 10 no fur.
ther fear Of Q riot.
| Csps Horssy, through bic attorney, NJ
D. Purdy, applied to Judge Buchanan
yesterday for ball. which wss granted 10 the
snm Of $4,000, and Ne Hurssy vas released
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