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- r- ' "" T '' / ? V *" . y W #* & 'I? i ?9r mT > THUItLOW 8. CAR TEH, | A Family Nevotpapcr \ For (he Promotion of *hc J'olitical^Snnzl, Agricultural and Commercial Interests. J TERMS. $1.60 a YkVk. Eihtob akd Hanaoxh. > ) Pataulk in Advanck. SfclVII-WHftLY hill HUH. LA NOASTI-,!;, MU'TEMIifclt 23 Ml? iXT?m.i m .. >> OUR LEADERS. J3 pounds 1 i^lit brown su^ar for ^ 8 |>ou:ul? Albu 'kit's ('ull'i'O for J? pound* nood ttreen coflee for 1 pound flno Tobacco f?>r 3o cent* taV" Tin Woe VERY CHE \ 1* WE KNOW how cIohh luonep mutters are \ most people. We are prepareclose l)iiv*-rs. Values thot tw three years ego seemed almost tto-siU ? ore today an actual fi nearly cut in two. Many are pilfced at the Pile (if fiio'eri o(r*r. So in- even are iooredu! a . < *! .i \ ^ i*:: t. Bf?a ?i xrtgrimuiimi xaBouran * A (J I FT TO FI RMAN. Tho Cesar's Head Frop< Deeded to It by the Dwri'f Greenville NewV Dr Mini Mrs F A Miles, of city, luive intuit? a deed of Ltif their valuable Ctesar's lleud pi ortv, consisting of the huildi of the? famous Ctesar's Mead sori and 2,2ttl acres of valin hind to Fnrman university, and Mrs Miles refused $20,00 cash for this property a few y< ago. Tho conditions named hy donors are that the Fnrman t tee* pay them an annuity of $ nndgivo them free lioard in K.v4-.1 < it IHJU-I, III tinu (II II1C COIUIJJJOS, w the hotel in open. Tho trus arc <rivc.n ubsoltito control of pro|>erty after tho tirst of i month. Tho annuity is to paid (luriiii; thtf life of both, either, of tho douors. t-j**-It *h on human, iivinge on i < (} I ll II / H'OI'U, C'llt tl ill ill ll.il. by W.vilioril'M "Hiiisiu \ . ot ton never ftiii Sold i>\ J K ,Uiick<**??,, I)i tibial, l.niii'.oi>-r, s <J FRESH BEEF AT a I.I. liin-Mii my murhet in Davit* building Mr refi l^e.i keeps it ulmiiii I('k-(!<iI(| I will del i. in any jmri of town at any In ui tdred You cam puieliHHe beef w ymi wi-li. leave it in the refriRei an<l I will Mend it t your home time you may wmli it sent Tbh eures v our beef lieinn lu.ni nuif. fresh. \V. K. YOUN July 20th, 1H97?ftm. Th? ljnn<'awter :o: TIIE NEXT session of the I caster Graded School begins J" teaiher 13tli, 1H1>7.?The build has been enlarged recently the teaching force augment Wo are now prepared to give pocial attention to pupils pre] ing for a college course, or special classes in a college coui Terms reasonable. For fui er information address A. M. RANK IN, Snnerintendeiit Aug 17, 1897?I mo. Registration Books Open, IN' V '''OKI>AN<'K with the A< IslKi providing f .r 1'?m r? Of !? < (I titfl i?M>K ? (if tllH Hllpff vl of 11".;ijuration will l>? upon At c<Hi i hou# on the tir*t Momhij e 4 11 m ? if1i.for?the registration of t<^i -i . , I ' > r? )' >f in >< * Hi I op >? f n itir *? *ac 4*iv>? ?i*yH in ? mom i iiuttl Ho* uetutml ee ti i i . > . vv .. \ r iti f, It M Ki.k. It. J. Kiyi.ii, ft mr t of llfgi'-trn'io Nov IK. lHi>6?tf. Wanted "An"Idea ??$; ?oiir M?v U"?iw i>nii< ><iu wi Wrif* J'- 11N WKIMn 1:1 , >i\ * L*? . V i-nt J ntrs V - i, inn tor, r> .' . . >r Ihnir ?5/?ii prM I . + * hfWI " "tlA" I V. . BATTLE BETWEEN POLICE i nij AND BLACKS. j ft {[[[ >1 on; l (mi One Rioter Killed Outright and Q'^j1 1 00 Another and an Officer and a _ Street Car Man Hurt. F0U ' | ? Charleston, Sept. 1*. ?A white v'11' child walking along1 the streets in Charleston at noon to-dav was " ,,r i i . ?i <% i * I Death o In,, pushed into the gutter by a crowd ci? of negro toughs. Half a doxen o,.?? white men, most of whon we:.' t^H ] street ear vonduelors oil' for <!m ner, ran up to take the hoy's pu t. " when-they w<M*o ilttnrked i?> the il negroes. veur$ ol A terrific hand to hand (i ?ht headed, j followed, eluh , -to,; a ir *i V 11 ' Uty rods being use 1 as v. >i . n ' * Idllctor Myer was knocked s u- - Hies lses with an iron bar. The negroes were getting the ' Mi,s? 1 this best ol' the li-jlit wh. the polite ''' t of ,eatnc ii. sight and then they lUd. Tue>t op Eight of the negroes took rei ige fireeu % ings in nshanty. [suburbs re- A sipiad of polieenn n tried to ing in t able m^ko an entrance, but,the negroe told tli" Dr opened the windows and began ver. 1 o in shooting. The otlieers returned have an ears the fire, and for a few minutes u' sending regular battle was in progress. .pital. the llenrv l'erry, col., was shot 4,()uly i rus* through the heat I ainl killed. Yt tli ;$(??? Edward Washington, another ,,f u |,M, tli<? negro, was seriously injure I and tM( Jiim. lien i* not cxj ected 1<? live t!ir?mv \|n] toes the night. lives in the Policeman Norton, who led the mv ,|j<i lcxt attacking forces, i-* tliiiijjortiii>lv was he be wounded. helongc or live colored rioters were arrest doctor ed ftvi* U'iug <juhbf?i. nn? T1 ic situation was alarming for police, * I awhile, hut the police haye con- him foi nox trol and to ni ,rht everything is iug so I I Ills . .. i.: inner. ;H pnupi DlSc - ? st Two Hundred Dollars n nd in His Clothes. "I fOWN IN COLUMBIA. ; w 1 :i Stranger Who Tried to al 11 hi Identity ? lie vied Mvstoriou I . '*' . l?i te, 1 71!i instant. I" unknown white nuirjf 1 , il, amy ''( in! 1 and hfii i <ii<' I \\ ? hu1-. I iv i' .*?: ( . tile ltirhl id enmity M t h i\ in^ eomnnded in iii> enough money fo hint' in ? oufortubie in his l ot t r perhaps I > have -sav .1 hud h lail oho e to iioe t. j lay iiiidit when Dr Frank j, vent 1 o hi home in tne ;^ ? of i'ohimhia iie fortnd lyhe yard tiiiold man. * iie .,j dortor he had typhofrl i?'>r (ireen asked him dM lie |( y money, with a view of | liim to the Columbia lio.sThe st ran ire r answered . i II !l little." - j i si ic {rate mi old lam-shick ti ltj*v and H h'?n horse aw litIt wis driven !>y Tom- d isli, :i young white boy who that neighborhood. Toinnot know who the man) was driving. The turnout1 j d to the nek man. ' the helped him into the vehicle him to ?r<? to th>- i>f who would take caro of ^ the night. Instead of dole drove to a wagon vard I ( nt the night. i ^, nesihiv uho'it noon the r>n- . l ? |? nd him mid i.rough! him to ^ ion house. lie w:;. given ^ i t>:i!let. The horse and . .. IP were left in charge of Tomrsh. l>r. (Jreen, who at i Ci ?o county's sick, was sent a i the chief of noliee. He .. ? I ll his unknown patient of 1 ei V night cj man could scarcely talk.? w not seem to want to talk. | v en could get nothing from ept that his name was : Jorley. He first said he oin North Carolina and af Is that ho was from Ten sv was romovcd to the alms-1 t 4:30. On tho way there ^ ' Marsh was unahlc to hold ? I he fell from the buggy. % he was gotton there and 11 bed. J ^ ;rew weaker. I)r (ireen could not live. 11(5 gave stimulants and told him of w f ) elessness of his case. lie f there was any one he to have notified of his'e< Corley answered, lNo ono,' J you any property or moil- '' wish to leave any one C' ^ ed and again the reply was did not. .30 o'cloc k Wednesday oe. rley died, 'l'he bodv was ately prepared for 1>ui d. ? negro, who \va* aidin_ in ' k, found Mirco am all hdla j ** TQA-sy ^('hito cloth. '-They!, w jure titilIn,'' ho -.i I ?d j ^ thorn ;i?L<lo, ' 1 o y w . o , v* >g where thrown. I'1 i < .id *t r<! iy morning Nupt. ^Ijurftiv' thn ^KHist" saw the "Cpu-hC( lis and >is he was curi "is vhat thev were made of, he one. Tightly wouldcd up 1 tl 20 greenback. Ilo could j h ? ,u,<l hl" ? ? ? ! Weil Dispenser Scott's Shortage is Min t* fuu Than liif Filer Value of Bond. tJM. stut . ? ! a rougl the! Solicitor Thurmond was in the buggv aior citv yostcrilay preparing the pa- mv Ma liver rile- pers in the cast? of .1 S Campbell, tends tl arn'r as county treasntcr of Richland, for by a?y against T A Scott, L M Scott and found ci'y Geo. W Parker, suit for $3,000 Tiicsda; on T A Scott's bond as dispenser. The i _ The amount of Scott's shortage's ue ,ji,| $4,020 28, while his bond is only Dr (ire for $3,000. There are $100 or hirn exi I $700 in the bank to Scott's credit .James < fkl as dispenser, and the amount of <;aine fi 33 1 the shortage will be further redu- terwarc VI cod when credit is given for tho j nessec. return of some stock from hisdis- C'orli jftn pensary when it was closed. 11 L house a Abney is Scott's attorney.?The i Tommy ling< _ * ? him an< am) ciTT HIS THROAT AND ES- Finally toJ- CAI'KI). ; put to 1 OS- ' T* Ho ? inr- ]?n|icoman Murdered While Mak- ^aw |10 ^or ing an Arrest at Brookland. Corley the hop r*'1" Columbia, Sept. 18. Robert }lsk<?,| \\ Hook, a white man, cut tho throat wi*hod from ear to ear of Policeman .John 4U?ath. '* Cross, of Brookland, a suburb of >?]]uVc Columbia, to-night, while the of (.y yon ticer was attempting to arrest hi> VV!lk; ?s|< , u.uiuvi. I ho Hook mounted h horno nnd os-! ^ 'ijjjl I caped. The policeman ?lie?l in njDfr (;( [g,>i> stantly. > immodi. Vl* ? - ?? | An old The Hihlo iHft tio?^ full of r_*!?t the wot it j and wisdom. If v ill n .ho vfin < f old a 'W wise to etcrn il life, and finish arc run " "4 [yon with direction* t>ri<l principles' ( .hs* 1 to guide fthd order your life if?* loft Ivii I ly an<l prudently. Thorn is no \Yst< n , hook like the Hihlo for excellent of tho n learning, wisdom and use. jnro l?al ihin OAfifTOIlIA. j() Ht,0 v irdly helievo his eyes. "ll is a I on federate )?il 1, ' ho thought and arted to toss it aside. It seem- ^ 1 ineredihlc that sueh a looking a?i as tlie deeeased could have iat much money. . lie opened the other "conjure all:;.*' In each \vere?;rocnbncKs. rom all three $221 in currency ere taken. In the trousers of the deceased S) a pocket. lx?ok. It contained cents in eh-Mi^e, :i lock of r >wn hair carefully wry ped in ' si^rand a worn receipt whieh w ad : I "Keener 1 of Joseph C'ooleyjj, ie doc ir in ; ill of his acet. due . this .late. .Ian J. 1 S'.ir>. It. K. Moore." . i i A silver watch was id so taktn .] . . . oni Ins pocket. i Wlict:?r the 'load man was the , unes (.'oolcv in the receipt or o ones ('orley, as he said, no one o i < ohinihia krows. ., The d -ceased is described as out on years old, 5 feet 1" K( iehe> hiyli, with jjrrav heard and .. ildheadcd. lie weighed ahout tu Dounds. I? The j^rave has been marked so 0 iat it can he identified if relatives j, lould claim the body and desire i ? remove it. ii I he moimN lias heen placed, on ^ epof.it awaitimr claimants. j j I a FIHKD 15V LIGHTNING. , j, ?r , , , . il littlo I own on the S. ( . ^ (1. liond Said to Have lleen He- n stroyed Friday Ni?iht. ,, t pceial to The Slate. v Charleston, Sept. I1-. The I >\\ II of Kith^evilh' .ii llw .. 'nrolinn and (icorgia road, was n wrned d<-\\ 11 last night. Tho in * <riii.ition received in tin* city toay was very meagre, and full articiilars eaunot l?e given. It is said that a severe elcctriil storm passed over the place nd the lire was the result of tinv. ghtning's work. Almost the atire town was consumed, blinding the depot, hut the losses ill not l?e very great, as Itidge- 11 ille is quite a small place. " ' " ' " ! t . Young Lady Killed by Light- j ning in Sumter County. I. I r Sumter, Sept '2d. ? During a f Hinder storm yesterday afternoon j Hss Susan Broadway, daughter f f Mr .James Broadway of Packs- f ille, was struck by lightning and , istuntly killed. She was sitting , y an open window reading when f truck and the book she had in her! j and was burned. Two children f ere in the room hut neither of | lem were hurt. One was thrown j *om a chair iu which it was sent- j :1, and tho chair torn to pieces. f About the sanirV time a mule he. { >nging to Mr W M Broadway , as struck ami killed. ] Died of Lockjaw. i Sumter, Sept. go. Ten days "D .!<>?' .Jenkins the t > vn?n? ..to - ? V" J * "* or of Mr T H Jenkins, of this , i t \. *tu<-k i nail in his foot. The I ound tfeidcd up nicely nt once. 1 i ' ! :i 1 . I : 1 low ; i a-> taken >i< u and on Wednesday | ickjaw hot in and afior sudoring io most excruciating acuity,death ' inic to hi - relief this morning. ?1 l?i-g your pardon,' sung out be convict, as the governor passed y his cell. !0T TIMES IN DILI I L'lZKNS SKINNKI) BY ( Cl'S SHARKS Vrathfully Arose and With ( Ilcltl l*p the Train and < \ lea-ted RebntesThoy ('Iniui ed to l>e I)ueThem. pecial t?? The State. 1 )iilon, Sej)t 1 I he most it inn 1 inie in i tillnji's his as had today as a result of ' I irris* Nickel Plate shows-h ere. t ) , i >o:ird . ! : > erti-cd "jut- '\?'Iy no -jame . est peifple in tliis section, ie first thim* thev opened up pvcrul oanthliniT table# by \v imiiv of the ignorant were dn 'his wa> not the worst teat ti lie show, tor inside the tent 1 umbers of their hand otlY iianiro, of which there w rareity, and in ?*ivini* it on II instances they failed, from ? $N, toeivc the proper el.a nd many unsuspect ing ones p ted their money without en Several attachments were isnt an etVort was made to u ml a rush \\ as made for 1 lie en y at least determined i nd pistols were drawn to a i holding it down. For > ime n row was imminent, hut frosted by cooler counsel, isilly settlements were made nany and it now seems tin.I rain will l>c allowed to i k'iihout further nudestat ion. )i!lon doo-n't want Mr I!; or his Nickle Plate show lore. HIS 11 HAD t'l'T OFF. timon IVterkin, Sleep and \\ key Hurdetied, Licsoti True ipecial t<> The Stute. Darlington, Sept 1^.?Si Vterkin, colored, on Wedne norning was a passenger 01 xcursion train that ran 1 lennettsville to Wilmington, ho return of the train at 1 o'< n the morning he got oir at lin's Neck and walked on the oud track towards his h< our miles further eastward, er traversing the iron higl or a few miles he succumhe atiguo and Wilmington whi >f a poor quality and strut nit on the ground w ith the 'or a pillow. In ahout two I he excursion fain on its n roin llcnncttsvillo cncoun lim. IIis head was severed lie laxly by the wheels of ocomotive and thrown 20 md the body shattered and hi ?d as if struck by an 11 inch rott shell The engineer i (new the deadly work he lone on that night until he informed of it next dnv h I il'J to Know. I' timv be wor'liHomoililii^ to l?*il tv<? very I' "( nietlidne for r IttjC the tire?l ont nervous b [reriUti an I v!g ?r i< 1! eetrl It ri.I- meni'luc v- purely v>u< ? Is by* f.rA Vif.y t >i < o t he i 01 v In lb* ifi.tm u'h, ?ren':y Htirmilat' Liver an. I lvbloeys. an I'ttiib do yf-iiiH In throwing offlm; urltiea t>'o<,?|. K ye ri * Ho ten linpfov *i>n? tile, hi.Is digestion, him! Is no mi* ??l by those who have trie I be v ry beat bio <1 fnn ill *r ami ionic. Try It. Hold for 60.* or |K*r b illle al Crawford Bros1 .Store. u v; I ku u i 11 i / ' "J jON. We Undersell A!! Others In ;,K- Groceries. l i rr i<; > : I'IMS l1*'*! '?! "* UT'IMU lilt I'll for no Jo |i(?Mols 11 ; 11 I now || -?u r 1 till I * We- have the ohoapesl lino of ('hewinu and Smoking Tohuooo in town. Also wo osirry ? niee lino of Notions, siieli ms handkerehiefs, Ladies* ami (lents* I lost*, oto., etc. t Jh. S. < I 5 .1'VJV ??!*<>? torv _ V IT " 11 (loo-urn's Way of Crttni;. Rid of :i<! sni-j Atlanta, (la., Soj t M. .! II out appointed postnntsU r at !Io; was villi-, Troup oounly. was -1, .[ la.-t hioh niu'it. Loft ill's appoint i rt \ o of of the community ami polities is acre believed to ha\. t e- ' { u? h utriiiir i iyr,S !1 N ( ? I.SOU'K I-'I5? >M IATI!(IN"1/,IN(. A N KUIK? ! < >:< IM As I ia:. s | Atlanta. Sept. 11?,- 'I lie slioot lljr, 1 inu of tlu* in-uro i?ostm:istor at ock- ^ llouansvillo tliroatons to ontail ?ti lit no oml of trouhie for the people of that town. A postollioq in nod, . . i i . ? spootor has finished a three days ' invost'urtion of the shiolinu and r>1 U it is stated tonight that as a roIH'll. . ' suit of his work two of the most ssist . . . prominent business men in the '.onio -Hi ii- i town will he arrested tins week w:is . on a clmriro or uttemptmir to as ]-1-, . ' . sassmate the postmaster, with ?? . ,, ,, t I he people ol the town are call the , ' , oil upon to fare a most uneomfornovc , . .... .... , table state of allairs. I hev have r.ut . , , ne\er \ et 1 >atronized th nejjro urns ' , , , , post master direct: v, the <?1<1 inn! ativ ,, , * ... master, llaroawnv, mnmtnmmur hiiohl Jiostolhee :m ' mr'aitr f 1* ami obtaining in hulk the mail matter for all his white pa ions. Their letters were mailed on his the train. The ex postmaster k. will he prosecuted for this and the letters can no longer he mailed on the trains. When this action anon was announced two days a?ro the citi'/AIW i>nnimii'f..l 4 l.r. ..I-... ..f iMU i , v*?u?.v? * uu I i I v; | n.l ll t J I i an having their mail sent to the* from nearest post oil ice and sending a On carrier for it. They are now lock told that this would he in violation Rob- of the law, whic^ permits only rail- the government to maintain a post ome, route. This urinirs them to the Af- hitter alternative of patronizing lway the negro postmaster or having d to no mail at all. Feeling is high iskey among hotli whites and hlaeks and chcd further trouble is feared, although rail it is not imminent, loursi m i iturn Two Texans Kill Kach Other. tei ed! from, Dallas, Texv Sept It}.? Dr T It the'Carter, of Kaufman, and (.'has 1' feet, Russell, of Abbot, two of the, itter- most prominent men of that secPar J tion, who had hitherto been teycf friends and business associates, had shot ami killed each other at \b. was hot. They met. yesterday afternoon to dispose of some business relative to a land transaction. The settlement resulted in a nunr re I and nn agreement to meet at. k inW . , , chioi Ahnot for the final scftlenient. m in At the appointed lion/ doth nrr V* ! ed at the depot nn t d o\V tlieil , ' pistols, exchanging r nun. i r of siltrnj i i-s thv shots. lloth nion foil and expired within a few minut in tin? <* I he ; pro , Caution is th? lower story uf I it us prudence. si oo Those who never Admire others Drug ' are rarely admired thorn fives, ' Oh''dree C*y V p':tcha"fn Casxor'a < *