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Suits ASC-*>"*1 toe Southern, Crow i g Oui ot ti t Ftshu g i Cr??k Disaster. The Yorkville Enquirer, of the 16tb instant, says : 'Eight complaints were lodged with the sheriff during Wednesday and yesterday, all claiming damages against the Southern railway in amounts ratifin^ from ^ - - ? --n n $5,000 to $50,000, for the breaking of bones, injury to health, and the destruction of life. In at least one case N. M. Stukss, section master is made a co defendant, with the Southern railway, and in all cases the complaints attribute the falling in of the trestle to gro?9 carelessaess and wrecklessuess, etc., of the railroad people and to the rotten condition of the structure. The plaintiffs in the various aotions commenced Wednesday and yesterday together with their attorneys and the amounts sued for are as follows: F. Sadler Love, administrator of tbe aetata of Richard Wagner Millar, colored, deceased, wants 120,000. Miller was killed in the wreck. The plaintiff is reprapraaanted by Maj. James F. Hart and Messrs Wilson and Wilton. ?a J. B. Johnson, asgaurdianad litem for Julian Boyd Johnson, wants $50,000, ou account of injuries. The plaintiff is represented by Messrs Wilson & Wilson. Mrs. Eliza F. Buist wants $30,000 on account of injuries sustained. She is represented by W. B. McCaw, Esq. Up W T ?- * m ? tt * ? ! rto a l IJ ^ for $20,000 on accouut of injuries. Ho is represented by Messrs McI)ow and Lewis. J. W. Rhyne as administrator ef the estate of Frederick L. Uhyne, the dead fireman, is asking for $10,000. He is represented by C. T. Ladson of At lanta, Ga. Isaac E. Greeuer, as administrator of the estate of Oh us. Johuson Smith, the dead mail clejjk (colored), want9 $20,000. He is represented by Mitchell & Smith of Charleston. Ed ward Turner, the cond actor ef the train, wants $20,000 for injuria*. He is represented by O T. Ladson of Atlant*, Ga. Jamas L. Moss, guardian ad lilam for Tobe Burris, (colored), wants $5,000 for injuries sustained. He is represented by J. S. Brica, Esq. BROKE INTO HIS HOUSE. S. De Quinn of Cavendish, Vt., was robbed of his customary health by invasion of Chronic Constipation. When Dr. King's New Life Pills hroko intn hi* house, his trouble was arrested and now he's entirely cured. They're guaranteed to cure, 25c at Crawford Bros' .J. F. Mackey & Co. and T. E. Funderburk's, Drug Store. ?Two wards of the Grady Hospital in Atlunta were burned last Saturday morning Two aged women who were sick died shortly after being moved from the burning building. 3PEN r MORE THAN 81000 W. W. Baker of IMainview, Neb., writes: %'My wife suffered from lung trouble for fifteen years. She tried a number of ** * uuvtuir ouu g[)UUl over iflOUU without relief. She became very low and lost all hope* A friend recommended Foley's Honey and Tar and thanks to this groat remedy it saved her life. She enjoys better health than she has known in ten years." Refuse substitutes. T. E. Funderburks. ?In a fiiendly sen Hie between Milt Jack son and Tom Moore over a shot gun at the Appnlachio mills in Spartanburg county Saturday night, the former was accidentally phot and killed. * / Happenings In tie State. Ah Chronicled by the Alert Cur rcs{) indents of The Columbia 1 State. < i iti. ris n?i. ? ki.m r. Lumens, Oct. 1(5.?A 5-yenr old hoy, Hon of dun Adair, color ( ed, yesterday afternoon nianugo- 1 to get bold of a i?isti 1 while th family were absent and accide 1 1 tally shot himself through the body. The wound proved fatal 1 in a few hours. I AUKI> WOMAN INCINERATED, j Laurens, Oct. lb ?The neigh bora of Mrs. Nancy Robertson, Jan aged lady who resided alone j in the vicinity of Gray Court, j were greatly astonished one niglr this week upon discovering th* old lady's cottngo in flames and beyond saving. But their surprise was greater when it was found that the solo occupant of the house had perished in the fire. RAISED A CHECK AND SKIPPED. Spartanburg, Oct. 15.?Cor' poral Geo. Durrell, United States army, who has been in charge of the local recruiting oflice for the army, raised a check from #68.50 to *46S.50 two weeks ago, and absconded. His whereabouts have since been a mystery, although the government officers are on the lookout for him. This action of Dnrrell has been kept very quiet, but it leaked out today. CHILD RUN OVER HY TRAIN. Anderson, Oct. 15. ? A. 2 yearold child of Mr. ,J. J. Kelly, who lives three miles above Helton, was run over this afternoon bv the through freight train on the Columbia and Greenville railroad The child was playing on the track and the engineer did not see it until too late to stop. The engine and tender passed over its body, but. the child was between the rails and perhaps was not fatally injured. Jt was bruised considerably and one leg is broken, and was unconscious at o'clock tonight, but physicians who were >n attendance were in i hopes that it would recover. The] home of the child's parents is within 100 yards of the railroad track. NEVER ASK ADVISE When you have a cough or cold don't ask what is good for it and got some medicine with little or no merit and perhaps dan* gerous. Ask for Foley's Honey and Tar, the greatest throat and lung remedy, it cures coughs and colds quickly. T. E. Funderburk. Farm i'or Sale, The "Willis Gregory" homestead, C-room dwelling newly re paired, 80 acres of good farming or pasture land on wators of Flat u iuiit'8 eacn irorn the Huile and Brewer gold mines, 7 from .Jefferson and 10 from Kershaw. For terms apply to T. S. Cartku, Lancaster, S. C. A LOVK LET IEK. Would not interest yon if you're looking for a guaranteed Salve for Sores, Burns or Pdes Otto Dodd, of Fonder, Mo. writes: ''I suffered with an ugly sore foj" a year, but a box of Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured mo. It's the best Salve on earth 25c at Crawford Bros' ,J. F. Mackey & Co. and T. K. Funderburk's Drug Store. ? E. Ij. YVentz, the son of a Philadelphia millionaire, has (lis appeared in tho mountains of Vir gmii and a party of a thousand men have been scouring the mountains for him tho past week. A reward of 825,000 is offered for his recovery. STATE NEWS. j Tho citizens of Dillon in mats I meeting assembled lust Friday denounced tho vordict of the Lexington jury in the Tillman case as a travesty on justice. ? K. A. Walker, a young mill operative of Columbia, was accidentally shot through the left leg ^elow tho knee while out hunting nho.it S miles from the city last Saturday, and (lied before he could receive medical aid. Ilo was only IS years of ago and leaves a widow who had been a bride only six months. Says The State, the ca*o is ul1 the more sad by reason of the fact that his life could almost certainly have been saved had medical aid not been delayed so long. ?Tho case against J. B. Snype, the negro undertaker in Charleston, prosecuted a few days ago by the State board of health for violating tho embalming laws, was ended last Saturday by the death of Snype. ? Ilarry Dean, tho slayer of Miller McKinney of Spartanburg county Sept, Oth, has been admitted to bail in the sum of $2,.. 500. ?Fire at Manning last Thursda) night destroyed the stores of the Manning Grocery Co., aud VV. E. Jcnkinson. Loss about $50,000. ?Miss Christine Sprunt, daughter of Lev. Dr. Alexander Snrnnt of Charleston, died at Rock Hill last Thursday afternoon of typhoid fever. She was a student of Winthrop College. --In a controversy over the verdict of the Lexington jury Friday at Wagner's a man named Brushby had his throat cut by a man named Guntcr. Brushby's tongue was severed and it was thought ho would die. Gunter did not approve the Lexington verdict. ?The hotel bill for the Tillman jury and two bailiffs for 17 days amounted to $23L25. ?The Lexington court forgot all about trying Tillman on the second count of the indictment, brought by the grand jury, the charge of carrying concealed wea~ pons. And it is just as well. If he was licensed to do murder he .should oertaiuly have the right to carry murderous tools.?Charleston Post. ? WATCf/ THE KIDNEYS." "When they are affected, life is in danger," says Dr. Abernethy, the great English physician. Foley's Kidney Cure makes sound kidney's. T. E. Funderburk. The Bent. JPreitcription for Ma tar a Ohills and Fever is a bottle of Grove's Tastelesi. Chill Tonic. It is sitnply Iron and Quinine and tasteless, No Cure No Pay. Two Tracts to Soli. Two very valuable tracts of land, about miles South of town, have been placed in our hands for sale?the Fleniincr lands. C " 270 acres, "homo place," good dwelling and throe tenant houses, 5 horse farm, 75 acres woods. $10. per acre. 155 acres, good dwelling, two tenant houses, 2-horse farm open, 75 acres on waters of Hum creek. $10.50 per acre. Terms?one-third cash. Balance in one and two years. T. S. Carter, Real Estate Agent. HflNRY TO i.n?N ... w - - ?- * * W UUI11I. I have made arrangements l?y which I can in-got late loans of $3t?0 00 and upwards on first raorlgtgcs on im oroved cotton farms nt 7 per cent interest on so ins of $!,000 (0 and over, and H per cent Interest on sums of h ss than SI,000. fso Commission charged, only a reasonable fee for abstract of title. It. E. WYLIE, Hept. 18, 1903?6 n. Atty. at Law. Foley's Kidney Cu~e makes kidneys and bladder right ? Brnl Allen wub shot and killed by David Too my in (ireenvillo lust Saturday night. Both colored.. ?John Harris, col., wanted in Atlanta for killing a policeman was captured in Abbeville eountv last Sunday. ? Charles Killingworth, col., was shot and killed by R E. U!1_ -i II ? i i luinuu wijiiu minting couon from tho field in Abbeville county Thursday night, lie was culled to halt but ran when Frier son shot at him to tnako him stop. ? A breach of promise of mar* riage case was tried at Union the past week in which a colored woman was given a verdict, for Sc2,500. against Lai kin Rice, col., an employee of Uncle Sam. .John Williams, col., commit ted to jail in St. Louis Suturduy night, charged with the murder of a woman, hanged hiaiself with a sheet. It is thought that tho excitement caused by a fire in the viciniiy led VVilliums into the belief that a rnob was approaching tlio jail to lynch bim. 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NtWVOMOmf. m]r\ oooooo 1, COFFINS. in stock, to keep, a JFF1NS and ' stock embraces u the plain, cheap METALLIC cases. \ ur order when so unyour family. PRICED lC IT of ALL. tail Co.Oct. 15, 1902. ?tf. 0 I lie Taxpayers *if I ancanter inly. The Tieasurer's i flice will open f<r the collection of taxes, hout penalty, for the fiscal year 1 from the 15th day of October to 31st day of December, inclusive. 0 levy is as follows: teTax, 5 mills inty Tax, 4 mills >cial (L&CRR) 3 mills king Fund (. A C R R) 1 mill istitutional Hchool Tax 3 mills SCIAL LOCAL LEVY (R, C, A OA. EX. B. R.) le Creek Township 4} mills 1b Creek Township 5 mills asant HiU Towuqhip 8 mills SCIAL LOCAL ^'QR SCHOOL PURPOSES n Wyck School District 2 uo lit riraster '4$ mills r.caster, Interestibn nda&fc,lcJtf..Fiisdf J mills, 6 mills rshaw, + , 4 milts ath Springs, ~ 3 mills ihurst, ' 4 mills ice X Roads ;?> ; 2 mills TOTAL UVV *Y DISTRICTS. 1 Ian Land 16 mills Han Land, Vai>^Wyck,' 18 mills ixbaw, 16 mills ixhaw, Van Wycb, 18 mills neCreefc, * " 20J mills le Creek, Lancaster, 26 J mills no Cieelj, J, X R. 22* mills Is Creek, 21 mills Is Creek, Lancaster, 27 mills Is CreeB, X. XR, at nr*in? ford. , f,.m 16 mills ,t Creek, . 16 mills ,t Creek, Kefahnw, 20 mills a<-au( Hili, 10 mills AH.iut Hill. Xerslmw, 28 mills Hsant Hill, Heath Springs 92 mill# want Hill, Oakhurat, 28 mill* dh nt Mill. J X R, 21 mills Ih < reek, 16 mills lnr Creek, J XII 18 mills Respectfully, W. C'.CAUTHEN, it. 28, 1903, County Treas. * ,