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DtP iVlaT*0 l L/A 1.T1V1 # ounce miiiit r f ?/<TH it X XX te ) OOPS stayed in New ? pains or ex < stock oi Mil! - -DS SIDE I ft ;ver been in Lancaster and have them ranging from around. ntile (X \ Sw York 111 - MILES' OLI Is Now With a fu Dry Good Hats, Clot * vjrenerai I dise. NOW IS Tl To buy your while they are C I have just opened a full Goods that could be bought, t he prices on these goods you see them you arc compel I give each and every per: come and see for themselves I also carry a nice line o * Yours for auic and J.C. E ft' ie Store in Happenings In The State. 1 As Chronicled by tho Alert Cor- ' respondents of Tho Columbia | ^ State. ! | t PECULIAR ANI) FATAL ACCIDENT. ( Chester, May 15.?A 1 year 1 old child of Mr. Robert Roberts, a few miles out of town, died yes- < terday afternoon, a few minutes after swallowing & grain of corn. NEGRO KILLED IN CHESTER COUNTY Chester, May 15.?On the plantation of Mr. S. C. Carter, ten miles northwest of Chester, two negro moo, Will Wright and Isaac Grant, got into a quarrel about some triral matter. The result was that Wright fired upon Grant and death ensued in ashoit while. The slayer was brought here and committed to jail. WHITE MAN STOLE NEGRO'S MONEY. Conway, May 15.?Yesterday at Mr>McCaskill's nlace nnrnsn I Brown swamp a white man entered a negro house when the grown people woro away from homo and went through everything in sight. He found something over $8 in strawberry money anj took potsession of it. The children said that the strango white man went off whistling. No eluo has been found to tho identity cf the thief. NEGRO KILLED IN 1IIS OWN 1IOMK Aiken, May 18. ? Robert Sanders, a negro tenant on the farm of Mr. John Stanbes, five miles from this place, was shot and til top % ?STAND Open |: LI line of? s 9 Shoes, i hing and O ()j Herchantt b n IE TIME ? ? 11 summer goods J1 HEAP b u line of the very finest dry ? ii > are so iu>v that when ,i led to buy. ' son a special invitation to '' I. u f Groceries, Hardward, etc. J k sales 11 small profits i. dwardS, \ Kiddie Stock,'v> tilled last night at about 0 o'clock, v; Coroner lMunkett held an in- a piest today and from the evidence a )btaincd a warrant was issued for ^ [lenry Gray, a white miller on f :ho pluco of Mr. Henry Summer t ill in the same neighborhood, and v jrray was attested and brought to * ail this afternoon. t CAPT. A. H. FOSTER'S HOME BURNED. I Union, Muy 13. ? At 2.30 o'clock this morning the hand- r Home home of Cupt. A. 11. Foster c was totally destroyed by lire, the 1 loss being between $15,000 and ( $20,000. which was partly insur- ' cd. * This was one of the handsomest ( homos in the city and contained ' many valuable things. Practically ' the only thing of any value saved 1 was the Inrgo portrait of George 1 Washington nivcn Capt. Foster's ' grandfather by Washington himself. FIVE EX CONFEDERATES WII.I. HE nviMUiTpaiMi Spartanburg, May 13.?Congrossman Jos. T. Johnson has ro coived from the war department vouchors for fivo claims for parties who had horses taken away from them by federal soldiers after the surrender of theConfcderate army. ! These reimbursements arc secured under the act of Fob. 12, 1902. The amounts and vouchers are as follows: Andrew Mitchell, Union, #135; W. 11. Sanders, Union, < #135; ('apt. J. Frank WolVnid, Switzer, #125; (i. W, Fowler, i Union, #135; Mrs. Lizzie I).-! urnming, Spartanburg. $225. Congressman Johnson has a rge number of others pending e decision of the department. Officer Killed by Negroes. iceial to News and Courier. Greenville, May 14. ? While atN mpting to arrest two unknown ?groes late this afternoon Mngisato William J. Cox, of this >unty, was shot in the brain, ying about three hours lator. elephone messages from Sirnpmville say that Cox loft his juse, accompanied by his conable, T. M. Austin, in pursuit F the negroes, whom he supposed ere transporting contraband quor. The officers came up with 10 men, who were driving in a uggy on tho highway about a lile and a half from Simpsonville. udgo Cox called to tho negroes ) halt and surrender. Tho team as stopped immediately and both ion jumped from tho vehicle to 10 ground. One negro throw up is hands in token of submission, ut tho other broke and ran about lirty feet. He then turned and pened tiro on the oiliocrs. Seeig bis compuuion resisting, tho egro who had surrendered also lew a pistol and began lo shoot, udge Cox tired four times and 1011 fell unconscious und mortally rounded. The weapon was found tuler the magistrate's b)dy by 'ostmaster Moore, ivho ^eatne rom Simpsouvillo to tho scene ot he tragedy sotno time later. Tho cnstablo was armed with a gun, nit when ho saw his chief fall ho truck out for Simpsonvillo for olp. A posse of citizens collcctd at once and returned to tho cene, where tho wounded magisrato was found lvinir in tho roai i a pool of blood. The negroes rere nowhere to bo seen. Sheriff rilrenth was notified and ho left bout 9 o'clock for Simpsonvillo, ccotnpained by Chief Dispensary Nonstable Hall. A desperate ofort will bo made by the officers o capture tho fugitivo negroes Hiose names are unknown. They re said to have come from Laurens bounty. D. J. cox's SLAYERS CAPTURED. The State of tho 16th says: The jrobablo lynching of the two negroes, Fletcher and Manning Hyrd loar Simpsonvillo, ;n Greenville sounty, was averted yostorday by lie prompt, determined and thor >ugh work of Sheritl Gilroath and Division Chfef Constable Hall of jroenville, who soon as they heard if the killing of Magistrate Cox by the nogroes hurried straight to ais homo at Miuldin station and pushing out across the country caught tho negroes at their homos on Mr. JetT Hughes' place in Laurens county at sunrise. Hurrying their prisoners across into Spartanburg county, they placed them on the Charleston and Western Carolina train at Woodruff and brought them through to CollllYllllO Tlifi tiArtl'AAfs ti'Ai A 1 viw a iiv nt^iuto ? v. i u irtimuu in tho penitentiary hero yesterday afternoon for safe kocping. Kussia announces that the war up to June 1, will have cost her $125,000,000. After that it is expotted that the war expenses per month will he $3,500,000, for tho navy and $15,000,000 for tno ar? my. This seems an over-estimate of probable naval expenses -unless an unusually largo number of :livers are to bo employed ?Tho State.