Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-07-08
TROUBLE AT NORWAY.

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Threatening Uprising Of Negroes.
Fifty Columbia militiamen went tt
Norway, Orangeburg county last Sat
urday night to protect the town from
threatening attack by a large crowe
of Negroes.
During Saturday afternoon the fol-
lowing dispatch was received In Co.
lumbia from ]. L. Glover, mayor OF
Norway: Governor. D. G. Hayward
Columbia: Send troops to Norway al
once. Trouble expected"
.. Telephone conversation between the
authorities in Columbia and Mayor
Glover, developed the fact that the Ne.
groes in the vicinity Of Norway were
very much wrought up over the lynch
ing Of Charles Evans for the assassi,
nation Of Mr.. John Phillips, and tina,
they were gathering in force for the
purpose of making an attack on the
town.
Governor Hayward was not in Co.
lumbia, having been called out OF toWr
on business; but Gen. Frost, Attorney
General Gunter and Col. Willie Jones
took. charge Of the situation, and de-
cided that a company Of fifty men
should be sent. =
It was after II o'clock p. m, when
the telegram was received from Mayor
Glover; but it happened that all OF
the Columbia companies were within
comparatively easy reach. They were
in attendance on a military enter
tainment at Hyatt Park, three miles
from the city. Gen. Frost called fol
an officer over the telephone and the
first one with whom he got into COM
munication was Capt. L. w. Haskell
Capt. Haskell grasped the situation al
once and the only trouble he had was
holding the number down to fifty
men as fully $50 were anxious to go
However, he took detachments from al
three Of the Columbia companies in.
cluding commissioned officers who
volunteered to- go in the ranks as pri-
Yates.
BY 1890 p. m, the men were In theil
armory, provided with ammunition ano
ready for business. In the meantime
special train had been procured from
the Seaboard Air Line road, and al
1850 o'clock the train pulled out fol
Norway, making the entire trip Of Al
miles in 4S minutes.
On the arrival Of the troops at Nor
way, it developed that several hundred
Negroes had collected during the day al
place called Bush Pond, about three
miles distant, and that they had beer
threatening to kill B. S. Hutto, G.. F
Toole, Pete Gibson. Launcy Young an6
Henry Dukes, all Of whom were alleged
to have been connected with the
lynching of the Evans Negro. About
fifteen Norway men were standing
guard at the Hutto farm, awaiting
an attack.
The feeling and understanding was
that it was the purpose of the Negroes
| to attack after the moon went down, OF
shortly before daylight. The soldiers
kept on the alert; but were unable tt
see anything Of an especially suspi'
cious nature, and the next day they
decided to return to Columbia, arriv.
ing there at 1 o'clock p. m.
Old man John T. Phillips, who hat
been fired on from ambush by the
Evans Negro, about six days before
died Sunday morning at $50 o'clock
He had been wounded by five buck
shot, and at least two Of the shots
| were calculated to produce death.
Mr.. Phillips left large family, in
Guiding grown sons, and in view Of the
general situation it is quite possible
that there may be trouble yet. Sheriff
Dukes, of Orangeburg had arrived a
Norway before the departure Of the
troops and it was thought that he
could preserve order at least as long
as he might remain on the ground.