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ANNOUNCEMENTS.
FOll CONGRESS.
F am a candidate for Congress from
the Fifth Congressional District, subject
t> the result of.the Democratic
primary election.
T. Y WILLIAMS.
HOU<E OF REPRESENTATIVE 1.
I smuounce myself a candidate for
ie-eiex.tion to tne House of Representatives,
ntliject to the rules of tlie
Democratic primary,
O W PO L IS
I announce myself a candidate for
the House of Representatives, subject
to the rules of the Democratic party.
J. W. HAMF...
I announce myself ah a candidate
for thi Legislature, subject to the
rules of tho Democratic primary.
J. HARltY FOSTER.
FOR SHERIFF.
Wo announce the name of John P.
Hunter as a candidate for re election
to tlie oflice of Sheriff, subject to tlie
approval of the Democratic voters in
the primary election. Mr. Hurrter
needs no introduction at our hands, es
his p.?st record is eminently sufficient
to convince any one that he is in every
respect well tilted for the Stieiill"s office.
A more loyal man to his friends
aod country than John P Hunter
never live t He is ever ready ui-d
willing, under any circumstances,'to!
do his duty without fear or favor, and.
at the same 'i no, with kindness and
discretion
FRIENDS
FOR CLERK OF COURT.
Tho many friends of L. M. C'LYBURN
announce him as a candidate
fnrClmk nCOniO .-l~o ?- ---
.w. w,v..? w. V u?l M r mill I i)
abide l lit result of the Democratic primary.
Having been appointed to serve out
the unexpired term of the Into W. 5S.
L. Porter, aa (Merit of Court. 1 hereby
suuounc - myself a candidate for said
otTtc? suljeet to the rule* governing
the Democratic primary.
J. F GREGORY.
* FOR COUNTY ttUPEUl CN t
DENT OF EDUCATION,
lo the Voters of Lancaster County.
Willi many thanks for | ast honors
and earnest solicitations for future
support, I hereby announce myself a
candidate for re-election to the rfllce
of County ISupfn inlendcnt of Education
subject to the rule- governing the
Democratic primary.
A. C. ROW ELL
FOR AUDITOR.
To the voters of Lancaster County
Appreciating past favors I hen by
announce myself a candidate for reelection
to the oflice of County Audi*
tor, 8U'ject lo the rules of the Democratic
primary.
JOHN A. COOK.
I hereby announce myself a caudi^
date tor Auditor of Lancaster county,
unil pledge myself to abide the result
of the Democratic primary.
Respectful I v,
H. ll.HOPvTON.
I announce myself a candidate for
Auditor of Lancaster Dounty, subject
to the rules aad requirements of the
Democratic primary.
J WYLIE PORTER
FOR TREASURER.
I announce myself as a candidate
for Treasurer, and pledge myself to
abide tiro result or the Democratic
primal 3*.
JNO D TAYLOR.
Thanking the people of Lancaster
county for their liberal support in the
past, I hereby announce myself a
candid ?te for election to the ofllce of
Treasurer, subject to t'ie result of the
Democratic primary
NV C . (JAULHEN
PA 1 > ^TTnnnirrn^v
a' v/iv ."urTjjiwi ru w i
IFilli ii.any thank' f?>r nasi favors. |
and at the s >ih nation of my friends,
I hereliv announce myself a candidate
for reelection fo theoflfl-e of County
Supervisor, subject to the rules of the
Democratic primary.
L J PERKY
W. F. LANEY ,
Physician and Surgeon.
Ctilla answered from office in
rear of Funderburk Pharmacy
during the day, and from rcsi
dence on Elm street at night.
Residence phone, 38.
Office phono, 118.
i i i am i
J. HARRY FOSTER.
Attorney at Lair,
LANCASTER, S. C.
wsr Collections a specially
Happenings in The State.
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| As Chronicled by tho Alert Correspondents
of Tho Colombia
Stnto.
HISIIOP CAPERS CHOSEN.
. Senwftee, Tenn., Juno 25.?
Bishop Ellison Capers, D. D. of
South Carolina was elected chatpcellor
of the University of the
South this afternoon to succeed
tho late Bishop Dudley.
GRAND .JURY WITH RACKBONE.
Spartanburg, June 25.?The
grand jury Thursday in its special
presentment directed tho court's
attention to tl-.n 4
?mv iitvi tlJUl BUI11U
eight or ten white women of the ]
city were conducting buwdy ]
houses Bench warrants wore is- ,
sued for their arrest and a flutter
among the soiled doves wivj oc? ,
casioned. Tlio bond for each was
fixed at $750, and several of the ,
women are in jail.
murderouskeoro woman.
Bamberg, Juno 25. ?A row '
occurred 1 net night between sotm |
negro women in the southeastern I
portion of town One was shot 1
and beat up considerably. It ^
seems that two negro women went '
I to the house of another and called .
,
I her out. One commenced to beat <
her with a fence rail and after i
jn few blows tho attackers shot the
woman. Tho ball took effect in
tho throat directly in front and J
went clear through, tho physicians
cutting it out iust under the skin
I at the back. Xboy uro now in <
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GREEN ACQUITTED HY THE AIKEN
JURY.
Aiken, June 25.?At 7 o'clock
I
this morning tho uiry in tho case
r ? t y ...u.. '
UL liUC I tUll) ?? HlJ OiUtV It Ctiliti) j
day morning has been on trial for .
his lifo for tho killing of Abram
? i
Surnsky, returned a verdict of
...?n.. " ? > '
nui ^uiuy , HIM! O!J0 OI 100 HlOSt ]
sensational case* that has ever
occurred in Akin county is ended.
(JreoQ and his young wife, who
linsstood faithfully hy him through ]
"thick and thin," togother with <
his father and mother and broth- |
era, left this morning for their |
home near Hawthorne. t
The jury stayed in their room '
from 7 p. m. yesterday until 7 \
o'clock this morning. ]
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AS SERVICE CLOSED SOUI. TC0K {
FLIGHT. ,
Charleston, dune 2G.? Eliza
Robertson, colored, died suddenly
today just at tho conclusion of
mass at St. Patrick's church. '
With a cry sho fell in a swoon and 1
the Rev. Father Wright, the ofti- f
niotinr* m loot nAn/?h^'l 1-? - ? 1 *
vi 1'iiv.oi., idwiidii uei" in unit? f
to administer the last, sacraments I
before she died. (
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LAI) DROWNKI) AT WINNSBORO. *
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A'inngboro, .luno 20.?James t
Hornsbj, a 10-year-old boy, son
of Dock Hornsby, an employe of
the Fairfield cotton mills, was (
drowned in tho pond at the mill 1
lastnigM. Some of tho mill hands
saw hi a clothes on I ho bank of tho f
pond this morning and searched (
0 _ t ? '
ior nis nody in tho pond and
found it. i
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A HANK FOR ELLOllEE.
Tho soerotary of stato has com? ?
missioned tho Bank of Klloree, '
with a capital of $15,000. Among j
the petitioners are T. .V. Ulmor,
J. M. Weeks and W. F. Stack.
DROWKE1) IN TIIK I'ACOLET.
Spartanburg, Juno 24. ?Walter
Spearman, a white boy ngod 15
yoais, while in swi.inning with a
crowil of boys in 1'acolot river at
Clifton this afternoon, was drown -1
oil. M. (). Gentry, actiiTg"coroner
left for Clifton this ovening
to hold the inquest.
State House Dotno Is Said To He
Safe
l
The State, 25 Inst.
The dotno of the State cupitol is i1
safe. This is the report of the j
government expert sent horo to
make an investigation. Not only
is tlio dome safe, but from his report
it appears that the girders are
not called upon bear any unronannnlilu
-lun/l 'IMir. .w. ...?
k W*v n'UMi 1 ll\> I5J3UC HUB
Bottled yestorday by tho report of
M Kort Harlo, ]chiof structural
enginocr in tho oilier of tho super*
rising architect of tho treasury
department.
Was Wasting A way '
Tho following letter from Roh* <
:rt U. Watts, of Salem, Mo., is (
instructive. 4 1 have boen Iron,
bled with kidney disease for the
last five years 1 lost flesh and
never felt well and doctored with
leading physicians and tried all
remedies suggested without relit i.
rinally 1 tried Foley's Kidney
Dure and less than two bottles
jouiplolely cured mo and 1 am i
now sound and well." t?old by
Fundcrburk Pharmacy.
wia- -rn j
llobt. Glonn Gets The Nomina* ;
tion. j
Raleigh, N. C., Ju?o 24.? At I
i.41$ o'clock this morning^ ?jnut
before adjournment of tho prolonged
night session, Robert B.
Glenn was nominated by the
Democratic convention for the <
governor on the (iftli billot aud <
imid scenes of indescribable con- <
fusion,cheering, hurrahing, wnvng
of huts, coats and banners, the i
lomination was mado unanimous. J
North Carolina Farmer Kille 1 His ,
Wife and Then Himself. I
Raleigh, N. C., .June 2d.?V. (
R. Valentine, a prominent farmer 6
if Northampton county, after f
blowing olf tho back of his wife's (
lead, put an end to his life by
shooting himself with a shotgun.
The double tragedy was commit- j
:ed last night while the man was i
aboring under temporary insan- t
ty said to have boon caused by (
ilcoholisin The husband is dead
ind the wife will die.
Ton Years in Iic<I.
R. A. Gray, ,1. P., Oakville, '
[nd., writes: "For ten years i
,vas confined to my bed with die- 1
jaso of my kidneys. Jt was so <
levere that I could not move part i
if the tnno. I consulted the very (
lost medical slull available, but
sould got no relief until Foley's '
rr * / i | w ^ i i j i
v>ui u v lib i I'cnill IllCIi'ICd t()
110. It has been a Godsend to
no." Sold by Fnderburk Pharniicy.
Many a man who prides himself
in his veracity thinks it no harm !
0 lie to a jury 1
Tiro man who stops you on the i
it root to nslc nfter your health <
Iocs not tiocessnrily euro.
A conceited woman dubs a man j 1
1 woman-hater just because ho! |
loscn't happen to admiro her.
Cluonic bronchial troubles and
lummcr co tight can be (pnckly roiovod
and cured by Foley's Honey
inrt Tar. Sold by Fundorburk ' '
Pharmacy.
Sabscrioo to Tho Lodgo.
Purity Of Campaign.
All Candidate* Must Kilo Account
of Expenses?Important Action
Taken by the Richland Conn
mittec
Columbia Record, 25th.
Kichluu I County today at the
meeting; of the excutivc committee
took decisive action it) regard to
tho uso of money and whiskey in
the campaigns, ami the resolution
of orod and adopto t at the meeting
of tho County convention was
adopted by tho committee and put
in tho form of a pledge which will
\\f\ e? l / ?r r-v /-x 1
...jiuvju uy ovcry cunuiuaio who
enters the campaign. This action
r>f tho committee will once for all
ilo away with the "grafting"'
which has so long been prevalent in
this county. Hereafter the can
didatcs must tile after the pri mary
an itemized statement of the
sxpensos of his canvass.
"In according with the rules of
I he Democratic party of South
Carolina and the resolution adopt
sd by tho Democratic party -of
Richland County, in convention
assembled on May 2, as a candidate
for the oilico of , in
Iho Democratic primary election
to bo held on the last Tuesday in
August, 1904:,I hereby pledge my
s?If to abide the result of such
T1 ii i tii* V itiii ?II j?ort liiC priill'li'j |
ind I 0m not nor will I becomo
die candidate of any faction, *ci-|
;her privately or publicly su<* !
ted, other than tlio regular
Democratic nomination, and I do i
Iioroby further pledge niys .? that
I wi.ll not givo nor eper.c\ money
or U80 intoxicating liquors for
influencing w.tere, and that
I shall at the oonclu.Mon of tho
campaign a I before the primary
election re\der to the chairmnn
of the P mnc.atic party of RichLud
County, under oath an itemized
jitatcinent of all moneys
spent or provided by 1110 during
campaign for campaign purpase
lp to that tinir, and I further
dedge that 1 will immediately
ifter the primary that I am a
:andidatc in, render an itemized
itateinent, under oath, showing
ill further moneys spent or proviled
by me in said election."
Robert B. Glenn was nominated
'or governor of North Carolina
>y the state Democratic convenion,
defeating tho present governor,
Clias. B. Avcock.
Pcrdicaris and Varlcy, the cap
Lives, arrived at llieir home in
Tangier Saturday morning and
received a joyful reception.
Charles A. Sivayse, failing to
throw Miss Efiio Alvord from the
clevfint.h wlnrv i?.ni/i:?- '
... ....... j v. <? uiiiiuiu<; in
Chicago, shot her and tlion plung
ad out of tho window to the pavement
below, a distance of 165
feet, killing himself instantly.
Tho woman may recover.
DRIVEN TO DESPERATION,
[jiving at an out of the way
place, remoto from civilization, a
family is often driven to desporalion
in case of accident, resulting
in Burns, Cuts, Wounds, doors,
otc. Lay in a supply of Bticklen's
Arnica Salve. It's tho best on
earth. 25c, at Crawford Bros.,
J. F. Mackey tfc Co., and Fundcrburk
Pharmacy, drugstores.
A girl may ho wise, hut if who
wants to marry she n foolish to
appear more intelligent than the
.aan she is trying to induce to pay
her hoard for life. ? Chicago
News.
Battleship Sunk Another; 11
Disabled. I
iiavoc Wrought By the Japanese j \<
Torpedo Boats -l*crcsvi t ^ctit
To Bottom. I
Tokio, ,Iu.to 25, noon. ? Admiral
Togo reports that on
Thursday luot, June 25, his put- spi
rol Boat discovered the Battleship fro
pcrcsviet and other vessoB, uc- 1m
companied By nine torpedo >><v.t tin.
.i??
v.tiini)na in- ir in(* cnirnuc" <1 , tijc
Port Arthur harbor. rho patrol <\
hout warned hin. wireles-dy and tor
ho i;nmediately advsmcod his licet ten
except these emmied upon >poei:d tk:
duty. |r,c:
The admiral then discovered , ecu
that the Russian tloot, which c>:i- : ed
si-tod of six brttleships, five eiui- | b\
sers and 1 I destroyers, evidently \
planned a dash, southward by sii i* n .
down. The Russinns slippc ! out side
the enlrnnccto the harhor and a>
I
after nightfall a licet of .Japanese lli
torpedo boat destroyers resolutely lar
attacked the Russian shins and fro
i
succeeded in torpedoing and sink ;li;l
| ing a battleship of the poresviot fn
typo and disabled the buttle !op <
I SoV'l><1 . ?? </ ?I
A cruiser of the Di tu t>po
w is observed being lowed into h
~ O
! lm'/bor on Friday morniur v, !
it was evident she had sushda- I mserious
daningo. !e'
r .^Japaneso ships sustained i .1
li-Jo damage. The torpedo boat
di --foyer SiiiraUuino was hit by
a she ll which fell in the cabin and
three men were killc 1 a .d ihree!
others .wounded. Tho 'Chid >1 i,
of the s\hfe ci: ?:' w - hit b.-hnn ?11
thocngino room, but no ca-unitiesJ
resulted 1 herefrom. Torpedo i
boats 01 and <50 wore slightly j MP'
damaged. I in
Lost Sixteen Thousand? !i':f
-i i.' i >-- - '
univoi. ii-<lllllHLU Hi Itll.SSl.'l S . ,
r'blo I)efeat in menu1 IVittle. .
<lc:i
iur
llhicago, .Juno 'J.').?A cable
gram to The Daily News from
n, . ,x. . ere<
lien lsin snjs: Oluceis arrivingjj ,
at. New Chwang from the front
\ OS
say that the battle fought on ,
, ? for
Thursday at Simenting, about 40 ^
miles cast of Kai Ping, was the
hardest hi >w tlie Russians have ,
i .iv a v . land
yet received. the Muscovite-j ,
lost, according to these accounts,
10, 000 in killed, wounded, mis - i
ing and prisoner. That the Pus inn 1
retreat did not turn into at route :'' l
I OII1
was doe to the dogged bravery of
the men and the Ninth Past Sihc
tor
riati Ride brigade under Gen
Kondratsvitoh, who covered thcj,n
llying troops, contc>ting every
I inch of the way.
WOKST OF ALI,KXri:rilKNT?: 3> iUn
. - , , . 1 -1 ?<
Luu tinytlmi^ bo worse than to "
feel that every minute will bc,',;
your last i Such was the experu I <io
encc of Mrs. S. II. Nowson, Docutur,
Ala. tlFcr three years," ^
she writes, "I endured in.sutl rablo ^
pain from indigestion, stomach ' 1
and bowel trouble. Death seem- l!i
ed inevitable when doctors and a;l t'C
remedies failed. At length I wis ';
induced to try Flcetric Bitters ami
the result wai miracnlou -. I itn
proved ut onee and now I'm co .i
pletely recovered." For l/.wi, !'
Kidney, Stomach and lluw. 1 i
troubles Klectric Bitters is the j mi
only medicine. Only 50c. It's' ; ;,
guaranteed by Crawford Bros., J.
F. Maekey<& Co., and Fundcrburk
Pharmacy, Ft uggists.
It Fn't a dillicult matter f r a
' : i
doctor to ascertain what nils a
patient. All he his t > do b t >' .
perform t'loe uutp-y. ki<
is Brute's Victim
i".: Executioner.
'::ro linnet-*1. by (iiil iri 1'rotten
co ?>t TUruo Oihera and
\PLrt> Crowd of Thousands.
Memplu Toim.. June 'JO.?A
.'cial to The Commercial. Append
in Kupnra, Mi-*., says: Stari?
Dunham, a npirrn (?#? ?' ??
l i'itr/i* of criminally assaulting
; 1-J'V a i' - old i anghtcr of ! olm
ils.M), .. whit n :iv., near llclle
itaino two days ;'j'? ami nt
><ing t i*i'itnina.iy a sault
co v?? :i ? ladies named Dunn
ir tiii city, nil during tho
;rs of the same day. was hangin
the i-O'iKc -rjuare here today
a limb.
i.<; .. >o->e was placed ahoat the
jro's ne< 1: liy tho little Wilson
1, ?b > , iv<ly i-: t tiii,' 1 hltn
bur assailant. Tho negro wis
ti ])lae '?I up >n 11.c buck of a
go black horse anil n? a signal
in the leader of tin; mob the
le Wilson girl led the horse
in under him.
')v I?.0' ?<: i ,s k: , v. liite and
ck, witnessed the hanging.
' nehi i as <>rderly as a
i < ui.i, 1 .A . r in i n:isi.
' 1. nc_?r 1 was d i, tho
?' > -1 > !>o y and turnit
\i.'t" to relatives for burlore
Than 1,000 Perished.
it' List of the Stbcum'b Vienna
Has Jica'sjied 1,031.
Now York, Juno 2/>.?That
wart!-! ( f 1,"i00 persona perished
liit burning of the excursion
unci* < u vSl? cum is now
tically co: t.iin.
\ . 'jog to an i xliaustivo ro?
t in : io '>v Police Inspector
nniltbcrgrr on tho number of
(i, missing, injured and unin~
cd ia the disaster, ii appears
' bod! a haw been rccov1
an i tb.'.t 33 pcraons absolute-*
known to have been aboard tho
?ol are at ii i unaccounted
, bringing the total mortality
the disaster up to 1,03 1.
riioso injured numbered 173
! of the throng ot fully 1,500
i embarked on the excursion
M a
ji. ium its ciiurcn out li-it? es
e?l without injury. Thorpt
is tho result of :i minute inry
by a conu of 100 patrolmen
i t th'- direction of 1ho inspect I.K
or Till: -l.OCl M ToWHI) To
F.111K UAS1N.
Now N oi, .Juno'20 --Crowd-.
It h :?i!s howod end uneovorcil
Cd both sides id Ihi-t river tov
as tho blackened hulk of the
nor.il Slocurn was lowed to a
ek in r.tio I>a-in, whore it is to
inspected l?y tho fodoral t\uwilies.
idic tki fs on the lug
vir.g the wreck in tow were at
!f 1.111-1 and when passiag l?ar
[to point, whore the Sloeum
;k and whore -o ni :ny !o.-t their
\ , the 1' u.rs were dipped. All
o ci it' t i * he hnrhor dirm.d
- - -j t "
oir iv the fV?l'.!! t pasted.
Ono mere body, that ofn \v*t n
ii d'y 'duimi ! an \ s. ^ \rt
r^nt 1 fiorl, was roc ivcroc. today.
Warning
If you lirivo kidi ;> or bladder
mble iv.l do not use Foley'9
Ii i y Cure, you will have only
nr.- to Ivnmo for lesults, as
positively cures all l'orms of
In v urd b uMor disease*