The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-08-15

epsu uoHA tue loaQ, escaping In tie
gloom.
''Get OUT" commanded the lead;
OF tie white caps,
The housckeepeT obeye6, trembling
with fesr, and was seized by one Of
tie White caps.
You'll suffer for this" and Sinp.
son, Iashing cut with his whip again
HIS whip was torn from his grasp
s dcz.n hands reached up and toe
him from bis seat and flung him to tie
ground.
The Simpson team was hitched to
a tree beside the ROAD. Ths woman
was half carried into the grove. Il
required the united strength OF halt
the party Of whits caps to follow with
5he struggling, wiry old Boss OF
Jockey Corners. y
When Simpson finally sUccumbe3
and sat sullenly quiet on the ground
four other white caps suddenly ap-
psare3, two hal: carrying two fright
ened girls- Miss Oliver and Miss En-.
nons-while the other two escorted
5he former M Simpson.
At tsight OF the slender, very youth
ful and delicate. locking Miss Enmoas
ahe leaders Of the white caps with
drew to a little dstarce and convsrsed
earnestly. Ga their return to the
main group they whispered to one OF
tie older members OF the party, who
sook the young girl silently by the
aand and led her away.
Il was after ward learned that this
tsrner carried out his instructions to
imned lately escort Miss Ennons
back to her home st Gwen.
The Boss OF Jockey Corners" and
the women in tie hands OF the white
caps were uot long left in doubt aoou
the fate that awaited thsm. Nearty
oung a kettle over a free dry branch.
ss and in 1t bubbled dark, viscid
sub stance whose smell left no doubt
as to it's character. It was ordinary
builders tar.
You iends!' shrieked the former
Mrs. Simpson to the men who were
Gearing of her upper garments, while
others were half stripping Simpson
and other women. 81 know now why
7ou stole my pillows. Bat I'll die
frs
The white cap answer was in the
form OF thick splashes OF varn tai
over the marked shoulders Of all TIE
victims.
The wonsn shrieke6 f,r mercy, but
wsre not spared. Mrs. Elliott scratch.
ed aad bit so furiouely 81 first thst
she was dtppsd IN the stream to cool
she ardor OF her resistsEce, and then
was treated to an extra thick coat Of
| tar.
sim2son struggled and swore
tarea; eniag al sorts OF dire things
~aiie receiving his coat, till one OF the
white caps slapped him IN the fsce
With his tarred brush. After that he
vas silent from necessity.
When tbs tar kettle was empty am
the victims were thoroughly coatsc
with tse sticky substance. Mrs Slmp
sons pillows were ripped opaD anc
their ea6Y contents sp,inkled th!ckly
over all the saE-covered shoulders.
Toward the last Of the ceremony
the Write caps threw discretion tt
the winds. They chsTgsd Simpson
with his alleged efances, naming tht
wo men as his confedera5es, N 1t salts
fed With the costume OF tar aat
feathers. they kicked sand over th'
uofo-tun2tes. Then, as though fren
zisd by the spirit OF cruelty which ru
q them. they began crying cut To-
further vengeance.
Let's ride them on RAIL-" salt
one.
Lynch then!" exclaimed another
''Tie them to the tatib3ard Of ~,
wagon ana let ms drag them through
the town." said another.
/ But at last wiser counsels prevail
ed. The miserable obiacts Of thei
vengeance were dragged into the roa'
by the white caps and ordered &
"Sktddt!" which they did-an1 tn
avengers OF the honor Ct j ockey Cor
ners" separated AMI disappeared.
Probsoly only those who have bee,
uD 'ortunate enough to be victims OF
tar and feathers ceremony appreciate
the serious conseq uences Of such trest
msnt. In more than one case the re
suit has been death. The cost Of tar
which dramatically seals the pores o
the skin, can be removed only By th
persistent use Of the right chemicals
In the meantime, the victim suffer
from a raging fever, which can DO con
trolle1 oaly by restoring the ska t.
it, normal condition.
When the entire body has bee,
coated N..Jh tsr the danger Is pro
portionssely greater. Ii this case
happily for the victims, oaly che up
per p.rt Of the body Vas 50 coated.
The former Mrs. Simpson went hon
and endeaVored 70 remove the ia
with kerosene. which only made i,
worse. She asnsged to get to Fow
lsrville thag night, where doctors tool
her in hand Two days later, thougl
still in q miserable plight, she wa
able 10 travel to the home OF her sol
at Pennington.
Miss Oliver is belie7eved to hs We re
placed her dress waist oyer the ia,
coat and to have gone as speedily a
possible to her home at Gowea.
The action Of Simpson an6 ri!
housekeeper was mora radical and bel
ligerent. Wnen thu last OF she white
caps had disappeared they reseate6
themselves in the Simpson wagon and
drove to Howell, the county seat
There, after 0btsining nedicss atten'
tlon, they called on Sheriff Pratt and
Prosecuting attorney Green.
They We're sick and detected, but
they maze formal complaints against
several OF the Jockey Corners" farm,