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TILLM.'N TALKS ON UHAIMLESTON MOtT Recnlls )arlington Rilot and Polits out iDangers of Disregard for Law. Tenton, .. C., Oct. 23.-Senator Tillman gave out the following to day: For a week all eyes' in South Caro lina have been turned on Charleston. The first thing Ihe people read when they get the morning paper Is the news from Charleston. Why? The riot inl the Democratic Execu live Committee room Is the first re ally serious trouble between Demo crats we have had in the State since 1894, when the Darlington riot pro voked so many angry passions, and our entire white population was di vided into bitter and vindicative fac tions. I have been led to look tip Governor Tillman's message to the General Assembly in November, 1894 in order to refresh my memory. I came across titis telegram: '"Charleston. S. C., Mar. 31, 1809. "Governor 13. R. 'i'iilmnn, "Columbia, S. C. "No company in this command will sustain the Constabulary in their methods of enforcing the Dispensary law. This brigade will iphold and defend the honor of the State, but will not lenld itself to fement civil var. among our own brethren.' "T. A. 1111GF ElN, "I trigadlier-Gbener'al. General IIlugeln, I indo ubtedly. was the spole.smiiani of a large miajority of the peop)le of Charleston of that day, who aipIa uded is 1isolit anid oilt rageous telegrain to Ile G overnor and Comm)ilandifer- inI-Ch ief. Glovernor Tillman foun d t1hat Iler vas flagrant atid repeated violations of the dispensary law In Diarlilgton, and warrails were being served to sevarcll lriva e houses1 , for vich au thority was Iottnd in tle dispensary law. The blinad figers anld their frieids at Darlington were very ag gressive and in sulted tihe Constables on every occasion. Spy was a comn mon name for constable. Governor Tillman seit the Chief Constable there with 22 picked men. Thle State Constables then were men of good character, good habits. fltet aid cour ageous itl lin e discharge of their dutles; no doubt they are the same now. The blind tigers perm1itted tie warrants to be served by tile 22 constables though they had browheat en four. The con stables had liinishied their work With the help of the sheriff and wenit to tile depot to take tihe train for home. They were folowved boy a imiob of an gry citizeins. A tiiarrel arose betweent a citizenl anld a consle0111. Th'le citi Zenl app11lied an1 insuoling ('e lihef, am11( tite IVo imei dreVw thIei pistols at the sam e Iinn' antd tired oni each other. A riot followed it which i wo (itizeis were killed and Iwo wauIl alid oiie conistable killed and I\wo wouinded one seriously-ia 1hE died witllil a yEar after Wards fromt t he wo ItId. Iehell iont against t he State governioitt on av count of wvhiskey iad brokent it full fury and the' people of the state were on thte verge of civIl war, itot In one county, ontly, as is now the case. but all over thte State. .Instead of havintg thte lileasuire of Gooed Health Dloubles the Value of Your Services A half sick mani is not worth hlif pay. A man or womain in poor health ' fmke apoor. lE'adei, poor soit of a parent.' Thle valu o (f Pr' ita it the home11 ('nn s4ar i' ly be (estimtated. It P r v' itnt 14 Ilaniy of the 40m~ li mnal mien ts-. It is , it excellenti I reimedy for (01 5 , colds. catarrh, gip. sp iig fever, tiredI-outL feEig. SItl d1owni a1. 4 hink It over. See whieI tiber yon (enn afford to go oni haltf siek. Sonie people prefeir Peruna Tlablots to II t h l iid 'l'iruna. Grees4 ii:, S. C. Arrivals frioiim. in- Irtures to $par't anbur11g iniaitanburg 3 7:55' A .\i 2 7:00 A .\ 5.1(0:00 A .\ I 5:tti A .\i 7 31:35 A .\ 4 141:24 A M 9 1:55 P' M N 12:10 jJ .\ 31 3: alt P Al 114 1:175 I' .\ i5 5;l0 P M 12 1:15 P M 37 7:40 P' M II t;:p'O P M '9 11:25 P M - 10 10:50 P MI Ari'ivals from D)epartuires to Oreenwoodl and Gr ieenwoodl and ,Anderson Antdersont 4 8:05 A M 1 I.00 A Ml 6 10:10) A M 3 .7:55 A M '3 12:10 P M 5 15:00 A M 30 1:45 P' M 7 11:35 A Mi .12 4:10) P M 9 2:00 P M :14 61:30 1P M 15 5:10 P M 16 10:50 P' M 17 8:45 P' M C. S. AILLEN, ( sceing the constables run, as tiloe had to do so. The constables retreated southward Into the country, where they were hunted for three days and nights by this same imob, which was threatening to lynch them, if they were caught. The mob could have found the constables at any time, but they never closed in. The experience they had had taught then a lesson. it was to luell this riot and to re store order that the troops had been ordered to Darlington. The Columbia companies refused to go, or were not allowed to go by a mob gathered on the streets which threatened to burn the State Dispensary and to hang the go :ernor. Feeling was intensely bitter everywhere. After the failure of the Columbia companies to go, Governor Tillman ordered the Fourth Brigade under arms, and Adjutant General Farley was given a special train to go to Charleston in order to carry them to Darlington. Mind you, they were not ordered to go there to protect the constables in searching houses, hit to keep men having the governor's commission from being tvnched. These men were under his orders trying to enforce the dispen sary law. The governor was in honor bound to protect these constables, and exerte(i his whole power to (o so. The whole story of that lamentable trage dy is told in my message to the Gener al Assembly, November, 1891. To go into details here and now I have neith er tle tine nor the inclination. Charleston 's citizens then, as they are now, were intent on having thclir own sweet will. anid oil goveriling them selves regardless of any legislative eii actimeit s. iind tigers and brazen (i-sobedi (nce o' the dispensary law has been the prevailing condition in Charleston tor 21 years. That city in effect se ceded froli the State, or null fled tle laws passed b) the legislature. Foir 21 years the city has sneered at, and resisted, and refused absolutely to obey the law in regard to whiskey; and tle spirit which caused this is the direct cause of tile recent lamentable ain( disgraceful outbreak; the spirit of lawlessness has become chronie. "The State be damned. \Ve want our own way, appears to be the feeling. The better educated and. more wealthy classes have approved and iparticipat ed in this policy. Not only toughs have been lawless. A community whclh systematically and with malice aforethought disobeys one law must icc'essarily lose respect, for all law and .uffer tle conseqi ences. CharlfIstoni sowed the wind in 1891 and is now reaping thev whilvind. 'I'Tie Washit li oil Iight in fan 'try uni derI' the governoi's orders now upholds iii' law. The editor of the Orangeburg Tinlies and OeInlocrat. has recent ly visil'ed Chlarleston and the following ap'ears inl his last Issue: "Sioo i'e 'lIs you that. tile rorces of bohi sides wer' about to uight whell the \ashington Light Infantry took ('ha rge of tihe street." This same famous and historic con pany did not behave so well In 189-1. (Gov'ernor' Ti'llman by proclamation had disbanded many military comn panics, among them thIs one. It be longed to the Fourth Brigade and had the same feeling as General Hiugein, and had been disbanded with other complanies. When the demand was maide for them to turn in their arms they claimed their r'ifles were private property; and when the governor ai se('ond tiime, demanded them, after having examined the law in regard to lie mat ter' and tfoundi that thie arms weri'ie State iproper'ty not own'ied by the 'It izens, thle comlipany3 emltoyed a l awyer t'Io at'peal to . ludgi. Gotff, of the . ( Olrenit ('ouri, no0w enal~tor' from Wedst V'irginia, to grant an inijtiiiion ws a rged ini liltIimore'i, an rove~~r au~inentsl;'A wer pre'sent -l to the < i ionl andii I dto inot knowib whethecr lhe t h as li.ii.u T liillm' went 1 i of om0 I h:~a' nio d.-j ir to rakhe overi t hese ' I 1h 1 in order) o i nflann-I anv-i( oI'll mI. 3 u po eiit.s o ('nittina oth P u b- lo' t he maior' iy 1(' I ;ut-m i uan I -ia-niII ii 1~ 0. n S.ta da.T&he.11 sorr thes b&t Cor it r r n ri ali'n t appi.n ; n1th llhip)Vr:! muto up~ 'theo deier o b tor ii~~~tkoit it. Tipu. 3 ('i ~ i lmng, byoing andhye tei o2 fie tiieof aro lideds rcivertz sowll the ''S uae1) jOriii ric IC foi' vi e you money,- atll BRITISH SUBMAVlINE SENDS CRUISER DOWN Uskup, Junction Polut of (Great Stra tegic Value, Falls Into Hands of lil. garians. Vigorous lesistance by Serbs Makes Invasion Costily to Cen. trail Powers. A continuation of the programine of the Teutonic allies and Bulgarians against Servia, with fresh advances by the Germans in northwest Russia and the sinking of a German armored cruiser by a British submarine in the Baltic are the outstanding features of the war, as reported in oficial com munications. Uskup, a Junction point of great strategic value, on the Saloniki-Nish and Saloniki-Mittrovitza railroads, and Kumanovo and Velds have been taken by the Bulgarians. In the north the Germans and Austrians along the entire front continue to attack th6 Servians, who are making the invasion costly by their vigorous resistance. - Another crossing of the Dainube has been made by the Gei'nans at Orzova in eastern Servia near the iron gates of the Danube, where the river leaves Austrian 'moHi. The Bulgarians south of this region have crossed the Timok river between Kniazevac and Zajecar, and a battle is in progress for pos session of Kniazevac. The French in the vicinity of the Ureek border have captured with small losses and are holding the vil lage of' lobrovo, nine miles south of Strumitza. Tlhe understan(ing at Salonifki, ac eording to a news agency (ispatch fromn Athens is that the bombardment of the Blulgarian coast on the Aegean sea is in connection with a plan of the allies to make a landing at l'oito Lagos, west, of DIvedeagliatch. That heavy ighting is almost con tinuous along the l)vinsk front is at tested by both German and Russian ollicial communications. The Ger' mans occupied Illoukst after artillery lirp and infantry attack. The losses on both sides were heavy, as the battle was carried into the streets with the bayonet. The Italian war oflice reports that "a new and brilliant success" has marked the Italian offensive in the Ledro valley. In the Carso district the deadly execution of the-Austrian artillery is admitted by the Italians who say that. notwit hstanding this the Italian infantry capitured ground on he left wing cast of Peterano and in the centra'e of the front. In tile \\"estern 'one the eighth at tack by Germans in flive days in the U ivettehy Wood. north of Arras was witt. down, according .o P'aris, with heavy losses to tie attackIng forces. No details are given in the oltleial statemet'tit from l',t irograd reportiig that a ( ermani armoiredl ci'uiser of the 'rinz Adelbert class has been ce couniited for near' Itaui by ai British sumarino. Germany 's official explanation of the excutionI in Belgiumin of the British ntrse, 10dith Cavell, is that Miss Cavell headed a conspiracy which had "suc ceeded for nine months in rendering the most valuable services to the ene my- to the disadvantage of our army." We are showing a beautiful line of Cut Glass, great variety of shapes in the very latest cuttings. S. M. & IE. H. WILAKEiS & Co. TeemIngj Life In Ocean. I1'w imagine when crossing the ocean, that the prow of the ship is cleaving its way through teeming myriads of foamlike creatures and that every turn of the screw is a marine catastrophe, bringing suddl~en dleath to rnutitutdes oif sentsitive be lngs. Tlhat t his is a fatct is freqluent 13' demtonastIrated at the darakness of thte itight I whleni the sarm ofi hIt a(p. 'roa ches0 naera lthe suirface wichl it IN FIVE MINUTES! NO 'N INDIGESTION,'GA S OR The * i et i' pe's se;; pe-n1in"' I2eachesl~ heI'stomch t(ll Disir)'els "R e 5lly due. 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