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THE OLD RELIABLE THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE From Wednesday's State, LEXINGTON, Oet 18.- -Tho n-gmuont in tho Tillman case has been reduced to the o two uaked questions, the one by the defense, the other by tho prose tlon: For his ed torial uttorancos in the Columbia Stato Wtt8 not N. O. Gon /.tles just'v punished with death? Is murder a crime? To the ono tho dofonss answers "Yo?." To the other the prosecution answors "Yes." Tho ono alllramatlve destroys tho other and It is for the jury to fay which is true and shall survive. Theso aro tho questious le.'t (not quost'ons asked by mo) when tho ar gumen 8 of tho two arraya of counsel havo been stripped of superfluous mat ter and tho stirk bodios left. Ori.'b ally, tho prosecution asked a very different question. It was: Is Jam? s II. Tillman guilty of murder? Its question has been modified, chaujjoJ, translatod aid convorted by tho dofonse, for the defonso has, not assertively or confessedly, yet uctua'ly almost if not wholly abandoucd the theory of solf-dofenso. Yesterday, em ploy i-ig Mr. Johnstono's apt phrase. I said tha* the defense's two contentious that anger was heated to frenzied bate in Tlllinan and that at tho same tlmo bO Struck to save himself from immi nent death were "oannlballstio" of each other. Another day has passed, two more arguments for the defense havo been heard and tho first of these contentions has practically devoured tho last. Between tho gaping Jaws of the theory of Suflloiont Provocation to Jus tify a Mortal Blow, its fangs dripping with blood, the tittered theory of self defedse embodied in tli3 person of Dick llolacnback has about disap peared. Mr. Asbill spoke for tho S:ato in the morning. Mr. Nelson f dlowed for the prisoner, Mr. Crawford then for tho. Stato and Mr. Croft for tho prlsonor Mr. Crawford spoke partly beforo and partly after the recess and Mr. Croft addressed tho jury for an hour preced ing adjournment. Mr. Croft will speak for another hour this morning and Mr. Bellinger will follow him with the dual argument of tho trial. Tho judge probab'y expects to charge tbe jury be fore the midday recess but whether or not he will bs ablo to do so remains to be seen. The number of spectators was larger yesterday than during any day of the trial so far. A score or more of ladies were among them, somo com ing over from Columbia. To my mind the defonso appeared yesterday to havo made a strategic blundor, though it must ha said that a mcro reporter's imp-cssion on such a subj ct is of small value. Nevertheless horo It is. Mr. Johnstono should have boon ro?crved for the rep'y. Mr. Oroft conductel the case up to the argu ment with consummate skill, much as somo of his methods any or may not bo j'Ut'y critiol.-ed. If one might have safely estimated his attainments by his management of that part of tho case, ono must havo set him down as a strong lawyer. But wheu tho time came for Mr. Croft) to speak yestorday aftorncon one was conscious of an anti climax. One's mind rtvertod to the rial oratory of the day precodlng. The big guns had spoken. With their echoes still faintly hoard in tho distance, the explosions of a small field piece did not seorn effective, it is not to be hinted that Col, Croft failed to speak well?to say that he is not a capital speaker, would bo absured. Bui it is not absurd to say that ho suffers by contrast with his junior counsel in this case. But hark to Mr. Croft! Ho brought up from the past tho killing of Editor BeYoung of tho San Francisco Chroni cle. The editor of Tho State, ho said, was of tho suno pattern and wrote "with a pon steeped In gall." Then he alluded to the killing of Brann of Brann's Iconoclast, and In connection with Mr. Gonzales, eaid that men of that etrlpe must meet a similar death. Koforrlng at another time to Mr. Gon zales and on the same lino Mr. Oroft said: "He Is dead; ho brought about his own destruction." Further on he declared, "Abuse with honorable gen tlemen doos not go down." "This cSse originated in politics," ho assorted. J. II. Tillman, as a mere boy ospoused tbe causa of his uncle in Winnsboro. Later he characterized tho dead editor as a ''fin-brand," "sotting brother against brother, con against father and neigh bor against neighbor?ho had stirred up strlfd and run rough-shoi over the best people of S?uith Carolina?had done more of evil politically than any other 20,000 men together in tho stato." Ho referred to Mr. Gonzales as op podng Senator Tillman whon he wished to build for the farmers Clemson ool lege and for the girls Winthrop col lege. .If this sort of an argument moant anything, did it not mean that the prisomr was right In shooting down Goozdcs? If Mr. Gonzales wore tho monster Of wickedness that Mr. Croft held up to the affrighted eyos of tho Bpeo'.ators, was not Ins destruction not on'y jaailflable but coinmendabloV Was not that tbo^guinent? Whore the eecesslty of fugging in poor Dlok nol sonboek with the prlsonor painted as Adauntles? knight who wont forth and stew the dragon/1 Hark to Mr. No!son t "The nowopa I the public mind agalnsi, "The lawyer* for tho Rtato are not alone in conducting this prosoouiion. Private individuals, soiling their tal ents for gold, are conducting lt"--the roforence bel?g to newspapor m-n. Now, see Mr. Nolsou addressing dra matically, William Klliott, Jr.: "Will you not admit that N. G Gonzales de spise! the very ground that B. it. Tiilman walks on?" Yea. Yos, it was B. R. Tiilman whose name ho called. Couple this language of Mr. Croft and Mr. Nolsou, read It in more detail iu ihe stenograph c report, and hark back to the beginning of this article. Tho defonso is asking: "For his edlto torial uforauees In The Columbia State was not N. G." Gonzales justly punished with death?" Yes, they hive tried poor Gonzales for carrying concealed weapon? in 1,88(5, 17 years ago, they have tried him aga'n f .r every charge he made against, tho pris oner at the bar and they aro trying him for tho tresouablo crime of oppos ing Senator Tiilman! HaYo 1 put It too strong in saying that the pi--a of self I defonse ha3 boon dovoured?D!ck Kol I sonbaok and all? A man lies dead with a hole shot I through and through his body with the I projectllo of a oow-fangled weapon, such a plst >l as on y tho prisoner at the bar appears to bo able to manipulate bore lu Lexington. He was not killed I by accident. Tho agency by which ho met his death Is admitted. If tho argu ments of Messrs. Nelson and Croft I carry the inevitable lutcrprotation I pointed to above, is not the question asked by tho State reduoed and re I formed to: Is murder a crime? I Let tho great jury of South Carolin ians to whom ThoStato may still speak I make answer. What tho Lexington jury will say In I this caso ono cannot tell. Tho jury I may cling to the romnuub of the self I defense, tho Dick llolsonbuck theory, I which the lawyers have so nearly for I gotton or abandoned. Or the jury may I lind a verdict of guilty. I am not to I pass on tho prisoner's guilt or Inno I conco and I do not; but with doliber I utencss, let mo say that to sane men I the method of defonse that has been I attempted by the prisoner's lawyers I seems a hideous and fantastic joke, I While Mr. Nelson was speaking yos I terday, he referred to tho whipping of I the two little nogroes when the First I rogiment was oncarapod in Columbia. Tho allegation is that they wore whip ped^ because they stole a pistol from I "Old George," an old servant of the I prisoner. Mr, Nelson called tho name I of Old George. Far back among the spectators Old Gcorgo raised his von orable form. It was so unexpected! fhen the lawyer dolivered a panogyrle on the negro's sorvicesto the prisoner's uncle in the Moxican war. Now this old negro, tho prisoner swuro, told him that the man Hyatt, he that viewed Mr. Gonzulos through an inverted telescope, had told him that he had seen Mr. Gonzaleo with a pistol in his pocket. "Old George," was not sworn in bis master's behalf. Ho came into evidence and in the lle&h just the same. Concluding bis argument for the ^ta'e, Mr. Asbill this morniug Im pressed with force the testimony of Spann Dowllng as to the aim of the pistol: "If the ball struck where I aimed he is a dead man. it will go straight." Suppose, for the sake of argument, the "white feather" threat wore true, did that give the prisoner the right to shoot? This prisoner at tho bar Is no better, he is no worso than you or I, so far as his position as a man in the law's oyes aro to bo regarded. You are not to consider his former ofllclal posi tion. He la to b3 measured by the samo yardstick as any other man. Re member his numerous throats. When ho told Representative Cause that ho had sa'd boforo leaving Edgoliold that he placed tho;o editorials in his pock ets and might land In tho penitentiary before' he got homo, for once ho told tho truth! Mr. Crawford opened his lucid and eloquent speech with the words: "Too much personal feeling has come Into this trial. Tjo much pDlt ieal feeling has b9on brought Into it. If you ao eopt tho arguments o( Messrs. John stone and Nelson all that one need Is I to point to words of provocation and I shoo!) down tho man In his way as he I would a 'mad dog.' Tho positions as sumed by those distinguished gent'.e I men prosonl no case of self-defense I wha'over, and their dependonco is un ion arousing your passions and prjju I dices, gentlemen of tho jury. If tho I law should be construod that words I justify tho taking of life then overy I homo In South Carolina would be c >n I verted into a crurocl house. I Mr. Crawford mado a olovor point of I the testimony of Goorge LaF<tye, who I drew tho plans of the scene of the I shooting, in evidence Hedoo'arod that I LaFaye had sworn that from tho steps I of the State house one may see another I coming out of the ouico of ThoStato I newspaper. "I loave to the jury to I consider h >w far on tho day of the I fatal meoting tho prisoner iriav have I seen thedeceasod approaching." I "Thore is moro wriggling than tho I wriggling of thumbs In this ea?o," Mr. I Crawford e >;clalmed, "for counsel for I the defense aro wriggling away from I the Issuos with which It Is pregnant." I "Mothinkfl T wee." hn oxnl*ln><>rV ? In yonder cemotery, silhouetted against tho cloar sky, tho bonding form of a woman, a wldowod woman who bows over a now-made grave. She does not plead for vengeance, but through me she pleads for justice. * He called attontlon to the fact that in hh dying declaration Mr. Gonzales had snid that ho had soen Tiilman af ter his arrival In Columbia for the leg islative session, and tho statement had nowhere boon denied by Tiilman la his testimony or by anybody else. Ho had nob then attaoked Tiilman and Tiilman had not altaoko 1 hlra. Why should he have expected an attack? To poworful effect, Mr. Crawford stressed tho point in Talblrd's test! mony that Tiilman hul lirat accosted his victim. "How aro you Mr. Gon zales?" "Did not this put Gonzales off his guard'/ Old it not demonstrate his carefully laid design to take Gonzales' lifo? If it had been bis purpose to shoot unaware*, Is not that the language he would have used? Would be have u*0d those words bad he seen him thrust. I h] uto his pockets, and that he - ~-o> Distress by day and pjght? That's tho complaint of those who are so unfortunate as to bo afllicted with Eczema or ?Salt Rheum?and out ward application j do liot cure. They can't. The source of the trouble il In Ibo blood ? make that pure and this seal* ing, burning, itching skin disease will disappear. "I was taken with mi Itching on my arms which prOYOd very disagreeable. ( concluded It was suit rheum and bought a bottle of Hood's Baroaparllla. 1:; two day i after I began taking It 1 felt better and I was not long beforo I was cored. Hay I never hud nny skin disease sl ice." Mr.:. Ida E. WAkd, Cove Point, Md. Hood's Sarsaparilla and Pills rid the blood of all impurities and cure all eruptions. did use them rests upon tho testimony of TalbirJ, the prisoner's best friend." Describing the pcsltlon of Tillman when ho fired tho suot, Mr. Crawford explainod with clearness how o^ch and all of tho witnesses for tho St"to had placed the pri-ouer near the outsido of tho sldowalk and ovon tho defense's witness, Mr. Wils-.no, testified to it, further testifying that ho fJVed the shot transversely, across|tho sidewalk. Up to this timo the counsel for the defense have comumed six of the 80veu hours alottod to thoni for addressing tho jury. Of those all but two havo b?en devoted to reviowing the edito rials and to mit tors having more or less political color. A largo part of tho remaining two havo been directed to the fail uro of the Stato to in'reduco the Stenographie report of Mr.Gonznlcs dying declaration taken by Mr. Lathan, Mr. Gonzales' former private secre tary, when as a matter of fact (ho same Identical statement was taken down In long-hand by Dr. J. W. Babcook and sworn to by him on tho witness stand; and also to tho claim that Mr. Gon zales was under the influence of anodynos when ho made his statement. Gained Forty Founds in Thirty Days. For several months our younger brother had boon troubled with indi gestion. He tried sev.?tl remedies* but got no benefit from . We pur chased sonnj of Chamberla. .'s Stomach and Liver Tablets and he commenced taking them, lnatdo of thirty days he had gained forty pounds in flesh. He Is now fully recovered. .We havo a good trade on the tablets.?Holloy Bros., Merchants, Long Branch, Mo For sale by Laurons Drug Co. Two bottles of Our New Discovery cured eczema, whon twelve bottles of othor blood medicinos failed. Writo Mr. S. L. Davis, Lauren?, s. C, about it. First Cost Not tho Cheapest. Tho first cost of an articlo does not necessarily determine its ohcapness. For instance, a sack of "Clifton" Hour may cost you a little more than other so-called patent Hour?, bu?. It will he cheaper to you in the end. Why? Be cause it will not only make mo:o broad to tho sack, but take less lard and soda to make It. Order a sack of "Clifton" and make a tost for yourself. It will prove the truth of this statement, T. N. Barksdale, s M. II. Fowler. BearH tho j4 lllB ^nd You l,aM Vmgb* Bigr? ^4^557 W. Y. BOYD, Attorney at Law. Will practice in all Stato Courts. Prompt attention given to all business. Clothing Renovated CLEANING AND DYEING DONE PROMPTLY. Cloaning and Dyeing Club up stairs over old Post Olllco. 'Phono No. 70. W. lt. DOZIER. On Storage and for Sale. Guano, Hay, Brick, Wagons, Hay Presse?, Mowers, Hay Rake, Corn, Ce ment and a fow barrels of Coal Tar, and havo plenty room for any kind of storage J. Wade Andkuson, Manager. State of South Carolina. ..AUKENS COUNTY. Court of Common Picas. Dr. John II. Miller, PlaintllT, against Lizzie Lang ford, Martha Williams, Robert Langford, Tossio Lang ford, Jim Langford and Ben Langford, De fondants. To the Defendants above named. You are hereby summoned and re quired to answer tho complaint In this action, of which a copy is herewith sesvod upon you, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said complaint on the subscriber at tho ofllce of F. P. McGowan, Laurens, South Carolina, within twenty di ys after the service hereof, exclusive of tho day of such serv'ce; and if you fail to answer the complaint within tho tlmo aforesaid, the I'laintilf In this action will apply to tho Court for tho relief demanded in the complaint. Da?ed Hep-ember, 22, A. D., 1008. John F. Bolt, o. o. c. p. l. c a. c. F. P. McOowan, Plaintiff's Attornoy. To Ben Langford, ono of tho defend* ants above named: Tako notioe tba? the complaint in tho above stated ac tion was filed in tho Office of Clerk of the Court of Common Plea* for Lau rens County, South Carolina, Sep tember, 22, 1003 F. P. McGowan, Plaint ff's Attorney. October, 5, 1008?Qt-_ W. C. IRBY, Jr., Attorney at Law. Will practice in all State Courts. Prompt attention givon to al. business Dr. Chas, A. Ellett, DENTIST. Law Range. Geo. Johnstone. Jt. II. Welch. A. C. Todd. JoluiHono, Welch & Todd, LAWYERS. Will Practlco in all Courts, State and FodoraL Offloe, Law Range. W Monoy to Loan at reasonable In to rost. Laurens, S. O. Beautiful White Teeth. Kasy enough if you use the right helps. t1iks12 FOR instanck: A Guaranteed Tooth Brush re placed if the bristles como out stumped, "Lau-ens Drug Co." on the back only 25 cents. A tube of P.nthynol tooth paste. Will not scratch tho ouumel. Dentists recommend it. 25 cents. IF YOU CANT COME?TELEPHONE. Telephone whothcr you cau come or not, we'll servo you just as prompt ly. Our telephones are here for service, not for show. And there's a de livery boy here for quick delivery, not beuauso wo liko to havo him around. Sales agency for "Huyler Candy." Laurens Drug Co, Goods Delivered Phone.75. Cures Eczema? Itching Humors, Pim ples and Carbuncles. B. B. B. (Botanic Blood Balm) Is a certain cure for eczema, itching ekln, humors, scab?, icales, watery blisters, pimples, aching bones or joints, bolls, carbuncles, prickling pain in the skin, old eatiug sores, ulcers, etc. Botanic Blood Bahn euros the worst and most decp-seatod cases by enriching, purify ing and vitalizing the blood, thereby giving a healthy blood supply to the skin. Heals overy soro and gives tho rich glow of health to tho skin. Builds up the broken down body and makes tho blood rod and nourishing. Espec ially advised for chronic, old cases that doctors, patent medicine and hot springs fail to cure. Druggists, 81, with complete directions for home cure. To prove B. B. II. cures, sample sent froo and ptvpaid by writing Blood Balm Co., Atlanta, Ga. Describe trou ble and freo medical advice sent In sealed lottor. Sold in Laurens by B F. Posoy. K?LOL? CRYSTALIZEI) MINERAI? WATER Inflammation's Greatest Enemy. KALOLA rcmovos all inflammation whorevor it oxists but never disturbs the healthy surface. KALOLA oures by removing the cause of disease. KALOLA can be used internally, externally and eternally without harm. "Take Kalola six days and eat any thing you want. Numerous testimo nials received dally from peoplo who havo been cured by this wonderful romedy. On sale at Drug Stores Price 50 cts and $1.00 per bottle. For salo by Laurens Drug Co. WHY RENT? When you can own your own home with the same money? The Piedmont Bavlngs and Invest ment Com) any will enable you to do this. Instead of Paying Rent for years and owning noihing at the end of tho term the property is yours, Meanwhile, )Ou have had the home from the first?with the motive to Im prove It. Owning ono'g home does more to make an independent mm than any thing else. Aman with little or no property finds It hard to borrow and build. Huoh men this company provides credit for. There are hundreds of working men In this town Paying ront on houses that are not cosy and coraforta ble, thoy have no conveniences, that are not kept up and that are uol Im proving in value. Lots in Lanr-eos are cheap. Thf*e same men, with tho ront monoy they are paying, can all own homes In which they will Uko pride and which will grow more valuable oach yoar. The Piedmont Savings and Invest ment Company is not a building and loan association. Why? Beoauso the contract is certa'n and definite, Tho borrower knows to a day when bis di.lit will bo duo. Moroover tho rate of interest is lower. W. W. BALL and If. L. COPFX.AND for every House Keeper is to have a Buck's Range in her kitchen. Satisfaction assured. ?oooooeoooooc We are Ready for your Fall demands with a choice assortment of Fine China. YOU have only to make your wants known. i We give the Whip to Prices to Double the Sale! PRICES ATTRACT, QUALITY DECIDES Look as closely to quality as you do to prices. Pleasure your purchase by the satisfaction they yield and you will say this is the best place in town to buy. J, O, G FLEMING & CO, White Stone Lithia Water! Is the lightest water on the market. We realize that this is claiming a great deal, ami we could not afford to make this assertion unless wo knew that we could prove it to be true. Hut it does not take an expert to test tho toftncss of a Minorat Water. Whon car Donating a mineral water, if it Is a hard water the gases will not bo absorbed in tho watsr, and when tho bottle is opened, the gas es escape, and the water is loft Hat and bard, whilo if it is a soft water, like White Stono Lithia, it will rotaln Its ga80S for hours after being unstopped. Head what somo prominent persons you know Have to say of tho merits of the White Stone Li'.hia Water: Lauren9, S. C, Sept. 10th, 1002. J. T. Harris, B?q., White Stono Spring, S. 0. Dear Sir:?I am using White Stone Lithia Spring's Water, and am very much pleased with results. 1 think It tho best I havo used. Yours very respectfully, O. B. Simmons. I.nurons, S . C., Sept. 12th, 1032. Mr. J T. Harris. Whlto Stone Spring?, S. O. Dear Sir:?I take pleasure in saying that my fam'ly received great benefit from tho use of Whlto Stone Lithia Water. I can heartily recommend it to any ono in need of a healthful Mineral Water. Very truly, J. O. C. Fleming. Greenville, S. C., Oct. 10, 1002. After a service of one season at Whlto Stone Lithia Springs, as resl dent physician I do not hesitate to eay that tho effect of tho water upon those who d.ink it for any length of time, has b?en perfectly marvelous. Invari ably an increase both in llejh and ap petite was perceptible in ono week proving it to be a mlnoral wator of undoubted powerful tonic property. Its peculiar adaptability to diseases origi nating from disorders of tho kidney, bladder and liver, such as Dropsy, Height's diseases,Diabetes and uric acid calculi, and all forms of Dyspepsia, Rheumatism and Gout U to be ix pected f>-oni the splondid analysis. It has been noted frequently that visi tors before coming bore had to follow evrry meal with some form of correc tive, or confine themS3lv>s entirely fo prodiposted foods; soon discard thct-e entirely, boing delighted to llnd that tho water alone?nature's omo remedy sufficed. Of the many who drink this water this season for ton dats consecu tively,not ono but experienced decidod benefit and a peroeptib'.o gain In welgt, varying from two to five pounds. L. C. Stevens, M. D. Wo have tho largest brick Hotel In tho Carolinas or Georgia, with all mod orn Improvement'. Electric Car Lino runs from Southern Road to Spring. White Stono Spring, S. C. White Stone Lithia Water Co. A Smiling Face Indicates a Good Digestion. For both you must have good Food such as; Roller King Flour, Fresh Water Ground Corn Heal, Royal and Good Luck Baking Powders, star Hams, star Breakfast Bacon, Hominy, Rice, Oat Heal, Force, Canned Meats, Fruits, Vegetables, Tomatoe Catsup, sour and sweet Pickles and abundance of other good things to eat. Kennedy Bros. Listen to This Toilet Articles and Stationery Cost Money. The belter the quality, the higher the price. No druggist has ever been able to sell for less than he paid with out going into bankruptcy. No man ever conducted a drug store just for fun and nothing else. Our prices are always as small as can be afforded. Nearly always they are the smallest to be found in Lnurens. If it happens that lower prices are offered somewhere else, you may depend upon it that the quality is lowest. w. w. dodson. WHERE? AT TH e ARGAiN Store. The Best Ladies' Men's and Chih drens' Shoes in Town for the same MONEY. J. L. HOPKIN, Proprietor. Now is the Time to Dose Stock. .WE MAM li A Hl'KCl A LTV OK. International tock Food Company's Products . WHICH HAVE A WORLD-WIDE REPUTATION I . International Stock Food, 25c and 50c; Colic cure, 50c; Qall Cure, 25c; Louse Killer, 25c; Poultry Food, 25c; Quick Cleaner, 25c; Silver Pine Healing Oil, 25c Use in Time! Prevent Diseases! A Small Investment May Save You Great Loss! ONE OAR LOAD OF A HOVE JUST RECEIVE]). Our Undertaker's Stock is Complete. We carry a well selected stock of everything from the cheapest coffin to the best Me talic cases in cloth goods we carry Iho best?among them embossed white plush goods; also black, full di aped in cloth. A First-class Hearse when wanted. Wc can furnish white 1 ??"'srn when desired. At night orSunday 'Phone R. P. Millurrm. o or call on [. Mills Hunter at the Balcntine House. Respectfully,