The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-06-12
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HOT TINlEj. i II j:
a colored Picnic from Charlestonl
Broken Up BY
BAD TEN MILE HILL N1aaERs
Who Attacked the City Folks win !
Guns and Clubs. Six Oar
ried Back to the CITY
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ricd Back to tho City #
! Wounded is
, The Charleston Post says q fierce
battle with guns, pistol and knives
was fought at Ladson, station on
the Southern railway, seventeen miles
: from Charleston, on Monday. June ] !.
between charleston negroes, who had
:. soue 70 LadSOn TO take part in pic
NC given ny the Jenkins Orphanage,
ana several hundred country negroes
o,ootlng irons were used freely and
about twenty-five negroes were wound
ed' though not scriou.ny. A man,
woman and child, whose identity are
|. unknown, are said to have been killed
though the report is discredited.
Inc eXcurSiOniStS returned to the
city with The wounded Charleston
negroes. Six were sent to the city
hospital, and others went to their
homes. The country negroes who
were shot did not come into the CITY.
me negroes sent to the hospital were
picked up on the streets by the police.
Ihey were: William Grant, shot in
side and leg, found on America Street .
William Pryor, George Kenzie, Henry
Langston, James Allen and William
Perrin, found on Line street, suffering
from gun shot wounds.
Monday the annual picnic OF the
jenkins Orpanage was given at the
grounds OF the jenkins Reformatory
aG LldSon. The Rev. D. J jenkins.
who is at the head Of buth the orphan
age and the rcfOrmatory carried about
LOO negroes on special train.
when the rcformatory grounds were
reached, the Charleston negroes were
met by large number Of negroes
from Ten Mile ana the country
adjacent tc Ladson The latter were
armed with guns, rifles, pistols and
knives. They told the city negroes
that They had come to have u good
time and that they must not inter
fcrc.
1 The morning hour passed or with
| out trouble, but along about 2 o'clock
IN the afternoon the Ten Mile Hill
negroes wanted to dance in the re-
iormatory building, and the Rev.
Jenkins put stop to it. declaring
that he would not allow his picnic to
be turned into dance. His action
mcensed the country negroes, and
serious trouble commenced. One or
the Ten Mile Hill crowd drew q pistol
on the Rev. Jenkins, and the CITY
negroes rushed up to taken his part.
There was much wranging,3 3S blows
fWeres passed \ fires arms were dis;
played. The trouble was settled fotrrs ora q
time. RI Il "A ~ S 355ll 5.15 5 -, +
The, country negroes organized them
selves into a regiment, and sent word
TO the town negroes that they wanted
satisfaction, and invited them down
to the road near creek. The invita-
tion was accepted. The ring leader
J of the conntry forces, armed with IL
long rifle, led his command against
! the picnic crowd. He was ovcrpowcr-
ed, his gun WAS taken from him, and
he was shot with his own rifle. He
was also badly cut, but none Of his
wounds are thought to be serious.
Alter belng shot he retired from the
game.
The battle was kept up for several
lloIrS, and shot after shot was fired. !.
The Rcy. Jenkins gathered his or
phans together and the female men,
bers OF his crowd and remained under
cover until about O'clock in the
afternoon the hour for the excursion
train to pull out Of Ladson. Hundreds
OF negroes made for the station as
soon as the shooting commenced,
where they remained, all the after
noon, fearing to venture forth Some
were so badly frightened that
they walked five miles to Summervillc,
, returning to the city this morning
When the excursion train, consisting
of seventeen coaches, was made up
to bring the picnickcrs back to the
, city, everybody thought that the
trouble was over, but, just as the
train pulled out from the station, a
Il country negro fired into it, which
was the signal for other shots and a
constant firing was kept up until the
train was out Of range
When fire was opened on the train
by the angry mob Of country negroes,
the widest excitement prevailed in
the coaches. Men, women and chill
drcn crouchcd under the seats. Some
locked themselves up in the toilet
rooms, and small negro boys climbed
up into the bundle racks in the top of
the cars. Livery pane was powdered
ana lt is said that the train came in
Charleston Monday night with not a
single head out Of Il car window. The
shots tired into the coaches broke win
dow pancs and several passengers were
peppered. One woman was shot in
the arm, and small coorcd boy
wounded III the back None was kill
cd.
The Southern railway authorities
have taken the matter up, and will
, make every effort to apprehcnd the
negroes who fired into tho train. a
J reward of 500 will be paid for the
arrest OF the parties that did the
shooting. The Rev. jenkins says tnat
the widest kind Of excitement prevail
I ed, and the country negroes thirstctl
for blood. They swarmcd about the
train like Indians, all the time keep
, Ing up lond shouts. AS tile train
5 passed Ten Mile Hill, some one fired a
! shot into IL passenger coach
Chopped Off Mans Head.
+ A special from Tazewell, Tenn,
says Sam Davis was killed near that
place late Tuesday afternoon, Fale