ESTABLISHED 1865 ',-NEW'PERRV. S. C.- I~HDY No\rM1E 7 98 I\r1llNWF{ i.0AYA p V) -7],"3E -2.103 C1'k.V 11C THE MUNICIPAL PRIMARY. Mayor Jno. W. Earhardt Nominated for a Second Term-Aldermnic Races. Mayor John W. Earhardt vas 9ninated, in the municipal primary NIN d on Tuesday, to succeed himi eIf, defeating his opponent, Mr. Robert H. Welch, by a vote of 300 t: 225 Messers John T. Hutchinson, A. Brown, Van Smith, C. M. West Aid J. M. Guin were chosen alder tnen. As a result of the election Ncw berry will have the sam city "co-.1 cil diring the next year as at pres ent, with the exception of the alder men Wards i and 4, and in these two vards the present aldermnci (lid not stand for re-election. In the alderminie races there was oppositioni onfly inl \\ards I and 3. The race in \Vard iwas very close, Mr. 'M M. Har.rs beImg del'eated by a very narrow margiii. Dr. Van sililh defeated his oppolient. Mlr. H. E. Todd. by a good 11ajority. The result is best told by the fig ures given below. A large vote was polled, 522 go ing to the polls and Casting their ballots. There was a great deal of interest inl all the races in which there was opposition, and the coun cil chamber, in which the polls were located, was crowded all day with the candidates and their friends, and hard work was got in. As the result in each of the races became known the p ut-up *feelings of t0 victorious candidates' friends found expression in loud hurrahs. On Tuesday night a crowd assembled in council chamber and demanded speeches of Mayor Earhardt, Mr. Welch. Chief of Police Harris and several others, all of whom respond ed. The crowd then formed a pro cession and marched through the streets Following is the vote received by ( ach of the candidates: MAYOR John W. Enrhardt 300 Roht. H. Welch 225 Total 525 ALDERiAN WARD I. John T. Hutchisoin 49 M. M. Harris 47 Total 96 ALDERMAN WARD 2. A. T. Brown 77 AI,DERalAN WARI) 3. Van Smith 69 H. H. Todd .48 Total 1:7 ALDERMIAN wVARD) ' 4. C. Mv. West 79 AI,D)ERMAN wARD 5. SJ. M. Guin 126 TiII J NEWI,Y E Hi'ED OlI?JcIdRs. Ma; or 1'arhiardt has b)eeni nom1 inated for a secondl terin. D)uring the past year lhe and thle gen tleinen associatedl with himii on the aldcr manic bWard have given the town a clear and honiest adii 1strationi and1( it wvas tuponi the r-ecordl made (luring thIiis ad miniistration tIhat hie asked another term at the hiands of the Deinocratic v'oters of Newberry. Mrii. John TI H-utchiinson, who wi'l rep)resent Ward m, is one of 'he two new men who will be in the council. Mr. 1-utchison s a merht.and,. therefore, actively identified with the business interests of the city. He will no doubt make a good of ficer. Mr. A. T. Brown, from Ward 2. will succeed himself, as will Dr. Vm Smith, from Ward 3, and Mr. J. M. Guin, from Ward 5 These gentle men have been active and earliest in their official duties during the past year and have given the mayor their hearty support and co oper ation in whatever they conceived to be for the best interests of the city and to them is due much of the success of the administration. Mr. C. M. West, who will repre sent Ward 4 on the aldermanic board, is a new inman. Mr. West is at the head of tie machine shops of the Newberry Cotton Mills and is a man who will give his eariest at tention to his oflicial diuties. That lie was elected for a lirst term with onut oppositionl shows the conffideice placed in him by his fellow-citizenls of the fourth ward. GENERAL NEWS NOTES. Items of More or Less interest Coidensed Outside the State. Charles ). Blake, the aithor of "Rock a-Bye Baby,' died at his holme ill Nasschtusetts at the age of 6o years. Thirteen miners were killed and great damage was done by an acci dental explosion of gas Tuesday afternoon in a mine at Boianza, Ark. It is -nounced that Coimis sioner of Pension Ware at Wash ington, will resign during next year and return to the practice of law in Kansas. A storm swept over Germany the first of this week, interrupting rail road traffic and telegraphic com munication, and inflicting damage o proporty. The entire cotton iegion of WVe:t Mississippi and Arkansas has been enveloped in dense smoke this week as the result of serions forest fires which have been ra.ging for se-er'l days. A Inatic went into the Bank of England oil Tuesday and liied four times at the cashier, every shot going wide of the mark. The would-be assassin was disarmed by the use of a fire-hose. The first of the numerous reduc tions iln wages announlcedl in the cot - ton mills of southern New England occurred this week wheni the Fall River corporations reduced the pay of thirty-two thousand operatives ten per cent. No strike re..utlted. Representative H-ardwick, of Georgia, has initrodlucedl a bill in Congress mnakinig a miisdlemeanior, punilishable by a niiummiu in iunpris onmiienit of six miointhis aind a mia xi mum of five years, to seil, or ini aniy waly to dispose05 of, for gain, p)oliti cal influence or to putrchlase the sa mel. Temiperance Meetinig. ITh e mo(nthl miI i et in g of the W\o 1mia11's Clnh i stian P el)perate liceIon111 will be' held next Monday after 1noon1, at 4 o'clock , in thle Sun d ay School roomi of Cenitiral Methodist church. Th is organization is eni tirel y undeiiominat ional , and ladies fromi all the churches are earnestly invitedl to attenid. Mrs. F. S. Hecr bert will conduct the exercine LYNCHING IN CHESTURFIELD. The Usual Crime the Cause - -Silent Horse mien Came In the Moonlight and Did Their Work. The Chesterfield correspondent of the State says that ne s has reached that place of the lynching of Jim Nelson. a cold black negio, near Jefferson, that couity, oi Sat urday r.ight. The newv was re ceived there very (ilietly and elicited little coinient on the streets. Cls terfield cor.nty has heretofore been clear of this kind of lynciiiing and the illegal hanging,- of Saturday niight is the second e xceIition to occllt withlln her loieis ill almnost a llalf Centnir y. 'lbhc 'orrespo!nle01i went to th., scen. '1f th crie and is ei.bled to give the facts- of the whole Iln'tier. On S.ituiday afternoon, Nov. is; an atteinlpt was ma:de t(o unitrag. Ihie pyenolddaugterif NMile-s W. Porter. a:n1 m n n farme11r of' i e upNper part ofth, eril counlty, Iy Jit Nelson, a negro laboier cm ployed on Mr. Port(rs far1in. Tie girl and some smaller -child ren were playing at a spring Itear the ho,ise when the attcimpt wa V de. The ranl to tile hose anld gr:e the alarm anld the plrpos ( of the brute w\as no()# accoMplislied. The negro took to the woods a- 1 early Monday morning a posse was organized and for several days scour ed the woods and nearby swaips in search of him, but without suc cess. The father and brothers of the child continued the hunt and Saturday afternoon Mr. Will Porter came up with the negro at May nard's saw mill near Catarrh. He carried hiiii to Jefferson and placed him in the guard house in the alter noon, and about 8.30 o'clock Satuir day night Mr. Porler and Mr. E. G. Ingrain started with the negro to Chesterfield to deliver him to the sheriff. When about three miles from Jeffe::-on a couple of men ap peared froin out of the woods, pie sented revolvers and ordered the men in the buggy to hold ill i'aeir hands, which c6niniand was prompt ly obeyed. They were thIen1 ordered to drive oii for about 2(0 yards, where a good healthy limb of a large blackjack hing invitingly over the road and tle negro was dragged from the buggy and Ingrain and Porter were ordered to turn about and drive for what they were worth. About 20 or 30 men oii horseback were congregatedl at this lonely spot anid mnadle quick work of their victimn. A rope was placed around his nieck and he was swung up and left hang ing, while the knights 0f the coid i-ode silently away into the dark ness Nelson's body was left hiainginug all day Snuday and humndreds of l>eop)le caiie to look upon it. lie was a coal black nieg ro about i19 years old wvith thick lips an.I shagg'o ha ir Ntone of the lyichinig pall y ap lJeared( to) lie? iiitoxicateil asth5 waOs ino sweaing oi bo(isti'ons coil ( net. N(,t a sho(t wvas Ired, a i'd a faiy l~viv jig wit iiii at)() y,ard- o>f (uyItiu in og t le~ inleallilig oif I lie preei C eit o)theIk siI- lit Ihor's-iint who) passed( andil rep iase in thle mi ooni light of the night be fore. TIhie coroner went to the scene of the Ilynch ing Sunday evening and emnpaneled a juriy aind by the light of nine knots heldl the inomet noer the dead b)ody,. The verdict wasi that Jim Nelson had met his death at the hands of* parties unknown to the jury. The body was buried near tihe road, no relatives of the deceasel having come to claini it. Now marked with a prominent Bi blaze the lone blackjack stands as a be silent sentinel of warning to the F1 African brute whlIo would dare in- th vade the sanctity of the white man's oc homne. til SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. al Items of More or Less Interest Condensed In the State. 0i C an I,w. aboit Old arol t _11(t m n ie, was killed :It the Souitheln depot at part.ir 1 M0lIdal_ night1. 11e wih d t) !,o to I 'ni-in, and thiinking, th nw11rith toinptedtto)get on wenl it waI(m\' ili, 'f , his ea ti -t ruck an iron i n you :!1 1:,- wa-ter tan1k, ean i ). d"1 It iS it , '1 i*irwill m I)ea, n': 'h1. u_ars have I-kUn in evidence in those t wo places i bis weck. 'The ice factory at Orangchburg,, valued at S. 7,oo, was hnllried late th Tues(day afterinoonl. ()riginl of fire is unknown. I Isurancc, a'IbOut $13, 00. ihe third tiial of tile famosi li Vorkville "goat" case is now on. It is a suit of Mitchell vs. thle \\ ood Imen (of' tIhe World for daiages re suIting froin alleged injuiis' ill - flicted when Alitchiell was initiated. to Thle sovereign consul of the \Vood- I mnen is ill Vorkville during the pro. ti gress of the case. d it Senator Tillinan has witldlrawil further opposition to the confirma tion of Postmaster I larris, of Char ju les;on, 11d the senate, at tle in stanic 11 Senator C.ay, h,rs coil firn1'.d the long peIdilIg nma Tile la1i\ whol Vas v.igilk the jail had been much imprlessd v.it I the appearance and belhavior of tihe t prisoners, 4ind she took occasion to Cxpress Ier approval to the war(lenl. "They senm as cotincous as In' any body,'' she said, ent iisiastical- th Iy. "even if they don't say any tilng.-iId " 'Yes. they're polite eioughl," assenite(d the waideni. n "But1I 'Iml a little suspicious of too fine muan nieirs " ar (l on't see how yo Icn)e!" 'ca exclained the lady. A "Wellj I, I ami," d ecla redl th lin I waideni, 'and I have been ev''r -inuce or one of tIle simoothecst of Ihe bi 1roke f out oft jail and left a note for mec iin a whiichi le wrote, 'I hope you will p pairdlon ie I r tihe libecrty I onil tak ing.' '' St Chritstmas lloliday Rtates. l'or the Chriiistmnas IIloflidays the A thant Lih Coast h,ine anmnouinces a rate ofi( one an (onle third one way fares pfus- 25te for t he r'ouind I rip h,e t wienl c pint s Sout hi l'itoniac ad (Ohio R~ iveis I b and1( I att of the Alississippji hiver. iie Tlietes oni sale Dheeinbler 2:.d, 24th, 25;thi. alko 8nth, 81st and Januarlay hst, h11'or ttthe acconanoda tjjiono stud'ent s and( I enchers5 of1 sc hools and colleiges tAhe A1 lanth I. ( omut i 'iew ha~s arra'ngJ'ed ,-onn 11( trip rates as above, D eceer(i lith ito S 22nd, wvith final limit J1anuatry 8th, 1904N. s* T1hie tiraiin serice of the( A tlantie Coast line is unlexcelledh. Jor' tickets and( full inf'ormation, apply to tickeOt agents. W. J. Craig, G. P'. A., ut( Wilmimrton. N. C. B BRUNSON BANK ROBBED. I the Silver Money Taken Out of the Vault, But the Bulk of the Money Safe in Another Place. Hampton, November 24.-About L)Mock this morning the Bank of -unsont was broken open by rob rs and about $500 carried off. -om1 all accounts this was one f e boldest robberies that has ever curred in lHampton County. Dick >umans, the colored night watch ill, who is emuployed by the bank I t ht1r business places, was tied 4 and placed in the keeping of C of tle gang while the other nbers enterel the hank and rifled C vault fa ue of all I lie en"Sll viible. ter they 1 had takenl the cash they ick,l thc \\ aIIh Ii th1le chair, 't(-ned bill11 witil wirc, andi p)ut I1 III1 tlle V llilt n11 d told 1iil1 to lit 111101 the ee Il-ier can e, hlit ick ,(2)n reeae Iliniself and l. -d: I ave hle 'larin, bilt the hlers lhad illad. their ese:t) Aon, November 25.-T-''he cor spondent of the Associated Presi -day received a telegram from gota, dated NovemIIber 21, saying at the Governmeit had issued or rs to raise the army footing to >0,00() ien in he event that Gen. -yes's mission to Washington oild prove iuitless. 'I'he sub gatioli of Panama is givenl as the asonl for lie Governllent's action. The Rev. Ir' R. Hicks 1904 Almanac. Tle Rev. Irl R. Iicks Almanac r o,- is n1ow leIady. It will be aile.1 ainy adless for ;o cents. if surprising how such an (legallt, I y book can he sent p.-kpaidI s Ia)Iply. No family or n :soI is vpalrcd to study the heaIVenls, or e storms and wea ther in 1 go.1, thomit this wonderful hlicks A lna e ald Prof. IHicks splendid paper, ord and Works. Both are sent r only one dollar a year. WVord d Works is' "on i ur . The Werts Seintinpert. .\ir, Aluthur I'. \\'eits, of thec htuunpuert, daiughter o1 .\I r. II. M. lh Iunpet , of thle U topia section, ne m i arriedl at the resideliet of the ide's father on Wedn 1esday after on at 3 o'clock, the Rev. D. P. )yd oflintimg.