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vSK ill-WEEKLY. LANG A8TE it, S. C Ai \ It (J II 26 1 9 0 2. EST A BI S H IK D 1852
First More on The Politicalj
Board
The Cull Issued for Meeting of
Stttto Committee?Will Cull
State Convention.
The State
From April 3 on through September
there will lie much polities
in Smith Carolina. State nod county
ofHcers, a Uuited States senator
and a full set of congressmen arc
to bo chosen by the people. Thus
far this camnuitrn vonr lias ti??n n
I o ~ / ' "ww"
very quiet one though many have
been informally announcing their
candidacy for different offices.
It was not until yesterday, however,
that the first official move
was made on the political checkerboard
looking to the campiign of
1002. It came in the sh?poof a call
issued by Chairman Wilie .lone*
of the State Democratic executive
committee for a meeting of that
comtnittoe to bo hold litre in the
office of t'e secretary of state on
the evening of April o. This meeting
is simply for tiie purpose of
issuing the formal .call for the
State convention to he held on May
21 and the call for the various precinct
meetings and county convention
to bjs held earlier. The committee
wilt have nothing else to do
so far as known. It will have nothing
whatever to do with the matter
of arranging the State canipuign
this year, that duty falling upon
tlio new committee to bo elected
. by tbo State convention.
It is not unlikely, however, that
the precinct clubs and ths county
conventions will express themselves
on the mutter of reducing
the mini her of campaign gatherings
so that ?he State convention
can consider the matter in the
light of what the people wish. In
several counties articles have
bean published advocating the reduction
of the numbei of moet
ings.
Babies and children need I
proper food, rarely ever rr.edi- J
cine. If they do not thrive !
i on their food something is
I wrong. They need a little
help to get their digestive
machinery working properly.
SO*!"
COD LIVER OIL
W/TN HYPOPHOSPN/TES or LIME $ SODA
/ ] mmmmmmwmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm*
: will generally correct this
difficulty.
If you will put from onefourth
to half a teaspoonful
: i in baby's bottle three or four
times a day you will soon see
a marked improvement. For
larger children, from half to
: a teaspoonful, according to i
,, age, dissolved in their milk,
a j *11
i ii yuu so ucsire, win very |
soon show its great nourishing
power. If the mother's
,, milk does not nourish the
baby, she needs the emulsion.
It will show an effect
: at once both upon mother
t and child.
5*c. and $1.00, all druggist*.
SCOTT & BOWNfiy.Chemists, New York.
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Roosevelt io Charleston.
Will Present Sword to Major
Jenkins April 9.
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i utj ouue.
News hus boon received hore
that President Roosevelt will
leavo Washington for Charleston
April 8th and will spend the Oth i
nt the exposition. On the afternoon
of that day will tie tho
,
sword presentation. Piesident
Roosevelt has expressed himself
as pleased ut the prospect of handing
to "one of the most gallant
men with whom he was associated"?IVlaj.
Mjqah Jenkins?a
testimonial of the appreciation of
Sooth Carolinians for the orticer
and gentleman ? "the worthy son
of a noble sire." The exposition
management has provided on tho
programme for this presentation.
The sword will be ordered next
week. Its value and beauty will
be governed somewhat by the
additional contributions made to
the fund in the next few days.
All i lie money contributed
throughout the State will he consolidated
into one fund.
j Father's inhaman Act.
[ Puts Helpless Infant into Pot of
Boiling NValer.
Topeku, Ga., March 21.?A
most .brutal and inhuman occurrence
is reported near this place,
Jim Swinney, a big negro, got
tired of supporting his family and
put a large tin tub of water on a
lire he built, out in the yard, and
when the water was steaming he
put the youngest of his ten children
into it.
lie throw a big handful of red
pepper into the boiling water aud
stirred it up until the child was
dead.
Swinney had tied three of his
little children, but the others became
scared and with his wife ran
away. After the first child was
dead Swinuey took it ont of the
water and put another child in.
Just at this time he was frightened
by neighbors who came running
up, being told by the chil1
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uren wno nad run what their
father was doing. When Swinney
?uw the: men coming he made
fur the woods, hut ho wat caught,
and although some were in favor
of lynching, other* said let him
be taken to jail to be tried by the
law. He was then delivered to
Bailiff Roper aud lodged in jail.
The other child was taken from
the boiling water, but died in
about an hour in great pain.
\ oted It Down.
There wax a pretty hotly contested
dispensary election in
Greenwood last Thursday, the
dispensary losing by a majority
i.f 5. There were 153 votes for
the dispensary und 158 vetes
against it.
. It is a sorry ruling that deJ
prive.i jurors of the privilege of
reading newspapers and allows
lawyers to make all manner of
grand-stand plays in order to
work upon their sjmpathies or
prejudices. ?Durham Herald.
Hut it shows thai there is seuae
in the law. A juror will believe;
a newspaper, but mttv have his.
doubts about a lawyer.?Greens-1
boro Record.
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A GREAT TREAT
FOR THE LADIES.
On Wednesday j
and Thursday,
March 2(ith and 27th.
We will have our Millinery
Opening. Miss Evans has just
arrived from the North, where
she has been for sometime aeI
quainting herself with the very
j
latest styles, and is now busy get-j
ting ready to exhibit the most
elegant and up-to-date line of
Spring1 Millinery
Ever seen ill the town and
eounty of Lancaster.
IN OUR
DRY COODS
DEPARTMENT?m
rg^XT m 'ywr. ^t^^xts^rsuprji TZ Z t>
We will also make a special
display of all over Laces and
Embroideries, White Goods, all
the new Summer Silks, Linen
Crashes, Zephyrs, etc.
vvl will
Expect all
the Ladies
To come and in*
J
speet these different
Wilcox Found Guilty
And Sentenced to Hang.
K- gartllo*K of AI?scriM? of Proof
the Jury Fin.is in Conformity
With l'n!?lic Seminunt.
Elizabeth City, N. C., March
no i -
? <iumu.s >? ikiox was tonight
found guilty of tin- murder of
Nellio Cropsey. The jury, :111?*r
having been out .'50 hours, brought
in a verdict at 10.80 o'clock of
murder in the lirst degree. The
prisoner heard the verdict without
apparent emotion.
When the verdict had been
received dodge Joins said:
"ll is sadder to me than to you,
Mr. Wilcox. The jury found the
facts. I gave the law. You
have had a fair trial. Part of the
public were afraid to give; it to
you. 1 am infoi mcd that the
movement in the court house here
Friday when a crowd marched
nut was pre-arranged. I hope
such was not the case. If it was
true and the offenders brought liefore
me 1 would send every man,
woman and child to iail for ??on
lines They can't
>
afford to mins it.
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tempt. It the move was for a
purpose it was u disgrace to the
fair tfame of this county. I hope
it did not influence you gentlemen
in the least. The judgment
of the court ir jn iroTjrr
he removed to jail to he hanged
dead hy the neck on April 25th."'
Lawyer Aydlett for the defence
will appeal to the supreme court.
At 1.15 o'clock this afternoon
the jury came into court and asked
for further instruction. The
judge reiterated his for ner charge
telling the jury the finding of the
facts was with them. Ho could
give the law only. The jury then
retired for further consultation.
There were many expressions of
impatience at the tardiness of the
jury. Popular feeling was strong
and it was feared that a verdict of
acquittal would precipitate trouh.
le.
James Wilcox May Not Hang.
Elizabeth City, March 2'.'.?
The verdict that young Wilcox
was guilty of the murder of Miss
Nellie Cropsey seems to have mot
popular approval though it was
not considered probable early yes
terday that the jury would so report.
District Attorney Ward
said yesterday he never looked
for any verdict other than murder
in the second degree. Lawyer
Aydlett for the defense will enter
an appeal on behalf of the
prisoner. He will seek to set
aside the verdict on the ground
that it was not consistent with
the evidence brought out in the
trial. There is little prospect of
the prisoner paying the death penolty
on the date set by Judge
Jones.
WOUIJ) S;tlA:<IJ THE
c id :>
If members of the 'llav Kever
Association" would u.-el)r. King^s
New Discovery for Consumption,
the club would go to pieces, for
it always cuies this malady, ? and
Asth mi, the kind that baffled the
doctors ? it wholly drives from the
system. Thousands of once hopeless
sufferers from Consumption
Pneumonia, Bronchitis owe their
lives and health to it. it conquers
Grip, saves little ones from Croup
and W hooping Cough and is point
ivoly guaranteed for nil I hront
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mill upu'mv;'.
Trial Unities froo nt (li"n\ ford
Bros, J.F. Mac key ?& Co.
35?T* Sulwcaoj to fio: Ijkook
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Roosevelt Tired of
Friction in Army.
And Will Take Action for Ketiroinent
of (ien. Miles, Who
Is Uegarded as Discordant
Element in Army.
Washington, March 21.?At
the cabinet meeting today the pub
lications relating to the statements
made by (.ien. Miles before the
senate committee yesterday wore
brought up but consideration of
them was postpoued until all the
facts in the mutter became knewn.
Whatever intcutious tho president
had wifh respect to tho treatment
to bo accorded Gon. Milos his
future action will be somewhat
influenced by the fact that Gen.
Milc-> btalouiuu before the senate
committee has been represented to
him as being privileged. The
president proposes to read the
testimony given at tho hearing and
to consult with different members
of the committee on military
affairs before finally announcing
what he proposes to do.
it is significant that long after
the cabinet meeting adjourned
Secretary Hoot and the attorney
general were closeted with the
president. Tho urosidaut iu Itnowa. ??
to have stated that he was tired of
friction in the army and whether
it is decided that Gen. Miles
statement was privileged or not,
ho will at no distant day take action
looking to his retirement.
Conductor Rand Falls Off Train
and hoses an Arm.
Special to The State.
Chcrnw, March 21.?William
Rand, conductor on a Seaboard
Air Line freight train, while attempting
to got on a flat car
which was in motion fell and his
left arm was crushed to his
shoulder. It had te be amputated
at the shoulder. Mr. Rand is
doing as well as could lie expected.
He is from Raleigh.
' Helton Factory Will Double in
Size.
! Spoeial to The State.
Anderson, March 22. ?The Belton
cotton mills at Beltea, this
ceunty, of which Capt. A. E.
Sintthc is president, is to be doubled
in size and capacity and the
capital stock is to be inereased
from $000,000 to $1,000,000.
i
The Naval War is Ended Whoever
.May Pie Victor.
Washington, March 21.?The
house committee on naval affairs
by a vote ot I i<> 4 today adapted
a resolution concurring iw the cob*
elusions of President Roosevelt as
to terminating the agitation of the
j Schley controversy and indefinitely
postponing all hills and resolution.'
on the subject.
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busine*-. nui.M..oiou> iiiul tiuHruiiully
!ib e to ti ry oui :m\ obi .Rations made
by ibfir lirm.
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v. tly uimmi the blood I
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