Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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?he Huncaste Sfdgw. ^ ***** 11I?QW j 7 A Family Nexorpaper : i^r the Promotion of the Political, SoM, Agriemltwxd wed Commercial hdmmU, j '^^Si/aAwtawl* T"~" '*" - ' .... . .. - r m oE-?l WEEKLY L A N O A s I E K "* l" vi A K ? 31. 19'?0 KM A HI.1st ED ]*.V2 WEDNES The public i charge of Misses . - T H % P. S. of fine bla \ a great HIS CLOTHING SOAKED WITH OIL THEN FlliED. Sam Johnson Burned to Death Near Anderson. Was it Suicide or Result of a Family Row. J I Special to The State. Ander?oq> March # 2$ ?The news of one of the most remarkable cases of what is supposed to ha*re been suicide reached this place from Townville lust nipht. A negro, Sam .Jackson, was the victim. The scant clothing having been saturated with kerosene oil and then ignited., the poor negro, enveloped in flames that licked savagely as they *to their way into the flesh, with shrieks that told of his horrible agonies, ran from his little cabin, until charred and burned, he fell exhausted by the roadside and soon expired. From information it is learned tl>?. il..? I II ?... tu?v more iihii neen some inctlon in Sam's connubial life; that on the day of the deed his father-in^ law had taken Sam's wife from him. This, it ih supposed, is (he cause of the ne^ro resorting to the determination of his life. Further developments may show that this dusky spouse re turned to the scene of the unplsaiantncss and decided upon this method of dispatching her disagreeable contemporary, which would seem more crediblo and probable than the suicidal theory. Johnson is said to have been a good and quiet negro. He lived about one and a half miles from Townvillo. m i mm i c - ? Man Who Had a Seventy Foot Fall Recovering. Greenville News. Spartanburg, S C, March 20. ?Calhoun Allen, .who mado the lony tumble from ?the Presbyterian cburch steeple, is improving. His wife and two children from Atlanta reached him yesterday morning. He seemt to bear n charmed life. |JT Hare you forgotten to p^y your subscription to Ledger! M11,1 ( DAY AN3 A Stranger Working tin VVateree Bridge Perhaps Fatally Wounded. ? Special to The State. Camden March 2d.?A serious shooting affair occurred yesterday morning at the Watereo bridge which resulted in .John 1 Mickle shooting Harry Johnson ^ in the side or back, the hull rang- 1 ing into the lungs. Both men ' are in the employ of the Phila- 1 delphia Construction company, engaged in erecting the Seaboard I Air Lino bridge over the \\ uteres river. The men had some words ' the day befor.e, and it was renew- 1 ed yesterday. The particulars of s cordially invite > VI adslcv of llal . E Gfl] We call ,ck dress ? irgain?as ARE THEY WANTED i ???? Norfolk Police Arrest Two South Carolina Suspects. The State, 28th iust Detective F M Barrow, of tlio Norfolk (Va.) police force, writes the following to the governor: 4tI have under arrest two negro men who gave me the following names, W H Green and \V S Carter, who were very anxious, when a gentleman informed them that he was from South Carolina. These men were arrested, and it 1 o 4 I* ?? * 4 I - ? - - l? ? - - ? " - I to cv itinii milt umy imvo com rn it tod acme serious erime l\Mowing theae parties will not tell the county they are from and owing to ho many counties in your State, 1 take the liberty of writing t<? you for the desired information. Below is the description: \V II Green, ago 27; height 5 fset ?> or 7 inches; complexion copper color; weight 155 to 1(55; scar over left eye, running uprard on upper lip, and part of upper front tooth lirnksn <ift W S ('nplni plexion ginger cak? color; age 21 to 22; height 5 feet 8 inches; weight 140 to 145, unci litis tlio middle linger on left hand cut off at second joint." Gov McSweeney of course knows nothing of the mutter, and the letter is published in the hope | that if these men are wanted, some one interested w ill see it and write Mr. Harrow. South Carolina's Monument at Chicamauga. i Columbia, S C, March 27.? The commission to provide foi ' the erection of a monument or Chicamauga battlefield met to dav. and awarded the contract tr ^ I ~ " "* ~w the Stewart Company'for #M,760 The shaft will be one of the hand ' somest and moat unique on tin field. The baaes are to l>e o Sooth Carolina granite, 21 fee high with bronze figures in relief r The whole will Ihj 8urinounte< i with a bronze jfigure of the pal j met to tree. The work will b finished by Decernber. ' Vtet MWI MIIM* T*Xm FUte. L I N E H D THUES] <1 to inspect our 1 liniwre ami lluey NSON ' \ special at ?oods for s ik to see tl SHOOTING AT CAMDEN. / tbo shooting cannot ho obtained. 1 It is not known yet whether or 1 not tho wound will he fatal. Mr Micklc is a citizen of lvotshuw county, and Mr Johnson a stranger. Tho Needier Plan. | ~ t A story is told in the Hadies' | Home Journal of a neighbor who, having lost heavily in Wall street, ' went to Mr. Henry Ward Beoeher and voluntarily bound himself not , to speculate for a year. At the end of six months, however, ho , asked to bo released from his promise. 4<I c.nn n-? 1 one week than I am now making in a year," he said. Mr. Beecber refused to release him. "Do your speculating on paper," ho said, , "and at tho end of the year tell me how you would have come out had I let you go." At the end of the year the would he specula* tor reported: "If I had made 1 the deals I contemplated I would have failod three times in the six 1 months." The Beecher plan, is ' the safest one for most men. It is especially commended to farm0 ers who propose to plant largely f for a crop of 8*cent cotton this t year. Keep within reasonable limits, and nlAOt the extra ?rr??nr. . j on paper, and aec how it worka. ?Newa and Courier. n Itch on human cured In 30 minutes by Woolford's Hantary Lotion. This never rails. Hold by J F Mackey & , (Co, Drugs l-t. Lanca?r, a C. V OP DAY, AP nr^T ^upi IV tPi llll of Rock Hilk I) CASH tention tc suits and s lem. kS "I)F FACTO" OFFICIALS OF STATL OF KKNTUCK!. dcKinloy Makes Some Concessions to Republicans, Nothing However, to Cause Them Rejoicing. Washington, March 28.?Tin ^resident has informed Kentucky Republicans that while he cannot nterfere in Kentucky affairs t( the extent of disarming th< militia of either faction, he ii willing so far as he can legiti mately do so to recognize tin Republican officials of that Stab us the do facte officials. He tolc t.iem in the same connection thu ho would give directions that mai addressed to an official by titl nnl*/ UJ ?.-v 4lTU*? ? > I - Utii r vw & IIU HUl u <lThe Secretary of State." shouli be delivered to the Republican holding those offices and not t the Democrats. The postmaste general has sent the followinj telegram to Postmaster Holmes p Frankfort: "Replying to your telegran mail addressed to official persor hy name i? to be delivered to tt persons named. Mail address? to the JSt&te officers without del ignation by names is to be deln cred to the actual incumbent < the office. The mere fact thi contests board has given certil cates to contestants will not just fy delivery of mail of latter cla to them until thoy arc lawful inducted into office. This rep is based upon your statement th contestees still hold tho office. Charles Emery Smith, P. M. O." NOMA STKRI> EVIL FIS Destroying its victim, is a ty of Consumption. Tho power this murderous malady is felt < organs nerves and muscles a brain. Therfc'e no health till il overcome. Hut Dr. King's N< Life Pills are a safe and carta cure. Best in the world f stomach, Liver, Kidneys a Bowels. Only 25 cents at Cra ford Bros' drug store. The Boers have now lost th< two greatest generals, Cronje capture and Joubert by death. E NIN (j RIL. 4th A Iliiiery. This de| >otli experienced 11 STOR i our exten skirts, picl , BATTLESHIPS GATHERING J AT .CHINA. The Row With the "Boxers'* i? 0 Growing Serious. Washington, March 27. ? It is admitted here that the crisis in 1 China is serious. Besides the e > Wheeling the battleship Oregon " r and the cruisers Newark and New c I t Orleans are on the China C ast. <1 > Tho 'Boxers1' are a secret V 5 ( society bent on driving foreigners | j out of China. They are insti- i -'gated by the Empress Dowager r a who is backed by Russia. I'ekin, March 27. ? An engage * * ment has been fought between tho ^ Imperial troops and the "Box- ( ' era " Tho result was not decis- ' 0 ive. ( The casualties on both sides are ' ^ heavy. The engagement took 1 h place at Venghui, province of ' ? l'echilia. About fifteen hundred ' 1 on each side were engaged. ^ Yokohama, March 27. ? \ Rus- * it i . ? - i sum squadron has arrived at Chomulpo, Corea. It is believed ' this presages a demand for a concession of land at Masango and it 1 is arousing uneasy comments in Japan. ?? T' WRONG EI) WOMAN LED THE MOB. at One of t ho Most Sensational Lynchings on Record at Belair, Md. iy Belair, Md, March 27.?Miss it t ( Annio Mcllvaine, with dishevI .11.-1 L^!_ <1. - - ^ pueci nuir nying over ner laco and a cocked revolver in her right hand, last night led a mob of two hundred in un attack against the " jail here. P? I The mob, directed by the girl, dragged from his cell LewisQHarn l ris, a negro who assaulted Miss t?g Mcllvaine yesterday, and led him 3w down the street to a big tree, tin Harris confosscd. The mob or promptly hanged him and riddled n(* his liody with bullets. During the attack several shots were fired, and two men were .wounded Bir bv the sheriff. (ST Subscribe te Tit? Limki. t I .ND 5tli* [>?? tmeiit is in nilliners. El sive line ted up at mmmm?mmmm?m?mwi ?mini 1 PENNSYLV A N IA MIN1NG ACCIDENTS. ,575 Persons Have Lost Their Lives in Thirty Years. Harri?bur<r, Pa, March 20.? ?L I A A' I t? 1 iii5 uuiiuui region 01 ?iamcs itoorick, chief of the State bureau f mines and mining;, contains a hupter dealing with mine accis lents and their cause. In the .">0 rears from 1870 to 1880 the report states 9,575 lives were lost n and about the anthracite coal nines of Pennsylvania. The report shows that in the ir^t decade (1.870 70) for every 1,000 persons employed a per :enta?;e of 3,830 persons lost their ives: in the second decade 1880-89) for every 1000 persons 1,210 persons lost their lives; rrhile in the third decade (1890)9) for every 1000 persons employed 3,140 lost their lives. I he total number of lives lost, including 1870-70, was 2,1M ; 1880 80, 3,110, and 1800-00 the loss of life was 4,305. (iov McSweeney is entirely right in promising to dismiss every magistrate who refuses to enforce the vaccination law. A man so timid or ignorant as to countenance resistance to this necessary requirement for preventing the spread of diseaso is unworthy to hold oftico in an enlightened State. ? Greenville News. A NIOHT OF TKKKOK "Awful anxiety was felt for the widow of tho brave General Burnham of Machias, Me., when the doctors said she could not livo till morning" writes Mrs. S 11 Lincoln, who attended her that fearful night. "All thought sho must soon (lie from Pneumonia, hut she begged for Dr. King's New Discovery, saying it had more than once saved her life, and had cured her of Consumption. After three small doses she slept easily all night, and its further use completely cured her." This marvelous medicine is cuaranteed to cure all Throat, Chest and Lung Diseases. Only 50c and $1.00. Trial bottles free at Crawford Bros' drug store.