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" ? Li.) 1> K. ;' JJ ' . U 1 : if' I . . ; 1 ? W ?NF.8i>AY NOYkMHKK, 27, 1901. ' 31 Kl>RttEl> FOR HER MONEY j T Mvutory Surroiiinllnf the > iird?p of Polly Dlo^innej < '..arnl b.> the CubfvttMon of , i U'tierer I :tor -?? bad ^oua to press las F \y n ?r*ii Sheriff Hunter, ar i fr?v?Vi?? W yek with Wad* 1.. iu* *ul Pelham Mo Kinney ^ t. mM.t at ihit time mp|toned t? h murderer of hi? wife Polly b 'vitiney . wh'i w*? found dead c he si-'- .-f the railroad new V f* \ k Thuradiiv morning a (he former charged with steal i?._i .1 vea lin^ fiem Mr. K. 1) T'lintan Ida II gine, wife o V . le. nt?d a s'i'nr of the nnir d' "l women, bed stated inn J* I It A' 11 P"d hi8 wife Pi<ll\ mul It -eit had atoleli aud butchered ti cell, divided it. l?ei we?o? t n end i tint IVIIimiii nitd Is l'\ had 1'ft ;or their honne with t t o-?i in u nack nhortlv l>efor?do. i^jh i. Site also told where h aitl A tide's part of the heef wae hidden. I he heef wee found v 1 ?re .-he nnid it would he feued and other things she stated proved t true, no her whole tale wan I.. 1 -veu and it hfi'Hiue a foregone cen-lu*i? n with everyhudv that I'-lhain had murdered his wife, ai d feeling became ao etroDc against him that wo have been i,.,. ti.ui iiu.i ?u-.;flr u-..4-. bcf?n on th? grounds and takes him in chatge tii?? the netrro would have been lynched. Hut, feitunate1 the Mm iff there, and nibat pient development* hart proven tin negro inu-tctnt not oalv tf the riturder nf hia wift hut alao of complicity in the Mealing of tht yearl -c lit wftH discharged from jail k?u iduy and rejoiced that his .nnocence had httn established. *tU ii.-u.H, ilit negro commit 'ad t?* jail om tht ckarge of Mealing the yearling, and hi* i e, Id i ILigins, ?i-t?r of the murdered woman, huve prevail to ho ; ?> ?! n I < I < ; j* . o f Polly MeKinney. Tnt confession of Wade It ..mis com, 1 i--iy exonerate* l'frlhaiu McKinnty and make* hi n-wlf and his wife, Ida, ?oltl> iMsponaihle for the murder. 1<1h ll.^ins wu? brought down Monday n ri?v>n h. (Jonatah]? Crenshaw and nemmtted to jail. Ska hurl j pt iviou?h giron up ilirs money, | which had !>??n stolen from J the (Urol wouum's per toe by her ho Miami. I lia editor of Tht Ledger viwito I tho j ol Mouday afternoon and Hiked to Wade and his wife about ti c kdls v- Wude vaid, "I killed I* 'I'v Kinney. l'elham McKinnty know nothing at out it aad h id nothing in the world to do with it.'' On being asked why h did it, li? answered "For her money." He then went on and made the following statement: n s My wife wanted nie to Knock l'o!lr McKinaer, her sister, down soul take lier money. She had ! > .? ! id# repeatadly within thah lu-t f? w month* to do thi*. SKe i I p iid we rould leare Van VT yok and ( no ene would tind it out. 1 wan j cutting co' d wood Wednesday afternoon whan aha cam# to whara i I was and talked ta mnagain about i I kr ?<*kinwr Pol Iy down and getting the money. I killed a calfof Mr. |< l>i k Tillman's half haur before j i Himlewu, dragged it about SO j I yards, dug a kola and luiriad it. ] After the train pas-ad that night 1 I dug it lift and when I had gotten j P mbout half skinned Polly and i my wife came and halpad ma to \ firt-.ii skirntinor it ur?,l 1 *....1. 'v "l,,? * IUUB. 1119 j J entrails ut. A hunt that tima aji dog cams tlir?ii<jh the woods and i n ' thsy thought it was somebody and r A till to t he h<?i?e. i thro cut a la tnrrrt guui |?oU and carftad tb? h a'f mi it tn tha bouan. I laid it e 4?r ??*?. tha h**rth and cot lt\ op ? Af'ir daiog ihia I pot a front and b i hind quarter in a aack aodburiad b it in th? potato patch. I put tha t re*t in a c?tton aack that P"lly 1 M? K'nnrv had and cava it tn bnr.. a After dividing tha calf 1 went and \ ^ >t the antrails and on* font and ii thraa tham in Twalva Mil* craak 1 from tha hrtdgn at Van VVyjBk. 1 1 iorn went oacK and Knocked about c until just hefore day whan ma and k my wife Ma started home with i Polly McKinney. I was carrying 1 her pari af the beef Whee wa i had gone about one mile up the railroad track I struck her on the i back of the head with a dog wood i -tick which I cut that afternoon < and Khe fall to the ground. Ska . 1 grunted as aha was falling and groaned one time after she fall. 1 thro took her purse out of her 1 left stocking where I knew she >1 ways carried it. My wife wa? turn about 40 feet behind us Sh? mine on up to where I was and i aid let's hurry home before daylight. When about the whistle post, 'JO0 yards down the railread. i i gave her the pocket book and I we then ran all the way home, i Mv wife counted the money after I we got home but 1 don't remember how much meney she said 1 there was. Two children came and told us about Polly beieg found < Head just after sun up. ' When I struck Polly I dropped ! ner part of the beef and left it | there with her. Mr part of tke 1 beef which I had buried in the I potato patch 1 moved before day | Friday morning taking it about i two miles and dropping it ie Mr. I Fd M ihley's woods. 1 carried < Sheriff Hunter to where the beef 1 was after he bad arrested me Fri- i day afternooa and he had me to I take it back to Van Wyck. 1 Ida Hagins, wif-s of VTade, i made a statement, as follows: 1 Wade, sister Polly and myself 1 made s plot Wednesday morning 1 to kill a calf. Polly and ,myself < ilion went to her Held where she ? wa?. going te pick cotton. 1 went t back home. Wade was cutting nmvd in the pasture. That even a ing I went down to where he was i cutting wued. He told me he t siiwwsd where we could get the ) beef and he took me to where he r had it tied in a gully with a r rope. After '.hat 1 went on hoase I In the evening nsy sister Polly came back to our house, and W ade . i J i i i i .. . ' HiKi iivr n? una <."?n?n ins ?? r. ^ >>he mid, all right I'll go. Ws ate supper before night, then quilted " Home. That night me and Forwent to Mi*. McManua' atore. 1 get toois nit A didn't hare change, went home fur change. Polly 1 overtoek eio. 1 got a quai tor from 1 mamma und we went hack. Mi. Harmon had gene to bed. Teld * him 1 wanted camphor gum, my -1 baby was tick. He poked it * through a crack to me. I asked * ( fur mv meat, told him 1 had the right chauge. He got up ai d gave it to me. Me and Polly i went back to tuy heme. All went I to bed. Some time afterwards 1 Wade shook me and told me to ? r,?I .... . i n|> aim ifi ? &" 1 ti'"- "P my sister she eot up. I said I don't habere I'll go Wade Ha Raked why and I said you know what you tald at Suaday. You told ma you didn't want ta see , ma with my sister any mora, aha was too big a . He said coma ->n and let's go I have a prank I want to play after killing the rteaf. 1 asked Jiim what was it. [la said I'll tell you afterwards. We got out and want down in the ^ laature. t H?t. at rrufa an/1 I irntched for him and Polly whila ^ hay wara cleaning tha baaf. heard something and told them lemabody wan coming. They umped up. Wade said it ain't t< iabody?its old Fido. Then Wade fi nd Polly Hniahad claaning the 1 ?a?f. They came on to tlga gate ark witk their pat* in a sack.. Wt> . rant on hom?. Wad* want on >T to tha jmtata patch and buried lia part. Ma and Pally atood in ha yard until VTatha came hack. L'l.an wa alt want in tka bouaa. 1 ?kad Wade again ta tell uie the >ranlt ha waa going to play, lie < lidn't toll raa end I went to bad / j rVad* came and got into tha bed. . don't kn??w whan my siater lur j lown. Whan aha jgot ready to go ' lama aha want out tirat and Wade want aut hahind har, than I went IVa want oa a piaca of tha way i with Polly and i stopped and Wade and Polly wmlka<l on. Afiar iwhile 1 saw Polly fading and isked Warte what waa that. 11a : lidn't tall me until ha catna back ' t whara I waa whan ha said I "Baby, I'to dona killed Polly." | I askod him what for Ha anid j for her money. Weweaton homa. j Befora getting homa, at Mr. j Yoder'a barn, 1 noticad a slick iu Wade's band. Wa want on home, and WkU wsot in and whm I 1 went in Wad* gare roe the bonk. ; Ha mada up a fir* and ba put the itick in the fire aad I looked in tha book and thara was a $20 bill in it. Ha told ma not to tall any | body that he gar* ma that meoev. I want than and lay down. After we haard about tha death of aiater, Wade started to rry.. Up i? tha Jay aftar we went down thara where aha was >Yado gara me two tire dollar billw. We tore tha packet book up that morning before wa want to where l*o 11 v was' lyiag dead. .1 burnt the laatkor. part of it up anil Wada stuck the metal frame part of it betwess the boards in the roof of the hausa where it stayed until I got it down for Sheriff Hunter last Sunday light. I gave the $20 to my irather, John Reed, who lirea at Lesslia's station im York cauufy which ha waa t* turn orar to Magistrate Hyatt at Van YVyck [ hid the ten Dollars the day Hfade was brought to jail (Fri iuj). 1 got it and gave it t# Sheritl' Hunter Sunday night and 1 ) gave il to Magistrate H>* t i Wad* Hagiaw, tha murderer, is i ibout 2* yearw old. Ida, hiw wife, I s very near the same age. She i iaw two children?one about 4 ( roars and the other about 2 years dd. They wete left with her nother. items r rom ltock Hill Herald. i Mrs. T. M. Hughes and baby, >f Lancaster, were in the city a j ew hours Tnursday afternoon, : ;uewts at the home ef Mr. E. B. tloblay, en route to Fort Mdl to riwit Mr. Hughes' mother. t a We hare just been informed of he death of Mr. W. .). llough, hose home was in Asheville. His 1 Lath oceured lust Friduy from the ^ dfect of fever. He was about 40 rears of age and leaves a wife and hree children. Deceased was the ] ddest won of our towsnan, Mr. J j 1 J Dr. McDow, ef Columbia, wa* i u the citv V\ odriosduy en rout* to Now York to accompany Mra..L. {. Cole to liar home at lleutli jpringo. lira. Cole has been in a anatarium in New York for troatnont f*r aometime /past, rnd it? iow much improved in health. i Tho smallpox situation in Both-| da township does not improvo. > [\ioadaj Mayor YVators wrote tho jovernor concerning tho conditr>ns there, and the Governor root - od tho matter to Dr. F^van* if tho Stato hoard of hoalth. Dr. Cvaas has already been in tho 1 (dieted neighborhood, and he has t lad a representative there fer ser- 1 ral days, hot the disease it still t preading, with no hepe ef im? ' riediate abatement. ? i It doet not take the last drink d make a drunkard?but the rat. ] We Are Gaining Public 4 WILLIAMS-HI . ' . f ? * One month ago we thre\ tion one of the Newest an of DUY GOODS, SHOl TIONS and FANCY, GRC ed in Lancaster. . Wc knew that we woulc oft he Oas!i Trade, but di the "LionV share all at o we will strive to win by e< ONE PRICE TO ALLan. We Sound tlie Note REA^ are in Ol der. Every department now i eaeh vou will- find VAI MAKE YOU BUY. But ,uiI Yam nil.1 viiuri m jl * jl x ? J ik I 1 i ! f 1 i JL J \ brimi'ul and overflowing a\ ties in Dress goods, Silks Jackets Capes, Etc. i 7 Everything Bright, Nf>w ami Clean. No old, shoddy, To see our crowded stor would think we were in hi of ;>() days,?we can hard] Nothing can stop us. vorsisall we ask. Our C2 high salaried "Bosses" ] us?We are ALL WORK Resj WILLIAMS(October 14, 19t)l, IIIV thai sold on the ?tre**ts of I The One Day C< : For cold in th?? head and a lorkville lust summer at from 20 moll's choceutM laxative Ouv C -Ad Ciara." In 3<> i:?nl? * hundred pound*, in j now hrtng:i?tf from 6<> tu (50 cents % hundred pounds. ()ne loo d ii\ ery lirm* bought $1,500 worth of bay: nrinninn'O it prices ranging frwia 20 cents to \H H n |H H \ SO cot., ...I i. .till buying.- 8TA,.EOF S()U,r, ini-A'illa E?quir?r. COl'STV OK I.A ___ ? Court nl L'limnii Chronic Constipation Cured. Roberta. Fu?yd, Plait The most important discovery of again*' recent years is the positive remedy Hiiiou, Drfcmla for constipation. Cascarets Candy MUK^UANT tn an C Cathartic. Cure guaranteed. Genu- * the ni?uVf eiuit'ed ine tablets stamped C. C. C. Never Ernest Go-.y, 1,11, , will KRll ftl pllhliC I sokDjAnilC^^ I.UIi-hI ' iliter at 1 i lion** on the V 11 |l' Tj I Jpfj' V' 0 A j [p 1 Pi> *' Momt/tf/ in lie onwurr U UnUlJ. j All-bat Piece, parcel* stateofsouth carolina, wlT.Ul? COUNTY OF LANCASTER, "" Kiehlaml mreet of . . , ,, ,,, hundred and eighty f?-i lu Court OufemoD Pleas. on H ,u|h |iy ^ l{ F5ll;t * J. Wylie, Plaintiff], E i-I by an unnamed . against amis of Minor Hi f <n; r? , y. i. .. r vu.lu i "I ' nnuill, UlC H Rufm C. Ciokett. > anitie L Williams, |aCe whert) ,llw 1)t.r elal.. Defendant*. sides. I)UKSU"\NT to an onler of court in Term* of sale cash I tli?* above case. signed by Judge pay for paper*. Bruest Gary, Ort 22, 1901.1 will sell JOHN P. tt pub io auction within tho 'Cga<, lours of aale at banraMer courthouse, j. Harry Foster, ? > toe Pill's Ally. Fir*t Monday in Dcccmh-r Sext \ u those tract* of land silim e in the 'ounty ot Lancaster ami State of South "arolina, (lencribnl an follows in a O [ D [] 17' 0 nortKH^e of same by D. 10. Ciockelt j H K K A poll) M. Crockett on December 29th, UUUllil U 8?9-the one tract containing nifVMTTH v.7z Acre*. More or ly**, | o 1 A 1E Up SOU 1H. bounded <?n the North oy lauds-of B. COUN r\ Oh IjA, B. Miber, formerly owned by Win Court of Comnn Stevens; 011 the East bv lands former - ! ... ,, . y owned by D E l DuiHap, but now Wm. D. Cook, et ah, 1 iwned by Mrs. Amanda Brown; <?n aoains he South by lands of Turleline Draf Henry D. Wolfe, et al in, formerly owned by I) Ed Crock Tuiu?tni\Tin?r n ,,t; ....1 on tho Wool by I nolo of Jo pU to ar. 0 Caskey rnd John Slstare; and 7 theabove entli led lie other tract containing Judge Ernest Gary, Of be other trai t containing wi|, He|, ^ ,jauCMt6r ( VO Acres, More or Dv**, tj,e K>undw<l on the North by lands of Fire' Monday in lie Robert <J. Crockett; on the East by ands of B- F- Miller above designated; t'1H. P,eCe? P*rfe " hi the Si.uth by lands of Jauies P. C being, lying and l,uai fnskey and John Slstare. and on the f JwnsIdp iti the c West b - Robert Thompson, formerly |B t1'? of oouth iVither.poon land taiolng Term si ?f mile?I'AHH Pnmtooo. I 't.'l .1 -A Am*. o pav lor pan.rs I he purchaser or b(dnj? thftt portlon of ?! jurcbasera of said lands ol any part Mtale lands, which Is h reM must comply with the term. Hes.ion of John J. Wol >f sale within one hour from the time M fon0Wrt> to a It: On ,f his or her hid and In default of com- ,andll o( j B Rrown >1 lance the add premises so bid off and Houth by the rtuti ire to be forthwith resold at his or her Richardsju, and Weil Mk* JOHN P. HUNTER, ,and* w s L p Sheriff L. C. (j# R. E Wylle, Green A 1 inea. Plaintiff's Atty. *- . pifl . ,v:y?. ~r . \ Favor. With a Rush ! JCHES GO. v open to public inspecd Best Selected Stocks 3S, CLOTHING, NOICERIES ever display Vv T" . I vr"... .... . .. 1 command a fair share idn't dream of getting nee. Your confidence oust ant. fair treat meiit, a tnat this luwkst. [)Y And BARGAINS . * n perfect shape and in AES THAT WILL whether you BUY or )ME. Our Stores are ith the Newest Noveland Velvets, Notions, out-of-sea*on, second hand truck have room here. es and husy clerks you kjk3 jl 'Kr jr v^tll c5 jl a-1 c5 i;^3- ci.a 1. y realize it ourselves, w II fair field and no facpenses are small?No perambulating around ERS. ?ect fully, HUGHES CO bargains in BUGGIES SALE. 1 ' j|NL CAKOLINA 111 I (I A ftl C m. h^eb W A u U M 5 _ uiff We are bow selling fer $55. 1 . BUGGIES that wo have been sellfir Arder of Court in inff Rt $60i aD(1 heretoe*se, signed by \ fore sold at $55. we are now sellout 22. 1901, I . , niic.rion to the ! in? at *;>0. ?So come and get you -ancaaier ooari i a nice< new BUGGY while they temhrr, 1UOI are CHEAP. md lot of land e are selling the Niaaon round ? Town of Ker- r ?untj. frontline and square bound wagons, also Iranif4W|"el>e?; thc Owensboro wagon at surpria.icmand ?ti?et; ingly low prices. >lr**ei; North by : ? , , , , . vveot t?y latum j *\ o keep on hand some good bM,,B th" HOUSES?some as fine animals lnlatu ii<>Af res r ' as you will find anywhere. If i. Purchaser to . , .. you want a herse that will suit HUNTER, yoti in every particular, don't HherifT u. O. \ buy until you see our SLOCK. ^ , Defendants. _ ___ ^ rd?*r of Court In 'g- ) 1 case, signed by C forirr. fkf"* Ct 22, 1901, I * ^ court bouse on Yy0 ftjgo run ft first_c|a89 livery, cember, 1901 and can give you as good teams as ?r. tract of land can bad io town. lf> In VVaxhaw r of Lancaster, - Yours to servo, Carolina, eon. GLYBURH HEATH MOLE CO. >rc or Lena, he Jas. D. Wolfe ^ iioW In *he poa? ** fe. and boanded the North by and wife, East T*in??i?uWi?e?. > line and o. J. Especially valuable to woman la BiuaaW dt K T JN lveue' | rnn fitters. Baekaohe vulibM, hendqohe . 1 liMppeara, strength takes the place of /vutpd I weakness, and the glow of health readily OK l?K, I comes te the pallid ebedk when this w?b> Cp t /i 1 derfal remedy is taken. For sieklychildren , r. v. er overworked rasn it has no equal. No heme | shenld he withoat this fhmous remedy. I Brews*'Iron Bittses is seld by aM depisrsi