The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-04-02
me SOUTH CAROLINA WAX.


beIIlul HsNliltt tue south CntOllIlil
liquor dapcnsary law hns assumed i'm.
mcnsc proportions. Tho people every
where are in arms, and tho trouble
which started Friday on account Of tho
attempt OF state ollicu.a to search pri.
v0te honscs Tor liquor Is increasing.
The battle ut Darlington in which soy.
Gral wore killed and wounded has been
followed b. other disturbances and tho
militia have refused to obey tho gov.
crnOrs call 10 suppress the insurTcc.
ton. Tho situation III Charleston Sat.
| urINy was tho most exciting. At M
curly hour III the morning 1t was ri.
mUrCd that Governor Iillmun was In
the city, concealed at tho private resi-.
dencU oi one OF his low supporters
here, bat this proved 10 DO untrue.
At . o'clock tho adjutant general OF
tho state, who had started from Column
bia last night Oh special train to col
lcct the state troops from the various
towns on tho route 10 Darlington,
reached here. On his train were nine
niIitlamun, all that he could gather.
lilo brought shG train 10 Charleston to
pick up .he Fourth brigade, which
Governor illllnan ordered to DO ready.
The following teiegrNms wero OK.
changed with reference to tho move
Ments OF the troops: Governor Till.
man tclcgraphed to tho briSadier gen
cral: "Urucr out such companies us
you think will respond. They must be
tested. Answer" This reply was sent
to tho governor, signed BY Brigalier
General llugiumin: mo company OF
this command will sustain tho con-
s;abulary in their methods OF enforcing
the dispensary law. This brigade will
uphold and defend the honor OF the
state, but will not lend itself to fomcut
civil war among our brethren"
a PROCLAMATION OF ISsUERECrIoN ISSUED.
Then tho governor sent this order:
"Brigadier General lIusiumin, you are
ordered to report with your entire
brigade TO General Ii. l.. Farley at
Darlington. a proclamation OF insur-
rection has been issued" No reply has
been sent TO the dispatch ~ vet. 1t
may, however, DO regarded as certain
that the militia will not obey the goycr-
nor, and Tilimuu has already provided
Tor tho organization OF an armed force
oil countrymen from outside the city.
At Orangeburg \. |. Stokes, POpulist
leader, raised 100 men and tondercd
their service to Tillman. In othor
country precincts similar lcvies have
been made. The governor has signitied
his intention to take possession OF tho
railroads and telegraph lines, and will
no doubt make an effort to do so.
The situation here is regarded AS very
serious, indeed, than anythin: TINT has
happened sIucc lSGl. Should the rural
population stand by Governor Tillman,
1t will be difficult to SEQ how civil war
can be avoided. Most OF tho state
militia companies have disbandcd. The
militia in this state are not regularly
enlisted. and there remains nothing but
4 brigade OF negro militia in Charleston.
No call has been made on these as yet.
Two DISPESsARIgS ARE WRECKED.
Thousands oil men throngcd the bull
lc,in boards from daylight till long after
midnight, anxiously waiting to hear
news OF the lynching oil the spies, who
were still hiding in the swamps, with
hundreds OF inluria.ed citizens in pur-
eult. The dispensaries at Darlington
and Florence have been wrecked, and it
is moro than probable that other towns
will follow suit. Most OF tho dispensaries
were established against tho wishes OF
tho voters OF the towns. So great has
been the excitement here that a confer
cnce Of leading citizens was held at the
call OF the mayor, and the following ad.
dress was given out:
10 q. PcOpI. Of Chlr!cS!oh:
The situation in the state is one Of
exceeding gravity. 1t is vi tho highest
importance to Charleston and to tho
state that in this crisis the citizens OF
Charleston shall do all in their power to
preserve absolute peace and quiet in
the city. We appeal 10 all good cti-
zcns, without respect to political aililia.
tons, to give their efforts in this be-
hall. LEI US, for the present ut least,
abstain from assembiing together in
public demonstration.
The Fourth brigade, South Carolina
militia. is nearly as old rs tho state. Il,
has passed out OF existence, having re-
fused to obey Governor Tillman's orders
TO 20 10 Darlington and protect the
whisky spies OF tho state.
LEAVES WITH BUT NINE SOLDIERS.
Tho adjutaut general OF the state.
who arrived on q special train, left n, 5
o'clock Saturday afternoon, having but
nino militiamen with MIN that he
picked up on tho way down here at
Manning. The officers OF tho Fourth
brigade have been in constant confer
encr with number OF leading citizens
Ill day, trying to arrive ut some salis-
factory settlement. 1t is evident that
tho governor selected the brigade to
send TO Darlington because OF his hatred
OF everything in Charleston. The bri-
gade is an incorporated body and owns
good deal OF property. 1t is feared
that the governor wants 10 get his hands
on this and coniiscate 1t to tho state,
andit was to avoid this that the long
conference has been held. With the
dlsbanding OF this brigade, the militia
OF this state is wiped out OF existence.
News has just been received hero OF
the capture oil three OF the fugitive
spies in Sumter. They are in the
hands OF the sheriff, but it is thought
they will be lynched.
An Associated Press dispatch from
Columbia says: The following is tho
situation rs summed up bya newspaper
friend OF Governor Tillman: The gov
ernor has declared Darlington and Flor.
ence counties in q state OF instruction.
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