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? ; .'.IsWEKKLY LAN C A ijT K 11 ?. 0.. APRIL 1906 ESTABLISHED 1S62
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Happenings in me Maie.
\s Chronicled by the Alort Cor- ^
respondents of 1'he (??>! i) lit l>iu
Stale and tho Charleston
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News and Courier.
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Specials to News and ("< uiier ^
Youth Broke His Neck.
Greenville, Aprril 6 - While
doing tho giant swing in tho gym- ^
nasium in the Y. M. C. A. building
at Monagham Cotton Mills, ^
last night, Archie Holliday slip- ,
ed from tho horizontal bar and
fell to tho floor, breaking his
neck Ho died in fiftoen tninu8
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An Awful Dentil.
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Anderson, April 7. ? Mrs. ,tones j,
McGee, the young wife of h prosporous
planter, met n horrible
death Wednesday afternoon. She u
laid d >wn before the tiro with n
four-weeks-old infant in the cradle N
besiile her. Her husbund returning
to the house, found his wife's
clothing burned away, the infant
painfully injured and the house ^
ablaze. Mrs. McGree died after ^
eight hours of agony. 8
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Muliin liusiness Men Organized ,(
to Hold Cotton.
The secretaiy of state yesterday ?
issued a comuii*ion to gentlemen !
in Mullins who will operate a ?
warehouse for the storing of tobacco
andcotton. The capital stoc'c cl
will be$S,OuO. A
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Another Murder Mystery for a
Coroner of liicblun'1. b'
Columbia, April 8 ?As a re- l)
Klllt of ?n HiitnriHV o?rfr?rmrwl ?>n ^
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the body of liebecca Plunler, the
negro woman, whose body was ^
found in Broud river yesterday, n
Dr. Griffith has notified Coroner
Walker that the woman came to '}
her death through strangulat on,
and that an open grave had been ^
found near the spot where she was a
thrown in the river. The husband
of the woman has been lock- "
ed up, but declared that he was *
innocent and can prove it. A a
preliminary will be held Monday. H
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(Special* to The State )
Burned to Death in C ilabooso. v
Downdesville, April 8 ?John '
Alahan.a, colored, was placed in
tho calaboose laic yesterday eve, 3'
nivg for violation of contract. At 5
o'clock this morning the calaboo e
was horned. John was burned
up in it. ?
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Drowned in Savannah River. u
Abbeville, April 7.?News was v
received here today of tho drown- P
ing of Mr Kennie Cade last night. 11
It was stated that Mi Cade and 8
Sheriff Lyon were waiting on the v
hanks of the Savannah river to 8
arrest u negro who had broken 1
his contract with Mr Cade and c
was expected to return from 1
Georgia, whore he had go*,e to e
escape punishment. It teems that 11
it was desired to have a balteau ri
for the use of the persons wait- a
ing, and Mr Cade attempted to v
swim the river and got one, which
was on the other side, hut was ^
unable to reach the other side,
although it was a place where ho
Knit <ift on nniuaail I'lm Iwwlw Imo
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not jret been reeovere<l. g
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Taxation on Mortgages. f
Anderton, April 7.?The coufy 1
ty board of equalization has de- t
termined that the law in regard 1
to. the taxation of mortgages shall a
A
>6 Kiricuy enmrced in Andersm
ounty, and to this end a cotnmiteo
has been appointed to go ovei
be records in tbo clerk's oilier
nd list all mortgages, both res
state and chattel. l'his work it
iow being done, the committer
laving the assistance of Capt II
1 Watkins, a \>ell kn ?\vu attor
ey of iho city.
It is perhaps well within the
ruth to say that a very largo per
antngoof the holders of mortgager
are not been paying taxes jor
hose evidences ol indebtedness at
equired by law. Hie bourd is
rill in its stand that nil mnrlnnuM
hull hour their just share in sup
lorting the government ir
l.e sumo manner as all othei
roperty subject to taxation,
-v.ry mortgage in the record:
.'ill lio listed, and those found tc
e still in force will he placed
pon the tax hooks.
tegro Killed by His Son Koi
Healing Ilis Wife.
Newberry, April I) ?Jordan
uber, a negro man living on Mr
\ C. Poole's placo on the outkins
of town, was shot and intantly
killed by his 15 year-old
;>n last night.
Uis wife, Anna, who was the
nly eye witness, says that when
er bust and camo in about 12.30
'clock sho got after him about
laying out so late when ho hngan
ursing her u?>u iiowliy ?ner.
is so-:n as she could get away
ho left for a neighbor's, staving
way 10 or fifteen minutes. When
he rotnrned she callod Wesley to
ring her cloths. He, Wes>y
began to remonstrate with his
ither for treating Anna as he had
one. With an oath Jordan relarked
thai ho would treat him
he sumo way and getting out of
eel started after the boy. When
bo boy had run 50 or 75 yard?
o warned his father not to come
nv further but as Jordan did not
top Wesley turned and shot him
nth a double barrel shotgun,
'he load entered the left brensl
nd killed him immediately. The
hove was brought out by the
oroner's jury this morning.
Wesley, who is apparently a
ery good negro and ordinarily ti
/ell behaved b(?y, was brought
own last night and lodged ir
nil.
Where is Mr Jordan?
llock Hill, April 7.?Special
Some mystorj attaches to the cor
inued absence of G. W. Jordan
grocer and meat market man
/hose placo of business is on De
?ot street. He lett the store oat
inlay a'ternoon and has not beer
een since. A bank in this citj
ehich held a mortgago on Jordan'*
took, to bo due the first of June,
lecamo alarmed and under th<
ircumstances decided to attach
he property. This was prevent"
id, however, by the prompt payment
of the debt through an attur
loy. There may be no cause foi
larrn, but Jordan's absence it
worrying his friends.
Another Negro Burned Up ir
Effort to Escape from Guardhouse.
St. Mathews, April 9. ?Abou
i o'clock this morning the town
;uard house was discovered 01
ire and Was entirely consumed
U>out 10 o'clock last night th<
own marshal locked up Fret
filler, colored, for being drunl
md disorderly. Miller was searcl
)' od mid his pockets emptied, t??i(
- ho had mutches in his wonly hair.
It is presumed that Miller
i tirod the guard hotiso with the
1 hope of escaping, hut his char roil
i body, totally unrecogniziblo, was
; taken from the mil.a.
Negro Accused of Settir.g Fire to
Barn in Campobollo.
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1 Cumpobello, April t).? Last
night about 12 o'clock it was dis'
covered that Mr .1 L Boole's barn
' was in flumes, and it was too far
' gouo before any ctHcient aid
1 c >uld be rendered. Iti the barn
* were three lino cows and a horse
that could not bo surpassed in the
1 town Two of the cows and the
horse were binned to death, but
one of the cows, belonging to Mr 1?
5 15 .Miller, escaped through the
' (lames A largo quantity of for*
' ago and Miiuo vehicles were also
burned
The tire is attributed to Henry
Hurley, a negro who has been employed
,.with the Campobollo oil
i mill. It seems that Henry had
vbecu owing Mr Poole some money
. and had pro tiiscd to pay him last
night, but ^failed to do so and
when he met Mr Poole, became
mad with him and struck him
i two or three blows in the face.
After he ha t let Henry go, the
i latter made a threat to some bystanding
negt-oes ihat Poole would
sutler from that.
ar.t/i ii.vi mo tiuij over, parties
began searching for Henry and
finally found him in bed, apparently
asleep at Laura Jackson's, a
negro woman who lives out in the
edge of town. lie was immcdi <
i alcly arrested.
PLANVIO Gtft RICH
are often frustrated by sudden
! breakdown, due to dyspepsia 01
constipation. Hrace up and take
Dr King's Now Life Pills. They
1 take out the materials which are
1 clogging yt.ur energies, and give
, you a new start. Cures head,
aches and dizziness too. At
Crawford Bros', J F Maekoy <?
Co's and Fundorburk Pharmacy
25c, guaranteed.
s 8 Virginia Workmen Dio.
Roanoke, Va., April 8 - A spec
tul from Allisoniu, Pulaski counL
i .. \r.. rt>u_ Mi!_.
- \.jy v u., ill l HO 1111)08, SAyS
t 4< While tamping powder in t
1 blast this afternoon at tho Art!
way limestone quarry, in thiscour
ty, about four miles west of Al
lisonin, the blast was accidentally
: discharged.
Eight men were instantly killed
and two others wounded.
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Pneumonia is Robbed of its Tor
rors
' by Foley's Honey and Far. I
1 stops tho racking cough and unt
r heals and strengthens tho lungs
} If taken in timo it will prevent ar
attack of pneumonia. Hefusi
substitutes. Sold by Funderburl
3 Pharmacy.
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? Several Livery Stat>les Wen
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uiiiiicu, including lMUCOn
Horses.
j Newborn, N. C., April 7.? L,
G. Daniel*' livery stables; S. L
Dill, dr.'s, livery stables; th<
i Gaskill Hardware and Mill Sup
ply company's Crave street store
and .John C. Greene's plumbing
establishment were destroy* (1 b]
fire today. There were 15 horsei
in the Daniels stables and tbej
were all burnad The loss wa
3 about #27,000, partially coveret
j by insurance.
c Chastity is to a woman wha
i veracity is to a man.
' Mother Suicides After Error.
Administering Strychnine Instead
I of Quinine to 'nor Daughter
t and Son.
Danville. Vu., April 8.?A
ipecial to the Register from Chathum,
Vu , says: "As h result
of a most horrible mistake, Mrs.
Nannie Ubwe lies dead at hei
homo, noar Concord church, nine
! miles from this place, with a bullet
wound through her heart, shot
by her own hand; her 12-year old
daughter, Winnie, lies dead ii
, the eatno room from an overdost
, of strychnine,accidentally givenb)
, Lor mother in the place of quinine,
and her iO-year-ohl son, Cabell,
is desperately ill in un adjoining
, room from strychnine poison ad
ministered in a like manner.
, J. I\ Hall, who lives near the
Howe home, was aroused from hit
slumbers oaily this morning by
, screams of \ woman. Mr. Hall
and his son at once repaired tc
the Bowe home. They were mel
at the door by the woman, whc
, j told them she had killed her cnilijdren
by mistake. Mrs. Bowe alsc
i stated that after learning of hei
fatal error, she had herself taken
both strychnine and carbolic acid.
, While Mr. Hall was administering
to the boy Mrs. Bowe left the
house. A few minutes later hei
body was discovered near the
, eiuor ? <-?vi turougn nei
heart. A pistol, with one chamber
empty, was lying near her.
Mrs. Bowe was the widow ol
Thomas C. Bowe, who died a yeai
ago. She was about 40 years
of age.
DON'T BORROW TROUBLE
It is a bad habit to borrow any
' thing, but the worst thing yon
1 can possibly borrow, is trouble.
When sick, sore, heavy, weary
1 and worn-out by the pains au<]
> poisons of dyspepsia, biliousness,
Blight's disease, uny similar int
lernal disorders, don't sit dowr
' and brood over your symptoms,
but 11 y for relief to Electric
Bitters. Here you will fine
sure and permanent forgetfulnesi
of all your troubles, and youi
. body will not bo burdened by i
load of debt disease. At Crawford
Bros., J. F. Mackoy & Co.
Funderburk Pharmacy. Druj
1 stores Prices 50c. Guaranteed
l There is mighty little poetry
- in raising a family of ten.
' A man is so unreasonable h<
wou'd rather pay doctors' bill
~ than milliners' bills.
Twins are like having pneumo
- nia when you expocted to go to i
baseball game,
t The devill would get a ver]
1 good salary if he would come U]
and live in Now York.
, Yon can generally tell when i
i girl has been kissed before b1
the way she pretends sh
hasn't.
Mothers can safely give Foley'
Money andTar to their children fo
coughs and colds, for it contain
no opiates or other poisons. Soli
y Fundorbur* Pharmacy.
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MURRK* Y'S IRON
> MIX IU E
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No is the time to take a spring
/ Ionic. Hy Tar the best thing
a to take Is Murray's Iron M'xture.
It makes pure blood and
jr gels rid of that tired feeling. At
ail drugstore*.
S
] 50c A IIOTTLE
Or Direct From
The Murray Drug Co,
t j Colombia, H'C
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Deadliest War on Reaord
, New York Telegram to Washington
Star.
A cablegram from London
says: Tho 'oases in killed and
i wounded and prisoners among tho
' Russian forces now reach a total
^ of 397,141, made up a? follows:
May 1, 1904-Yalu 2,941
' I May 27, 1904?Nanshan 4,000
1 ( Juno 14-15, 1904 Wufangkan
10,000
^'Juue 27, 1904? Molienling
and othor pusses 1,000
1 j .1 uly IT, 1904?the same
^Keller's attempt to
retake) 2,000
1 July 25, 1904?Tashihcao 1,200
> July 30?31, 1904 ? T< mu'
cheng (and fighting all
along line) 4,000
August 25-26, 1904 ?An'
shanchan 8,000
' September 1-5, 1904-Lioa
Yang 25,000
' October 9-17, 1904-Shaho68,000
' July, 1904, to January 1,"
t 1905?Port Arthur 35,000
1 January 15-29, 1905 ?
Heikoutai 21,000
1 February 8, 1904, to date
? Skirmishes and small1
er battles 12,000
February 23 to March 12
? ?Mukden 200,000
1 February 8, to date ?
naval engagements (ex.
Arthur) 30,000
Total 397,141
The Japanese losses will probably
aggregate 250,000, making
i a grand total loss of nearly 650000.
This war is regarded as the
moat deadly on record.
. Sully Elected President of a
i Southern Concern.
Now York, April 7.-Announce
ment was made today that D. J.
' Sully has been elected presidentof
i Cotton corporation which has been
i organized to establish cotton ware
houses throughout the south.
' The plan as outlined is to pro.
vide modern tire proof housing
t facailties for storing and carrying
- cotton, thousands of bales of which
i it is said now held back by grow>
era are lying ont of doors subject
" to serious injury.
f According to the promoters,
leading interests in the south are
indentitied with the work, ine
eluding growers, and the wareS
hnilBA will lift oranlo/1 in iKa ninol
MWUWV TV?|I ? ' V VI WV%VV? III HIV IIIW?\
important cotton centres.
NEVV CURE FOR CANCER
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All surface cancers are now
known to he curable by Buckf
len's Arnica Salve. Jas Walters
P of Duffield, Va., writes: "I had
a cancer on my lip for years, that
a seemed incurable, till Bucklen's
Arnica Salve healed it, and now
Y it is perfectly well." Guaranteed
0 cure for cuts and burns. 25c at
Crawford Bros', ,J F Mackoy &
Co's, and Funderburk Pharmacy.
r Bookkeepers aro merely figureg
heads in tho business.
Tho motto of some men is,
"Give me liberty or give mo
debt."
A man's most distant relativos
are those who have tho most
money.
Most women would rather
patch up a quarrel than darn their
stockings.
Foley's Honey and Tar is best
for croup and whooping cough,
contains no opiates,and cures
quickly Careful mothers keep it
the house. Sold by Funderburk
Pharmacy.
Nearly 500 Soldiers Were
Buried Alive.
Later Reports Show the Earthquake
in India was More Disastrous
Than Reported.
Lahore, India, April 7.? Four
hundred and seventy men of Uurkhu
regiments were buried alive as
a result of tho earthquake at the
hill station of Dharmsala, according
to the latest information freni
that place. Tho report adds that
it is impossible to rescue tho
entombed men.
Tho Kangra valloy is believed
to have been devastated and it is
reported that the town of Kangia
was reduced to ruins with great
loss of life. No confirmation of
[the report is obtainable as the telegraph
station at Kangra is
wrecked.
A private telegram received
hero says tho whole town of Palampur
(containing about 5,000
inhabitants) has boen leveled to
the ground and that not a single
building is left standing. This
announcement has not been confirmed.
ENGLISH MISSION A HIES KILLED
London, April 7.?A telegram
received by tho Church Missionary
society in London from Lahoro,
India, reports that three of
Mrs. Daueqle and Miss Lorber.
were killed by the faii of tbe mission
house there during the recent
earthquako. All the other missionaries
in the Punjab are box
Iieved to bo saved.
Clironic Bronchitis Cured.
"For ton years I had chronic
bronchitis so bad that at times I
could not speak above a whisper,"
writes Mr. Joseph Coffman, of
Montmorenci, Ind. 1 tried all
remedies available, but with no
success. Fortunately my employer
suggested that 1 try Foley's
Honey and Tar. Its effect was
almost miraculous, and 1 am now
cured of the disease. On my recommendation
many people have
used Foley's Honey and Tar and
always with satisfaction." Sold
by Funderburk Pharmacy.
Killed by a Baseball.
Asheville, April 8.?Eugeno
Harris, aged 15 years, son of J J
Harris, of Biltmore, was struck in
the head with a baseball this aftornoon
shortly after 4 o'clock and
killed. The teams were playing a
match game two miles from Biltore
andHarris was the catcher for
one of the teams. The ball struck
him in the back of the head, and
death ensued within a few moments.
Notice.
My regular office days will be Saturdays
and first Monday". All other
days you will find mo at my office
near LAC depot. Will keep school
books at both offices and will be glad
to wait on you any day in the week.
W M Moore,
Co Hupt of Education.
Jan 10, 1905.
Cnbbaffo Plants
From the best selected seeds.
Now ready for shi praent. large,
strong, hoaltliy, these plants are
grown in the open ait and wiJI aland
severo freeze witli out injury. Early
Jersey Wakefield, Large Type or
Charleston Wakefield which are th?
bent known varieties of early cabbage,
also Henderson's Huccesslon. the best
laige, late and sure header, Augusta
Early Trucker, also a fine type of late
variety. Neatly packed in light baskets,
$1.50 per M, For five thousand
or over $1.25 per thousand FOB Ex
press office. Chas M Gibson.
Youngs Island, H O,
Dec 20, 1004?Sm.
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