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She Eancasfcr ^cdget. "" ? t rr.nj.iIM . n.. ru tfm* r-rl ~r*nK *j?f i..rf~rnM.??. f r " r ~ | tPMfc 0Ltij^1lSjk ' .?w? M ' . ?1 --?-S- - 11 - - ? J U- -! ' . I ! I I ? 1* . I. ???# sifi.n,WEliKLY LANCASTER. S. C. NOVEMBER 22, 1902 KSlABLSUlED 1862 /IratTfl DaKKawh' OiWn ' m-- ' " uiaic liuuuoia oigii Is A Lnmp Of Coal. Mayor of Indianapolis Has Conference With a Ghoul and Gets Some Confidential Information. Indianapolis, Ind.. Nov. 18.? Mayor Bookwalter and Rufus Cantrell, the grave robber, had a conference in the grand jury room tiday. The Mayor went to see Cantrell in answer to an appeal from a mother, who feared that her son*!* body had been stolen. Before he left, Caotrell made a confident of him. ((lf what Cantrell told me was true, half of this grave robbing bu-iness has not been disclosed," said the mayor. Minnie Waddell of St. Louis bad appealed to the mayf}? to find out whether the body of her son. Walter, had been stolen from Mount Jackson cemetery. Cantrell immediately recalled the date of the lad's burial and the location of the grave. "But we did not take the body," said he "it was too small. I could only sell four bodies of children in a year, for the college only needed that many. "Are you sure of this case?" asked the mayor. "Sure? Well, I should say I am," answered the grave robber. "If you will go to Mount Jackson you will find a lump of coal at the head of the grave. That is to notify any ene in the business that the body 16 undesirable. The night after the boy was buried I went to Mount Jackson to get another body. I took the coal along us a marker. It is a sign understood by all grave robbers." Cantiell was before the grand jury for more than an hour today. I hoc nf Elnoh luoo ui i moil When you can't eat break* fast, take Scott's Emulsion. When you can't eat brea<| Aid butter, take Scott's Emulsion. When you have been Kving one mHk diet and want something a little more nourishing, take Scott's Emulsion. To get fat you must eat fat Scott's Emulsion is * great fattener, a great strength giver. Those who have lost flesh want to increase all body tissues, not only fat Scott's Emulsion increases them all, bone, flesh, blood and nerve. For invalids, for convalescents, for consumptives, ft\r u/.ak vi iTvun viuiui?i| ivr an who need flesh, Scott's Emulsion b a rich and comfortable food, and a natural tonic.. Scott's Emulsion for bone, flesh, blood and nerve. We will send you a free sample. Be aurt thai this picture tnc lorro or i lanei is on th? wrapper of every bottle of Emulsion you buy. SCOTT & BOWNE, CHEMISTS. 409 Pearl SI, N.Y. 50c. end $11 all druggists. Straw Hat Found With a Note Indicating a Tragedy. Leavenworth, Kans., Nov. 17. ?In the Missouri river near here, a woman's straw hut with the foU lowing note, has been found: "To whoever finds this, please take clothes to The Journal office, and they will send it to 445 North Twentyo-sixth street, Lincoln, Neb. This is to mark the place where 1, Mrs. Al. Sechrist, and baby have gone to rest in the deep Missouri.1' The woman's family lives in Lincoln. The ha* was- identified by a restaurant keeper in this city, who says its owner ate several meals at his place last week. It is believed that Mrs. Al. Sechrist-is the wife of Frank Sechrist, ?- I-in?1 L- rx n huu nog hUlVU uy ur. ?0rO, ftl Kansas City, three months ago, in a dispute over a board bill. The river is being dragged. Kansas City, Nov. 17. ?Mrs. Secbrist was supposed to have started for Kansas City to testify in the Zorn case, which was set for today, but up to this hi or the has not been located. The killing of Secbrist by Zoro was a sensational affair and Mrs. Sechrist was the State's principal wit* ness. STARTLIN?. BUT TRUE "If every one knew what a grand medicine Dr. King's New Life Pills is," writes D. H. Turner, Demseytown, Pa., "you'd sell all you have in a day. Two weeks' use has made a new man of me." Infallible for constipation, stomach and liver troubles. 25c at J. F. Mackey & Co. & Crawford Bros', drug store. ?Pay your"Subscription to the Ledger and be happy. | uiown 10 fragments. Mr. Alex T-idlock Instantly Killed and Ellis Tadlock Badly ma# % . - ? wounded by an Explo? sion. Monroe Journal,' 18th inst. Mr. Alex Tadlock was blown into fragments yesterday at his father's gin in Marshville township, and his brother Ellis thrown through a roof and badly injured by the explosion of the boiler of the establishment. The plant is at Mr. J. T. Tadlock's place four miles south of Marshville and his sons wore helping to operate it. At noon yesterday the hands had all returned from dinner a little earlier than usual. Mr. Alex. Tadlock was standing just in front of the boiler, and Ellis Tad'ock and a darkey were standing further away in the mill house. With* out any warning whatever the boiler exploded. Alex Tadlock's body was torn to fragments and he of course died instantly. Ellis, a lad of perhaps sixteen, was hurled through the mill house roof, and his leg was broken. Other and more fatal injuries may yet be undiscovered. The colored man was not hurt much. The main part of the boiler was hurled 240 yards away. The scene was one of devastation and ruin. Doctors were summoned, and Doctors Armfield, Eubanks and Dees amputated the wounded leg of young Tadlock. Air. Alex Tadlock was 34 years old and leaves a wife and four children. Drowned in The Missouri. OUR MILLINERS -ANDDRESS BODPS DISPLAY WAS J GRIND SIIPI!P?? I The Ladies all said WE had the PRETTIEST and most complete lines they had ever SEEN HERE. They Marveled that a Lancas ter Store should have such nic< things and at PRICES thej never dreamed o? Every daj J ' looks like "iifm" mi wnn us viun h*p mii mill uui THEY ARE BLL SCRAMBLING FOB THESE PRETTY GOODS. " IN MEN'S WEAR-Clothing Overcoats, Hats, Shoes, Under jwear, etc., we are hard to down 'We've got the best. The bes assortment?The best PRICES, j In FURNITURE, Hardware Stoves, Paints and Groceries w< ?! ? TIT? A TTOTT A iwjl v/ xxxJXl.l7\3(iU>/i-XVX % Come and look before you buy it don't cost YOU anything. I will make YOU MONEY. ? 4 ety in the shape of tho carving done. Geo. Sims and Silas Wiggins, two big negroes, and Marshall Curry, a small one, engaged in a crap gnino. They got into a row over it and Sims with a brick and Wiggins with a stick advanced upon Curry. ?Vhat ho did for them with his cutlery is said to r have amply fulfilled the oxactions 3 of those who backed liini as a D champion carver. After the knife 3 play ceased it was found necessa3 ry to take 67 stitches in Sims' 1 hide, while artistic work upon * Wiggins was a close second. None of the cuts reached vital parts. 1 Curry has cleared out. 5 _ J OA1TUKED A HUGE SHARK. Beaufort, Nov. 18.?A 14-foot ohflrlr \jlmjw "" {!??.?.l -* Happenings In The State. r As Chronicled by the Alert Cor respondents of The Columbia Stato. TWO LAURENS HOMICIDES. Laurens, Nov. 17.?Information reached here this morning ol two homicides in the county, out occurring Saturday night, th< other yesterday about noon. Thi parties are all pnlnr?<t Tin principals in the Saturday nigh tragedy were George Wallace am Will Turner. Turner was joal I ous of Wallace and shot him ic the back as Wallace was takinj his position on the floor to "call' a dance at a negro house in th< vicinity of Vauglinville. No ar. rest has been made. The account of the other affai is meagre. Two negro youth on the place of Mr. Willian Phinnay, three miles from Clin ton, got into a quarrel abou some potatoes, when one Wil Young, procured a cheap pisto ! and shot his antagonist, one bul j let taking effect in the back aiu ! the other through the thigh. H< lived only a short time. Hi name is Hufus Mason. MAN WHO KILLED W1LLIMAN I! NAMED KEENAN. Greenwood, Nov. 18.?it hai been ascertained that the negrc 3 who killed Samuel Williman gave his name as John Keenan ant j claimed to be from Union county, He had a tight with Sam Davis, t negro with whom he wus gatnb ling, and Davis hit him on the head with a rock, which split his left ear. Davis is the only one who knows much about him, and 1J A 1 ! V. * nu cuuiu uoi no round today. Sheriff Gilreath wired the sheriff of Union in regard to lveenau, and the answer was confirmatory of the story as to whether he had lived in Union. Sheriff Gilreath went on the afternoon train tc Union and will stay there until o " thorough search has been made for Keenan, as it is almost certain that ho went in that direction. HAT STOLEN WHILE AT TRATER. Greenville, Nov. 18.?One oi our preachers was conducting family worship on Sunday whet a little darkey entered tho fron 9 ball and walked off with th< preacher's hat. The negro wui caught, but tho hat has not hoei recovered. MI88 LOLA TURNER LOCATED. , Spartanbuig, Nov. 17.?Mr C C. A. Turne?*, the father of Mis Lola Turner, the missing gir whrtRA lliaaimaarunna 1>i>" .. ?wwv M(WW|'|/VWIMUV?U uno VyttU OCI something of a sensation in am about this city, was seen today b; 9 The State's representative. II has withdrawn his reward of $10< E3 for assistance in locating the girl and has every reason to believ that he knows exactly where sh is. It is not his intention to in terfere with her present plans an< he offers and is ready to educat her at any seminary or col leg ^ she cares to go to. He is sinshe is safe, and the disappeuranc story is now at an end. AN ARTISTIC CARVER. Iiock Hill, Nov. 17.?Nothin r is thought hero of a row nmon the colored em ploy os of the Cn tawba Power company. Sti that one which occurred yestei day afternoon offered some vari wMMft u f?wo vavi^ut ULI ouiuiuuy ui Bay Point by a fishing party of Beaufort young gentlemen. It was landed with dilliculty and was the largest seen for years. t HEAVY RAINS IN YORK. Vorkville, Nov. 18.?One of tho heaviest rains wo havo had for j a good while commenced here 3 last night about 8 o'clock and B continued nearly all night. Mr. J. R. Schorb, weather observer, reports the rainfall for that per^ lod as measuring 2.70. WHITNEY LOSES THOROUGHBREDS. i Aikeu, Nov. 19.?Two of Mr. > ' ^ Whitney's thoroughbreds have j died of pheumoma due to the sud>* den change from the north to tho ^ south and tho long journey. Tho others are doing well and Mr. J. } W. Rogers, the trainer in charge, thinks that they will be all right ^ in a few days. 1 I A LITTLE BOY KILLS HIMSELF. Newberry, Nov. 19.?Last night in West End, Oliver Jones, a boy about 9 years old, while I playing with a gun at a neighbor's j house, shot and killed himself. , He had the muzzle of the rifle in l his mouth and pushed the trigger , with bis toe, calling to a boy , standing near to lookout him. It is supposed tb&t the shooting was accidental as tbe young fellow probably did not know tbe gun f was loaded. f 1 DKOWNKI) IN A TUB. t Greenwood, Nov. 19.?Thelit3 tie 18 months' old son ot Mr. 3 and Mrs. D. B. Johnson, who 3 live not far from Kirksey, met an untimely death yesterday afternoon in a peculiar manner. The little child wanderod out into the yard and m playing around a tub g of wator, which had been used in 1 washing clothes, fell in the tub 1 and was drowned before the fam1 ily knew where it was. When y the child was missed a soarch was e instituted but it was found too 0 late. Death had resulted. ? 6 STRUCK BY A FALLINO DERRICK. ? Spartanburg, Nov. 19.?This - morning a b'g derrick situated d near the Southern main line oa o the siding to tho Drayton mills, ? which was engaged in unloading ? iron beams from a box car, around ? which were a number of workmen, slipped from its bearing and was overturned. Asa result the iron beam in falling struck Mr. Ernest Weber, foreman of the (V carpentering crew at Drayton ^ mills, breaking his right leg in . two placos. Two negro hands, who were nearby wero also struck ' by tho piece of iron and painfully, i- but not seriously hurt.