The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1894-12-13
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armory of the only ctompan j, the
Gover'ior'se Guards, which rsa iIyIl
attempted to obey the order & Is.3|
Htiaalmllmlatory Il speeches were mad de BySs
leadind citizens. All rnannsr , ofs (
incend larry talk was indulged ii, S.
Threats ,tobnrn the State disp sp.s
lsary wore made and there u ers N \
many who, listening to tho threats3I
freely spo ken, were even ven alars med
for the safety Of the MS oyetnorsss
himself. s3, x
At 90 'clock$I was informed B BY
Col. Jones that$the mem onId
not, Or could not col bsy
and shortly atterwa T Ssceii
9 telegram froms q le captain Of,
the Sumter 3Light tinfan try stat,ng !.
that his company he'd ikewises sre- :s
fused to go. Tits but just to aay$
here that the next morning Capt.
Phelps reported sthatshis company
had returned to their. senses. and !,
would 60 to- Darlington, They
were not sent, ,Ibnt ,ats home to !
preserve Che peaee md diaA good
service. i'll. gaard ding sjso,ne of the
constables and protecting the din.
pensary::l Iimined ediately ordered
Gen. Farley to proceed with the I.
special train to Charleston, pick.
ing up the Manning company al
he went, down, and telegraphed
Con. Huguenin to order thsS 4tlsss \
brigade under arms. About half
past'2 O'Clock sasurdsy morning It5
received al unsatfactory reply
from that officer, and :next,days the
following. esSss3 y
cHARLEsToN, S. c., March 22, 1894.
Governor B. r.. Tillnan, col 1,
umbia, 8. c.: ,Na,eoinp amy il thin /;
command will snstss llies consta
ulary in stheils ~ ne ssnf foFrsss
ing the dispsSSs al hilss
brigade willSMpGol ogsl,si
the honor Of the State but
hold and defend tho hono 8 tlls ss I
State, but will not lend itself to 8,
torment OWL war mong our own 3,
brethren, X. Et'T Iugaellinnt,
'Brigadlef General 4s:s|:
This will show the temper. and fS
insoenco of tho political warriors
who composed the city compa-
ines.
| had been ondeayorinc for nine
hours to got some of our boaBted
militia to move to the point Of dis
turbance and restore the peace;
and to their everlasting disgrace
be it said, for tho first time in
thoir history, the oldest. and most
noted military organizations Of
the State refused to obey orders.
Saturday morning, as soon as the :,
telegraph Offices were opened, dis
patches were sent to the captains I
of nearly every accessible company
in the State ordering their mon
undor arms and to await orders.
Six other companies refused to
obey, or their officers refused to
extond the order, but tho officers
of many companies responded
promptly. Special trains we
arranged for on the various lir
of road leading to Columbia,
all of the mon west Of the Sa,
and Wateree rivers were ord.
to rendezvous at Columbia at
earliest moment posWine
matter of record and q jusfg
milton Of their patriotic reSA
to the. call of duty. I giW
names Of tho several commanav.A A
with the names of their commando
ing officers: ny
Manning Guards, Capt. w. C.
Davis, 8 officers and mon.
Morgan Rifles, Capt. W. 8.
Mitchell, 80 officers and mon,
Maxwell Guards, Capt. +. s
Evans, 80 officers and mon.
Gordon Light Dragons, Capt. II.
j. Harvey, 2l officers and men.-----.
EdgoGold Light Dragons, Capt.
J. r. Blocker, 13 officers and men.
Darlington Guards, Capt. II. r.
Thompson, 81 officers and mon.
Groenville Guards, Capt. w. p. 3