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. ; - -> . : * .v --jr- ^ ^ ^ * '.^ ' -*wu v \ v \ ?be f^tttasfer Hcdger. { A M*mt+ Niwpmpm: n fill if " 1 llPi' ITurtf Tlww ifil ~~j ^ "ggwmly: ?eanag ? l a n c a s t e k. 8. o. october 29, 1902 . kstablsbikd lss*"*' i Happenings In The State. As Chronicled by the Alert Correspondents of The Columbia State. COUGHED UP A NAIL. Walhnlla, Oct. 22.?The little 3-year old daughter of Dr. and Mrs. J. H. Moore who more than a mouth ago swallowed a four penny wire nail, has coughed tho nail up. Tho little one would have been taken to Atlanta for an operation at once had it not boen for the serious sickness of Mrs. Moore. Except times of serious coughing the little girl seemed all right, but it was cause for rejoicing when it was coughed up. STABLES AND HORSES BURNED. Darlington, Oct. 25.?The barn and stables of Mr. P. C. Beck were burned last night about 9 o'clock Ten horses and mules, besides wagons, forage, etc., were destroyed, and no insurance Mr. Beck's place is about one nnle from town, near the Mineral spring. The early hour of the tire would seein to indicate that it was accidental. ACCIDENT OR MURDER? Augusta, Ga., Oct. 25.?The body of a white man named Taylor was found on the trolley line track between here and Aiken tonight. It had been run over. As T?yta|! a sober . nvua?never known to take a drink?the theorv that hn wn si I murdered and the body put ou the rails is strong in some quarters. A thorough examination will bo made. / SLAVER OK YOUNG WIFE FOUND GUILTY OK MANSLAUGHTER Laurens, Oct. 25.?Guilty of manslaughter with recommendation to~ mercy was the verdict agreed upon last night at 11 o'clock by the jury charged with the case of the State vs. Walker Edwards, accused of murdering by shooting Mrs. Rosa Edwards, at the Laurens cotton mills, this city, on Sunday night, May 18, last. Counsel for Edwards argued the motion for a new trial this morning. TOBACCO IN DARLINGTON. Darlington, Oct. 26. ? When the end of the tobacco season comes it will be found that for that crop alone in this county nearly eight huudred thousand dollars has been paid to farmers. One man who planted this year realized from five acres $236 per acre, taside what he made from the rest of his crop. The acreage in tobacco next jear will be very much increased. GIVEN THOUSAND DOLLARS. Florence, Oct. 25. ?The jury in the case of James Allen vs. Sulzlmcher & Son in a tint for $5 .000 damages returned a verdict for the pluinliff, James Allen,* in the Mini of $1,000. The defendants, through their attor ney, guve notice of motion for a new triul. rhirt is a case in which .lame* Allen and the elder Sulzbachcr became engaged in a fisticuff and the younger Sulzhacher took part and Allen r rou-M si it for dam agos The verdict was a surprise to nearly everybody. Tho jurj was dismissed this merning for # the week to return again on Monday morning at 10 o'clock, when tho court will reconvene. A FARMER ROHBED IN BROAD DAY, Union, Oct. 26. ? Undoubtedly tho boldest robbery ever commit' ted in this city occurred yesterday when a atranger deliberately 8nat?hed the pocketbook of Thomas Gregory of Kolton and ran, making good his escape, althougt pursued by the blood hounds oi Sheriff J. W. Sanders. It seemi that there were three in the crowd for Gregory was held by two mei while the robber made his escape It seorns that Gregory Lad sole a bale of cotton and a short whih thereafter a stranger met him neai Wilcutt's livery stable. He callei Gregory aside and asked him t< take a drink, producing a dispen sary bottle. As soon as they hat taken a drink he asked Gregory to change a $10 bill. Wishing t< be accommodating he pulled ou his purse and as he did the stran? OCiAlJilKNLook with horror on Skii Eruptions, Blotches, Sores, Pim pica. They don't have them, no will any one, who uses Bucklon' Arnica Salve. it glorifies th face. Eczema or Salt Rheun vanish before it. It cur?s sor lips, chapped hands, chilblain? 'Infallible f i 1*1108. 25c at Craw fold Bros., and J. F. Mackey ?! Co's. drug store. ger made a certain sign to twc ether men near by who approachet and caught Gregory just as thi purse was wrenched from ki band. FOUR YOUNG KOBBKRS. Greenwood, Oct. 2C.?About o'clock SSunday morning fou white boys effected an entranc into the Red Iron racket store smashing the plateglass window ii front and were about to carry oi a quantity of goods when the; were detected by Messrs. Boltoi and Thornton of the Grendel mill, who found one of the boyi in the window. They kept bin audToon had Officer Riiey on th< scene, who promptly arrested th< young robber. A short while af ter Mr. Riley captured one more and about 9 o'clock in the morn ing Mrs. Will Darby, at thi Grendell mill discovered the othe two hiding under the platform a the warehouse. Officer Flynt promptly arrested these two. The four boys were from Augusta, Ga. They said they hac come in here on a freight frou Augusta Saturday night. Theii names are Fred Franklin, Wil Whitehead, George Owens anc Will Savage. The boys do no seem to lealize the seriousness o their offense und are in a prett; good humor for yonng men witl prospects of a trip to the pen itentiary before them. At th preliminary hearing yesteida; morning all four plead guilty am I * - " wore douqu over to appear'at th next term of couit. Suicide ?f a Noted Outlaw. St. Paul, Minn., Oct. 20.? James Younger, one of the fa mou9 Younger brothers, compat riots of Jesse James, aommittei suicide today by shooting. Youn ger was recently paroled from th Stillwatei penitentiary where hi and his brother, Coleaian, wer< serving life santeocesfor particip ation in the Northfield band rai< in 1876. A M ElllCA*rt "FAMOl ? nva A ?? - ODR MILLINERY r - AND ' DRESS GOODS DISPLAY i * . ii "ii WAS A GRAND SUCCESS. I ) 1 The Ladies all said ' WE had the PRET1 TIEST and most com) * plete lines they had ever SEEN HERE. ?-4-? t iff e" They Marveled that a Lancasj ter Store should have such nice a things and nt PRTrvs ^*/ -m. jLwxv^JUk; U11L/ J " never dreamed of. Every day I looks like ; "onr mi win is. I THEY ARE ALL SCRAMBLING I ; FOB THESE PRETTY GOODS. I f [ IN MEN'S WEAR-Clothing, " Overcoats, Hats, Shoes, Under? wear, etc., we are hard to down. We've got the best. The best - assortment-The best PRICES, j In FURNITURE, Hardware, ? Stoves, Paints and Groceries we are HEADQUARTERS. 1 Come and look before you buy. it don't cost YOU anything. It " will mnUVnTT IMifllVri.W ?? Jim. Vy J. iTJ.V/1^ Ijj 1 . r 8 : -Uwsto Irrriuir kk r ? * 4 ?? j Negroes !'sed Leather, 1 Ou Would be Ravisher. He whs Tied to a Tree and lie- J lieved of a Good Part of llis SkiD, Told to Quit Country. Special to The State. i Anderson, Oct. 22.?The particulars of an unusual occurrence | in the vicinity of Coeley's bridge, | on Saluda river, reached the city i lust night. Late Saturday after- , noon a negro man, a stranger in that section, met a nogro woman in the public road on the Greenville side of the river and attempted an assault. The woman screamed and ran and the man became frightened and also lied, crossing the river to the Anderson side. The woman gave the alarm and a crowd of infuriated utnrloil nnl In *!??? I WW nvui WVI VSV4V tv? LI 14 U t IUO man. He was captured near Shady Grove church, in this county, and his captors started back into Greenville county with him. They passed the home of Mr. J. jM. Cox, a prominent farmer, on the way, and after Mr. Cox had found that the man had not succeeded in bis designs upon the woman he made the crowd promise not to kill him, but told them frankly that ho would not care what elso they did to him. The negroes carried the man over ? into Greenville county to the scene of his attompted crime. There he was fully identified by his intended victim, and he also . confessed to what ho hud done. Then he was carried into an old field and a buggy ttaco was ap plied to his back with great vigor and unction for quito a while. It is said that when the negroes finished with him the job was as completely and thoroughly done as if white men had been engaged in it. A KNIFE WAS IN HIS 1IEA11T. Joe Clark, a son of Bill Clark, one of the wealthiest negro farmers of the county, is in jail charged with *tho murder of his brother in-law, Ed. Scott. The two men had a fight Monday uight. Clark claims that Scott was advancing on him with a knife in his hand, and that they clinched and fell to the ground. When the struggle was over Scott > had a knife wound through the heart. Clark claims that Scott fell on his knife and inflicted the wound himself. Thore were no eye-witnesses, and the coroner's * jury today, after hearing what evidence could he obtained, renj dered a verdict that the deceased came to his death by a knife wound inflicted by parties unknown. GOES 1.1 KK HOT CAKKS 1 kThc fastest selling article I have in my store," writes drug) gist C. T. Smith, of Davis, Ky., "is Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs and Colds, hfiOrtllMfi it lllwnv? PIIPAu In m?> n.jr six rears of sales it'has never failed. I have known it to save suf? ferers from Throat and Lung diseases, who could get 110 help from - doctors or any other remedy." J Mothers rely on it, best physicians proscribe it, and Crawford Bros., and .J. F. Mackey & Co. guarantee satisfaction or refund price. Trial bottles tree. Keg. si/.es, f>0r and $1. ? Morgan Little and James Gill, white, are dead at Nossauville Fin., and a companion is dying as a result of drinking an intoxicating medicine. rhe Chester Mystery Of Ad Abandoned Baby. Infant Recently Loft ou Platform is Claimed?Its Father a Wealthy Young Man, to Ho Prosecuted. Special to The iStato. Chester, Oct. 24.? A gentleman came to this city last Wednesday from North Carolina, in seurch of the infant that was loft on the platform of the Southern R. R. recently. His wife is a siiler of the child's mother, who is now at his home. The parties all live in the same neighborhood. The parents went to Columbia, where the child was born. They came from there to Chester. The mother told iho whole story after she went home. She said the man forced her to leave the child and threatened to kill her if she over divulged the mutter. The brother in law says the law will be pressed against the seducer of tho girl as far as possible. lie will be prosecuted for breach of mar- \ riage contract and on other charges and will then be turned over to tho South Carolina authorities to punish tor abandoning the child. The young man is wealthy and has always had a good reputation. The girl, who is about 19, is of good family, and has always stood high in the esteem of her neighbors. When the city authorities took charge of this baby they had two applications for it, one from Clinton, and the other from Mrs. J. S. Street and she vory reluctantly parted with it when approached by tho gentleman from North Carolina. He, however, promptly paid all the expenses accruing up to date, in tho proper care and protection of the child. Thus ends u sensational case that has created a lot of gossip and useless talk in these parts. niTT or1 nv iTu'c ? ? lire W ^ V mr M mm K7 V HI ff O' 44When death seemed very near from a severe stomach and liver trouble, that 1 had suffered with for years," writes P. Muse, Durham, N. C., <4Dr. King's New Life Pills saved my life and gave perfect health." Best pills on earth and only 25c at Crawford Bros., and J. F. Mackey & Co's. drug store. Shot His Wife; Then Killed Himself. Augusta, Ga., Oct. 25.?Despondent over divorce proceedings instituted against him yesterday, Chas. H. Walker, a policeman, shot and killed his wife at the home of her mother-in-law to-day and then sent a bullet into his own brain, dying instantly. After filing the application Mrs. Walker returned to her husband's mother's home. Mrs. Walker met him at tho door and they con versed a fsw moments when suddenly Walker drew his pistol and fired four shots at his wife, all taking effect. Walker then placod the gun to his head, the bullot entering his brain. When witnesses reached them both were dead. In Walker's pocket was found a letter containing the single sentence, "At the mercy of Tiberius." At Indinnttuiliu th? nrrnnrl jury returned n partial report, including 25 indictments in tho grnvo robbery cases which have been under consideration for the last three weeks.