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* # The Abbeville Press and Banner, j 1 BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15, 1903. ESTABLISHED 1844 1 _ j** ' 4 J. H. TILLMAN'S TRIAL PUT OFF. AMKXrE or TWO WITXRMM IP HE CACHE or THE BELAY. ^ 1fe? Mat* ??? ! Uw ApyllnUiu f*r a CMllinun m Um? VrMMl thai IN Ralo ( r?art (tatfralM * CMUBMMM IUM Ml b?M CMpIM villi. m4 Ikal there wm Mklwr I*Mm Ikal UM TwiUwa my ?| ike Wit??? wm Ml ml Meh Malar* that II Mlghl b? Ad lllwl fcy ilMPrMwailM aa? ikr OM l?r?JHlccb Be mm ibm !! ? ?? ? Ml Mm* >?? ir?efeale*lly Cmi|IIH wllk, l? ImmI b*m PnctlMl' I7, Tkmteit b? Oruli lk? Columbia, April 8.?Special: The caac against James H. Till man ban baen continued until tha July term of OMi Tha motion for tba continuance was bukW by tba defence. Tba State wiabed tba case to be BioaipUy triad and insisted that the i defence had not made a sufficient L . ifcowlng to fain a continuance. Tha oefenoe baaed its application , I fer a continuance of the case, first on [ tha afldavit of physicians that Capt. I I. A. White waa too ill to attend the Govt; that ha waa aoAring from I diabetes of a wtaroua type and partial S famlyaia: and, second, on the afflda -- - I.iu o?M. ?... VldBH MHJ J una nw|ivi la New York and could not be gotten here for the trial. Ctol White lo bla affidavit used In the applioatkm for bail swore that R. H. Boiaanbaok told him of a ooovemttoa with Mr. tiooaalea, in which be nM Mr. Goualce hud told him (Holaanbaok) that ha had made Lieuten- , ant Governor Tillman "ahow the , white feftthe: on aeveral occasionr and whan ho met him be would make % :!i him ahow it aitain." I Mim Mary Julia Roper la trained , nana and ah* awon In an affidavit wad In an apirilcatton for bail. which waa declined, that while attending ? - -if- L -J ??- J Mr. UOBOWI UOCie m? ucsru ar. h1., OtntltMif j thstTin "hart mirtr T ini tetikn* Governor Tillman show the white (bather and that be would do all in his power against him and wa? sxessdlagly bitter in hi* denunciation of Mr. Tillman." TtoMnee uiged that it had tried to yet these witnesses, but without I Tha State urged that the defence I had aot mads a proper, fall or satinfac[ , Uky abowlng in its application for a f ?oo tin was00, and that if such a sbowf ing wars wads of what it was propossd to prova by the absent witnessrs j ttaatebt be admitted to facilitate the Ttadas Khtgb decided that a sufficient showing had bsen made by the dsfcocsfor a continuance of the case 1 and so directed. i The next term of Court in this oounty mats here on the fourth Monday I In Jane and tha esse cannot be tried Mf anil! next JTgly, i Senator THIman accompanied J. H. Tillman to Ooart and aat by him duHnir tha hearing of the motion for a To all h^wiwm the nearly three months So the county jail has bad n?> vL^lr phyelcal effects on the prleoner, who, but for a little tallow ness, looks u There wae no onnsoal gathering Id t ^ room when the motion wae mnifc The eoottnoanee wae not unexpected. The State was anxious to have no dslsj In the hearing of the esse. Counsel for the defence announce thai the continuance of the ease does not ssean an application for hail, aod thai aosnch move is now in contemplation* Them was' a spirited legal oontest over the motion for a continuance, participated la by Col. Geo. W. Croft and Col. P. tH. Nelson, counsel for the defence, and Solicitor Thurmond and Col, Andrew Crswford, counsel for the prossentlon. Gen. Bellinger, of counsel for the State, was acting a? Judge at the special term of Court in Tbe solicitor suggested (hat an arraigament of the prisoner be bad, bot the defence objected and intimated that some farther motion may be nail later. The custom in this fetate is to ask for and get oontlnuaneee. The continuance of the caee Is entirely within the Jodgaant and discretion or I the Court. I MMXaeSDIBGS IN DETAIL. * When the Court met this moroibg Solicitor Thurmond bad a number of cassa which be anbmitted to tbe grand lory and after that work bad been coueluded Judge Klugh said that tbe first eaM on tbe docket for this morning wait that of "the State against Jame* H. Tillman." Aa soon as tbe annooncMMQi waa made Col. Geo W. -draft, of counsel for tbe defenoe, arose and Mdd: v"/ "** Before the defendant is arraigned , we have a motion to make on the part of the defendant We underetand, may It please your Honor, that the State expects to try this case at the present term of Court, and we regret to My that the defendant will be compelled to ask lor a continuance, bscaaes we find that two of the most malarial witnesses for tbe defence cannot attend at this term, owing to tbe severe sickness of one of the wiinetweH, Gut. J. A. White, of Edgefield, and owing to the temporary absence from the State of Miss Roepr, of Spartanburg. We'have the return of tbe sheriff, showing that one of theme witdmm ba* been served and an attempt made to serve the other. We have also a certificate sworn to by the physician of Capt. White, of Edgefield, saving be is seriously ill and confined to his room, and It will be impractical for him to attend the Court The return of the *herif! shows that Miss Roper is in New ,York. She is a cltisen of tbis State. We are Informed that she Is only temporarily absent from the Ktate, and that sbe will be present at the nexl term of Court, when this case will bt "I ask your Honor's attention to tlx fallowing certificate and affidavit: I will a*k Mr. Nelson, who ia associated with me, to read these affidavits. Mr. Nelson read the following affidavits : The tint affidavit wan in connection with Capt. White, which read : Edgefield, 8. C.t April 7, 1903.?This in to certify that J. A. White is suffering from disbetes, < f a serious type; also nufleriug from partial paralysis and incontinence of urine, and confined to his room and under treatment Butler & Patterson. Sworn to before me April 7, 1903. J. D. Allen, J. P., E. C. After this affidavit had beeu read Mr. Nelson read this endorsement on the subpoena for Mi*? Roper, the other witnem iu the case, who was wauted: I hereby certify that I have made dllligent search for Miss Julia Roper and cannot And her in this county. Am Informed that she is in Herman Memorial Hospital, New York city, V. Y. *" " John E. Verner, Sheriff. 8. C. April 2, 1903. State of South Carolina, County of Richland: Before me person ally appeared George W. Croft, who. belnir duly s worn, says: That he is one of the attorneys for the defendant above named. That Capt. J. A. White, a witness for the defence in the above entitled case, is, as appears by the affidavit of Bu tier & Patterson, physicians of the town of Edgefield, in the State aforesaid, confined to his room on account of serious illuess and will no: be able to attend at the present term of this Court. That the testimony of the said witness is material to tbe defence and the defendant cannot go to tbe trial in bis sbeence. That thb mo'lon is not intended for delay* but is made solely because in the opinion of deponent as attorney for defendant the said defendant canuot go safely to the trial without the testimony of Capt. White. That due dilligenoe has been used to procuse the attendance of the said witness as deponent is informed aud believes, that the warrant for the arrest was lodged with the sheriff of Richland County by P. H. Nelson, Esq., also one of the attorneys for tbe defending on the 21st day of March. 1903. That Miss Mary Julia Roper is also a material witneus for the defence, ' - SW1S_-A -8 ft |_ tod is also aosem. iui aepuucuii informed sod believes tbst s warrant for tbe arrest of the Maid witness was lodged with the sheriff of Richland County on the 2nd day of April, 1903, which said warrant was sent by the ?id sheriff of Richland County to the sheriff of Spartanburg County, Miss Roper being s resident of the city of Spartanburg, and the said warrant was returned on tbe 4th day of April, 1903, endorsed N. E. I. That deponent has been informed that Miss Roper la temporarily in the city of New York, and has received anauratices that she will return to the State, and will be present to testify at the next term of this Court. That due dilligence has been ustd to procure the attendance of this witness, and in deponent's opinion bis client cannot safely go to trial in her absence, and this motion is not made for delay, but solely for tbe reason above a W r.raft I: oioir^n - - - w. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 8th day of April, 1903. P. H. Nelson. Notary Public for Mouth Carolina. SOLICITOR TIIUHMOND promptly arose and said: The rule of Court pre-crlbes bow continuances will be secured, and we submit these affidavits do not oome up to the rule of Court. If the rule is compiled with It may bo the State will be in a position to enable the defendant to proceed to (rial any wmy at this term of Court. We ask first that the rule of Court is complied with." COL. ANDREW CRAWFORD, of counsel for tbe State, added: "It teems to me, under the rule as last amended, that even where the rule is complied with,the essential feature of which Is to set forth all tbe (acts, tben the affidavit is submitted to counsel on tbe other side, and if counsel agrees to accept tbe statements that would be made if the witnesses were present, then the ca?e will go on. "Now, in ibis particular instance our friends have (ailed to make bnnain In m vhal f*nta f hnv nmnnMi to prove by these two witnesses. In that particular their showing is absolutly defective. UJ submit we are entitled to bave this case go on, first, because there is not a compliance witb tbe rule of Court in auy particular, aud secondly, if tbe compliance Is made, we can admit that, if the witnesses were placed upon the staud, they would swear to the things and matters set forth in the affidavit, and then the case will proceed." MK. 1*. II. NKI.SON said : "We thought our friends were so thoroughly advised of what these witnesses would testify to in the main, (tneir affidavits haviug been u*ed and copies having keen furuinhed some time ago.) we did not think it neces nary to embody in a separate affidavit what we expect them to testify on tbe trial. "Anticipating that point might be made we nave pre|>ared thin affidavit from M r. Croft: "State of South Carolina, county of Richland. (ieoege W. Croft, beiujj duly sworn, nayn : "That in addition to the affidavit of MImh Mary Julia Ro per, deponent in informed and he believes that t)he, if present, would testify to the matter* therein stated, and deponent la inforned that she would testify to threats and matiers mort pointed even than those therein ?el forth. ''That owing to alwence and di? tance from tbe city of Columbia uon< of the attorneys for the defendani have ever nau au opportunity or mm* ins? or talking with her, and there fore depouent cannot give in detai the threat* aud other matters abou i which they are informed the wouit testify. ??T ,ftt J. H. White, if present testify to what if* contained ii the uifldavit of It. H. Holzenbark 1 referring to the conversation bt I twee ii him and X. G. Gonzale*, am I that lie commuuicated the nume t ) the defendant. "Hworu to and subscribed before ni i thin Stti day of April, lOIB, [ "CJ. W. Croft. .V,-. ' , y . "P. H. Melson, Notary Public for South Carolina. THK HL'I.E OF COUKT. involving continuances in such cases was read to the Oiurt as follows : Rule 27?Motion* for Continuauce ; No motion for the postponment of trial beyond the term, either in Common Pleas or (ieuieral Sessions, shall be granted on aeeoi nt of tbe witness, without tbe oath ?>f the party, his counsel, or eiti r: to the following effect, to wit: That tbe testimony oiP the witness is material to MuoDort the action or defence of the party moving ; that the motion is not intended for delay, but la made solely because he canoat go safely to trial without such testimony ; that he has in rule use of diligence to procure the testimony or the witness, or of such other circumstances as will satisfy the Court that his motion la not Intended for delay. In all such cakes were a writ of subpoena has been Issued the original pball be produced, with proof of service, or the reason why not served, endorsed thereon or attached thereto, or if lost, the same proof shall be offered, with additional proof of the loss of the original subpoena. A party applying for such postponement on account of the abeence of a witness shall set forth under oath, in addition to the foregoing matters, what fact or facts be believer the witness would testify to and the grounds of such belief. Counsel contended over tnfe matter for some time. Mr. Thurmond and Col. Crawford contended that tbe defence bad utterly h failed to comply with tbe rule in any 1 particular and tbat it bud not been p shown what the witnes*en would have e testified to bad they been present. I Tbe defence said among other things I tbat none of counsel bad ever yet seen ( Miss Roper and tUfct they did not know I exactly what she would testify to; tbat ? she bad written a letter to members of c Mr. Tillman's family, in which she L made mention of additional threat?, r and that they were not fully advised 'J as to thin witness, and thev further v contended that no barm could come to s the State by delay, as tbe defendant 1 was in iail. Col. Crawford contended -that the t view expressed by tbe Judge* at a 3 recent meeting was to require a com- % plianoe with the rule po as to avoid " frequent continuances, and that the t rule contemplated that the opposing a side raigbt be fully advised of what ? was sought to be proven by absent witnesses, and that ail of this might be t agreed to and the case not delayed. a He went on to urge that tbe affidavit submitted, and the motion, as ] made, did not comply with the rule iu any w^y. t Col. Croft contended that the defence hnd shown due diligence in its & efforts to get the two witnesses, and b that it was an utter surprise to counsel fc that Mian Roper was not in tbe State e and that she could not lie pre-ent for tbe trial. He had information that \ Miss Roper w. uld. If present, testify ? to other things than were brought out ? in the affidavit un* J at tbe hearing for bail, and tha' c mnsel did not know c from informatioii that she would testi- d fy as to other threats. He then em- 1 phssized tbe value of having a witness t on tbe stand and having tbe jury judge i of the credibility of the witness by see- r in* tbe person on the stand. t Mr. Crawford insisted that it must a at least be shown what these absent ( witnesses w una prove or wnai mey i were expected to Mho v. < Judge Klugh tti U^ht that this posi- < tion was correct. Col. Nelson *aid he thought the i adffidavits of tiie witnesses in question < were familiar to the counsel and others, but at tbe instance of tbe Court t he brought the affidavits used at the time of the application for hail and read these to the Court. At tbe time of tbe application Capt. < White made the following affidavit as ? to what evidence was to be expected of i him: I South Carolina, County of Richland : ] Personally appeared J. 1. White, who < being duly sworn, ^nones and nays: | Tbat he recall* theo'ent and circum- t stances mentioned in tbe statement of i R. H. Holzenback. Tbat be is keeper i ot one of the committee rooms of the < Senate of South Carolina. That at all | times during the sessiou or the Senate beta in tbe lobby of tbe (Senate. Tbat i on Tuesday or Wednesday before tbe < Nbooting of N. O. Gonzales occurred he wan sitting by tbe front door of tbe Raid lobby talking to Richard Hoizenback; that to tbe best of his recol- | lection it was Tuesday. The said man 1 with whom tbe depouent conversed < was clean shaven and wore glasses, 1 and as he turned to go off deponent 1 asked who be was and was informed by someone tbat it was N. ti. Gonxale*. Tbat after tbe depouent's last remark < tbe said Gonzales turned ofT abruptly and deponent does not know whether 1 be walked into the 8enate chamber or | into the corridor. That the deponent communicated to the said Lieutenant 1 Governor and President of the Seuate the Htatement either on the afternoon of Tuesday or Wednesdny, he cannot recall which, preceding the Hhooting on Thursday. The deponeut i? a Confederate veteran, having served ' four years in that dreadful struggle. Tbat be was also county commissioner ' of Kdgelield (bounty for u like |M>riod, and that he is an uncle by marriage of solicitor iuurmouu ami ui hip inm. W. A. Htrom, late a member of the I House of Representative* from Kdge1 Held County. J. A. White. Hworn to and HuhftcrilHMl before- me this 11th February, UMW. Robert Monrman, (L .K.) Magiatrate Richland County. > The companion affidavit, and which i shows the other branch of this phase of the case, was also read and is as follows i State of Houth Carolina, County of t Richland : Personally appeared before - the Richard Holzenback, who, being - duly sworn, Hays: That he came t?j 1 the'clty of Columbia on Ihe 12th or i t January, 1903, for (lie pur|H>se of try- j 1 itig to get a |Mmition as doorkeeper ofj the Hou?e of Representatives, hut was' , unsucewCul. an?l returned to hi* i a home iu Edgefield County on the lTtliI of Jannary. Tlmt while he was in the - State House u day or two liefore the d unfortunate o" nrr#nce which resulted o in thedeatii ?f N. C. Gonzales he was talking to Capt. J. A. Whit#, wiio was e keeper of one of ?he committee rooms in the Senate of the Capitol building; that while he was tliere N. (I. Cioiizales, whom the deponent had known for two years, came in the lobuy of the Seuate chamber and asked L'apt. White where his Ik**s wa?. O'apt. White replied,"! have no boss," >nd he (Gonzales) said he meant the Lieutenant Governor, and said, "I iiipi?ose he in neglecting his duty, as le always Is." Lieutenant Governor Tillman was lot presiding at that time, but Governor Sheppard was in the chair. Souzales said to Capt. White, he bad nade him, referring to Lieutenant governor Tillman, show the white eather on several occasions, and when ie met him he would make him show t again. Capt. White made Mime redyand shortly afterwards Mr. Gonzales went off*. I do not recollect vhetber he went in the Senate chattier or out of the State House. That at he time of the shooting deponeut bad some diagonally across Gervals street ind bad reached tbe corner of Gervala ind Main streets before the shooting occurred. That be saw Lieutenant Governor Tillman in company with ^ T-IUl.,1 1 T>m.lbh.n Xfumura A (IIUIIU ?UU lilUW II, iTdamug ip Main street. Senator Brown was in the inside, but dropped back to peak to a lady. That left Lieutenant Governor Tillman next to Senator Tallird, who wan on the outside. About ben deponent noticed Mr. Qonzales omlng down the street In the direcion of the State House; be had on bis iverooat and each hand In his pocket, rith the thumb resting on the top of be pocket. As he got near to Lieu* enant Governor Tillman he cut across he pavement near the street railway tation, and at the name time thrust lis whole right hand lit his overcoat locket, pushing the pocket back. I xpected confidently from what I had leard him say in the Stale House that le intended theu to sboot Lieutenant Governor Tillman. About that time heard Lieutenant Governor Tillman ay : "Mr. Gonzales I received your aessage," and tbeu immediately I leard the report of the pistol. I did lot see where Lieutenant Governor Tillman got bis pistol from, a? f was matching Mr. Gonxtle*. exiting to ee him shoot Lieuienaut Governor [*illmau. Lieutenant Governor Tillman, after in flrml turned uml walked riff* into Jain street. Shortly after the hliot va* fired I beard Senator Talbird >ay: 'Tliii must htop." Several pet sons lien collected around Mr. Gonzales iud in n short time assisted him to the State office. Sworn to and subscribed before me his 11 ih day of February, 1908. Ricbird H. (X) Holzenback. James U. Fowler. Jr., L. S., Notary ?ubic for South Carolina. The affidavit of Mis* Roper, who is he other absent witness was : State of South Carolina, county of Spartanburg: Miss Mary Julia Roper, telng duly sworn, pay* : "That she Ih iy profession a traiued ntrrsu and is otraged cow as Mich. That during the summer of 1902 she vaa nursing Cant. Ralph Elliot, in Spartanburg, S. C. who was then sick, uttering from dysentery. That his nephew, N. G. Gonzales, ante to see him during his illness and leponeut saw Mr. Gonzales frajuenty. That in discussing the differences >etween Lieutenant Governor Tillnan and himself Mr. Gonzales said on Kan Alia AA/touiAn tn Hnninniit IJUIC miliu uuv vvv?^IVU ?ir hat he, Gonzales, had made Lieuten* tnt Governor Tillman show the whit* eat her, and that he would do all in )i? power against hint, and was exleediugly bitter in his denunciation ol dr. Tillman. That she communicated the above vmarks of Mr. Gonzales to Lieutenant governor Tillman. Mary Julia Roper. Bwofti to ami subscribed before rnc his 17th day of February, 1903. John Gary Evans, (L. 8.) Notary Public for South Carolina. After the affidavits had been read Dol. Croft said that there was additionil information as to Miss Roper. Ht ;heu weut on to urge that in so important a ease that it was of the utmost mportance that the witnesses be present, if it were at all possible, and thai it was a right granted by the Constituion. He could not see that anything was to be gained by the State. He aid that he bad never seen a case un Jer similar circumstances forced U :rial. Judge Klugh after the full state meuts by counsel, promptly aunounc Ktu <lanSuinn anil uai^l /U UIO UVV*0?v?w WMW JUDGE KLUCill's DKCISIOX. The rule of Court, like any otbei I w, (because it ia a law authorized bj riatute,) has to l>e given a reaaonahh construction. The motion a* submit ted to the Court probably does nol technically comply in every respec with the rule, as It provide** that th< facts that it is believed the witnetwei would testify to should he incorporates in the aflldavita submitted upon tlx motion. In that regard and perhapi in others the motion may not comply with the rule, but I think it compile Htantially. Now the construction of Mil* rule like the construction of any other law must be in accordance wiih comtuoi sense. It is true, and it has conn within my observation, even in crimi nal cases where the facts are set fortl in the allidav!t to which the witnesses if present, would testify, the opposinj side to the motion might admit tha tho u itlllNWI'H Ulllllll HDHU'flir if Illlt. 111) on the stand before the jury. Aud ai agreement like that frequently obvl ales the ncccwdty for u continuance Hut in a ea*e involving the graven issues that can be involved in any eas< that comes Itelore a Court of Justice that practice in not Muding upon th Court. The whole matter, indeed, I fiibmitted to the discretion of the >L'our under the terms of the rule. Tin* jur; are the sole judge* of the facts in a cast In order to arrive at the facts th jury must determine the credibility <> the witnesses, aud it is not fair to jury, especially in a rase involvin grave isaues, to ask them to pass ii|m?i the credibility ot a witness who is n<i before them. So that would Ik* sulV cient reason in this ca>*e, it seems t me, to warrant the Court in grantin this motion. In addition lolhatcouti s^l states, in his affidavit, in referene in out* 01 01 inese witnesses. whom? hi tendance was exacted and wluise ill 'Hence hi this time, the alHdavit statn | was unknown to deponent, woul testify to mutter* more thoroughl ltin.ii come within the knowledge ? <le|K>iieiit. Hati)-factory reas.ni is give why the additional matters to whic : this testimony would In* addressed ar i not eet forth fully in the affidavit, towil, counsel has not bad the opportunity to confer with the witness; that the witness's ataence has occurred Miuce the affidavit, to which reference i ih made, was ?iven ; and. the reason* given why the additional facts she would testify are not set forth must be considered a* satisfactory. The Hheriirs return nhows the witness is iu New York, and it in hardly reasonable to expect that counael would have poxted off to New York to And out what those facts were. That 1m an additional reason, and, in my judgment, would be of itself sufficient reason to warrant the Court in postponing this case until all the facts may be submitted to the jury ou the isaues involved iu the case. I am of the opinion this motion must be granted. - Take the order of the Court to that effect. As soon as Judge Klugh had announced his decision ou the motion, ?tvi-v nrlitinnK inv mini WUICU wma iwocvw *t ? festation, Solicitor Thurmond arotte and saM: "I would like to have the defendant arraigned, unless the three days' notice la waived. This seemed to be an entire surprise to the defence and Mr. Nelson said: "It seems to us that is unusual. The eaae bas beed continued and there is no use to have the arraignment now. Possibly before the arraignment we may have some plea or motion to make and we should not ne required to plead now." Solicitor Thurmond: "The plea should come after arraignVnent and not before." Mr. Nelson : " I disagree with the solicitor as to that and will cite him the case of the State vermis Boyd, 56 8. C. We cannot tell yet what it may be necessary for us to take advantage of. The case Is oontinued and no further progress should be made In it now,I' and be did not see that any good could be had by having the arraignmeutat this time, as the case had been continued and that ought* to |end the matter for this term of the Court. Judge Klugh expressed his view and said: "1 hardly think anything can be trained by putting tbe defendant to his plea. Id view of the statement or counsel further proceeding in the cause at this term muit be postponed. "The defendant will be remanded and the case continued." The affidavits that were submitted and the return that was made by the sheriff* of Spartanburg were the only papers presented to show that Miss Roper could not be here on Mondsv or later on at this term of the Court if the case had progressed at this session, and the only facts as to the condition of Capt. White and bis ability to attend Court later on are contained in the affidavit given by the attending physicians. At first Judge Klugh indicated that he would* gn an order for the'continuance of ths case, but later on said that he would mark tbe case continued on the docket, and this Mr. Nelson thought would be all that was necessary. This ended tbe matter in tbe Court for the present. Mr. Croft, Mr. Nelson, Senator Tillman and Mr. James H. Tillman re| tired to one of the rooms in the Court House aud held a conference, wbich lupteu for fully an hour. During the progress of the conference Col. George Johnstone aud Mr. Geo. 11. Rembert > were present. Mr. Nelson was asked, immediately 1 after the continuance of the case f whether bail would be asked for, and be said that such a move was not now 1 in contemplation and that he did not : think that bail would be asked for. Tbe intension of the State was to > have tbe case begin on next Monday, but tbe move for a continuance was not unexpected, and as anxious as tbfe State was for tbe case to go to trial and > offer 110 impediment to a prompt hear ing, it was not surprised at the motion > for delay. Mr. Tillman was taken to the Rich> land County jail after his conference - with bis counsel. A. K. I QnnilloD Auvfrtd. ' Yd, Antrum Flower till has the largest tale of any medicine In tbe civilised world. Your -nihan' .ml irr>mlmrilhora' never tboocbl of using anything else lor Indigestion or Bll* lluanoeM. Doctors were Hear re, and they m>U dnra beard nf ftpiWiMtW Ncrvouj Pnatra. lion or Heart failure, etc. Tlicy used August Flower to clean out tbe system and stop fermentation of undigested food, regulate tbe action oT the liver, stimulate the nervous and organic action or tbe system, fcnd that Is all they look wben feeling dull and bad with ' beadacbe* and other ttcbos. Yon only need a r few dm>e* of Oreen's August Flower, In liquid ? form, to make you sailsfled there la nothing erloun tbe matter wltb you. You can get - thin rHlsbte rxniedy at Speed's Drug rttore. t I'rice 'So and 75c. i "" *"*" ? Come and see us for anything. , W. D. itarkadale. Wheeler A Wilson sewing macbloea are tbe > best, all guarauted. W. I). Barkedale. A fresb lot of candy evejy week at Mil' ford's up to date drug otore. I LOOK IN f at our Kaster "preparations." The ,i (tight af this great assortment of m iHiLic'ioi's I- COX FKCTIOX Kiev o g is a charmiii)> oik* ami will bring feci'* iugs of pleasant anticipation to the * mouth. Special Candies for Kasler have <, J taken the place of, hut not crowded out ?? the regular kimhI things. The place to ^et what y??v want. I Speed's Drug Store Iff 10?l nmtrioaa. Whatever faults a man may liave, however hopelos his caw? may l>e, if he works he Htill has a fair chance. Laziness runts nil the machinery ami makes it creak. Many die of haviug nothing to do. Idolence ia a kind of suicide. "An idle brain in the Devil's workshop." Neither heaven nor earth can make any u*e of an idler. He is essentially malformed aud ugly, though he may live in a palace. Turner, the great English painter, wbeu asked the secret of hia success, replied: "I have uo secret but hard work." Don't stand around waiting for "something to turn up." Turn up something. (iarAeld says: "Things don't turn up in this world until somebody turns tbem up." Don't wait for a chance. Make your chance. While nlntv-niue people wait for chances that never cohie, the one hundredth relying upon the irrcsistible strength of faif* own manhood, make* bis cbauce. "The nerve that never relaxes, the eye that never blanches, the thought that never wander*?these are the masters of victory." Impossible belongs to the vocabulary not of men, but of fools. Bulwer says: "In the lexicon of youth, which fate reserves for a bright manhood, there is no such word as fail." Tbe?differeuc? between ignominious defeat and brilliant victory is frequently only in the push ana tenacity if the worker. Imprest* people with the conviction that you are tremendously in earnest, and you gain their confidence; tbey will encourage and help you. Work is your great schoolmaster. It hardens the muscles, steadies the nerves, quickens the blood, strengthens the intellect, corrects the judgment, awakens slumbering genius, calls forth latent powers, touches hidden springs of action, and arouses ambition; it teaches patience, perseverance, decision and method; it start* the ready pupil in life and brings hito into close connection with men and things. Lave ! Ike Fulfilling of Ik* L?v. When the fro?t is on the windowpane we do not laboriously scrape it off with a penknife. Xo; we heat up the room, and then the frost diitappears of itself. So with the bad habits of a life. You may fight them one by one, but a far better way is ti warm up the soul with love of Christ, which will drive all the bad babitt out. DEVTAL NOTICE. 8. F. Killingsworth, No. 4 Mai Block' Abbeville. 8. C. WM. H. PAKKE11. WM. P. OREENt PARKER & GREENE, Attoneyi i^Cousellm atL&w, Office on LAW HAN OH ABBEVILLE -J180UTH;CAK0LINA. Mav 4. 1M9H. If Abbeville Lodge No. 45, L 0.0.^F. \CEETH EVERY THURHDAY KVENIN< 840 o'clock lo Odd Kollova Hall. Ai hrotbreo, and vUltors upectally, are moat on dialljr invited to attend. J. 8. Cochran, La. A. Hmltb. Secretary. Noble Grand. PAGE WTP/R! TPflTTCI E. K. BEACHAM, Agt. ABBEVILLE, H. C. Marcbll, 1W?. if R. M. Had New arrivals in large and well EMBROIDEI HAMBURG rJ and INSERT A. <). Kmbroiderie# and Lace 1 iue of Ladie* Mark U?hIh al our line of White (ioorits, (? We have some Itar^uiu* in H< iiitf HkirlM. Hei R. M. Hac NEW HATS to-Date MRS. MAI Has a fine assortment of New I Hats, which she proposes t( or below cost. She expects sell all sorts of goods at cu and if you want a bargain i goods must and will so. /NOTICE OF REGISTRATION | STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, ABHEVJLI.E COUNTY. OFFICE OF. KUPERVMORH OF REUI8 | TKATION, ABKKV1LLK COUNTY. Abhcvlllr. H. C.. March ?, 190. Notice is hereby given that in accor^ > dance with an Act of the General 1 .\H*?rnbiy, and in conformity with the I requirement* of the State Conntitn* tion, thei>TokH for the registration of all legally qualified voters, and for the ixHuiug of tranHfeni, ect, will be open at the office of Supervisor* of Registration in the Court House, between the hour 9 o'clock a. m., and 3 o'clock p ni., on the firnt Monday of eacn month, and kept open for three sue* oe?8ive days in each month until thirty days before the next genera] election. The Board of Registration is the judge of the qualifications of all applicants for registration every male citizen of thin State and of the United State, twenty-one yearn of age, who u not an idiot la not insane, is not a pauper Hnpported at the public ex* j>euse, and is not confined in any pab? ' lie prison, and who has not been convicted of burglary, arson, obtaining goods or money under fatas pretense* p?*rjury, fcrgery, robbery, bribery, sduitery wife beatinsr, housebreaking, receiving stolen goods, breach of trust . with fraudulent intent, fornication, *odomy, incest, assault with intent to ravish, miscegenation, larceny, or crimes against the election laws, and who shall have been a resident in this Htate two years (except minister* in charge of organized cbarche* and teachers of public schools, and these after rlx months residence in the , State,) a resident in the County for six mouths, and in polling precincy four months, and who can read any (Section in the Constitution of 1886, or i can understand and explain any seei tion of said Constitution when read to I him by the registration officer or officers shall be entitled to reglstrationjuid r become an elector upon application for such registration. If any person bme been convicted of any of the crimes ' above-mentioned, a pardon of the > Governor removes the disqualification. In case any minor who will beoome twenty-one yean of age after the clos ing of the Hooks of Registration and ! before the election, and is otherwise ? qualified to register, makes applica> tion under oath showing he is qoaii> tied to register, the Boards shall regis* ter such applicant before the closing of the books. Any person whose qualifications as an elector will be completed after the closing of the Registration Books bat before the next election shall have the right to apply for aud secure a regis* tration certificate at any time within r sixty days immediately preceding the closing of the Registration Books, upon an. application under oath to the facts entitling him to such registrar tion. I The registration of voters must be by polling precincts. There must be a Book of Registration for each polling precinct, that is for eacn township, or parish, or city, or town of less than J I UaKUmas UfAwl nf ] I1VB U1UUSWUU illu?Uiu>uu>, ui wa???*.v> > cities of more than Ave thousand ! inhabitants. Each elector must vote in the polling precfuct in which be reside*. If there is more than one voting place in the polling precinct, < the elector may vote at any voting } place designated on the registration i. certificate. The Hoards must designate r in the regiatratiou certificate the votling place in the polling precinct at ; which the elector is to vote. If there is more than one voting place in the , polling precincts, the Boards shall J j designate on the certificate the voting ' place selected by the elector. G. H. MOORE. 1R. O. McADAMS, WM. C. 8HAW, Board of Supervisors of Registration | DENTAL NOTICE. . Dr. S. 0. Thomson, jofKICK UPj^TAIR-^ ON j, McILW AJN turum, anu?Tiu?i o, w? f Hello Central! give me 67 pinnae. I wanl to (rt aome nice trend una cuke* from the Baker*. 1 Ldon & Co. - J Sprint; (JikxJm. A I atMorted liue of i?m tIES, Utl.MMIXGS IX(*s to m a ten. h. We have a new and attractive L ail prices. We have repleninhed in^ham* and Bleached Muslin* ?avy Drews Goods for ladies walk'pectfully, Idon & Co. ?New and Up/Ml i snapes. IY TAGG-ART lats and New Up-to-Date Shapes of ? AAII knf *1 AWT AVI nK?iofm<io af ) SDH uotnoou uun auu \Jill ioiiuuu uv to give up her store room aiid will stomers prices, She means business, in headgear now is jour tima. The m*. . j