Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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LYNCH FOR ASSAULT AND BATTERY? (The State.) The undisputed facts so far given te the public in respect of the lynching of Anthony Crawford in Abbeville are, briefly, that the negro quarreled with a white man, used rough language to him and then, when at, tacked by others, struck and severely injured a white man with a heavy hammer. After being badly beaten he was placed in jail. A few hours later he was taken from jail by a mob and killed. It is said that Crawford was in a critical condition and might have died from the wounds that he receiv ed before his arrest, if he had not been hanged by the mob. Subsequently a meeting was held in Abbeville which resolved that Crawford's family be ordered to leave the eounty. The family owns valuable lands and other property in Abbeville. lx Crawford was a "Dad negro," 11 he had been implicated in murders, assaults or bars burnings it has not been reported. If he was a disturbing factor in his community, -if he delivered incendiary speeches, if he stirred his race to animosity towards the whites, if he was in any way no, torious or criminal or had been guilty of any offense prior to the day that he was killed, it has not been so reported to the press of Abbeville or of the State. The only defense set up even by impHeation, so far as the public is informed, for the lynching of Crawford is that a negro who uses insulting language to a white man and then fights back when attacked is worthy of death and should be forthwith hanged without process of law, though he is in the custody of the law, in jail, and sorely wounded. If the family of the dead man are public enemies and dangerous to the commnnitv. it wmitid that munity should hare sufficient faith in the white citizens of South Carolina to put its case before them. There may be facts so far suppressed that might be offered in excuse or mitigation of the killing of this Crawford. The State and, we think; the people of South Carolina are unwilling to form a final judgment on the evidence that has been related. While this would not justify a lynching, for in a civilized country nothing does, it may be that other I TO s GI You Most Ha a~A ?i~? n aiiu, i cmem uer, 8 What good is a $i B sags to the middle a: I low? Or, if your sp B bafridoor on a rusty B ipring at all, but mei B When you close; 1 er your bed is inlaid B MAND that your be B luxurious support wl I d i I Thirty years' production hi LEADER of coil springs. The many features which i in the LEGGETT only. Only the finest materials o Every spring is absolutely TRY ONE FOR A ,MONTI than delighted. H SOLD ONLY ] I TheK I Main Street circumstances than those reported incensed the men who killed Crawford and drove them to slaughter him. If there be anything that has been kept; back, anything that would explain the affair additional to that which the public has been told, it should be revealed. Is the testimony in defense of the slayers of Craw* - j -? - -? tv iora ail in: uvets uie ueieuac icswi , Are the people of the State and the United States to form their verdict as to the killing and the threatened expulsion of the dead man's family j from the home, on the narrative printed in the newspapers? Under the conditions in which we live and have lived in the South, insolence from a negro is peculiarly hard to bear. Right or wrong the fact remains that a negro can not expect to fight a white man on equal terms and, regardless of the merits of the question, it is the simple truth to say that a negro who strikes a white man can not expect to be accorded the same fair play that he would receive if his skin were white. Ie were useless here to discuss the facts of race difference; it is sufficient to admit that they exist. At the same time, they do not answer the question, Shall a negro who is insolent to a white man and commits an assault and battery on a white man be lynched? Shall death by the mob be his punishment? Are the people of Abbeville and of South Carolina resolved that, regard-1 less of the laws of their State and* of the United States, this shall .be their practice? > I It is just as well to state the issue plainly. Is it or is it not the intention of the people of South Carolina to undertake to maintain before the people of the United States that they can and will lynch an insolent and i fighting negro and banish his family? If this is to be the position of our people the sooner they proclaim it and defy the world, the better. If it is not to be, the sooner they take' steps to convince the world to the contrary the better. j PINEAPPLE JUICE FOR STOMACH TROUBLE A preparation of fresh pineapple juice and pure scale pepsin when | combined with other ingredients, in the right proportion, such as are found in Natol Pineapple Pepsin iVE LONGER? iEL BETTER? ORK BETTER? DOK BETTER? 5 HAPPIER? < \KE OTHERS HAPPIE IT THE BEST THERE I ) ire the Proper 1 yuur sleep is what your E 50 bed mattress for sleep nd doubles you up like a ring creaks and groans 2 hinge? Or, if it is so stiff *ely a mattress platform^ pour eyes at night, Nature i mahogany or yellow pir )dy has that gently yie . * -1- 11 ncn is given oniy Dy a LEGGETT & PLATT C< m mad* this spring the BIGGEST SE male* the Leygett St Piatt best are pro btainable ar? used throughout, and unqualifiedly GUARANTEED. i AT OUR RISK. We take it back ? * & 5Y i .err Furnihi REV. GEORGE W SWOPE'S BOOKS Rev. Gerge W. Swope, Th. M., pastor of the Baptist church in Abbeville, recently from Central Baptist Church, Norfolk, Va., preached a series of sermons since coming here on "Kingdom Builders," which attracted wide attention and most favorable I rnmmonf T>i? hnnlt on the | lives of the twelve apostles chosen by .Christ, including Judas Iscariot. It gives a careful analysis of each apostle including a biographical sketch of each and answers the question, "What distinctive work did each apostle do in the apostolate." The answer to this question explains WHY Christ chose each for an apostle. For a short time the books will be on sale at the Drug store of Bowden & Simpson's. EVER SALIVATED BY CALOMEL? HORRIBLE! Calomel ii Quicksilver and Acts Like Dynamite On Your Liver. Calomel loses you it day* You know what calomel is. It's mercury; quicksilver. Calomel is dangerous. It crashes into sour, bile like dynamite, cramping and sickening you. Calomel attacks the bones and should never be put into your system. , When you feel bilious, sluggish, constipated and all knocked out and believe you need a dose of dangerous calomel just remember that your druggist sells for 60 cents a large bottle of Dodson's liver Tone, which is entirely vegetable and pleasant to take and is a perfect substitute for calomel. It is guaranteed to start your liver without stirring you up inside, and can not salivate. Don't take calomel ! It makes you sick the next day: it loses you a day's work. Do dson's Liver Tone straight* ens you right up and you feel great Give it to the children because It is perfectly harmless and doesn't gripe. ?Adv. \ ^ I I i? Compound, furnishes the necessary elements to relieve indigestion, nausea from any cause, sour stomach (bloating, sick headache and nervousjness arising from a disordered stomach. S ' * I This preparation is sold by us an [a positive guarantee of money back if not satisfactory. It is a wonderful medicine, having properties possessed by no other. Don't take my word for it, but prove it by a trial. 60c and $1.00 sizes. The McMurray Drug Co. < 1 1 Get out the pruning shears and see that they are in good cutting condition. It isn't long until time 1 to start ptuning. H S OUT OF LIFE? I [ind of Sleep! I ted Spring makes it. I if your bed spring I *- 1"i? 4-Vi /-v V? /-vl _ | J ClCiV-lVXIJLLC 1X1 1/liC liUl" M ill night long like a I : that it is really no B I 3 doesn't care wheth- I ie. But she does DE- u lding, body-fitting, B DIL SPRING | Q I LLER and UNQUESTIONED itMted by pateat* and are found :heerfully if you are not more ire Co. I Abbeville, S. C. I Finds Substitute for "Fountain of Youth" . i MRS. LEE, THOUGH MUCH OLD- < ER, SAYS SHE NOW FEELS MICE "SWEET SIXTEEN." < 1 "I weighed ninety pounds when I t began taking Tanlac, and I now * weigh 125 pounds," declared Mrs. Annie Lee, of 415 Fall Mall St., Col- c umbia, in a statement she recently ^ gave in endorsement of Tanlac, "The * National Tonic," which she said she a took a year ago and w&ch restored a her health. One year after she took Tanlac J1 Mrs. Lee gave the following endorse- 1 ment of the remedy which gave her 8 such remarkable results. Her state- 4 ment follows: " 1 4 t/ "Before I took Tanlac I suffered M from nervousness, and this, trouble ^ was very bad. Also, my system in general was run down and weakened. ^ I was so nervous that I would jump j if anyone spoke when I was not ex- Q pecting it or if anyone knocked on the door. I had no appetite at all, and really I did not eat as much as a cat "My strength had almost left me and I could hardly walk across the floor, I was so weak and nervous, I suffered awfully with headaches and it seemed that there was nothing that would stop them. I could not sleep at all hardly and a few minutes after I would get to sleep I would jump una u? wiuo ttwa&e. more wm very little rest for me at night In general, I felt badly all the time. "I bought Tanlac because I had read so much about it, and I took four bottles. That was a year ago, and I feel' as well now as when I quit taking Tanlac. I was a well woman when the fourth bottle was gone, so great was the results Tanlac gave me. "The Tanlac helped me so much that I feel like I was sixteen years of age now, though I am much older than that. I weighed ninety pounds when I began taking Tanlac, but I now weigh 126 pounds, (a gain of 35 pounds) or more. The Tanlac quieted my nerves and strengthened them and built up my system. My nerves are fine now and I feel well. "I am always glad to recommend 'Tanlac, and 1 do so because it is a remarkable medicine, and it did all I could want it to do for me. It just broke up my troubles. It has been a year since I took Tanlac and I feel as fine now as I did when I quit taking it." Tanlac, the master medicine, is sold exclusively by, P. B>Speed, Abbeville; A. S. Cade, Bordeaux; J. T. Black, Calhoun Falls; J. H. Bell & Sons, Due West; Cooley & Speer, Lowndesville; R. M. Fuller & Co., McCormick; J. W. Morrah & Son, Mount Carmel; Covin & LeRoy, Willington. Price, $1 per bottle straight. ?Adv. Catarrh Cannot Be Cured with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they cannot reach the seat of the disease. Catarrh is a blood or constitutional disease, and in order to cure it you must take internal remedies. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally,' and acts directly upon the blosd and mucous / surface. Hall's Catarrh, Cur* Is not a quack medicine. It was prescribed by one of the best physicians in this country for years and is a regular prescription. It is composed of the best tonics known, combined with the best blood purifiers, acting directly on the mucous surfaces. The perfect combination of the two ingredients is what produces such wonderful results in curing catarrh. Send for testimonials, free. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Props., Toledo, O. Bell by Druggists, price 76c. Taks Hall's Family Pills for constipation. w a tf/irnAivn ri & nwi n/\ A T\0 UADU?KUU3 LAK1JT1 1VUAUS. g In Iowa there is a well organized | state highway commission which has, 1 howe'or, only very limited authority. I As a result, it has been compelled to issue the following advice to citizens concerning dangerous earth roads, instead of remedying the trouble by direct action. "No community should allow its road draggers to work the roads to a peak in the center. If the road drag man is getting the center of the road too high for comfort or safety, so that it is dangerous to drive on the sides or even on the peak, stop the first time you meet him and call his attention w it Tell the road superintendent and the county engineer. Telephone the su pervisor who lives nearest you. If the road man, the road superintendent, the county engineer or the supervisor tries to shift the blame or tells you that the Highway Commission requires them to drag the roads so, tell them that you happen to know the Commission has nothing to do with the matter at all. So long as no one outside of the county and township read men have any authority to compel road draggers to stop making roads dangerous by running the crown up to a peak in the center of the road, the people of the community must take the matter in nana ana insist on roaa araggera flattening out the crown so that it I is safe." . ? * _p. " ; ?? NOVEL FARM DEMONSTRATION SELLS OVERLAND MODEL 75-B Here is an unsual demonstration sf an Overland New Series' Model 75-B which resulted in the sale of a :ar. As a rule when a prospect is invested in a certain make of car. he ikes to try out the car, by a ride or wo, basing his decision on the acion of the car on ?he road. This Overland and Willys-Knight lealer called upon a prospect who ived 45 miles away. On reaching his arm he found him busy cutting corn md foddel for his silo. The farmer bsolutely refused to talk car. After watching the farmer and his lands at work for a while the. Overand dealer sugested a novel demontration, to which the farmer at mgth consented. .The cutter and feeder were hooked o the rear wheels of teh Model 76-B rhich was jackd up and placed on tumps as shown in the accompanying hoto. The corn and fodder were, ben cut and transferred to the silo or five hours, without a skip br miss f any kind. ? HMBH Cloi ;i.; ' ' ft . ./ r;. Of Style & i**' ^ JV KjjS . IH: ' ' WSL Hfc. ' > ' . Let Us SI I ' " " . ' STROUSE B For Men The fit and Tai lines are unexcelli are reasonable, We have a full lii in keeping with tl ed above. t Give us a trial. Tl LW. \ McCORMICK. McCormick, Nor. 6.?Mr. W. J. Hinea made a business trip to Mor- . j ganton, N. C., last week. > 1 Mr. and Mnu J. F. Carson are in _t_ xi? j. i. ?:J viauucy, wuere uifjy went UJ aHfluu the funeral of Mrs. Canon's father. ; r Mr. J. P. Jennings from Greenwpod ' ' /$& made a business trip here last week. Mr. James Harmon of Augusta, visited relatives here last week. Mr. Zed Harmon, a student of Wofford college, Spartanburg, ig . spending a few days at home. Mr. George Hahvey of Chatta- <41*181 nOoga, Tenn., visited relatives here, last week. Miss Kate. StQwsll of Columbia . ^ College, spent several days at her home last week. Mr., and Mre. Hubert Smith and f' little child, have returned to * their home in Batesburg, after spending ~ ' rifwB several days here wiih relatives. Miss Ola Smith spent last week- 1 end in Augusta. . Mr. L. W. Harris spent several days last week in Atlanta. Mr. Luthet BoUUoi Parksrille, ?s , visiting his brother, Dr. D. A. J. Bell , > I*. l .11C 5ifj ad Quality I you are interested in I le, Fit and Quality I rourfall Suit or Over- B. low You I ROS. SUITS I and Boys iloring of these 1 ed and the prices | /j ;4 tie 1 V White f Y "i ^ ^ MSI o. I !