, The Smooth Smoke
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Lowers Arguing the
Tillman Murder Case
The Prisoners Counsel Lay
1.
The Largest Selling Brand of Cigars
in the World
The Band Is the Smoker's Protection
V
OMcials in tlie Bar
.k
ReEardma the Far E&si
Position of the GoYernmeni
Explained-Russia's Excuse
of a Lapsed Treaty De
nounced as Scoirndrel
ly Her Promise
Not Binding
W.nhH:nn. Oct. With two great
ratlin n-p.ircntly about to engage in
war -r a fiuestlon In which the Uni
tl haven material Interest.
tMi pvcrument occupies the remark
rl r-l;kn of being without official
m irU f from any of its several sources
1 1 formation concerning the sltua
tlon that confronts Russia and Japan.
For mr.y days the state department
r.ot herd from the far east, and
h it carre to It last from that quar
ter of the world embraced nothing to
thron tlht on political conditions.
Th fhln-e minister, who Is also be
in c k- t : in the dark by his govern
ment. unt to the state department to
day In search of nev, but Secretary
liny V..1S unab!e to give him any.
Like ?r. Hay. the Chinese minister is
inxiru to know the nature and extent
cf the rrn.!ltl"n-i which, according to
rrt reports. Russia has demanded
sh."u t complied with by China as
prfllrr.nry to the evacuation of Man
thuru hy the crar's forces. While
bavin nothing .to confirm the press
rrrt tht Russia has declared lap
se! hr treaty with China providing
fr th- evacuation of Manchuria Octo
ber s. the officials here nre Inclined to
iit it. This attitude on their part
li. !,.:. how thoroughly impressed
the cT'vrnnint Is with the idea that
r.-U h.is r.o intention of keeping her
solemn l!igatlons.
.An i:iu.tration of the feeling that has
b-er. r.rued here over Russia's policy
was riven in the statement made tit.
d.17 by an nfnclal of consequence, that
If it v.re true, and he believed it was,
that Ruia had repudiated her evacua
tion treity with China under the ex-
rm that the agreement had elapsed.
with which Russia had entered Into a
solemn treaty to withdraw her troop
from Manchuria on a date now passed.
In these circumstances, this govern
ment . it is held, could not say to Rus
sia. "You must leave Mancnuria In ac
cordance to your assurances to us."
i;u?la would respond by holding that
she had not entered into a formal
Agreement with the United States to
evacuate Manchuria, and of course the
government could not produce such a
compact.
me navy department has advices
that a large Roscian fleet Is in the vi
cinity of Tort Arthur, but does not
know how many vessels compose It.
Japaaea Forcaa ! Crtm
London. Oct. 12. The British, foreign
ofT.ce has confirmation of the report
that Japan has occupied Ma-San-Pho,
Corea.'
In an Interview today Baron Hay
ash!, the Japanese minister to Great
Britain, discredited the report that Ja
pan had sent an altlmatum to Russia.
He said:
"According to the treaty of alliance
with England I should have been In
formed immediately If any such action
had been taken, so that the fact might
be brought to the notice of the British
government. Of course I have had
certain information, but nothing of
that character.
"War between Japan and Russia
would be of gTeat Injury to both , pow
ers, but In the event of a crisis, being
precipitated I hop Japan will have the
active sympathy of her ally. Great
Britain. England and Japan have
been acting together now for some
time, and understand each other per
frctls. "Whether he opinion of the warlike
'element In Japan has any Influence in
me direction of publv affairs I can
not say. In any event, the emperor
always lends his ear to the voice of
public crlnion."
belief that war will be avoided between
Japan and Russia. The Japanese gov
ernmeat released eteamera held for
transports." H
A man who Is familiar with the sit
uation In the far east said, after read
inr the dispatch:
"I interpret this to mean that Rus
sia has given Japan a free-hand in Co-1
rea, and In return Japan will not kick
up any serious fuss over the, non-evacuation
of Manchuria, all of which will
hurt United States trade , In north
China."
had it last begun to awaken to the
danrfr of the whiskey monster, and
, i united effort was . now U-
rade to' drive the. traffic from the I
f "nlMioMa of I'ruVt
Rev. John S. Cox, of'-vVafc-
writes, ror a years 1 sufrr;-,i
Yellow Jaundice. I consults "rni
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More Stress on Frovoca-.
tion Than on the Self De
fense Theory -Talking
to End Today
on them and attacked his house. They j
threw rocks at the house, knocking '
some holes in the door. Later the house -was
attacked while .Kimball was in;
Durham. A score or more shots were j
jlued Into the house, the : door mh'
; knocked down with rocks and laga.-vj
(and finally one of the attacking 'p.trty j
crawled upon the house and saturated
. $ ; the roof with oil and set it on Crc......
' T.nst nieht the house was again.-at-.
Lexington, S. C. Oct. . 12. Argument as mni at
. T .vn, iccked when old man .Kimball was ai
In the trial of Jauygs H. Tillman was . TT-n-mchiner ;
n ,v,ta . rnrt:fLV( home and he fired on the moonsmners.
opened this morning with a iorty-ne. . ,kc ft :vvit
1 . . . .. tT'jin, t They had thrown a number 01 10c s
minutes speech by SolVcltqr William J. . . - T- TrYnsin : f re-5! '
Thurmona for the state. He wm tol- " husf bs bfQ fj
lowel'br Georse Bembert for the c!e- ,f a "je five or u men lost r.o trae
fen,e. Wlufam?E.ot,. Jr.. then poe "gUVSi. -St fire
t- t -kmi r Tio.f -n-c cnpni'- lie can recognize any if they come 10
E. L. Acbill of Lexington was speak- bouge He savs he reCognized tome
Ing for the state when court adjourn- , the house, lie sas ne recugni.
. TI ,.. 1 i of those who stormed him last mgiit.
ed. He will conclude to morrow, it 13 , Tv-ir
xne assaults on ine nuinc
the sending of a .-coffin to Sam
and
:s of
n 1
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craloI He prsaineu i "- -.7--- "'1 u:i
La ariti--fUooni fioices nrf -Durham. ;melicinesf, but got no rk f
i rrrx.Hl he another, tempo
i . .. .1- flu'iv afternoon
? ,L w!'l Hkc niace November-3. mat. nau me in us grap u-r
.election ,wid.,MKe . . - , .,tVMr" Tf vau wnt r.
and ifrom no.v 0.1 Tirine for Liver and ICi.ln,.
sii ota i nnitea nsu l - . iro-j
; lorces " - . ,
i looks as if tho-e in fav
are hot goirvs l --. Jt.
,pcranca I began the use of Electric Uitt'"
1.4 Thj feel that I am now cured of th. ,:l5na'
mber-3,'j tuat .nau me in us grap U r -, ..
the anti-saloon ! years. it you want a rel:ab t V.
ted fight.- It cine lor .uvtr ana Kidney, trc-v'",
-or of whiskey stomach disorder or general
'rmuch .0: "a ft Eleotrlc Rltters. It's
ibv all druggists.. .. -1
VM JjOJra El M fl J J VA X : ..yu !
1 . ..... . 'N.'.FVT""K
oT&ncttil that tho inorhi will be COll-
eluded tomorrow and that Judge Gary i 11, the sending of a .offln to
will charge the jury Wednesday morn- : Hopkins ftnd the - hJ"ln
, r. n,i!!nMn general lawlessness In that part
. . - .. ..... a . countv have been reported to asn-
remam 10 epeaK ror ,tne
Messrs. NelEOn and Crawford fcr the
prisoner, Jlr. Bellinger closing,
The audience was somewhat larger
to.1ay, though the court room was not
fiihed. The prisoner's wife end little
daughter occupied seats.
SolV?itor Thurmond, after explaining
and impressing the jurors, made a clear
presentation . of the circumstances of
the killing. , "You must direct your
minds to that episode," he said. "The
question before you is: "Was the pris
oner justified In firing the fatal shot?
The mere allegation that a man has
made threats, even if... true, doen not :
.county' have" been reported
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lngton ana some recognition una mcui
taken. Before the matter is over with
it Is thought there will be more than
a few moonshiners in trouble. It is
said that all this lawlessness could be
stepped if the revenue officers would
only do their d.uty. The entire matter
will be investigated, so it Is said.
AntirSaloon Campaign
Durham,- C, Oct. 12. Special.
The anti-saloon campaign opened here
3'esterday. afternoon with an address
bv Hon. James Hw Southgate. The
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fbxeuse him for shooting another." He - address was delivered in me 01a opera
especially laid .stress on the evidence house, and a lar?re crowa was out w
that the dead man was not armed and hear him, tne aumtcnum ..oeing ve:t
made no demonstration whatever to- filled. In his address Mr. boutngate
ward hl3 assailant before or after the traced the whiskey : movement from
shooting. i the earliest accounts, ana also traced
George R. Rembert, a very young the rise and fall of the tempsrar.ee
lawyer, in his peroration, related the movement. Ke showed how the state
parable of the Good Samaritan and j '
pictured the prisoner as filling that role
as colonel of the First South Carolina
regiment in the "war. with Spain.
William Elliott. Jr., with no pretense
of declamation, delivered a speech for
the etate that was. a. feature of the
day's proceedings. It drew from Mr.
Johnstone, who followed him for the
defense, high praise, Elliott addressed
himself closely . to. the testimony and
his every senten.ee had .telling effect.
The .strongest . terms harped upon by
the defense as used against Tillman,
Mr. Elliott said, were quotations from
other Southit'wna newspapers. He
said the severest' expression' employed
was the comparison of Tillman with
ex-Governor Franklln-J. Moses. That
came from a paper that has always
supported Sehjftftr Tillman. Yet the
effort is made here to heap the respon
sibility for alt attacks by the whole
press of South Carolina upon Gon
zales. The laws of the land from tme
Immemorial protect the freedom of the
press, DUt iney give to tmr cjuzen iiie
largest remedies against abuse. What
was to prevent Tillman from suing
Gonzales for libel In the civil courts
or tmttinc him behind the bars for
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The sixty-second annual session begins September 17th. The Ea ;er
Term begins January sth. ' ' .
" St. Mary's School offers instruction In the following depart!i,T.t.
The.Preparatory School. The College, The Art School, The Music Schtol,
The Business School. . ' j -
' There are two hundred and t orty-eight students representing nl-
Dioceses. Faculty of twehty-fl. ye. Much of the equipment is now;
eight new pianos bought this y year. j .
St. Mary s Kindergarten is 10 cateci.in tne center or ins city, an
Miss Louise T. Busbee's charge . For cptalore address j
REV. McNEEL.Y DuBOSE, B. D.
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FrRC riicrtJiti Report
Paris, Oct. 12. The rumor that Ja
imti... trnnna hail rmi nl fr1 ?.Tn.5vAn
Pho. Corea. caused excitement here. It criminal libel if h6 did not fearinm
r .nfhHv. irr tigatlon of the truth? Thomas Jeffer
ih,t th P-tWh Mvrnmit does not ! when abused in the public prints, j
believe the report. France considers
the danger of a conflict between her
ally, Russia, and Japan exaggerated.
simaCon Kgardd a erl
London, Oct. 13. Although no defi
nite development Is announced the se
riousness of the Russo-Japanese sltua- j
tion continues to be Insisted upon here
and In the European capitals. The un
easiness was reflected at the stock ex
was none too exalted in his own con
celt to Journey from Virginia to New
York and challenge his accuser to .the
h.ir nf iusti?e'"ki order to vindicate, his !
if - -
good name.
"The lawyers for the defense have
flung into this, court on . Insimiation
of my kinship- with the dead man."
said Mr. Elliott. VI say now that I
. acknowledge with-pride the . relation-
ship. I am proud that, dying for
n1arat:on or Trr rxprr:J
Perlin. Oct. 12. A dirpach from
Shanghai to the Frankfurter Zeitung
states that news has reached there
from Chefco to the effect that the Ja
panese have occupied Ma-San-Pho, and
lt will stnmp her, as guilty of one of nhai an. offlc,al declaration of war Is
th. ir.f,t roundred!y acts ever com-1
n?i:ti hy n civilized nation." An! to5-110 relations between Japan and
tM added: "It is as if a maril nave cached a crisis according
nwl to riy a creditor a thousand . . the vlff here. The exact
do!i,r on a certain day, and hiving ture ofwthe diplomatic exchanges be
fallM to ny on that day. declarM that !n"'e the lwo governments that
th. o!,!. . tion had lap?ed because the ' brouh' out the rwent tensity ap
d t- nxf 1 for piyment had mJ - i1? to be unknwn at the legation of
Th-r ! a idea among official or the cant- h"e or at the Ger-
th srrv.rpnt who ftre chiefly con- "71" .J 'ons "l st- Petersburg and
rerr.Mi., th Manchuria situation, that ?,,f,.t.h?Uh 19 u"derstowl hat
th- i. n.o: for Its policy of "hmd JJ.t, Rrlta,n ls Tiv io JapaJi'a move
fr in th Ilusslan-Japanese troub'e .
ar- rriun l?rstoo! by the American
P-r A.. ai,thorjty on the nubject.
tf th president's advisers, pointed PL Petersburg. Oct. 12. Significance
t:t tIiy ihnt Rus?l. had not entered! attached here to the fact that the
liito v tcaty. agreement, compact jOfKcial Messenger and the Journal De
v un .rstandln with the United ft. Petersburg print the Berlin Local
to rnrur.t Manchuria and per- Anselger's dispatch relating to the
mit t h " i-..r. i n v of that Ch f nso i.rri.'mnrimtnr . k t- t i . . . . . .
- y- ' I --... v . 1 . ' . III? Ik 1 1 I 4 1111 Iflfa
porlb!e coincident landing of Russian
and Japanese troops In different parts
of Ccrca. Several newspapers puolish
rexle.vs of Japan's military and naval
strength.
The cancellation of the projected
jvisit of the czar to Rome Is said to be
change today when the new Japanese ; duty's sake. In the face , of his slayer
five per cent bonds dropped 3 1-4 and j he said: 'Now finish me I declare
the four per cent ltf. Russian securi-;as false the charge that he invaded the
ties, however, were not affected. sanctity of the prisoner's home at any
In addition to the disclaimers of the ! time.. The prisoner, in his testimony.
Japanese minister, the London mana-J admits that he . got the drop on his
ger of the Nippon steamship line, the man; he admits that Gonzales still
London manager of the Yokohama I kept his hands in his pockets after the
Specie bank and the Japanese consul j shot. Even the ruffian highwayman,
minimize the rumors. The first points holding his victim at pistol p'nt,
out that if Japan were mediating war j yields him the alternative of holding
the Nippon line steamers, which are; up his hands .before blowing out his
subsidized, would certainly be recalled brains."
to transport troops. Nothing 'of the j Mr. Johnstone spoke for two hcurs
kind had been done and the compan ;nnd twenty-five minutes. ?nd devoted
was not Informed of anything abnor- ;an but one hour to a rehearsal of the
Tna" 1 editorial attacks unon 'the prisoner.
The Japanese consul says that ship-, His speech was eloquent and ull of
ping is not affected and trade is nor-'ppicndjd nights of oratory, but com
mal. On the other hand the newspap- raratively little of it was directed to
ers of Berlin. Paris and elsewhere and ; the theory of self- defense. He c6n
t.ieir correspondents, vemark upon the : tended that Gon2al(.s. mlnd wa3
various indications which they regard ; clouded
by narcotics when he made
lUtlHi fZ ?0n "-e8e s the. his dying declaration and strenuously
Peter?h f rot, Cn f, criticised the state for not introducing
Petersburg from Darmstadt without the etrt0 .
iri ihr ihr m ow i - u& m m s-s mi - m a-
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The Only Complete Stolzk Ladies' and Gen
tlemen's Fall Shoes Just Arrived
without making his proposed visit to i
Rome may-be connected with the' sit-l! i0"' th 27"
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uatlon in the far en at atno hl -
Jesty's presence in Russia la necssarv ! ,ntendent of the state hospital, W ho j
to a declaration of war. j took ".In "Ions hand.
The anounromont ihnt nMMt Mr., Asbill commented, with force on
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ALL VISITORS TO THE GREAT MASONIC AND STATE FAIR ARE COR-
i?ntneant Pfibl rit!nt
tor;- ti American trade. What Russl.i
h.i I .:nn trn to furnish' n??urancs
thit ?' wmi'd evacuate Manchuria
t. hr s. There was no contract le
tu" it- I'nlted States and Rursia.
howev- it was explalnetl. and then?
f?r th" Washington ffOvernmn fit
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.! u ri.- i no rubtantlal legal rlht to the Italian Socialistic press and
- ...n I m.it iiussia crrry out th socialist deputies.
Noel, vice admiral, has been appointed;" c ",at Tinian waited five UIALLY INVI FED. 1 HIS STORE is the HOME STORE FOR EVERYBODY'
1 1 it ji i liik nprnrn . nTroririnw r zrr oc i : - - - - -
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Bridge in the command of the British! 11 13 noticeable that the defenpe Jm-
Chlna station Is also pointed out as;1""563 raher the : alleged provocation
having peculiar Interest, owing to Ad
miral Noel's official record and the re
source and Judgment he displayed dur
ing the troubles in Crete.
cranc. That was regarded j a
"r.!l nbiT.non on Russi-'s part. She
slrn hr word of honor, ns It
v.r hnt not entered Into a mutu.ii
- 1 to r.srry out her pledge. The po
f tfr r, ,f the I'nltrd States In the m.it
r ,s Ui.Tcrcnt from that of China,
ttraatnrtn; Xdrltrm
New Tork. Oct. 12.-A private dis
paVh received here today from Yoko
hama contained the following:
"The political outlook is much better.
Opinions here seem to Incline to th
Two From Death
'.'Our little daughter had almost fatal
attack of whooping cough and bron
chitis," writes Mrs. W. K. Haviland.
of Armonk. N. Y.. "but. when all oth
er remedig failed, we saved her life
with Dr. Hang's New Discovery. Our
Niece, who had Consumption n an
advanced stage, also used! this won
derful medicine and to-day she Is per
fectly well." Desperate throat and lunt
diseases yield to Dr. King's New Dis
covery ns no other medicine ion earth.
Infallible for Coughs, and Colds. 50d.
and ll.CO bottles guaranteed by all
druggists. Trial bottle free. .
received by Tillman than the re:f de
fense theory, , the latter being argued
secondarily.
Hickory Votes Bonds '
Hickory, N. C, .' Oct. 12. Special
Hickory today voteif'fi ninety thousond
dollar bond issue for water w)f ks, sew
erage and street improvements. The
vote was 287 for arid 24 against.
MOONSHINE OUTRAGES
, ii i ii
Their Last ;Visit to ,-OId Man
Kimbair Mer; With: a,:
; Warm Rccieptiom ;
'Durham. - -N. . C., Oct. l Special.
The moonshiners have been put dn the
war path, aTain In, Lebanon township,
this county,. some eleven mliesS from
Durham. ' Last night, they visited the
home of J. . A. "Kimball, which they
have visited 6n several occasions. This
time they contented themselves with
throwing roeks at the house "and scar
ing the wits out of the inmates.
It is said that there are a,-large num
ber oT moohshiner3 in that 'section' of
the county, and what is worse, very
little has been done" toward breaking
up the" nefarious business: Some . time
ago they accused Kimball of informing
,ihe Sniff o:
utunm is in
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