The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1892-08-04

StitutiOnal law. Not only the passions
and pre- iudiccs OF these inhumun agents
| icad item 10 acts OF tyranny; but their
interest are advanced and their posi-
lions secured by promoting djsc0nLcnt
and dIscOrd. The submission of some
Of our people, male and females, tD these
| abuses tor limo has been mistaken.
this was nothing more than loyalty to
our country and its laws. 1t has been
we'll SAID, to bc arrested for one knows
not what; 10 be confined, no one entitled
TO asked where; TO be tried no one can
say when, by law nowhere known or
established, presents Il crowd of outlaws
which shall not be enlarged.
"HGs' s'lvGd, Therefore we will put forth
every tNcrtion Of power, we will use
every policy OF conci'iatiOn, TO this iu-
human crowd, TO stop their abuse Of the
people.
| 'lirsolred, further, That if any more
such acts are carried out in the way, US
were ou ihc night OF the l4Lh Of july
and before, the parties may prepare for
the consequences, which will be in no
easy tclms.
Fore warned is forearmed
W NITED ARMY OF PROI ECTION.
"Ol South Carolma."
The matter referred TO in the circular
as happening on the l4th was this: Some
time ago negro named Kinard was ar
rested lor stealing. In the preliminary
before Justice Drchcr, the whites say a
clear case was made out against him.
When tie case came up in Lexington it
WAS thrown out Of court. When the
! negro returned 10 the town the whites
took him and whipped him severely.
This greatly incenscd the neglo2s
| against the whites, and shortly after
| wards the negroes held meetings of in
ilamatory character, at which addresses
were delivered by Sam Lorick, Gus
Smith, and other leading negroes. II is
Thought that the circular was prepared
1T that time.
About noon posse composed of
Adam II. Metz; Joseph Metz. Nunna-
maker and others was organized and
| each sworn in as cOnstables. The ne
gro, klnard, was then turned over to
them, and about hall an hour later they
started On the road to Lexington with
HIM. lie seemed to be much scared but
his sworn protectors were men of cour-
age, and armed to the teeth. The Mill
tia are under arms.
Drummed out OF Camp.
HON EsLEAD, Pa, July 2+.-private
lamS, OF Company X, 10th regiment,
shouted yesterday afternoon, when the
| report Oi the attempted assassination OF
F"Ick reached the provisional brigade
| Tor three cheers tor the assassin. Col.
Srcctcr, from his quarters, heard The
| lnccndiary shout. lie hurried into camp
| 1nI Ir,lnrn1 nj 81, Il ~,
double Iuick time.
retltcd to the soldiers the remark he had
heard. 81 heard the voice distinctly"
! the Colonel said. II think recognized
il, and | want the man who made the
statement to advauce two paces." The
Crlsncl had recognized Iams's voice.
and re was standing directly in front of
the accused when he was talking.
Immediately Private Iams stepped TO
the front. He was trembling like an
aspen and he seemed unable to hold his
gun. "Ynu offered three cheers for the
killing of Mr.. Frick, did you nOt?" the
Colonel asked. Iams did not answer.
| He hung his head and nodded in the
Affirmative. lie was ordered to The
guard house. The Colonel and his staff,
| iiN lilt S,C'llo, UtlSll W CHU W
the guard house.
the criminal, and at the Colonel's Or
ders he was hun@ up by the thumbs for
thirty minutes. The surgeons remained
with the unfortunate man during all his
punishment, one Of them kept watch on
his pulse while another looked after his
hc TT, and 1T the end OF thirty minutes
Nc Il Ii, i,,l.,
When released Young Iams nas linn,
and apparently unconscious. The sur
..Gvus remained with him for an hOnr,
wI"n he was taken TO his quarters. The
,oNcrtN ut lamS's punishment was due
To hiS refusal TO take back or apologize
| tor IT," expression.
To-day one si;lc OF lis head was
| shaved and tie buttons were cut from
his 'rn:iorni, Of which he was ten
stripped. He was Givcn Il suit Of cast
OF plain clothing, part being a pair OF
| oNcralls, and was at once drummcd cut
Of camp. The proceedings were APP
| proved 10y Gen. SnOWdcn. Young lams
lives at Waynesburg.
Ri"tous Reapers Shot Down.
PEsTn, July 2l.--A band Of 1SO reap
ers, men and women, employed at Be-
bar, llungary, struck to-day for an in.
crease IN Their wages. When their de-
mandS were refused they seized Il wagon
loaded with corn, declaring that would
be II fair share of the profits. The
farmer who mad hired the reapers and
who saw he could do nothing to pre-
vent their taking anything they pleased,
summoned the gendarmes to restore
order and get back his property. The
gendarmes we're soon at the scene of
the disturbance. but their presence at
first did not frighten the strikers, who
were becoming more riot0us in their
demonstrations. They threatened to
burn the farmers house about his ears
and to lay waste his fields if he did not
comply with their demand They even
went so far as to threaten the geDd-
armcS if they interfered. Finally, the
outlook became so serious that the in
spcctor commanding the gendarmes
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