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f ^ h I * KI > !\ K.. *1 . ? , "V . t Ti n i? \ .\n ,n WF^XI'.SDAT, XOVKMHKIt, 7. llhlQ. liiiid to Rest. S( i:11 to The State. 'ohnst.in, N ?v 2 The remains of R v John O.ven wore interred in It of Olives remoterv at 2 Io\ >ik this afternoon Krerv o\ of th? saddened throne that ? Milieu in 11:4 \ Ills t >< ill V their la?? respects looked tlii'ihijtIi mi-is of fitlirm teais, mid everr heart w i out in deepest sv in|mi I) v to tin bereaved families hue tuns e? J services were liehl at tlic M iliodist ehnreli and were conI tin. te I by Presiding Kldcr 10 T II i^es, absisli- I ii\ Kevs Davis, Anderson and llutson, and tne re <11 st of tile deeeaned to the peoji' of Johnston, told bv Rev Jo ithan lied, was to thank them for the kindnesses shown him and family sinee bein ? here 'he pallbearers were Messrs .Mark Tonoy, Sam Smith, W .1 Hatcher, D P lirodio, J I) lOdison and .1 L Stnil h His word, to his voting friend \vlw n shot ware: 44You are not to blame. All I ask of you is to meet me in heaven. Hod bless you.'' C li. Collins Kills Himself iu His Own House. Special to The State. Patrick, Nov 5. ? On Saturday evening, while itintr lit his tire-side, C. B (Nil I ins, a well-to-do furmer, suddenly and without any apparent reason, pulled out hit pistol and shot himself in the head ju-t above the riirht ear, killing himself instantly. Collins arrived hero from Cheraw on the local freight and seemed to have been drinking very hard. He had for the last few years of his life been drinking very much and had become despondent. [ b'oi Fh? Ledger. An Octogenarian Birthday f'elebrution. This was a verv interesting day st. the home of Mr. John Nishet Nelson, a highly respected citizen Today the 5th of November was his 84th birth day. For a number of years he has been in feeble health, and for the last 2 or 3 years he has been confined to his home and much of the time his house. Being deprived of the privilege of "going ti|> to the House of God in company with them that kept the solemn holy day,''it was his desire to inset once more with his kin died and friends to enjoy the friendly greetings and suei?! dIau. em res from which h. his seclusion he had heen cut olT, and unite with them once more in acts of solemn worship, to give thanks unto the Lord for His goodness, and to inyoke the continuation of Hi* lor, ing care. According to previous arrangement, kinsfolk and friends numbering l.r>0 or more, with his pastor, Ker J M White, assembled at his home to celebrate the day. His four children, two sons and two daughters, and four grandchildren, one niece and seven nephews were present, three nephews absent. Mr. Nelson is the only survivor of a family of ten children, four brothers and tivo sisters having preceded him to the Spirit Land. Religious exercises were conducted hy hits pastor, Rev. ,J M White. The exercises were opened with singing the 23d Psalm -that Psalm which has cheered lip so many in their pilgrimage here below, and has been their comfort even when they come down to the dark valley and shadow of ttitfl death. He preached a short hut most appropriate sermon from the j text "How old art thou," Gen 47:8. I His near relations and some friends made up a small purse and bought him a comfortable arm chair, which at the close of the barmon was presented by the pastor in a very fitting and im pressive manner, after which a bountiful t ible was spread in the l-.-l --? j;Mnr mum wuii rien viands, where all wore abundantly ?upplied. Almost all the crowd as., uemhled there were comparatively yonnp, \H the best of order provailed. All wia bright anil cheerful. It was a pood day?a day lonp t>? be remembered, and wc trust a day of profit to all present, and especially to our aped neiphoor, fi tend and lelative, for whose special benefit this day was not apart Thoa K Nishet. j Jackson ham, S (', Nov 5th. Negro Assaulted Lady Near 1/j~L Miigsiree. Was Ar csted ami Confessed But May Have Kseuped a Lynching Bee Was Feared. Special to The State. Kingstree, Nov. 5.?Yesterday evening whi'e Mrs. Mitchum, a respectable white woman, was quietly sitting in her home near (ireolov ville, in this county, nursing her baby, slip heard some one knocking at her door, and upon opening it, she was met by a negro, who insisted on coming in Mrs. Mitchum ordered him out and he still refused to go, and , Mrs Mitchum thereupon grabbed ii pun with one hand h dding her i infant in the other arm. The nog I ro, Macon Lesesne, grabbed Mrs. r Mitchum, took the gun fiom her and put it down, and then at the , point ox his pistol,forced her to lav I down her babe and accomplished r Ins fiendish purpose. As soon as r Mrs Mitchum was released she r immediately ran to the nearest neighbor's house and gave the j alarm, her babe in her arms. The alarm was immediately given and . scouting parties were sent out. , The negro was captured at Geeleyville this morning, where he was quietly working for the Mallard i Lumber company. He confessed every thing and said he was sitting in his shanty door yesterday evening when he saw Maj. Mitchum, i Mrs Mitchum's husband, go by in . the ^direction of (Leeley, and ho | then knew that Mr Mitch lm was <1 l\uon 4 o n/1 \\d\ of 1 I ....ovilt ??.!>? II*; III IIIHT conceived [andcarried out hi* hellish design. Mrs Mitclium is a very delicate , woman of frail structure and will not weigh over 1<>0 pounds. She ( has been completely prostrated ( ever since the occurrence, and was j so overcome that she could not | testify or even go nut to the pre- , liminary hearing which was held ( this morning at Greeley villa before j Magistrate John .1 Windham. The j prisoner was regularly committed \ I to jail and was brought into town , and received by the jailor so <piiet- t ly that not a half dozen people in the town knew he had been com ( mitted to jail for several hours ( afterward. Excitement is run- , ning pretty high in town tonight and trouole is feared. (iov Mc- j Sweeney has wired Capt (i ray son t to order out the Williamsburg j Light infantry and guard the jail r, and save the life of the prisoner at ' all hazards. * WOKKINcT NltiHT AM> 1 DAY j The busiest and mightiest little thing that ever was made is I)r King's Neer Life Pills. Every J pill is a sugar-coated globule of I health, that changes weakness into , strength, listlessness into energy, |. brrin-fag into imnlal power. They're wonderful in building, up the health. Oniy 25c per box. j Sold by Crawford Bros. I t Charged With Murder. Latest Phase of the PearsonSwink Difficulty. Speoiul to Tbe State. Spartanburg, Nov 2. ? On or about the first day of last Septum ' her Jonas Swink of Wood roll' in- 1 Aided bodily punishment on the person of Mrs Pearson, wife of Mr Marion Pearson, also a resi- ; dent of Woodruff. The cause of the whipping is said to he some ( thing of u sensational nature, involving the giving of a note by Mir Peareon to h null known lady of Woodruff. Directly af j ter the administering of tho heating Mrs Pearson left Woodruff and went to (iastoiiia, .N (\ where he took sick, and a'ter lingering for a month or more, died about ten daye ago. Mr Marion Poareon, husband of the deceased woman, after the assault on his wife, swore out a warrant against donas Snink, charging him with assault and hattery with intent to kill. Since the death of Mrs Pearson Solicitor Sense hhp hud a warrant issued charging Swink with murder. This paper was served on Swink at Woodruff today. Tlie investigation of the case will come up in Magistrate Kirby's court tomorrow. Jonas Swink is the hrother-inlaw of Mr Walter S (iray, one of th? wealthiest and most inUuential gentleuion in Spartanburg county, and the case is one of unusual interest The dec used, Mrs Pearson, was a lady of much grace and beauty and was an accomplished musician. Seven witnesses have been summoned ami will give testimony tomorrow. Their names are: Mr Todd, a wheelwright; Euimitt Pearson, Miss Roberta niCAiiioy, Miss l\ftie 1 Season, .Joe Reaves, a carpenter; Depot A^ent Shanklin of WoodmfF, and E II Porter, all white. Duncan ?&. Sanders represent the defendant and Solicitor Sense will appear for the Stale. P. II. F. NWINK COMMITTF.D ON A OIIAUOF. OF M UKDF.lt. Special to The State. Spattanhnrir, Nov ? This morning about 10 o'clock (|iiite a host of people, among whom were interested parties, witnesses and spectators, assembled in the oflice of Magistrate A H Kirhy to he present at the hearing of the investigation of the case of the State a Jonaa >wink, charged with murder. The attorneys for the defendant submitted un affidavit 1 the ^substance of which was to the fleet that defendant believed he could not-get a fair and impartial - 1 I trial before Magistrate Kirhy, us he (the magistrate) had : I ready txpressed an opinion on tlie case ?nd would commit defendant to jail. As a rebuttal Magistrate Kirhy submitted an atlidavit to j he effect that said affidavit stated rvhat wus untrue, that lie ( Magis ;rate Kirby) ?*nly said to his son, ) H Kirby, that a magistrate ;ould not take bond in a murder ; ase: and that the magistrate had tot made up hi* mind. Jonas Swink, the defendant upwared anxious for the investigaion, and the case was transferred iy his attorneys, C 1* Sanders, S T McCravy and S M Pilgrim, 'rom Magistrate Kirhy to Magi*rate P H McGowan's court. The only witness examined was > Marion Pearson, husband of iVilhelmina Pearson, whom it ia illeged died from the effects of a eating administered upon her by fonas Swink. lie testified to teeing the bruises and black mark* in hia wife's arms and body. The statement of Mrs Pearson, irior to her death in Gastoniu, N t j , ? u ^ a C, charges thai Swim;, wan iIih i cause of her death on account of! pain and di>?ea*e hi i-nog truin the ^ heating ho gave hor. I hi-. wasi submitted The two doctors who attended ; Mrs Pearson in her )a-t illness* wtie in Magistrate McGowan's i court, hut neither were culled on i to testify in this i *s> \ lur<.'* number of other witne^es \t?mo , present, hut nonw lestimotiv. After deliberating the teuininnv, Magistrate MeGowun eommitteit j Swink t<? jail. His attorneys j will at unco <jo before a circuit t judjre to secure hail on writ of j habeas corpus proceedings. A. #J. Latta, a Kormer Citizen of! York County, Killed in ArUan- . j sas. Cor. of the Yorkville timpiircr. Little Kock, At k, Oct. Mr. A. J. Lntta, a native of York , county, S C., died near Jackson-' ville, Ark , Oct t?7, 1 i>00. On Saturday, Oct 'J<>, he started to market on a inu'o with some eirgs and a coal oil can. I'he mnlo hecame frightened and hogau running Mr. Luttu throw down the ongs, which caused the mule to jump and throw him on his head, cracking his skull He lived one week; hut never spoke or regained con sciousness. Mi. Latta was a member of the Presbyterian church, and wis highly respected by his neighb ?rs, as was evidenced t?y tho lar (?f I'l'liml V\h<? !l 1 vl ?./ 1 his funeral. He leaves a widow and four children, who mourn the death of a faithful husband and affectionate father. Free Rural Delivery. The Experiment in South Carolina. 4 Washington, Nov 2?The annual report of W". S. Shullen? erger second assistant postmaster general, was made public today. It sh ws that on June 30 last the annual rate of expenditure for inland mail service was $55,140, 060; for foreign service, $2,014. 53*; total expenditures, $57,100, 60S. The experiment of box delivery on star routes, whereby persons along the line could have the mail brought from the next oflice by the st^r route carrier and left in a I n t V i enot A. I !* ? I. - 1 .?> nm ii person nas worked satisfuetoril y in Smith Carolina, and the next star roots contract* will provide for Huch service increasing the mail facilities in the rural districts at a moderate increase in cost. White Man Caught hy a Passen 1 i ger Train and Killed. The State, 3d inst. I i Kuly yesterday morning the 1 Savannah train of the Southern ' railway ran over and killed a white man just at the east end of the' Congaree river bridge. The man ha l been crossing the bridge along with a number of other white men and several negroes. All of them were carpenters who live in Now Hrookland, hut have been working 011 the houses in the village of the Olympia mills. It seems that the" have heon in the hahit of walking over nnon fhiu cr> I" every morning. While coming ' over yosterday morning they heard the train coming and all of t them except Major Thompson j steppod off upon the platforms ] placed at intervals upon the bridge. < Thompson, however, thought.that { he could reach the end of the I bridge liefore the train caught bira, and attempted to do so, but when ho had just reached the end , and before he could clear the track the train struck him. PAS'.'OniA. B**n thm s9Have Always BougM Spooner and Tillman. Senutor Spooner ??f Wisconsin and Don I illman of South Carolina are hoon friends. Damon an<l Pythias would hard I v make a ' shadow to tImmii I hair friendship hi the senate i? not only private ' and public. It permeates pretty ' nn t'h everything they do Thev ! hack, each other np in legislation !i ami appointments, lunch together, I' sft ip jokes, loo roll in committees 'i ami pluv second jjeiitleinan to each in every debate If Spnont-r is to make a bio ' speech I illnian interrupts hint h\ stemutiea'ly for davs at a time in order to nerve the Wisconsin senator up to his host titi?ikey. \\ rn t he South Carolinian takes the Moor in a set speech, the little statesman from the Madder Stuto returns the compliment. Same> times they uet pretty ntrly toward each other, and a ood doal of 1 lanotisjje that in the old times was regarded preliminary to an exchange of >?h??th at hinder)-hurg indulged in. Hut the jrulleuea discount ihe word play because everybody in Washington is in the secret and knows that the two senators are hh fond of each other as two Ib-vear-old lovers. ? l'hil- ; adelphia Ledger. Twin Calves. i Mr. Hurry Adams of Congaree is the owner of a very prolific cow. Yesterday this bovine wonder gave birth to twins, which is a rather unusual occurrence, hut in this case it is particularly wonderful inasmuch ns the cow gave hi-th to twins last December. Congaree is getting up a reputation in this line. The arrivals 1 yesterday make the fourth set of twin calves horn in that place ' w ithin n year.?The State, 3d inst. Mrs. Jackson is Well. 11 Widow of th?? Great Solder Has 1 Been Restored to Health. j Baltimore, Nov. 5.?Mrs. Mary j Ann Jackson, widow of the Con ! | f federate general, ''Stonewall Jack- . < son," who has U?en at the Church Home and Infirmary on North Broadway and Fairrnount avenue :? for more than a month, lef? today 1 for her home in Charlotte, N. C., I in company with a friend. Mrs. .Jackson came to Baltimore ! i for treatment for neuralgia, from which she had suffered greatly. She consulted Hr. Louis Do Lane Tiffany, who advised a mi.gical operation. The operation was , preformed by Dr. Tiffany three weeks u^o today with cnmpleto 1 success and Mrs. Jacks.m has not i suffered a moment's pain since. 1 She is now entirely restored to health. ( ( TWO CAR LOADS STOCK COMING. Our Mr Kiliott Ih now in the West- < i.rn Markets, where he has heen for several days, selecting a largo lot of Mules and Horses?two car loa-is, for ( this market. The stock is expected to arrive the latter part of this week and we cor- | liully Invite vveryt>ody to call and ex- i ?inine the new animals In the iot will he found fine Saddle Horses, | Driving Horses, r ouihliiation llor?es tnd the very best of young mules. \LK guarantee to please you hoth 'jMB O 111 I'rice and Kind of animal , W you want-HO DON'T FA 11, ' ro CALL. ELLIOTT & , CRAWFORD Oct 211, 1900. * * r n MR S SALE - . K OF ?U mia KOLINA. ?,.N AS Eli COUNTY i.. i-u i>n Pina* K r. .1 W y |. Kit.I R E Wjlie, 1 xr til ix <1 Kxiciili r.rt-i-pectiTe o Plai i* I i ttar/aitist Win. (; wib'?-\. ?*iry B. Mobley, an ?.iln>'a I)??f? i <iunir-. BY \ rlur **f ib Oiftil ntdfiti iii the iii v?* I will Hfii at I.micasi *i our! liuU"! ^ itliin the ifgtl lioura f- te ??rv ibt* Fi hi Vloiiday in l>ccem Imr i * * x t a I that |i ice parcel <>r 11 ?. c*t of >nl ii< P easMiit Hill lownci U' iv of Ann- a-ler Mini Slab? of So lb *:ol<na ( ' n'ainiig tf)N Irrr.i. .If? i'P I* / tt i> ii - i mh (miImmh: On I lie N'?rth l?\ i of B rry Mnbhy ami tract <5 o. bee-ia?e IhiiiIh of Jesse B. M?i <- . e w i; East ly lands of It Mebb y Hud iiil'r L. Nioblev; South In in.(In of -aide I, Moblev :?i n l r.mi A'.. 8 of i In- estate land of ,1 ii M hle\ deceased; ml on the \V?a i tin ds i f \ lice \1 Hur on and In- lisps them. Ti'f bove described a il w?- put* I n MmiiIs a Mobl \ i a -a e i he ( laic 'anils i f Jesse B Moli'i'v, ileccnH'd, ami is ru? rked in i ho ceneral piat of said estate lands as line *.?? 7 I'll above ilernibed land will be Kohl in t.v? par s arcels, p ais of wl.i h wit i>e exbibl'ed on i'av of sale. iHnf* I et ?i's of Hi- cash. Purchaser to p \ (..rpa.e s -taiops etc * 8 L POKIER 0. o C P L 0. W K Wylie, Plaintiffs' Ally. SUMMONS FOR RELIEFT (Complaint not Served) STATE <>K SOJTH CAROLINA, I.ANCA8TKK COUNTY. Court of Common Pie**. I>e.-*inii Jane Miller, Plaintiff, AO A INST Andrew J Mo Whir nr. Jonepli H. sentt, J F enjrtiniii Scott, W Capers Hoott, Lida K? Settler. Kincy ?of.rth, Sarah t*. rmith, Hattie Arthur t\ li ii ie (Jo'orth, Leonora Smith AI i?It Fisher, William C. McWhirter John (J. MeWliirler, iliiain It F wier, J. J. Fowler, K A Hart. o E Fowler. A < Brown. I>. J. Fow or. s. c. Higuinhoiham, Emory 8 Fowler William Fowler, John VV Story. Madura White ami tJ-orjie I. <"# MeWhirleraa Admin^ i-tralor of the p>-rHonal eniuteof John W Me Will rier, deceased, De* fend ant nt To the Defendants altove named: You are herehv summoned and required to miswe. tiie com plaint in this action,which i? ou llle in ttie oflloe of the Clerk of t v tn jinuruBier county 8. , liud to nerve a copy f your answer to the said complaint on the sub-crtbeis at their office at Newberry court house, South Carolina within twenty days after the service hereo ; exclusive of the day of such service; ami if you tail to answer the Contpiaiut within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiffs in this action will a poly to the court for the relief demanded in the complaint Dated October8, A. D. 1900. HUNT A HUNT, PlaiiitilPu Attorneys, [ L* 8 ] WH L Porter, occi, c. To Andrew J. McWhirter, SV. apers >eotl. Surah Smith. Leoi?ra "?mith, y lice H Fisher, William r. McWhirter John t\ McWhirter, William K. Fowler, J J. Fowler. K. A Hari. (), K. / 'owler, A. (J. Brown, D. J. Fowler, 8. C Hiy^inhotham, Kiuory 8 Fowler and William Fowler, iioii-resident Defendants above named: TAKK NdTK'K lliut tne Complaint in this action was lids loth day of October? 1900, llltd in the office of W. 8. I, Porter. Clerk oft tie Court of f\>mmon Pleas for Lancister county in s.iid State of Sou til Carolina. Hunt A Hunt, Plaintiffs Attorneys. Dated Oct, 10th, 1900.?6w ~ NOTICE! l'o the taxpayers of Lancaster county. The Treasurer's office will he open or (lie collection of laxvs lor the fiscal nop UUWi *l " ' . ci j mm, <mi nit- i >i n day of October mil will close the 31st day of Decernjer, 1000 Til K LEVY IS A8 FOLLOWS, -tale '> ilkiIIt? ounty r> " ipeelal (C AC H H) 3 sinking Fund (>' A (J K It) } " Constitutional Holtool Tax 3 " Total 16 J " LOCAL LEVY. Jane Creek Township (C (J A' C It It) 4} " Jills Creek Township ((.' C A C It It) r>j Measant Mill Township (C C A C It It) 8 " mi, LEVY FOR SCHOOL DIKI KKTH, <anca*ter 4 " (ones X Itoads 2 " -feath Spring .'I " )ukhurst 4 " TOTAL LEW BV DlHTHtcrs. Indian Rand 16} " rVaxhaw 16} " 'ane Creek 21} " ' Oruded school 26} ' " Jones X Roads 23} " Illls Creek 22 4* " Graded school 26 " " Jones X Roads 24 ' tuford 16} " ?'lat Creek 16s " Kershaw 16} " Measant Hill 1(1} " " Kershaw 10} " Heath Spring 22} " Oakhurst 23} " " Jones X Roads 2H " >dar Creek 16} " " Jones X Roads lh} " Respectfully, W C.CAU'lHEN. Co Treasurer. rTW. SECRF.ST, SURVEYOR, OHCKOLa, H. IJ. Ir fully equipped, and.'qnaUflad, and olicita your surveying. ? '