The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1894-04-04

ClleI COQSLSDle O2luaTC at . clOck
II the afternoon:
Take your entire force of constables,
armed with Winchesters to Darlington
tonight. B. R. .TILLMAN, Governor.
A TRIHLE ALLIANCE.
DARLINGTON, S. c., March o.
Everything is perfectly quiet here now.
The Sumter Light Infantry are here,
and are euarteredin the Guards armory.
There was real; y no occasion for their
being ordered Out. Sumter, Florence
and Cheraw have all sent offers Of assis.
tance 10 case Of necessity.
A large meeting OF the citizens o. .Darl.
lngton, Sumter and Florence was held
at the court house this afternoon, at
which the following resolutions were
passed, without a dissenting vote:
Resolved, That it is the sense OF this
meeting:
First, That a mans house Is his
castle, and that he is expected to defend
the same against all unreasonable
searches.
Second. That in the counties cf Dar-
lingtop. Florence and Sumter search
of private residences, private rooms and
private apartments, used by their Own
ers as dwellings snd not as places Of
trade. shall be neither tolerated nor per.
mitted. We hereby pledge ourselves 10
resl3t all such unlawful depredatlons.
Third. That the citizens of Darling.
ton, Florence and Sumter hereby mu-
tually pledge themselves to support each
other IA resistance to all such unlawful
acts, and we invite the cooperation OF
all other law-abiding and libertY-loV!ng
citizens.
FLORENCE ALLIES.
FLORENCE, March 29.-The people
of fFlornce have. been in state of excite.
ment all day, waiting apx!ouslY for news
from the ''seat Of war;" By 6 O'Clock
this morning the notice was heard click
Ing over The wires, warning Darling ton
that reinforcement of twenty-five con-
stable would pay that town visit to. day
Later on there came a telegram from
Darlington, saying that they expected
trouble. Tnereupon party OF citizens
chartered special train, and reached
Darlington at 2:l5 p. m. Immediately
afterwards a joint meeting Of citizens OF
Darlington, Sumter and Florence couo.
ties was held in the court house. Ad.
dresses were made and resolutions read
and adopted.
At 4 O'Clock the Darlington Guards,
twenty-five IN number, marched down
to the deopt to meet the Sumter Light
Infantry; these latter arrived on special
train at S O'Clock, forty.three strong.
Capt. Phelps in commond. The com.
panies then marched together to the
Darlington Guards armory.
The meeting Of citizens had adjourned
to witness the arrival of the military.
They resumed business at SIS p. NJ,
adopted further resolutions, listened to
spirited addresses and adjurned at s.
No trouble is expected to occur just
now. The constable have been refused
accommodation at any Ct the hotels
there, and are staying closely cooped at
the sherf's own house. They did not ap-
pear on the streets. There is no dis.
position on the part of our citizens to
resist the majesty Of the law, but they
propose maintaining the Constitutional
exemption Of private dwellings from un'
reasonable searches.
MAYOR DARGAN TALKS.
DARLINGTON, March 29.-There is
no mob in Darlington nor has there
been any. No one has de6ed the law or
any authority. The reports current and
sent abroad are absolutely without foln.
dation and have been originated and
promulgated by irresponsible and evil
minded persons from tear or malice. /
assured the Governor by wire that there
was 40 row or prospect Of one and that
I could keep the peace ofthe town. The
peace has been Kept and that, too, by
the ordinary number OF police on duty.
During the constabularY raids which
we're made without hindrance or moles-
tation, some one circulated the report
that raids would be made on private
houses. Immediately some FIVE or SIX,
or possibly eight, men got double-sar-
relied shot guns, and openly asserted
that resistance would be made. The
constables were than in different part
of the town. Immediately went to the
sheriff, who accompanied the ra:ding par
ty, and asked if there were warrants for
the search OF private houses. He assured
me that there were none. then went
to the men who had the guns and told
them there was no foundauoo for the re-
port and to put up their guns, which
was Immediately done. Everything
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= E@'hat Mr.. e. S. Mccullough had
gSSS ne constables to raid his home
=, s.s1he constables had accepted his
1y5SSgs Immediately McCullogh's
- .ushed for his residendence on
-. Street. The constables were then
et, and perfectly ignorans
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