Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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I * f.' - : J touRLOW 8. CARTER, I ^ Family Sexorpapvr : Fur U^t J'ruuiot+on qf the JPoliHcal, iSfieM, iyriontoroi awl CVMnmerrii.il iRlarali. J ^)*A ' BDR?1 AID HtJUaU. V 1 ^ I 1UA*M in Aj>*A!?aL - . .._ 3 -c, I v\ E KLY L A N ?; A ? T E R O. ) A N U A Li Y 24 19'?0 I M Alii.IS EI) l*.r>2 HARRISON IN' JAII FOR mnrti&llv ? (? n.i?i ? - 1 SHOOTING CONSTABLE I COO LEV. i Said to l?e the Unknown W ho Began the Overhead Bridge Fight and Run. San Harrison, of the * 'Santiago" section of the Dark Corner, in Glassy Mountain township, was brought here yesterday from Ins home and landed in jail on a war rant charging him with assault and baitery with intent to kill upon Constable G L Coo ley, who was wounded in the back at the time Constable Cornwcll and "Little George" Howard were jpaiiflciH Signals! o S 0 < | Do you take cold with I ' V every change In the !. weather? Does your throat 11 feel raw ? And do sharp ]. 11 pains dart through your (| chest? ' 11 1 I Don't you know these are <) 11 danger signals which point 11 (' to pneumonia, bronchitis, or I consumption itself? I* 4' If you are ailing and have ^' 11 lost flesh lately, they are j' 11 certainly danger signals. The !, 2 question for you to decide is, . ( 4 "Have i the viulUy to thrcr ; 0 off these diseases ?" 1 > Don't wait to try SCOTT'S 11 I > EMULSION " as a last re- 11 ' j sort." There Is no remedy ' * 1 equal to it for fortifying the ' | J | system. Prevention is easy. ' j; Scott's ]| ] Emulsion |! a prevents consumption and I 2 hosts of other diseases which S ^ attack the weak aiiu those ^ with poor blood. f I # SCOTT'S EMULSION is 41 41 the one standard remedy for 4 4 4 [ inflamed throats and lungs, 4 i *' for colds, bronchitis and con- 4 | 11 sumption. It is a food medl- J ^ j I cine of remarkable power. A < | I \ food, because it nourishes the (| (I body ; and a medicine, be- {\ 4> cause it corrects diseased 4 I 4 4 conditions. 4 I Soc. ?nd$i.ao, ?11 druggist*. ' ' 4 | SCOTT & BOWNE, Chwnkto, Hew York ' j> /^i T * T tn. w ? ^ ? - -LLYBURN H ACQU " >, F M Ml - CLYBURf - j i ..... ..... .i 111 inn over I head I?ri?battle. Tho o Hi cor a say that they have a statement from (ieorge Howard made just before he died in tho presence of u number of witnesses clearly convicting Harrison of beginning the battle and then running away "Howard was extremely bitter' against Harrison," said an ofticer yesterday. "He blamed Harri-j son as being the cause of all tho trouble and said he was lesponsi- ( ble for his loath and the d".at"? of Cornwell. He denounced Harrison as a coward who shot Cooiey in the back and then ran awav leaving him to tight both Cooiey and Howard. II" hoped Harrison would be caug.it and punished. " ? Greenville News ATTEMPTS HIS LIFE. Prominent Laurens Man Found by Wife, Cuoonseious, Hanging by Plow Line in His Carriage House. Special to The Slate Lauren*, Jan lit ?News reach ed the citv last evening nf -m .,t. tempt at self (Instruction vester<luy of Mr A L Ballentine. n mo-t highly respected citizen of Brew erton, this county. l icit the ef fort was not successful is due to the timely arrival upon the tragic scene of his write, wh ? unloo-o I the rone, an ordinary plow-line, whiclp he had suspended from u girder in the carriage house, using the buggy for a scaffold lie was strangled into insensihilitv, his face being almost Muck and his throat hadlv hruised and cut. His condition is critical; hut it is thought that he will he aide to go to Columbia tomorrow for t reatment. This was a second attempt at sui. cide, his children fru-truting hi plan in the first attempt I'he affair is deeply deplored, for he was a good man and citizen I iron Iing over deht is assigned as a probable cause of tlie <h merited condition of his mind Tne pension appropriation hill, carrying $145,245/250 was passed in the lower house of Congress lust Friday. f.ur AT U M I ULil 1 11 1YJ ILES. HOSSEi, BUl Glc' v iumia At. ( A KFLHSSN FSS One Negro Snaps an "Empty' 1'istol at Another's Heart?llo is Vindicated. Special to Tho Stiitc. Florence, .Ian 11) ? Last nigh .lack Thomas accidentally shot ant killed (icorpe Met'all. Then were no witnesses to tho shooting Roth parties wore negroes, ant were the best of friends. Ini mediately after the shootine Thomas surrendered to tho slier itl and was placed in jail to await th< verdict of tho coroner's inquest which wjis held this afternoon The verdict was to the effect tha the shooting was accidental an< the prisoner was liberated. Th' negroes were trading pistols Thomas, thinking he had remove* all of the cartridgta from his re volver, began to snap it. It wa discharged and MeCall was strucl just above the heart with a 38 calibre ball Death was instant aneous. Thomas is a highly re speetable negro, and his regrot o the accident is genuine. SHOT FOR A 4 lUYASCUTU8.'' Louis Thomas, a little negr boy, was shot in the thigh yestor day afternoon by some of a part of negroes tiring pistols in yard to frighten away what the; thought was the dreaded "gyn scutus." The hoy ran up ou hi piazza when the fitst shot wh tired. There was a second an a third shot, the last taking etiei in the boy's right thigh Dr. II ( Gregg was called in and he foun the wound to be serious. The Body of a Murdered Ma Found Near Wedgetield. | Special to the Siato. Wedgetield, Jan 10.?Job Cannon, colored, in compan j with another man came across tli dead body of a negro in tli Waterec swamp near here, yestor 1 (lav evening. A pistol was foun | near the body, all the chamber I loaded, which proves it was case of murder No inquest ha been held yet. The killing wa done several days ago. fin r rn WAGONS, HARNESS. ETC WE HAVE the tine> lot of mules ever ottered o this market, and we will se them ut reasonable prices, fu cash or ?*ood paper. \ TAKE YOUR CHOICE. JHB The Anchor llugjjry, A Wre *7 liu^y and the renowned Tv ^ son iSL .Jones Duplies alwny ^ in st( ck. Yes, and at price that will please you. o V/11C>1UUK *1 Kentucky, Wagon, is tho bes and cheapest on the market. I tpr' Come one, come all ^ We will make you tho hes *"*' satisfied and tho host please* you ever were. - ?o ? I'rices low. Terms roason able. IULE CO., . I imOTHKK AND FATUEK SHOT HIM TO DKA HI. ) J James II Jefcoat Shot Down hy I lis Brother, Then, When l'rostrato 11 is Futher Fires Into Body. ti 11 Special to '1 he State. t 9 j Orangeburg, .lun 21?An un. j seemly serum tile over a small piece I (of land resulted in a tragedy yes torday in which .James .Jefcoat ; | was killed hy It Addison Jefcoat, T his father, the latter being hacked a and e couraged hy another son, , Willie. The testimony g< es to . show that some years ago when II peace and harmony were u pa? t of 1; the possessions of this family, .Jef e coat, the elder, bought a tract of .land, and, hiing well-to-do 11 thought it would he nice to have i Ins better half enjoy the pleasures s of ownership of property, and, s. therefore, had titles made to her. - j Things changed, however, and the - peace of the family became badly i- and unfortunately disturbed, a ill m>nuriiti(m of hnnK.n.l ?~.i ? -j ? */* muiwniin aim W U? being tne result. This iilso caused a division of feeling among the children, some taking tho side of o father and some mother. Then '-.the land became a matter of disy i pute. The wife sold to the deft ceased and tho father declared his y purpose to continue to cultivate k- and enjoy its fruits. To this is Jamos demurred, and an attempt .ft on his part to dispossess the older ,1 Jefcoat, his father, brought or it the ditnvniiiv which culminated, j as above stated, yesterday, d James Jefcoat is said to have made a post mortem statement about as follows: That he went t< the tield on the land in dispute n yesterday and found employes ot his father doing work thereon: that he caused them to quit work that his father and his brother, n Willie, soon after appeard on the scene armed with shotgun are y _ ^ rifle, respectively; that the fathei p shot him in tho thigh, and he re turned tho tiro with a gun, hul i aimed his father. His brothei d Willie then came to tho help ol i his father and shot at James witl a rille, the hul! striking a mediumsized oak tree and passed througl it, striking James on the arm an< . shattering it to such an extent a; ^ to totally disable him. Ho ther appealed to another brother, (irover, wl.o was present, to pro vent further attack upon him, a: ho was disarmed At this junc ture. however, tlio older Jefcoa1 ?? - - " tirud H?juin, having advanced tipm II him, and the load of huckshoi r took effect in the stomach. Th< range of this last, shot wassoclos< that the powder ignited his clothing. The wound proved fatal and In died last night at It o'clock. 11 The inquest is being held today s and the whole truth might conn s out, though it seems as if then were none present, save those do ing the shooting. This is a most deplorable trage 1 dy, the parties being prominenl in the Limestone section of thit county. There is considerable mean? . represented hy both sides, hence t nearly every lawyer at this bai ' has been employed in the case. CASTOR IA For Infant* and Children. Tho Kind You Havo Always Boughl Bear* the y/ Signature of $3 J RGRGLAR \V1 111 A RIFLK. j Finds the'Rev Mr Whurton in Red and Holds Him up und Robs lliin Greenville News. A cheeky masked burglar did 11 i hold piece of work at the home ol the Rev \V H Wharton at 1 'o'clock yesterday morning al : Donalds. At that hour the Rev M> Wliar I ton awoke to flndja masked mar i standing hy the lied with a Win . . j Chester rifle in his hand. "Well, sir," sn'd Mr Wharton. 1 exhibiting as little emotion as pos ! sihle and with his accustomed civ ility, "you have called rather lat? I haven't yo.i? What will yoi have?" "I want your mom y," replic< I the man with the rifle, sternly throwing hack the slide of tin weapon with a click that sounde? Monti to Mr Wharton, "and notn ! of your funny business. '' Mr Wharton started to reph that it was a had thins; for one t< ; hise one's temper, hut ho didn't He only said, "I have no mono1 i except what's in the pocket hool in tnv trousers pocket." "Aw, I've got that long ago,' replied the intruder, contemp tuously. "What wise have yoi valuable besides vour reputation I suppose you need your reputa j tion and I won't take that." "I have a gold watch," meekl | replied the preacher rememl?erin j the text, "if u man take th cloaky give him also thy coat. "Hand it over,, demanded th midnight visitor. This was done and the intrude , hacked out of the room with hi rillle aimed at his benefactor, coy ' eringhis retreat completely. 1 TlilKD TO KSCA i*E. I j Hut the Triple-M rdorer Leade Was Stopped by a Bullet. t1 I Atlanta, (ia, .Ian 20.? Edwar f C Flanagan, the triple murderet s led 8 desperate prisoners today i Jan attempt to escape from jti.il f i Decatur, five miles from Atlanta I ' 1 Flanagan felled the jailor to tli ? floor with a blow from a heav i piece of iron, hut the injured ma , ' was game, and drawing his pi*t< . i tired into the gang of prisoners 4 Flanagan was shot through tli - thigh and fell. The other prit t oners, cowed by the fate of thei i leader, hesitated. The shots a' I traded the attention of the jaihvr > family and, summoning assistant 3 they managed to overcome t! . , ht'Wnnma unil till ivnrii l/y.il.'n.l ?? 1 t Flanagan's wound is not dangei * i otis. KHAVK >IKN KALI. Mr. Victims to stomach, liver an 5 it ktddey troubles as well as womer * and all fool the results in loss r j appetite, poisons in the Moot . backache, nervousness, headach J and tired, listless, run-down fee ! ing. But there's no need to fe< j like that. Listen to .1 \Yr Gard tier, Ind. lie says: "Klectri ' Bitters are just the thing for > man when he is all down, an * don't care whether he lives o dies. It did more to give ni new strength and good appetit man anyimng i could take, can now eat anything and have new lease on life." Only 50 ct? at Crawford lire's Drug Store [ Every bottle guaranteed. IsST* Have you forgotten t pay your aubacription to Ledger | The Life And Work of I)\vi??ht L. Moody. This memorial volume is being written bv the Rev ,1 Wilbur ; Chapman, LL. 1 >. ; 111?? author is the best man t write hi^ life, for he knew Mr Moody more intii nnitely than any living Minuter, f and he it was on whom Mr Moody 'desired that the mantle of Ins ^ work and power mi^ht fall. \s FJisha caught up the mantle of Elij a, so Dr Chapman has caught -; up the spirit of his departed fried , and will carry on the work. Assisting in the preparation of this Memorial Volume are the Rev F II Meyer, of London, who writes the Introduction, and Rev I Henry Nl Wharton, who contnh! utes two Chapters; one entitled | "Personal Renieiiihranres of the ' j great Evangelist',, and the other, 1 "A Month with Moody in Chicii^o" I hey also labored * ith | Mr Moody and loved him and were, loved in return Reeogniz itiiX their duty t?? tin* sorrowing world, these three Hvnngeli-ts are ' preparing a Memorial of Hwight 3 L Moodv as a tribute of flowers to a sacred memory . Of k11 the. great preacher of the j world, not one ever spoke to such : congregations as f)\tiurlit L Moody. j Everybody everywhere received v 1 his words, and every church and i every pulpit was opened to him; i no ant* el-e could gather such > enormous multitudes to liuar the Gospel Story. This book will be .eautifullv il11 lust rated from photographs, many ? 1 of wliich were taken bv special permission during the funeral ser*. vices at Northtiehl, and from a , friend of Mr Moody the publi-hcrs have secured a valuable collection ? I of photographs of friends, haunts y J and incidents of the great Evangelist. e This book will contain 500 . pages, large clear type on good ' paper and handsomely bound. Mr L M t'authen has been nuIS thorized by the publishers to so' licit orders Representative V'ernor writes i thus to the Oconee News, of which i he is the editor: r I " There is much inclination on 11ho part of some members to pass bills to interfere with cotton facd tory people?mill owners and , I mill operatives. I think this un i n wise now, as mill people get as it | much pay now for a day's work i. a* such hands get on the farm for I ... ie two days or more, and besides, it v we begin interfering in this matn ter we may stop the coining of ?l this money to build mills.'' >. That is good, sound, horse . . ie sense. Another point is that the ?- more factories we get the more ir demand there will be for labor I ? un.1 tKa I ?/?t ^ 4 i iiiu 'puuci |iiiniiiiui iii*- iitrun \ 's | people will be in to correct what 3, grievancox they may have I?v fair le j and scptaro agreement with the I management. With the farms al! >| around thorn ready for them, far' tory working people are in no ! danger of being oppressed. The less factory legislation wo ! have the next live or ten years, tintil the factories are firmly estnhJ. lished, the hotter, (conditions in i ' New England should he a warn' I. io , ing to ?is. Most of the labor legI islation there has resulted in seri5' ous injury to lahor.?(irccnvillo News. c a ~~ ? " d WORK I NO NI OUT AM) r l)AV 0 Tho busiest and mightiest little e hing that ever was made is Dr. " King's Not Lifo Pills. Kvery a pill is i sugar-coated globule of > health, that changes weakness into ' strength, listlessnoss into ensrgy, brain-fag into mental power. They're wonderful in building up 0 the health. Only 25c per box^ 1 Sold by Crawford Bros.