Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1894-04-04


.epdezvousing at Trenton. This
responded as promptly
IS the Rifles, but living in the
they could not be brought
together SO quickly,
At / o'clock telegram came to
Can't. Blocker ordering the Light
Dragons to be at Johnston at 3
o'clock. Capt. Blocker happened
TO be in town at the time and I'M
mediately sent messages to all OF
his company he could reach to
meet him at the appointed place
and hour. In addition to these
kilograms, Capt. James Illlman'
who was in Columbia at the tlme'
telegraphed that his uniform and
sword be brought, and also that
the Capers Light Infantry repair TO
Columbia Immediately. The four
Edgefeld companies promptly
obeyed the summons thus setting
a noble example to the citizen
soldiery of the State, the more to
be commended inasmuch os a num-
ber of the men composing them
are opposed to Tillman and the
dispensary law.
In conversation with some OF
these they declared that good' bad
or Indifferent, the dispensary law
as all other laws, should be en-
forced; that obedience to the pow.
ers that be was their first duty anc
they proposed to do that duty. :
In the mean time nothing def
mite was known as to the situation
in Darlington. Rumors of various
kinds were flying thick anl last
and groups of our citizens wer
gathered here and there discussing
the situation, the general consensu
of opinion being that the law mus
be maintained. When the paper
of the day came, however, tn
status of affairs was known, an
after reading The State, The New
and Courier, The Register, an
The Augusta Chronicle we CIV
the following as the truth, a
near as possible, in reference t
this lamentable affair.
HOW THE TROUBLE STARTED.
A few days ago a number of COZ
stables went to Darlington to brea
Inn all the blind tigers which
was supposed had sprung up IN
community that had little hkln
for liquor that must be bougt
from g dispensary. In the dl
charge of their duties these col
stables went to the house of a n
gro for the purpose of making
search and duly armed with a wa
!; rant for that purpose. Some viii
citizens gsve this negro a plst
, and told him to defend his hon
: that he had a rigdl to do so, al
should keep out invaders" ;"
= A prominent citizen, Mr.. c.
: Mccullough, passing by the co
> stables informed them that he ri
5 liquor at his house and dared the
e to attempt to seize it. Seeing t
1t constables moving along the stree
s the citizens supposed they h
started to McCullough's house.
large mob was Immediately form
y and threats and taunts were thro
> at them. They at once telegraph
II to Gov. Tillman for aid. At t.
s. iuncture Dargan, mayor OF u
ne ,e lington, telegraphed to Gov. 1
IN man that he could preserve
d peace and that it was not nee
of sary for him to send aid or troc
be The Sumter Light Infantry )
ry ordered to Darlington by the Z
at ernor, however, but when they
rived everything was quiet,
ny they returned home.
We
an In the meantime Florence
nd Sumter were being worked up
60 Juror of excitement, meetlngsM
re re- held and resolutions adopted
so "a mans house is his castle"
as such they would defend Il
nd nd rights. Squads of men from tt
an two towns poured into Darling
md md threats against the constabieS
de- tlnued and became more lnte
the he and bitter, yet they kept on dc
the the their duty, making searches '