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We believe we have
we are anxious for the p
31-2 cents per yard up.
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Remember we
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LADIES T
I AND SEE OUR
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edge, our miSEiitcr
Siile ami spared ei
a nice up-to* dat
st2 als? make
A Special Dispia
R DRY GOC
the NICEST STOCK that has
ublic to see our goods. We
le prices when you are lookinj
will not be undersold.
ter Merca
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to pains 01* exe
stock of Mil y
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ever been in Lancaster and
have them ranging from
I around.
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S Another Fatality oa Sootheru In
* Bridge.
Keeper V> ade L"si Hi^ Balance pp
and Fell to tlit- (.1 round >1 Pis- ?
timet' of Forty Feet.
The State, 27th iiut.
T. 1'. Wade, the keeper of the
Southern railway's bridge across ^
the Congareo river, was hurled j
from th? Iroulln ? tl>? 1 4 1
..v.m.vi 11# *m_> i:iuuiiu iu?i
night and sustained injuries from
which ho died later. ^
Wuiie was standing on the edge (
of the section of trestle which ,
passes over land on the Hichland ^
side of the river, awaiting the pass
ing of the northern passenger train ?pj
from Florida. Ilo expected to ^
hoard the tlymg train and come to ^
the city. As the couches neared
him, he grasped at them hut miss- .
e<l his grip, became overbalanced j<10
and fell to the ground a distance t)1
of some 40 feet. In an autopsy
it wus seen that Wade died from
t upturn of the spleen. Ilo was
not bruised and there was no
visible sign of a hurt save that his l(
left wrist was broken. ?
Wade was just 25 years old? ne
was married, and had only recent ^
ly succeeded to his position, hav- j
ing been appointed after the death (j](
of David Foulk, the watchman
who was killed a few weeks ago. ,
STATIC NEWS.
ici
C. T. Minor, Magistrate at x
Land-ford, Chester county, died
oo tbc 23d inst., aged Co years. (j,
? I'Mwin C. ILllontinc, of Lnu- '4
rens, a student of iuirmnn IT11 iversity,
died in Greenville on (he *i?;
24thth ins-t., of appendicitis. Ch
?The police department in thi
Charleston is pressing blind tigers nni
closely. More than 4<? caseshave Dr
been docketed for the iiist Mon- on
day in April. Last month more c i|
than $1,400., was collected in 1:01
lines from the tigers. Kn
? 27 barrels of eider, too strong L
to bo in keeping with the regain- 'nf
tions of the dispell airy law. were vvfound
in the various business <0
houses at Jonesville, by Stato
constables last week. :U1
? Robert Wilson was killed at
Darlington on the 24th mat., by t'1(
Robert Register, both colored. l'u
?Scripio Jenkins, col., who
ki'led Frank Pi lllinnv /?/">! in I
- - 7 1 ?
Charleston last week hue heon ur- ^
rested in Savannah.
?Mr. R. Leo Kerr, of Hock
' |)()
Hill, (lied last Friday morning.
?The opening of the Summer ;l
School at Winthrop has been de- f,.(
finitely fixed for the 29th of June. wt
7 ~
, IlOY 8 DEAD BODY FOUND
ail
Pickens, March 26.?A young j.
, man was found dead at the north ^
I *
switch at Central Wednesday .
morning. Ho appeared to he
about 17 years of age, was well ^
dressed ond was of good appearauco.
There was no'.hing on his i
n wt
porson by which he could he ^
identilied. Coroner Parsons found ^
$3 in his pockets. (^
His hat was too largo and was sj
stulTed with a newspaper which
was printed in Statesville, N. (J.
It being impossible to identify
the young man,-ho was buried at 'v
the county's ixpense yesterday, to
He was killed probably by a Co
train in some unknown way. I
La grippe coughs yield (piickly
to the wonderful curative ipialitics ' ''
I of Foley 's.Honey and l ur. t here
i is nothing else ''just as good ba
For anleby "Fundorourk's Ph.ain ! tr<
noy'\ I.Pc
Arkansas a Kob Kiiis Five
Negroes. n
fu
tu(.iy Lynching K< ulSs Inn;
L. Cliiulcs K-..00 VriMihh'
Sturtcil Ovui a I'rivial j"'1
M..I l?.. II.
A 1111 11; i v
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Little lt< ek, Ark., March 25.?
spoeiul to tho Arkansas Gazette
mi DoWitt, Arkansas county,
s: Five negroes who had been I'
esk'd as a result of race troutile - :l;
St. Charles, this county, were L
.<11 from the guards and -hot to
ith. Tho victims were: dim A
litis, Charley Smith, Muck ''
1< win, Abe liailcy, Garrett F
<xl. This makes nine negroes 11
it have ben killed within the 11
-t week in the vicinity of of St.
aides on account of the racial v>
inbles. A few days ago a difnlty
occurred over a trivial mat
' at St. Charles between a white
in named Searcy and two negroes S
med Henry nud Walker Grillin.
On Monday last the two negroes pi
it Searcy and his brother in a j'
re in St. Charles and the dif- n
lity was renewed. One of the a
grot's, without warning, si ruck ?'
th of tho Searcy boys over the S
ad with a tatde leg, rendornn
iin unconscious and fracturing f
lir skulls, one of tin in t uch '
extent that he may die. J)c; ut\
cr; 11 J times ivirkpatricU
npted in arrest him anil lie ti > j
k:u ckoit .lawn,
riii) u then gathered .ml
tied the eUlcers, dcclati er t Is
u> white man could an s*. . i.
Their. dcuivmSlraUons roused
icifo of the citizen i 1.
iailcn nmt thov t* h phoac i to '
is place for a posse to come on
il protect the town. J'. A. r
mglass, depot; riii : ft", went (
t v i.l a pie >< i.i \ i I ir. n t
,ilurc tho Griffin negt Flio
nstahlo met three negroes-* y
.ndall Flic!. V. i! lla'dwin and . ill
Madison- in l.e road. lie
piitod of them it they hn: u
icre the (Jriflin- wire and one f
them leplied that the\ did. but at
ould tell no white man" adding dt
oath. The negroes then at- y<
npted to draw their pistols hut t\
> posse tired, killing all three of
nil.
Yesterday 15 men left this place ,c
r the sceno of the trouble. M
vrtfk i*?it l>ot?/wl t m ^
vi W ^.UUUIWU 111 II III 11
. Klhel and 'ilarcndon. DurI
tho day whilo tne sheriff's
>so was searching for tho Griftin ^
groos, they were tired upon hv Nr
negro named Aaron Ilinton, '
>m ambush. Throe of tho posse ?
>ro lilt, but the shot used were. ^
mil and no serious damage reltod.
The posso returned the
o ar.d tho negro was shot down. ' 1
voral other shots wore tired in.
him, killing him instantly.
Fivo other negroes, dim Smith,
inrles Smith, Meek l?aldwin?
>o Hailey and Garrett Flood,
10 wore tho negrues th t had do
d tho otlieers, were arrested and
;t niirht a crowd of men took j
em away i'r >m tho guards and
ot them to death.
Two More Killed.
DeWitt, Ark., March 2t?.? ' t<
.
vo more negroes have been put ,
death iv. the eastern part of thi h
nnty, making 11 negroes that
ve boon killed us the result of
I .
a rioting which began last Man. 1
Kelley Johnson, last < f ihc
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rid of negmos that o:m-1 I th > ,
whle, was shot to death to,hi;. . '
irry Carter, another negro was J.
?-i? Ui/ lUfvii
uud dead in the woods near
li?Tc the live nc.'i?>es were slain
imxluv nLht l?v n crowd of in!
. i'ccl ci' '] /.
Mi i? ported ejuiet lo: ight at
. ' bail ll i tli j belief tiial
o most d-ti .aions ni.gioci have
?cii slain ami no further trouble
look*' for.
TWO MOK1-: KU.I.KI).
Little lvock, Ark., March '27.
-A special to The Gazette from
eWilt says: Two more negroes
ivo been killed in the clash hereon
whites and blacks at St.
harles, 15 milu*> from hero in
l'kansus countv Th!< 1n?inr?u
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10 total of (lend negroes up to
?>, all of thorn being killed withi
the last week. The last two
ogrocs killed wore the Gritlin
rolhors, Henry and Walker, who
< ro the cause of the trouble
In South C'irolina.
poeinl to The St;:to.
Washington, JMnich 25. ? In the
Lindry civil appropriation bill
ut complied by the house com
liltoo thou: are n number of
pproprintious for the carrying on
f work un lor W'ij in the southern
tnto>. Tor buildings under con.
'ruction i;i So-.t'. ( ?rolii::i tho
11 i ; : r H'U Hill, ..10,000;
!< ; L'( bovn, 015,000; riorenco,
10,000.
In tho river and harbor itnr
ivciik ni it- in there arc tno fob
ii : Kt i ton, ?73,000
\ i: .it; it y, ::70,o00; tho Great
e- l) o, ?1<>,O00.
?]'! :INC. OVERTIME.
Kight hour iaware ignored by
:i> tir !(,-s, liitlo workers?Dr.
Cir.g's New Life Till -. Millions
re a I way at nor. , ntgb' r.rd 'lav,
?j?i !ndiuestion, IV oess.
'onsti; ation, SieU Headache and
'! Ft mroli, Diver and Dowel
able-. ICasy, pleasant, safe,
ir<\ () ly?5cnt Ora.vford I>ros.,
F. AI ack( y & Co., and T.
ugctu Fundcehurk, dni? store.
A :? ward of th'O h.u bs en ?>ired
l)\ (lor. I ley ward for the
rest at:d conviction of the murjrers
e.f John \V. Meetze, the
mug farmer of Lexington coun
killed on the 10th of February
We see it slated that a enmmite
is to endeavor to secure sub?
riptions in this slate for a monkh
nl to (1 en. Cordon. It is a
lost worthy undeit-iking, but be
>re we attempt to honor other
oroes of the Confederacy, it
ould bo well for us to subscribe
nough to build a monunient to
ur own riampton.?Columbia
iwcord.
"Only something very like a
i volution iu the industry can put
l:c price of t'oMi 15 very much hcr?\v
the lowest quotation of his
''rulii) ", s:i\ s the New York
^omnicrciiil.
Arnisli. 11y Kills Himself.
Tuskegee, A1 M a h ?5.?
vilpli Arr ti n.-, ur 1 " sen!o:
f death for the murder of hi
main, Miss Alice Armstrong-,
omiiiittcd suiei 1 iu Ii'h c II h' re
rulay. He killed lie youn.- wo
urn liccauso sho refuse 1 to marry
im.
* neumnnia Follows si Cold*
lit ivv<t fellows 1 lie use of Fov'h
t ]o:io\* and Tar. 11 stops
hw.ui.'h, lioaN an<l strengthens
lie h n.rs * d atVords \ crfeet souritv
fro; an attack of pneiniion
i. Kefusi substitutes. Sold by
'nnderhurU's Pharmacy.