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VOL XVII. TILLMAN SPEAKS. He Criticises the President's Door of Hope Policy in CONNECTION WITH THE NEGRO. 11 Say? the Ballot of ilio Negro in llm Soutli Im AIwiijh a Menace to Good uovoriinicnt. Senator Tillman opened his bat teries in the United Stales Senate last week 011 the negro question, lie was discussing the Indianola postoitlee trouble. In Ids introduction lie said he proposed to surprise his friends and astonish his enemies, if lie lias any, by being very mild and temperate in what lie would sa> : "If we had known at the beginning of the civil war," said he, "what we know now there would have been no war." He inquired why the large majority of the law abiding people of Indianola should be punished because tleue was a small lawless and brutal element. It was contrary, he said, to the fundamental principles of Anglo-Saxon jurisprudence. Replying to some remarks made by Senator Sp inner in Ids speech, Senator 'Tillman said: "It is not the dream of the wildest ass that roams ov't the Southern States with a wax skin on him that the Federal Government is not supreme," but,he said, there were some connate propositions whieli have been ignored. lie said that in the South people have a constant reminder that) their ancestors thirty-live years ago were conquered. "We are perpcotually reminded." he said, accentuating his words, "that we are in tne union, but not In it, < xccpt to pay taxes. The pois in in the race condition in the Sout h, lie declared, lay in the referee system which had been adopt "d. The balance of power, he said, in the National It'.publican Conventions, was held by the machine of the South,and that machine was co'm'pbsed of negroes. Whert the people of t he South, said he, lose patience and do "cruel, hitter, fearful, fiendish and savage things, there if> a howl from men who know nothing and have never been South of the Potomac, but have theorized." Continuing, and addressing the Republican side, he said that If this policy of negro equality is carried out, is and if somb'of them could be given places in the cabinet lie would vote for theui, "1 will voku^to confirm liookcr Washington as secretary of anything. Let us have a negro, a genuine negro, not a mulatto or hybrid. Then let us make them officers in the army and navy. Lot us give them prorata share of all the g<>?xl jobs, wherever they exist, without regard to local eoudlti6fr&" lie said that nothing of the s<?rt would be { done. Mr. Tlllpiati sajd that in dealing with the tndlanola postofltloe the president and postmaster general transcended their authority in resorting to method which were both tyraulcal and unconstitutional, lie wanted to know if in figuring up the purpose of their new horn zeal "this cold blooded, caleulativc, advisedly-taken action" was not prompted by a low motive. Ho charged that tt()0,000 negroes arc coercing ">0,000,000 of white people in the North to deal witHM?,000,000 white men in the South in theinterest of 8,000,000 ignorant negroes in that section. lie referred to the cost in lives and money on account of the race problem in this country and addressing the Republican side, called on them to meet him "upon the satne plane of patriotism of race pride and civilization and not to fall into the pitiful cesspool of partisan politics.1' Tie read extracts from the letter of the president writ ten, jsomo time {dupe covering his views with reftpect to appointments of negroes to ofllofc. Tie wanted to be just to the president, he said, but the views were superficial; "How littleand small <ind infinitesimal,"* he said, "is the knowledge behind such a view." 3fie added that the people of the North have no more use for thp negro at close quarters ' than he had. He cited instances of assaults by negroes on white women and declared that the more the Northern people find put about the negro the less use t hey have for him. The ballot of the negro, he maintained, was a menace to good government and the people of the North are coming to realize that the enfranchisement of him. bordered on a crime. Reverting to the president's utterances that lie was unwilling to shut * the door of hope and opportunity in ? the case of a worthy and competent colored man, Mr. Tillman said at first blush there is not a mao alive who would not agree witli thai sentiment, but he inquired if it ever occurred to any one that in opening that door of hope it might not b6 to shut It.in the face of the white man. The floor of hope in South Carolina, lie said, at one time had been closed by bayonets to the whites for eight years* Avhlle .yjplne, murder and misgoverpment fan riot witti an abomination in the sight of man. lie declared that he did not hate the negro and that ail negroes are not bad. Only a small percentage are bad and these, he said,arc leading the rest and being patted on the back by politicians. lie regarded it as bis duty, he said, to his Stale, to stand forever opposed to any idea of political or social equality on the part of the negro with the whites. Continuing, lie referred to the adoption of the 18th amendment to the constitution. When you remorselessly stand by that, said,lie, "and say it Is sacred, you L * - *'. * * tf-r force us to face the alternative of a conflict of races." The purpose of those who endorse the president's door of hope policy, he declared, is that In time South Caro Una should become a State of mulatoes. and in this even he predicted there would be more bloodshed than was over shed before. "I beg you, for God's sake," facing the Republican side, "not to reproduce an acute stage of hatred which will bring the two races together with the resolve of the whites to die in order to retain their supremacy." Mr. Tillman said his newspaper friends always took great pains to quote anything he had said that was "hot," leaving out everything that was rational, decent and sane in their pursuit of sensations, and Jn this respect a great wrong had been done him. "A lie," he said, "never had any particular trulh," and ho would not attempt to make even a start to run down those that have been told on him. Mr. Tillman said he did not want to see the African driven to the wall, and he did not want to shut the door of hope in his face, but he could not consent to the dominance of that people over the whites, lie then poked fun at Mr. Hanna and read the title (tf the bill he recently introduced to pension ex-slaves. "Oh, my God!" said he. "did Mr. Ilanna mean that or is it a political dodge?" The elTect of the bill was, he declared, to give opportunity to unscrupulous negroes to bamlxtozlc and deceive their people by securing subscriptions ostensibly to further the interests of the bill, lie concluded by saying that "in proportion as you arouse false hope in the minds of these people you are only sow 1 ne the wind which will Hume nn into a whirlwind later on." Mr. Tillman spoke for three hours, lie was followed by Mr. Carmaek of Tennessee, who said the action of the president in the Indianola case was not in accordance with reason, justice or the constitutlon. \V4|)C(I Opt the Family. Marl Wood, the IT year old son of a prominent farmer seven miles west of Frankfort, hid., Tuesday evening murdered Ids father, shot and fatally wounded his mother and sister and then committed suicide. The motive for the boy's bloody crime is not known. After the shooting the young man went to the home of a neighbor and said t hat robbers had entered Ids home and killed his father, mother and sister and that he escaped after a running buttle with the desperadoes. He apparently was greatly excited and said he was organizing a posse bo pursue his father's slayers. He stopped at anot her house and told the same story. When he was questioned concerning the shooting he became confused and resented the inquisitivcness of the'man to whom he told the story. I le ,started away and disappeared behind a barn, when a shot was heard. An investigation discovered the youthful murdered dying with a bullet through his breast. Up iioho.<1 hy EanatloH. The Washington correspondent of the Richmond Times-Dispatch tells his paper that "tremendous opposition Is developing to the proposition to place a statue of General Lee in Statuary Hall. Republican members of congress", from States of the north and west are being overwhelmed with protest^;-'-These cdrao from Grand Army of tire ' Republic. organizations and from individuals* A member told me ho had .no idea tl^Ui sentihnent against the proposition was so strong. Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Kansas, Iowa and one or two of the New England States seem most strongly opposed. Sentiment against it is not nearly so strong in New England as would be supposed. New York is paying no attention to the matter, and but few protests have come up from Pennsylvania." t ?-?n ' Afraid of Him. " At Washington a young mao*-giv-.< ing the name of IV. E.,Clark 'gained admission 'to the llobf of tlie house Tuesday, and scanted himself in the chair of the'speaker's fnesftcnger near the speaker's desk where lie sat idly twirling a white hat with a red'ljand, Au.vlaf.nnt. niwirl/onnfti- I, nnnnd? ..o cor ted h|m out and turned him over to the capltol police who took him to the guard room where lie was recognized as the same young man who was escorted from ,the capltol building Sunday because of his strange conddct. He was sent to police headquarters in the city. \ Drummer Shot. W. .1. Thompson, formerly a traveling representative for a Louisville, Ivy., house, was shot three times and fatally wounded in the dining room of his residence at Maxton, N. C., at 0 O'clock Thursday evening by K. N. McLean, a nephew of Thompson's wife. Thompson, who was under the Influence of whiskey, objected to the presence of McLom, who had- been summoned by Mrs. Thompson oh account of her husband's condition, and an altercation ensued. McLean claims that the shooting was entirely in selfdefense. i* .*> T< ' Killed liy Dynamite. J. K. Martin, a white man, and Joe Voutrec and William Dennett, negroes, were killed at a railroad camp In the western outskirts jpf Nashville, Tenrt., Tuesday by the accidental enplosion of tw>? sticks of dyna/rilte. The men's body wens fearfully mangled and were unrecognizable. The cause of the explosion is not known. The while man w&s hurled 150 feet. Portions of one of the nogro's body and fragments oMils* clothing were landed in a tree 75 feet away. CONWAY THE OTHER SIDE. Tillman Gives His Version ot the Terrible Tragedy. HIS STATEMENT GIVEN IN FULL. Tho Other Testimony Offered in lieInitial to that Offered l?y I lie State in Opposition' to Allowing Hail. Last week we published the testimony olTered by the State before Chief Justice Pope in opposing the application of James II. Tillman for bail, lielow we publish Tillman's statement in full and other testimony olTered by him in rebuttal. Read it and draw vour own conclusions: lames II. Tillman being duly sworn says: That in addition to the atlldavjt heretofore made by him, lie submits the following: That be has read the atlldavits of Joseph R. Allen and Policeman Roland. and says in reply thereto, that he did walk towards the city hall, all the while, at least for some distance, , obliquing to the left , with his pistol , down to his side. That as well :is he recollects, he bowed to a man on the ' plat form of a st reel car, whom be took to be either the conductor or motorman. I am under the impression tlput 1 walked across the street car truck at 1 t he end of a car which w;is standing on it. Directly after I crossed the track on Main street, Policeman Roland came up to me. 1 st ill bad my pistol down at my side. I do not recollect all that was said by Mr. Roland or by mo, but I t liink his statement as to what occul ted is near about right . 1 recollect Policeman Poland asking fomiy pistol, but ilic 1 not wish to give it-^kyint il lie. assured me that I should i(M 1 ?'is l stated to him, I did nvGvto he butchered up. H 1 was about midway, opposi^^^Vcitv hall, when this occurred. 1 tw^urned to go with Poliecman Poland to the station house, aud ivfter ; turning the city hall corner, going 1 down (icrvais street, my brother-in.aw .lodge Puchanan came rushing up and asked what was the matter. I said 1 to the policeman that he was my brother-in-law, and he then accompanied us to the police station. The magazine of my pist ol had been broken for some time, and as I was desirous of having it- repaired before ret timing home, I asked Mr. Fred. Doininick on Wednesday to take it to Mr. W. I<\ Sf icglit z's gun shop and have, it tixed for me being then engaged in 1 my olllclal dut ies at t he 8tateliou.se, and did not have time to go to the gunsmith's, lie said nothing to me aliout the magazine until the next morning, when he asked me for the pistol, saying he had to take it to Stieglitz to put the magazine in. I do not know at what time he took the pistol to Stjeglitz nor when he brought it to my room at cite State house, lie told me some t ime during the morning that lie had left the pistol in my , room. I do not own a Prince Albert, frock coat , nor have I worn one since tny arrival in the City of Columbia. I neit her had on a Prince Alliertcoaton Tuesday, Jan. 13, nor did l have a nistol in mv bin Docket, nor did I stop on Main street near the steel building and "look up and down the street as if expecting some One to pass." 1 was not looking for any one in whom I was interested to pass inc. The atllant F. \V. Smith I am informed is ahoy 12 years old, and Vedder Zimmerman about the same age. 1 do not recall meeting Mr. S. T. I). Lancaster on the 14t,h day of January, 1003, but if he did see me, he couldmot have seen a pistol "sticking out fcorn Uie (my) rear coat pocket," as 1 did nOt have a pistol with me?the only pistol I had in Columbia being broken as above stated. That Mr. S. J. Young may be correct when he states he saw me "about 12 feet from the inside of the pavement", and 1 may have had my pistol elevated. 1 know I did not have it pointed at N. G. Gonzales, but I was looking at him, momentarily expecting him to fire upon me, and when he did not do so I lowered it to my side. In reference to the statement of Arledge Lyles who, I have been informed is a boy about 12 or U.ypars of age^I do know that after having firediind the tire not being returned*'! lowdrod my pistol, as by that time Senator Talbird got, between me and Mr. Gonzales. 1 clo not remember saying: "Ybu will let me alone now." I do know i/11<ii i ma go jis Arieugu tuyjes says' across the street, obliquing, looking in the direction where tlie (Till lenity occurred and at Mr. (/onaajus; until* :J got, to the street car trackand crossed it, and It was ft1>out thlstiiuC that, Policeman Poland came up. I do not, know Mr. C. M. Lide, Vvho. st ates he was walking behind Mr. frohy.ales and in the same direction Mr. Lide states: "That he (referring to me) nialntained thiit position with his hands in bis overcoat, pockels until' just iMiforc he had fired the shot hercinaftcrwards described.". Ho also stales: "When just as be ((ion/ales) was going around the tbrue, on the Inside oi' the pavement,,Tilljiiaii being on. the outside of the three, and near the outer edge of t he navomen! and havine botli his hamls in Ids nvcrnui pockets, the latter (that, is Tillman) suddenly fired Ills pistol." My overcoat has no frorit 'side pockets, arid it was therefore a physical impossibility forme to have my hands In my overcoat pockets the only pockets In my wtid overcoat being In each tail of tiie rear of said coat, aod T had a palr'of gloves in iny left hand, both hands lining by my side. This statement I beg to verify by the coat which is in the possession of the slier iff. As to thcalfldavits of Abram Brown (a colored man) and of August Schledcman, theeame are not t rue in so far as they conflict with the statement now made and heretofore made, and which, Is corroborated by the affidavits of Melton 0. Lorick, and VV. II. Hall, and that of Richard II. Holsonhackc, I have only t.o say in reference to the affidavit of Mrs. Emma (J. Melton that the lady is mistaken in the position in which she places me on the sidewalk. 1 3cnow nothing,of course, neither had I any knowledge up to that time, and none now, save as is stated in Mrs. fttig 1 , S. C., THURSDAY . - ? - j Melton's affidavit and those oUsome others, that it was Mr. Gon/.ale*^ habit to walk with his hands In hisvoekets. When he obliqued across, com ink towards me, I again repeat he glared at me, pushing his entire right hand in his overcoat pocket, and giving me every Indication and grounds ,Jto believe, as 1 have heretofore stated, that ho intended to assault me witlwi pistol. To show that Mrs. Melton ty mistaken when she says: "He (Goniales) did not look In the direction ol Mr. Tillman; he was looking directly at the opening between the Inside gentleman (Senator Brown) and the transfer station, It) which be was walking, and through which I had slowed up to let him pass " attention is called to the affidavit of Mr. Robert Lathan,. wherein he states that~Mr. Gonzales told him that he had glanced at my face. 1 deny in toto the statement which Mr. Robert Lathan says Mr. Oonuilcs made to him in reference to hoft the difficulty occurred. M r. Gonzales'never said to me what Mr. Lathan stfcys he told him. If he did so stiite. I din not hear him, and no uMduvlt has.been submitted by,any ijf the ..l^ystumlurs that they heartUiim say it.* Deponent avefsHhat he tpisUto recollection of any acquaintance with (). I), black, who has made anatlUlavit heroin, and denies that he hiui any conversation at the time fefawpd-to' on t he railroad train, or'in November last at the Albion Hotel in Auraista, I do recollect having a eonveuMtion with Mr. E. .1. Watson, a re portw for The State, but 1 deny the truths* the. con versa I ion as stated in ills aillnavit. As early as IH0<) the said N. (TJtlonzales commenced making misiali'nu'iiis in reference to me in the nihiie prints of this State, and piilliely avowed and .published t he. fact that he was instrumental iii ea using my application for membership in the {south ('arolina club to tic refused, rdmrring to me as cowardly enough to sWnder him anonymously, which was tMterly untrue.' Again in the year lSU.Cyhen this deponent sent from Wash tint on, D.c. certain dispatches to t he (Ymmhia Evening Journal, the trimi of which he di<l not guarantee,hut; ?ated them as rumor. Mr. (lon/.ales haqThlm self quoted in Tito State of Aprlljl^J, assaying that the statement was a falsehood wit hout a shadow of excuse, and also referred U> it in the editorial columns of the said newspaper of which he was the editor, on the IHth day of A prll, 1893. That t he hatred of Mr. (loonies towards deponent was personal That under the pretext of doing pitblkj good he hardly attempted to eover his malice. and viiuliet ivencss towards the. From the time of my entity into public life there lias been an incessant, coarse, brutal, and unreasoning^arraignment of your de|x>n<jufc'. Even so late as July 31, 1!K)2, 1 hojicj Appeared in The State an editorial of Abuse, which although headed l*Pnffly Pmsmial Partly Public," was indeed all personal. An arraignment of your deponent is made, beginning with the year 1890,' down through the service in the army. ;tiki up id sum uaie, uiieu will) brutal insinuations, coarse perversion of fact s, ;iiid false insinuations of the actings ill It! doings of your ddpohent. That, in the issue o." The State of April 1\ 11)02,four colums of vituperation and ahuse were devoted t.o your deponent; on August 2, three columns on the uditorial page, of villiflcatlon and abuse; on August H, one column; and almost dally editorial comment from said date up to and including August 2M, 11)02, and even iiftcr said t ime. In The Stiile's survey, editorial columns, August 20, 1002. he refers to your deponent as "reeling' olT miles of lies" and "confessing to'the embezzlement of money entrusted to him, for the erection'of a monument, to the Confederate dead," And on August 21), 1002. after t he result of the elections had been declared it is stilted that your, deponent was not a gamecock, and never "lit." in the pit, "and if lie w;is found dead there, his remains must have been thrown in after Ids demise from excessive weeping," In the same issue, referring to an occurrence at GafTncy, S. C., lie refers to your deponent as a braggart, and a spotted candidate, and eulogiy.es. l?. F? DeOamp, who had ^brought on tlie trouble, as "one'of the first printers to stick type f0^ The State. lie, will permit us to say that he has handsomely maintained the traditions of the paper." That prior to deponent's candidacy to the office of governor, to wit: In the issue of The State of June 2, juol, he wrote a Idttof'.ljsarga.stic ^editorial of one and a dialf columiie of'tyefur depo ncnt, under the heading "We Plead fpr a ^pprtinK Statesman." After all tlfls.deponeht submits that he was justilied in believing, from the WHl/tntfs of the said' N. O\> GorV/nlo4Y from the threats communicated to him, and from his act ions when they mot, that the said 'Nrtf.tioirailcs 'hit tended; to make an^tl&dc uppri hud, and his every movenfient.*ds 'seertyby doponohtjki irtdieafcd', and wpqld hav*e been so'interpreted % any one/possessed of 01-diftafy llrmness ^iid.rcaaoh^nd, depodeht again feitcijifctes tlHit. when ho left 'the .ifffyUo hous* u> go to Ids holph be'dld not know thAt He wofifd moot t he ?sakl N . {t.tionWilei. '..That when depouOnt first, saw hlfp heifWte glaring at hjm ap'd coht IntietVto dp to until he, (Ion/,ales. \Vus almost' him. That the* tfsfid Gotizaleft then obliqued across th?- pavement grille direction of fleixlnont. That when'he obliqued was the .tiiTtp when deponent silw Idm t hrust the thumb of his rif^liL hand Injto his overcoat, pockot, and the pocket was pushed backward. That the ?gvM Oonzales glared viciously at deponent at the time he did this, and waa eitttlrtg. frtJfoas, comfftg towards hhn. That deponent firmly ladioved that the said N. 'O, Gonzales was hdoul.io draw a pi&ioi ana tiro upon hiirt. That his^jnanner, Appearance, and motions,,.we're such as to Justify siion a beffer ;by deponent or by any pe rsou-Of prd i pa ry ^6fUsqa,-&hd\fl r m n ess, who" nad been sUntTCivd,. villitled, abused, and UiruUenpd, as deponent had be*m^M^h*nt AYed bloving ids life was in.daiigcr, losavu himself. That he rfrgrets tnfc'neccssitpPbf l>eing fojrced so t,o dp, ,bub,. tired upon reasonable apprehension that bis life wp\ about to l)e taken,,or that tie, was about'to receive serious bbdily Harm, and still so believes. , Deponent further says in reference to seeing Mf. Gonzales near a commit-' tee'room In the State bouse at the time 'mentioned in'the affidavits of Robert Lathan and E. J. Watson, it is ami , MARCH r?, il)OR. not true that deponent then saw Mr. Gonzales, although he may have l>een In the position that these gentlemen say he was. Deponent further says that he has 110 recollection of seeing Mr. Gonzales either in the lobby of the State house or in the senate chamber, as it appears from the atlldavils of other parties he may have been. .lames II. Tillman. Personally appears John G. Richards, Jr., who being duly sworn, deposes and says: That he is a meml>or of the House from Kershaw; that lie was in conversation wit h Governor Tillman and others on the- evening of January 12th last in the city of Columhia, and there was nothing said by Governor Tiilman that he can now recall with reference to Mr. Gonzales, huthe states confidently t hat Governor Tillman did not on i hat occasion or other that he can now recall make any threat of any kind against uihl Gonzales. J.G. Richards, Jr. Personally appears Preston H. CalliS011. who. helm? dulv sworn. (Icikkcs and says: Thai he is a member of the house,from Greenwood county; that he rccalls-tho convetsatldn alluded t<> >>> Flon. John (J. Richards,.J r., and hereby confirms the statement of Mr. Richards in every Vespeet. P. H. Callison. Before mc personally appears l>r. I>. S. Pop?, who, being duly sworn, says: That he does not know Capt. J. A. White, and ean give no opinion as to hi^ jncntal condit ion; that in the affidavit signed by id m on the 10th day of February, ltioil, before William 101liott, Jr., notary public, hogavo his opinion as to the elTect of paralysis, luit of Course there are many exceptions to the rule, and it does pot, apply in all eases; that nothing but a personal examination of one so atllicted, and knowledge of his condition before the stroke of paralylsls, could enable him or any other physician to say what tho elteet of such a stroke would bcjon his memory or otherwise; that in said allldav.it the word "apt" Isusod whereas the word "may" is what deponent meant to say. I>.S. PO|M\ Personally appeared Joseph It. Allen, who being duly sworn, says: I am city auditor, and on the day Mr. N. G. (iau/.ales was shot 1 was standing at my desk facing east, looking directly across Main street. In front of my desk and in front Of me was a cooper wire screen, tllO spaces inches, and the glass of t he window. Consequently 1 saw Mr. Gonzales through the wire screen and the glass of the window. 1 was about 110 feet from him, and he was about ho feet from the door of t lie street railway t ransfer olllce. 1 did not sue the si mot ing and did not see what transpired immediately prior thereto. JOS. K. Allen. Personally appeared befuic me W. II. Hall, who being duly sworn, says: i iiiiL lie is a resident or the city of Camden, S. G\. and was'in the city of Columbia on t lie loth day of dan nary, 1003. That, at the time of t lie shooting of N. (C (ion/ales lie. was standing on tin! corner of Main and (icrvais st reets, and lias read t he affidavit of It. II. llolsonhacke as to how the (Ii 111Clilty arose and ne corrohorates the same is every particular. That during the evening of the 15th of January, 1003, after the .infortuate occurrence, he, with the said It. II. llolsonhacke, went to the comity jail and there saw Lieutenant Coventor Jantes II. Tillman, and told him t hat he had keen the ditllculty, and narrated to him what the said llolsonhacke stated in Ids atlldavft. W. II. Hall. Before me personally appeared M. C. Lorlc.k, who licing duly sworn says: That t he day of the ditllculty between Gov. Tillman and N. (J. Con/ales ho was standing on Main street of the 1 city of (Columbia and saw the same and was an eyewitness thereto; that he has read t he affidavits of Cov. Jas. II. Tillman stating how the difficulty occurred and t hat his recollection coincides and agrees with that statement in every particular, as it also does with the statement of It. II. llolsonhacke; that he recalls particularly the attitude of N.(.l. Gonzales on that occasion and fully expected to see him open lire u{Km <K)vS Tillman, as his every movement and every appearance so indicated, and from his actions at the time lie believed and believes now that the said .,N. 11. Gonzales was armed and was intending to shoot Gov. Tillman, as there wsis evfeiy indication that he (Gonzales) Was about to draw a pistol. M. 0. J-iOrlck. Personally appeared before tne I'tillip Epstin wiio beiriK duly sworn, says: That he was in tlio hai) of tlie house "OfRepresentatives, on the day of the election of .speaker thinks it was Tuesday, January 13, ltHi.'h That ft. Tillman came into tiie hall, ij went Aipon the speaker's stand and i.sald^t few words to the speaker. That Ue.iti^n came down from the stand on 'the northeast skle and went out of tin; fitful . That N. G. Gonzales was standtylf?' a^few feel frour'the reporters' Lttblpti facing to the southwest, Ills haCk :})cfng to the passage by which . Tillman must" past* ht> rbiich the'rthbf. That Gohzales turned around asTillihan tois. ?passing and stared at TilI, yuan with a sneering and bantering , Hfclite df detisipn (ipoh tiis face, and in it tawitlnfe* mariner. Tliat Tillman apparently took no nottbe of Gonzales or Ids bantering manner but passed on by biin with a sad and rather subdued expression.on his face. t Phillip EpstIn, Personalty appeared John K. Klanlgari, who toeing duly swo^n, says: I got otf T.lrol strfCCPcal" which was going to therlvpr In* frOnt of the transfer station oprner. I got olf alKiut opposite the 'aotithem corner of tiro transfer stat ion and tire (Jity ilall and about in the, middle of the st reet. .My attention was attracted, by a Report, whlch l at{ir&t thought was a torpedo. I lOokhd and saw Mrs. Emiha C. Melton; she was very much excited, was movlntf her hedd and Imdv in iwppv rii ( To Cu Take Laxative Broi Seven MHBoia.boxea.4oM in post 12 i ? ' ' '"I A. root ion, and jumping up and down I never seen anyone appear so excited In my life. .Just as I looked ami saw her, I saw Mr. Gonzales; he took a step or two, and seemed to lean against the building, then he recovered himself, and he turned and walkod back towards his otlloc. Mr. James Sims and Mr. A. 0. La Motto Joined him when ho got at or near the building occupied by Mr. Way; each of them seemingly had him by the arms,and walked with him down to Ids office. John E. Klanigan. Personally appeared before me James T. Douglass, who being duly sworn, says: 'I hat lie is State senator from Union county, and was In his seat In the senate chamber a day or two liefore the dilliculty between James II. Tillman and N. G Gonzales: that deponent is not certain of the day of the month, but feels confident it was Wed., the 14th day of January, ltKKl. That Lieut. Gov. Tillman was presiding when N. G. Gonzales entered the senate chamber, took Ills stand about win-re the soatscommonco on i ho main entrance of the senate chamber, and for fully live minutes stood there looking over tlie senate chamlicr. That his action was so st range, unusual and peculiar that lie deponent, noticed It; that he inferred this from Mr. Gonzales' manner and actions. .James T. Douglass. Personally appears Tillman Hunch, who being duly sworn, deposes and says: That ho was told by Gov. Tillman to take a certain pistol, a Colt's its calibre weapon, from his room and carry or return to its supposed owner at another hotel. After attempting to do so he had to return t he weapon, being unable to lind any owner for the same, and himself carried the same down to the president's room and left it< there, where it was when Gov. Tillman began to remove his effects. That he did not tell Gov. Tillman lie had left- it in the president's room. That he did not know who was the owner of t he weapon, and docs not now know. Tillman Hunch. Personally appeared before ine H. P. Lewis, who being duly sworn, says: That he has been acquainted with Richard II. llolsonhack for a number of years and that lie hears a rrput atlon of Ixdng a truthful, upright and reliable man. H. 1?\ Lewis. Personally appeared liefore me W. II. Timmcrman, who being duly sworn says: That lie has known Richard II. Holsonbackc for a nuinlier of years; that lie had worked for him and that he had always done his work faithfully; that lie hears the name of paying Ids debts and rents on lands leased for cultivat ion. W. II. Tlmmerinan. Personally appeared liefore mc P. R. Mayson, who being duly swori , says: That- lie liad known It. 11. Holsonbackc for a numlier of years and that his general reputation for truthfulness and veracity is good; that he is known to pay ills debts, and that deponent would believe liiui on oath. P. H. Mayson. Personally appeared liefore me (deponents stated lielow) ard being duly sworn said that they know Richard ii. noisonuacKO s general reputation for truth and veracity and that his reputation is good and that they would believe In in on oath: A. I*. Lott, C. A. Austin, J. W. Hester, J. r. Odom, Samuel Hyatt, .las. (J. Mohley, J. Goldberg, Thos. Holmes, J. F. Fulrnan, W. II. 1'all, W. 10. La (Jrove, A. C. Mayer. .1. F. .Muriel, A. K. Carpenter, M. G. Carpenter, J. S. Hush, Malcolm Jackson, J. W. Hardy, Willie CoKburn, Jas. Temples, F. L. Sawyer, C. W. Williams, G. W. Williams, 1'. A. Johnson, J. A. Lott, W. H. Lott, J. K. Ix>tt, J. S. Culbrcath, It. M. Powell, J. C. Workman, M. O. Norrls, Hon. J. G. IOdmunds, W. T. Walton, J. N. Carpenter, N. II. Jackson, J. II. Coursey, W. II. Carpenter, It. 11. Carpenter, It. O. Car pentcr, C. II. Carpenter. A similar certificate as to Holsonbacke's character was signed by citizens of Aiken county, as follows: M. C. Whitlock, John It. Edison, II. A. Turner, J. M. Paul, P. L. Hro?don, J. G. Hoard, J. T. Mayer, lb W. Hester, Samuel Hyatt, J. G. Mobley, J. lb Odam, P. L. Proton, J. G. Hand, J. T. Mayer, J. Goldberg, lb Pllnn, W. L. La Grove. Before me oersonallv ani??aroii i< 4 **r * " It. Tillman, who l>eing duly Hworn says: That he Is a resident of the county of Minefield, South Carolina; that he knows the reputation and character of Capt. J. A. White of the town of Edgefield in said county and State; that his reputation for truth and veracity is high. and he (deponent) would helieve any statement he made. It. K. Tillman. I ^ f . Personally appeared before me (deponents stated below) and being duly sworn, saysi That they are well acquainted with J. A. White and know his general reputation for truth and veracity and honesty and fair dealing to be excellent, and that they would believe him on oath. That Captain White Is In full possession of his mental faculties and consequently knows what he says and does. W. (1. Ou/.ts, deputy sherilT. P. H. Mayson, C. W.Odom, J. O. Faulkner, M. L. Hrunson, magistrate; N. (}. Kvans, J. T. Patterson, M. I).; C. M. Williams, county treasurer; W. A. Bird, county superintendent of education; W. II. Timmerman. Personally appeared before me W. . [CONTimJKD ON PAGK 4. J ire a Cold in On no Quinine Tablet*, js aootht. Thb signature, ^ * x* < . v. ? NO. 31 CAUSE OF HTAOOEHS. <%A Fatal Malady Now Prevalent Among the Horees, DISEASE OF NERVOU8 SYST1M. I >r. Nomoiii May* It la Always A?Hocialml With Mouldy Food, Hud Water and UiijOlcanly Mil rrou lid I iiu**. i Dr. JJcHom, the Slate veterlnarlum .it Clemson College, Is receiving ?o many letters from various sections In reference to staggers that he haa 1 found It Impossible to answer them all. The following letter will be of interest to many throughout the State. , ^ As it Is quite out of the question to give personal answers to all of the letters received from citizens of South Carolina and Georgia regarding a horse disease commonly referred to aa staggers, 1 take this method of saying to those concerned that more and more cases appear every wee*, ana just at a season when horses and mules are so much in demand for farm work It becomes a serious <piestlou? The losses In South Carolina from this disease during the past year are estimated at about and It Is prevalent in Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina and Kansas. I had diagnosed the disease as cerebrospinal meningetls nearly a year ago, but many of the diseases did not seem typical of tills disease. I have recently forwarded to the bureau of animal industry at Washington six of the brains taken from horses thfct had died of tills disease. A partial report has licen received and the disease proves to lie rcrebro-splnal menlngetls, or leucocnccph&lltlH. This is a disease of the nervous syse tcm, affecting. chiefly the brain and Its covering membranes. Most of the brains taken out, recently have been congested, some bl<x>d serum around the brain, and in either the right or left half of tho tipper portion of the brain (cerebrum) there has been found a large area of degeneration. Tills cannot lie seen on the surface, but If the brain lie cut open nJiat appears to Ik; a large ulcer Is found In the substance of the brain. This Is the principal loslon and Is responsible for most of the ill symptoms. The symptoms are those of nearly all the other forms of so-called "staggers." and death i/enorallv fnllnwM in one or two days If not very soon after the disease Is noticed. The cause of the disease Is not well understood, but is always associated with mouldy food, bad water and unclean surroundf bigs. The remedy Is to avoid the causes, use only the best food, pure waU r and keep the animals under the best of conditions as to cleanliness. In one case I saw where a number of mules died, thoonly bad environment 1 could 11 nd was that a lot of rank weeds had l>eefi mowed down around the barn and left there to decay rtur! lug a rainy spell of weather. Medical treatment is almost uselesff as the loslons of the brain have already occurred when the symptoms are noticed and cure Is generally out of the question when so much of the . brain has become decayed. Cold shower baths to head, doses of one ounce of chloral hydrate, one ounce aloes, or for ounces of whiskey, may relieve the symptoms for a while. When the disease appears clean, disinfect and whitewash the barn, and do not use a stall where a horse has died. If possible abandon lots and barns for two or three months and provide quarters elsewhere for all horses kept on the place. O. K. Nosoin, State Veterlnarlam. A Dctftructiv*. At three o'clock Thursday morning the town of 1'eak was aroused by the alarm of lire at the Southern railroad depot. Forty-lour hales of cotton weiu on lire- The depot and nine store houses and warehouses were burned to the ground. As all were wooden buildings very little was saved. Mr. W. II. Subcr lost two stores and two w:i r<>liotm<?u Mr Si 'P ?u/u./uf? ?? stock of goods valued at 5,000; insurance, $11,000, and $500 on house. Mr. II. W. White's store was occupied by J. II. Kushard as postofllce and raerchantile business, was destroyed. The contents we're partially saved. No Insurance. ThomaM JefrnrHon. A letter has been received by Governor lleyward from the Thomas Jefferson association of the United States, assing ins cooperation and endorsement of a project to erect In the city of Washington a suitable memorial to the man who wrote the Declaration of Independence. The letter calls pai? tlcular attention that there has never l>een provided such a memorial in any city of the United States. The association wishes the endorsement of the plan hy the governors of all the States. Capt. K. W. Wagener of Charleston is the South Carolina member of the hoard of governors of the association. teDay gXJSsl