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- r / \% x" * * , N :' n - Vy y/ V J % ~ ^ \ , / y7 / v y** ^" * -?--** ._, ^ v % # flattasfcr flwlget. - - . , ?y THUKLOW 8. OABTEB, I ^ Family Newtpaper : For the Promotion of ike Political, SoeOal, Affricultural and Commercial InternU. J TEBM8: $1.50 a Yba*. Kbttob in UOUQUL > * r^M _ } PaUXU jj? Aktimil ? . -? - " z ? .,, :i* oh, ..i-W K^KLY. LAN C AST E K vS. U . O C T <) B E U 7 1899 knTa BLlSt- ED 1852. Alolassos Mill Tragtxly. I HPE A T DAUJ TM nionruoinv UM-MTunvn ?.' 'u"',,,,m,n ? Yorkville Enquirer of Saturday Master John Dover, the four teen year old son of Mr Jac Dover, of Smyrna, wasaccidenta ly killed last Tuesday morning b having his head crushed iq a mc lasses mill. Young Dover wer out and started the mill befor breakfast. When bis fathor cam to his reliof he began to point or some changes he had made in or der to secure a better flow r juice. While so engaged, th sweep came around and caugl his head against a projecting tin her. He called to his father one or twice and became unconscioui It was necessary to unhitch th I t / i * * corses oeiore nis nouy coma ti removed, lie died within fii teen minutes after being taken t the house. The funeral took plac at Canaan on Wednesday. Youn Dover was an unusually brig! little follow. NOTICE TO DEBTORS. ON ACCOUNT OF WRETCHE health for the past few mouths am com Dei led to he absent from Ler oas'er for treatment for sorre week I leave my books ami accounts wit Mr John Crawford at Elliott A Craw fo d's stsbles He is duly authottzc to col/eel for me. and I will be gin for ail my friends who are indebted I me to call on him and settle at the earliest convenience I will necessar ly need money lu undergoing trea merit and I will appreciate ym prompt settlement. Very Respectfully, W. M CRAWFORD, M D. Fept 29. 1899 ?Ow. STATE OF SOUTH CAKOLIN COUNTY OF LANCASTER, In the Court of I'rnhata. By Chas. I) Jones. Judge of Probati whereas, George H. Griffin hi made suit to me, to grant him Lette of Administration on tire estate of at effects of Wm H. Giles, deceased. THESE AKK THEREFORE to Cite ar admonish all and singular the kindrt on.I nru.llln~. ?-- --' ' ?? ?mm v,ivunuin ui incr nmii >V 111 t fiilea, deceased, thai they he ami a] pear before tne, in the < ourt of Pn hate, to he held at Lanoaater, <\ H on October 6th next, after pul lieation thereof, at 11 o'clock in tl forenoon, to hIiow cause, if any tin have, wiiy the nald Administrate should no; he granted. Given under my Hand and Seal th 22d day of September, Anno I)omii 18161 fl J. I CMAK 1> JON KM, Probate Judge. Huggies. Huggiea; buggies galore ? Buggies good, Buggies better, 11 u gies Heat Buggies big, Buggies little, Hiiggl on e%ery storyBuggies for comfort and Buggies last, mWE HAVE BUGGIF mi- AIjOTUSI" Willi ? IUM| ()UT NUMBK) Of all grades and at prices rani ing from $d0 for a good'top l>u, gy on up. In fact, just at th season wo are making a special of BUGGIES. Our large wee! ly sales is the secret of our l?eii aide to sell a good BUGGY f< SO LITTLE MONEY. o fllTD CONTINUES TO OHO UUil IN POPULAR FAVO IIUPDV 000 IGKNTL Llvljlll HORSE ^IPBVIPl? stylish OEJII f IUCJ TUkNOUl AND CAREFUL DRIVERS. Plenty of Wagons and Harness, tc Call and iss us. ELLIOTT & CUWPORI t 1 ~ 1 N luiium null 111 ' 1 Commissioner Douthit Expel k ed From the Board. y " Many Charges Made Of Irreg laritiea in the Labelling of Liu it ^ nor, Accounts Being Short and General Rottenness Shown ? e Others Will be Bounced. it . Special to Charleston Post. e Columbia, S C., Oct. 3?Thin, ^ broke loose today in the board . coitrol. Haselden and Robins* >e reported things going wrong i the disjienaary. Boykin was vei e indignant that the committee n (6 ported on anything outside of tl r contraband rocm. TU. o aijo commiuee reports th ;e Commissioner Douthit is $1,1 So g 92 short between what was r it ceived in the contraband roo and what went out durit ? Douthit's term. The building w found open at night. The board presents eviden that under instructions of Dnuth I one firm's laliels were order* '* placed on another firm's whi key and that high grade goods, was frequent for Wilson's labt to be put on Grove's goods. Three X labels have been p to 1 i, on one X goods. There is ei I- dence that Douthit made a requc ,s to have the hoard buy mo'-e ir . Wilson's liquor when other II uors wero labeled Wilson's at wore cheaper goods. The coi missioner is charged with than ing the price list without autho ^ ty or approval. It is chargi that the board ordered printing be let out on bids. Douthit do ? not ask for bids and the commi tee claims that the Record got ' j per cent more than the lirv company offers to do the work f< id Other minor irregularities are r *d ported. Mr. Haselden for two or thr P* r) hours read affidavits supportu [ . the charge of changing ItUiels a putting throe X labels on "one .. goods. There seems to be ?v | h >n I system about selling goods fr< the contraband room. After the reading of the rope Mr lluseldcn moved the romov of the comeiissioner for cam There was some discussion whi ? I reunited in the adoption of a re* jlution that Commissioner Doiitl K j !? called in and allowed to defe himself against tho many chargi eH' Ho came and answered ma questions about each chatf Some he admitted but cave c ' planations of why certain thin . were done out of-t|i? regular w? ; When ho had flnishelkund retir an clfort was made to let him hn b a further opportunity to refi g- the charges. An eirort was a g- made to couple Supt Bryant w i|g the commissioner. Mr. Ilaaelden said the au|>er; u tcndent's case was another c that would come on soon cnouu UT "| finally Mr. llaaeMon insist I)r on the removal. The motion v put and a vote wus taken. It ? adopted by a vote 3 to 2, t ayes being Chairman Miles, Has W den and Robinson and the n< K VVilliaras and Boykin. Mr. Haeelden immediately < E fered a reeolution for the remo H of the commissioner's bookkeep Mr. Outze. Thie was about to put when a motion to adjourn p '3 vailed. . The action of the board creal a great stir in official circlee i k>. nothing elee is being talked i It looke now as if there is goi 1 to be a general house cleaning " the great moral institution. e I 1'iwx 1 11 vsr v. rj. KJVJCt V . Spartanburg Loses a Useful ami Honored Citizen. Special to Greenville News. Spartanburg, S. C., Oct. ? Dexter E. Converse, president oj the Clifton and Glendale cotton factories, leader in the building of Converse college in this citj and one of the most prominent, successful and intluential cottnr mill men in the country, died al his borne here this evening. H? had been ill about three weeks, 1 )n |? nd although his friends, who in 141 I clinled the entire population oi T thi. community, hoped until th< L'* lftit, his death was not unexpected. 'le Mr. Conveise was born in New England about 72 yearn ago. H? wan thoroughly grounded in the * cotton mill business there, and came to this county in 1857 or m | 1858, and applied to John Bomar, Sr., who then had a Htnall frame aH yarn mill on the site of the present Glendalo yarn mill tdt 06 employment. Both of then 't ; need to relate with glee that Mr. 'd j Bom ir waa at tirst disponed to rk8% ject the proposition and did tb' It fuse flatly, but Mr. Converse 'I8 persisted and at last was giver work. He quickly proved hit l,t value and remained at the mil! 'i* J until 18(51, when he volunteer^* '"t as a private in the Confederal* army, going out with a Spartan 1~ burg company. Although borr * 1 and brought up in Now England, n~ Mr. Converse was thorough)^ convinced that the South wa< ri right and the Confederacy had n< Bd braver or more devoted soldioi t? than he was. There was urgent need foi yarns both by the government an* 1 o people, however, and because o: an his skill it; the milling husinesi Mr. Converse was detailed an* sent back to Glendale where h< worked until the end of the war CO A few years after the war h< [)(T # "j had developed the business so fai ^ that he built a brick mill at Glen dale, one of the tirst in the Stati no , ... . and considered at that ime a verj tine one. Later he bought thi shoals at Clifton and in tlio seven irt . j ties lie began to build a new mil there. 'The business has steadi11 j developed until thero are nov three mills at Clifton and the en terprises there ami at Glendali 1 represent a capital of #2,000,000 I Mr. C Converse holds larire share !3S. | ? of the stock of both establish merits. Ho was worth botweei rft. _ f 750,000 and $l,0u0,000. 1U was one of the loaders ii gH ^ the establishment of Con vera ^ college hero and has given to i ive *55 ,000, or, perhaps more. He was a member of tlio Pres ite i bvterian church here and a libers I so ] ith 4!'ver- no Ctt" wfls nia<^ upon his benevolence or his pub [n? lie spirit in vain. He was alway >ne ready not only to do his full par ;h. in money but to take active per :e<* sonal interest in everything tha "ls promised good for mankird o fas ' h . I10 the community. One pec una el and beautiful trait of his life an ies character was that he wm rarely if ever, known to s(>eak evil o any man. He leaves a widow, who wa ke Miss Twitcholl, sister of the treas re- urer of the Clifton and Qlendal mills, and one daughter, Mia Marie Converse. As the Preaby ^ terian church ia not now in qm j0g his funeral, which will be Frida afternoon, will probably be fror the Methodist church here. / / y , rvjixo vv IL.L NOT BE < A PARDON. I; i But The Governor Will the Man Fresh Air. A of Iliw Little Childre f The State, 4th inst i The State yesterday ; summary of the new ji r sent to the governor in t , i of Pons, the Allendale hi i Executive clemency was a t account of the prisoner > state of health. In order 1 , man may get fresh air ar . light Governor McSweem ? terday authorized his tran i the chaim?any of Barnwoll an is seen by the following Columbia, 8. C., Oct. 3 i Mr. F. II. Creech, Sheriff i well, S. C. | Dear Sir: By direcl Governor McSweeney I you a commutation of the s , of G. F. Pons, from the the chaingang. The governor also dire i to say that you will instri supervisor to see to it tl . prisoner is properly guard . given no opportunity to esc , am, yours truly, i! Elbert H. An jj Private Secre | Another interesting de | in this case was received i governor yesterday from . little children. It is as 1 , Jacksonville, Fla., Sept. 5 Dear Governor?I write r you do please to release n j Father from prison, Cbarh , We are five children depei r him for a living. Do please Governor dc r fuso us this request, j My sister and little Bro f to work so hard. He will never do wron j do Governor pleas sir don . this aside but grant us thi 3 n I wanted for a long write you but was afraid. We will ever remember our prayers. We love on and want to see him out. s very respectfully / Sal lie and F. L. 0 This is excellent advi 1 the Macon Telegraph: ' i man be deceived by the v in cotton. The short cro| - o ly reason for the upwn B dency of prices. A big c year will pull it down 8 Plant wheat and oats and " The farmer now has it dei lieu to rum that 11 smal crop pays bettor tlmn docs n one, so why not make e smaller next yam', li t words plant "wheat ami pigs" and cotton will be ? - crop indeed.?The State. ' DISCOVKIt Kl) IIV ; P I >1 A N ( Another creat discov * | been made, and that too * lady In this country. 4 - fastened its clutches upon ,t for seven years she withs r severest tests, bother viti were undermined and deat r ^ imminent. For three ni( ? coughed incessantly, an S not sleep. She finally di i a way to recovery, by pu of us a bottlo of Dr Kinj Discovery for Consumpti was so much relieved or " first dose, that she slept s ? and with two bottles, has a Bolutely cure<l. Her nair >. Luther Lutz. 'Thus wri ( Hamnick & Co., of Shelb 1 Trial bottles free at Crawl ^ Drug Store. Regular i D and $1.00. Every bottle lead. 0 GIVEN I THE BBIDE AND GROOM MURDERED AT SUPPER. Allow Rejected Lover Shoots Them ppoal Through a Window WhileThey n. Arc Surrounded by WellW ishers. gave a St. Louis, Oct 4?A special to letitions The Post Dispatch from Monthe case j?omerv, Mo., says: Frank Walker gumist. I and his bride were murdered to sked on I day by ('buries Rankin, a disap 's bad i pointed lover, who then kdled that the i himself. A child was seriously id sun- wounded by the shots that killed jy yes^ the couple. All concerned in the sfer to tragedy wore prominent residents county, of Montgomery county. i- | I He murder occurred ut the !, 1S99. home of .James Cook, nine milos , IJarn- oast of here, where the couple and their friends had gone to eat the Lion of wedding supper, enclose | Walker, who had no relatives, ;entence j worked aro'urd the farm. Tiies*. jail to | day afternoon he and Miss Maud Goshorn drove to Montgomery >ets me I ttn<j were married. They then net the, drove out to tho Cook home, i 1 hat the ; where a supper was prepared. A ed and j company of well wishers gathered, ape. 1 rphe bride and groom sat side by side at tho head of the table in ; front of an uncurtained window, tary. when Rankin shot the couple, tir>cument inrr with a shotgun through the by the window. Both were instantly i Pons' killed, their heads being riddled follows: j witb shot. A child, a member of 59, '99. | the Cook family, was badly 3 to ask wounded. ly poor j >*;0 ouo saw the murderer and sy Pons. | his identity was unknown until identon bis dead body was stumbled over outside the house. >n t re- \ letter left by Rankin revealed tho fact that ho was a rejected ther has!snjtor tif Miss Goshorn's and that ho committed tho murder because g again lHhe married another, t throw I m s favor. N ICG ROES ()N McK INLKY. time to , Not Pleased With His Attitude you in Toward Their Race and tho r r ather Wo are ' South. Pons. Boston, Oct 4 ? President Mc Kinley's attitude toward the No ce from gro in the South was discussed b\ Let no tho Negro national league in tin advance Charles Street church last night [) is the The matter came up in tho forn ird ten of an open letter from the leagu* rop next to President McKinley protest ins again, against his executive inactivity ii pigs." | regard to the lawlessness* in tin nonstra- j South. I cotton In the general discussion whirl * a large followed its reading the only dis it still! senting voice was that of Isaac 1 i other Allen of Boston, who opposed tin oats and protest on tho general ground tha i money it was simply an attack upon th j present administration and there fore contrary to the principle o * the league, which is not a politico I but a radical organization. by a! Attention was called to tho fac 'Disease I that several petitions are bein, her and circulated throughout the countr tood its j which originated in Boston, on il organs , a pr(,tCBt against race discrimina 1 seemed ^ the restaurant and hot* >nths she d could keepers of Washington. Refer scovered ?nee was also made to a petitio rchasing now receiving signatures her Z s New bringing before congress th ?n* k"0 * Prova'ence 'n tne Southern State di nig'ht; of 'ynchinK Negroes, proteatia been ab- that BUCh overthrowing of the lai te is Mrs rendered human life frightfull tea W C chc*Py, N C. ^ke petition will be presents ford Bra' t? Congress next December. lite 50c ? ) guar an- ? * rtn? cna j DISGUISED WOMAN KILLED Wa? Passing an a Man Until She i I Suffered a Fatal Accident. j Melville, La., Oct 2?Sunday j morning, near the depot at thin place, a man of middle age and a i woman agod 19, fully dressed in ' male attire, undertook to board ; the fast freight train while in i motion. The man was successful, ' but the woman unfortunately lost I her hold and the train passed over her, completely sevet ing one arm at the elbow and one leg at the II knee and mangling the other leg. \ I The man could not be interi viewed. The woman said her i name was Mary Welch, that her ! home was in Shrevejmrt, and that she was married there in Januarv. J % | 1898, an<I has one child there, j The man that was with her vras ! passing oil as her father. The town authorities took I charge of her and the local suri geon amputated her leg above the I knee. She never recovered after I the amputation, dying one hour afterward. IS THIS A FAKE ON TOP OF A FAKE ? Will Buy Up All the Cotton Traded In on the Fake Reports. Atlanta, Oct 3.?The Journal today publishes a story to the effect that the Western Union Tele graph Company will buy all the I cotton secured by merchants at prices based on the recent fake ' quotations, which came over their wires. The Journal says: 1 "There is the strongest kind of 1 a rumor on the cotton markets tot day that the recent fake Liverpool > quotations, which caused so much excitement in the Southern exchanges, and which were said to be due to mistake on the part of the telegraph company, is asstim( ing the proportions of a deal. It is said on the inside that the. telegraph company has notified all its customers who bought cotton on the fake quotations and who hare threatened to bring suit aga:nst the company for the mistake, that ^ it will take all the cotton bought ! on the quotations.'' i m , Cotton is mighty hard to pull f down this season. Reactions are I very slight and are quickly followp e l l>y recoveries. This shows tho strength of tho staple's position. II Vet on present information we do . not advise holding for over 7 1-"J \ cents. It may go tf? .8 cents or p more,hut nothing over the smaller t figure is certain as yet. This applies to spots. Wo don't givo advice as to futures.?Tho State. | GLORIOUS NKWS Comes from Br D B Cargile, I of \\ ashita, I I . He writes: I 4'Four bottles of Electric Hitters r has cured Mrs Hrewer of scrofula, - I which had caused her great suffer-* c! ing for years. Terrible sores >-; would break out on her head and ;1 j face, and the best doctors could .. give no help; but her cure is comp'cte and her health is excellent." This shows what thousands have e proved,?that Elect! ic Hitters is the l?est blood purifier known. It's > the supreme remedy for eczema, g tetta, salt rheum, ulcers, boils n and running sores. It stimulates _ liver, kidneys and bowels, expels poisons, helps digestion builds up the strength. Only 50 cent!. Sold by Crawford Bros' Druggist, Guaranteed. 9m Cm oS?Mp?ia> rmtMh * Tmkrn Omns Out; OMktna MiwBa a laabsiwitm*wnanaw?a