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/6 Alleged Yeggmen Acquitted Howard and Nolan Not Guilty of Mullins Robbery? Handled their Own Case. Marion, Feb. 28.?Special to the State: Charles Howard and Thomas Nolan, alleged yeggmen, charged here with robbing the Bank of Mullins, in December, 1902, were tried this afternoon in the general sessions court and acquitted. The State introduced 18 witnesses, quite a number of tnem identifying the detendants ami testifying to their presence in Mullins and vicinity on the night and a few days previous to the commission of the robbery. The piisoners were not represented by counsel. Nolan cross examined a number of the witnesses and when the State closed made a statement to the jury.? He was not cross-examined by the solicitor nor did either of them put up any witnesses or take the stand. Howard did not cross-examine the witnesses.? The solicitor made a speech to the jury. The verdict was not a surprise to the audience. WARRANTS SWORN OUT IN AN OLI) 5AtTi IS l-l I \\ l.Mi tllAISU J*-# Spartanburg, S. C., March 1.? Warrants have been sworn out here against Torn Nolan and Citas. Howard, charging them with being implicated in robbing the safe and vault of the Knoree Manufacturing Company, November 20, 1902. The warrants were sworn out at instigation of Post oflice Inspector Gregory. The prisoners are now in Marion, S. C., where they are being held awaiting arrival ol papers. Verdict of Not Guilty. Georgia Jury Rests Its Decision on The Unwritten Law. Lyons, Ga., March 2. ? The jury in the case of William T. Gilpin, who was charged with the murder of W. W. McDonald, a prominent attorney, of Douglas, Ga , brought in a verdict of not guilty, after having been out several hours. Gilpin shot McDonald in his wife's room at the Rimes House i *1 V l/loli u 1 A/?f AU T iuuua v/iiu nielli UlOl UtlUUOl, He had concealed himself in the closet of the room. After McDonald had entered, Gilpin sprang from his place of concealment and emptied two revolvers at McDonald. McDonald, wounded, ran from the room and se cured a physician. The lollowing day, however, he died. Gilpin pleaded the 'unwritten law" in his defense. The State alleged the Gilpins had cor,spired to take the life ot McDonald. Mrs. Gilpin was also indicted, but tonight the sa^e against her was no! nrrtRKftrl I The police court in Columbia has been doing a surpisingly light business since prohibition struck the town The same thing has been true in Chester, but yet there are some people who say that prohibition does not pay.? Chester Reporter. To remove a cough you must get at the cold which causes the cough. There in nothing so good for this aw Kennedy's i.uxntiv< Congh Syrup 1 he liquid cold relief tlm is most quickly effective, that stills anc quiets the congh and drives out the cold hold by Crawford Bros. 0 T3 Negro is Sentenced to Die' on Gallows. Owing to Certain Testimony, However, His Punishment j May be Commuted to Life Imprisonment. Special to The State. Gaffney, March 2.?Upon the opening ot court, this morning Judge Aldrioh sentenced Ed Rainey, colored, to be hanged on April 12t.h next. Rainey was con loaf I tut a n ( 1"* o ri n or Pownnt V u U ?*UO V" 1I?* ? JL * I ^ V IV A IHV knowledge of and abusing a child under 14 so severely that she afterwards died. Mr. Hardin of this bar, who was appointed by the court to defend Rainey, gave notice of intention to appeal, but the same was abandoned. Owing to certain testimony which came out during the trial, a large majority of the people do not believe that he should be hanged and it is very prohab'e that the trial judge and Solicitor Sease will both recommend that his punishment be commuted to lite imprisonment. i/*i? * r miico i our. Thomas Baldwin, Rich Illinois Farmer, Shot to Death Man and Wife and Mother and Daughter. Bloomington, III., Feb. 28.? Thomas Baldwin, a rich farmer and former merchant ot Collax, Ills., shot and killed today Chas Kennedy and wile and Mrs. 8im Eisman and daughter, Cora. ? Baldwin was arrested. Baldwin, who i? 68 years old and a widow er, is under bond, charged with criminal assault on Cora Eisman, who is but 14 years of age. He had settled with the girl's father for a sum of money, but was subsequently arrested and blamed the Kennedys and Mrs. Eisman for the prosecution. A toast ? May the best you wish for be the worst you ^et. Minds of too many men are filled with useless knowledge. The more a man wants to borrow the harder he shakes your hand. When any one has done you a favor how small it looks the day after. Efforts of a homely girl who tries to look pretty are very often vain. Some men outlive iheir use fulness and some others are born without any. A woman may be afraid of the cook, but a man isn't?unless she's bis wife. I Your cup of joy will never j run over if the bartender is a) | lowed to Dandle Hie bottle. \ "In 1807 I had a stomach disease. Moiut physicians said dyspepsia, some Con sumption. One said I would not live unti Spring For four years I existed on boibi milk, soda biscuits, and doctors' prescrip dons. 1 could not digest anything I ate then I picked up one of yonr Almanacs am it happened to he my lite-saver. I hough a tilty-oent Dottle o{ K()l)OL and the bene tit I received from that bottle all the goh in Georgia could not buy. In two month I 1 went back ? niv work as a machinist > and in three months I was well and hearty t May you live long and prosper.C. N t Cornell, Roding. Ga., 1906 The above i 1 only a sam pie of ttie great good that i . daily done everywhere by Kodol For l)y> pepsin. It is aold here by Crawford lires E LANCASTER NEWS, MARCI Si^crops That CoavincJ^jF lotreaseYUirYteidi We will convince you that you 8 can "lncreaso your yields per acre" and you won't have to koop It a so crot, either. Read what Messrs. Wherry ft Son, of the Magnolia Fruit Farm, Durant, Miss., write: "From two acres of strawberries, on which 1.0U0 pounds of Virginia-Carolina Fertilizers 1 per aero wore used, wo cleared a M profit of $75.00 per aero moro than the other 14X acres of strawborrles which had only COO pounds of this fertilizer." Thus double the quan tlty of these fortlllzcrson oach acre Q of any crop, and moro than doubly "lncreaso your yields per aero." Be sure you Duy only Vlrginla-Caro Una Fertilizers. I Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co. fl Richmond, Va. Atlanta, Oa. B Norfolk. Va. Savannah. Oa. H Durham. N. C. Montgomery. Ala. jfl Charleston, S. O. Memphis. Tenn. Baltimoro, Mil. throve port. La. B Professional Cards Dr. J. E. WELSH, dentist. Ollice in Emmons Building opposite Kirt-t National Bank, riione No. 8. LANCASTER. S. O. Dr. E- J. Hinson DENTIST Office in Springs Building. Office Hours : 8 to 12 and 1 to 6. Sunday Hours. 9 to 10. Ask Central for No. 32. Lancaster & Chester Ry Co. Schedule in Effect Jan. 13, 1907. Daily Except .Sunday ?Eastern Time. WEST BOUND. No. 14. No. 16. l.v Lancaster 7 00 am 4 00 pm " Fort I.swn 7J??m 4 60 pin ' Bascomville . ... 6 06 pm " Kicliburjf 7 35am 5 30 pm Ar.Chester ? 0(1 am 6 00 pm 44 Charlotte, SoKy 10 45 ain 8 15 pin " Columbia, 44 *2 00 pm 3 26 am EAST BO UN I). No. 15. No. 17. I.v.Columbia, So Hy 6 05 am 4 00 pm ' Charlotte, So Hy 5 25 am 6 30 pm 44 Chester 9 30 am 8 00 pm 44 Kichhurf? 10 20 am 8 24 pm 44 Bascomville .... 10 30 am 44 Fort I.awn 11 00 am 8 41pm n . i 11 ou Mill w i>u pin 44 Camden, So Ry . 2 15 pm CONNECTIONS: Chester? Southern, Seaboard Air Line, and ( arolina A North-Western Railways. Lancaster?Southern Railway Orrs, Knox, Hascoinville and Oraoe are tlag stops for Trains Nos. 14 A 17. Orrs, Krox and (Jrace are llajj atop* for 'I'rains Nos. 15 A 16. A. P. McLURE. Superintendent. LETTER TO WILLIAMS-HUGHES CO Lancaster, S. 0. Dear Sirs: N>>w, may be. you eanH get the goods; if yon can, your fortune is made. Cotton cloth they call it ruuslin in sonic parts .it about the usual price per yard, hnt wider, twice as wide as some, and better, wears better, keeps white and whole a surprising time in all sorts of wear You could sell that cloth for hundreds of miles; there'd he no limit. ' A yard goes further; one buys loss yards. Wears longer; one buys less often. It always looks right till worn-out No one customer buys so much of it, but think of the number of customers ! May be yon can't get it in cloth; but yon I Cflll 1U (>111111: UCVOP. lieVOe In tin II II were wider; a gallon goes further; yon hny less gallans; yon pay fur lesn gallons; yon pay for painting lean gallon*? ah it one paid lesH for making a garment ot that wide cloth and it keeps its fresh look and sheds w.iter till yon have forgotten how * old it is ' It isn't true in cloth, hot it ia in paint; 1 the less you pay, the better it is; for the ' goodness of paint is reckoned by gallons; ? less gallons, more goodness, floodness in 1 paint in strer gth. 'the stronger a paint, * the less gallons it takes for a job and the * longer it wears, Youra truly 1 F W DEVOE A CO H New York Lancaster Mercantile Co. sells our paint. - TVlfl NflWC I>oes ,,ob Printing x lllu llUIld for others. Whj 1.1 can't we do yours? ? ? ? ? ? 1 rx - , ?; *->v .. - ; : ? '<7 '"" * 3 6, 1907. YQT LASl OPPI We offer below for your conside appeal to all who want to save m< We Are N nor running a CRUSH SALE, bul item quoted here not now in stocl until withdrawn: $5.00 Overcoats at 2.98 ; 7.50 ( coats at 7.50. Men's Suits from 3.98 to the be 54-inch Broadcloth, sold at 1.00 Wide Talfeta Silk, black and cc 54-inch Ladies' Cloth, 42 1-2 ce 20 pieces A. F. C. Ginghams an Solid case Cotton Blankets at 6 Only six, of our 6.00 Wool Blan Men's Odd Pants from 75 cenb 5.00 Forbush ! $3.50 Krinnendof Shoes at 2.98 ^ ~ ~ J- L ?- ? Ladies' Fine Shoes at 75 cents 2000 yards heaviest weight Sh< 2000 yards 6c Plaids at 5 cents Job lot Men's Fine 2.00 and 2.? Big lot Laces, Insertings and E Get our prices before you mak< tee to save you money. You 0 Funderburk The Ham' OK,"': STTr.rF,S<: The Wilcox & fi Chariest YEAR AFTER YI seasons and in un on good land and 01 land and on gray 1 and sandy land, on TOBACCO, WHE^ Our Fe] have been u?ed anc ceivable test, each ing its superiority hundreds of other f found wanting. V chanical condition i Thirty -Fi V N for honestly made ed, our fertilizers the best all-round the world. Try th< vinced of their suf ? Sold exclusively by? THe Heath? r Lancas f ] JR ffi inmniTTmv luuuimi 5?? ration some prices that should mey on their purchases. ot Crushed t we will forfeit $100.00 for any <. We make the following prices Overcoats at 4.98 ; 10.00 Over?st in stock at 9.00. and 1.25 yard, now 85c yd. >lors, at 87 cents yard, nts yard. id Linen-finish Chambrays, 10c. 3c, 89c and 1.23. kets left to close at 4.25 pair. 3 to 3.48 pair. Shoes at 3.48 '^V pair and up. eeting at 6 cents yard, yard. >0 Fur Hats at 1.48. Embroideries at old prices, e your purchases. We guaranrs for business, ; Company orphy Co., >ORS TO t t r n IUUS uuauu u)., on, S. C- , I M CAR, in favorable [favorable seasons, i poor land, on red and, on clay land COTTON, CORN, ^T and OATS, i utilizers * 1 put to every con year s use connrmand value, whilst ertilizers have been fhen materials, me- ^ ind a record of over ve Years goods are consideri are without doubt crop producers in >m and become con- 4 >erior va. Jones Co., v iter, S. C. ' V *