The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-09-26
FIVE ASSAULTS
BY Negro Fiends on White Wo=
men in Atlanta Caused
4 NIGHT Of TERROR.
NIB Invade N.gro Section in Defiance
Of the Police, and Cut, Shoot and
Beat Negroes to D ath. Thirty.
Five Are Killed and MANY
No.-IoL

Beat negroes TO u ain. INilty'
Five Are Killed and MANY
Wounded.
The multiplicity OF assaults com-
mItted ip Fulton county and Atlante
during the past three months, FIVE Ct
which occurred from 5 to 9 O'Clock
Saturday night, resulted IL a oittsy
race war in which at least thirty ue
zroes were killed by the intur.ater
white people OF the city. O7e OF TIC
assaults Saturday evening occurred
just beyond the outskirts OF the city
in Fulton county, and four others 81
most in the centre OF the city. About
I O'Clock Mrs. F. Arnold, residing in
the western part Of the city, vas at
tack=d in her back yard by a negro,
but escaped fcom his Gu ches anc
frightened him away by her screams.
The negro was chased by the men CT
the neighborhood, who heard the
cries for help, and later captured ant
taken to the police barracks.
When t:is fact became known 1t
famed a smouldering fans sDo in a
short time small crowd Of white peo-
ole collected a short d!staEce from the
station house, and it appesred tba'
there would be trouble. About tbs
same time news was received tha:
Mrs. Chain, who lives nea. the SCI
iiers' Home, had been attacked In th;
same Kramer by negro, snd a pc>s'
immediately began securing the W ODE
in that vicinity for the fsnd. Ihess
TWO occurrences, coupled with the ssV
en- similar attacks that have beer
made upon the woman OF Atlanta il q
week, socn had the entire ciry in g
aene Of passion. In vary ssort order
5hree more reported aStemp's Ct uhe
eame nature were received and aacu'
7 :'c!cck the mob around that section
uf Decatur street infes!ed By the ne
gross had grown 70 mere than 500
people.
At first there seemed little desire
70 do anything mere than take tut
negroes be.rg held In prison on uhes9
charges ard lynch them, but about 8
O'Clock q car passed tne corner oi
I ey ard Decatur streets. carrying S
number OF n, e. oes, whom eoi1e one
shot at tae car and immediately The
crowd began pulling the negroes cf
she car and beating them. Tasre
we're probably three OF four shotI
led at thai time. tut the attack
uron the negroes was principally
beating and cuf11ag. About the same
sime a couple OF negroes were caught
on Whitehall street and almost
beaten to death. A bsroershop
operated by negro BARRIERS opposiSe
the via6uct was attacked and CON-
oletely wrecked, the negroes being
routed and the fixtures torG to pieces.
About 10 O'clock negro man sooT
ed 3 white woman from the sidswalE
On Whitehall street, in the center OF
town. Almost sim ul5aneously a ne
gro woman made az irsulEirg rsnark
to q white man OF an sdjo!nlng street
and he administered what he cons!d
cred due punishment. From thts start
the excited crowd, which had become
a mob, bcgan It's work OF obstruction
Five Thousand nen and boys throngeo
the downtown streets locking for ne
proes. News that riot had Started
brought thousands more from tnei]
homes in the suburbs and residsnce
districts, until fully 10000 mel
thronged the downtown section.
They made attacks on the 1ncon
ing street cars. Each car was scan
ned for negroes. The trolleys wer'
pulled from the wires and il the semi
darkness Of the unIghted cars ne
groes were bester, cut and stamped
upon In an unressoning, mad ffe: II
Ifanocro ventured resistance OF re
monsted, it mtant practically SUR
death. O 4e csr, halt flied With ne
z oes, approached from al outsid
run. The mob dashed for the ca
Resistance was mace by tie negroes
who had not been snprised Ct trouble
Three negroes las dead on the f or {
the car when it was permitted t.
u owe op, and TWO more were sericusl..
beaten and uncopsc o1s.
Mayor Woodward appealed to tn
mob, but it hee6ed him not, then b.
called out the FIRE department.. Th
result was to stop tie mob in it
work 4 that immediate section an
to drive 1t TO otaer strrets. Tt
situation became SO Threatening at l
O'Clock that Gov. Terrell was appeal
ed to, to order out the Stale troops
Although DO 1tquest had come ftur
the sheriff Gov. Terrell gave ta
order mcbiliz!ng the eight local II
fantry companies at cree. Previous
fly a police riot call had been scuDde
summoning all police reserves to heao
quarters With tie decision to cal
cut the troops, the big fire bell sound
ed once mora, and by five c'c-tck Sur
day morning six ctnlan1es Her
under arms.
The attacks on negroes rad the e1
feet OF clearing the streets Of black:
Street hacks were abandoned at curt
ings; drivers or baggage wagons VsE
ished and their places were taken b
white men. This fear Of trouble hs
affected several ru2lic Convenience
Sunday. The pcstcttice tficlaIs ha
much difficulty in del!vsilng spsci:
letters; ice dyliveries have ossn scare
TO private hones; In some restaurant
service has been restricted BY the at
sence Of regular walters. ThcouS hou
The day hundreds OF negroes haV
been fesirg the cisy. By train and "sf
on ar d on foot. tEeJ have hurried fro1