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WOULD ISSUE MORE BONDS. ? ..... ? Secretary Shaw Takes an Opti? mistic View of the Business Prospects of the Country. Newport News, Va., Sept. 25. The Bankers Association of Maryland and the District o? Colombia, which is holding its annual Convention aboard the Norfolk and Washington liine steamer Norfolk, arrived at Old Point today. The party came to this city and visited the ship yard and other points, of interest. Among the ^spacial guests cn the steamer -were Secretary ^bf the Treasury Shaw and .daughter, Comptroller cf the Currency William H. Eidgely, and Ellis H. Uoberts, treasurer of the United States. On the way down from Washington Thursday night Secretary Shaw made -a very significant speech, taking a decidedly optimlistic view of the business prospects of the country. The Secretary said that we either must issue more bonds as a basis for national bank circulation or provide some substitute. The present volume cf Government bonds, he said, is in? sufficient, and a recent demand for '$5,000,000 of Government bonds con? sequently had advanced the p'rice of Government bonds to a figure .that made national bank circulation un? profitable. But, he added, any cur? rency system adopted must provide for complete exchangeability of form of -money, so that our people never would have cause to look twice at bills pre? sented in regular course of business. Speaking of the functions of a bank, he said, its success should not be measured by its dividends, but by its solvency, conservatism and promptness to respond to its customers' legitimate needs. Its reserves, in his opinion, should bo available for use . in times of emergency and were not intended to be buried and never touched. The re? cent deposits of public moneys and offers to redeem bonds had not been made, he went on, with any expecta? tion of aiding the stock market, but solely to assure the business of the country there would be no money famine this autumn. "Gp home," he said to the bankers, " and tell your merchants and your manufacturers and your railroad people that .you are still doing business at the old stand, and expect to remain. Stand by the business interests, of the country and all will be well. The prosperity of the American people ?s not measured by the price of stocks and bonds, but by the output of our farms and our factories and the pro? fitable employment of labor. ' ' ?RE APPREHENSIVE The Race Question Troubles Some New Orleans Military Officers. decent War Department correspon? dence in regard to the militia law ?hows that some of the militiamen in the South are alarmed lest the en? forcement of the statute may develop ? situation "not in accordance with Southern ideas." It is said that the t officers of a white militia company in New Orleans are concerned over the possibility that in attending general encampment they might be "compelled to deal officially with colored officers of equal rank, and that regi ments of Southern white soldiers might ?nd themselves in the same command with Northern regiments in. which there 'were, companies composed cf colored men witt, colored officers. While admitting that such a condi? tion might arise, the officers cf the regular army do not think it should cause any embarrassment, as it ought not to be difficult to arrange affairs harmoniously to both interests, in an . article on this subjcet, the Army and ' Navy., Register expresses the army sentiment as follows : '' jfortnnaily, this question has not come up in more serious form than the expressions locally made, and there does not seem any reason why there should jae apprehension',- among Southern soldiers and officers over the clashing of the races. In the army the race question, has not disturbed anyone, and there is no difficulty in maintaining harmony in battalions composed of white and colored troops. The War Department authorities -pointant that there is no more reason for dissatisfaction on "that-ground than there is in a long parade where negro troops are found in the same "column with white troops. At army posts - guards made up of white and colored soldiers seem to get : along without difficulty, abd it is rot con? ceived that the Southern militiamen will, in -the end, find themselves humiliated or embarrassed by this Texatious question. It seems a great deal like wanton mischief making to introduce such a matter at this time. ' ' -Washington Star. HfRRDER AT F0?HT?H INK. A Prominent Merchant Shot in the Back by a Bad Negro. Special to The State. GreenviUe, Sept. 2.-A negro fes? tival at Fountain Inn last night re? sulted in a disturbance between two negroes, and the town marshal under? took to arrest one of them who drew his pistol and began shooting. The marshal returned the fire and several shots were exchanged without harm to either. White citizens were called Jn, and, among others, J. W. Fowler, a prominent merchant. The affair ap? peared to be quelled and Fowler with others started out of the hall, when the negro who had fired twice at the marshal put his pistol through the window from the outside and shot Fowler in the back inflicting possibly a mortal wound. A race riot was feared and Sheriff Gilreath went there at 4 oclock this morning but no further disturbance took place. The Consolidated Lake Superior Co., (the lake shipping trust) capital $117,000,000, mostly water, has failed and has been placed in the hands of a receiver. D. E. Bolton a restaurant keeper in Greenwood has entered suit against Kev. G. W. Gardner, editor and pro? prietor of the Greenwood Journal, for I $5,0C0 damages for publishing an ar- J tide accusing Bolton of selling contra-1 band whiskey. DIDN'T SHOOT ENOUGH. Tennessee Sheriff Fires Into a Mob and Tries to Prevent tile Lynching of a Negro. Lynchburg, Tenn., Sept. 25.-Sher? iff George R. Davidson, in attempting to save the life of a negro early this morning, fired into a mob, which was assailing the jail, wounding a man whose name is unknown. The sheriff summoned assistance, but he and his aid?s were overpowered, the jail enter? ed and the much-wanted negro, Allen Small, shot to death in the corridor. The mob was composed of about twenty-five people. Sheriff Davidson was alone at the.time. Ce refused to give up the keys and opened fire from a window. He wounded one of the mob, but his identity is not known. The sheriff then called for the police. Two officers and sev?ral citizens rush? ed to the jail, but despite their pres? ence, the mob battered down the wooden dcor at the foot of the stairs leading to the corridor. The sheriff and posse made a stout resistance, but were unable to prevent the mob from breaking in the iron door at the head, of the stairs and entering the cell oc? cupied by the negro, about whose neck they placed a rope. As soon as the men emerged from the cell it be? came apparent that the negro could not be taken from the jail and hung for fear of being fired on and he was shot to death. The mob then made an effort to escape, but the sheriff and his guard captured three of them, and they are in jail. One of them, it is said, has made a confession, implicat? ing thirteen men in the affair. Small was under arrest on the charge of assaulting Mrs. Eliza Eggles ton, and at his preliminary hearing the warrant was amended as to charge a simple case of assault. The negro bad waived examination and was waiting the action of the grand jury. . BRADSTREET'S TRADE REVIEW. The Best Reports Come From the Northwest. New York, ept. 25.-Bradstreet's tomorrow will say : , Reports of conservatism and even caution in fall and winter trade testify to absence of the spur of insistant de? mand, which a year ago gave the sell? ing side such an advantage. The few? ness of car shortage complaints is evi? dence alike of the later movement of crops and of discrimination in orders by consumers The quieting down of demand has become more manifest in iron amil steel, where plans for restric? tion of furnace output are being dis? cussed and finished products lag, and in anthracite coal, where a number of colliers have been put on shorter time. Building activity at New York has not been resumed in full, strikes of vessel men on the lakes shipments, and advance freight rates and high prices for cotton, with lack of corres podingly higher prices for finished products, check full resumption of operations. Railway earnings returns are' still highly favo rabie, those roads reporting for the first half of September show? ing a gain of 10 per cent over a year ago. Relatively the best reports come from parts of the- Northwest, due to better weather . and crop conditions ; Southwest, -which h as-escaped crop in? jury, and the: South, where, despite crop- deterioration and declining cot? ton prices, the general outlook is still good. 1 Business failures for the week were 185, against 172 in the like weekjDf 1902.^ j I" BOYCOTT IN COLOMBIA. _ Union Men Warned not to pat? ronize Merchants. - ?. The boycott, which has heretofore never been ordered in this city, has been posted against certain firms. Circulars and small posters have been distributed over the entire city calling upon union men not to patronize these concerns on the charge that they were ?'unfair," that is, did not employ un ion men. No name is signed to the circular, but it bears the mark of the A Hied ?Printing Trades ; council of Co lulmbia, and those against whom the boycott had been ordered stated this morning that an effort will be made to ascertain the name of the party who ordered -the circulars printed and bring, suit against him, this being about the only redress they have. Ex? cept to those dircetly concerned in the attempt to boycott it is not likely that any harm will b? done the firms, and considerable indignation was express-' ed among citizens generally, not so much at the order to boycott as at the anonymous character, which will cre? ate ill feeling and does not give the merchant the opportunity to obtain redress. This is the first attempt at boycott in Columbia and the develop? ments are likely to prove interesting. -Columbia Record, Sept. 24. - gg>- ii T i li Spartanburg, Sept.. 25.-The jury rendered a verdict for S7,0C0 today in the case of Thomason against the Southern Railway, He lost one leg and sued for $15,000. Augusta, Ga., Sept. 24.-O. D. Black, of Columbia, the witness in the Tillman case who, it was alleged, heard the defendant say in Augusta that he would "get'> Gonzales, was injured in a rear-end collision of freight trains at HambuTg this morn? ing. Black's injuries may complicate the trial. Buffalo, N. Y., 'Sept. 25.-Mrs. Jefferson Davis, widow of the Presi? dent of the Confederacy, is still in a critical condition at the Castle Inn, in this city. Drs. Charles G. Stockton, Rosswell 'G. Park and Allen Jones have been in continuous attendance upon the patient throughout the day and night. At ll o'clock tonight Dr. Stockion said Mrs. Davis's condition was unchanged. Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 25.-The mar? riage of Miss riuth Bryan and W. H. Leavitt of Newport will take place Saturday evening, October 3, at 7.30 o'cloek at Fair View, the home of the Bryans. Rev. Dr. Swearingen, pas? tor of the First Presbyterian Church, of which Mr. Bryan is a member, probably will perform the ceremony. HESTER'S COTTON STATEMENTS. Total Crop Moved Into Sight so Far 475,174 Bales, Against 955,672 Last Year. New Orleans, Sept. 25.-Secretary Hester's weekly New Orleans Cotton Exchange statement, issued today, shows the amount brought into sight for the week ending this afternoon to be 258,508. against 359,0S0 for the seven days ending this date last year, and 219,949 year before last. The total of the crop moved into sight for the twen? ty-five days of the new season is 475, 174, against 955,G72 last year,- and 539,376 year bet?re last. Receipts at all United States ports since Sept. 1, 346,372, against 66S,250 last year; overland across the Missis? sippi, Ohio and Potomac rivers to Northern mills and Canada, 1,047, againts 16,653 last year; interior; stocks in excess of September 1, 42, 755, against 125,197 last year, and Southern mill takings, S5,C00, against 145,572 last year. Foreign exports since September 1 have been 142,522, against 384,274 last year. Since the close of the commercial year stocks at American ports and the twenty-nine leading Southern interior eentres have increased 15,958 bales, against an increase for the same period last seiason of 384,38?, and are now 326,699 less than at this date last year. Including amounts left over in stocks at ports and interior towns from the last crop and the number of bales brought into sight thus far for the new crop, the supply to date is 642,973, against 1,170,746 for the same period last year. WORLD'S VISIBLE SUPPLY. New Orleans, Sept. 25.-Secretary Hester's statement of the world's visi? ble supply of cotton issued today, shows the. total visible to be /1,132, 633; against 1,004,156 last week, and 1,766,667 last year. Of this the total of American cotton is 602,633, against 411,156 last week and 1,310,667 last year, and of all other kinds, includ? ing Egypt, Brazil, India, etc., 530, 000, against 563,000 last week and 456,000 last year. Of the world's visible supply of cot? ton there is now afloat and' held in Great'Britain and Continental Europe, 488 000, against 878,000 last year: in Egypt, 16,000, against 23,000 last year Indian, 294,000, against 267,000 last year, and in the United States, 335, OOO against 599,000 last year, and 529, 000 year before last. HISHWAYMS T?r DYNAMITE. Fiendish Murder and Robbery of a Pittsburg Contractor. Washington, Pa., Spet. 25.-One of the most fiendish and bloodthirsty murders and robberies in the history of Washington County occurred this afternoon, on the Middletown road, about fifteen miles from here. Samuel T. Ferguson, of the Ferguson Con? struction Company, of Pittsburg, was instantly killed, and his secretary, Charles Martin, of Cincinnati, was fatally injured. The two men were driving along the road in a buggy, carrying $3,600 in cash, with which to pay off some of their men employed on construction work along the line of the Wabash Railroad, when suddenly an explosion of dynamite in the roadway : literally tore the rig to pieces, killed Ferguson outright and threw" Martin 200 feet, tearing his left arm almost from the socket. It has been learned that two men, supposed to be Poles, placed the dynamite in the read for the purpose of killing Paymaster Ferguson, and had arranged to explode it by means of an electric battery. The satchel containing the money is missing; Two suspects are under arrest in the camp of the Construction Company, near the village, but the farmers of the section, who are scouring the country for traces of the murderers, believe .tfeey have one of them at bay in an abandoned coal mine about a mile and a half northeast of West Middletown. ..." * Make the Penalty Death.' Two weeks ago a crime was '? com? mitted in the city of Greenville that made the blood of human beings run cold.> Today thc victim-a poor little black giri less than" four years old-is : a sufferer, a cripple, a.physical wreck. Tender in. .years, I ignorant ?nd inno? cent, she was lured from ber home and outrageously treated by a white man who showed every depraved instinct pf the brute.. It was merciful to claim that he was crazy. There may be. sympathy for his family, but many a home has been disgraced by a black sheep into whose heart there has: crept the; spirit of 'hell. Tried by his people, the rapist has been found guilty, and under the peculiar laws df a great State, he is alowed to escape with a paltry sentence of eleven years. Just reason for a moment of the ter? rible consequences had the colors been reversed. No power other than a great display of military force could have saved the' wretch from the stake. And then consider the size of a baby, black or white, scarcely able to stand alone, in the bands of a fiend. The Gunnels sentence was wrong the penalty was too light. We do not mean to heap any adverse criticism upon the court or the jury, for the latter rose above race prejudice and did its duty. So did the court. But the law is at fault. It is contrary to every sane principle of our govern? ment. It is not fair to t"e victim, nor is it in accord with public sentiment. The punishment in a case of this character should be death. That would have been the man's fate had a mob seized him, and we must show the mob that the law will claim a head for an outrage.-Greenville News. Laredo, Tex., Sept. 25.-The yellow fever both in this city and *7uevo Laredo. Mexico, is on the increase. Reports from Nuevo Laredo are to the effect that there have been five deaths since yesterday and many new cases reported Two hundred cases of illness are said to exist there, but the major? ity of them are pronounced by the physicians to bc dengue fever and not yellow jack. Among the stricken in Nuevo Laredo is the American vice consul, J. F. Kimbell. His ca?e has not been pronounced upon by the yel? low fever expert yet. Juggling With the Courts. The State printed yesterday a com? munication to A. S. Douglass, Esq., of Winnsboro from Chief Justice Y. J. Pope, embracing a telegram from Former Judge O. W. Buchanan and a letter from J. E. McDonald Esq. The publication of those communica? tions was to explain why, when such was not the fact, Justice Pope made the official announcement at Spartan burg on Sept. 14, to a reporter that "the entire bar of Winnsboro has join? ed in the petition" requesting the an? nulment of the regular term of court for Fairfield-which would have left Judge Townsend freo to boid court at Lexington. Ten days go The State alluded to this whole proceeding as 'jugglery"-and the additional light confirms that diagnosis. Wethen said: 'Of course the chief justice is inno? cent cf a participation in a conspiracy to defeat justice. We believe he has been deceived, grossly deceived; vic? timized by these who, in desperate fear of twelve honest men, will at? tempt, to undermine the very founda? tions of the State." We fear that the chief justice has been betrayed by a more cunning hand than appears on the surface; there being a double purpose-the first tc defeat justice, the second that Judge Pope should be impaled on the spikes in the pitfall as a punishment for a former conscientious act. Chief Justice Pope, on the first day of September, signed an order assign? ing Judge D. A. Townsend to assume the duties of Judge Gage, disqualified by illness, and to hold the regular terms of court in Kershaw and Lex inton. At the Lexington term the trial of J. H. Tillman for murder was to be held. Judge Townsend presided at the last term of court for Richland when that case was last called and he granted the change of venue asked for by the defense. The regular term of court for Lexing? ton was to begin Sept. 21, and the regular term of court for Fairfield was also to be opened on that date. In December of each year the supreme court assigns the circuit judges to hold certain courts at certain places at fixed times. They cannot be relieved of an assignment so made except for disability. If a judge is from any cause disabled, the chief justice ap? points "any other circuit Judge DISENGAGED" to hold such court; "in the event that there be no other circuit judge DISEN? GAGED" then there shall be ap? pointed a special judge, a person learned in the law. We have quoted from the codified laws of South Caro? lina. Now, besides, other courts to which Judge Townsend was last winter as? signed, was that opening in Winnsboro Sept. 21 ; therefore his assignment to hold court at Lexington on the same day that his duty required him in Winnsboro was ILLEGAL because he was NOT DISENGAGED. Any con? victions at Lexington would have been invalid and the bar of Winnsboro were of the opinion that proceedings at their regular term, if not presided over by the legally assigned judge, Townsend, would be void. The State of South Carolina, through the solicitor of the Fifth circuit, on the ground of illegality, protested against Judge Townsend sitting at Lexington. Counsel for the defense assumed the opposite position. Why was it desired that the clear, unmis? takable mandate of the law should be violated? 2 On September ll Justice Pope wrote the governor that he had "excused" Judge Townsend from presiding at the Kershaw court, recommending in his stead the appointment of Judge Benet. Sept. 14 at a hearing arranged in Spartanburg- by the chief justice for' the attorneys for the defense not one appeared. .Solicitor Thurmond was present in behalf of the'commonwealth and there we for. the first time hear of a proposition to obtain the presence of Judge Townsend at Lexington even if to- Secure his leisure the regular term for Fairfield is moved out of the way Justice Pope's authority for the state? ment that the lawyers of Winnsboro were unanimous for calling off the regular term was contained in'an eleventh hour telegram from O. W. Buchanan, brother-inrlaw of J. H.. Tillman, and, when the case had last been called sn court, active counsel for the defense ! Here is the Buchanan telegram tc tiie chief justice. '.J. E. McDonald,. wrote you to Newberry Saturday, ' saying unani-. mons desire. of Winnsboro bar special term ' be held third Monday Oct. Regular be called off. 'Mr.* McDonald, after noting the re? port that Judge Townsend had been assigned to the Legington court, wrote to Chief Justice Pope : "Under the regular assignment made last December, Judge Townsend would have been the presiding judge at our term for Fairfield, which - also commences the 21st instant-next Mon? day week. The members of our ar are uncertain in the premises whether or not our regular term will be held, inasmuch as it has not been announced whether or not some one will be as? signed to hold our court at the time mentioned. We have a full docket and it will be impossible to have all the cases disposed of at the regular term. "In this condition of uncertainty, I think it is the unanimous wish of our bar that, in the event Judge Townsend will not be here, the regualr term go by default, as it were, and that we be allowed to have a special term for four weeks, beginning the third Monday in October." That letter is open to no misconcep? tion, even by a layman of ordinary in? telligence. It was not for Mr. Mc? Donald, attorney, to tell the chief justice of South Carolina that taking Judge Townsend from his regular as? signment was illegal or that the ap? pointment of any other judge, when Judge Townsend was not incapacitat? ed, would nullify the courts' work. But he indicated those points, and expressly stated : "In the event Judge Townsend will not be here" the bar preferred not having the rgular term -the bar feeling that such term would be in the nature of a farce, j The Buchanan telegram was utterly j misleading, neither quoting the words j nor reflecting: the spirit cf Mr. McDon : aid's letter. Tiie public, unacquainted with cer? tain expressions of sympathy for one and with evidence of prejudice and animosity against another, cannot be so interested as ourselves in the in? quiry. Why was Judge Townsend first assigned to hold court in Lexington': For Frank B. Gary, Esq., appointed special judge for the Lexington term when the .designation of Judge Town? send for that duty was recalled, we have entertained respect. His public career has been such as to inspire the belief that in whatever position he was placed it would not be unnatural for him to play the man. But, nuder the circumstances, we must think it was unnecessary to divide up the as? signments of Judge Gage. Judge Benet assumed the duties of Judge Gage in Kershaw, but Mr. Gary was appointed to take up those duties in Lexington, because, as the chief jus? tice said, "The bar of Lexington ask? ed for the appointment of Mr. Gary." ls it usual for the attorneys for the defense in a criminal case to name the man desired to preside as judge? Does not the chief justice know that the majority of the members of the Lex? ington barhavc been retained as counsel for one man who is to be tried for murder at this term of court, and that it was those lawyers who asked for the appointment of Mr. Gary as judge? ls the chief justice unaware of the fact that Mr. Gary is not only very closely allied by ties cf friendship and politics to the Tillmans, but is in Senator Tillman's household known as " Cousin Frank?" This is no reflec? tion on Mr. Gary nor on his honora? ble intentions, but when his disasso? ciation with the family of the victim in the pending case is so well known, his assignment to this duty seems un? fortunate-an injustice to Mr. Gary. We are of those who have clothed the judiciary of South Carolina with a cloak of veneration. We have had pride in its ability, honored its integ? rity and defended it from the assaults of the politicians. South Carolinians may still maintain respect for that branch of the government, but we are not without evidence of the most au? dacious attempt to influence, by po? litical pressure, the tribunal on the incorruptabihty of which the people have staked their lives and liberties. For God's sake do not shake their confidence in the courts !-The State, Sept. 26. WRITES I LETTER In Defense of Former Judge ?. W. Buchanan. To the Editor of The State: In yesterday's issue of The State, in publishing the letter of Chief Jus? tice Pope, giving letter of myself and telegram of Judge Buchanan, your headline writer uses the following language: "Telegram from O. W. Buchanan te'iling him something had been done which bad not been done." This, taken in connection with your editorial in a recent issue, and also that of today, charging, at least by implication, juggling with the judi? ciary is so unfair, and in the implica? tion conveyed to the public so unjust to Judge Buchanan, that I crave your indulgence to make a brief statement of facts, in order that the record may be kept straight. Let me say, first, that when my let? ter was written to the chief justice, I had no knowledge or information whatever; ncr had any member of oar bar, so far as I am informed, that the attorneys representing the State in the case against James H. Tillman had made, or intended tc make, a motion before the chief justice to - re? voke his assignment ot Judge Town? send to hold the court at Lexington. Second, early in the week, before the letter was written, there was an informal meeting of nearly all cf the members of the Winnsboro bar, in the office of Messrs. A. S. & W. D. Doug lams. We were in a state of uncer? tainty as to who would preside at our approaching term of court. It was at first suggested that the members of the bar join in a letter to the chief .justice on the subject. After discussion of . the , matter, it was thought best to await developments, as git was con? cluded that some order might be made, later in the week, that would remove the state of uncertainty. There was no petition of the bar for a special term, or to call off the regular term, and I have no. idea that the. chief jus? tice so stated at Spartanburg. Judge Buchanan did not participate in this meeting, and as s?on as the subject of the meeting was made known he with? drew, stating in substance, that as his brother-in-law would be on trial at Lexington, he did not feel that it .would be proper for him to join in a letter to the chief justice, as his ac? tion might be misconstrued, ^here was not only nothing in Judge Bu? chanan's actions on that occasion that could be criticized, but on the contrary as I thought then, and still think, his conduct and attitude were highly commendable. These facts were stated to your correspondent on the 14th in? stant. The members of the bar pres? ent at the above mentioned meeting were unanimous in preferring a spec? ial term .of the court, and that the regular term go by default if any one except Judge Townsend should be as? signed to hold our court, inasmuch as he had been regularly assigned to Fairfield in December. .1902. Third, having waited until late Saturday evening, and no order as? signing "any judge to hold our regular term having been made, except the order making the regular assignments, 1 wrote a letter to the chief justice on my own motion and without any further consultation with any mem? ber of the bar. The letter was written shortly before I closed my office for the evening. Just before I enclosed the letter in an envelope, Judge Bu? chanan came into my office to return a book, or to get one-I do not remem? ber which it was. I stated to him that I had just written to the chief justice, and either read the letter to him, or handed it to him to read. Hence, he was fully aware of ita contents when he sent the telegram to the chief justice. I had addressed the letter to Newberry, net knowing that the chief justice was at Saluda. As stated to me at the time, his tele? gram was intended to inform the chief justice that I had written him a letter on the subject, as it was not then known that he had received it, it having been addressed to Newberry. The telegram from Judge Buchanan, therefore, was not intended to mislead the chief jutsice as it called attention to my letter which stated the facts more fully and, taking the two to- ? gether, I fail to see where there was an effort on Judge Buchanan's part to mislead him. From statements made at the time I can say with absolute certainty that such was not his in? tention. When the statement, pur? porting to have been made by the chief justtice at Spartanburg" vras published, in order to remove any misconception, as well as an injustice to Judge Buchanan and myself, I sent the telegram that has been published. Fourth, I desire to add only one fur? ner in fact, winch, in justice to Judge Buchanan, I feel at liberty to state. When the statement was first publish? ed that Judge Townsend had been as? signed to hold the court at Lexington Judge Buchanan seemed surprised. Ke then stated that the attorneys for the defense in the case against James H. Tillman had no special preference as among the several circuit judges, who might be assigned to hold the Lexington court and that the defense only desired some judge appointed who would preside-with fairness and impartiality. For these reasons I am satisfied that Judge buchanan has not, 'either by word or deed, done any thing that warrants the unjust imputation which is conveyed by the above head-lines, and especially in your editorial of the 16th instant entitled " Why this Jug? glery?" and that in you issue of today entitled "Jugglery with the Courts." J. E. McDonald. Winnsboro, Sept. 26. (We print Mr. McDonald's com- . rrunication with pleasure. The Stats-' knew nothing and consequently said nothing, about Former Judge bu? chanan's demeanor in Winnsboro which is so highly commended by Mr. McDonald. The disbelie*/of Mr. McDonald in the correctness,of the report that Chief Justice Pope said publicly in Spartanburg - that "the entire bar of Winnsboro had joined in the petition" seems strange as that statement was published ll days ago in several newspapers and has not been qustioned by Justice Pope. A full statement from the chief justice might clear the air. It is also strange that Mr. McDonald should doubt that state? ment having been made by Judge Pope, in view of the telegram of Former Judge Buchanan. That telegram is reproduced, together with one from Mr. McDonald. They will be read, with interest.in connection with the letter here given publicity : Winnsboro, Sept. 14, 1903. "Eon. Y. J. Pope, Spartanburg, care T. R. Trimmier, Clerk of Court : J. E. McDonald, Esq., wrote you to Newberry Saturday, saying unanim? ous desire of Winnsboro bar special, term be held 3rd Monday October. Regular be called off. (Signed) O. W. Buchanan. Winnsboro, S. C., Sept. 15. To Eon. Y. J. Pope, Saluda, N. C. : My letter not intended to convey wish of bar for special term, except in event Judge Townsend did not hold' regular term. (Signed) J. E. McDonald. Mr. McDonald and The State's head? line writer seem to have taken similar views.-Editor The State. ) A Valuable Bulletin. Washington, Sept. 26.-Owing to the great public demand, it has just been announced that under the joint resolution of Congress, adopted at the last session, a reprint of the report, issued' by the Dpeartment of Agriculture, on the "diseases of the horse," is now in press, and will soon be issued. There has probably been more demand among the farmers of the country for this publication of the Department of Agriculture than for any other bulletin issued by the d?? priment. The original copies of the bulletin were soon exhausted and the demands upon the members of Con? gress were so great that frequent re? prints were ordered. The number al? ready issued lias, it is said, reached nearly half a million copies. There will be under the new edition publish? ed 200,000 copies, 128,000 being fer the use of the members of the House of Representatives 64,000 for the use cf the Senators, and 8,000 for the use of* the Department of Agriculture. The number alloted to the department is so small that they will have none for general distribution, so applicants should apply to their respective mem? bers for copies of the bulletin. The bulletin is alloted only to members of the Fifty-seventh Congress. New mem? bers of the House of Representatives or Senators, that is the present Congress, will not bo entitled to a quota. Lion and Elephant Fight. New York, Sept. 26.-Thousands of visitors to Coney Island were thrown into a panic by the escarpe from an amusement park of a lion which ran through the crowded streets pursued by police and trainers until he was driven into a corner and secured. The lion, on being brought out of his cage to go through a ring perform? ance with an elephant, suddenly be? came enraged and leaping on the ele? phant's back, buried his teeth and claws in the big brute's shoulder. Trumpeting loudly, the elephant rush? ed around the ring and finally succeed? ed in gripping the lion with his trunk, tore him from his hold and hurled him into a lagoon nearby. By this time the terrified audience had fed and communicated the panic to the crowds in the streets. When recaptur? ed the lion appeared to be weary, and was probably more frightened than any of his pursuers. The printing offices of the Green? ville Daily Herald and Brewer Publish? ing Co., Greenville, S. C., were burn? ed out on Saturday. Loss 815,000: in? surance 83,500. More Counsel for Tillman. Columbia, Sept. 25.-In the list of counsel for James H. Tillman, as pub? lished, the name of former Judge Os? mond W. Buchanan dees not appear. Mr. Geo. W. Croft, who made the an? nouncement of counsel in the case on the part of the defence, did not men? tion the name of Mr. Buchanan, and that is why his name was not printed in the list of counsel. It is now stated that former Judge Buchanan is of counsel, and that his name has been added to the record at the request of Mr. Croft and that he will take an active part in the contest.