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. . . ./f . Lancaster enterprise. 4 Vol XIII. LANCASTER, S.C., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1903 No 3.1 J WE } am; ' M 1 OUR J ) FALL Q IjPf Millir m i . t I FOR FSfctv I P^THU - j Octob If 9 And to invite ALI \ i generally TO / k liaoo. W I will l / J Thanking you * % asking you to 1 \ we are, I I R< I Lanrntar Mi 1 | UUli VVIW VV1 JLVX i BBQJPO \1 NOUNCB (, T 1 lery and j /; >res Goods V S?NB WINTER (i jj ^ RSDAY lit er 1, 1903 J: '.j the ladies and the public 1 GOME and see these C|',r 'e know that you Cr be pleased. C i? for your patronage and li]? ceep the good work up, ? r 3spectfully, 1 ercantile Company jjj TOP vw>rv k a AAJLmi Vail IS ENDED 9 N 1NSI1JHT INTO T11K 1'ISOCEED1NUS. lie Testimony at Lexington Oe claret] "Incompetent" in the Court?Statement of tho Motivesol N. (J. Gonzales. Hy Ju* A. Hoyt, Jr., of The Stftta Nine months ago yesterday N Gonzales was mortally phot . v James II. Tillman. Yesterly tho assassin walked forth into io world, pronounced not guilty ^ r murder by a jury of twelve ion. To one who has set day after ay in yon Lexington courthouse j the "investigation" into the uirderer's guilt has proceeded 10 verdict came as no surprise. , : was expected within 30 mintes after the judge eloped his -j jarge. Expected, although the y hole history of criminal trials light be searched and not anther case as strong and clear he j >und as that which was made . 2 ut there by the prosecution, xpected, although one who ^ now the truth could scarce rerain a cry to (tod as he sat and ( stoned to the assassination of | iUth by Perjury and Misrepro- f notation?a crv to (iod that His f wn Truth was being done to t This newsnaner has stood fori c iH w against Lawlessness, has ,ood for ttie integrity ot the lurts, for faith in the judiciary j ml in the jury box N. G. Goniles stood for these things, just i lie stood for purity in public Tico, just as lie represented noility in private life. The State I ill not now abandon the prin- j pies which lie made its guiding s ar. Xo judicial system in this 1 ee republic has ever had to J ithstand the inlluences which h been brought to bear in tbio i i i:?I ; for. besides that political f over which the dead man i aiirht so bravely and ably yet ^successfully, to (he saving of | 10 assailant's life there has been t noted an element from his own h ofion. The combination of 1 i liJical Power, Prejudice, Pei A iry and Ingratitude is very 1 rong. It has worked out an i spatial. THE LIVING VS. TIIE DEAI?. ( The theory is that our judicial ( 'fiiom i? constructed so as to re'! ! the (ruth and determine jus- t ce. This is the ostensible pur- 1 ise ot the technicalities of the * w, the law which proceeds upon 10 idea that every man is prenned to bo innocent until his y .lilt is proved. We might go e irther and justly say that every ? ?ad n.an whom a defendant is 1 nirged with murdering is deem 1 guilty from the start. Ai * ast such has been the caje in f lis instance. In other word*, s Absolutely Pure 7NBE fS MOSUBSiuifiSr here were brought out a' L?* ngton certain alleged far' v. h:|ii ;ave a totally false conception >f the character and disposition )f N. (J. Goiiznlea, and \ >ol "competent" to disabuse ?4e ninds of the jurors of this ei *>leous impression. It is com jetent to present, that evidence o the people of South Carolina, tnd 1 present mvselt as ; w'I .pib. there is no need to be w 1 > tey iny other oath than fidelity ' o t lead friend. Unless J. II. Tillman has befn u ill tied in killing N. G. G<w:ales for the editorials put in evilence, then he has been acqujU ed because the jury btilieved ike lefendunt'8 plea of self defense#? hal he shot because he thougkt limself in d??icpr nf ... O" " V? iprions hodily harm, and tl??t ;"Yy nan of ordinary reason and firnaiesa would have reached tIvAt conclusion under tlie same circumstances. These circa mat a nets consisted of alleged threats arid in alleged demonstration made >y the deceased. Let us firtt consider the threats. THE ALLEGED THREATS. One is narrated by one 1. Mitchell, lie swore that he apiroached N. (J Gonzales on tke trccet and remonstrated with.iioa or hid persistent denunciation of lim Tillman. "No," the ftchoiirlv editor was quoted as saying 'he is n our and I am going to igiit him as long as he offers for Hi 1 ?lic office." Then comes the ;i^i of Mitchell's testimony, as s'* ollows: tkQ. Did you reply to hat? A. 1 replied to thai. I, aid what 1 thought about it, an/ io said, "it ho ever bats his e,\es it mo I will till him so lull of ead that he will not. be able to ot? it olx.' " 44 If ho ever bats his eyes at ne!M These the words of N. G. Gonzales. 44I will fill hint so ull of lead that he will not be ible to tote it off!" That the ixprossion of a master of Engish style ? The readers ot The state know that its editor, now lead, wrote only the purest and ileanest language but only a few >f Lhern may know that in conversation he was as careful and sxact and clean as in his editor als I haven't any doubt that (4. Gonzales never in hia lite, lertainly not in hia mature days >sed Ruch language as T. D. ditchell attributed to him. 11 * peech was so precise, !?ie \v?nis o well chosen, his enum t'iun