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JjMAN'?s?Dl ^.lOontlnued from page 1.] Gervais and Main streets. They lived , in the same direction. 1 One of the . hot editorials had Just appeared in the State. Mitchell said:- .. "Mr. GonzakB, don't you think that it is about time you would let up on old JimP" "Ko," said Gonzales, 'he is a cur, and I am going to light him as long . as ho runs for office-in South Car olina." : ;'. Then I said to him: "Well, you know you can drive a-dog to bay-" ' Here there was objection by the state on the ground that nothing was competent except'a threat. The point was argued by Messrs. Thurmond and Orott. The former ^ contended that only the statement of Gonzales and nope of the conversation leading up - to it was competent. Mr. Croft con tended that all the facts surrounding the threat were admissible. The court asked for authorities on the ' question. No ruling was made and the question was changed. Gonzales told him Tillman was a cur and that he Gonzales had poved it on him on every occasion. Gonzales said that he could slap Tillman's face and be would not resent it. Gonzales further stated that if Jim Tillman ever batted his eyes at bim he would fill him so full of lead that he could not tote it off. Mitchell testified further that he had told Tillman of the conversation at some time between the ?rst and second primary. Having got the threat in evidence Col. Croft then asked that the entire conversation be repeated. - The state objected again, but this Lime Judge Gary ruled that in order to get a full understanding of .the case thc entire conversation should be admitted. Mitchell then recited the entire con versation, which was in substance as above. On the cross-examination Mitchell " said that he was a contract painter "'and that he had done work as a detec tive for the Southern railway. Mr. Bellinger cross-examined the witness to bring out the Idea that Mitchell did not have a sufficient acquaintance with deceased to become a confidant. Mitchell admitted that he had never talked to the dead editor but that one time. He further admitted that he had met Ambrose Gonzales after the killing and said that "I understand that Colonel Tillman shot your brother in the back, and if sol am done with Jim Tillman. - SOME MOUE TESTIMONY. r A. J..Flowers, of Darlington, who 1 ved in Columbia for turee years, was thc uext witness. Ile was a conductor on a street car for about two years. He quit the company January 1st, be cause he could not stand work on ac C)unt of rheumatism. During sum mer, 1002, Gonzales was a passenger oa his car. Gonzales was riding on th? rear seat of the car and there were three other men with Gonzales. Gon 2 iles and the party got on thc car at Lady street, and rode around to Wav erly and back. ' The party was discussing politics and-he heard Gonzales say to the other three mon that if he did not succeed ia defeating Tillman he would never take his seat, for he would kill him. One of the gentlemen told? Gonzales that he should not talk that way. On the cross-examination be said that at the time of the shooting he was sick in Darlington, and that some time after he had written to Col. Till man, who was then in jail, telling him of the threat. The letter was pro duced in court and offered as evidence by the defense. On cross-examination lt was brought out that the witness told several employes, pf the street railway company that he knew noth ing of the case. On the redirect Mr. Helson brought out the fact that he had warned the witness not to talk with street railway people with whom J he was formerly familiar, because the [ officers of that company were opposed to Tillman. He became interested in Tillman because he was in his regi ment? P. W. Hughes, truck farmer of War renville, S. C., who was formerly a| resident of Edgefield, was sworn. He | was a deputy for Jones for the killing of the Prcssleys he lirst met N. G. Gonzales. In July, 1002, be came to | Columbia and met N. G. Gonzales oo Main street, near McMallau's drug store. Several men were with him. Mr. Stroude, one of the party, spoke to Gonzales. Gonzales asked Stroude about the mill vote. Stroude told him that it was mixed up and that Tillman was In the lead. Hughes then asked Gonzales If he did not think he had done Jim Tillman a great injustice. Gonzales replied: "That the black legged gambler will get justice after the election and it ought to be lead." On the cross he said be had not told of the conversation until a few months ago. Hughes admitted that he had a light about Alliance matters when he lived at Words. Another time Hughes was prosecuted for selling liquor in Greenville. THE AMENDE HONOHAIILE. Court took a live-minute recess at this time and Mr. Nelson asked per mission to make a statement. Ile said that counsel for both sides had talked to him du ri g the recess and convinced him that he had been too hasty in taking up Mr. Bellinger's remarks earlier in the morning. Personally he would do nothing to offend Mr. Bel linger, and regretted he had spoken so hastily during the colloquy about the admission of thc State's editorial in evidence. Angus Blalock, a grocery ?nan, in Columbia. He was one of thc Hughes narty when the converaation with Gonzales is alleged to have occurred. Knew Gouzales by sight, lie is ason in law of Hughes. He substantiated in detail thc testimony of Hughes. V. B. Cheshire, a residentof Ander son, was thc next witness. He is a ""'pHn'teT-ty' trade and is employed on thc Anderson Intelligencer. Knew Tillman first as a member of the South Carolina regiment. He was to testify concerning a threat that came to him through a Mr. Geer, traveling man of the State, to thc el?tct that Gonzales | was carrying a gun for Tillman. A great argument was precipitated by this witness. Thc jury was retired during tho discussion. The argument I continued until dinner time. The afternoon session of thc court was itself quite snappy. It lcd off with a tilt over the Cheshire testi mony, and continued pretty well throughout the afternoon. Not only did thc lawyers indulge In debates, but tire witnesses also took a hand lu thc game. Thc most interesting tilt took place while Henry Head, of Augusta, was on the stand. He was telling how he was In Columbia with Col. Tillman, as Ovis attorney, trying to secure the Theron of Will Goodwin. Mr. Hclllng .as popping questions at him tb ldc and fast and waa getting ftOBwer? in rapid fire order.. Suddenly Mr. Bellinger ?said: . "What were-you doing lu Colum bia?" : w'ATonm?. Jtsr, "I waa there to "see that Jinx-.Till man was attending to thc business for whlohT was paying my good money? "So you. were watohiug Jim,' were you?" asked Mr. Bellinger. This question brought forth. a strong protest from tho. defence. Col. Croft said it might be Just as well for tho gentleman not tb drop into the vernacular of tho State (newspaper) In alluding to the defendant. . Right here there waBa lively debate as to manners,etiquette,'courtesy and kindred topics, it grew heated.as lt progressed and finally judge Gary bad to Interpose and order, the case to pro ceed.. In a few minutes Head alluded to the .defendant as Jim, and Mr. Bel linger called him down. "I apolo gize," responded Mr. Head, to the great amusement of the court. . .. Mr. Head also caused a burst " of laughter in the room by alluring to General TJ. Y. Gunter as the man they called "X-Ray, or something Ilka that." ' . The pace was too swift for the sick juror and about 4 o'clock he began to show signs of weakening. At 4:30 Judge Gary aaw that ho could not stand lt any longer and ordered an adjournment until 9}?30 Friday morn ing Two or three times during the trial Wednesday Sheriff Caughman, who carried a bottle and spoon, gave Mr. Sharpe a dose of medicine. After a lengthy argument by coun sel extending beyond the dinner re cess, the court ruled that the Cheshire testimony was competent when the witness made the statement before the jury. SEVEHAI,' WITNESSES. The representative of the State re ferred to, he said, was Mr. Geer, sub scription, solicitor for the paper, and said the conversation with Mr. Geer occurred on a train between Newberry and Anderson. The witness was in Col. Tillman's regiment, and orv cross examlnation said ho paid particular attention to the statement, as~"hc wanted to tell Mr. Tillman what was said. He said when he told the defen dant that he looked as if it hurt bira, and that he raaoc no reply. > The witness detailed the conversa; tlon which led up to what be stated was said by Mr. Geer, and which bc said began with an inquiry as tc whether the "soldier boys" were- go ing to support Mr. Tillman. Henry S. Head, of Augusta, Ga., said he was in Columbia one year agc this month, and that he was aroun< with Mr. Tillman, and that afte parting with him and while in com pany with H. B. Sims, a man whon he did not know, but whom he wa subsequently told was N. G. Gonzales met them, and that Mr. Gonzales asi\ ed him if he was the roan who wu out riding with Mr. Tillman.. "I told him I was," witness said adding: "Ile asked me where he was at. told him I left him standing at tb transfer station." II. B. Sims, of Graniteville, gav similar testimony. R. S. Anderson, of Edgelield, a employe nf the United States senati after stating that he was In Edg< lield during the summer of nit): denied that he had held any coi vcrsation with Mr. Tillman in a livei stable in Edgelield, in which the e: pression "get at him" was used, < that he had engaged in any covers! tion with Mr. Tillman regardin Mr. Gonzales as testilied to in tb trial. .lame Davis, thc last witness callei had but begun on his testimony whe Judge Gary ordered an adjournmen that the juror might not be overta: cd. TliUKSDAY'S l'UOCEEDlNOS. Wileri adjournment was had Wet nesday, James Davis was on the stam He was put up to contradict atlidavi made by Black, the Southern railwi employe who is in an Augusta hosp tal. He denied that on thc occasic Black referred to Tillman . showed pistol and said he intended to ki Gonzales. He said Gonzales' nan was not mentioned at all. When Mr. Bellinger took up tl cross-examination, the witness soo wi a disposition to be "Sassy," but M Bellinger plainly informed him thatl must be respectful, and if'he was 1 would be treated In the same wa After that thc witness was pleasant in his demeanor. The cross-examination brought oi some confusion as to dates and as who was present when the alleged co versa tion took place. Last week wi ness Terrell testified ?0 the san thing as Black,, but Davis could n say whether either Terrell or Bia came Into the railroad car while and Ti.'lraan were conversing; he kne neither of them. Thc next witness was Mr. Cole Blease, and attorney for Tillman a a resident of Newberry. He told wh ollicial positions he had held. He sa he was with Tillman nearly~?vcry cl during the carapaign of 1002. He pi doced a memorandum book, which said showed where he had been ea day of the year. Referring to t campaign meeting at Columbia, said he stopped at Wright's hotel thc guest of Col. John Ti Sloan, recalled the night Dr. E. C. Adams called at Tillman's room. W ness said he was reading some of 1 editorials in The State newspaper Tillman at the latter's request, said it was done to put Tillman in position to reply to them In speech. Referring to Dr. Adai testimony, lie confirmed thc latte testimony to the eiTect that he wo accompany Tillman to the/ellice Gonzales. He differed as to Tillman's rcr He said that Tillman replied Adams's proposition: "That won't I'll be impeached as lieutenant g crnor. But boys, you need'nt wor If Gonzales attempts to tarry out threat, HU snuff his life out w this," Tillman showing pistol, w ness gave another version of Tillm; remark about the editorial. "M theatricals." Witness said Tllln said: "If he (Gonzales) attempts cany out his threat, there will be God damnedest tragedy that t shocked South Carolina.'' Witness said be knew Gonzales Tillman were unfriendly. He bc Gonzales say once that he did want to bc In the same room v Tillman. ? IT WAS HLEASB'S IMSTOTI. Witness declared that he knew 'J man did not carry a pistol during campaign. He knew he did not i one at the Gaffney meeting, wi Tillman and DeCamp had a row. knew it because they roomed togcl most of the time. He did not ni to say that Tillman did not ha> pistol at some time. Mr. Nelson again tried to bring ? . .111. '?""' "?.1 ff t ji. i the truth' or falsity of tho editorial iib, reference to the Gaffney meetlng^ndj Objection being made, the, Quostioh was rilled out.'' Witness, continuing, said' that-on various occasions during'thecampaign Tillman.was advised to go to Colum bia and* settle the troubles .between himself and Gonzales. Tillman inva riably replied that he could not afford to have a difficulty and he would a\ *d it if possible. On cross- examination, witness said that nothing Adams bad said was false. Ho admitted that when Till man-in his room in the hotel.at Co lumbia had replied to Adams, he reached into his valise and drew out a pistol. >. : . ~ Mr. Hellinger asked whether that did not show that Tillman did carry a pistol during the campaign. Mr. Blease said the pistol had been put in the valise and when asked who put it there, he declined to answer at first on the constitutional ground that a 'witness cannot be compelled to .in criminate himself. ;. Finally he said that i twas his pistol and'admitted that that, was the pistol to "snuff out Gonzales's light." Witness said tbat personally he was friendly'with Gonzales, but politically he was far apart from him, and thc witness added that he was a Demo crat. On re-direct examination, he said that pistol was put In the valise be cause it was expected that- Gonzales would attack Tillman in the opera house in Columbia on the night of the campaign meeting 'He said he ex pected it because he knew "some things would be said there that night" and he knew Mr. Gonzales was a fighting man. Mr.. Blease then retired. GONZALES m 'rms SENATE. Geo. W. Ly brand and R. F. Sos were pnt on the stand to show that City Auditor Allen benlnd the lattice work of his office could not see a man smiling across the street. Mr. Allen bad testified that he saw Gonzales with a smile on his face while the latter was across the street. These men bad visited the cit} auditor's office and said they coule not . recognize * a smile under the cicumstances. Senator Douglass, of Union, said he saw Gonzales the day before thc shooting standing at the reporters desk In the senate chamber. Till man soon after vacated his chair anc Senator Sheppard occupied it. A fte: leaving the reporters' desk, Gonzale; went to one of thc pillars of the gal lery and looked over the senate. Then was no cross-examination. Mrs. M. A. Evans, of Newberry mother of the Hon. Hub Evans, stati dispensary director, was the next wit ness. She was in Columbia on Jami ary 15, 1903. Going from thc stat house down Main street she met Mr Gonzales not far from the city rallwa; transfer station. She noticed Goo ?ales's demeanor and expresi?n. Th latter was vindictive; there wa tragedy in it. She noticed thes things' from what she had heard i the lobby of thc senate. That wa why his attitude and expression wer so closely observed. Mr. Gonzales ha his hands in his pockets aud itlookcd t her as If there was more in his poekc than his hands. She passed on muol agitated and when she heard the sho she threw up her hands with an e> clamation, which she was not pei mitted to repeat. On cross-examination she said sh heard two ' well dressed gentlemer seemingly men of intelligence an whom she believed to bc members ( the legislature, make remarks whic agitated her in connection with th homicide. She said she did not kno the gentlemen and had not seen thei since. . It was not developed in the testinu ny what the remark was that so ag tated Mrs. Evans, because the rul of evidence would not admit lt. IT AVAS A BOTTLE. Jesse MahafTey, a member of tl legislature, was pun up'to show tin on the?day Dr. Lancaster said he sa a pistol in Tillman's overcoat pockt it really was the neck of a whiski bottle,, and ne proceeded to say till he knew lt was"a bottle. On eros examination the court bad a good de of fun out of Mr. Mahaffey in que tions put to him as to his expertne us to .bottles. Amongst other thinj which created much merriment, 1 said he would rather be "shot" wil ;i bottle than with a pistol. J. A. White, a door-keeper of a se: ite committee room, was the ne: fitness and Colonel Croft brought bi ls Confederate record as a preliminar He testified that one day when tl senate was In session, Senator She pard presiding, a man came up to tl ioor of the senate and, coming bac isked witness: "Where Is Lieutcnai Governor Tillman?" He added in ; i bru pt way: "1 mean your boss." Witness replied he bad no boss, ai }he man went on to say that he su josed the lieutenant governor w ?eglectlng his duty as usual. Witness did uot know the man, bi Dick Ilolzenback told him thc in; ivas Gonzales. Gonzales also, li; ?aid he had made Tillman show tl white feather, and would do it agai Witness told Tillman about lt soi ifter In the room of the president the senate. On cross-examination he said Ti man had appointed bim to the po tion. Ile had never seen Gonzales I fore. After Gonzales left he nev saw him again. When Gonzales a iresscd him it was on the morning lanuary 14, 1902. . DKSCRIltKD THE SHOOTING. Richard ll. Ilolzenback was t next witness. He testified that was in Columbia during thc session 190:i for the purpose of getting a po Lion. He stayed in Columbia fr< the P2ih to the 17th. Ile knew G< '.ales hy sight for two years. He s; that on January 14 Gonzales walk ip to the senate door and looked Gonzales turned back and spoke Japtain White, and witness proc??c ,o tell the same story as thu prevU witness. Witness told White who Con zn vas. Later on the same day wi tn old Tillman of thc eon vers?til Iolzenhack went on to tell that vas walking behind Tillman ano S< . tors Brown and Talbird MI thc d ?f the homicide. He saw Gonza :omlng up thc street. Ile could bi missed Tillman on the .outsi :le of i pavement without touching Iii r,onzales had his hands in his pock ind started across the pa verne [lonzales shoved his right hand du lu his pocket, and witness expec llonzales to shoot. Tillman fired. Ilolzenback went to work to ill trate the various positions taken, ing from thc witness chair to ill trate his testimony. Bc was v idept and had all thc movements thc participants well studied out parently. Mr. Bellinger objected ? witness proceeded to give his tc mopy in the ordinary way. On cross examination he said G z?les bad Bald bo- would make Tillman show the white feather ag^ln' wh?n h? toet: him. He said maybe Captain White didn't hear that. Witness'said that be thought Gonzales" was going to kill Tillman, but he failed to warn Tillman on.tbe day of the homicide. He said that after the shooting-he heard Tillman BUY, "I got your mes sage." 'Ho denies that he was walk ing with anybody and that;Just as Tillman pulled his pistol witness fand his companion dropped back,- ; H? de nied that he had made such a state ment to Several individuals. He de nied that on tho 11th of January, 1003, that he had said to certain in dividuals that he didn't expeot to get a job in the legislature,. but'.tbat..he was going to Columbia! for sotr?etblng better. He denied that he had ex hibited two $5 bills in substantiation of lils statement. ..He did say, however, If he did not get the legislature job he would_get another job. THE DEFENCE CLOSED. After Col. Tillman finished his testimony on Friday which is pub lished elsewhere, the defence, examin ed two or three unimportant witnesses and then'announced that they had no more witnesses to examine. 'The State then Introduced several witnesses to . impeach II olsen back's testimony and others."- Col. Tillman in bis testimony said he had not been on good terms with Mr. Gonzales for years. In contraditlon of this state ment Mr. II. N. Edmunds, who was at one time an editor on The State, testified that he saw Cul. Tillman in Mr. Gonzales private olUce ohattlng and laughing with him after the close ot the Spanish war. . ;. ' M. W. Clark, J. J. Williams, % II. Denny, Mack Toncy, Dr. J. Hul'ett, Louis Holmes, William Toney, and others testified that they would not believe Halsenback on his oath. Saturday the State put up August Fischer, chief of police of Orangeburg, John 13. Livingston, of Orangeburg, E. W. Parker' and C. B. 'Simmons, real estate dealers of Columbia, all of whom lesli lied that they would not believe T. D. Mitchell on oath. ; J. A. Salley, bf Orangeburg, who was sum moned by the defence ; to- prove Mitchell's good character, when put on the stand swore that he would not believe Mitchell on oath. H. G. Heidt, of Columbia, swore he would not believe Mitchell on oath. Several of the witnesses testified that Mitchell had beat them out of house .rent. Heidt said that Mitchell would rather move than pay rent. The following testified as to Holzen back's good character: Captain S. M.. Smith. P. B. Mayson, J. A. Lott, John lt. Heidson, J. W. Hardy, John A. Hester, and several others, all be ing from Edgctield. . Susprintendent Wallace of the Co lumbia city railway company declared that he would not believe witness Flowers on his oath. Flowers ls the man who said L?. heard Gonzales say in a car that Tiliman would never take his Seat as governor even If he was elected because Gonzales would kill him. Before the jury came into the court. Saturday morning Judge Gary said that he was satisfied that he had made a mistake In his ruling Friday, when bc did not permit Mr. Edmunds to testify as to Gonzales's eyesight, and the fact that lt was absolutely necessary for him to wear glasses In'lj. order to see. He said he made : this* statement so that the prosecution : might take advantage of lt if I, : choose and not be prejudiced by Yi'.,. prevlous^pling. ->.-.-.? -., 7 " All the testimony ls now in and the argument by the lawyers on the two sides commenced Monday morning. DAMAGE SUIT DROPPED. Thc Caso \gainst Harris and Morgan Will he Stopped. j The following Itenrr clipped from' thc La Porte Und. Daily Herald of Sept. 28th, will be of interest to tho readers of The Herald: "Norman Boyeson, son of the late Janie Stewart Boyesen, whose deatli at Asheville, N. C., asa result0M11 suits and indignities suffered at th?, hands of a Dr. Morgan of Augusta, Ga., and Landlord Harris of the White Stone Lithia Springs at Spar enburg, S. C., is still fresh in the minds of the people, is a guest of John H. Wllk. Thc announcement was authorized Wednesday that all proceedings rela-' live to the sad affair would be dropped, the sons of the deceased Indiana liter ary woman and musician having no desire to incur the notoriety that the pushing of the cases against the land lord and the doctor would occasion. It will be recalled that Mrs. Boyesen started a $f?0,000 damage suit in the federal court at Charleston, S.- C., shortly before her death, and of course her passing away would necessitate the tiling of a new complaint, in which thc sons would bethe plaintiffs, but after consulting friends and at torneys it has been thought best to drop the matter. They feel, as do all who are conversant with the facts, that there would heno trouble obtain ing substantial damages from the Southern landlord and the Georgia doctor but the gain would not repay them for the notoriety and trouble which they would have. They feel also that their mother's name lias been fully vindicated through the newspa pers and by right minded people and so,Che pushing of the damage suits will not be necessary." Mr. James T. Harris, proprietor of the White Stone Springs Hotel, is In the city. In speaking to a Herald representative Wednesday, he .autho rized the statement that not one of the stolen articles of jewelry has been recovered. Entire Crew Hilled. Three men were killed andan entire crew injured by thc explosion of the boiler of a stave mill of the Standard Oil Company at Crossville, Tenn., Thursday. Something got wrong with the boiler and Fireman Polk was seek ing ascertain the cause when thc bollei bust and he was Instantly killed. Walter Gilbert of Hising Fawn,. Ga., a sawyer, was also killed and Foreman (Jonch of Waynesbory, Ky., died Thursday morning as the result of a fractured skull. A number of other men were seriously Injured, but will recover. Suicide in Bank. At Massilion, O., Albert M. Wet ter, a prominent young business man, proprietor of the Massilion Sand Sc Stone Company, president of the Massilon Steel Sand Company and a director of thc State Bank here, com mitted suicide In his office at the bank carly Wednesday by shooting himself through the herat. Thc body was discovered by the Jan!tress of thc building a few minutes after thc fatal shot was fired. Intimate friends know of no cause for^he act. He was unmarried, and lived<with his parents. / DOES EDUCATION PAY? Every : Moffior and Father Should Read the Stat?^ Tho following, article was published in a recent number of tho Southern Cultivator. We hope every mother and father, will read it. v With all reasonable people, especial ly those who have elven the subject of education any thought, the caption of this article has long since ceased to bo a question. The fewest number of peo ple there are who really believe, or pretend to believe education does not pay ;~and they are what are commonly called cranks, (using the word in no offensive sense, or slaves to prejudice i r ignorance. But while the Intellectual*-assent, that education does pay, is almost uni versal, there is a large class.of people who, by their actions and spirit of indifference, manifest a decided lack of faith in its utility. ThlB is shown in the small enrollment, and still smaller attendance, in our BChbols. It ls shown In the general poor 'educa tional facilities we are satisfied to give our children. It is shown .in the stolid opposition to every step'toward improvement,' especially if money ls required or any personal sacrifice de manded. It is shown In a thousand ways in a lack of- sympathy and co operation on thc part of some patrons towards those who are striving, even against mitrhty odds, to better the edu cacional advantages of the children. And this lack of interest, sad to re late, is found almost wholly in thc .rural districts. In the towns and cities, where the schools arc largely supported by local taxpayers, the work ls not so badly hampered. The ; peo ple here are exempt fr ira a thousand and one disadvantages that confront people of the country, and . their chil dren attend school raorcregulurly. But these obstacles, apparently so great, are hy no means, Impregnable. If moved hy an intense interest In the cause; if-lnsplred_by .an intelligent comprehension of the true value of education; and if drawn on by an abiding and growing desire to have their children properly prepared for life, the people could and would easily overcome these dilliculties. Bishop Candler having been asked if he thought education would benefit a certain class of people, replied, "Yes education will help an old hound dog." Then, let us not despair, my country men. Let us labor on. We give be low a few statistics illustrating the practical value of education: According to an estimate made from the latest census returns there are in the United States 40,782,007 people over twenty-one years old. These are divided educationally"ahout as follows: Class 1. Without school training, 4,(182,498. Class 2. With only common school training,* 32,802,591. Class 3. With common and high school training, 2,105,357. Class 4. With college or higher education added, 1,001.201. -Who's Who In America gives a list of 8,000 persons now living In the United States who have become famous for some work of Importance to the people of the country at large pr of some considerable portion of it; and an effort has been made to de mine how .many of these 8,000 dis tinguished citizens belong to each of these classes. Thc 4,082,498 of class 1 furnish 31. The 32,802,591 of .class 2 furnish 808:. The 2,155,357 of olass 3 furnish 1,245. j The 1,071,201 of class 4 furnish !5,708. It thus appears: l&t. That an uneducated child has one chance in 150.000 of attaining distinction as a factor in the progress of the age. 2nd. That a common school educa tion will increase his chances.nearly 4 times. 3d. That a high school training will increase the chances of the com mon school boy 23 times, giving him 87 times the chance of thc uneducated. 4th. That a college education in creases the chances of the high school boy nine times, giving him 219 times the chances of the common schoolboy and more than 800 times the chance of the untrained. lt ls a surprising fact that of 7,852 "notables" thus- gathered together 4,810 proved to be full graduates of colleges? M. B. DENNIS. The Trusts Playing Out. The trusts went up like rockets. They are coming down like rocket sticks. The latest one to hit the ground ls the salt trust, which start ed out with an alleged capital $12, 000,000, and has landed on the earth with $37,500. There are more in the air headed the same way. It ls stated that since January 1 of this year forty-four New .Jersey trusts have been placed in the hands of receivers whose aggregate "authorized" capital was $80,340,000, which managed to get trusted by some body to the ex tent of $17,572,333,51, for the pay ment of which they are "estimated" to have assets of SI,504,(?84,28. That ls . just about enough to pay the re ceivers and lawyers for haying out the corpses and burying them decently. Incidentally, New Jersey's trust boom has collapsed with the trusts which it promoted, thc tilling fees are rapidly dwindling, and the inhabitants' of that thrifty state are confronted with tile prospect of being once more com pelled to pay taxes for thc support of their own state government. Increased Death Unto.' An increase in thc death rate of the army from 13.90 a thousand lu 1901 to 15.49 a thousand In 1902 is shown In the annual report of Surgeon General O'lilley for the liscal year ending .lune 30. The increase is at tributed to cholera, which caused 3.94 deaths a thousand. Tho report commends the freedom from miscon duct among thc insular scouts. The spread of vice in the white troops is due to the loss of the canteens. The white troops suffered less than the negroes and Filipinos. A I'OSTM A STEH of a small -olllee in Alabama offered Postmaster General Payne. $50 if he would appoint him postmaster in a better town and as a result the man has been arrested for bribery and will face Uncle Sam's ccu rt. FIFTEEN hundred republican orators have been Invited to take part In thc Ohio campaign. Senator Uanna seems to feel that reinforcements arc nec essary to defeat, Tom Johnson. WE see lt stated that a little eleven year old hoy was recently accidentally killed In a cotton mill at Gaffney, ls it not a violation of the law for a eleven year old boy to beat work in a cotton mill'/ / / V A CR?EL' MOTHEE. A Girl Cbnlnod to tho-Floor for Hlx m; Lioii? Years, vfGhalpe? to the (loot of a roura In bet-home; within thirty miles, bf ;.$ew York olby, a young woman has".Jly^d-. a captive of'her.<\own mother for" six long weary yeafii. During all' that timo Rho has but once . been ^beyond, the contlnes'of that' one little room that serves as her. prison, and that was one day four years ago when she /nade her escape for a few hours. The [girl's liberty ls limited to the length of a clanking chain, and that meas ures Just two and. one half feet "from the point where it is padlocked around her body to the end that ls iastenod I to the iloor with heavy iron staples. In all the years of her captivity she has seen nothlnp of the World heyond the little glimpses that may be bad from" two very small windows of her prison room. 4 . ~ . From./dawn to dark'-she sits on a ! stout oaken chair. For six years she has bad no other, and the thick wood en legs tell a pathetic story of the captive's longing for liberty, for they have been worn down to stubby points by belog pushed back and forth over the lloor. The girl's mother says that I probably two inches had been worn loll those chair legs in the last six years. Within a radius of that two and a half feet of chair thc floor of ' the room is deeply furrowed by the legs of the oaken chair. The floor Itself ls of heavy oak planks, and yet these furrows are no less than a quar ter of an Inch In depth, cut in there by the thousands of journeys taken in that chair from the wall to tbe limit of the chain.' The captive woman is ?Margaret Ryan, and her mother ls Anna Ryan. Their home is a little frame house on a steep hillside, just north of Crofton Lake, where the family bas lived al most from the time they-came to this country from ; Ireland, more than thirty years ago. Margaretas now 30 I years old, but captivity has dealt un kindly with her and she might easily be taken for twice that age. About seven years ago she displayed symp toms of mild insanity. Her father, John Ryan, a contractor in Westches ter County, had died several years be fore, leaving the little farm and some I money to the widow and daughter. After his death the two lived in the little-cottage at the mouth of "Dis mal Hollow." For the first year after' the girl's mind became alleeted she' gave her mother no trouble, but finally she got into the habit of running away from home, lt was then that t he chain was brought into use. Mrs. Ryan had it forged at a smithy near by, and bought a big padlock with which to fasten it to the girl's body. Chain and lock together weigh nearly twen ty, pounds. One end of the chain was securely fastened to the oak iluor, just where it meets thc wall. Around the; gir's waist the mother put a heavy piece of leather with ah iron ring in thc middle, and to this the other end of the chain was locked. Only a few days ago the neighbors were alarmed by the loud cries of "Murder!" coming from thc Ryan home. The screams could bc beard for a mlle around in the Crofton val ley, but no one dared togo to sec what was wrong. Mrs. Ryan explained that the trouble had been caused by thc girl making a desperate attempt to escape, "J. was trying the lock to .iee if it was all right,'? said Mrs. Ryan. "Margaret spied the key in my hand and grabbed for if,, v I strug gled with her and lt was all I could do to keep her from wresting it frim me." I punished her for that, ard it caus ed her to scream and cry 1 "Murder!" so that the neighbors heard hen I used thc gag on her till she promised not to try that trick again." For .everal years thc neighb-rs have been talking about taking some step to put'thc girl in a public institution, but no one has had the courage to take the initiative. So if no one in terferes, Margaret- Ryan may spend the rest of her days within the limits of the chain that' holds her to thc floor of that room in the "Dismal Hollow"- cottage. Advertising In thc Church. The wide-awake Methodist, and 'progressive Presbyterians of Wiscon sin, have reached the conclusion, as thc Chicago Record Herald expresses lt, that "Christianity must go into the advertising business or it will disappear." This is probably an excited and ex travagant way of stating the fact that publicity is one of the agencies wliich might be used by the Church or Meetinghouse to good advantage. Presiding Elder John,"of the Oshkosh District, declared at a Methodist Con ference in Green Hay thc other day. that "the Methodist Church must adopt new Methods for attracting people or conversions would cease," and Dr. Sanderson, a Pressbyterian minister, has offered "a prize for the best plan suggested for advertising the Church." In commenting on the above The News and Courier hits the nail square on the head when it says "there is probably something In this., view of the matter, but we doubt that thc ministers who spoke lipon thc subject fully uppreclated what they were talking aliG.it. lt is proper and neces sary, wc should think, for churches in i large communities to advertise thc.} regular church services in the local newspapers, but thc public would hot have' much confidence In the sort if Christianity which would go into the "advertising business" as a means of converting people to a religious life. There nugi it to be no bargain counter methods in thc Church, nnrl wo should not have much faith in : a Church which would seek the con version of sinners in job* lots, or in any effort that Methodist presiding elders and Presbyterian ministers might make to do business by matk- i lng down thc price of salvation. Thc i sort of advertising that the churches! need is not the methods employed by progressive mercantile establishments but thc advertising which would come to them by sincere efforts to up lift humanity. What thc ministers ought to do is to make their work In the pulpit and in the pastorate more nearly approach the needs of tho people they are trying to serve. Sen sational sermons rarely do any per manent good. Tho Idea of merchand ising tho pulpit is a very had Idea. d?b/ArWagenpr,' Tres. - Geo;Y Col06ian Coleman-W?gener 1 '-r%% Successor to'G. . J . 303 KING STREET, '. ' - THE ANSWER TO WHY DOES OE vRATE HER MOTTO IS,' HEB W/ : THE ADVANTAGE IN I^RElGH^ SON, AGAIN. . ..'.- v ? " ". . :*l - .-. ; GJ?ASSIFI?? From NEW Yoius, N. Y, . l'Eu 10P TO - ... . 12 3 4 CHARLESTON, SO 60 40 34. 28 >.?.Wby is it that the up-country does THE O?iGN?AD COLUMB. Building and Re-Pressed Brick. Sp? ra Cotta Flue Linings. Prepared top] Prepare yourselves to meet the dem and bookkeepers. Write for catal MACFEAT'S BUSINESS C( W. H. Macfeat, oOlcial Court Stenoj We Do Not Deceive If you are sick and \ but be sure that, your We do not-believe in a FREE MEDICINE schei under our treatment lar Need be paid TJnti tists who have est?bil . and collecting the fee F?^f-^frK???^S H y?u WANT> HONES: form of Chronic Diseases, write us TOD bas never been excelled. DR. REYNOLD! BOXZ, Ar A^'ecldiiig: Jewelry, Silverware, Cut Glass, Clo plated Tableware, all make very accept illustrations now of some of above. ' W at close prices. On all orders accompa ??-barges on thc goods. We guarantee si article does not please you, send it back Isn't that fair? Send us your orders." P. H. LACHICOTTE 14124 Matti St Founded In 1850. MEDICALS "Write for Free C MEDICAL DEPARTMENT UN .Curriculum included twenty-three thorough review quiz; seven laboratory work daily. New building elaborately i appliances. Tuition $(35.00. Address, 641 I FANG LARGE STOCK. P GEORGI A-CAROL Howard H. Stau" WRITE FOR PRICES. \ Whiskey I Morphine I Cigarett Habit, I Habit | Habit Cured by Keeley I 1329 Lady St. (or P. O. Box 75) Colu once solicited. The plain, simple old way is the best way-certainly it. could not be Im proved by bargain, counter rashes on .certain occasions when the-machlnery of salvation is supposed to b(?..-d?_Ing j its best work." . L^1 ?' ' : . .-:-:--- ' . ?> THREE of the Van Wormer broth ers, who murdered their uncle, were electrocuted in the prison at Danne moro, N. Y., Thursday. They were no ordinary criminals, yet -the crime for which they paid the penalty was one of the most dastardly in the court annals of the State, lt is rather grue some to think of a family being wip ed out in one day by the law. although the Governor, knowing thc evidence was forced to decline the pitiable plea sent forth lb behalf of the.prlson ers. ., V . '-' ;'?: COL. Leonidas Williams Spratt died recently In Jacksonville in the 82th year of his age. He was the last sur viving Charleston delegate to the se cession convention and amoung the last surviving six to sign the declarar tion of secession. Through the columns of The Southern Standard, of which be assumed editorial charge in 1853, he strongly advocated s?cese i sion of the South, and was sent to Florida to persuade that State to cast its lot with South Carolina. He was a Urst cousin of President James K. Polk. . _ : Mu. M. V. Richards, land and indus trial agent of the Southern railway,' writes to the editor of The Charles ton Evening Tost that a number of Northern people are conferring with the Southern railway oftlcials with, re gard to locating canning factories j or preserving works at or near Charles- j ton. This is very welcome news and it is to be .hoped that something material will develop from the negotia tions. It you aro not w/i*. ~-tt\ want to kernt tho ; rr. I li about your trouble, nona tor 'my free booklet? mid ?efl examination blanks. No. 1, Nervous nobili ty (Sexual Weakness), No. 3. Varlcoeele, No. 8, Stricture, No.?, Kid ney and lt .'mi <lrr Com plaints. No. 6. Diseaso of Women, No. 8. The Poison King (Blood Tolson), No. 7, Ca tarrh. These books sbonlti be In the hands of 2Vory person nfliict ed, rvs br. Hathaway, tho author, ls recog nized ns tho bent AU y.^Sthorlty and expert In v?. the United Htates on t na. TfATiTAWAY. these diseases. 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