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The Lexington Dispatch. Wednesday, March 26, 1902. TILLMAN'S VERSION. His Account of the Encounter "With McLaurin. Greenwood, S. C , March 15.?D. H. Magill, a lawyer of this place, has received the following letter from Senator Tillman in response to a letter from him: United States Senate, Washingtor, D. C, March J:, 1902. Hon. D. H. Magill, Greenwood, S. C. Dear Sir: I have your kind letter of March 1st. In reference to the expression used by me in my apology to the senate, that "My previous service a3 governor of South Carolina for four years had unfitted me in a measure to enter this august assem/ bly with the dignity and regard? proper regard?I will say, for its traditions and habits and rule3 that is desirable,'' I woflld say that the only reasonable construction to put on the words and my meaning was that when I was governor it was my business to handle problems, many of them very important, and without consulting any one, and act entirely on my own responsibility, and the habit in mind which naturally resulted from that manner of thought and action and the work a3 executive, unfitted me in a measure for service here. None but a gangrened imagination or some one anxious to misconstrue wili think that I meant that a governor of South Carolina cannot be dignified and act with decency and courtesy on all occasions. Things are so different in the sena e that I have never yet become used to them. While I am writing I wish to say that my action here was a necessity and while I regret as much as any one that circumstances were of a nature, so I had no alternative but to strike my colleague, I believe my action meets with the approval of a large majority of the democrats*in house and senate. Not that they approve the giviDg of a blow in the senate, but they think there was nothing else to do, and had I taken the lie my own self respect would have been gone, and my service here in the future of no effect. So then, I have but one comment to make in answer to newspaper criticisms published in South Carolina. It does look hard that when I am making the beat fight I can against the republicans here and acting in thfl ^anacitv nf^nnfl nf thfl --to ?sr J ? ? fighters of the senate, delegated by the democratic side to answer the strongest republican, Senator Spooner, on a party question, that some of my own people, democrats in reality, should stab me in the back while I am engaged all along the line in front by republicans. It, however, demonstrates the fact that there are some in South Carolina who are antiTiUmanites first and democrats afterwards, and will seize on any and -everything to give me a stab. "We will let that pass, though, and I will go back to my people feeling as I have felt for a long time, that I have -the respect and support of a large majority of them, and for those who -are so narrow and prejudiced as to *be unable to see any good in anything that I do, I feel only contempt and pity. The dinner incident was not of my making and in that I have no doubt as to the sentiment of the folks at home. The statement has been made that it was an official dinner. This is untrue because Pierpont Morgan, Robt. Lincoln and ten or fifteen other private citizens were invited. The invitation to me came unsought. I had no Bpecial desire to attend the function, but before I had any notice whatever that it wa3 desired that mv acceptance be with drawn the whole thing was ventilated id the morning papers, and I was thus notified publicly that the president was to punish a senator before the senate had taken action. Had the president sent a mutual friend, in a quiet way, suggesting that it would be an awkward situation, any man who knows me at all knows how quickly I would have relieved him of his embarrassment. Thanking you for your kind letter and with good wishes, t- : _1? JLOUIB Biueexeij', B. R. Tillman. linnHnnffwnmwmi iimiiiiib !! ! ! ! ! 11 ? Thoughtless Husbands. Men are loo prone to take things for granted. The loving, cheery little mother who never lets you see a pout on her lips, who meets you as you come from work with a smile that hides her loneliness, is entitled to just as much consideration today as she was in the months before the wedding. To imagine that she does not care to hear you tell her you love her, as you were so pleased and proud to tell her before you took her away from the old home, is to com mit a fatal blunder. Look into her eyes, maD, and see the love shining there! Why, maD, she'd die before she'd let vou know her heart was withering. She'd die before she'd tell you she remembered the days you forgot to kiss her before you went down town. She'd die before she'd murmur because of your continual fault finding. Some day you'll remember all those things yourself. They seem very trivial to you now. But wait until you stand gazing into the casket where lies the mother of your children. Catarrh Cannot be Cured ?. 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Law abiding citizens here have appealed to the Governor in fear of further trouble growing out of the race war yesterday, as a result of which foqr negroes are dead and one is dying. Elijah Drake, a negro, it is alleged, was caught by whit6 men stealing chickens. They attacked Drake and drove him into the Mississippi river and then shot him dead. The men then attacked four other negroes living in the neighborhood, who were alleged to be implicated in the theft. The negroes showed fight and in the melee which followed, Jim Stewart, a negro was shot aDd killed. The three other unknown negroes were beaten to death, two having since died and the other is dying. How to Cure the Grip. Remain quietly at home and take Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as directed and a quick recovery is sure to follow. That remedy counteracts nr\ rr f f V\ n f a raonlf in auj tuiiucutj ui luc IU icouiu IJJ pneumonia,'which is really the only serious danger. 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LED roiimiBI [iMiTED Double Daily Service Between New York, Tampa, Atlanta, New, Orleans and Points South and West. IN EFFECT LECEMB3R 1st, 1901. SOUTHWARD. Deiiy. Daily ! No. 31 No. 27 lv New York. P. R. R.. 1 00 pm 12 10 am lv Philadelphia, P R R.' 3 29 pm 7 20 am lv Baltimore, PR K... j 5 45 pm; 9 34 am lv Washington, P R R. 7 00 pm 11 01 am lv Richmond, 6 A L Rj 10 40 pm 2 38 pm lv Petersburg. 44 :11 20 pm 3 18 pm lv Norlma Jet. 44 1 42 am 5 45 pm lv Henderson, ' 2 09 am tj 12 pm lv Raleigh, 44 3 32 am 7 35 pm lv Southern Pines, 44 5 '27 am 9 27 pm ! No. 33 ' lv Hamlet, 44 i 6 35 ami 10 35 pm j No. 31 lv Columbia,I 44 i 8 40 am 1 05 am . ar Savannah 44 H'2 05 pm 4 40 am ar Jacksonville, 44 ! 3 50 pm 9 05 am ar Tampa, 44 i 5 0U am 5 40 pm No. 33 j ar Charlotte, 9 23 ami lv CUester, * j 9 45 ami lv Greenwood, " ill 52 am; lv Athens, '* ; 2 21pm ar Atlanta, ? ' i 3 55 pm; ar Augusta. CAW C.. | o 40 pm; lv New York, n Y r A N 00 am | 9 00 pm lv Philadelphia. " 10 16 am1 il 26 pin iv New iork. U DPS S<;o f3 00 pur lv Baltimore, b * t * o! .... j|6 30 pm lv wasti't?>n, N A W 8n j 6 30 pin No. 33! No. il lv Portsmouth, S ALRy 8 50 pm| 9 25 am lv Weldon, 44 H 35 pm 12 02 pm No. 31 ! lv Norlina Jet, " j 12 55 am; 130 pm lv Henderson, 44 1 25 am: 2 05 pm lv Raleigh, " 1 2 50 am 3 55 pm lv Southern Pines,44 5 05 am 6 18 pm ; No. 33 lv Hamlet, 44 i 6 35 am 7 30 pm l No. 31 No. 27 lv Columbia,^ *' j 8 40 am. 1 05 am ar Savannah, " 12 05 pm 4 40 am ar Jacksonville, *4 3 50 pm; 9 05 am ar Tamna * 5 Of) affi F? 4-u nm ??o. 33i No. 39 iv Wilmington, 44 3 05 pm ar On^rloue. j 9 23 am'10 32 pm iv (Juesier, 44 j y 45 am; 1,35 am lv Greenwood, 44 : 11 52 am 3 43 am Iv Athens, " 1 2 *21 pm 5 13 am ar Atlanta.^ 44 j 3 55 pm 7 50 am ar Augusta. 0 & nv <J| 5 40 pm ar Macon, G of Georuiaj 7 20 pm 11 20 am ar Moutgom'ry, A & W ? 0 20 pm: 0 30 am ar Mobiie, L & N I 2 55 am 4 15 pm ar Naw Orleans. L & N! 7 25 am 8 25 pm ar IMnshvnltr c% 0 ?fe ft L. <5 40 am: (j 55 pm ar Memphis, 44 i 4 00 pm; 8 25 am NORTHWARD. ; Daily | Daily ; No. 34 No. 36 lv Tampa, SAL Ry | 9 00 pm 8 CO am lv Jacksonville, 44 10 10 am 7 40 pm lv fcavannah, " j 155pm;1130pw lv Columbia,? 44 ! 4 10 pm 7 05 pm iv Mempnis N uibtL 12 4o pm y 00 pm lv Nasviile. 44 9 30 am 9 30 am lv New Orleans, JL & N 9 30 pm 8 Ooipni lv Mobile 44 l 1 35 pm 12 30 am lv Montgom'rv, A& W P G30pmj 6 15 am lv Macon. C of Georgia 8 00 amj 4 20 pm lv Augusta. C & vv G ... >10 05 ami ! Nn S2* l\n. 3K lv Atlanta,^ S A L By 1 CO pm 9 00 pm ar Athens, " 2 57 pmdl 23 pm ar Greenwood, " j 5 19 pm 1 56 am ar Chester. " ; 7 20 pm 4 00 am lv <jhario?e, " I 7 38 pm, 5 00 am ar Wilmington ** ! 12 05 p<ji j No. 34 ; No. 66 lv Hamlet " 10 40 pm 7 25 am lv Soutnem Fines, ju 33 pm 8 i7 am lv Raleigh. " ; 1 35 am 10 20 am ar Henderson. " j 3 07 am 11 32 pm lv Noriiua 3ct. " : 6 35 am 12 15 pm Tv Peiersourg, 5 54 am| 2 26 pm lv Richmond, ' 6 45 am 3_12pm ar Washington. P R R 10 10 am; 6 35 pm ar Baltimore. P R K.... ;11 25 am 11 25 pm ar Philadelphia, P R B 11 36 pm 2 56 am ar New York, P R R ... 4 15 pm 6 30 am No. 22; No. 38 lv Norlina Jct,S A L By, 3 55 am 1 25 pm lv Weldon, " ; 5 56 am 2 40 pm ar Portsmouth " 7 15 am 5 25 pm ar Wasn'toii. N & VV [ 6 55 am ar Baltimore, li a P Co; f6 45 am ar New York. 0 UNhOoj t2 15 pm air Philadelphia, NYP<fc> fo 4b pm 5 it) am ar New York 44 j 8 08 pm 7 43 am Note?f Daily Except Sunday. Cafe Cars between Hamlet and Savannah on Trains Nos. 31 and 34. t Central Time. $ Eastern Time. For any lurthtr information apply to W. P. SCRUGGS. Traveling Passenger Agent. Savannah, Ga. R. E. L BUNGH. General Passenger Agent. J. JI. BARR, 1st Vice President. Portsmouth, Ya. Money to Loan. WE ARE PREPARED TO NEGOTIate loans promptly on improved real estate in Lexington county at 7 per cent, interest. No commissions. Borrower pavs actual expenses of preparation ot * ' X ' * papers. THOMAS & GIBBES. Attorneys at Law, Columbia, S. C. November 13. bmos. Money to Loan ON FARMING LANDS. LONG TIME. Easy payment. No com mission. Borrower pays actual cost of perioctina; Loan. E. K. PALMER, Central National Bank Building. COLUMBIA, S, C. COL. G. T. GRAHAM, Lexington, S. C. July 18?ly. I