The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-08-13
SUNDAY SCRAPES.
Some of the COlOred Population in
City and Country Fussing and
Fighting.

The quiet of the Sabbath morn was
rudely broken and the stiffness of the
early hours turned from calm to tur-
moil. AS early as o'clock bedlam
seemed to have been turned loose near
the corner of Harrington and Calhoun
streets. The loud talk of QuarreliAg
aroused citizens in the neighborhood
from their slumbers.
Among those in the immediate vicin-
ity to be distributed by the annoyance
was Mr.. Thos. K. Johnstone. He
phoned to police headquarters, and
shot his pistol twice to attract atten-
ton. At the firing of the pistol the
negroes proceeded on in Calhoun
street in the direction of the college,
still quarreling and fighting, raising
terrible racket all the way. In re-
sponse to Mr.. Johnstone's phone mes
sage Policeman ]. C. Lee went to the
said corner and found Mr.. Johnstone
in waiting. They followed the direc-
ton in which the crowd had gone and
carried out the pursuit, with the result
that two men and two women were
tried and convicted on Monday before
Recorder Earhardt, three for fighting
and one for disorderly by cursing.
The fighters were Hayne Turner,
Nancy Renwick and Joe Jackson. The
Turner woman was fined $40, the Rem
wick woman $5, and the Jackson man
S.. Press Renwick was fined S. for
disorderly by cursing.
Policeman Lee is always at his post
and ready. He brings them in.
In the same court Robert Robbins
was fined S. on the charge Of using OBJ
scene language.
In the recorders court on Saturday
Pearce Thompson was fined $50 for
raising a row with his family-or else
take the sentence of 80 days.
The Sunday disturbances were con-
tinued during the day in the county.
Rural Policemen T. G. Williams and
o. H. Peterson spent the day at Flint
Hill church, near Mr.. John w. Scott's
residence. in the Whitmire neighbor-
hood. A letter had been received from
Mr.. Butler Johnson, of that neighbor-
hood, that the negroes were to hold a
big meeting Sunday at the church, and
that as Mrs, Johnson was very i'll with
typhoid fever and would be greatly
disturbed by the passing Of noisy
throngs all through the day, he made a
request for the presence of rural po-
lice. In accordance with that Messrs.
Peterson and Williams went to Flint
Hill. The presence of these officers
had salutary effect The officers
placed themselves where they were
! able to caution those passing Mr..
Johnson's house 20 he quiet. The ne
groes obeyed, and quiet was maintain
ed.
In the absence Of this protection
Mrs. Johnson would have been very
much worse, as the excitement caus-
ed her by the passage of so many ne
groes had made her very nervous.
During the day, however, there was
a fuss among several of the negroes
on the ground, and two men were also
arrested for carrying concealed wea-
pons, Mack Wier, railroad negro, and
Tom Blair, one of Mr. Bernard Car
isles hands, who were carried by
Constable Pick O'Dell to Whitmire, for
trial before Magistrate Aughtry. The
pistols were ne weapons, one Al
Colts, and the other a S14.50 80 Smith
& Wesson.
Then in the afternoon at the colored
j church in the Jalapa country there
was a shooting scrape but no damage
done. In response to phone mes
sage Deputy Sheriff Pope L.. Buford
had gone to the neighborhood, accom-
panied by Mr. Marvin Summer. Mr..
holland Sigh and Constable Fed Bish-
op had already Lias Dudley and an
other negro by the name of Worthy
in charge, and Deputy Buford arrest
ed Red Rutherford. The negroes gave
hond