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A Virginia Horror. South Carolinian's Bloody Work?Kills a Man, his Wife and Two Children and then Takes His own Miserable Life. Glouce^er, Court House, Va.. Oct., 28.?When Ii E. Gressett c?mo out of his home in King and Queen county this morning about sunrise, he was shot with ? ritle by W. D. Coker; who had been concealed under the high steps. When Gressett tell he begged Coker not to shoot again and Mrs. Gressett. also ran om and begged him not to shoot again. Coker came up close to Gressett and fired again, killing him instantly. Coker then sent word to officers to come to I is home at Green wot d, as lie ha?.' shot Gressett. .1 ut>1 as the offi cers drove up to W. B. CokerV house they heard a gnu fro of! and they found Coker dead. He had already killed his wife and two little girls, one six and the other nine years old, and had laid them out. Coker came from South Carolina about eight yea*-!?2<>. The two men lived about e> two miles apart. No one knowol any ill feeling between the men prior to the tragedy. Mrs. Coker was, previous to her marriage, Miss Robbie Roy. She wa9 a daughter' of Lieut. Robert Roy, and a cousin of Mrs. A J. Mnntacue, wife of Virginia's governor. She was a beautiful woman. When the oflieers reached the <.'oker home they found his dead body silting upright in a chair. Uts gun was lying across his knees. The bullet had entered the neck and ranged upward into the brain. The wife and Children naa ueen snot, Killed and laid out, and coins placed over tlieii eyes. (Joker left a note in which lie said he killed his tainiIy to save them from disgrace. Mo named Grossett and his brother us llie cause of his trouble. The murder was com mitted at 2 o'clock and the bodies arranged on the lied. Afterward he lay down beside them and slept until day, when he went to the Gressett. home. A New Enterprise. Mr. John T. Stevens, of Kershaw, and Others, to Establish "Wholesale and Retail Grocery in Cheraw. From Cheraw Citizen. Mentors. Boykin and Shannon, ol Camden, and Mr. John T. elevens, 01 iversnaw, .spent Mon day in Cheraw and while here closed a lease for the new Laney brick building, work on which was begun yesterday. These gentlemen will open up a whole aale and retail grocery business here January 1st, with a capital *tock of $25,000. The building will be 40 x 100 feet, two stories having a basement 40 x CO feet x 10 feet. W. R. Hancock has the contract for the erection ol the building. Miss Mamie Floyd, Who Recently Died, in Texas ?Tribute to Her Memory by School Mates. Mr. aud Mrs. James \V Floyd, ormer Lancastrians now living at Mt. Pleasant, Texas, who lost their sixteen-year old daughter, Miss Mamie, a few weeks ago, havo received the following trib ute Irorii her late school inatee: To Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Floyd:? What csin we do but weep with you ? We can only guess what this sorrow is. We know it must tie the greatest except one, which could come to you The dear girl, she looked so sweet and happy last we saw her. If you could only see her. How be lutitul she must, be now that she has seen Jesus and shines in ihe light of God. It is even more wonderiul 10 think of that great tram-itiou. of a girl and ot a grown person one cannot imagine, the sudden expansion into such knowledge, i : * aiiu conscious joy. We have been looking back upon short memories of soul tri als. Just a lew years ot groping and stumbling, weariness anil faint ness at heart .temptat ion and failure, all these t. ings which we suppose every Christian must pass through at some time, on the way home. The first distinct thought which comes through the surprise and sorrow, at tlie sacuess was that, that dear redeem ed girl will bo spared all this; -he is taken home where none ol I lie roughest (it I iu> rmii'li nean (ill j WAN I The Trdinff P IHMV HI We have the Bij Cheapest Stock of ever had. We hoi cotton was chef higher prices, a such being the c more goods than Our stock of DRESS / S NEW AND We pride oursel medium priced li ING in the towi well-assorted and GENTS' FUF And at prices tin tion?quality con When you think of sric Think of us. We carry the styles and quality. We hi Shoe for men, and Kippendo pair guaranteed. Give us a call; we welc or not. Yours, with Honest Goo Fundc V \ ways will ever occur. She will never tear doubt ur siu. u.. Is not this the. very kindest and best i hi tig thai the tender loving Savior could d ? lor her ? * But heller still, she is with Him at once ard forever, waiting for ( you 10 come home. We are only writing this because our hearts are lull; we know we cannot com tort?only Jesus can. We shull go and plead long and intensely as soon as wm finish this lei ler. Lie must be ''specially touched" in sorrow for He" knows by actual experience what human love i-; this is such a great and unexpected sorrow to us all; es pecially He must be watching you in this hour of trial. With ilie deepest sympathy we are her school males. Maud Brown, Sue Armstiong. Frankie Reed, P iris, Texas. Wadsworth, Nev., was once a a lively railroad town with about 4,000 inhabitants, but now it is only a collection of deserted L 'hacks. Thete houses are over run with wildcats, 'or when thr 'own was deserted about 400 cats were left behind, and they have increased rapidly and heeded the call of the wild. 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