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I "DO THOU LIBERTY GREAT. INSPIRE OUR SOULS AND MA|S^MJR LIVES IN THY POSSESSION HAPPY, OR OUR DEATHS GLORIOUS JN THY CAUSE." ?gl BENNETTSVILLiE, S. C., MpDAY, MARCH 6, 190B. NO. 17. TILLMAN SPEAKS. He Criticises the President's Door of Hope Policy in CONNECTION WITH THE NEGRO. He Says thc Ballot of tho Negro in thc Suutb it* AlwejH a Monaco to Good Government.. Senator Tillman opened his batte ries in the United States Senate 1 ist week on the negro question. He was discussing the tod ia nola po>totllco trouble. In his introduction he said he proposed to surprise his friends and astonish his enemies, if lie has any, by being very mild and temper ate in what he would say: "ll" wc liad known at the beginning o? the civil war," said ho, "what we know now there would have been no war.'' He inquired why the large majority of the law abiding people or lodianola should be punisher! because Lhere was a small lawless and brutal cl?ment. It was contrary, he said, to the fun damental principles of An.'lo-Saxou jurisprudence. ? Replying to some remark ; made hy Senator Spooner in Iiis speec i, Senator Tillman said: "It is not the dream ol' the wiKlest ass that roams over Hie 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. He said that in tho South people have a constant reminder that their ancestors thirtv-llve years ago were conquered. "We are pcrpectually re minded," he said, accentuating his words, "that we are in tee union, but not in it, except to pay taxes. The poison in the race condition in thc South, he declared, lay in the ref eree system which had been adopted. The balance of power, he said, in the National Republican Conventions, was held by thc machine pf the South,and that machine was composed of ne groes. When the people of the South, said lie, lose patience and do "cruel, bitter, tearful, fiendish and savage thiugs, there is a howl from men who know nothing and have never been South of the Potomac, 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 tile cabinet lie would vote ? for them. "1 will vote to continu Booker'Washington as secretary of anything. Let us have a negro, a genuino negro. nuL_ajyulallo or hy. " brui. Then let tis make them ??ulcers in the army and navy. Let us give them prorata share of ali the gund jobs, wherever they exist, without re gard to local conditions." He said that nothing of the sort would be done. Mr. Tillman said that in "dealing with tile Indiauola postoltlce t hc pres ident and postmaster general trans cended their authority in resorting *'. method which were both ty ra ti i cal and unconstitutional, lie wanted to know if in ?guring up the purpose of their new born /.eal "this cold blood ed, calculative, advisedly-taken ac tion" was not prompted by a low mo tive. He charged that SOO,OOO ne groes are coercing f>o,00U,0U0 or white people in the North to deal with 17, 000,000 white men in thc South in the interest of 8,000,000 ignorant negroes in that section. He referred to thc cost in lives and money on account of tin: race problem in tills country and addressing the Republican side, called un them to meet liim "upon thc same plane of patriotism of race pride and civiliza tion and not to fall into the pitiful ^cesspool of pa rtisa i f p Jil tics.! ! JI C read extracts from the letter of the*'j"?*t-' dent written some time since covering his views with respect to appointments of negroes to ollioe. He wanted lo be just to tiie president, lie said, lint Hie views were superficial. "How little and small and Infinitesimal," lie said, "is the knowledge behind such a view." He added that thc people of the North have no more use for the negro alel?se quarters than lie had. He cited instances of assaults hy negroes on white women and declared that the more the Northern people lind out about thc negro Hie less use they have for him. Tiie ballot of Hie negro, he maintained, was a menace to good .government and the people of the North are coming to realize that tlie .enfranchisement of him bordered on ?a crime. Reverting to Hie president's utter ances that he. was unwilling to shut .tiie door of hope and opportunity in ."the case of a worthy and competent .colored man, Mr. Tillman said at first 'blush there is not a man alive who Avould not agree with that sentiment, tout lie Inquired if it ever occurred to ?any one that, in (?pening that door of hope it might not he to shut it in the ?ace of the white man. The door ot hope in South Carolina, lie said, at one time lind been closed by bayonets to the whites for eight years while rapine, murder and misgovernment ran riot with au abomination in the sight of man. Ile declared that lie did not hate Hie. negro and that all negroes are not bad. (inly a small percentage ?ire had and these, lie said,are leading thc rest and being patted on the back by politicians. He regarded it as his duty, lie said, to Iiis State to stand forever opposed to any idea of politi cal or social equality on Hie part of Hie negro willi Hie whites. Continu ing, he refel led to Hie adoption ol' t hc 18th ainondtncnti to the constitution. When you remorselessly stand by that, .said he, "and say it is sacred, you force us to face Hie alternative ol'a conflict of races." The purpose of those who endorse the president's door of hope policy, lie declared, is that in time South Caro lina should become a State of milla toes, and in this even he predicted Hiere would he more bloodshed than was over siled before. ''I beg you, for God's sake," facing the Republican side, "not to reproduce an acute stage of hatred which will bring the two races together with the resolve of the whites to die in order to retain their .supremacy." Mr. Tillman said bis 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 'jeen 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 tho wall, and he did not want to shut tho door of hope in his face, but he could not consent to the dominance of that peo ple over thc whites, lie then poked fun at Mr. Hanna and read the title of the bill he recently introduced to pension ex-slaves. "Oh, my God!" said he, "did Mr. Hanna mean that or is lt a political dodge?" The effect of the bill was, he declared, to give opportunity to unscrupulous negroes to bamboozle and deceive their people I by securing subscriptions ostensibly to rurther the 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 lion rs. He was followed hy Mr. Uarmack of Tennessee, who said the action of the president in the indianola case was not i*i accordance with reason, justice or inti constitution. A DEPLORABLE AFFAIR. A School Teacher Shoot? One of Ills burger l*uplln. A very deplora!de affair took place at Inman in Spartanburg County the tirst of last week, in which Mr. Reu ben ii: Pitts, the principal ol the In man' school, shot aud dangerously wounded one of his larger pupils by the name of Fd. 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 tlie request was repeated, and along with Foster three other of the oldest pupils were kept in. Thc teacher and Foster went into thc room adjoin ing, where tile three remaining pupils sat, and after closing thc door Mr. Pitts stated to Foster 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 he. About this time the door was shoved open and the three male pupils sur rounded the teacher. Pitts changed his hickory from Ins right hand to the left, readied witli his right hand into his hip pocket and produced a?"32 calibre pistol. As he brough the fire arm in front Foster struck forward with Ids hand, hitting the pistol and causing tlie weapon and tile arm of tile teacher to fall, and thc gun was discharged. Tlie bullet entered Fos ter's stomach. The wounded boy was carried to tlie home of Mrs. ll. F. Brown, near the school house, where an operation was performed. Pitts surrendered to tlie sherill' and ls now in jail. Foster is laying at tlie point of deatli and is not expected to re cover. KOSTEK IS DEAD. Foster died on Friday morning. Rc fpre dicing he made the following statement: The antc-mortem statement of Fos ter was read as follows: State of South Carolina, Spartanburg County. Personally came IQ. L. Foster before me and made oath t hat 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, I'.KKf, and realizing that his wound is con sidered dangerous and might prove IV tal makes t his his antc-mortem decla ration: First, that Reuben Pitts is principal of Inman graded school and that on the afternoon or February 24, 101)3, the said Reuben Pitts caused me to stay in after school was dis missed: alter words he called mc up to him and said lie was going to whip me. He sent three other boys out of tile room. He asked me why I did not stay in on the day before. I said 1 did not miss but one word and would not take a whipping, He then ordered me to get up and said lie was going to whip me; brought two switches from rostrum and laid one on bench; he gave me two licks I then grabbed tlie switch and told him 1 was not going to take it. He changed switch from right to left hand and put Ins hand on hip pocket and drew a pistol threw it up in my fae?. I then grabbed pistol and tried to knock it oil: he then tired it. lt did not weaken me at first,. I did not know that I was shot and I caught him by Hie hair lie again threw pistol up. 1 then began to get weak and fell back on thc rostrum. Fred Ballenger, .lessie Rallonger and Raymond Wolfe who were also kept in, who were in au adjoining room, come in when the pistol tired. Pitts said as I fell down ".lust as 1 expected, you are all on mc." He jumped up two or three times saying lie was aw fully sorry about it. About that time Jessie Bal longer had my clothes un fastened. Pitts came up and wanted to know where I was shot, lie then left the room saying bc was going to give up. There was no one in the struggle witli Pitts hilt myself. (Signed) "Bil. Foster." Sworn to before me this February 24th, 1003. C. H. Camp, V. P. Opposed hy Kunat ICM. The Washington correspondent of the Richmond Ti mes-Dispatch tells lils paper that "tremendous opposi ; Mon is developing to the proposition to place a statue of General Lee in Statuary Hall. Republican members ol'congress, from States ol'the north . and west are being overwhelmed with protests. These come from Grand : Army ol' the Republic organizations and from individuals. A member told me he had no idea that sentiment against Hie proposition wits so strong. Ohio. Indiana, Illinois, Kansas, Iowa and one or two of the New England States seem most strongly opposed. Sentiment against it is not nearly so strong in New longland as would be supposed. New York is paying no attention to the matter, and but. few protests have come up from Pennsyl vania." ( THE OTHER SIDE. Tillman Gives His Version ot the Terrible Tragedy. HIS STATEMENT GIVEN IN FULL. Thc Other Testimony Offered in He Imitai to that Offered hy tho State !Opposition to Allowin? Dall. v. Lust week we published the testi mony offered by the State before Chief Justice Pope in opposing the application of James H: Tillman for bail, llelow we publish Tillman's statement in full and other testimony offered by him in rebuttal. Read it and draw vour own conclusions: lames H. Tillman being duly sworn says: That in addition to the affidavit heretofore made by him, he submits I he following: That he. has read thc atlldavits of Joseph lt. Allen and Policeman Po land, and says in reply thereto, that lie did walk towards' the city hall, all thc while, at least for some distance, obliquing to the left, with his pistol down to Iiis side. That as well as bc 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 mc. 1 still had my pistol down at my side. 1 do not re collect all that was said by Mr. Boland or hy mc, hut I think his statement as to what occurred is near about right. 1 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 stated to him, 1 did not wish to be butchered up. I think 1 was about midway, oppo site the city hall, when this occurred. 1 then turned to go 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, fasked Mr. Fred. Dom inick on Wednesday to take lt to Mr. W. P. Stieglitz's gun shop and have it lixed for me-being then engaged in my ollicial duties at the State house, and did not have Cime to go to the gunsmith's. He sahl nothing to me about the magazine until thc next morning, when he asked me for the pistol, saying he had to take lt to Stieglitz to put the magazine In. I do not know at what time he took the pistol to Stieglitz nor when he brought lt to my room at thc Slate house. He told mc some time during the morn ing that he had left the pistol in ray room. 1 do not own a Prince Albert frock coat, nor have I worn one since my arrival in the City of Columbia. 1 neither bad on a Prince Albei t coat on Tuesday, Jan. 13, 1903, nor did I have a pistol in my li ip pocket, nor did 1 stop on Main street near the steel building and "look up and down the street as if expecting some one to pass." I was not looking for any one fri whom 1 was interested to pass me. The alliant P. W. Smith I am inform ed is a hoy 12 years old, and Vedder Zimmerman about the same agc. 1 do not recall meet ing Mr.'S. T. D. Lancaster on the 14th day of January, 1003, hut if he did see mc, he could not have seen a pistol "si Icking out from thc (my) rear coat pocket," as 1 did not have a pistol with me-thc only pistol I had in Columbia being broken as above staled. That Mr. S. J. Young may bc correct when he states he saw mc "about 12 feet from the inside of the pavement", and 1 may have had my pistol eleva ted. I know 1 did not baye it pointed at X. G. Gonzales, but 1 was looking lit him, momentarily expecting Iii ni lo fire upon me, and when he did not do so I lowered it to my side. In reference to thc statement of Ar lcdgc Lyles who, I have been informed is a boy about 12 or 14 years of agc, 1 do know that after having tired and tlie fire not being returned, I lowered my pistol, as hy that time Senator Tal bi rd got between mc and Mr. Gon zales. I do not remember saying: "You will let mc alone now." 1 do know that 1 did go as A Hedge Lyles says across the street, obliquing, looking In thc direction where thc Ul filch 1 ty oc curred and at Mr. Gonzales, until I got to thc 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 slates: "That he (referring to inc) maintained that position with his hands in Ins overcoat pockets until just before he had tired the shot h.ere inafterwards described." Ile also slates: "When justas he. (Gonzales) was going around the three, on the in side of the pavemcnt,Tillman being on tile outside of the three, and near the outci edge of thc pavement and hav ing both his hands in Iiis overcoat pockets, the latter (that is Tillman) suddenly fired Iiis pistol." My over coat has no front side pockets, and lt was therefore a physical Impossibility for mc to have my hands in my over coat pockets-the only pockets in my said overcoat being Iii each lail of thc rear of said coat , and 1 had a pair of gloves in my left hand, both hands be ing hy my side. This statement I heg to verify hy thc coat which is in thc possession of tl ic sherill'. As to t hc atlldavits of Abram Brown (a colored man) and of August So li i ed emarij thc same arc not true in so far as they conflict with thc statement now made and heretofore made, and which is corroborated hv t he alhdavils of Melton C. L?rick, and W. 11. Hall, and that of t?chard H. Ilolsonbackc. I have only to say hi reference lo the ailidavil of Mrs. Kinma C. Melton that the lady is mistaken in thc position In which she places me on thc sidewalk. I know not liing, of course, neit her had 1 any knowledge up lo that time, and none now, save as is staled in Mrs. Melton's affidavit and those of some others, t hat it was Mr. Gonzalo's hab it to walk with his hands in his pock ets. When he obliqued across, coining towards me, I again repeat he glared at me, pushing lils entire right hand in his overcoat pocket, and giving me every indication and grounds to be lieve, us I have heretofore stated, that he intended to assault nie with a pis tol. To show that Mrs. Mellon is mi': taken when she says: "He (Gonzales) did not look in the direction ol' Mr. Tillman; he was looking directly at 1 the open (rig between the inside gent le m?n (Senator Brown) and thc ti uris fer station, to which he was walking, and through which I had slowed up to let him pass " attention ls called to the affidavit of Mr. Robert Lathan, wherein ho states that Mr. Gonzales told him that he had glanced at my face. I 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 mc what Mr. Lathan says he told him. If he did so state, I did not hear him, and no affidavit has been submitted by any of the bystanders that they heard him say it. Deponent avers that lie has no re coiieclioii of any acquaintance with O. D. Black, who has made an affida vit herein, and denies that he had any conversation at the time referred to on the rcilroad train, or in November last at the Albion Hotel in Augusta, Ga. I do recollect having a conversation with Mr. E. J. Watson, a reporter for The State, but I deny the truth of the conversation as stated in his ahidavlt. As early as 181)0 the sala N. G. Gon zales commenced making misstate ments in reference to mc in the publie prints of this State, and publicly avowed and published the fact that he was instrumental in causing my appli cation for membership in thc South Carolina club to be refused, referring to inc as cowardly enough to slander him anonymously, which was Utterly untrue. Again in the year 18JK1, when this deponent sent from Washington, Di C. certain dispatches to the Colum bia Evening Journal, the truth of which he (lid not guarantee,hut stated them as rumor. Mr. Gonzales had him self quoted in The State of April, 18o:i, assaying that thc statement was a f?ls?h?od 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, 1893; 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 the 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 31,1902, there appeared in Tlie State an editorial of abuse, which although headed "Partly Personal Partly Public," was indeed alhperson al. An arraignment of your deponent is made, beginning with the year 1890, down through the service In the army, and up to said date, lilied with brutal insinuations, coarse perversion of facts, ai il false insinuations of thc actings and doings of your deponent. That in the issue of The State of April 1, 1002, four colums of vit uperation and abuse were devoted to your deponent; on August 2, three columns on the edito rial page, of vii I ideation and abuse: on August 8, one column; and almost daily editorial comment from said date up to and including August 29, 1902, and even after said time. In The State's survey, editorial columns, Au gust 26,1902, he refers to your deno nent as "reeling off miles of lies" and "confessing to the. embezzlement of money entrusted tb him for thc erec tion ot a* monument to the Confeder ate dead,'' Aud on August 29^1902, after the result of the elections had benn declared it is stated that your deponent was not a gamecock, and never "lit" 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.,lie refers to your depo nent as a braggart, and a spotted can didate, and eulogizes E. ls' DeCamp, who had brought on the trouble, as "one'of the Hist printers to stick type for Thc State, ile will permit us to say that he has handsomely maintain ed thc traditions of the paper." That prior to deponent's candidacy to the oiliceof governor, to wit: In thc issue of The State of June 2,1001, he wrote a bitter,|?sarcastic editorial of one and a half columns of your depo nent, under the heading "We Plead for ;i Sporting Statesman." After all t his.deponent submits that he was justified in believing, from the writings of the said N. G. Gonzales, from thc threats communicated to him, and from Iiis actions when they met. that thc said N. G. Gonzales in tended to make an attack upon him, and his every movement as seen by deponent so indicated, and would have been so interpreted by any one possess ed of ordinary firmness and reason,and 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 Ii ist saw him he was glaring at him and continued to do so until he, Gonzales, was almost up to him. That the said Gonzales then obliqued across tile pavement in thc 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. That the said Gonzales glared viciously al. deponent at the time he did this, and was cutting across, coming towards him. That deponent firmly believed that the siiid N. G. Gonzales was about to draw a pistol and tire upon him. That his manner, appearance, and motions, were such as to justify such a belief by deponent or by any person of ordinary reason and lirmncss, who had been slandered, villilied, abused, and threatened, as deponent had been. That deponent tired believ ing Iiis life wits in danger, to save him self. That he regrets the necessity of being forced so to do, hut tired upon reasonable apprehension that his life was about to be taken, or t hat 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 the State house at tho time mentioned in thc affidavits of Robert Lathan and E. J. Watson, it is not true that deponent then saw Mr. Gonzales, although he may have been in thc position that these gentlemen say he was. Deponent further says that he has rio recollection of seeing Mr. Gonzales either In thc lobby of the State house or In the senate chamber, as lt appears from the allidavits of other parties he may have been. Personally appears John G. Rich ards, Jr., who being duly sworn, deposes and says: That he is a mem ber of thc House from Kershaw; that lie was In conversation with Governor Tillman and ot hers on the evening ol' January 12th last in thc city of Colum bia, and there was nothing said by Governor Tillman that he can now re call with reference to Mr. Gonzales, but ho states conlldently that Gover nor Tillman did not on that occasion or other that he can now recall make any threat of any kind against laid Gonzales. d'. G. Richards, Jr. Personally appears Preston B. Calll son, who, being duly sworn, deposes iind says: That he ls a member of the house from Greenwood county: that ho recalls the conversation alluded to by Hon. John G. Richards, Jr., and here by conllrms the statement of Mr. Richards in every respect. James II. Tillman. P. B. Callison. .B?ffi?fr-me personally appears Dr. D. S.'PMejfwho, being duly swcrn, says: That?ie .does not know Capt. J. A.| Whitjb', and can give no opinion as Xo his 'mental condition; that in the alli-1 davit signed by him on tlie 10th day of Jufcruary, 1903, before William Ei liot(|.V jr., notary public, he gave his opini?n as to the effect of paralysis, but(of, course there-are many cxcep ti??fr io the rule, and it does not apply la iiflFcases; that nothing but a per sonal {examination of one so afflicted, andi?tnowledge of his condition before the stroke of paralyisis, could enable him or anv other physician to say what the effect of such a stroke would I be on his memory or otherwise: that in Sftid allldavlt the word "apt" ls used whereas the word "may" is what dc-1 pobiSht meant to say. D. S. Pope. Pi rsonally appeared Joseph It. Allen, who . being duly sworn, says: I am city auditor, and on the day Mr. N. G. Ganzales was shot I was standing at n y desk facing east, looking direct ly a? ross Main street. In front of my desk'and in front of me was a copper wlre*screcn,the spaces-inches, and the glass of the window. Consequently 1 saw Mr. Gonzales through the wire sotten and the glass o? the windpw. 1 was. about 110 feet from him, and bc was'about 80 feet Trom the door of the street railway transfer olllce. 1 did not see Mie shooting and did not sec what transpired immediately prior thereto. ! Jos. lt. Allen. Personally appeared befoie me W. H. Hall, who being duly sworn, says: That lie is a resident of the city of Caindcn, S. C., and was in the eily of Coltimbia on thc 15th day of January, 1003. That at the Lime of the shoot ing bf "N. G. Gouzales lie was standing on 'Ahe corner of Alain and Gervais streets, and has read the allldavlt of R. H. Holsonbaclce as to how thc diffi culty arose and he corroborates the same is every particular. That dur ing the evening of the 15th of January, 19U31, after the unfortunate occurrence, lie, With the said II. II. Holsonbaclce, went "to the county jail and there saw Lieut emull Governor James Li. Till man, and told bini that bc had seen the-.difficulty, and narrated to him what the said Holsonbacke stated in his affidavit. W.H.Hall. Before me personally appeared M,.C. L?rick, who being duly sworn Bays: That the day of thc difficulty between Gov'. Tillman and TX.'Gi Gonzales be was standing on Main street of the city of Co limbla and saw the same and was an eyewitness thereto: that he has read tlie affidavits of Gov. Jas. H. Tillman stating bow the difficulty occurred and that bis recollection coin cides and agrees with that statement in every particular, as it also does with the statement of lt. H. Holsonbacke; that ho recalls particularly the atti tude of N.G. Gonzales on that occasion and fully expected to see him opeu tire upon Gov. Tillman,'as his every movement and every appearance so indicated, and from bis actions at the ttm^u? ?^eheved and believes now that the- gold- -2?T G. -Gonzales was armed and.-Via? intending to shoot Gov. Till m-,;'v,"as "ttyjre was- every..indication tha'.t he (Gonzales) was about to draw a p;?stc? M. C. L?rick. Personally appeared before me Philip Epstin who being duly sworn, says: That be was in the ball of thc house of representatives on the day of the election or speaker-thinks it was Tuesday, January 13, 1903. That I James II. Tillman came into the ball, went upon thc speaker's stand and j said a few words to the speaker. That lie then came down from the stand on thc northeast side and went out of the hall. That N. G. Gonzales was stand ing a few fcot from the reporters' tables facing to the southwest, his back being to the passage by 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 arid bantering smile of derision upon Iiis face, and in a taunting manner. That Tillman apparent ly took no notice of Gonzales or bis bantering manner but passed on by him with a sad and rather sub dued expression on his face. Phillip Epstin. Personally appeared John E. Elani gan, who being duly sworn, says: 1 got off the street car which was going to the river in front of the transfer sta tion corner. 1 got off about opposite the southern corner of the transfer [station and thc City Hall and about in the middle of the street. My at tention was attracted by a report, which I ai tirst thought was a torpedo. 1 looked and saw Mrs. Emma U. Mel ton; she was very much excited, was moving lier head and body in every di rection, and jumping up and down-I never seen anyone appear so excited in my life. Just as 1 looked and saw her, 1 saw Mr. Gonzales; be took a step or two, and seemed to lean against the building; then be recovered himself, and he turned and walked back to wards his office. Mr. Janies Sims and Mr. A. G. LaMott e joined him when he got at or near the building occu pied by Mr. Way; each of them seem ingly had liini by thc arms,and walked with him down to his office. John E. I'Manigan. Personally appeared before me James T. Douglass, who being duly sworn, says: That he is State senator from Union county, and was in his scat in t hc senate chamber a day or two be fore thc difficulty between Janies H. Tillman and N. G Gonzales: that de ponent is not certain of the day of the month, but feels confident it was Wed., the 14th day of January, lit?:?. That Lieut; Gov. Tillman was presid ing when N. G. Gonzales entered Hie senate chamber, took his stand about where thc scats commence on thc main entrance of thc senate chamber, and for fully live iniiiut.es stood there look ing over the senate chamber. That his action was so strange, unusual and peculiar that he deponent, noticed it; that he inferred Mils from Mr. Gon zales' manner and actions. James T. Douglass. Personally appears Tillman linnell, who being duly sworn, deposes and says: That he was told by Gov. Till man to take a certain pistol, a Colt's 38 calibre weapon, from his room and carry or return to its supposed owner at another hotel. After attempting to do so he had to return the weapon, being unable to lind any owner for the same, and himself carried thc same down to the president's room and left lt there, where it was when Gov. Till man began to remove his effects. That he did not tell Gov. Tillman lib had left lt in the president's room. That lie did not know who was the owner of the weapon, and docs not now know. Tillman Hunch. Personally appeared before mc B; V. Lewis, who being duly sworn, says: That he lias been acquainted with Richard H. Holsonbaek for a number of years and that he bears a reputation of being a thu lita h upright and reli able man. B. P. Lewis. Personally appeared before mc W H. Timmerinaii, who being dub \ sworn says: That he has known Richard H. Holsonbackc for a number or years; that he bad worked for him and that he bad always done his work faithfully; that he bears thc name of paying his debts and rents ou lands leased for cultivation. W. H. Tlinmerman. . Personally appeared before me P. H. Mayson, who being duly swori , says: That he had known li. H. Holson backc for a number of years and that his general reputation for truthful ness and veracity ls. good; that he is known to pay his debts, and that de ponent wouia believe him on oath': P. B. Mayson. Personally appeared before me (de ponents stated below) ard bei OK duly sworn said that they know Richard H: 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. F. Fuln?ari, W. II. Hall. W. E. La Grove, A. ?. Mayer. J. P. Murrel, A. E. Carpenter, M. G. Car penter, J. S. Hush, Malcolm Jackson, J. Wi Hardy, Willie Cogburn, Jas! Temples, F. L. Sawyer, C. W. Wil liams, G. W. Williams, P. A. John son, J. A. Lott, W. Hi Lott, J. E, Lott, J. S. Culbrcatb, ll. M. Powell J. C. Workman, M. O. Norris, Hon J. G. Edmunds, W. T. Walton, J. N Carpenter, N. IL Jackson,'J. II. Cour sey, VV. H. Carpenter, lt. M. Carpet? ter, lt. O. Cir pentcr, C. IL Carpen ter. A similar certificate as to Helson backe's character was signed by ci ti zens of Aiken county, as follows M. C. Whitlock, John lt. Edison Hi A. Turner, J. M. Paul, P. L. UKI? don, J. G. Hoard, J. T. Mayer, Bi W Hester, Samuel Hyatt, J. G. Moble} J. Ii. Odam, P. L. Brogdon, J. G Hand, J. T. Mayer, J. Goldberg, I: Flinn, W. L. La Grove. Refore me personally appeared I R. Tillman, who being duly swor says: That he is a resident of tb county of Edgelield, South Carolin: Ll ?at he knows the reputation au character of Capt. J. A. White of til town of E Igelield in said comity an State; that bis reputation for trut and veracity is high, and he (depot eut) would believe any statement li made. P?. lt. Tillman. Personally appeared before me Oh pon en ls stated below) and being dui sworn, says: That they are well a< qualnted with J. A. White and kno his general reputation for truth an veracity and honesty and fair dealin to be excellent, and that they woul believe him on oath. That Captai White is In full possession of his mei tal faculties and conseg.ueu.tily kuov what he says and does.' W. G. Ouzts, deputy ;?:jrilL P. I Mayson, C. W. Odom, .: C. Faulkne M. L. Brunson. magistrate; N. ( Evans, J. T. Patterson, M. D.; C. J Williams, county treasurer; W. i Bird, county superintendent of eduei tion; W. H. Tlinmerman. Personally appeared before mc V ILTimmernian, whobeingduly swor says: That he has known J. J White for a number of years aud th; his reputation and character ha always been excellent for truth. W. IL Timmerman. Personally appeared before me 1 H. Holsonback, who being duly swo says: That he did make a stateme that bc had something else in vic when he came to columbia beside.^ position as doorkeeper to the sena and that the business to which he 1 ferred was to secure a position as si cial constable on the dispensary for? that he was also trying to get a po tion as doorkeeper to thc house representatives; that he attaches this allldavit letteis from Hon. L. Williams and Maj. G. W. Croft, will letters have reference to the ab? statement. his Richard H. (x) Ilolsonbacke mark. Oilicc State Hoard of Directors of I South Carolina Dispensary. Columbia, S. C., Jan. 9, 11>0J Mr. lt. II. Ilolsonbacke, Johnson, S. C. Dear Sir: 1 have again seen governor in your behalf and he asst mc that he will have thc status blind tigerism in Johnston investit ed and if lie concludes it will be vantageous to appoint a resident ( 8table he will trv and help you, Yours very truly, L. J. William; G. W. Crort & Son, Attorneys Counsellors. Aiken. S. C., Dec. 2(>, l'JOi Mr. It. IL Ilolsonbacke. Johnston, S. C. My Dear Sir: Your favor of I lilt received and hasten to reply to enclose a letter to Mr. M. L. Sn recommending you, which you present to him when tue leglslal opens, and 1 will also do what I with him personally. I find that court meets here at Aiken on Jam 12th, extra court session, and it interfere with my getting d promptly, so 1 give you a letter w you can show Mr. Smith yourself. With best wishes for yourself season, believe me, Your friend, G. W. Crol Tlie statement made by Gove Tillman on thc relation mcntione me was looked upon by me as a i ter of pleasantry and was not coi bred by mo at the time as a matti Lhreat nt all. The allusion was i also tb editorials in The State n paper in which newspaper there been an accusation against Gove Tillman of a rogue, etc. . W. P.. Gait! Want thc DtH|iciiHiiiay. Thc governor has received a rec from several members of thc ?. legislature of New Hampshire aa for full Information about the oj tion of the South Carolina dispel law, their purpose being to intro a like mensuro in the New Hamp general assembly. The governoi forward a copy of the law and c , of the oillclal reports of tho opera of the dispensary. F?ETILIZER TAO TAX Ia (iront ly Increased This Vcnr Over LiQBt Year. The Columbia State says there bas been a remarkable spurt in the re* ceipts 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 a gain of 50 per cent. "Whether this stride will keep up Or uut uiiuuut be furutul?. There are three possible causes for the heavy purchases of fertilizers. One is that the farmers are making their purchases earlier than usual because money docs not appear to bc as tight this year as is customary. Another is that thc acreage in crops requiring fertilizers will be materially increased, and another possible reason is that the fertilizers wUl be used more intensive ly or more thoroughly. lt may be that this rush of orders will soon be over and that the sales of the entire year will aggregate little more than in other years, but the amount of tax received so far is a rec ord breaker and there arc two months yet before the sales of fertilizers for tile year will practically be over. A comparative table of the sales in dilferent years might be of interest at this time. The receipts to date in 1903 are $01.WU.55; same time last year $10.(530.55, and for the year be fore $57,607.(53. Following are the totals for the several years since,*the I inauguration of the "tag" tux systemt\ Year. '?jr Amount 1890-91.T.. $53,285.85 1892.?er. 30,108.08 1893.?-'.V:. 50,243.95 1894. 43,423.88 1895. . ;-i. 30,135.93 189(5.S:^. .. 54,524.37 1897. 59,352.33 1898. 65,494.33 1899. 02,123.88 1900. 75,214.34 1901 . 84,073.43 1902. 81,744.04 All of the receipts from this fund go to Clemson College-ia vowed ly for the purpose of paying for the inspec tion of the commercial fertilizers to protect thc farmers from being im pused upon. Really less than $10,000 a year is spent upon the analysis of I commercial fertilizers. Clemson thus gets for operating cxpeuscs from the privilege tax more than thc combined, appropriations to the South Carolina College, the Citadel and th? fritte Colored College. In addition to this Clemson gets revenue from other sources. There is $15,000 from the Hatch fund; $3,000 from the interest on Mr. Clemson's bequest; $6,000 from the land scrip fund, and about $50,000 from the "cadet fund," which, as I stilted in the annual report of, the 1cg&tatlvcvinspcot4h^ 'expended on 'board, laundry, etc^, for tlie 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 ments are made. Last year nearly $50,000 was paid out for new build ings. Thc question arises: "When Clemson gets through putting up buildings and adding to thc equip ment, will there not be an annual res idue from the tag tax receipts." That question has worried the gen eral assembly for several years-but was not touched upon at thc session just ended, although there were sev eral bills to reduce the tag tax from 25 cents a ton to 15 cents, to raise it to 35 cents, etc. hut the proposition which has ever attracted thc greatest attention is to have Clemson divide the privilege tax with Winthrop. This luis been opposed on the ground that the State has no right to levy a j 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 aud Clemson sutler serious loss. If Clemson continues to develop and extend her magniticent plant, it is probable that" all of this inspection tax may be required for op erating expenses and that there would be no residue. Judge Lyon, who attends to the fer tilizer tax bojks in the State tveasur er's oftlce, stated Friday that there I is little or no chance for the fertilizer companies to defraud the State gov I eminent. The companies are liable to heavy penalty if they omit from the sacks of fertilizers the tags showing thc authority of the State govern ment. The consumer may be defraud ed, because every sack is not tested and its contents analyzed, but the payment of the tax cannot bc escaped. When a fertilizer company makes a requisition for tags, the check is sent to thc State treasurer's oillce and thence forwarded to thc State ohom ist at Clemson. Thc latter sends the Official tags to thc company. The Vir ginia-Carolina Chemical Company pays tlie greater part of thc privilege tax, although some members of the legislature arc impressed with the fact that thc people themselves pay this tax and that if it were removed the price of fertilizers would not be reduced correspondingly. Friday Judge Lyon received a check for $2, 500 from the Virginia-Carolina Chem ical Company accompanying an order for tags. Wiped Ont. the Family. Karl Wood, thc 17 year old son of a prominent farmer seven miles west of Frankfort, Ind., Tuesday evening murdered Iiis father, shot and fatally wounded his mother and sister and then committed suicide. The mo tive for thc boy's bloody crime ls not known. After thc shooting the young man went to the home of a neighbor and said that robbers lind entered his home and killed his father, mother and sister and that he escaped after a running battle with thc desperadoes, lie apparently was greatly excited and said lie was organizing a posse to pursue his father's slayers. He stop ped at another house and told the same story. When lie was questioned concerning the shooting he became confused and resented the inquisitive ness of the man to whom he told the story. He started away and disap peared behind a barn, when a shot i I was heard. An Investigation dlscov 51 crcd the youthful murdered dying with a bullet through his breast. CAUSE OF ?TACHEES. ? Fatal Malady Now Prevalent Among the Horses. DISEASE OF NERVOUS SYSTEM. Dr. Nesom Says it is Always As sociated Mnnltly tOnnfl. Bad Water and Un cleanly Surroundings. Dr. Nesom, the State veterinarium ..." at Clemson College, is receiving so many letters from various sections in reference to staggers that he has ' found it impossible to answer 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 lt becomes a serious question. Thc losses in South Carolina from this disease during the past year are esti mated at about $10,000, and it is (prevalent in Maryland, Virginia, TJorth Carolina and Kansas. I had dl?^oosed the disease as cerebro-spi nal raeningetis nearly a year ago, but many of the diseases did not seem typical of Ibis idease. I have recent ly forwarded to the bureau of animal industry at Washington six of "the" -, brains taken from horses that had died of this disease. A partial report ?-: has been received and the diseuse proves to be cerebro-splnal meningetis, or leucocncephalitis. 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 the brain (cerebrum) there has been found a large area of degeneration. This cannot be seen on the surface, but if the brain be cut open what appears to be a large ulcer ls found iu the substance of the.brain. This Is the principal losion and is responsible for most of the. ill symptoms. The synyotoms are those of nearly all the other forms of so-called "stag gers," and death generally follows in ? one or two days if not very soon after the disease is noticed. .The cause .^f --:. thc disease is not well understood, bu t' ; iabjttlways assoclat?d-/wlit>b . mouldy . v fo?p, bad water and unclean surround-; - ings. The remedy is to 'av?ld the causes, use only the best food, pure water and keep the animals under the hest of conditions as to cleanliness. In one case I saw where a number of V 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 inJX_a rainy spell of weather. Medical treatment is almost useless^ as the losions of the brain have al ready occurred when the symptoms are noticed and cure is' generally out of the 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 Veterinarium. 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 I 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 thc acts of meanness arc worse still, malice, will only tend to make you more familiar with them. Obliterate everything disagreeable from yester day, start out with a clean sheet for today, and write upon it ?or sweet memory's sake only those things which are lovely and lovable. A Destructivo. At three o'clock Thursday morning the town of L'eak was aroused by thc alarm of fire at the Southern railroad depot. Forty-four bales of cotton were on lire- The depot and nine store houses and warehouses were burned to the ground. As all were wooden build ings very little was saved. Mr. W. H. Subcr lost two stores and two warehouses. Mr. S. T. Swygert, stock of goods valued at Sf>,000; insur ance, $2,U00, and $500 on house. Mr. H. Wi White's store was occupied by J. II. Bushard as postoilice and mer chantlle business, was destroyed. Tho contents were partially saved. No in surance. Thomar) Jofl'urson. A letter has been received by Gov ernor Ilcyward from the Thomas Jef ferson association of tho 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. Tho letter calls par ticular attention that there has never been provided such a memorial in any city of thc United States. Thc asso ciation wishes the endorsement of the plan by thc governors of all the States. Capt. F. W. Wagoner of Charleston ls the South Carolina member of the board of governors of the association.