The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-03-15
Dangerously Near the Verge of Civil
Conflict.
BOTH PARTIES GROW BELLIGERENT.
Taylor and Eeckham Each Order Out
the MiIitla-State House Grounds
Again Surrounded With Troops.

l. ny. ItL Glt FIlt-
atom mere hnS re- he'll a point of eX-
element alnlcst approaching that Of
the stirring times Immediately follow
fng She assassination CT Goe0el. The
reinstatement Of the military power in
complete toLUol OF the State executive
bIlEl.LS md the refusal CT the military
authorities 10 allow the lc;al police
and civil Officers 10 eI.ar the building
Tc- the IGarpose uf arresting Secretary
Of S;ate Caleb Powers anI Capt. Joan
". Davis. oh2-gei with being aces
sories TO the Goa0al ssass.nation. and
the PROBABILITY of a conflict between
the civil Gri military authorities has
made the s..:liIsiJon look serious. Satur-
uay morning CITY Marshal Richardson
applied al the executive building and
demanded to be admitted for the p'Ir-
pose OF arre5tirg Powers and Davis,
out Was tusnSi back AMI the warrants
were then TUNED over to Sheriff Su.er.
1Ii-e latter also presented himself at
The executive building and demanded
admit;arce. He was referred by the
Officer in charge to Col. Morrow, and
the l&tter being found slid: Il am
sorry. Mr.. Sheriff. but i. is against
Gov. TnyIors oIdcls to let any one into
the building"
Sheriff Surfer thea held consul,a>
ton with CJun:y Attorney PolSgrovc,
Commonwealth Attorney Franklin and
| other officials. Meantime the police
torce had been doubled and detail
guarded e"GGh e. he entrances 10 the
, State House grounds 10 prevent the
men waUtsd from escaping. Al the
conference between the officials it was
decided thaj. the sheriff should sum-
mon a large re .rva fc"te OF GeputieS,
20 be called INFO use in the even; 1t
was decided 10 attempt to enter the
building by force 20 make :h2 ar~estS,
and in pursuance OF this. the sheriff
SwOre in so men. wlo HSTe stationed in
the neishbo.hood of the sheriff's office
dlrring the afternoon. Sheriff. SuteT
made another attempt TO Sc. an au-
G!erce with Gov. Taylor in the after
noon Dut was unsuccessful. Inc
sSetss were fairly biO,kel with people
in the vicinity CT she State House, but
there was TO open demonstration,
though it was evijan: that the po2u-
.laca was on the side cS the civil au>
thcrI.ies. Al 3 O'Clock Sheriff Suter,
having failed to &c: any sGTI OF lnd"r-
standing with the military authorities
as to the gfrsSt Of the parle5, sdD-
mit.ci the question to Democratic Gov.
Beckhan to decide to what extent he
civil officers Should go TO gain ad-
mirtanae to the building for the pur-
pose Of making the arrests.
II is said that Democratic Gov. Beck
! ham will nolt give.gln answer 70 Sheriff
Suffers request for Instructions TIL
sCne,tnse later in the week and since
The escape of Powers and Davis he
| may decide that the changed conditions
OF affairs does Lot nece:sitate the CIV
ing of Instructions on his part. The
Triplett resolution authorizing me
expenditure of 100000 in arming and
eQuipping Sa1te GUARD under Go'.
Beckham and Adj; Gen. Castlcman,
will cc:ne up In the house Tuesday, and
| II is said that Gov. Beckham has de-
,ernhnei to wait until after the pas
| sage of the measure, when, II ne1
wanted by civil officers were still bar.
ricaded in the State house. he would
call ON Adit Gen. Castle1ran ald au-
thorize him to muster In enough men
to take the prisoners. Since the eS-
! cane OF Powers and Davis, however.
! the conditions have changed, and
what will be done now depends alto
gerher upon their future movements.
/ The events OF the day served to snow
| very forcibly that the State guard as
at present organized does not unani-
! mously recognize Taylo" as governor
Lieut.. Sparks refused to muster in me
Lo-Gon company in response to tele-
gram from Gov. Taylor ordering aln
to bring the company here, and TIE
Lexington companies also refused
Mai. Robert KenlIe;ty of one of the
Lexington companies. came here and
personally rendered 10 Gcv. Beckhan
! the services c. the Third battalion OF
the Second regiment. He also stated
that so mea are guarding the COM
panv's armory and will recognize Only
| EsrN2Qm a~ governor.