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m m MX- --.-s ^!MH J**1V > 'i, >J>' ? i r t 4 ?|M W\W?|f^3(WKW8Ml^ v 2 W| ?#*?**? > V?S..., ??>._, [ +ft\m(\j /fawyggar : GmJtomoQom qfJttiffr i Art* *wdW>anwaro**Afenrth " > '"*..^5?^^ v^"u."" i " *. -JL'Ti'. ",' ",r...' TT "J" "'"""nfTT-?i? "h V1LT71?I??: ^'^~ZZZJL.VJ.L'\lJZ~:rTZ'^.?L~ ?I.TJ, " .? JT^rr??.^-TS^J. .sjr^-.ry .-y" ? ? ... ^ SEMI-WEEKLY L A N CAS T E R, S. C., . SEPTEMBER, 20, 1905. ~ " ~ I SUED "Is^* l)icnP>tICPkr ^rriiirnrc Oaciirnc ! Mon Po^AocnM 1Va4? I A-? 1a ^ *-- w v--'- 1 - 11 ' ' UV1 J 1\WJ I^IIJ 1 Declares Dispensary is Doomed in Greenville und he May ?s ( Well Quit Now. Special to The Stale. Greenville, Sept, 15. ? M. S. j Scruggs, in charge of the west Greenville dispensary, has resign- j ed his position and expert- i?> he ^ lelieved by October 1. ^ The news of Mr. Scruggs intoution to give up his position as ^ dispenser comes as a surprise to ^ > l. ? ; ?? I. - t ? tuu nut jinny or uis meauK, who hud no intimation of what his purpose was. Mr. Scruggs hue tilways conducted tho business in an orderly ami careful manner and has always received the com- * inundations of the county hoard of control for the manner in which ho conducted the business. In giving up his position Mr. Scruggs refers to the tact that tho ' dispensary election is not far off and that the dispensary is virtually doomed in the county and this ^ is one of his chief reasons for seeking other business. Alleged Murderer Captured. | 1 Special to The Observer. 1 Union, S. 0., Sept. 16.? A 1 special from'Clomaon College says 1 that George Randolph, alius Dump lianJolph, alias Dump < Scott, who was wanted for tho 1 murder of George MdKinuey at I Tuculet about two weeks ago, was < yotdoiduy afternoon apprehended 1 _ i l < u n . t on mo unerry rami, near tlio 1 College, anil taken to jail in Spar- ^ tanburg by Sheriff Nichols aud 1 Deputy White, of that city. Su- J purintendent McCrnckeo, of the ) chain-gain: force, aided in locating the negro. I 1- m ^g? . ? Struck Gold Near Charlotte. ( Special to The Statu. Charlotte, N. C., Sept. 15.? ^ Mr. Max J&sspon, who came here three months ago from Alpena, ( Michigan, and secured an option f on the Yellow Dog gold miue ^ property, two miles south of tho city, struck a large vein of rich ^ ore early this morning at a depth ( of 110 feot. The vein is over ^ four feet wide and will pay from $50 to #75 per ton. After two f months of hard labor working ^ night and day and accomplishing ^ that which it would ordinarily ( take six months to accomplish, t Mr. Jasspon has perhaps struck it . L at t - riu-Mor man uas any miner in tne ^ State for soveral yoars Thousands of tons of rich ore are already in ^ sight und thosupply is inexhaustible. j A GKIM TRAGEDY t is daily enacted, in thousands of \ hom?5H, as Death claims, in each j one, another victim of Consumption or Pneumonia. But when Coughs and Colds are prop " eily treated, the tragedy is avert- 1 ed. F. G. Huntley, ofOaklandon, c lnd., wiites: "My wife had the | consumption, and three doctor, gave her up. Finally she took Dr, King's New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs and Coldse c which cured her, and to-day she i is well and strong." It kills the i germs of all diseases. One dos. i relieves. Guaranteed at 50c and . $L.OO by Crawford Bros., J. FMackey & Co. Funderburk Phar. macy, druggists. Triul bottlo free Subscribe for The Ledger. 1 iau lautisuil T7 CUi Her Former Husband. iot Divoico From Him Ouco, But Goes Back After Long Separation and Trouble. Washington, Sept. 1(5.?Nan Patterson, the actress, tried for ho murder of Caesar Young in Sow York, has married tier forucr husband, Leon M. Mania, rom uhiiiii situ was divorced hree years ago. The ceremony >ccurred at the home of the Hide's father in this city this afernoon. Mr. and Mrs. Martin vill reside in New York, where he former manages a hotel. None of Nun's friends was greatly surprised. The marriage vus forecasted soma months ago while Nun was still languishing in ho Touihs. Martin was devoted o her during the term of her nun isonmeut, called at the prison tften, and was the only man cxjept her father aid her lawyers who got to see her. He sent her 'ood regularly and other things of ! O J ~ i which at thai time she was much j n need. After her failure on the stage ast spring, Nan went back to New fork and. kept quiet for a time. L'hon she was seen at the luce rack, and at a hound jumped >nco more into the lime light. Her next appearance was in lonnection with the rich Minmso,a lumberman, Ashe, who complained of shady transactions in jaids at an unknown apartment lortso and was sent out of town ly angry relatives, one of whom was reported as following Nan \bout with a horse whip. 1 he Martins were divorced about three fears ago. Hawkins Says Two Men Tried to Murder Him. Hreonville News, 171b inst. I Sheriff Uilreulh had along cou'ereuce with ,J. D. Hawkins at lis home at Brandon nulls yesterlay afternoon and the injured nan, who wa9 found unconscious lear the i ail way track at Calhoun, .old the sheriff that Henderson ind Naughn, the mill operatives leing held in Columbia, traveled ( >n a freight train with him to dalhoun. There, he says, tho ncn assaulted him and after al nost beating klui to death drag. ;ed his body across the track vith the idea that the next train somiag along would finish their iendiah work. He managed to irawl off the track, however, and ,hua wared hia life. Hawkina was brought back !rom Calhoun Friday afternoon , ind yeaterday ho had sufficiently -ecovered hia atrenglh to tell the iberifl a well connected story of he affair. It remains to be seen vhother tho man ia telling the ruth or not. Relatives of tho nen any that tho story ia a myth, md circumstances will be called n when the case gets into the iourta to lead the jurois to a pro* >er verdict. In view of what Hawkins says he crime is properly for Pickens lounty, and the authorities here _.!lt ? i - ? viii soon ihko s;eps io nave the non in Colurahitt placed in the { looping of Sheriff Jennings of Sickens. ?The Hcith-.lonos Co., is noil ng Wheeler ?& Wilson sewing machines at co&t. u\ A?mu? i?s new iurtt Ono of the NVnf.-t Crimes Wi Which Metropolitan Police ihivo Had to Deal in Many Ycurs. New York, Sept. 10.?The tin* ing today of tho body of a linn some young woman, about i years of age, lying bruised ar battered in u clump of brij bushes near the l'elham road, i the Bronx, revealed one of tl worst crimes with which the p< lice have had to deal in inai years An autopsy to-nigl showed that the woman had bee criminally assaulted and choke to death. Tl.ere was every iud cutiou that she had fought her u gallants desperately 11* r gai met\,ts were torn almost to shred Tonight her body rests in tl Pordhum Morgue, while half Hundred detectives are endeavo ing to establisii the victim's idei tity anil to tied some clue !m tl murderer. I be body bad bet dragged to the clump of hrit hushes from a point some distani a \v ?i v; An empty dress suit cuse wi found near the scene of thccrim' hut neither on this nor any art ele of clothing was there tl slightest means of idenlitication. Tiie cause of death was givt as buti'ocntion, and the autop* physicians were of the opinio that the woman had been den about twelve hours. Evidom points to tbo lucl that at least tw men were impiicaled in the crinn I'iiat tiie woman \\a-< robbed not doubled, for nothing of *:di was left upon her prison, wlii her fingers show that 1 ings wine c o she must have worn were tor from them. body" of you no woman idf.nt ft f.i). N?w York, Sept. 17.?i'ho in dy of the young woman found 111 tier whut is known as tiie 44haum ed oak'' just oil Pel hum road, i the Bronx, Saturday, -vhs ident fied today as that of August PfeiflVr, years old, .vhot home was on Pcllium road, only few hundred yards from the sp( where her body lay. New York, Sept. IS.?Coront O'Gorman early this morning if sued a warcant for the arrest < Joseph (lirard, a driver, char; ing him with murder of August Pfeiffcr, the 22-year old gi whoso body was found in Polhui road in the Bronx Saturday. Coroner O'Gorman said: 44Wo have traced the mov munts of Girurd up to the time ( the murder and to within 200 fei of the place. Wo have also trace the movements of thogiil up t 8.30 o'clock on Wednesday nigh when shf* boarded a Throgj Neck car. The two undoubted] met. The man's clothing ht been found in the home of Mr Julia B. McMahon in Pelhai road near Eastern boulovard an Consists of nvftrntlu .it..1 ' - w uuu ? jiiiiijit* These are smeared with bloot Tho last seen of Girard wuh who ho left homo on Thursday niori inj5 at <> o'clock. Tho warrant charges Girai with homicide. Edward Darned, a hack drive; and Julia McMahon have bee called to the house of detention i witneHSos. ?2,000 bushels. of Texas K? Llust proof need oalu on hand. Heath-Jones Co. . uruer ano Lyncinng h In Abbeville County. i i.itm Moore (hit to Death t>y Allen l'ondletop, a Negro, Wbo is liiddiwd .Villi Bullets. Jj special tn 1 tie bta1 e. >5 llonca l'ath, .Sept. 17.?About | l(j three it.ilea hrpiw bore in Abbo- ( [ir ville county this aftornoon just , IU before Mitwt Sam and Jim Moore ( 10 two white men, g*?t into a difficulty with Alii n Pondleton and , ,y another negio A light followed | m which Jim Mooro was cut and )D killed by lYndh ton. , (j Pendleton < scaped and was cap* ] j. tured by a crowd about half a mile , a below here, lie was carried back iO* I to the scene of the killing and , ? i d shot by about a dozen men. 10 Messrs. C. E. Harper, John F. , u Monroe and Magistrate Ashley ( r. arrived on the scene and tried to , prevent the lynching. The negro ; ]e was kept till 10.25 o'clock before ,n be was lynched. Most of the ir parties engaged in the lynching were recognized l>y u considerable number who were present and lls not engaged in the a Hair. The crowd was dispersed and i. though the negroes are greatly ' ie excited no further trouble "u fear 1 ed. ' ) D i w i v , 1 Drank Carbolic Acid by Mistake n . and Died in Short Time. I id ? I1 r0 Spechd to The Observer. Elkin, Sept. 1C.--Quito a sad * is death occurred here this morning ' ic at 3 o'clock. Mrs. B. F. Kstes, 1 le who lives in West Elkin, arose { b from her l ed at 2:30 for the pur- ' n pose of getting a drink of water, * and by mistake got a glass that [? contained carbolic acid, into which ^ she poured some water, then ( } drinking it She immediately j called her husband, who, roaliz- , ^ ing what she had done, hastily r summoned a physician, hut the t j deadly poison had ilone its work 1 , and death resulted in less than 40 . .a i minutes. i )C V H The tragedy was purely acci- t (t dental. Mrs. Estes procured the I carbolic ucili from the drug store 11 ,r about three weeks ago and kept j ^ ii in a glass tumbler on tho man- j )t- tel in her bedroom as a disinfoc- ] I taut. Yesterday, her sister, while < ? dusting the furniture in the room, 111 O ' ..j placed the glass on tho tablo and n forgot to remove it. Thus in the dark tho fatal mistake occurred. * c" An Aged Minister Dios While Kneeling in Prayer. j id 1 0 Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 17. ? A j special to The Constitution from i ,H Monroe, Ga., says: y While sitting in a pew so closo < lh to tho ultar that ho could have 1 , reached out and touched it, Rev. n William F. Robinson, pastor ?f iL- If .iL. I!.* ? (j mi! iuuujocnsi cnurcn nero, died ' v suddenly in the Baptist church j during the morning sorvice to- 1 in <l?y- 1 Mr. Kubinson hud boon ill for 1 several weeks und hud lirst ut> 1 ,1 teniptod to preach ut bin own church, but feeling unequul to ,. the tusk had dismissed his congro ( n ration and gone to tho Baptist , ls church. i The aged minister was in tho I act of kneeling in prayer when J d doath atruc'i him. Considerable excitement was created bj his ' sudden death. ( Kawlingscs No< Ilainr. Author and Two Sons nod a Nogt Convicted of Murdering tin(barter Children, (r<:t Stay of Execution. Vuldosta, Ga, Sept. Id. I'll execution of ,1. G. Uawlings am bis sons, Milton and am I lie negro, A If Mooie, nil of v. 1 n were implicated in the murder <> the Carter children, was sot fo yestorday, hut a stay of sontenc was ordered so thai the cu-o eouh bo carried to the Supreme Court A preacher came over ft on Colquitt county yesterday aftei Q.ion and announced at the j ii that lie came to preach the f in- rn of the exeenlcd men. hut f< urn alter reaching the city that il.i Dxocutiou would not occur. At ter a second thought, ho deci lo. to preach it any wav, and took >'?i I'IIU in mi! corner:' iu;i jpoUo fill* uboilt nil lu ilt n')Od'. iiid its results. ? ?~ Wf o7? ? ?? Stabbed Teacher in Ileart. Knoxvillc, Tenn., Sept. lb ? Ernest Powers, a 15-ycur oh ichool boy, who stabbed and ill nost instantly killed his tcachoi it u country school ten miles fro:i Athens, Tenn., last Tuesday, ha been surrendered by liis relative ind was to-day roleasod on $t>,00t bond aftenan examining trial. TU bearing showed a case aitnos] without parallel. Elbeit Wal tnnlmrger, the hoy's teacher, ha? itarte 1 to whip Power* .*<: t'iiv w ng stones, when the latter pi. ie : i knife and stabbed *'io t moie hiough the loft lobe oi ;hi c! lcurt. SICKENING SHIVERING KITS if Auguo and Malaria, can bo reievod and cured with Electric litters. This is a pure, tonic nedicine; of especial benelit ir nalaria, for it exerts a true cuia ive intluence on the disease, driv ng it entirely out of the system, t is much to be preferred to Quiane, having none of this drugb >ad after-effects. E. S. Monday, >f Henrietta, Tex., writes: "My irother was very low with inalariil fever and jaundice, till ho took Electric Bitters, which saved hit ife. At Crawford Bros., J. F. ffackey & Co. and Fundei burk Pharmacy drug stores; ju ice 50c, guaranteed. Marion Man Suicides. Special to The Observer. Columbia, S. C., Sept. 1th ? Melvin Wiggins, a well to-d< poiing farmer, living tivo mile Prom Marion, was found dea< near his homo, with a shot-gun which ho had borrowed of neighbor, to "shoot squirrel with," lying near his side, lli death was attendod by other cit cumstances which led a jury c inquest to pronounce his death ;i dieted by tiis own hand, thong the motive for the deed appears t bo entirely lacking. Ho wfl i nuiftt nnnrnnliln , ....w ,, ?,?( man, whom tho neighbors liked and it is not known that ho !vi in enemy. GREATLY IN DEMAND Nothing is more in demand tha i medicine which meets moder requirements for a blood an system cleanser, such a> l>r King's Now Life Pills. Thc> u ust what you need to cure stom ich and liver troubles. Try them At Crawford Pros', J F Macko; & Co's and Funderburk Pharmacy lrug store, 25c,guaranteed. Boy Refuses To Kiss , i Estranged Mother. ; j Parent Then Kude tier Life ; y 'f - inf?! . !'t eminent in Kentucky Society. e il M. I j iiirm;ngU>n, Am , Sopt 17 ? : A special ; 1 The A -ts Herald fr in II I j. Itichmond, Ivy . J (irief stiiekon because her sixi year-oi l .-on. from e hose father . , she hill iaon separated u month, ! grew pale i\i'.h four nt the sight u I of lo-r and rnlu.-a d to come within her rem i that .-ho might kiss him, j Miv. Lou i W'llkor Hhcmiult, j one i.i in-' in* -t p!* unineut society j | women in the Slate, c wnmittod suicide ov s.vallowinir c arholic 0 . neid at l? o'clock \ his evening. ^ Her death was one fit" the m i?-t tru^ic in the history of the c<?onn I tr\. She was a .-istor of Mr.-. IV,. (\ IJ lv." - T* i ?' i . *_# r, iii'.u ' i T liuntsvillf. A) . An >?;: :> month ago Mr ; it oil Mis Caen io!' separate \ ibo . rather i' k g tin only chii 1. :i ibo,, VCil.s of age. Mr. CliO1 iiimi't i-' one <>t the the richest - men in the St ute and has u country borne f >or mile* from here. This uft' iro n * :? *. O1 toniilt teie? " pb J'o ; i t -he wo iM like to see 11 the L y . W. (' inn-.*! brought s the .ill. ' :\ low il.c house, ? where his wife was stopp ug. ^ As soun us ho eiuight sight of 0 his mother, who was standing ut t a window, ho pos:vively refused to enter the house.. No amount J ot persuasion could prevail upon ! in 1 do othorwiso, which so 1 the mother I hut she im' j ukn doly retired to a bath room P when . she swallowed the poison. Mrs. Chcmault's father, J. Stone Walker. was formerly . president < ' f State Bunk and Trust c m..-: Buth families - are am >ng t " : known in tho ' Bluogrns- State 1 .spoiled ni;u beam i'v1 larriet 1 loward, of 20d \V. iVlth St,. New York, at one time had ' her beauty spoiled with skin trouble. Sho writes; "I had Salt r Uheum or Eczema for years, bid nothing wouldcure it, until i used Bucklen's ArnicaSal vo." A quick ' and sure healer for cuts, burns and sores. 25c at Crawford Bros., F. Mac-key A Co's, and i Funderburk Pharmacy, <1 r u g 8 tore. Overdose of Morphine. Spartanburg, Sapt. 17.?it A. ^ Storritt, a traveling salesman, s died in tho Spartan Inn hero this i morning at 5.20 on account of having taken an ovordo.se of moru phino. Ho was a well-known ^ traveling salesman, representing s j a wholosalo notion bouse in Haiti_ I more. Tho remains were sent to ,11Charlotte, N. C., this afternoon an! will he buried there, j, The deceased was a brother of 0 Mr. lb A Storritt a popular 16 traveling said-nun who has head of quarters in this ciiv. ! ? <1 M A K KS T11K LI VE R LI VK L V Orino Laxative Eruit Syrup gtvu.> permanent relief in canes of habitual constipation us i? stimun {latCH l!io liver and ibstores tho n nnturui action v'f tho bowels with* d out irritating theso orpars like pill- ' u din try c .tha. t: Docs o not nui.-?'uL t.i ^np io'id L mild - and plea \nt t< ink*-. u'ii. ruber . tho namo (h'ino and rcfuso sub* y stitutes. , Fundorburk Pharmac)*, i CO. Floyd, Kershaw, S. C,