Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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r-iledger. Tira :,\A, . EDITOR AND MANAGER. WKI)XKSI>.\V, MAY ?* , 1 !>0*?. A Triple Tragedy la Texas. Mother nnil Son Found Chopped to I'teccs ? iiusunnu anu t<nther Dead With Brains Blown Out. Ennis, Texas, May 3.?News bus reached here to day of u triple tragedy occurring this morning at Bristol, an inland town 10 miles north of Ennis. Aire. Lineherger, a woman of about 00, and her son, Ycstus, 22 years of ago, wore found dead, both having been chonoed to nieces, with an uno. Tlio husband and father, \\. C. Linoborger, aged 70, was subsequently found on his farm, four miles north of Bristol, with liis brains blown out with a shotgun. Tho Lioebergers came here from Tennessee. No cause for the tragedy is known. Brunswick's $10,000,000 Plant. Kx Senator McLaurin Principal Speaker at the Laying of the Corner Stone. Brunswick, Cia , April 30.? Tho corner-stone of the *10,000,. 000 steol plant of the Mohawk Valley Steel Company was laid hero to-day. with appropriate exeicises. Thousands of people <?)it hnrnd nil th? tci limit* (Un nil dresses and participate in the cere" monies. Former Senator John L. McLaurin, of South Carolina, wus tlio principal speaker. Congressman W. C. Brantley, Colonel K. C. Machen, President I'instead, of the Mohawk Company; Mayor Crovatt and Colonel C. 1*. (ioodycar, also spoke. The occasion marks the beginning of one of the biggest enterprises ever launched in the South. Blue Sunday Id Pensacoia. The Sunday Laws liigidly KnForced?Many People Were Compelled to Do Without Meat, Bread Milk and Ice. Pensucolu, Flu., May ? For the first time the Sunday laws were enforced to-day. I lucks were not allowed on the streets, livery stables wore compelled to close, soda water and confectionery stands did no business and only the street cars and railroad trains were permitted to run, the county solicitor announcing thai for the present lie would not advise interference with them, as two sections of the State law conflict. The only Sunday morning newspaper in tho city was served with a notice to cease work at midnight. The order was obey ed, the paper being circulated beto re 12 o'clock. Hundreds of pel .sons why buy out of-town papers were disappointed, the thousand or more papers arriving in the afternoon remaining at the poatolliee. Large numbers, especially among t lie poor, were compelled to do without meat, bread, milk, or ice. On the wharves of the Louisville Nashville 1 tail road, where hundreds of men are employed every Sunday, all work was suspended at a loss of hundreds of dollars. The lit sf Prescription for Mutara Chills and Fever is a bottle of Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic. It is hiiit|>ly Iron and Quinine and tasteless, No Cure No Pay. m: \ i ii or mhs s i: wiiui Tlu* (ir;i\o Claims Our of t ti !.ratling as WoiI asOuo ot'lln liest Women of York County. K i k I iill I U ruitl, 2?l inst. Mr>. list ho i* l'hifor White, tlx Iiflovc*I wifuof 1 apt. S. F. White died suddenly 111 her homo a Fort Mill Tuesday afternoon. Fo several days Mrs. While h:x been suffering with an attack o g:i>\ritis, but appeared to be sonx better tlint day. In the afternooi she was on tho piazza with lie husband, but about 5 o'clock In left her ami took his accustomec walk down town. When lie ha< gone Mrs. White went into th house and thence into the hatl room where she laid taken a bath From there she entered her bee room, but had only taken a step o two when she fell upon the floor face forward, and it is cviden that she expired in a few ininu tes,tho cause being acute gastritis complicated with heart trouble o soiue kind. Mrs. White had promised be little grandson Elliott Springs who was the idol of her heart that she would take a walk wit him, and as she did not come ? soon as ho expected, the little fel low went into the hnuso and foun his grandmother lying upon th floor and apparently dead. Th alarm was given, andCapt. Whit with physicians responded at once but the summons had come to th good woman as sho was alrcad lifeless. Tho death was a great blow t f'.i.n vvi.io. ..i vM|>i. ?f iiu? , an i tivt ) in lUlMH health, and tho news as it sprcu was ushock to friends every where She was one of the most lovabl women in the count)', pure ii heart and mind and sweet of disposition, the friend of the poo and distressed, and a zealous am most intelligent worker 111 even good cause. Ilcr life abounde iu works of charity and goo deeds, and she will he missed i the community she blessed by ho presence. A worker expresso* this truth beautifully to us o Thursday when he said, "Yes she will ho missed in Fort Mill but her lo.^s to the pale-faced wo men who work in factories wil be a calamity." Mrs. White was horn in Con cord, N. C., November 27tl i s Id, and was the eldest daugli ter of Robert Washington Phifei and his wife Sarah Ann. She wa educated at tho old Barhamvilh Academy near Columbia and a Hurwi-lPs school iii Charlotte. Sin was married to Cupt. Samuel lv (Vhite, November 21, 1800, an< at unco went to Fort Mill to live To thorn wore born live ehildroi -three girls and two boys. A! are dead but one, Miss Grace,now Mrs. Leroy Springs of Luncas ter. Thursday morning after unusually impressive ceremonies at the home she loved so well, by Rev, Dr. l'iiornwell and Rev. Dr. Ma 1<, the? interment took place in the town cc'iu tery, Mes rs. #J. \Y. Ar Iriy, ,1. M. Spratt. ,J. II. M.Moit>, M. Muir, L. L. Wuiiell, L. N. Cni|> and H. F. drier t irij* tne pal I-hearers. I> .ring ti 10 morning there wan a eo i/mu su-.pt'ii-ii ?ri of nil cosiness ii Fort Mill and asu mark of especial respeet ami esteem, operations at h >th the factories were sospir.ded Wednesday and Thursday. 1 lie workmen with their families all follow.a! the body oi their good friend to its la>t rest icg place and many a tear was shed !i> they assisted in covering 111o grave with flowers until it was :i ereat mound of bloom and fracr* n rnnco. Flie floral tributes came from friends in Com lotto, Columbia, Augusta, Siivniiii'iii, Chester, Lancaster, Vorkville, Kock Ilill nn-l many other places. One of tin I most expressive was from Ihe King's Mountain Chapter, 1>. A. '* K of York vide, of which Mrs. i? White was a member. The funeral was attended* by the entire community and many a from abroad. Among the latter were Mr. and Mrs. .J. M Ode!I, , Mr. anil Mrs. J. i\ Allison, Mr, r Hubert Phifer, of Coneoid; Mrs. j ?Ins. White and Mr. \V. K. \\ bile, f of Graham, N. C.; Mr and Mrs. , Geo. K. Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. ? J. M. Scott, Mr. ?). 8. Myers, Mr. 10. I>. Springs, Miss Selino L> Mooie, Miss Annie Paras llutchiI sun, Mr. Parks Hutchison, of j Charlotte; Mrs. Joe Furgo ami 0 Mr. Frank Moore of Augusta; I, Miss Irene Withers of Savannah; Mr. and Mrs. 10. II. Avery, Mr. 1 .1. T. Roddy, Mr. W. II. Slew v [art, Mr. J. J. Hull, of Uoek Hill; Mr. and Mrs. Horny t Springs, Rov. Chalmers Frasor . and Dr. M. P. Crawford of Luii* caster; Mr. P. (jr. McCorkle of J f Chester. r Severe Hail Storm Sweeps Over State, h Ihonsands of Dollars Damage i ,s # n Done in the Tobacco (irowI ingCountry?Many YVin(i dow Panes Broken. e Special to The State. Florence, May 2.?This after c noon about half-past 4 o'clock y Mr. S. K. Brunson, who farms a fovv miles from the city, was () struck by lightning, which will e very probably prove fatal. (1 A heavy hailstorm was raging and Mr. Branson went in the back 0 porch of his house ami was surn voying the damago of the hail when the bolt struck him. r It is feared that the damage J done by tho heavy hailstorm will f amount to thousands r?f dollars. ;I A few miles north of tho city for ,1 more than half an hour it hailed n stones as large as walnuts, doing 1 much damage to all growing 1 crops. So terrific was the hail n that iu several houses the windows ? were smashed to pieces. , IIAII. THE SIZE Ol' 11EN ECUS. Beaufort, May 4.?Tho heavi^ est hail storm ever known here occurred shortly after 3 o'clock < " this afternoon, continuing 20 min1 utcs. Many stones were the size . of hen eggs, several measuring : five and a quarter inches in cir s curaference. A high north wind 0 and heavy rain and lightning nc1 compnnicd the hail. The streets J were covered with the stones for | over an hour, after which they , ' were dissolved I?y the rain. The storm was general through- j 1 out this section. , 1 1 Almost every house and church j in town had a number of windowglasses and skylights shatter- j ed. j A HEAVY HAILSTORM. j Edgefield, May 4.?Today he- 1 tween 1 and 2 p. in. a heavy hail- l storm passed over the section ? four miles from Edgefield on the \ , I road to .Johnston, extending to ' P within two miles of that town. tThe depth of the ice balls was as \ great as 12 inches in some drifts, i I THK DAM AGS K AROUND DII.I.oN I Dillon, May 4.? A most do-* structivo hailstorm struck North Dillon and vicinity this afternoon ! at 2 o'clock. Hon. T. K. Stuck- 1 house, wlto lives half way hetwoen Dillon and Little Rock, is s now hot e hunting cotton s< ed. He | savs he will ho compelled to plant ;i 1 over his entire crop of cotton, > 17f> acres; that the corn and outs, * 4 while badly hurt, may possibly " 'cotne out." ' AIIOI'M) ST . MA TT 11 K \VS. St. Matthews, May 1 ?Later J reports from above ami below 1 I th s place state that the hailstorm [ ? of this afternoon was much SO"' Grai Of WediifisHi "Sri!-*-' SifUHB Our closer MILLINER, M turned from the looted with greal COMPLETE up Ml 111 Ever brought to busily engaged, tants, in preparl WEDNESDAY. Wednesd The public visit us 011 that ( will find OUR I a creation of Art NESS. The lad their headgear u matchless Bonne Heath B /erer than at this point. Mr. John McLauchlin reports thai his 1 .obacco is well nigh ruined; corn md cotton arc also seriously in- ' ured. i Mr. YVannamaker lost quite a j lumber of chickens, having been i tilled by the stones, which were is large, he states, as eggs. Mr. Keller states that in crossing a i pviro that the axles of his bugry dragged over the ^Lone> they vore piled up so deep ^ J Mr. J. R. l'anlung snys ihif| ihingles on his firm l> d do gs j vcie split nnd kn? ck* <! in in the ; . oof In | l.?ce> the s'cm.c s w iu nled up I o and tbic e tec t deep. XKE/IDB YOUNG AGAIN "One of Dr. Kind's Now Life . 'ill- e tch night f<>r two weeks ins put me in mv 'teens' ^niii" vritew D. 11. Turner of Demp eytown, Fa Fa. They're the ?e*t in the worhi for Liver, Stomch and Bowels . Fnroly veizetalc. Never grip. Onl y 25c at ?rawf>rd Bros', and .L F. Macky tfc Co. Drug Store. i -fiXft .. MMKKS 1 1 1 Bl | ( J. JJAliUr FOSTER, v . I Hon icij at Lair, LA NO AS TIC It, S. C. ! y ffa$r .'olleirtlom a .s|>?c!?l y. jt hd Millin > E NIN ( - OF -- tBBimtf W I!0Bib't MJ, &y9 April 1 vedly popular ai ISS JULIA SUN Northern niarke t rare the LARG -to-date STOCK nei\y G this market. A aided bv an able _ ^ ii ?? for our forma Don't forget t ay9 April 3 is CORDIALL" lay. Wc guara MILLINERY JU istie BEAUTY ics are eautionei ntil they see Ml! its and Hats. ANKING& Party Nominee Wins. i Charlotte, N. C , May 4.?The municipal election in Charlotte today resulted in the reelection of Major P. M. Brown, the nominee of the Democratic primary, by a majority of 220 over Thomas S. Franklin, who ran as an indepon < dent Democrat. t Sft.ptt the Ci'i'l/h <nx! IVorhtt off t/i" C-itl Laxative Bromo Quinine Tat) lets cure a cold in one day. No' Core, No Pay. Price, 25c. e(z!; i . i i' nsa humous 1MMP JOS. TKIivrXIBNl' KREE. Die- \nu> SUii Itch Hid Burn? I?i-"tre>-ii t', 10 ui-t'oim ??n the sk'n so you f.- 1 i-ha ned to ho seen in com-I l>au>? Do .S'iiIih und >'(!ilo' form 011 the skin, Hii r < r ^-?*?? i *? Have von Kc/cme? -kio hi e :i d ' racked? Katdi f nil on li e Ski:.? Prickly Pain in ilio r*ki ? Hwo||? n Joints? Palling Halt? Al- llu < Down? Skin Pa i? O'd S >r-? ? Eating Soie?? Ulcei ? T etire t? stay cured tnk^ It. It It ( H .'a it; It! md ltnlml which makes th i?5o<>?l pme ainl r'.eh, then Lin >ores wi I lie. I a <1 the hhiiiiirof V'Zein i si p foreve tin! hkim heco'iie 'leainiitl the h'.ienl ill* II. J?. It. ml t al r **> Si51 - I' i I t? I iicnl ' it five 11?I piji'tiil hy wilting to BhOO > i \ li i CO , At ,inta, (in . i'm'i tin* your i mh.e mnl fres medical ' elviut'given. Over 3000 teniutioiiials 1 if euren l>y II, II. It, ERY -M 3! iviii,h tutLst9 1903. iid experienced l.PSON, has rets, where she seEST and most of ruir nd she is now corps of assis1 opening next lie day, Lst, 1903. V INVITED to ntee that YOU EPARTMENT and LOVELId not to select uc fiiTAyfOcrkivT'C! kJKJ k^?lT?? O Mer. Co. Surely Time to Call Halt on Kentucky's Assassins. Lexington, Ky., May 4.?Just after he had finished filing papers, reopening the contested election cases of Breathitt county, James B. Ma renin was shot and killed today by an unknown assassin, lie fell in the front entrance of the court house at Jackson, Ky., and never spoke, death being almost instantaneous. He fell within a few yards of where Town Marshal James (Joekrell wan shot down in July, the assassin being stationed in the court houso in each iustance. Marcum was counsel for the fusionists, who are contesting for the oliices of a county judge, sheriff and other places now held hy Democrats. As a result of his efforts and his sympathy with the Cockrell faction in the Hargis Cockrell feud he had for a year been generally regarded us a marked man. Marcum was a trustee of tho Kentucky State college, win United States commissioner of his district und Kastorn railroad and other large corporations. lie has :i i 2 - ? - - inuuiiuiu uiw in nreninut county for 17 years. Foley's Honey and Tar contains o opiates and can safely lie given to children. T. Kugene Funderhurk, druggist.