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^>fsWEKKLY L? A N 0 A > i E I? S. 0.. t M A K C li, 22^ 1905 ^i:s'l abHEEBffBSg*
Happenings in the State children weio Imrn. Tho wifol Pnnvi/dArl nf I TK?n. r - ?* ' -
As Chronicled by the Alert Correspondents
of The Columbia
State ami tho Charleston
News and Courier.
(Special* to The S ale-)
Died of Wound.
Saluda, March 17.?The negro
who was shot a few days ugo in
the Clouds Crtek section of this
county, by young Prater, died
yesterday. The particulars concerning
the trageby are unobtainable
though it is stated Prater's
father and the negro were in a row
when the young man fired upon
the negro. Pru or is only about
14 years of ago. rhecorouer hus
not returned from the inquest.
A ml iew Carnegie OlTers A Library
to Anderson.
Anderson, March 18.?Andrew
Carnegie, through his secretary,
has written Mayor Sullivan a letter
offering to give $10,000 for
thci purpose of building a public
library in this city if council will
agreo to maintain the institution
at a cost of not less than $1,000
per year and provide a suitable
place for the building.
An Unidentified Body.
Charleston, March 18 ?The
bjdy of the drowned limn found
lust night on Morris Island has
not been identitied and it is not
likely that it will be, since it Iihh
beon so badly disfigured by crabs,
it io likely that the body is one of
the crew of the Norwegian steamship
Lief Eriksen, which was
wrecked off Bull's Bay a few
weeks ago. The inquest will bo
held hy the Morris Island tnagis
trate.
Cleaning a Pistol.
Spartanburg, March 18.?Mr
Walker Lee, while cleaning a
pistol at his home near Cedar
Springs yesterday afternoon dis?
charged the weapon and the bullet
struck hia wife in the left arm,
she being near by. The wound
is of a painful but not serious
nature.
Wanted on Charge of Bigamy.
Chester, March 10.?So far as
known, the first ease involving
legal proceedings in a bigamy case
in this county was heard heie a
few days ago before Magi&taate J
J McLure. One Robert C McCarter,
alias Rob Carter and Jack
Carter, was arrested last week
in Orangeburg county on a warrant
taken out by his wife here,
to whom be was marnod in December,
1900. He was brought
here and gave bond for preliminary
hearing on the 14th. His
wives were: No 1, Susan Rotter
of Richland county, from this
marriage there were five children.
No 2, Mrs Georgiana Wolling of
Orangeburg county, a widow with
five children; two children wore
horn of this marriage; this wife
died in Columbia. No 3, Mips
Anna Furiickof St Matthew, to
whom he was married the day
after the funeral of his second
wife; from this marriage one child
was horn. McCarlcr abandoned
her at Bath mill, near Augusta,
when they had been married two
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liven ami attended the preliminary
- hearing here. No 4, on the 22rd
of December, 1900 he married
Mis* May Wilson of Chester
county. Of this marriage two
No 4 won abandoned by McCarte
in .Inly of last year.
ThU McCarter wiih born am
reared near Gadsden, ltichlam
county; lived on a farm with lii
first wife; ut tho duck mill, Co
lumbia, with tho second, and th
mill at Bath with the thiid, am
at the three mills in Chester will
the fourth. Ho was under botu
to appear at tho preliminary healing
hero on the 14th inst., but 01
Saturday night orecediug h
i ''skipped." Ho loft nolo ?<i
dressed to a child of t ho fourt
i wife, stating that his body wool
soon he found in tho Congnre
rivor.
Sheriff Peden believes that th
fellow is lurking in this vicinit
und is on the lookout.
ATTACKED BY A MOB
and beaten, in a labor riot, unt
covered with scares, a Cbicag
street car conductor applied Unci
Ion's Arnica Sul?e, and was hod
sound and well. "1 uso it iu n.
family," writes G. J. Welch i
Tekonsha, Mich., "and find
perfect." Simply great for cut
and burns Only 25c at Crawfor
Bros'., .1. F. Mackev ifc Go's an
Funderburk Pharmacy.
Pardon for Man Slayer.
Special to Charlotte Observer.
Columbia, S. C., March 17.Govornor
Hey ward acted on a
unuMial pardon petition toda^
granting a full and unconditiom
pardon to John Cooper, who wn
| given two years at Darlinotn
r "
only four da} 6 ago for munslnugl
tor. The petition wus endorse
by pructically the entire bar an
by the triul judge und other,s \vh
declared that tho jury wns "cat
ricd oif its feet" bv the eioquenc
of the solicitor, who was laborin
under a wrong impression of th
c?tse, and made a very impussionat
speech to the jury, who nt>w als
endorse the petition . The s i wh
endorsed the petition dclaro tin
tho killing was done clearly in sel
defense, and the judge recom
mended thit an immediute and ui
conditional pardon he granted.
Kuropatkin Turns Over Comman
to Linevitch.
fc>t. 1'eto: sburg, March 18.?i
telegram from Gen Kuropatkin t
the emperor dated yesterda}
says: "Ln accordance with wit
the order of your majesty, recoiv
ed on March 16, 1 handed over t
Gen. Linevitch today command <
the lund and sea forces operatin
against the .Japanese."
Gen. Linevitch telegraphing t
the Emperor, tliosmne date, sayt
4kIn pursuance of orders of you
majesty of March 16th., I assum
ed command today of all our fore
os, unitary and naval, operatin
against the Japanese."
ARE YOU ENGAGED
Engaged people should remeni
her, Unit, alter marriage, man
quarrels can bo avoided, by Ueej
ing their digestions in conditio
with Electric Bitters. 8. A
Brown, of Bennettsvile, 8. C
says: 4'For years, my wife sol
fered intensely from dyspcpsm
complicated with a toi pid livci
until she lost her strength an
vigor, and became a mere wrec
of her former self. Then she tr
od Electric Bitters, which helpe
her at once, and finally made he
entirely well. Shoisnow stron
and healthy." Crawford Bros
.). F. MacUoy (fe Co., and Fundei
bulk Pharmacy druggist, sell
and guarentees them, at 50c a bo
tlo.
i uuiuiuibu ui i;:uu^iaugiiici
Ll'iryin Unwell Case Agree Upon
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j a Verdict After Twenty Hours
Deliberation.
p Special to The State.
I Florence, March 18.?The jury
( in the Howell case came to a vorj
diet this morning at 1 I o'clock,
after being in the room 20 hours
I'Uoy came out at 0.30 thin morning
and asked the judge to explain
I some points ?-f law* for the second
j( time, which ho did They stood
(j at that time six for acquittal and
e six for manslaughter. They went
hack at 10 and at 1 1 the foreman
announced that they had agreed on
y a verdict.
The court ro.om was pretty well
tilled and the audience wus sui prise
as well as was the defendant, for
j tlie general opinion at that time
was that the result, would lie a
o
- mistrial. The verdict was guilty
n of mans'aughter, with recommend
I
y at inn to mercy. The defendant
, took the verdict calmly, and did
not scent nt nil TUm .1 ?
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(j fenjscs gave notices of motion for
(1 now trial and the motion was at
once argued.
Judge Klugh overruled motion
for new tiiul in the Howell cuse
as lie said there was not suliieient
ground. The grounds for motion,
- briefly, weio that verdict was not
n iu accord with evidonco und that
, jury had lioen tampered with durd
ing the progress of the trial by
is one of the constables. An nffii.
n- davit was produced iti support of
i- this. AUo that the judge's charge
d was erroneous in ipiahfying the
d statement that words do not juso
tify a blow, )et by sa>ing that if
a man by his words showed that
e he was not showing the proper
g duty to his follow man ho would
e hejustitiel. Fourth, that the
o judge admitted improper testU
o mnny by allowing Howell's pre0
vious condition us to diunkenness
d etc., to ho brought up.
Uowell was arraigned at S. 15
l* and the sentence of the csurt pass
ed. It was that he be contined in
the State penitentiary or on the
county roads for live years. Howell
vas perfectly composed when
sentence was passed. Only the
members of the bar and a few
1
iriends were present. The judge
? granted bail in the sum of $5,000
' and Howell was immediately released.
I)r Wm Ilderton and Senator
S G Mayfield going on his
'' bond. The ease will bo carried
to the supreme court.
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o Mothers can safely give Foley's
Honey andTar to their children for
'* coughs and colds, for it contains
l" no opiates or other poisons. Sold
y Funderbur* Pharmaoy.
g Notico to the Public.
1 will hold all inquests in tJic
county. Phono to ray residence
at Pleasant Hill for mo when
needed.
f. Montgomery Caskey,
,/f opt. 20?tf Coroner Li. ().
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OVERWOKKED
f'. KIDNEYS
I, ,tr.. ' >
oiuMinv H jxicny. Uin ami Jim
iper I* pre^oiibud ami (-mlor-a <1
{| by ? miTiriit pliy^i. iiiiit*. Tt cures
, when ail eln?- fail* I'rcvuils
'v Kiuncy <li?<-HHt-n,Dropsy .bright*
i- ilis' ase, eto At all druggists
$1 OO A IIOTTL13
Or Direct. From . '
Murray Drug Co,
I Columbia, H C
-; t3 h f! r^HR
| \t\t moat traaling inhD In V*? world
i nice uuveniors auay.
Jesse B McDonald Succeeds Fei
body ns Governor of Colorado
the Latter Resigning According
to Agreement.
Denver, Col., March 17. ? T
bargain made by leaders of t
opposing Republican factions
Colcra lit to take the Govornoi
chair from Alva Adams and
seat in it Lieutenant-Govern
Jesse F McDonald, aftei pet mi
ting .James H Peabody to hold
ono day, was carried to a coticl
sion late this afternoon.
In fulltillmcnt of the agroeiuc
which t?o made before the Gene
Assembly decided the Guberns
rial contest in his favor, Govern
James tl Peubody resigned t
I office in which ho i*no.w?.*. .?<
? ? ?? tUUU^Ul Ul
lute yesterday afternoon. I
resignation, of which W S B03
ton of Colorado Springs, has bi
custodian since Wednesday, wl
it was wiiltou, was tiled in \
oflico of Secretary of State
I 4.30 p 111 today,
j James Cowic, Secretary
! State, immediately certilied G<
ernor Peabody's resignation a
Lieutenant Governor McDoni
was then sworn in as governor
Chief Justice Uabert. l'hero v
no further ceremony. Govcri
Adams was ousted and Govori
Peabody installed by the Gene
Assembly about 5 o'clock 'esl?
day afternoon, and Governor A
Donald was sworn in hoforo I
til today. Thus in a space of 1
than 24 hours Colorado has 1
i *' ? V.
tlireo governors.
Governor Peabody tran&uc
practically 110 liusiness of Sti
while in the ollioe of governor,
received many callers, who urt
him not to resign, and also mn
messages of the same import
telegraph and telephone.
To all these, ho replied that
did not care to hold the chi
Half a dozen members of
National Guard patrolled the c
ridors about tho executive cha
ber during the day us a guard 1
Govornor Peabody.
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uiiiiiuHitt is uoDoca or its T
rors
by Foley's Honey and Tar.
tops the racking cough and t
heals and strengthens the lun
If tiiken in time it will prevent
attack of pneumonia. Kef
substitutes. Sold by Funderbi
Pharmacy.
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Where Christ is not the rock
ages Ho is always a stone
stumbling.
Russia's prestige will have
wait awhile longer for that '<
decisive victory."
It is said Russia is prepnr
for a conflict with Great Britn
In that case, she will have to h
row what is left of their army fi
the .lapaneso.
? For letterheads, notehea
oumoaas, circulars and all kii
of printing neatly and quid
printed, send your work to t
office. Hoy S Strait.
MURRliA Y'S IRON
MIXIUFE
No is the time to take a spring
tonic. By far the heat thing
to take is Murray's Iron Mixture.
it makes pure blood and
.. gels rlji of that tired feeling. At
all drug store-.
BOc A BOTTLE
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Or Direct From
'/'h? Murray Drug Co,
| 5 Columbia, H O
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Former Preacher (*ct^ KourYear^
in Penitentiary.
New Itrunswiek, N. .1., March
' 19.?J. F. Cordova, the deposed
Methodist minister, was sentenced
this morning to four year in the
^ stale prison?one year for abandon
in?r his wife, and three for assaulthe
,
. in<? her. Ali-><4 Urowne, with
of
whom bo twice eloped, was not
8
in court. Her father and brother
to .
were, Uarilova took his sentence
without a tremor. I lis counsel
immediately filed a writ of error,
which stays judgment until the
u - . i
writ is arguod.
'n* ShorilT Saves Negro,
rul
Lt? Orangeburg. Muie'i 17. ? Av
?1' 2 30 this afternoon a corrospon
dent of The Evening News wired
tC(^ from Bowman stating that ShorilV
Dukes had arrived and had taken
'n" in custody William .Johnson,
!en charged with assaulting a little
ion w|)it0 airl at VVhetsell's. Shentr
Dukes is expected to arrive in
,l* this city with his prisoner at al
most any time this afternoon.
Sensational leports huvo heen
3V' in circulation all tho morning
brought about by the knowledge
ll'c^ that the sheriff hud left tho city
before day, little hoping to arrive
?as on tho spot in time to save the no
lor gro from the mob which was said
101 to have gathered.
?r- Chronic ltronehitis Cutvd.
lc- 11 For ten years 1 had chronic
i p brouchitis so had that at times 1
CS8 could not speak above a whisper,"
lud wr^ea ^r* J?8eldi Cotl'mnn, of
Montmorenci, lnd. 1 tried all
remedies available, but with no
ted success. Fortunately my eir ployate
er suggested that l try Foley's
He Honey and Tar. Its olTcct was
rcj almost miraculous, and 1 am now
cured of the disease. On my tecomniondation
many peoplo have
?}y used Foley's Honey and Tar and
always with satisfaction." Sold
he by Fundorburk IMiarmacy.
the One Boy Kills Another.
or
m- Greenville News.
for While out hunting in Glassy
Mountain township in the upper
section of the county Thursday
cr" morning, Dudley liuntor shot
And killed Put tick Davis. Both
are hoys between 12 and 11 years
gj, of ago. The killing is said to
an have been accidental. Hunter
use was brought to the tit) yesterday
,rk morning and turned over to sheriff
Gilreath. Ilo was at onto plae.
oh in jail,
of J _
?f The murried man can hardly
restrain his elation when ho (lis- i
to covers that the milliner's con.
me vention is going to bo held in another
tovn.
ing From the way Oyama bucks
,iD. the center and makes gains around
or- the end, lie has cinched a job us
om football coach as soon as ho
finishos his present engagement.
ds, ??'
LIKE FINDING MONEY
|{]y Finding health is like finding
money?so think those who are
sick. When you liavo a cough,
cold, sore throat, or chest irrita~
tion better act promptly like W.
C. Barber, of Sandy Level, Ya.
He says: "Iliad a terrible chest
trouble, caused by smoko and coal
dust on my lungs; but, after tind:
ing no relief in otlior remedies, I
was cured by Dr. King's New
Discovery for Consumptio, Coughs
and Colds," Greatest salo of any
cough or lung Miediciuo in the
world. At Crawford Bros., .1.
F. Mackcy & Co., and Funderburk
Pharmacy drug stores f>0c
and $1.00; guaranteed. Trial bot
tlo froe.
I'hirtv Thousand Dollar Bonfire of
Gambling Devices.
New Voik, March 18.?Tko
final bteps in the many gambling
house raids by District Attorney
.Jerome's men in recent months.
under the Dowling law, was taken
today, when over $.40,000 worth
of gambling paruphotnulia was
taken from the Criminal Court
building and burned.
It took live double-team truck
loads to remove the gambling implements.
There woro between
liftV and sixty rouletto wheels,
ranging in price from $150 to
$400. There were nearly a million
chips, from the commonest
composition to the finest ivory
and inlaid pearl. Besides, there
were hundreds and oven thousands
of packs of cards, numor
ous faro lay-outs, red and black
games in quantities, Klondyko
games in profusion, dice for
shooting craps and every other
conceivable device used by gamb*
lei's.
Fell Into a Boiling Vat.
Charleston Bust, 17th inst.
The coroner will hold an inquest
tomorrow over the remains
of Norman Brown, who fell into a
vut of boiling water yesterday at
the Charleston Basket and Voneor
Manufacturing Comnanv's
lactory anil was scalded so badly
that ho died last night in the hos pital
from tho effects of his injnrics.
Allen G Thurmao died poor,
Ki-.-ooo Conkling died poor, LjQ
C Lamar died poor, George F
Hoar died poor, Matt II Carpenter
died poor, John II Keagan
[died poor. These were statesmen
whose hands were clean and hearts
pure; men who refused to represent
special interests while servants
of tho people?statesmen
who wero without money and
without price. ? Dallas Timesilerald.
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roiuy s nonoy ana lar contains
no opiates, ami will not constipate
like nearly all other cough
nieduines. Refuso Substitutes.
Sold by Fnnderburk Pharmacy.
Most women woulil rattier bo
loved that trustod.
Blessings come in by an optnI
ing 110 larger than that by which
gifts go out.
Women insist upon equal privileges
with men, but they balk at
shoveling snow, chopping wood
and hangings.
It is highly probable that when
the Russians dine in Tokio they
will not have tho ordering of the
menu.
Manchuria has never boen considered
a mining country, but the ^
Russians have lately discovered
some tine lead deposits there.
CASVOniA.
n-arstho /> 11)8 K'n(l Y?u Have Always Bought
%:r
Hotch is tired of being in jail.
The institution has no proper facilities
enabling a prisoner to mar
ry a widow with money.
? The Ledger, The Atlanta
.Journal, Scini weekly, and Tho
Southern Cultivator, ill three
i\r\f\ vfini' tiiv Unf tv.naf l\n
I paid for inadvanco.
Mrs Cody, wife of 4'Buffalo
Bill," whom he is suing for diivorce,
was the principal witness
i and denied that sho had tried to
| administer poison and love potions.