The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-07-10
BARGAINS DOINGS.
VIII He Attempt 10 Add TO the Pres
ent Unrest In AbbevilIe County,
SIsleraflOn ?


sIheration:
Hon. j. ]. Dargan writes reasonable
and tair letter to the News and Courier in ref
crence TO his visit to Edgeheld and the treat
mept which he received al that place, where
he went TO speak.
The ColonerS dispaSSlOnate letter lnduces
us to write.
We beg 10 call his attention to a condition
which the recent decision of Got and the re.
sullant incendiary speeches and newspaper
articles have brought about.
At best the people who live on farms in re-
mote parts OF the country feel AT ALL times
degree Of discomf fort from The fact OF their ls,
olatiun. This fact accounts for the removal
OF SO many families 10 The towns. and nun
dreds OF Others would move to The towns II
their circumstances would permit.
Since the decision OF Judge Coli and The
declarations of some of our poIlticlans, anu
the publication OF the pronunciamento or
the excited negro preachers. the country peo.
pie have experienced feeling OF unrest ami
insecurity which they did not ieel before. IL
Is said that armed negroes encouraged by
inflammatory speeches and newspaper
ntterances, have held night meetings,
aud that they have In some instances
ridden over the country distr lets In the
middle OF The night making the darkness
frightful by their yelIs and the firing OF their
pistols. Open insolent and LII reatening talk,
It is said, has often been INDUCED In by me-
groes within the hearing of their white neigh
bors.
Now, we wish to call the Coloners attention
to the nervous condition OF the country peo.
pie. If he should threaten TO come here To
further incite the negroes to mischief and
greater annoyance Of the country people.
may onclude to meet him at Abbevilie. and
as we verify believe they would. If they
should come to meet him ut Abbeville. we
hope that they may not lower their own dig.
My and seli-respect by cursing him or ca III.
ing him ugly names. The proper Thing for
them to do, II they should conclude that he
should not make his harangne, would he 10
tell him In n cal I'm and respectful way. but no
less determined than at Edgetield. that he
must not speak. That The protection of their
homes ana their families demand the SUP
preston of his inh8mrnaiOry speeches. and
that they, as good citizens, mean To discharge
their duty.
II IL be asked why the town people should
not be equally Interested In behalf OF their
own families, we would reply that they are
not sub elected TO the same exposures, and that
even II annoyance iS threatened 10 our fami-
lies we have the city police and the mill
tary company at our door.
The same indignity will not he offered to
people SD guarded az may be offered 10 those
in remote sections and without armed pro
teciion.
or course If q general war OF races should
be brought on, the negro as a whole. would
certainly get the worst OF II, though individ-
| uals might suffer.
We hope for the peace and quiet Of the ner.
vons and excited people who live on isou'ed
| farms that neither Colonel Dargan nor any
one may add farther 10 the discomfort now
existing. But If such q course should be at
tempted our country people would be just fled
| In protecting themselves, no matter how
much the guilty disturbfr might suffer.