^ ^MfllSgv ?--i - ' ^-.^-!^S^r>;'?;.' .-?. -.- ^T.I2I1 ^l^ITUrT?^J^STSr^^s-i-^ii.' .',"". .:^-.-'^r .-- rr.'Sgrgrg*" " fW 1 IJ iiui'i1 . ir.y. > . ? k . .. , , m,, ' i m \ A JtomiSb ZTsvTpapar: FZrlfia F*ciezf*x> tf&* Xc~\ rvtaUk i ll* Htfi um j * i^WKc KLV ' L A N (J A ? I E K. 8. C.. ,1 U Lj V 5, 1905 FBI TtlAMP >M/I I * ?/?et out ^ of the city say tho water stands c three to four feet deep iii the houses and shops ii, the iowcr ^ part of tho city and that panic ^ Stricken people have gone into ^ tho amuvtains carrying the'r valuables. I'ho storm began to abate at 3 o'clock in tho afternoon. La'er advices state that it is j known that over 11 hundred lives ?| wore lost at Guanajuato. Tele ti graphic communication is cntof! c and it is supposed 'Laolia" dam v was completelv destroyed, but jj this cannot he confirmed. c The Mexican Central north- c bound passenger train ran into a v washout north of Irapurato and " was derailed, the water running j over some of thecals. President Robinson of '.lie railroad says some lives were lost, but he does not know how muny. Tho town of Maratilo, just below Guunjnato, was completely o wiped out. a Another dispatch to President, < Robinson of the Mexican Central tl s.iys that there are l,o00 dead at Guanajuato. The raging water is carrying tl the dead through every street. 1' The water is up to the second i< story of tho Hotel union. Great n damage has been wrought to the f street car line and service cannot * bo resumed inside a month. Theie t is Only one way the people can y get to Marufilo, which is l>y mule n or afoot. Tho superintendent of the railroad has advised officers ' arc ist as result of a cloudburst in the lonntH.ns near the town of Las aciia. Two of tlio ?.lca?l wore unoriean children who were allied iiwuy before the eyes of a nge panic stricken crowd. Tho >ss add damage to property has ol been ohtainotl,biit is enormous 10 wilier joiner through the foi* le valley in a mighty tlo d drying everything before it. The )8s of live stock is great. Funds re being raised here for the tlmd iitTerors .inn com robing ponies re tiling to recover the bodrtu f the dead. Fresh news comes i almost hourly of some point, rhero proper! v was damaged and rotmhly lives wore lost. It will e several days before all delaile f Ihe destruction of life and pror?ityr by the flood is known, The 10 Mexicans, who were rowned, lived about four miles' rem Las Vacas on the l ank ol lie creak and just one mile from his place. The cloudburst occurred some imo during the night in tin lountains above Las Vacas. Tin /u'ers rushed down through tin alley with force enough to rol ig stones Considerable distance. The humble homes of the Mex i-ans were still fur enough awa\ roni I he edge of the creek t< ;?ve them a feeling of safety, hey were peacefully slotnhe?in? k-hen the great volumes of wntei time upon them. A Safe Man. ireonvillo News. Edward \V Robertson of Colnm ia has beon elected a director ol lie Equitable Life assurance soioly, and tha South Carolina oliey holders arc sutistied thai heir interests will be protected, 'hey have every right to be, be iiusu Mr Robertson is a safo mar :?*hnvo on the board and he will evoto all his energy and ability i the work of placing Iho affairs f the company in decent sh ip.;. NO FALSE CLAIMS. The proprietors o f Foley's Ioney and Tar do not advertise ins as a "sure cure for consnmpion." They do not claim it will uro this dread complaint in ad? anced cases, but do positively sscrt that it will euro in the ear or stuges and never fails to givt omfort and relief in the wore! ases. Foley's Money and Tar ii without doubt the greatest throat nd lung remedy, lief use sublitotes. Sold by Funderburli 'harmacy. " Dispensary profits " ( jwherry Observer. If Newberry people send $150. 00 out of the county for liquor nd get only $25,000 of it back tc help pay laxon/' would you call hat gooil business? Out in California a member o he stntc legislature has framed r iw which, if adopted, will makt t neccessary for a man and a wonan to swear when they applj or a marriage license that thc> re not craaj. We suspect thai he author of the bill has beer rying to support a $5o,ooo-r ear wife on a salary' of $50 ; lOnth.?Chicago Record -I Icrald IftWN ^ fe v. V & most healing salvo In W?a worn* 'James Werts [Convicted' And Gets Life Sentence Negro Accused of Killing Sam Pickly, Colon d, in Aiken is pronounced Guilty. Special to Hie State. AiUcn, ?F uly i.?The ease of James Werts, colored, charged with the murder of Sam Picklcy, also, colored, was tried Thursday and yesterday. This was one of the most revolting in Aiken county. Sam I'ickley was an honest, hard-workins, old darker, about 7S rears of age, while Jim Worts is a loaf-1 ! ing worthless gambler. It was i known among the negroes that Sam had some money saved up. This money was the cause I of the old man 's death. [ On the morning of the 25th of 1 April, the body of Sam Picklcy . was found in a much mutilated and putrid condition in his house. ) From the condition of the body ; it must have been lying there for ' about three days. 11is skull was broken and his throat cut. A bloody pocket knife and the end j of an iron axle with blood stains , upon it were found in the room. 3 As the result of the efforts of . the police officers, Jim Wcrts was 1 arrested and lodged in the county jail. Werts had served on the . jury of inquest and his conduct 1 orl flirt A A-i A S " ? ' f ivu HIV w 111 V_? V- I n IU MI>|)CCl 11 1 111 ? Upon investigation it was found , that tho piece of iron axle, found ; in the house, cnnie from a black r smith shop, where Worts had been working. A negro named J no. Lite declared that the bloody knife found in the room belonged to Wcrts, Werts' friends stated that he had no money before the murder he had a considerable ' amount of money in his pocket". Messrs. Menders >n represented 1 the State nnd Messrs. Croft and Sallcf the defendant. The evidence brought out by the State's witnesses was altogcth1 or circumstantial. The jury brought in vt rdict of r?. :u.. ? k<<>u/ yyiin iclumiuciiuauon to mercy of court. Ho was given the sentence of life imprisonment in the penitentiary with hard labor. A motion for new trial was ' made but whs refvsed. 1 No Now Trial For Harry Dean. The supremo court has decided that Harry Dean must serve the . sentence imposed upon him by i the court upon his conviction on t the charge of having killed one McKinney in Spartan burg. On ' account of the youth of the accused and also < n account of his family connections, a haul tight was made in the court to savo him from serving the tentenco imposed noon hitll hv lh? /-rtiifl Tl"> . F - , supreme court hue overruled the } motion for a now trial and the I young man will enter upon the sorvico of his sentence.?The S'rtte. t SPOILED HER BE A V I Y* ; Harriet Howard, of 209 \V 34th St,. Now York, at ono time had her beauty spoiled with skin trouble. She writes: "I had Salt Uheum or Eczema for years, but 1 nothing would cure it, until I used 1 Bucklcn'a Arnica Sal ve." A (piick I and Hiiro healer for cuts, burns II and sores. 25c at Crawford Bros , ', J F. Mackey & Co's, and Fuuderburk Pharmacy, drug I store. Rockefeller Gives Ten Mil- i lion DOII1 rs For Cause Of Higher Education Helps Ogdun Movnient?One j Mil'ion Provided for Thut , h'und lo ho Ilistrihnted Among Southern Colleges and Schools. New York, Juno 30. ? At u I imleting of the generul education board today the gift of ton million dollars from John D. liockj feller was announced as an endowment for higher education in tho (Tnited States. John 1) Rockefeller, ?Jr, was instrumental in forming the general education hoard )hreo years ago- A gift ot one miliion dollars was immediately passed over to tho l)o;ir?l from John D. liockfelfor, especially designated for educational work in tho South. Other funds have been added and tho hoard has confined its i J work to the Southern States, j The pi essnt gift is for use not only in the Southern States, and is confined to higher education and designed espe:inlly for colleges as distinguished from the great universities, although there is no prohibition against making contributions to the universities. Tho funds will he open to approved schools of a'l denominations, although they csnoot bo employed for giving specifically to theologicul instruction. The fund may be used for endowment, building debts, apparatus, for any othor purpose most serviceable. If the funds prove to bo an useful as is anticipated Rockefeller will undoubtedly make large additions to it in future years. Fatal .Vrcck in Spartanburg. Charleston, S. C., .July 2.?A special from Spartanburg Bays that a serious wreck occurred at the Brawley street crossing on the Southern Railway at 1 a. rn. Through freight No 52, running in two sections, ca no together while in the city of Spartanburg near the crossing, and a dozen freight cars laden with coal, and one engine were badly damaged. T . ' oijurmiiti justice ami a second member of the erevr of train 52 are duad and Engineer Whitmire is seriously injured. Another colored trainman was also hurt. The accident was caused by fuiluro of brakes on section No 2. The track was soon cleared and traffic resumed. SICKENING SHIVERING FITS, of Angue and Malaria, can be relieved aud cured with Electric Bitters. This is a pure, tonic medicine; of especial benefit in malaria, for it exerts a true curative influence on the disease, driving it entirely out of the Kvsiom V# *t ~ "" %J """" It is much to be preferred to Quinine, having none of this drug'* had after-effects. E. S. Munday, of Henrietta, Tex., writes: t4My brother was very low with malarial fever and jaundice, till ho took Electric Hitters, which saved his life. At Crawford Hros , J. F. Mockey & Co. and Funderburk Pharmacy drug stores; price 50c, guaranteed. It sotnolimes happens that a man who poses as a social lion heforo marriage looks very much likej a truck horse afterward.? Chicago News. ' - t $ ' '-V News of the State 11 - j (Specials to The Columbia State.) ' Convicted of Arson. ^ Aiken, Juno 30.?Tho case of Joe Adams, colored, charged with the burning of Mrs VVclk Moseley's barn, was tried yester- , daj*. The jury, after taking about 10 hours to make a decision < brought in a verdict of guilty II of the court, advising the passageof the life sentenco. \ , i i The judge gave him 550 years at) hard labor. White Man Convicted of Heinous Crime. Wulhulla, July I.-Stiles Moore, white, charged with rape, was convicted and sentenced to 14 years in the penitentiary today. The trial has been a moat sensational and bitter one. The verdict is generally approved. The judge ordered Sheriff Kay to tase Moore to Columbia ut once. Oconee county was visited last night by ** nost disastrous Hood. There was a rainfall of 15 inches, following heavy rains of yesterday and crops are tremendous. With a Broken Neck Soldier M?y Lave. Charleston, June 30.?The con tinaed improvement of Private JJ Garner, the United States soldier who broke hianeck diving into the surf on Sullivan's Island last week, excites much interest, especially among the surgeons. Two sorious operations havo been performed and parts of the vertebra removed. The soldier was paralyzed from his neck down and since the last operation three days ago, he is showing signs of recovering the use of his body and limbs. lie is a champion athlcto and his poworlnl constitution is probably responsible for his life and improvement, ^hich may end in complete recovery. Large Liquor Seizure. Asheville, N. C., .Inly 1. ? What is said to be the largest seizure of liquor ever made in this internal revenue district was made here this morning when the revenue officers took possession of a distillery operated by W P Black and confiscated 5,000 gallons of whiskey. The tax, it is charged, had not been paid on a large quantity of the whiskey, which is said to have been made without the khowledge of the government inspector and to havo been stored in the proprietor's house. A formal investigation will be begun Monday. To Cease Boycott. Washington, July 1.?The Chinese government has taken steps to stop tho boycott against American poods. Minister Itockhill at Peken today cabled the state departmoit, that after urgent and repeated representations from the American legation orders have been issued from the Chinese foreign office to all viceroys and governors in the empire to cease anti-American agitation against American goods. Sound kidneys ars safeguards of life. Make tho kidneys healthy with Foley's Kidney Cure. Sold by Funderburk Pharmacy. Death of John Hay a Loss to Diplomacy. Kamily and Friends Shocked at tho Sudden Summons.?Condolence From all Quartern. Newbury, N. 11., July 1.? The body of Secretary of State John Hay, whose unexpected loath early today has caused sor low through tho land and evoked expressions of sympathy and regret the world over, lies tonight in a room of ''The Fells," tho piaint gauibrel-roofed mansion, which for If years had been tho summer homo of the LI ay family. Just one week ago tonight, the secretary arrived at this village from Washington, wearied with the cares of stato and anticipating a "long summer's rest." Tonight the same launch in which Mr Hay made the short trip from Newbury to the landing at "The Fells" conveyed relatives of Mrs Hay to tho cottage where they brought symyathy and help to tho stricken woman and her only son. The only members of tho sec * retary's family at "The Fells" when tho end came where Mrs Hoy and Clarence IUy. Mr. James A Wadsworth of Goneseo, N Y., a daughter, Iirs been ill recently and had not been at Lake Sunapee this soa6on. Mrs Payne Whitney, another daughter, is on her way,to Europe. Mr Hay died at 12.25 o'clock this mnrninrr Tho lnuf mnmontu ~fc>* of teo statesman were peaceable aud the end came almost without a struggle. The suddenness of it all was staggering. The secretary had yesterday passed the most com. fortftble day since his illness be gan ii week ago. Ho was to sit up today. The patient had bidden his wife and physicians good night at 10 o'clock last night. An hour Inter ho was sleeping quietly.. Almost at tho stroko of 12, the secretary was seized with a turn. Ho called feebly and a nurse responded. Tho sick man was breathing with great difficulty. l>r Scudder was speedily summoned and it reciuired but a glance for him to determine that the end was but a few minutes away. The household wai aroused. The wife reached her husband as he was breathing his last. The son, Clarenco Hay, hurried into the sick room, but was too late. Death was caused b/ pulmonary embolism, according to Dr Scudder. The patient did not suffer greatly in his last moments. Aside from great difficulty in oreatniDg mero was no struggle. Stimulants were ineffective. Tho socrotary lapsed into unconsciousnoss and seemed to fall asleep at last. a guijTtuagedy. is daily enacted, in thousands of homes, as Death claims, in each one, another victim of Consumption or Pneumonia. Hut when Coughs and Colds aro propel ly treated, tho tragedy is avort-. ed. P. G. Huntley, of Oaklandon, Ind., wiites: "My wife had the consumption, and three doctor, gavo her up. Finally she tookDr, King's New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs and Coldae which cured her, and to-day she is well and strong." It kills the germs of all diseases. One dos. relieves- Guaranteed at 50c and $1.00 by Crawford Ikos., J. FMackey As Co. Fundorburk Phar. macy, druggists. Trial bottle frees