The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-04-11
All Honor to the Men Who New
er Flinched a Duty nor Struck
a Blow Beneath the Belt.
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THEY RESPOND TO THE CALL OF THE
GovKRNoR-PREsRRvE THE PEACE
RETURN HOME WITH THE HON.
oRS AND THANKS OF THE
PEOPLE.

RETURN HOME WITH THE HON.
oRS AND THANKS OF THE
PEOPLE.
Notes Of the Different Civilizations OF
Different Counties - Governed by
the Same Laws but with Different
Resnlts.
The people OF Darlington and the people Of
and Hs 1s1y
The people Of Abbeville County are peace,
full, lava bidIng and reasonably we'll satisfied
with their environments. They obey all laws,
and especially the dispenssry law: Ihe local
hold this law, and neither Of them would
have any sympathy with any one who might
4 large majority Of the people expect the
The best people OF Abbeville care nothing
at all about the constables one way or the
other.
Our best citizens, conscious OF the rectitude
of their course, never think Of any con-
stable searching their houses, and they 90 mol
believe tina. any constable would search any
10 believe thai the inmates were selling IL
auor unlawfully.
For such violators OF the law, our best peo-
pie have no sympathy, but prefer ibat the
by entering disreputable houses and stopping
an unlawful buslness-if any existed.
A constable would live to be as old as Methu-
saleh, II he lived until some OF our best men.
would voluntarily apply epithets TO any one
Of them.
In the first place. our best people neither
curse nor abuse anybody, and especially moi
such people as the spies are said to be.
They do not allow such people 10 get near
get along nicely with each other, and those
who may be dissatisfied with the laws or the
officers of the government, are just bidins
All OF Abbeville do not believe In Tillman
or the dispensary law either, but all unite IN
the desire 70 have peace and obedleDc CO to law.
The situation seems TO be quite different IN
We infer from the newspapers that the
people there curse constables and apply cpl
thets to them. apparently for no other reason
uphold vioators Of the whiskey law.
AS we understand. the public pressure In Oar.
lington is SO great that the Town turned out
TO defend the violators Of law nom arrest. ., .
scene OF the disturbance 10 restore peace and
order.
their arms.
the mutiny OF their own military company,
attempted to bulldoze, jeer and insul the
patriotic country companies who responded
TO tn lawful call Of the Governor.
Notwithstanding the insurrectlon In OAR
lington and the mutiny in Columbia. Aobe-
vilie's troops responded nobly 10 the call OF
their superior officer.
Tne Abbeville Rifles and the Maxwell
Guards. like the Darlington people and the the
to n
they acted true TO the traditions and istory
of their ancestors in conforming TO tho laws
of their country and In obeying military Or
ders.
dom OF the order. but obeyed.
The Abbeville people are people with
They bear in heroic manner the ills they
They obey the laws whatever they are.
Their soldiers are patriotic and oGedient,
whoever their commander may be.
rSHe TSeir SienltV of character prevents per-
sonal difficulties with dspraved persons,
and they have no sympathy for those who
would violate the laws.
While of course, there are individual IN
stances OF unlawful or disreputable conduct,
yeL the best people Of this county have never
encouraged disobedience to law.
In 1874, when the Kuklux was organized In
this state by the best people In the respective
nothing to do with the organization.
Such men az Judge MCGOWAN, Judge Goth
ran. DR.. ]. C. Maxwell. Hon. D. Wyatt Aiken,
Hon. +. A. Conner, Hon. H. r.. Harper, Hon,
condemnation on 1t, and said that Abbeville
even under the circumstances, would remain
true TO the history and traditions OF the Coun'
ty ,,,,u,,..a s,,h o,,.
RACES in this County. as were perpetrsted else
where. .
When the Federal troops came, and the
Federal Courts began to investigate the out
RACES perpetrated by the members OF the
Kukiux, representing the best blood in many
OF the Counties-if they did not fee as fugitivet
from justice-were arragned In Court, ano
some Of them we're sent TO Federal prisons.
these distressing deeds, and the fearful con.
sequences Of being brought TO trial haa nc
| terrors for them.
In 1876, Abbeville County had two negro
| voters 10 one white voter. The white people
carried the election peacably without en-
dangering the life and liberty of any clti
| zen. -,
people OF south Carolina bolted the regular
| Democratic nomination, and appealed 10 the
negro, and the prejudices OF the anti.Tll
man men, TO defeat the regularly nominated
candidate OF the Democratic parry: 49, a.
anti-Tlllman men In this county, and al
though this WAS the birthplace Of the heat
OF the boilers ticket, where his k1ndree
spected him, yet, true to their obedience Il
the law OF the party, only l0s Voles Wer'
cast for the boilers or independent ticket.
When Tillman was elected our best people
| fell into line and have obeyed all the laws
however much they may despise Tillman ant
his methods. Result: We have contentet
people, who while differing, In opinion
arnong themselves yet acknowledge the free
dom Of all and live In peace and harmon!
With each other There are no outbreaks
disorderly bickerings or hatred here becaus
Many men In this county have neither re
spect for, mol confidence In Tillman, YET the!
recognize that he Is entitled TO the once. U
which be was elected by majority OF tn.
the external courteses due to him and nj
Office, while holding TO the belief that thel
neighbors will be as true to our candidate
when we elect him; as we oave been to the
The history OF Abbeville is such, and tn
principles that have been inculcated INTO ou
people are such that her people may be Sc
as Tsat dsne peoFPne Of narlpeton seen
to tolerate, II they do not encourage, tne M um
lawful sale of liquor In their town, the pes
people Of Abbeville County would require tn
immediate suppression OF any plnu tlse
that might he discovered within tne'r oo'
ders. ,,,,h,o fo
The fact is, II is simply Impossible 10
any one to open such unlawful estao'ish
ment In any our towns .,o., ,h,o,
We are simply remarkng &c on anaWsv ,aS,s, Ss bens
able to account for the different GlVilizstioi
OF the different counties, and without Delnt
able TO assign reason for the difference 10
the military spirit that pervades tne uiHer