The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-02-10
Many Idle Negroes Are Arrested
Because Of Attacks on
YOUNG WHITE GIRLS
Reign Of Terror in Heron Hill Dis
trict Causes Police to Decide to
Arrest all Negroes Without Eisi-
BILE Means Of Support-Relens4ess
Crusade to Stamp Out Crimes.

Pittsburg, Feb. 3-At the Central
police station here today 12S negroes
arrested last night and today, fol-
lowing carnival Of crime asalns'
young white girls IN the Heron III"
district recently, were given hear
ings before Magistrate Brady. For
ty-.hree ci the negroes proved to the
court that they have honest employ
ment and were discharged.
IN spit. Of many threats OF armed
resistance upon the part Of negroes
if the police continue their whole
sale arrests of members Of their race
without employment in the HERON
Hill district Of the city, no outbreak
of any kind has occurred up to late
tonight. OF course these threats
will have no effect on the authorities.
Following the wholesale arrests
last night from now on large forces
of officers Will be stationed over the
entire Heron Hill district and siren
nous efforts viii be made to stamp
OFT the many assaults on young Wo-
men. indignation is high against
this ehas acter Of crime and the au-
thorities have decided to arrest eV-
cry negro who has no visible means
of support or who is known to be q
user Of drugs.
During the evening three were
taken to police stations, and It IS
anticipated that tonight many others
will be arrested. No further attacks
upon women or girls has been report
ed since last night, and should oae
occur, the temper Of citizens is such
that violence very probably woilc
be meted out to the sssaiiant Il
caught. sN
Men and women throughout the
section involved are CARRYING reVolV-
ers, and the negroes are said to be
well armed also. Should a clash
come, as is considered not at all i'll
probable if nore arrests are made,
the result would be serious. Locat
orators are infaming the negroes TO
resistance, and the feeling is a.gh.
Forty-two were fined tods,y IL
amounts varying from SIS or ten
days in jail to SIS or thirty days IN
the wcrkhouse and forty-one were
held over pending further inyestl-
cations. The police are Of the optn-
ion that the terrible criminal acts
of the negroes are the work OF e
few degenerate cocaine fends. This.
character Of negroes together with
those who shirk work and frequent
pool rooms, are to be taken into
custody as soon as located.
This afternoon large aunber OF
negroes are in6ulging in much raolo
talk. There is talk CT race riots and
bloodshed. It is said that the Ne
groes are arminE themselves. Ac-
cord;ng to rumors, should the au-
thorities decide to make another raid
on the negroes armed resistance vii:
be offered by them. The police,
however, seem to have the situation
well in hand and probably will not
make further indiscriminate arrests
OF the negroes arrested last night
thirty-nine were fined, most Of them
going to the work house, ane two.
Mack McGee and Edward Arnstead
were held ever for further evidence
having been partly identified as per.
petrators OF one of the attacks OF
girls. It is said that during the pas
month over a dozen girls have beer
assaulted in the Herroa Hill district
This viii give some idea OF the state
of affairs.