The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1894-04-12
DAkGAN'S ANSW Err.
TIE MAYOR OF DARLlNGTOh's YER
SION OF THE TROUBLE.

Said in HIS Speech-S6ys ,he Pee ple o
DARLINGTON Wanted t, Arrest tho Cor
stables for Murder.
DARLINGTON. S. G., April 4,-Mayo
Dargan was interviewed thi' morning o
tho speech made by Governor Tillma
to the troops YESTERDAY Mavor Dursa
is an intelligent aud fine looking mat
This is what he said to ,he reporters:
II have s"eu the GovernCr's remNrl
published in the Columbia Eveniu
Journal, lave not much to say. Y,
know the Governor j. pO,!hcieu, 81
he was making c' .Npnign speech, Wh'
a politician gets in q hole he natnrall
tries 10 get out and il ne has comrlitlc
O mistake ho Ia the last man under tn
sun to honestly own it. He tres to pu
1t on some one else
'There ore one or two inaccurate
statements Of minor Importance whic!
l do not like to pass over Without cor
rectng. He says speaking OF conSt"
bios. that they bad been sHnt there
because the mayor had allowed them
to be insulted and cursed to their faces u
If the Governor was 80 Informed that !.
that T, as mayor, had allowed that. li-
informant is just liar. This is tho lirsi
information l have ever received OF such
charge. He says again. 1.-TWO boYs,
Nero stripllngs, got into q fight, md soou
fifty men armed TO the teeth went to The
depot and picked quarrel with the con
stables, and meu on both sides were
killed." l don't know who Informed
Dim Of this, but who ever did Just lied
and knew he lied wheu he gave such in.
formation. Again he says: "The fault
cannot be clearly placed, and possibly
never will be known" The Governor
Is very badly informed man if he lays
that f1s,tering JUNCTION to his soul aad |
venture tie prediction that he will finH ,he
fault clearly placed and that il will DO
1ound that tho coEsvables simply did
anything else but their duty.
"9ou will find | never said. as 10
states, that the Governor had exerced
power that no Governor had ever at
tempted; but l say it now, and l think
that facts well Known to the people Of
South Carolina bear out my statement.
But what did say was "Govornor Till.
man assumes that his spies have privi.
leges that arc not enjoyed by anv other
cltlzens OF this Stale" and will add,
privileges that even he does not cri,y.
II notice that the Governor tries to
get in Gu April joke. Well, | hope he
enjoyed it. 1t does look a little funny
that after all this fuss and feathers tho
chief officer OF the State would march his
troops up the hill and then marcn them
doWn again. That Ia joke we have eli.
!oyed very much these serious timra, but
IL doea look funny that the Governor aud
h's lrIends 20 to 80 much trouble To ",
ana get cnnstah'es out of tive bands o.
people VINO were not trying Ia lind 'hem
ano reckon It is Il good thing they dld
not' because bad they done 80, y ,SMni>
some good citizans would hav r Il TO
ole oefore these spies HI. the dus'
II notice that he asked the question.
why did they not lynch the man thew
had III their power, who was ad ui,tod to
90 III tho row?" l will tell ycu why:
because we arc not lynchera, we are moi
cutlhroate nor r,bhers. Wo ar. S,ub
Carolinians. We fsht mao ne long as
he is up, hut we mover hit tho man thu,
is down. We dom, fl ht That way, uuI
that la tie reason thBt man WIS not
lynched.
~ know pretty we'll what Governor
Illlman wanted us to do. l understand
hlm very we'll. He ls not the filst poIu
,lan l have seen. The Governor would
nave liked our people IN their raye 10
laVe murdered this man McLsu,iOn,
Vho L am informed boasts OF thy fact |
bat he has killed three other men, He
vould have liked us to have DESTROYED
he dlspensary because then there would
ave been two facts which he could have
olnted to as iustification,of. his unpre
edented cCurse in this whole matter.
Ut thank God, our people are not uf
lat sort. They are made of different :
un from what he imaglnes, and We :
,ngratulate ourselves today that the
az McLthdon (who, am satisfied, s
Ill be shown to have brought on this /
oodshed) havint; been shot down and ,
eresY disabled from making his escaDe. .
"a thrown INTO our hands helpless, has $
en treated as all helpless men are, and {
wounded men are by civilized people, t
lls action stands out In startling and I
liking contrast to tho action of lis
lVlieged State officers, who. it appears !
Nc the facts, shot tho body OF poor q
ank Moment after he was down, in "
lr different places with Winchester RI q
8, and our chief of police, discharging d
duty. That was enough to "hre the b
ond OF age and make the infaut sinews n
'ong as Steel" but cool heads were r.
re and possessed by lnen who were t
It politicians, who were not looking for Il
tes, who were not playing to tickle the II
ICY OF crowds and reason had full. tt
'ay. 81
es, know now, after that spec ch OF q,
Governor, that he wanted us to de. IT.
oy the State property, but am thank. 5,
70 say that it, with all property of the n
gn OF Darlington, has been protected ne
! Is intact today. Our people onlv lei
'h that the lives of our fellow citizens.
" lying cold and stin, were as we'll Pl
served. tn
The Governor Is q curious kind Of WI
lVldual. There is one peculiar and sh
mixing thing about him-he Judges ev- au
oo:V by himself. When he wants ~ ~
ofmatlon about anything he never r, tn
's TO the man who is charged with eo, so
OWING the state of affairs. unless that IN, IN,
N 10 either q hireling OF his or one Of co,
own peculiar p litical faith. He tn,
'uiG 'ake information given him bv n is ,
otDiack IT he belonged to his partv ita
out , inc condition of municipality to