The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-12-29
FIERCE BATTLE WAS
FOUGHT IN THE CITY
FOR TWO DAYS BANDS OF
BLACKS HAMMERED AT
EACH OTHER
w A 8 D r A M
Though There Were No Casual
ties There Were. Many Sore
Heads and Backs.
. A s A M ATIC

Two and ono-half hours of steady
grinding Of the mill of justice was
necessary yesterday in the recorders
court to clear tho docket OF the large
number OF cases which had accumu-
lated over Sunday. Saturday night
DRINKS and Sunday fights had brought
forth considerable work for the pO-
lice. and as a result there faced the
recorder at noon yesterday IL motley
crew OF humanity, charged with div
crs Offenses against the peace and
dignity of the municipality. The re-
cordcr grasped the fail with n firm
hand and waded into tho field of sim
fulness, whitening unto the harvest.
The net result of the %thrcshing bee
was several souls consigned to the
rock pile. the addition of q goodly
number of ducats to the city Golfers
and the dismissal of some with sus-
pended sentences hanging over their
heads like the sword of Damocles.
BY far the most sensational" case
brought before the recorder was one
originating down in Coonville. in
volving q half-doZen or more sons G
Ham. The bunch were charged with
disOrderly conduct. which is a mis-
homer. They should have been charg-
ed with initiating the Allies and the
powers of the Dual Alliance in the
drama which is now being staged in
Europe. For 1t was g battle of two
days duration in which these negroes
had INDUCED. The star witness in the
case was an old negro woman, and
in her testimony she not only relat-
ed by word of mouth what had oc-
cured, but acted the several parts of
the participants. All day Friday the
noise of battle rolled, and far into the
night there arose the sound OF molarS
crashing upon molars. rocks ~glancing
oc the craniums of the combatants.
the w%hacking of sticks and poles up
on strong, black backs and much bel
lowing, like that of q herd of oxen
goring m another to the death.
Saturdays dawn broke cold and
cloudy and in the early light the host
of battle were gathered again for the
Dark Continent measured strength
witt, one another There were
charges and counter charges, rushing
OF trenches where the, enemy was. es-.
coned, and showering, of rocks upon
the positions of each other. A dram
tic moment in the carnival was when
ono burly black welded n long pole
and smote the ring leader OF the OPP
position o sOrely, tumbling him
into q deep ditch. The battle OF the
blacks was ended when a corps OF
policemen surprised them and march,
ed them to the police station. George
Garner, Fred Smith, Yes blackwell
we're fined SIS or 10 days each. while
the charges against Yes Dean and
Hub Burnes were dismissed.
Other cases disposed of by the re-
corder were as follows:
w. r. Bleckley, petit larceny, $25
or 30 days.
Jim Crawford and Charley Thomp-
son, fighting and d~isorderly conduct,
$50 or 30 days and SIS or 10 days re-
spectively.
Tom Wood. drunk, ST. or 10 days.
George Williams and John Lewis,
lighting n ~disorderly conduct, dis
missed as to Williams; Lewis $25 or
30 days.
Cowan FAINT. drunk. forfeited bond.
Cowan Fa.'t, resisting an officer in
OF his duty. forfeited bond.
BOD Frazier, petit larceny, dismiss
cd.
Erwin Garner, .disorderly conduct,
SIS or 10 days.
Gertrude Sans. drunk, load swear
ing n d~isorderly conduct $15 or
25 days.
Suspended on condition leave city
within "a hours.
Fred Jackson, fighting and disor-5
derby conduct, SIS or 10 days.
Harrison Swillon. drunk, IS or 10
days.
Dick Prince, drunk, So or 10 days
Charley Browniee, disorderly con-
duct, So or 10 days.
Charley Brownlee. carrying con.
ceaied weapons, $50 or 80 days.
John Williams, carrying concealed
weapons. $50 o 30 days.
Ros FRAZIER. breach Of trust dis