The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-03-31
KILLING THE SPIES.
Revolt Against the Dispensary
Law in South Carolina.
BATTLE AT DARLINGTON.
Rhrss or More Men slssn-lGufsfa Con-
pssiss DisbsnA Rather Th.a ohsy
the Pepsliss Gevsrnsr.

sr. Louis, March 30.-A special TO the
b fxp.Isie from Columbia. g. c., says: The
sassions arorsed by the dispensary Law
/ md the spy system had the iong-expecsed
r,suis in a fight At Darlington this even
hg in which two spiss and two
1 e,tisens were shot to death and
sbsee other men badly wounded.
Tie city 10 wild tonight. All the
Ympa.ny Is with the cit. zens. and the air
y FLIED With fierce expressions against
he government. the sdispensary law and
the spies. The fight occurred 1T $50 q. m.
q the depot, as q body OF armed spies
vsre leaving the town. In the fight Frank
r Hormant. a prominent young insurance
/ msn. and q man named Redmond, from
North Carolina, and Constabies McLen.
non and Pepper were killed outright
When Gov. TiIlman received the news, Q
special train was ordered and three local
militia companies were ordered TO assem-
bio a. their armorles. Col. Wylie Jones,
81 the Palmetto regiment, was ordered
a. 8 O'Clock by the governor 20 pro-
essd with troops to Darlington. It ct
once became q question whether the mill
tamen. all sympathizers OF tho citizens Of
Darlington. would go. The members Of
/ the Columbia Zouaves and Governor
Guard assem- bied at the irrespective armor-
iss, but refused TO 20 to Darlington. They
said they would disband first.
Gov. Tiiiman. having failed to get the
I Columbia militia to go. ordered out the
] Charleston militia. AdlI-ien. Farley left
on . special train for Darlington 1t 10
o'clock tonight. The light infantry OF
Sumter have refused 70 70 TO Darlington.
bat Farley viii be joined by the guards Of
Manning
Three companies Of state troops have
disbsnded under the general pressure
brought TO bear on them rather than obey
the governors orders to 90 to Darlington.
The excitement here in consequences Of the
sction is high.
LATER--Constabie Brennan. the ofllcer
sho left Darlington by the Charleston.
Sumter d Northern, IL now here. He re-
ports to the governor that his detachment
vas fired upon by the mob ~ the train
vas pulling out, and at the same time
The detachment was about to leave and
! 10 sight Of the military. Every
thing had QUOTED down last night,
and the Sumter light infantry disbandcd
today. One or two Of the constables left
on the Charleston, Sumter Il Northern.
and the other eighteen men are on the way
to the depot of the Cherawa Il Darlington
railway to depart.
NKw YORK. March 30-The Hernld's
Columbia. S. c.. special says: In fight
today between the militia and whisky con-
stables on one side and citizens on the
other, three persons were killed. The
citizens then got the upper hand aud
drove the state police. twenty-five men.
into the swamp. and it il reported that all
have been killed. The first serious trouble
took place at the station OF the Columbia.
Sumter d Northern railroad. and this il
where the slaughter took place.
.WAsHisGroS CRY, March 81, 2 30 a m. 49,
A dispatch from Florence, 4. c., says: A
mob entered the state dispensary ~ 2:o6 =
m. and destroyed the entire stock oil
liquors.
The South Carolina dispensary law, a
Popuiist measure, makes the state the sole
dealer in liquors. Ii is a crime 10 have
liquor in ones possession, unless in a
flask bearing the states brand. The state
has found IL necessary to employ hundreds
of spies To aid in enforcement of the law.
Gov. Tiiiman 10 populist, and the legisla-
tare has a Popuiist majority.