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WCBJtO-W 8. CAMKB. j ~ r nijnijn, HrTV- ? D"- 1 ?I ?.- ? ^ | U '' biuiui aid mmn 1 w i fnaaiftlmba ' ""- - -!. -- -- ---- - . .... n __ ?? ?. ?!. - 1 1 ._ I I I III 11 mmammmt^rnrnr m SEMUWEEKLY. LANCASTER, S. C.. MARCH, 11, 1903 ESTABLISHED 1862 Happenings In The State. As Chronicled by tho Alert Corroup indents of The Columbia State. CAUQIIT IN KNOXVILLE. Laurens, March 7.?Deputy Sheriff John D. Owings left yesterday afternoon for Columbia for the purpose of obtaining froir tho governor tho necessary paper* to procure the return to Laurent nf William ?- " ? 4 I* v >? II iiimui L>i JOVII Willi 18 111 IUI custody of tho authorities al Knoxvil'e, Tenn. The officer will proceed from Columbia tc Knoxrillo to execute his mission. Bryson is wanted on the charge ol murdering another negro namoc Watts four or five years ago it Cross Hill township. A HOMICIDE IN FLORENCE. Florence, March 0.?Late yestcrday afternoon Ella Williams, i negro woman, was stabbed t( doaih by Ira Woods, a negrc man, noar Timmonsville. Fron: all that can be learned it seems hi if lAlllnilUV Wfia tVio nnimn fU J ? ?,J ?? 1??J VUV U1 111L killing and that Woods went tc the woman's house and some dispute arose when the woman was stabbed-to the heart by Woods. Particulars of the affair are hard to obtain, there being no witness es and one principal being dear an^the other having fled. sullivan's shortage $ 1,810. Laurens, March 8.?Late yes terday afternoon J. A. Austin, the newly elected dispenser, qualified and took charge of the dispensary. A representative of the surety company in which ex-Dis penser Sullivan was bonded to gether with the board of control finished the examination of the k/v/vl!T?? l!-n: i~? ? uuuno ui uuiiivuu uunng me ar ternooD. Further investigatior as to deposits, receipts and files, etc., will be made outside of th< dispensary. The exact amount ol the discrepancy is stut^d to b< $1,810. Col. Max Joseph, of Athens, Robbed in Atlanta, Georgia. Atlanta, Ga., March 8.?Col, Max Joseph of Athens, Ga., i member of Gov. Terrell's staff, was tonight robbed of a diuniout scarfpin valued at $1,000 wbih standing on the platform of ur nntooinc train in Ihn nninn <ln??r O r> ???" Three men brushed rudely ngainsi him as if by accident, and it if supposed one of them abstractec the pin from his neckiie in th< confusion. The men jumped of the platform and escaped. MOKE RIOTS Disturbances ef strikers are no nearly as grave as an individua disorder of the system. Over work, loss of sleep, nervous ten sion will bo followed by utter collapse, unless a reliable remedy if immediately employed. There'f nothing so efficient to cure disorders of the Liver or Kidneys as Electric Bitters. It's a wonder Jul tonic, and effective nervine and the greatest all around medi cine for run down systems. I dispels Nervousness, liheuma'.isn and Neuralgia and expels Mularit germs. Only 50c, and satisfuc tion guaranteed by Crawfon Bros., and J. F. Mackey & Co Druggist. ?The State treasurer's booki show that the receipts of the for tilizer tax to dato aggregate ove $70,000, an increase of $8,000 ii a week. This year will break al records. ?The State. t ' ** t? i . Gov Heyward Calls A Spade A Spade Talku Plainly About a Kace Question Convention?A Movement Calculated to do Conaidorubla Harm i The State. 1 Gov. Hejward having received J telegraphic inquirioa from The a ri*_ i - ' iriouno uud The Chronicle ol 5 Chicago yesterday gave an ex* ^ pressiou on the "negro problem" which is plain and to the ' point. It seems that the Wisconsin ' legislature has requested the gov' ernor of that State to issue invit* 1 ations to the governors of the other States to appoint delogates to a convention to bo held in Atlanta, Ga., on July 4 next to dis. cms the race question. The Chit cugo papers atked the govornor: > "Will you appoint delegates unci > do you think the convention i would by helpful?" i The governor's reply to the i telegram reads as follows: } State of South Carolina, Executive Chamber, * Columbia, March G, 1903. "Your telegram requesting ' brief summary of my views on the proposed convention asked I for by the Winconsin legislature, to discuss the race question, has just been received. I think, from every standpoint, that this action of the Wisconsin legislature it , worse than meaningless. Such e convention could not possibly bring any result, so far as the ) proper aspect of the subj'ect it . concerned. Of all available roa sons for tlio consideration of the i race question I know of nothing > nioie directly aimed in absolutely - the wrong direction, so far as the i proper solution of the problem is , concerned, than would bo such ti ) convention. The personnel ol f such a body would be a lieteroge3 neous mixture entirely without the proper knowledge of the subject they were supposed to be able tc " discuss. The interference and ignorance of long-range-would-be philanthropists has done more tc create a race question whore none I t . .. exists man all other combined ? agencies that have over come witli' in my ol serration. 1 have al ' ways been a friend of the negro 1 and never spoke with more sincere friendly consideration for his inL terests than in what I am now say ing. Right thinking white men I and right thinking negroes have } always, with proper .understand^ ing, gotten along well togother. The other type of negro needs to be deult with. This outside interference involves many conflict I ing dangers and displays absolute . ignorance of the fundamental - principles of the question. It * is a charitable reflection,mildly ex1 pressed, to remind these champions of such vapid nonsense how , the streets of Jerusalem were kept clean. I snail take no ofli? * cial notice of the action of the * Wisconsin legislature, and shall ^ certainly not appoint delegate! t unless urged to do so by my confctitimnta 1 D. C. Hey ward, Governor. b La grippe coughs yield quickly - to the wonderful curative qunlir tios of Foley's Honey and Tar. i There is nothing olse "just uf 1 good." T. Eugene Funuorbnrk, druggist. Tbe Gonzales Monnment. ' i i Meeting of the Central Committee ?A Statement Issued. Secretary McMahan on behalf of the Gonzales monument com. mittce has handed the press the following statement for publication: I The committee on the Gonzales , monument fund met Saturday at 1 -1^1 l 1 i it - - 4 t a o chick unci canvassed mo siiua tion. The amount realized thus far is gratifying, considering that no systematic canvass bus been made. Committees will now be appointod to canvass for subscriptions in all the .towns and communities in the State, and it is , expected within the next month to ( havo in hand a very large sum. , The chairman of the committee Mr. YV. A. Clark is now appointing local committees but desires , it to be particularly understoo d that everybody is invited to ccn; stituto himself or herself a committee of one to obtain such sub( scriptions as each community may wish to make. The newspapers will bo relied upon to make this Known to ull of their readers. To set at rest a question that has arisen in the minds of some as to the form which the memorial should take, the committee decided unanimously, in accordance with the original purpose of all who have been moving in the matter in Columbia, to erect a monu i ^ ment in a public place in the city. 1 Alfred A Knapp; His Attorneys Will Sat Up the Plea of Insanity. . Hamilton,O., March G.?Al' fred A. Knapp, the self-confessed murderer, was visited today by his attorneys from Cincinnati and they say they cannot get ready . for the preliminary hearing this week. There is no doubt whatever about the defonso pleading insanity, and the tirst movement will bo for an inquest. His I fourth wife, parents, brother, sister and brothers-in-law will testify that Knapp has not been right mentally since he was kicked by a colt when he was 5 years ,.1,1 1 imu uuu i!> ib exponea in it neigb- ( bor? of the Knapps and fellow workmen of the prisoner will testify as to Knapp's queer ways, j Knapp is as indifierent in jail an ^ ever, playing cards and reading ( aud apparently the most cheerful | of all the prisoners. ( The Loss to the Stock Men Will Reach $500,000. 1 I Fort Worth, Tex., March 5.-? 1 Railroad men return from the ' 1 Panhandle country state that the situation resulting from the recent 1 ' blizzard is the worst over known. The estimates of loss to the ?tock men of Texas and tlio territories, it is said will reach i l.oif .. ?:n:? i-ii u iuiiikju uouarg. ' What's considered a conserva- 1 1 tivc esimate of the los? of live I stock is given at 25 per cent, and > some ranches report as high as 75 . per cent. The Matador ranch lost 1,300 heud RAW Olt^ZNrLAMED LUNOB, Yiold quickly to the wonderful i ' curative and healing qnalities of Foley's Honey and Tar. It pro vents pneumonia and consumpi tion from a hard cold settled on , the lungs. T. lCugone Fundor! burk, druggist. S The Dying Woman Identifies Negro. Mrs. ,J. C. Dickcrson Who Was Outraged at Cordova, Ala? Story of the Midnight Assault. Birmingham, Ala., March 7. ? Mrs. J. C. Dickerson, who wilt outraged by a negro at Cordova, Alu , Wednesday, died in the hosital.lieio tonight. Before her death the woman recovered consciousness sufficiently to identify hei assailant, Henry Walker. The * %/ negro was brought to Birmingham and taken before Mrs. Dickerson at the infirmary. Mrs. Dickersou raised her bandage hand and pointing at the negro said: "That is the man." "I did not do it; 1 am not the man," said the negro in a voice that betrayed fear. "Yes you are," repeated Mrs. Dickerson, "look at the print oi my hand upon your shirt." On the negro's shirt just above tho pocket was the print of bloody lingers. Addressing tho nogio again slu o o o said: "1 prayed to you to span me and you would not do it." Tho story of tho midnight as sault upon Mr. Dickerson and hi; wife was related by Mrs. Dicker son us follows: "1 was aroused during tin night by hearing some one walking in the room and at the sauu tiin.0 Mr. Dickerson was awakened nfyd raited up in bed. As. hi did so the intruder struck him 01 the head with a hatchet, knocking him hack upon the bed. 441 sprang out of the bed wit! my baby in luy arms and the no gjro hit 1110 with the hatchet, al the same time jerking the baby irum my anus and tnrowmg it icross the room upon the bed. "At the moment Mr. Dickerson seemed to come to himself slightly and half arose, md the negro turned upon hin md dealt him another heavy blow with the hatchet, knocking him lown again. "Then he turned upon me, striking me several times. I resisted the best 1 could and my lands and arms were badly cut by he hatchet. "Finully the negro overpower id me and dragged me into an adjoining room whero his terrible purpose was accomplished. lie linn bis- rnn nuni- hnml i r tho statu department on the cotton crop of India in 1902 -3, osti[1 mates it at 3,500,000 hales, an > increase of 100,000 hales over the crop of the ye ?r previous. ? BANNER 3A LV E ? tt>? most healing salvo in tho world. y. M?V u<v Wf V4 tuv UVUU U llll I acavy levolver and left mo foi lead." Mrs Dickereon sustained sever il fractures of the skull. Ilei uisband also bad sevcra fracturos and has never fully re covered consciousness. There is groat excitement a Cordova. TR&OBDY AVERTED. "Just in the nick of time ou] little boy was saved" writes Mrs W. Watkins of Pleasant City Uhio. "Pneumonia had playet sad havoc with him and a torri ble cough sot in besides. Doc tors treated him, but he grev worse every day. At longth wc triod Dr. King's Now Discover for Consumption, and our darling was saved. He's now sound, an< well." Everybody ought ti know, it's the nnlv snrn enrn fn Coughs, Colds and all Lung dis eases. Guaranteed l?y Crawfon Bros., J. F. Mac key & Co. Drbggist. Price 50c and $1.00 Trial bottles free. Foley's Kidney Cun makes kidneys and bladder right Nineteen Drowned In The Hudson River. i Capsizing of a Ferry lioat Ton Miles FronrGlcn Falls ? Ital inn liov Started I ho l'nn ic. Glous Falls, N. Y., March 7. i ?Nineteen men arc dead as a result of the capsizing of the ferryboat used by workmen at Spier Falls, about 10 miles west of Glen Falls on tho Hudson river. ' Over a thousand men are etnploy> ed at present in tho construction i of tho power dam of tho Hudson i River Power company. Tho laborers and many of tho masons 1 nro Italians who live in shanties : on the north sido of tho river. Tho main portion of the work is car) lied on at present on tho opposs ito sido of tho river. Tho men have been tho habit of crossing a small bridge where tho river llows ' through tho unfinished portion of tho dam, but the river has been rising for several davs and tho | company fearing that the bridge I was unsafe destroyed it with t:yjjnamito. Below the work about u ) half mile is a ferry. The boat is a scow shaped affair 30 feet long and 13 feet wulo and is op ? erated by means of cables. It is large enough to carry a heavy loaded team, and as many as 150 3 men have been taken across at one timo. Yosterday when the 3 men were being ferried across an Italian boy known as "Cigarette" a became frightened and fell ovcrl board. He was rescued, how 'KL. ; utwv. iuis morning iU or Ml man got aboard and the boat start i od, leaving a big crowd on the - bank waiting for the next trip, t When SO feet from shore the water splashed against the rail and t the Italian boy who had fallen overboard the previous day seized one of the tackle ropes which ran from tho overhead cable to the stern of the boat. So mo of i tho men started toward him and r instantly the boat careened and i tilled, every ono being thrown into tho water. The Hudson, swollen , by the freshet, bore a score or . more of tho struggling men down the stream. Many others succeed* ' ed in catching hold of the boat which had righted and they clung - to it until pulled ashore. THE WII,DEaT EXCITEMENT 5 prevailed, but tho current carried ! many of the men in toward shore 1 whero they wore rescued. 1 Teams were qui:kly harnessed and loaded with skilled log drivers and sent down along the river to points where the bodies would ^ bo likely to land. Dozens of dinner pails, hats and coats were (ishod out, but it was nearly i ^ o'clock beforo tho first body was found. This was found in a log jam two miles below tho dam and was recognized as that of Fred Foran, an Italian interpreter. The river for miles is being watched ? ? 1 and dragged in hopes of finding - bodies of tho other victims. v , India's Cotton Crop. f Washington, March 7.-11. F. - Patterson, United States consul ^ general at Calcutta, reporting to Deputies Deliver Jeffcoat's Body. Full Details of Tragedy Enacted In Alabama.?Making llis Way lo Mississippi?The Outlaw Who Was Also WAnted for Murder in SouthCaroli-. nu?Tho Shorilf Gets $1,550. Atlanta, March G.?A special to Tho Constitution from Macon, Ga., says: Packed in a box of ice to preservo it from decay, tho body of Charles JelTcoat, tho Emanuel county outlaw, passed through Macon tonight on route n n to Swainsboro, where it will be surrendered to tho shorilT by the two Alabama deputies, ono of whom shot Jeffcoat tc death Wednesday afternoon near Liberty Hill. Jeffooat was located Wednesday | morning at tho homo of his broth or-in law near Andalusia, by Deputies Dunion and Prestwood. The fugitive was then making his way into Mississipi and when the officers came upon him he was sitting on a porch talking to some ladies. As tho officer dis covered him Jeffcoat started on his journey to Laurel Hil accompanied by a ten-year-old boy who was to show him the way. Near the house tho officers and [Jellcoat mot. When within 20 feet of the outlaw both officers covered him with double barreled shot guns. Deputy Duuson drew a boad on Jellcoat but before pulling the trigger said: "Jeffcoat, I've got the drop on you. Throw up your hands I don't want to hurt you." Jellcoat hesitated for a second. Within ten fcot of him was a large ti\c. Like a flash ho darted behind tho tree. Doth officers and tho fugitive then began tiring and e> o c 11,M i ii r _ rr a m it Iai uiu accuiui vouey jcueoai ieu down dead. As Deputy Dunton attempted to ?teq> forward ho too dropped upon the ground. A bullot from the outlaw's pistol had passed through his left leg. The body is worth to the shor* iIt' in all $1,550. Jotfcoat was a horse thief and killed Deputy Flanders, who was trying to arrest him. He iescap^ ed into South Carolina whoro he killed a deputy sheriff. Tragedy Versus Comedy. Johannesburg, March G?A desperate attempat highway rob bcry in the centre of Johannes burg was made today. A couple of men attacked two customs oflii cers conveying #25,000 to the bank, and throwing pepper in their eyes, secured the Money bags which they threw to a horseI man who galloped off. The horse' man in his flight knocked down a ^ man named Brandon, who was fatally injured and soon expired. 1 Subsequently the horso. bolted and j unseated its rider, who was then . arrested and tho money recover! eel. IT SAVED BIS LEO. P. A. Danforth of LaGrango, (5a., suffered for six months with a frightful running sore on his leg; but writes that Bucklen's Arnica Salve wholly cured it in , tive days. For Fleers, Abounds, Piles, it's tho best salvo in tho world. Cure guaranteed. Only 25 eta. Sold by Crawford Bros., and J. F. Mackey & Co., Druggists. %