The sun., 1894-04-01
Is ENRAGRD.
he Proclaims Insurrection and
Seizes Property.
THE STATE IN AN UPROAR.
An Embargo on Telegraph and
Railroad Companies.


Railroad Companies.
A D.y or Excitew.-t Throvshsut soush C.r-
sii.s such ss Has Nos HeeH ssen ss.ss
1sTs The Cc-stsbtss ., the swsnp
Ask for ousrtsr s.a Fan % Get It-Thre.
Escape s.a Reach Coiu-sis, s.a Tell
Of the Darii.gto. Fight-Thres Others
Get Away TO North Csreii.s - TIIims.
Gets soEe Troops s.a Seems ReIe.tless
IN His Eaorts 10 Carry Out THE Law
The Tsisrrnph Conp..y Disrexs-ds His
Iriunctioa About sendi.g Dsspstehss-
Pros.bi. Move .. Dsriissto. To-day.
goadsd By the uprising Of the people against
his dispensary law and By the mutiny of the
State militia. became . law unto himself
to-day. in his efforts to protect his liquor
law constables. now fighting for their
lives in the swsmps near Darlington.
II they have not already been KILLED.
He decided on his own responsibility that the
people OF two counties. Darlington and Flor
ence. were in insurrectIon. and he practically
declared martial law. Moreover. he gave the
telegraph and railroad companies notice that
he had seized formally their property and he
put an embargo on their business.
He not only ordered the Western Union man
ager here not to send out any dispatches
| pertaining to State matters without his per-
mission but actually got Judge to issue an
Injunction against the telegraph company
from sending such messages. . proceeding
said to be unheard OF In iurisprudencs here or
elsewhere.
This Is the proclamation Tillman issuedi
w1s.a. Certain parsons have assembled in the eoun
ties Of Darlington and Florencs and opeu
rebellion against the authority Of the Government OF
this State and it has become impractioabls to enforce
by the ordinary course OF judicial proceedings the
laws Of the State within said counties;
Now. therefore, l. q. r. Tilman. Governor OF the
State Of South Carolina do proclaim such persons
assembled to be In rebellion against the laws Of
the State. and do hereby command all such assem-
blages of insurgents TO dsperss aud retire peaceay
to their respective Abodes within twentyfour hours
Done at Columbia this a1st day Of March, A. d. 1904
B. X. TILLxAN Governor.
j. E. TNpALL. Secretary Of State
The law under which he took this action IL
found in the general statutes Of South Carolina.
section z,562. and reads: A------ss - -------
The Governor of the State. whsa in his Judgment
the public safety may require It, 10 hereby authorized
tAke possession of all Of the telegraph lines In
the State their ofnees and appurtsnanoss, to
take possession of any all railroad lines in the
State, their rolling stock. ofiess &c: to
prescribe rules and regulations for the holding
using, and maintaining OF the Aforesaid telegraph
and railroad lines in the manner most conducive
the interest and safety OF the Government and to
place under military control all the officers agents.
and employees belonging to the telegraph and railroad
lines thus taken possession or 50 that they shall be
considered part OF the military establishment Of the
State subject to all the restrictions imposed by the
rules and articles of war
Meantime Tillman 10 getting some troops
from the rural districts The Edaeneld Rifles.
from the Governors own home. arrived ct $3.50
o'clock this morning and marched to the Cap
itoL Others were expected soon from
Orangeburg and other places. Maddened
almost beyond control. it is probable
that Tillman will move on Darlington
as soon as he can get Q decent force.
He will probably take command In person. 1t
will probably be too-lats to save his eonstables.
About twenty-five OF them fed TO the swAmps.
They have been pursued By hundreds Of men
armed with rifles and accompanied By blood
hounds Early this morning they asked for
quarter and IL was refused them. Three Of
them are said to have escaped to North
Carolina. and three escaped to Sumter These
three were hurried into Columbia tonight By
special train to save them from lynchinE.
They are now In the penitentiary safe for the
time being from violence
Not only has Tillman rads himself dictator.
but his action has produced |, situation akin
t. anarchy throughout the sta,s. Two State
dispensarisS have bssn raided and destroyed.
The others have been elosei up. and from
many Of them the stock OF liquors has been
removed for sn,=ss-.:ng. The militia
in Charleston known ss the First
Brigade. one company OF which was
the famous Charleston Blues. have not only
mutinisd. but have disbAndsd The brigade
IL incorporated. and now It is thought that
Tillman will confsests their property. which
IL valuable. Meetings are being held In vari-
Gus cities. and some citizens are plsdging
themselves to keep the peace in this grave
crisis. and others are plsdging themselves to
20 to Darlington and help sxtsrminats the
hated and hunted spies there
Any one who knows TillmAn knows that
nothing short Of death or serious Injury will
stop him In his furious effort to reduce this
State into q sAtrspy. especially now that there
Is open mutiny against him. He is one OF
those men who never sAy die. whether tksy be
right or wrong. The state Il ArTayed In two
hostile sides. wrought up and almost eager
to appeal to arms II TtllmAn. In his rage. be-
comes so high-bGndsd that he does not stop to
consider the effect OF violsnes on his part. and
IN his rseklsssnsss causes bloodshed. there is
no telling In what condition the old Palmetto
State may md itself. Thousands OF men have
had their syss on their rinss to-day through
out the State and 1t will take little provoeatioR
to start an uprising with guns to back 1t
THs DAY IN COLUMBIA
It was an exciting day In ColumbiS. sooa
after the EdEefsld troops arrived despatch
was received from Darlington saying that the
eonstAbles we're surrounded at Syracuse. nsaE
there They we're in the woods. and the crowd
Was debating WhsthsE TO stArVs them out or
dash in and kill them
The eonstablss offered to surrender last
night Il protsetiOn would be given and guar
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