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Happenings In The State. 1
As Chronicled by tho Alert Cor- '
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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
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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
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small profits i.
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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.
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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
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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.