The Darlington news. (Darlington, S.C.) 1875-1909, April 12, 1894, Image 1
VOL. XXI, NO. 15.
DARLINGTON, S. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 1894.
WHOLE NUMBER 1,001.
LOCAL LACONICS.
matters in and around pros
perous DARLINGTON.
A Column of New*, Tersely Told, of
Interest to Our Many
Readers.
The oil mill has shut down for
the season.
A four room cottage is adver
tised for rent.
The stockholders of the Peo
ple’s Bank will hold their an
nual meeting on April 30.
Read the advertisement which
calls for four live, energetic
men to do work in a paying
business.
The annual meeting of the
stockholders of the Darlington
Manufacturing Company is call
ed for May 3.
Miss Emmie James has re
turned from a visit to Sumter.
She is accompanied by Miss
Mamie Fraser, of that city.
Miss L. It. Schmid, the popu
lar milliner, calls the attention
of the public to her new line of
spring and summer millinery.
Mr. J. N. Parrott has been
appointed a member of the board
of examiners for Darlington
county, vice Mr. R. E. Mood re
signed.
The Episcopal Convocation
will meet in Darlington, in St.
Matthew’s Church, on Wednes
day next, and will continue in
session for three days.
Mr. J. C. Keys, the popular
cotton-buyer, left on Tuesday
for his home in Anderson. He
will in a few weeks take a tour
through the Southwest.
We wish to return thanks to
Cadet J. B. DuBose, of this
county, for an invitation to at
tend the annual picnic of the
Citadel Aacademy at Mt. Pleas
ant on April 13.
Mr. C. N. Spinks announces
that he has established a musi
cal agency and will always
keep on hand strings, trim
mings, etc., and all the latest
songs and music.
At the next meeting of the
board of County Commissioners,
which will be held on Saturday,
Postmaster Gandy will resign
the positions o- member and
Clerk of the board.
The fortunate lady who won
the curtains at Messrs S. A.
Woods & Go’s recent opening is
Miss Almena Davis, daughter
of Mr. A. Bruce Davis, who
lives a few miles from town.
Major W. A. Evans has sev
ered his convention with the
Cleveland Hotel and has return
ed to his former home in Ches
terfield. The hotel will remain
closed until a new proprietor is
obtained.
Pee Dee Presbytery will meet
In Florence to-morrow (Friday)
night. Mr. John James will
represent the Presbyterian
Church at this place. Rev. J.
G. Law will also attend the
Presbytery.
The ladies of the Darlington
Horticultural Society are ear
nestly requested to attend an
important meeting of the society
which will be held in the Guards
Armory Monday afternoon next
at 4.30 o’clock.
The Florence District Confer
ence of the A. M. E. Church
will meet in annual session in
Darlington, on Wednesday next,
in the A. M. E. Church on
Broad street The Conference
will remain in session until
Sunday night.
Governor Tillman has offered
rewards, $500 in each case, for
the apprehension and convic
tion of the parties who broke in-
io the dispensaries at Florence
and Timmonsville and destroy
ed the liquor during the recent
“insurrection”.
The Clerk of the Court re
quests us to state that appli
cants for the fund, appropriated
by the State for the benefit of
those who lost a limb qr an eye
during the late war, should call
on him for blanks. The appli
cant will have the choice of re
peiving an artificial limb or its
equivalent in money.
Coroner R. G. Parnell has
been appointed a deputy United
States Marshal. He requests
us to say that he has nothing to
do with the State constabulary
and that the duties of his new
position, which he will hold in
conjunction with the office of
Coroner, pertain only to viola
tions of the United States laws.
ARRESTED FOR EMBEZZLEMENT.
A Well Known Citizen Accused of a
Very Serious Charge.
Mr. John H- Schmid, a well
known citizen of Darlington,
was arrested on Tuesday night
and lodged in jail on the charge
of embezzlement. There is a
shortage in the accounts of the
postoffice at this place amount
ing to $!(89.33 and it is for this
that Mr. Schmid has been ar
rested. He has not been em
ployed in the office for a month
or so, but postoffice-inspector
Peer, who has been here for
about a week straightening up
the affairs of the office, finds
that the shortage occurred while
Mr. Schmid was acting post
master. The warrant was is
sued by U. 8. Commissioner
Sanders and the arrest was
made by U. S. Deputy Marshal
Parnell.
Yesterday (Wednesday) Com
missioner Sanders fixed Mr.
Schmid’s bond at $1,000. It was
arranged with his mother, Mrs.
R. Schmid, and Mrs. Libby as
sureties and he was released
from imprisonment.
Fresh butter and cheese at
Coggeshall & Co’s,
AFTER THE FIGHT.
PEACE
AGAIN PREVAILS IN
DARLINGTON.
OLD
Lead pencils with
dozen at Book Store.
A handsome black suit $6.25
to $8.50 at Blackwell Bros.
THE CASE OF DR. PAINE.
Judge Aldrich Fixes His Bail at Five
Thousand Dollars.
On Tuesday Col. C. S. Nettles,
accompanied by his client, Dr.
B. H. Paine, who has been held
in jail on the charge of the mur
der of Henry Green, colored,
went to Marion and made appli
cation before Judge Aldrich,
who is holding court there, for
the release of Dr. Paine from
custody upon bail. This killing,
as was stated in our last issue,
was the result of a difficulty be
tween Dr. Paine and Green,
which grew out of the recent
robbery of the dispensary.
Judge Aldrich, if ter hearing
the arguments, placed the bond
lit $5,000.
The papers for the bail of the
prisoner have not yet been fix
ed, but they probably will be
to-day, in which event he will
be released.
Paragon salt for table use at
C. & Co’s.
rubber 5c.
See the remarkably low fig
ures on flour at Blackwell Bros.
A NEW MEDICAL FIRM.
Two Physicians of Darlington Form a
Copartnership.
Dr. John E. Boyd, who re
cently graduated with first hon
or at the medical college in
Charleston, has returned to
Darlington and will practise his
profession at this place. Dr.
W. J. Garner and himself have
formed a copartnership under
the firm name ot Drs. Garner &
Boyd. Dr. Garner has already
risen rapidly in his profession
and Dr. Boyd gives every prom
ise of becoming a skilled physi
cian, so we feel safe in predict
ing that the new firm will meet
with the success that it so much
deserves. The rooms over Dr.
Boyd’s drug store, heretofore
used as offices by Dr. Garner,
will continue as the offices for
the new firm.
Do you want a sewing mach
ine. See Blackwell Bros.
Shred cocoanut at Coggeshall
& Co’s.
A FATAL ACCIDENT.
A Little Girl Meets her Death in a Pe
culiar Way.
On Wednesday of last week a
little colored girl, Rosa Lee
Swinton, came to her death in
a most unusual manner. Just
a short time previous she had
been badly burned and was con
sequently in delicate health At
the time of (ter death she was
standing in the door of her
father’s house in Springville. A
strong wind came up and she
was blown from the door to the
ground below, a distance of
only a few feet. But the fall
was severe and on account of
her precarious health she was
killed by the shock. An inquest
was held over her remains and
the jury returned a verdict in
accordance with the facts given
herein.
Fresh pickles and preserves
at Coggeshall & Co’s.
The Coroner’s Inquest and Finding of
the Military Court—A Card
of Thanks.
Peace has returned to Dar
lington and the town is as quiet
as it ever was.
No one who may visit Dar
lington now and observe the
stillness that prevails can real
ize, if he was not present at
the time, the extent of the in
tense excitement that held the
town immediately following the
massacre of our citizens; nor
can he appreciate the terrible
ordeal through which our peo
ple have passed.
THU SOLDIERS LEAVE.
But the white wings of peace
have again spread over the
town. The troops broke camp
and departed for their homes
early on Friday morning, as
was announced in our last issue
would be the case. During
their stay in our midst the
soldier boys were most hos
pitably received by our people.,
The citizens and soldiers com
mingled in warm fellowship,
for it was soon ascertained that
a very large majority of the
military were in sympathy with
our people and that they did not
come here to shoot us down,
but merely to preserve peace
and protect property.
When the troops departed
they carried with them delight
ful recollections of the hospital-'
ity of our dear old town and Dar
lington can testify on the other
hand that the soldiers were as
gentlemanly a set of men as ev
er donned uniforms.
THE CORONER’S INQUEST.
When we went to press with
our last issue the coroner’s in
quest, investigating the killing,
was still in progress. On Thurs
day afternoon it was completed
and a verdict was returned to
the effect that constable Mc
Lendon killed F. E. Norment;
L. L. Redmond killed constable
Pepper and constable Cain kill
ed Redmond.
The testimony in the inquest
is very voluminous. It contains
about 50,000 words and would
cover more than thirty-five col
umns in a paper the size of the
News and Courier.
The militarv court of inquiry,
which was held at the same
time, went further. It returned
the same verdict as the coroner’s
jury, but in addition found all
the other constables present at
the shooting as accessories to
the killing.
WARRANTS ISSUED.
In accordance with the find
ing of the coroner’s jury war
rants have been issued against
McLendon and Cain on the
charge of nr urder. These par
ties are now held in the State
for safe-keeping.
Aldrich, of Barn
well, has been retained to de
fend them and he will soon
make application for their re
lease on bail. They will be tried
in Darlington county unless a
change of venue is asked for
and obtained.
A CARD OF THANKS.
While the “insurrection,” as
Governor Tillman was pleased
to call it, was in progress offers
of assistance* for our people
poured in from every section of
this State and from many other
States. While the offers were
greatly appreciated, they were
not accepted because at no time
was it necessary to have outside
assistance. In grateful ac
knowledgment of the many
proffers of aid the town author
ities have issued the following
card of thanks:
Council Chamber, l
Darlington, 8. C., Apl 7, 94. J
We, the Mayor and Aldermen
of the Town of Darlington, as
representatives of its people,
desire to make public express
ion of our gratitude to the many
friends throughout the country
for the generous offers of assis
tance received from them, and
particularly to our friends of
our sister City of Florence', for
the disinterested and timely aid
rendered us during the severe
ordeal through which we have
recently passed.
While Darlington is resuming
its business activity and accus
tomed appearance, it will be a
long time before we cease to
mourn the loss of our fellow-
citizens whose lives were for
feited as the result of this de
plorable tragedy, but the kindly
sympathy which has been so
generally expressed for us in
our misfortune will never be
forgotten.
W. F. Dargan,
Mayor,
D. S. McCullough,
W. J. Moorhead,
F. T. Biggs,
S. A. Woods,
Attest: Aldermen,
J. W. Evans, Clerk.
FINIS.
Thus ends the saddest tragedy
that has ever befallen Darling
ton.
penitentiary
Col. Robert
CONGRESSMAN McLAURIN.
Even “Curly-Headed Johnnie" Takes
our Side in the Dispensary Fight,
[Washington Times, April 7.]
Mr. McLaurin, of South Caro
lina, in whose district the pres
ent riots are, is very much dis
tressed over the unfortunate
situation in that state. He says
the less said about it the better,
but he nevertheless expressed
himself quite freely on the pres
ent riots there. The dispen
sary law is, according to Mr.
McLaurin, a hobby of Governor
Tillman. The people of the
state were for prohibition but
not for such dispensary legis
lation. The people are mostly
of a thrifty Scotch or English
descent, and they now see how
foolish the present law, rushed
hastily through the legislature,
is, especially as it involves a
right of search and an invasion
of their liberties such as South
Carolinians, of all people in the
world, will not tolerate. When
the present law was passed at
Governor Tillman’s bidding
there was a great outcry in its
favor. Not only did it suit the
prohibitionist feeling, but it
gave promise of yielding such
large taxes that no other state
levies it was thought would be
needed. Now that the people
realize what the result is, to
bolster a right of inquisition and
an invasion of private premises,
besides a system of espionage,
they are up in arms. It is just
what might have been expected
but it is nevertheless very de
plorable.
Mr. McLaurin says that one
reason why the present troubles
in South Carolina cause him
such deep regret is because there
is a general misaporehension
concerning the South Carolin
ian’s character prevailing very
widely which the present out
break will serve to still further
exaggerate. The people of his
state are not fire-eaters or hot-
blooded. They are of sturdy
Anglo-S axon or Huguenot
French descent for the most
part, and would never think of
violence under ordinary circum
stances. But they are like the
people of Massachusetts, ready
on sufficient provocation to de
clare loudly in defense of their
rights. The law so hastily pass
ed was one of the kind which
causes a Jack Cade rebellion or
a whisky revolution in Pennsyl
vania, and the people of trie
state are suffering in conse-
J uence in a way they do not
eserve.
Leggett’s improved jelly at
C. & Go’s.
THE DISPENSARY.
THE GOVERNOR REMOVES
FLOYD FROM OFFICE.
MR.
White fish, 50c a kit, at C. &
Co’s.
MR. GANDY TAKES CHARGE.
Ths Postoffice will Probably be Moved
Across the Square.
Mr. A. A. Gandy, having re
ceived his commission, took
charge of the postofflee on Sat
urday. He has appointed as
his assistants Mr. O. G. Wil
liams, a worthy citizen of the
town, and Miss Helen Waddill,
a daughter of Mr. J. M. Wad-
dill. Mr. Gandy will remove
the office, provided he can ob
tain the consent of the govern
ment, to the building of Messrs
Gibson & Woods on the north
west corner of the Square. We
do not suppose there will be any
difficulty in securing the consent
of the government to the remov
al as a postoffice inspector, who
is now here arranging the af
fairs of the office, states that he
will recommend that the office
be removed from its present un
desirable quarters. The new
office will be conveniently fitted
up and an additional number of
lock boxes will be ordered im
mediately.
Wheat flakes at C. & Co’s.
New Home Sewing machines
$15 to $25 at piackwell Bros.
The Estsblishmeot Closed—A New
Dispenser to be Elected—A Let
ter from Mr. Floyd.
After the terrible massacre of
our citizens by dispensary spies,
Governor Tillman ordered the
dispensary at this place to be
closed. Be it said to the credit
of the town that during the in
tense excitement on Friday and
Saturday nights following the
killing, the dispensary, though
a creature of the obnoxious law
that caused the bloodshed, was
not looted as was the case else
where. After the soldiers came
a guard was continually kept
around the establishment. Al
though martial law has been
raised and peace has been re
stored the dispensary is stii.
closed with a seal upon its doors,
though, of course, the guard
has been removed.
After the riot dispenser Floyd
left town and is now in the
North. Governor Tillman
has removed him from office,
giving as his reason that he
(Floyd) has antagonized the
people of Darlington. The Gov
ernor has instructed the county
board of control to immediately
elect a new dispenser, have his
bond arranged and have the
dispensary opened again as soon
as possible. The board will
meet to-day (Thursday) to elect
a successor to Mr. Floyd. Sev
eral names have been mention
ed in connection with the office.
By order of the insurance
companies all the insurance up
on the dispensary has been can
celled.
An Open Letter To the Governor.
Anent the Governor’s removal
of Mr. Floyd the latter has writ
ten the following open letter:
Washington, D. C., April 7, '94.
To B. R. Tillman, Governor
and Chairman, Columbia, S. C.
—Dear Sir: I notice in an in
terview with the World corre
spondent in Columbia, which is
published in the issue of the
World of this date, you say:
“Dispenser Floyd seems to have
made himself obnoxious, and
when that dispensary starts it
will be with a new man.”
You have perhaps forgotten
the circumstances under which
I was selected dispenser at Dar
lington. The town was oppos
ed to the law and the establish
ment of a dispensary, and you
well know that it was mainly
through my influence that the
requisite number of names was
obtained on the petition. I was
not then considered by you ob
noxious, but was selected on the
ground of my availability.
Permit me th.m to ask the
S iestion, when was it, then,
at you discovered that I was
obnoxious? It seems that in
your opinion that something has
occurred to make me so, and 1
am at a loss to divine what it is.
My leaving Darlington at the
time I did was not a desertion
of my post of duty, (for you had
ordered me to close the dispen
sary,) but simply an act of self-
preservation inspired by the
surroundings and by the advice
of trusted friends.
Anything I have said in the
newspapers was not intended to
antagonize either the Conser
vatives or Reformers, and could
not make me “obnoxious.”
To remove me because I was
obnoxious seems to me an in
sufficient and unjustifiable
ground, because at the time of
my appointment you well knew
that the Conservatives were not
only displeased but violently
opposed to my selection, and I
was odious to them. To say I
am obnoxious to the “Reform
ers” does not accord with my
knowledge of the sentiment of
the “Reformers” of Darlington
County.
For you should remember that
with the Conservatives of the
State you are obnoxious would
furnish a strong reason for your
impeachment.
The injustice of my removal
on the ground you state is,
therefore, apparent. If I have
rendered myself obnoxious to
the people of Darlington it has
been by faithfully obeying your
orders. You are then in part,
responsible for it. Now you
evade this responsibility and by
vour desertion of me not only
bring me in disrepute with Re
formers, but cruelly injure me.
This is pdor encouragement to
your friends.
Of course if I am removed I
bow submissively to the will of
the Executive who has the pow
er to displace, but in this act of
removal I feel that there is the
exercise of an unjust and ty
rannical power. So far as the
dispensary law is concerned I
have favored it and its due exe
cution, but I am satisfied now
that the public sentiment of tho
State will never acquiesce in its
rigid enforcement. The oppo
sition engendered to it cannot
be peaceably overcome. With
these convictions it is perhaps
best that I should no longer be
officially connected with its en
forcement. Very respectfully
your obedient servant,
J. Buckner Floyd,
Dispenser Darlington County.
MR. FLOYD TALKS AGAIN.
This Time to a Reporter for a Big New
York Paper.
[New York World, Aprils.]
J. B. Floyd, who kept the
State dispensary at Darlington,
S. C., which was the centre of
the recent trouble, and whose
brother struck the blow that
caused the disturbances, is with
friends in this city.
“In a recent interview,” said
Mr. Floyd, “I notice that Gov.
Tillman makes the statement
that I made myself obnoxious
to the people of Darlington, and
that when that dispensary starts
again it will be with a new dis
penser. It strikes me that the
Governor has found himself in
a hole, and is now trying to
place the blame upon some of
his officers. The trouble is that
the Governor is a candidate for
the United States Senate, and
is now conducting his campaign.
He is trying to execute a law
which is obnoxious to the peo
ple and which, if put to a vote
to-morrow, would be beaten bj
an overwhelming majority. He
could never have started a dis
pensary at Darlington had it
not been for the fact that I made
the canvass myself and got the
necessary signatures. At all
times I had been a close follow
er of Tillman, even in opposition
to my best friends. Now, with
out any reason at all, and sim
ply to pander to the whiskey
element, he turns upon me in
order to bolster himself up. He
knows that in executing the
law I have always used the
greatest care, and that my
standing with the people has
been good. He is the man who
is obnoxious and he will find it
out when the election comes
around again.”
WHAT QAILLARD SAYS.
Some of the Spies Reckless Men and
Eager for a Fight.
[News and Courier.]
Sumter, April 4—Your cor
respondent learned to-day that
Chief Constable Gaillard had
had a conversation with Col. D
J. Auld, of this city, on the eve
ning of the fight in Darlington
and that he had given informa
tion which should be made
known to the public. I called
on Col. Auld and he substantia
ted what I had heard, which is
in substance as follows:
That he (Gaillard) had for
several days previous to the
fight found great difficulty in
restraining his meu from get
ting into a fight; that the men
wanted to fight; that several of
them were desperate and reck
less fellows; that thev were
leaving Darlington mad because
they had not been allowed to
fight. This conversation took
place on board of the Charleston,
Sumter and Northern train the
afternoon of the riot, and before
Gaillard knew what had hap-
C med at the Atlantic Coast
ine depot.
It is also a fact that these
men, who precipitt ted the fight,
had been drinking all day. Mr.
W. H. Commander, a citizen of
Sumter and a nephew of Sheriff
Scarborough’s wife, was at the
home of the sheriff on Friday,
March 30, [the day of the kill
ing] and positively asserts that
many of them were drinking
and at least six were drunk.
It is evident from these state
ments that the citizens of Dar
lington are not responsible for
the recent trouble in that town.
[Col. Auld is so well known that his
statement needs no corroboration,
still it may be welt to odd that anoth
er prominent citizen of Sumter has
written to a gentleman at this place,
stating that he was present when the
conversation between I’ol. Auld and
Gaillard occurred and that he will
corroborate what Col. Auld says'—
Editor The News.]
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Blackwell Bros.
THE COLLETON PLAN.
THE RECENT STATE CONFERENCE
OF THE FAITHFUL.
A Convention Called for August 14—
Only “The-Dyed-in-the-Wool"
Need Apply,
In the excitement which fol
lowed * the recent deplorable
tragedy in Darlington, our peo
ple lost sight of the State Con
ference of “reformers”, which
was held in Columbia last week,
although it had been the subject
of much discussion in the news
papers for several months past.
The conference was held in ac
cordance with the now famous
“Colleton plan” and was com
posed of one delegate from each
county. Mi. E. L. Gray, of
Lamar, represented Darlington.
The conference called for an-
other State convention to be
held on August 14 for the pur
pose of nominating “reform”
candidates for Governor and
Lieutenant-Governor. Delegates
to this convention are to be se
lected by conventions to beheld
in the several counties on Au
gust 9. Only dyed-in-the-wool
“reformers” will be allowed to
participate in these conventions
and they must abide by the re
sult. Such is “reform”. The
free-for-all primary which the
reformers” have heretofore so
loudly called for has been for
gotten. When the so-called gen
eral primary comes off in Sep
tember the faithful must swal
low a ticket nominated by a
convention, whether it be to
their tastes or not.
MEMORIAL DAY.
Preparations in Prograss for the An
nual Exercises.
Memorial Day, May 10, Is not
far off and the ladies of the
memorial association are now
making arrangements for the
annual exercises in commemo
ration of the Confederate dead.
Rev. Mr. McArn, of Cheraw,
has consented to be the orator
for the occasion and will deliver
the address which he delivered
in August last before the Survi
vors’ Association of Chester
field county. This address has
been very widely circulated and
has been the subject of most
favorable criticism. Our people
will be fortunate in having an
opportunity to hear it.
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