Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1906-09-27

Atlanta. Ga. Spccial.--A race war
of alarming proportions began here
Saturday night. Through the night
1t ragged with varying vigor, and
when morning daMncd ii found the
downtown streets i'll possession OF
eight companies Of the Fifth Georgia
Infantry, with battery of light ar
tillery III reserve. Through the day
little of importance has occurred.
The police claimed, with the aid %
the military. to have the situation
under control.
This condition came as the result
of numerous and repeated assaults
OF attempted assaults nnon white
women by negroes. The list OF an
even dozen of such assaults, within
the limits of Fulton county within
the last nine weeks. came Saturday
when four attempts u! assault were
reported. F'laring headlines in the
special editions of afternoon papers
wrought the popuacc 10 high pitch
of excitement. the usual Saturday
night crowds we're largely increased
by men and boys who thronecd the
downtown streets. There was no
leader and No overt act until late in
the evening.
Atlanta. Ca, Spccial.-Twcnty-
four hours have passed since a race
war of 10 mean proportions began in
Atlanta. I'm that period at least ten
lives have been sacrificed, and the
number of injured will be Mt least 10.
several of whom cannot recover. At
10 o clock Sunday night the city was
controlled by the police aided by.
nearly a thousand of the State mill
tia. Every Part of the town is pat
rolled by the soldiers and the authori-
ties seem Ia have the situation well
iii hand. Governor Terrell. who or
dcred seven companies Of the State
military service from points outside
Of Atlanta 10 aid the eight local COM
panicS, stands ready 10 declare the
city under martial law. if the scenes
OF Saturday night are repeated He
has declared within an hour that he
sees no necessity at present TO take
these extreme measures
Numerous and persistent run.ors
are reaching the city of negroes az
tacking white persons and stoMing
street care i'll the suburbs and out
skirts of the city. Most Of these re-
ports doubtless are false. but several
street ears arriving from their ruus
show broken windows. while their
crews are refusing to gu out
The larger part of the military is
concentrated in the downtown dis
trict. Marietta and Dccatnr streets.
both freqnentcd by negroes, are
crowded with White men. The TROOPS
are marching through .hcsc crowds
constantly. trying to enforce the or
der Of the Ipayor that the streets
shall be cleared. The efforts to clear
the streets. however. 80 far seem to
he meeting with only fair success.
Very few of The better class of citi-
zcnS Who are moi called ont by neceS-
sity are on the streets
Up to Sunday cvcnin. more than
80 arrests have been made Of mem
hers of Saturday night : mob. charg-
ing incitcment jo riot Five hundred
dollars bond has been required in
each ease
No names Of prominence are found
OH this list.
OF the dead it is impossible to get
the names. Only partial lists have
been prepared and go two of these
agree.
Explosion Followed Insult.
AT about 10 clock negro man
showed white woman from the side
walk on Whitehall street. in the cen
ter of town. Almost simultaneously
q negro woman made an insulting
remark to white man on an adjoin-
ing street and he administered what
he considered due punishment. From
this start the excited crowd. which
had become NAB. began it's work
OF destruction. Five ihousand men
and boys throrced the downtown
streets looking for negroes.
"A mass meeting Of representative
citizens. .sincluding The governor OF the
State. the mavor of The city ard
numbeiSsof leading business men. Was
held Sunday evening. and the actiol
of the mob was denounced in viSor~
ous terms.