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ANNOUNCEMENTS.
FOR CO INGRESS
T am a candidate for CVmgrei-a fron
the Fifth Congressional District, sub
jeet to the result of the Democrat!
primary elc-ctiou.
T. Y WILLIAMS.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
I a <nounce myself n oaudldate fc
re-election totue House of Represent
ativea, subject to the ruhs of th
Democratic primary.
() W POTTS
Iannounce ray pel fa candidate fo
the House of Representative, subjec
to the rules of the Democratic party.
J, \V. HAMEL
I announce myself ftH j\ candidal
for the Legislature, subject to <1?
ruleswf the Democratic primary.
J.HARRY FOSTER.
I heeby announce myself a cundi
date for tlie House of Representative
subject to the rules gov* ruing th
primary election, Being in the em
ploy of the Gregory-Ferguson ( cm
party I will he unab e to make a can
vass of the county, howsver, I wil
endeavor to be at all the county cam
paiga meetings Very resp"etfully
i GEO W JONES
FOR HHERIFK.
We announce the name of John I
H tniter as a candidate for re electio
to the office of Hheriil, subject to th
approval of the Democrat ic voters i
the primary election. Mr. Haute
needs no introduction at our bauds, t
hispist record is eminently suffloiei
to convince any oue that h** is in ever
respect well fitted for the SSheiiir's 01
fice. A more loyui man to his fri*<n<
uud country than John P. Hunu
never lived lie is ever ready an
willing, under any circumstances, {l
do his duty without fear or favor, am
ul the mine time, with Kindness an
di> cre;iv?ii
FIUEND8
~ in i i i i 11ni n u0 i >i > ii ~ f
FOR CLERK OF COURT.
Tho many friends of Ii. M.t'LA
BURN announce him tas a ?v?n lid.ti
for < "lerk of U"Urt. We pledge him t
abide the result of tHo Democratic pr
mary.
Having been appointor to serve 01
the unexpired term of the Into VV. t
L. Porter, km Clerk of ('ourt i liereb
announce myself a. candidate for sai
offltf- subject to the rules govern in
the Democratic primary.
J. F. GREGORY.
FOR COUNTY 8UPERIXTE*
DENT OF EDUCATION.
To the Voters of Lancaster County.
With many thanks for | ast liono
t.ixl earnest eolicitutIcj.hh for futui
support, I hereby announce myself
C uidldate for re-election to the ottb
of County Hupeiiutendent of Educi
lion subject to the rules governing tl
Democratic primary.
A. C. UOWELL
y FOR AUDITOR.
To the voters of Lancaster County*
Appreciating past favors I liereb
announce myself a candidate for r<
election to the olllce of County And
tor, sut.jeut to the rules of tlio Detut
ciatic primary,
.JOHN A.COOK
I heiehy announce myself u cand
date tor Auditor of Lancaster count;
und pledge myself to abide Hie resu
oi inn Lreuiocraue prin???v.
Respectfully,
H. 11.11OKTON.
I announce myself a candidate f<
A nditor of Lancaster t'ounty, subje
to ihe rules and requirements of tl
Dt luocrailc primary.
J WYLIE PORTER
FOR TREASURER.
I announce myself as a Candida
for Treasurer, ami pledge myself i
abide I ha result of the Democrat
primaiy.
JNO D TAYLOR.
TliunkiiiK the people ??f Laucash
county for their liberal support in tl
past, I hereby announce mvself
Candid ?te for election to the oiliec
Treasurer, subject to t'le result of tl
Democratic prim ?rv
w c. oa urn en
FOIl SUPERVISOR.
iPith n.any thank* for past fayor
anil ut the solh nation of niy friend
I hereby announce myself ? Candida
for re?-ciectl.n lo theofflee of Couni
Supervisor, subject to the rules of tl
Demooiatlu primary.
L .1 PERKY
FOR MAGISTRATE.
1 announce my??lf as a candute f
the office of Magistrate at Lancust
C H? mbjoot to the result of the pi
mnry election.
W P CA8KEY
' Aaron Williams Saved from
.! a Mob.
B Kershaw Negro Taken to the
Penitentiary Under Guard.?
The Militia A'as ()rdercd
Out.
a
- Tho State, 6th inst.
To avoid mot) violence, the
negro Auron Williams, was
I brought yesterday from Camden
? to Columbia and lodged in the
~ State penitentiary. The prison
or was escorted by Sheriff J. S.
Trantham of Kershaw and ('apt.
r S. C. Zcmp of the lverahaw Guards
1 with 24 of ids men.
The negro was uriostod last
Thursday by Shcrili Trantham and
? placed :n tbo Camden jail for safe
keeping, the preliminary hearing
being set for Tuesday. A number I
, of people from Sumter and Ker
* shaw came to Camden yesterday
- and a largo crowd from the Boy|M
i? kin neighborhood, the scene of
the crime, was also in town. In
a short while it was generally
_ circulated that the prisoner would
bo lynched. Later some men
b came in from Lancaster and shorto
1 y it was rumored that a crowd
"r was coming over from that section
ih on the locul freight and that the
it %
y uegro would he lynched during
[* 'the night.
Is #
ir A'hen the shc-iff investigated
*' these rumors and tvas satisfied
b danger wns imminout, ho seut t! e
following telogrhm to Gov. Uey ward:
"Flense wiro Capt. Zemp, Ktrr
sbaw Guards, to protect prisoner.
ie Capt. It by of Gen. Jones' stall is
" here Answer at once. important."
!t In the absence of the governor
tho telegram was turned over to
y #
u Adjt. Gen. Frost. lie at once
K telegraphed Capt. S. 0. Zemp to
report to sheriff Trantham with
"" 24 men. Within half an boutafter
tho bugle sounded the prisoner,
protected by tho military
ih escort, was on b >ard a local freight
r? for Columbia, which arrived at
7.45 in the afternoon and tho
,e prisoner was escorted safely to the
penitentiary und turned over to
- Superintendent Griffith.
i no story or ibe wbolo affair,
us told by tho sheriff, is that ho
? was telephoned last Thursday
morning by Capt. G. L. Irby, a
tanner living at Boykins, eight
miles below Camden, and near
is Mr. John Latigley's place. Capt
\[ Ii'by, ho said, stated that a crowd
in tho ueigborhood was about to
lynch Aaron Williams, a nogro
who had assaulted Mrs. John
^ Langloy; that he had boon able to
?*? doter thorn from their purpose
temporarily, and to come at onco
- to stop a lynching. When he
arrived at Boykins ho found Capt
to ,in<* kangley awaiting him.
to The negro, bo was told, was at tho
time working in a field near Langley's
house. Lator Williams wns
1
^arrested in Iho Held without any
ie J
a resistance or effort to escape and
01 was taken to Camden that afterie
noon.
The sheriff said that Langlt'V
told hini the assault occurred on
H Saturday, June 26, but that, Mrs.
H? Langley did not toll her husband
to ,
Ly until the following Monday. The
u neighborhood knew of the affair,
it is said, by Tuesday or Wodnosu..i
?u~ ..i :?* i > -
I<id>, "in, luu nuui iu iiiici iiov noon
I notified until Thursday nftorn >on,
"J! whenCapt. Irby telephoned him.
' The negro was a tiold hand employed
by Langloy, lived in a
cabin in Langlcy's yard and \vi
trustod by Langloy. When h
rested tho negro to'd Shcri
, n
I rani hum that it was all Mr:
Langloy *s scheme to got posse
sion of his money lie said {
had some money, Imt had circi
latcd a repor*. some tiino ago tbi
ho plowed up a big .bundle <
tnonoy and hud it hid. The pn
oner declared to the sbcrilT, if 1
would goto his cabin and lift
plank which had a knot hole in i
a largo amount of money wou
: bo found.
| The sheriff immediately sent
j spceitl deputy, Mr. Vornan Keel
to return to the house and scan
for the money. Keels, he sail
reported to him that when he in
rived at Williams' cabin ho font
Mrs. Lungloy, upon whom tl
assault was ulioged to have be<
made, and another white womi
whom ho did not know, inside tl
cabin, and upon asking what tin
wore doing in thero Mis. Lauijh
replied that thoy woi e looking f
Williams' money. Mr. Keels r
i ported that ho lifted the plat
' designated but no money w
found.
i This" happened on the day
Williams arrest, Thursday, Jul
30, and on Sunday morning, thr
days later, * Langloy w
found dead behind his barn with
; bullet ho hi in his head, huvii
killed bitnself.
j * S a*v- ~ BRU
1'A LLY TOUTURED
; ^
A. case came to light that f
persistent nnd unmerciful tortn
has perhaps novcr been equal'1
Joe Golobrick of Colusa, Ca
writes. uEor I." years 1 ctulur
insufferable pain from Khcumutk
and nothing relieved me thougl
tried everything: known. 1 car
across Electric Bitters and it - I
greatest medicine on earth for tl
trouble. A few bottles of it coi
pletely relieved and cured ni"
Just uh good for Diver and Ki
noy troubles and general debilit
Only 50c. Satisfaction guara
teed by Crawford Bros., J.
Mackoy & Co., and Fundcrbu
l'barniacy, Druggist.
lie Careful for Whom You Vol
Why send a man to the logisl
turo in South Carolina that k
misrepresent you on tho liqu
question i It a senator or logis
tor is too large to leave this qu<
tion to tho people, if ho in too L
to trust the poople to say wheth
or n(?t they want a dispensary
their town or county ho had hell
he left at home. If ho is r
willing to allow tho people to v.
out a dispensary wbon they bocoi
tired of its torriblo work witkr
putting upon them a tax for dni
so ho should not ho allowed to
toColumhia as their represenlati
Let us get rid of these men w
play fast and loose with tho wh
key business. If they stand 1
whitilrAv lot lliom i
..u.iinvj tv/v VUWIII UWt OiriUU 1UI I
This is the season when we shoi
keep our eyes open and thero
no use to apeak harshly of t
legislature next wintor if we i
car el088 ahout tho men we j
into otliro this summer. ? A.
Presbyterian.
j WORKING PAYaNLT NIG 11
The busiest and mightiest lit
thing that was ever made is L
Kind's Now f.lfn Pilla 'ru,
O pills
change weakness into strong
I iistlessness into energy, brain-f
j into mental power. They
i wonilerful in huikling up t
health. Only 25o per box
C'rawfortl BrnH., .J. K. Aluokciy
do., anil Funcierbnrk l'haimiu
Boiler try anq fail than to 1
to try.
I
1!i Lynched The Nfigro For
it The lisiia! Crime.
3, _
s. John Taylor Attempted, Two
J0 Outrageous OlTenflas?FarmciShot
Him To
- Douth.
of
8Special
to The State.
10
Cheraw,.Jnly5.-Another trageil)
^ has occurcd in Clieeterliold county
1.1 ag the result of the barbaric. in
atinet of a beastly negro." This
is the second lynching to take
place in Chesterlield county with
"t
in one year, the only cases of illo
(j gul execution to occur within hoi
landers.
r John
Taylor, a ID-year-old lie
, . ltd of a dark brown color nnc
: iC *r*
n darker, meaner countenance, wai
U1 shot to death at Middendorf
Je station on the Seaboard Air Lim
20 miles south of here, for bav
/ *
ingattempted a criminal assaul
upon a 9-year-old white child am
o a white woman yesterday.
^ The story of the negroe's crime
ag ure as follows: John Taylor, ;
negro laborer employed on a Sea
ol: board Air Line work train now a
110 Middendorf, left the train hand
Monday morning, stating that In
GO - ^
as WUd hshing. At 10 o'clocl
a he called at the house of Mr. Noc
)(y C. Johnson, a good, respectable
fanner living two miles from t!.
Middendorf station, and asked th
way to tne railroad, sayir ? to M
;)r l^son that he was lost. 11
vc passed on. A little later, as Mrs
d. Johnson wns on her way to
spring to water her .;o\v, the tie
C!l gro sprang from behind a tro
.tund ernbbed her Sho screame
,1(,! and hf r sou in u m oar by Held hoar
he j her and ea led to hie father and th
tat) negro was frightened away.
\l at unit i~ o' click tiie ncgr
. called at the homo of Mr. J. F
LU
,. Doneyhew and enquired the wa
h tf? the railroad, .stating agtii
F. ! that bo was lost. Mr. Donoyhc
l'k i directed the negro tc# the railroa
| and ho departed in that, direct in t
tc J Half an hour later as Mr Doney
how and his brother in-law wet
(l leaving his house they passed tl;
ill negro partially dressed. Afti
()I. the men passod the negro ho wen
lrt hack to Doneyhcw's house an
tiruli riiv r??i a r* * l? a U
^ Iiuwiii^ uw uuu 111 IIIU I1UI19U IJllL
jCT 9-year-old daughter, ho rushod i;
or grabbed her and struck her or
or two licks. Sho be^an cry it!
Ill n J
^ anil told tho negro that her uioth<
was in the yard. He ran to t!
jtG door and looked, then rushod bat
and threw her down and won]
(ul have accomplished his damnah
purpose had not the mother of th
child stepped in.
,ve The negro disappeared throng
I tho woods and made his way bac
I to the station and his train.
?or Early this morning as tho d?i
was gently breaking 25 Steerpe
(j(j township farmers, armed wil
shotcuns. ut tho Muldm
ig D , ?g't %MW
I dorf station whero the vvork-trni
wa* side tracked and quietly sui
rounded tho train. Capt. M. b
Farrel, conductor, was informo
by ono of the mon that a negi
guilty of criminal assault was o
V his tram and John Taylor w
tie marched out as tho guilty mai
Ho was indontifiod by Mrs. J oh
!H0 son and tho father of tho chih
A rope was placed around his ne<
ami marched off down the ti me
I u
l,e When about half a milo from ll
at station Taylor broke and ran f
^ a marby swamp, almost malun
good his escape. He was ptirsui
lil by the armed party and just as 1
wu^ entering a dense swamp he f<
I
. riddled with shot. His head was i |>j
torn up badly and his back cover- '
ed with shot. Mrs. Johnson was
net hurt but badly frightened but
i the childwas in no good condition. St
Von correspondent was on the
scone of the killing two hours af ter
it was completed and found
things quiet. The body of the a
negro is lying face downward in d
the swamp. The negro, before qi
he was shot, refused to deny his pi
guilt. J. T. M. lo
Five Thousand Hoard Latimer". llt
* t I
Fiulev and Williams. '
in
Galfney, July 5.?The "(ilor
j ious Fourth'" was celebrated hero
! today in grand un? becoming |
j style. There was a lutge crowd
in town for the occasion, fullv o.
000 people. At 0 o'clock a parude
was formed which paraded lC
[3 i
through town to the park at Limestone
Spring where the exercises
| were held. c>
There wore three speakers, in
Senator Latimer, Congressman ll
3 f
Finloy and Hon. T. V. Williams.
i J 10j
Senator Lal tnor made his usual!
I 1 f
j argument on good roads ?his!
^ address was purely political. . l)
iic was followed by Mr. Fin- 11
B \
ley and ho by Mi. Williams. 1
I llach of these gentiomen inode 1
patriotic uddre-ses suitable for the '5
occasion.
y i i.
it
e ~ ^
r It is an old lesson, it has been
% m
0 often repeated, but the occurrences
of the last few days seem to
cnll for another iteration of it. w
cl
Lyncning does not deter crime
0 among negroes. The apologias
(j for lynching claim that it dees:
j they assort that it is expedient and n
( helpful to "make an example" w
of a black brute who is charged i?
0 with tho nam* lens crime or wlioj'4
j has killed a white man. This as- J1
y sumption displays a fundamental
ignorance of negro character, and ^
w j it has been repeatedly demonstrate ?
(i j ed to be unsound. A lynching of
a negro is almost always followed p
by an epidemic of assaults and ^
homicides by negroes, as has been ()
the case in South Carolina the last ^
,r ton days.?The Stale. B
t V
d Tho little fish in tho South Car h
}l olina delegation at the Democratic t
n convontion did not create a sonsa- v
jg tion when thoy reached St. Louis. (1
rr Senator Tillman having received t
ar oil the attention. Yot is not that r
)e the most natural thing in the t
{ world? .lust how the Senator was )
id applauded is best stated in a St.
|e Louis dispatch to the New York c
10 Times: 4'Senator Tillman got the i
biggest ovation that anybody has t
h yot received when ho arrived to- 1
k day. At the Jefferson hotel ho a
made a triumphal progress down s
_. t !?n d'ltli n/lnn t*npj \wr i I. a '
Ly uiu *wu*i j j ivttu <?vt in 11 a ci u y 11m 1
;n hundreds crowding around hint to n
th shako his hand. For several t
hours it. was impossible .for tho t
n Senator to move in any direction
is across the lobby in loss than 20
I. minutes." What is more, Sena>
d tor Tillman has proved that he is
o j a greater Democrat than 901110 of j
n his enemies might be. willing to j
us admit by refusing to take any part
n. in the Bryan program and by j
n- standing out for a bettor platform!
1, than tho dead ones adopted by
;k former conventions.?Greenville
k. News.
?? ?=-? - ?
I Votcil Out Saloons. I
jnr S. C., Jul', G --In the!
P"* * j
Qtj prohibition election nt, Nowbcin,
bo tn isv mrloon" wore v >tc?t o?;t t.v '
3l 509 to 117
rohibitiosi Carried Char*
lotle.
iloon and Dispensary Mroposi11
o 11 &->th Madly Beaton.
Charlotte, N. C., July 0.?My
majority of over 400 votes,
liar lotto today went dry. Three
lestions were submitted, viz.:
ruhibitmn, dispensary an<l saons.
Loss than 50 votes were
M for the dispensary. The cloc:n
was quiet. There are now
saloons in Charlotte ouch payg
?1,000 city tux annually.
?li,500 Fire At Cheater.
penal to The Observer.
Chester. S. C.. July 5.?The
lice und storo-rooir. of the Chosr
Heating and Plumbing Commy,
on valley street, was burned
I'lay at o'oclock. The loss is
itunated at $5,500, with $1,700
isurance. The tire was caused
y the explosion of a gaasolino
irnace, and the building being
f woo<l and very dry, took (iro
tan instant and was almost comletely
consumed before the fire
jinpuuy could reach the sceoe:
Ir. Campbell, a member of the
nn, who was in the room at the
me of tho explosion, was onvelped
in flames, but quicklv made
is escape to the street, and only
tstuined sjight injuries. The
ijoitiing buildings of Dr. S. W.
'ryor caught'several times, but
rcro extinguished with but little
autuge.
Two Hot ties Cured llim.
"1 was troubled with kidney
Dtnplaint for about two years,"
-rites A. li. Davis, of Mt. Storlig.
la., "but two bottles of Fo>y1s
Kidney Cure elTeeted a pertinent
cure. Sold by Funderurk
l'harmaey.
l True Estimate of Cleveland.
Mr. Ellis G. Graydon, a disinguished
lawyer of Greenwood
Jounty, and a long-time friend
f the lato Sanator lrby, of South
Carolina, told a vory interesting
tory in The News and Courier
-esterday about an interview ho
lad with Mr. lrby after hia reircmont
from the Senate, in
vhich Mr. lrby, oxprossod tlio
tpinton that GrovorClevoland" is
ho hrainost, bravest and purest
nan that has heen in public lifo in
he United Statos in the last lift,
ears."
Mr 11by regarded tbo much
liscussod course of Mr Cleveland
n the so-called Piorpon Morgan
>ond doalM as tho greatest thing
10 ever did in hia "life," and he
idded: "lie stood in tho 4'breach
ingle-handed and alono, and
ought the wholeliopublican party
md all tho hoboes in theDomoeatic
party, of whom I was ono at
hat time. By that act ho presored
he honor of tho I'nitedStatos and
ts financial system, and I beliovo
... 1! i KA ?
it; mi limit v i uu * i sj \ ui iimuu t
tsolf from disruption."
The estimate placed upon Mr.
Jlovoland hy Sarmtor Irhy is the
jailmate which must ho accepted
finally hy tho honest public sentiment
of the country.?News and
Courier.
Sound kidneys aro safeguard
if life. Make the kidneys healthy
with Koley'- Kidney Cure. Sold
hy Funderbnrk Fhannncy.
When honest n.on divide at tho
polls tho exploiters consolidate
at the spoils.