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. I. .,1 ....I?. I. IIP VOL. XVII. i1 ... .i ' ' i i * TRIAL PUT OF. J. H. Tillman Gets a Contiuuance of i His Case. TWO MAIN WITNESSES A SENT. Tin* HI lit <* UrsistH tin* Application I'or | font I nun iicc, but it* Ovc nutlet I by tliu PrcHitlinK Outline I Kluuli. The case against .las. II. Tillman fur the murder of N. G. Gonzales came up in the Court of General Sessions at Columbia on Wednesday, and on motion of the defence was postponed until the July term of Court. The State wishes the case to he promptly tried and insisted that the defence had not made a sufficient showing to gain a continuance. The defence based its application for a continuance of the case, first, on the allidavit of physicians that Capt. J. A. White was too ill to attend the Court; that he was sutTering from diabetes of a serious type and partial paralysis; and, second on the allidavit that Miss Mary Julia Roper was in New York and could not be gotten here for the trial. Capt. White in his allidavit used In the application for bail swore that It. II. Ilolzcnback told him of a conversation with Mr. Gonzales, In which he said Mr. Gonzales had told him (llolzcnback) that he had made Lieutenant-Governor Tillman "show the white feather on several occasions and when he met him lie would make him show it again." Miss Mary Julia Roper is a trained muse and she swore in an allidavit used in the application for bail, which was declined, that while attending Mr. Gonzales's uncle she heard Mr. Gonzales say that lie "had made Lieutenant-Governor Tillman show the white feather and that lie would do all In Ids power against him and was exceedingly Litter in his denunciation of Mr. Tillman." i lie defence urged that it, had tried to get these witnesses, but without success. The State urged that the defence had not made a proper, full or satisfactory showing in Its application for a continuance, and that if such a showing were made of what it was proposed to prove by the absent witnesses it might be admitted to facilitate the hearing. Judge King decided that a sufficient showing had been made by the defence for a continuance of the case and so directed. I'UOCKKOINOS IN DKTAIL. / After the routine business of tire - * ' Court had been disposed of Wednesday mnrnlnir .luriirn It'lm.h onia ?o..t I j r> " ""ft" ?t*iv? i/uiu1 the lirst case on the docket was that of "the State against James II. Tillman." As soon as this announcement was made Col. Ceo. W. Croft, of counsel for the defence, arose and said: "Hcforethc defendant is arraigned we have a motion to make on the part of the defendant. We understand, may it please your Honor, that the State expects to try this case at, the present term of Court, and we regret to say that the defendant will he compelled to ask for a continuance, because we tind that two of the most, material witnesses for the defence cannot attend at this term, owing to tlie severe sickness of one of the wit ncsses, ('apt..i. A. White, of ESdsefleld, ana owlng to the temporary absence from the State of Miss Roper, of Spartanburg. We have the return of t lie sheriff, showing that one of these witnesses has been served and an attempt made to serve the other. We have also a certificate sworn to by the physician of Capt. White, of Edge tie id, saying lie is seriously ill and con tin2d to Iiis room, and it, will be impractical for him toattend this Court. The return of the sheriff shows that Miss Roper is in New York. She is a citizen of this State. We are informed she Is only temporarily absent from the State, and that she will lie present at the next term of Court, when this case will he tried. I ask your Honor's attention to the following certificate and affidavit: I will ask Mr. Nelson, who is associated with me, to read these affidavits." Mr. Nelson read the affidavits printed below. The first affidavit was in connection with Col. White, which read: Edgefield, S. C., April 7, 1903.?This is to certify that .1. A. White is suffering from ldiabct.es, of a serious type; also suffering from partial paralysis and incontinence of urine, and confined to his room and under treatment. But ler & Patterson. Sworn to before me April 7, 1903. J. I). Allen, J. P., E. C. After this affidavit had been read , Mr. Nelson read this endorsement on d the subpoena foe Miss Boper, the other '1 witness in the case, who Is wanted: I hereby ecrtifv that I have made diligent search for Miss Julia Roper and cannot find her in this county. Am informed that she is fn German Memorial Hospital, New York city, N. Y. John E. Verner, Sheriff, S. C. Aprjl 2, 1903. \ ANOTHKK AFFIDAVIT. DC State of South Carolina, County of Richland. Before me personally appeared George W. Croft, whobeingduly sworn says: That he is one of the attorneys for the defendant above named. That Capt. J. A. White, a witness for the defence in the aliovc entitled case, is, as appears by the affidavit of Butler & Patterson, physicians of the town of Edgefield, in the State aforesaid, confined to his room on account of serious illness, and will not be able to attend at the present term of this Court. That the testimony of the said witness is material to the defence and the defendant cannot go to trial in his absence. That this motion is not in? WN. , c " 1 " fended for delay, but is made solely be- ! cause in t he opinion of deponent as attorney for defendant the said defend-; ant cannot go safely to trial without the testimony of ('apt. White. That due diligence lias been used to procure the attendance of t lie said wit ness, as deponent Is informed and believes that the warrant for his arrest was lodged with thesherjITof Kichland County by l\ II. Nelson, f^j, also one of the attorneys for tbo defendant. on the if 1st I day of March, 1903. Thai Miss Mary I Julia Roper is also a material witness] forthe defence, and is also absent. That deponent, is informed and lie-1 Moves that a warrant for the arrest of ( the said wit ness was lodged with the i sherill of Richland Count v on the 2nd (lay Of April, 1903, Which said warrant was sent by t he said sh'fuiil of Rich- ( land County to the sheriff of Spartanburg County, Miss Roper being a resident of city of Spartanburg, and the said warrant was retnrned on the 1th uay 01 /\ pin, r.Hi.J, endorsed A. ! ;. I. That deponent has I won informed t hat Miss Uoner is temporarily in the city of New York, and has received assurances that she will ret nrn t o the Si at e. | and bo present to test ily at the next j term of this Court. That due diligence litis been used to procure the attendance of this witness, and in deponent's opinion Ids client cannot, safely to trial in her absence, and this motion is not. made for delay, but sole I v for the reason above stated. (?. \V. Croft . Swo.'ii to and subscribed before me I this'sth day of April, liud. I\ 11. Nelson. Notary l'uhlic for Sin11 h Carolina. THIS 8TATK OlUKl T8 Solicitor Thurmond prom it.ly ar ?s" | land siiid: "The rule of Court prescribes how continuances will be secured and we submit these athdavitsl do not come up to the rule of Court. i If the rule is complied with it miy be j the State will he in a position to enable 1 the defendant t<? proceed to t rial any way at this term of Court. We ask that the rule of Court be complied 1 with." Col. Andrew Crawford, of compel for the State, added: "It seems to me, under t he. rule as last amc ided, that even where the rule is complied with, the essential feature of which is to set forth all the facts, then theadl[ davit is submitted to counsel on the other side, and if counsel agress to ac- < rept the statements contained In these affidavits as statements that would he made if the witnesses wore present, then the case will ^o on. < "Now, in this particular instance our friends have failed to make known i to us what facts they propose to prove | by these two witnesses. In that par lioular tlieir showing is absolutely dc- J fectivc. "1 submit wo arc entitled to have ' this case goon, tlrst, because there is ' not a compliance with the rule of Court In any particular, and secondly, ' if the compliance is made, we can admit that, if the witnesses were placed upon the stand, they would , swear to the things and matters set. < forth in the atlidavil, and then the case will proceed." \ STILL A NOT 111011 AFFIDAVIT. Mr. 1'. II. Nelson said: "We thought our friends were so thorough- 1 ly advised of what these witnesses t testify to in the main, (their allldavits ' having heen used and copies having ' been furnished some time ago,) we | did not think it necessary to embody '( in a separate atlidavit what we expect < them to testify on the trial. Anticl- ] paling that point might be made we < have prepared this allldavil from Mr. < Croft: I "State of South Carolina, county of ( Richland. George \V. Croft, being 1 duly sworn, says: That in addit ion to 1 the atlidavit of Miss Mary Julia Roper, deponent is informed and lie believes ) that she, if present, would testify ty the matters therein stated, and de- ' ponent is informed that she would ? testify to threats and matters more : pointed even than those therein set forth. "That owing to absence and distance 1 t? I'M 111 t lie i*i t V llf I !nllln>Klii ....... /.f I... I . . v... w..v vivj \/i vv/iuiii>;ki uuiii; hi luc attorneys for the defendant Jiavc ever had an opportunity of seeing or talking with her, and therefore deponent cannot give in detail the threats and other matters alx)ut which they are in-, formed she would testify. i "That J. II. White, if present, would test ify to what is contained in I lie alll- ; davit of ft. H. Ilol/.enhawk, referring ! to t he conversation lietween him and i N. G. Gonzales, and that hecomntupl* < cated tho same to the defendant. "Sworn to and subscribed before me this Hth day of April, 1003, "G. W. Croft. i "P. II. Nelson, Notary Public for South Carolina. 1 TIIK HULK OF COUltT. 1 j I The rule of court involving continuances in such cases was read to the 1 | Court jus follows: i Motions for Continuance: No mo- I tion for the postponement of trial be- 1 yond the term, either in .Common 1 i'lejis or General Sessions, shall be < granted on account of the witness, i without the oath of the party, his i counsel, or either, to the following cf- < feet, to wit: That t he test imony of I the witness is material to support the ' action or defence of the party moving: f that the motion is not intended for s delay, but is nuide solely I iecause he ( cannot go safely to trial without such < testimony; that he hjus marie use of I diligence, to procure the testimony of the witness, or of such other circumstances as will satisfy the Court that his motion is not Intended for delay. In all such cases where ;i writ of tfub- , poena has been isshed the original j shall be produced, with nroof nf vice, or the reason why noi served, on- 1 dorsed thereon or attached thereto, or 1 if lost, the same proof shall beolTered, with additlonalpr<x)f of the loss of the , original subpoena. A party applying ; for such postponement on account of ' tlie al)sence of a wit ness shall set fortli under oath, in addition to the forego- J ing matters, what fact or fact s he he- ; lieves the witness would test ify to and . tlie grounds of such belief. T11B LAWYKits 01'AK. \ Counsel contended over the matter J for some time. Mr. Thurmond and Col. Crawford [ contended that the defence had utter- ly failed to comply with the rule In OVVH ; r--"1C., THURSDAY, A1 W ILL SOON HANO. iS i I The Remarkable Case of a George- ( l town Negro Murderer. , ' ( BROWN FIELD, A BLACK BARBER i < i Hum Itocu Saved l'??r Three Yearn < l imn I lie < >111 lows, Al I Inn lit <mI I Sulelile Iteeeiilh , Hut * ? ('iMirnxe l-'niloil. I ] One of the most uni<|iie eases in the i annals of crime exists in Georgetown, i I. ill I. Itl'OlV llll.,1/1 I I... ...... .... I... ..I ...I I CONWAY, S. any particular and that it had not been shown what the witnesses would have testitled to had they been present. The defence said anions other things that none of counsel had ever yet seen Miss Uopcr and that they did not know exactly what she would testify to; thit she had written a letter to members of Mr. Tillman's family, in which she made mention of additional threats, and that they were not lolly advised as to tills witness, and they further contended that no harm could come to the State by delay. as the defendant was in jail. Col. Crawford contended that the view expressed by the Judges at a recent meeting was to require a compliance with the rule as to avoid fre ipientcontinuances, and that the rule contemplated that the opposing side might he fully advised of what wasought to 1)0 proven ?y absent witnesses. that all of this might be agreej to and the case not delayed, i lie wanton to urge that the atlidavits submitted, and tin? motion, as made, did not comply with the rule in any j way. Col. Croft, contended that lite de- j fence had shown due diligence in its etforls to get the two witnesses, and that it was an utter surprise to conn- | sol that Miss I toper was not in the State and that site could not. he present for the trial, lie had inhumation that Miss Itoper would, it pre<ont, testify toother things Mian were brought out in the utlidavit used at tiic hearing for bail, and that counsel did know from information that she would testify as toother threats. He then emphasized the value or having a witness on the stand and having the jury judge of the credibility of the] witness by seeing the person on the | stand. Mr. Crawford insisted that it. must ; at least he shown what these absent i witnesses would prove or what they! were expected to show. Judge Klugh thought, ill it, lids position was correct . ( \ il Vnlcfdi Lui/1 I 1 '.?? i -. 1?i < l?? hi w?.. I.M'M CTII t ? I Ml, I Lilt- ?I I 11 davits of the witnesses in question I were familiar Id the counsel and nth- j ers, but at. the instance of the (Joint he brought the allldavits used at the j time of the application for Sail and read these to the Court. At the time of the application Capt. White made the following allidavit as to what evidence was to be expected of him: WIIAT Wit IT1C 8W15AK8 TO. South (Carolina, County of Kiehland: Personally appeared .1. A. White, who, being duly sworn, deposes and says: That he recalls t he event and circumstances mentioned In the statement of it. II. Holzenback. That he is keeper Dt'one of the committee rooms of the Scnato of South Carolina. That at all t imes during t he session of t he Senate he is in t he lobby of the Senate. That, an Tuesday or Wednesday before t he shooting of N. (J. Gonzales occurred he was sit t irfjr by the front door <?i t ho said lobby talking to Kicluud Holzenback: that to the best of his recollection it was Tuesday. That said man with whom the deponent conversed was clean shaven and wore glasses, and is he t urned to go olf deponent asked who he was and was informed by someone that it was N. 0. Gonzales. That ifterthe deponent'sJast remark the said Gonzales turned olf abruptly and ' leponent does not know whet her he (Valked into the Senate chamber or into 'the corridor. That the deponent omniunieatcd to the said Liouionam Governor ami I.-*resident of the Senate | 1 he statement cither on the afternoon >f 'I uesday or Wednesday, lie cannot recall which, pre'oeding the shooting >ri Thursday. That deponent is a ; Confederate veteran, having served 'our years in that dreadful struggle, that he Was also count v commissioner : :>f Edgellekl County for a like period, i did that lie is an uncle l>y marriage of solicitor Thurmond and oft lie lion. W. A. Strom, late a member of the House of Representatives from IOdgclleld C3ouirty. .1. A. White. Sworn t<> and subscribed before me I his Uth Eebnuiry, 1!?():{V < Robert Mmirman, (L. S.) Magistrate Richland County. i iioczkniiack's tkhtimony. i TlijC defence also submitted the i itlldavit of Richard Ilolzeriback, who it will b? remembered testified in full us follows: That while lie w; s in the , state House a day or two before the ' unfortunate occurrence wliicli result- < jd Jn the death of N.O. (ion/ales lie was talking to Capt. J. A. White, wh; 1 was keeper of one of the committee rooms in the Senate end of the Capitol building; that while lie was there N. (1. tJon/.ales, whom the deponent had known for two years, came in the lobby of liie^enatc plumber ttnd asked Japt . Wliite wb'^fe his l>oss was. ('apt. Wliito replied. "I have no boss," and 1 he ((ion/ales) said lie meant the Lieutenant Governor, and said, "I suppose he is neglecting his duty as lie always Is*') Lieutenant (Jovernor Tillman was not presiding at th.it time, but jrOverhor Sheppard was In the chair. [Jonzales said toCapt. White, lie had made him, referring to Lieutenant [fOvcrnor Tillman, show the white feather on several oecassions, and when he met him he would make him diow it again.. Cant. White made lomc*reply and shortly afterwards Mi. 'Jon/ales went, Off. I do not recollect whether lie went in the Se.iate chamtjerorout of ttie State House. WHAT MISS KOl'KIL 8 A VS. The atlldavit, of Miss Roper, who is Lhe other absent witness, was: State of South Carolina, county of Spartanburg; Miss Mary Julia Roper, !>cirig duly sworn, says: That she is by profession a t rained runse and is engaged now as such. That during t he summer of 11)02 she was nursing Capt. Ralph Klllott, in i snarjanlmrg, S. C., who wasthensick, ullTerlng from dysentery. That 11is nephew, N. G. Gonzales. ;ame to see him during his Illness aim 1 lepohentsaw Mr.Gon/ales frequently. That in discussing I he dilTerences he- ( iween Lieutenant Governor Tillman tnd himself Mr. (Jonzalessaid on more I huuone occasion to deponent t hat he, i Jon/ales, had made Lieutenant GoveriQr Tillman show the white feather, ] md that he would do all in his power , igainst him, and was exceedingly bit[CONTINUED ON I'AOK'7.] ! ..v < , I I II I I. K I <' I M I I Willikilled .1. ?Scurry, a white man, on Sept, 2a. moo, is still alive and eon-1, lined in the county jail, although once i tried, convicted and senlenced to l>c ' t hanged on Dec. 27. looo. The case has excited widespread in- . terest and at various times occupied I the attention of every court: from the , humble magistrate's to the United States supreme court at Washington t and, although the verdict of every trl- ] ( bunal lias been against, the negro, yet no is still living and no (Into sot for ( uis execul ion. ShorilV MeKoithen ??l Unit count y readily assented to allow | the prisoner to he seen in his cell. I v The elanviin^ of tho massive iron doors as t he holt,s were thrown back j aroused the prioner from his cot in his cell where he had been ipiiotly con- 1 versing with Ids fellow prisoners |. through the hurs. He immediately! put on his hat and stood in the open door, apparently ready to meet any fate, that mi^ht hcfall him. The nc^ro is about 2."> years old, tall erect and t Ids long conlineinent of nearly ill months has reduced Ids weight to. ahmd 12o pounds. In answer to the!' (pieslion il lie still lilt confident thai ' he would \et escape the gallows, he | replied: I , "My chances now look pretty slim, and i am tho victim of Caucasian ; 1 prejudice. I ou^ht not to he hunted, ' for at the time of the trouble 1 was in l my barber shop when Mr. Scurry j \ came in to collect delinquent taxes, ' i under an execution issued hy Magistrate Hooks. So irry told me that if a i did not pay taxes that he would ar- i rest me and I told him that lie could a not arrest me without, a warrant. j I "lie grabbed me in the collar and a threw a pistol in my face and told me 1< that he would show me. I caught the t pistol with both hands and turned It.ji: to one side to keep him from shootini \ me and I then wrenched the pistol j i from his hands and shot him several 11 times. I left the shop and ran up the street , but was caught by a policeman ? ?wl t..ti aim [nib in jit11 wucre i nave Decn ever r since. I was not responsible for any- r thing else that happened. My at,tor- t noy.Mr. Mite'ell -a Charleston negro l lawyer?has written me say I in,' that a i petition to the governor is circulated a asking him to commute my sentence to life imprisonment.M This is about the substance of his I story. Noticing that he kept his hat I pulled down over his eyes, he was I: asked to take It olT, but he drew him- i self up and said: "No sir, I won't do that!" The sheriff, who was standing 1 near, was appealed to and he ordered g the negro to take olT his hat. He t made the same reply to him. but in- r stantly it was snatched from his head t, and in the top was pasted a small r mirror, in which, perhaps, he often t admired himself, for the hump of self- t. esteem is very prominent on his era- c ilium. 1 Johh lirownfield killed J. C. Scum no Sept. 20. 1900, and was placed in f jail tiie same afternoon. The next f night a race riot, at the jail was avert .1 ed only by the cool, decisive action of I the white citizens. The local military companies were called out. and the 1 governor appealed to for more troops. 1 One company from Sumter and twi i from Charleston were sent here, fir which the legislature at its next ses- j slon had to appropriate about $2,Too. j t The ringleaders were arrested and j i heavily fined, one of them serving a; sentence of one year in the peniten- ( tiary. In November of thesame year 5 HrownlleUl was tried before Judge I Gary and sentenced to be hanged the l next month, Dec. -7. Ilis negro attorneys appealed to the State supreme J liou'rt, 'who several months afterwards l confirmed the verdict of the circuit l court. While the case was pending in the supreme court, a little more than r two years ago, lirownlield burrowed a 1 hole through t he brick wall of the iall I with the foot of a stove and made his \ escape, but was recaptured within an hour. As soon as lie learned that the l State supreme court had decided | against him he attempted to end his ] miserable existence by taking an overdose of laudanum, but prompt medical aid saved his life. His attorneys carried the appeal to ' the United States supreme court on J the plea that there were no noi;ri.i #i>n the jury which convicted him, but | this court, within the last month, de- ( elded against him. lOvery one thought ? that Hrownfleld would be resentenced ' by Judge (rage at the court of general i sessions which adjourned at George* 1 town last Saturday, but It seems that ] the United States supreme court, ur- ! tier the law, has JO days within which ' to return to the State the papers In N the case from which they eminate, H and the allotted time will not expire until tomorrow. Hence the negro has a new lease on life until June 16th, when .lodge Gary, who originally heard the case, will probably resentence him to be hanged. Monday a week ago lirowntleld swallowed a large quantity of paris green In another attempt at suicide, hut be* same frightened and sent for the dicrlfif and a physician, who again j petal !> *?' 1 ' " *" " Mill. 1<>, L5MK5. saved Ills life. When a-ked why he made the attempt he replied: "Any kind of death is preferable to the dis ifraee of being hanse l by the neck until dead." It is stated that l is negi friends have about given up all hope, readying that they have exhausted very means to save him. I/rye sums of money have been raised in tin- negro churches of J cornet own eoiinty, as well as from i ds r.'latIves in Columbia and Maves-J cillf. Sumter county, the home of his adfe. for by them Hrowntlcld is re;uvded as t he exponent of an imaginiry principle. It is stated that pray- . ms are being ottered that he may die >y any other method save that of a ega! execution and to t Item is at I ri- < in I a hie the p ilson that lias been M jiveu 11iid on m ?re than one occasion, 1 nit the negro is too cowardly t<? wait I odd tlic poison takes elTect before ? jailing for a physieiau. One of t he lireit results of the riot episode is lie passing of the city and count) 1 jovi riunciit completely into the hands >t the white people. The negroes put ip tickets in both elections last year nit failed to support them on t he j lays of election. Thocity of (Jeorge- i1 o\\ i lias been continuously under the na\orally of the lion. \V. I). Morgan 'or the last, I it vnnrw Imi ii><? Jooigetown which has sprung Into xi.lenee wit I i11 the lasl tivo years, tears lit tl?> resemblance to the (piaiul ?M city which formerly stood at the 1 Ilea I of Wiityah hay. Columbia state. A GOOD ROADS MEETING l'<i lie 11 ?> 111 iii SI. liiiuis i lid I .ml i it l*arl ol* .April. The (]ti stiou of good roads is giving ( >ublic men more to lliiok about than invthing els" which has come up in h< last, generation. There is no denyng tiie self evident facts presented by >h >Se who advocate building good m oads and who urge that to have had oids is more costly and more of a tax ' n the end than I he paying of a special j ax for the purpose of building roads!. vlilcli will he permanent in their L lature. , At the last session of t<lie general . Lssemhly there were a number of ( neasures introduced, some advocating , ispeeial tax, and others suggesting a ( oital option plan such as has been ( doptcd by special school districts et each townshio vote nomi Mm '.h^ 'I'"-"- I 1 ion. Others suggested the plan of , ssulng township bonds for this pur- ( lose. Hut no action was taken, so j unsettled were the eouviutions of the i eglslators. I One of the most earnest .advocates , if building and maintaining good , iads is Governor I ley ward, lie has ( opeatedly urged the Importance of . Ills matttcr and is taking no , ittlc interest in the proposed good i ] oads convention which is to he held > , t St. Louis on the l!7th of I his . nont.li. He expects to attend, if his , msiness engagements will permit, and ;, ias been informed t hat President L loose veil and the governors of a no in- j >er of States will be there at that | ilmc and will make addresses. Governor I Icy ward Wednesday an- ( lOiinced t he appoint inenl of t he dele-j, :at,cs from this State to that, conven- , ion, and he has selected the gentle- ( nen named not so much because of iheir prominence in the good roads j novement, hut because lie believes | hey will attend and will tiring back , o South Carolina ideas which will tie f great value in the movement. Polowing are t he delegates named: PI ret District W. O. Illnson, Charleston; T. W. Williams, Moncks Corner: J. 10. Moore, Waltcrboro: kihn S. Wimberlv, St. George: .1. C. janham, Manning. Second District II. G. Polk, Hamicrg; Hrunsou Holloway, lOdgctield; 1 (. P. (Crouch, Saluda: W. P. Cumniiigs, Hampton. Third District ? J. N. Vandivcr, Inderson; W. .1. Stribbling, Oconee; ?V. T. Itiiwcii, lOaslev; II. 10. Hill, Ibbevillc; II. M. Hayes, Greenwood. Pourth District W. L. Maijklin, Jreenville; J. P. Goodwin, Greenville; >. T McCravy, Spartanliurg; H. It. lumbert, Laurens, Maceboth Young. Jnlon Piftli District P. P. Stacy GalTney: ?. L. Hardin, Chester; T. W, Hnyd, lock Hill; .John G. Moblcy, Winnsxiro; T. 10. Cunningham, Lancaster. Sixth District Capt. Prank Mauling, Clio; W. II. Manning, Dillon; IV. A. Howling, Darlington: .). It. McHryde, Plorence: .lolin L. It iyd, (Conway. Seventh District P. II. Hyatt. (Coil m bla Lewis T. Wilds, Columbia: W. II. Seal, Sumter: .1. A. Hanks, St. Mattehws: Capt. .1. H. Counts, I rmo. A Sweet Ureal h s a never failing sign of a healthy itomach. When the hreatli is had ihe stomach is out of order. There is io remedy In the world*equal to Kodoi Dyspepsia (Cure for curing indigestion, jysfk'psiii aim hii disorders. >1 is. .mhi v 4. ( rick, of While riains. Ky,, writes: 'I have been a dyspeptic for years jried all kinds of remedies but condoned to^row. By the use of Kodol I began to improve, al once, and after aklnga few bottles am fully restored n weight, health and strength and tan eat whatever I like. Kodol digests rvhat you eat and makes t lie rftomach . iwect. Dr. 10. Norton. (To Cui Take Laxative Bron Seven Million boxes sold in post 12m BRYAN'S PROSPERITY Why It llotliers Hniiii1 ol I? * Newslni|M'l'*i i)l" I lu* < 'on ii t ry. Tho fact that lion. W. .1. Ilryan lias Just c<mi pie tod a home al I. ucoln. Neb., is being received with a great deal of pain by a number of papers throughout the north and east. These papers lay particular stress upon the laet that this house has twenty rooms, Viul that Mr. Itryau is not only a free' silver man, but an pponent if t he t rusts. They hold to I he axiom lliat am man who sy nip.it hl/.es w 1111 i tie poorer elasses should remain p ><?i himself and leave to others the ae cumulation of riches. It is said that Mr. Itrvan has already accumulated between loh.OOU and *"100,000 worth ;>f property, and asserted tiiat his annual income from his paper and other sources is not less tlian *.">0,000 an anally. Tliis condition of altairs is sad. no doubt, hut what is the use of protest. lug? An especially generous Providence endowed Mr. Ilryan with mote than his si tare of gr iy matter, and it is not apparent how these people are to keep him poor. It. is true that Mr. Itryan is becoming wealthy without oppressing any one, and that there has never been the least suspicion that one penny of liltlty money ever soiled his hands. Audit is this that hurts. The plutocratle, organs which tire pained tit his prosperity would have no ill-feeling against him if his money were wrung from the sweat and the suffering of the mass of people. If Mr. Itryan had, for example, secured his wealth by cornering the stock of coal in some city during I lie existing blizzard or had devised some plan whereby small dealers in certain commodities could have hern ruined that i syndicate might capture the trade which had been theirs, he would have been hailed as a captain of industry. I tut tlnft he should coin this wealth >ut of the gray matter within his ikull, and without Injury to any of his neighbors, is, of course, inexeusihle. it is more inexcusable that lie Iocs not change his political views now that he has acquired a considerable imount. of worldly goods, lint more lamning t ban all else is that he is naking regularly t he salary of a manager of a great syndicate without oppressing any one una.. The public will be pained with the plutocrats at this extraordinary conduct of Mr. Itryan, but their pain will by no means be as acute. In fact they may be willing that Mr. dryan should continue to prosper, lliough the more envious will not unlalurally complain that Providence was not more even-handed in its distribution of brains. Mr. Mryun has ichieved a notable victory in demonstrating that even at; this late day l>rains are a valuable commodity in the world, and that a man may prosper even yet without oppressing his neighbors and without/ permitting his conscience to be seared by the acquisition of wealth by furtive methods. It may be as well to inform these plutocratic organs that wealth is not in itself an evil, but that evil methods of acquiring the wealth is what onstifufes the sin, and that they will never be able to convince the world l hat honesty acquired wealth is a disgrace, while wealth dishonesty and Illegally acquired Is an honor to the holder. May Mr. Ilryan continue to coin wealth out of his brains until he has all that is necessary to his happiness. The pity of it is that most of the great fortunes in this country are not in the keeping of such men as he.- New ()rloans Times-1>emocrat. (food for (Children. The pleasant to take and harmless One M mute Cough Cure gives immediate relief In all cases of Cough, Croup and LaCrippe because it does not pass immediat ely into the stomach but lakes effect right at the seat of the trouble. Ii draws out the inllammatlpn, heals and sdbtiiea and cures nerneiiiciit.h' t?v ei?;i I > I imr tin. ln..iru i.C cont ribute pure life-giving unci life-1 sustaining oxygen to the blood and tissues. I>r 10 Norton. IleuuH to < inter. Hereafter no Chicago girl need be without, a beau or an escort, unless by choice. Site can now go to the telephone and order a beutl for the morning, afternoon or evening, the same as she would order a block of ribbon or a bottle of pickles. And she can order Just the style of beau she wants, to match her complexion or her new frock, or her "confection" or a new hat. There are to bo had lohg beaus and short, dark beaus and light; lean beaus and fat, and whiskered beaus and those that are clean shaven, it is merely a case of "you pays your money and you takes your choice." I>ii? Notice is Mervetl. hue not ice is hereby served on the public generally that Dowitt's Witch Hazel Sa've is tlie only salvo on the market that is made from the pure, unadulterated with hazel. I>eWitt's Witch Hazel Salvo has cured t housands of eases of piles that would not yield to any other treatment, and this fact has brought out many worthless counterfeits. Those, person who get the genuine l> Witt's Witch Hazel Salve are never disappointed, because it cures. I>r" K. Norton. re a Cold in On lO Quinine Tablets. ? omhs. This signature,^ > 'l . I f ? NO. :n BIO (HJNS BURSTS, A Fatal Accident on the Battleship Iowa Thursday. A TWELVE INCH TUBE EXPLODES Several Srumcii killed and Woundml. Tfio l>lm?Htcr Occurred DitriiiK 1'iiritid Practice Off' Pmimicoln, KIh. A disastrous explosion occurred on the battleship Iowa Thursday while t lie vessel was at target prabice in the yulf of Mexico. The forward port 12 Inch kuu hurst from the premature explosion of a shell, 12 feet of the piece outside the turret bein# demol ished. Throe men were killed and live injured, two seriously. The killed are: First-class Seaman Klele, <>rdlnary Seaman Perce 11 and idinner's Mate Horry. The Injured are: First-class Seaman (laught, Ordinary Seamen Truesdale, Hrown, Mansdale and Parrucker. The men killed and Injured were on the second or nun deek at mess. Three pieces of the exploded gun, each weighing over a ton, passed downward through the spear deck, falling upon i lie men at, mess, instantly killing the three named. All of the men were horribly mutilated. The heavy missiles, after passing through the gun deck, continued down to the third deek, where they came in contact with the armored deck, the heavy steel bringing them to a stop, thus saving the engineers and liremen who were at work below. Although the upper decks were crowded with men, no one there was seriously injured. The explosion occurred just as the mess call had been sounded. Firing was to have ceased after the shot for tiie dinner hour. The range had been set, and tl 10 Iowa was steaming along at a speed of 12 knots an hour, when Lieut. Heed, in chargo of the forward 12-inch turret, gave orders to load and and tire. The time fuse was cut for tins range, the piece charged, breech closed and the word given to lire. Following the report of the gun t here was a smothered report as the shell exploded midway in the gun and pieces of the burs ted gun and shell ere scattered broadcast. Three great n.?u; were torn through the deck. 1 hose WnO wcio ttimv began coining up on deck, some bloody <iu<i m i i t.i 1 *i t f U/v I.IMUMUIA ?1, Millie IJ I 11 >s I'll LI1C IIUUI crusher! almost beyond recognition were the three unfortunate men. 'I'ho Massashusetts, six miles distant, was signalled for aid, and one of the cutters put olf with the surgeon and assistants. The wounded men were taken to the hospital and their injuries dressed. The dead were brought to I'ensacola. Some claim the explosion was caused by a defective shell, and others think that the frequent tiring of the piece at Culebra during the winter, added with the work done here during the past 10 days, so strained the piece that the force of the eharge burstcd tiie gun. A WOMAN IN BLACK. Strange Story That Comes from the County Seat of Colleton. A dispatch from Waltcrboro to The State says quite a sensation was created in that town on Thursday morning by the arrest upon a warrant issued by Magistrate J. It. Bryan of S. J. Fcnnell, a farmer and manufacturer of lumber, residing about six miles from tiie town, on charge of forgery, being unable to give a bond of $700 In; was committed to Jail. A mysterious woman in black, described as quiet and handsome figures in the case. In fact, she is tiie chief actor. It is not known who she is. What is known is that she appeared | at the Farmers and Merchants bank [at Waltcrboro on Marcli 27, presented a check fur $1.12, bearing tiie signature of W. (>. Thompson, Jr., drawn upon the bank of Hampton In favor of one of his married sisters, whom she impersonated, and received the ' money. The circumstance connecting Fen nun wihi uio transaction is that he is known to have accompanied the woman from Waltcrboro to Hampton, ! conversing with her the preceding day, At Hampton she presented a check for a similar sum, hut owing to some error payment was refused. He returned with her to Walterboro the same day. Where she secured lodging for the night cannot he ascertained. Fennell admits seeing heron the train, hut denies knowledge of her identity. Another mystifying feature of the case is that the woman must have known the extent of Thompson's deposist in the Hank of Hampton, and have been familiar with ids signature. Thoiup noil, mm i.-? mny nil il V131L LO I1 lOTUUl, miwrht aid in clearing up the mystery ' of the "mysterious woman in black." i Diligent efforts dre being made to find out who she is and where she is. ie Day 1 ZZflV I box. 25c? 1