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VOLUME 1
OUKKXV1I.LE, N- C-, APPJL la
th 1*‘>4,
NU Mill It
Senator Sutler’s Statement
• I came gown Irohi Darlington this
evening, where i have been the past
tva-nty-four hours. 'As fur us Leonid
learn, everything is perfectly quiet.
The civil authorities are prepared to j
discharge their cluty. It seems that;
a number of-State constables, or sptes |
as they are'called, had been in Dav-*
iiugton ibr tne^purpose of ascertain-,
iug il‘ there wa| contraband whiskey :
there. In the Searches which they
made they were supported by the
mayor and civil- authorities of Dar
lington, and there Was not the slight
tst ’resistance to the euiorceinent of
.the Dispensary law. ,
“This was prior to Thursday, March
29ch. It appears that the force of
constables or spies was increased on i
that day by a reinforcement of about
eighteen,uien, armed with Winches
ters aud'pistols. Jt, also appears that
this armed band were about to re
tire lrom that community, win-re
they bad not bden molested or dis
turbed, when a personal difheuity
arose between two.youug am . at the
railroad station where these spies
were, dhe difficulty, from what 1
can learn, was entirely a personal
matter between the parties engaged,
and in no way connected wit h, i,he
execution of the Dispensary law. One
of these armed constables, .McnLendoii
by mime, lnteriereu iu tuisuitnouity. ;
A citizen Mr. F. E. Norment, who j
went to the depot on business, made
some remark and there was an ex
change of epithets between him and
this constable, whereupon the con
stable opened tire unpop Mr. Fer
mentWith the remark—-G—d—it,
boys, let her roll.’ The bring -then
became general, between Ihe armed
constables ami it lie' tew persons who
an pear to have1 bteu at the station by.
accident or on business. The result
of this tiring was that two young un
otrending citizens .were slain, one
constable killed and this man Mc
Lendon badly wounded; geveraloth
er citizens were shot and the chief
of police, who was trying to preserve
order, several times wounded.
“The people of Darlington were
naturally indignant at the extraoi
diiiary und violent ineasur. s adopted
by the authorities of the State, and
upon the information of tins emuto
at the station, they turned out and
pursued the men whom they light
fully thought had committed a wan
ton and uup ovoked murder upon
two of thei] nest citizens. They pur
sued these inenpl take it, as ion^ as
there was a prospect ot arresting
them, and we must assume of bring
ing them to justice lor what they con
sidered an unprovoked homicide. As
a proof of their conservatism, tae
wounded man. McLendon, whjo had
shot Mr. Nor incut, was taken to the
jail aim there protected irom lurtiicr
injury, although the people of the
town were greatly infuriated at his
conduct.
•‘.Now it would seem to me that if
I hart been Governor of the State of
South Carolina \ would have felt it
to be my duty, upoubeing informed
of the occurrence at Darlington, to
have gone promptly to the scene of
disturbance and assured the people
of that hitherto law abiding couiitiu
nity that they should have fair play.
I ttifuk it Governor Tillman had
done this, matters Could,, have been
composed in twensy-four hours and
whoever should have been proven to
be at fault would have been made
amenable to the law,. Instead of that
he issued a proclamation denouncing
the good people of these two wan-,
ties as insurgents and insui reetiou
ists, and ordered the military qi the !
yjtav to camp upon them. During
rny stuvt at Darlington I was deeply
impressed with Lite anxiety of both j
citizens and the military to keep
within the limits of the law. I ad- j
vised, so far as 1 had tlieiiignt to ad- i
6vise, that under our foiui of Uovern
uieut the nnlilarv he subordinate u !
the civil power and the iioe of the ;
military arm was only justifiable!
when the civil authority was proved :
to be powerless and paralyzed. And |
I think if Governor Til'lman had or
would recognize this eonstiMitional j
relation of the two powers of our !
Government, he would avoid ninny j
of the mistakes which he has mode.
“I can t comprehend what Dover j
nor Tillman means bv his wild and
reckless conduct. The thinking peo
ple of the JStare of ail factions are :
tired of dissension, wrung ting, and
■*Y his fire-alarm, pyrotechnic style of j
Government. it is Jiavmg a bad. et- ;
feet upon tiit* material ami social in
terests of till) Stale. It. is making us i
an object of ridicule and a. Uyrword !
with all enlightened, in elhgeni peo,
pl<*. Wevvant repose, quiet', peace,
order. A ini it will not do for him
to say that these disturbances are
brought by an oligarchy or an avis-1
tocraey or ring. He lias had uiulif- !
pitted control of every department Of
the Government for nearly lour
years, and it is very strange t hat all
of these disturbances and dissensions
and all of this wrangling and - blood,
shed should spring ironi Ins own ad
ministration'
“He ought to call around him m
council tlie most prudent and con
servative men of ail factions. No
body wants to thwart him in any
honorable effort he may make for
general welfare of the whole people,
lie ought to know that he cannot
run rough shod over the people or
any part of the people of the State.
“1 see by the papers that Gover
nor Tillman in. a letter to Captain
MeCaughrin, of the military compa
ny. has stated that the duty of the
soldier, and the militia are soldiers
called into service, is blind obedience
to the orders from his superior and
not to question them in any, way. To
niy mind, this proposition is simply
monstrous and is not trqe. No offi
cer is bound to obevthe order of ids
superior when thieorder issued is il
legal. Nothing is better settled in
military law than that. Suppose tue
Governor had ordered Captain Aie
Cjaughrin to fire into a church filled
with women and children ; suppose
be had ordeied him to set fire to the
town'of Columbia ; suppose he had
ordered him to throw a train full of
innocent passengers from the track.
Recording to his theory, he would
have to obe}, and yet if he had obey
ed Oapt. MeCauglirin and bis eom
pauy could have been arrested, tried
and doubtless convicted of murder,
ot arson, or of incendiarism, and the
oKlerof the superior officer, the Gov
ernor,' would* not have protected him
This.shows how wild and untenable
and absurd is his proposition. U re
peat, no officer can be compelled to
carry out an unlawful order of his
superior officers, and if he declines to
o^ey it, the only penalty he incurs is
trial by court martial. I would not
advise any officer or soldier, in the
military service of his State or else
where to acts of lusuburdination or
disobedience of ordeis, bat they are
as amenable to l:tw ns other.citizen*
aihl should never target that-they are
subordinate to tneeiyii powtrul too
Government.
••Why does he continue m his ef
forts fo array class against class cbtui
frv against tlnwn ? tVhv will iie ap
peal to the passions- mid resent meins
of the people rather than to their
reason and wisdom and forbearance
one for the other l * V.e are one peo
dle, whli iiiKimmon interest and a
common fate, and it behooves him,
as it-behooves all good and patriotic
men of this State, to keep cool, to
obey tlie la w, and to respect lionora
ble ditK-i enci'S of opinion one for the
jtlier.
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A:: Interesting Prospect- ^
The prospect oi .i coalition between
the Uepybhean and Populist parlies
iji North Carolina this year raises
before, the menial vision a prospect
of exeeeduig interest. The sight of
a goid standard Republican and a
tint money Populist'; it five-trade Pop
ulist ami a protedtive-tariff Republi
can ; a national bank Republican and
a sitit-Treamry Populist 'trotting m
double harness will be a sight for
gods ami men. In Cuiig’vss the Pop- j
ui ist vote with the Democrats; in
North Carolina it is proposed that
they vote with the Republicans. In
Kansas Populists and Democrats fuse
toi beat the lie pub deans, in Norm
Carolina it is proposed that Populist
and. Republican^ fuse to bear t he |
Democrats. We want to, see if the
Republican and Populist-leaders can
liitc it up. We don’t believe it
would pull even if it could be bar
- nessei 1.—8tat csv111e Landmark.
» Senator Vance
'
Senator Vance is said to be suffer
ing iVom un enlargement of the liver.
By using highly concentrated food
since his let urn here be hits slightly
improved in condition, but is not
able to walk. The above informa
tion is on good authority, but- does
not come from a member of the fam
ily. Mr. Charles N. Vance tells me
to-day that his father was badly
jolted by the trip and did nor rest
'well last night, but he is better to
day, and is recovering from the ef
fects of the journey.—Charlotte Ob
server.
Cant. Ben Tillman, Governor of
South Carolina, is giving some re
markable illustrations of autocratic
government. The constables ap
pointed to carry out his State Dis
pensary law have been pay’iig domi
ciliary visits to private citizens. It
would seem clear that it there are
are any constitutional rights and
traces of the common law left in
South Carolina, its citizens are .jus
tified in resisting, m protection of
their homes against the incursions
of the Palmetto liquor hunters*—K.
Y. Sun• (Dem.)
Statistics collected by the Manu
facturers' Record show that there are
now in the South 406 cotton mills,
with 2,763,879 spindles and 62.052
looms. The capital invested is esti
mated at $97,000,000, as against
.^1,976,000 in 1880.
* \Ye speak best % what wt dp. We
blst writ"* our names and bear our.
testimony by our deeds. Our light
is to shine by good works done more
than by fair words spoken.
M 0 N E Y,
3-oId, S’dver, or* Poper,
I rare not which. Just bring it cm
ali i I will guarantee your
FULL VALUE
RECEIVED
My stock is complete it^ all lines of
DRY GOODS.
Do von need a Hat, a pair ol Shoes
a suit of Olotbes, Suspenlievt, Socks,
Drawers or a Slsirr. !
Do uni need a ]>t ess. jUjiidor-Cloth
ing, Hosiery, silk or. satin. Ribbons,
D;iCf. Embroidered Gooffs-* Combs,
Brusho-V Needles, Pine, Si^bi^t’or-.
ton or Gloves, ' , ,
ASK FOR WHAT YOU WANT
I HAVE IT
Mv goods are very cheap. Bought
for Cash, to-be sold lor Cash, on a
narrow margin,
TO MY COUNTRY FRIENDS!
I extend it cordial invitation to
dr(ive right into the lot, in .the rear
of mv sto e where stables are free.
R. L MUNFORD,
New Store or> corner two doors be
low Me. G. Emill’s Drug Store.
Carry the largest
as sortment of
Googs to be
found in our
Town or
County.
-[o]
I Tliey keep about everything
you want and invite you to
call on them when ycu
want your moneys
——worth.—t
A penny sated
i is a penny made and
we claim to > save you
I many pennies if you will
-give us your patronage.
Hr WE ARE HEADQUARTERS
FOR FURNITUR IN
THIS COUNTRY.-®!
CALL. ON US
WHEN JO U ARE IN
NEED OB AN YTHING IN
the furniture use.
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