The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-09-01

everything having been done IT
possible. AS remember. the cloth
was distributed one afternoon anc
The next morning We drove into to"H
from our camp and gathered up the
garments. obtaining a good supply
q, tu.pec:ine oil and Venetian red
=. the same tine. had telegra2hec
70 g. friend IN Augusta. Tom Henry.
to send ne w!thou. fa!! two negro
PAPER masks or doughtaces and
kinky ch!gnon had ordered
carpenter to make large Tag stan
IN the shape OF cross and l got
one OF the ladies to make an enoE-
nous shirt bigger than Goliath OF
Cath would have worn. This shirt
was turned into flag with the arms
ou,stretched over the cross pieces.
The negro faces were takced to the
TOD back to back so as to make
gHnning negro thead from either
side and the ch;snon was nailed on
top Of these.
Satan's appeal to the fallen ans-
els:
awake. arise or be forever fai-
len" had been enblazened in large
black letters on one side and my
brother suggested the motto for the
other side: None but the guilty
need teac.' -,
The shirt was made bloody with
the marks OF bullet wounds IN red.
and when the work Of making the
unique banner was completed. Ran
som and others making suggestions
It was surely a most ghost!y object.
The yellow homespun shirts had
been put on and every weare7 stain
ed his shirt with artificial blood &C
cordsns 10 his own fancy. Some
used poke-berr!es to make the COO!
more fery than the Venetian REQ
and tu-pen:ine. and vary the tine
Everything in readiness about 4
O'Clock the day before court was 70
convene the Hamburg rioters to the
number OF forty. uniformed as no
men have eve. been before OF since
rode into the town OF aiken IN COZ
umo OF two's. The flag. which was
IN itself not very heavy. required
a very strong and muscular ran tc
handle It when va ,egan 20 gai!op
and Milledge Horn was selected a:
nas-heare.. He was six feet high
weighed over zoo pounds and va:
correspondinsly nuscu!a: and hac
los, ave brothers in the Confederate
army. sure guarantee OF his couT
age and daring.
AS soon as we reached Aiken W.
rode quietly by every house wher'
the ladies had been at work on ou
shirts so as TO let them see us. The:
st-inging cut in column OF file. max
ing line nearly quarter OF a NIL!
long. the order was given 10 gal!op
and TO. half "a hour at break-necl
speed We paraded through ever
street. II being dry We soon kickn
up srea. cuold OF dust while 2!
the men II the town. as well as Il
women and children. lined the space
IL front Of their houses and wave
handkerchiets and chee!ed Us. Nc
) negro did We see.
? Having shown how little terrific
we were 10 thus beard the lion i
{ his dec. ve proceeded IL column
Z twos to Coker Springs where y
t consumed "a hour or more in vas.
c ing the dirt os our faces and o,
: OF our eyes and ears. and wate.i,
8 our horses.
). !, tha; time there We. sta,Iooe
v a, Aiken company o. United Stat
9 regulars. These were encamped {
: the bluT overhang!ng Coke. Spring
: The strange and unique aepea-an'
= OF this new Uniform and the me-
e in it caused all OF the soldiers
n line up on the bluff and watch
Q with great curiosity and !nteres
b When all our men had finished was
u ing and ve we've again II our plac
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