The Lancaster ledger. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, August 29, 1900, Image 1
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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.
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KICKED UP AT A BIG BA
Two lots of men's line Neglige
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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.
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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
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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.
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COME 1
jLoss To
u ! ? ill ! ! cAjryrr^m^n -v t srir".f/? r. Tr*?rr
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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
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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
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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 (
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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
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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.
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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../\..
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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. |
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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
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