The Darlington news. (Darlington, S.C.) 1875-1909, August 06, 1896, Image 2
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81.—City A\r
to
following h>«
to Um city coancii, in
i tootnt action of OoTornoi
defying arrest foi
t of the peace bun:
8. O., July 81,1896.
To the City Council:
On last Friday, J. Gary
Kvans, who holds the official
i of governor of the State
and Joseph
, a judge of the circuit
of this State, each in hi>
and private capacity,
exorcising the right helo
every citizen of this State,
was addressing in public with-
Up this city, a large number of
citiaens, each endeavoring ac
cording to his owb methods, to
secure the votes of the people
of this county. During the prt -
gaged in a personal combat.
Hundreds of men were pres
ent; some drew pistols, other*-
made ready for their use. ex
citement ran high. One stray
shot by any excited spectator
jreukl in all probability have
precipitated a riot and many
liven might have been sacrific
ed. The peace of the cky War
jeopardized and its laws violat
ed.
1 was emusunicatod with by
the mayor and advised him
that these parties could and
should be arrested, without re
« rd to their official
arrants were accordingly is
sued, charging them with tight
; and breach ef the peace,
i H. Earle rendered ready
but J. Gary Evans
and defied the law.
the chief of police to
warrant hack to the
mayor ‘‘with the contempt it
deserves,” and that heconsid
ered it an insult.” He inform
ed~ithe mayor that he could not
be arses tod; that the only way
to reach him Was by impeach
moot. He threatened to nae
the power of his office to pro
toot him from the ccnsequpncee
of-the-broken law. He threat
ened to "take charge of the
mayor and the town,’, or words
to this effect. We are left to
conjecture as to precisely what
J. Gary Evans meant by “tak
ing charge of the town.” As
interpreted at the time by sev
' erhl of his constables who wore
with him at the time of the at
tempted arrest it was an un
worthy and unlawful threat to
reetort to the metropolitan pc
lice. J. Gary Evans was not
arrested. He left the city, and
has since boasted through the
press that the town authorities
apologized for the attempted
affrowfc to “his excellency.”
I never advised that the gov
ernor could be arrested, but
then advised, and still reiterate
that J. Gary Evans could and
should have been arrested, and
that without regard to his offi
cial position and without regard
to consequences, even if it-re
quired every man in Abe city to
accomplish it, and even if it en
tailed the severe penalty of me
tropolitan police.
It his novel position, that he
is above the law, sound from
point of law-or reason? From
the standpoint of rehson such a
position, in the expressive lan
guage of The News and Cour
ier is “simply-monstrous,” and
Canting from the person claim
ing the exemption, can only be
accounted for on the theory o
total ipfemkico of the first prin
ciplesof republican governmeu
as approrimates the cooditi
our friends, the doctors; w
call “dementia of egotism ’
Such an exemption could
arise under the common law
by statute, including the
11*8
not
>y or bread
Article 1ft,
that “the.
all ott er executive and
dicial officers shall be liabl
impeachment; but ji
in such oases shall not e:
further than removal
office. The persons 'con vi
•♦hall, neverthless, be liableto
indictment, trial and punish
ment according to law. His
obvious that this section does
not fix the time in which an in
dictment may lie to after oon
viction on impeachment, but
only intends to prevent a con
viction on impeachment being
plead in bar to an "indictment
and trial and punishment ac
cording to law J* If this con
tention were true, then the gov
emor could not alone olteju this
immunity, but every otaij’“ex
ecutive and judicial officer''
could claim like exemption.
Besides, if the house saw fit to
refuse to prefer" ebarffls of im
peachment for any offense, or
the offense was one fflf which
impeachment would not lie,
then his excellency, the gover
nor, would of necessity escape
all puuishmeiit, because the al
leged pre-requiaite 61 convic
tion on iiupeadunentjccruld not
be shown. ThuS isehown the
absurdity of flfifh a cou-
S ntion. But it may be Urged
at if the governor dbuld be ar
rested and put ib jail there
would be no one to
functions of his
people would be
ecutive head,
tion 9, of the
vides: “In
rary disability
the lieutenant
perform the di
ernOr." Thus
that hi
shoul
shied by pref<
rather than
a few dollars,
ernment wi
for want Of
It is no
governor, in
ittical f
beyond
but'tin h
to judicial
rise ns.”
English
(first edi
The wi
act
against tl
ercise the
and the
utaa ex-
to 4, sec
tution pro-
the tempo
id governor,
enter shall
of the gov-
will be seen
excellency
porarHy die
to go to jail
k small fine of
people’s gov
not go to ruin
executive bead.
triM thftt the
ing the po
or hja office, is
of the eourts,
he is subject
tool, as other ci
American and
clopaedia of Law
1406.
t in this case was
the governor, but
person of J. Gary
Evans.
If the dbntention of the gov
ernor wgP doubtful, I still
maintain* that he should have
been arms ted, as the only way
to settled disputed point of law
of' this Jrind is by resort to the
courts, add the courts could not
settle it^Witbout obtaining jar
isdictiou of his person by ar
rest. If soch could by any pos
sibility!, he the law, then it
.udicially determined,
the people a chance of
g it to conform to re-
i institutions,
unded by his myrmidons
about his person as
rumors of his arrest reached
them, John Gary Evans has
outraged the laws he has sworn
to see enfbreed; he has brought
the jHbverffinent of this city in
to contempt in the eyes of all
brajre and free people who have
□of teamed to “bend the sup
ple hinges of the knee,” and
until it is wiped out a blot rests
upM her fair name forever. It
always been the boast of
>ple that “all men are
before the law;” that
re are none too high to es
cape its punishment, and none
too low-to forfeit its protection
fff this precedent is allowed to
stand, hereafter any humble ci-
, arrested without apology
d dragged before our tribu-
cau justly complain that
our boast is false, and throw in
our teeth the aecusatkm that
all men-are ntot equal before the
law.
I submit both the soundness
and justice of my advice to the
coMnddreiiob at the city coun
cil, to whom I am responsible.
Respectfully,
GtoBox G. Thompson,
City Attorney.
Wear Cheraw knit socks.
, n— .«■».. ; « « "1 Wtek* ■ "
Th« Big Tobacco Break.
Let all the tobacco planters
in this section remember the
great break- whisk wiU take
tat the Dariingteri ware-
Tuesday next. Ifftesrs.
»r & Tredway. of the Dar
Warehouse Go.,
Smoot A Walden, of the
Farmers Warehouse Co., are
ing
9n
EMS FROM SEVERAL SECTIONS
AS TOLD BY CORfHESPONDCTS.
CYPRESS.
Mr.. 8. M. Pugging has the
first open cotton that your cor
respondent has seen. Picking
will soon commence.
Our road overseer. Mr. R. L.
DuBose, is repairing Fields*
Bridge which was so badly
damaged by the last freshet.
The convicts are doing some
excellent work on the roads
near DuBose’s bridge, cutting
down the heavy sand hill and
packing a hard clay foundation
which will make a good road.
Miss Bessie J. Floyd, of Nich
ols, who has been spending
some time at this place with
Misses Mamie and Corrine Hug
gins, returned home on Wed
nesday. We hope Miss Bessie
will come again soon.
A great many of the people in
the western section of tnis coun
ty seem to be in favor of the
new county scheme which
would take off from Darlington
county, Lamar, Cypress and
Stokes Bridge townships.
. A house on Miss Amanda
Huggins’ place was burnt on
the 98th, Tuesday, morning at
1 o’clock. It was occupied by
two colored women and they
lost all they had as they were
away sitting np with a corps in
the neighborhood. It was sets
on fire and if the guilty party
is caught he will get his just
punishment.
(Later. Aog 8.)
Miss Janie Parham is spend
ing some time at this place with
Miss Ida DuBose.
A protracted meeting is in
E regress at this place and we
ope to see much good come out
of it.
Miss Eva Hoggins, of this
place, is spending some time
in Darlington, with her uncle,
Dr. W. Galloway.
Messrs. Joeey & Co. are put
ting their machinery down and
will be ready for the fleec;
staple in a few days. This wi
be one of the largest ginneries
in this county and on the most
improved style.
Mr. J. A DuBose has bought
heavily of furniture, groceries
and dry goods and promises to
undersell any one and pay more
thaifany one else for cotton.
He has also commenced to build
a telephone line from Lamar to
Cypress.
We st4 zorry to report lire,
O. J. Milling and Mrs. Mary
Poston, qn the sick list this
week. We hope for their spee
dy recovery.
One of Dr. A. C. Spain’s to
bacco barns was consumed by
fire on Monday of last week.
Miss Eloise Fountain, also lost
one quite recently.
Quite a large number attend
ed the Sunday School picuic
given at Mechanicsville last
Saturday, and everything pass
ed off very pleasantly.
Miss Eva Lee, of Lydia, Miss
es Rosa and Daisy Pearce, of
Kershaw, and Mr. W. H. Gar
land, of Valparaiso, Indiana,
visited relatives here last week.
Best 10c socks
Cheraw knit.
in the world,
J
LAMAR.
Mr. Murray Wadford, an in
dustrious farmer near this
place, died last Sunday.
Miss Gurtrude Carroll, of
Maysville, is spending some
time with the family of Mr. T.
F. Wilson.
A great deal of fever still pre
vails throughout our community
and our Doctors’ are kept very
busy day and night.
Miss Maud Thomas, of Union
county, is spending a month
with the family of Messrs. E.
M. Rogers and E. L. Gray.
Last Wednesday was cam
paign day at this place, but. as
your reporter could not attend,
can give you nothing in ref
lation thereto.
The weather is extremely
hot and farmers are being hard
pressed with their work. To
bacco and fodder all on hand at
the same time.
Miss Hattie Starr, who has
been spending a month or two
with her brother Mr. S. C. Starr,
returned to her home in Colum
bia on last Monday.
Mrs. Dr. Watson is having
her mother and sister of N. C.,
with her for a month or two.
We hope that all these ladies
will have a pleasant time in
our village ana community.
Cotton has gone off, in our
opinion, at least 25 per cent,
within the past week, and the
falling off still continues. To
bacco crops are inferior in qual
ity. Before it is fully ripe it
becomes frog eyed and rots in
the field. Farmers are very
blue over the situation.
SOCIETY HILL.
Miss Net ie Winters is home
again.
Miss Mary Lucas has return
ed home from Wedgefield.
Miss Pearl Malloy, of Che
raw, is visiting Miss Edith
Coker.
Society Hill’s Democratic
club met and re organized last
Friday afternoon. Mr. E. T.
Coker was elected president.
Dr. R. A. Trippett, Society
Hill’s prominent and popular
physician, is seriously ill. The
doctor is very fleshy ard the
extreme heat, and hard word of
late have proven too great a
strain on his naturallv strong
constiution. A speedy recovery
is hoped for our doctor, who is
the community’s main stay for
medical aid.
Another family is left sad and
gloomy by the death of an at
tentive wife, and devoted
mother, for on Sui day last at
5 oclock a. m. Mrs. H. A. Odom
went to her rest and was buried
Monday morning in the
Welsh Neck cemetery. Rev.
C. L. Dowell conducted the
funeral services. Mrs Odom
was the wife of Mr. • Henry
Odom, a prominent farmer of
this section, who with several
children survive to mourn the
loss of the dearest member of
the house. The bereaved ones
have the sympathy of our
entire comunnity.
JASPER.
Dr. P, A. Wilson and wife, of
High Hill, attended services at
Lake Swamp last Sunday.
Miss Amber Wilkes, of Flor
ence, is visiting relations in this
section.
Mr. J. C. Clements, of Oats,
spent last week in this section.
Come again, Mr. Clements,
youi friends in this section are
always glal to iiee you.
Your printer last week made
us say Rockersville for Rack-
ersville and J. T. Thomas for
J. I. Thornal, now Bro. Jim Ira
you know exactly who and
what we mean.
We venture the assertion that
we have one of the cleverest
men in this section there is in
the county; he shakes hands
with all he gets ip reach of and
smiles on those he sees, but can
not reach, and is looking for all
he has not seen. He’s a candi
date.
HIGH HILL
Mr. Conner Stokes paid a
flying visit to his girl near Sar
dis last Sunday.
Mr. Sidney Carter, of Titn-
monsville, is grading tobacco
for Mr. S. E. Hill.
Mr. S. E. Hill is curing his
last barn of tobacco and says
he is not sorry of it.
The singing class will meet
again at Dr. P. A. Wilson’s
Sunday after church.
The Rev. T. G. Philips preach
ed a fine sermon at High Hill
last Sunday and will preach
again next Sunday at 11 o’clock.
Some of the young folks of
this place expect to attend the
protracted meeting at Swift
Creek which will commence
the first week in September.
WE. J.
DARLINGTON, S. C.
Office over Boyd's Bruy Store.
Office Hours:
11 a m to 1 p in; 4:30 p m to 7 p m.
Marfr96-ly.
Lodge.
. No. 7, Knights of Pythi-
|as, meets on 1st and 3rd
(Tuesday Evenings in
[each month, at Castle
Hall, Florence street
opposite Broad. Visit
ing brothers fraternally
invited.
GROVES
(tylLORU
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The Best Salve in the world
for Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers,
Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, Tetter,
Chapped Hands Chilblains,
Corns, and all Skin Eruptions,
and positively cures Piles, or no
pay required. It is guaranteed
to give perfect satisfaction, or
money refunded. Price 25 cents
er box. For sale at Dr. J. A.
yd’s drugstore.
IS JUST AS GOOD FOR ADULTS.
WARRANTED. PRICE 50 cts.
Galatia, Ills., Nov. 16,1393.
Paris Medicine Co., St. Louis, Mo.
Gentlemen:—We sold lost year, GOO bottles o'
GROVE’S TASTELESS CHILL TONIC and hnv.
bought three gross already this year. In all our ex
perience of 14 years, in the drug business, have
never sold un article that gave such universal satis
taction aa your Tonic. Yours truly,
Abney.Carr ACc
For sale by O. B. DAVIS and all
Druggists.
June 11—(im
#-OR DYSPEPSIA,
pm! stomach disorders, take
ItltOW'. S IRON RITTERS.
.13 dealers k'-'-u it, M |<erbottle. OenuinehM
irafir-fufirli aim cr sx u red lines ou wrapper.
al-
ANTIOCH.
The watermelon crop is
most spent in this section.
Curing tobacco, pulling fod
der and going to preaching is
the latest for this week.
The com, tobacco ami forage
crops are the best they have
been in this vicinity in four
years.
Messrs. W. M. Byrd and D.
A Maness left this point on the
30th for Peachland, N. C., after
making a visit of a week.
Mr. C. Williams, of North
Carolina, a popular tobacconist
among us, paid us a call of a
couple of hours on Sunday
morning.
A couple of Mormon Elders
conducted a series of services at
Cedar Creek last week. We
havn’t been able to learn the re
sults of their work.
Mr. E. Boswoll, of Green
Plain, remembered your corre-
■spondent and a friend with a
lot of nice ripe pears recently.
We expect to repeat our call
again later in the season.
The cotton crop is supposed
to be damaged considerably by
the frequent rains. Some of
the experienced farmers esti
mate the present crop at about
ajhalf crop. There is a good
deal of remittent fever in this
vicinity — consequently the
doctors get a plenty to do. Mrs.
Charlie Moore is on the sick list
this week.
DOVESVILLE.
The candidates for county
offices will address the dear peo
ple at this place on Saturday
next. ,
Miss Sadie Brown was sud
denly, called home to Sumter
on Saturday last, to attend her
brother, who was reported very
Ives near
RIVERDALE.
Mr. J. 8. W. Blackman has
been on a visit to reiati
and Hartsville.
Mrs. Whilden, of Charleston,
is visiting her daughter, Mrs.
0. J. Millin
faf The majority of our farmers
are engaged in gathering and
cariag fodder at present. .
Mis. Smith and children, of
ale spending some
with the family of Dr. A.
Hayden.
Mrs. Henry Odom (nee) Sex
ton, died at her home on the
Coker place, Sunday morning
at 3‘o’clock and was buried at
Society Hill Monday morning
at 10 o’clock.
Misses Annie Witherspoon
and Miss Mabel Dove, appli
cants for the Rockhill scholar
ship, stood their examination
at Darlington on 30, ult. Miss
Witherspoon has since been
notified, to the gratification of
her many friends, that she
stood second in the examina
tion and would receive a schol
arship.
This unprecedented hot wea
ther is beginning to affect the
animal creation very seriously,
we have heard of several cases
of sunstroke and have seen sev
eral cae^s of prostration from
heat. It is also ripening or
burning tobacco, in some in-
stances, beyond ths capacity of
guests planters to cure it.
Wear Cheraw knit cooks.
PIANOS, ORGANS AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.
Something new for Darlington, but BAIRD BROS, are
hustlers and have employed MR. ANGUS GAINEY, a musi
cian of marked ability. He will aid you in the selection of
the right kind of Instrument, and will instruct you in the
handling of same. Its best to buy from one who is an expert
and BAIRD BROS, to back him. A line will arrive soon.
KASH AND KREDIT.
Sewing Machines too! Not as good as the “Wheeler & Wil
son” or “New Home,” but the next best.—We will not deceive
the public, in saying “its the best on earth” but we say its
next best—A line has been shipped—KASH and KREDIT.
Sleep in comfort and buy y misquito net. Large size Si.7.1
better ones $2.00 and $3.00.
New Goods Arriving Every Day.
How about an Oak Suit of Furniture for $11.00 with thick
bevel glass'
We make a bid for your trade. Every
thing will be a bargain.
The largest stock probably in the
State from which to make your selections.
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RESPECTFULLY,
DARGAN & BAIRD,
GENERAL INSURANCE AGENTS.
Office Up Stairs, in Hewitt Block.
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