The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-06-14
RACE RIOT.
Two White Men and Three Me-
groes Said to be Killed.
COMMUNITY IN ARMS.
6urrelI McLaHe is Killed and His Son
Seriously Wounded by Negro En-.
pIoyees. on His Plantation at
Turner, Aiken County. A
Lynching is Feared.

The Augusta Herald says according
TO numerous reports received IN Au
gusta Monday morning race riot vas
started at Turner, S. c., q small set
tlenent in Aiken county, Sunday night
in which a prominent farmer was kill,
ed, his son seriously wounded and
three negroes either killed 0r wounded.
The death and injury OF the two white
men has been confirmed and the sheriff
Of Aiken county wired to from Turner
to come at orce and organize a posse.
The information received from the
vicinity OF TQrner-which has 20 tele
phone or telegraph connectlcn-ls that
J. 3. McLane, better known as Bur,
rell McLane, the largest planter ID
the little settlement, was shot TO oeath
by Dave Gar6enheigh and his son,
both negroes, while one Of Mr. Nc
Lanes sCns was severely wounded hav,
ing tne whole back Of one leg shot
away. a party CT some IS or 100 men
was formed and started in search Of
the negroes, who made their escape,
with the determination to lynch
them.
Telephone communication with the
Office OF Sheriff Railborn, Of Aiken, is
to the efect that serious trouble has
been reported there, bu5 none OF the
details given. Monday morning Sheriff
RaiDborn received telegram urging
him to come to Ellenton at once and
organize a posse to scour the country.
The sheriff LETT Immediately for Au.
gusts to take the 2:25 train from
there to Elenton, the nearest station
to Turner.
The story, as gathered from various
sources over the telephone, in the
vicinity OF Turner, and from passeng.
ers coming to Augusta On the morn
ing train, is that the negro Garden.
heigh, who lives on the McLane place,
had stolen child from negro wo
man living on a neigboring place and
was ordered by Mr.. McLane to return
it, but did not Go so. Sunday after
noon Mr.. McLane went to the negro
and ordered him to take the child
back or he would have it taken away
from the negro.
At this point the information oo-
tainabls is rather neag1e, but to the
effect that there were words between
the employer and the negro eupioye
and later in the afternoon Mr.. Nc
Lane and his son-Which one OF ne
three sons cannot be learned-went
the house Of the negro to see that the
order had been carried out. They
found several other negroes at the
place. It seems that an alteration
was started by the negroes, when
Gardenheigh and his s2n rushed upon
Mr.. McLane and ais son, both Of them
firing a load OF shot into the elder
Mr.. McL2ne, killing hin instantly.
The younger McLane was then fred
upon, the calf OF his leg being shot
away. but VINO fred the shot is not
known. From reports ieappearS that
the two white men fred upon the
negroes, killing ore CT them and
wounding three Others, but il appears
that the elGer Ga-denheigh Ea6e bis
escape with some Of bis companions
and it is for them that the party Of
white people are searching with the
determination OF carrying out a
lynchiDg bee.
It appears from the report received
in Aiken that excitement is running
high throughout the community and
further trouble is feared from the
negroes. Coroner Ovens, OF Akin,
called at The Herald Office Monday
afternoon to get some information
bearing on the riot. He said the only
information Sheriff Rainbow has is
telegram asking that the sheriff and
coroner come at once to Turner,
stating that Burrell McLane had been
killed in a riot and the whole white
community is in arms. Mr.. Ovens
says Sheriff Raioorn is taking a posSe
OF half dozen men from Aiken witt
him.
DIFFERENT STORY.
a dispatch from Aiken puts a new
phase on the affair near Ellenton Sun
day. The eoroner's inquest over the
body OF Burrell McClaine, who was
shot by Dave Gardenhier, brought out
the fact that McClaine went armed
and without warrant to the negroes
house and demanded to be given the
child in dispute. Gardenhier refused
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