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.Mi,i.\vEr,KLV. LAN O ASTER S. U. O C T O B E R 4, 1902 K8TA ELS HIED186*
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smitn ana i airciutn
Hanged for Murder, ,,
Showed the Courage of Brutes
Utterly Devoid of Moral Sense
? One Wanted to bo Married
on Scaffold. g
Brooson, Fla., Sept. 30.?Thesti
odore Smith and Thomas G. Fair
cloth, the young white men who 11'
i- i J ?i i co
Kiiiru me ugeu boww coupie one
month ago today, were successfully
executed by Sheriff Sutton this
morning. The trap was sprung
at 11.12 o'clock and both necks 80
were broken. ?*
Faircloth was pronounced dead ot^
in 15 minutes and Smith in 12 1-2
minutes. Both men had wonder- .
to
ful nerve aud ascended the scaff- (jc
old with steady step. They had (jr
their coffins opened and inspected
and commentod on them. Fair- rn
cloth remarked that they wero all fl<
right, and both men addressed the 8ti
immense crowd with clear and unbroken
voices. at
Faircloth was baptised by Rev. th
J. B. Holley of Gainesville in the ail
box which was to centain his cof- th
fin in jail this morning. Their tu
nerve was beyond description, tjr
and there was no excitement. tw
The sons and daughters of 8e
Lewis witnessed the execution. 0f
The bodies of the hanged men a
were turned over to relatives for ro
interment. Smith had a young (j,
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nuvi hum imwy. r iiuuuiu WilH t'H- (.[
gaged to be married and just before
the execution expressed a <le- a]
' sire to have the ceremony per (/,}
formed, hut the sheriff would not
permit this to ho done. fr
AMhRUV.- FAMOIS fri
UK ? UTIKS
Look with horror on Skin nc
Eruptions, Blotches, Sores, Pirn- bu
pies. They don't have them, nor di<
will any one, who uses Bucklen's rl|
Arn:ca Salve. It glorifies the u()
face. Eczema or Salt Rheum
vanish before it. It cures sore
lips, chapped hands, chilblains. Wl
Infallible for Piles. 25c at Craw- gr
ford Bros., and J. F. Mackcy & gt]
Co's. drug store.
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One hundred graves in Iudian- ^
apolis have been robbed of the oc- ^
cupants by negroes, who were ^
hired to do so by medical students.
When the negroes were arrested
they confessed to be members of
en organized band for grave rob:
binjr.
Men of oak
ba
Timbers of oak keep the old c"
homestead standing through l<
the years. It pays to use the an
right stuff.
" Men of oak" are men in be
rugged health, men whose *2
bodies are made of the sound- thest
materials. G
Childhood is the time to lay
the foundation for a sturdy con- ba
stitution that will last for years. ?l:
Scott's Emulsion is the right c<
stuff. be
Scott's Emulsion stimulates
the growing powers of children, fei
helps them build a firm ea
foundation for a sturdy consti- '1?
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Send forfree sample. Hi
SCOTT St BOWNE, Chomlsta,
409-416 Poarl Street, New York. Pr
50c. and SI.OO; all drutialsts. niz
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k Cyclone at Mooroe.
oofs Lifted from Most of the
High Buildings in the Town
and They are Deluged
With Water.
leciul to Charlotte Observer.
Monroe, Sept. 30.?A cyclone
rock Monroe at (?:30 this afterion.
While no lives were lost.
usiderable property damage was
>ne. Persons who saw tbo storm
y that two clouds, one traveling
oin the west and one from the
>uth, met just a little southwest
the town and the whole travel1
in a funneNshaped mass very
regulary. A great mats of
tbris caught in the whirl seemed
be driven upward aud then
wnward until it was finally
opped. Somo~eTgbt or ten store
tiliings were unroofed and tho
in which accompanied the wind
todecMhc buildings almost inantly.
The wind seemed to be moving j
quite an altitude, since only j _
e high buildings were caught J
id little havoc was wrought near
e ground. Immense sheets of
i, torn from buildings, were
iven through the air, apparently
ro or throe hundred feet high for
vernl hundred yards. One trass
tin fell three blockh away upon "
dwelling house and cut into the
of. The roofs went from the
antral Hotel, English & Ashaft's,
C. W. Brunner's, A.
?vy's aud the Bickett building ?
I of these lurge brick buildirgs.
limneys cluttered down upon
veiling bouse roofs to the great
ight of many people. Griffin's
'ery stable, uu exceedingly large _
nine building, was uncovered.
Wires are down, so that no
ws has come from the country,
it it is believed that the blow
il not extend over a large tor*
.ory. Certainly its path was
/ wide. .
The greatest damage to goods I
is sustained by C. W. Bruner,
occryman, and A Levy, dry l
iods. The latter was preparing
r a millinery opening to-inor i
w and had a great deal of fancy
iods displayed. Upon these ^
e water fell in sheets when the k
of went off.
Loss to Mr. J. G. Wolling.
Shelton, Sept. 30.?On Satur- ^
j evening about 3 o'clock the
anery of Hon. Jno. G. Woll
/ of Wolling, S. C., was des- I
iy?d by fire. The outfit was a
tal loss, together with several J
les of cotton, a lot of his seed
tton and a quantity of seed.
>tal loss about $3,500; no insurce
at all. (
A naval stores combine has ^
en organized, with n capital of C
00.000. The trust will *??**? ? ?.! *
o output of four Southern stated. ^
OESTIKI: IIOT cakks 3
tlThe fastest selling article I ?
ve in nr* store," writes drug
st C. T. Smith, of Davis, Ky., 1
s Dr. King's New Discovery for
insumptiou, Coughs and Colds,
cause it always cures. In my
c years of snlo9 it has never fail- ~|
. I have known it to save suf- J
rers from Throat and Lung dis- ^
bos, who could get no help from ^
ctors or any other remedy."
others rely on it, best physims
prescribe it, and Crawford
'os., and J. F. Mackey & Co. M
> rantee satisfaction or rcfuud
ice.. Trial bottles free. Reg.
;es, 50c and $1.
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or
costing; herself. She has every- '
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In our Dress Goods and No- A
ion Department, we have the
licest and most complete line we
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lave ever shown.
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We invite all the Ladies to ??
;ome and see our different lines. Z
Jld ladies, young ladies, little ??
*irls, big girls, bachelor girls, old ?"
naids and all. If you can't come h?
yourself send your "old man," ?h
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Don't forget the date, TI ES-s"
DAY and TUESDAY NIGHT, s,
SEPT. 30th.
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w Trial Granted
To James Wilcox.
>rth Carolina's Supremo Court
Gives Man Condemned for
Miss Crepsey'b Murder
Another Chance.
lialeigh, N. C., Sept. 30.?The ,
preme court of North Carolina
lay handed down an opinion in
3 famous Nellie Cropsey case in ^
lich James Wilcox was charged
th the murder of Nellie Crop- ^
f in Elizabeth City last Novemr.
The court gives Wilcox a u
w trial. h
The caso is a familiar one to the "
blic. Nellie Cropsey, a beau- ^
ul young girl, disappeared at "
^ht from her homo in Elizabeth n
ty. She had last been seen with ?
ilcox, at ono time her swoct- ^
off Silianiomn ?*?!! ^^
m? ? MUO|/iV/lULl 1UI1 UU 11 I11J J
t ho was not arrested. Tlti: ty- 0
ven days after her body was 11
and in Pasquotank river, and 0
ilcox was arrested. He was '*
ied and sentenced to be hanged.
a stoutly declared his innocence M
d an appeal to the supreme
urt was taken. a
In granting a new trial the su- 0
erne court says the evidence was I1
tirely circumstantial. The ju- 11
does not seem to have given 91
e necessary cautious and vigi- ?
at attention to the evidence, or
e presentation of the prisoner's b(
so by counsel. It says that the ^
nduct of tho spectators in and ''
out the court was sufficient to 0
ejudicc the jury. "No such ^
mostrntions," reads tho opin*. e
n, "wero over witnessed in our 11
ate before." *
Among those demonstrations
jro people leaving tho court n
om in a body and the ringing J1
a fire alarm. The cou.t does a
t find tho jury was influenced 8
r these things, but viowing all P
this disorderly conduct, it says 81
o trial was not conducted in the
oper form of law, and gives a
w trial to Wilcox, which it says c
ust be attended by no such de- t(
onstrations of lawlessness and t!
timidatiou as wore present on 8
o former occasion. The next ^
rm of the court begins in Paslotank
county on November IT, *
d the case will be heard n<min ^
O
that time. a
Rich Man from Staton Island I
Feared Blackmailers, So v
Took Poison. e
t
Orauge, Tex., Sep. 30.?Lud- c
ig Braun of Richmond, Staten *
land, N. Y., committed suicide 8
>ro today by taking poison. lie ^
[is walking along the street and '
ddenly fell. When assistance 1
ached him ho stated that ho had I
ken poison. Every effort to *
vo his life was made, but with- *
it avail. (
He told the physicians that ho '
d been iu the real estate busi' (
ss at Richmond, but had loft 1
ero in an effort to escape prose- 1
ition and blackmail on the part c
a man whose name he did not c
vulge. 1
Ou his body was found a largo ^
m of money, valuable jewelry c
id a pass book on a hank at *
opleton, N. Y., showing a 11
edit of #4,000. d
The tobacco trust has bought 1
iclusive control of the market ?
Louisville. I
Vive hundred people in .lapnn v
bro caught in a tidal wave and j
owned. i
f
P.aok Robbery At Fort Mill.
h<- Safe of the Savings Bank
Blown Open and $2,500
Stolen?Evidently 1he
Work of Profess
ionuls, Who EsCUpO.
peeial to The Observer.
F.,rt Mill, S. C., Sept. 30.?
Hum the people of this indua.
ious town awoke this morning
?eir attention was called to the
ict that a scene peculiar to the
ild and turbulent West had
con enacted here. It was notliig
shoH of a bank robbery, a
enuino bank robbery done in the
lost approved manner, with
outness and despatch. At 3:55
'clock this morning the savings
aok was forcibly entered, ovidnt
1 y by experts. Entrance was
ffectcd through the front door
nd by the aid of explosives tho
uter and inner vault doors wero
lown open and then the doors of
tie costly safo with its time lock
ras blown into scrap iron. Evi
enees of tbo explosion sit e seen
11 about the room, but no serins
damage to the building is aparent.
All the valuablo papers
1 the vault were more or loss
marred and mutilated and the
llicers of the bank have spent
le entire day recovering and
orting tbem. With several
undred dollars in lulls damaged
V the explosive and some silver,
ithcr overlooked or intentionally
3ft, about $000 has been recovred.
The thieves got the balnee'on
hand, amounting lo'about
2,500 in round number.
Tbo business of the bank will
ot be effected by the loss. It is
list a mutter of a few months or
years p rrofits A statement
igned by Capt. S. E. White,
resident, is posted on the door
evinir the bank will be onen for
L
usiness to-morrow.
There has not been the slightst
uneasiness among the deposits,
for it was generally known
tiat the cash on hard was but a
mall part of the assets of the
auk.
There are no clues to the perperators
of the deed. They must
ave escaped through the country
s there were no passing trains
intill 8 o'clock this morning.
V. large wall clock hung near the
ault had its equilibrium disturb id
by the concussion and stopped
hereby marking the time of the
iccurrence. A number of tools
iclonging to the robbers and
lome which were stolen from a
ilacksmith shop near-by wore
oft on the floor. People in all
lirections in the country are rojorted
to have heard the robbers
reaping past their houses in velicles.
Four men, one of whom
serried a satchel, or said to have
jeen seen crossing a field one and
mo-half miles from to*\n. This
s the most reasonable clue, for
he robbers would hide in tho
sreek bottoms until night and then
ifter dividing the spoils scatter
n different directions. Cashier
floacham says he has had kindly
>ffers of assistance from other
anks, but says ho will neednothng
more than perhaps accommolation
in the matter of exchange,
.ato this afternoon a two-onco
utile which had contained the
litro-glyccrino was found in the
and. The #500 safo is a total
rrcek.
No morpbtno or optum In DrtJtfUafeftlF*
'ilia Oubk AH Pain. "Ono S*9N?