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ROBERT KEITH DARGAN
TOOK HIS OWN LIFE.
Darlington Financier Swallowed
Carbolic Acid.?He Lefl a
Written Statement.
Special to The State,
Darlington, July 11. ?Mr.
1? t A ir *.i ^
ivoucri iveirn uargan, formerly i
president of the Independent Oil
company and of the Darlington
Trust company, committed ani- (
eide between 8 and 9 o'clock to- 1
night by taking carbolic acid. I
Mr. Durgnn was on the street;
Ihh afternoon and appeared in his '
usual manner. He had been re- i
ticent 3ineo the recent troubles of '
the largo concerns of which ho '
had been the head, and this after- ,
I
noon ho hud made appointments (
to meet several gentlemen later in | <
the evening, one of these being1. J
Mr. VV. F. Dargan, who state* 1
that. Mr. K. K. Dargan told him j
that he would go to Mr. W. F. }
D.irgan'a office within an hour i
from the time they were talking, i
According to the statement of J
Dr. Edwards, Mr. Durgan nwul- j
lowed four ounces of carbolic acid. .
When he drank the acid ho was in i
!.EAT CL
W * i-jaLja^a ^a
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FOR THE
hoice of any trin
less the freight,
are making this
educe our stuck
t't begin to emi.
to describe the ;
O call Oil Hiss J;
Delight
liave in the way ?
lis father,s law office, llis I?roth- j
ir was with him whon he (lied.
Physicians were summoned hut it
vas impossible to save his life.
Mr. Dargan left a statement that
io had taken his lifo of his own j
iccofd. His friends think bo had
loped to straighten out his affairs
ind had expected that the oil cominny
would be reorgnizod but aft>r
the action in cho federal court
le lost hope and became nolicoibly
despondent
Mr. Dargan was about 35 yours
if age. He was married to Miss,
lormain of North Carolina. They
lave two children.
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A OKIVI TRAGEDY.
? daily enacted, in thousands of
lomea, as Death claims, in each
>ne, another victim of Consump:ion
or Pneumonia. Rut when
'Joughs and Colds are prop
jily treated, tho tragedy u avert - ;
id F. G. Huntley, of Oaklandon,
1 I
Ind , writes: "My wife had the
consumption, and throe doctor, j
javo her up. Finally she tookDr, j
King's New Discuvory for ('on
mmption, Coughs and Cold>e ;
which cured her, and to-day she
is well and strong." It kills ths
Terms of all diseases. Ono dos.
relieves Guaranteed at 50c and
fcl.00 by Crawford Bros., J. FMuckey
& Co. Funderbark Thar,
fiiacy, druggists. Trial bottle freos
'si* : Tt ?. T"' I'-rm.:
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*w ,i> ^ . Ivy*
,OSJNG 0
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lined or untrinini
and some much 1<
positively spleiid
to make i*o<tnt f<
mei'ate the man
perfect beauty of t
i>rdan. who will ta
in Showi
.? real bargains.
fangs ms'iffm <ui
'dLdllP 11
11 a illllifirt II
fas^fc-wm; ffitaagfo ?ay.-3?,#M|gK "a
Stakes Will Hang For Capt.!'"
Wells' Mnrder. .1
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Negro Convicted in rfuniter Conn w
ty Senionood to Die August ?t
ISth. A Lawyer Attack- ftf
ed. ^
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Special to Tho State.
Sumter, July 10. ?Colcouch 3,
Stakes was found guilty of the V
murder of Cupt. D. E. YVolls. b
The vondiet was given at 4:50 ?l
o'clock this afternoon. The jury vv
was out but 12 minutes. lc
The trial began on Saturday. 1 n
The negro was defended by Mr.
J. J. Cantey of Summerton. The 01
solicitor was assisted by Col.R.D. T
L- . and Mr. Harmon t). Moiso. k<
Mr. (an ley's arraignment of w
the deal man's character was very ff
severe. Cel. Loo closed for tlio g;
St:?te in a speech of one hour and at
40 minute-'. Lie rras at his best, tfc
His eloquent and dramatic speech cl
was very olfective.
The mnouncoment of the ver- C1
diet wa- received without any do- c<
m on.st ration. h
Judge Purdy sontoncod the
murderer to hang on August 18. pi
in reply to the question whuth- la
or or not ho had anything to say, g,
ho - iid there Was no reason why ^
UT SAL
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m
i DAYS
ed hilt in our s
owor.
id offer in ordc
or oils' new fat!
y different sty I
iome hats, hut 1
ike a
V- '
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ii g Y ou
a should not hang.
When tho crowd was coming
own the court house steps Mr.
. C. Ra.iifield, who was highly
rought up over Mr. Cantey's
tack on Capt. Well's character,
isaultod him by kicking him.
lr. Cantey did not resist it, and
10 aceident ended.
J. Colcough Stukes, negro, aged
5, stabbed and slashed Capt.
/ells all over the hoad, face and
ody on May 1st in his house
bout 1 o'clock in tho day. He
as immediately captured and
>dged in jail. The citizens made
o threat of lynching.
Stukes and his wife occupied
ne end of Capt. Wells house,
he negro woman cooked and
3pt house for Wells. Stakes
as working out a debt to Wells
>r having paid him off the chainang.
He had become careless
id lazy about his work and Wells
:routened to return him to the
iningang then tho murder.
On the other had, Stakes
aimed that Capt Wells assault
A his wife and she appcalod to
im for protection.
Cftpt. David E. Weels was a
rosporotis farmer?one of the
ir gest in the county.
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Shot Sister's Assaulter While on
The Way to Prison
I
Jackson, Miss., July 1
Davis Collins, a negro who was
convicted of attempted cri:u.aal
assault, on Miss. Ilogg tit :i >; eia:
term of tho Copia county art
to-day and sentenced to ten \ ars
in the penitentiary, was ki led
on the way to prison by Mr.
Dickoy, a brother-in-law of "diss
i ^?gg* i'he killing occurred tit
( Crystal Springs. Mr. l)i key!
boarded the train at Uazeihurst.
( When it stopped at Cry tui
Springs Dickey walked into the
I coach where Sergeant Doilds was
sitting with the prisoner mil |
rlrntuintf aI ICnl-rt.
vu ui^ i* i mi. ivr * v.
i throe shots into the rs ?
body. Death was instai:'
Dickey surrendered
GREATLY" IN DM
Nothing is more io dema
a medicine which meets t.
requirements for a blow i
system cleanser, such a
King's New Life Pills. Tl.
just what you need to cure .1aeh
and liver troubles. Try t n. |
At Crawford Bros', J F M i y '
& Co's and Funderhurk Phuru y,
drug store, 25c,guaranteed
Foley's Money and 1
for children,smfc,sure. A'o opiV
;vf>j/ .'-v i.
YOMBED THE MEN.
)no Hundred uiul 1'wonty-tivc
, I).i> Welsh Disaster ?Fifty!
nine !' tdies iccovc fc-it
< iii<h!l, "An. Jui> 11. - An
xpl? ?si?m of *i . dump in No. 2
>i! i'i the I '.'U i National Colin
y truti ji.u. ,'nttstown in
lie ivh m . ! i .t:i , t >?' center of
ue "rout \\ .. tu tieids, this?
iior.iimr, liicV'.u fo have reulted
int. - s > t' ?>* leant 1 '20
i ve>?.
rhv < \ % -..( ii wl4- followed im>
- . lately iiv th* 1 riiino f eioiuln
if .smoke tin' do from the pit
halt, m wl.iv.ii lr.o nieu were
vutk.iiL'. T..e frieo of iho nv
dosi >n wrocke 1 the machinery at
he mouth oi the pit. Ml comLttinitMlion
with the ?!n< med men
n thin direct'. ii ompUiteiy cut
N? ' Aiif* id; ,ir..tig. litis
. . L.. 'iition
M. v> i t; in No.
' - 1 ! 1? 111
A i> i fccenihd. out
impeded
' ii" fulling
; >. *l' . h t lie
.1
i . . t 1J1 n< ie
ij ... . .. t;v. .tombed
men, bu m lit the absence
otl ul sou c interior of
the rn.,i.. t.i: ,111 ml of the
v ' , . . m place
r*l; * . .? t; is', J.
v ce t oi ? x plosion
' ; .; ' an '. : undrods of
' l : i; iron und tlfbu.
....f I thy baud
t;;o l-.. .. mation
were
crowded al the afternoon) and
w-' e u: ... . ^ of people
i- -i . nl t the mine
i. -on . . thf pitiful
sjenes.
Eil'ortrv ut I'uMiuc A'eio still in
progression at midnight and currents
of fresh air wcro beiug
.rivet: t!nn j h t.i -im: , hut the
rescuers arc not working without
hope of reduciug the list of fatalities.
BRONCHIT/5S FOR TWENTY
YEARS.
Mrs. Minerva iSn ith, of Danville,
III., writ ' ! had bronchitis
fm twenty years and never
got relief until I used Foloy'e
lloiiO) and la whi h is a sure
cure" Sold b v Fundorburk.
IM'y'.ina' * ADo C O Floyd, Kei
SLiutv.
Shooting in Wallaceville.
Special to News and Courier
Columbia, July I..?A. M.
Wallace, ot Columbia, w is shot
by John M. Glenn this afternoon
k Wa'laceville, a fev; mil-.; north
of Columbia. G! n., . t po-o
;sti i a ul c .0 ,i..... .1 in
a J V , \ V J ?.? ?1 i 1 .
retio ... . .ic ball
cntcied the I1.., on i.iri'owly
no ?jd i : '
V' ? 0 11 ' i? ' i t i L i. il
: Mi-. ; . . with kidney
.i i/ it 'vo years,''
writ II. Davit, of Mt. Start
iii,,. . it I . i bottles of
I* >L,- ? !; i'uM ctVoctcd n
; 01 p.anc. . oo ' S >M by FnriI'L
: .'A .,.ii V., y
& ^ JL? 3TS. X ./*..
f ' the xr'.i t 1 I!...- *ays BeiiV.lt
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