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VOL XV11. i?AIIj KEFIISK!? iv' ' II Tilunn by Chief Justice Pope oil the Evidence iilTTED BY HIS ATTORNEYS su Sclil|)H Ol* (\l'KIIIIKMIt >1 itlo by _ . HwyorH on Itntli Hides, Tim fyi'birl' .Justice Makes a A. J. COX StUKMII. lit. tended the q the 20th iiitlf-pasL four o'clock on TuursUev. L. ift< rnoon Chief Justice l'upe rohis regu* I LI ic application tor bail of J .lines on lust tollman, charged with the murder R. Ula? N- '* Conzaks and now contined section v'.he Richland county j til. The xeveral nfi-' ^us resumed in the Supreme erected ne room in Columbia, having been telson of 1 "ed from Newberry on the 12tl> Daisevpaa! 10 o'clock and c mtinued unWonder *,arly f? with an intermission Coon/' a*1 until 2.40 p. in. The pros?n was represented by Solicitor _. Thurmond, ex-Attorney Oener. I>. liclliiigcr and Judge Andrew _ f wl'ord. M *P 10 r't,r,'ns<' was represented by #* n' rrcssmaii-clect (J. \V. Croft of near liu M an(, eX-Snlleitor 1'. II. Nelson It was Columbia. 14.v-,Judge (). \V. Ru1 caving .||lf Messrs. C. L. Hleasc of New sister TO. llI1(| (j |> lieinbert of Richland, jnnsel for the det'en ;o, were also ,mt' ,,ot actlvu,y P'l,tiolpitdeath ai ,)urinK "lost of the day about and Mr8.>cc'were 1,1 'he room, t ie two of tb ul times increasing.. Mr. It. baby and ,m"M' Jr" \l ts"n (,r Senator their child* a spectator. 10th 1902 ,tc: "PJ'hig Col. Croft read a .....I of Ins leeal riLrlit to be nresent * Re"?okK)tb. defendant, C -1. Tillm m. who ,n?r iiuv 1 in Pelson appear. T.ie readt ' the atlldavit.s c<>n<un"d tmi1 u 'jd a half, Mr. Crawford read was an aiu , ulwave kind ' t.lu- and Mr. Miis jui|Osoof Oicdcfenac. Jan. 29th ll11- nklson oi'kns. Ave years ana was burent was opened both baptist church tb defense. 11 day. She had always nursrawfor.l, family In all their sickness and rr t he seemed to tire. She had nurset Cr ?ft brothers Merman and Am through a long spell of tyuhoHJly disalso JessV.be evidence, taking up alii.11 went to rialim and disposing of t heir brotherig from the point of view of the and wa . I le stressed the reply of the had bne in the large number of a ill l.i baptiahustaining the character or the profestt Ilolumhacke against the elfort not knoState to impeach it. Iteaclring that shfidavit of t he atllant iVItite, lie about ) termpted by Justice Pope, who family hat argument as to that atlldaWill w s noi necessary. lie then prober at d to analyze the Stale's atllduJulia'inting out what lie regarded missed discrepancies and weaknesses gnii.g self-defense based on the No'ts of tile State. He then took r.,, , - legal aspect of the application. ? A . o^elson's case was a brief, concise ' ;n p. 0,cid exposition of the case for ipnse, without especial elfort at icaUlTect. me' FOR flllC I'UOSKOUTION. dge Orawfurd drew the court's T itlon to the alleged threat: "1 i made him show the white feath.everal times already and if lie ises my path I will make him do it ?in." lie argued forcibly that this xmnection with the previous conctofMr. Gonzales constituted no uureat whatever. Mr. Gonzales had never attacked Tillman, had never drawn a weapon upon him, had never made any demonstration of violence towards Idm?"h id never made him show the white feather," and so had given Mr. Tillman no cause to fear bodily harm from him. Having never "made him show the white feather" the language even if true meant nothing. As Tillman's life and limb had been safe under the so-called "white feather" performance of the past, why did Tillman kill Gonzales for simply doing that, which caused him the humiliation of "showing the white feather?" There had been no personal encounter and the "white feather" must have been only in a political sense, the result of the editorial attacks which ended last September. Mr. Crawford then argued that having assisted materially in defeating Mr. Tillman for governor, Gonzales had no motive to threaten Tillman as to try to take his life. Tillman was the vanquished; Gonzales the victor. He could understand why Tillman should desire revenge and so could understand his declaring, according to the atlidavlt of (). I). Hlack: "Hy God, I am going to kill him!" and the intimation contained in his language to Hon. VV. II. Gause. Tillman made threats; Gonzales made none. Tillman wanted blood; Gon\ n| zalcs did not. Tillman armed him sejr ior tnopurpose, and uon/.alcs did not. TIIK SOLICITOR. Solicitor Thurmond followed in an argument covering the law and facts. iSo threat had been made by Mr. Gonzales. What he had said, admitting the truth of the alleged threats for (the sake of argument, was no stronger than criticisms. If such language I could be construed as threats then every candidate, for example, that ap' peared on the hustings would 'have a right to assume that his life was in peril. "Any one who has had experiv ence in the court house" knovvs how easy it Is to prevail upon many people to make affidavits as to character. Mr. Thurmond comprehensively ar* gued the law of the case, citing with I emphasis the rule laid down in a Texas case as to the meaning of the phrase "proof is evident" in the con! , stitutional provision as to bail in cap) Nail cases, He maintained that ball 11 \... \ ? k \ m should not In' grunted merely l>eeause the case tnignt contain eontlicting affidavits, but that if I he court were convinced that the evidence of guilt substantially preponderated so us to make a reasonably imiivoicing ease the bail should be refus <!. As lor Ihe newspaper attacks, puhll; mei must exp'ct their records to he attacked and exploited by tue press. These attacks had Ih'oii made long before and Mr. Tillman had submitted to them. MU. IIKI.LINGKU HIMCA ICS. Mr. Itellinger in ide the closing argument for the Stato. It was an easy matter to obtain alii lavius to mstain a nan's cha a tar. If per chance that, m in had a local repnta tion as a "had man," in the western sense, as a dangerous man, it was not dilllcnlt to ti(id those who, desirous of not olfeifcling him, would sign testimonials in Ins favor; but to tell (lie plain truth about him required in >ral and physical courage. lie ice the inference was fair til it in a case like this the alii lavits attacking a 111 m's reputation for veracity came from substantial men representative of the best classes in the community. Referring to the expression, "made to say," applied to tin? ntlidavit of Mrs. Melton, Mr. Relinger observed t'l it t lie aill lavit of 11ol.sonbacko was signed " Richard I loUonbaek \ his mark." Nevertheless, it was couched with an elegance of diction and accuracy of rhetoric surprising t ? say the least in a man unable to write his name. In striking contrast was the allidivit?'f Mrs. Melton, clearly stating the tacts slie knew in her own ham)writings, sub mt.'ed to the State's attorneys at their request. Mr. Ilcllingc'r summed up the testimany of the State's allhlavits, forcibly presenting it. "if tlie dying declaration of N. (i. (ion/.lies, t te statement of Senator Talhird and the atildavi t of M s. Melton be true, 'hen it was a deliberate, schemed and premeditated assassination. COL. CltCOKT CLONKS. Col. Croft made tirst a strong argument on the law ?f bail. The rule is not, lie said, as the State would have it, that bail should be refused in cases where a verdict of guilty is probable that will not lie set aside this without conceding at all that this case is I of that character. Where a doubt may Vie entertained by the court Us duty is mandatory. 'I he court Is not to determine guilt, or innocence in this proceeding. The credibility of witnesses is not to be passed upon. The presumption of innocence the law gives to the defendant and the true rule is that if testimony is submitted that presents a defense and allows of the admission of a doubt of guilt the court must grant bail. Mr. Croft then referred to the newspaper and personal attacks on Mr. Tillman's public and private character, beginning, he said, as far back as 1H?)0. They had no parallel for unrelenting vindictivencss in South Carolina. Mr. Tillman's good name had been torn to tatters and besmeared. lOven in his family life, in the sacred marriage lie he had been attacked and only his life had been left. While words did not justify the. takinur of | humiin life *thc defendant had the right to infer from the unceasing porI seeutlon of Mr. Gonzales the bent of , his mind towards liim, and to believe that Mr. Gonzales intended to take his life as he had taken ills good name. Mr. Gonzales' holiesty of conviction hedid not impugn, but his .hatred of Tillman.became an absorbing passion. He was relentless towards enemies and it was not in his nature to brook opposition. Col. Croft strongly argued the testimony of Senator Talbird that he occupied the outside position on the side position on the sidewalk with Tillman between him and Brown, accentuating the point that, such being the positions, Mr. Gonzalc's turn towards the Inside was a direct approach towards Tillman. TilK DHOISIOM. As Col. Croft was concluding Chief Justice I'ope requested him to explain the course of the ball as shown by the autopsy, and the testimony of l)r. Know 1 ton was read. Then while the spectators listened with breathless attention the chief justice announced his decision. "Theic are always two sides to a homicide," he said, "and even with the miny that have taken place in this State in late vears. there is in most of r.ham some provocation?that is, there is a defendant's side to it. It seems from the testimony that the defendant has Ijeen the object of newspapers attacks for 11 years perhaps without a p nallel in this State. The liberty of the press does not permit the license of the press. I)r. Franklin said the liberty of the press would often be followed by the liberty of the cudgel. In this case no cudgel, though, was used, but a deadly weapon. One could hardly believe that a man could bear the long continued ordeal ofthoabu.se that the defendant underwent without having malice in his heart. The rule was long ago adopted in this court not to give the reasoning leading to our conclusions in bail applications. The law is that the taking of human life with malice premcdiat ea constitutes murder, r.iinrul as It is, under my oath of ottlce, so recently fresh on my lips, I must do my duty and decline the appliciation." The following Is the order denying the application: State of South Carolina County of Richland. The State vs. Jas. H. Tillman. This was an application for bail, and after hearing the affidavits both of the State and the petitioner and after argument pro and con It Is ordered that bail is hereby refused, however without prejudice to the petitioner to apply to some other judge If he should be so advised. Y. J. Pope, Chief Justice. It* fl CONWAY, S. C THE TESTIMONY Presented by the State in the Case ot J. H. Tillman MEJtuitE UHJJSI? jusiiuis rofij, Ami Upon Wliic i llo Itol'uAod to Allow t Ito Dol'omlunt to l>o ItolcitHcil from Jail Ity UIvIiik Hall. Last week we published the entire testimony presented i>v .1. II. Tillman in his applicat ion for biil. Below we present alx>ut one-hilf of the testii mony presented l>y the State in opposition to tlie kranting of hail to .1. li. Tillman, and upon which bail was refused the defendant. The testimony speaks for itself, and every one can read it and draw their own conclusions. The testimony is as follows: Personally coihes Kobcrt Lathan, who says on oath: That ho was stenographer and secretary to the late N. (I. (ion/ales and occupied such a position at the time of the shoot inn of said N. (?. (ion/ales; that on the afternoon of the shoot hitf, and just after the said N. (J. (Ion/ales had been brought into The State newspaper otliee, on Main street, some 50 yards north of the point of t he said sho >t in^, N. (i. (?onz.ales told deponent that he, the said N. (1. (ion/.ales, knew the result of un,.|t *1 wluO 'lu Iwi ) 1 i?I Knf.nl vn/l Mini more than once while in said oMIee. suffering from said wound, intimated in plain language that lie knew his wound was mortal; that thereafter, and in a couple of hours thereafter when said N. G. Gonzales had been conveyed to t lie Columbia hospital, to b* there operated upon, he repeated said intimation of the result of his wound to deponent; that while in this state of mind he said the following words, or of like imnort, to deponent, to wit: "I started ou of The State office walking as usual 011 t lie right hand side of the pavement, going towards the State house, and as I got close to the corner, the intersection of Main and dervais streets, where I had to t urn to t he left into (iervais st reet on my way home, I observed Tillman. Two men were with him, Senator Talbird of Beaufort and another man. ! whose face 1 did not observe. Talhlrd was next to Tillman, and this other I man was 011 the inside. Tillman was on < lot nntewl.i l/iwu.-bi.r I le.l Si' I 'mi i ill wiii inn;. i\ iumi i i ii iiut ll I IM |M straight on I would collide with him. j because the three men were walking i abreast and Tillman was on the outside, I also being on the outside, I cut diagonally to the left, intending to turn into (iervais street, as I could have done without touching the man of the three who was on the inside. As I got (1 had just merely glanced at his face) on the burn, not more than two or t hree feet from the exact corner,Tillman suddenly pulled his pistol, or perhaps he had it in his hand, possibly up his sleeve (I did not notice,) presented It and tired, making some exclumat Ion which I have forgot ten. The shock almost threw me oil my feet. 1 swerved around and felt very weak. 1 threw my back up against the corner on the Main street side, so as to support myself, and faced him. He had his pistol pointed at me, and 1 said to him. 'Fire, you coward: you have already killed me, you know it. Shoot again.' Tillman said something about, 'I took your advice,' then looked at my face, dropped his hand holding the pistol and sauntered out Into t he middle of the st reet." Replying to some question, Mr. (lon/.ales continued, "1 had no idea whatever of meeting him. I had seen hint two days before in the lobby of the house. lie saw mr and was talking to someone, while I was walking around. He did not say anything. 1 did not say anything. The thing was finished as far as 1 was concerned." M r. (ion/, ties was then asked whether Tillman said anything when he tired on him. He re plied that- he did say something. Doing further questioned, whether he had sent Tillman any message, Mr. Gonzales answered, "Never sent him a word of message by anv one." Then the quest ion was asked, "Did you hear him say you had sent/* him a message by anv one?" Mr. Gonzales answered, "No. he said something like 'I have taken you at your word,' or something like that. I sent-him no message, so kelp me God." Mr. Gonzales further sain Tillman used the expression'! have taken you tit. your word,' or something of similar import, after he tired. On the first day of the present session of the general assembly, or the day thereafter, 1 was in the lobby of the State house 011 the side next the hall of the house of representatives. While there I saw Mr. N. G. Gonzales standing just at the door of the committee room to the left as you enter the hall of the house of representatives, lie was talking with a gentleman. While he stood there 1 saw Mr. James If. Tillman standing in the lobhy within a few feet of the said N. G. Gonzales. He, the said Tillman, was speaking with some one when I saw him, and he passed into the committee room opposite that one near tlie door of which Mr. Gonxalcs was standing. Said .lames Ii. Tillman was obliged to have seen N. (J. Gonzales,as there was nothing interposing l>etween them. Robert Lathan. 1'ersoi ally appears before me 10. .1. Watson, who being duly sworn says: That on the 28th day of November, 1!M)2. the dav that the tinal meeting of the ward of canvassers was held to declare the result of the general election held earlier in the month, deponent, saw Lieut. Gov. Tillman, lie was with several others chatting in the ofllcc of the attorney general. Finally those present, among whom was Mr. Tillman, l>egan to leave the room. As deponent started to go out also Mr. Tillman detained him a few minutes, and standing engaged him In conversation, which led to a statement from Mr. Tillman that he would porhaps leave the Slate after his term of office as lieutenant governor had expired. That he ha 1 received a good business offer In another State. Then Mr. Tillman referred to the way lie had been persecuted by"that man over yonder, pointing towards The State office, and re UVVH ; '., THURSDAY, FE1 ' marked t hat lie luid stood all he intend led to stand: that if he, Mr. (ion/ales, ' did t.ot <|uit hounding him down and continued to do him so he would kill : him. Thinking a moment Mr. Tillman said. "You can take him that as a message from me." Tnat deponent told 11iin that the host thing he could / \i .. rnn \ iri... ii.. !.- ....i i mi ^'[ i . i Mini.Hi,y II lit' UMIIV IIII ?'I IllCU ir;inn elsewhere would be lb avoid the possibility of having any trouble; that what had taken place and had been said was past and mimic, and that so fat as taking a message to Mr. Oon/. lies was concerned lie (deponent.) certainly would not I tea 1 such a message from him; t li.it it lie wanted to send such a message the proper way to send it was lo write it and address it to Mr. Gonzales; thai (leuonenl could not alVord and would not lit* mixed tin wit It.such a matter in any way; t hat M t\ Tillman repeated what he had said, and said. "I would be glad if you would give hi n that as a message from me"; that deponent repeated lie would not take stieli a message, and Mr. 'rillmati being called went out Into the olllce of the secretary of state l.o attend the meeting of the board; that deponent later in the presence of the members of the board saw Mr. Tillman in the otticc of t he secretary of st at e, hut no further reference was made to the conversation above referred to: that deponent have never seen Mr. Tillman to speak to him since; t hat deponent paid no attention to the matter at the time, as he had beard Mr. Tillman make a remark during lite summer that lie had Stood all lie intended to stand; that deponent said nothing of the con versa! ion to any one, and certainly u t to Mr. Gonzales. l)epotent never at any time intimated to Sir. Gonzales anyi ning in regard to t lie mat tor; t hat lie had 110 other reason for refusing to take a .message to Mr. (ion/alcs than his determinat ion, long formed, never to take a message of such character, knowing Mr. (ion/ales' disregard of any kind of a threat; he would not have home t he message feeling that in so doing lie would he in the position of being used simply to revive conditions t hat had long since ceased to exist: that so far as depinent is aware nothing appeared in the editorial columns of 'Pile State in regard to Tillman from the time of t lie conversation wit h Mr. Tillman above referred cO; that toe conditions of the threat had never been fullillcdso far as deponent knows; that deponent never saw Mr. Tillman afterthe day in November until the opening of the session of t he general assembly, when while stilt uling in the lobby of the hall of the house of icpresentatives, deponent, who was talking with Mr (Jon/, lies near one of t he committee ro ens. saw Mr. Tillman enter the lohbv and stand some feet away, engaging in conversation with several gentlemen: thiit deponent and Mr. (ion/alcs unci a xiiiii i iiiic |iiis.st'ii Mill mi i lie lobby and went to the senatoeliamber. 10. .1. Watson. Personally comes (J. M. Lido, who being duly sworn says: 1 am a brother-in-law of I'rof. Wardlaw of the South Carolina college, who lives on South Sumter street, in the city of Columbia, and there deponent lives also: That on Thursday, January loth, 1mu:i, I was going down Main street towards my home, which led me past the transfer station of the st reet railway, at the nort heast corner of (iervais and Main st reets, city of Columbia. Walking along some feet in front of me was Mr. N. (J. Gonzales, editor of The State newspaper; I also noticed coming from the direction of the State house, and meeting said (ionzales, Lieut. Gov- Tillman with two other men. 1 did not, not ice t he two men accompanying him at onco to recognize them, i>ut 1 did observe that Gov. Tillman was walking on the outside of the three as they came along |vip Main street from across Gcrvais street and that lie maintained that position with his hands in ids overcoat pocket until just before he had lired the ?shot, hereinafter described. I was not close enough to hear anything that was said, either by Gov. Tillman or by Mr. (Ion/ales, both of whom 1 am informed Invariably spoke in a low voice. They (Gonzales and Tillman) approached each other, Gonzales going south, Tillman coming north. Gonzales turned when about 20 feet in front of Tillman to the inside of the pavement, Tillman being on the outside, when just as lie was going around the three, on the inside of the pavement, Tillman being on the outside of the throe and near the outer edge of the said pavement, and having both hands in his overcoat pocket, the latter, that Is Tillman, suddenly lired his pistol. 1 just noticed that he threw up his pistol and lired. 1 do not, know where lie drew Ids pistol from. 1 only know that he drew it up and lired instantly. Gonzales :lI t he. t ime had hot it hands in his overcoat pockets. 1 could see that much from the rear view 1 had. As Tillman shot (Jon/ales turned Immediately and then I saw that his Lhumh was projecting from ids overcoat pockets. I did not stop on my way and as I advanced of course I came nearer to the parties. When Tillman tired the muzzle of the pistol was several feet from the body of ins victim. I saw Gonzales distinctly and 1 say that he made no motion whatever or any demonstration whatever up to the time that Tillman tired upon htm: arjd'l say further that if the shot had fScen delayed for another step taken by Gonzales, Tillman would have shot 1dm in the hack. As soon as Tillman tired one of the men with Tillman threw himself between Tillman and Gonzales turned square around and looked Tillman in the face, lie then turned towards the corner column of the transfer station and leaned his-head over. Tillman still had ids pistol up as if lie meant to taJkq another shot; lie still held tho*.plsto)''ji0 the shoulder of the man who frot between them. Mr. Ootjzalos then turned again and fuced Tillman.- Mj\ Sims then went up UFhita'? afterwards Mr. LiMotto.coming frjum llond's bicycle shop, and they almost simultaneously took him by his arm. They akked If Oonz^ilcsjwisjsh^ [continued on PAOK' four? ] ' Mn%\ J III* Alt Y !>(>, 1905*. SWEPT BY STOltM. I I The Details of the Fatal Disaster at Honea Path. THREE LITTLE ONES CRUSHED To Di'iUli In AikiMt County by I I'ci'v Hint t'bliiiiioyn, Tim W imlM lligli All < ?vim' t llll, St Hi i?. Liter details of the cyelom that v..sited 11 one* Path on Monday of last week shows that it was more disas| Irons than at llrst reporte I. The damages as near as can he ascertained are as follows: The large two-story doidile hriek store of Mr. W. A. Shirley was entirely destroyed and his stock of furniture and house furnishing goods badly damaged. Six young men on their way from school dashed into t his store to escape the wind and rain. They had Just reached one of the large double front doors when tlicy saw the front wall j was falling t owards the street. They marie an etTort to escape from danger hut four of them were hurled heneath the wreck while two others rushed into tho front door and took refuge in the inside of the store. WKHK KII.I.KI) OtTTUIOIIT. Katie Me(?ee, son of Mr. W. .1. Modee, and Hertie Austin, son of Mrs. Thomas Austin of Greenville county, were killed Instantly, and Kdgar Donald, son of Mr. .1. II. Donald, was seriously injured, hoth legs and arms h ing hroken and his spine Injured. A ('. Stone, son of Mr. .1. T. Stone hti one leg hroken and sustained other in- i juries about the head and l> idy. Immediately after the destruction ' of the building Mr. I*. \V. Sullivan, who was standing at one of the windows in the l>.ink building only a short I distance away, saw the hand of some oneshaking. lie prompt ly called for assistance and went to work to resell tho victims. In a few minutes the Indies of the unfortunate young men were extracted and carried to nearly ! buildings. Medical assistance was sumin mod j iiiki every 1111iij4 p?.ssii>it? was done lor I the suirerers. The force of the storm was tcrritlo and the building of Mr. Shirley was torn to atoms in almost a second. Lar^e frames from the roof were hlown hundreds of yards and brick were scattered in every direction. HTOHKH I'lVltlil)KKl>. In addition to the above named building, several stores were unroofed, chimneys blown down and trees uprooted. in a piece of woodland a short distance from here more than a hundred trees were felled. Parties returning home from town were carried many yards by the force of the winds. Telephone and telegraph wires are down and communications with other points was impossible. The graded school had jnst< closed its work for tlie day and it is a miracle that many of the children were not mum M...... ..? 11 i.i i. .i I nun \ i. .'iilllj im l.m-III lllllli u 1111,t) 1,111' baptist chnreh, although two of them were carried across the Held and hurled against a tree. The damage to property here Is considerable. Several lirms suffered damage to their stocks of goods by water, their storerooms being unroofed. The loss to property in the surrounding country Is not very great, although many chimneys were blown down. Stock was killed and out buildings damaged. The Chiquola mill suffered considerable damage, several of the tenant houses beingdemolised. Lights were broken out of ( lie, mill buildings . and waste house blown down. MAIL (.A Kill Kit's CLOSK CALL. 10. it. Culberson mail carrier on one i of the free delivery routes, had a nar. row escape from death, lie had taken refuge in a covered bridge a few miles , from here, lie realized that the bridge would not stand the force of the storm . and made an effort to get his team out I but before ho could do so the struc turo gave way. His horse was killed and his buggy demolished, lie saved ilimseii ??V jumping IIIIO 1/110 open J lis I as the bridge went down. The citizens of Helton, a* nearby. > town, rendered valuable assistance, several coming down on the tirst, train. , Among tiiem wore two of the leading physicians who very quickly offered , their services to the families of the injured. I The work of removing tiie debris , from tiie streets was .'it once undertaken by Mayor Mil ford and in a few i days the stores will be;.ready for business again. ! It may bo well to state that.np'onc other than those mentioned aboved sustained any Injuries.; The condition of Kdgcr Donald is critical but his chances of recovery are good unless blood poisln dovelopes. One leg. .will will doubtless have to be amputated. Til K PLOW AT ANDKUSON. An Anderson dispatch says tiie storm was the most'severe in years, and It Is a wonder that the low*of .life and property is not larger. Monday was very warm for the season and a hard rain fell for several hours during the day.; I To Cu I Take Laxative Bror 9 Seven MDHon boxes sold in past 12 n . ~ J % ... -y. 'rt The Episcopal church at, Calhoun Em lis was also destroyed. A severe ' j wind storm set in here. Just after dark and continued with more or less severity until midnight. Ligon & Ledbettcr's large wholesale grocery store and the Anderson Cash Grocery store wore unroofed. A large plato glass In It. O. Evans & Co.'s show window was destroyed, the slate roof or the court house badly dam- 1 aged, and telephone and electric light1 wires blown down, and much other j damage was done of more or less Im-| I portanco. AImuiI It o'clock a team of horses be! longing to Dobbins' stable ran Into a i live elect rie light wire on East lioun- 1 j dary street and ope ??f the lioi.v s was ; ' elect incutnd. (>ii t he account of the broken wires v j the electric, liglils were shut otf and soon alter this the lire alarm rang,: but luckily it was only a loul chimney burning, and no damage was done About 10 o'clock idl communicat ion ' with the outer world was cut otf by ' telegraph and telephone, all the wires v being down in every direction. After v me storm it> turned bitter cold, unci 1 continued so all day. 5 t CAU HAHN 11I.OWN DOWN. At Spartanburg tlie storm, which . lasted an hour and a half, and which , blew*down the car barn of the Spar- ( tanburg Kail way, (his and ISlectrlc ( company, situated about one and one- j half miles from the city in the northeastern port ion of the cit y. N inner- ' ous trees were also uprooted in the v suburbs and fell on t he lines of t he electric and telephone lines. The ( roof of the Southern Cot ton < Ml mill | here was blown oil', manv glasses and windows to store rooms on the square | and on various streets were shivered , by the force of the wind and the oh- ( stacles It swept in its path. y The storm, unaccompanied by rain, , hail, thunder or lightning, raged on- . derasky covered with stars and a full | moon. On account of the storm, the ( power house of the Spartanburg Kailw.IV. this :oul D'.leel rle. eniiniiiiiv vvmsi shut d iwn, aiul transportation trolley i c irs ub onioned. I he lights of all kinds | were shut- out and darkness was every- , where. The li^htin^ of t he city was shut down t he earlier part of t he ni^ht in order that the lives of travolets ] and pedestrians on the snreots should not he jeopardized by contact with live wires, dan^lin^ on the streets, | where t hey were forced by trees fall- , itik' on them. Telegraph and telephone work Wits out of the question. , A ( lit lt< It DK8TUOYHI). At Abbeville about dark the mercury be^an to drop rapidly, and its the mercury fell the wind rose, so that by b o'clock a howling, shrieking K'ale Wits lilowitiK', makittK' sleep ill- ' most out of the question. 11v some 1 persons it is said that the wind reach- f ed a higher velocity Monday night 1 t han in the storm of the afternoon. f \t illLV rsit.o t tin fl:im?no? rl<nw< wiiu greater. The Methodist church at the cotton mill is a complete wreck, as is Hammond's tan-yard, both buildings being Hat on t he ground. Telephone poles, trees, shrubbery and chimneys again sulTered. No news has been received from the surrounding country as to damage done. Tilts wrecked Methodist church is a new frame building and its destruction will be greatly felt by the congregation, as It was by hard work that funds were secured to erect the building. BKVISUAL I lOl'SKS IIIjOWN DOWN. The storm struck Laurens about half-past four o'clock, and for 10 minutes it was terrilic. Trees were uprooted everywhere, the plastering loosened in residences and more or less damage done to light outbuildings, kitchens, etc. The telephone and electric light systems probably | suffered the greatest damage, i'oles were flattened right and left and the wires arc down in every direction. For several hours the service of both were badly interrupted. On Win. M Town's place a cabin was blown down and a negro child had its skull crushed and a negro woman was injured by falling timbers. The child will probably die. At Owing.-;' Station Mr. J no. Campbell's house was wrecked and a negro house on Will Powers' place nearby was blown down. Two miles above there Mr. Hubert Stoddard's residence, a new , building was demolished. No one is t reported to have been Injured. . At night the wind continued fn- t rlous, and it was past midnight before , many people sl?'pb comfortably. | Tuesday it, is bit ing cold and extreme- | ly disagreeable for outdoor work or | travel. TIIUKK K 11,1/KI) IN AIKKN COUNTY, i Loss of life followed In the wake of 1 the storm which passed over Aiken J county Monday night. Two children of Mr. .las. Davis, who lives at Krgles bridge about 12 miles from Aiken, were killed by a falling tree. At 1 Lake View the roof of a tenement 1 Jiouse was blown o!T and the family 1 ran out and escaped without Injury, but the child of Moses Dorklns, about ($ years old, was struck by the falling jGhlmney and killed. While the wind was very hard in Aiken no material damage was done. Two Schooners Sink. At Newport News two small schooners, the Roger Quarles and Decatur, laden with building materials, sank in the hari>or Tuesday during a severe squall. Roth will lie Moated. The crews escaped. re a Cold In On< 110 Quinine Tablets. , ionths. This signature, ^ ;; NO. 3(> : I ' MANY DROWNED. The Passenger Steamer Olive Wrecked by a Cyclone. EIOHIEEN LIVES ARE LOST Ami Might Other IVrsoim Who Loft In a Small Hunt Are Still (Jiinooouiiteil for tiy Friends. A cyclone struck the passenger steaner Olive which piles between Frankin, Vii., and K teuton, N. C., at 9:110 'clock Monday night, Feb. Hi, and noil her In the bottom of the river oil kVonlo's I'er, between Mount Pleatint and <diver's wharf, at Norfolk, Virginia. The whirlwind when it struck tl o >live caused her to go over on hi r reams' end and when sire righted It van only to sink on account of the vater she had taken. A majority of die passengers and crew were below it the time and had no opportunity o reach t he pilot house of the vessel. I'hls point was the only portion left ibove water and in it standing waist leep from the time of the accident intil It o'clock in tiie morning Capt. Jeorge II. Withy and live others were a veil. According to the statement of Capt . Withy to The Associated Press corrcipondcnti here Monday night 17 pernors arc known to have been lost on Ire sinking steamer and a lifeboat oaded with Knglnocr C. L. Conway, Vssistant Engineer J. P. Murphy, Purser J. N. Hell, one white and two oiored passengers unknown, and two oiored deck hands, which left the .trainer in hopes of reaching a vessel ivhose lights could hr seen in the distince, is yet unheard from. If these lave been drowned the death list will each 2o. K NOW N TO IlK OKA I). Jake Lasslter, white, aged 2*?, hotr o Itich Square, N. C., salesman for Oarin & l-'u I ton, Haiti more hardware lealers. Mrs. Hennctt, Franklin, Va. Twelve year old daughter of Mrs. Uennett. Mrs. Vaughan, Franklin, Va. Frank Hunter, (ieorge Mutt, W. H. K'lwards and Andre Vaughan, colored leek hands. Abraham Cooper and I'rcseott Scott, olorod firemen. Fstlier Williams, colored cook. .1 <?l111 Cooper, colored porter. .Folin Cooper, colored preacher. Four unknown colored passengers. ('apt. Withy reached Nor fork Tueslay afternoon in company with Mar lha llarrett, colored stewardess of the iteainer. The Associated Press correspondent he made the following statement: OA IT A I N'S 8TATKM KNT. "We left Franklin on our regular Lrip at II oVlock. A heavy southwest wind was blowing, hut along the Chowan river we did not mind it much. At !> o'clock last Monday night we passed Hollies' wharf and headed for Kdenton hay. Tin; weather became so Heavy that i eould not risk the open water and I put the boat about to reLum to the river for safety. It was |ust about li o'clock when everything Decame inky black and a terrible roaiIng broke out of the night. I was the >nly one in the pilot house and most ?f those below had turned in. In a >ccond something struck the boat on tier port beam and turned her over on lier starboard side. I thought she would never right herself and a monitor wave dashed over us. It flooded the hold and smashed every window iround us. With the rush of wator into her hold the Olive slowly righted md in less than two minutes after naving struck she was resting on the sot torn with only the pilot house ilmve the river. Two lifeboats were iwept away and one was left. Into Lhis the engineer, assistant engineer, imser and one white and two colored lassengers climbed and put off with die hope of catching up with a tow>oat that could be seen ahead of us. I never saw them after they left our iide. Their going left the stewardess md one white and two colored passengers on board with me. We stood in vater waist deep until ? o'clock in the norning when a Norfolk and .South'rn steamer hove in sight, took us otT md landed us at Edenton, where we xx>k the train for Norfolk. The boat Mink so quickly after being struck i,hat none below had a chance to reach the deck and all must have drowned In berths." l It was learned Monday night that i white man named Wilder, of Colernine, N. (J., is also among the drowned, making the eighteenth victim. The work was started Wednesday to recover the dead bodies and if possible raise the steamer. Five years ago the Olive while running an excursion sprang a leak and went down within sight of Monday night's scene. At that time no lives were lost. The olive was an inland passenger steamer hailing from Norfolk. She was built In 1800 and was of 287 tons gross: 120.9 feet long, 20.4 feet beam and seven feet depth of hold. A young woman who applied for a rural school out west was questioned by the school directors: "What is yuui pimiuon upon whipping children?" "My usual position," responded the applicant, "Is on a chair, with the child held Hrmly across my knee, face downward." She #ot the Job. e Day 1 rn/ / on every 1 /YrjC%rtnrt*0> bo?- 35c. |