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VOL, 111 BATESBURG, S. C., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15,lDOB. NO 11 1 TRIAL PUT OP. J. H. Tillman Qets a Continuance o His Case. TWO MAIN WITNESSES A' SEN! The State ItcHiatH the Application fo Continuance. I>ut In Overruled by the Presiding .Iml^e Klugti. The case airainst Jas. II. Tillma for the murder of N. (J!. Gonzale came up iu the Court of General Ses Kions at Columbia on Wednesday, an on motion of the defence was post poned until the .July term of Court The State wishes the case to h promptly tried and insisted that th defence had not made a sullleien showing to gain a continuance. The defence based its application fo a continuance of the case, lirst, on th allidavit of physicians that Capt. .1. A White was too ill to attend the Court that lie was suffering from diabetes o a serious type and partial paralysis and, second on the atlldavit that Mis Mary Julia Itoper was in New Yorl and could not be gotten here for th trial. Capt. White in his allidavit used ii the application for bail swore that R H. Ilolzenback told him of a conver sation with. Mr. Gonzales, in which h said Mr. Gonzales had told him (Ho! zcnback) that he had made Licutcn ant-Governor Tillman "show th white feather on several occasions air when he met him he would make bin show it again." Miss Mary Julia Iloper is a trainci nurse and she swore in an utlidavi used in the application for bail, whicl was declined, that while attendini Mr. Gonzales's uncle she heard Mr Gonzales say that he "had mad Lieutenant-Governor Tillman sliov the white feather and that he wouli do all in his power against him am was exceedingly hitter in his denun elation of Mr. Tillman." The defence urged that it had trie* to get these witnesses, but withou success. The State urged that the defenc had not made a proper, full or sati> factory showing in its application fo a continuance, and that if such a show ing were made of what it was propose* y 'dfctfWfe' admltte"(H'flr [ hearing. judge lvlug decided that :isulllolen | showing liad been made by thedefene fur a continuance of the case and s directed. PROCEEDINGS IN DETAIL. After tlie routine business of Hi Court had been disposed of Wednes day morning. Judge Klugh said tiia the lirst c;ise on the docket was tha of "the State against James 11. Till man." As soon as this aunounecmcn I was made Col. Geo. W. Croft, of coun sel for the defence, arose and said: "lieforc the defendant is arraiirnci we have a motion to make on the par of the defendant. We understand may it please your Honor, that tin State expects to try this case at tin present term of Court , and we regie to say that the defendant will heeom I polled to ask for a continuance, he cause we tind that two of the mos material wit nesses for t he defence can not attend at t his term, owing to tin severe sickness of one of the witnesses Capt.J.A. White, of Edgefield, am owing to the temporary absence fron the State of Miss Roper, of Spartan burg. We have the return of tlx . sheriff, showing that one of thesi witnesses lias been served and an at tempt made to serve the other. W< have also a ecrt ideate sworn to by tlx physician of Capt. White,of Edgetield saying lie is seriously ill and confined tt his room, and it will he impractical fo him toattend this Court. The retain of the sheriir showstliut Miss Roper i: in New York. She is a citizen of t hi: Xifii#* Wo tiro informed slic is on!' temporarily absent trom the State and tiiat she will be present at tlx next term ol Court, when this casi will be tried, i ask your Honor's at tent ion to the following cert itfeateam affidavit: 1 will ask Mr. Nelson, win is associated with me, to read iliesi aflidavits." Mr. Nelson read the ailidavit: printed below. The tirst ailidavit wa in connection with Col. White, whiel read: Edgefield, S. ('., April 7, limit. Thi: is to cert ify tiiat J. A. White is suffer ing from {diabetes, of a serious type also suffering from partial paralysi: and incontinence of urine, and con lined to ins room and under treat ment Itul lor l'atlerson. Sworn to before me April 7. limit. .1. I>. Allen, .1. 1'., E. C. After this affidavit had been real i Mr. Nelson read this endorsement oi It the subpoena for Miss Ltopcr, the othe witness in the ease, who is wanted: I hereby cert ify thai I have inadi diligent search for .Miss Julia llopei and cannot find her in this county Am informed that she is in Hermai Memorial Hospital, New York city N. V. John E. Yerner, Sheriff, S. ('. April 2, lito.'l. A NOTIIKK AFFIDAVIT. Stale of South Carolina, County o Richland. lie fore me personally ap peared (Scorge W. ( roft, who heingdulj swornsays: That ho is one of the at tor neys for the defendant above named That Oapt. J. A. White, a witness foi the defence in t he above ent it led ease is, as appears by the ailidavit of Hut ler & l'atterson, physieiansof the towi of Edgelield, in the State aforesaid confined to his room on account oi serious illness, and will not be able t< attend at the present term of the Court. That the testimony of the said witness is material to the defence and the defendant cannot go to trial in hi> at>sencc. That, this motion is not in ht ? tended for delay, but is mudosolely l>e- j cause in 1 lie opinion of deponent as attorney for defendant t lie said defendant cannot go safelv to trial without i the testimony of Oapt. White. That due diligence lias been used to procure the attendance of tin- said witness, as deponent is informed and Ixdieves t bat tlie warrant for his arrest was lodged with the sherilTof Richland County by \ 1*. II.-Nelson, Esq, also one of the attorneys for the defendant, on the 21st day of March, ItHKS. That Miss Mary .1 ulia 1 toper is also a material witness for tlie defence, and is also absent That deponent is informed and lie lievestliat a warrant for the arrest of the said witness was lodged with the sheriST of Richland County on the 2nd day of April, ItHKJ, which said warrant w.is sent by the said sheriff of Rich? land County to the sheriff of Spartanburg County, Miss Roper lieing a resiIS dent of city of Spartanburg, and tlie i- said warrant was returned on the 411i I day of April, lUo;{, endorsed N. E. I. That deponent has lieen informed that r Miss Roper is temporarily in the city )% of Now York, and has received assur- j ances t hat she w II ret urn to the Stat e, i v and be present to testify at. the next ^ e term of this Court. That due diligence j lias been used to procure the attend- 1 ance of this witness, and in deponent *s y opinion his client cannot safely po to r trial in her absence, and this motion is f not made for delay, but solelv for t he < ? reasoii above stated. (J. W. Croft. t Sworn to and subseribed before me s : tbis!8th day of April, 11)03. 's if P. II. Nelson, i; Notary Public for South Carolina. s TIIK STATE OIMKCTS. ( ^ Solicitor Thurmond promptly arose t e and said: "The rule of Court pre- t scribes how continuances will be { 11 secured and we submit these atlidavits \ do not come up to the rule of Court, t If the rule is complied with it may be a 0 the State will tie in a position to enable j the defend mt to proceed to trial any \ way at this term of Court. We ask * ^ that the rule of Court be complied ! with." i a Col. Andrew Crawford, of counsel ! \ for the State, added: "It seems to \ me, under the rule as last amended, t ' ' that even where tile rule is complied 1 i J with, the essent ial feature of which is j ~ to set forth all tile facts, then theatll- j < ' davit is submit ted to counsel on the m '' other side, and if counsel aprcss to ac- ! i v ! eept the statements contained in these i i atlidavits as statements that would be j t i made if the witnesses were present, I i then the case will po on. c "Now, in this particular instance t 1 our friends have failed to make known c to us wuat facts they propose to prove by these two witnesses. In that parl> ticular their showing is absolutely de- i '* fective. r "I submit we are entitled to have j this case go on, tirst. because there is * not a compliance wi'li tile j^ulei (of if the compliance is made, we can admit that, if the witnesses were placed upon the stand, they would c I swear to the thinps and matters set u forth in the allidavlt, and then the case will proceed." STILL A NOT I IKK AFFIDAVIT, e Mr. 1? 11 XVU.m B..Irl. - - " ^ n j thought our friends were so thorough- v 11 ly advised of what these witnesses a t! testify to in tlie main, (their affidavits v - having been used and copies having ? t i been furnished some time a^o,) we '! - i <iid not think it necessary to embody ^ in a separate affidavit what we expect v i them to testify on the trial. Antiei- J j f paling that point miuhb lie made we c have prepared this affidavit from Mr. < L| Croft: ' i'! "State of Soutli Carolina, county of j 0 , Richland. (Jeor^e \V. Croft, beintf r " 1 duly sworn, says: That in addition to 1 ? tlie affidavit of Miss Mary.iulia Roper. I <I deponent is informed and he believes I f1 " j that she. if present, would testify to ' L' the matters therein stated, and de- o ; i ponent is informed that site would ?t ; testify to threats and matters more ^ ' pointed even than those therein set ^ "I forth. I "Tliat ow injt toaltsenee and distance 'i from t lie city of Columbia none of t lie I attorneys for tlie defendant have ever ' ' had an opportunity of seeing or talk-1 l> j intf with her, and therefore deponent j ''cannot yive in detail the threats and ^ o'her matters aliout which they are in, j formed she would test ify. a "Tliat .1. II. White, if present, would ii s , testify to what iseontailied intheaffi- a ^1 davit of It. ii. llol/.enbaek. referring 1 S r j to the conversation between him and | u ' I N. <?. (ionzales, and that lie communi- ] e eated t ile same to t lie defendant. |v i "Sworn to and stibserilied before me ! v J! this st11 dav of April, lbOX r "U. \V. Croft. t | "I'. II. Nelson. Notary Public for > 1 South Carolina. Ii I, S j TilK HI I.K OF (,'Ol'UT. sj The rule of court involving eontinn- \ i anccs in siieli cases was read to the Ii I Court as follows: t s) Motions for ( ontinuanee: No mo- li - | t ion for the postponement of trial be- i: : yond the term, either in Common v s l'leas or (lencral Sessions, sliall be ( in cuiuillll <" I.Ill' WIU1CSS, |1 . | without the oath < !' the parly, Iiis n counsel, or either, to t he following of- < j feet, to wit: That I lie testimony of fi i t lie wit ness is material to support the u I act ion or defence of t lie party moving; s i t hat the motion is not intended for si delay, hut is made solely because he (I cannot go safely to t rial wit bout such v , | testimony: that he has made use of h diligence to procure the testimony of | the wit ness, or of such ot her circum' stances as will satisfy the Court that ! Iiis motion is not intended for delay. ' | I n all such ciises where a writ of sub- ^ poena has liecn issued (lie original ' jsliall he produced, with proof of ser( vice, or the reason why not served, en- lJ i dorsed thereon or attached thereto, or ^ 1 if lost, the same proof shall lx? offered, " I wit h addit ional proof of the loss Of the ^ 1 original subpoena. A party applying * " | for such postponement on account of s t he absence of a w it ness shall set fort h under oath, in addit ion to the forego- l'. ' ing matters, what fact or facts he he- : !J lieves t he wit ness would test ify to and '! the grounds of such belief, f TIIK LAW'YKUM Sl'Alt. t ' Counsel contended over the matter * ^ for some time. Mr. Thurmond and Col. Crawford \ i contended that the defence had utter ly failed to comply with the rule 111 mv particular and that it had not jeen shown what the witnesses would lave testified to had they been presint The defence said anions other Jiings that none of counsel had ever ret seen Miss Roper and that they did lot know exactly what she would :cstifv to; that she had written a letter to members of Mr. Tillman's fatni- B! y, in which she made mention of adlitional threats, and that they were lot fully advised as to this witness, 11 inH they further contended that no larm could come to the State by deay. as the defendant was in jail. Col. Crawford contended that the riew expressed by the Judges at a resent meeting was to require a com Hi a lice with the rule as to avoid frelucnt continuances, and that the rule at ontemplated that the opposing side Jc niglit be fully advised of what was wj ought to be proven by absent witlesses, that all of this might be ' 1 igreei to and Hie case not delayed. le went on to urge that t.nc atiutavits tr .uhmittcd, and the motion, as made. iid not comply with the rule hi any vay- te Col. Croft contended that the dc- , ^ dice had shown due diligence in its ^ ITorts to get the two witnesses, and St hat it was an utter surprise to coun- ' .el that Miss Itoper was not in the State and that slie could not be pros- j lit tor the trial, lie had informa- j <ion that Miss Ilopcr would, if prcs nt, testify toother things than were ^ nought out in the atlldavit used at he hearing for hail, and that counsel j() lid know from information that she .Ir vould testify as to other threats, lie jx hen emphasized the value of having ' i witness on the stand and having the ^ ury judge of the credibility of the vitness by seeing the person on the , ,tand. ^ Mr. Crawford insisted that it must j it least he shown what these absent ,'jj vitnesses would prove or what they v vere expected to show. Judge Khign t hought that this position was cor-j oc'' lit Col. Nelson said he thought the atli- j ri> lavits of the witnesses in question vere familiar to the counsel and nthrs. hut at tlie instance of the Court ' ic brought the affidavits used at the ju ime of the application for bail and vad ttiese to the Court. At the time r;l ?r the application Capt. White made ' ,he following alfldavit as to what cviience was to be expected of him: I ( WHAT WIIITK SWKAKS TO. n, South Carolina, County of Richland: tK Personally appeared J. A. White, who, >eing duly sworn, deposes and says: ., Pliat lie recalls the event and eircum- . itances mentioned in the statement of i. II. Hol/.enbaek. That he is keeper !._ ? ??.w M./.K1I1 i \ V VI Otmi 1 -Ol f I I1" senate of Soutli Carolina. That, at all m imes during the session of the Senate fn le is in tlie lobby of the Senate. That til ?n Tuesday or Wednesday tie fore the st ihooting of N. (J. Gonzales occurred ' ic was sit t ing by t lie frout door of t he . aid lobby talking to Kieliard llolzon- s" iack: that to the best of his reeollec- ^n ion it was Tuesday. That said man nc villi wliom tlie deponent conversed j la i;is clean shaven and wore glasses, and pe s he t urncd to go oir deponent asked j as i ho he was and was informed by someine that it was X. G. <5nny:ilr>? 'Plu.t ! fler the deponent's last remark tliei . aid Gonzales turned oil' abruptly and i sl' leponent does not know whether lie i P11 valked into the Senate chamlier or | us nto the corridor. That the deponent \ se ommunicated to the said Lieutenant | th tovernor and President of the Senate no lie statement either on the afternoon j f Tiu-sday or Wednesday, he cannot ' eeall which, preceding the shooting J n Thursday. That deponent is a Confederate veteran, having served an [>ur years in that dreadful struggle, i ml 'hat he wasalso county commissioner ; ad i" Edgefield County for a like period, j esl nd that he is an uncle by marriage of : nj Solicitor Thurmond and of the lion, v. A. Strom, late a member of the|((n louse of Representatives from Edge-! ield County. J.A.White. N. Sworn to and subscribed before me j "'I his lltli February, luo.'t. I e(i Robert Moorman, (L. S.) , lb Magistrate Richland County, j co iioi.zknhack's tkstimony. i go The defence also submitted tbe|()i tlidavit of Richard llolzenback, who frt I will be remembered testitied in full j wj s follows: That while he ws s in the Sj( it ate House a day or two before the ]' nfortunate occurrence which result-!. <l in the death of N. O. Gonzales lie I "0 ras talking to ( apt. .I. A. White, wh sei ras keeper of one of the committee j tin ooms in the Senate end of the Capi- : ltr nl building: t hat w hile lie was t here i G;i >'.G. Gonzales, whom the deponent i ,1L, lad known for two years, eame in the j t(l jbhy of the Senat e chain her and asked 'apt. White where bis Ikiss was. ('apt. ,u Vliite replied. "I have no lioss," and co le (Gonzales) said he meant the Lieuenant Governor, and said, "1 suppose th ie is neglecting' liis duty as he always tw > " Lieutenant Governor Tillman ! ho as not presiding at that time, hut ; Jovernor Shi-im.-inl in t n?? <>imir i ion/ales said to ('apt. wibte, In* had lade 11iin, referring to Lieutenant j . iovernor Tillman, show the white i at her on several oeeassions, and ! dien he met him lie would make him mi how it a^ain. ('apt. White made do nine reply and shortly afterwards Mi. e.i Ion/ales went oil". I do not reeolleet diet her he went in t he Senat e eliain- i , j, erorout of the State House. WIIAT MISS ItOl'KK SAYS. The allidavit of Miss lloper, who is he other absent witness, was: L.j( State of South Carolina, county of pari anbury: Miss Mary Julia I toper, : eirig duly sworn, says: That she is by 'W Tofession a I rained muse and is en- !H'i aged now as such. to That during t be summer of l!M>2 she | th .as nursing ('apt. Italpli Elliott, Inlde partanhurg, S. ('., who wast hen siek. ufTering from dysentery. |*iJ That ids nephew, N. (1. (Ion/.ales. ] ame to see him during his illness and ;,l" eponent saw Mr. (ion/.ales frequently. 1,11 'hat in discussing t lie differences be- <l 1 ween Lieutenant (Iovernor Tillman j wl nil himself Mr. (ion/.alessaid on more he han one occasion to deponent t hat lie, tei >on/.ule.s, had made Lieutenant (?overor Tillman show the white feather, j0, lid.that lie would do all in Ids power . gainst him, and was exceedingly bit- ^ [.CONTINUED ON PAOK -I. J sh WILL SOON HANO. [ I he Remarkable Case of a. George* J town Negro Murderer. _____ j * ROWNFIELD, A BLACK BARBER Ii I I'roui tlio (iiiIIown, AtttemptfMl Sulclile Recently, But < i I'ourajji' Fiiiled. 1 One of the most unit{iie cases in the mals of crime exists in Georgetown, i ihn HrownHeld, tlie negr" barber who lied J. C. Scurry, a wliite man, on | (it, -:i, i?uu, is sun unve una con-;, led in the county jail, although once \ led, convicted and sentenced to be ) inged on Dec. 27, 1U00. The ease has excited widespread in- j rest and at various times occupied ( ie attention of every court from the , imble magistrate's to the United , ates supreme court at Washington j id. although the verdict of every tri- ( inal lias been against tlie negro, yet s is still living and no date set for | s execution. Sheriff McKciMicu of ( at county readily assented to allow | e prisoner to lie seen in his cel. s The clanging of the massive iron ors as the bolts were thrown hack oiised the priouer from his in s cell where he had been quietljjconrsing with his fellow priflncrs ? rough the bars. lie immerlateiy j it on liis hat and stood in the! open or. apparently ready to meet any to that might iK'fall him. The negro about 2.*> years old, tall erect and j s long confinement of nearly .'11 ;. onths has reduced his weight to ' tout 12."i pounds. In answer to the ; lest ion it lie still felt confident that > would yet escape the gallows, he j t plied: , "My chances now look pretty slim, j id 1 am the victim of Caucasian i . ejudioe. 1 ought not to he hanged, ! * rat the time of the trouble 1 was in t y barber shop when Mr. Scurry M me in to collect delinquent taxes, j i ider an execution issued by Magis-i ate 11 ticks. Scurry told me that if i did not pay taxes that lie would ar- i st me and 1 told him that lie could : it arrest me without a warrant. 1 "lie grabbed me in the collar and new a pistol in my face and told me 1 at lie would show me. 1 caught the I iiiiifi'iiiiiii'i. | i e and I then wrenched the pistol i Din his hands and shot him several mes. i lert tne shop and ran up the reet, hut was caught by a policeman < id put in jail where 1 have been ever 1 ice. 1 was not responsible for any- ! ing else that happened. My attor- 1 y Mr. Mite! ell?a Charleston negro 1 wyer has written me saying that a i t itlon to the governor is circulated : king him to commute my sentence i life imprisonment.'' This is about the substance of his 1 iry. Noticing that he kept his hat illed down over his eyes, lie was 1 ked to take it olT, but he drew him- i If up and said: "No sir, 1 won't do at!" The shcritl, who was standing i ar. was appealed to and he ordered ' j e negro to take oil his hat. lie I ade the same reply to him, but in-! i intly it was snatched from his head ' d in tlic top was pasted a small J i irror, in which, perhaps, he often 11 mired himself, for the bump of self- j 1 teem is very prominent on his era- ? uin. 1 Johh ltrowntield killed J. C. Scurry Sept. 29. 1900, and was placed in < il tlie same afternoon. The next < k'lit a race riot at ttie jail was avert- . only by the cool, decisive action of 1 e white citizens. The local milit ary mpanios were called out and the 1 vernor appealed to for more troops. 1 le company from Sumter and two i >m Charleston were sent here, for lich the legislature at its next ses- . n had to appropriate about $2,700. The ringleaders were arrested and . avily lined, one of them serving ai itence of one year in ttie pen!ten- ! < try. In November of the same year i owntleld was tried before Judge 1 try and sentenced to be hanged the ' xt month, Dec. 27. His negro atrnevs appealed to tiie State supreme I 1 urt,, who several months afterwards! 1 nliimed the verdict of the circuit I urt. While ttie case was pending in e supreme court, a little more t han i 0 years ago, I trow n Held burrowed a 1 le through the brick wall of tlie jail I (b tin- foot of a stove and made his 1 ape. but was recaptured within an i:r. As soon as lie learned that the 1 ate supreme court had decided I ainst him lie attempted to end his 1 iserable existence by taking an overse of laudanum, but prompt medi1 aid saved 1 iis life. His attorneys carried the ap|>cal to 1 e I'nited States supreme court on < e plea that there were no negroes on 1 e jury which convicted him, but i is court, within the last month, tie- ? led against him. Kvery one thought < at HrownHeld would l?e resentenced < Judge tlage at the court of general ' isions which adjourned at (ieorge- I wn last Saturday, but it seems that I e I'nited States supreme court, ur- s r the law. lias JO days within which ' return to the State the papers in ? e case iloin which they eminate, I d the allotted time will not expire i iti 1 tomorrow. Hence tire negro has new lease on life until June lath, ten Judge (lary, who originally ard the case, will probably rcsen- 1 uce him to tie hanged. < Monday a week ago Hrownlield swal- 1 *ed a large quantity of paris green another attempt at suicide, but be- < me frightened and sent for the < critT and a physician, who again 1 r saved tils life. When asked why I made the attempt he replied: "An kind of death is preferable to the dii grace of being handed by the neck ui til dead." It is stated that his negi friends have about given up all hop* realizing that they have exhauste every means to save him. Large sums of money have bee raised in the negro churches c Georgetown county, as well as froi His relatives in Columbia and Maya v?lie, Sumter county, tlie home of hi wife, for by them llrowntiekl is rc yarded as tlie exponent of an imagin ary principle. It is stated that pray its are being otlered tiiat lie may di by any other method save that of legal execution and to them is attri butable the poison tiiat lias beei ijiven him on more than one occasion but the negro is Uk> cowardly to wai until the poison takes effect befor aliiok for a physician. One of th lircct results of tlie riot episode 1 Lhe passim.' of the city and count government completely into the hand if the white people. The negroes pu ip tickets in hoth elections last yea jut failed to support them on tli lays of election. The city of George .own lias been continuously under th 11 ay oral ty of the Hon. W. I>. Mnrgai 'or tlie last 1- years, but the ncv Georgetown which has sprung int existence within the last live years ears little resemblance to tlie quain Id city which formerly stood at th Head of Winyah bay.?Columbl; state. A GOOD ROADS MEETING to Ho Hold in St. I.onis tlie I.uttc Part <il* April. Tlie question of good roads is glvin| lublic men more to think about thai inything els**, which lias come up it lie last generation. There is no deny ng tlie self-evident facts presented b hose who advocate building gooi oads and who urge that to have ba< *oads is more costly and more of a ta: n the end than tlie paying of aspecia .ax for the purpose of building road .vhicli will lie permanent in thei laturc. At the last session of tlie genera isscmbly there were a number o measures introduced, some advocatini l special tax. and others suggesting : ocal option plan such as has beei idopted by special school districts ei eacn township vote upon the qucs [ton. Others suggested M^lau o unsettled were the convictions of tli legislators. One of the most earnest advocate jf building and maintaining g(K> roads is Governor Heyward. lie ha repeatedly urged the importance c this mattter and is taking n little interest in the proposed goo roads convention which is to be hel it St. Louis on the 27th of thi month, lie expects to attend, if hi Li siness engagements will permit, an has been informed that Presiden itoosevelt and the governors of a nuin !?r?r of States will lie there at tha time and will make addresses. Governor Heyward Wednesday an 1 ounced the appointment of the dele jates from this State to that con veil Lion, and he has selected the gentle men named not so much because c Llcdr prominence in the good road movement, but because lie believe they will attend and will bring banto South Carolina ideas which will b if great value in the movement. Fol lowing are the delegates named: First District -W. G. Ilinson Charleston; T. W. Williams, Monck Corner; J. E. Moore, Walterborr John S. Wimberlv, St. George; J. (. Lanham, Manning. Second District II. G. Folk. Ham erg: Hrunson llolloway, Edgefield H. F. Crouch, Saluda: W. F. Cum nings, Hampton. Third District J. N. Vandiver \nderson; W. .1. Stribbling, Oconee W. T. Howen. Easlev: It. E. Hill \bbeville: 11. M. Hayes, Greenwood. Fourth District- W. L. Mauldin Ireenville; J, P. Goodwin, Greenville i iuecravy, Spartanburg: II. It Humbert, Laurens, Macebeth Voting t'nion Fifth District F. 1'. Stacy GalTney l\ 1.. Hardin. CI tester: T. \V. 11? ?yd IUk'k II111; John G. Mobley, Winns joro; T. K. Cunningham. Lancaster. Sixth District Capt. Frank Man ling, Clio: W. II. Manning. Dillon W. A. Dowling, Darlington: J. it. Mi Ltryde, Florence: John L. Ilovd, Con way. Seventh District F. II. Hyatt. Ci umbia Lewis T. Wilds, Columbia: \V II. Seal. Sumter; J. A. (tanks, St Mattehws: ('apt. .1. II. Counts, Irmn IteiiiiH to i >rder. Hereafter no Chicago girl need b without a beau or an escort, unless b choice. She can now go to the telt phone and order a beau for the morn ng, afternoon or evening, the sum is she would order a block of ribbo >r a bottle of pickles. And she ca jrder Just the style of beau she want* k* match her complexion or her nei Trock, or her "confection" or a nev Pat. There are to be had long beau ind short, dark beaus and light; leai Peaus and fat, and whiskered beau ind those that are clean shaven. 1 Is merely a case of "you pays you money and you takes your choice." An Inhuman Deed. At llardecville, on Saturday night the stable of Mr. Lassltcr vas entci ?d by a miscreant who heartlessl mut ilated and killed a valuable horse All four legs were broken with an ax ind the forcshouidcrs severed. Th iastardly act is supposed to have bee prompted by a villainous revenge 1L. THE MYSTERIOUS MURDER y #j. Of* an Unitnowii .Man in I tie C'liy 'u , uf Charleston. '' Charleston has another mysterious i) murder case. The Post says with a >f bullet hole through the liead and ann other through tlie heart, the body of a well dressed, unknown young white man, about nineteen years of age, was - found half buried in the marsh near - Wappoo mills Friday afternoon. The c body was discovered by T. .lervcy, u who was out in the Ashley river in his bout. The information that the 11 body of a man had been found was * communicated to Coroner O'Donnell j1 and lie caused it to be removed, 13 brought to the city and sent to the c hospital. It was in a state of almost * perfect preservation, showing that it \ liad been in the water only a few days. * In the left temple was a bullet hole 1 made by a 32 caliber pistol and the r other was through his heart. Either c of the wounds would have caused in siant ueatn. in his pockets were {' found an open case silver watch, a few 1 pennies, a small knife, a pair of cut! v buttons, a pocket comb, a number of 0 pistol cartridges and a newspaper '' clipping telling of the suicide of 1 Frederick I. Stebbins, a Socialist who e killed himself at Rochester, the early 11 part of this month. The clipping gave the reasons for Stebbins' suicide and on the margin of the strip of paper were written these words, 4'I say the same, goodbye." It was believed by the coroner that the unknown r young man had killed himself by shooting himself in the head and then throwing himself in the river. When r ' the body was found Friday only one j i wound, that in the temple, was dis' covered, but when the body was 1 i stripped for a post mortem examina tion a bullet hole w;is found through y! his heart. 1 An inquest was held Saturday I morning at the city hospital and a | full investigation was made. 1 he * two wounds, cither of which would j 1 have cause instant death, led the jury . s to believed that the man was murr ! dercd and thrown into the river. It is thought that the newspaper clipping . 1 with the words. "1 say the same, f goodbye," written on the piece of pa- | r | per. was placed in his vest pocket for i j the purpose of covering up the crime 3 of murder and making the crime one - of suicide. The jury rendered a ver. diet that the deceased, unknown to f them, came to his death at the hands e The OIU Story. A dispatch from Manila says Captain ('j Pershing's force captured Iiacolod, s Island of Mindanao, Wednesday killed |f a hundred Moros and wounded many others. Three Americans were , wounded. Pershing's force consisted of (j Shaw's battalion of tlie 27th infantry Kilpatrick of tlie loth Cavalry and s : Ctiacuacis battery. Pershing was sur('l veying tlie West Shore lands when the iiacolodians opposed his advance ^ ana provoKea trie tight. Pershing surt rounded and attacked their stronghold, tirst shelling them and rushing i liis troops forward charging gallantly. After crossing the deep moat and entering the fort, the Americans engag* ed tlie Moros' bayonets against Krisscs. A hundred of tlie defenders were killed, including the dattoof Pannandun^ gan and many were wounded. Only three Americans were wounded. After the capture of the fort it was des ( |troyed. The Crazy Killer. si The State says I)r. J. W. Itabcock i: reports little change in the condition !. 1 of the Mormon elder who was given j severe treatment in Williamsburg i- county a few days ago on account of I; his offending a lady of Lite Lake City - section. The demented elder's traveling companion has called on him here. , These elders always go about in pairs, s; j The question now arises, "What I. i shall he done with this insane man?" He is not a citizen of tlds State and , tlie law provides that the State of : South Carolina shall not take care of parties in such a condition unless they , have been residents for two years preceding. This was done in order to : keep neighboring States from iinposI, log upon South Carolina. As the elder i- is a citizen of I'tab it is thought that he should !>e cared for by the people i- of that State. A Fatal Swim. i- Mattie Lou Smith, 2u years old and "Nick"' ltutler, is, were drowned Friday in t he St. Johns river near the Florida Fast Coast railway bridge 'at Jacksonville. The bodies have i. i not yet been recovered. With another woman. Pearl Seay, they went to tlie river crabbing. The two who <> i were drowned entered a row boat and y | went to the south Jacksonville side where, after crabbing a while, they i- went in the river for a swim. They e had not been in the water Ion# l>efore n persons on the drawlirldge heard eries i n for help. Two men instantly started 1 , towards them in a rowboat. before; ,v they reach the spot they saw the wov man disappear beneath the surface s and an instant later the man disap11 pea red. IS ! ^ l-'omitl >1 urtlered. ir j Ktl Norris a notorious negro blind tiger of Greenwood was found dead In a vacant field back of his house Tuesday morning. Two jugs containing j two gallons of whiskey each were' r_ found not far away. A Winchester y rille was lying by bis side. There - were no witnesses to the shooting, so c far as known, and the whole affair is c one of mystery. Kd Norris was best n known as the wont blind tiger in Greenwood. BIG GUNS BURSTS. A Fatal Accident on the Battleship Iowa Thursday. A TWELVE INCH TUBE EXPLODES Several Seamen Killed and Wound* ed. The l>Uunter Occurred During Target Practice Off Pensacola, Pla. A disastrous explosion oocurred on the battleship Iowa Thursday while the vessel was at target prati ce in the gulf of Mexico. The forward port 12inch gun burst from the premature explosion of a shell, 12 feet of the piece outside the turret being demolished. Three men were killed and live injured, two seriously. The killed are: First-class Seaman Kielc, Ordinary Seaman Percell and Gunner's Mate berry. The Injured are: First-class Seaman Gaught, Ordinary Seamen Truesdale, brown, Mansdale and Parrucker. The men killed and injured were on the second or gun deck at mess. Three pieces of the exploded gun, each weighing over a ton, passed downward through the spear deck, falling upon the men at mess, Instantly killing the three named. All of the men were horribly mutilated. The heavy missiles, after passing through the gun deck, continued down to the third deck, where they came in contact with the armored deck, the heavy steel bringing them to a stop, thus saving the engineers and tiremen who were at work below. Although the upper decks were crowded with men, no one there was seriously injured. The explosion occurred Just as the mess call had been sounded. Firing was to have ceased after the shot for t.ie dinner hour. The range had been set and the Iowa was steaming along at a speed of 12 knots an hour, when Lieut. Reed, in charge of the forward 12-inch turret, gave orders to load and and tire. The time fuse was cat for the range, the piece charged, breech closed and the word given to tire. Following the report of the gun there was a smothered report as the shell exploded midway in the gun and pieces of the bursted gun and shell were scattered broadcast. Three great holes were torn thr^^h the coming' up on q0ci?, hodqc ?nu mutilated, while lying on the floor crushed almost beyond recognition X were the three unfortunate men. v/The Massashusetts, six miles distant, was signalled for aid, and one of the cutters put off with the surgeon and assistants. The wounded men were Liken to the hospital and their injuries dressed. The dead were brought to Pensacola. Some claim the explosion was caused by a defective shell, and others think- that the frequent tiring of the piece at Culebra during the winter, itHrtarl with fho o?A?ib u J ?ti?u uuv nui n. uuuc 11C|^ UUP ing the past 10 days, so strained the piece that the force of the charge burstcd the gun. A WOMAN IN BLACK. Strange Story That Comes from the County Seat of Colleton. A dispatch from Walterboro to The State says quite a sensation was created in that town on Thursday morning by the arrest upon a warrant issued by Magistrate J. It. Bryan of S. J. Kennel), a farmer and manufacturer of lumber, residing about six miles from the town, on charge of forgery. Being unable to give a bond of $700 he was committed to Jail. . A mysterious woman in black, described as quiet and handsome figures in the case. In fact, she is the chief actor. It is*not known who she Is. What is known is that she appeared at the Farmers and Merchants hank at Walterboro on March 27, presented a check for $432, bearing the signature of W. (4. Thompson, Jr., drawn upon the Bank of Hampton in favor of one of Ills married sisters, whom she impersonated, and received the "' money. The circumstance connecting Fennell with the transaction is that he is known to have accompanied the woman from Walterboro to Hamilton. conversing with her the preceding day, At Hampton she presented a check for a similar sum, but owing to some error payment was refused. He returned with her to Walterboro the same day. Where she secured lodging for the night cannot be ascertained. Kennell admits seeing heron the train, but denies knowledge of her identity. Another mystifying feature of the case is that the woman must have known the extent of Thompson's deposist in the Hank of Hampton, and have teen familiar witli his signature. Thompson. who is now on a visit to Florida, might aid in clearing up the mystery of the "mysterious woman in black." Diligent efforts are being made totlnd out who she is - nd where she is. I)l?'?l of Blood lkoiaon. The Columbia State says Mrs. Hobert M. Anderson, who has been a citizen of that city for many years, died at her home on Price avenue Wednesday, after an illness of two weeks. While out training a vine some time ago, Mrs. Anderson got a splinter in one of her hands and through this slight wound contracted blood poison.