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R0XB0R0, NORTH ! CAROLINA,- Wednesday E'vening,, January-21 1903.
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EDITOR GONZALES IS DEAD,
atttat Tvi nnrnwDTA
PASSED AWAY IN' COLUMBIA
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Sketch of the Dead' .Man Who Was He thinks there are votes in such a
One Among the Ablest Newspaper policy; and .there are some, no
Men in the South Causes That doubtbut- the masses of demo
Lead to the Shooting- ' cracy in South Carolina are not so
Raleigh, N. C, Jan. 19.- A spe- much concerned about the source
cial to the News and Observe from of the charges as. their truth, aid
Columbia tonight gave particulars jim Tillman's silence has confirmed
of the death of Editor N. Q; Gon- their tmth He has understated
zales, of the Columbia State; which the,sen?e.of patriotismof a : major
: occured this afternoon. . ity pf former reformers in ' imagin
Kditor Gonzales j was shot last W that they would vote for a
Thursday by Lieutenant James H.
Tillman and since hat time his life 'Tillman or because the state oppos
has been hanging in a balance. His ed him. f
death was caused by peritonists. "The issue once made it hasde
Early this morning.it was t. seen yeloped into aj issue; The press
that Editor Gonzales conld not live 0f South Caidina are against fraud
and every members of his n family and falsehood in high office-rand
was summoned, to his bedstde. thus it remains for the voters d
Gathered by his couch was his wife
three brothers, sisters and other re-
latives. This was early in the day,
As noon approached it was seen
that he could not mucn longer sur-
vive and at 1 o clock this afternoon h
be passeii away, .e diea m tne
Columbia hospital, j ,
From all report everything is
quiet in, South Carolina at this
time. Tillman, tlje murderer of
Gonzales, is in jail! and no rash act
on the citizent is feared. The tele-
graph reports state, that the mur- j
derer was hanged in effigy at Clark
1 smaii siauon, laie mis aiieraoon. 1
iris not thought Ahat there will be
trouble on account of the death of
Editor 'Gioiiaalltlie. law will be
allowed to take its course. , ? "Jim Tillmau has made what our
Narcisco Gener J Gonzales was local contemporary; describes a
born on Kdisto Island. S. C,. AugL 'little stage play in. offering to re
5, 1858. His parents were Cubans, sign his office as lieutenant gover
his father r Gen. Ambrosio Jose nor if the editor will go to him and
Gonzales, having been one of the call him 'a liar and a blackguard
junto'of five members who declared coward. V The editor) of the State
Cuban independence in 1848 and is not playing in 'a melodrama and
began the revolution of. whicji Ior
pez was the head. As a yomg man
N. G. Gonzales ws in the railroad
telegraph servicetJbut allpf liis ina-
ture life has been given to news
paper work, in whichhe started as
a reporter and an ;, which,he,fhas
achieved meriteddtinctfon
was. ever zeai6u;f&tfie
tion of the island of his'fathef rand'
m this matter, as m pthersl 4e-
monstratiiig his f aitHby; his"; ork,
became a soldier ,in the;; Spanish
American war, attaining ;the ' rank
of first lieutenant, , He Was, ,edtor
of the State, published at. Colunibia
and it was .on account'of his fignt
against James H. Tillman, heuten-J ate has beert in a state off Seige all
antgovernor, that he was 'shot tonight with-the Republicans' practir
def
The causes that lead up to the
shooting of Editor Gonzales . can be
assigned to the following 'articles
that appeared in jtlje State at differ
eat dates during jthe last year r
"It was necessary that Jim Till
Eian, who two yeajrs ago succeeded
ia getting himself elected lieuten
ant governor because of the major
ity of vote rs did not know lis charr
- acter should thi ( year have he
character made know when his can
didacy for governor menaced South
Carolina with supreme r inj ury-oand ;
disgrace. The interest of the pub
lic having beeii : concen'tfated:' in
1900 on the fight for .the governor
ship he literally fied jiisl way' into
the secondary , omce -and :it C was
somebody's duty to; standi ortH and
and show. his'fnilvin'
ty-
hincfcother newspavers in declaring
bis. unfitness inasmuch as he has
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persistently attributed to the State
raries.
scoundrel because his name was
pass judgement upon. One by one
the newspapers have swung .into
ime, until out of 11 daily journals
in South Carolina 10 have pronoun-
ced against Jim Tillman
August 23, 1902, The State said:
v"As one of the public prosecu-
tors of James H. Tillman, in be-
half of South Carolina's honor1 and
welfrre, this newspaper is proud of
the enmity he manifests against it,
although in fairness to a number of
its contemporaries which have so
materially aided in bringin
gue to justice, The State c
tneir services were also r
led , . , , t...
September 3. 190a; ateir
election, tfie5 State said: j
has no taste: fprM&Irt his paper
he lias calied'JiinTiUtniuiVtViie'
y&h&
tyas necessary toJcall hirn and
what he said about him he has
proved; "'' ' -' :
) If ahy grievance exists it isiiot
oh the part of 'Gonzar Iwh
proudly admitftneelectwn nasgm
kh himv iiMstMMr
fore it would be quite supertfuous
as wellm staleiantf cfea W do ithe
DjCatnri ad? oves again-after the
curtam has been rung-xiown., f
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. j - Penned in Senate, j. k ;?
j Denver, Col, jfanio.ThVSeh-
caliy impnsqnpd : behind' "locked
doorsin the' Senate and fifty armed
deputy sheriffs L all Democrats,
guarding the corridors. The Re
publicans Lieutenant Goyernor has
appealed to the govornor for State
troops to clear the corridors, break
down the doors and release the -Republican
prisoners. Two org? nizaw
tions are in session each claiming to
be regular. A conference committee
is tryingjo establish a compromise
between the hostile factions. The
Governor has not yet consented to
send for troops but ; says if the
rival faction in the. Senate do "not
reach an u agreement ' soon he will
resort toxextreme measures.
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This signatore is ott'everyOxr tne d;mbstof them' Will jom the COm-1 I'1 ' -v-n , " - ' - ' J-'"1 . A--- 1T 1 lUMTT 1U 1MK '
BE ATJMONT OIL IWELLS FAII
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xix v.onsequenc a jpge . v,n ynn-;
Receiver.
Dallas, Tex.; Jan. 18. -The San
Jacintd . Oil Company, one of the
largest concerns in Dallas, operating
in" the Beaumont, fields, was T placed
in the hands of a receiver yesterday
on the -l application of the Xexas
Cotton Products Company, of Tex-
as, which company had a contract
with the San ' Jacinto Oil Company
for, a large quantity of crude oil
Rey, j; B, Chmfell, a well-known
Baptist minister and editor of ; Dal
las, president of the company, said
the, complainant company , had; a
contract1 witn tne oan-jacintp vom
pany'to purchase crude oil at. ,151
cents a . barrel. ' This contract was
one of 56, all which were made, at
a time when the company's weil
gushers "and producing thousands
barrels of oil per day. . Since that
time one of the San Jacinto Compa
fay's wells has failed entirely and
the production from the other two
haspsactically ceased. It was there
fore impossible to fill the contracts,
4s there was hot enough oil pro
duced by the; wells to meet; more
than a small per cent, of what the
contracts demanded; The differen
ces between what' the contracts
called for and the present price for
oil approximates $1,500,000. There
are about 6,000 stockholders of the
company scattered over the United
States. ... .i. . .'
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1 Abraxa-S Hewitt Dead.
New York, Jan 8. Abram S,
Hewit' former mayor of New York
and Representative in Congress
from 1874 to i887fydie,ati isix
odock this morning; Hie wa in his
81st Vear and. had fceeu ' critically
ill for ten days. Witlf him at the
moment$6f- his death were ..his wife,
hist three sons and three daughters;
Mrmewitt; wh6had beeti in-fee-
fieidOverstreet and.Howers of the
imiWc.f;'rrthimiH a hard: at
aetatls ot - an anu-irust , diu : .wmcn
1:hy will again submit to the
scrutiny of Attorneyeneral Knox,
froin-Pjttsburg
iy. .No-disagree-
when, he returns
tomorrow or Monday
ment have qeea presented between
the sub-committee and the attorney
general and car is being exercised
to make the ppposed. law strong
enough to withstand all" attacks;
Egyptian Cigarette Oombfne.
Boston, Jan. "17. A r comnation
of Manufacturers, of Egyptian cigar-
ettes is announced here in the pur
chase of, the , factory :, ef,;Mithran
Aeshiah. the largest Wholesaler in j
JN ew isngiana, wno 1 nas; ja, orancn
factory at Providence. : MivAtshion ;
who will be prominent iri the new
organization.- the1 i International To
baccdf - C6mjytJcjtelized r. r at
Ss?000821 there - makers t of
Egyptian dgarettes inHHe country
Jnnd with obstnic of JtUl fJM " f
n January sihnd frbm tjie firgt 4nd-aU were an-fa,yor of thedlV-MhU
ly no hope of- 'the 'liWtl&BcMvvtottpnfm pm WCVWgWtegiJrf.-' -r,
lecoverv dnivlifioMerM'-vitai- WfcihsAfbe Honseharjkajoriied' i-xnatterifrfi6jnhS'ltia4.;!yoad-; r
Ink Robert B. Lee, It is .qmtd'Ktonttaii:! . goods are innJio$i.,i " ! ' , .
J Another ruflt feu.ter, , - V..as I? PAWtilSff,
t "TtrUiitnn. Tail.' .W. tittle lioJP-hp H
CViqks Dicision Imminent."
The question Whether the next
pastmasteir at WiJson -JX C.istO
be: a black or. white man will in all
probability ,be determined r the first
of the week, perhaps, to-day, or, if
not, the Cabinet 1771II sit in " judges
ment oh the case- iTitesday unless
the unforeseen'appens. In ; anticiJ
pation of ; an ! early disposkio of .the
case, the friends of Senator; -Pritch-
ard have planned a final grand
rally, and if the colored postmaster
Samuel H. Vick, does not go, it
will b because of any deficiency - in
the, numerical;, strength of ... his. op
ponents wh0(wijl invade the ,te-v
House. '
Congressman ; Moody says he will
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Walser. former, attornev general" of A
TTU Qh, 4- A
luiiuct uiuicu uiaira- wcuaiui,- rtiuu
J. H. McNeill, v chairman - oV the j
Kepubiican organization in wiikesl
county, and at one; time r,a member.
of he legislature, are also among
those who will, tb-day urge the
President to uohold -thexlicv of
Senator Pritchard. In (this contest
tne persrnaliiy 01 oamuel vick, has
long since been . lost sight of, ; a"nd
with, one accord both factions of the
Republican yart not only in North
Carolina, have inade an. issne of
this appointment.
To Vote on a Dispensary.
Oxford, Ni C4 Jxu'aaA meef
ing wahdd m the CQurt hqutlit
night wtachwasltegeTVt
ana very enxausrasiicv : ; . -; ; -v
. jjr. csi jj- ijoora suomincs
of resolutions requests tfa tovmt
commissioners to call an election 'f off
ucuuc wuciuci Ad liic wiaixt
of l;he,citizes;of the town that : a
. , " "T; 7:i&uccessqi:ta.yYj. jonpson oc
resolutions 4 were carried juxani-
tvr f - ; . '
.that .e&ery
and paid, ino:atiention, ?Genera
f -Liee:s oirxnaayr iyjaouociai ir 'as 1
Pei
v " A ,i. " "l P
-onglas to,knQW ..whenjhejidied' or
when. hisvbir!idily-fc:8ctfhaV0
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fehang!nJN(h'fca(olinV ; :J.JN; ,
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The facts arVthat, we have a few goods that we, want t of set V
quick and that we are fijoinsr to do it if low prices will appea : ,
-tto-yoii.-.-.-".:Here are tne;figttres.r " , - V :
r . $5.50 patterns of gray suitirig now,, r ,t f y vy:1, $4 ,2d v:
;, ' . 1.25 yard of gray suiting how ;SX': '
v , 1100 yard brown dresa -flannel how -V- x . , o0
: ' J- ; " ' i r 35c. yard red and green waist flannel now ? . - 25-? 1
? 1 " ' i SOcTyatrd pnrple mercerized satten nowj: - ;r ,15
. - 10c. yard percal now . ,v .V.Jo - tT Vf
. v- A . . 50c. ladies vests and pants now Ih' ,371,;
' ; ISOftmirg now 60ftll rhek howc' S1.35 rnesnow 1 00,
K Besides, the above we Jiavea lbt oi remnants to go atj f i aDour.
Kalf price.iAs i well as manybtherluirgains thatV we . can't
nmention herd h-a
-' Plant BecTFet tilizjr in 400 pound ;4r
bags, . ' J usfc' received. V ' - ' ' ,7 --
S .i. A. H FotsfitBE Soir ' . ' 7 v
Administ rat 6 rs ? SM ot ice
Haviijg this.day qualified as Admin-,
istrator of Mrs . Ann E .Jordan dec'd ;
of Person county X hereby Notify, -alL,
persons owinsrsaid estate to come
forward 4nd mase iinmpalate ; settle 7
ment, and ali perspiia holding claims
! - . .a : J -a. j. a j J. a. 1 x
against eaiq estate. 10 present iiueui w
the nfaoersigneo? on' or before the 23rd
day pf Dee M903, """or this notice.iL
be plead in- bar of ; their1 eed very..
This 23rd day of Dec. 1902. -'
WI. ! HARRIS, z
- ministrator.1' '
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