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State of South Carolina,
COUNTY OF LANCASTER.
In the CommonJPIeas.
fiW Emma O. Hinson. Mary Abbe Crawford,
Q. Trenholm Hasseldne,aud J
A. Hassoltine, Mayo Hasheltli.-e,
Llda Hasseitine by their Guardian
a i lllem J. Footer Moo.e, Plaintiffs,
against
Fannie W, Lanier, Defendant
,N T>ursu int to a decree in the above
A stated cause made by Judge R, C
Waitt, dated Oct. 20th, 1904, I will sell
at public auction at Lancaster court
house on the
FIRST MONDAY IN DECEMBER,
NEXT,
within the legal hours of sale, the foU
lowing described lot of land, to wit:
or Ail that piece, parcel or lot of land
>s. lying, being and situate in the Town
Of Lancaster County of Lancaster and
State < f South Carolina, bounded on
the Nor'h by lands belonging to tlx
estate of I. C Clinton, 011 the West
by lot of J Hurry Foster, on the South
" by Barr Street, on the East by alley
way and lot of J F Hunter, said lot
tl containing two aores, more on less
I Located on the said premises is a two
story ten-room dwelling, also a servant
\ house
n Tei ms of sale CASH; purchaser to
le * ^'BJr pnuns. 4 r nuii iXiA,
? J H Foster. 8LC.
j0 Plaintiff's Atty
E W. F. LANEY,
? Physician and Snrgeon.
OaIIb ?D?w?re<l from office in
rear of Funderburk Pharmacy
during the day, and from resi
dence on Elm street at night.
Residence phone, 88.
Offioe phone, 118.
MONEY TO LOAN
I bav? made arrangement wi? j
lenders of money In New York City,
with whom I am able to negotiate loans
secured by first mortgage on improved
eottou firms, at 7 per cent interest?
repayable in annual tr.stallnu uta of
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; at to > C'im ** wtww*? uf^v vi v?'iiiiiiio
| hIoii charged Only reasonable
thnrge for abet raot of title.
R. E WYLIE,
Auk 31-Sin. Attorney ?t l<i.w
There's no cough medicine so
papular us Foby'e Honey and Tar.
it contains no opiates or poisons
and neyer fails to cure. Sold by
Funderburk Pharmacy.
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irilimd WILLIAMi) UUILII.
H. E. COFFEY DEFENDS
CHARACTER OF MRSLANCLEY.
Lancaster Man Reviews the
Case Presented in Behalf of
the Kershaw Negro Under
Sentence for a Nameless
Crime and Declares that Injustice
has been Done the
Reputation of the Woman?
He Questions the Accuracy of
Affidavits end the Wisdom of
the Gcveruor's Granting the
Respilo.
Lancaster, Nov. 9.?Special
to The New? and Courier: The
people of this county are watching
with much interest every,
movement being made in the
Aaron William* prra r?f TTar.
shaw. Williams's victim, Mrs.
Langley, resides in this county,
where she was born and raised,
and is a woman of good family.
She is a sister of Mr. R. J. Flynn
and his four brothers?all highly
respected citizens and well-todo
farmers.
Only oue side of the case, the
defendant's, has been presented
to the public since the movement
was started iu Camden to obtain
a respite for Williams, and in
order that the other side may
also be laid before the public Mr.
H. E. Coffey, who was a witness
tor the prosecution at the trial,
has prepared the statement below
for 1 I'M t* Q Q * $ p d reo ueM*.
its insertion iu the columns of
The News and Courier.
Mr. Coffey, though a resident
of this place, was running a saw
mill in Kershaw Couuty in the
vicinity aud at the time the alleged
outrage was committed.
Mr. Coffey is a citizen of high
standiug and respectability, and
his statements are entitled to all
credence. Mr. Coffey for several
years has been a member of the
county board of education. The
past year he was Worshipful
Master of the Lancaster Masonic
Lodge and two years ago be was
county chairman.
mr. coffey's statement. |
Here is what he says :
Since the columns of The News
and Courier have been freely us-1
ed io connection with the casei
of the State of South Carolina
against Aaron Williams by those
who for some reasoq are hostile
to Mrs. Langley, I would like
to have spaoe in them to say a
few words in her behalf.
Ever since Aaron Williams
was arrested there have been
false aud misleading statements
published in connection with the
affair. I know as much About
the case as anybody outside of
the two most interested and I
know that these statements are
false.
It was published in The News
and Courier, by whom I know
not, that a crowd had gathered at
Langley's for the purpose of
lyncomg Aaron Williams?thai
the preparations for the deed
were about complete and Ling>
ley stepped out and,asked Aaron,
"Where ie that money," which
so disgusted the crowd that they
threw down the rope, with which
they were about to hang him,
and turned the negro over to the
sheriff of the county, who was
present.
I was present and I do know
?(iat in is statement is false in
every particular. The crowd
had uot met for the purpose of
lynching, for the sheriff of the w
county was present and a lynch- ot
ing party would hardly commen- it
ce operations by invitiug the c1
sheriff.
The truth of the matter is ('
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Laugley tried his best to have (
the uegro lynched and got a
crowd to promise to do it, but ^
after consultation it was decided ^
to let the law take its course, c
and the sheriff was "phoned" P
for and was present when the |
arrest was made. Langley sent w.
for me as soon as his wife told
bitrt. Ho told me he wanted to a'
ai
get a crowd and lynch him. .
WANTED TO KILL HIM. ^
Theu, instead of asking him ai
about money, Langley tried to 11
wrench a pistol from me to
shoot Aaron with, after he was
n rpflu ? arl ?? J ?L:l- *1
????nu nuu w uno me crowd
was etauding around him. I had
a considerable struggle with him
to keep him from getting the ^
pistol from me but, being a f(
stronger man than he was, I
kept possession of it. At the $
same time I advised him to sub- I
mit to the law, as I felt confident |
it would give him justice. a
After L&ngiey's death it was $
published that he had blown out a
his brains in despair, because of ,
the failure of his iniquitous ^
scheme to get possession of
Aaron's money or something to J
thtt effect. I only write from ^
memory and have not kept copies
of the paper that contained v
the articled referred So. ?
.. ..Langley . did blow out his *
brains in despair, but it was ^
despair occasioned by such unjust
aocusaiioua of himself and
wife, accusations which he felt $
were unwarranted and unjust. f<
He was in a very low state of f1
health at the time, was of a very 15
nervous, excitable temperament
and his nerves, already wrought
to their utmost tension, gave f
way entirely wheu he heard of
the calumnies that were being
circulated about the affaft. Hie
blood is ?s truly on the heads of
those who circulated these slanders
as if they had shed it themselves.'
Now I want to say a few words .
about the action of Governor
Hey ward in granting a respite
to Aaron Williams for the pur- *
pose of bringing the case before
the courts and getting a
new trial on the basis of "after
discovered evidence." ^
On (be 17th day of October a
petition was presented to Governor
Heyward, signed by a 1
number of the oitizens of Camden,
but, so far as I can see, by
none from the immediate vicin- 1
ity of the outrage. On this pe- 1
cition Governor Heyward re- *
fused to act, but called for affidavits.
Four affidavits were
presented and upon these the i
Governor acted. J
TIIE AFFIDAVITS.
Now let me examine these
affidavits and see if tbey throw
enough new light on the case to
be considered "after discovered
evidence."
First as to the affidavit of the
Rev. W. B. Gordon. Mr, Gordon
says : "He is cognizant of
the case." Mr. Gordon certainly
was not present at Mr. Lang- c
I Inn'. tk. * 1
??7 a rv ucu hud anoBi was mnae
or at any time previous to that.
(continued on 4th fage).
REAP THIS
A man says he can restore the Russian N
'1)1 relieve those sinking spells. No patent
iir low prices for same g side.
We unfurl to the population of Lancaster
>K oountry one of the largest, heet assorted a
naudise that it haa ever heen the pleasure of
No doubt you all know our location. We
rawford Bros Drug Bfore, you cannot miss u
rices, for we are headquarters here for hargai
tOOD GOODS r.'.Slr.ve'ma
tammoth Htook of Gent's Clothing, Youth's,
.atlies Cloaks, Bacques, Jackets ami Katon Hu
:yles, all prices.
JNDERWLAR UNDE
hildren's. We ask you specially to allow
artment. We will astonish you
imm* mm% am
Tens furnishing goods, Notions, eie, etc , a fu
hildretis and Boys Bhoee, which we defy c
ay one will sell you for less money than we >
IwayB lells.lt some woman doesn't tell dr>n l
re great BARGAINS.
JOMPARE, COMP,
re NVe only have room to mention a few of
1 plain figures. Mens Suits, $15 every wlie
Men's Suits $12.50 everywhere else, c
44 44 $10.00 44 44
44 44 $9.00 44 14
u 41 $7.00 44 44
4 4 4 4 $5.00 44 44
his is only a sample of our low price.
uantity. The greatost bargains ever kt
vercoats for $11.00. $9.00 overcoats 1
3r $4.25. *
Our Boy's Suits: We'll mention a few
4 suits at $2.50; $3 suits at $2; $2.50 si
Ladies' Suits. Sir.
re sold over the Globe at $18 to $15.
6.50 LADIES SKIRTS: $8 skirts wo f
t$2.50; $3 skirts we seii ut $1.50; $1.2
Impossible to mention of our sty
hirts every where 50c, our price 35 con
rithout a shirt.
HATS ! HATS !!
tsk to see our Hat Department before 1
We almost forgot to mention our la
raists for Ladies. All styles, shades an
ur bargains in Ladies waists. Tko $2
1.50; $1.50 kind elsewhere, our price 9
irice 75c. We are not bothered about 1
red about room and they must go. La
Pants for Ever
5 pants for $3.50; $4 pants for $2.75;
ar $1; $1 pants for 70c. We have man
ion. AM wo ask is for you to com-1 snd
i your money's worth or your money bi
Yours to
Tht Soiltali
Itoi
--Mr M
NOVEMBER
'he greatest gathering of merrymakers
lina.
Everybody Welcome,
Star performers of the Midway gwi
Walloon Ascention and Parachute Leap,
ower by a woman enveloped in flames.
)armg High Wire and Trapeze Perfori
AUTOMOBIL
?1R5T IN THE SOUTH, $750
PARTII1IPJ
Firemen's Toarn anient, $5
Military Prize Drill. $250
Live Stock Show $700 pri
Knight, Tournament $125
Floral Parade, Trades Display, Fo<
itber eatertainiog foatarca. Coins to 9
hing free and a hoapltable welcome.
Thanksgiilng Day Will 1
EXCURSION RATES ON
PLEASE
avy?ha* a patent medicine that
yet devised that will get around
, I,aucaster Couuty aud surround
nd best selected stocks of merLancaster
to hold, occupy or
are between the Dispensary and
s if you are looking lor Jow
lis,
es. We realize the drop In oottor#
de a corresponding drop in our
Hoys' und Children's clothing,
[Its, rikirts all shades, colors and
iRWEAR
us to bIiow you through this deWe
huve added to our
large stock of Clothing,
II and comnleie line of T.hiIIm
ompetition on. We deny that
ivill and deiuaud proof, rime
ioth will tell you that our goods
fa ^4 ThaV# the way to
Q II K discover how much
lower our prices
our prices. All goods marked
le else, our price $10.
iur price $9.00.
" ? 7.50.
" 44 6.00.
" " 4.50.
" " 3.75.
Thore is style, quality and
lown in overcoats. $18.00
for $5.00; $8.00 overcoats
of them. $6 suits at $3.75;
nits at $1.25.
made, up-to-date, latest delotnething
handsome. They
Wo sell them for $8, $7 50,
loll at$4 50; $5 skirts we sell
!5 skirts we sell at 48 cents.
los and prices. Neglegee
ts. No excuse for going
All styles and prices. 75c
hat for 50c; $1. hat for 75c.
auying.
rge and varied assortment of
d cuts. Listen at a few of
kind everywhere, our price
80; $1 kind elsewhere, our
low prices, but we are bothrge
Stock of PANTS.
Lbody.
$3 pants for fa: ?1.50 pauts
y goods that wo cannot men- 4
see and the beaut/ about us
ick.
please.
a nn
era
ante li.
Mval
22-25.
ever hold in South Caro
Everything I^ree
3 tree street exhibitions daily
High Dive from 90 foot
Chasm Leaping Bicyclist,
nors, etc, etc.
,E RACES
PRIZES. 50 MRS TO
TB.
50 prizes offered,
prizes.
tea.
prizes.
it Ball, Fireworke and many
utntor Festival week. Every
be the Big Day.
ALL RAILROADS