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DARGAN'S ANSWERI,. THE MAYOR OF DARLINGTON'S VER SION OF THE TROUBLE. He 5Denes someOhige avonor Tilimnn Seid in Iis Speech-SaYs ,he Peepi f DarIflgtofn Wanted ti Arrent the Cot, stables for Murder. DARLINGTON. S. C., April 4.-Maiyor Darean was Interviewed thi i wornrt! on the speecn ma'le by Governor Tillmn to the troops vesterdav Mavor Darganl is an intellr Ut and fine lookinur nian. This is what he said to he reporters: "I have seen the Governr's rem rk published in the Colunb Ev'nin. Journal, I have not much to say. Yui know the Governor i! a poIiiciu, 911( he was waking at .e"ipign peeh. Whi' n a politician gets inl a hole he naturallyv tries to get out and if he han coninlitted a mistake lie is the last man under the sun to honestly own it. ie trios to put It on some one else "There are one or two inaccurnto statements of minor importance which I do not like to pass over without cor recting. He says Speking of couth. bles, that "they had hoen sr..Ir, there because the mayor had allowed them to be insulted and cursed to their Iaces " If the Governor was so if'formed that I that I, as mayor, had allowed that, Hi mnformant is just a liar. '"his i, the first informatou I have ever received ot suh a charge. Ie says neain, "two bov-,, mere striplings, got into a tight, an(l pti f7fty men armed to the tooth went, to the depot and picked a quarrel with the con stables, and meu on both sides were killed." I don't know who i, formed him of this, but who ever did just lied and knew he lied wheu he gave such in formation. Anin lie says: "The fault cannot be clearly pinced, and possibly I never will be known " The Govert.or Is a very badly informed man if he lays i that fiteering unction to his soul. a-l I venture the prediction that he will find the fault clearly placiA and that it will tyn found that the conaables simply did anything else but their duty. "'You will find I never snid, as hn states, that the Governor liad exercied power that no Governor had ever at tempted; but I say it now, and I. t1hink that facts well known to the people of South Carolina bear out my stat emint. But what, I did say was "Govornor Till. man Rsumes that, his spies have privi. i leges that are not enjoyed by any other citizens o1 this State," and I will add, I prilvilegies that even he does not etij >y. I "I notice that. the Governor 1rims to I get in an April joke. Well, I h)ope hw enjoyed it. It. does look a lit tle inty that after all this Fuss and fiathers the chief officer ot the State would march his troops UP the hill and then marc, theom down azain. That is a joke we havo en Joyed very much these serious tine, but it does look funny that the Governor andt his friends go to so mu-h t.rou')e to i and gethis conatahles out. of the b'ands o' people who were not tryinz iti hld t hem and I reckon it is a good thin' iy (Id not, beconuse had they done so, y 4i , some good citizetis wouwd hav I I to die before these spies h'. til du "I notice that he hk ed the quesaion, "why did they not lynch the manu they bad in their power, who was ad suit ted to be in the row?" I will telI v'u wi because we are not lInchenrs, we are not cuttbroats nor r.'bbers. We are. 8umai b Carolinians. We I1ht. a man as lonig as he is up, but we never Iht the nont that is down. We dionk 'I hI that wa , a- I that is the reason that main wirs no't - lynched. "I know pretty well what Governor' .L'illman wanted us to do. 1 undlerstzand him very well. ie Is not the that polii olan I have seen. The Governor would have liked our people in their rage to a have murdered this mian McLeadion, e who I am informed boasts 01 thu faict c that he has killed three other menu. Ie p would have liked us to have deOstroyedi ' the dispensary because then there would t.I have been two facts which he could have rn pointed to as a justification;of his unpre c)i cedented course In this whole matter, b but thank God, our people aro not df that sort. They are made of different stuff' from what he imagines, andi we ti congratulate ourselves today that the manu McLuadon (who. I am satistled, av will be ehown to have brought on this te bloodshed) havin', been shot down atnd w4 theresy disabled from making his escape, 'li and thrown into our hands helpless, has 80 been treated as all helpless men are, and te as wounded men are by civIlized people, te This action stands etit in a startling and PE striking contrast to the action of t1;is C( privileged State officers, who, it appears from tbe facts, shot the body o1 poor nc Frank Nor ment after he was down ,in a four different places with Winchester ri- sti flee, and our chief of polIce, discharging dlv his duty. That was enough to "lire the ho blood of age and make the Infant sinews flt strong as ste, but cool heads wvere re] here and possessed by mxen whd were i not politicians, who were not looking for t e votes, who were not, playing to tickle the hial fancy of crowds and reason had( full to sway, sit "Yes, I know now, after that speech of a the Governor, that he wanted us to de- tro stroy the State property, but I am thank- Sot ful to say that It, with all property of the n0o1 town of Darlington, has been protected nlea and is intact today. Our people only 1lea< wish that the lives of our fellow citizens '-l now lying cold and stiff, were as well 1Pr preserved. the "The Governor is a curious kind of was Individual. There is one peculiar and ae strinking thing about him-he judges ev u * eryoi by himeself. When he wants prsl inration about anything he never tom l goes to the man who is charged with sold kowing the state of affairs, unless that thi man is either a hirelIng of his or one ot corn hsOwn peculiar p -litical faith, lie that would take informnation given him by a is 01 bootblack if he belonged to lisa party ta about the condition of a municipality to Li rathier than the information furnished~, mac him by the officers of it. I af ways, when en1C< I want information, go to the man Whose f'i peculiar duty It is to have charge of' the tryi concern which I wish to Inquire of, and waste no time seeking Information tromn bi people who have no character, kno~w. abht aedge or standing. ever t"In the commencement 01 this mat- ot trifthe Governor had not been judg the! ngme by himself', had Wished Infor- and aton about the status at Darlingtmn, 8ou had addressed his commrunications to lion tno who am chraged under the la.s tireci With the tadmintaaton of the aff'aire proc of the State, lhe would have been in 'formed accurately and trutbiu h of 1k. not situatiosi, bitt instead of that it. are ars irom the telegrams I saw pub.1shed, $bat he gave full credence to 'als hire long of a dispenser over here, J. B. C Ployed, who In the administration of the fror madhr. of this town is absolutely as r nothmeg. If I culd not have been re-ds lied or', or if he bad information that geti 'from my character and standing he ago ,otdd not trust me. to give him reiable not' Information, surely ho could havesough information from some gentlemnn 01 staindin and resoectability In this coml munity. ie did not choose to do so, and that occasions his inauv mistakes and blunders made in this matter. * N one IS frightened by all thii blufrind iuster of the Governor's and no00 uo -ours him or anythiig he can do, except il Tillmanites. I think they are ali v:'r y much afraid of hin. I do no thik anybov else is." Wha, the irram n. South Carolina is nov. ig general ly discussett by tt e press all over the country, and iu oirder that our readers may all Itnow what. is thouttht of our family row we will qitore some of the (ommienit of the papers in dilfferent pirto of the country. 'he Augusta ChroinicNe sa'4, in spe- h' g of the ac lio; of the mJitary in ref using to re s;onrl to thfe c 0ll of the Giverno-r, 4, here seeit:s a Lack of reason for tb course of a part of the military in re f using to g,'o to 1) trlington. Tney wore loply ordered there to keep the peace and it, was Ih-ir (Iuty to obey the or (er. 'Chey had no reason to believe they would lie called on to fire upon the citIzE's of Darlington." Tito Chronicle is Iight.. 'The Ch:irlotte O-server s-tys: "The war li South Carolni is dep!orable be. yond expression, and it the present froubl is heale(I another of etmirla kindl is liable any dAy to break out s.Miewhere lo in the State. The feel inug bet wi en different elements of the w.''e peopl 1% South irolina is in tence. A-: I ero Is no hatred so impla (utble .s thV 'mtweeii bratheir, so there is no public strife so bitter as that which xists bJet.Ween those of kindred zoship and of allied Interests." I'lhe New York Mail and Express My's: "' il hout passing on the merits At (he illmnit Dispensary otatute, it leenis to b" clear that it is a law, and Is long as it is such it should be obeyed )y the people of the State. The action f t.he citizens of Darlington is there. ore equivalent to rebellion against tante authorItv." The Mail and Express hen reads us this lectur.: "Perhips fter the white people of South Caro iwa have had a little experience amoug heiselves of the evil results of mob litlence the lesson which should have een taught, them long ago will be bet er appreciated." The 8 ivannah Morning News says: 'Will the Governor be able to force ompliance with that law ? Teat is a lietion that is doubt lets in the mInds if ninany of Souti Carohna's people low. 'lhe whitkey conabies can do iothing without, the military compa.. ltes id the companies of the princi m1i c.ies have disbanded. The com ianiih in the small to wns and country iis'eWs are supposed to be in accoro vii h the Governor. If that be the case hey may responId. If they do are they lot, likely to meet with resistance in he cities? Is there not direger of the eolple of the rural districts bmigir ar 'ryod agairst, those of t.he towns? If "ev should be, and with arms it' their miots, there woul' be sad tines in i orth Caroltna. Fueds would be en rage-d I hai woiuld last for a generation. "ith l -d immigrants would avoid bk.'tate." Ti'hr Spartanburg Herald says: "If Ai iei' ever was a time for the men of iou h Carolina to keep cool heads and Sic heir dut4y now is the I ime. This papur ihas no aipology to make for its [lintlins. We believe 'lie military Comn panies in Colarmi ia, Charlej'on and ether places, who b'-lug ru'a ulir enlIsted m'-mnters of the St.:ile militia. refinedc ai go to Darlington f or the puru pr of es1Ior1 r peace. whetn the civil an'hof.)r les wyere ouverpowemrerd ind the Gover wraf the State (calld t~hem out, ure m- vorthy 10 be cauled soldiers. We can id n~o OxcuIs, for such conduct. MIli1 itry compaies are suipporte-d for the ulrpose of suippressinug lmtwlessness and reservIng the peae. They are not to ec ouartisans. The plain dury of ever .ihltiamanti in the Si at", the first lesso n s a soldter lie was ta ught, was obted I nete to ruperior cfli ars. When the vil aut hor its in D~arlington were worh-s and the military wvere regu .ry called on to preserve peace, It was teir duty to go to Darlington, and to Lppress insurrection, no matter who, Lused it, or w ho was engaged in it. sntIim ent is wveil enough in its place ~ it the last place where sentiment ~ iould be allowed to interfere with dui ,Is in the militi4." The Herald Is ani 'l'iiim an ini politics. C Th e Atlanta Co nstitution saye: " We t. mnpatzize wlth Gav ern.:r TIillman as a irless, able and honest executIve, hut, 3 also symupathize with his people. me dispensary law may be the wisest luttion of the liquor problemever at. npted, but It w ill fall if the spy sys. ~ in is a part of it. Governor TI'llman' a triotism will probably cause himA to d me to a halt until the defective lea res of the law are remedied, Hie will t ba willing to plunge his State into (lvil war simply because a few citi- a s who are suspected of having un- i muped bottles and casks in their ii 'ellings defend the sanctity of theIr a meos against an army of spies. Re- ai >del the law. It would be better to Ce ueal it thau to overthrow the 01(1 doc ne that every man's house is his cas-u -We bei ye that Governor'Tllman w lenougn Anglo-Saxon blood in him Danse him to take thIs viewv of the tiation when he thinks it over. lie not the Inan to start a wvar fare in iinst his o wn people. Doubtless the CC ihble is merely a passing incident. ari Lth Carolina will soon regain her we 'mal condition, settle dlown to bust- ml 3 and come to tihe front as one of tihe na ling .States of the South." toi he Jacksonville Times Union says: thi bably neither side is responsi ble for ml scenes at Dvrlington. Whoever vi( responsIble, enough blood hans been ter 1-too much by far.' Andi the con dia of the milit ary companies in re.-D ng to go to the scones of riot is re- his )ensible beyond the power of words in t press. South CarolIna is a State of an< loe; her people lire famed for be r military spirit. The volunteer Wat paniies of the State ought to know bes the first qualiatioon of a soldier pot >edience. When me'n put on muil- lies ,uiforms they lay "side the right in l ,ink. 'l'hey become parts of a vast aloi hilue. Nothing is right but obiedi- (len nothIng wrong but disobedIence. strc Dlipensiary law, doubtless, is i m01 ig. 'ho system of esplonsgo tic . ".siln force is repuguant to t h rigs of the American people, and rrent to the spirit of A merican In St itlons. It should be obeyed, how- t.Ii till it Is repealed. But this is Socd he quiestion. Shall the offlcers of clat ~tale be pursued to the swamps ti'n butchered ? Weodotnot see how a Ch a h CarolinIan can answer this q ties couI in the afirinative. The man who cat( the fl'at shot Is dead. L'here is no to I ref tat the sur vivora did anything thro rdpitate the conuflict TIhy retong responsible for the lawv, and the reqi dbe protected." who ..-- cros shut ing on! the iregs roor] IARLJEITON, April 2.Aseil T rDarhingt oi to the New and Coi sTo e has been closed to all ne egraphr i atches. impossible at this hour tan your dispai ches, filed four hours I gu off. Gen. Rich bourg Bays he can he h allow it. under renaated nomr. 1i THE OTHER SIDE. Mai orDargau, of Datnlingo,,, f akes the Stet -meont ;ovi'w. DARLINGTON, 8 0, April 2 -As the position of the people of Darliutou has not fully understood, The News and Courier's special correspondent hls gotten the following concise state ment from Mayor Dirgan, chairman of the advisory committee. Mayor Dargan said: 'l'he trouble in this matter is that Governor Tillman assumes that his con stables ezjoy privileges or have privil eges that are not eujoyed by any other citiz-n of this state, or of these United Stntes, andl no ')ossessed by any judge on the bench, k even I he president of ttw.v United States, whioh is that by rrasou of the fact that they are state constables they can, with ionpunity, sh ot down citizens of the common wealth and bea exempt from arrest un der the law. I know of no laws in this country that allows an oflcer of the state to commuit, murder and be exempt from arrest. Whether these constables are guilty is not the question. The fact is that the 3 have shot to death two of the ciizens of the state of South U rolinA and wounded saveral others. As soon as the fact was made know to me, as mayor of this town, I undertook to have then appretiended at once, believ i'g it to be my duty to do so. Such ef forts to arresa escaping tnuderers were madu as have ever been made In this state or any uorer.uuder civil govera meat. "Posses were immfinediately organize d as lis been done time and agin, aiu puruuit commenced as soon as possible. "They were arme J as best they could be under the circumnstances, because they knew that they had an organized body of desperate men armed with most improved weapons to encounter. As a matter of fact, I had no idea that those constables would be willingly ar rested or would be willing to submit to the authority of the laud, because Gov ernor 'Tillman had tnstru.-.%:d themn to shoot down, the citizens whenever they interfered with them, and he caused these instructions to be published to the world, aud I did not except that our posse would even wish or desire to arrest them, but that they would, ir caugrht up with, isitAL to a Unish. Phere was no great superior force at tirst and there was considerable uneasiuess on account ot .Ie citizens of our town who were sent Iu al- directions, and wtio were armed with only sthotguns, smein with plstols, a.d one or tw with rinfes. Lile iela in getting tine posse etianly the state constabies to gain consider aule time iu getting ahead, and night comiug on enadled ttein to escape in the darknss, our LueU followtOg them until they got beyond the county lines and were Immediately called in. "It Governur Tilulnati has made any attempt, to arrest tues ue etI ai not, aware of it. If suen a number han been commit, (3S Oy auy one t's -, or by any o ner persan 01141 these stUate coA ztables, I siuppt).t no W >uld have, issued a proclaimntou offering a reowara for the apinenvnsiou ot tue armed oody of "murderers. A great many offers of as sismnte have c->me in frum our friends all OVer the state. " 'o these I replied that we needed no help, fur life and pr.)pery were per fectly safe-i, his ad says baen. "Bit t hat. 'ee did Daec.I was assist anice to cut off the escape or these men anid bring the'm to justlee l'here,1 i n donot, that there wa nothling unusual fin fis as to all other offers of. help. I repliled that, we need-d nmuae. I wished W> keep out foreignrers, as our people weore excited. I had full contidence In hoflicers of the town to protect life ted property as long as we were let "l'hre has been no disorder what ver or any poises or riotous crowds inm his county since the deplora ble affair f Friday. a Worry aind ludagestion. Worry is a cuase and source of un old evils and it seams the face with a nes and furrows, and has a most dis- i ressing effect upon the hyper-sensi- ( lye organ, the stomach, which at such 1 limes becomes a most unwilling and I iggard servant. Indeed, it Is safe to t sy that unless encouraged by a cheer- c ul temper and bright, or at least hope- f uul thoughts, the stomach will play tin- v nt or sulk and do no wvork which it d an shirk. The physiological explana- y Ion of this Is the close alliance of the t: reant sympathetic nerves which are ht ,orse than the telegraph for carrying ht ad news; the worry and anxiety ti rhich depress the brain produce elm ul. 8 Ineonely a semi paralysls of the a: erves of the stomach, gastric juices fi till not flow, and presto 1 there is no in- na igestion. One sign of mental health ht serenity of temiper and a self-control w mat enn >ies us to bear with equanimi- pl t and unrinedi temper the petty trIals ot '1( jars of life, esrpeci4:ly those arising sc ow contact with scolding, irascable, ti inatating folk. It Is well to remnemb~er pi such times that these unfortunates tl: e their own worst enemies; anid a se altivatin of the art of not hearing pu ill help us very much. It is a very 81 eful art all through life, and weil Sc orth some trouble to acquire. n sti contoeeed t o Murder. D OzEEMA, Mont., A pril 3.-A man call- d g himself Robert 1)Ltton walked into So 'ngressmnan Iiartman's la w ofice here Ot d told Attorney Stevenson that ho fo mnted to make afidavit that ho had Ice rdered an old farmer and wife wI med Williamson,living near Brump- lif , Ont., a few months ago. ie said it he had just rend that an innocent n namned Mc Wharrell had been con ted of the cri me and 'ias under sen- 9 ce to be hanged in June. 'The afn- an rit was made and sworn to, and then ent tton backed to the door and made ly I cecape. Stevenson who was alone bef h.e ollice at once notified toe Sheriff the I the police, but as yet they have cot n unable to catch Dutton. Dutton hase a fairly well dressed, has stubby aut rdl, bright eyes, and weighed 175 ho nds. Ife seemed very much in ear- gO t whent i- deposition was taken. (o ifs afilna-, Du.i~ tton declared that heDa ICe(lid the murder, and that the con mned man, who Is apparently at lager to him, didn't know anything abo e about it than the judge himself day Ge~r All a Yairn.qa 'RtINOFIELD, April 4.---Rev. K. P. h Idard of Boston secretary of Na- mai al Association Oppos'd to Secret esafc eties, made ao impassioned denuin on of Free Masonry at the Chris Alliance Convention in Shlloh pel yesterday af'ernoon In the anq 'st of his rem ariks he said that the of I lidaite for the first oegree is sworn G 'ecreca, under penalty of having his zeni at cut from ear to ear andi his to ii nie pulled out tby the roots, and is way Ired to renlounice his religion, fora ~her Pagan or Christian, bef .re detai ting the threshola of the lodge cond IE E~dgefleld Chronicle, i its last This D, gIves an occount of a~ yon doc. Gino n that county Who farmed last tire I and kept a close account of his ex tes, etc. At the close of the year he roo' red uip everything and found that day, ad made a set profit of one wagon tn of tteatines and 15 cents in as.s t Th. Troops on the Ground, DARLINGTON, S. 0., April 1.-As ad vised by the Committee here thete was not the slightest obstruction or demon stration made by the determined peo ple of Darlington when the military train arrived here in command of Gen. Richbourg. They were met by Gen. v Farley ahd the Darlington Guards, who r provided ample protection, whicbbow ever, was not needed. Before arriving " here Gen. Farley made public this tele- P gram: "Gen. tichbourg has left here with F 300 troops for Darlington. You can assure the people that the motive is not sinister." ii The mayor of the city has thrown open every public place to the traops and tney are now being comfortably quartered in the Darlington Guards' Armory, the Court House, the City d Hall and the Mayor's Court room. All 6 together there Pre 220 men, most of g them being well-drilled organizations - I Gen. Rich bourg, when seen, said thal 1 he had come to Darlington witv orders to preserve the peace and that fie posi- UI tively had no instruction to make any arrests. [Is duty was to uphold the ( law and no one would be molested, un less the occasion arose. With the ex c# ption of forty.flve men who were at pliced on guard duty, all of the mili. M fary are making preparations to go to bt sleep and there is not the slightest in- do dication of any trouble. The companies upon arriving at the station were immediately formed, and marching up Pearl street made their 0(1 fIrst stop at the Darlington Guard, b( Armory. When I went around to the s0 diffiernt commands, I found the fol- ta lowing in line: ' of Butler Guards, Greenville, Capt. J. A. in Mooney. 18 men. fu Greenville Guards, Capt. W. P. Con- li yers, 17 men. da Edgelleld llussars, Capt. Maxey, 35 at men. A portion of this command was ne made up of other companies from tb Edgefleld county. le: Palmetto Rifles, Aiken, Capt. A. W. wi Oakley, 15 men. co Fort Motte Guards, Capt. R. M. C;if- ar fy, 15 men. p1 Sally Rifles, Sally, Aiken county th Capt. Steadman, 36 men. to 1-ampton Guards, Capt. Westflhld, cl. 24 men. m Morgan Rifles, Clinton, Capt. Mitch- 8t Bli, 30 men. he Maxwell Guards, Greenwood, Capt ce Evars, 32 wen. ti, Gord-n's Monck's Corner, Berkeley as county, Capt. 1-. A. Harvey, 31 -men. pc Dibble Light Dr gnoons, Orangeburg, sti Capt. B. Hart Moss. 32 men. m Abbevide Rflrs, Abbeville, Capt. J. . erin 30 men. ed The mihitary have come with tents Pe and three day's rations, and Gen. Rich- cO bourg annoutcen that in the morning th be will put. up the tents and post his tri guards.-Neos and Courier, de tal The .arlingtinu Trouble. be The unfortunate affair at Darlington I last. Friday is one long to- be remem- tat bered by -li the people of South Carol'- 1'h! m , irrespective of faction or political coI illitiation. The State is confronted to vith a grave crisis, and our leaders '0 vith a very serious responsibility. The by Darlington trouble is too ominous and the :he results that may flow therefrom are tat .oo far reaching to be dealt witb light- of y or to be considered in a partizan ma :ight. This is a time tor serious wt ,hought, and moderation in speech. In ha rtne language of the Augusta Chronicie WI 'the patriotic and conservative mnen of WE both factions need to come together ha for the good of South Carolina, and thi :onsider this mnatter in a broad an-I of 'beral spirit, unfettered by partisan af- coi ili'itions and pr+-judice. This is not SOr imply an unfortunato outbreak result- ste og from the sudd-n heat of passion, ilg 'ut the legitimate and necessary results Oc f the policy advocated and carried out, wit 'y the Tillnman and anti Tillman fac the' ions. They hauve sowed the Wind and to I re reaping the whirlwind. Neither ide is wholly to blame, and neither ide is blameless, but both are deeply C utereated in a peaceful solution and wo quiitable adjustment of the unfortun. tati to conditions which exist. Democracy ant 3 bigger than Tilimanism and South farn ,arolina is bigger than anti-Tillman. the urm. Laying aside bitterness and bias, gal at the most influential and conserva. Of t lve men of the State get together, and tha almly and patriotically seek a peace. She aL solution of the unhappy conditions Eat rhich now exist. It is a time for pru.- ra ent and conservative counsels to pro- knc~ all, and for patriotic action to take mial e place of intemporate speech and selli asty conduct. In be half of the past ing, story, the present responsibility, and whW 1o future possibilities of the State of pric uth Carolina, we appeal to her tine 5uc< rid loyal sons, without reference to McI ictional alignments, to come together an I w In a patriotic endeavor to relieve fomt er from a condition of things that lug ill cloud her fair name and retard her ceni rogress for the next decade if wise chi 'unsels and prudent action do not San on prevail. A graye crists threatens -Noi 10 peace, the progress asnd the pros- as ti irity of South Carolina. We trust astic at her loyal people will prove them Ives equal to the emergency,'' These triotic words should find a respon- Hii ye echo In the heart of every true mini uth Carolinian. We want peace, we have ed peace, and we should take some lhous sps to prevent a recurrence of the more irlitigton trouble. Such occurrences divii no good, but will if continned make be sr uith Carolina-a stench in the nostrils ment the States of the Union. Let us not pay I Eget that however much we may dif- over politically that we are brethren, their th the same hopes and aspirations in thouj ___________youri U arlington's, Vair Dem.&B DARLINGITON, April 3,--The pros. nah ~ts are brilliantly hopeful of an early suppi I amicable ardjustment of all differ- e~rn ii e. Everything is workimg smooth- fair'j md quletly for a proper understanding cusc ore the cons tables who took a hand in ing ehootina:reinrru here .If everyLoig They tinues to work as pleaisntly as it with since 4 o'clieck today the enti is near Writi by Sunday the troops may be at ie taking a substantia! Sunday mneal. the attf rnoon train Messrs.~ W. C. rer, Ei Keith Dargan and George W. gan left for Columbia on the invita of Governor Tillmnan 'to con solt ut the entire matter. Later in the a letter replying to inquiries from .Richbourg was receive1d at head e~ters, wich made everyone feel that end was near. The inquiry was le by Gen Rtichhourg regarding th yof the dispensary constables en id In last week's aflrav if brr'ught as wituesses before the coroner's est. Twenty-eight leading citizens ... 'arlineton, headed by Miayor Dar-gan "N~O 1 i' Coker and other prominent citi ,pledge themselves on their honor BE Al se their influence in ovry possible to see tha "lese men are not inter. WRF) I with. They tubmit a number ol Is as to how the hearing can be best privaVe ticted and how tnese mnen cant best rotlected agalbet indivial violence. Of te.] information has been sent'to Gov- .. e Tillman and it ie thought the en. nattet' can and will now be settled. 15hobbourg is of the opinio; that the )s will be abte to get home on Satur- - although 11e hopes earlier. It do 9. s' upon how 1o0 g the inqueat wil Everything is Dprfectlv oma CONGRE8SIONAL INQUIRY oto Goyerne-r w~~,v'.,, T.,Iegaps Unerhty WAsIXINGTON April 3.-Gen, Iroq enor of Ohio introduced the followvinl Beolution fit the House tals afternoon Whereas, the following telegraphi, e8sages appears in the public now apers of this city, to wit: New York, April 3. red J. Loudette, New York Recordei correspondent, Columbia 8 .I Where are your dispatces' ' Noth ig received up to this hour. GEORGE W. TURNER. restern Union Telegraphic Ollce, 192 Broadway, N. Y., April 2. George W. Turner: Your telegram Ited tonight to Loudette, Columbia C., is undelivered, t'le reason beirg ven that it fails to meet tie approval the military sergeant in charge ero. M. W. RAYENS. Manager receiving and aetivery de irtment. Darlington, April 2. 3orge W. Turner, N *w York. The telegraph here 1s closed to all iwspaper dispatchei. It is impossible this hour to get anything through. atter was filed four hours ago. Rich urg says he cannot allow it to go un r his orders from Governor TilIman. AUoUST KOHN, New York Recorder correspoL;dent. And, whereas. it is generally report and is probably true that armed idles of men purporting to aet under me civil and military authiority have ken possession by force and violence certain telegraph lines engaged in terstate commerce, and that such rce have with armed violence, estab hed or assumed censorship of the fly and weekly press of the country, d prohibited the tiansmission of ws dispatches to- the newspapers of e country; arid with threats of vio. ice and bloodshed have interfered tth the interstate commerce of the untry, and have wrested, by force of me, the means and facilities and ap. ances of Interstate commerce; and at certain armed forcus, 'pretending act under orders of some authority Liming to have and to exercise para clunt authority in a certain Stat. or aes over such means of conroerce, ve seized with force and violence rtain railroad property, cars, loconio res and other rolling a;ock and have sumed to dmand and exercike the wer to dictate the terms wnich inter ite commerce upoa such rmhlioads ty be exercised and carried on. And, whereas, it is currently assert. that such acts bave o perated to ns Dd the business of the people, cut off omunication with all tMe people ot United Stales outside ot the d14 et so erff-cted and to paral zi iLd troy all interstate commerce of' cer t portions of the country, Llref. 7, Ito tesolved, By the House of Ftepreser . ives, that the standing cominmittee of s [louse on intershioe and foreign nmerce be authorizd and required make a full and defluite It quiry as what has been done in the premrises, wbom and under what law or au rity any such acts or doines havu en plsce, and what, if any condition any such section of the country, de such acts or doings ia cessarviiand ether the laws of the Uatited State~ re been violated here-in, and b cem and under what pretext; and ether the people of any such State re been terrorized by such violence 'eats of lloodshed and the presence armed men in their midst.; and such aittee is auithorized to send per. 8 and papera, employ a clerk and lographer, and make r3port in writ ,with any evidence taken by such imittee, and to report to this Hlouse hout delay all the facts relatiog to said situation pertinent and propor >e known under this iniqui'y. Wonsen Fame alifornia boasts of a number of men farmers who manage large es ~s, make money and keep healthy happy. Of course the comforts of t n life are greater than they are in y East, and there is a possibility of' i iing more than a mere living. Some I, he women farmers have won more a r mere local fame. Miss Theodosia t nherd, of Ventura, is kno wn in the a t as a cultivator of California flow- t seeds, bulbs, etc. Mrs. Strong is I, wn far and wide as the woman Who t ces a goodl Income by raising and t ng pampas grres. Mrs. E. P. Buck- n of Vedavilpe, is an orchiardist d so fruit commandd the highest a e in Eastern markets. Another d easful agriculturist is Mrs. Unorgia iride. A dozen years ago rhe was avalid, a widow, poor and with ' Doys to bring up. She knew noth of fruit raising, but with mnagnifi feminine recklessness she pur ed thirty-ela-ht acres of land near Jose arnd set It out as an orchard, she Is prosperous, healthy,wealthy le wage-earners go and an enthusi advocate of farming for women. fueleal Homies are la ppy Homa. w e you ever noticeri i t? Ciii to I the homes of your friends who a good Piano or Oryatn in the a. Are they not brighter, and 6 Sattractive than those where the le art of music never enters ? To - re it costs to buy a good instre ~,,but it lasts many years, and will C ts cost marny a thousand times by interesting the youing folks in homes. D~on't make the mistake, ri Ch, of investing haphazard. Posti telf thoroughly by writinag Ludden tes Southern Music [House, Savan (ia., the great music house of the i, estatlshed in 1870. They have r9 led 50,000 instruments to South moms, and have a reputation for rices and honorable treatment or mers; and they represent the lead >ianos and organa of America. take pleasure in corresponding you, sending free catalogues, etc. chem. -DEFNSN "THE WORLD'S GREATES THE MACI NE Ti T he O nly OR TYPEWRITERhS AT THET STA&'r LACINE 60ULD) Y BECTTECR. IT*[i COT."* statemeut of one udkeo. Rtesponsible Oounty Ag r. W. Gibb -QINERAL AGitWPl,O0L The EB12 81t of the blfz rrd. The Camden Journal says the b zard predicted by Rev.ay te reahedusOn time,- and the il'a a, damage done to the fruit and tru farms is so great that it is har I to 1r S estimate upon It at this time. Fr( Sthe Middle of summer, as it were, If week, we dropped into the middle winterOn Tuesday mornin , when t thermometer registered 2f Idegrees, fall of 64 degrees in a few 4ays. T long C04tinued warm sPell had broug Out all kinds of vegetation, and'had -a Vanced It at least one mouth in tb section. As a consequenct, all of t] fruit ahas been killed-peaches, peal Plums, cherries, grapes, strawberri are allI a clean, aweep. 1 ',von the scLu ornong grapes are seriously damage he mefon crop is about the only kin of fruit we cali count oi this yea The truck farms and gardens are ser ously damaged, too; thy were far a vauced over w'iat they usually are this tirme, but the freeze even kill many of the cabbage4, lettuce !t, radishes and other such vegetablepnl, ordinary frosts do not hurt at all. A to the gardens, we c.n begin over agat right away; but as for the fruit it done for at least a year. The nevi from Charleston says th at the truck an fruit farms around there have bee damaged over a million dollars wort by the cold, while from Georgia an Tennessee similar reports come. 0 the truck farm.s around Wilmingto and Norfolk, the lois is said to run u into the millions of dollars. To tak it all in all, we do not believe the "old est inhabitant" can recall just such calamity. Oa the 26th of April, 1872, w had a cold snap that did a great deal o damage, but nothing to compare wit -what has been done by this one. If fire had passed over the country, vege iation would not have been injurei much worse than it has been. G(overDrx Tiliman Interivi wed. COLUMnIA, S. C., April 4.-Gover nor Tillmau has had libtle to say to thi newspapper men-sinc- the trouble be gan. Yepter Jay when a Register repor ter and representatives of several outsidi paper8 saw him he spoke as follows, i.--wing that he is more determined than ever to enforce the Dispensary law and to do what he considers is hif duty: "There has not been- such excite m: nt and iodin-ition sinc0 1876, whet the n-wa waa flashed over the Sate thu the United S'ates troops had seized the State II me tho night befire the as. aembhltg of the Lpaislaturn-indination on the part of tihe inhabitants oh the citieE because they have been taug t to believe by tei newspapers that perRonal rights and htbat ties baye been invaded and that tyrant Tillman has trampled them un C.er foot; indignation on the part of the couutrv people becau,e they know it is a lie, and that it is simply the old politi. cal flihr, of 1890 and 1892 which has blezed un, and the D.spensa y has been t,,ken as a pretext. The struggle in Siu h Carolina has been that ot demo. cracy against aritstocracy, of the people against 'liLarch v. The people captured i' inovertniment, and intend to hold it. as, they have sl'own by their actions yes. terday and the day before. Itis a won iiir we ot thrt ugh the camipaigns of '890 and 1892 without conflit and blood ed. It. ts to be hope: that ..'t strife wlt ow (end and that reason wil return to noth factionjs, and that in the futu-e we will have (one rule-that of Ia i. Tgtat's my.rule; the only one I have trie-d to euforce, and I shall not depart. 'rm my previcus record. The blood vhich has been dhed at Dairlington and alsewhere . the eforceme'it of the Dis. pensary law was a necessary sacrifiee to .he Moloch ol whiskey and Lhis insurrec -ion is the last ext i cng agonles of thbe vbiskey ring. I w ad!d that the Die )euisary has come to stay, and that the snforcemecnt of this law in the future vii be more rigid than it has ever been." MWurdered. POMEnOY. 0., April 8.-Elizabeth, he divorced wife of Dr. Richard' ilaughter, was found dead on the next oor neIghbor's porch with three but its in her head, att midnight. She lived lone. She was 70 years of age. Clay an Stahl and wife, on returning from n entertainment, fell over the dead ody at their door. She is supposed to ave run to the neighbors when at ieked and was murdered while trying ) gelt in that door. The body shows iarks of kicks. The front door of the ead womians house was found open Cd the lamp burnlng. Nothing was isturbed. (ii buw ts the ijtne to buy it 3 wri it usif ayo w. t -u Tade ia J U slens boles &iMnH. and AVANNAH,GA. T TYPEWRITER,"~ . . IAT TOOK C i"All, NOV E M B ER 38, 1808. A THEi ONLY AWARD . WA8 ALSO MADE - TO US ti'OR TYPEWRITER'S SUPPLJC3. mnts Wanted. es &z CZo. IMBIA, 0.;8.; -El Fre Olt-mens Arrested. iz- FLORENORE, April 4.-All I ke here tpday. e 'All i a ad mettipg at the cot hFarly cloca Ok this morninIg, of all t hose it 10 0'Clock ce anytbinR about the B- e who knew Im of the Florerce RiUi rOf the gins 8at citizens were present lost of tileac Of knowledging havin bn ftof he le Witt' the rifles but denied taking thed a from the armory. rive itakiens ad. be mitted the taking. Their naies are 1t E P. Powell, E 'V Dournasa ja . e- Hamrmond Juliai 'lendergrass anJ T. E Is Wallace. They explained that they e had taken them to aid in the capture of a, men who had been engaged In cow )a witting urder. These parties were p- arrested and taken into custody by d e Maj. Wardlaw, but thy are now ott on d their owo recognizany arnd attending r. to business as usual. dt ' Y9 TfA PN Rti niiIJH * V t) I om isos for Goods I fand Se hat You Ca" SmI f61l'ru*-u or omaiO.y re a t 0ith 21 - - Piecepiol wrewin - #. be dolj ver e d to yor - d pot for en ..................... ..~ ': t nl hairp]~ rice sys A *cm SET%2'i M.-Cr~ with all a-tt*r. 'IN (or ; ONLY de lvererd ' R I - it The m 'ian -14 .401 I The im-.x "111-,T ! u r11i. No - 1-Ighc pold A 4g A - * O PlA1% I~llV.'re Ilk.', Mr achinery Commission Agents, -0 WIth a vleW to mutual advantage, wc Invite all partIes who Intend buying ma ehinery to correspond with us before piac. Ing their orders. We are confident 0r out ability to save money to our customers, una Only ask the opportuuity of proving the fact. Besides machinery of all kinds, we deal largely In Buggles, Wagons, and othe~r Tonloles. Wrne to us. ---0--- -. W. H, Gibbas Jr.,-& Co COLUMBIA, 8' C. . *.. ~ -THE . For Agrcui tuaral an d Ginu e ral PlantatIon UsWe, have earna~ ed their reputa. * tion as the beat on Lne market. For Simpity, Durabili~ and Eoonomyi In fuel an dwater THE TOZBR a Has no Equal. P -4 NOW IS THE TIME "'O PLACE YOUR ORDERS FOR Threshers!I id I Sell the e'-t In the Markcet. Write to me Before Buying. . lingle Maichiw'a, Stave Machines, Brick Machine's, Planing Machines, Swing S-twa, .Band BaWs, * Gangr liip Saws, sad all kinda of wonid wi'tking machines. 1st Mills $115 to $250. saw Mills $190 to $400. Watertown Engines and Boilers. Talbott Engines and Boilers. Seed Cotton Elevators. Cottoh Gina and Pre~aes, 111(11 and LOW GRADE... V. C. IAOIIAuL . COLUMBIA. 8. C,