The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, March 05, 1903, Image 1
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
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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
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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
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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.
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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?
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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.
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