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FINDS WATTS -GULTY
'iE VERDI0T OF THE COUnT OP IN
QU I ItY
The R9leiatuendations--A RI.pimxand by
tIy biovernor Itecomtmend DiSia1 of
lehburoe andItepriuaad of Dunning.
[The State, 25th.]
After a session of six lays, dur
ing which time 54 witnoesos wore
examined, the court of inquiry yes
terday reported its finding and
recommendations to the governor.
In the finding, General Watts' or
dering the battalion forward for the
purpose of clearing the field is
characterized as "an assunption of
authority that was unwise, unnoces
sary and unwarranted.
The court then respectful ly recom -
mended that his excellency "lay the
whole matter before the general
assembly '?or such action, und
Article V. of the Constituti9l of
1895, as that body may, Ain prop
er.".
Ir is further recommended that
the "governor and commander-in
chief publish a general order re
primanding Gen. J. Gary Watts for
serious lack of judgement and dis
regard of the rights of othvrs." -
The court also recommended that
Private Fishburno of the Richmond
Volunteers be dismisBod from the
service, and that Private Dunning of
the same company be-roprimanded.
The official finding of tho court is
as follows:
Columhia, S. C. June 24th 1897.
To His Excellency, W. H. Ellerbe,
Governor and Comm inde-in
chief.
Sir: In obedience to you- special
order dated June 7th, 1.897, a court
of inquiry appointed by yoi "to ox
.amine into the conduct of n't officers
and men connected with the dis
turbance which occured on the
grounds in charge of the So ith Car
olina college, at Columbia, Friday,
May 1897," the said court - onvened
at-the State -louse at Coli mbia at
12 m. on the day aimed. 'A thor
ough investigation of the aUair and
its causes" was instituted lor throo
days, during which 40 witnesses
were examined. Tho tostia6iy of
these witnesses was taken <lown by
a competent-stenographor amnd cov
vered, when transcribed, 18". pages.
This testiiony is herowith 2or-wa rd
ed for the information of your ex
celfency, together with the exhibits
accompaning the same. On June
12th thofcourt took a reoss until
_y_i_f June 22rd, at 12 mn. Re
convening on Wednesday, June 23d.
On these two days 14 witnesses woerc
examined; their testimody cover.ing
65 pages, is also forwarded heo:
with, together with an itemized
statement of expenses of the court.
A consideration of the dution devolv
ing upon us by your exec loney's
special order and of the 1: .y gov
erning courts of this character in
duces us 'to cite the following from
"Winthrop's Miltiary Law and Pro
cpdents," volume 1:
'"The court of inpuiry, so called,
is really not a court at m,ll. No
criminal issue is formed befo re it; it
arraigns no prisoner, reco.'vyes -no
plea, makes ho finding of uilt or
innocence, awards no punishmeont.
Its proceedings are not a trial, nor
is its opinion (when it exprei. ses one)
-a judgemtent. It does not admin,is
ter jnutico, and is not swori to (10
so, 'dut, simply to examine and on
qiu e, it is thus not a court, but rath
er-. board-a board of invest igation
-wit.,h the incidental authaority
(when expressly conferred upon it)
of pronouncing a conclusioni upon
the facts, but, as it is a swvomt body.
and as the witnesses before it arc
sworn and' examined and cross-ox
* amined as before courts ms tial, it
is !i board of a higher sort in, the na
ture o.f a court, and has thud comeotc
be termed a court in the law of mili
* tary." Page 797.
"lBnt the court o,f inquiry, t bougli
only a quasi judicial body, is an in
si,rumentah".y of no little scopo' andl
importance; its investigation a arc
frequently much more extend,. d and
its conclusions more compret .onsive
thanl wouid e those of a court mar.
f'al in. a - 1inailar caso; and in indi
dual instances, its retults may he
scarcely 16is final than if it had the
powor to cohvict and sentonce."
Pago 708.
"The opinion required of a court
of inquiry is, in general, as already
indicated, an opinion whether, upon
the facts as developed by the inves
tigation, a particular officer or sol
dior, or any officer or soldier, should
proporly be brought to trial by court
iarbial; or whother any other, and
if any, what action is called for by
the interests of the servico or is
otherwiso desirablo to be taken."
Page 808.
As will be soon, therefore, from
your exceilloncy's order to report
the facts together with our opinions
and recommendations, this court of
i'quiry is at board of investig-ion
vith the incidental authority which
you have expressly conferred u'pon
it, of pronouncing a conclusion upon
the facts. After a most thorough
invostigation of the disturbance
which occurred upon the grounds
in charge of the South Carolina
college at Columbia, Friday May,
128th, 1897, and its causes, we beg
loave to report the following findings
of facts together with our opinions
and recommendations theroon:
Tho review, inspection and drill
having becn completed, the purposes
from which the troops had assombled
wero accomplished.
In the battalion dress parade
which was about to be hold the ad
jutant and inspector general did not
have any inhoront right and could
not take any official part as no posi
tion or participation in this coro.
mony is proscribed for such an oh
cor, and ho could be prosent only by
courtesy or by invitation of the col
onel comnmanding, and was there
fore. without authority to comilimatid
tile t roops.
In taking and retaining 'a posi
tion'amidst a crowd of turbulent stu
dents at or niear third base, thereby
encroaching upon the lawful terri
tory of the baseball players and use
1081sY interforing with their game,
when1 ample and suitable grounds
wore aviailablo near by, General
Watts showed siouoxs hick of judge
mont and disregard for the rights of
others.
His ordering the battalion for
ward for the purpose of cleatring the
field was anll aissilnptieln of aut.hority
that was un11wise, 11nne0COSsary alid
inwarrantod.
Sect.ion 4141 oNhle Roevised S-t at
utes of 1893 rends: "All comm issionl
od otficors of the malitin may 1)0 re
moved fronm ollico by ih comman-il
deor-in-chiof * *i * *Romloval
may also b)e made by~ decisions of
court martial, or roti ring or examn
ing board persuanlt to lawl; and fom
misconduct anly oflicer may 1b0 sus
lpond(ed1 by thle coilImandr-in-chief.'
TheO term "any otlicer" as5 herein
used can not ill our opiniion, inluld(
tihe adjltutn and insp)ector general,
who is ani executive ollicer, and1( whlc
cold b) suspended 0or iremnoved on
ly under01 art.icle XV of thle conIstitu
tion of 1895.
it ap~pears further by the authl
ority abovo quoted (Winthbrop vol.
1, page 808,) t.hnt tile opinion ro0
quired1 of us is as to wvhether thct
ofhicer or ofliccrs under' investi; ation'
"should proporly be b)roughit to trial
by court martial; or wvhet.her any3
other, and if any, whalit act.ion is
called for by thme interests of the(
service, or is otherwViso desir'ablo t.c
1)0 taken."'
Since thoerefore, froml thoe circum
stanlces of the caso a trial by couri
mar'tial could result, in nothIiin g morc
than a recommendation to your ex
colleney that tile nat ter' b) broughl
to the( attention of time general as
sembilly ; and1, since we are not re
stricted to reco mmndbi ig a coulri
mairtial, but may say-whatuui othler' act
ion11 is etaltld for by the interests ol
time service, or is otherwise desirabkl
to 1)0 taken," we respectfully recom
monid that y'ouri excellency laty thct
wvholo mnattor before the general as
semblly for such action (at its necxt
ssson) under Article XV of the
Constitution of 1895, as that body
may doom proper.
- We further recommend that the
govornor and commander-in-chiof
publish a general order reprimand
ing Gonoral J. Gary Watts for ser
iolis lack of judgoeniit and disregard
of the rights of others on the occasion
of the disturbance on the athletic
grounds of the South Corolina col
logo at Columbia on May 28th, A.
D 1807.
Of course, it is to be regretted
that Col. Jones failod to mention
the fact, to General Watts that the
writton permission given for tho use
of these grounds was for the 26th of
May, and not the 28th; and the fur
thor fact, that in said written per
mission the military were requested
to confine themselves as much as
possible to the eastorn portion of the
grounds.
Furthermoro the colonel of the
regiio'nt, or its adjutant, in accord
anco with section 68 of the infan
try drill regulations, United States
army, under the head of "Gonoral
Rules of Roviows" should have dos
ignated specifically by a flag somo
place on the grounds as "the post
line," which said -post could then
have answered as a convenient point
from which the adjutant gonoral
could have witnessed the dross pa
r-ado.
Wo regrot that, owing to the great
mass of tostimony involved, covering
as it does 249 pages of legal cap, it
would be impossible for us, without.
prolonging our session and dlaying
oir 1-oport for several days, to mako
therofrom any abstract which would
fuirnish your excellency with the
specific grounds on which our con
clnsions are based. We would, how
ovor, call your attention specifically
to the testimony of the following
vit.nossos: H. V. Brookor, pago 13;
Bmnj. Sloan, pago 21; A. 1). Web
stor, pago 33; 11. N. Edminds, pago
40; J. K. Alston, page 52; M. C
Dychos, pago 77; V. E. Do Pass,
pago 7-1; F. 11. Clolcock, page 100;
It. Moans Davis, pIago 113; J. G.
Watts, palgo 1,13; J. 1). 1rost., page
10-1; Wilio Jones, pigo 170; B. B.
Evans, pago 227; N. W. Brooker, Jr.,
pago 45; Leo Hagood, pang .108; J.
M. Bateman, pageo 1182; M.. H. Bron
non, page 185; 11. W. Taylor, pag
2-14.
We further recommend that Pri
vato 1ishhnino of the lichland Vol
untoor ilo company be dischargod
from the military service of the
State, and in support of said1 rnecom
mlondlation we wiold call the atten
tion of the gover-nor and commian
der- in-chief to t.he testimony of said
Fishbur ino, together with that of
Capt. Fr iost;, thme commandinhg oficor
of said company, whien r-eenlled to
the~ stand.
We furither recomnmend that the
captanini of the Riichland Voluntoor
R~ ill coaye (dIi)lIY10(irected to publishm
an or-der rrimndn(ing Pi-ivato Duni
ning of said company for leaving thie
r-anks without permission.
We have the honor to be very re
spoec.fully, your obied ient servants,
Jocs. L. Stoppelbein,
B3rigad ior General 1st Brigado and1
Preidenmt of the Cour-t.
Colonel 3rid Regiment In fantry.
Hienry T. Thompson,
Captain Co. "A," Fourt hi Rogimont.
(:overnor Elhlorboe said, aft er read
ing over the r-ecomamendations of the
cour-t, that lhe wvould lay the miatter
bofor-e the general assombly, as r-oc
ommended. TJ~hat, lowoevor, lie
would conisidber thme ot.her- recoi:mmon
dations until todlay, wvhen lie would
make knowvn hits intentions.
Oft itereent to ii. V. P. Ui. D)elegte- En
Th'le Idea nlow is, and1( marageumnts
arie be~ing made1 to thait, efect., to have
'a suniseux-payer-u-et.ing"'at N orfolk,
and ai 'fish brieaLk fast at t.he satme po it;
ai h)angniet wvill b)e tenidemed them atI
Wake Forest,, by I.'iesident, Tal3or, of
the W\ake I"orrest, College; fruit, dini
ner will be gi von at, Southern l''lnes,
anid at A tlanta thme dlelegates will be
enitertai ned atI1.1. eSpellI man Uiver-sity:
t,hey will then preccep~ to Chattanooga,
via thne "K[enucsawv Iouto."'
lli particulars will he given later
by the l 'assenmger Department of the
Seaboar<fi Air Liare, at Portsamouth,
Va. -f. ti
TIME AS A DOCTOR
A11P1 8AYS 1f1AT PATIECNCE*WJI,L,
BRING ALLTIINU4.
L llenis A Poiticiai-Hartow Mam 1Useltro.
That1 hotter TImem Are Niw in sight.
[Atlanta Constitution.]
"Watchman tell us of the night.'
It has boon often said tlbac "old
!ather time is a good doctor." I
.oliove that ho is about to curo the
.ountry of hard times. Certain it is
Ahat neither politicians nor legisit
,ion has dono any good. Tho dis
aso was not even diagnosed, but the
:mtient is getting well. Neither
Ievoland nor anti-Clovoland nor
VIcKinley nor the tariff nor popi
ism has had anything to do with it.
P1me is the medicine, and When
.imo cures a patient Ie stays curod
i good, long period. I had rhouna
Isn several years and the doctors
iorked on me until they got tirod
ind quit, but old Doctor Time came
ilong, and aftor a while the rhouna
ism just quit me and went awity of
t own accord. For six years we
lavo all boon cussin' an fussin' aind
liscussin' about the disonso that
dllicted the country. Every poli.
Lician liad a romedy, but somehow
Lhe peoplo have lost confidence in
mr so callod statemon and thoir
modicino won't stay on tho stomach.
A first-class politician can argu the
log off an iron pot or the spots off a
loopard. I hoard Aleck Steplhons
make a great. speech away back in
Lhe 40's apd he proved thtt the dom
ocratic party was resposible for all
the calamities that had -befallon the
country for twenty years, ovon to
Lho high prAce of coffeo and the low
prico of cotton and the yellow fever
in savannah.
[ was ruminating about this 'bo
Canse I have boon travoling arounId
i goo(d deal of late, and if tie timnes
1110 not better, thlien all si.gns deceivo
me. 1arming is claimed to bo thc
foundation of all prosperit.y--th0
nu1dsills of the buildiig-and ir so,
thon I know the ltimes are improving,
for tiio diligent farmor is prospering
eovrywhere in the sunnmy south ont
Hido of floods tind cyclones. The
crops in South Carolima are well ad
vanced and promising. Harvest. it
h hand in north Georgia and Ton
lessee, and was never botter. Ev
erything the farmer grows comman(i
i fair prico, and overything Ie has te
b1y is cheap. The price of whoal
md corn and hay is better than it
was from 1880 to 189J0-- -wheat it
$1.00 per bushel, hay tat $1.00t
hundred, corn at 50 cents, swoet p0
tatoes at 75 cents, irish potatoes al
30t; chickens from 1 5 to 20 cents ani
.vo,o(d at $1.50 a cord. W hat is th<(
matter wvith the farmer? Suppost
his cotton is dtown to 7 cents, lie cat
make money on it at that. A mar
at Union, S. C., told mu lhe made hash
year 800) bales on 800 acres, and
cleared $8,000. How is that? Wheor
I was a young merchant cotton ave
'agodl about 8 cents a pound; corr
4() conts ai bushel; wheat. 75 coats
1)otatoos 25, wood $1 .00) a cord
eihirting and calico were 1 2.5. cents
yardl, sugar and coffee 123 centst
pound. Iron was 5 cents, and stoo
75 cents and( nails 8 cents. Nowv al
those things excep)t coffee are haL
price, and tall that the farmer growv
for sale is 25 per cent higher, oxcelp
cotton. Bunt still lie is not happy
Up nort.h, of course, it. is dlifferonit
for it takes all they make mn a
months' summoer to sup)port thorm th<(
six winter months.
I am sorry for those Peop)le, that
is for all the clever onos, and wish
they couldl sell ont to the fanatict
and fools andI come down hero t(
this blessed land(. Tlheir laborint
class who have no hand andi worl
about for wages say they are nol
coming, for they can get~ $25 a mnonti
up there and1 we pay our ngroes on
hy $10. That's so. lThait's thme way
it is put diown in the last census
B3ut the census dlon't toll howv thu
farm laboror up there is wvanted only
three months and the other nine h<(
jobs it around for little or niothiing
and it takes his last nickel to kooj
-omn freezing to death. And th:
cosus don't toll how our negro la
borers on tho farms got their wage;
all tho year round and got a com
fortablo cabin rent free and have n
firowood to buy and overy family hai
a gardon and thoy ratiso chickens am
oggs and a pig or two and hav
scrap9 enough from their table t4
support two hound dogs and a fice
Besides nll this, they bait holos it
the crook and catch suokors by nigh
and hunt rabbits on Sunday. Tall
about our cheap laor. Thero isn'
a respectablo nogro man in Bartov
county who isn't botter off and hap
pior than the averago farm laborm
of the north. That is one goo(
thing the negro has dono for th(
south. Ho has intimidatod th(
northorn scurf and the foreign scur
and kept. thei away. I saw in th1
colmins of The (onistitut.ion noi
long ago a statomont inl figures tha
was taken from a Boston papo
showing that sinco 1890 the foroigi
populatioi, inclusivo of Choir chil
dron sinco their arrival, has incronset
78 por cent in Now England, whili
tho natives havo increasod but 0 pe
cent inl all that time. The oxact fig
uros woro given. Isn't lint awful
New Eingland had just as well giv,
up their time-honored and histori,
country roligion anti ill to thies
foreignors.
When I was in Nashville the othe
day I lookod with prido at tho exii
bits of oir southern industry tha
grootod me oerywhero. In1 a forml
or lettOr I mado special miieition o
the magnificent display of the Nash
vilhi and Chattanooga railroad; tha
inclades the Westerni and Atlanti,
railroad of our stato. But our othe
southern roads are enulatiing MAIjo
T.hoimas's example. especially th,
Oeorgia 1ailroad, whose oxhibi
Iiakws overy Georgian fool prouid
3esides the beautiful show of grain
fresh from the harvest fiolds, thor
are minerals of almost, overy kin,
from the granito of Stono Mountaii
to the gold and procions stones u
Hall county. Just ialiagino a soi
granito obolisk split, out in the roug
and uihowin that ih forty foot hig
and fivo feet square that veighs 70,
000 pounds. Thor. thoro is th
-LouisvillO aId Nashville, and th
Plant system, and the Seaboard Ai
Lino that the wondering visitor wi
not fail to so.
Well, now, of edurse, overybod
knows that every man ald corport
tion and stato will show up the vor
best they havo got for that is ju
hmnan. Any good tl country wc
man will put the cleanest eggs an
the finest apples10 on the top of th
basket when slie goes to town. UBl
if the average products of our irl
dunstry and resourcos are nearly j
goodl as those exhibits there we hiav
ai wondelrli count ry. Let a strangeO'
look fromt the car windows as h
rides alotig nd lie will not be supril
ed wvhenz he gets to Nashville, fc
just now it is harvest tinme anrd th
scenery is as p)retty as a picture.
remiember thant I doub)tod the prol:
riety of the Atlanta exposition, bi'
it rosved itsel f a wise educationi
mleasulro n,nd( inow the Tennessoo5 CJor
tonnial is already at graind succos
and will grow into greater impori
ance as thme weeks roll oni. Soon1 th
farmers will hatve miore leisure arn
at the lowv rates of travel wvill ava
themselves of this great privilego
this kindergardeni for their wvive
and( chiildreoi. And my faith is thi
of all classos5, t he farmer is best abi
to go, and wiill reap the greatest prc
fit from his visit. J ust think whi
is thrownu in free to delight thi
senses--what beautiful groundls ani
shady walks; what beauty of arch
iteoctuire, what wonderful painuting.
and( works of' the sculpItor's art, an
w~hiat grandl( fi roworks5 by night, an
wvhat delicious music b y (liy ! Whor
else can lhe hear Housa and1( Innit
with thir orchiestrais without g'Oin
a thrisandll mliles---and wvhere thii
sweetest of ial1 music, thme piaint
wvhen it is toujched by a muster
hand? Away back ini t.he 40's
though may wife could( charm eve
the anigels wvhen she touch the chior
of her old1-fashioned piano, and siui
(nel1 men to her will andl wish wit
the power of music. But I was
i desperately in love with her then
and I reckon would have married her
any how, music or no nutsic-that is
i if she would have had me, and I
I reckon sho would. Honors were
3 easy. "But "music hiath charms to
> sootho the. savago breast," and sho
soothed mino. "Oh, musict what is
L it and where does it dwell ?" My
wife stills plays when feeling sad,
and can't tell why. Ono of our
daughters has recontly bought a
r baby Grand, and my wyife plays on it
a good deal, for hor fingors though
not as angelic as they used to be,
I havo not lost their magic touch and
she declaros that if she had ono like
that ill the house it would renow her
youth.
Vell, it is comforting to fool
assured that after all our troublos
1and apprehensiols, the South is on
top again. As my friend Colonel
i Killobrow says. "She is on top
- and if' thoro is any highor pinnaclo,
I sho will be on top of that."
i,n. Am.
Johnson's
Chill and
Fever
Tonic
Cures Fever
In One Day.
DON"T WVORRiV.
3
it Does not Pay ant MHakei a Woman Old
and H1omkkly,
o1e facos of tho women11 ono pass
o ill the stroot form a curious and,
too often, a maddoning story, says
the Family Doctor. Ono woman
purses up her lips, another scrow
her eyes into unnaturalness, whilo a
third will wrinklo up her forehead
and eyebrows until sho looks abso
lutoly ugly. The trick is an uncon
sciouS on1e, but, it is none the less Ia
trick, and a had one. There is no
1 reason Wihy a woman should 100k
forbidding and bad-tempered just
becauso she is annoyed aboit omo
Y thing. Doop-seated troublo lia ai
way of writing itsolf upon the face
Y whether we will or not. Sickness,
too, has its own handwriting, and
'will not be concealed by art. But
1 the frown caused by sup)erficial trou
0bles should not be entertained b.y
the face for anm inistant. WVe shoula~
strive to look as p)leasatnt asposil
~for the sake of others; a correspond.
ing chcerfulness of temperament will
inevitably reault, and always to the
Ssweetening of our nature.
We cannot affordl to go about with
gloyfaces. TIo dlepress others in
not for us; our work is to cheer, it
raise up' to comfort, but we shall
'never (10 this unless we cultivate t
plasant demeanor, and the chieerful
Ll tempo)r insop)arable from it. Thlin
-brings us to that question of worry
s~ (an we put it more strongly thni to
-say that it is ,a' dut.y to putt care
worry, fretfulness behind 01n0? TIhI
1 habit must he learned, or we shat
1not "grow straight in tihe strengtl
of our spirit, and live out our life at
the light," as Swinb)urnoe so well putt
Sit. "It is diflicult to do that," sayt
som one1 01. We all know that it in
very hard, but wvomten are niot afrai(
of diliculties. Thne nuore (difliclt
tho right thinug is to do, the greater
reas-on for doing it. All we nooed it
to make the first effort--strengthi
Swill be born which will increase al
(1 each s1hMubsequet attemnpt, anid we(
1shall conquor in the enid. Salvation
0for women lies in this---not to be
overcome b)y troubles, but to over
conmo thoen.
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,y Bruises, Mores, Ulcers, SaLt Ithneum,r
f'ever Mores, Tletter, Chappedjus Hfands,
C Chnilbhatins, Corns, anid all Mlkin Krup-n
t Ions, and1( posittvely cetres IIle, or' nc
pay required. IL Is guaranteed to(iv
I- perfect tatfacOt(in orI mloneOy refitunded
hPr-Ice 25 cents per box. lFor sale by3
unhertion & OII der
Maj. Evans Tells of the Fight.
WATTS HAID IIC HAI) TO FIGHlT O tE.
TiltE, AN) IEE CEIOSE TIlE FOR MEIt.
Major Evans Thinks It was a Joke-IIe
Hays the Colege Boyn 'Wero Out for a
Herap and tiot It.
Columbia, S. C., Juno 22.-In tho
two and a half hours' 8ession which
the court of inquiry hold yesterday
nino witnossses were oxamined, and
almost all tho evidence that the
court will requiro hoard. Major B.
B. Evans q0011od to considor the
procoodings a hugo joke.
Genoral Watts took the stand and
made a statement of his posi-'on and
also to say that the press of the State
had done him an injustico. A, 12
o'clock the court was called to order.
A numbor of ladies and spectators
woro in attondanco. Polico Sorgoant
Jones said that he gave orders, as is
the custom, for Policomen Dowie
and McQuarters to act under the
orders of the ofilicors inl chargo of the
inspection.
Privato Jamos Diunining, of the
vojuntoors, told of his part in the
disturbance. When hlo (litted rankt1
lie said thoro wias no order in the
company. IHo wont bick to Police
man Dowoie and tried to stop the
light. A student cursod him and he
answered bac hat the sui 8ident li
botter notl attemipt violonce as hp
had his gun and would use ;.
Mijor B. B. Evans, who had beni
invitod to accomlpanly 0Genoral Watts
on the inspection, said that as to the
cause of tho disturbance that thoro
Was nll ovident desiro on the part of
son to have trouble, which lhe
thought could easily have beon
avorted by the authorities.
Professor Sloan, in bis opiiion,
howevor, was determined to show
that. he was pre-iUdeont of the college,
and (onoral Watt.4 wishod it under
st.ood that lie was head of tho militia.
This wias the cause of the disturb
alceo, of which he has boon nmore
fiully convinced since by the inflami1
atory spoeecl of Dr. Woodrow to the
students uponl his rot,urn. 'I'hie col
lqe boys would uqther figl)t, than dq
Iythiing else.
Asked about the disturboance at,
the third ase, the witiless answoret4
that when Gener-d Watts orderecd
the policemiani to movo hiacki tlo
crowd thero was jooring. As to its
nature, le said ho could (not imiato
it. If anyono did call out to " lat
him up, whislcors," Ie supposed it
had boon because Uneral Watts no
longer had'anly nloustache. (TIhis refo
ronico was to (hen Watts hrav'ing shaved
otf his mioustache. ) MIajor 10vans
throughout, Ihis testimony shiowedl a
levity of spirit and frequently laughed
as if the proceedings avore farcical.
Goeneral WVatts rei terated a po0rt ion
of his former t.estimoniy and stated
that on o rder ing the potlice to mnove~ the
crowd back arid the students refusrinrg
to go, the plem)1l p resenited itself
whoeiher he ihiould retire from the
field, wheore he had permrissionr to be,
and( leave it to a body of disorderly
students or atssert hiis authorit.y and1(
drive thomn off. lie chose the latter.
Court ad(jou' ned till ):30) o'clock
to-mnorrowv.
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Shioeinrg IIorses a111nd Mules, ini connee0
tioni~ wih mfy pracLtice. I personallIy
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all defects and vices, without extra
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