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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.
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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.
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^ 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
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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 .
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\VONDKRI'UL NEtlVE
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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 <I for It. IJuclilen's!
\ Arnic iSalvo will kill the pain and
euro the trouble. It's the best
Salvo on earth for Piles, too. 25c,
at Drawford Bros., ?J. 1?\ Muekey
tS: Oo., and b'underburk l'har.
r j Druggist.
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?j Georgia Woman Shoots Husband
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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
<j by his v ife.
;!; : IiJ'" v.u -.hot by his wife
v, I'h . ;i2-c:i!ihro revolver while lie
urn-n or li r with : chair. The!
( eared bio left lireaet above
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1C the ih -y.: and about half way bo- i
. wi? . !. ui I- i and neck, and
,iiu IK.been found. Air. Schley
is resting well under stimulants,
and unlets : torn; I hemorrhages
begin he may recover.
it it! BlilCi lUlU iUT CSCillt:y HQS ol
;i) Into been drinking very heavily
that he hns*madc things very un?
pleat.ml at honu while in that con
ie
tilt ion, but whoa sober is an ex^
cop!minify fine man.
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:i \-;:n fro.?/ terrible
fr death.
The family of Mrs. M. L. BoblO
bitt of Unrgcrton,Tcnnsaw her
lying I wore powerless to save,
i-1 !'h.- most skillful diysiciaus and
i every remedy used, failed, while
consumpiion CVas slowly but sure- ;
iy l iking iii'e. In this terrible
hour Dr. King's New Discovery
* for Consumption turned despair
io into joy. The lir?. .bottle brought
jt immediate relief and its continued
(/ use completely cured her. it's j
n the most certain cure in the
world for all throat and lung
V troubles, (inarnntcrd Bottles 50
d ct8. and ?1.00. Trial Bottlos
n free at Crawford Bros., ,1. f. i
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l>riiir Stores.
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j Farmers Burn Cotton.
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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
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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
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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.
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> Notice, hceby f'iven that tlie
" health ov che people ot'thla county Is
<v in <1 Of and .nust he takr
en can <>f' Ti has.heen decided that
? <ty j W~ lal.? n .?> 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
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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
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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.
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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.
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