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DO THOU LIBERTY GREAT. INSPIRE OUR SOULS AND M?^pjO|jR LIVES IN THY POSSESSION HAPPY, OR OUR DEATHS GLORIOUS,IN THY CAUSE." BENNETTSYILLE, S. C., ?tDAY, MARCH 6, 1903. NO. 17. TILLMAN SPEAKS. He Criticises the President's Door of Hope Policy in CONNECTION WITH THE NEGRO. Ho Says thc Ballot ol' tho Negro In - tito South lu Always n Monaco to Good Government.. Senator Tillman opened his batte ries in the United States Senate 1 ist week on the negro question. Ile was discussing the Indi,mola po^tulllce trouble. In his introduction he said he proposed to surprise his friends and astonish Ids enemies, if lie has any, by being very mild and temper ate in what he would say: "If we had known at the beginning of the civil war," said he "what we know now there would have been no war." lie inquired why the large majority of thc law abiding people or ludlanola should bc punished because there was a small lawless and brutal i lenient. It was contrary, he said, tn the fun damental principles of Anjrlo-Saxon jurisprudence. ? Replying to some remark ; made by Senator Spooner in his spece i, Senator Tillman said: "It is not the dream of the wildest ass that roams over the Southern States with a wax skin on him that the Federal Government is not supreme," but,he said, there were some cognate propositions which have been ignored. Ile said that in thc South people have a constant reminder that their ancestors thirty-five years ago were conquered. "We are perpcotually re minded," he said, accentu iting his words, "that we are in tee union, but not in it, except to pay taxes. The poison in the race condition in the South, he declared, lay in thc ref eree system which had been adopted. Thc balance of power, he said, in the National Republican Conventions, was held by thc machine of the South,and that machine was composed of ne groes. When the people of the South, said he, lose patience and do "cruel, bitter, fearful, tiendisli and savage things, there is a howl from men who know nothing and have never been South of the i'otoinae, but have theo rized." Continuing, and addressing the Re publican side, he said that if this pol icy of negro equality is carried out, and if some of them could be given places in the cabinet he would vote ? for them. "I will vote to confirm Booker Washington as secretary of anything. Let us have a negro, a ?rje_U?irr.o. iuiL--a_mulaltu or hy. fiji; Then let tis make them officers in the army and navy. Let us give them prorata share of all the good jobs, wherever they exist, without re gard to local conditions." He said that nothing of the sort would bc done. Mr. Tillman said that in 'dealing with tile Indiauola postollice the pres ident and postmaster general trans cended their authority in resorting method which were both tyranical and unconstitutional, ile wanted to know if in figuring up the purpose of their new born zeal "this cold blood ed, calculative, advisedly-taken ac tion" was not prompted by a low mo tive. Ile charged that 800,000 ne groes arc coercing 50,000,000 of white people in the Is'orth to deal with 17, 000,000 white men in thc South in the interest of 8,000,000 ignorant negroes in that section. Ile referred to thc cost in lives and money on account of the race problem in this country and addressing the Republican side, called on them to meet him "upon the same plane of patriotism of race pride and civiliza tion and not to fall into the pit!rill "^cesspool bf partiRatr?sities.'! JTc read extracts from the letter of the""pro dent written some time since covering his views with respect to appointments of negroes to ollice. lie wanted lo lie just lo tile president, he said, but the views were superficial. "How little and small and infinitesimal," he said, "is the knowledge behind such a view." lie added that the people of the North have no more use for thc negro at close quarters than he had. Ile cited instances of assaults by negroes on white women and declared that the more the Northern people lind out about the negro thc less use they have for him. Thc ballot of the negro, he maintained, was a menace to good government and the people of the North are coining to realize t hat thc .enfranchisement of him bordered on ii crime. Reverting to the president's utte.r ?ances that he was unwilling to shut .the door of hope and opportunity in ?thc case of a worthy and competent .colored man, Mr. Tillman said at first 'blush there is not a man alive who would not agree, with that sentiment, but he inquired if it ever occurred to -any one that in opening that door of hope it might not be to shut it in the face of the white man. The door o? hope in South Carolina, he said, at ?one Unie lind been closed by bayonets to the whites for eight years while rapine, murder and misgovernment ran riot with an abomination in the sight of man. He declared that he did not hate thc negro and that all negroes are not bad. Only a small percentage are bad and these, he said,arc leading the rest and being patted on the hack by politicians. He regarded it as his duty, he said, to his State to stand forever opposed to any idea of politi cal or social equality on the part ot the negro with the whiles. Continu ing, he referred to the adoption of Hie I8tii amendment to the constitution. When you remorselessly stand hy that, said he, "and say it is sacred, you force us to face the alternative ol' a conllict of races." The purpose of those who endorse the president's door of hope policy, he declared, is that in time South Caro Una should become a State of ?nula toes, and in this even he predicted there would be more bloodshed than was ever shed before. ''I lieg you, foi Cod's sake," facing thc Republican side, "not, to reproduce an acute stage of hatred which will bring the two races together with tho resolve of thc whites to die lu order to retain their supremacy." Mr. Tillman said his newspaper friends always took great pains to quote anything he had said that was hot," leaving out everything that was rational, decent and sane in their pursuit of sensations, and in this re spect a great wrong had been done him. "A lie," he said, "never had any particular truth," and he would not attempt to make even a start to run down those that have been told on him. Mr. Tillman said he did not want to see the African driven to the wall, and he did not want to shut the door of hope in his face, but he could not consent to the dominance of that peo ple over thc whites. He then poked fun at Mr. Hanna and read the title (?f the hill he recently introduced to pension ex-sl?ves. "Oh, my God!" said he, "did Mr. Hanna mean that or is it a political dodge?" The effect of the bill was, he declared, to give opportunity to unscrupulous negroes to bamboozle and deceive their people hy securing subscriptions ostensibly to further tho Interests of the bill. He concluded by saying that "in propor tion as you arouse false hope in the minds of these" people you are only sowing the wind which will Hame up into a whirlwind later on." Mr. Tillman spoke for three hours. He was followed by Mr. Carmack of Tennessee, who said the action of the president in the Indianola case was not in accordance with reason, justice or Lue constitution. A DEPLORABLE AFFAIR. A School Teacher Shoots Ooo of Iii H liarger l*upilH. A very deplorable affair took place at Inman in S partan burg County the Urst of last week, in which Mr. Reu ben B: Pitts, the principal ol the In man' school, shot and dangerously wounded one. of his larger pupils by the name of Ed. Foster, lt seems that on Monday Pitts had ordered Foster to stay in after .school was dis missed, but Foster did not regard the teacher's words. Tuesday afternoon the request was repeated, and along with Foster three other of the oldest pupils were kept in. Thc teacher j and Foster went into thu room adjoin ing, where thc three remaining pupils sat, and after closing the door Mr. Pitts stated to Poster that he would have to whip him. Foster said noth ing. Pitts secured a switch and be gan to strike the student, who was! larger and heavier in weight than lie. About this time the door was shoved open and the three male pupils sur rounded thc teacher. Pitts changed his hickory from his right hand to thc left, reached with his right hand into his hip pocket and produced a.,,32 calibre pistol. As he brough thc tire arrh in front Foster struck forward with Iiis hand, hitting the pistol and causing the weapon and the arm of thc teacher to fall, and the gun was discharged. The bullet entered Fos ter's stomach. The wounded boy was carried to the. home of Mrs. R. F. Brown, near the school house, where an operation was performed. Pitts surrendered to the sherill and is now in jail. Foster is laying at thc point of death and is not expected to re cover. FOSTEIt IS DEAD. Foster died on Friday morning. Be fore dieing lie made the following statement. The anlc-mdrtcra statement of Fos ter was read as follows: State of South Carolina, Spartanburg County. Personally came E. L. Foster before me and made oath that he is a resi dent of this county, and, being badly wounded by a pistol in the hands of one Reuben Pitts on Feb. 24, 11)03, and realizing that his wound is con sidered dangerous and might prove fa; tal makes Lin's his an tc-mortem decla ration: First, that Reuben Fitts is principal of Inman graded school and that oh the afternoon of February 24, Ilion, the said Reuben Pitts caused mc to stay in after school was dis missed: after words he called mc up to him and said he was going to whip me. Ile sent three other boys out of the room, lie asked me why I did not stay in on the day before. 1 said 1 did not miss but one word and would not take a whipping. Ile then ordered me to get up and said he was going to whip me: brought two switches from rostrum and laid one on bench; he gave mc two licks 1 then grabbed the switch and told him 1 was not going to take it. lie changed switch from right to left hand and put his hand on hip pocket and (liewa pistol threw it up in my fae;.'. I then grabbed pistol and tried to knock it off; he then (ired it. 11 did not weaken me at lirst. I did not know that 1 was shot and I caught him hy the hair he again threw pistol up. I then began to get weak and fell hack on the rostrum. Fred Rallonger, Jessie Pallengcr and Raymond Wolfe who were also kept In, who were in an adjoining room, come in when the pistol H red. Pitts saidas I fell down "Just as 1 expected, you are all on inc." He jumped up two or three limes saying he was aw fully sorry about it. About that time .lessie Pallengcr had my clothes un fastened. Pitts came up and wanted to know where I was shot, ile then left the room saying he was going to give up. There was no one in thc struggle with Pitts but myself. (Signed) "Ed. Foster." Sworn to before me this February 24th. 1003. G. ii. Camp, V. P. OppOHKtl by FanatlcH. The Washington correspondent of the Richmond Times-Dispatch tells lils paper that "tremendous opposi ! tiori is developing to tho proposition to place a statue of General Pee In Statuary Hall. Republican members of congress, from States of thc north and west are hoing overwhelmed with protests. These come from Grand : Army of the Uepubllc organizations and from individual.-. A member told me he had no idea that sentiment against the proposition was so strong. Ohio, Indiana, illinois, Kansas, Iowa and one or two of thc New England States seem most strongly opposed. Sentiment against it is not nearly so strong in New England as would bc i supposed. New York is paying no attention to the matter, and but Tew protests have come up from Pennsyl vania." THE OTHER SIDE. Tillman Gives His Version ol the Terrible Tragedy. HIS STATEMENT GIVEN IN FULL. The Other Testimony Oft'orcd In Ite huttnl to that Offered, by tho State in Opposition to Allowine Bail. Last week we published the testi mony offered by the State before Chief Justice Pope in opposing the application of James H. Tillman for bail. Below we publish Tillman's statement in full and other testimony offered by him in rebuttal. Read it and draw your own conclusions: Jumes II. Tillman being duly sworn says: That in addition to thc atlldavit heretofore made by him, he submits thc following: That ho has read the atlldavits of Joseph R. Allen and Policeman Ro land, and says iu reply thereto, that he did walk towards the city hall, all the while, at least for some distance, obliquing to the left, with his pistol down to his side. That as well as he recollects, he bowed to a man on the platform of a street car, whom he took to bc either the conductor or motor man. I am under the impression that I walked across .the street car track at thc end of a car which was standing on it. Directly after I crossed the track on Main street, Policeman Bo land came up to me. I still had my pistol down at my side. I do not re collect all that was said by Mr. Boland or hy me, hut I think his statement as to what occurred is near about right. I recollect Policeman Boland asking for my pistol, but did not wish to give it up until he assured me that I should be protected, as 1 staled to him, 1 did not wish to he butchered up. I think 1 was about midway, oppo site the city hall, when this occurred. 1 then turned togo with Policeman Boland to the station house, and after turning the city hall corner, going down Gervais street, my brother-in .aw Judge Buchanan came rushing up and asked what was the matter. 1 said to the policeman that he was my brother-in-law, and he then accompa nied us to the police station. The magazine of my pistol had been broken for some time, and as I was de sirous of having it repaired before re turning home, Tasked Mr. Fred. Dom inick on "Wednesday to take it to Mr. W. P. Stieglitz's gun shop and have lt fixed for me-being then engaged in my otliclal duties at the State house, and did not have Cline to go to the gunsmith's. He said nothing to me about the magazine until the next morning, when he asked me for the pistol, saying he had to take It to Stieglitz to put the magazine in. I do not know at what, time he took the pistol to Stieglitz nor when he brought it to my room afc the State house. He told me Some time during the morn ing that he had left the pistol in my room. I do not own a Prince Albert frock coat, nor have I worn one since my arrival in the City of Columbia. 1 neither had on a Prince Albert coat on Tuesday, Jan. Kl, ???3j nor did I have a pistol in my hip pocket, nor did 1 stop on Main street near the steel bunding and "look up and down the street as if expecting some one to pass." I was not looking for any one in whom 1 was interested to pass me. The aillant P. W. Smith I am inform ed is a hoy 12 years old, and Yedder Zimmerman about thc same age. I do not recall meeting Mr.'S. T. D. Lancaster on the 14th day of January, 1903; but if he did see me, lie could not have seen a pistol ''sticking out from the (my) rear coat pocket," as 1 did not have a pistol with me-thc only pistol I had in Columbia hoing broken as above stated. That Mr. S. J. Young may bc correct when he states he saw me "about 12 feet from the inside of the pavement", and 1 may have had my pistol eleva ted. 1 know I did not haye it pointed at N. G. Gonzales, hut I was looking at him, momentarily expecting him to tire upon mc, and when he diu not do so 1 lowered it to my side. In reference to the statement of Ar ledge Ly les who, I have been informed is a boy about 12 or M years of age, 1 do know that after having li red and the lire not being returned, 1 lowered my pistol, as hy that time Senator Tal bi rd got between me and Mr. Gon zales. I do not remember saying: " You will let me alone now." 1 do know that 1 did go as Arledge Lyles says across the street, obliquing, looking in the direction where thc clilllciilly oc curred and at Mr. (??nzales, until I got to the street car track and crossed it, and it was about this time that Policeman Boland came up. I do not know Mr. C. M. Lide, who slates he was walking behind Mr. Gon zales and in the same direction Mr. Lido states: "That he (referring to inc) maintained that position with his hands in In's overcoat pockets until just before he had tired the shot herc inaftcrwards described." Ile also slates: "When just as he (Gonzales) was going around the three, on the in side of the pavcment,Tillman being on the outside of the three, and near the outer edge of the pavement and hav ing both his hands In his overcoat pockets, thc latter (that is Tillman) suddenly Hied his pistol." My over coat has no front side pockets, and it was therefore a physical impossibility for me to have my hands in my over coat pockets-the only pockets in my said overcoat being in each tall of the rear of said coat, and 1 had a pair ol' gloves in my left hand, both hands be ing hy my side. This statement. I beg lo verily hy the coat which is in thc possession of thc sherill'. As to thc atlldavits of Abram Brown (a colored man) and of August Schied eman, thc same are not true in so far as they conflict with thc statement now made and heretofore made, and which is corroborated by the affidavits of Melton C. L?rick, and W. IL Halli and that of Richard ll. Ilolsonbacke. 1 have only to say in reference to the atilda vit of Mrs. Minina C. Melton that the lady is mistaken In thc position in which she places me on thc sidewalk. I know not hing, of course, neit her had I any knowledge up to that, lime, and none now, save as is stated In Mrs. Melton's affidavit and those of some others, I hat it was Mr. Gonzalo's hab it to walk with his hands in his pock ets. When ho obliqued across, coming towards me, I again repeat he glared at me, pushing his entire right hand in Iiis overcoat pocket, and giving mc every indication and grounds lo be lieve, as I nave heretofore stated, that he intended to assault me with a pis tol. To show that Mrs. Melton is mis taken when she says: "lie (Gonzales) did not look in the direction of Mr. Tillman; he was looking directly at the opening between thc inside gentle man (Senator Brown) and the tnois ier station, to willoh he was walking, and through which I had slowed up to let him pass " attention is called to the allldavit of Mr. Robert Lathan, wherein he states that Mr. Gonzales told him that he had glanced at ray face. 1 deny in toto the statement which Mr. Robert Lathan says Mr. Gonzales made to him in reference to how the difficulty occurred. Mr. Gonzales never said to me what Mr. Lathan says he told him. If he did so state, I did not hear him, and no allldavit has beon submitted by any of the bystanders that they heard him say it. Deponent avers that lie has no re collection of any acquaintance with O. D. Black, who has made an alllda vit herein, aud denies that he had any conversation at the time referred to on the railroad train, or in November last at the Albion Hotel in Augusta, Ga. I do recollect having ? conversation with Mr. 35. J. Watson, a reporter for Thc State, but I deny the truth of the convers?t ion as stated in his allldavit. As early as 1800 thc sala N. G. Gon zales commenced making misstate ments in reference to mc in the public prints of this State, and publicly avowed and published the fact that lie was instrumental in causing my appli cation for membership in the South Carolina club to be refused, referring to me tis cowardly enough to slander him anonymously, which was Utterly untrue. Again in the year 1893, when this deponent sent from Washington, D. C. eertu'.n dispatches to the Colum bia Evening Journal, the truth of which he did not guarantee,but stated them as rumor, Mr. Gonzales had him self quoted in The State of April, 1803, assaying that the statement was a falsehood without a shadow of excuse, and also referred to it in the editorial columns of the said newspaper of which he was the editor, on the 10th day of April, 1803. That the hatred of Mr. Gonzales to wards deponent was personal. That under the pretext of doing public good he hardly attempted to cover his mal ice and vindictiveness towards me. From thc time of my entry into pub lic life there has been an incessant, coarse, brutal, and unreasoning ar raignment of your deponent. Even so late as July 31, 1002, there appeared in The State an editorial of abuse, which although headed "Partly Personal Partly Public," was indeed albperson al. An arraignment of your deponent is made, beginning with the year 1800, down through the service in the army, and up to said date, Ulled with brutal insinuations, coarse perversion of facts, and false insinuations of thc .actings and doings of your deponent. That m the issue of The State of April 1,1002, four colums of vituperation and abuse were devoted to your deponent; on I August 2, three columns on the edito I rial page, of vi ll i Heat ion and abuse: on August 8, one column: and almost dally editorial comment from said date up to and including August 20, 1002, and even after said time. In The State's survey, editorial columns, Au gust 20, 1002, he refers to your deno nent as "reeling off miles of lies" and "confessing to the. embezzlement of money entrusted td him for thc erec tion of monument to the Confeder ate dead,'' And on August 20,-1902; after the result of the elections had been declared it is stated that your deponent was not a gamecock, and never "tit" in the pit, "and if he was found dead there, -his remains must have been thrown in after his demise from excessive weeping." In the same issue, referring to an occurrence at Gaffney', S. C., he refers to your depo nent as a braggart, and a spotted can didate, and eulogizes E. E. DeCamp, who had brought on the trouble, as "one of thc first printers to stick type for The State. Ile will permit us to say t hat he has handsomely maintain ed thc traditions of the paper." That prior to deponent's candidacy to thc olHce of governor, to wit: In the issue of The State of June 2,1001, he wrote a hitter,(?sarcastic editorial of one and a half columns of your depo nent, under the heading "We Plead for a Sporting Statesman." After all t his.dcponcnt submits that he was justilled in believing, from t he writings of the said N. G. Gonzales, from the threats communicated to him, and from his actions when they met. that the said N. G. Gonzales in tended to make an attack upon him, and Iiis every movement os seen by deponent so indicated, and would have been so interpreted by any one possess ed of ordinary firmness and reason,amt deponent again reiterates that when he left the State house to go to his hotel, he did not know that he would meet the said N. G. Gonzales. That when deponent first saw him he was glaring at him and continued to do so until he, ('ronzales, was almost up to him. That the said Gonzales then obliqued across the pavement in the direction of deponent. That when he obliqued was the time when deponent saw him thrust the thumb of his right hand Into his overcoat pocket, and the pocket was pushed backward. Thal tlie said Gonzales glared viciously at deponent at the time he did this, and was cutting across, coining towards him. That deponent ti rm ly believed that the said N. G. Gonzales was about to draw a pistol and lire upon him. That lils manner, appearance, and motions, were such as to justify such a belief by deponent or by any person of ordinary reason and firmness'; who had been slandered, villitied, abused, and threatened, as deponent had been. That deponent tired believ ing his life was in danger, to save him self. That he regrets the necessity of being forced so to do, but fired upon reasonable apprehension that his life was about to be taken, or that he was about to receive serious bodily harm, and still so believes. Deponent further says in reference to seeing Mr. Gonzales near a commit tee room in thc State house at thc time mentioned in thc affidavits ol Robert Lat han and E. J. Watson, it is not true that deponent then saw Mr, Gonzales, although he may have been in the position that these gentlemen say lie was. Deponent further says that he ha? ho recollect ion of seeing Mr. Gonzales eil her In t he lobby of the State house or in the senate chamber, as lt appears from the affidavits of other parties he may have been. Personally appears John G. Rich ards, Jr., who being duly sworn deposes and says: That he ls a mem ber of thc House from Kershaw; that he was In conversation with Governor Tillman and others on thc evening ol January 12th last in tho cltyofColum bia, and there was nothing said bj Governor Tillman that he can now re call with reference to Mr. Gonzales blithe states confidently that Gover nor Tillman did not on that occasioi or other that he can now recall maki any threat of any kind against tah Gonzales. J. G. Richards, Jr. Personally appears Preston B. Calli son, who, being duly sworn, depose! and says: That he ls a member of tili house from Greenwood county; that ht recalls the conversation alluded ?o bj Hon. John G. Richards, Jr., and here by con linns thc statement of Mr James II. Tillman. Richards in every respect. P. I B?jp^-riie personally appears Dr. D. i S.-P.ob?jAvho, being duly swcrn, says: Tli?XKq? does not know Capt. J. A. < WhUlpV and can give no opinion as Xo ? bis 'mental condition; that in the atli- i daviV?igned by him on the loth day of Kdbruary, 1903, before William El liotts Jr., notary public, he gave his opini?n as to the effect of paralysis, butipf course there-are many excep tloria.to the rule, and it does not apply in ?ttv cases; that nothing but a pcr sonrn . examination-of one so alljlcted, and'knowledge of his condition before tlie-itrcke.of paralyisis, cou id enable bini or any other physician to say what tile elfect of such a stroke would be on his memory or otherwise; that in ?pd affidavit the word "apt" H used whereas tho word "may" ls what d? ponent meant to say. D. S. Pope. Personally appeared Joseph P. Allen, whcl, being duly sworn, says: I aih city j auditor, and on the day Mr. N. G. Ganzales was shot I was standing at my desk facing east, looking direct ly atiross Main street. In front of my deslvand lu front of me was a copper wlre'scrcen.the spaces-Inches, and tho glass* of the window. Consequently I saw Mr. Gonzales through the wire screen and the glass of the windpw. 1 w?bV'ubout 110 feet from him, and he was'about 80 feet from the door of thc strebt railway transfer olllee. 1 did not see the shooting and did not sec what transpired immediately prior thereto. Jos. Ri Allen. Personally appeared bef?se me W. H. Hall, who being duly sworn, says: That he is a resident of the city of Camden, S. C., and was in thc city of Columbia on the loth day of January, 1003> That at the time of the shoot ing bf "N. G. Gonzales he was standing on the corner of Alain and Gervais streets, and has read the affidavit of Ii. H. iloisonbackc as to how the diffi culty arose and he corroborates the same is every particular. That dur ing the evening of the 15th of January, 10u3, after the unfdrtuatc occurrence, he, with the said R. II. Holsonbacke, went to th? county jail and there saw Lieutenant Governor James Hi Till man, and told him that he had seen the difliculty, and narrated to him wiiat the said Holsonbacke stated hi bis al?ida.vlt. W. H. Hall. Before me personally appeared "?LC. L?rick, who being duly sworn says: That the day of thc difliculty between Gov. Tillman and ?f. G. Gonzales he was-standing on Main street of the city of Co umbi a and saw the same and was an eyewitness thereto; that he has read the affidavits of Gov. Jas. Hi Tillman stating how the difliculty occurred and that his recollection coin cides and agrees with that statement in every particular, as it also docs willi the statement of R. H. Iloisonbackc; that ho recalls particularly thc atti tude of N.G. Gonzales on that occasion and fully expected to see him open fire, upon Gov. Tillman,'as his every movement and every appearance so indicated, and from his actions at the tlt?rt?g {relieved and believes now that the said' GK' -Gonzales was armed and-V/aV-intendlng to shoot Gov. Till v,'*?s"t-lvre was- every..Indication tha.t he (Gonzales) was about to draw a p;istoi.' Mi C. L?rick. Personally appeared before me Philip Epstin who being duly sworn, says: That he was in the hall of the house of representatives on the day of the election of speaker-thinks it was Tuesday, January 13, 1?I03. That James II. Tillman came into the hal., went upon the speaker's stand and said a few words to the speaker. That he tlier. came down from the stand on the northeast side and wentout of the hall. That "S.O. Gonzales was stand ing a few feet from the reporters' tables facing to thc southwest, his back being to the passage hy which Tillman must, pass to reach the door. That Gonzales turned around as Till man was passing and stared at Till man with a sneering and bantering smile of derision upon his face, and in a taunting manner. That Tillman apparently took no notice of Gonzales or his bantering manner but passed on by him willi a sad and rather sub dued expression on lils face. Phillip Epstin. Personally appeared John E. Flana gan, who being duly sworn, says: 1 got olT the street car which was going ti the river in front of the transfer sta tion corner. I got off about opposite thc southern corner of the trunsfei station and the City Hall and about In the middle of the street. My at tention was attracted by a report which I at first thought was a torpedo I looked and saw Mrs. Emma Gi Mel ton; she was very much excited, wai moving her head and body in every di rection, and jumping up and down-J never seen anyone appear so excite* in my life. Just as I looked and sav her, 1 saw Mr. Gonzales; he took a ste] or two, and seemed to lean against Hu building, then he recovered himself and he turned and walked back to wards his olllee. Mr. James Sims am Mr. A. G. LaMotte joined him wliei he got at or near thc building occn pied hy Mr. Way; each of them seem lugly had him by the arms,and walkei with him down to his ollice. John E. '?'lanigan. Personally appeared before inc Jame \ T. Douglass, who being duly sworn says: That he is State senator fron Union county, and was in his scat ii Hie senate chamber ii day or two be fore the difficulty between James ll Tillman and N. G Gonzales: that de , ponent is not certain of thc day c thc month, but feels confident it wa Wed., thc 14th day o? January, lill): : That Lieut. Gov. Tillman was presk ing when N. G. Gonzales entered th j senate chamber, t ook his stand ahou . where the seats com mc nee on thc mai i entrance of the senate chamber, an for fully live minutes stood there loo! j ing over the senate chamber. Tho i his action was so strange, unusual ari peculiar that he deponent , noticed i j that he Inferred this from Mr. Goi ; zalcs' manner and actions. , .lames T. Douglass. , Personally appears Tillman Bund who being duly sworn, deposes an says: That he was told by Gov. Til manto take a certain pistol, a Colt . 38 calibre weapon, from his room an carry or return to its supposed ow m ! at another hotel. After alleinptk to do so he had to return the won poi . being unable to lind any owner for tl [ same, and h I nisei f carried the san . down to thc president's room and le - lt there, where it was when Gov. Tl! . man began to remove his'effects. Tlii he did not tell Gov. Tillman he hr ! left lt In the president's room. Th! i he did not know who was the owner . the weapon, and does not now know ? Tillman Bunch. Personally appeared before me B. . Lewis, who being duly sworn, sai j That he has been acquainted wfl ? Richard H. Holsonbaek for a numb ? of years and that he bears a reputatk } of being a truthful, upright and re . able man. B. p. Lewis. Personally appeared before me ) H. Tlmmerinan, who being du ?worn saya: That he has known Richard H. Hoisonbacke for a number if years; that he had worked for him ana that he had always done Iiis work faithfully; that he bears the name of paying ids debts and rents on lands leased for cultivation. W. II. Timmerman. Personally appeared before me P. P>. Mayson, who being duly swori , says: That he hud known R. II. Hoison backe for a number of years and that his general reputation for truthful ness and veracity is. good; that he is known to pay his debts, and that de ponent would believe him on oath. P. li. Mayson. Personally appeared before me (de ponents stated below) ard bein? duly sworn said that they know Richard II; Holsonbacke's general reputation for truth and veracity and that his reputation is good and that they would believe him on oath: A. P. Lott, C. A. Austin, J. W, Hester, J. P. Odom, Samuel Hyatt, Jas. G. Mobley, J. Goldberg, Tlios. Holmes, J. P. Fulraan, W. II. nail, W. E. La Grove, A. C. Mayer. J. F. Murrel, A. E. Carpenter, M. G. Car penter, J. S. Bush, Malcolm Jackson, J. W. Hardy, Willie Cogburn, Jas. Temples, E. L. Sawyer, C. W. Wil liams, G. W. Williams, P. A. John son, J. A. Lott, W. ll. Lott, J. E. Lott, J. S. Culbrcath, lt. M. Powell, J. C. Workman, M. O. Norris, Hon. J. G. Edmunds, W, T. Walton, J. N. Carpenter, N. II. Jackson,M. H. Cuur scy, W. II. Carpenter, lt. II. Carpen ter, lt. O. Car pouter, C. B. Carpen ter. A similar certlticate as to Holson backe's character was signed hy citi zens of Aiken county, as followh: M. C. Whitlock, John lt. Edison, H. A. Turner, J. M. Paul, P. L. Bn>n don, J. G. Hoard, J. T. Mayer, II. W. Hester, Samuel Hyatt, J. G. Mobley, J. B. Odam, P. L. lirotfdon, J. G. Hand, J. T. Mayer, J. Goldberg, B. Flinn, W. L. La Grove. Before me personally appeared B. R. Tillman, who being duly sworn says: That he is a resident of the county of Edgc?ield, South Carolina; that he knows the reputation and character or Capt. J. A. White of the town nf Erlgetteld in said county and State; that his reputation for truth and veracity is high, and he (d?pon ent) would believe any statement he made. B. R. Tillman. Personally appeared before me (de ponents stated below) and being duly sworn, says: That they are well ac quainted with J. A. White and know his general reputation for truth and veracity and honesty and fair dealing to be excellent, and that'they would believe him on oath. That Captain White is in full possession pf his men tal faculties and consequently kuowg what lie says and does." W. G. Ouzts, deputy sheriff. P. B. Mayson, C. W. Odom, J. G. Faulkner, M. L. Brunson, magistrate; ?i. G. Evans, J. T. Patterson, M. D.; C. M. Williams, county treasurer; W. A. Bird, county superintendent of educa tion; W. ll. Timmerman. Personally appeared before me ?V. IL Timmerman, who being duly sworn, oays: That he has known J. A. White for a number of years and that his reputation and character have always been excellent for truth. W. H. Timmerman. Personally appeared before me R. H. Ilolsonback, who being duly sworn says: That bc did make a statement that he had something else in view when he came to columbia besides a position as doorkeeper to the senate and that the business to which he re ferred was to secure a position as spe cial constable on the dispensary force: that he was also trying to get a posi tion as doorkeeper to the house of representatives; that he attaches to this affidavit letters from Hon. L. J. Williams and Maj. G. W. Croft, which letters have reference to the above statement. his Richard H. (x) nolsonbacke, mark. Olllce State Board of Directors of thc South Carolina Dispensary. Columbia, S. C., Jan. ?, l!)0:i. Mr. lt. ll. Hoisonbacke, Johnson, S. C. Dear Sir: 1 have again seen UH governor in your behalf and heassurci me that he will have the status ol blind tigerism in Johnston investigat ed and if he concludes it will be ad vantagcous to appoint a resident coi. stable he will try and help you, Yours very truly, L. J. Williams. G. W. Croft & Son, Attorneys anc Counsellors. Aiken. S. C., Dec. 20, 11)02. Mr. R. H. Hoisonbacke. Johnston, S. C. My Dear Sir: Your favor of Dec. 2;i received and hasten to reply and to enclose a letter to Mr. M. L. Smith recommending you, which you car present to him when tiie legislature opens, and 1 will also do what 1 cat with him personally. I lind that ni) court meets hereat Aiken on Januar} 12th, extra court session, and it maj interfere with my getting dowr promptly, so 1 give you a letter willer you can show Mr. Smith yourself. With best wishes for yourself billi season, believe me, Your friend, G. W. Croft. Tile statement made by Governoi Tillman on the relation mentioned by mc was looked upon by me as a mat ter of pleasantry and wa? not consld orcd by me at tiie time as a matter ol threat at all. Thc allusion was madi also to editorials in The State news paper in which newspaper there liac been an accusation against Governoi Tillman of a rogue, etc. - W. B. Gausc. Want the I>lni>onsnry. Thc governor lias received a request from several members of the S tat? legislature of New Hampshire asking for full Information about the opera tion of the South Carolina dispensar: law, their purpose being to Introduci a like measure In the Nev Humpshirt general assembly. The governor wll forward a copy of tho law and copia of the olllclal reports of the operation! of thc dispensary. FERTILIZER TAG TAX Is Greatly Increased This Year Over Last Year. The Columbia State says there bas been a remarkable spurt in the re? eelpts of "tag tax," or fertilizer tax. Up to the 1st of March the receipts : will be $22,000 more than for the same period last year, or n gain of 50 per cent. Whether this stride.- will keep up or not caunot be foretold. There are three possible causes for the heavy pu rebases of fertilizers. One is that the farmers are making their purchases earlier than usual because money d'cs not appear to bo as tight tliis year s is customary. Another is that the acreage in crops requiring fertilizers will be materially increased, and another possible reasou ls that the fertilizers w?ll be used more intensive' ly or more thoroughly. It may be that this rush of orders will soon be over and that thc sales of the entire year will aggregate little more than in other years, but the amount of tax received so far is ? rec-, ord breaker and there are two months yet before the sales of fertilizers for tiie year will practically bc over. A comparative table of the sales in different years might be of interest at this time. Thc receipts to date in 1903 are 501.991.55; same time last year $40.030.55, and for the year be fore 857,097.03. Following are the totals for the several years slncq?thc. inauguration of the "tag" tax systemVli, Year. Amount. 1890-91.... $53,285.85 1892.?. 30,108.98 1893. .;.. 50,243.95 1894. . 43,423.88 1895./... 30,135.93 1890.Six..'_ 54,524.37 18117. 59,352.33 1898. 05,494.33 1S9?). 02,123.88 19U0. 75,214.34 1901 . 84,073.43 19?2. 81,744.94 All of the receipts from this fund go to Clemson College-avowedly for thc purpose of paying for the inspec tion of the commercial fertilizers to 1 protect the farmers from being im pused upon. Really less than $10,000 a year is spent upon the analysis of commercial fertilizers. Clemson thus gets for operating expenses from the privilege tax more than thc co'i?iblned;. appropriations to the South Carolina; College, thc Citadel and th?i^ta?e i Colored College. In addition tcV*thi8'; Clemson gets revenue from other sources. There is $15,000 from the Hatch fund; $3,000 from thc interest on Mr. Clemson's bequest; $0,000 from the land scrip fund, and about 350,000 from the "cadet fund," which, as slided in tiie annual report of, the , legSaidtlvc-lnspectirrg ' cqinmlttepi^-is exuended on board, laundry, etc*., for thc cadets. Clemson has indeed - a princely income, just how much can not be told from the annual reports, and is doing a superb work. Out of ; the Income the permanent improve- i ments are made. Last year nearly $50,000 was paid out for new build ings. Tiie question arises: "When Clemson gets through putting up buildings and adding to thc equip ment, will there not be an annual res- : idue from thc tag tax receipts.'-' That question has worried the gen- ; eral assembly for several years-but was not touched upon at the session just ended, although there wefe sev eral bills to reduce thc tag tax from 25 cen Ls a ton to 15 cents, to raise it to Ito cents, etc. Hut the proposition which has ever attracted thc greatest attention is to have Clemson divide the privilege tax with Winthrop. This has been opposed on the ground that the State has no right to levy a special tax and that this "inspection" tax is but a subterfuge for a special tax on a commodity. Should the in come be diverted from the inspecting agency of the government, then the whole scheme might be declared un constitutional and Clemson suffer a serious loss. If Clemson continues to develop and extend her magnificent plant, it is probable that? ail of this inspection tax may bu required for op crating expenses and that there would be no residue. Judge Lyon, who attends to the fer tilizer tax books in the State treasur er's otlice, Stated Friday that there is little or no chance for the fertilizer !, companies to defraud the State gov l eminent. The companies arc liable to heavy penalty if they omit from thc sacks of fertilizers the tags showing the authority of the State govern ment. Thc consumer may be defraud ed, because every sack is not tested and its contents analyzed, but the payment of the tax cannot be escaped. I When a fertilizer company makes a requisition for tags, thc check ls sent to thc State treasurer's otlice and thence forwarded to the State chom ist at Clemson. The latter sends the plljcial tags to the company. The Vlr . ginia-Caiolina Chemical Company pays Hie greater part or the privilege 1 tax, although some members of the J legislature are impressed with the s fact that tiie people themselves pay 1 this tax and that if it were removed tiie price, of fertilizers would not be ' reduced correspondingly. Friday .ludjre Lyon received a check for $2, 1 500 from the Virginia-Carolina Chcm ' ?cal Company accompanying an order ; for tags. ? --- Wiped Out. ttie Family. Earl Wood, thc 17 year old son of a prominent farmer seven miles west of . Frankfort, Ind., Tuesday evening , murdered lils father, shot and fatally wounded his mother and sister and then committed suicide. The mo . tive for thc boy's bloody crime is not , known. After the shooting the young . man went to the home of a neighbor j and said that robbers had entered his f home and killed his father, mother and sister and that be escaped after I a running ba ttl o with thc desperadoes. Ile apparently was greatly excited and said he was organizing a posse to j pursue his father's slayers. He stop ? ped at another house and told thc t same, story. When he was questioned - concerning the shooting he became ; confused and resented thc inqulsitlve } ness of the man to whom he told thc j story. He started away and dlsap 1 pcared behind a barn, when a shot s was heard. An investigation dlscov s ered the youthtul murdered dying with a bullet through his breast. CAUSE OF STAGGERS. A Fatal Malady Now Prevalent Among the Horses. DISEASE OF NERVOUS SYSTEM. Dr. Ncsom Says it is Always As sociated With Mouldy Food, Bad Water and Uncleanly Surroundings. Dr. Nesom, the State vetcrlnarium at Clemson College, is receiving BO many letters from various sections in reference to staggers that he has [ found it impossible to anBwer them all. The following letter^will be of interest to many throughout the State. As it is quite out of the question to give personal answers to all of thc letters received from citizens of South Carolina and Georgia regarding a horse disease commonly referred to as staggers, I take this method of say ing to those concerned that more and more cases appear every week, and : just at a season when horses and mules are so much in demand for farm work it becomes a serious question. The lasses in South Carolina from this disease during the past year are esti mated at about $10,000, abd it is prevalent in Maryland, Virginia, Njurth Carolina and Kansas. I baa diagnosed the disease as cerebro-spl nal mcningetis nearly a year ago, but many of the diseases did not seem typical of tibin idease. I have recent ly forwarded to the bur eau of'animal industry at Washington six of''the si brains taken from bourses that had died of this disease. A partial report ^ has been received and the disease proves to be cerebro-spinal meningetis, or leucoencephalitls. This is a disease of the nervous sysl tem, affecting chiefly the brain and its covering membranes. Most of the brains taken out recently have been congejted, some blood serum around the brain, and in either the right or left half . of the upper portion of thc brain (cerebrum) there has been found a large area of degeneration. This cannot be seen on thc surface, but if the brain be cut open what appearer, jfco be a large ulcer is found in the substance.: of the.brain. This ls the principal losion and is responsible for most of the ill symptoms. The symptoms are those of nearly all the other forms of so-called "stag gers," and death generally follows in one or two daye If not very soon after the disease is noticed. .The cause of the disease is not well understood, but' iayalways . associ?t fdoq,. bad .water and u u'clean fe wr^?hd>ifr hags. Thc remedy is to''?*?oid the causes, use only the best food, pure water ; and keep the animals under the best of conditions as to cleanliness. In ; one case I saw where a number of mules died, the only bad environment I could lind was that a lot of rank weeds had been mowed down'around the barn and left there to decay dur Ing a rainy spell of weather. Medical treatment ls almost useless*] as the losious of the brain have al ready occurred when the symptoms are noticed and cure is generally out of thc question when so much of the brain has become decayed. Cold shower baths to head, doses of one ounce of chloral hydrate, one ounce aloes, or for ounces of whiskey, may relieve the symptoms for a while. When the disease appears clean, dis infect and whitewash the barn, and do not usc a stall where a horse has died. If possible abandon lots and barns for two or three months and provide quarters elsewhere for all horses kept on the place. G. E. Nesom, State Vetcrlnarium. Things to Forget. If you would increase your hap piness and prolong your life forget your neighbors faults. Forget the slander you have heard. Forget the temptation. Forget the faultfind ing and give a little thought to the cause which provoked it. For get the peculiarities of your friends and only remember the good points which make you fond of them. For get all personal quarrels or histories you may have heard by accident, and which' if repeated would seem a thous and times worse than they are. Blot out as far as possible all the disagree ables of life; they will come, but they will grow larger when you remember them, and the constant thought of tho acts of meanness are worse still, malice, will only tend to make you more familiar with them. Obliterate everything disagreeable from yester day, start out witli a clean sheet for today, and write upon it for sweet memory's sake only those things which are lovely and lovable. A Destructive. At three o'clock Thursday morning thc town of iJeak was aroused by thc alarm of Ure at thc Southern railroad depot. Forty-four bales of cotton were on lire- The depot and nine store houses and warehouses were burned to thc ground. As all were wooden build ings very little was saved. Mr. W. H. Suber lost two stores and two warehouses. Mr. S. T. Swygert, stock of goods valued at $5,000; insur ance, $2,000, and $500 on house. Mr. II. W. White's store was occupied by J. H. Bushard as postolllce and mer ehantilc business, was destroyed. Tho contents were partially saved. No in surance. Thomm? Jcfl'crson. A letter has been received by Gov ernor Hey ward from tho Thomas Jef ferson association of the United States, asking his cooperation and endorse ment of a project to erect in thc city of Washington a suitable memorial to the man who wrote the Declaration of Independence. The letter calls par ticular attention that thore has never been provided such a memorial in any city of the United States. Thc asso ciation wishes the endorsement of the plan by the governors of all the States. Capt. F. W. Wagoner of Charleston ls the South Carolina member of the board of governors of the association.