luit Mm
'ointmlin ib of hkv. j. "lri- 1tk.
.oily, 1st and 3d hubbuill.
viiii- n> k, 1m un>t 41 li h.tmiath. 11
fioiniot hill, 2 1 him! uh sabbath,
i> ni.
When you want Candy,
rflicn you think of Candy
When you go to bet Candy
MackoioL
? Miss Willie Poovey, of Fairfield
countv who has been viaitinuj
her brothers family hero, returned
home yesterday.
? Died, on Sunday Inst, the
inftu.t child of Mr. und Mrs. Tank
Hunter of the Magill f eclion, aged
about 4 months.
? A reward will bo paid for
return of bluck bird dog named
"King." T. VV. McNeely.
? Adam Hancock, a rosnected
old negro of ihe Libertv Hill section,
died suddenly lust Wednesday
of heart affection.
?Mrs. M. It. McCardoll and
Miss Irene Cunningham relumed
yesterday from Charlotte where
they attended the Davis-Vanlandhatn
nuptials on Thursday.
?"br. H. Smith, Eye Sight;
Specialist of Monroe, N. C., will
visit Jefferson, S. C., on Monday, j
Nov. 7. One day only. Glasses!
fitted to remedy all eye defects. j
? Mr. Preston McDiniel has!
accepted a position as salesman :
with Deitz Bios.
?There will be no services at
Unity tomorrow. I'ho pastor,
Rev. J. M. White, is assisting in
a meeting at 'faylorsville, N. O
?The bar of Abbeville has asked
that Mr. Ernest Moore of this
place he commissioned Judge to
conduct a tpccial term of court in
Abbeville ueginning November
7ih. j
\1 rs. Ellen 11 Hel will eel
ebialo her 72d birthday at bor
home at Dixie with a basket picnic
next Friday, Nov. 4th. She
cordially invites all her relatives
undfiieudsto bring baskets and
spend tl.o day with her.
--The blank forms for the poll
lists and election returns can bo
hud by the commissioners of electi<
n by applying to the Clerk of
Court, in whose cuio they were
sent by the secretary of state.
? A'e are selling a great many
goods regardless of cost. Come |
and seo before you buy.
Lancaster Mercantile Co
? M rs. J. O. Lindsay and children
arc v tailing relatives in Lanc
*ster. - - Rock Hill Herald j
? Letters remaining uncalled j
for i'? the post ollico ut Lan-:
caster for ttie week tndirg Oct j
29th, 1904, are as follows:
Mrs. Minnie Par tan, Mrs. Maggie
O'Bryan, Misses Mamie Macolorect,
Ella Parian, Messrs. L.
W. McNeely, J. E. Kstridge,
John Pres'sley, (2), A. C Plow,
J. E- Watson.
J. M. Stewart^P. M.
? Cards are out for the marriage
of Miss Rebecca Phillips
Bird of Charleston, to Mr Thomas
Jeffervs Ashe of Ynrkville. on
Wednesday, Nov. 9 The ceremony
is to take place In Grace
church, Charleston. The bride
to be is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. John Styles Bird. The
*
groom is a son of the late ,/< hn It
Ashe, a recent graduate of the
South Carolina Military academy
and has just completed a course in
plpctrical engineering in New
York. ? Yorkville Enquirer
Foley's lloney and Tar cures
coughs ami colds ar.d prevents
pneumonia. 'Jake no substitutes.
Sold by Funderhurk Pharmacy.
Court Frocoodings.
The following eases have luen
disposed of on tho civil sido of
court this week;
Robt Huist & Co. vs. Tho Lancaster
Mercantile Co., suit ou account.
Vordict foi tho defendant.
VY A llughos vs. The Western
Union Telegraph Cj., suit for
damages for delay in tho delivery
of a message. Verdict for the
paintiff for $700.
J li Muckoroll vs the L. & C.
R R Co.. suit for damage to merchandise
and penalty for nonpayment
of claim within 60 days.
Verdict for plaintitr for $1.15.
Green Ray & Co. vs J.R Ashe
& Co., suit o'a account. Verdict
for plautitTs for $101.
R. J. Mcllwaino vs. Peter T.
Twitty, suit for $125, damages.
Verdict for dofendant..
The Jury was discharged yesterday
aftornoon and court will
adjourn today.
?Mrs. Nellie Truesdel, wi'e
of Mr. J. S Truesdol, died Sat
urday night at their homo about 3
miles south of Kershaw, after an
illness lusting only a few days
Slio was hurried at Sand Hill
graveyard after funeral services
hy Liov J. T. Dendy. Mrs Truesdel
leaves besides her husband
six children, who have the sympathy
of a host of friends in their
very sad bereavement.?Kershnw
Era.
The Jefferson Homicide.
"You said you'd seud mo to
hell, did jou ?" With these
word9, followed by two quick
pistol shots, T. H. McMillan, a
young white man, killed Peter
Jopliu , a negro, last Thursday
afternoon, at Jefferson. The
tragedy occurred in the store of
Evans & Miller, and was witnessed
by some half a dozen persons.
Both shots took effect,
one near the heart and one in the
head, and the man died in about
thirty minutes. There was no
controversy whatever, except th2
words quoted above. Vhe nogro
had been working for Mr. McMillan,
and on the previous Monday
.lie i wo had quarrelled over
a settlement, aud~McVlillan had
received word that tho uegro had
said that he would kill him on
sight. Responsible Jefferson
parties say that tho throats had
b<'on so pronounced that the people
wore not surprised at tho result,
as Joplin whs a boisterous
man of bad reputut 1011. VIcVliTan
is a quiet young man, about 21
years o? ago aud unmarried.?
After the shooting he went to
Chesterfield court house and surrendered,
but is now out on
bond.?Monroe Journal.
Homicide in Fort Mill.
Juko Dunlup killed Monroe
Jones nt tort Mill last Sunday in
a difficulty about a woman. Coroner
Lqqteiab held au inquest yes,
terday, aud the jury seemed to
think that the killing was justifiable.
Tne reporter has been unable
to gather the facts. Both
parties to the homicido aro ne.
groe.8.?Vorkville Enquirer,
-^Mr. H. ?J. Gardner had a bop
to die Saturday that weighed about
400 pounds. There are several
other hogs iu the sanio aide of sick
town. It is thought that the disease
affecting them is cholera. -Kershaw
Era.
A correspondent of tbo Columbia
State reports tbat Mr. R M.
Anderson, who lives neat* Rock
Hill, has already picked forty
bales of cotton from forty acres
__ .1 . . .1 i 1 1 _ I
ana is niH ytn .ifino picKing.
J. HARRY' FOSTER.
Attorney at Law,
LANCASTER, S. C.
Hair Collections a upeclalty*
Happenings in The State.
An Chronicled by the Alert Correspondents
of The Columbia
State.
DOUBLE SHOOTING AT GREEKS.
Spartanburg, Oct. 27.?At
Greens this morning Ed Braswell
and Thomas Stilos shot each other
They had a misunderstanding
about a well whieh they were
using. Both were thot through
the body. Stiles' condition is
critical. Braswell's father was in
the city today to got legal ad
vice.
KILLING NEAIt DARLINGTON.
Darlington Oct. 27. ?Last
Sunday afternoon on the planta- ,
tion of Mr. G. W. Powo this
county, there occurred what appears
from the facts learnod to be
a justifiable homicide. A negro,
Murray Campbell, was advancing
on Ruben Bull, another negro,
wifh an open knife. In order to
defend himself lieu ben struck
Murray in tho head with a gun
and fractured his skull. Murray
died Monday morning.
TURKE NEGRO CHILDREN MEET
HORRIBLE DEATH.
Johnson, Oct. 26.?Yesterday
on the Pagett place about six miles
from here, a tenant house occupiod
by John Holloway, colored,
and liib family was destroyed
with its contents by fire and three
children burned to death, aged
about 1 month, 2 and 5 years.
Holloway and his wife, it is said,
were in the field at the time the
house Wis discovered in flames,
which is supposed to have caught
in a pile of cotton on the floor.
Tho door was not fastened, but
even tho older child failed to
escape
NEW TRIALS WERE REFU8ED.
Saluda, Oct. 26.?Motions for
new trials in the cases of Clarence
Thraiikill and the Miller
brothers and McUormick were re
fused today by Judge Purdy.
Til rail k ll I was sentenced t? thron
years in the p3nitentiary. Mc- ,
Cormick and Samuel Eiller woro (
given ten years canh in the ,
penitentiary.
Joo Miller for carrying concealed
weapons was sentenced to pay
a tino of $100 or six months on i
the chaingang. 1
Wist Andrews, colored, convicted
of manslaughter was sonteu
ced to seven years in the penitentiary.
BIDS FOR CONTRACT FOR NHW FE
u/itiU uuLiijBiUtC BUILUINQ IX COLUMBIA.
Tho building comtnitteo uf tho
Columbia Femal o college met last
night and received bids for the eroc
tionof the main building at the new
site two miles, north of Columbia.
Tbe plans are by Mr. A. VV. Todd
of Charleston and call for a very
tine building, Bids were submit"
tod by contractors from New York
to New Orleans, the figures ranging
from 1100,000 to $140,000.
The bidders were finally elira*
inatod, with the exception of three
firms whoso offers will be taken
up at another meeting this morning.
These three are Granrtby &
.Jordan of Greenviile; Harlor &
Co., of New Orleans and Burton
& Co. of Richmond.?The State.
i
NEGRO IS IDENTIFIED BY INTENDED ]
VICTIM.
Grenvillo, Oct. 27.?Rufus
Jackson, colored, is in tho county
jail on the charge of attempting '
to assault Mrs. W. W. Brothers,
a white woman, a week or more r
ago. Jackson was positively t
identified by Mrs. Brothers. It
will bo remembered that while
Mrs. Brothers, who lives five miles
from the city on the Piodinont *
road, was in u field gathering peas
she was attacked by a negro who
had a sack over his face. In the
scuttle which followed the suck
was torn from tho negro, and bo
made his escupo across tho field.
Tho vest found near tho scene lod
to the arrest of Jackson.
H A OV i??T?>it?^
i>vnnciU A I.SO t'OUH HOUSES
AND TWO COWS.
Blacksburg, Oct. 26.?The
largo two.story barn of Mr. W.
F.{D>o, near this pkco, together
with several smaller buildings,
was entirely consumed by tire yesterday
morning about 3 o'clock,
lu the barn were a quantity of
coru, fodder, peavine hay and
other provender, improved farm*1
iug implements, carriage and buggy,
wAgon, harness, four horses
and two cows. Nothing was
saved. Tho tire is thought to
bo the work of an incendiary, but
no direct clue has yet been dis*
covered . The loss is over $2,000
ond there was no insurance on the
property.
A CHALLENGE TO TILLMAN.
Spartanburg, Oct. 26.?Mr. C
P Sims of the Spartanburg bar
has addressed a letter to Senator
B. li. Tillman, requesting tho
senator to meet him in a joint deHate
at any place in Cherokee
county the senator will designate,
and at any time he chooses between
now and the general election.
Mr. Sims is an active advocate
of tho ablishment of tho beer
and liquor dispensaries, and is
now prosocutinir so oral of the
local beer dispensaries.
ALDERMAN OLIVER09 ACQUITTED
Aiken, Oct. 27.?Tho case against
Alderman Olivoros, charged
with accepting bribes, was taken
up Uednesduy afternoon.
Tho testimony differs very little
from what was testified to before
the committee of council. Counsel
for the defeuduut endeavored
to break down the testimony of
Mr. Johnson.
When the State closed counsel
for the defense stated they would
jflforno testimony. After argument
tho case was given to the jury
this afternoon and in 20 minutes a
rnrdict of not guilty was relumed.
"Watcli the Kidneys"
"When they are nffocted, life is
in danger" says D?\ Abernethy,
tho great English physician.
Foley's Kidney Cure makes sound
Kidneys. Sold by Fuoderburk
Pharmacy.
To Speak In Thiee States.
r\1
New York, Oct. 25.?Judge
Parker's programme and speaking
itinerary until election day have
been completed, lie will speak
in three States, Now York Now
Jersey andConnecticut and in adi:?.:
? a 1 >
uiiuu mure uaro oeen arranged
receptions in bis honor in this
jity and Brooklyn. The schedule
sails for a change in the candid
late'a plans heretofore announced
in tha>the has been dissuaded
from his determination to make
speeches elsewhere than at his
home at Esopus.
CASTOR IA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
vj .v .
MWBaHHHmBamnMi
3- D. Bowers. W. Q. Bowers
BOWERS' BROS.
Guilders and Contractors
Iiuuibor, all kinds, for sale.
Dressing and Matching at short
lotice.
Turned work and Scroll work aspec^
a?ty.
MP"Uive US your orders,
BOWERS BROS.
Near Depot.
>eby. 28. 1904.
WAN
1 want your w
want your wants
to me.
If you want Fa
If you want Cr
If you want CI
If von wiiii t (21
/
ill fact, if you \
thing in these lii
Celery an
Bread always fr<
Vours- J B.
Dress Got
is booming
Competent judj
the finest selec
Goods in (lie city.
$1.50 broadch
?ur price per yar
$1 00 broadclc
our price per yai
./fnioug the be
season in our ent
Dress Goods is t
pure wooi broadc
ors and black, tli
ning at the yard <
body sells this q
- DON'T F
that Cloud sells
cheaper tlian anj
we have the ch<
the city. Don't
We are gettiug to be lead
Our Clothes sell because We
ank reliable makes. We Sm
$10 50 Suits we:
$12 50 Suit we <
$7 50 Suit we si
BIG JOB IN PI
We have close
lots ot one ol the
tories in the cotir
cent under regu
we are giving oui
A < *
enure benefit of
bargain.
Very Yespec
E. E. (
TED !
ants ami if you
supplied come
ncy Groceries,
ockery,
liiiu ware,
ass ware,
rant most anyles,
conic to me.
id Brede Steam
esh.
Mackorell.
3ds Sale
^ with us
s*es say we have
tion ot Dress
?tlis in all colors
d $1.19.
it lis in all colors
rd 89 cents.
;st sellers this
ire line of Fine
he 50-inch all
nil ?
111 <11* UUI"
at we are run(59
cents. Nona!
ity for less
yard.
ORGETi
Dress Goods
'body and that
ricest stock in
forget this fact.
I
ers in the Clothing Line,
handle only well made
ash ill records in Price:
sell at $5 90
sell at $8 75.
ill at $4 95.
INTS!
" A. A.V. - " Ti
;< out me Odd
best pants faeitrp
at forty per
lar prices and
v customers the
tliis wonderful
tfwlly,
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