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Dr. Timmernian Dead?Was *
Formerlv State Treas. and t
Lieut. Gfcov. '1
batesburg special in Thurs-I
day's Observer: Dr. W. U. *
Timmerroan, physician, farmer,
banker and legislator, died last
night at his home here after a
brief illness from pheumonia, in
his 77th year. The funeral took j
place this afternoon, the interment
being in the old Timmermen
burying ground in Edgefield
county, where he was born. Dr. ^
Timmerman was a member two a
terms of the lower branch of the 1
Legislature, was afterward elect- 1
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eu io uie senate, over which he
presided first as president pro 8
tem., and afterwards as Lieuten- c
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ant Governor. After this he was
elected two terms as State Treasurer.
He served as a member of ,l
the constitutional convention in ^
1895. TIe was a captain in the 1
Confederate army.
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Many S. S. Children Poisoned
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by Ice Cream.
Wilmingtou, N. C., special in t
Charlotte Observer : Twentyone
children, members of a party ^
from Grace M. E church Sun- j
day school on an excursion to
Carolina Beach, twelve miles be J
low Wilmington, became violently
ill this afternoon while on
their outing, supposedly from ^
eating ice cream purchased f'om
a local dealer, the symptoms
being largely of ptomaine poison- ^
inc. News reached the city by
telephone of tho poisoning and ^
two physicians were sent to the
beach as rapidly as possible on a
special trip of the steamer South- ^
port. All the children sufFered
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violent nau?ea but tonight they .
o ro ilnin ? n 1 1
U1V viv/iiiu, ?cil.
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Negro and Four Mules Killed
by Lightning in Georgia.
Cordele, Ga., July 15.?A ter- n
rific electric, rain and wind storm k
passed over the city this alter- o
noon about 4 o'clock, and did u
considerable damage to crops and c
* telephone wires. The lightning e
struck a negro by the name of d
Lum l>ooler and killed him instantly.
Four mules belonging 1
to the city were killed also. The <">
lightning struck a house in
which several people had congre- rj
gated for shelter but no one was
hurt.
Editor of The State Visits 1
Bryan Again.
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Fairview, Lincoln, Neb., July p
15.?W. K. (ion/ales, editor of ^
The State, of Columbia, S. C., ^
and one of Mr. Bryan's lieuten- w
ant6, after a visit with Mr. Bryan y
and Mr. Kern today, said: v
"The statement tliat Mr. Brf- b
an will not make a canvass is I
incorrect. It is his present pur- '
pose, however, to deliver no
platform speeches, but to make
ten or a dozen political addresses, j
dealing with the more vital is h
sues hh presented in the plat- i,
form. Mr. Kern will make a ?
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more continuous campaign, and f<
1 was assured in Denver that i
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llr. Towne will be no legs active
han it he had been the Vice
^residential nominee."
Mr. Gonzales said that cam>aign
contributions wiT. be incited
by uewspapersin his State,
ind he believed every Dernoiratic
paper in the South would
lo likewise.
V?an Killed by Train in Columbia.
Columbia, July 15.?Mr.
fames E. Mikeil met a horrible
,nd aimoet instant death last
light just a few minutes betore
he hour ot midnight at the
orner of Gervais and Lincoln
treets. lie was struck by a
Seaboard passenger engine at
he point where the tracks ol the
Seaboard cross Gervais street
nd his body was dragged about
00 feet north before the engine
>aased over it.
Mr. Nlikell has been employed
or several weeks by the Seatoarn
as a substitute watchman,
nd last night he was on duty at
he Gervais street crossing, next
o the Seaboard station.
Mr. Mikell was a native ol
Charleston. He was born Nov.
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, io*o,anci was unmarried
Mother and Son Shot on Atlanta
Street Car.
Atlanta, Ga , July 15.?Liirara
amieson, the eight-year old eon
f Superintendent J amieson, of
he Decatur Methodist Orphans'
iome, and Mrs. J amieson were
>erhaps latally wounded late totay
while on a suburban car
eturniug to the home after an
>utine given to the orphans of
Fulton County. As the car was
peeding along a shot was fired
rom a passing freight train on
he Georgia Railroad, which par.1
leih the trolley line, the bullet
tassing through the head ol the
?oy and entering his mother's
ieck. Who fired the shot is not
nown. but later the entire crew
f the freight train was placed
nder arrest. Attending physiians
say the boy cannot recov
r and that Mrs. Jamie9on's conilion
is critical.
eWitt's Witch Hazel Salve is good f?r
its, hums, bruises an<l scratches. It is
specially good for piles. Uecommended
nd sold by all druggists. w-s
Texan Killed Wife and Attempted
Suicide.
Mclvinney, Texas, July, 10.?
lobert Wright, aged 32, cut his
we s inroat ami then attempted
a commit suicide at their home,
mr miles west of here, to-day.
Vhen discovered his wite was ly
ag dead on the floor with her
rindpipe severed, and Wright,
pith several gashes in his throat,
pas wandering about the house ,
egging for some one to kill him.
'he couple are survived by a
hree-year old child, who was
ouml sitting on the bed near
phere its dead mother whs lying.
lert Barber, of Klton, Win , Fay*: 4,l
imVB onlv t??k<?n fmi? il.>u,.u ...v.
[idney and Bladder I'illa and thev
iave done for me more than any 1
ther medicine han ever done. I hii? I
till takimt the pills an I want a per*
Bet cure " Mr. Barker refer* to I?eVitt'a
Kidney and Bladder I'llla. Kold
y all druggiaU. w a s
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LANCASTER, S. C., JULY 18
Sudden Death of Formei
J trcm V" it)i O. Vy., special 111
he Charlotte Observer : A
white man by the name of Benjamin
McTindal was doped and
assaulted by two negro men in
this city Sunday night. The
negroes took the man to a certain
section of the city to get
him some whiskey. The whis
key contained dope and McTindal
got under the influence of it,
and the negroes beat him over
the head and poured a tub of
dirty water upon him. They
were enraged because he did not
have any money. A negro man
by the name of Austin Clark
has been arrested as being one
of the rogues.
Storm in McDowell Co. N C.
Marion special in Thursday's
Charlotte Observer: One of the
mo9t terrific thunder storms ex
perienced in this section for a
long period passed over here
Tuesday. The lightning struck
several trees in different parts of
tlie town. The barn of Itev. A.
P. Souels, who lives in the Buck
Creek section of the county,
about five miles from Marion,
was struck by lightning during
this storm and was destroyed.
His boys were in the barn at the
time, having sought shelter from
the storm. Thev were not so
shocked but that they were able
to make their escape and also to
get their horse out.
Destructive Bolt of Lightning
in North Carolina.
Comord special in the Charlotte
Observer: A telephone
message to i'he Tribune today
states that late yesterday afternoon
at the home of Daniel JuId.
just over the Cabarrus line in
Stanly county, lightning 9truck
his barn and instantly killed
three head of horses, burned the
barn and contents, together with
a granary, smoke house and
other buildings and sheds, the
loss amounting to ermniitnrohlo
and ia thought to be total. A
threshing machine wa9 at work
in the barn yard and the men
employed with the machine took
Comptroller of the Equitable.
New York, July 14.?Thomai
D. Jordan, former comptrollei
of the Equitable Life Assurance
Society, dropped dead of heart
disease today in the Wall street
station of the Subway. His death
wps rtt,ended by tragic circumst?
. Scores of persons saw
v.; a? t-i- tn /-1
ii. ) twnuuK. inpin xvr. r . U.
Wells, a friend. Dr. Well hur
ried to the side of his stricken
friend, but he saw immediately
that Mr. Jordan was dead.
Mr. Jordan had parted from
his son, Frank B. Jordan, only
a moment before, and a messenger
over took the young man on
thestreet and informed him of
his father's death. The sou
was overcome with grief.
White Man Beaten by Negroes.
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! refuge wi?h several head of
. milieu underneath the sheds surrounding
the barn. When the
bolt came and struck the building
several of the men were
severely shocked, but none senously.
Equalization Board Stands by
Former Ruling as to Mill
Assessments.
The State board of equalization
yesterday decided to abide
by its ruling made at a previous
meeting, which places the assessment
on all textile, fertilizer and
oil comnanies at nhnut no
r ?wvyuv V\7 pVI
cent, of the market value of the
ptock issued. At a special meeting
yesterday hearings were
, given a number of concerns interested
and while reductions
were given in some cases because
of special circumstances sur- ,
rounding each the board did not
alter its ruling. The meeting
yesterday was called to hear any '
protests that might be as a result
of the last meeting.?Thurs
day's State. 1
A Former Lancastrian in
Arkansas Wants Tidings
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of Kindred and Comrades.
The following communication
addressed to the "Editor of The
Lancaster Review," ha9 been re,
ceived at this office, the contents
r clearly showing that the writer
, is not a reader of The New9, else
he wiu'd have known, for in[
stance, ot the death of his mother:
1 was formerly a citizen of
, Lancaster county, a. C., raised
near Belair. Went to army from
there. Information from any old
soldier of Co. A 5th Regt. S. C.
Vol. would be thankfully received.
I also have an aged (
1 mother and two brothers there. ,
Mother is, or was. living with i
r.f m.. I ** 01 ?
v.?.v, mi mjr uiuuieia, o. m oiame,
near Osceola, the last I heard
from them. Any information
given to me of mother or brothers
would be thankfully received.
I should alike to hear trom any .
old soldier Co. A.
C. F. Slagle.
Antimony, Ark., July 12,
1908.
Prohibition Ticket for Presi- 1
dent and Vice President.
Columbus, O., July 10.?For
President, Eugene W. Chafin,
ot Chicago; for Vice President.
Aaron S. Watkins, of Ada, O.
This ticket was nominated today
by the Prohibitionist natio,
nal convention and both nomi
i nations were made unanimous.
The lull endorsement ot the con.
vention was not, however, given
to Mr. Chafin until alter three
ballots had been taken.
Attention is called to the First
National Hank's tine statement
of its condition, which appears
elsewhere in today's paper.
Miss Kittie Dunlap, daughter
' of our fellow townsman, Mr. R.
T. Dunlap, has been appointed
private stenographer of Mana1
per W. J. Roddoy, of the EquitI
aoie, at Rock Hill. j
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Negro Charged With Assaulting
White Woman
Near Camden.
NVateree Messenger: Mr. T.
A. Myers brought Henry McLeod
to jail last week charged
with criminal assault upon a
white lady just east of Camden.
Mr. Myers says that the negro
came to his home the day before
he attempted the assault and cut
some wood for his wife, but did
not finish ti.? job. That night
he came to his home but before
he could capture him the fellow
hud made his escape. It was
ascertained that he had been to
the home of one of Mr. Myers*
neighbors where he attempted
an assault and he was later captured
and lodged in jail to await
his trial,
Several Struck by Lightning.
liartsyille special in yesterday's
State: Yesterday, bet ween
1 and 2 o'clock, lightning struck
three of Mr. Jim Kelley's sons
at Kelleytown. a few miles southwest
of Ilartsville. Two of the
boys are thought to be seriously
injured, while the other one is
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winy sngimy nun. A negro
also received painful injuries,
while two horses were killed outright.
The men and stock were standing
around a well, preparing to
go to work when the accident
happened.
Advertised Letters.
Dan Boone, Aunie Bell Massey,
J. S. Archie, Will Robertson,
Robt. Catcher, Duffie Bates,
Mamie Blackney, Geo W. Park,
Olles Cadler, M, O. Lauen, Foster,
Matlie Hicklen, Tom Mc
Cloud, Clock Andson, Ada Jordan,
G. C. Marshall, CoraBlackmon,
R. F. Barr, Daissy Brose,
Rearlie Byets, Johnie Bobter,
R.ott hnnson. Ravtor Rol k Olio
Leack, F. A. Nelson, J. R Rose,
Lulny Robinson, Ed Stover, J.
Walter Sarklands, Bessie Smith,
Eller Young, Maud Mcllwain,
Jim Miller, Fred Lookes, Pinkney,
Grov, Bessie Graham,
> arrie Dumsey, T. T. Bobbitt
Sarah Aldrich, Wesly McVail,
Fannie Barnes, Elezio Attlas,
J. G. Bell, J. R Ellis, J. B.
Eraser, Jerry Whitaker, Alfred
U. McDowell.
J. F. Hunter, P. M.
'Squire W O. Bailes, who has
been styled the "marrying artist",
has moved to Oaiahoma.
Mrs Deas, an aged lady, died at
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me iiume ui uer grandson, Mr.
R. H. I)eas, at the Manchester
Mill, Wednesday, and was buried
in Laurel wood Cemetery this
morning after servicer by Rev.
J. M. Ropers, ol Laurel St. M. E?
Church.?Rock Hill Record.
Ah announced in Wednesday's
News, the Key. W. A. Fairy,
pastor of the Methodist church,
assisted by the He v. J. L. Morrill,
oi Georgia, will begin a revival
meeting tomorrow. The
services will be held in the conrt
house.
Protracted meeting will begin
at Meedow Branch church on
Saturday, July 25th. The pastor,
Hev. W F. Estridge, will be
assisted by Key J. II. Boldridge,
of Lancaster, S. C.? Monroe Enquirer.