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An Chronicled hy the Alert Cor- j
respondents of 1'lie Columbia
State and the Charleston
News and Courier.
(Specials to The State )
Incendiary Fire Neat Greet s
Greenville, March 4.?The barn
of M. M. Wood, two miles from
Greer'*, was burned early tonight
with 22 bond of cattle, feedstuff*,
wspons, implements, etc., nil a
total loss. Four head of horses
were barely saved. That the hlnzo
was the work of an incendiary
there is no doubt, as tin# little son
of Mr. Wood saw a man run from
the rear of th* hnrn ns lh?
broke out.
Daring Safe Robbery in Heart of
Spai tanhurg.
Spartanburg,March 3. ? While
Joe Jeffeison was entrancing the
city folks with a superb rendition
of "Rip Van Vickie" at the opera
house 1 Ant night ? or some timo
thereafter?the city assumed a
kind of Sleepy Hollow state,which
was taken advantage of by a bunch
of bungling, awkward burglars,
who forced an entrance to the
green grocery of W H Swain, 59
cast Main street, rolled the safe
from the very front of the store,
out the rear door, and a short dirtanee
away, on the ground They
battered the door of the safe with
a sledge-hammer and an axe and
opening it secured from $70 to
$80 for their risk and labor.
Shot From Hit? Horse.
Williston, March 8.?Tina com
munity was profoundly shocked
this evening upon learning that
one of its prominent citleens, J.
r Smith, Jr., was fcully murdered
about a milo from town. As
usual, Mr. Smith had ridden to
his farm, and while riding through
a narrow strip of woods was shot
from his horse. Thero were two
shots fired, which were heard by
several persons, and the horse
was seen coming out of the woods
and was caught by a negro tenant
The woods in which the crime was
coqimitted is surroundei by open
fields in which were men at work,
and it seems impossible for the
murderer to hitve committed this
crime in daylight and escape. The
shots were heard ubout half an
hour before dark, and in the edge
of woods not for from a tenant
house. As soon as the horse was
Vroiight to town without its rider
a party was made up and searoh
begun. The body was found about
8:30 p. m. There were two shots
whieh had taken effect, one in the
side ot the face and arm and the
other full in the face.
His watch being gone points to
robbery as the motive.
Movemeut of Fertilizers
I
UbftMeston, March 3?The feis
liliner shipments for the month of
February amounted, to 87,264
tons, as against 36,735 tons for
January. The demand was very
dull during January, and even the
shipment L st month is much short
of what is usually mo'cd. Fertilizers
are being rapidly moved
po^, ancj this month may show an
Improvement over last month.
Thirty-Five Bales burned.
Muysville, March 2. ?Nows has
just reached Ibis place of the
barning oi 35 bales of cotton, tbo
property of Dr 8 C Baker of j
- "
place, about three miles woit ol
Mayesville. Tlio fire smarted from
a spark dropped from a negro
laborer's pipe while smoking un
der tho shed .
Death of Mr VV H Hardin.
Chester, March 2.? Mr VV
Holmes Hnrdin, aged 74 years, a
prominent citizen and prosperous
and wealthy farmer of this coun ty,
died this afternoon ns the result
of several recent paralytic
I strokes. He successfully engaged
in mercantile business hero a hum
b*r of years ago. Under his prcs
idency of the Chester and Lenoir
railroad, tho road was completed
Of his eight children nil were ftt
his bedside except the wife of exAttorney
Geneml \V A Bnrber.
Policeman Bean Acquilted.
Charleston, March 2.? Polico
Officer J W Bean was acquitted
yesterday of the charge of murder
in the court of general sessions,
upon the instructions of the court.
When the jury had been sworn
Judge Gage called the particulars
of the killing to the attention of
the jury, showing that the police
officer had been shot by the negro,
Green, at Hampton park in
making the arrest, and was forced
to use his weapon in self-defense,
and accordingly instructed them
to return a verdict of not guilty,
which was immediately done.
Failure of Judgeship Bill.
Spartanburg, March 8 ?Senator
D E liydrick, who returned
from Washington today, informed
your correspondent that the
judgeship bill to create a new federal
district failed to become u
law. This was due to disagreement
of members of the house in
a fight which dwindled down us
to whethor Rock IIill or Chester
should be included in the district.
Seventy-five Bales Burned at McColl.
McColl, March 1 ?Seventyfive
bales of cotton have just
burned on the platform of the
Alluntic Coast Line depot at McColl.
This cotton belouged to J
F McLaunn, H L McLaurin and
the Gibson Mercantile company.
Nuone knows how this fire originated,
but it probably started
from a spark thrown from thi
passing freight from the north.
(Specials to News ami Coiiri r )
Unfortunate 'Accident.
Monck's Corner, March 3.?
After intense suffering the sixyear-old
child of Mr. George
Murray died yesterday. The
child swallowed a piece of stick
last Saturday and, although a
physician was called in, nothing
could be done. Immediately after
her child became ill Mrs Mur
ray, who believed strongly in the
faith cure, telegraphed the "Gospel
Trumpet" to pray for the relief
of her little one.
Sentenced For Life.
Bibhopville, March 4. ?The
proceedings of the Court commenced
with the continuation ot
the Slftte ys Pete? Bind, for mur?
der. After the speeches of the
solicitor and the attorneys for the
defendant the cat* was handed to
'the jury, who in about a half
hour brought in a verdict of
"guilty, with recommendation to
i mercy." After a few solemn
I and impressiye remarks to the
I i " -r>" i ,
I penalty; sentenced him to the Pan ^1
itentiary for tho term of his nut.
ural life."
Kershaw's Court House. ?J
Cuunleu, S. O., March 3.?The
work on Camden' h Court
House is to begin right away.
Mr. Harry L Ziegler, secretary Sh
for tho Messrs T. C. Thompson & p
Bros, who have the contract for
the erection of the new Court
House, is hore now looking after
tho work. Tho material is being
received daily. . *
Columbia's Prosperous Suburb
Almost Destroyed. ^
Columhiu, March 4.? A (ire to- p(
night in New Brookland, on tho 8l1
Lexington side of the Congarce (j|
ltiver, has almost wiped out the jn
valley. The tire started on the g
west side of town, which is the 6\
uusiness portion, una exionoed to gft
tho Columbia Duck Mill village, th
About two-thirds "f thd mill vil- ai
ago hue been destroyed.
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Soeking Prohibition. j h
Pickens, March 4?Tho die- ^
ponsary situation is growing in * !
interest. til
Following is a copy of petitions P(
being circulated os the stisot;
"The Lion (J. M. Lynch, super- ^
visor of Pickens County': The P'
undersigned qualified voters of sa
Pickens County, respectfully peti- al
tion tor an election upon'ho ques- th
tion of dispensary or no dispen- th
sary in Pickens County." ui
Assaulted and Robbed. th
Florence, March 3.?Mr A E
ki
Oarmichael, who runs a small
fruit store at this place, was tmir- j"0
derously assaulted and robbed 18
last night as ho wus going to his tt^
room in the Buckheit buildiDg on ^
Dargao stroet, one of tho most
public thoroughferow of the city, ^
and his assailant escaped uudetect- J^.1
ed. The blow was of such force as
to knock him sonseless. While in
this condition his pockets were riflod
and Dinety dollars, together ^
with bis watch, were takon tbereu
Ol
from
m su
ATTACKED BY A MOB b;
ct
and beaten, in a labor riot, until m
covered with scares, a Chicago
street car conductor applied Buck. ^
len's Arnica Sab e, and was bood j*
sound and well. "I uso it in my '
family," writes G. J. Weloh of ^
Tekonska, Mich., (1and find it
perfect." Simply great for cuts ^
and burns Only 25c at Crawford
Bros'., J. F. Mackey & Co'b and
Funderburk Pharmacy. *c
"South Corolina" to Cost Eight ^
Million Dollars. ;8
ol
Special to The State. tt
Washington, March 1.? Preai- a
dent Boosevelt had a conferenoe T
with Secretary Morton this morn- |
ing at the close of which th9 announcement
was made that one p(
of tho two new battleships ?
authorized by this congress should n
be named "South Carolina."
The new battleship will be from
16,000 to 18,000 tons displace- p
ment, and will havo a probable (]
pood of 19 knot*. . . Si
The approximate cost the South
Carolina will be $8,000,000.
m m w
Take M urrai/'v
hound Mullein and Tai J
and stop coughing. 25. for 1
large bottle, lour drug tl
gist or Murray Drug Co., (j
ColumbiaS. C.- Hore ti
?Subscribe to The Ledger. c<
/
annot bet tree From
Liquor Curse. G
loree's AlmostUnanimons Pe- t3
titioD UnaTailin g. '
ai
locdled to the Dispensary, Su- d<
reme Court's Decision is that
State Board of Eirectors is ^
Not Authorized to Re- .
d
move. n
r
he State, 2d in6t. tl
The State supreme court yes- ^
rdaj banded down a decision in ^
fl C.ilBQ of thn rnmnrul nf Iho /lic_
u
snsury from Elloree. The court c
stains the positiou taken by v
aairamn H H Evans, who, act- g
g upon the advioe of the attorney y
ineral, voted against the propo- a
tion to do away with the dispen- e
ry at that place on the ground
ut the State board has not the ^
ithority to take such action. f
In the decisiou of the court, g
ritten by the chief justice, ^
on Y J Pope, a brief history of
ie case is given. In October last ?
io people of Elloree signed a pe ^
tion for the removal of the die- ^
msary. No charges of miscon* ^
irt *??ro brought against J 11
~ n 0
feeks, the dispenser. The peo- (j
ie wanted to be rid of the dispen- t
;rv aud did not hesitate to say so,
1 tint half a dozen of the men of j
iat community having signed c
ie petitions asking for the re- ^
oral of the liquor shop. ^
The petition was a:ted upon by ^
o board on the 14tb of Decern- '
and Messrs. Towill and Boy g
n are recorded as having voted ^
grant the petition. Mr Evans
recorded as having voted
;ainst the Hction of the majority, I'
r he thought the State beard
ul no jurisdiction. Dispenser
reeks then appealed to the sureine
court for a right of pro- hitinn
in mt/tn thn rlw/ra* #?# *V?*? SI
r -vv,-v " *uw
ate board. In bis complaint to
e supreme court, Weeks says c
that no vote bad been taken by a
e qualified electors of the county >
f Orangeburg to close dispen- o
ries in said county as provided p
ylaw." He a'so alleged that no 11
targes had been made against bis tl
magement, that he could not be tt
amoved except for cause, and R
at the Stale board has no author*
y to close a dispensary except *
jnn the order of the majority of c
te people of a county. c
After summing up these facts, \
te chief justice says: \
< A scrutiny of the powers con- t
irred by law upon the board of
irectore of the State dispensary
tils to show that any power to
086 a dispensary once established
conferred by law to said board ]
f directors; but, on the contrary,
is law confers such power upon
different tribunal." He then
notes the law as amended by
enator Brico's bill in 1904, and |
ontinucd: ,
"Apart from all ?f this, snch
nwer in a board of directors of
itate dispensary might set at
aught the will of the people, 1
9 expressed by their represents- I
yes,'legally chosen. As we have
eretotoro remarked, there is no
owsr given to the State board of
irectors to close a county dispen>
try. The demurrer is overrnled, '
d as any further consideration i
i not desired on the merits we -t
ill grant the petition.
"It is therefore ordered that
te act of the State board of eon ol
is null and void and the writ
^prohibition is hereby ordered |
) issue, restraining the respon- (
ent from enforcing their resoluon
adopted on the 14th of De? '
amber, 1904."
m Koropatkin Badly Beaten.
Russian Left Cut Off from Real
e
of tho Army?The Japs Marie"
chine: on Mukden.
en
;e, Berlin, March 4---A dispatch
,ee to the Tageblatt from St. I'eterson
burg says :
Gen. Kuropatkm, in a telogram
5iu which arrived here at 7 o'clock
last evening, said 260,000 Japanese
had broken through the Rus:an
. &
n(l sian le/t wing; that it was cut off
(jo from lhe remainder of the army.
"Bt 10 o'clock came another
ers
dispatch from Gen. Kuropatkm,
... which read:
A e
"The Japanese are matching on
are 4 ^
t Mukden. My position isextreme.
ly dangerous."
In government circles here totny
day there is a conviction that Gen.
wo
lvuropatkin has been fully beaten]
that part of his army has been
disnorsed and that the railroad
emocruts Hunting Jobs r ro
Republicans.
reenwood Journal.
It ia disgusting to notetbo anx
f displayed by a number of ra
i So.ith Carolina to get offi<
ad especially so when we t
atnocrats running to Waahiugt
rwning on the President and be
ing for appointment to office fr<
lie hands of a republican. ^
0 not see how these men c
laintain their self respect a
inrsue tuch a course. Why
hey not do as John Cap
ins dono go over bag t
aggago to the republicans? 1
ro persuaded that such men
lot democrats to hurt, and that
rould coat them very little aac
ice of priuciple to part com pa
nth the democratic party, und
re very sure that the party coi
aaily spare them.
VVe are aware of the fact tl
t ia said if u new district is to
ormod in South Carolina, u
ome good democrat can be i
lointed judge, and some otl
;ood democrat district attorney
rill be better for the peoj.
bat is actuating these hungry
ce lookers. Thay are after t?or
king else, and if they get it wl
are they for the people? Has
ecency and self respect been 1
hat democrats can hob nob w
epublicans and whine areund I
or their tables waiting for ere
rumb that may fall? It looks i
'bedsmocrat who does such thhi
arfeita the rsspsct of his own
Y and ia justly despised by all r
ublicans. The facts are he
t for neither party and should
political outcast.
nsurance Companies Will P
for McCue's Life.
Charlottosrillo, Va., March
It is now believed that all the i
urance companies in which t
ite J. Samuel McCue held po
Les will pay the claims withe
ny trouble. The New iork Li
1 the first to have settled. T
nly question asked by the co
any was proof of the death of 1
asured. This they received fr<
bo qualified executors of McCi
nd the company immediate
ent a check for the full amoui
110,000, to W L Smith their
nl agent, to settlo the claim.
Uul/in/v f K A sixtf 1 Amnnl ? 1> n /tA
uuniu^ fcuu owitiouioub iug tu
>anv *as ao exact that it inclut
a the check $11.35 unearned
era tit of $315 borrowed in C
>ber last to pay the last premi
>n the above named policy.
Expert Cracksmen Hob Oeoi
Bank of $4,000.
Flovilla, Ga., March 4.?Sc
time laat night professio
cracksmen entered the bouk
Flovilla and wrecked the vi
with an explosive, making
Basy haul and eicapod v
14,000 in cash.
?Reward will be paid for
formation which will lead to
recovery of a black Berkshire
and pigjsix months old, which
my home last Sunday.
Dave McKinno)
? For letterheads, notehet
billheads, circulars and all ki
3f printing neatly and quit
printed, send your work to
office. Roy S Strai
tiat 1
j north of Mukden will probably be
, cut.
;ud
tp. FURTHER SUCCESSES OF THE JAl'S.
ier Gen. Kuroki's Headcpiartere,in
> it the Field, March 4.?Via Fusan.
>le The Japanese have gained a signal
of- victory beyond the Hun River, dene
feating in detail two divisions of
aai the Russian 15th corps, recently
all arrived froai Europe, with great
ost slaughter, and captured hugequan
ith tities of ammunition.
UQ. The Russians still hold their
,ry main link of defences,
so. The Russians fighting stubborn*
igs ly between midnight and daybreak
,ar made four attacks in heavy force
o- against the contingent of Japanese
j8 which gained their first line in
be front of Waltao Mountain Thursday
night. The Japanese held the
ground two nights aud one day
weather below freezing. The
HV
J morale of the Japanese troops
splendid.
g DRIVEN FROM flAQTU FASS.
n_ St. Petersburg, March 4,?Gen
be Kuropatkin reports that the Rub.
,1b sians have been compelled to evac<
lUt uate their position at Gaotu Pass.
fo THE JAl'g GAINING GROUND.
k? Tokio, March 4.?4 p. m.?It
m,% was announced today from the
headquarters of the Japanese <ar)IU
mies in Manchuria^that the fightie>
ing on the right, centre and left is
01J resulting in steady Japanese gains.
Qt> The Japanese, it is^added, have
1?* defeated the Russians at Sinminln
tin.
m.
, JAP8 UA8TBR OF KOREA,
led
n Vladivostock, March 4.?Two
jct_ thousand Japanese troops have
landed at Shengudsihn, north of
Korea, to which which place they
were conveyed by steamers from
war ships. A flotilla of torpedo
Kia boats covered the landing.
ARE YOU ENGAGED
ime
I Engaged people should remem?
. ber, that, alter marriage, many
? quarrels can be avoided, by keep*ult
iog their digestions in condition
an with Electric Bitters. S. A.
pith Brown, of Bennettsvile, S. C.,
says: "For years, my wife suffered
intensely from dyspepsia,
complicated with a torpid liver,
in- until she lout her strength and
the vigor, and became a mere wreck
BOW of her former self. Then she triI
ed Electric Bitters, which helped
her at once, and finally made her
entirely well. She is now strong
'' and healthy." Crawford Bros.
J. F. Mackoy & Co., and Fuoderj
burk Pharmacy druggist, sells
,' and guarentees them, at 50c a bot01,8
tie.
;kly
ttbi
kuwiS sealing mss