The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, April 18, 1894, Image 8
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WEDNESDAY, APBII? 18 ? 1884.
A Good Man's Testimony.
The Pastor of the Darlington Bap?
tist Church on the "Insurrection."
Baptist Courier.
Dear Courier: There has beep an
abundance-a deplorable excess-of
news from oar afflicted community in
the secular papers of tbe last week, but
the brotherhood may very naturally be
desirous of bearing something from one
who occupies my position here.
Io your judicious editorial of this
week yon touch the canse of our calam?
ity. It was not the law, but the meth?
od and the men employed in tbe ad?
ministration of the law, that excited the
animosity of our people ; and it seems
clear that the criminal folly and passion
of an officer known to be dangerously
lacking in self-control, struck the spark
that caused the conflagration here.
Our people bad recently been stirred to
great indignation by tbe wanton search
of an old lady's trunk. This was utter?
ly without excuse, and done in a spirit
of bravado. They suspected. when an
increase of the constabulary force was
made without any manifest necessity,
that some usual procedures were
intended, and the mere rnmor that it
was the intention of tbe constables to
search private houses was enough to put
the endurance of an excited community
on severe tension. Under prudent coun?
sels our people held back from all inter?
ference.
And these selected officers of a most
difficult '.and delicate service, allowed
themselves to be drawn into a personal
quarrel between two youths, just at
their leaving town. The entire truth
of tbe sad affair will never be known, but
responsibility for precipating the fatal
affray can not be lifted from the man
who, with bitter curses and vile epithets,
called oat, "Let 'er roll," and fired.
The sequel^-a whole community mad?
dened over the death of two citizens-r.
one of them one of the most popular
young men in it,-and pursuing th?
fleeing murderers,-that sequel, might
have- been written before the fatal shot.
It was ear?.to follow.
One of the constables left on the
ground was not dead, really he
was not seriously bart, but lay
-feigning death when I arrived
on the scene. It was suspected that he
was not .dead. Men, sobbing with
grief over 'the form of their friend,
Frank Norment, were threatening to
shoot this man who killed bim. Nor?
mende father and othecs restrained
them with difficulty, and the man was
removed from the wew of tbe crowd.
Such was tbe -bitter feeling of many
towards this man that at tbe r quest of
tbe sheriff, I rode with him in the
wagon that conveyed bim ander the
protection of a gu ard of soldiers to the
jail. And after be was safely lodged
in jail, I exerted myself personally
along with some others to preveot the
lynching that seemed to be imminent,
taking a.message to men most deter?
mined upon the horrible deed from their
murdered friend's mother and wife,
begging them to do no violence to bim.
And now J submit, that when after
unusual exertions of this sort had been
hardly enocgb to prevent the lynching
of McClendon, tbe taunt, "why didn't
they lynch ?he man .who they claim
originated tbe trouble and wbom they
bad in their power"-sounds passing
strange.
Within twenty-four boars Darling?
ton had recovered its self-possession
Audit bad-ever since con tin oed to be
normally quiet, but it is -impossible to
express or adequately suggest the deep,
barning indignation of oar -people, that
this community has been subjected to
each aa experience of humaliatioo, mis?
representation, morder and official
wrath. Tbe coming of troops, wel?
comed by ns; their commander's de?
clarations as to the lack of necessity
here for their presence ; the verdict of
coroner's jury, and that of the military
connell, supporting oar contention that
tbe catastrophe was caused by the con?
stables; the final departure of troops,
are all too well known to be recited
here.
Let me say, tbat tbe killing of a negro
man on the 3rd by a stranger here is
regarded by oar people with deserved
indignation. It had no connection with
tbe affair of March 30th.
If tbe fatal aod deplorable occurrence,
of which I have tried to write with |
moderation and with painstaking
accuracy, and the consequent convulsion
of society throughout the State shall
cause the changes in the present
methods and personnel of the admin?
istration of the dispensary law, that are
imperatively demanded for tbe sake of
tbe peace and welfare of our whole peo?
ple, and shall produce a radical revision
of the law so as to satis.iy the moral
sense of our people, or shall cause the
total abolition of the law because of its
impracticable nature, then some little
compensation will be gained for this
heavy cost of death and social disorder
we have suffered.
JOHN STOUT, j
Darlington, S. C , April 7th.
Speaking of the spy feature of the j
dispensary law io South Carolina, The
Atlanta Constitution rightly says :
"The whole trouble is right here. It
is in tbe spy system. The best law
ever eeaeted would be resisted in this
county if its execution depended upon
irresponsible spies, sneaking into back
yards and entering private honses at
midnight. If the Sooth Carolina law
is not soffeientiy backed by publie
opinion to be enforced without sacb
methods it sho&ld ba repealed."
Tillman's Bungling Way of
Fatting it.
The Governor in his Laudable Effort
to Counteract the Damaging Effects
of his Silly Proclamation of Mar?
tial Law, Issues a Statement
COLUMBIA, April 10.-It appears
that complaint bas been made to Gov
vernor Tillman that the recent trouble
at Darlington has had an injurious effect
upon all kinds ot business enterprises
in the State and that the banking
interest have been mide to suffer io
cons?quence of the reports that have
gone out about the. matter. Governor
Tillman this morning took the question
up and thought that it would be best to
make a public statement about the
all?gea insurrection. What effect his
statement will have remains to be seen,
and surely everyone hopes that DO
further busioess harm will come out
of the incident. When he bad the
newspaper men in his office he took
his time about dictating the following
statement whioh will be sent out by the
Southern Associated Press :
"I wish to say a few things to-day
io regard to the effect of this iosur
section on the business interests of
the State. I desire to express with
ail the emphasis I can my absolute
belief and confidence in the assertion
that seven-eights.of our people, without'
regard to politics, condemn the action
of those who brought on the trouble
and of their sympathizers both among
citizens and the militia. The response?
which are coming in from all over the
State and the offers of volunteers to up?
hold the law and repress disorder make
it clear that life and property are as j
safe here as they are anywhere. Sooth j
Carolinians have no stomach for nor j
wilt they tolerate any such ?meutes as j
those at Darlington and Florence
"The business centres and capital j
seeking investment will do great i oj us- !
tice if they are led to believe that any?
more* such South American attempts
at revolution will be made. Over half
of the militia has never been called
out at all, and there would have been no
demoralization or injurious impression
sent abroad but for the mutiny of the
companies in this city, which is the
bead centre of the political opposition }
which lay at bottom of the insurrec?
tion. Their refosual gave the impulse
to the militia io the other towns and
created a false impression that we were
oo the brink of civil war. Only four
counties at all were involved io any
riotous demonstration-Darlington, Flor?
ence, Sumter and Richland.
"The reorganization of the militia,
or rather the Organization of new com?
panies to take the place of those which
have disgraced themselves*, bas already
taken place and the arms will soon be
io the hands of faithful meo, who
will respond always promptly to the
call of duty. Back of these is a re?
serve force of thousands of citizens,
volunteer companies already organ?
ized and armed with shotguns, ready to
move whee- called on. I can there?
fore give assurance to the world that
law and order will be maintained in
South Carolina and I have every
reason to believe that there will never
be another outbreak.
"in conclusion it is a source of j
gratification to express publicly my j
thanks to the officers of the different
railroads centering here f-r their
prompt acquiescence in my orders and
hearty co-operation in concentrating
and moving the troops*. They showed
paioly that they bad no sympathy for
such lawless behavior and contributed
io no small degree to the prompt
suppression of the insurrection."
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