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ACQUITTAL
OF TILLMAN.
Defendant’s Friends Cheer the
Verdict of the Court.
THE JURY OUT TWENTY HOURS
Discharged From Sheriff s Custody
Tillman Walked from Court
House a Free Man.
Lexington, S C., Oc . 15 —The
tri 1 ot Janies H. Til.man, who
was charged v\ith the murder of
N G. Gonzales, editor of theft e
111 Columbia, cm Jan : 5 last, endeu
today in an acquittal. The jury
before which Tiiltnan has been on
trial since Sept. 28 brought in a
verdict of not guuty. thus ending
a judical hearing which has eu
grossed the attention ol the public
of Souta Carolina as none other
has in the last quarter of a century.
The jury was out twenty hours
before a riving at a verdict. Never
was a case in South Carolina cour s
more vigorously contested. The
solicitor was assisted in the prose
cution by four other lawyers,
while the accused was defended by
seven lawyers, an exceptional array
of counsel. More than a hundred
witnesses gave testimony.
Mr. Tillman left on an afternoon
train for his home in Edgefield,
accompanied by his wife and
friends from his home county.
Not a sound had emanated from
the jury room when Judge Gary
convened court at 9:30 o’clock
today to indicate that an agreement
had been reached. Civil business
was taken up and more than an
hour had elapsed before a knock
was he rd on the door leading into
the- jury room. Judge Gary
directed the bailiff to ascertain if
an agreement had been reached
and word came that the jury had
determined upon a verdict.
The jurors fiied in but as all the
ettornevs had not arrived there
was a delay of a few’ moments be
fore their decision was announced.
The defendant occupied his cus
tomary position among his lawyers
facing the jury.
“Gentlemen, have you agreed
upon a verdict?” was the time-worn
inquiry by the clerk. The foreman
replied in the affirmative. It took
but an instant to read it, and when
the words ‘‘Not guilty” were heard,
some of the friends of the defend
ant gave vent to their feelings in a
shout, though the court had previ
ously admonished those present
not to make any demonstration.
The motion by counsel for the
defense for the discharge of the
defendant was immediately signed
by Judge Gary, the solicitor as-
senting, and Tillman was at liberty.
When the legal formalities had
been gone through with Tillman
walked up to the bench and shook
hands with the judge, after which
he shook the hands of each of the
jurors and later was surrounded
by his friends, who extended their
cougiatulations.
Mrs. Tillman and the defendant’s
mother were not in the court room
when the v .relict was announced,
but the for aer had been apprised
of an agreement and was at the
jail to await the announcement
and met her husband there. The
mother had heard at her hotel
some two blocks away, that the
jury had come in and was hasten
ing on her way to the court house
when she met her son coming out
on the street. Learning the result
she threw her arms around his
neck. Later all gathered at the
liotei where they received their
friends and relative-.. Senator
Tillman was not present today,
having gone yesterday to his home
at Trenton.
Soon after the jury went out
yesterday afternoon a ballot was
taken, which resulted in a vote of
ten to two for acquittal. Soon
after one of the minority joined the
majority, leaving one juror stand
ing out. He held to his views and
kept the jury out all night. It
was only about twenty minutes be
fore the knock was heard on the
jury room door this morning that
he yielded.
The count in the indictment
charging the carrying of concealed
weapons was ignored during the
trial, and the jury took no action
on it.
After the verdict was announced
the clerk held up the pistols which
had figured in the trial, and offered
them to the defendant, who waved
them off, saying: “They are not
mine.”
Tillman, after his acquittal,
made the following statement to
the Associated Press:
“I feel very grateful at the result
of the verdict, but at no time did I
apprehend any serious conse
quences. I, of course, deeply re-
HERE’S A BABY
Its Mother is Well.
The habv is healthy because during tli
period of gestation It-; mother used the
popular and purely vegetable liniment,
Mother’s Friend
Mother’s Friend is a soothing, softening,
relaxing liniment, a muscle maker, invig
orator and freshener. It puts new powei
into the back and hips of a coming mother.
It is applied externally only, there is
no dosing am 1 swallowing of nasty drugs,
no inward treatment at all.
The state of the mother during gestation
may influence the disposition and future
of the child; that is one reason why moth
ers should watch, their condition and
avoid pain. Her health, that of the child
and their lives, depend on keeping free
from pain, worry and melancholy. Be of
good cheer, strong of heart and peaceful
mind. Mother’s Friend can and will
make you so. Bearing down pains, morn
ing sickness, sore breast and insomnia are
all relieved by this wonderful remedy.
Of druggists at SI.OO per bottle.
Send for our book “rtotherhood” free.
U£ BRAOFIELD REGULATOR CO.. ATLANTA, GA
gret the death of Mr. Gonzale ,
but I was forced to do what I did.
I have never apprehended a con
viction, for I felt that I did no
more than any man would have
done under the same circumstances,
and what I was compelled to do,
My position vas fully stated in the
testimony I gave on the stand.
“I did ask for a change of venue
because I was convinced on account
of prejudice in Richland county
that I could not get a fair and im
partial trial in that county. I telt
sure that as soon as my case could
be presented to an impartial jury I
would be vindicated. The verdict
nas justified the correctness ot my
judgment. Lexington county was
selected by the prosecution. Its
people are law abiding, and have
long been noted for the correctness
of their verdicts, and have been
praised bv the press.”
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
No one who is acquainted with its
good qualities can be surprised at
the great popularity of Chamberlain’s
Cough Remedy. It not only cures
colds caul grip effectually and per
il rmanentiy, but prevents these
diseases from resulting in pneumonia.
It is also a certain cure for croup.
Whooping cough is not dangerous
when this remedy is given. It con
tains no opium or other harmful
s distance and may be given as con
iidently to a baby as to an adult. It
is also pleasant to take. When all of
these facts are taken into considera
tion it is not surprising that people
m foreign lands, as well as at home,
esteem this remedy very highly and
very few are willing to take any other
after having once used it. For sale
by J. H. Gilreath & Son. oct
'J lie Salve Tnat Heals
without leaving a scar is DeWitt’s.
The name Witch Hazel is applied to
many salves, but DeWitt’s Witch
Hazel Salve is tl e only Witch Hazel
Salve made that contains the pure
unadulterated witch hazel. If any
other Witch Hazel Salve is offered
you it is a counterfeit. E. C. DeWitt
invented Witcli Hazel Salve and
DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve is the
best > alve in the world for cuts,
burns, bfuises, tetter, or blind, bleed
ing, itching and protruding piles.
Sold by M. F. Word. oct
Johnson’s Tome cloes in a day what
slow Quinine cannot do in ten days.
Its splendid cures are in striking con
trast with the feeble cures made bv qui
nine.
It'you are utterly wretched, take a
thorough dose of Johnson’s Tonic and
drive out every trace of malarial poi
soning. The wise insure their livesand
the wiser insure their health by using
Johnson’s Chill and Fever Tonic. It
costs 50 cents if it cures; not one cent if
it does not.
Mr. Louis H. Monts, of Lewis,
Miss., says Ramon’s Nerve &
Bone Oil is staple as coffee, 25c.
“This,” smiled the fond young
wife as she passed a plate of des
sert to her husband, “is cottage
pudding. I made it myself.”
The man tasted of it.
“I’d have known it was cottage
pudding.” he asserted.
“You would?” she asked, de
lighted.
‘ Yes. I can taste the plaster
and the wall paper. What did you
do wiih the shingles and the bricks
tor the chimney?”—Judge.
' ALWAYS KEEP CN HAND
HPam-KiUe*
There is no kind of pain
[or ache, internal or exter
nal, that Pain-Killer .will
) not relievo.
J LOOK OUT FOR IMITVHONS ANO SUB
. STITUTES THE GENUINE BOTHF
| BEARS THE NAME,
i PERRY DAVIE & SON.
I A A a.
CEORGIA WOMEN
Figured Prominently In the Mak-
Ink of Confederate Flags.
The following is an extract from
a letter written by Sidney Herbert,
the well-known Florida correspond
ent of the Savannah Morning News:
“In my last letter I stated that
the first Confederate battle flags
were made by ladies who used their
own silk dresses, etc., for that pur
pose. General Henry B_yce, in
his sketch of Captain Paul Jones,
referring to the first starsand stripes
unfurled from an American naval
vessel, says: ‘The flag that went
down with the Bon Homme Rich
ard 1 (abandoned after his victory
and sunk by Captain Jones) was
the same one which the Yankee
girls of Portsmouth, N. H., had
made from pieces of their best silk
dresses and presented to Jones to
hoist on the Ranger July 4, 1777.
The thirteen white stars were cut
from a bridal dress of one of the
bel'cs of •Portsmouth.’ Georgia
women have figured prominently
in the making ot first flags. Mrs.
H.nningen. of Savannah, so Gen
eral Cabel says, assisted in making
the first Confederate battle flag.
The first ‘Lone Star’ Texas flag
unfurled was made by a Georgia
yout g woman, and the flag carried
by Gen- Henry R. Jackson’s regi
ment to the Mexican War was
made (in part) and presented by
Miss Mary Ann Howard, who later
married Col. Charles J. Williams,
major of the regiment, Mrs. Hard
eman, wife of Col. Thomas Harde
man, Jr., of Macon, was one of the
leaders in making the first Confed
erate flag unfurled in Georgia.
When the secession convention of
Florida met to sign the ordinance
on January 18, 1861, the presiding
officers presented to the convention
a beautiful flag made by the ladies
of Broward’s Neck, in Duval coun
ty. So far as America is con
cerned, women have ever been
foremost in the flag business. Bet
sy Ross has not lacked for patriotic
disciples in this direction. They
have made and presented flags to
soldiers going to war from Revolu
tionary times down to the present.”
Honor Roll-
The following is the roll of
honor of the public schools for
first school month, from September
14 to October 9:
EAST SCHOOL.
Second Grade-Clara Dalton, 97.8;
Hugh Bradford, 97.7; Annie Lewis,
97.3; Claudie Lewis. 97.1.
Third Grade —Reneau Bradford,
97.8; Luzenia Clark, 96.5; Mary
Dalton, 96.0; Ross White, 95.6.
Fourth Grade —Annie McElroy,
95.9; Herschel Goode, 91.7; Dayton
handers, 91.5; Fletcher McElroy,
90-7-
Fifth Grade —Jessie Daves, 98.6;
Emilv Daves, 97 5; Leonell Moon,
96.5; Leo White, 96.4.
WEST schoo l,.
Third Grade —Evelyn Lewis,
98.8; Isa Neel, 97.9; Alice Crouch,
97.1; Merrill Monfort, 94.7.
Fourth Grade —Kate Smith, 96,8;
Minerva Word. 96.7; Sarah Fite,
96 o; Madge White, 95.4.
Sixth Grade—Don Sims, 92 4;
Pearl Hicks, 92.3; Pearl Donahoo,
92 o; Evelyn Dyer, 91.8.
HIGH SCHOOL.
First Grade —Robert Neel, 96.5;
Louise Noble, 95.6; Selma Scheuer,
95.6; Hugh Barron, 95.5.
DON’T GET THIN
get fat; get nice and plump, there is
safety in plumpness.
Summer has tried your foodworks;
winter is coming to try your breath
mill. Fall is the time to brace your
self.
But weather is tricky; lookout!
Lookout for colds especially.
Scott's emulsion of cod-liver oil is
the subtlest of helps. It is food, the
easiest food in the world; it is more
than food, it helps you digest your
food, and get more nutriment from it.
Don’t get thin, there is safety in
plumpness. Man. woman, and child.
Money to Loan.
I am authorized to make
application for the loan of
money on real estate
through the Georgia Loan
& Trust Cos., of Macon, Ga.
Terms reasonable.
T. C. MILNER,
Attorney at Law.
Everybody knows when they’ve
got rheumatism, but those who
have never tried it can’t imagine
how quickly rheumatic pains are
relieved by applications of Ramon’s
Nerve & Bone Oil, 25c.
ONE HUNDRED GIItLS and
WOMEN WANTED TO
MAKE OVERALLS.
Best pay, good treatment and the
most commodious factory in the south.
Recreation hall, library and sick ben
efit tund is ottered to employees lor
their use, free of charge,
Standard Mkq. Cos.,
fit Chattanooga, Tenn.
If troubled with a weak digestion
try Chamber lain's Stomach and
Liver Tab’ets. They will do you
good. For sale by J. H. Gilreath &
Son. oct
HON. W A- KNOWLES.
Popular Newspaper Man In Rome
May Seek Senatorial Honors.
Athens Banner.
It is rumoied that Hon William
A. Knowles, one of the popular
representatives from Floyd county,
in the general assembly, will make
the race nexi year for the nomina
tion as senator from the 42d sena
torial district.
This district is made of Bartow,
Floyd and Chattooga counties, and
it is Lloyd’s time next year to name
the nominee. It is not believed
that Mr. Knowles will have any
opposition.
People in this section of the
state naturally take much interest
in the career of Will Knowles, for
he is one of the boys who came up
to success in northeast Georgia.
H is journalistic enterprise in build
ing up the Greensboro Herald-
Journal gave evidence of his strong
talents in that field of labor, and
marked him out as one of the suc
cessful journalists of the future.
He has fulfilled the prediction of
his friends iq his successful man
agement of the Rome Tribune,
which paper he built up to be a
power in northwest Georgia.
The many Athens friends of Mr.
Kuovvles look with interest upon
his rumored candidacy, and wish
him much succers if he should de
termine to enter the race.
While in the legislature he has
served with efficiency on all the
important committees, and is thor
oughly posted on all the public
questions of interest.
Was Well Recommended
“l received a call the other day
from an Irish girl who was looking
for a place,” said a west Philadel
phia woman, according to the Phil
adelphia Record. “It happened
that I was without a servant at the
time, so I began to question her.
She said she was leaving her last
place because her mistress was
about to move out into the country,
and she wanted to remain in West
Philadelphia, where all her friend?
were. Have you a reference from
your former mistress?’ I asked.
‘Sure, Oi have two iligant wans,’
she replied. ‘Why do you have
two from the same place?’ I asked.
‘Well, mum,’ she said, ‘the lady
wrote me a foine wan, an’ Oi lost
it. Then she wrote me another
an’ since then Oi found the right
wan, an’ now Oi have two av
thim!”’
The overbearing man wondt s
why so many are antagonistic to
him.
A Hoyal Month of Royal Disea e
Sudden changes of weather are
especially trying, and probably to
none more so than to the scrofulous
and consumptive. The progress of
scrofula during a normal October is
commonly great. We never think of
scrofula its bunches cutaneous
eruptions, and wasting of the bodily
substance —without thmking of the
great good many sufferers from it
have derived from Hood’s Sarsapa
rilla, whose radical and permanent
cures of this one disease are enough
to make it the most famous medicine
in the world. There is probably not
a city or town where Hood's Sarsapa
rilla has not proved its merit in more
homes than one, in arresting and
completely eradicating scrofula,
which is almost as serious ad as
much to be feared as its near relative
—consumption.
A dime in the hand is better
than a dollar in the pocket of a
man who owes it to you.
Dieting Invites Disease.
To cure Dyspepsia or indigestion
it is no longer necessary to live on
milk and toast. Starvation produces
such weakness that the whole system
becomes an easy prey to disease.
Kodol Dyspepsia Cure enables the
stomach and digestive organs to
digest and assimilate all of the whole
some food that one cares to- eat. and
is a never failing cure for indigestion,
dyspepsia and all stomach troubles.
Kodol digests what you eat —makes
the stomach sweet. Sold by M. F.
Word. ' oct
The average woman will jump
at sight of a mouse almost as she
will at an offer of marriage.
Farming Implements for Sale.
One Superior Drill, two Disc Plows,
two Oliver Chilled Plows, two Smooth
ing Harrows, two Disc Harrows; fifty
Hogs, all sizes. All implements used
only two seasons.
Apply at Stiles’ place, or write me at
Cartersville. Will be sold cheap.
J. H. Hood.
C u9k. ft* -*■JPS. I .A. .
Bean the Fie Kind Vgy Have Always BougM
Kodol Dyspepsia Care
vw eat.
CASTOR IA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Pointed Paragraphs-
Chicago News.
Lots of men, like bad mucilage,
stick to nothing.
No point of order is in order
when a woman has the floor.
Even if a man doesn’t manage
to come out on to*p, his hair will.
A man can drink himself tight
er than a woman can lace herself.
Onlv a fool girl would elope with
a baseball player who isn’t a good
catch.
The peek-a-boo waist will soon
give way to the lovv-and-behold
opera gown.
It is almost as risky to praise a
woman’s husband to her face as it
is to criticise him.
Brevity, in-tead of being the
soul of wit, is at times an indica
tion of the poverty thereof.
Cause of Lockjaw.
Lock jaw, or tetanus, is caused by a
bacillus o perm which exists plenti
fully in street dirt. It is inactive so
long as exp >sed to the air, but when
carried beneath the skin, as in the
wounds caused by percussion caps or
by rusty nails, and when the air is
excluded the germ is roused to activity
and produces the most virulent poison
known. These germs may be des
troyed and all danger of lockjaw
avoided by applying Chamberlain’s
Pain Balm freely as soon as the
injury is received. Pain Balm is an
antiseptic and causes such injuries to
heal without maturation and in one
third the time, required by the usi al
treatment. It is for sale by J. H.
Gilreath & Son. oct,
Anew game has been introduced
down in Rochelle, and it is likely
to become popular. The amuse
ment is called “Christianity.” The
girls get on one side of the room,
and are the Christians, and the
boys get on the other side, and are
the heathen, Then the heathen
all goover and “embrace Christian
ity.”—Cordele Sentinel.
Ms Pills
This popular remedy never fails to
effectually cure
Dyspepsia, Constipation, Sick
Headache, Biliousness
And ALL DISEASES arising from a
Torpid Liver and Bad Digestion
The natural result Is good appetite
and solid flesh. Dose small; elegant
ly sugar coated and easy to swallow.
Take No Substitute.
FOR CHEAP HATES
—TO—
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Louisiana,
Oklahoma,
Indian Territory,
California, Utah,
Colorado,
Wyoming,
Oregon,
Montana,
Washington,
ANO OTHER POINTS
West,Northwest and Southwest
Write or vail on
J. C. HOLLENBECK,
Dist Passenger Agent
Louisville and Nashville Railroad,
No. 1 Brown B’ld’g. Opp. Union Depot,
ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
Cheap Tickets
TO THE
West, Northwest
AND
CALIFORNIA
Tickets on sale from Sept. 15 to Nov. 20.
The Illinois Central R. R.
otters choice of routes. Free Reclining
Chair Cars. No transfers. Fast time.
Double Track.
For lull information, Circulars, Rates
and Tickets apply to
FRED D. MILLER,
Trav. Pass. Agt. 111. Central R. K.
Atlanta, Ga.
CHEAP LANDS
For Homeseekert* and
Colonies.
The country along the Cotton Belt
Koute in Southeast Missouri, Arkansas,
Northwest Louisiana and Texas offers
the greatest opportunities tor Home
seekers. Mild climate, good water,
cheap building material, abundance of
fuel, and soil that will often' in a single
season yield enough to pay lor the
ground Land can lie bought as cheap
as $2.50 an acre, prairie land &t $4 and $5
per acre up. bottom land at $5 and $6
per acre up. improved or partly cleared
land at slo and sls per acre up. Some
fine propositions for colonies—tracts of
2,000 to 8,000 acres at $4 to $lO per acre—
mg money in this for a good organizer,
rruit and truck lands in the famous
Peach and tomato belt ot East Texas at
$lO to S2O per acre up. Write us for in
formation about cheap rates, excursion
dates, also literature descriptive of tins
greet country anu let us help you find a
home that will cost you no more than
the rent you pav every year.
E. W LaBRAUME.G. P.AT.A.
Cotton Belt Route,
St. Louis, Mo.
Illinois Centrl
Railroad
Ofm raj to rates n to
Colonist ticket, to Calif.,- • &
St. Louis and Retun
One Fare Plus 25 cents
16-17, good to return until June Zs. J ' Ue
San Francisco, Los ■
Angeles and' Retun.
National Encampment G. A. R
on sale July 31 to Aug nj o*!?®'
return until October 15. ° ood
Denver, Col. and Return
On sale June 30 to July q
return until August 31. ’ (,o| )d to
Through Pullman Sleeping Car iwi
between Jacksonville. Macon i,i„ ai }
Chattanooga, Nashville and St !'
b ree reclining chair <-ar belween \ l
ville and St. Louis, and thmu^Puli
Tor fall particular?, rat*s, tickets and pamphlets alir !a
FRED D. MILLER,
TRAVELING PASSKNGER AGENT
No. 1 Brown Bld’g. Atlanta,’Ga,
THE NEW
Interchangeahle Mileage Tick®
OVKB THE
SEABOARD
Hir Line Railway
are on sale now by any .agent ol ths
system at
sao per ' 900 Miles
and are good over
15.000 Miles.
covering the following roads:
Atlanta, Knoxville and Northern Rail
way; Atlanta and West Point Railroad
Western Railway of Alabama; Atiantii
Coast Line; Louisville and Nashville
Railroad; Louisville Henderson and
St. Louis Railroad ; Nashville, Chatta
nooga and St. Louis Railroad; North
western Railway of South Carolina; Bal
timore Steam Packet Company; Plant
System; Brunswick and Birmingham
Railroad;' Richmond, Fredericksburg
and Potomac Railroad; Charleston am
Western Carolina Railway; Washingtoi
Southern Railway; Chesapeake Steam
ship Company; Seaboard Air Line Rail
way; Columbia, Newberry and Laureul
Railroad; Georgia Railroad; Wester!
and Atlantic Railroad.
For further information relative t(
scheuu.es,reservation of sleeper aeeoui
mouan c tc., apply to
jARRY k k rouse,
C. P. anu ■ A., 12 Kimball House,
Atlanta, Ga
4 WM. B. CLEMENTS,
Trav, Pass. Agt., 12 Kimball House,
Atlanta. Ga
C. B. WALKER,
Depot Ticket Agt., Union Station,
Atlanta. Ga
W. H. FULTON,
TANARUS, P. A.. Equitable Build g
Atlant ha
W.E.CHRIsTI X,
ss’t. Gen’l. Pass. Agt., Atlanta Ga
East & West R. R. Go.
West Bound East hotint
Read down Effect Aug 30.1903 Read u|
paily Central Time daily
No. 23 No. 21 No. 22 No. 2
PM AM I’-' 1 A>
4~30 522 Lv Atlanta.(WiAtf). 730 lH
(j 20 10 20 Cartersville 515 9*
631 10 28 . Ladds 500 - -
64310 42 Stilesboro. ••• \ ■ *
652 1052 Tavlorsyille.. . 11l ""
701 1101 Davitt-s If 2
706 11 05 Aragon > *29 °^
716 11 14 Rock mart. • l} 7
735 11 31 .... Fish Greek. 3ah > '
7 41 1138 Grady 350
804 11 57 Ar.Cedartown .Lv 33- >
.... 12 43 Lv .Esom Hill..Ar 250 -
.... 12 57 Palestine 238
116. .Wilson Ridge... 218
1 29 Piedmont 2 04
1 47 Prices.. J
220 ArJacksonville Lv 1 W
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l 13
.... 319 Lv.. Dukes.,. Ar. 1215
. . 329 Hebron “OK
.... 342 Ohatohie J™
.... 354 . . .Lock Three... HfO
.... 415 Ragland
4 42 Ethel 10 fj
.... 452 Coal City..-.-",
.... 514 A r.. Pell City. LvJ*3Q__—^
955 Ar.. Birmingham (So. Rv
Close connections as lollops.
Cartersville, Ga., with V\ .A A. • a ,
at Rockmart, Ga., with so. P’, a
Cedartown, Ga., with G. ot Ga. ZV gS
Piedmont, Ala., with So. By-: * .. tY
Ala., with L. AN. K. R-l Bell
Ala., with 80. Ky. . H „ n ta f Ol
Direct connections :n Atla ,
points east, northeast and smit
Valuable Property for Sale.^
I will sell at private sale ah
estate belonging to the estat. tor e<
Jones, bankrupt, consisting 1 j oUgS
the residence property ot J • • t I
tenant houses, vacant lots; ,j U er*
acres of land in the city limit , j
lands, etc. List of this prope D nii
seen at ray office. This prof • pi
be sold. 'Bargains lor inves •
lurther information apply*® Trustee.
JOHN H. WIkLE, Trusty
* "TUBt 1. 1904. ffl