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Edenfield Advertiser THOS. J. ADAMS, - - . '- - EDITOR WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4, 1894J Since when has a man's home been his castle in which to violate the law with impunity? We make the prediction that Grover Cleveland will go out of office more odious to the Ameri can people than any president since the time of John Adams. Mayor Dargan, of Darlington, telegraphed for blood hounds to huut down the State's officials, and Columbia endorsed these things. This man Dargan was a Peace and Unity man in 1892. - In what law book is the doctrine laid down that a man's house is his castle in the sense of exempt ing it from a search for stolen 01 contraband goods or to defeat the law in any other respect when it is necessary to search. The firing into the train which left Darlington full of women and children in the hope that they might kill Tillman's constables was a dastardly, cowardly deed and yet these are the people tha1 the opposition papers are applaud ing as heroes and patriots living and martyrs when dead. Thank God for the bold yeo maury of South Carolina thegrea middle class that has been the sta] and strength of the State sine* 1776, and thank God fora Governo that through all the troubles o these troublous times keeps a coo head, preserves the peace, and sus tains the law. Columbia has three militar companies, and when ordered b Gov. Tillman to go to Darlingto: to restore order and preserve th peace, officers and men deliberate! gave up their commissions rathe than obey, and stranger tuan thil Ellison S. Capers, the Bishop-Ger eral of South Carolina, a ma whom Edgefield has loved and fo lowed io tbfe past, advised them s to do, and this rn thc very face ( danger and duty. REFORMERS CONI ERENCI The meeting was called to orde by Mr, Gaiues, who, after readiu the call as published sometirr since to the Reformers of Ed gefiel nominated Dr. Tim merman fi chairman, who was according] elected. B. W. Crouch was electe secretary. The chairman the stated that the enrolment of del gates was then in order, and tl following enrolment was mad (The enrolment is omitted owii to the crowded state ol our cc umns.) The following resolutions inti duced by delegate P. N. Lott we unanimously adopted : 1. That we again renew and deda our allegiance to the principles of t Reform party, and heartily endor the noble fight which Gov. Tillman h made to uphold the laws of our Sta and pledge him our loyal and un wave ing support. 2. That we feel chagrined and mc tified at the refusal of President Clev land to give the people of our count the relief guaranteed in the Chica platform, and denounce the propos issue of gold bonds as but another pl of Wall street to rob an already o pressed and suffering people. 3. That we cherish the honored se timent that the office should seek t man and deem unwise the factior strife now being waged by refoi aspirants for office. We feel that ft ther debate will endanger the safe of the Reform movement, and we ur upon the State committee under t "Colleton Plan" the advisability calling a convention about the midi of May for the purpose of placing the field a full State ticket and < dorsing a candidate for the Unil States Senate. 4. That we heartily and eames endorse Senator W. II Timmerman Governor and urge upon the Refo faction the favorable consideration Iiis name-he is known all over State as a loyal and uncompromis; reformer and a man of the peopl true to every trust-honest, upri? and pure. Edgefield county, gn fal to South Carolina for past hon conferred upon her sons, presents name, not as a candidate, but as who if chosen will discharge the ti with honor to himself, his county, State, and his party. UPHOLDS THE LAW. The following, introduced Mr. J. M. Gain?s, were unanime ly and enthusiastically adopte< Resolved, 1. That we note i pleasure the marked effects of the pensary law in promoting temper* and sobriety and we believe that development of the dispensary ] will be a wonderful factor in the m and social elevation of our people. 2. We believe that the grand ai; the dispensary plan is and shouh to promote temperance, and that revenue feature should be secom and incidental, and we demand the law shall be developed and outed on that line. 3. We deplore the fact that so n prominent people of our State allowed misconceptions and pari prejudices to blind them to the g possibilities of the dispensary pla improving the moral tone of our pie, and we beg all good citizen gardless of party to unite in this ; tical movement in the interest c briety and good government. 4. We learn with deep regret o recent outrages in Darlington, while we believe that Gov. Til should not and will not suppor State constables beyond the prope legal discharge of their duties, v? maud that the dispensary law sh; rigidly enforced, and we pledg Governor the support ?nd aid c reformers of Edgetleld county i proper enforcement of the law. At 1 o'clock the conference journed. W. H. TlMMERMAN, Cht B. W. CROUCH, Sec'ty. ANARCHY THREATENED. Insubordination, Insurrection, and Rebellion. Our town was thrown into a state of the wildest excitement on Saturday morning last by the an nouncement that Capt. Anderson had received a telegram from Gov. Tillman ordering the. Rifles to re port to him at Columbia armed for active service, accompanied by the information that four men had been killed at Darlington in the effort to enforce the dispensary law. At the same time a telegram was sent to Capt. Mays to the same purport. Both these companies responded promptly, and in a few minutes the officers and men of j the Rifles donned their uniforms against the departure of the mid day train, on which they left for Columbia. Capt. Mays and his company left on the evening train rendezvousing at Trenton. This company responded as promptly as the Rifles, but living in the country they could not be brought together so quickly. At 1 o'clock a telegram came to Capt. Blocker ordering the Light Dragoons to be at Johnston at 6 o'clock. Capt. Blocker happened to be in town at the time and im t mediately sent messages to all of ^ his company he could reach to meet him at the appointed place ? and hour. In addition to these 1 telegrams, Capt. James Tillman, i- who was in Columbia at the time, telegraphed that his uniform and sword be brought, and also that y >r e ry go ed an p the Capers Liglit Infantry repair to ? Columbia immediately. The four e Edgefield companies promptly y obeyed the summons thus settinp r a noble example to the citizen ' soldiery of the State, the more tc be commended inasmuch as anuru 1- ber of the men composing then: o are opposed to Tillman and th< )f dispensary law. In conversation with some o: r these they declared that good, bad or indifferent, the dispensary law ?r ag all other Jaws, should bo en g forced ; that obedience to the pow ie ers that be was their first dut}- anc d, they proposed to do that duty, or In the mean time nothing defi ly nite was known as to the situatioi id in Darlington. Rumors of rariou in kinds were flying thick and fast e- and groups of our citizens wer ie gathered here and there discussin e" tho situation, the general cousensu fi of opinion being that the law mu? be maintained. When the paper o- of the day came, however, th status of affairs was known, an after reading The State, The New and Courier, The Register, an The Augusta Chronicle we giv the following as the tru'h, a near as possible, in reference t this lamentable affair. re he se as te, it' n he ial rm ir ity .ge :he of die in ?n ted tly for rm i of the ing e ihr, ite ors h?4 one ?ust his by )US 1: vith dis lnce the plan oral m of 1 be the Jary that exe lany have tisan rand ii for peo s re tira c ?f so f the and lman t the r and ?e de all he a the if the n the ad ur. HOW THE TROUBLE STARTED. A few days ago a nnmber of cor stables went to Darlington to brea up all the blind tigers which was supposed had sprung up in community that had little likin for liquor that mu6t be bougl from a dispensary. lu the di charge of their duties these coi stables went to the house of a n gro for the purpose of making search and duly armed with a wa rant for that purpose. Some whi citizens grve this negro a pist and told him to '-d?tend his hor -that he had a righi to do so, ai should keep out invaders." A prominent citizen, Mr. C. McCullough, passing by the co stables informed them that he h liquor at his house and dared thc to attempt to seize it. Seeing t constables moving along the srrei the citizens supposed they h started to McCullough's house, large mob was immediately form and threats and taunts were thro at them. They at once telegrapl to Gov. Tillman for aid. At t juncture Dargan, mayor of D lington, telegraphed to Gov. T man that he could preserve peace and that it was not nee sary for him to send aid or trot The Sumter Light Infantry < ordered to Darlington by the G ernor, however, but when they rived everything was quiet, ; they returned home. In the meantime Florence ; Sumter were being worked up I furor of excitement, meetings v held and resolutions adopted t "a man's house is his castle" as such they would defend tl rights. Squads of men from tl two towns poured into Darling threats against the constables < tinued and became more int? and bitter, yet they kept on dc their duty, making searches \ warrants until the last warrant been executed, the last se? made, when they prepared to h the town going to the depot that purpose. Constables S' 1 k it a g at s n e a r te o oe id S. li ad ?rn he ?B ad A led v;n led his ur ill ihe jes >ps .vas ov ar and and io a rere hat and lieir iese ton, 2011 iuse >ing ,vith had ireh ?ave for ?van, aailliard, and Vernon actually ieft on the C., S. & N. railroad ; tho 3ther constables, eighteen in num ber, went to the depot of the Che raw and Darlington depot to de part. At this hour everything was quiet. There were a number of I citizens at the depot, however, and others followed the constables down to the depot, according to The State, ''out of idle curiosity." In any event, the constables had retreated to what may bo denomi-1 nated the legal will. Here at the depot the fracas be gan. Who fired first is not known, but four men were killed, two con stables and two citizens. The chief | of police was shot through the body and has since died. L. W. Normentwas shot in tho arm and side, four of the constables were wounded, one in the back, one in the chest, one in the leg, and one had his nose shot off. Knowing that the town was full of armed citizens, four or five hundred in number, the remainder of the con stable's put out for the swamps. When the citizens reached the de pot no constables were in sight, but the}' immediately set out in hot pursuit swearing vengeance. In response lo telegrams from Columbia aski?g for information the mayor of Darlington sent the following telegram : C. S. McCollough and all avail ble are after the murderers, pur suing through the country. Our efforts are to catch them. DARGAN, Mayor. This telegram, when we consider the fact that Mayor Dargan had sent a previous telegram to Gov. Tillman saying that he could keep the peace and would keep the peace, looks very strange. One of the constables, Vernon by name,managed to come through and reached Columbia by night He came hurriedly to the Executive Mansion and asked to see the Gov ernor. When asked at the dooi how things were at Darlington when he left, he excitedly re marked: "It is hell.".The man told a graphic story. He says tha Chief Constable Gaillard, himself and one other spy got aboard th< C. S. & N. train, intending to corni to Columbia. The other eighteei f| spies were to take the Northeasteri train on the other side of town Both trains leave the town at th same hour. H* says that the; got aboard their train all righi and as it was pulling along througl the suburbs a mob began to fin into the cars ,in which they wen The engineer pulled his throttl open and ran through the crowi without any one being hurt. Th crowd then went, he says, to th other depot, where the eighteei men were about to take the trail and attacked them. He say there were from four to five hund red men there vho came froi Florence and Ch?raw yesterday He says the mayor told Gaillar this morning that there was n daiiger; that he could keep tb peace. He says that Gaillard g( ofl ata station just belowDarlinj ton with the intention of worl ing his way back to his mei Gaillard's son was left among tl crowd. Pepper was placed ic con maud of thc eighteen men wb were left". THE GOVERNOR TALKS. The following is what Gov. Til man says about the matter. ? charges, and properly charges, think, that those papers whit have been encouraging resistan to the law are directly rssponsib for these terrible results. "Nobody wants to do anythii over there but to secure the pea and get the civil authorities possession of the town again, have received a message from t sheriff which is an appeal to sei the military there. He says he powerless. Attorney General Buchanan te me to send General Farley with t militia. The mayor of Darlingt played havoc yesterday and is doubt partially responsible for t trouble to-day. The mayor a the police should have arrested tho obstreperous men yeaterdt and there would never have bc any trouble. They sowed the wi yesterday and reaped the whi wind to-day. It is no light th] tor them to resist the State li The News and Courier, the Grei ville News and the State are dire ly responsible for the present c dition of affairs. They have i dertaken to educate the people the belief that the constable? not havi- a right to search a priv dwelling. Ithas never been < puted that with a warrant ; can search any man's house a murderer, felon or stolen goc Under the dispensary law, liq corni s in the some category. T? is no such thing as a man's ca about it. Tho editor? of tb papers I have mentioned are murderers of those men who h been shot down over yonder. ' militia companies which haye t so handsomely handled by tl officers over there will likel disbanded. If I can't get i companies to en force the law, t anns will bo taken from them ??iven to those in the country will sec; that they are prop cared for. Tho militia are going to Darlington to protect constables but to re-establish civil authorities in power aud hold the dignity of the law. T offers of help to go to Da are sirnplp insurrection ac ing more." We clip the following from the Augusta Chronic] THE STORY IN DETAII COLUMBIA, S. C., April Southern Associated Pre The Augusta Chronicle rep tives came to Columbi morning to get a fair and in account of,the disturbance t out the State, and to give a account of the exc?teme condition of affairs which 1 squally for several days, 1 Governor Tillman and & the people. After having a talk wit Tillman, also the int citizens, the Southern ASE Press man was blocked upo to toe Western Union Te office to wire the report, fii squad of soldiers in charge office. The military mer censors, and they were th orders of the Governor, th every telegram receivedjand one sent, both of private an lie nature, and they were i ted to allow no sensational cendiary news to go o\ wires. The Associated Pre was unwilling to have its read by Gov. Tillman, and ing him to expunge that whi objectionable as coming fr opposition side and sendi side of the story in .fuli. means of transmitting the were considered, and arrange were made for the hire of a 1 tive to transport the report Augusta, where, beyond the , of this State, the censor telegraph office was not in and the news could Le sea Before leaving time for the train the Associated Pres went to Gov. Tillman ai pealed to him to grant the to allow the press to se story throughout the Uni was presented to him that news which waa expected \<, . given the people would be apprehensive than ever an anxiety greater ?bout the I in this State. The lelegrapl " panies would not accept the unless it was 0. Kd. by the ernor. After some resistant ' Governor yielded, and sign* order allowing the Southe: v , soc i ate tl Press news to go ou Columbia. He was appreh the true condition of things be exaggerated,and damaginj sational accounts would- b< e ^ broadcast. He was asens the contrarv, and told thal e * stories of both sides would be as they are below. 1, WHAT TILLMAN SAYS. 8 Gov. Tillman was then viewed. He said all th* rov n not been precipitated hecausi constables, armed with war: ^ wen authorized to search pi 0 residences, which were turnee e barrooms, and contraband wh }' kept; it is due to the pol =" animosity of thoseVho are op :" to him, and they only object t a* law because it is a good me ie of the reformers, and becaus l" is enforcing the law. The wh 0 men object to it because il ruined their business. He i says the oppositionists are UL J ing to yield to the majority ( _" voters and abide by the lawsc Legislature; that they feel r^ because they have lost their o ' and are out of power. The Governor felt indignant< le he was told that the people sidered he was trying to i * political capital by calling ou iu State troops, which added to 1 excitiment, and made hir he more popular in the race for Ul Q.d State Senator against M. C. Bi is THE ORDERIMG OF THE MILIT u He said he had summoned on militia out to protect his offi no the constables, who were 1. h? treated contemptuously, Jj: tantalizingly by being called s ty He stated that in Sumter his f ?en had been rotten-egged, in Cha nd ton they were nearly mobbed, fri- badly treated in Chester. He ID? he did not intend to have his 2n_* subjected to such outrageous t: ?tc- ment and ho has guaranteed I on- protection and that he will prc uu- them. He said: "Listen to J , cries made to me by widows ?do , , * , a<0 orphans, where is my husband i jg. father,whom you promised co you ted? Where are they? Murd f?r by a mob in Darlington.' )ds. noj Gov. Tillman says there 1 1?re twenty-three constables at Dari stle ton. Two wpre killed, four 3 l8se returned lo Columbi?!. Cain i tue Timmonsville. Nine of tho mis fhe constables. Chief Gaillard, Fei leen Murphy, Harting, Livings heir McCants, Bryson, and Gard f .'je turned up to-night in William I citv , j m . heir COUM?iy>oue wou'; to Charles anfi The six constables still mis who are Meekin, Ding, Swan, Wal erl)' Drown and Holloway. Gov. 1 n,ot man says he will not dismiss tue I* militia until these officers Up_ found, and the troops have t hese'sent to Darlington to search ie ae ;s 'g ul ?s es }8 iid Ad en at oir ?cL ,he nd nj rc red ero ii ii ave in ing 1er, on, ier, urg ;on. ing ?er, 'ill trie are eon for ihem and to restore the law there. The Governor says he has a report hat ) oung Gaillard, a constable vho was wounded in the riot, was :ouud in the swamp suffering from ais wounds, and that he was shot md killed while in a critical con dition. The Governor was inform ed that Constable McCullough, ?vho wes wounded, and was in Darlington jail' had beou taken charge of by friends, and he has telegraphed that he wants to know who the friends are. ALL QUIET IN DARLINGTON. The Governor received the tele gram at 8 o'clock tonight that all was quiet iu Darlington, but troops had not arrived there at that hour. The Governor hays 600 soldiers went to Darlington tonight, and that many are here in Columbia, and there will be about 700 men here to answer to the call by morn ing. He says they are not all sol diers, but are good fighting mate rial. The Governor considers that the massacre in Darlington will, inste .d of causing the death of the dispensary act, strengthen it and make it more popular with the people. DISPENSARIES CLOSED. He tonight ordered all dispensa ries in the counties where there is any excitement, closed until fur ther orders. He does not intend to open dispensaries and make cit izens drunk and turn them into demons to shoot at each other. The Governor said if whiskey had been easily obtained the last few days the condition would have been very much more desperate than what has . been experienced Under the dispensary law he sayf the smuggling of liquor is grow*' ing less and Jess every day, whict ho judges from the situation anc recent scarcity of seizure of liquor The Govern >r says if the polia and city and town authorities ha< co-operated with him in carryinj out the dispensary laws he wouh not have been compelled to ap point constables, and he says if i the efforts of the whiskey Diemen to bring about friction, and the depend considerably upon the pee pie to help them. He says loss b looting of two dispensaries Fri day night is uo consideration otb er than the infringement upon th law. MILITARY MAY BE COURTMARTIALEJ As to the companies disbandin aud refusing to obey his commanc1 Governor Tillman says all comp?' nies in his militia are enlisted an t every member who refused to obe 3 orders is subject to court marti! which may follow. He says the boys who acted ba in that particular were from towt that were opposed to him polit cally and the soldiers were iufli encod by their fathers and othe: to act as they have. Governor Tillman cousiders th, the disappearance of the Sta arms from the armories of tl Zouaves and Volunteers in Colur bia aud the company in Chester a serious affair. He says he going to have the guns back, f he does not propose to have tJ State arms in the hands of tho who are against the State trooi He is in hopes of having the gu returned to him and says he h two means of getting them. O is by writ of mandamus and sen ing all members to jail and t other is by declaring martial li and making a search for the He says he does not want to res( to either of these means but he i tends to get the arms back. The Governor was asked if knew that his constables who w< in Augusta, Ga., watching liqi houses to catch packages ot smi gled liquor from Georgia into G olina had been threatened, said he had heard it, but that I .Mayor and police of Augu would protect his officers who wi disturbing no one. THE C40YERNOR AND THE GUARD? This morning the Govemc Guards were ordered before 1 executive. Governor Tillman ca out of the mansion front wear a very large slouch hat. He lo (1 pale, but there was fire in ye. and he never appeared so term i ned, and wore an express of resolution upon his face. Ibis time a good many citizens 1 gotten as near as they dared, eryone felt that something ne before witnessed in the State about to happer. The Gover went out very deliberately i the courtyard, f leing the capt of the company, who stood as movable as a stone. He too, h d pale. His face percept blanched later on, and ho seei a lit l?o later on to become ppe< ess. Governor Tillman said: "Gentlemen of the Govern Guard: I have sent for you ut peculiai circumstances, which bo stated in a few remarks. I he chief executive of South C lina-tho head of this governm When the civil authorities bec powerless, the militia is the i source of a Governor to res rder. When my right arm stretched forth night before la command tho peace, endeavoring to restore order, you, representing that right arm, were paralyzed by a mob here, when my effort and desire was to send you to Darling ton to repress another mob. have been for fourteen years ami liatiaraan, andi know perhaps bet ter than any of you how, as citi zen-soldiers, you must feel with reference to the position you now occupy. You stand before the State as disgraced men who have refused to obey the order of your superior officer. You have been organized for half a century and this is the first time in your histo ry this thing has occured. I have been told by those who were pres ent that it was not your fault. That until Bishop Capers made his unfortunate speech you had re sisted the pressure brought to bear upon you by your fathers and your kinsmen, and were ready to obey your Governor. You have diso beyed them and disappointed me. I have sent for you not to criticize you, or please you, I wish to have a plain talk. I represent in a great degree a faction which controls the State, while you represent the other side; and because of the pressure of public opinion brought to bear upon you is the reason you occupy the position you do uow. Lest's discuss this question,and let me show you the error which your community, as well as yourselves, perhaps, are laboring under. IT II THE LAW. "The dispensary law was enact ed by the Legislature, by the ma jority of the representatives of the people. It is the law until the Supreme Court declares it is un constitutional. The place to fight it is the ballot box and the courts and not with bullets. 1. as th? chief executive of the Stato, au thorized by the General Assembly to enforce that law, stand here anc see those appointed to uphold it killed and dogged and hunted lib wild beasts, and when I order th< military to go there, they are op posed by the sentiment of tb< y I towns, where the whiskey and ba men live. But, thank God Soutl Carolina is safe today becaus she had soldiers who will obey 01 dars. HE BEARS NO MALICE. Now gentlemen, you live in Cc lumbia. My purpose and desin [8 if you evince the proper spirit, i i. to show Columbia I bear no ma! d ice, and that I trust her citizen iy when they are in cool blood. ?j want to say, if I will be allowed t do so, that in restoring your arm I furnish a guarantee of this, prc vided the hot heads who have bee preaching strife and discord dow the street are quelled. But befoi I do that my duty is to see that don't entrust arms to unworth hands. If you cannot obey tl orders issued by the proper ai thorities in a proper way, of coun you are useless to the State, ai] the money that has been expende on you has been wasted. Noi without exacting any pledge without making any promises, ? a matter simply of duty. I d sire to ask you, gentlemen, 01 and all, if your arms are reston to you, and you are made aga one of the leading companies the State, and the disgrace ai stigma staining your brow is was ed off, can I rely upon you? If cannot rely upon you, if there a any members of this company lost to the duties of citizensh that they will not respond to prc er orders, they are unworthy to soldiers and should resign frc the company. If there is a m in your ranks who feels he is i ready to obey any order given r^g me, let it be made known, becai .^g our duty to South Carolina w 8j.a not allow him to remain in ye ere rauks CAST HIT BAYONEQ DOWN. At this point Private Moore, E of Dr. T. T. Moore, unbuckled 1 bayonet and threw it at tho feat the Governor. He was quid followed by four others, the seco I mau being Private Casson. Capt Bateman checked the i pulses of the remaining m begging them io desist uutil Governor had finished his remar Col. Willie Jonrs also endeavo to keep the men in the line, t as the bayouets would strike ground at the feet of Gover Tillman, the colonel would rems "Men, dont do that/' Goverunr Tillman tnrned to captain of the company and s '.Capt, Bateman, if these gen men don't realize and undcrsti he situation, it is best for then do this, and I don't want i soldier who cannot obey ord Voil know that I want it thoroug understood that if thc Govern Guards cannot be trusted, the G ernor must know it. I underst that the gentlemen who have carded their arms mean to inf< nie they will not obey orders they do not suit them. I adi their action." At this juncture, nine of id is i B r8 at te ie Ii is is or ae se )S. ns as ne d he iw m. >rt in h? ire ior ig ar 5. ir's the me ok his de ion Bv lad Ev ivei nra* noi ute ain iiii >ok i bU iied ?ch or a ider will am aro >ent. onie Dilly .tore was st to1 company threw down t bayonots and left the mansion grounds. This left eight men re maining. They were Privates Pearce, Iredell, Jones, Jr., ?Slack Symmers, Tadlock, Lawrence. Swaffield and L. ?Scott. Governor Tillman addressed Capt. Bateman again, saying, "'You have anucleus for a company. I restore you your guns. You will report at the peni tentiary to Gen. Rich bourg, who has been given orders to restore you your arm*. I3 it satisfactory or have you any questions to ask?' Capt, Bateman-"I have no questions to ask ; your orders are clear." GOV. TILLMAN ADDRESSES THE TROOPS The seat of war has been re moved from this etty, to Darling ton. lu the afternoon Governor Tillman ordered a special train on tho Atlantic coast line which left here at 5 o'clock for Darlington. The troops weie assembled at the penitentiary and the special backed near the building where they boarded it. There was a large crowd of citizens present, but beyond hissing the troops there was no disorder. Before the troops lt ft the penitentiary Governor Tillman appeared OD the scene aod mouot iog ODe of the iroD porticos sur rouudiog the buildiog, made au address to the men. Among other things he said : "As chief executive of South Carolina I wish to say a few words to you before your departure, I thank you for the promptoess aDd zeal displayed by you in respond iDg to the call for duty. MaDy ; of you have doubts as to the justice ? of the cause for which you go. You . are reform Democrats aud aDtin, ; but all South Car?D?aD3, thaok , God. ) "The reason of your goiug to . DarliogtoD is ?caused by the dis f peusary law, and it is law as long 1 as it stands on the statute books ? until repealed or declared uncon 3 stitutional by the Supreme court. 3 THE BLAME WHERE IT BELONGS. "The newspapers have sown the e seed of discord by teaching you r that there are portions of the law 1 which invade private rights. They 3 know that when they say this they lie. The right to search a private house on a warrant is as old as the law itself. They know that they ari . not telling the truth when they tr, } to make you believe that these g men in Darlington were defending . their liberties. I said in mj message to the Legislature that ? big force of constables would no: be necessary if the police of the towns would enforce the law, bu' they would not do it. The dis peusary is not the issue now, bu so long as it is on the statutes se help me God, I intend to enforci it. It is a question of politices not ti be fought out by ball and powdei but by the ballot box. So mucl for the opinions that you are goiii] to uphold tyranny. When the new came of the trouble at Darlington God knows that I was never mor shocked. When the officers of th law were shot down I wss horrifi?e The sheriff telegraphed me that h was powerless. TO THE MILITARY. ''My first and natural impuls was to appeal to the military c Columbia. What did they dc They surrendered iDgloriously tb honor of beingjin thejservice of the State. But thank God there ai men left who will obey orders ac not be led from duty by adven opinions. Two companies. ? Florence and Sumter, did likewi when the action at Columbia w; known. We then see\the spectac of the Adjutant General of tl State running over the State tr iug to get men to go and do the duty. I then ordered out tl Fourth Brigade, of Charleston th crack command, and all they d was to dicker with me as to wh was their duty. I then orden ! them, and those cowards Charleston did like these in C lumbia. IF ORDERED TO SHOOT, YOU MUS SHOOT. "Without acompauy at my coi inand I began to cast about ai see what I could do to uphold t dignity of the law. Thank Goc have found them in you. You a going ou a delicate missioD. Y must remember that the Darliu ton people are your fellow citizei but they are in insurrection and is necessary for you to go there uphold the law. I see ihat th ha?e goue to work aud destroyed State dispensary. Nobody did tl bvt the ex-barkeepers and thi hirelings. You go as an arm the law, and you must treat DJ lington people with considerate But if you are ordered to shoot, y must do it, or anarchy will p vail in the State. I hope tc rest? you to your homes as early as p sible, but the law must be uphe or the State Government will the laughing stock of the woi This ought, to be a proud day you. In after vears you eau hs it down to yonr children as a h< CONTINUED ON THIRD PAGE. School Commissioner. I hereby announce myself as a can iidate for the office of School Commis ioner, and pledge myself to abide the esult of the primary election. ALBERT R. NICHOLSON. Ce?e?refBd SIR Brao?f. 1.1 Cobb, Our Spring Styles of this excellent brand of Hats are now in store. If you want a good article, one that wears well and holds its shape, buy the. Elk Brand Hats from J. M. COBB, ?6 T. x. L. For Pi. 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