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' " J" 1 ' ? Jgii MUOB1L ( A Nevtrpaper : For thr, Prmtiotum ?f Vw PoliticuL. Scx*al> Apr^furol am4 Onm*?*rc*U JnterrsU. j ?r- " " ~ ? ? m .*>& 11 - w Ei'jKLY. L A N C A > 1' K K \ II <; r > i 2!) lino k.STaKi.Is i d ik.vj ? BSCT THE Til Tha Everything nuis a,13 WN UPON THE M![ All kinds of choice dross fabr Percales, Piques, Crashes, Fancy I S?l<? *11 the seasons at 8, 1<>, 12.V a 33&rIced down to five cents. This i: w&t t to be at the grabbing. O O KICKED UP AT A BIG BA Two lots of men's line Neglige -1 ^ ??MM ??? Suspended Animation. A Child in Columbia Narrowly Kscapes Being Buried Alive. 'Columbia Itecord. A cane of temporarily suspended animation occurred in this city L**t night, which illustrates the fact, long urged by scientists, un?-t death should l>o d termined Jinraistakably l)cfore burial takes pi are. in this ease nothing so horrible as a premature burial occurred, but there was a prob? ability that it would, but which rvM.8 fortunately avoided. :4. family of white people, living on Arsenal hill, went through an unusual experience last night. O&e of the children had been ill for two weeks. It gradually grew worse until Inst night at 10:30 its pulse seemed to ?ease to heat. There were some other sri^cs of apparent death, and the child was pronounced dead and .the body was prepared for burial, j About an hour afterward, while tbo sorrowing family were sitting j Around the supposed dead child, 1 it suddenly arose in the bed and ' asked for a drink of water. The fooling* of those present ijm prob- i ltd V be llptfor imilninn.l ?U?.? 1 - I IUIMI <l?- j Tho parents were nut- j uraUv carried away with joy over the return of tho "dead" loved ' one to life. Of course eve'y pos- j sitde attention was given the child ! aud it grew stronger." The child was still living this morning and the huttle for life may yet end in its favor. m T 11 X T T11 OII It I \ ( II PADAC IIP Would ooicklv leave von if used l)r King,s New Life Hills. Thousands of sufferers have proved their matchleas merit for Sick and Nervous Headache*. They inako pure blood and strong nerves an<l build ?ip your health. Ka*y to take. Try them. Only 25 cents. 1 Money back if not cured. Sold 1 by Crawford Bros druggist. i Have you pa;d your nub . scription ? \{ CUT PRX ME HAS it Means t <ro in Us ss sis.bs a is while )DLE COUNTERS, ies, such us Organdies, Dimities, hicks ami title dress (iitiirhatns. ml 1 ."> cents. Ami the entire lot s n grab lot. Come quick if you iRGAIN, e Shirts, with two collars ami rHE GI Why lie Left. A Would-he Prosecutor Had Been Himself Prosecuted ? Hence His Withdrawal. Special to Greenville News. Charleston, S C, Aug 24. ? It developed here today that B T Mathews, whose sudden withdrawal from the race for solicitor of the First circuit, which was announced yesterday, was once arrested, tried and sentenced to two years in the penitentiary on a charge of rohhing the United States mads After serving part of his term he <rot a new trial on some technical point of law and the case against him was nol pressed. His case will ho found in the 35tl? volume of the h'edoral Reporter. Ho has left Charles^ ton and telepaphed for his family to join hiui. It is presumed that ho feared his record would he duj; up on the stump or at the polls next Tuesday. Horse Killed by Lightning. Special to News and Courier. IArlington, Aug 21 ?This afternoon during a storm of wind and thunder Mrs. Harriett Krvin and Mrs. Michie were driving near town on the way from Mr Sam Kavin's place, in a buggy The horse was instantly killed by lightning, while, strange to say, the ladies were not even shocked by the bolt. The horse was a well-known ono, belonging to Mr (ieorge \Y Brown, of the Darlington Bar. It has passed into a proverb that lightning does not strike twice in the same place, but the spot on, which the horse was at the time he was killed has been hit four times. The Japanese government has & ti- II II . sent ?>ir 11 iKCda 01 loKyo to tins country f<?r the purpose of studylog the culture of cotton and tobacco. Mr Ikeda is now spending a few day* in Darlington, and under the auspices of the W A Adams Co is learning about tobacco. I i I ^ JL LcJbi ?*:.W] <N.< COME 1 jLoss To u ! ? ill ! ! cAjryrr^m^n -v t srir".f/? r. Tr*?rr "V .. a. r*o rum IIICI' they are in dr pair of cull's, (iood value at Toe, i RUNNING OFF MlLlHcll NY huts left will sell very rheuj ahout prices. Mi>-e< Sailors live , 11-11 f price. Trimmed leits from will lie more than pleased SH3cS AN 1 SIIPM^ G Kvery hody buys from us bceai ours for the hi^ INS 0 N_ TliP. Hpfpafpd TanrlidatP a MV ?/ vivuiVU VUlIUiUUlVl Col .Jim Bacon (Jivea a Lifelike Picture of Him Before ami After. Edgefield Chronicle. He homo lute in the ni?:ht to his weary wife with fuss X breath, shaky legs and cold feet. He riseth up betimes and gocth forth without his breakfast, say? in<?, ,4I go to seo a man." He cheweth a clove when ho meeteth ft lidy, an?l when he con?'er*eth with the preacher he siandeth against tho wind and ourhoth his Wreath as with a strong Wit. The deadWeat liuth in wait for him and pulleth hi* leg cruelly. He suWBcriWoth daily to the famine-sufferers in India. He helpethto Wuild a new church to We called 'Sweet deliverance " and <juoteth a text from second Calithumpians. He "naileth a lie," Init Wefore elec lion day comes on lie runneth short of nails He atteinpteth a still hunt, and is accused of gross 11 . m < - no lllllll ? 111" LJ I \ *"l II iriflllll V t<? rich old churches, :iu<l hincth !i porous plaster for >ui r?l?t woman with a running sore on her lejj. lie silhrrihoth u oomj sum to the hand, and patteth his foot to "Hot Times." Ile oontributeth to the poor inHti whose cmptv hull of a barn was horned. He luirieth a dead hahy. lie fetcheih a small kev hither and sendeth a lar^e kev thither. Indeed he yieldeth up all his heart and hand and sub stance with smiling alacrity Then after election?which is nex Tuesday?hegoeth hurriedly hack of the harn and kicketh himself with unfeeling violence. lie teareth his hair, rendoth his varments, and calleth himself, most justly, a Rotterdam fool, lit? returneth mournfully to the house, I" Don't Stoo 1 | taking Scott's Emulsion be- J if cause it's warm weather. W V Keep taking it until you are It will heal your lungs and M L give you rich blood in sum- I mer as in winter*. It's cod ^ liver oil made easy. * 50c. and $ I. All drugs**'** I i of sum; :o SLAU Us 12 sit g goods \*ilJ be cai liiaiid. and (hat our price only 50. j ti i STOCK CHEAP. > \NV arc no longer contrary * outs ami up. Ladies Sailors at j cents tip. (iivc Us a call, you j ( !<: oris fast. j: iso we save them from 25 cents (t ;est bargains of t CASH and addresseth himself to the pale, weary wife of his bosom, saying: [ ''Heboid a driveling idiot ! Look now upon a dodrotted fool ! Gaze upon a busted, flabberga-dered ! simpleton ! Cast your eyes upon i a gourd-headed jumping-jack ! with not sense enough to carry on t ? i Iu O. .. I on I V..?. ... 1.1 bw u Iilillll IH'M . 1 lit II the wife of his bosom replieth dryly and drearily: "I told you ko" : ? which causeth him to hurry be- i hind the barn aguin, and, after , kicking himself with still more unfeeling violence, to go forth furtlier and drown Ins sorrow in fuss X. Mysterious Murder. Newt and Courier. Orangeburg, Aug 23? Several dn\s ago a negro I?y the name of Mince was killeil near St Matthews, in this county, uniler circumstances indicating foul play. It in now supposed that ho was knocked down and killed l>v jeal* imis rivals for the hand of a dusky dam-el of his section, who feared tliHt Mince was "holding a bettor hand" with the damsel thai* they were. This morning three negroes were brought to jail here under suspicion of having been connected with the kill in Jf, A Cheap Horse Food When the Corn Crop Fails. Special to News and Courier. Spartanburg, Aug ?S A Nesbitt, an energetic young farmer of thin county, says that the cheapest horse food one can mako to supplement a light corn crop is wheat. Sow it on good land and just as it is in the dough state, cut it with a mower and cure it as you do hay. It takes tho place ?f C. J I 1 1 ? ' Ill ? ill II IlllW IIHIIIIT UI1U KC"C*|)S VVOI'K animuls in tine condition. Let those farmers who are making about two bushels of corn to the acre try Mr. Noshitt's plan. I Official figures obtained from the State dispensary show the shortage and breakage 1 eported by the Winnsboro dispensary for fourteen months amounted to I $1,429. MER GrO< GHTER ain To It' ried over. The is now. :) $1.00 on every pair. W e are t very tiling else. 1 WOHD TO THE WISE I! Hear in mind these significant fi indersell all competition. At all li air prices are lower than the lowest, hoes. This cot price sale means cry greatly reduced. We trust oui his slaughter sale. lie season. STORE Life Sentences for Lynchers.' Four More Whites Go to .Jail for Killing the Humphries Men i in Texas. i?tiilas, lexas, Dispatch, 21st. Four lynchers, white men, recognized as among the leading citizeu.s of Henderson county, today pleaded guilty before .Judge Lipscomb, at Palestine, in Anderson county, before whom they were to be fried on chango of venue, and received life sentences in the penitentiary. They are former Justice of the Peace Joseph Wilkerson, J A Johns, Samuel Hall and John F Gaddis. This concludes the most sensational criminal chapter in the history of Henderson county. Kight white men have heen convicted and sen tenced to the penitentiary for llfo for the lynching, on the night of May 23, ISO',), <>f dames, John and (leorge Humphries, white farmers, in w nit is known as the trans-cedar district. Two others, Polk W eeks and John (ireenhaw, turned State's evidence and will escape punishment. The excuse for lynching the Humphries brothers was that they were "had citizens am! were harboring oriitiinnlu 1 ' 'IMIA tout l\ I>,\U'A../\.. \_.i I ill I ildl >1. 1 1IU II IUII, 11* I ? \Z > VI appears to l>e that they knew too much about illicit stills ami other | violations of the law, and were put out of tho way on tho theory that 4 dead men tell no tales." ! ItOliliEl) TIIK OltAVK A startling incident, of which i Mr John Olivet of Philadelphia, | was tho subject, is narrated bv' him as follows: '*1 was in a most dreadful condition. My skin was1 almost yellow, eyes sunken, tongue coated, pain continually in back and sides, no appetite ? gradually growing weaker by day. ; Three physicians had given me up. ; Fortunately, a friend advised trying 'Klectric Hitters;1 and to my great joy and surprise, the first bottle made a decided ini~ nrovement. I continued their ua? for three weeks, and am now a well man. 1 know they saved my life, and robbed the grave of | another victim." No one should j fail to try them. Only 50 cts, j guaranteed, at Crawford Bros | Drug Store. | * PRICES. on? i time to imlond he people for shoes as well as 5 SUFFICI1NT, icts. It is our chief est aim to mes anil under all circumstances Now we are underselling our that our usually low prices are r friends will reap the benefit of To the Heroes of Barnwell. Barnwell, Aug *22.?Special News and Courier: The cornerstone of the Confederate monument was laid on Wednesday afternoon, with Masonic ceremonies, Grand Master ,James T lzlat* officiating and Col James Armstrong making the address immediately afterwards in the Opera House. The hot weather being considered there was a large crowd in attendance. About 5.30 p m the masons marched in regalia to the site of the monument headed by th? Grand Master, Gen I/.lar. Tha ceremonies were opened and closed with an invocation by Chaplain Aldrich. After the Grand Master had tried the stone with plummet, level end square he pronounced it true, and delivered the tools to the head workman in charge <?f the construction of the monument, and after pouring upon the stone the "corn of nourishment,"' the "wine of re freshment" and the "oil of consolation,'" the meeting adjourned to the Opera lloise, where after an appropriate and gracefully de livered speech of introduction hv Chairman Alfred Aldrioh, Col .lames Armstrong, the orator of the occasion, specially requested by the 'adies, whose successful work has resulted in the monument, delivered an address replete with glowing thoughts and flowers of fancy, patriotic sentiment and chaste words of purest "F/nglish undetiled." The monument is to he 27 feet in height and will ho of marble, rising from a granite pedestal, laid on solid brick masonry. Four at One Birth. Chattanooga, Tenn, Aug 24 A special from Courtland, (ia., sayn a negro woman named Pushy, 10 years of age, gaVe birth to four children yesterday, all girls. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought s