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?LM?N'S SIDE. : ;| [Continued from pago 1.] rnear GervatB and Main streets. -They lived! in the same direction. ] One of the bot editorials had just appeared . in the State. Mitohollsald: "Mr. Gonzales, don't you think that it is about time you would. let '..up on old Jim?" :r? "?o," said Gonzales, 'he is a our, aiid I am going to fight him as long us horuns for office in South Car olina." Then I said to him: "Well, you know you can drive a-dog to bay Hcrc'there was objection by the state on the ground that nothing was competent except.a threat. The point was argued by Messrs. Thurmond and Croft. . The former. contended that only the statement of Gonzales and none of tho conversation leading up - to it was competent. Mr. Croft con tended that all the facts surrounding"] tile threat were . admissible. The court asked for authorities on the ' question. No ruling was made and tae question was ebauged. Gonzales told him Tillman was a eur and that he Gonzales had pu ved it on him on every occasion. Gonzales Bald that he could Blap Tillman's face and he would not resent lt. Gonzales further stated that if Jim Tillman ever batted bis eyes at bim he would lill 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 first and second primary. Having-got the threat in evidence Col. Croft then asked that the entire eon vei ha Li un be repeated, The stale objected again, but this time Judge Gary ruled tbac in order to get a full understanding of .the case the entire conversation should be admitted. Mitchell then recited the entire con versation, which was in substance as above. On the cross-examination Mitchell v 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 thc 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 "1 understand that Colonel Tillman shot your brother in the back, and if so-1 am done with Jim Tillman. SOME MOKE TESTIMONY. CA. J.,Flowers, of Darlington, who 1 ved in Columbia for tf?Tee years, was the uext witness. Ile was a conductor on a street car for about two years. Ile quit thc company January 1st, be cause he could not stand work on ac omnt of rheumatism. During sum mer, 11)02, Gonzales was a passenger oci his car. Gonzales was riding on the rear seat of the car and there were three other men with Gonzales. Gun ziles and the party got on thc car at Lady street aud rode around to Wav erly and. bick. The party was discussing politics and he heard Gonzales say to thc other three men that If he did not succeed la defeating Tillman he would never take his seat, for he would kill him. One of the gentlemen toidi Gonzales that he should not talk that way. On the cross-examination he 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. Thc letter was pro duced in court and olTered as evidence by thc defense. On cross-examination it 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. Nelson brought out the fact that he had warned thc witness not to talk with street railway people with whom be was formerly familiar, because the officers of that company were opposed to Tillman, lie became interested id T?lman because he was in his regi ment? P. W. Hughes, truck farmer of War renvillc, S. C., who was formerly a resident of Edgcfield, was sworn, lie was a deputy Tor Jones for the killing of thc Pressleys he first met N. G. Gohzaics. In July, 1002. he came tu Columbia and met ?sT. 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 m ll 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 thc cross he said he had not told of the conversation until a few months ?go. Hughes admitted that he had a fight about Alliance matters when he lived at Words. Another time Hughes waa prosecuted for selling liquor in Greenville. THE AMENDE HONORABLE. Court took a five-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 durig the recess and convinced him that he had been too hasty in taking up Mr. Bellinger's remarks earlier in thc morning. Personally be would do nothing to offend Mr. llo? llngcr, and regretted he had spoken so hastily during thc colloquy about the admission of thc State's editorial in evidence. Angus Walook, a grocery man, In Columbia. He was one of thc Hughes party when the convcraation with Gonzales is alleged to have occurred. Knew Gonzales by sight. Ile is ason in law of Hughes. He substantiated in detail thc testimony of Hughes. V. B. Cheshire, a resident of Ander son, was the next witness. He is a " printer-by trade and is employed on thc Anderson Intelligencer. Knew Tillman first as a member of the South Carolina regiment. Ile was to testify concerning a threat that came to him through a Mr. Geer, traveling man of the .State, to thc effect that (Jon/ales was carrying a gun for Tillman. A great argument was precipitated by this witness. Thc jury was retired during tho discussion. Thc argument continued until dinner time. Thc afternoon session of the court was itself quite snappy. It lcd off with a tilt over thc Cheshire testi mony, and continued pretty well throughout thc afternoon. Not only did thc lawyers indulge in debates, but thc witnesses also took a hand in the game. Thc most interesting tilt took place while Henry Head, of Augusta, was on thc stand. Ile was telling how he ? was in Columbia with Col. Tillman, as ??Ja attorney, trying to secure thc Tiivrjon of Will Goodwin. Mr. liolllng .as popping questions at him thick , arid ." fust and v.was getting answers tn rapid fire order.... Suddenly: Mr. Bellinger said: . "What were you doing In Colurn* bia?? : 'J-/ wATcniKa aui. "I was there to see that Jira, TJU'1 man was attending to the buslnqgs for which I was paying my good- money? "So you were watching Jim, were you?" asked Mr. Bellinger. This ; question brought forth a strong protest from tho defeoce. Col. Croft said it might be just as well for the gentleman not to drop' into the vernacular of the State (newspaper) in alluding to the defendant. Eight hore thero wasa lively ?ebate as to monners,etiquette,'courtesy and kindred topics, lt grew heated.as it progressed and finally Judge Gary had 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 U. Y. Gunter as the man they called "X-Eay, or something likc.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 Garv saw that he could not stand it any longer and ordered an adjournment until 9>30 Friday morn ing. Two or three times during the trial Wednesday Sherill 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. SEVEUAL WITNES8ES. The representative of the State re ferred to, he said, was Mr. Geer, sub scription, solictor for thc 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 oh cross examination said he paid particular attention to the statement, as "he wanted to tell Mr. Tillman what was said. He said when he told the defen dant that he looked as if it hurt him, and that he mace no reply. The witness detailed the conversa tion which led up t-Q what he stated was said by Mr. Geer, and which he said began with an inquiry as to whether the "soldier boys" were- go ing to support Mr. Tillman. Henry S. Head, of Augusta, Ga., said he was In Columbia one year ago this month, and that he was around with Mr. Tillman, and that arter parting with him and while in com pany with H. B. Sims, a man whom he did not know, but whom he was subsequently .told was N. G. Gonzales, met them, and that Mr. Gonzales ask I cd him if he was the man who was out riding with Mr. Tillman.. "I told him I was," witness'said, adding: . . "Ile asked me where he was at. I told him I left him standing at thc transfer station." LI. B. Sims, of Graniteville, gave similar testimony. lt. S. Anderson, of Edge field j an employe nf the United States senate, after stating that he was in Edge lield during thc summer of 1002, denied that he had held any con versation with Mr. Tillman in a livery stable in Edgclicld, in which the ex pression "get at him" was used, or that he had engaged in any co vers? t/ion willi Mr. Tillman regarding Mr. Gonzales as testified to in this trial. Jame Davis, the last witness caller!, had but begun on his testimony when Judge Gary ordered an adjournment, that thc juror might nut be overtax ed. TnUltSnAY'S I'KOOEEDINGS. When adjournment was had Wed nesday, James Davis was on the stand. Ile was put up to contradict allidavits made by Blade, the Southern railway employe who is in an Augusta hospi tal. He denied that on thc occasion Black referred to Tillman . showed a pistol and paid he intended to kill Gonzales. Ile said Gonzales! name was not mentioned at all. When Mr. Bellinger thole up the cross-examinatii'n, the witness snowed a disposition to be "Sassy," but Mr. Bellinger plainly Informed him that he must be respectful, and If he was he would be treated In the same way. After that the witness was pleasanter in his demeanor. The cross-examination brought out some confusion as to dates and as to who was present when the alleged con versation took place. Last week wit ness Terrell testified lb the same thing as Black,, bat Davis could not say whether either Terrell or Black came into the railroad car while he and Ti'lman were conversing; he knew neither of them. The next witness was Mr. Cole L. Blease, and attorney for Tillman and a resident of Newberry. Ile told what, official positions lie had held. Ile said he was with Tillman nearly "every day during thc campaign of 1002. Ile pro duced a memorandum book, which he said showed where he had been each day of the year, lief erring to the campaign meeting at Columbia, he said he stopped at Wright's hotel as the guest ol' Col. .lohn T. Sloan. Ile recalled the night Dr. E. C. L. Adams called at Tillman's room. Wit ness said lie was reading some of the editorials in The State newspaper to Tillman at the latter's request; He said lt was done to put Tillman in a position to reply to them In his speech. Referring to Dr. Adam's testimony, lie confirmen the latter's test imony to the effect that he would accompany Tillman to thc/office of Gonzales. lie differed as to Tillman's reply. Ile said that Tillman replied to Adams's proposition: "That won't do; I'll be impeached as lieutenant gov ernor; But boys, you necd'nt worry. If Gonzales attempts to carry out his threat, Dil snuff his life out with this," Tillman showing a pistol. Wit ness gave another version of Tillman's ' remark about thc editorial. "Mock theatricals." Witness said Tillman said: "If he (Gonzales) attempts to carry out hts threat, there will be the God damnedest tragedy that ever shocked South Carolina." Witness said he knew Gonzales and Tillman were unfriendly. He heard Gonzales say once that he did not want to bc in thc same room with Tillman. .? IT WAS IILKASU'S IMSTOTJ. Witness declared that he knew Till man did not carry a pistol during the campaign, lie knew he did not have one at the Gaffney meeting, where Tillman and DeCamphad a row. Ile knew lt because they roomed together most of thc time. He did not mean to say that Tillman did not have a pistol at some time. Mr. Nelson again tried to bring out tho truth' of falsity Qi the editorial in reference to tho Gaffney meeting and,; objection peing made, tho question, was ruled out.'' Witness, continuing, Bald that on various occasions during the campaign Tillman was id vised 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 avoid it if possible. On oross- examination, witness said that nothing Adams had said was false. Ho admitted' that when Till man "in his room in the hotel at Co lumbia bad replied to Adams, he reached into hiB valise and drew out a plstol. . ;?. .'?':.;,v?^?''-- - Mr. Bellinger asked whether that did not show that Tillman did carry a pistol during the campaign. - Mr. Blease Bald 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 it was his pistol and admitted that that was the pistol to "snuff out Gonzales's light." Witness said that 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 sale that pistol was put in the valise be cause it was expected that- Gonzales would attack Tillman in the operr house In Columbia on the night of th< campaign meeting <$Ie said he ex pected it because he knew "some things would be said there thai night" and he knew Mr. Gonzales wai a fighting man. Mr. Blease then retired. GONZALES IN THE SENATE. Geo. W. Ly brand and R. F. So: were put on the stand to show tba City Auditor Allen benlnd the lattle work of his office could not see a mai smiliug across the street. Mr. Allen had testified that he sav Gonzales with a smile on his face whll the latter was across the street. These mon had visited the cit, auditor's office and said they coul not -recognize*a smile under th cicu instances. Senator Douglass, of Union, sali he saw Gonzales thc day before th shooting standing at the reporten desk in the senate chamber. Til man soon after vacated his chair an Senator Sheppard occupied it. Aftc leaving thc reporters' desk, Gonzah went to one of the pillars of the ga lery and looked over the senate. Thei was no cross-examination. Mrs. M. A. Evans, of ??cwbcrr: mother of the Hon. Hub Evans, stat dispensary director, was thc next wi ness. She was in Columbia on Jam ary lf>, 1903. Going from the stat house down Main street she met M Gonzales not far from the city rail wu transfer station. She noticed Gbi /.ales's demeanor and exprssion. Tl latter was vindictive; there w; tragedy in it. She noticed the things' from what she had heard the lobby of the senate. That wi why his attitude and expression wei so closely observed. Mr. Gonzales hi his hands in.hls pockets aud itlookcd her as If there was more fri his pock than his hands. She passed on mu( agitated and when she heard the sh she threw up her hands with au e clamai iou, which she was not pc mitted to repeat. ' On cross-examination she said si heard two "well dressed gcntleme seemingly men of intelligence ai whom she believed to be members the legislature, make remarks whi agitated her in connection with tl homicide. She said she did not km the gentlemen and had not seen" thc since. It was not developed in the testin ny what the remark was that so ai tated Mrs. Evans, because the ru of evidence would not admit it. IT WAS A BOTTLE. Jesse Mahaffey, a member of t legislature, was put up'to show th on thejday Dr. Lancaster said he si a pistol in Tillman's overcoat pocli it really was the neck of a whisk bottle,, and ne proceeded to say til he knew it was a bottle. On ero examination the court had a good di of fun out of Mr. Mahaffey in qu tions put to him as to his experts as to .bottles. Amongst other thir which created much merriment, said he would rather be "shot" wi a bottle than with a pistol. J. A. White, a door-keeper of a si ate committee room, was thc ni \yltness and Colonel Croft brought ( ls Confederate record as a prell mina He tcstitied that one day when t senate was in session, Senator Sh pard presiding, a man came up to 1 door of the senate and, coming bai asked witness: "Where is Lleuteru Governor Tillman?" He added In abrupt way: "1 mean your boss." Witness replied he had no boss, a the man went on to say that best posed the lieutenant governor . neglecting his duty as usual. Witness did not know thc man, 1 Dick Holzen bael: told him thc n was Gonzales. Gonzales also, 1 said he had made Tillman show white feather, and would do it aga Witness told Tillman about it si after In the room of thc president the senate. On cross-examination he said 1 man had appointed him to the p tion. He had never seen Gonzales fore. After Gonzales left he nc saw him again. When Gonzales dressed him it was on the morning January 14, 1902. ', DESCUIItED THE SHOOTING. Richard ll. Holzen back was next witness. He tcstitied that was in Columbia during the sessio 190:i for thc purpose of getting a r. tion. He stayed in Columbia f the 121h to thc 17th. He knew G zales hy sight for two years. He that on January l-l Gonzales wa! up to the senate door and looked Gonzales turned back and spoke Captain White, and witness procei to tell the same story as the prov witness. Witness told White who Cons was. Later on the same day wit told Tillman of thc convers?t . lolzenhack went on to tell that was walking behind Tillman ano ! ators llrown and Tal bl rd un the of the homicide. He saw Gobi coming up tlic street. Ile could 1 passed Tillman on the .outs!:1c of pavement without touching ! Gonzales had ids hands in his poe and started across thc pa ven Gonzales shoved his right hand ci in his pocket, and witness ex pc Gonzales to shout. Tillmandircd Holzenback went to work to I trate the various positions taken, ing from the witness chair to i trate his testimony. He was adept and had all t lie movement the participants well studied out parcntly. Mr. Bellinger objected witness proceeded to give his t mopy in the ordinary way. On cross examination he said zules bad Bald bowould make Tillman show the white feather adalidi when be met him. He Bald - maybe ; Captain White did n't hear that. Witness 'said that h? thought Gonzales" was going to kill Tillman, but ho fatied to warn Tillman on the.day of the -homicide. He said that: after the shooting he heard Tillman s?y, -'I got your mes sage." Ho denies that he was walk ing with anybody and that-just as Tillman pulled bis pistol witness 'and his companion dropped back.-He de nied that he had made such a state ment to several Individuals. Ile de nied that on the 11th of January, 1003, that he had said to certain in dividuals that he didn't expect to get a job in the legislature, but ^that .he was going to Columbia, for something better. He denied "*t hat he had ex hib? ted two 85 bills in substantiation of his statement.. He did say, however, if he,did not get the legislature job he would get another job. TOE DEFENCE CLOSED. After Col. Tillman finished his testimony on Friday which ls'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 Holsejabaok's testimony and others^ Col. Tillman in bis testimony said he had not been on good terms with Mr. Gonzales for years. In con tradition of this state ment Mr. H. N. Edmunds, who was atone time an editor on The State, testified that he saw Col. Tillman in Mr. Gonzales private ellice chatting and laughing- with him after the close ol the Spanish war. M. W. Clark, J. J. Williams, T. lt, Denny, Mack Toney, Dr. J. Iluiett, Louis Holmes, William Toney, and others testified that they would not believe Halsenback on his oath. Saturday thc State put up August Fischer, chief of police of Orangeburg, John B. Livingston, of Orangeburg, E. W. Darker and C. B. Simmons, real estate dealers of Columbia, all of whom testified 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 thc 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 baclc's good character: Captain S. M. Smith. P. B. Mayson, J. A. Lott, John R. Heidson, J. W. Hardy, John A. Hester, and several others, all- be ing from Edgefield. . Susprintendent Wallace of the Co lumbia city railway company declared that bc would not believe witness blowers on his oath. Flowers is the mau who said he heard Gonzales say in a car that Tillman 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 he did not permit Mr. Edmunds to testify as to Gonzales's eyesight, and the fact that it was absolutely j necessary for him to wear glasses in*j order to see. He said he made this? statement so that the prosecution might take advantage of it if i choose and-.not be prejudiced by fcf), prevlous^guling. - ? ".? All the testimony is now in and thc argument by the lawyers on the tvto sides commenced Monday morning. ^ DAMAGE SUIT DROPPED. I Tlie Case Against Uavrls and Morcan Will bo Stopped. / The following itenrr clipped from the La Porte (Ind. Daily Herald of Sept.'28th, will be of interest to the readers of The Herald: "Norman Boyeson, son of the late Janie Stewart Boyesen, whose death at Asheville, N. C., as a resultof'hi? suits and indignities suffered at tia hands of a Dr. Morgan of Augusta, Ga., and Landlord Harris or the White Stone Lidia Springs at Spar tanburg, S. C., is still fresh in the minds of the people, is a guest of John ll. Wilk. The announcement was authorized Wednesday that all proceedings rein-* ti ve 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 $50,000 damage suit in thc 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 the sonswould 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 thc notoriety and trouble which they would have. They feel also that their mother's name has been fully vindicated through the newspa pers and by right minded people and so .the pushing of the damage suits will hot be necessary.". Mr. James T. Harris, proprietor of thc White Stone Springs Hotel, Is in the city. In speaking to a Herald representative Wednesday, he.autho rized tho statement that not one of the stolen articles of Jewelry has been recovered. lOutiro Crew Killed. Three men were killed and an entire crew injured by the explosion of the boiler of a stave mill of thc Standard Oil Company at Crossville, Tenn., Thursday. Something got wrong with thc boiler and Fireman Polk wasscek ing to ascertain the cause when the boiler bust and he was instantly killed. Walter Gilbert or Rising Fawn,. Ga., a sawyer, was also killed aud Foreman Gooch of Wayncsbory, 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 & Stone Company, president of thc Massilon Steel Sand Company and a director of thc State Bank here, com mitted suicide in his oftlce at the bank carly Wednesday by shooting himself through the herat. The body was discovered by the janltress of the building a few minutes after thc fatal shot was fired. Intimate friends know o? no cause jrfrljjge act. He was unmarried, and lived flvith his parents. DOES EDUCATION PAY, ' livery 'Motlier und- Father Should Road the Statistics Below. The folio wing article was published Ja a recent number of the Southern Cultivator. - We hope every mother and father.will read it. .-. "?-' With aU rcasonablo people, especial ly those who have given tho subject of education any thought, the caption of this article has long since ceased to be a question. The fewest number of peo ple there aTe who really believe, or pretend to believe education does not pay; and they are what are commonly called crapks,- (using the word in no offensive sense, or slaves to prejudice v r ignorance. But while the intellectual-assent, that education does pay, ls almost uni versal, thero is a large class of people who, by their actions and spirit of indifference, manifest a decided laok of faith in its utility. This is shown in the small enrollment, and still smaller attendance, in our schools. It Is shown in the general poor 'educa tional facilities we are satisfied to give our children. It is shown jin the stolid opposition to every step'toward improvement,' especially if money is required or any personal sacrifice de manded. It ls shown in a thousand ways in a lack of sympathy and co operation on the part of some patrons towards those who are striving, even against michty odds, to better the edu cacional advantages of the children. And this lack of Interest, sad to re late, is found almost wholly in the .eural districts. In the towns and cities, where the schools are largely supported by local taxpayers, the work is not so badly hampered. The* peo ple here are exempt fora a thousand and one disadvantages tliat confront people of thc country, and. their chil dren attend school raore regularly. But these obstacles, apparently so great, arc by no means, impregnable. If moved by an intense interest in the cause; if * Insplredhy .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 thc practical value ol' 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 about as follows: Class 1. Without school training, 4, (182,498. Class 2. With only common school j training," 32,8(52,Sill. Class 3. With common and high school training, 2,165,357. Class 4. With college or higher education added, 1,091.201. -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 or of some considerable portion of lt; land an effort has been made to de mine how .many of these 8,000 dis tinguished citizens belong to each of these classes. The 4,082,498 of class 1 furnish 31. The 32,862,591 of class 2 furnish ;808:. The 2,155,357 of class 3 furnish 11,245. \? The 1,071,201 of class 4 furnish 15,708. f It thus appears: Igt. 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 the uneducated. 4th. That a college education In creases the chances of the high school boy nine times, giving bim 219 times the chances of the common school boy and more than 800 times the chance of the untrained. It ls a surprising fact that of 7,852 "notables" thus- gathered together 4,810 proved to be full graduates of colleges? M. li. DENNIS. Tlie Trusts Playing Out. The trusts went up like rockets. They arc coming down like rocket sticks. The latest one to hit the ground is 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 thc same way. lt ls stated that since January 1 of this year forty-four New Jersey trusts have been pluced 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 $1,564,684,28. That, I is just about enough to pay the re ceivers and lawyers for laying out the corpses and burying them decently. Incidentally, New Jersey's trust boom has collapsed with the trusts which lt promoted, tho tilling fees are rapidly dwindling, and the inhabitants"' of that thrifty state are confronted with the prospect of being once more com pelled to pay taxes for thc support of their own state government. Inerraseil Death Kate. An increase in thc death rate of the army from 13.9? a thousand in 1901 to 15.49 a thousand in 1902 is shown in the annual report of Surgeon General O'Kiley for the fiscal year ending .lune 30. The increase ls at tributed to cholera, which caused 3.91 deaths a thousand. Tho report Commends the freedom from miscon duct among the insular scouts. Tha spread ol' vice in the white troops is due to tile loss of the canteens. The while troops suffered loss than tho. negroes and Filipinos. A I'OWTMASTKU of a small-otllce in Alabama ottered 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. F i KT K KN hundred republican orators have been Invited to take part In the Ohio campaign. Senator Uanna seems to feel that reinforcements are nec essary to defeat Tom Johnson. WE see lt stated that a little eleven year old boy was recently accidentally killed in a cotton mill at Gaffney. Is lt not a violation of tho law for a eleven year old boy to bo at work In a cotton mill? / A CRUEL MOTHER. A Girl Chained to tho Floor lor Six Li?iij? Years. -'.Chained to.the floor pf a roora ia her-home? within thirty miles of #ew York city, a young woman hasv. lived: a captive of her ?own mother for" six long weary years. During all that time she bas but.once ? been '?beyond the confines."bf'thatVone little . room that serves as her. prison, and that was one day four years ago when Bbc! /nade ber escape for a few hours. The girl's liherty ls limited to the leugth of a clanking chain, and that meas ures just two and. one half feet from the point where it ispadlooked around her body to the end that ls fastened to the floor with heavy iron staples. In all the years of her captivity she has s?en nothing of the World beyond the little glimpses that may be bad from" two very small windows of her prison.room. . From.vdaWn to dark-she sits on a stout oaken chair. For six years she has bad no other, and tho thick wood en legs Sell a pathetic story of the capt! ve'B longing for liberty, for-they have been worn down to stubby points by being pushed back and forth over the Hoof. The girl's mother says that probably two inches had been- worn off those chair legs in the last six years. Within a radius of that two and a half feet of chair the floor of the room is deeply furrowed by the legs of the oaken chair. The floor itself is of heavy oak planks, and yet these furrows are no less thau a quar ter of an inch in depth, cut in there by the thousands of journeys taken in that chair from the wall to tho limit of the chain.' The captive woman is -Margaret Ryan, and her mother ls Anna Ryan. Their home ls a little frame house on a steep hillside, just north of Crofton Lake, where the family has lived al most from the time they came to this country, from . Ireland, more than thirty years ago. Margaretas now '?0 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 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 affected she' gave her mother no trouble, but finally she got into the habit of running away from home. It was then that the chain was brought into use. Mrs. Ryan had lt forged at a smithy near by, and bought a big padlock witli which to fasten it to the girl's body. Cham and lock together weigh nearly twen ty, pounds. One end or the chain was securely fastened to the oak floor, just where it meets the wall. Around the gi r's waist the mother put a heavy piece of leather witli an iron ring in the middle, and to this thc other end of the chain was locked. Only a few days ago the neighbors were alarmed by the loud cries of "Murder!" coming from the Ryan home. The screams could be heard for a mlle around in the Crofton val ley, but no one dared togo to see what was wrong. Mrs. Hyan explained that the trouble bad been caused by the girl making a desperate attempt to escape, "I was trying the luck to see if it was all right,'? said Mrs. Ryan. "Margaret spied, the key. in my hand and grabbed for it.. > I strug gled with her and it was all I could do to keep her from wresting it from me." I punished her for that, and it caus ed her to scream and cry "Murder!" so that the neighbors heard her. 1 used the gag on her tilhshe promised not to try that trick again." For .everal years the neighbors have been talking about taking some step to put'the girl in a public institution, but ho 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 the 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 the Chicago Record Herald expresses it, that "Christianity must go into thc 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 which 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 Day the 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 thc above The News and Courier hits the nail square on the head when lt says "there is probably something in this., view of the matter, but we doubt that the ministers who spoke irpon the subject fully uppreciated what they were talking about, lt is proper and neces sary, wc should think, for churches In large communities to advertise the regular church services in thc local newspapers, hut the public would not 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 oug*ht to bc no bargain counter methods in thc Church, and w: should not have much faith in - a Church which would seek tue con version of sinners in job' lots, or in any effort that Methodist presiding elders and Presbyterian ministers might make to do business hy mark ing down thc price of salvation. Thc sort of advertising that the churches need is not the methods employed hy progressive mercantile establishments but the advertising which would come to them hy sincere efforts to up lift humanity. What the ministers ought to do is to make their work In thc pulpit and in thc pastorate more nearly approach the needs of tho people they arc trying to serve. Sen sational sermons rarely.do any per manent good. The idea of merchand ising tho pulpit ls a very bad, idea. y Geo. A. Wagoner, Pres., Geo Y Coleman Coleriian-Wagener I ? Succe^^ to'C. J . 303 KING STREET,- ^-; . ?j* - THE. ANS?vyER TO -WHY DOES OE RATE HER M0TTO TS, HER~;W? 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We guarantee si article does not please you, send it back Isn't that fair? Send us your orders." P. H. LACHICOTTE 1424 Main St Founded in 1850. MEDICAL S Write for Free C MEDICAL DEPARTMENT UN Curriculum included twenty-three thorough review quiz; seven laboratory work daily. New building elaborately ( appliances. Tuition $(55.00. Address, G41 JMCT^5^ LARGE STOCK. Pl GEURGH A-CAROL" Howard H. Staff WRITE FOR PRICES. Whiskey I Morphine I Cigarett Habit, I Habit | Habit Cured by Keeley I 132? Lady St. (or P. O. Box 75) Colui ence solicited. The plain, simple old way is the- best way1-certainly it. could hot be Im proved by bargain, counter rashes on, ceri ain occasions when- thff'}m$chinery of salvation 1B supposed to bt? 'rd?lng j its-best work." "? - m " . .-:--- . * TUREE 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 ls rather grue some to think of a family being wip ed out in one day by the law. although the Governor, knowing the evidence was forced to decline the pitiable plea sent forth iri behalf of the prison ers." . '? 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 declara tion of secession. Through the j columns of The Southern Standard, of which he assumed editorial charge | in 1853, he strongly advocated s?cese sion of thc South, and was sent to I Florida to persuade that State to cast its lot with South Carolina. He was a j first cousin of President James K. Polk. . MR. M. V. 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