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^ | AJknf^ Ifmmpmpm: ArUo IHwatfai ^?fca iViifan^ AaA^ ^flr**ttwefcae#<t*eetirpjoX ArtMwsh " j wgick'llf*""m"' apapaammbggse= ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^t ^ ^ ? "*kstablishe 1)1^52^ ** f WE TOO JUNE We hav Goods in partment % tirnr w iviurs >o By Jul To Move Have R] PR] It is not wort PRICES here, your selection a the price. We have a lo Shoes, NEW S' are selling at ( Prices. Come to see i and we will ma for you. Renn EVERYTHING - Imslf r I * - ' 1 K STOCK 30th. e a Lot of each De that r go* ly 31st.?< Them We pnTTirinTk CES. ,ll whilp tn nnnfp Come and make md we will make t of Men's fine rOCK, that we xreatly Reduced is before you buy ke it interesting ember we Carry m m % mail li, I Happenings In The State. As Chronicled by the Alert Cor respondents of The Columbia State. HO LI 4 HOT APPEARS. Blockshurg, Aug. 22.?Quito a sensation has been cieated here amongst the planters on account of a boll-rot in the cotton crop. It is found in nearly every ticld and some farmers say they have in some places from four to five bolls rotten to the stalk. A few think it the work of an insect, while most farmers attribute ii tbe wet weather. The heavy rains have caused a large weed and the caterpillars are commencing on the crop in seveial places. Paris green will ho used to spray the weed UCJLY HOMICIDE IN CHESTER Chester, Aug. 21. ? Wednesday afternoon near Lowryville a difficulty arose hot ween two negroes, Tom Kirk pat rick and Sam !Sanders, which resulted in the i latter being shot uud killed by the former. The negro Kirkputrick made no effort to escape. He was arrested and brought here and placed in jail. An inquest over the body was held yesterday and the facts bromrht out were CJ ~ tbftt Ton Kirkpatriok invited Sam Sunders to go homo with him from preaching. After they hud been there some time Tom Kirk patrick said to Sanders: "Tou bavo been talking about mo," I and went into an adjoining room, secured a shotgun, returned and emptied it into Sander's left side. The only eye witness was a negro boy, Arthur Sanders. Both of the negroes are young, being about 18 yours old. Eleven Prominent White Farmers Arrested in Arkansas. Wynne, Ark., Aug. 22.- A deputy marshal has arrested 11 prominent white planters of Poynsett county on the charge of whitecapping. The prisoners will be taken to Helena to appear be fore the United States district court. The negro laborers employed at a sawmill in Poynselt county were recently forced to leave un der threats of violence by a band of white planters causing the mill to suspend. The arrests were made at the instigation of the Willi AmnoM MtM UHUVI . 8UICIDK PKBVKNTKI)' Tho startling announcement that a preventive of suicide had been discovered will interest many. A run down system, or despondency invariably precede suicide and something has been found that will prevent that coudition which makes suicidelikely. At the first thought of self destruction take Electric Bitters. It being a great tonic und nervine will strengthen the nerves and build up the system. It's also a great Stoin . ach, Liver and Kidney regulator. Only 50c. Satisfaction guaranteed by Crawford Bros., J. F. Mac key & Co.,and Funderburk Pharmacy, Druggist. ?An unknow negro was found dead in a field near the ArhwriaKt ? e>~' mills in Spartanburg county with the back of nis skull crushed in from a fearful blow, Thursday. His pockeis wero turned wrong side out and there was every evidence of a cowardly murder and robbery. Tho negro was apparently 20 years of age. Ciptnre Of Slayer ; Of Wandering Jew. ? cd Lee Green Taken by the Sheriff |Gi - Without Expected Battle.? | hii Was Located is Loft of i he Barn. jan I tol Special to The State. Apken, Aug. 21. ? Leo Greae, the alleged murderer :>f Zurasky, |1u the Jew peddler from Aiken, was 111 brought to Aiken by Sheriff Alder man and posse last night about ff(^? 30 o'clock. Green was surrounded 1,11 and captured at his father's place wn near Hawthorn, about 20 miles ex from Aiken, yesterday evening. 'H1 For several days two men of that section, Author Glover and 11 NVest Cadden, have been watching for Gjeen and finally located him Sl at bis .father's house, where they succeeded in holding him until the sheriff could urrivo with help. Mr. Green, the elder, was asked if his son Lee was at homo, lie replied that his son was on the place, but ...j ho did not know exactly whore he , was. The posse then searched all ^ the buildings and it was finally . discoveied that Green was in the g' barn. cu TIIK MAN SL'HHKNDKHK.I). w It was at tirst thought that the barn would luwo to be burned in |>c order to chase Greeu out, but tho to sheriff finally sent Green's brother SI went into the barn who came out ai with Lee's gun, and then tho man oi I c~? who is said to lmvo terroii/.ed that tl section of Aiken county for nearly a month csuno out of the barn h< and gave himself up to the sher- si iff. sc A BAD MAN. tL Lee (iroen is a young man about el IS years, of age, weighs about 175 h pounds and is about six feet tall; ni is a powerful man for his agq; is b married; is said to boa bad char- ai actor and a great trouble to his ri old father, who is one of the best d< men iu that section. It is su?d tL that Lee Green shot at a Jew ped- tfc dler named Levy from Augusta ol not long ago, and . stated at the d< lime mat he <lid it just to see him tl run. Green is said lo have M threatened to kill the next j>ed- di dler that came to his house, as they always sold his wife goods si and l^e was never able to keep a a cent of money in the house. h CHIME WORSE THAN FIRST RETORT- n ED. n Ahram Zurasky is said to have 1' been killed whdo performing an ci act of courtesy for Green. On the day of the murder Green had tl been to the grist mill and rode up t( to bis bouse on his horse with his j w _l o ? ... - - suck or meal and his donblebar I reled shotgun across ihe saddle i just about the same time that Zurasky drove up in his wagon. P This was about 2 o'clock in the afternoon.Zurasky got off his wa.i j' gon, they shook hands. Zurasky j, saw the sack of meal on the horse a and took it across his shoulder P and tuld Green that he would take ^ r it into tho house for him. Zurasky walked toward the house and ,, when he was about 2c steps away r Green shot him twice in tho back, n but did not hurt him as tho shot nearly all entered the sack of J meal. Zurasky turned and throw- i c in<? the sack dmvn lifuwi Mu I > n - miwu uici utiii'in | above his head and begge 1 Green not to shoot him. Znrasky then saw Green reloading hi?* gun, ro t the peddler run into the bouse , p where Mrs. Green was and bogged , a her not to let her husband kill t him. ' < WIFK I'l.KADKI) FOlt .1 RW's j I.IFK. It is suit! that Mi s Green pleadfor the life of the .lew, but ein rushed into the house after n. Zurasky held Mrs. Green tween himself and his assailant, d then Green is said to have d his wife that if she did not t out of the way ho would shoot r. Zurasky then tried to run ay, but Green shot him twh-e the hack and brought him to H o ground just outside of the or. The gun shots did not kill '' in and Green then got an axe C d chopped him until Nfe was tinct. Green then loaded the 11 dy on his victim's wagon and il him in the woods as before ^ i.j 11 [luncu. 1 The above story of llio crime is id to have been received direct '' un a relative of Lee Green and thought to be authentic. n _ 1 V Lynching in North Carolina. b '1 Halifax, N. C , Aug. 20.? c lis evening hot ween 7 and S 1 clock the dead body of Mary c irtkins, 13 years old, was found ^ the stable of Capt. Gritliu, her I andfather. Iior throat was * it front ear to car, and the body J as tied up in a bag. ( The girl's grandmother had 1 leu looking for her, and going N the stable, found it locked. 1 30 put Mary's little sister through i opening in the door, and the J rl stumbled over rhc body in ic bag. A negro who is employed at the 1 >tel and also by Capt. Gritliu is ispected of the crime. When 1 tarcbed, he was found to have t io keys of the stable in his pock- t , a bloody knife and blood on | is bands and his clothes. lie is I ow under guard of a largo num-|< ur of citizens, as well as deputies i id constables, awaiting the ar- i vul of bloodhounds from Wei- i in, to bo used to track him from I 10 stable. The whole town kis t loroughly aroused, and ctowds t I men have come in from WeU { in armed with rifles. It is not < lought the negro, whoso name is i lunna Ponton, will live to see t ly light. 1 Later.?A crowd gathered and 1 jcuring the negro, hanged him to < O O ~ O tree and riddled his body with I allots. The negro after the ' ooso had been placed around his i eck confessed to the murder of '< io little child, and to having i liminally assaulted her. < After disposing of the negro . _ i 1 I i ? ? iu crowd wmcn nau made no at- 1 unpt at concealment, dispersed ' ithout any further disorder. \ PHYSICIAN I1KALK1)' Dr. Goo. Ewing, a practicing hysician of Smith's Grove, Ky. >r over thirty years, writes bis ersonal experience with Foley's Sidney Cure: "For years L had ecu greatly bothered with kidney nd bladder trouble and enlarged rostrate gland. I used everything nown to the profession without elief, until I commenced to use 'oley's Kidney Cure. After takag three bottles 1 was entirely elieved and cured. L prescribe it ovv daily in my practice and icartily recommend its use to all iln'kinianu fr\r T ...J nil D HV, H UUIIUItJS. 1 uivc prescribed it in hundreds of uses with perfect success." J\ h'ugeno FunderburU. "Stand up, McNutty," said ho police magistrate; "are yon ;nilty or not guilty?" "Faith, 11' it's mosilf as can't tell thot ill Oi hoar th' ividence," replied llcNutty. ?Chicago News. /'mmm Wanted In North Carolina. hrcu Men Charged With the Murder of ,I nines Uwe, in 1902, Arrested. Roanoke, Ya,, Aug. 21.?tins .tkins, alias (ins Murray, John ,1 kins and John Kico, wanted in ladison county, N. C., for the lurdcr of Jauics Kitv, worn arjsted at Thaokor, Mingo eounty, \ a., to day hy Ihree otliccfs ;otn Welch. John Atkins rosis 3d arrest and attempted to shoot Jhief of l'olieo Day and was shot \ the hio l?v ltiui tu.. 1 -j v??tv uiutvi X UV rounded man was taken to a hosital at Welch and the other two laced in jail at that place to wait extradition t<> North Camilla. The crime for which they are wanted was committed .luno ?' , 002, when .Fames Iticj was shoL^ o death and his head split open. 'lie throe men wore placed in the ounty jail at Madison, anil on ho night of November 1 1 last esaped, with seven other prisoners. V reward of $400 was otl'orod for heir capture. They were traced o the coal fields and located at rhacker several days ago. One J O >f the other escaped prisoners was ecenlly shot and killed at (Ireenrille, S. C., by a man named Nor on. rillman Made A Speoeh At A Lexington Barbecue. .{coord, 21st inst. At a barbecue givon over in Lexington yesterday Senator Till nan was present and made a >peoch. Naturally the people expected biin to say something about pis free pass experience, but he lid uot pretend to make any denial o.f the fact that ho used thorn .. aor did he attempt to explain how t was that he accepted free trans* portution from railroads. He jontenied himself by saving that he whole thing was an eager I v O O J ; rasped opportunity to attack him ?n the part of his enemies, ospocaliy the newspapers, adroitly ivoiding any explanation of his violation of the law of the state in laving passes "forced'' on him. Jthorwiso the senator talked on aational politics and disagreed with his colleague, Senator Lati<? mer, on his scheme to have a largo appropriation from the government for good roads building be-, sans? it was impracticable. Congressman Lover also spoke and took a similar position to Sen ator Tinman on tlio good roads movement. ilc favored good roads as much as anybody, but agreed with Senator Tillman that Latimer's scheme couldn't be carried out." Senator L itim?r spoke and defended his plan for having a government appropriation for roads. There was a largo crowd present and all the speakers had an attentive hearing and were liberally applauded, though there was no great amount of enthusiasm displayed. The occasion was an enjoyable one, it is said, to all who attended. Lord Salisbury Is No More. London, Aug. 22. ? Lord Salisbury died peacefully at 9.05 o'clock tonight. During the past 48 hours the cad was seen to bo inevitable, the great framo of England's ex-premier being sustained only by the constant use of oxygen.