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inspect our goods,
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Happenings In ""he State.; <;
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As Chronicled by the Alert Corrosp
indents of Tho Columbia'
State.
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WolIK OK AN INCENDIARY.
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Anderson, April 20. ?Mr. Elias {
Mc Geo, a well to do farmer liv- {(
inglrboul ten miles below the city,
had his onrn burned ,ast night. j
Two mules an 1 a horse perished in
tho Allies The loss was about'
$1,000, with $500 insurance, j
Tho tire ;s thought to have been ot j
iucendiary origin. A. M.C. . {]
A WOMAN SLAIN.
Spartanburg, April 20.?This '
afternoon about 3 o'clock in the J Sj
Wfislnrn ann! inn nf llw? nilw
habited by negroes, Jafus Macom- ] C(_
son, a negro, shot and killed Ka- j;i
therine Williams, in the homo of
the latter. The deed was oxecilt- *v
cd with a breech loading shotgun, t{(
and only one shot was discharged.
iMacomson was arested directly w
after the shooting and lodgod in?
the county jail. jj
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dkatii of tiik hon. a. f. ii. dukks. |>i
Branehville, April 20. ? Mr. A. t'i
F. 11 Dukes died at 1.25 this afternoon
after an illness of three V
| months. Mr. Dukes carried about -i}
?21,000 life insurance and was 53
years old and leaves a wife and up
seven children to mourn his loss. U
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found dkad in bed.. ^
~ Charleston, April 21.?William Cf
Alexander Blair, a traveling man 1,1
of Ashovillo, N. C., was found
dead in his bed at the Pavilion N
hotel this morning He had here 'l'
about a weak and it is said ho had 11
been drinking hoivily. .V half
filled battle of whiskey was found
iu his room. It was at first n<
thought that ho had committed 11
suicide, but a post mortem ex- 111
animation showed that his death (
was duo to naturuP causes. His u
body will bo shipped to Asheville, 'u
of which city ho was once mayor "
and a well to-do citizen.
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CONVICTED OF KILLING HIS SON.
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Kingstree, April 21.?The caso ,u
' of the State against J. W. 15( ddi tj
ford, charged with the murder of c,
his son, Robert, on she 23d of ^
lust December, took up all of yesterday
and this morning. It ,
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seems that Boddiford mot several ^
members of the (jains family not t|
far from his home on the night of ^
the day mentioned, and a quarrel jj
ensued, being superinduced pro
t LI.. I ...
imuiy uy unirienaiy rointions |
existing between the above name
parlies. Both parties resorted to . .
, firearms, both pistol and gun, and
a goneral melee followed. It was
discovered after the shooting that
young Boddiford, son of tho de fondant,
was lying dead with a j
bullet in his head. The father, it
k "I
seems, did not know that his son (j
was anywhere about tho place of Is
the shooting.
Most of the tostimony brought ^
out showed that it was a genoral n
. combat between tho several Gainsos
on one side and Boddiford on ci
-tho other. The bnllot in young
Boddiford's head was the same ^
si/.e as the other bullets that the j(
K# 1 * ' ? '
ueienuiim nrea and it was testiti ^
oil that this was the only pistol of I!
that calibre in use. I
Afier the testimony vns nil in,
th3 arguments hoard and the jury
r charged, the jury retired, returning
in about two hours with a
veidiot of manslaughter, dud go a
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a/e senteuccd lh> idil'ord to live
ours in tho penitentiary.
Out of the four homicide cases
p at this term of court, there
ere three convictions and one
ajuittal. The sentences woro
>ur and live yours, and 0110 for
fo imprisonment.* This ought
> hold up tho free iuc of tho pi-r>!
in thU county for a while at
ast.
onnie C. Myers
Talks Of His Life.
opes His Conviction Will he a
Lesson to Others, That It will
Do The State Good
poetal to The Stuto.
Kingstrce, April 20.?Your
irrespondont went down to the
il yesterday to see l^onnic C.
yers, whom the jury found guil
of murder with a rccommendaim
to mercy on Saturday last,
id he had a short conversation
ilh the man who is now waiting
s sentence of life imprisonment,
is c mvorsation discloses some
lusual sentiment* to bo ottered
/ a man who has stoo 1 the exueiating
ordeal of a three day's
ial, with a consequent verdict
hieh virtually removes him from
te material worht for life.
The prisoner stood his trial renrkably
well, but yesterday tho
irriblc mental strain of tho last
i\v days bogun to loavo its trace
Don Ins fo ?11?yt?r;. R::rinp-. tLu
jnvorsation, the prisoner did not
Iter one word of bitterness, lined,
or anger against a single
itness, who testified against
in. He spoke appreciatively of
10 fair, upright manner in which
olicit r Wilson handled the case,
f the earnest ellorts of his attor:ys
who fought his battle so well
id of the consideration that he
et with at the hands of tho
itirt. He spoko feelingly of tho
lfo and four little children whom
3 leaves behind to win their own
end, and ended his conversation
ith this sentence: tkI hope this
ill do South Carolina good; 1
>pe that my caso may cause oth
vouner men to halt when fliov
oj faced with trouble, and
ait it may bo a lesson that will
U190 others to Iry to avoid iny
itc."
His attorneys have given notico
f a motion for a new trial, but
10 prisoner seemed reconciled to
10 sentence of life imprisonment
lat will fall upon him tomorrow,
e expressed the desire of sccur
ig work in tho penitentiary that
a is able physically to perform,
id said further that it shall be
is earnest endeavor to make a
lodel, obedient prisoner.
A OEUAT SEW?J AT SOW.
There was a big sensation in
eesviile, Ind. when YV. 11. 1'rown
f that place, who was expected to
ic, had his life saved by Dr.
.ing's New Discovery for Conimprion.
Ho writes: 4 1 endur
1 insufferable agonies from Asth?
in, but your Now Discovery gave
n\ 1 ?
IU IIIIU1VMIUIU UlUl <411(1 MMMI
leroaftor effected a complete
ire." Similar cures of Comumpon,
Pneumonia, Bronchitis and
rrip arc numerous. It's the peeriss
remedy for all throat and
ine troubles. Piico 50c, and
1.00. Guaranteed by Crawford
iron'., and J. F. Mackoy ifc Co.
)ruggists. Trial bottles free.
hla cignnturo is oi\ ovtry i ^ of tho gonuiiu
Laxative BroiUo Quiuiiie T.ibleff
10 remr'y that ci?rt* n coli! in oiip ?!?*>'
Corpse in The Barrel.
Remains of I ho Murdered Italian
I Identified by a Brother inLuw.
New York, April 20. -Police
Inspector McCluskey announced i
to-day that ho was convinced that :
flw* Iwwlir 1 I? i t u? n j f / \ 11 n /1 i n n K?i?v_
uiv t y uiiu n u.i I'MIIIM 111 ?i w it <
rel last Thursday was that of
Mudena Benedetto, 40 years old, 1
buffalo. A.picture of the mur*
dered man had been positively
identified, the inspector said, by <
Joseph do Prima, a brothcr-in I
law of Bonedetto, who is now !
serving a term in Sing Sing pris- I
011. (
Do Prima said his brothel-in- <
law had been in this country only i
two years. He said that Benedetto :
had visited him in prison on April :
1 11. Three of the fourteen prison- 1
ers held on suspicion in connection
with the murder were examine
e l in court to-day.
Ossining, X. V., A;ril20.? <
Jos Do Prima, who roe > ;ni:'.ed
! the picture of the barrel murder
j victim in New Vorh, doing a
! four-year term in Sing-Sing pi i. Ion
for counterfeiting. To Warden :
Johnson this afternoon, -thrown::1!
an interpretci, he said: The man ;.
is my brother in-law. Ml of us ! j
were not caught. 1 sent for M;tdenna
Benedett< to conic and see
inc. lie cumo a week ago last
Saturday and I instructed lnni to
gel !nv ,diar?. T1 toy nji 1 \\:iyo.
(iVnirrcletl over the money and he
was killed. There was no Mntia
m the tlung.1'
Why lie Loves Cleveland,
An Ivlilor Who lias Stood by the
Old Man Because as President
lie Stood by the South.
Goldsboro Argus.
All through the years of its entire
oxistcneo The Argus has
stood by C?rover Cleveland? oven
when it cost something more than
talk to he his friend in tho politi- I
eal maelstrom engendered by of- 1
lice-seekers and augmented 1?y 1
time-servers. The Argus las 1
ever been his friend because he
has ever been tho unternficd and
unfaltering friend of the South*
ern people, and The Argus is of
the Soutii and the Southern people
as a whole arc the grandest
people on the earth.
When he was tijjst elected
President he not only took into
his cabinet Southern men ?uiuw
Confederate gonerals, at that, but
ho sent Southern men and Confederatosoldiers
as ministers and con
8uls abroad; and ho did likewise
in his second administration. lhit
why recount theseincMents now?
Theyaro familiar knowledge the
world over.
Mr. Cleveland was right. lie
knew he was right: he generally
is right: unci when ho knows lie is
right ho dares to do an I take consequence,
and wait for time, the
tomb-builder of sych iphauts, to
bring the people round to right ;
thinking again. Hence it is that j
tho people may be trusted, for, |
44you may fool all tho poople soma |
of the time, and some ot <ho poo'
pie all the time; but you cannot!
' fool all the people all the time.
Tho day following tho death of i
Mr. Dukes, member of the board
of directors of tho State dispen.
vary, it is announced that there
are 100 applicants for that posi
1 tion. i
Train Wrecked and Burned.
IlornUe U ulrou'l Disaster Near
Hetl House, N. Y.
.Jamestown, \. Y.. A m il 20.?
Fight persons aro dead and ten
injured , threo of them seriously,
is the result of a collision between
a par-sender train and a freight
train on the Erie Road at an early
liour to day near Red house, N.
V.
Of the dead only one man,Robert
Ilotchkiss, of Meadville, a
brakeman, has boon identified.
Seven bodies, apparently those of
iu ci men, three women ami a
hi d, wero burned beyond rorognition
in the tierce lire which
followed the wreck. The women
ire said to have boarded tho train
?t Young^town, and to have come
from Pittsburg.
Escape Of Convicts.
Due Killed, Two Wounded,
Four Captured and Five Still
at Large.
Wilmington, N. C., April '20.
?Twelve convicts, three whites
. ! : 1 1 i . .. i
m.<i i: i 111? i muiuu, uiuur ii wi;*|iur^
Mi* attempt to cscupo this morn*
ing just us they were leaving tho
stock a lo at Castle llavnc, six
miles from this city.
One negro, John Tuylor, was
killed ami a white man and negro
? o . y*
1 WOtlljUfed." Both "et tho
wounded escaped. Four were
captured l?y a large posse that
has lio- n scouring tho country all
day, and at a late hour to night
tho otiieer- believe they have the
remaining seven surrounded in a
thick swamp near the northeast
branch of the Capo Fear liivcr.
Probably Fatal Explosion at tho
Catawba Dam.
Special to Tho Observer.
Fort mill, S. C., April IS.?
Four negroes wero injured by a
prematuro explosion of dynamite
.i. iL . n .i . i l* /i i
ii me uucawna rowor company s
ilam this aftoraoon. Two of thoni
lire seriously hurt, and will pro>
bubly die, and the other two are
painfully injurod. The cause of
tho explosion was not ascertain**
ed.
? Kev. Oliver .Johnson of Leslie,
S. C., has been calico to the
pastorate of a 0hurch in Spartanburg.
It is not known whether
ho will uccept tho call here or not.
A*-! /> {j /^-x i "** \\ p
V1 *K i i" - i.
Timbers of oak keep the old
homestead standing through
the years. It pays to use the
right stuff.
" Men of oak" arc men in
rugged health, men whose
1 odies are made of the soundest
materials.
Childhood is the time to lay
I 10 f ' ( ii in fnr n tl m
, .w - v.n . vv.vii AV't (i PIUIU^ tUll"
s itution that will last for years.
Scott's Kmulsion is the right
; tllff.
Scott' - Kmulsion stimulates
t \ -towin.x ] owcysof children,
helps them 1 uild a firm
f r.m iulion for a sturdy constit
lil i n.
f :.id forfreo fnmplo.
' IV & now.w;, Chemists,
' w. i I Ctrvot, N'.:w York.
SO . i l.OO; u'l Urunffists.