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> "v7 x ' V. r." , j- : ^ % . . >? * * % * ? - ; / She %mm%kt ledger. ___________ . 1EUBLOW 8. OABTER, ) ^ Family Newspaper : For the Promotion of the Political, Social, Agricultural and Commercial Interest*. 5 TERMS: $1.50 a Ykak. bditob aid iumou. i ' " \ patabx.* a adtanqz. SfcMHMM KLY bUHIUN. LANUaUVFkH, 8iU. iSKPTEMBbll 15. hSTAKU H.vii OUR LEADERS. 1 23 pound* light brown nugar for $1 on 8 pound* Arbu *kl?H Coffee for 1 00 J 9 pound* good green coffee for 1 00 1 pound fine Tobacco for 35 cent*. Mair Tin Ware VERY CHEAP. WE KNOW ( how close monep matters are with most people. We are prepared for close buyers. Values that two or j three years ego seemed almost impossible are to-day an actual fact? ; nearly cut In two. Many are siirprised at the line of Groceries I | offer. Some even are itiureduloua. I ^V. ai.ASSKR. Tragedy at a Pic-Nic. t Special to The State. : i ' 1 Barnwell, Sept. 10?A negro 1 Sunday School excursion to this c place today ended up in a shoot-1 * ing scrape in which a negro named |( Sennings (ireen was killed. It ' was impossible to tell who did the ' killing. Two or three parties are1 * jailed. * M m c May It.'b on human, mange on horse* ilogs a .d al/ stock, cured in 30 minute* I by Woolford'a Sanitary l otion. Tills never fail*. Sold by J K Afackey & * Co., Druggist. L?aiicant?r, S C. ? FRESH BEEF ' AT Alili liin^A' my market in the ' Davis building My refrigerator | keeps it almost ice-cold I will deliver i> in any part of town at any hour tie- ' r hired You ea:i puieliase lieef When i you wish, leave it in the refrigerawir and I will send it I your liotre any , \ time you may wisli it sent This lip sures your heef being kep' perfectly ^ fresh. W. K. YOUNG . July 20th. 1H?7?3in. 1. 1 jftiirttiHter ? TUK N'KXT session of tho Ltin- (| caster Graded Seltool begins Sep- ( tonthor 13tli. ls;i7.?The building ^ has been enlarged recentlyx and ^ the teaching force augmented. { We are now prepared^toj give'es- j pecial attention to pupils prepa^--1 ^ ing for a college course, or for 8|>ecial classes in a college course. ; * Terms reasonable. For further information address A. M. RANKIN, ] Superintendent. Aug 17, 1897?lino. r y Registration Boots Open. ! IN ACCORDANCE with the Act of * I 1 Ufui - ? 1 Jl * - *? - - a jnw providing i??r in* registration 1 of elector*, the hooks of theHu|?ervi8ors of Registration will t>e open at tb? 1 court house on the first Monday h t euch month for the registration ofelec t tors entitled to registration and kef | open for three successive days in eacl f month until the general election of . r;98. W. G. A. Porter, K. M. Kirk, H. J. Flyoii, Board of Keglstration. I Nov 19. 1806?tf. j ' ACADEMIC, LITERARY ? i AND | ?Classical School.? [i . j rpHK FORMER Presbyterian High! X tftchool at ltook Hill, 8 U., will ' l?e re*op*ned 8KPTKMREK 1st, 1897. i | under the control of Davidson foil ego * r?... I..." '! i n" eipi I pflMMI t . and faculty ore the very he?t. and the ' phyaical, aocial. moral and religion* I Interenta of atudenta receive the heat* attention. I toy a and voting men are thoroughly prepared for College or 1 IJ ii Ive rally, or for active life except 1 where a complete cln?*ical or piofes- , aional education i* deal red Term* are moderate, and ambition- * young men with limited Urn* ami i mean*, of which they de*lre to make , tb? be*t u*e, ahouhl hy all mean* look into tlte uiaima, fadlltle* ami oppor- i ' tuoiea of thia Hchool. Addr***, A. rt. BANKS, or , K. Jo BAIINKH, 1 Hock Hill, HO I ????a t Children Cm for Pitcher's C?norlb 1 (IMS HASSACR1 )ozens Shot Down by Depo at Hazelton. IUTRAGEOUS A F F A J n war ran ted by Conditions or tion of Strikers?The Scei of Sluughter was Shocking lluzel ton, Pa., Sept. 10.? trike situation readied a ten risis on the outskirts of Rati his afternoon, when a bum leputy sheriffs tired into a 1110 nfuriated miners. The men ike so many sheep and the iteinent since has been so int hat no accurate figures of lead and wounded can bo obi id. Report run from 15 to tilled and 40 or more woun tinny of these will die. One vho reached the scene to-n :ounted 13 corpses. Four < loud lie in the mountains heti ^atiuier and llarleigh. T vho were not injured carried 1 lead and wounded friends int< v(hh1k and estimate is I>ntiled. The strikers left Ilazleto 1:30 o'clock this afternoon, louncing the:r intention to <; aitimer. As soon as tfois Ism mown a hand of deputies oaded on a trolley car and shilling across the inountaii he scene of the bloody eoi vhioh followed. After reaching Latimer eft the car and formed into t ompanies, under 'lhomas 1 \ A llessull, and Samuel 1? 1' I hey drew up in line at the >f the village, with a fence a ine of house*, in their rear. .-Mierni Martin was in conn m*l stood in I lie front of the intil the strikers approach*1 I'liey were seen coming ar< he ridge, and Martin went 01 neet them. The men drew up sullenly istened in silence until he >nce more read the riot act. inished a low muttering i Liming the foreigners and t vas a slight movement forw r*ereeiving this, the sheriff i >ed toward them, and in a d uined tone, forbade their ndvi Hiuie one stmck the sheriff, he next moment there was a * nand to the deputies to tire, guns of the deputies insti loured forth a terrible volley The strikers were taken en y by surprise, and as the oppled and fell over each ol hose who remained unhurt s leded. The men went down 'ore the storm of bullets like tins, and the groans of the d ind wounded tilled the air. excitement that followed was ily indescribable. The dep teemed to bo terror.strieke he deadly execution of their ? md seeing tho living strikers ng an?l the others dropping t 'arth, they went to the aid of infortunates whom they irought down. I he people of l.alimer ru >olI mell to the scene but ihrieks of the wounded dro> the cries of the sympathizing edf crazed inhabitants. The reporter noon after* 'cached the place, found the ending to Latimer tilled rroups of frightened Hunger Some surrounded dying com ons, and others, fearful of niit, clung to the new comer >egged his protection. The atfair was telegrapher he governor and he order* egiinent of the State militi he scene to keep down fui rouble. ED' OFFICIAL HURDEl ities Crime of Deputies at Hasi so Characterized. * I R. WARRANTS SWORN 01 Ac- For Sheriff nnd Deputies but ie Arrests?21 Dead, 4< 1 ? Wounded?Troops ave on Guard. / I -The' rible Hazel ton, l'u., Sept 11.?T ituer | ty-one corpses lie tonight in 1 of shackle frame shanties scatt t> of about this hilltop town. b fell ; maimed, wounded ami hr ex- I figures toss on the narrow cti ense the Hazelton hospitals. Of I the it is almost a certainly that Lain- j will be added to the death lis i odd fore another duv dawns, ded. ?vas the execution yesterday n man ! noon by 102 deputy sheriffs, light i ed to the teeth, upon l.*>o ign< ther " foreigners, their arms consi ween of two little penknives. '1 hose | facts are undisputed, their' The situation tonight is in t the as the day was full of event incident. || nt Vlfwf tarwl 41 ?... _ - > >? ami IlllCHIliai) HIV |)U an- these men hud in view when jo to* inarch received its tragic end umc consmninated. The 1.5Q0 v wasicrs at the Latimer mines, to \ sentjthov were hound in an erto a to j induce them to join the stri ltlict ranks, have laid down their and sworn to do no more they until all the demands three mines in the district have Hall, conceded. rice. Next in importance was tl edge stiance of warrants this after ii.l .1 4\... * * * * .. mi .iiu ;irn*M oi ^uerilK M iik 1 the one hundred and tw< nand puties. These were issued a line | instance of the I'nited Hung d.? j societies. They were made mind in the name of Joseph Mel nt to president of the St George sot of which nearly all the dead m and were inemlicrs. Kobert l' h had manager of the Anthracite L This j tivo agency took charge ol irose documents, hut up to a late :here j tonight they had not been e ,anl. | ted. Sheriff Martin, who step- last night at his Wilkeaharre eter- un<{er R strong guard, can ince- Haselton this morning witl and ... . . r x , com- regiment of the The! brigade. His presence it intly ton n was not known until Is the day. Then it was found tire- ho was still under the guar Ihcr ' the soldiers and he i tan)' n?t I*"1 reached. This aft*M he Constables Airey and (iallei ten-1 made an effort to arrest A K yinK j who led one company of th ! puties last night, but ho sim* I uties rtOURbt shelter within the mil n lines kept by the Ninth regit ;uns, and they refused to permit tlee- constables to pass the guard. r> the warrants charge murder, a* the . , B . !ir?<1 .....1 4 I. 4 , . i i , ami mi (Mlt'llll hud - ' kill. shod ? the The sales of the dispcnsnr vned Columbia foil off nearly * Inst month supposedly due t nrds ?lM'n'nrr ** '* houses in the road The clnim is inudo in At with thnt the city of Chnttanoogi ints. |onpH to the ^ftnte of Georgia 'mn is not unlikely that a re.surv pur-1 und ^,e boundary line Itetween (ic I and Tennessee will he orderc | to | the next session of the (ic ?d u legislature. 1 : There was n white fro ther li|,,wing Rock, N oi j morning of the (Ith inst. as THIRTY KILLED slton And Neerly Two Hundret Seriously Injured UT IN A TERRIBLE WRECK Jifo j Train Caught Fire and Gas Tan! , ; Exploded?OnQ: Conductor Tried to Steal a Station. Newcastle, Col., Sept 10.?Th< w(<,, J worst wreck in the history o ram- Colorado occurred at 12:25 this ered morning on the Denver and ltU i^rtv Grande and the Colorado Midlan< okcn railway one and a half miles wcs! its of of here. After 12 hours incessnni these work hy wrecking crews in clear tiv?? ing away the debris ami recover t Ik-- eringthe bodies of those who per Such ished, it is impossible to inori ifter- than estimate the loss of life, am arm- wot even those known to be deai urant have been identified. Many o stiije the unfortunates will never b< These known and it is possible that tin number killed will always be ii tense doubt. From the best informa an,l tton obtainable fully 130 person . iiro Ik; lie veil 1? > have perished rpo^V while wore taken out of tin their wreck suffering from serious in , juries. rork The wreck was caused hy i hum head-end collision between i rt to Denver and Kin (irande passen kers' ger train running at the rate o picks' 40 miles an hour and a spec in woi k | Colorado Midland stock trail & g *t " ' miles. So terrjti been was the concussion that botl engines, baggage and expres ic is- cars, smoker and day coaches am noon two stock cars were totally de artin molished and the track torn u| o de- for yards in both directions. T< t the ; add to the horror of the scene th urian wreck caught lire from an ex out plosion of a pintsch gas tank oi mite, the passenger train and burne* iety, so rapidly that many passenger iners pinned beneath the debrish wer iiley, burned to death before help eouh etoe-; reach them. ? the 'l'he most generally accepter hour theory as to the cause of tie xecu- j Wreck seems to be that Conducto spent Hurnbank of the Midland special home anticipating the time of the pas le to singer, undertook to steal i 1 the | station and l>eat the passenger in 1 bird I to Newcastle. Hurnbank escape* i the uninjured, and uj>on orders fron te in (Joroner Clark has been place* I that under arrest by the sheriff. Mid dian- iand E ngineer Ostrander is mist* could ing and a thorough search abou noon ! hiM engine fails to reveal any ves lgher 1 tigc of his remains. It is though Hess, | that when he saw the tbreatene 0 | danger he jumped from his engine had , an(i realizing the result of his neg itary ; licence, took to the hills. WC ^ ! Charred fragmentsof limbs an I bodies of ji iiuuibi-i of person ' 'lo j have boon taken out of the ruin? isault j js no^ |ikel v that any nior bodies will positively be identitiei and it seems certain that the mini J ber killed will remain in doubt, ies in , . As soon as the news of Hi MOO , I , , .. , wreck reached Glen wood a rein 0 tho | . . , tram was sent from that place city. and this afternoon the more st tl.inta ri(ms wounded were removed t 1 ',e" i the Denver and Kio Grande con u ^ panv's hospital at Salida. Ten boilies were fonpd in tli [ ruins of one car and four inanotl >d at . , , orgia <>r' 1 he charred remains of tw women, apparently clasped i st at (>ao'> others' arms, were fourn i the I heir heads and lower limbs wot | burned off. In the dress bosom < each was found a ladies' gold ^ watch, upon one of which was inscribed 4 'From Mother to | i Mamie." Telegrams from all parts of I the country inquiring for friends j j I and relatives are pouring in con-1, I stantly. U IIAUl) TO FIND Til K DKAD. . ' 1 { Newcastle, ('ol.. Sept 11?Fred < Burhank, conductor, and engineer > I Ostrander (dead> are charged by j 1 | the coroner's jury with being re-! v sponsible for the frightful wreck;, ' j which occured here Thursday * j night. The inquett was held to- , ' day. Fourteen bodies have so tar oeen I t recovered from the ruins, but there * i is no doubt these are less than half ^ " those who perished. 1 he most * j conservative estimate places the , * [list of dead at from 'J."? to it5: j. a ^ ' ( , Sixteen Deaths in Santa Fc j Wreck. < Bi 0 Hmporia, Kas., Sept 10.?It is 1 ^ now believed that 10 persons 1 . j were kille<l in the Santa Fe wreck * H at Lang, the charred remains of I three more bodies being found'*' L, today. Two of the bodies, a man|c land a woman, were burned be- ' yond recognition, Little remains ' |L of the third body, but a shirt bo- 1 j so in marked W K B., a Knights!1' I of Pythias pin and a green stud C ( mav afford identification. Kngin- 1 11 ^ j eer Frisbee, who was injured, died today. i( j w m i [, Major Terry Convicted. I s | I Montgomery, Ala., Sept 11.? |, News has just readied here that I> tno negro, .Major lorry, ulm was > charged with outraging, killing 0 and burnin'the body of Mrs Mary Thomas near Knterprise, Codec j' 1 county, some weeks ago, was I' I tried at Klba during the week ( siand a verdict of jjruiltv was ren-1 0 tiered. He was sentenced to be 1 hanged ()et 2!b The evidence ' was circnmstancial, but very ' j | strong. r Married on the Train. I j " Special to The Daily News. j Spartanburg, S C., Sept 8.? < Yesterday evening a popular busi- | ^ news man, Percy Harris, and one ' 11 of Spartanburg s l>est girls, pret- i ty and a general favorite, married , on the northlK>un<l vestibule be- , 1 tween this place and (iatfney. ' Miss Massie Harris is the name < jof the bride and she is a daughter | * of W I Harris, merchant and , president of the Fairmount cotton , mill. ^ Sentenced to Hang lHI Camden, Sept. 11?The second j trial of John VV atkins, charged with rape, resulted yesterday in a I verdict of guilty. Judge Klugh sentenced the defendant to be hung on Friday, October 22d. io I " " Something to Know. i . It may l>e worth something to k tow that the very hest medicine for restnr iok the tired out nervous syr-teni to ? health and vigor is Klectri Hitters. : 1- , Tiiis, medicine is purely vegetable, acta l?y giving tone to the nerve centres in the stomach, gently stimulates the it' l Liver and Kidney*, and aids these orI gans in throwing oft* Impurities in the hlood. Klectric Bitters improves the apiietite, aids digestion, and is pro- | " nounoed by tiiose who have tried it as I. the very hest blood purifier ami nerve c tonic. Tiy it. Hold for 50o or $1 00 . I>er bottle at Crawford Bros' Drug Store. ? w -V - - - ' ' ww^ "e Undersell All Others In * Groceries. I.IST K IV s H pound* granulated 8ngar for l*i uu X) pound* light browu Sugar 1 00 jdgT" Wo have the cheajiest line ?f Chewing and Smoking Tobacco n town. Also we carry a nice line >f Notions, such as handkerchiefs, dulies' and dents' Hose, etc.. etc. H . ! ??. C ?1?*1 CONDITION OFC()TTON CHOP teplv of Col. Duncan to Inquiry From Atlanta Constitution. In response to a telegram from he Atlanta Constitution on the otton crop condition in this State, Manager Duncan of the Alliance exchange yesterday sent the folowing reply: There has been a decided decline ?f at least 55 nor cent, from the ndieation in duly, as a result of he August drought. There is io August or 1<?p crop except in a c\v favored sections. Ill .'ill lln> iiinl ll? 1 I......... ... .... V.. HUM MV 1IK1VI HMVfl ounties fully ?r>0 per cent, of the :otton crop is open ami very neary gathered, at d it is rapidly beng put upon the market. In the ip|M)r or Piedmont section the lotton, while late, has also been >adly damaged hy the August Irought. 1 do not think this crop will exceed the last year's crop, in the lumber of bales made. The injrcasein acreage will onTvcounterlalance Mie bad crop influences. D. P. Duncan, Manager State Alliance Exchange of South ('arolina. Richard Nelson the negro des>era<io who killed Joe Adkins, ;ol.. at Otranto last July, was aptured at the Ron Ron phosphate nills last Thursdav cveninc bv Henry Ilayne one of the hest col>red detectives in the State. About 50 of Nelson's chums unlertook to rescue him hut Ilayne angle handed held them at hay with his pistol until he reached [he house of one of the mill overseers with his prisoner. The in furiated moh demanded of the overseer to drive Ilayne from his ionic hut he would not do it. They loitered about the house until 2 o'clock when everything became ipiiet Ilayne slipped out a Hide door with his prisoner and walked ten miles through the woods to a railroad station where lie took a train for ( harleston and landed his prisoner there safely the next day. Ella Ki/.er, col., was shot by Mack Hunter, also colored, near Columbia Friday. She had concealed herself in some tushes along the roadside to play a prae tieal joke on Mack and her daugh ter as they came along. She shook the bushes and made a peculiar noise and Mack he tired into the bushes with the result that the old woman was hit by a bullet. At ji meeting of the Hoard of Trustees in Columbia la>t week Dr Andrew 1* Montague of Wash ing, DC., was unanimously chosen as president of Furinan I' niversity. I)r Montague is a native of Virginia, an experienced educator and eminently qualified for Furman's presidency. Children Cry for Pitch#*-5-: Ossiora.