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Revolting Crime ^
i? Victim Was a Little FourYear-Old
Negro Girl?Tbe
Act of A Drunkon Brute.
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Spartanburg, Sept. 12. ?News
8 reachod here of an assault in ^
reenvillo last night on a colored
rl 4 years old and the accused .
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mug white man is now in jail at
is place.
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It is said that the girl, whose ^
mie is unknown, was last night ^
und unconscious and later the ^
>ung man was found asleep
tar by. His name is Robeit
unnells. The story is that Gun- .
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ills passed the yard where the
tl wus playing and promising to
ve her some fruit carried her to ^
e woods and accomplished his
irpose. When found she was in ^
i unconscious condition and sufring
terribly.
The police and sheriff were no- c
tied and a search was begun. ^
bout 11 o'clock last night Gun- ^
jus was touml in an old mill
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lilding, 100 yards from the scene
: the assault. He wii6 arrested ^
id carried to jail. The negroes
3ard of the affair today and this ^
ternoon there was great exciteent.
To avoid troublo Sheriff
ilreath tonignt brought Gunnells
i Spartanburg, whore he is now
i jail. j
The evidence against Gunnells is
lid to be conclusive. Ho is the ^
m of Sergt. O. 8. Gunndlls,who
>r a long time has been a highly
jsnected officer of the Greenville
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olice force. Young Gunnells
as under tbe influence of whiskey
hen found asleep, and it is suposed
that he was in the saline conition
when the crime was comlilted.
The locality of tbe crime was in
Vest End Greenville and the deed
'us committed about sundown
riday evening.
tenet to Preside in Lexington
For Tillman Trial.
Columbia, Sept. 12.?Gov.
leyward this morning commisioned
former Judge W. C. Benet
s a special judge to hold court at
[ershaw, for the week beginning
looday. The appointment is
lade because of the sickness of
udge G. W. Gage, who is the
egular circuit indge. Two weeks
go, Chief Justice Pope appointd
Judge D. A. Townsend to pre.
ide at the Kershaw and Lexingon
courts and the criminal busi698
of Kershaw has been wound
p with Judge Townsend presid.
ngThe
Fairfield court opens on
teptembor 21 however, and Judge
tawnsend is due there on that
late, this being his regular siting.
Today Col. U. R. Brooks,
lerk of the supreme court, re.
eived a letter from Chief Justice
tape, asking him to ascertain
vhether or not Judge Benet would
iccept the appointment to succeed
ludge Toamsend.
Judge Benet has accepted and
ho appointmont wa9 accordingly
nade.
This moans that Judgo Benot
will hold the Lexington court in
itead of Judge Townscnd, at
which J. H. Tillman will be tried.
The mills in New England are
to resume operations, the supply
of cotton being sufficient.
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Florida Swept Ry Cyclone |Yom
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Shedb Blown Away and Or/.
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ango uroves Damaged. ^
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Jacksonville, Flu., Sept. 13.?
toginning Friday inornine on the
ast coast, and Saturday morning ?
n the west, and lasting 24 hours ~^C
t each, South Florida has been
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isited by the strongest cyclone % ert
a the history of that part of the t^lou
Itate. At Miami the wind attain- reco
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a a velocity ot ti5 miles per hour, i""1"
?he car pbcd of the East Coast Cl,un
tail road was lifted from its foun- cour
lattODs clear of the cars that were occu
mder it and demolished, not oven ^
cratching the cars. The tin roof '"er
Qg of the Belcher block was torn *
nd blown ucross the street, com- ner'
detely demolishing the front of the was
milding on that side. Great dam- w*"c
ge was done to plate glass win . aSre
lows. Largo trees were uprooted mc?
ind several small houses were ne8t*
down down, but no one was hurt. ^eeD
several small boats were sunk in lD? '
he bay. Tassengers on the East ll0Ui
Doast train which arrived in the re^
:ity to-night reported many c1^01
wrecks along the shore, between Juro
Miami and Hobo's Sound. Among cou*
hem is one four-masted and one ^av'
hree-masted schooner and several onei
nnaller vessels. Nonok of their 00w
tames is known. One of the Stand- Juro
ird Oil Company's large steamers a^'?
with two barges, is beached near ^ ^
Boynton. The crew of tifteeu men 111 ari
were saved. Bodies of two unKnown
.rsfcite men drifted on the
beach near Boynton.
The storm did not extend as fat l'10
south as Key West, and did no W01
damage as far north as St. Aug- lno
ustine. Trees and small houses w^lt
were blown down at Cutler. At ^'?(
Stuart, 15 acres of pineapple ot^1<
sheds were blown down, as well ^ar
as tho saw mill and sheds across 111(11
the river and the building occupi- ^0I
ed by tho postoflicc at Wa Wa. *'10
Tho racing yacht No. 23, was 006
blown up into tho woods, where mui
she now lies high and dry. The
residence of Captian McNeil was
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blown from its foundations at
Stuart. At Jupiter tho wind blew
75 miles per hour, with the ram (*?*(
falling in torrents. 1
Taking a day in crossing the
peninsular tho storm struct Tampa
Saturday morning, soon attaining .
a velocity, of 70 n.ilan nnr hnnr
tf v ? - - ?rw* ' Jic1
anil rnged al! day, the roofing of
the Almena & De Soto Hotels ^
was blown off. Several cigar fac- ^
tories were badly damaged at
Ybor City, and several buildings
wore unroofed. In Tampa, the m0
Hampton block was unroofed,
and six small buildings were blown
down. No loss of life is reported.
A BOl'* WILD RIDE FOR LtL
LIFE- on<
With family around expecting on
him to die, and a son riding for *r0
life 18 miles, to get Dr. King's Hoj
Now Discovery for Consumption, | ter
uougDB ana uoius, w. 11'Brown, \y,
of Leovillo. 1ml , endured death's h(J1
agonies from asthma ;but this wonderful
medicine gave instant relief ?*
and soon cured him. He writes: the
"I now sleep soundly every he
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prove its matchless merit for all
Throat and Lung troubles. Guar- "
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Trial bottles free at Crawford mi
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ig White Man Sin
S*nt Up For Life.
m Williams Had Slain His Fa
rother-in-Law?Korshaw is t
Dealing With Manslayers
Fearlessly.
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linden, Sept. 11.?Another 10 f
ict of guilty of murder, al- Ch
gh it bo accompanied with a tio
mmendation to mercy, can be fth?
od to the credit of Kershaw
ity. For the past three days ^iai
t of ironnral snRuinnn has Imnn tl'l
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pied in the trial of Aaron he
iams, a prominent white far- the
of this county, for killing or<
>rother in-law, Wra. S. Gaidon
March 1, 1902. The case
tried last June a year ago, at hr<
sh time the jury could not hit
e on a verdict. In empanelthe
jury in this case last Wed- 1'u
ay, one of the jurors who had dei
i sworn in the case before tuk- Ki
bis place on the panel an- Kai
iced to the irt that he was
ted to the prisoner. The soli
asked the court to stand the of
r aside, but the defendant's die
isel contended that the juror an'
ng been accepted by the pris- dis
and sworn, it was too late f01
for the State to object to the
r's serving. The juror was 8hi
wed to remain on the panel, hu
, . ? . . . n?i
avmg developed tnat a Kinsi
of the prisoner was one of
jurors selected to try his case,
prediction became general
; this relationship would affect an
verdict and that a mistrial ^h
ild be the result. The juror
ved to be a man of character, 0f
> could riso above the ties of vi
3d, and he agreed with tho 11 ln
sr jurors that his relative, f)r
on Williams, was guilty of y,
rder, and should bo confined f,.(
tho remainder of his life in
State penitentiary. The pris- Qj
r put up the usual plea of all ar
rderers, that of self-defense, w
although his counsel, Messrs. \
*ono Blakeney and W. D. 0f
ntham, made ingenious and t;,
3 arguments in support of this (0
ense, the jury would not ac- pj
t it. sc
?he State was represented by 0f
icitor Thurmond and M. L.
itb, Esq. At 11 o'clock to- w
ht the jury rendered their vor- rj
t as above recorded. et
Varon Williams makes the jj,
xl young white man who has ^
in sentenced for murder from ^
i county within the past six ^
nths. F. P. C. p
More Bloodshed in Saluda. a]
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Batesburg, September 13.?
st night, at 12 o'clock, some ^
3 killed Stenson Wise, colored, ^
the public highway, leuding ^
tkl? ~1 4.^ A4 Mf.l
'Ill IU1S IU iUUUlll If ' jj
g. There seems to be a mys- ^
y surrounding the killing.
Eitson says Wise called at his
use at 10 o'clock to get a bottle
shoe polish) which he had left
ire. When ho left the house ?
was accompanied by a woman, c
a few moments ho heard some *
o say, "Hello! Stonse Wise!" ^
d then a pistol shot rang out. j
hen Watson reached Wise he y
iind him shot through the heart, t
d ho expired in a few minutes, r
10 woman, who was with Wise, t
ys two white mon mot them in c
o road, and ouo of them stop- t
d hor from the side of Wise, r
th whom she was walking, and (
0 other fired the pistol, which ]
1 led the negro. ]
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;ty Thousand
Christians Slain
natical Turks (Jivo No Quarter
to Women or Children ?Barbarism
ltun Ma<l.
Sofia, Sept. 12.?With the ur
al of new and sensational reports
the wholesale massacres of
ristians in Macedonia tho situan
hero is hourly becoming more
ruling. If the latest messages,
ich state that 00,000 Bulgarians
re been slaughtered in the dis?
ct of Okrida and Leren, shall
confirmed, no doubt exists that
i frovornmont will b? fnrn?il In
lerthe mobilization of the army
mediately.
According to information
flight by a courier to the rovo
ionary paper Autonouiyo, a
ce of Albanians, assisted by
rkish rogular forces, acting unr
orders direct from Yildiz
osk, massacred the eutiro Bui
rian Christian population of the
:rida and Leron disti icts.
Fearful descriptions are given
the sights seen there, the sol
irs slaughtering men, women
d children in every direction,
splaying a barbarism never be
:e witnessed.
The number of killed is not
lfa/1 In tVin on n vinr' a iliQnnfolmu
IVVVt IU vu> VVIU IVft O VHOj'UlV JlVOj
t according to reports from
aer sources, the total number of
a victims will reach 60,000,
STILL BURNING AND KILLING.
Sofia, Sept. 13.?The Albanian
id Turkish troops collected in
o villnyet of Adrianople appears
be pursuing their usual tactics
burning and plundering the
llagos and killing the peasants,
stead of making an attempt to
eak up the insurgent bands,
cry littlo news is tiltoring through
0111 Monastir, but all reports
^rce that the position of the
bristians is desperate. The Turks
o making a clean sweep of the
hole Bulgarian element. The
lbauian soldiers in the villnyet
Adrianople arc stated to be onrely
beyond control. At Kasiiirsp.o.
thn lnflno.ntinl hnvs mm
ained to the officers of the excess
committed by the troops. The
Wccrs resented the criticism and
ild the soldiers that the boys
ere friends of the rovolutiona
es, whereupon the soldiers burn1
the beys' farms. The Turks
ive burned the villages of Amu
ik and Erikler, in the district of
osengrad. They beheaded 22
ulgarians at Almagki, in the
resence of their families. Twelve
lousand troops are assembled
round Losengrad and engaged in
illagingand burning the villages,
'he population everywhere i s
eeing to the forests and moun->
lins. All the Turkish populaion
in the district of LoBcnsrred
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as boen armed?even tho boys
ave revolvers.
FEARFUL ODDS
A? AINST HIM!
Bedridden, alona and destitute,
iucb, in brief was tho condition
if an old soldier by name of J. J.
lavens, Versailles, O. For years
io was troubled with Kidnoy dismso
and neither doctors nor medcines
gave him relief. At length
te tried Electric Bitters. It put
lim on his foot in short order and
low ho testifies. 4 I'm on the road
o complete recovery.*' Boston
mrth for Liver anil Kidney
rouhlos and all forms of Stomach
ind Bowel Complaints. Only 50c.
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b\ Mackey & Co. and Fundorhnrk
Druggist.