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AS ONE FROM THE DEAD. Jacob Cloy Returus to His Home at Graj Itevile- -Left 52 Years Ago to Conceal Bloody Murder. Aiken Journal and Review. About a mile from Deervana an about twelve miles from Aiken the old Posey homstead. At ou time, long ago. this was the st one of the most prosperous plaitu tions inl this section. Fran Posey, the owner, was a true typ of the rich Sonthern planter of th ante-hellum days, owiing man slaves and living in a manner n most princely in style. Today thi old iotniestead is owned by those c anothier name, and the old place i no longer the scene of affluent ease but tle old house is tibiling dow and the lands no longer yield thei plenty at tile hands of their blac tillers. ''lhe story of the (leclinle the Posey family and the decay t ihis country seat is a story of gree, '1nd murder. The great farmer had a son, Mar tin Po-ey, wvho married a younj wife in 1S49. aic for a while livc happily oil the place given him b, his fatlher. The vounig wife w\a: an heiress, sharing a large prope'rty witli her sister. who was numari i Finally tle demon of greed en tered tle heart of the young ian and lie began to tiink how lit could obtain poSession of the prop erty of both his wife and her sister. Aid thell the thollhtli of milurder ,111(t the man' soul :a. ,okl for it, price. M'lrtinl Pose, it is .aid ried in many\ was to )Ut his wi'f( mut of the w-a\ without iimuIrdering her inl cold blod. She escapce several traps set for her, and hie at last. decided to settle the mattee 011Ce ani for all. le told i er onec night Ilhat tile dai was opell anld ;le ihad better attend to seciring, thle milk. T:i: unISUSPectingJ womlall went: to le dIirv ad the husb:ni :olowed1. There- awr.iting her n\as hly~ negro vho, oby"inlg his mas e'r's previm instructionos, beat th youig n.m m .W.m'w with a Clb Thell. on her tnis, le poor \%ifi: sa w lher laid ano iister St:auul1ingp ii the darknecss imaking Signs t8 lie blacker faced. but no h',aekei heared villian, ulRring him to finishi .is Wo0r1k. It is said that the poo: victlim begged hier slbiliand nlot tc kill her, but Po-L\ey CO'iMtied tC Ige tIle nro. n i) beat her to the grounld. 'Tlin the b,dv w dragge into0 the bushes an hii astilv buried F'or teRn days after the body was searched foIr an 111nRall y disovered in its d ishono red grave. T1;.nR t h< IinRger of suspicion fInRally pointec tu the husibanid, whlo ini the miean~ timeI had coniuniitted aiiothier mriiR der ini orderi to cover the first; h had seiit word to a negro w~ho kniev of his guilt, an~d unlder a p)romuise t< gi ve him a large sum of monuey t< leave the country, had lured hill to the swamp l anidI h.d there slho himR anid buried his body inl t h swvamip. Martin Posey, whose p)lai was to marry his wife's sister, an< hereby gaini the whole inheritance was convicted aRnd hanged befori his planis could be fully Rmatured anid today hiis lonely grave, near' hi h.ome,c is shimnne(d by tile negroes o lie conununiiR~it y, who believe t ha the devil and( Posey hold( high car eial there ever-y night. Now, all this tale of horror w~ouil no0 doubt have been forgotten, asi has been for nearly sixty years,i it hiad Riot been for the arrival of a 01(1 genltlemianl at Granuitevi lIe o the Rnighit of last Monday' week. O that night an o11 ld man of 83 year of age h)oardled the trailn for Chiarles ton, which left Augusta at ii:1 p. mi. , anid told CoRndulctor Woote that lie was the father of Judg Jnio. R. Cloy, of Granilteville, an wanted to go there. T1hie conductc told the old muan that Judge Cloy efather had been dead for over fort years, but the venerable nasseng Caslh S ON The Hc Onluy10 10 Big Value givi Dry Goods Store. H and Dress Goods lin sacrifice. Too manN est line of early sprir winter goods the kni Profits thrown to th( 10 days of bargain g Be on hand Tuesday Store, Newberry's C Prices and Modern lB Dress Goods! Dress Gi 700 boh tin, I :np ited )ress Go . d iturs 1 h. i :'rum the world's oc ,:id Soc vd.. t)r Ihe great hon dav -ae 7 C v . 10 ) bolt, $ to. Si.2 , $1.;o Drei Ca' t be d plicattd il Newberry. above price's 71c y;. Silks! Silks! 1000 y'ds. 36 inl. Taffe the Carolin C over SI. yard, price 79k. 100( yds. Peau de Oic 36 in. wi $1.75 and $2 oo yd.. our io days pri If in o iiles o'f The Cash Stor )oi to visit this great sale and bu3 re 'A at one hailf price. If yui are a straniger inl the city tihe crtowds. Cash Store i 50 Waist Patterns in Broken Stripes in 4 yd. l'ngths, no 2 piec sold in New York's Big Stores at tern, 10 (days selling $2.98 each. ioo pieces 54 andc 56 in. Fine Su IDress Goot The New R. M. C tore Win me Stre Does Till Christinot -g, Money Saving days at Newberry's g unt our signs for every want in the Dry :. A splendid Up-to-Date Stock offer( goods, we must have the room for the ig novelties ever steamed southward. fe of cut prices has been plunged to ti i wind. The Cash Store is the place t iving opprrtunities grasped only in a li: morning and follow the crowds to Thi reatest Dry Goods Store, the home of I /erchandise. from an overloaded Fuit manufacti ;n Chicagk at $1.2p jer yard, -roin o !ays selliig 64c yd. I i; pieces -6 in. Russian Suiting anid Offered te the tr(Iml for Bl*tjadc D ads stores, our price i) days selling 43< Ads in 7 lackl)ces fe of Lglan fl~'~t Idif"N.01-oth $1 .25 per Nd. .'we seil )o wi is worth ;oc, tiC ne\t 1 days at 7_,c yd. c stretch Io NO% i- the time to bu) your f about one hialf price. Ne -x'be r s Goods that Dress Goods store is The casi Szor Big store aigbos about 500) YdS. JC,11S 1 2AC Vdl. 300 pairs ,,;.i() aIId $ 1.-75 L, AIKS50 Sooowels -,c each. soa yikwrh (0 dS. Bed Ticking I )C ,d. ta Silk wvorth 3 balecs Light Outing slightlN thve room, the i7. 1kir c y ard. J0 dayb of bargains. Newope, trr neighbors abthout1us. cc 99C. Enough good. evy Ribbed it, Will pay N,119 Women and Children. If ine S k to a yother Would reach to Salud x LTels c ea-cIh. 50ing s . hgerd Thn any oyd. 311 dayes LinghtOuig lghl our to dayl tea e r oom, e t he e o sekind ad ,VIII. 5 oltas oo eaa inole, toh lad and rt wm. cse , c. 00Cae En u st ood ev bed m Ui it wel pat- Melsn, spltmtenpi hal C irn. twof a fine Silkt ar fineldoreach tope Salu it i boughw Mane op gort edwth Coahfo o(as rvSon --of Moderiger Plds and L7c~ Pice,. iigbougtr by e Cot o ah ody XLDWELL M tch! reatest Goodsl Nd at a great On alli ie hilt. o buy, Fetime. . Cash .owest irer and sold for the ne.. an S3c value lot h by some yd. ( .1 Broadclothb hat you want inc Dre-,s at y's Greatest e. As.k your ice curtains 9Sc pair. daimaged in e Cash Store nderwear for laid one to A. 500 good hi Store stock r, because we 3 pair for 25c 0 days selling hlead enld COl Sc each. irk ancd fancy 2 4c. hi0 gr.i