. V , " . - ' ' r '- 1 A?h^ Ay0**xsSar??s*{j3KJtx,rc*?w. .;&&???* sWBiWIgpi^ .~ tANOAUEH 6. P.. JANUAUltif- *> - 19MV ESTABLISHED.1852 I n ~ . ~. . i. - . "" 1 I hi Ord JA || we a | grea # depa p stor; ^ ?*?* I HERE iMen VIen's We monev bnY. ib ^si J . 4 * * * ? nnnr * . Ser To Reduce NUAflY fl RE OFEERIN' T BARGAINS xv x .wajlh I B i E. ARE A EEW I KK51K? 's $5.00 Suit* $ T.00 # lO.OO ?? ^ C3 A m ? C3UUR ior m cc 6.00 Overcoats can certainly on anything yc are and tome tc RESPJieTl uastalere ?r t? me: V Stock By J RST 1 ^jj G SOME J IN ALL j >F OUR ; I' I 9* THIM J 3.00 4.00 J| T.5? ;I ; into. 41 4.oo. save you >n want to Ji see us. {it whirr. J| nib | 1 O V nappeuings in tiie Mate. As Chronicled by the Alert Coi respondents of J'lie Columbia State. A TRAGEDY NEAR GREENVILLE. Greenville. Dec 31. ? In a ciih pute this morning over tho lca*< of a piece of land Joint Wuldro] shot aud instantly killed Sun Maddock. The tragedy occurrci near Piedmont. nOMICl?H IN A COTTON MILL Spartanburg, Dec. 2S.?Arthu Leistor shot and killed Georg Mt Allistor in the card room of th Appalache mill at Arlington thi morning. \ FIUG _AT ULAOKSBUllO. Blacksburg, Dec 31.?Mi George W. Moore's two-atov fruine dwelling at the corner c Academy and Cherokee strec was entirely consumed by l'i Thu rsday afternoon. i ^ col. c. s. m'call dead. ^Bennettcville, Dec 31-?Col C S. McCall, senator and one of tl most prominent citizens of Mar: boro county, died hero today a tor a short illness. IIis death wu a great shock to tho entire com munity. DECLA11E8 SHAD LAW is null A.N VOID. Charleston, Dee 30. ? In li untied Stales circuit court th afternoon Judge Brawiey hauda down his decision declaring M act of the last session of the lcj lslature forbidding tho shipmci of shad out of South Carolina I tio in contlict with the interstal commerce act and thoreforo tit constitutional, nuli and void. details of the clio kili.in'o. Bennottsville, Dec 30.?Yet ter^ay afternoon whilo Johnn lleustess, age 14, and Ernes Quick, age 10, were bird huntin near Clio, Heustess was accidont ally shot and instantly killed I) Quick. They had shot soven birds and Quick thought his gu had been emptied. Ilo was breali ing it to thrown out the shell when it went off. lleustess .vu standing nearby anil tho loa Struck him in tho t.hrnn* olm?? cutting his head off. ATTEMPTED TO KILL HIMSELF. Chesterfield, Dec 30.?Fran Rivers, an ex-slave who live about two miles from here, b< came violently cru/.y about a wee ago and since that time has mad several attempts to end his lift He fiist tried to hang himself an failed, and be then tried to cut h throat. Ho was nearly saccessft in cutting his throat, n.ukin three er four bad gashes on h neck and head. Ho is about 7 years old and is thought well c by all who know him. > A NEGRO ROT KILLED. Yorkville, Dec 30.?An unto ( tunate accident happened at th Tftvora cotton mill tit this plac about 9 o'clock this morning Two colored hoys, Simon Pattc; terson and Tom Brown, took piece of machinery to tho thir floor Q.1) the elevator and sturtin to return, some part of the gear ing gave way ond tho platfon was precipitated from tho third ! the first floor. Patterson attemp od to jump from the platform an % % j hml hi; n :k broken urn! skull j | crushed. Brown r Jinnlned oq the ! pla'fortu nnd hud his leg broken, j , Coroner Loolhian held nu inquest over Patterson . (jr*. \VONDKRI'UL NEtlVE i ' ' i Is displayed by many a man enduring pains of nc ulcntnl Cuts, 1 " j Wounds, Bruises, Burns. Scalds, j ' j Soro foot or sliiT joints. But | there's mo 11 ci -* ?j Georgia Woman Shoots Husband b| j Columbus, (jla , Dee 30. ? -There was great excitement in Chatta** i hoocho county, 11 miles east of \ Columbus, today on account of y the shooting of William K. Seh,i: icy, v prominent planter and late rep; r-.intive in the legislature riiir Stores. I* ** is ~ '*** """ j Farmers Burn Cotton. it Atlanta, Gu., Dec. 31.? Specials to The Constitution from Ocillu, Gu., and llatche j. Xhnbbeo Ala*, btato that the farmers in tboso communities gaihor!S n ed today and burned colon in the j. streets of the two towns and that o in both places the blazing cotton was surrounded by cheering men. ^ From neither place is the state ment made how many bales were is ' j destroyed. ? i ;o m ks r to thou p> lks is it : _ i: i c-.i ~ i' r ; it ,? .:xi:c|iuuu:ti ?j uuu a, nun? ? ily whore there are no domestic } ruptures occasionally, tiut those car. bo lcosoned by having Dr. King's New Life ''ills around. Much trouble they savo by their great woik i 'stomach and Liver troubles They not only relievo you, e but cure 2.V. it Crawford Bros., te .). F. Mat key Oc Co., andFunder r. but k I'har. I)iug Stores. > . o f \ \ NOTICE. > Notice, hceby f'iven that tlie " health ov che people ot'thla county Is f' Ti has.heen decided that ? prevent n I j; " sScs of |-a*r union!*, grippe c \( : IiC.h fhiU'.'.do do is to w * a o t i i ir.N uii- s miiu'mi the t coiid' nrti. < > i. I .CR T'riHOHK " HOCN1), Ml'IiLI'tl M and TAR d Only 2 > a bottlo,. At alt druggists. lali of the Garrison Killed. Rihlung Fort is the Most Impor tunt Yot Captured by the Japanese. Tunneled Through Ro(?k Headquaters of the Japaneso Army Rofore Port Arthur, via Fusan, Dec. 30/?Rihlung fort, captured yesterday, is the largest and strongest of the eastern fort ridge. Tunnels for mines wera cut through solid rock and two tons of dynamite were used to blew up the walls. The spectacle was magnificent and the work of tlies assaulters was splendid. Half the garrison was killed by the explosion of the first charge. The remainder af tho Russians made a stubborn resistance. Four heavy guns, seven rapid fire guns and two machine gans were eupuiruu as won as 60 quick firing guns which wore stored in the fort. A VEltY CLOSE CALL | I "I stuck to my engine, although every joint ached and | every nerve was racked with pain," writes C. W. Bellamy, a locomotive fireman, of Burlington, Iowa, 'i was weak and pale, withouUany appetite and all run down. As I was about to give up, I got a bottle of Electric Bitters, and after taking it, 1 felt as well as I over did in my life." Weak, sickly, run down people always gain new life, strength and vigor from their use. Try the .n. Satisfaction guaranteed by Crawford Bros., J. F. Mackey & Co., and Funderburk Phar. Price 50cts. _ m ^ ^^i,. Another Japanese Victory. Tokio, Jan. 1,1 p. m.?Songshu mountain (Canonia hill), wa? stormed and captuied yesterday ^Saturday) by tho Japanese forcee be.-ieging Port Arthur. Sungsnu mountrins, the official name of which is West Rihlung mountain, is one of the inner de-> fense of Port Arthur. SAY "MURRAY'S" When you've not a bad cough just ay "MURRAY'S" If a druggist givea you anything but Murray's Hore hound, Mullein and Tar you're not getting the best and surest cough rom? edy. Make him give you Murray's Ads quicker and you get a 60c size bottle for lioe. Every druggist has it Cotton Dinners' Statistics Washington, Dec. 30.?The final bulletin of the census bureau on cotton ginned in the United S'aUs up to December 13 place t he number of bales at 11,971,477, counting round bales as half bales, items uro 11,747,403 square; 276,092 round and 85,728 sea island. Tho total number of all kinds of bales reported was 12,109,823. A Georga Town Burns its bhara of Cotton. Macon, Ga., Dec. 28.- Spatial to The Telegraph from Fort Gaines, Ga., says: The farmers and merchants of Clay county mat today at Fort Gaines and decided to burn their sharo of two million of surlpus cotton. A starter was made toduy when a boafire waa made of cotton on the street of Fort (jaines. STRAIGHT FACTS. A whole lot of fancy n>U2Mfla.?atrN? ^ ^ . written about . ' ' s facta to pr' ?-VfBr*er wh* AM A WW faate ,.mi v at Andereoa. ktw .. u is that ri . ' . . WV cure for piles oi? 4 **' absolutely* Has a fiealiug, ei'ect from the start. Ali druggists have it for $1.00 a far. *" Ask for Tannopillna and don't dare "#r tnke a substitute. i ?