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FriOav. Ootobor 9. ?Ar . "dAW THEM SiibierlpU?' rt '*. rv.! .^t?om sc the Hotel; op. Ono year." . " . Six mbr^ *io?n,n* of the Dfty ^ 9?< WM 8bot.. ' Mr. H. Spann Dowling, a member of the legislature from Bamberg coun- : . ty, in his testimony at the Tillman ! trial threw new j light- on Tillman's 1 . . ; . pistols... We print- his ' testimony bV 1 , low. After somei-.preliminary ^ques-: "tions he was asked the following ques tions: . Q. Do you know the defendant; James H. Tillman? A; Yes, sir. Q. How long have you known bim? \ A. I suppose I have known bim may- ' ' be 10 or-12 years. ' ^Q. Did you bold any official posi tion at the time he was a colonel in i the army?. A. Yes, sir. Q. What position was that? A. I was a lieutenant lu the Second South < Carolina regiment. He was colonel of 1 the First. Q. That was during the Spanish war? A.. Yes, sir. 1 Q. Did you attend the last meeting 1 of the general assembly? A. I'did, 1 perhaps "the 12th of January-the . second Monday in January. I ~Q. Did you see Col. Tillman during the session of the legislature? A. I did, sir. t Q. When did you first see him and where? A. The first place I saw him was on Tuesday morning at the Cald well hotel. Q. Where were, you boarding? Al At the Caldwell hotel. , Q. Do you know where Mr. Tillman '< was registered? A. At the Caldwell. - Q.-What room did you occupy? A. I am not positive, but I think it was No 22. Q. Well, relative to the one which : he occupied? A. Well, he occupied '< the one adjoining mine. I Q. On the same side of the aisle? ? A. On the same Bide, right next to it. Q. Will you please tell the jury what led up to your seeing him the 1 next morning? A. Well, on Monday '< night during the night I heard con siderable noise in the room next to mine, and the next morning I went to the office and inquired who occu i . pied that room, and while I was in the office Col. Tillman walked in or walked^to the door of the office and 1 saw bim there about that time. Q. Where did you go? A. On %? ' Tuesday I went up to.the State house. Q. Where did you go from the office that morning? A. 1 couldn't tell you. C?. You say you heard considerable noise in the uight before? A. Yes, sir. Q. And what made you inquire? A. Who occupied the room adjoining t mine. Q. Did you see anything more of Gol. Tillman that night? A. On Tuesday night? Q. On Monday night? A. I never \ saw him at all on Monday night. Q. You saw him on Tuesday morn ing? A. Yes, slr. Q. .Where did you see him on Tues |?k day morning? A. About the office door of the Caldwell hotel. That was the only place I remember seeing him $. that morning. Q. Where did you next see him? A. 1 saw. him after that frequently, and the next day perhaps around the State house and at other places. Q. Did you see bim in the hotel any " "more after that and before this as sault? A. You mean the shooting of Mr. Gonzales? _Q. Yes. A. I saw him on the morning of the shooting. ; Q. What time was that, and where did you see him? A. Jit was near I) o'clock on the morning Of the shoot ing. I woke up very late; my room mate had gone out; lt was cold, and we had no lire and IJ called to Mr. Tillman and asked him if he had any fire in that room and some one re plied "Yes," and I gathered up my clothes and went around to his room and dressed there, and while dressing in there Col. Tillman was dressing ! also, and we decided we wouldn't be ' able to get to the dining roora before it closed to get our breakfast and we ordered out breakfast seut up to his room. Q. Who was In the room besides 1 . you add Cul. Tillman? A. Mr. Fred 1 Dominick:- and Tillman Hunch. I think they went to breakfast and left < us in the room; they afterwards came back in the room. . ' Q. Did they come back before you finished breakfast or afterwards? ( A. They came back before 1 went out , of the room. , Q. When you went out of the roora , who did you leave in there? A. I left them all in there, I think. Q. Did you notice anything out of j the ordinary in that room? A. Well, , sir, I don't know what you have re ference to. 1 saw some pistols in . io M?ere. ! vt?' Q. How many pistols did you see in there? .A. I saw two. . '" Q. When you first went In the room . how many pistols did you see? A. 1 There was two, I think. Q. Do you know where they were? ' A. They were on the mantelpiece, 1 think over the fireplace. Q. Describe them. A. One of them was a Colt's pistol and the other was a magazine pistol-I had never seen a ' pistol of tiie kind before and 1 ex- i amined it closely. < (?. Do you see any pistol there? (In- 1 dhatting on table near witness stand.) i A. Yes, slr. I Q. How does that pistol compare In i appearance with the one you saw in < that room? A. It resembles it. 1 ? think it ls likely the same pistol. Q. Did that pistol remain on the mantelpiece? A. No, sir; I forget ' which end of the mantelpiece it was on, but Col. Tillman told Tillman ! Bunch to take that pistol and carry it over to some gentleman at the Co lumbia hotel, and told him the gentle- : man's name and the number of his room and so on, and he took the pistol and went out, but he came back and Informed him that the man was not at the hotel,and that pistol was placed back on the mantelpiece. ?Q. Where was the other pistol? A. It was on the mantelpiece. Q. Did it remain upun thc mantel piece continually from the time you went into the roora until you came out? A. No, sir; I took it off and handled lt once myself, and I think lt was put back on the mantelpiece, and I think may be lt was Mr. Dominick tonk one of thi se (Indicating magazine or cartridge holder for pistol) and put in eight cartridges, I think, and put Sit in the handle of the pistol and ftjad?d it to Col. Tillman, and he - ; .-><.> lt up this way (Indicating) as )er; and 1 told him, "You with that." . j^4.t?u. remember whether tho ~roepistol before the other one . Qr-ieeat'bv?rthe hotel or afterwards? A. Afterwards. ? , Q. When you left, where were these ? pistols? "IA. Ithlnk oneof them was on the mahtelpleoei and I think Mr. Tillman Jbad the other? AS 1 teU?yo? i lt was late,-.- and . I remember Mr. ? Dominick handing the pistol to Mr. 1 Tillman and his pulling it up'that 1 way (illustrating.) Q. Where did you next see Cal. ( Tillman? A. In the president's room Dtthe senate at the* State-house.. Q Who was in that room ; besides i yourself?:- Ai When I was in there, I remember Mr." Dominick and Mr. Till- I man Bu nob being, io ? there, .and ; ? ? bhink one or two other men were com- . lng In and out. ' 1 ? Q. At what hour was this? A.* , rbis was after the house had ad- j lou med. | Q. Can you tell us about .what hour ! bhat was? A. No, sir; it was after 1 * I'cluok; I know; maybe between l and ] 2; I know I went from there on to j iiriner. Q. Before you left, did you have j my conversation with Col. Tillman? a.. Idfd. * i Q. What was it? A. Wc discussed ; ieveral things. One conversation was ? ?u regard to going home to dinner. Q. That's whi?tl want to know. A,. ] [ bad no special conversation. I simp- ? ly suggested it was time to go to din ner, or it was time to go home, and tie said he couldn't > .? it awl ri ie, and L askid h m how Ionic before he could' go, and be said about 30 minutes, and [ left and went back in the house or representatives side, and after tbut 1 went to the hotel. Q. You don't remember how long? A. I suppose ? was in the house lu or 15 minutes. Q. Then you went to your hotel? A. Yes, Bir. Q. Did you or not get information as 'ttl this shouting down the street, while you were at the hotel? A. I bad just gone into the dining-room when I heard of the shooting. Q. Did you see anything of the d? tendant that day after that? A. Yes, sir; I saw him after the shooting; as roon as I finished dinner I went around to the jail to see him. Q. Was lt daylight? A. Yes, sir. Q. Do you remember about what hour? A. lt couldn't have been much ifter 2 o'clock; it was very shortly af ter the shooting. Q. Wnen you went to the jail, did you see him? A. Yes, slr. .Q. Was anybody present when you saw him? A. Yes, slr. Q. Who? A. There was a tall young man there-clean shaved,whom I understood to be the brother of the jailer; I am not certain of that; I did not know him. Mr. Fred Dominick was there. I think, and I think prob ably Tillman Bunch was there, and before I left there maybe Judge Bu chanan came in there. Q. Did you have any conversation with Mr. Tillman about this shoot ing? A. Yes, slr; I told him I was very sorry he had gotten into this shooting scrape. Q. State that conversation as near as you can? A. I expressed regrets to Mr. Tillman that he had gotten into this trouble, and he asked me if I knew where he had hit Mr. Gon zales, and I told him 1 thought thc ball had hit him in the right side and ranged down and came out on the left. Q. You say he asked you-? A. Where he hit him? Q. Had you ascertained before you went there where he was hit? A. ??ot from anybody who knew. 1 told him I would lind out, and he asked me to ?nd out. I got in a carriage and went to The State olhce, aud there I talked to Capt. W. R. Gon zales, and after my conversation I went back to the Jail and told Mr. Tillman where I understood he had hit Mr. Gonzales. Q. What language did 3'ou use; do you recall"r* A. I told him about the same thing-that the ball had gone in on the right side and down and out. Q. What did he say? A. Fie made only one remark. I think-that ir he had hit him whero be aimed, he-was sure a dead man, as the ball he used wouldn't change its course. Q. Did you have any further con versation with him about lt? A. I never have; I left there after that, and haven't talked to bim about it since. Cross examination by Mr. Croft: Q. Do you know Tillman Bunch? A. Yes, slr. Qi And he was In .Col. Tillman's room that morning? A. Yes, sir; I ?hlnk he was when Q. Tillman Bunch was journal :lerk in the senate, wasn't he? A. Yes, slr; I think so, Q. And do you not know that Fred Dominick was down there In the in terest of his candidacy for code com missioner for South Carolina? A. He ivas a candidate and was working for that. Q. You Snow that Dominick was rooming with Col. Tillman at the Caldwell hotel? A. I think he and Tillman Bunch and Col. Tillman all roomed together; 1 think there was t>wo or three beds In the room-possi uly three. , It will bo remembered that Tillman lccounted for having two pistols on Iiis person when arrested by saying t,hey were' left at his room in the State House and that he was carrying them to the hotel. War oin tlie Bal! Weevil Governor ITeyward has been asked Lo appoint delegates to a meeting to tie held at Dallas, Texas, on October Et, to consider the extermination of (die boll weevil which has played so much havoc with cotton in several of Llie Southern States. The meeting lias been called by the state boll weevil committee of Texas, through Its secretary, John G. 11 uh ter, and at the meeting the report of experts, who have been at work on the problem jf exterminating the pests, will report the result of their Investigation. Some time ago $5,000 was olTered by the farmers of Texas Tor a practical way for jexterminating the evil and since then many plans have been sug gested, but none have boen adopted. A latter to the governor received from Mr. F. G. Browne, of the Chamber of Commerce of Anderson, encloses the call for the convention issued, but suggest a more central place for thc meeting. Governor Hey ward will be glad to appoint any one who wishes to attend as a delegate, provided, of course, he pays his own expenses. This isa more important matter than ls generally supposed at this time by our people. If the boll weevil is a fixture for Texas and the cotton States beyond the Mississippi, it will soon be a fixture with us too. Our only safety Is In finding someway to exterminate the pest. We are In the same boat with our Texas friends, and are Just as much Interested In finding a remedy for the boll weevil as they are. We hope South Carolina will bore presented at the meeting. FIGHTS EOE LIEE. [Oonthiuecl from page J,.] ; He said bo had .beeta Senator* from Beaufortsluce 18?(j: He knew Tillman by r?putation for ? long time and has known him personally since 1U00. Till-, man was then presiding officer of the Senate as Lieutenant Governor. Ho ind Senator Brown were, he thought, friends of Col. Tillman.- Ho was thrown with Tillman a great .daal. He Just jaw Tillman on the day of the shooting presiding in the Senate. He remained tn the engrossing department- for a good while. He told of going up-town with Col. Tillman and Senator Brown. Tillman "joined,:them.gpipgi.up-town and -tho .three meir went, up-town. x'hey,.walked continuously until' they reached the transfer station. At the transfer station he was on the outside,' next the street, Tillman in the middle ind Senator Biowu on the inside. As tie got to the'transfer station, he recog nized Mr. N. G. Gonzales. He had his avercoat buttoned and he had his bands In his overcoat. And then to jxaetly quote Senator Talolrd' s words, tic said: "Mr. Gonzales,was Um or fifteen feet rrotn us \ when I first noticed him. When he got within fi ve Or six feet of os Governor Tillman said: 'How are you? Good morning.' 'How are you, Mr. Gonzales?'or some expression of the kind. Mr.' Gonzales turned toward the transfer station, as if to pass us on the Inside; 1 paid no furttior attention to him, as he gotout of my line of vision. I was looking up the street about the time I suppose tie would get on a line with us, 1 neard the remark, -1 receiv ed your message,' and then to my right I saw a pistol iu Governor Tillman's hand and it.went off." Then he went on to say that he thought Mr Gonzales had h.s hands in Iiis outside coat pocket, but he -was not looking at his hands, and paid no particlar attention to that. Mr. Tillman said, ."Good morning, Mr. Gonzales, or "How are you. Mr. bonzales?" He was quite sure that Tillman greeted Gonzales. Gonzales passed on as if to turn the wini r, but said absolutely nothing to Tillman. He did not know of any threats on the part of Tillman and had never heard Tillman say anything about Gonzales. When the shot was fired Gonzales was about the s.-cond window of the the transfer stat ion and and after he was shot Gonzales moved on a step or two and said, "Herc 1 am; finish me." Gonzales then turned the corner close to tbe building and went around on the Gervais street side. Tillman backed out into ttie street. Tillman had his eye on Gonzales, jj; Talbird said he followed Gonzales to see what was the condition of his wound if bc hail been shot and Gonzales told him. "1 am shot in the stomach; send fur tin doctor." Senator Talbird said he saw no hole and at first did not think that Gonzales had been shot. He said that when. Tillman had fired his first shoi that he rustled in between the twe men and, holding up Iiis two hands said, ' This tiling must stop." As Mr. Gonzales approached Col Tillman said, "llow'arc you r Mr. Gon zales?" or "Good morning, Mr. Gon zales," and then Mr. Gonzales turnee to his left without saying anything, a: if to pass on the inside. He had got ten out of tils line ol'vision and Till man said, "1 received your message,' and just about then the pistol wen oil'. He first cauglit a glimpse of th pistol from behind. He was not look mg for any trouble and it was all sud a surprise and so quickly done that h did not expect anything to happen The expression, '1 received you message, he thought, was almos simultaneous with the firing ol' th pistol by Tillman. Senator Talbird went into details a to the relationship existing betweii himself, Tillman and Gonzales. U said that he was Intimate with Til man -luring their life in Columbia i the Legislative-sessions. Then bc was asked if he knew c Tillman's having any pistols or of hi carrying them. This brougnt on long liglit and thc question was witt drawn. After giving the location of the tw principals at i lie tinic.of shooting an following their movements up Sen; tor Talbird went on to say: He sa Governor Tillman next going int police station. Tillman asked hil about the condition of Gonzales an he told him what Gonzales had sail and he asked him to ascertain ; definit ely as bc could the nature of tit wound. He went to the jail the ne> morning and told him what he ha gathered about Mr. Gonzales's dec?an tion. He diiV not recollect that Til mm said any tiling in reply to tnc ri port. "Do you know whether he conten plated shooting again?" (The wording cf the question wt changed to suit the objections.) "Tillman gave him two reasons wli he did not shoot again. Frjst," becaus he was afraid he might hit him. (Talbird,) and second-, that he (Ta hird) threw up his hands and sail "This thing must stop!" He w;us bi tween Tillman and Gonzales at on time. After the shooting he though he wasstaudlng up with his hands on side of his pockets. From the time h saw Gonzales until after thc shooting he saw no demoustrat on on thc pa: of Gonzales. SENSATIONAL TESTIMONY. One of the most sensational wi nesses was Dr. E. C. L. A'dams, a pi lli incut young physician of lt ?oblan Doun ty, and of distinguished fain! Ile is a strong personal friend of Co rilhnan aud worked and voted for Iii in his candidacy for Governor. II testimony is so important that for ici 3f misconstruction it is given in fu from the stenographic notes: .? Dr.* E. CL. Adams sworn. Dire examination: By Mr. Crawford: "Doctor, I belie you know Col .lames II. Tillman?" "I know him quite well. . Was in h regiment." "Do you know him intimately?" "Yes, sir." "Did you at time during his cai paign for Governor last year have co versations with linn?" "Yes, sir. I had one or t wo nt' tl Caldwell and I think one or two Wright's Hotel. 1 had several wi hiir. at one or both of those hotels." "What did those conversations ha relation to?" "To some the articles written I Mr. Gonzales and to the race for Gov? nor." "Well, now, did you advise him a.' friend in that matter?" "I told him if bc wished to be Govi nor of South Carolina he would ha to tight Mr. Gonzales; that thc in who were supporting him expect, hhn'fb defend himself." "What did he make answer to that "Dc said: "That won't do, becai I am Lieutenant Governor and will impeached: but you boys need n worry, for by God I will snuff his lig with this,' " (indicating a pistol ii satchel.) "Did he say anything about walk! the streets?" "He said: 'I have walked thcstrci every time 1 have been here in t hopes of meeting Mr. Gonzales.' " ..Did he say anything about goinfi the Slate office?" "I suggested to bim to go to t he St; office and light him, but he said could not gel, fair play. I otfercd to wjth bini and see that bc got it, 1 he said, 'Hy God, that won't do.' h " v hat did you say about a pist ol anything?" "He said, 'You lioys need not woi for by God 1 will snuff his light w this, taking his pistol from his gri "Did you liear any additional c versatlon between Col Tillman ? anybody else?" "On ona occasion there \ waa a man' in .Col Tillman's room . reading ari editorial from the Siato,\on9 which! B'poke Of him as a blackguard arid Har\ and I . don't know what else, 'aridrh othorspeaking of him challenging Mr. Gonzales's j writing as 'mock-theatrl caL,.M .' ,')?id Mr.-Tillman say anything?," ' "Ho said: -He can call it mock theatrical if-he wishes ter, but I will make lt the God-damridest? tragedy thattever happened in South CarcK lina.' " . TIIEATfl BY DEFENDANT., C. J. Terrell, editor of tho Johnson Monitor, .was the next witness. He swore that he heard Jim Tillman, early. !n the summer before the .shoot ing, bay i-in Edge Held', 'that lie was go ing to run for governor, arid if that fei-" low Gordales kept on attacking him he would go down to Columbia and. kill him like a dog. Terrell says h? advised Tillman not to talk that way, and Tillman replied that he would ehoot Gonzales like a mad dog and give him no chance whatever. " A second time Editor Terrell says be heard Tillman make a threat, lt was on a railroad train between Johnson and Augusta. Terrell and Black were in the smoaking room on the car when Tillman walked in. I started to in troduce him to.Black, but he said ho knew Black. Later in conversation he said*. "Black, old fellow. 1 am going to do what I said I would in regard to that Gonzales business. I am going to stop his abusing people as be does." Mr. Terrel said he saw no pistol in the possession of the defendant. A third time when he heard threat? made by Tillman against Gonzales was iii Co lumbia. They were made to Eb. Wat son of the State editorial staff in the I presence of Terrell. On the cross-examination Terrell said- that after a certain convention Tillman passed him several times wiuh speaklng to him. but he had no hostile feelings for Tillman. "He admitted that thc cause of Tillman's anger or feeling was a certain article he had written in opposition to Tillman's can didacy. Thc conversation with Till man took place after the uditorial lb the Monitor appeared. Col. Croft asked the witness if he did not bear Tillman's considerable ani mosity on account of Tillman taking sides with a Mr. Porklns lu a dispute over property and insuratcc money. Terrell replied that he had no personal animosity toward Tillman, ile had de nounced the shooting of Gonzales con ditionally. Ile had advised Tillman not to shoot Gonzales, but suggested to him that if he had a grievance to go down to Columbia and whip Gonzales. A VAIN EFFOHT. On Friday Mr. August Kehn, - the Columbia correspondent of the News and Courier, was called to the stand. Mr. Nelson asked him whether he knew that there was bad feeling be tween Gonzales and Tillman. Mr. Kohn said bc knew nothing as to thal personally, but-Mr. Nelson asked him whether .he did not remember the various editorials in thc State, repeat ing the substance of them. 'The wit ness said that bc remembered them, but did not of hisown knowledge know whether Gonzales wrote them or not. Mr. Nelson went through a long listof questioning, t rying to make Mr. Kohn say that he knew of enmity between Gonzales and Tillman, but th? witness held to it that he could not tell even from .thc editorials what Gonzales thought of Tillman. Mr. Nelson having failed to'niake Mr Kohn say what he wanted him to, Col. Croft took him in charge. Ile went through pretty much the same questions asked by Mr. Nelson, but he added additional interest to tho pro ceedings by putting his questions in a loud and dictatory way. Mr. Kohn Btsuk to it, that personally he knew nothing of G?nzales! feelings. Ile ex pressed the opinion that ifvan editor might,, for instance, attack a policy of President Roosevelt, it would not nec essarily mean that there was -personal enmity. Col. Croft yielded at Mr. Kohn and told him to stop, but thc opiniotr was expressed just the same. Mr. Croft, in a toneef voice as If command ing the witness, demanded whether Mr. Kohn was an honorable mail,"did* not know of his own knowledge that Gonzales was an enemy of Tillman. Mr. Croft asked whether he would swear before God and Christ tliat ne did not know. The question . was^ so improper that even before the orospcn tion attorneys objected the judge said that the question could not be put, Mr. Kohn being of the. Jewish faith. Mr. Croft utterly failed in his attempt to make the witness say wnat bc wanted him to, and Mr. Kohn again asserted positively that he had never heard Gonzales saya word against Till man and he could not know what was in his heart. LAGS BEHIND THE FLAG. Thc American Constitution Has Not | Cotton To Guam Yet. Washington, Sept 28-Accor?lng to the attorney general the constitution did not follow the tlag in the case of the establishment of the United States | government in the island of Guam. When the American naval colony'was originally established in Guam, with Admiral (then Captain) Leary as the] supreme power, one of his assistants, Lieut. W. E. Salford, obtained one of the very few good dsvelling houses on the island by purchase from the owner j and improved it to such an extent that it became practically the most| desirable residence there. Governor Leary finally concluded that Lieutenant SalTord's house was I needed by thc government as an ex ecutive mansion, and opened negotia tions for its purpose. The price asked, however, the governor thought execs* sive, and- when he and Lieutenant I Satford could not agree, Governor | Leary finally condemned the premis es for government purposes and took possession. Lieut. Salford made vigorous protest against this summary proceeding and appealed to Washhig for redress, financially and otherwise. Ever since then the case has been un der consideration and finally became | so complicated that lt was referred to the attorney general for an opinion on the legal principles involved. . The attorney general has now sus tained tlic action of Governor Leary as being legal under thc peculiar cir cumstance of thc case. In his opin ion the attorney general holds that I the constitution lias not extended to | Guam by congressional enactment, and the sole powers of government of | thc Island have been n?ccessarily and properly committed by thc president] to the naval governor, and that in appropriating the property of Lieut. Safiorri bc was entirely within his authority in thc exercise of the right of eminent domain, and that that the United States has clear and valid title to thc property In dispute. He I holds thc treasury can lawfully allow thc owner the price paid for the pro perty by order of the governor of the island. Admiral Leary has died and Lieut. Salford has resigned from thc navy to accept a position under the. agricultural department. Mullet; Mullet! Mullet! and all kinds of Fresh and Salt Water tish and oysters. If von are dealing In Fresh Pish or intend to deal In them write for prices and send your ordrs.to TEH U Y FISH CO., Charleston, S. C. or COLUMBIA FISH & ICE CO Columbia S. C. We ship only fresh caught fish and our prices are as low as they can be sold at. Write us. Try us, and be convinced. E FO O LED ? Blaok Denies Truth of laBt Affidavit . Beari. g His Name. HE IS FRIENDLY TO TIIiMAN,: And Is Sorry Mo Is Mlx<?dL ?J Up ii In tho. Affair, But His - First Affidavit Is the TruTo OOo. . . "Tbe affidavit secured from me by Mr. Wm. Elliott, Jr., in regard to the statement made to me by Colonel'Jas; H. Tillman, is the.corr.ect account of vvhat transpired, andlf anything 1B said in the second affidavit to contra dict this, lt was put there without my knowledge and consent'." This wa. the remark made by Mr..O. D. Black, now at the Augusta city hospital when seen by tho Augusta H?ral' Wednesday morning. The two atti davits uoth bearing the signature of O. D. Black, properly attested' befon notaries are as follows: . THU FIKST AFFIDAVIT. ^ "State of South Carolina,Cu'unty of RIchlanQ-Personally bifore me ap peared O. D. Black, who, being duly sworn, says: I a'ja a llagman bevwe n Columbia, S. C., and Jacksonville, Fla. 1 was formerly on the run Le tween Augusta and. Columbia. Al the time Hon. James H. Tillman was coming to Columbia to count the bal lots, about three weeks before th sbootlog or N. G.-.Gonzales, I was Hag man between Columbia and Augusta ..??nd heard the said James II. .TiUmai'/ say, In the smoking car, that he wa? going to whip or-kill said N. G. Gon zales. Along in November I was al Albion hotel in Augusta, with said J II. Tillman, and then I saw .a blue steel magazine pistol. Said j. H. Tillman intimated o me that thai was the pistol with which he Intended to kill N. G. Gonzales. Isaid: "Don'i kill him, whip him. He replied: "by God, I am tining to kill him," said "?liman, pulling thc pistol referred to out of his hip pocket. Signed O. I). ?lack." "Sworn to before me this February 1903, Wm. Elliott, Jr., N. P. S. C." THE SECOND AFFIDAVIT. The following ls the one sprung by ijie defense at Lexington Tuesday In the conference. It did not uoinefeit . open court. "State of South Carolina, County of llichland-Personally before me ap peared O. 1). Black, who being duly sworn says: That the statement ht? joade, or that appeared over his signa onre was written by a Mr. Elliott, who said he would force bim to testify, un less be sigued the statement; that he Hurriedly read the statement, and did not know how it sounded until be read the same In the newspapers; that this is a true statement of thc con veys ition he had with J. II. Tillman: Tillman showed him the pistol bc had just bought as a curiosity. In the course of the conversation, Tillman mentioned the fact of the personal difficulty between him and N. G. Gon zales. Some time has passed, and 1 can't rcniember just what Tillman said. He may have said that If Gon zales forces him to do it. he would be obliged to kill him. The impression made on mc was that Tillman did not wish to provoke* the difficulty, but would only act if forced to do so. I cap't say positively Just the words he used*,.however, that bas passed. He did say, however, that be felt like whipping Gonzales for attacking him so tnjustly in the newspapers. I don't thHik, however, he made a direct #0X>\7^;and 1 did not know I was mak ing ?'fiix.a statement until I saw same in tl newspapers. The papers, as I said' Was written by a Mr. Elliott, and^M did not know how lt would soui/Vand it was nota true statement of t?/s-conversation 1 had with Till maii;/il(-Uglied, O. D: Black! "?wor?to before me this 21st day of February, Geo. lt. -Itembert, N. P. It. 0. Mr. Black was In bed at the hospital when seen by thc Herald representa tive, and seemed still suffering from the effect of the recent railroad acci dent in Hamburg. When asked he, gave an account of the meetiug with Mr. Tillman at the Albion hotel hr November last, when he pulled his pistol out of his pocket, "and stated that be was going to lix that party in Columbia with' it." During last February Mr.- Black said, he was in Columbia, and was talking to several men, and one ol' them asked him about the statement he had made. He said: '?/ . "I am sorry I ever gave the affi davit, and would give $50 if I had kept my mouth shut, but there is no way for me now to get out of it. "When I made this remark," Mr. Black continued, "a party in the room whom was unknown to me, said 'you can get out of it all right,' and began to draw up a paper. "I took the paper, and glanced over lt, and signed it. I did not under stand at the time that there was any-* thing in it which contradicted the facts in my Urst u'llldavit, and I stated at the time I stood by the truth as set forth in my affidavit made to -Mr. Elliott." : Mr. Black, said that when be signed the second affidavit he was in a room at Columbia playing whist, but he did not seem able to tell the names of any of tlie people who were, present, and said that ho did not know the name of the mau who drew up the last pa per. He seemed very much worried about the matter, said that be was friendly to Mr. Tillman, and was sorry that he badiever g?lten mixed up in lt at all, but that Tillman had stated to him that he "was going to use thc gun on that party In Columbia, who was re sponsible, for his defeat." ? "Mr. Tillman was," he said, "drink ing at the time bc made the threat." The Herald man asked Mr. Illack if he would bo able to go over to Lexing ton to attend the trial, and he said that he would not, that the doctor had told him that lt would be. some weeks before he would be able to get around again. Killed tho Marshal. J. E. Eubank, town marshal of ICeysvillc, Va., was shot and mortally wounded on Tuesday by tireen Mc Adoo, colored, whom ho was attempt ing to arrest on the charge of wife murder. Dr. Biggera Huckleberry Cordial Cures. All Stomach Troubles, Children Tee thing. Diarrhoea, Dysentery, etc. At Druggists 2?0 and f>0c per bottle. Engineer Killed. A Cincinnati Southern train was thrown from thc track by a cow at Glen Mary, Tenn., on Tuesday. Tho engineer, Frank Parker, was killed and seven men were seriously hurt. DR. HATHAWAY Recognized as the Leading and re Most Successful Specialist in th His line In the United States. 1* I ' ' ' . ,.;*~. TV/ i'^V'f-i My cure for this disease ls no cut tim: or daniferons eu Diseases of Women Stricture " tl on and soreness is allayed und thc canal ucnli \g_This dlsoaso 13 tho enlai ViirinnCfilfi tho vitality. lt weakens **? fI>rm' certainty just aa qu any other disease, and their strength ls being d ed, and learn the cause of your trouble. Mend f< r\i '.J r?^. ? _ " Thia horrible dlseas fi I finn rf?lSO?l know Just what my UIUUU I UIOVM bones, falllngiha?rjji I will tell you frankly whether or riot you uro a druRS.ln as quick. If not quicker, time thin? any wlllbo eradicated from tho system foreve.-. Soi Won mell dowi to health thousands ot suffering women. Send Chronic Diseases f?g ls equipped with tho most approved X-lloy and Home Treatment oountrteB. Correspondence confidential. J. NEW! 88 Inman Building, 2-?i S. Brou Tho Mexican Boll Weevil. A government expert has created consternation in some quart? rs by alleging in an interview that tbe cot ton regions west of tbe Mississippi river-are permanently affected by the ravages' of tbe Mexican boll .weevil, ind on this account he thinks the trans-Mississippi will be farced to abandon cotton culture. lie says: that the insect appears to be ineradi cable, and if this were turo his pic diction would be veri lied, as thc boll weevil is certainly the greatest de stroyer of cotton that has yet ap- j pearcd. from the insect world. It is nard to realize the effects of such a calamity, as it would mean the an nual loss of almost $200,000,000 In this one crop of the .South. The re duction in the cotton supply of the world would be truly alarming, and thc loss so great as to attractunlversal attention, lt will be expected, pays the Atlanta Constitution, "that mod ern science wjll be adequate to this new and .singular situation. There was a time when the army worm marched with insatiable, maw over our'cotton Heids, and neither Hoods j nor tire were of avail against the de-1 vastating columns. ' But now we. scarcely ever hear the army worm mentioned. Science found a method ( for its extermination. In like man ner science must vindicate ascii uv going after the boll weevil and tind ing a way to destroy its habitations." Is lt not only a question of time when the Mexican boll weevil, which is now so destructive in thc cotton States west of tin. Mississippi river, will cross that stream and lay waste our cotton Heids unless some way found to de stroy the pest. ll o 11 ii?-? l tu u free. At Marshall Texas, a mob of rt? wwi1 hunored men Thursday night b. ttered its way into the jail, .took out viuliei Davis, a negro, and marched him t< the west side of -the-to wp where he was hanged-.to a tree. The lynching was the result- of the killing of Con stable Hayes, Thursday morning while he was taking a ncgrcTto jail. The filllcer was shot from ainuutdi. beihg literally riddled with bullets. Shortly after the killing, Waltei Davis and two other negroes wen arrested and lodged in jail at Mar shall. A mot) formed during the af ternoon and attacked the jJ.il> Tin local militia was ordered out and ar rived at thc jai] after thc mob had secured the negro: While part of thc mob were talk lng, to ttie militia otll cers, tithers slipped the negro out ano spirited him away. Kverything it now quiet. ; 1854. ? 1902-'03. GREENVILLE FEMALE COLLEGE. Greenville, S. U. College of. highest grade. Degree courses and specials. Faculty of 18. Greatly Improved equipment. Pitre mountain water. Climate Vrarcly equalled. For catalogue and terms write J'). C. JA M KS. LITT. D.. Pro*. tr A Gninard, C. Atkinson, Pros. Sec. and Treas. Columbia Supply Co. COLUMBIA, S. C. 801 WKST 6BUVAIS G?nnes BUILDING. Now is thc time you are looking around your (lins and other machinery to see what supplies you need. Wc carry three grades of llubber Belt, :i grades of Leather and (bindy Belt. Largest stock ol' Wood Pulleys in the State. Carry Pipe, Fittings, Valves, Shafting, Hangers. Hooting und every thing else in the supply line. We want your orders, this applies to any one using or hamlling.machinery. You can save money by writing us. Bn D BOTANIC IUIUIBLGOD BALM The Great Tested Remedy for the speedy nnd permanent cure of Scrofula, Rheuma tism, Catarrh, Ulcer?, Kcicma, Sores, Irrup tions, Weakness, Nervousness, and nil BLOOD AND SKIN DISEASES. lt is by far thc best building up Tonie and llluod Purifier ever offered to the world. It makes now, rich blood, imparti renewed vi tality, and possesses almost miraculous healing properties. Write tor Book ol Won derful Cures, sont Ircc or. application. If not kept by your local druggist, send $1.00 for a large bottle, or $5.00 for six bottles, and medicine will be sent, freight paid, by BLOOD BALM CO., Atlanta, Oa V The specialist 1* nov ln?Upen8*1j??r'l^>?;-?ratita,of .lifo;. there. l<a demand ..tor th? man ho can do ono particular ?hl??? bettorthan any oneclse, and such a,man^? dnc\>ylio has o?nflo?d" a endeavor' to, and centered all of big energy anti; ab'illty on the. tipeciahy-hehae chosen fdr hi? le's work. - .. V ,.;V. Early in my professional car?r I tenlized that ChronicDiseases..Were,;n?ybejb?t. elven tho tendon wtilcU their Importance wa r nm t ':d.'. -? aav;Olit Ihcsortiscas'os required V.epoc?a*'fl isa which tho bu?y .practitioner cpuld nevcr i^qulrc,. Fp.r.^^ ted'myself exclusively to the study and treatment nf theso diseases^niLth'c ??i:t,"??Vphy???-v--. " ' ma recommend me to their paUorita la an evidence ormy skill and.abllity in toy sptfcial"llije. VI 70 special counsel to physicians Mitti obstinate-md obsenro cases. :- .". ::. ;*.'''.,./' I liavn devoted particular attention to :cbronib dJscnsea of men arid:-fr'ompn, and no other : ?s? of dlscaso requires moro Intelligent end'expert : treatment, lt iso- fact that a- :ma}orilyi?.?,f;. sri owe tho seriousness 1>f their condition to improper treatment, o'nd a-te^ iportuncoof placing:their case In tbe hands ot a skiUed andeiper.tspeolaJUt... , . u?\.- . lervous Debility Overindulgence, lndigcrotloDH rvnd excesses' ore not tho only s'of un impairment ot sexual Btrenetk. Such a derange,-, frequently cornea from worry,-overwork,'mental etraln. ... wAilch rrradnally weakens* ano injures the System-te toro the unfortunate victim-reallies., p true nature.of hia trouble.^ Nervousness, weak bock, dizziness,loss of memory, sputa befor?';-' ?od. Whether you consult nie nmot. do not jeopardize your"health. :by experimenting wlth: " ady-mado medicines, freo samples, so-called quick eurea, etc., ai tho most delicate oreaos of '? '\ e body are involved, and only an export Bhould be entrusted With .your', case. Send for 1 re? ?'-' oklet, " Nervous Debility and ItsFamlly of Illa." - gentle and painless, and often ciases no detention from business or other duties, . lt involves; " ' TR lea I operation. Improper treatment viii result In serious injury. I ?Ivo each caso Individ- ' every requirement. Every obstruction is removed, and all discharge soon ceases, inllauinia up promptly and permanently. ' Send for freo book on Stricture. . Rement of volna of tho scrotum, which All with stagnant blood, causing a constant drain upon ? .. the entire system and saps invar all sexual strength: - 1 cure this disease with the same uni lek aa consistent with medical solonce. Probably more men aro afflicted with Varieocolo than - rained away without their knowing tlio cause. Come tome at once if you think you are affllot >r freo booklet on Varlcocole. ... ? e is no longer incurable, and whin I Baf'thatI can cure the most severo capo I do so -because J. "-.? treatment hos accomplished. If you nave sores, pimples, blotchescsore. throat, pains in the " >r any symptoms which you do not understand, it la Important that you eon nuit me at once, and1 ; n unfortunate victim. 1 will guarantee to cure you without tho uae of "strong ond injurions . known treatment. My euro la a permanent one, and la not mere patchwork,and the dls?a?e' id for my freo booklet, "Tho Poison King." ; ? ' T ion who suffer from tho alimenta peculiarto their- sex are cured hy my. gentle nnV painless im! of treatment, which ttvolda all neceMglty for surgical operations. If you suttor from bearing- : .' u paine, backaohe, irregularities, leuchorrnca, etc:, write mo about your case.' -1 have restored ? for my free bookleton women's Diseases. tyalao include-, all other chronic diseases, such aa Rheumatism, Catarrh,- Diabetes; Bright's omach.Hver and Kidney Dlecasoa. Piles, Fistula, Rupture,. -Paralyala, locomotor Ataxia, St. ?e. etc., and all who want skillfull expert treatment should write me about their case. My-ornoo electrical apparatus, ao that my patients get tho benefit of the lateat discoveries ot science. ryone to consult mo without charge, and will refund railroad faro one way to ali who take If you cannot ace me in person write for symptom bianka and full information about my suo of home treatment by which I haye cured, patienta in every State in the Union and In foreign rON HATHAWAY, M. D. d .Sh., Allanta. Ga. Geo A .Wagener, Pres. Geo Y Coleman, vice Pres. I G Ball, Sec'y & Treas Coleman-Wageaer Hardware Company^ Successor to C. P. Poppenheim.. 363 KING STREET, - - - . . CHARLESTON, S C Tnra ANS.VER TO WHY DOES CHARLESTON MAKE THE WATER RA PE HER MOTTO IS, HER WATER RATE GIVES HER DOUBLE THE ADVANTAGE IN FREIGHT RATES. SON AGAIN.' MAKE A COMP A Ulf? CLASSIFICATIONS PER CARLOAD. V From NEW YORK, N. Y. PER 100 LUS. * NAILS, TO l 2 3 4 5 6 CHARLESTON, SC 50 40 34 28 23 17 . . 12c per 100 lbs. . Why is it that the up-country does not give Charleston, her entire trade We Do Not Deceive The Sick. If you are sick and want to get well, do not experiment but be sure that your ar placing your case in expert hand's We do not believe in any. form of deception. We have no FREE MEDICINE scheme to deceive sick, but every co.se put under our treatment is positively guaranteed by Not ? Dot Jar Need be paid Until;Cured, and we are. the only Special tists who have established amputation for curing the/ afflct und collecting the fee afterwards. ??S fJV-2?sr RE?S^i If you want HONEST and also SKILLFUL treatment for any form of Ch .-on ic Diseases, write us TODAY, for method of Home Treatment has never been excelled. DR. BEHOLDS A CCOMPANY, "' BOX Z, . ATLANTA, GA. AV edd i ix ^r?seiits^ Jewelry, Silverware, Cut Glass, Clocks, Bronze Figiires.Fi?e Lamp3, silver plated.Tableware, all make very acceptable weddiffg'-prfcsents. ?Wo can send illustrations now of some of above. We handle only .line goods, which we'sell "~V at close prices. On all orders accompanied by. the caslV '-vyo-prcpay^xpresa-^^': charges on the goods. We guarantee satisfaction .ahdrif for any reason any V avtielo does not please you, send it back at brice-and we return your money. Isn't that fair? Send us your orders. - * . *P. H. LACHICOTTE & CO., Jewelers, 1424 Main St COIJUMJUTA, S O Founded in 1850. 'Graduates 4,453 . . v. MEDICAL STUDENTS. Write for Free Catalogue of the - . MEDICAL DEPARTMENT UNIVERSITY OF NASHVILLE. Curriculum included twenty-three lecture courses,. each followed by a .. thorough review quiz; seven laboratory-courses, and three hours bf el in leal . '."? .vork daily. New building elaborately eqlpped with modern apparatus and; ippliances. Tuition $65.00. Address, J.'DILLARD-JACOBS, M. D.; Sec., 641 South Market St., Nashville,.Tenn.. . Ol lt;JV FANCY SHAPES - LARGE STOCK. PROMPT SHIPMENTS ^ GEuRGlA-CAROLIN A BRICK CO., - ' " .Howard H. Statrord, Pres???htr. % . -"..? ' --. . WRITE FOR PRICES, j . AUGUSTA, GA. THE ?Gr?IGNRAD BHICK WOK&S, ' : . COLUMBIA, s. c. '?? ?' '?? B.iilding and Re-Pressed Brick. - Special shapes t?.order. Fire Proof Ti"- - - -a Cutta Flue Linings. Prepared to till orders for thousands;or for_,mlllloa DreabyteH&r\ College of SouiK GarrotIrva, BOARD,1 RCOM-RKNT, and TUInON for Cfille^ate'Year for *10(t.00. Next Session begins Sei?t. 23id, ItfuB.. , For catalogue or information address ^ - \ A:-?'. SP?NOB?l. - ? .' - - ^1 ' a- FOR YOUR 0RDER5 EOtUMBIA LUMBER & HFC CO: COLUMBIA SX. YOUNG MEN, YOUNG ?WOVU-N, WAKE W Prepare yourselves to meet the demand for Stenographers, typewriters - and bookkeepers. Write for catalogue of ... MACFEAT'S BUSINESS COLLEGE, Columbia, S. O. \ . W. n. ?tiacfeat, otllcial Court Stenographer, President. J Cigarette Habit Whiskey I Morphine Habit, \ Habit Cured by Keeler^ Inst'itirte, ot* v^. 132S) Lady St. (or P. O. Ilox 75) Columbia, ?. C. Conlidential correspond ence solicited. AlljDr?g and Tobacco Habits. Wilson's Freckle Cure. Guaranteed to rem o ve Free kies, Sun Burns, Tans, Moth and Pimples al soasa toilet, cream ? Motley rc- . turned if it fails. Price 60c. Trial /? ? size 25c. 5c postage. If not sold by your druggist, write I. E. WILSON & CO, ChntloHton, S. O. CHARLES C. LESLIE, -Wholesale Dealers'in l^isslx anti Oysters. 8 & 20 Market St.. Charleston, S. C. Consignments of Country Produce arc Respectfully Solicited, Poultry, Eggs. &c. Fish packed in barrels and boxes for country trade a specialty. Sa ve 1YI o ri ey, ave Tirrie;,;V .; ave ?other. Bay your' Paints; Oils, Var- v nishes; abd. Brushed," Sash;, : Doois, and Blinds from' * SHAHD BUILDERS SUPPLY CO,, ! 616 Plain St High Columbia, SO;' Grade Pianos, Best Organs. The Quality, Terms and Prices will please. ' Call or write Malone's Music> jTopse, Established 1881. Opposite Y " COLUMBIA, S. C.