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* . / ? \ ' V h ' y ? r'XIl iflrfrs^ti rpxii^ it\i / a\i ' rrf'it i?c< tzssgcsi iw^tt^ss:i i h w, i \ ii i v 'i 1 vi lis |?*3swv?s| K| rori-* ?d | 1 11 U 1^ 1 lU.. 1 J. 6 . Jl JJ K /? | SZ.'' <?:.i.Ts ^'"iSE t jj) Blw.dc Light.. fl . ? j^,!;.-;,, I ?|,u.ti.Kfl. | VOL. LII. NO. 51. Th.Pn.gr. UNION, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY. DECKMBER 11), 1002. ?LQ0 A YKAU. < ??p???? ?? ?? ' * ' ? nrain r* - 1 A ocnoAiiun OICURET} IN THE MANSION ' HOUSE LAST NIGHT. Robert Davis, Overseer at Huguenot Mills, ^ Fires His Pistol at Gosaett ? Considerable Excitement Produced? Parties Arrested lint Afterwards Meleaactl on Bond?Franklin's Narrow Escape?Mrs Goasett is the Woman Who Disappeared From Pacolet With Dr. Montgomery Several Days Ago. (Greenville No*s Dec. 14th.) A sensation occurred last night at 8;30 o'clock nt the Mansion house when llobert Davis, overseer of the card room at the Huguenot mills, entered room No. 54, occupied temporarily bv A. 0. FrankJiu, of Pelliaui, aod Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Gesjsott, of Pacolet, and fired a pis'ol. lie Duuet missing JPranklin a left side by the width of a garmeut. With the report of the pistol came loud scream a ot a wonnu. The afVt fair produced the most intense excitement and in a few seconds a number of men in the hotel lobby rushed to the room, where they found three men struggling over a pistol and tho woman standing by screaming with fright. Chief of Police Kennedy and Sergeant Gunnels were soon on the scene and the parties were placed under arrest. Davis was taken to the station house and put behind iron bars, but was afterwards released on $26 bond given by Mr. Mullalv, Mr, and Mrs. Gossett and Mr. Franklin gave a bond of 810 each, bat it was afterwards refunded. Mr. Franklin, his daughter, Mrs. Gosaett, and her husband were guests , it the' Mansion house. Shortly after supper the three repaired to Mr. Gossett's room, where they were j engaged in discussing family affairs when in a short time they were joined m _ by Jftr. Davis who htd come up at the iivitation of Mr. Fnnklin, an old friend. The four were laughing and talk ing, mnd apparently having a jolly time-. Something was said by Gossett which offended Davis, who left the room, returning in about ten minutes with a pistol. Davis knocked at the door and as it was opened by Mrs. .Gossett, it is said, that he rushed by the woman with his pistol in hand and attempted to shoot Mr. Gessett. He was immediately grabbed by Mr. Franklin. The pistol was fired, the bullet passing through Franklin's coat and ve3t and clipping a suspender buckle from his pants, but never touchod his skin. Mr. Davis and Mr. Gossett had been drinking, as the odor of strong corn could be easily detected. After .the occurrence Chief Kenned j found a pint bottle of liquor on the bureau in the room where the shooting took place. Mrsf Gossett is the woman who created a sensation at Pacolet about j ten days ago by mysteriously disappearing with Dr. Montg)mery, a prominent druggist of that town. Mr. GfMSAtt had Arranorrtd wit.k Via wife's father, Mr. Franklin, to bring her to the Mansion house, where he would meet her, and it was his hope that they would be able to settle the differences between thorn. Mr. Franklin and his daughter came to Greenville yesterday morning and registered as A. C. Franklin and daughter. Yesterday afternoon Mr. Gossett arrived here over the C. k G. division, and went at oneo to the hotel, where he registered as J. 0. Gossett When seen by a reporter last night Mr. Gossett insisted that the occurrence be kept out of the paper. When told it would be impossible to grant his request he then insisted that a fictitious name bs substituted for his. He said that the reason he had registered J. C. Gossett was to prevent any of bis friends here in Greenville knowing that he was in the city; that they knew of his wife having left him several days ago and he didn't want them to know that he was here to meet her. lie is a young man and holds a Hesponsible position with the Pacolet lanufacturing company. In referee to the occurrence in the hotel, Ir. Goesett and Mr. Franklin tells same story, which is about as follows; *4Mr. Davis Came into the room; wo were laughing, telling jokes and tsousaing things in general. Mr. i JJaviS made a remark about sorn? friend of his and I (Mr. Gossett) said in a jeking way, 4Is he a white tnnu? This seemed ta offand Mr. Davis lie got mad and began talking load and my wife ordered him out of the room, lie left and in about ten minutes returned. When my wife opened the door he rushed by hei and tried to get to me, when Mr. Franklin grabbed him." Mr. Davis is father of Robert Davis who was shot accidentally several days ago by Ilamp Levi, near the Dixon Annex. lie is regarded by his employers as a steady, reliable man. To a reporter last night Mr. Davis said that he had known Mr. Franks lin for ahnnk twpniu *< ? !?? M. ? W VUVJ J V?? Uj ?U?V AU1 Franklin carae to his house jesterday afternoon and promised to return and spend the night with him. While ho was on ihe street yesterday Mr. Franklin asked him up in tho hotel to meet his daughter, Mrs. Gossett. "While we four were talking Mr. Gossett asked Mr. Franklin if I was a white man. Mr. Franklin told him that I was a good man and a good friend of bis. Mr. Gossett then said, 4I believe ho is a d?n negro.' Now you know that is pretty bard for a man to take," said Mr. Davis to the reporter. "I loft the room. When I returned and started in both of the men came at rap, and I pulled my pistol." Mr. Franklin is assistant superintendent at Pelham miils. He brought his daughter here to meet Mr. Gossett with the hope that they might settle the differences between them. He regrets the occurence very much. POINTED PARAGRAPHS Winnowed From the President'a Annual Message to Congress by the Greenville Daily News. This nation is composed of men winnowed aut from among the nations of the old world by the energy, boldness, and love of adventnre found /n their own eager hearts. We have played a large part in the world, and we are bent upon making oar fixture even larger than the past. javon it we would we cannot play a small part. If we should try, we should play a large part ignobly and shamefully. Our people, the sons of men who had iron in their blood, rejoice in the present and face the future high of heart and resolute of will. Our is not the creed of the weakling and coward. Ours is the gospel of hope and of triumphant endeavor. Never before has material welUbeing been so widely diffused. The plain people are better ofT than ever before. When conditions have favored the growth of so muck good, they have also favored somewhat the growth of evil. The evils are real, but they arc -L. .a me outgrowta, not ol misery or decadence, bul of prosperity. A fundamental base of civilization is the inviolability of property; but this is in no wise inconsistent with the right of society to regulate the exercise of the powers it confers upon owners of property. We are not attacking corporations, but endeavoring to do away with any evil in them. We draw the line against misconduot, not against wealth. Publicity can do no harm to the honest corporation. We need not be overtender about .sparing the disbonost corporation. Insistence upon the impossible means delay in achieving the possible. Effort to obstruct any attempt at betterment betrays blindness to the historic truth that wise evolution is the snre safeguard against revolution. rm. i_ ?I..: .i xu? ouiy relation 01 me tarin 10 big corporations is that the tariff makes manufacturers profitable. The tariff" remedy (for trusts) would simply make manufacturers unprofitable. Stability of economic policy must always be the prime economic need of this oountry. This stability should not be fossilization. The ceuntry has acquiesced in the wisdom of the protectiye tariff principle. It is most earnestly to be wished that we could treat the tiriff from the standpoint solely of oar business needs. > The well-being of the wage-work er. i like the well-being of the tiller of the soil, should be an essential in . shaping our whole economic policy. 1 There must never bo any change i that will jeopardize the standard of i comfort of the American wagc> worker. This is an era of federation and . combination. Organized capital and organized ; labor alike should remember that in - the long run the interest of each must be brought into harmony with 1 the interest of the general public i The conduct of each must conform to the fundamental rules of obedience to the law, of individual freedom, and of justice and fair dealing to nil. Sure disaster will come upon both if cither grows to take as habitual an attitude of sgur hostility and distrust toward the other. Any kind of class animosity is. if possible, even more wicked, even more destructive to the national welfare. than sectional, race, or religious animosity. We can get good government only upon condition that we judge each man upon his individual merits. We are neither for the rich man as such nor for the poor man as such. We are for the upright man, rich or poor. Cuba has become a part of our international political system. She should be given some of the benefits of our economic system. We should always fearlessly insist upon our rights in the face of the strong, and we should with ungrudging hand do our generous duty by the weak. We, the giant republic, should make all our sister nations of the American continent feel that we desire to show ourselves effectively their friend. The world has not progressed suf ficiently to render it possible or necessarily desirable, to invoke arbi (ration in every case. No independent nation in America need have the slightest fe?r of aggression from the United States. No policy ever entered inio by the American people has vindicated it* selfinamorc signal manner than the policy of holding the Philippines. Not only does each Filipino enjoy such rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness as he has never beforo known, but the people as a whole enjoy a measure of self-government greater than that granted to any other Orientials, save the Japanese alone. We have not gone too far in granting these rights, but we have certainly gone to the limit that in the interests of the Philippine people themselves it is wise or just to go. It may be questioned whether the world has seen a belter example of constructive statesmanship than our people have given in the Philippines. 'lhe triumph of our arms?above all the triumph of our laws and principles?has come sooner than we had any right to expect. Too much praise cannot be given tho army for what it has done in the Philippines. In battle the only shots that count are the shots that hit. We have deliberately made our own certain foreign policies which demand the possession of a first class navy. A good navy is not a provocative of war. It is the surest guaranty of peace. Fatuous self-complacency or shortsightedness in refusing to prepare for danger is both foolish and wicked. washingTon letter. (From Our Regular Correspondent.) Washington, D. C., Dec. 15, 1902. Word has been received by Secretary Hay that General Tasker II. Bliss has accomplished, in Havana, the task for which he was sent to Cuba and has f>ithnr npnrnf.iatpd a reciprocity treaty or Las procured a protocol which provides for such treaty. As heretofore stated in these letters, the new treaty provides for a reduction of the Dingley duties on imports froin Cuba of 20 per cent, anu secures in return therefrom ma? terial concessions from Cuba. Cuba is to adopt maximum and minimum tariff schedules, the former to be assessed on imports from all countries other than the United States. In exemplification of the workings of i the new treaty it is stated that at present Cuba imports more cotton I froo?K of wh'eS she i3 a large con; sutner, from Uoropo than from tin i United The new tariff wil! I give the United States an advantagej in tariff oflioin to 40 |?ci c nt. j mid wiil thus insure a monopoly ot . the Cuban market. The same is I \ irtunlly true of linen goods, etc. j The President is raid to have secured j pledges from many senators to sup , port the new treaty a fid the adnjinisi tr&tion does not believe it will meet with strong opposition. The Senate I Coir, in it tic on Foreign Relations j determined t?? insert a clause in the | ratification of the treaty requiring j the consent of the House but the republican leaders fay that will nut be hard to oNtain. The Venezuelan trouble is the occasion of some anxiety on tbe part of the administration although it is believed the fuct that Great Britain is party to the b< logerei.t torces will have a tendency to restrain Germany from the high 1 auded proceedings she might attempt were she alone engaged. The sinking of Venezuelan ships by the Admiral has led to suspicion of the attitude of the latter country, however, and the President and his Cabinet arc watching the situation wi?h closest interest. The gunboat Marietta has been ordered to Lu Guayara to protect American interests. The President has made it very clear that be will not interfere with ihe nmst drastic measures for collecting the debt which Venezuela owes btr forttgu creditors but will promptly protest at any attempt at territorial acquisition. Both the President and Secretary Hay are much pleased at the good offices perfoiined by the United States Minister Bowcn at Caracas, tbe latter having secured the release of tho English and German consuls and citizens whom President Castro at first imprisoned and having been made tbe incd:um for an arbitration propesition by the Venezuelan President, a proposition which it is feared comes too late for acceptance by G<r**??ny and Great Britain, it bos, hoTTcvor} l>o?u >hihmitted to both nations throagh the State Department. Little has been accomplished in the Senate during the p.vt week. The lid appropriating?50,000 for the expenses, etc., of tho Anthracite Coal Strike Commission was passed on Thursday after an interesting dehate several senators opposing the measure because they considered the President had exceeded the constitution in designating government officers for a work not authorized by Congress. Thursday also witnessed in the Senate a brief but exciting skirmi-h between Senator Quay and these Senators opposed to the udmission of I.. . :? ?;? * iiiu ifrruuries aspiring 10 SiuteilOoft. The Pennsylvania Senator franklv stated that it lnd been common talk in coramiRto room ami lobby that the bill was to be killed-by dilatory tactics but that be was proprnd to k'stand pat" on the proposition that statehood hitd been promised by the platform of the last national convention and, lie added, 'Tf the Republican party can Ire to the people about one plank it can lie about all." The opposition, while avoiding the direct implications of Senator Quay, sparred for time and the matter was postponed, to be taken up at - o'clock today. That the majoiity of all the Senators are in favor of granting statehood to all three territoiies and that a majority of the Republicans are opposed to it, is evident, but there is considerable likelihood that the opposition will gain its point and prevent the bill coming to a direct vote. Although the Senate has formally accepted tho educational test clause dn the Immigration bill, there is reason to fear that it will he eliminated in conference. This clause, which requires that every application f>r admission to the country must be able to read intelligently, in his own language, a passage from the constitution, and is intended to exclude the low class of labor now coming fioin southern Europe, is vigorously opposed by the railroads and other great corporations which desire an abundance of the cheapest labor from which to draw their loweH class of laborers. Tbey have strong influence in Washington and will leave no stone unturned to defeat the educational clauso for whioh some of the ablest statesmen have been working for years. HERE AND THERE. ' J <tf Internet C.iti-t :v-i <io:n :*i~ .t 11,r< >ir y.*r... The slii|.ir.tn; ofr :?-l cotton '?Tio<li throuc'i L:?i " > ! l\?rtn i(ico tc-c-t-' tho IVi/.??r ll.illH. j'Iji? n: ! . lit * .fc, * A K jii* CO|i t' C' 'iff i G btt ntctotl at \ ?o c ?'.'* { . avc-mie and Ponchtsco s'iv-hc ;.i A - j litr,?a, Ga. Work on this l;.w j eilitice to be begun in t.ic < : spi ing. 3fi I; will be of interest to the C?i of i?cv. It. (j. iVavson, the ov-n * the; to learn 5!..it he has aee-pu-d ? professorship in Cumberland l. i?i\ *roity, at Lebanon, Tcnn., and v..'' teach the E.igii-h Bible. W. T. CJ-ivony, Cievk of Wui. camp, W. of W., lloek Hill, lias r--eeivul from the sovereign eiunj. : eheck for ?l,0v>0, payable (o M Bell B. Neely, a wi'low of the i: ?John B. Needy, a member of tl 1 Woodmen organization. * >;: "Oa account < f r: .> ..resent ir.a (jur.ti! facilities fr :.*.?idiin<? tin.* ma;lin 1 he Ath*<to pu.o>ini,o. it will he necessary in tb,; near future to o tublish a station or stations of ibo office in order to relieve the cong-stion." * * * A ehiiUe'' granted the Easily Publishing C ippit'-y of Eis'ey, which will istue a newspaper and do a j b punting husin*'>'S *-n a capital sto.'h of 3-.000. Toe 1 Ulcers a?e I). F. Bradley. pre.;i b i>:; J. M. ficer, vice president-, and J. T. L itherd, beerlary and treasurer. * * You have hoard many a biast fu1 man sav, "I take a. drink whene-wr I " T? . -1 - x Mijiii i'i. hut, ir.ijT is not \')( f.Vouble. It is the chap who takes a -^riulr when he doesn't vatit t> who in throwing bimcelf to tfco d;g--i and depriving himself and family of bread. And the cursed fool enlis it biing a "good follow."?Now York Press. * * * The steamer Si'virion began the work of laying the cables from S.m Francisco to I loin lulu list Friil.iy. President Mackny s:y\s the line v il be open by Chimim is ami be completed to Manila next Ju'y. To atanda witnessed the ceremony at the beach, including school children and public officials. * * Jf: To euro catarrh purchase 10 cents wotth i f scales of i aline which may be found at any ding store. Put two or three scrbs in barmnnt'i vial. IIcat over lamp and inhale fumes. Having f.lled nostiils vi i*. the fumes hold nose and f re* gentry through the middle ear. !).? this every day fir throe weeks,"then skip n few d?ys end commence again. Continue until cured. This receipt Coines from a fine physician. * * * Mr. II J. Love, of Kings Crock, f und a nugget of virgin gold 0:1 hi* place that weighed - ounces and "> drums, the market value of which is not fir from ^">0. It is'propnbly the largest nugget ever found in York county. Mr. Love's nugget was weighed hy Mr. Carr, the druggist. It was tested with acid and in other ways. It is < vid aitly natural, as it resembles in shape a piece of load spelter and is ahao3t as heavy as lead. * The News and Cornier l as been I reporting big turnips lately but the ! one Kpnr in l?v "\Ti? Kir..* <f V i I - V "* J* j son, takes the cake. B peaking of! the competition the Nswa and Courier soys: "The Megatherium product grown by'Mr. King in Anderson, ami now in this office to show fir itself, weighed when first excavated?not t> say digged?'20J pound* without the top, and after svrral davs drying still weighs over 17 pounds. This makes it weigh, with'u' a top, abnut as much ns the Pickens product?its nearest competitor?with a top. and about 1J pounds more than the Pickens pr-duot with the top. Bo ir, 19 far ahead of its largest rival, and now holds the record, casilv, for the Bute." r rr-s GOOD TIMES AHEAD. 1'trhk Till* of a Hit- Time Xm is. l.o'.s of /to Will, t.i Wi.'jJ at Home, l'cr.- onal Notes. . I.);:AK I'D; i?' : j I o:;eo More, afti r lon^ > iloti'*/*, i t.tk'o tiiuo o -vrite ? t'-w iimms ro the tj; ) ) I ?>i i r> .iahio, 'i iii: I i < i.\ i'im i;s. 1 0: t\> mi.I-! is at km- -ioor a?n| ( verv* 1 ot.iy i- forwaru to ?? ?i il?pv j time ' u*. io-Vf. t sjj.'cin'l v t!... 2.->th, ; for t?'io:o will l.?? a X'ii'is ?reo at Mr. \\ i)liit*u 1? jiIi.'v'-j nc 1 a clock. JlvcryhoiK' is eroliaUy i:?vi*u,l to K'ino ar.il i dp to fio?re of tin* i?oml c* liti that's in ?t'for thoso v!.o will be there. Mr. EJi or, you uiUetbo* sui'i* to c ?mv. Mo.-sr*. A. .1. Greer, Haskell Moore Mi'l little Gordon 1 >Isri??j> went to Spartanburg on business lust Wednesday and returned Frid ?y. Miss lhnma .So irks to-urned from Spartanburg Saturday win re sho bus been visiting friends ? <1 relative's. Miss Mary 0 ?fl -M, who is teaching the Fair For.-.?: s !> ? >< h"r*?, vvi'l spend Xuns at her homo m G )>hen ilili township. Mr. A. -J. Greer. aceomntub<1 by <n-: of Oros-s Key-s' pot Manning belles. Miss Ksute 1?. M.^'c, usited i-ufl'.i!) Sunday. Mi nt M<0 '?> took charge of the post oilice at iluffilo Monday 1 Mb. Tin re are better pv?v*ppfys among our farmers here for n.-xt year, with a good crop of corn, peas and a medium crop of cotton f-r this year. There is a luri/e cr^p of oata,ol?iver, rye and wheat rowed tr.i ? f.til in this immediate section. 'Mime is also plenty of got u nice h.-gs i<> kill, which i.s another help to our fa;mors. 1 think wjjf ?r:iievs will soon are that it pays tyiive sit home. I'Va^rog too lengthy a letter I chso wishing :t happy Xsus to The Times and its readers. t'athick. J Tow io I*rcvet:t '"roup. If. -i n i.(? : > ?.vs t1 ???? mothers <if {Hindi c'! .*?*;i'*? Jo i*?.; :? t J :?t oroi.-ji p??i 1m P ile 1. T'oc th-l n'. rrc pis ll ?vir-r;;ieftS A <l;>y t wi> Ik'Coip tllH :i'Jjv^k Hie doM 1 j-.? <. *i;*S Tills i-. so > i in", iv. tl !y i> co.'iar r? uph foo^ii. <11vti i l .iin'Militia'.s < < uqh Item i v Deely : s soon ni In* cHld becoi.i \s tioiij v, or even sdler tie lot gh coil;ii aiip.-.ns, aril it v.i'.l <ts|i<laii yV hi j''olM > I-C cTJ'l.p. Ill ill s v;. vail l ii-.'ts' ??ud in -> he avoided. This irii'-'.iv iistHt in n.iinv thmiMindH o l" i! u? ai d ' a.j uev! r been known t f ii. ! i is, in fact. ti e only remedy t i'ii < in i! ;iv< ly depei ded ni'on and si.it. is rle.oaut and safe to take. For tib by F. C. Duke. Transportation by Land and Sea. The Scientific American has is? sued under dale ? f December 13, a special number devoted to the subject of "T?an.-p irt'iiion on Lanl and Sea." Of timely interest in this number are several articles < n tbe cr iv iii?* I'uilcd S'alOH marine Tf will be i' in' inhered that our shipping which was preferably wipped out of existence (luring the Civil War, has only this year reached the tonnage it represented in 1SG1. In dealing with the revival of our shipping industry, the Scientific American ii'iustrar " some of the host types of on- o.-vi-n and lake vessels, giving derails with which evtrv patriotic American should make himself acquainted. The "Transportation number also contains some interesting uiiiclss bearing on the subject ol tr.rlvit.es for passenger vessels and yachts. 1. rid*, r the hendirg of railroad transportation is an account of a ride to Chicago and hack in the locomotive cob of ti e Twentieth Century Limited, which will be found of c-peeial interest to the lay readers, while the ran Iter of a more technical nature i?> presented under the heading "Motes on the History of American Locomotives," "The Llack Signal System" end "Compressed Air Locarno'lives." Of importance under electric tractraO'i-m L tea description of a now 10,000 veitlocomotive which will bh mod in the Devlin-Zosscn test. A!ways (loci. Vv'hon *i?op'.a who nsa o;li3r brands of Hour no- ki ingr a^vou!. Ihoh: flour. trers of *'< "iiftt-ni'' nv?? iM'joyhitr th*r same conn nt.'nont aanf yo'o. Nothing hut sound wh>at U ua'.I H ntaking "Ulifton," honcw it ii always ?ood. Ask ><>ur &\\w for it. Ii' he does not. keep it <a'.l on the Union Cotton Mills^toieor Mac.butlx Young., j.