Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-07-10

attending to my duties not think
ing further of Dargan.
After some lapse of time, a good
citizen of our county, not i resi-
dent Of our town but living very
near, came over and reported that
there was a crowd near Penn's
drug store cursing and abusing
Dargan and be thought it wrong
to take that advantage of any man
under such circumstances. | full
ly agreed with him, and our worthy
intendant, Mr.. Kennerly, said to
me Immediately upon hearing the
statement, "Sheriff, let's go and
stop such conduct" l said, eyes,
of course" We looked in the di-
rection indicated and saw that
the crowd had dispersed and Dar-
gan gone on.
Col. Dargan perhaps drew to
some extent on his imagination as
to the number that composed the
so called mob. Possibly the COL
onel was thinking of the prophecy
in Acts when old men would
dream dreams and young men
would see visions. He must have
had a vision as there were not
more than fifty white men i'll town
from the country during the day.
The News and Courier in its ed
itorial said: "The sherift,,was in
exceedingly bad company; for he
is the highest law and peace officer
of the county, and it need hardly
be said bears the largest measure
of responsibility for the lawless-
ness in which he took so promi-
nent part That was the very OBJ
iect l had in view-to preserve the
peace of the town and protect the
person If Col. Dargan from prob
able harm.
Had Col. Dargan taken the ad.
vice of the committee, there would
not have occurred any unpleasant
ness. There are not i'll this, or
any other county, five more rerut-
able, law. abiding citizens that are
those five men that were on tl.at
committee with mvself, aud il
they had not been actuated by the
best of motives-the desire to pre-
serve the peace and harmony OF
the county and State and prevent
violence to any person. would
not have acted with them.
No man deprecates more than |
do the treatment Col. Dargan re.
ceived en- route to the depot, | feel
sure it is regretted by the eLtife
committee and large majority i
the people of the county: 1t wa: a
parallel case, rs You iuiimai"i
With the downfall Of Chamberlain
and his crew in 1876. The sant
identical issues We're agitated with
this difference as [ see il they
then had US by the throatS
with their feet OH cur necks and IT
took tremendous effort to eNlrl'
cate ourselves when placed at such
a disadvantage. But You say II
was permissible then and endors'
ell by a large majority of the peo
pie aud the press of the State
among them the News and Courier
This movement is being brougnt
it seems to Re, for the same pur
pose with this exception, that this
movement is being agitated by
disappointed office seekers who
know they have no chance in this
government which they are seek
| ing to overthrow through the suf
frage OF the negro. In 1876 these
men were called "scallawags" anc
,.c.--ll..vs.eRe9aestss. y ..GShhdemfocfacy 8
the State" God deliver US from
such democracy!
l for one am not willing 10 qul'
etly submit to have the shacklei
placed upon me, and l don't think
a majority of the people are any
more willing than I. I am fol
white supremacy first, last and al.
the time, anything to the contrary
Notwithstanding.
w. H. OURS.