The Lancaster ledger. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, December 03, 1904, Image 2
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to the Skoal i m ( i Mas ey .
^peciv To trt' No . uiul Cornier ii
Lunrcabtcr, N v. *JS. ShoritT
Hunter ha- !>e out in the l'ri- t
inns section t:vi* ;; to eet at the i
real i'a t of the r u e i
in Hint 1 ea'lt \ -In.' kfllin,: or t:
John Mi - o* . . I., kin n
both yo i " n rt- ? i ' 'Vt
no v i.ive *. - oa . I th .A
colored \v!i.? ?.? Itio diilicuity I
have, tip to a ii :y v r - : nr; with A
singular unanimity, refrained w
f i > in talking about i . w
Js. oriil Iii;i. cr now iu< how ii
over, u i all: 1 . 1 ma i by a voting n
ne^iM who was pr at, li.ixtor s
i/iar'.viu a, .-on of \i vk Clack- 1
mon, a colon farmer, who owns w
considerable properly. im uci outit h
o? wh?-e i hot: 'uei)i,! .-ucee s veis a
published in The News and Courier
about a \ nr a^o C.ixUr ?
state ; positively that John lll.ietctnon
J. i the killing. He .-ays
that botii parti < \ \ \ \ Istuls ami }
a- Cluck mo u the v hi a wrap n i.e.
referrin z t ? we a? m ex !a n .? i:
''Tili'one time'' and fired, the
bullet striking .\In?-r?y in the forehead
and killiu ; him instantly.
Kvcr -me > 'mlk okmrui's arro-t
and 1 i_ ' m jtiil W*t Sunday l>v *
Sheritl '! ..ni : lie h-.? | ors'stont- '
ly disclaimed nny knowledge what,- ^
ever ??i thi killing:. Kvon when *
the siKTi.i :vr.d to nim, u day or 0
so age, t:i" affidavit ef lhixtcr 5
lilackti a, charging iiuu with the 1
crime he made uo uclsnov. lodg- L
inent of g jilt.
(Jetton (J inn ng llepoi t ;t
Washington, N v. o \?The
census bureau today is.su d a bul- t
letm showing the total number of 1
running bales of cotton pinned to ^
Nov H i was 0,009,057, which i?
2,000,000 moie than the
amount of the simc date If.-t Year.
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Ca>e Against Policeman East, for t
Burning a Warehouse, is Nolle '
Pro-sod.
Special to Neva ami Courier.
Florence. Nov. 30.? In the
Court 1' General W ~-b >n?j belay 1
the grand jury r turned a true ;
hill anuin.e y.uuu 1 J. East, a policeman
of the city of Florence,
cliarg? Ibvilh horning the Pc; Dee
Tobacco Ware House h;re 'a-.
April.
It being impossihlo to nr.- 1
portant witnc~s to testify. Solicitor
Wil- o. move". ; r.ol pi" hso.
This ex..Is w it at v; - (\i e *. d to be
one of the i -t into: utir.g cases
thai was 1 ( one . t\ trial at
this term i f iv .rt It will be rememberei
that Iv.-t was git en a
preliminary trial in July ml was
sent up by Mr.gistrato Lloyd. 11c
was afterwards grant* i hi il in
000, but tno b i was never
given, an 1 East i\ .u.iine<. in jail
until today.
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Locomotive K ho I Deer.
Florence. ?> Kngineer
\V. James M v. ':. ) runs a
local freight > iwoen Flrvni
and Wilnjin,.'1. . . i . a line
deer wit ii
Lake Wan .1 . li . , ?, N.
C., ye6ttM ! ! 1 V .lilt: HI
hits trip m, . ; V.'ilminijtofl.
Tho deer, v.... w cry lnr.ro,
fat doe, can. ,.u tho
swamp and at'. . L to en the
track ahead of tho nv u-ler . h h
motive. ]
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k. . % . . * ' s.4i J is?
r/' Z: i.
v ?^\ - ! : ; Deliberately
l)i wii I'w Men and
Srmusly Wounded a
third
1' : Wo.'ih, Texa.?, Nov. 30.?
.'wo men wire shot and in-tant!;
ailed ; n ! am tlier wounded VyWi
i oi i!. William**, a farmer, neai
he tour of Alvrrado Stephen
.le Ki'inrv, a unin^ fanner \vh<
i :>e mi p ivino at lent ion lo the
t? ;* Sa .!11cm of W illiams, failing
o win l>i<c in.-ent to tn trriage, rat
wa\ with the trirl ai.d marrioi
t . M Kir.in > ni.d Ins bride ro
n \ ii me ami t!v> btidogroon
tU 11! IV 'I';. on 11 i ^ l':ll 111
\ iP in in s went 1 i the town o:
:lo a el bought a 1 ifle
s. . . : Mi: j out t i tho field wbun
i k amy. ln< father and brothei
t work, the enrage 1 mat
. .1 a' a w >i\l, opened tire, kill
h pl.cn. The elder McKin
\ i ished to tho roseuo of hi;
ii mil was himself shot dead
'he brother, too, wan seriously
? mi drd. OfiL'ers have startei
0 almost Williams, and trouble i
1.1 i. ipati d.
ispiiiiese Sustain Lnonnon:
Losses.
li-i; unities Have Been 15,
1 o Within aSi.oglo Day The
Attai-ks Will be Continued
L mim, I Ye. 2. -The Corre
pon 'eat at C!u too of Tho Dail
el graph savs that the attack o
,W<> II'.mired and Three Metr
nil remind in heavy losses to" b
'irst division of Japanese sto i n:
u\s. Simultaneously with * his as
ault the eorrespondent says tl:
m il ?>f the Ninth and Elevent
liviiioiis advanced and menaced t!
tuning and Keikwan fort. it
t?ilcd, tho correspondent add
nit within the last 2-1 nours Faj
me.-o sasualties have totalled 15
0 ami it u assertc 1 that the a
aeks have been planned to coi
inuo until D?c. 10, when it is ho
1 t iie capture of Port Arthur wi
>e completed.
St. Petersburg, Dec. 1.?Tl
ar otlice here is not yet prepan
> accept the report that tlie Ja
uie.-o beforo Port Arthur hat eta
:n Two Hundred ami Throe Mel
.ill. but if it is elliciallv confirmi
ho \vj.r ; flico a Imitsthat it wlii I
i dcsj rate blow for the gallant <1
fenders of the fortress* The pc
.ion 1 mmands the harbor, ai
the .Japanese can mount sie
guns on it- summit they can for
I.? t'.ic Russians squadron or de
coy it at its anchorage Tho
:".mi!!kr with the supporting pla
f the fort by no maens ccrtu
licit, oven though the Russia
are forced to retire from Ti
iiundrct) and I'hrce Metro hill, t
lajuTit-: e can pluco in positi<
!ivavv guns against the lire whi
the other fort can bring to bear i
on it.
UAlN.-AT luin AHTHLK ItKCIEV
WITH CHEEK
ToUi , Dec. 1, noon.?Gt
N' S'i - ttlegrani announcing t
storming and capture of <4T'
Hundred and Three Motre hii
was received with cheers by Ij
./apart o people. It revives t
hope of an early capture of Re
Arthur proper.
Atlanta undKnoxvillc have inv
1 Pro-ideal lloosevelt to vis
i!i: ir i ^ poclivo cities (luring I
."Southern itinerary.
Jim Garner, n nugro, who wo
cd on the plantation of Mrs Ki
Mcr in tj xington county, six mi
from Columbia, was killed Tue
day ufiern )on by Will Itio&rri, i
other negro, as the result o
li^ld over a basket.
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; -^ssod for White.
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\ irgiuii Colored Man's Pretensions
Exposed by Death.
(From the Philadelphia Rocord)
Rurbiville, Vn, November 27.
-Death alone exposed Churlio
Fiippen, u mulatto native ox this
place, who, away from home,
I has for rears assumed the role
[t of a white man.
His body arrived hero over the
( Souther Railway last -veek from
Newhburo, N. Y, aeeompanied by
t a white escort composed of two
, committeemen of the street railI
way line of Newburg, of which he
was a motorman, and four members
of a militia company of the
1-t New York regiment, of which
j- he was a member.
The escort was much chagrined
, to lind that their comrade and
. associate was a negro, lie having
( in all his associations at Newburg
represented himself as a
white man, or as having a quavtei-blooded
Indian mother, anil
Col Fiippen, of Southside, Va. as
father.
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j It is stated that be was an
associate of white girls of good
family, and was engaged to a
J whito girl of one of the befit fami
$ I lies of Ne vburg.
I Negro Convicted of the Murder of
His Wife.
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Special to News and Courier.
Spartanburg, Nov. 30.?Judge
Gary had on his working clothes
, yesterday. As soon as he instructy
| cd the grand jury and put them to
n i work he took up t"no docket. Tn<:
e first case was against a negro for
i? attempting to kill A B Finch with
i? a knife. He used his Knife so
- adiortly that Mr Finch's coat was
ic cut and slashed until it was read)
h | for the rag basket. Ho recolvec
le one painful cut in the shoulder
is The jury retired only long enougl
s, to write a verdict of guilty am
the negro was sent up for on
, yxnr.
t- Jim Love, colored, was con
n victed of murder with u recoir
P" mendation to mercy. Last sprin:
^ Love went to his house and sa>
his wife and a negro man to
friendly and affectionate in tliei
e relations. With a pistol ho fired
cd
wounding his wife, causing he
^ death in a few days,
lire
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APoliceman's Testimony,
,,e J. N. Patterson, nijrht polic<
l0. man of Nashua, la., writes
_ "Lust winter I had a cold on ra
s lungs and tried at least half a do:
1(1 en advertised cough medicines an
ge had treatment from two phys
ce cinns without getting any benefil
s A friend recommended Foley'
Honey and Tar and two thirds c
a bottle cured me. 1 consider
c e tlio greatest cough and lung med
dn cino in tho world." Sold by Fur
ns burk Pharmacy.
bo SHERIFF'S SALE.
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ch State of South Carolina
,p* COUNTY OF LANCASTER.
In the CommonJPIens.
Emma (). Hinson. Mnrv Abbe ''raw
fivrvl, (} Trenholm Maseeh inc. and
A. tine. Mayo H *Itii
Jfl Idda Haaseltine. Crawfnd llnam
I tin? by their Guardian ad litem J F<
ter Moo o, 1 * 1 *i<>11fln,
yo aaalnst
j,, Fannie VV, Lanier, Defendant
Pursuant to a decree in the nhov
stated cause made i>y Judge R. (.
i Watts, dated Oct. 12<ith, 1904. I will ae
at public auction at Lancaster cour
?rt limine on f h?FIRST
MONDAY IX DECEM
BEILNEXT,
within the legal hours of sale, tlie ft>!
it- lowing described lot of laud, to wit:
All that piece, parcel or lot of Ian
jit lying. a d situate in ihf Tow
of Lancaster t oitnty of hnucniN run
Htnte of Honth t aiollnu, bounded o
the North by lands belonging to tli
estate of I (' Clinton, on tho Wet
r|< hy lot of J Harry Foster, on the Houtl
by Rarr Street, on the Fast by nlle
(1~ way and lot of J F Hunter, an id Ic
ICS COmaiDlDg iwu auren, uiuro mi im1
I?orated on the said premise-* is a tw
h? story ten-room dwelling, Alsonservui
house.
m- Terms of sale t'A^H; purchaser (
f a PR3' for papers. J 1* HUNTER,
J H FosrBB. H L (J.
Plaint id's Atty
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Our object ii
is to benefit tl
goods for the
stock as much
we are going
changes in st(
; part of bnildii
are at present
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in order t
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11 cutting prices i'<
ic trade by giving
least money. A1
?k
as possible by til
to repair our bu
>ek by moving dr
ig and groceries
an immense job
JCH A LARGE 5
e at present and
acli inducements
0 make the goods
iness in what \y<
for you to come
and cut prices ai
1 that what we sa
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Dure am!
lair
b stock is greatly
>est advantage, to
month is a very si
"JKING EVERY
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NCflSTER !
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fcer prices
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Di* the next month
* them the best
so to reduce our
ie 1st of Jan., as
ilding and make
y goods in lower
where dry goods
to have to move
j'fOCK : :
think it best
to the public
\ walk a bo u o
3 say ami all
and inspect
id you will be
y is true.
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reduced and
r remember
liort time.
ON R FOR PAST
FOR MORE, WE
1 to serve,
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