The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-09-23
MANNING, S. c. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER %, 1908

ling of the fight were discussed art
four white citizens of Ninety-Si:
were named as victims. IS was SuG
gested in the letter to Hart!e Har
ris, published above i, was statet
that the white people Of Nine1y-Sl2
would blame any shooting that nigh
take place on the Tolberts, and tha
1.-THE negroes would not be suspected
1.-THE four men selected were vel
known citizens Of Ninety-SiX and il
was stated that others might be
Ichosen later, such Developments de
Ipendiag on the outcome Of the first
|venture. 1t vas also stated that the
tRev. Jackson. mentioned in the let
ter. had raised a fund OF SO to-
wards buying dozen Winchester
rifles in Savannah, Ga. The plan OF
getting these rifles to Njnety-Six was
also discussed.
| Some years ago some little excite
meat was caused at Ninety-SiX by the
fact that some eight or ten negroes
CdU OiuSt GU ft!.tS uSoSS. t-A~~'
sThese negroes stated that they wished
them for protection against rowdy
members Of their own race. They
readily gave them up when the white
people demanded them and thus the
matter ended. Having this episode
), mind tae negroes stated that it
would not he safe to have any guns
shipped to Ninety-Six, so it was pro-
posed to have young negro. named
Darega Williams. one of those now
in jail, and q son OF Wade Williams.
the secretary of the Odd Fellows
Lodge, go to Savannah to purchase
the guns. Ostensibly he would g
to Clafin University, carrying 8
trunk. Instead of going to ClaAin he
would proceed to Savannah, buy the
guns and return as far as Dyson S.
which is the next station below Nine
ty-SiX 'owards Columbia. He woulc
get off there with trunk in which
the guns would have been safely
packed, and in this way the guns
could be distributed without any sus-
picion being aroused. The floods in
tereferred with lis going to Savannah |
and back at the time first appointed |
Whether or not any other guns were /
secured is not known.
However. according TO the negro |
informer, the first attack was to have |.
been made on Sunday night, Septem-
Der 13, it being stated that the moon
would be about right so far as dark
less was concerned at that time.
If ali Of this be true it seems pro.
,ideutial that the letter addressed tc
be Harris negro did not reach him,
,ut fell into the hands Of the sheriff
through { medium Of another per.
sou, for Saturday morning Sheriff
Mcmillan started out with warrant!
'or all OF the ringleaders. and b. |
loon had them safely lodged in the !
county Jail AS stated in the begin
ling only few people at Ninety-Si,
Knew anything about the matter
md it is possible that if all OF the
acts had been known the clever
negroes might never have been allow.
ID to leave the town. However, thu
natter vas we'll managed, and thf
,egroes were brought there and pu.
n jail without any bodily harm be. |
ug done to them.
Saturday afternoon one Of then
.alled to the sheriff and stated tina
hey did not want preliminary hear
ng then. This procedure if adhered
o will mean that the whole dozer
yill remain in Jail there until tn
,ext term of Court OF General Ses
,ions. A large number of white peo
,le at Ninety Six think the whol'
hing is a fake They think the ii
;o.u,er is up to spite work. and i
simply trying to ges tie white people
worked up against certain negro
enemies of his. There IS nc
excitement either here or at Ninety
Six whatever. The affair has caus'
ID considerable talk. Of course. bu'
here is 10 excitement whatever.