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Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1903-10-07
TIE TILLMAN TRIAL.
SDme, of the Evidence Brought
Out by the Prosecution.
h1DAY's PROCEEDINGS.

To-day in the development of
the TIllman trial was as exciting
and startling as yesterday was
mad 3a aaull and monotonou' with
the Irsistent reading of editori-
ais. IT was day chock full of
uheApected testimony. 1t started
out As an editorial reading day,
butfoon developed a lively cross,
eKa ninatIon, and then in quick
secession followed crimin] ..4
threats and finally the cl9S-tut
testimony of eyesyitnessAs. The
STATE is Developments case won.
dsYtully well. p<fhis is, of course,
the tIms fol The prosecution to
~ itsschain and later on the
ice will have it's full oppor-
for the development Of its
ID the justification of the
8. Then, after all, when all
testimony is in, it will be
y of twelve men here to
,r the verdict upon the
ty.
,ay's proceedings were &C.
oa1 I'D by the introduction of
threats. The noteworthy
>, tature is that these threats, if
such the jury believe them to be,
were testified to by close friends
of Col. Tillman. The one was de-
livered to O. L. Terrell, who lives
In Edgefield county, and who has
been sufficiently intimate with
Gel. Tillman TO call him "Jim"
or Colonel" 1t was to this
friend that, the testimony show
ed, Tillman SAID he was going to
run for governor and be elected
and, referring to Gonzales, with
several osths, if he attacked him
like he had been doing he was
going down and kill him like a
dog. Terrell said: / remon-
shrated, told him l thought it
would be wrong in principle and
every way, and the best thing he
could do il he had given him any
iAsuit or cause for anything like
that was to go down there and
tackle him man to man and give
him what he thought he needed.
He SAID, no, that he was going
down there and give him no more
showing than he would a mad
dog.
And then, on another occasion.
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only TWO editorials during the
month of September, which were
read.
August Kohp, of The News and
Courier bureau, was the next
witness. he was subjected to a
severe cross examination as to
what Mr.GoDzalos'e feelings were
toward Col Tillman.
Both Mr.. Nelson and Col. Croft
took turns at the witness, and
it would not be becoming in this
correspondence to have too much
to say about the tilt. The exam
ination lasted for long time and
it would be giving entirely too
much space to irrelevant testi-
mony to publish it in full.
Mr.. Kohn's position was that
Mr.. Gonzales had never spoken
to him about Mr.. Tillman and
what he thought of him person
ally. He judged, however, that
from the editorial expressions he
did not think very much OF him,
but as to having personal feeling
against Tillman, he could not
speak Of his own knowledge.
He suggested and insisted that
an editor might say harsh things
about man in public life and
still not harbor any resentment
or personal feeling towards that
man, and it might be necessary
in the performance Of a public
duty to say unpleasant things
about men seeking office, but that
didn't mean that there was any
personal enmity on the part Of
the editor.
The witness suggested that a
prosecuting officer Yin -dseharge
of his duty often said larsh
things about prisoner, buy that,
too, didn't mean that there was
personal enmity toward the pris-
oner. Witness insisted that he
could not tell what we're the in
nermost feelings of Mr.Gonzsles,
deep down In his heart, towards
Col. Tillman, and stuck to this
regardless of the cross examina-
ton.
The next witness was Mr.. F. O..
Withers, of the business office of
The State, who testified, that he
searched Mr.. Gonzales after the
shooting, Immediately after Mr..
Gonzales was taken into The
State Office, and that he saw no
weapon on his person.
On cross examination Mr.. With.
ers testified that he got to The
State office after MIR. Gonzales
was shot, before any physician
got there. he never saw a pistol
In the drawer of Mr.. Gonzales's
desk. He did not know whether
or not Mr.HamptontGibbes made
an examination of the desk.
Mr.C.T.Terrell, of johnston. in
Edgefeld county, who is editor
of the Johnston Monitor, said he
met Mr.. Gonzales on a car and
knew Mr.. Tillman very we'll. He
knew Mr.. Tillmsn very well, as
they were both from the same
county.
Mr.. Terrel's testimony was the
first dramatic feature of today.
He went along until he got up to
the point as to whether there
were any threats made by Till
man in his hearing, when he said {:
"We were walking along and
spoke to Tillman about his health
and his improvement from his
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Often The Kidneys Are
Weakened by OYer-Work.

Unhealthy Kidneys Make Impure Blood.
II used to be considered that only
urinary and bladder troubles were to be
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told him and friend, Mr.. Black /:
"Black, old boy, am going to
do what l said l was going to.
l am going to put an end to his
way of slandering and abusing
me. l am going to put stop to
it," Something about in that
nature.
Then in Columbia Mr.. Terrell
says James n. Tillman, address
Ing Mr.. r. j. Watson, an associ-
ate of Mr.. Gonzales on The State,
told him: THAT scoundrel with
some oaths before) in that build
ing yonder had attacked him" +"
He went on to say about his at
tacking him and being unjust to
him and made some threat,
don't remember the nature of it,
but he said he had heard as much
of it as he was going to have and
made some demonstrative threat
and told Mr.. Watson: you can
tell him that If you want to-"
Watson declined to do it. He
said: 81 wish you would do IT..
| made it with that intention of
going to him" But Mr.. Watson
declined to do it.
The most serious evidence that
has been given came from K. @. l..
Adams, of Rlchland county. He
is of the distinguished Adams
family that has given governors
and other famous men to South
Carolina. When the Spanish
American war came on DR..
Adams volunteered and went
into service of Col. Tillmsn's
regiment. Today he testified
that the mem bers OF the regi.
ment, in his opinion, loved Col.
Tillman.
When the campaign for gov
ernor was on DR.. Adams toSE IF
his coat aud worked for 'Tillman
and showed his Friendship by
voting for him. To-Day he testi-
fed.
He told how be went to Col.
Tillman and s&Tised him that if
he Wished Ito be governor of
South Carolina he would have to
fight Mr.. Gonzales, and the men
who were supporting him expect.
ed him to defend himself.
Col. Tillman is said to have re-
piled to this by saying: "That
won't do, because | am lieuten-
ant governor and will be I'M
peached, but you boys need not
worry, for, by God, l will snuff
out his light" pointing to a pis.
tol in his satchel.
Then DR.. Adams says he sug-
gested to Col. TIllman to 90 to
The State office and fight him,
whereupon Col. Tillman said he
could not get fair play. DR..
Adams said he offered to 90 with
him and see that he got 1t.
Upon this Col. Tillman replied:
"By God, that won't do"
Then, again, DR.. Adams said
someone read Col. Tillman some
editorials In The State that Mr..
Gonzales wrote about any chal-
lenge from Til!man being a mock
theatrical" or something like
that, and Col. Tillman suggested
In reply: "He can call it mock
theatrical if he wishes to, but /
will make it the God -damndest
tragedy that ever occurred in
South Carolina"
PROCEEDINGS IN DETAIL.
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Therefore, when your kidneys are weak
or out of order, you can understand how
quickly your entire body is affected and
how every organ seems to fail to do its
duty.
If you are sick or "fecl badly" begin
taking the great kidney remedy, DR..
Kilmer's Swamp-Root, because as soon
as your kidneys are we'll they will help
all the other organs to health. trial
will convince anyone.
II you are sick you can make no mis-
take by first doctoring your kidneys.
The mild and the extraordinary effect of
DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, the great
kidney remedy, is soon realized. 1t
stands the highest for its wonderful cures
of the most distressing cases, and is sold
on its merits by all EyF
druggists in fifty-cent sJgiI5F9S
and one-dollar size !;tttt;s
bottles. You may ---sSSstsl. saslsasssllfE1sE
have sample bottle Homo OF svamp-Roo.
by mail free, also pamphlet telling you
how to find out if you have kidney or
bladder trouble. Mention this paper
when writing to DR.. Kilmer s. Co., Bing-
haulton, n. Y. Don't make any mistake,
but remember the name, Swamp-Root,
DIR. Kilmer's Swamp Root, and the ad-
dress, Binghanton, N. ", on every bottle.
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on its merits by all
druggists in ffty-cent
and one-dollar size
bottles. You may
have n sample bottle
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SOUTHERN RY
Schedule in effect jan. I3, 1893.
Read Down
Moss, Daily
Read UP
No. 81, Daily
Between Kingsvils and Blacksburg

These trains, NCs 80 and "a, will stop only at
Summerville, Branchville, orangcburg and St.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1903-10-16
A Supreme Court CIerkship.

VS. were made the recipient
today Of pleasant call from Mr..
A. G. FAINT, of Macon. who is
making canvass Of the state,
being an aspirant for the office of
supreme court clerk.
Mr.. FAINT comes from a family
whose name is an honored one.
He is son of the lamented DR..
FAINT, who did good service in the
confederate army as regimental
surgeon, and q. brother of j. C.
FAINT, superintendent Of the pub.
lie schools of Meridian.
Worthy of the position by 8
most upright past life and compe
tent for the place in every sense
the word conveys, we ask of the
people kind consideration of his
misunderstanding Progress.
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Judge Perrin II. Lowrey who

Judge Perrin Fl. Lowrey who
has presided over the Second
judicial district for the past three
years has rendered his resignation
and the governor has named as
his successor Hon. j. Is. Boothe
of Pamela county. Judge Lowrey
made a most acceptable officer
while on the bench and won the
esteem and confidence of the peo-
pie OF the state who saw in him
an upright and conscientious Judge.
Judge Boothe is an able lawyer
and well prepared to discharge the
delicate duties of the position to
which he has been elevared.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1903-10-16

Ideals are not dead. Senti-
ment is not dead. Sunday night,
on the W isconsin shore, a squat
struck fishing boat in which were
twenty-one persons. Blast after
blast carried away the upper
works and the waves rolled into
the body of the craft, causing it to
sink rapidly. The time was short
for preparations, and, as it was
twelve human beings went down
to death with the disappearing
hull; but while time remained
every man Of the HOPELESS little
party worked for the lives of the
women.
AS the purser tells the story {:
1T was clear that there was only one
hope of anyone being saved, and
that was by clinging to the wreck
age. gave orders for the men to
put the women on it first They
did so and behaved well, every
man remaining on the sinking
boat until the women had been
placed on pieces of the cabin and
other wreckage.''
Then the men, several Of them,
sank to death for their pains.
They did only what is expected of
men; only what could have been
demanded of them; they paid the
penalty which strength owes to
frailty they accepted their part IN
the situation.
They died as heroes; more than
that; as men. For an ideal, or
tradition, they overcame the power
full, birth given instinct of living
and self preservation. Man here
died at his best and noblest. All
that we loye in him rose to over.
power the animal IN him-and it
conquered without battle, with
out an instant's indecislon, with
out visible tremor or play of ex-
preston to tell the story of sacri-
fee and self-immolatiOn.
These heroes died unsuing.
Theirs was a simple and but a
natural heroism-they but proved
that the ordinary being is not
without his greatness.-St. Louis
Republic.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1903-10-16

w. W. Simonton, of this city,
has just been: granted patent for q
lifting jack which he believes will
be Generosity adopted by the rail.
road. 1t consists of certain de.
vices whereby, when the box is be.
ing lacked up, the car wheel will
be held down at the same time in.
stead of raising off the rail. One
man can operate the new jack and
do it IN much shorter time than
it takes two or three to do it now
with the old jack. Mr.. Simonton
has already been made an offer
for half interest in his invention,
but has refused it. He is the War
rent and Pension Clerk in the
Auditors office.-Jackson Cor.
Picayune.
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Opinions OF Others.

Certainly the Confederacy was
no deader than the original Pana.
ma Company. Its revival-or
paper-was the merest stock job.
bling speculation. The Lampre
scheme came as an after thought.
It played into the hands of the
trans continental railway ring in
America. It enlivened times
around the Place de la Bourse in
Paris. AS we have seen, it gave
the gray wolves of Washington
and the gamblers of Wall street
and the Cercle Union six months
of pleasurabie exeitment and six
months of hopeful expectancy, to
end in rather ridiculous but final
collapse at Bogotas under the
ministering hand. of Old Trans
continental and his ingenious,
though provisional, lobby.
Funny! Yes, you bet it is fun
ny! Try some more, you ron t.
abouts and, whilst you have your
hand in, don't forget to mention
that the president Of your much
heralded Ithmain canal commits
sion reported three times in favor
of Nicaragua before be- reported
once In favor Of panamals-Louis-
vile CourIer-Journal.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1903-10-16

There is one man who is can.
didate for Clerk of Supreme Court
that the: people Of this section will
not take to very much. That is
Henry Yeager of Jackson. He
was correspondent for the Com
mercial Appeal during the recent
primary election and it will be
remembered how unfair the Mis-
sissippi department was to Major
Vardaman. The protests of our
people then were without effect,
but they can and will be heard
from at the ballot box in NoYem-
ber.-Hickory Flat Vidette.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1903-10-16

President Roosevelt carries a
large pistol which stamps him as a
man of little nerve. 1t is only
the cringing and the weak who
feel that they are hunted aud have
constant fear of attack. If the
president could live awhile in the
south where gentlemen do not
feel the need of weapons he might
get his nerve restored, If he ever
had any. "
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1903-10-16
Tax Collectors Notice.

Notice is hereby given that
will visit the following named
places on the dates given for the
purpose Of collecting takes for the
year 1903. All parties desiring
to pay are requested to meet me al
their voting precinct
Corona, Monday Oct. 10Th,
Baldwin, Tuesday Oct. Goth.
Guntcwn, wednesday, Oct. 21st
Unity, Thursday, Oct 22nd.
Saltillo, Monday, Oct. 22nd.
Macedonia, Tuesday Forenoon,
Oct. 9th.
Leighton, Tuesday Afternoon,
Oct. 9th
Eggville, wednesday, Forenoon
Oct. %.
Auburn, wednesday Afternoon
Oct 18th. II.
Mooresville, Thursday, Fore
noon Oct. 26th.
Mooresville, Thursday, Forenoon
Oct. 29th.
Giivo, Thursday Afternoon Oct.
18th.
Richmond, Friday Both.
Petersburg, Monday, Nov. End.
Nettleton, Tuesday, Nov. 3rd.
Shannon wednesday, Nov .4th.
Plantersville, Thursday, Nov5th
Verona Friday, Nov. 9th.
g. W. LONG,
Sheriff and Tax Collector.
l0-l4-3t
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1903-10-16
Good ADVICE.

/ Tie Atlanta Constitution says
IF any man in Georgia is taking
the Constitution and not taking
his own county paper on the plea
that he cannot afford to take both;
wessay to him frankly he should
cut out the Constitution and give
his patronage to his home paper.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1903-10-16

Much has been said as to the
way a modern Missouri girl holds
up her skirts, but Liberty man
disarmed criticism the other day
as he watched pretty girl walk.
ing up the street with her skirts
gathered up. He remarked inno-
Gently: "It's all right, as far as
! can see. Liberty (Mo) Ad-
vance.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1903-10-16
GA Boston man has two adver

ga Boston man has two adver-
tisements, just alike, running
simultaneously in the same news
spaper He tried one advertise
pent,ahd the results were so good
that he. inserted another. What
he considered curious is that after
the two lads brought in more than
twice the business credited to the
first. "-Philadelphla Record.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1903-10-16
Election Notice.
State of Mississippi,
Lee County,


Lee County,
BY authority vested in the
undersigned Commissioners of
Election for said county and State,
the following named persons are
hereby appointed as Deputy Ticket
Commissioners, Managers and
Bailiffs: which Ticket Commits
sioners are under the Law peace
officers for the various voting pre-
cincts in said County, to hold and
conduct an Election for Governor,
Lieutenant Governor, Secretary
Of State, Auditor of Public Ac-
counts, State Treasurer, Attorney
General, Superintendent OF Pub
lie Education, Land Commissioner,
Commissioner of Insurance, State
Revenue Agent, Clerk Of Supreme
Court, three Railroad Commission
ers, two Senators for the 38th
Senatorial District, floater Rep
resentative' for the counties of Lee
and Itawamba, District Attorney
for the first Judicial District, a
Sheriff, Clerk of Chancery Court,
Clerk of Circuit Court, Treasurer,
Assessor, Superintendent of Pub
lie Education, Coroner, Surveyor,
one member of the Board of Super
visors, two Justices OF the Peace,
and one Constable, for each Super
visors District in said County, to
be held on Tuesday after the first
Monday being the 3rd day of
November 1908, towit.
BALDWIN PRECT.-W. 8. White,
T. R. Stubs, A. W. Caldwell,
Henry Tison.
MCGEE's STORE PREoT.-W. M.
Thompson, G. w. Epting, Will
Gibson, Jno. Cox.
GUNTOWN PRECt.-J. T. Bryson,
W. H. Green, W. R. Mitchell, E
c.. Norton.
sALTILLo PRECT.-Will Francis,
H. Baker, Frisbie Barrett, Ed
Powers.
DAVIS STORE PRECT.-D. f.
Woods, Rube Barton, A. j. Liv-
ingston, Will Mears.
UNITY PREcT.-Bob Love, w. A.
Smith, W. j. Coggins, B. M.
Elliott.
LEIGHTON PRECT.-J. G. Mitts,
j. M. Simpson, G. w. Ritter,
Jim Barnes.
TUPELo.-E. M. Witherspoon,
Allis Reese, D. R. johnson, R. F.
Robertson.
AUBERN. M. G. Cook, A.. P.
Carr, E. d. Clayton, Will Gregory,
EGGvILLE. Yves Garner, Mar
shall Talley, J. N. Monts, R. B.
Estes.
GILvo.-F. E. Ballard, w. H.
Abney, R. B. Lee, 6. w, Gillen-
tine.
MooREsvILLE M. M. Mullins,
L. Z. Trap, Willis Austin, Bob
Stovall.
RIoHMoND.-Ge Schumpert, R.
E. Estes, Tom Harris.
PLANTERsvILLE,-Z A. Hern-
don, K. G.. Biggers, j. A
Williams, &C. Rogers.
vERoNA,-Dave Clark, Ram
Gibson, j. M. jackson, W. w.
Garmon.
PALMETTO. p. s. Long, G. w.
Wardlaw, S. Caldwell, R. l.. Cobb.
sHANNoN.-F. P. McElwrath, J.
R. Poe, M. c. Yancey, E. NJ. Cor
man.
NETTLEToN.-W. w. Roberts, J.
R. Burgess, Will Hairston, w. H.
Park.
PETERSBURG w. T. Coggins,
S. A. Enloe, w. J. Payne, r. II.
Nicholson.
The persons herein as Deputy
Ticket Commissioners before they
can act as such, will have to take
an oath as required by law to be
administered 10y H. E. Porter, such
persons will therefore appear at
their earliest convenience and be
sworn.
Ordered by the Board OF Super
visors that the question of work
ing the public roads by contract
be voted on. Those in favor of the
contract system voting "aye,"
those opposed may"
III. E. PORTER,
I. B. ARNOLD,
n. L. WIICHER.
Elootionl GOrnni SSiOnorS
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RATES OF ADVERTISING.

DISPLAY advertisements at rate OF
100 per running inch per menth OF four
weeks. Liberal discounts made on yearly
contracts.
Notice of meetings OF strictly chart
table organizations will be inserted one
time free; all other notices must be paid
or.
All local notices will be charged at the
rate OF s cents per line each insertion.
No local taken for less than % cents
There will be no deviation from this rule
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1903-10-16

The man who says that there is
no money in farming would be
stumped if asked where all the
money that is now accommodating
in southern banks comes from. 1t
is piling up at rapid rate and the
great bulk of it was dug from the
soil and belongs to the farmer.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1903-10-16

A jim Crow law will be one Of
the measures the next Legislature
will be asked to consider. No
measure before the body will come
nearer getting unanimous vote.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1903-10-16

Let us all agree to adopt the
contract system of working our
public highways and put the coun-
ty convicts at work on the roads.
The county would make more
money out of the convicts and we
would have better roads. -
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1903-10-16

The Oktibbeha County fair at
Starkville last week was a pro-
nounced success. The occasion
was begun with an eloquent ad-
dress by Maj. Jas. K. Vardaman.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1903-10-16

A treaty with Costa RIGA and
Nicaragua which will guarantee
the building of the isthmian canal
over the Nicaragua route can be
concluded within ten days if Presi-
dent Roosevelt says the word. Will
he do it?
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1903-10-16

William Jennings Bryan has
gone to Europe, but will return
in time to attend the next national
democratic convention. y.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1903-10-16

New York city was visited by
the heaviest rainfall ever known
in the history of the city on the
18th inst. Twelvs feet Of water
accumulated in the railroad yards
street cars were stopped and peo-
pie forced to wade the streets!
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1903-10-16

Solitaire parties are reported
occasionally from some of our
neighboring cities. There is one
Tupelo girl that has that kind of
party seven nights in the week
and the only regret is that there
are not more nights in the week.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1903-10-16

Sir Thomas Upton has sailed
for home. He lost the. cup and
came in an ace of losing his ap,
pendlx also while over here. :
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1903-10-16

Every body admits that the
cotton crop is short except the
foreign buyer. The firm will find
ont the error of listening to his
country representative when it is
too late. ~
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1903-10-16

- ..
Judge Lowrey of the Second
district has resigned. Next y
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1903-10-16

For Constable
FIRST DISTRICT
WILL PARKER
SECOND DISTRICT
w. p. GARDNER
THIRD DISTRICT
q. Z. TRAPP
FOURTH DISTRICT
A. M. ROGERS
FIFTH DISTRICT.
8. s, YOUNG
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1903-10-16

For Justice of the Peace
FIRST DISTRICT
C. c. CHRISTOPHER
HENRY BUTLER
SECOND DISTRICT
w. p. MEANS.
JOHN YOUNG
THIRD DISTRICT
w. Il. POUND
EUGENE MIZE
FOURTH DISTRICT.
j. M. SAMPLE.
A. G. McVAY.
FIFTH DISTRICT.
r. j. COLLIER.
/. B. COGGINS..