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VOL. LII. NO. 51. Th.Pn.gr. UNION, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY. DECKMBER 11), 1002. ?LQ0 A YKAU.
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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.
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<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."
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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.