University of South Carolina Libraries
/ taDBLOW B. OABTSR. I ~* - - - - H i Hi D ffin rrlifftnf &b*Hd, ti ll MlTwirfm# n?im nf ir J TSUfa** . ? ?*?. 1?M? AJTO MmiUUL ( ^tiwyopT . -7 . [ VmiMkX* * SEU1.?EKKLY. L A N C A 8 F K U 8. C 8 K V T K M B E It 3 , 1902 ' 1.81 A ULSH1KI) 1M*2 |ACm?. I.J n- A AAA I o. Lttiiiucr Lou oy u,uuu. Result of the South Carolina Pri marv Proclaimed by tbo State Executive Committee. Columbia, S. C., Au<;. 2t> ? The official returns from the Democratic primary held Tuesday tc no uimite a United States Scnato) find ..II * - i 1 ...... ...1 kiiuiu IIIIIVOI B WOI U 1111 Mil aied to-day and tho result declared by the Statu executive committee, which met hero tonight Ol the six candidates for Senator John L. McLaurin's place nolie . received a majority and the two highest, Congressman Asbury C. Latimer and ox-Governor John Gary Evans, will ho voted for September 9. Latimer has a lead of 9,000 votes ou Evans, but their chances are considered even. In the gubernatorial race the candidates in the sscond primary will be D. C. Heyward, of Colleton, and Congressman W. Jasper Talbert, of Edgefield, M. K. Ansel, of Greenville, was only a few hundred votes behind Talbert and owing to an error it was sent out last night from Charleston that Ansel was in the second race. Hoy ward received doublo the votes of Talbert in the first election and more than Ansel and Talbert together. For Superintendent of Education O. B. Martin, of Greenville, has defeated the incumbent, John J. McMahan, of Columbia. The result in this race was not known until all the officials returns jvere in. In the second district, the eandidates for the congressional nomination to be voted for in the soeond primary are Attorney General G. Duncan Bellinger and George W. Croft, of Aiken, the latter having a slight lead. In the third district the candidates who run the second aro Wyatt Aiken, of Abbeville, and Dr. It. F. Smith, of Pickens. -The other w\/u^i vaoiwurti UUIillUtlllUUS wurc decided on Tuesday. For the other nominations the candidates in the second primary are as fol lows: John T. Sloan, and Frank B. Gary, for Lieutenant Governor; A. W. Jones and G. L. Walker,for Comptroller General; Col. J. C. Boyd and Col. John D. Frost, for Adjutant General; Banks L. Caughman and Boyd Evans, for ruilrond commissioner. FOR 8ENATOR. Elliott ^ 18,658 Evans ". .. 17,893 Hemphill 13,261 Henderson 13,771 Johnstone 13,556 Latimer 22,971 Total 95,110 FOR GOVERNOR. Ansel 17,685 Heyward 36,551 Talbert 18,218 Tillman ". 16,398 Tiramerman 6,515 Total <?-? skt FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR. Blease 19,274 Gary 35,464 Sloan 39^779 Total 94,517 FOR 8ECRETARY OF STATE. Austin 22,398 Gantt 34,136 Wilson 38,036 Total 94,540 FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL. Gunter, J r 51,582 oieveoHon 43,073 Total .- 94,055 FOH COMPTROLLER GENERAL. .Brookor 18,420 Jones 24,865 Sharpe 21,780 Walker 29,320 , Total ...94,391 - FOR SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION. McMnhan 45,891 Martin 48,850 Total 94,741 j FOR ADJ. AND INSPECTOR GENERAL. i Ayer 2,9S7 Boyd 30,527 Frost 36,643 \ n- a _? ruiriuK 20,957 / Rouse 3,894 r Total 95,008 FOU RAILROAD COMMISSIONER. Cannier 8,945 > Caugbtnan 18,411 Evans 20,174 Jepson 7,170 Kinaid 5,1^7 Mobley 15,241 ' Prince 2,055 VVilborn 10,153'. -wNVolling 7,281 j I Total 94,507 JL CONGRESS, FIRST DISTRICT. i Baoot 3,597 Legate 7,466 Total 11,063 SECONDS) I STRICT. Bellinger 3,974 Croft 4,090 Thurmond 3,820 Total 11,890 "0( THIRD DISTRICT. Aiken 3,042 iy Graydou 1180 McCalla 2 4G6 Prince 2,017 Rucker 1,20G Smith 2,828 Stribling 2,197 O Total .. .. _ 10,130 KNURTH DI6TRICT. Johnson 10,331 Wilson 5,585 H Total 15,916 gjj FIFTH DISTRICT. Finley 7,280 "1 Floyd 1,308 Strait 3,169 Wilson 2,220 ^ Total 14,037 SIXTH DISTRICT. IC Scarborough 13,330 <V SEVENTH DISTRICT. O' Lover 1(3,"574 McLaughlin 2,132 0^ Total 12,702 -? c< A Candidate Buried th<* Tkv Ho Was Honored by His County. A gentleman from the up-country reports a case which is rather ^ extraordinary and excites sympathy. On the very day that Mr. ^ W. W. Bright was buried his ^ county?Pickens?gave him unan imous endorsement for the office of county superintendent of edu? cation. Mr. Bright's death occurred on the 25th and his name was on the official ticket which was voted the day following.? II The State. NOT DOOM KD FOR L1FK S' "I was treated for three years by good doctors," writes W. A. Greer, McConnellsvilk, O., "for Pilau on/1 ?1 * 11 ?. HV17, uuvi riQiuin, uui, YVUWII tllJ failed, Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured me in two weeks." Cuies Burns, Bruises, Cuts, Corns, Sores, Eruptions, Salt Rheum, Piles or no pay 25c at Crawford Bros' and J. F. Mackcy & Co's drug Store. # I ^ WE % Have Bargains 1 ill the Time In Every l ine. f Iere Are a Few THAT AM "HUMMERS." r? A __________ 1000 yards striped and cheek[1 Dimities, worth 12 1-2 cts ow 8 cts. | irn i?/l * * -? h J 1 j ai us vjrmg minis, wortli cts, now 4'cts. 8 or 10 pieces Grenadette, ewest thing for ladies unlined tirts, former price 25 cts, now 5 cts. 10 pieces Point de Bruxelles, \ # >rmer price 30 cts, now 23. 0 pieces Scotch Lawns, fast )lors, cheap at 5 cts, now 3 1-2 3nts. SHOES! . SHOES! W/, L ~ 1 - -i t c aiou iiuve a ior oi snocs iat we have thrown onourbarain counter and are selling at a I icrifice. 1 lunsltr Imii k-: t I . Light Thrown on Mystery, Alan Thought to Have Been Murdered 33 Years Ago, Alive. New York, Aug. 29.?Alyster\ surrounding a supposed murder, believed to have been committed neninhere thirty three years ago, has been cleared up, says a Watertown (N. Y.) dispatch to The Herald, by the discovery of the "victim" halo and hearty, in Minneapolis, Minn, lie is now on his way from that city to join the remaining members of his family. Thomas Frederick was a la I of 10 thirty-threo years ago, when ho was employed on the farm of Charles Pickett, near Redwood. After a dispute over milking. Pickett knocked the boy down. Frederick disappeared. Phere were no witnesses of tho occurrence and no arrests were made Pickett grieved over the suspicion directed airainst him, and died a few years later. His widow survived him only a few ? ears. The boy's parents also are dead and his brothers and sitters only recently learned of his whereabouts through a letter which lie had addressed to the postmaster at Redwood. Sfltl TradpHv in Honrriia uuu nu^uuj ill VJllVlglUi Young Ed McDonnell, Formerly of Anderson^ Cuts Ilia Throat the Day After Hia Marriage. Special to The State. Anderson, Aug. 29.?News has just reached here of the attempt at suicide at his home in Hart county, Ga., of Mr. James MeConnell, sou of Mr. Ed C. McDonnell of this city. It is thought that the attempt will result fatally, and the occurrence U made more tragic by the fact that Mr. McDonnell was married just the day previous. Mr. McDonnell, who is a young man about 22 years old, has been living in Hart County, Ga., for several years. Recently he notified relatives hero that ho was to bo married last Sunday to a Miss Teasley, who lives in the lower part of that county, and his father went there to bo present at the wedding. Mr. McDonnell returned to Anderson on Monday after having seen his son Married on Sunday, having loft there Sunday afternoon. Late Monday afternoon ho received a telegram that the j'uuug uiuu nun llllOllipiCQ SUlCKlO that morniBg by cutting Ins throat; with a razor and was not expected to live. The elder Mr. McConnell started for hi* son's home immediately on receipt of the tele* gram and hus not yet returned. The young man lives in an isolated section, far removed from telephone connection, and nothing has been heard as to his condition since tho receipt of the telegiam Monday night. i'oung McConnell was reared in the Starr section of this county and is quite popular where he is known. He is said to have been a quiet, steady young man, and no reason can lie jisnirrnpfl for ntu n 1,10 rash act. Ho was one of the very lust persons one would have expected to take his life. ?Senator John L. McLaurin passed through the city yesterday ?n Ids way from the up country o llennettsville. It is said he inends to irako (iroenvillo his lome.?(Jolusnhiu State. A New President For Clemson College. Dr. 1*. 11. Mell of Georgia l'nunimousl/ Elected 1?v Board A Man of Wide Reputation. ; Special to The State. Anderson, Aug. 30.?Col. K. W. Simpson, chairman of the bourd of trustees of Cleuison college, telephoning tonight, says that Dr. P. H. Moll, who was to day elected president of the college is a native of Georgia, but lias been connected with tho Alabama Polytechnic institute at Auburn for tho past 20 years, lie was most highly recommended to the trustees and every tncmhor of the boa d fools that the right sclec ion has been made. The names of a nuinlier of other gontlcmcD were presented to the trustees but -ifter careful deliberation Dr. Mell was chosen. Dr. Mell is 52 years old anil is a member oi uio liuptist church. He is a distinguished educator and is saiil to possess in a high degree the qualities that wero desired in a president for Clernson. It is understood that ho will accept the position and will come to Clemson at once in time to be prosent at the opening. The college opens Sept. 10 and CjI. Simpson says the prospects are very bright for the uext session and that the barracks will bo tilled with students. A. M. C. Two Five-Story Brick Buildings in Brooklyn Collapse. New York, Aug. 30.?Tons of brick, mortar, beams and coffoe fell with a'crash into the street and on to the elevated structure and trolley tracks today when two live-story brick buildings on Fill ton street, Brooklyn, coilapsed. Twenty-live thousand bags of coffee, owned by J. H. Taylor and Smith & Walbridge of Manhattan, were stored in tho building and proved too great a burden. By maivelous good fortune, not u man was in the building at the time. No one was on the sidewalk, nor were any trolley cars or elevated trains nearby. The loss is estimated at about *<>0,000. 200 Killed or Wounded. Willemstad, Curacoa, Aug. 29. ?Advices of an official nature which have reached here from Caracas, Venezuela, are to the effect that a severe light occurred yesterday between government forces and the advance guard of t'ha rfiVnlnllAlioriT nrmi. .vi vimvivumi y (u hi J U11UC1 General Matos. The revolutionists were commanded by General Zoilo and Vidal. They mado an attempt to occupy the town of Taguay, but, aftor a fight of five hours, they abandoned the field to the government forces. Two hundred of the revolutionists were killed or wounded. --General Floyd, after making a canvass for congress, declares that he made his campaign on good, old Democratic lines, but he is of the opinion that the people are tired of old .nossback issues and want something up to date and in keeping with the spirit of tho times. In this (Jen. Floyd is eminently correct. We are a progressive people and cannot forever run along in the old ruts. ?Columbia Kecord.