The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-12-30
Views and Interviews

| Mr.. j. c. Terrell, editor of the Mont
| ter, Johnston, S. c., is in the city visit
| ing his relatives in Wake and other parts
| OF North Carolina. He is son of the
| late DR.. 7. ]. Terrell, a native of this
county, who afterwards lived in Warren
| county, Mr.. Terrell has many friends in
Raleigh who are glad to see him at home
again. Mr.. Terrell was once telegraph
operator at Wilson and afterwards chief
train dispatcher of the S. A. l.. at Will
| mington.
Mr.. Terrell was the most important
witness for the prosecution in the Till
manGonzales trial. About six months be-
fore Tillman murdered Gonzales, just be-
fore the campaign ended, Tlliman told
Terrell that he was going to run for
governor and was going to be elected
and that if that fellow Gonzales attacked
him III his paper as he had been doing
he would go to Columbia and shoot nlm
down like he would a dog. upon my
remonstrance," said Mr.. Terrell, that
that would be cowardly and unjustifable,
and urging him not to do such a thing
as that, Tillman replied that Yes ne
was going down and shoot him and be
would give him no more chance than 1t
would mad dog. I replied to him that
would be wrong and / would not approve
OF such conduct and if he did l would
try to see that he was punished"
Mr.. Terrell says that in South Caro-
lima Nine tenths of the people who
read the papers and keep posted think
the acquittal q fearful miscarriage OF
justice. A majority of the non-readers
are more or less in sympathy with the
jury in their verdict because leaving the
questions of law out OF it they think
Gonzales opposition was carried to the
point of persecution.
"Tillman is practising law at Edgefield
and is getting a good deal Of business
from the element that sympa thized with
him. He is often successful with juries,
many of those who compose jurles IN his
county, having been IN sympathy with
him. He is a very striking looking man,
with magnificent figure. If you were to
meet him you would stop to look at him
twice. He is very shrewd and brainy
man and lawyer OF no mean attain
ments, but dissipation in his past life
has interfered with his business and moral
standing whether this experience win
teach him lesson is an open question
If it causes him to lead correct lite,
he has the brains to become a leading
man In his profession.
Hon. Charles r.. Thomas, congressman
from the Third district, who was in the
city yesterday, upon business and en-
route to his home at New Bern, from
Washington. says that the prospect OF
democratic success in the next preSlden-
tial campaign with Roosevelt as the re-
publican candidate for president (and
his nomination by the republican
party seems to be assuredly
exceedingly bright 81 think" said he eve
have the best fighting chance to carry the
country since Clevelands election in 1884
and 1892. Mr.. Roosevelt carried New
Yorw state as candidate for governor by
a comparatively narrow majority OF
about 1900 votes, while Mckinley had
carried the state at the previous cleo
tons by between 100000 and 100000 ma
jority The best informed people ia
miliar with conditions in New York state,
say that the prospect is good to place New
York's thirty-nine electoral votes in the
democratic column.
Those votes with the votes of the south
south, New Jersey, Maryland and some
gains in the middle Eastern states would
elect the democratic candidate" He thinks
that the democratic cause under the lead
and Hon John Sharp Williams in the
ii the house is being managed with great
skill and wisdom, and while there are di-