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1 1 ^ J*cwiiiy I'ctpspapcr : Fur the Promotion of the Political, Social^ Agricultural and Commercial Interest*. J TKtiMS: $l-?>0 a 'ixu*. JtDrroB and iunaokk. j * ) pat art<r in A_i>t anue. ;}| 61-JVII-WbEKLY t-bl IUN. LA NUAS'I'KK, S. <i..~N'(?V. '.Mi iv.l'jT" F^T^Bn^Tiliri?52 Astonishing Developments in a1HHW MRQ UIIPUPO 0! T?u; ???? > I Hale of Cotton at l'elzer. <Cor Greenville News, Wiiliamston. S. C., Nov. 21?. V One of Adam's Muck sons, Will *Clardv by namo and a fanner by j occupation, induced by the ex- ! <oedingly low price of cotton and hard times generally, concluded vis he was helping to gin a bale i vr>f his own cotton at Frank Dav- i ?*5n port's gin in Greenville county -one morning before daylight last j week, that he would add a few I jKuinds to the weight of his bale ^>y dropping a rock iin the press occasionIv, and so lie proceeded; to execute this plan, with the 10 sell that when his little bale of I -cotton was suspended upon the I 'company's scales at Polzer Cotton /tluyer Blake was astonished to ^iee that the beam was tipped at the 819 figure. Naturally suspecting that there was something heavier than cotton in the bagging 'Mr. Blake ordered the bale unhooped and A. 1*. Long, chief of police, ordered Clardy to keep -quiet and watch the investigation, a bich only lasted a few minutes -when 350 pounds of rocks were separated froru the cotton. The largest one weighed 125 pounds. Mr. Long, after pausing a few jrninuten, came to the conclusion ttkat any man who would enchance tthe value of flint rocks from nothing to 4^ cents per pound would do to take along, and he accordingly invested his man with bracelets and escorted him to Anderson I mil. Will did not confess his ?*rime but only said, "it's de strangest thing I ever seed how ?iem rocks got into dat bale of cot ton." SAY ! DON'T DO IT! "Don't send o(T for jewelry, watches, clocks, silverware, or for anything in these lines, for 'die identical thing can be obtained from It. Brandt for the sanio money and oftentimes for less, "besides you know how often one is deceived. ijhi you ever think of it, that It ] 3lraudt has matte a study of entering such tilings for 8 yeara. and tiiat lie J -oertaitily knows be tie where to order from than you who occasionally read 1 a.c? advertisement or receive a cala? j (ogue. item, ruber all jewelers are not so well posted, tiring your ea'a j logue along and' he will deiimnst rste i what he says. Now, tr.? it, he want*- j you to do it Our pri es are low and a 10 per cent ! *&a<luctlon m ikes them a great ileal j <!<i war Write for circulars. R BRANDT, sFor you a money saving Ji weh-r, Chester, S, C. CLERK'I" SALK. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF LANCASTER, i ourt of Common I'lean. .Jennie I\ Belk, Plaintiff, vs. William I' Belk. Defendant. PIJ RHU AN r t-? hn Order of court In ; the above c*hc. signed by CJmi. W. t Qaice. Circuit Judge, Oct. 5, 1K9H I ( wilfHellat Lancaster cnurt~hnUMe on 7V?e Firnt Monday in December, within the leral houra of sale, the fol- , fowing described piowerty to wit: All that traot of land in the county <*.f [diiicas er and rftale of 8ou h Caro- ' .Una, containing 12Ii Arrcti, More or Lent, lifrounded, Nortli hy H J Staines and J H Williams; Hou> h. by estate iandaof MR W Belk, deceased; Eiut, by lands ?/ u.. ? ' ~ ,ni>iKnri niuHuii ami \) A Kunder* | burk; We*t, by estate lands of H li VV ftteik. WW Term# of Hale, CA^H.oronel?alf cash and balance In one year, to fee secured by bond oi purchaser hearivcelgbt (8) per cent Interest from <4Ufce which shall be seoured by amo-tHQageef the premises Purchaser to neper*. W. S. L. Porter, C.C. C. L. C. BL E. Wylie, Plff'g Atty. .... 5LV-v... IIV ii uiiio. i;uuilLiO OLL ii HER HUSBAND. '! I Details of the Dreadful Tragedy t at Greer's as Told at the Coroner's Inonest. ( An Only Child the Only Kyo Witness?The Boy's Simple L Story of the Fatal Scone in the Parlor. , < I The fo'lowing i> the testitnouy , as published in the Greenville | Mountuincfti" !?? U ~ if * I IH- i ill x 1111.51* J at the inquest of George W I Hughes, the Greer's merchant who was shot hy his wife lust Friday night ami died from tlm ( etfects of the wound the follow- j, ing night: 11 R. M. Hawkins, being duly I sworn, says: 1 hoard the report of a pistol and went to the door i ^ I was at Mr. Sheppard's. It was the night of the l*th inst. I went over there. I saw Hughes 1 laying out in the porch when 1' went to the door. He was hoi-j 1 lering for some one to come there. ! He said he wanted to make a statement. He said that Mattie had killed bim and had done it without cause. That she gave | him two minutes to get ready to ficht her fair. He said that ho j told her that he would not hurt a hair on her head, and that she had shot him without a causo. 1 think 1 was the first one to get there. She was on the porch with him. She had gotten him into the house, but he had come hack out. Thin occurred when I waH at Mr. Shepp&rd's. She did not interfero with my taking him into the house. I helped to pet i him to bed. She did not object to my coming into the house. She had a pistol in her hand when | I got there. Don't know size of pistol; it was blue. She wa? j turning pistol about. Did not | see anybody run. Mr. Groce was j thore afterwards and helped to ; get him into the house. Mr. | Hugh es did not have on coat when 1 I got th?re. Did not find any ' pistol on his person; I think that! I woidd have f??lt 11 if 1><? I ! had had one. Mrs. Hughes I showed very little sorrow or re- ( gret for the crime. 1 don't kpowj' that 1 saw anything unusual in | ' her appearance. Didn't know of ( 1 any previous trouhle. I would have taken her to have been un ( der ttie the influence of liuuor; 1 ' could smell whiskey pretty strong; 1 am satisfied that it wasj on her breath. VV. II. (iroce testified very1 fully and in substance as follows: 1 I ran up and saw Mrs. Hughes, standing over Mr. Hughes on the j1 porch. She saw me and snid:i' 4tGo f??r the doctor, 1 have shot 11 George ami I did not doit intentionally." I started for the I doctor and Mr. Hughes called me ' hack and said lie vantcd to make , ' _ _ i his -dying statement. He said: ' She shot me without cause.") He then fell hack and said: "Oh, | ' my God!" Mr. Hawkins and 1 j ' carried him into the room. 11 wont into the front room and Mrs,' Hughes said: "God knows 1 did 1 not do it intentionally." She 1 said: "Where is his coatf He ' has got a pistol. I am going to ( kill myself; I have killed him." 1 I hunted for the coat and pistol, 1 but oould not find it. 1 heard * him ?ay that she had given him i two imn'utea to fight her fair. He ' i a i L -.. -I unit ri" cnugm iit'r arm m tin* 1 I tune of it. I heard him way that i tie would not have hurt a hair on tier head. I hoard at the lion*?1. Heard them tpiarrelling the Wednesday night before; have heard piarroling at ditVerent times;, lidn't know the reason of their li'lieulties < )n Wednesday night before shooting, I heard her say; "You accuse me " of some-i hing; I could not understand: liin, only I heard him say: "Keep pilot, or the neighbors will hear i is.'' I heard her call him a" "damn fool,'' or something. I v leard her say: "l.ring up those .'.lat accuse me of so and so." 1'his vras <m Wmlnnu.!...- I ... . ? ^ < ?IIX .-M 4 * ) I 1 I I I t. I Never heard her threaten his life it any time. Mr. Hughes said j (1ml he caught her urni before ho ahs shot. At supper she was a ittle red in the face. At noon die went in the r< otn and gave ne a drink of corn whiskey. After the shooting I did not consider her under the influence of liquor. ! never did find Mr. Hughes' coat. Judging from the way they had quarrelled I was not surpiisedat the killing. From what 1 had soen, Mr. Hughes had always been pleasant and kind to his wife. On tho fatal night ho did not seem to be angry. I did not hear him accuse her at any time. 1 don't know of any reason why he should suspect or accuse her; he never showed any jealousy I was only with them at the table. Mr. and Mrs. Hughes had separate bed rooms; their rooms were adjoing; the little son slept with Mr. Hughes. It. M. Hawkins, recalled, said: I did not hear Mr. Hughes say that ho caught her arm, but I heard him say several times that ho did not catch her arm. I did not see Mr. Groce until he came into the piazza. I stay about 100 feet from Mr. Hughes' house. It is over 100 yards to the Vitor M'f'tf Co.store. John Ziminerniiin. ??t Mrc Hughes' request, went for Fannie L'ohon, tho cook with whom he returned to the bouso. From that point, he said: When we got to tho doorstep we heard Leo .creaming and hollering. Fannie went on into the dinning room loor. 1 took a peep up through :he hall to the parlor and saw Mr Hughes coming out into the hall ivith Mrs Hughes following him. , Leo was hollowing: ''Mamma, lon't shoot papa." Mrs. Hughes iad the gun in her ad pointed at lis head. She was about six feet from him. Mr. Hughes said: "1 am going out of the back door, Mattie." She said: "No, von , I ivon't- If you go out of the back door, you will go out with rour head full of balls." He .hen said: "I will go back in the mrlor and sit down." She got >ack in one corner and with a I ;>istol pointed at him, made him jo hack in the parlor. Mr. 1 Hughes said: "Mattio, what in he world is the matter with you?" ^ Fannie Cohen und I went out to Kannie's house. 1 said: "Fannie, < Mrs. Hughes is going to kill Mr llughos" Fannie said: "No, she , las done done that way two or ,hree times l?efore." 1 started ?ack and got to the kitched door. Leo wasstill hollerinc: "Mnrnma o Ion't shoot papa." I got scared ind went hack to Fannie Cohen's ion ho. 1 heard a pistol fire. 1 ieard onlj one report and report ind beard Mr. Hughes holler, <Oh, Lordy." Mr. Hughes had no pistol when I saw him. Had i or liis (Mat. lie made no attempt to Imrt Mrs. Hughes. When she ha \ the pistol drawn on 1 iir, she said; "You repent that and I will k:ll you." Mrs. Hughes called ocr hushand a "hlack (i?d?s?I of a h ?'' Mr. llughessaid during the fuss: '-Mattie, 1 would not hurt you for anything in the world. Kan me Cohen, the cook, testi- , tied to suhstantially the sani3j facts as John Zimmerman. She | said Mr. Hughes seemed always to he kind to his wife. They had separate rooms and at their former residence, Mr. Hughe* and Leo i slept up stairs and Mrs. Hughes! down stairs. .Jacob Wood, who lives opposite, heard the shot, and as | Hughes tried to go out the door hi* wife pulled him hack, his coat being pulled off in the scuffle. Got to Hughes a few minutes after shot was tired and saw no j one around but Mrs. Hughes. | Heard Hughes pay that Mattie! told him to get up und not die like a dog Said she would givej him two or three minutes to get | up. Sam Greer was passing the i house and heard the fuss. When pistol tired he ran from Fannie Cohen's house to big gate. Mrs. Hughes said, "Who is that?" She said, "Sam, I shot George, but be was trying to do me." Mr Hughes said, "Sara, I want you to ktyow I was not doing a thing to Mattie," and repeated this several times. Earlo Austin heard the first of the fuss that preceded the shoot ing. The night before heard Mr and Mrs Hughes fussing at the I supper table. Mrs Hughes called] Mr Hughes a vile name and said, if Mr Hughes did not make peo pie stop talking about her, she would kill him. Chancy Littlotield took oyster supper with Mr and Mrs Hughes that night, and at Mrs Hughes' { invitation took a drink with her. Hughes said he would not go; down town that night after supper If Mrs Hughes was drink- j ing could not tell it. Hoarded at the house several years and knew thev had had trouble. Have heard them quarrel frequently, j Nave heard her curse and abuse him, also threaten him. Only a few days ago, she told him if he j ever mentioned another man to her she intended to shoot him lie replied, "When I have cause to do so, 1 will do it." bhe said,''Hepeat that and 1 will kill you right now." Have seen Mrs Hughes drink. Not certain I ever saw > i Mr Hashes di ink; if ho, it was very little, if any. During Mrs) Hughes' frequent abuse, ho al ! wivs acted submissive. Often hoard him say he would not harm ! a hair of her head for the world. ' Wednesday night heard her cursing Mr Hughes, calling him all , kinds of s b?. About aa had oatbes as you could get up. | T M Boswell tcstitied to about| the same as other witnesses and in addition said: Mrs Hughes said, 4'George, I shot you, but would not do it again," and said, ' George, I gave you two minutes to get ready to fight mo a fair fight." Mr Hughes said: "Mattie, 1 would not harm you for the world." Mr Hughes said: "Mattie, you have been threatening this for a long time." She said: "Yee rad 1 want you to fix: to get mo out of it." 6he knelt down before him mill kissed him. lie said: "Mattie, that s the i tirst time you have done that for years." lie said while she was j at his .bed: "Mattie, you havei sliot me without a ?*iuse." Other witnesses testified to the same and similar facts, concerning Mrs Hughes1 frequent cursing of her husband anil his kind I forbearance. Leo, the nine year old son, was questioned by \V \V llurgess, at the request of the coroner and his statement is given as follows: 'd'apa and mama went into the sitting room after supper and papa asked mama if she had any- i thine to wiv ?i.".. 1 - ^ ? .J. ?'? % IIIX'II Villi!" I mcnced cursing pupa. Papa started out the front door and mama was next to the door and told him G? d? him if he went she would kill him. Papa then went to the hack door and mama followed him with the pistol pointing at Ins hack saving if he went out that door she would kill him; that she would follow him she did not care where he went. Papa then went hack to the sitting room and said, <\Voll, I will sit. down.' Papa just sat there, hut mamma pointed the pistol at him and said she would kill him and give him two minutes to get up and tight. But papa told mamma thai he would not hurt her for anything. Papa caught the pistol, but mamma had her hand on the trigger and shot him. Mamma was mad, hut papa waa not mad at mamma. Papa never abused, scolded or whipped mamma, hut mamma cursed papa. When he was shot papa said, 'Oh Lord,' and went out tho front door, hut mama tried to pull him hack. Mamma got papa's coat off and put it on the chair and said, 'There's the pistol.' Never saw any pistol, hut heard something hit the chair when the coat was put on the chair. Me and sain Greer went for the doctor and that's all 1 know about it." Mrs. Hughes has been in jail since Saturday and is taking things coolly. She is about thirtytwo or three years old and was married at the age of.sixteen. She isa daughter of Mr. Isna Waldrop, of Spartanburg county. ItOltltKI) Til K OK \ V K. A startling incident, of which Mr. John Oliver of Philadelphia, was the subject, is narrated by j him as follows: "I was in a most dreadful condition. My skin was I almost yellow, eyes sunken, tongue coated, pain continually , in back and sides, no appetite ? gradually growing weaker day by day. Three physicians had given me up. Fortunately, a friend ad vised trying 4Kleelnc Bitters:1 and t<? my great joy and surprise, ; the lirst bottle made .1 decided ( improvement. I continued their use for three weeks, ami am ow a well man. I know they saved | inv life, and robbed the grave <>f another victim.1' No one should fail to try them. Only 50 ets peri bottle at Crawford Bros1 Drug Store. The most rabid of all' the negro meetings yet held was that in Washington City Monday. Thev 1 denounced President MeKinley, i Hooker T. Washington and other leaders; called Governor Rtissel a physical monstrosity and a political nonentity, and praised The Washington Star as the friend of the negro, while The Washington Post was denounced. Tho resolutions advised that force bo used against the whites in the South. HUGHES STRANGE WILL. Left a Third of His Estate to the Wfie Who Killed Him. (j recti villi; N e us. The will of the late (loorge W. llufihos, the < rreers merchant who died lust Saturday nijxht from the effects of :i pistol shot wound inflicted by liis wife on the ni^ht before, was probated here yesterday. The alleged murderess is Hindu heir of one-third <>f the estate and tlie only son, Leo Hughes, is given two-thirds. The doeument is dated the night of tlie shooting and is witnessed by I). Ballniri Simpson. \V. L. Walker and .F. L. Carman. Mr. Caiman was also a n ember of the coroner's jury that said Mrs. Hughes was guilty of wilful murder in killing her husband. The will was evidently hastily drawn as it contains a number of clerical errors. The estate is valued at $4,400 with about $1,200 of debts to bo paid out of this. In addition to this there is an insurance policy for $2,000 to be divided equally between the wife and the child. In the second paragraph of the wiii tuo testator speaks of the alleged murderess as his "beloved" wife. In the fourth paragraph this endearing term was reneatecj but was afterward stricken out; It was reported from Greers yesterday that on Saturday morning just before Mrs. Ilughcs departed with Demitv Sheriff fiil reath to conic to Greenville to jniI she went through the pockets of her dying husband and got or *5 in silver. This was while the operation was being performed to tind the direction oj the bullet she had fired into his body When she arrived at the jail here she had $17t> on her person. AH but a few dollars of this was in bills. QUITE HEAVY UPON SENATOR MATT Ql'AY. Grand .Jury Indicts the Politician and his son. Philadelphia, Nov. *_'l.?The grand jury today presented to the county court true bills of indictnicnt against United States Senator M. S. Quay, his son Richard K. Quay, and Renjaniin .1. Haywood, ex State treasurer. Tlio bills charge the defendants with conspiracy with John S. Hopkins, late cashier of the People s bank, for the unlawful uso of the moneys of the bank in the purchase of stock and conspiracy with Hopkins in the misuse of state funds on deposit in the People's bank. Ilopkin's commit ted suicide bv shooting in March last. llnunl. 1- 111.x...1 11...... Clean hlootl means a clean skin. No >eauty without it. (..'ascarets, t andy (.'atliartic clean your blood atid keep it clean, by itirring tip the lazy liver and tlriv itig all iin*iu lit us from the hotly. Ileum to-day to miiish pimples, hoils, blotches, blackheads, and that sickly bilious complexion hy taking Caseareta,?beauty for ten cents. All druggista, satisfaction guaranteed, 10c, 25c,60c. Gov. Kllerho has commuted tho sentence of ,1 \V Powell of Richland who killed 0 \V Slonnc in January 1896. Powell was sentenced to 7 years in the penitentiary. llo will ho freed on /-ll 1 # I _ i v>nriHiiiias uay not naving nvrvcu quite throe y^ars of his sentence. The {petition for his pardon con? tained over 3,000 signatures.