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? The Lancaster News LEDGER 1852 REVIEW <878 ENTERPRISE 1891 VOL. I. NO. 73. SEMI-WEEKLY. LANCASTER. S. C., JUNE 16. 1906. PRICE?FIVE CENTS PER COPYH. U7 A u;i?;?J M?^ r* ? 1 * vtaui ui rar. n. a. iiiiuan He was an Aged Citizen an< Died at his Home nea Oakhurst. Mr. W. A. Milliard, one of Lan easier county's old landmarks died on the Oth instant, at hi h< me in the Oakhurst section? lie was 80 years of age last De comber. Much of his life wa spent in Georgia, to which stat he moved in 1852. He returnee to his old home in this county ii 1900. Mr. Milliard was twic married. Ilis first wife was Miss Lee, of Kershaw county who died in Georgia in 189C leaving seven children, who ar now residents of oilier states.? In December 1897 Mr. liilliar was married to Mrs. Croxfon widow of John Q. Croxton, an< sister of Mr. Z. L. Robertson, c Oakhurst, who survives her bus band. Mr. Hilliard was a man of stei ling character and marked intel ligeuce. He was a great reade and was fully posted on past an* current history. He made a for tune by farming while a reeider. of Georgia, but eventually loe * practically all of his large estat by a mercantile venture. Mr. Milliard was a Confederal veteran, and made a good recor< as a soldier, lie was in the Wee f tern army, in the artillery ser vice. lie volunteered in 'G1 am served until the end of the war lie was a consistent member o the Baptist church. Uis remain were buried in the Kershaw ceni etery, the Itev. Mr. Wallace, o Heath Springs, conducting th funeral services. Watterson For Bryan. Perhaps the most widely in teregting newspaper announce ment of the day is the outspokei endorsement ot William Jen nings Bryan as the Democratii nominee for President, by Colo nel Henry Watterson in tlx Louisville-Cornier Journal. H< formally pledges the Courier Journal to Mr llrvan diets the latter's nomination b} the Democrats for the office ol Prenident in 1908. lie says tin Nebraskan is at the best of hit powers, and that if the part} N "not unite upon him it canno aproe upon any one. Declaring that the Republican party is t mamnioth trust and the greatesi of all syndicates, Bryan is pick ed as the one man equal to the task of leading the Democratic hosts (ht of ihe wilderness ir which Uiey have been groping for ten 'ears.?Greenville News BigFire in Baltimore. r-fc 14: I I 1 ? - ? , r>aiiiu>rf, ma.mne Jo.? The greiejBt fire since tlie conflagraliohot 1904, involving a '*> property of about $ 1,000,00( and the s^ifice of three lives, occurred t%m early hour this morning o?,ha water front. * \ j nui Lit v>arounians, Alter -trying Arkansas Two Years, Move Back to Old Home. i B r Monroe Journal. Mr. R. L. Belk of Jackson township, wlu> moved to Arkansas nearly two years ago, returned last week to his former home ' in this county, not having sold ^ s his land when he went West. He had very bad luck while away, cfi having lost his oldest son, who ^ was twenty-five years of age. Ilis ^ v son in-law, Mr. J. l>. Little, also ^ ' returned with him Mr. Little is 11 at present at the home of his -s father, Rev. J. W. Little, at a Sanford. ' Hi Has Lancaste* a Peachtree a, Street ? m d aI si ' Atlanta Journal. Peachtree street is one of the s; >i finest thoroughfares in the whole Vr country. 'Tis a Bireet that any jM city ehould bo proud oi. I And yet it presents a singular tu contraet. With all of its other m r ? . excellences, it has probably the tii ii.est miserable pavement of any jn street that pretends to beauty in the whole town, or in any other w town. iti 6 * A pavement full of ruts, holes, m cracks, chasms, humps, ridges, J( j hummocks, splits and crevasses, p, A regular lrow6j haired, snag e(] gle-toothed, dirty-faced, bleary- ,jt ^ eyed, patched pants, out at el- s? bows, red-nosed bum of a pavt- Ht me lit.. A pavement that really would jj. n't be admitted into anybody's f0 ' i drawing room. A pavement thai dogs bark at |u as if by instinct, that everybody rh has cussed until it cusses itself; a pavement that looks as if it got ir its living by bumming hand-outs t h at back doors, stealing chickens and working the bullet free lunch ch route. A pavement that looks 1 as it slept in the lumber yards in the summer time and in the pc13 lice station in the winter. Its big toes are sticking out of p its snoes, its trousers are hitched up with a piece of barbed wire, 5 it combe its whiskers with a beer qj * bottle, and it isn't washed beft c - hind the ears. . te< sh f Soldier Marcus, who Murderso ed his Wife, to be Hanged h 1 in Charleston. gjc . CharlesU>n, S. C., June 14.? ce , William A. Marcus, a former ar member of the ('oast Aitillery, thi t stationed at Sullivan's Island, sij was convicted of murder in tbe su , Court of Sessions to-day and an , sentenced to be banged, August all i 3. His crime was brutal and r caused considerable indignation, fri Getting an interview on April of 14 with the wife whom he had in deserted, Marcus led her to a pr quiet spot on the he ich and bh stabbed her to de ?th -ith an ice I,. pick, inflicting forty wounds. H< i | The evidence tended to show that pa ) the woman refused to sell prop- ori , erty she owned and give hirn the K\ i money. Insanity was urged by on his attorney. wl Outbreak in Russia. earful Massacre of Jews by Christians Hundreds Slaughtered and Homes and Shops Demolished. I Bialystok, Russia, June 14.? Jewish anarchist threw a bomb nong the Corpus Christi pro ission which was in progress ire to day and killed or woundt many persons Inconsequence, io Christ ains attacked and assecred the Jews and demollied their shops. Hundreds of ?rsone were killed or wounded. The bomb was thrown from 10 balcony of a house in Alexldrov street. A Russian clergv?c > umucu rewioron was nong those killed by the explonn. Immediately after the exploon Jews began to fire with re)lvers from the windows of the )use into the crowd. Soldiers irrounded the house and fired 70 volleys into the windows eauwhile the enraged Christina attacked the Jewish stores Alexandroy and Suran streets, imolishing the fixtures and indows and throwing the goods to the gutters and beating and ordering the Jews. A crowd of )wb fled to the iailro*d station, lruii/irl k.? 1 *1% ..owou I,y i ur- II1UU, WlllCn Kill I many of them there. Three >\vs were thrown Ironi second orv windows of the railroad atinn building. The Jews are fleeing from iiilystok fo the neighboring rests and mobs are pursuing eni Detachments of dragoons ive been sent out to protect e Jews. Jews arriving here on railway ains have been dragged out of e cars and many of them have en murdered. Troops have ?ared the railway station. ispensary Selling Certain Brands at Less than Cost, says Douthit. Columbia special in Charlotte iserver: At the afternoon ses* >n of the investigating commit 9 former commissioner Douthit owed that the dispensary was lling some of its goods at le?s an cost. He drew theconclu>n that, this was done to pu^h rtain brands of goods which e allowed to be sold for less another goods of the same! se. The prices quoted indicated oh a performance for Lanahan d,the Richland Distillery actuy cost the State dispensary. An affidavit *s sub. >m Mr. Miller, a former ollicer the Carolina Glass Company, which he stated that it was oposed at the outset to give a >ck ol the company's stock to J. Williams and II. II. Evans. 5 states that he quit the com ' ny and does not know if the iginal plan ol giving stock to rans and Williams was carried t. The company denies the) lole story. f A Postmaster and the Funds; in his Office Disappear at Same Time. Jacksonville, Fla., June 14. Postal authorities here were notified today that James F. Chancy, postmaster at Saffold, Manatee County, had left for parts unknown and all the funds of the office are missing. The mat- c ter was reported by J. D. Saf- * fold and P. 11. Snipes, who are s Chancy's bondsmen. Postoflice Inspector Lake Jones left at once 1 for Saffold to make investigation. 1 He will designate one of the ' bondsmen as acting postmaster a until a new postmaster is ap- 1 pointed A description of Chancy ? lias been telegraphed to postof ' fice inspectors in several States 8 and every effort will be made to apprehend him. 5 ?u Army Officers Murdered in 1 Philippines. i t Manila, June 14.?News has * i been received today of the mur dor ot Lieut. Edward C.Bolton, l 17th infautry, acting governor ol 1 Davao island of the Mindauan 1 group. Chief Mungalayon and J two brothers are accused of the j crime. An American named - Christian, manager of the plan t tat ion near Da van, was killed at s the same time. The murder wa* most treacherous, as the victims J had spent the previous night athe guests at Alungalayon's house. The American planters ii j Mindanao are concentrating lor common safety as they tear Moro? are planning a religious war. . Southern Georgia Hard Hit , by Storms. [ t c Savannah, Ga? June 14?Re ? ports from several points in * southern Georgia indicate that ^ [heavy damage to growing crop^ H was done by wind storms la>t ( night. The chief damage was in c the path of the cyclone that [traversed Ware county, its track ^ terminating soon after it struck j Tifton. Crops are reported as practically destroyed in the path c of this cyclone. ' From Americus come reports F that the peaches on the trees in ^ that vicinity were Mown to the ground and ruined. The fruit ? was ready tor shipment. Farmers in the vicinity ot Arlington pronounce the storm the most severe in their momorv for this seas n. Damage to cot- ^ ton is placed at 20 to 25 per 1 cent. Much pine timber was dos- ^ troyed. Following THc Flag. When onr soldiers went to Cuba and t the Philippines, health was the most iin- ? poitaot consideration Wil is T. Morgan, retired Commissary .Sergeant 1 S \, ot jj Hur.tl Koute 1, Concord, N. II., sajs: "I ! was two years in Cubaanri two years in th? a Philippines, and being subject to colds, I i took Dr. King's Now Discovory for Cousumption, wbich kept me in perfect health, r And now, in New Hampshire, we find it the best medicine in the world tor eonghs. C colds, bronchial troubles and all lung diseases (iitar n tee ' at Fuoderbnrk Pharmacy, Crawford Bros., and J F. Macfcey v Co druggists. Price 50c. and $1.00. Trial liottle free. I Dr. J. A. Clifton Dead rhe Popular and Greatly Btr~? - loved Minister Dies Sui? denly at his Home in Marr* ion. Dr. Jesse A. Cliff on, brofcbuc >1 Mrs. Jane Edwards and Mr*.. Sva Hough of Lancaster, diwii u ldenly, of lieart failure, Thxm? lay afternoon, at his house 4V. Jarion, where he was pastor -at* he Methodist church. Dr. OfifS*>n was one of the best knows.: nd most popular members of he South Carolina Confere?*** ind the news of his untimrfcy leath will carry sorrow to tho*>< inds of homes in the state A special from Mariou * . resterday's Columbia Star* :ives the following sketca slrt Jr. Clifton's life: Jesse Alexander Clifton lie son of Capt. Jesse C. Ciitooa ind Mary H. Clifton and he >orn Sept. 20, 1845. After tiw isual training and advantages i common school, he entered ibenezer Classical school/ le was thoroughly tra/ineL. ?rora here he went to fifflfc; University of Virginia, wh??' le received the instruction in th#i liglier branches. Intending niter the practice of law, he lo?rk. he course in law at the Unive*litv r>( Vircitiia Ktif K.at.'?fc j ... . iu tiio u'.iiiiBiia' oung mind that had been ftiua rained and developed wa? to br urned into other channels '.f! isefulness and aei vicelie was converted under tin; preaching of the late Rev. Jacwn Li. Shufoid, joining the churei El Bethel in Chester courvjr 1808. His conversion, which w?i n July of that year, at home ht. ?is room alone at. the h<>iir nidnigl>t was said to be a mwt lowerful manifestation ol tfc* livine presence. In September? >1 that year lm felt that lie * <#, :alled to preach Hie gospel. Jeccniber, 1S69, Mr. Clifton wwk eceived on trial into the Soutiti Carolina conference at the g%?>ion held at church, he .tali Jeorge T. Harmon forming oi*> :lass received. I)r. Clifton wis married, Ko\m !4, 1868, to Miss Mary E. Rtoto~ in, daughter of Dr. W. J. Ilick-. in of Chester. No man in the South Carolina onterence had more wigm. riends than Dr. Clifton. AtP^i >reacher he pppessed unu*u:? owers. Serious Shooting Scrape vaiawud, A murderous row occurred 'atawbft Junction Tuesday mon# ng when John Brown was sftlft y JenkH Johnson and John Dk-is, all negroes. Johnson dhoc; hown in the lower part of tho >ack, making an ugly wound,, he intestines being pierced ir. wo places. Davis shot the ro.3t u the 'eg. The victim was ted on by l>r. Fennell, asek**i' >y Drs. Hill, Stevens and Tir on. The man is in a crifccV.. ondition, though it is too t?: F ret to say much abou' his pr< v. > cts for recovery.?Bock UiU lecord.