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1 1 ^ir.l^*,)r',TrTTrTr IBS. J. I. STl'ABT IS SHOT 81' A STATE COXSTA8LE, C >luiabia State 2fi;h Fotraary. Last Light in Columbia, the capital city of the State, a man and his wife were shot dowu in their home by dispensary constables. The sad affair occurred just across the street from the governors mansion. The people of Columbia were much excited last night to learn mat -.ur. John Stuart had been shot in his own heme by dispensary constables. Mr. Stuart has for a number of years been employed as a salesman in Mimnaugh's clothing store, and he has a number of friends in the city and in Lexington, his native county. Toe leport that he had been shot naturally created strong feeliDg against those who did the shooting, and this feeling wa3 made a hundredfold more bitter because of the fact that his wife, too, had been shot in the door of their home. The cause of the whole affair seems to be that Mr. $ Stuart was accused of running a blind tiger. This is quite a revelation to those who have known him well. His employer, Mr. J. L Mimnaugb, Mr. McSorley, head salesman : n fir*? m-infla afnvp ATr R-=>n- I nefct, head salesman in the clothing store, all speak in highest terms of Mr. Stuart. They were shocked to heai of even a suspicion against him, and, as were all the employes in the store, were grieved to hear of the ssd and unfortunate affair. Mr. Stuart's wounds are not necessarily dangerous. The ball, a 44 calibre, entered his mouth, knocking out three teeth on the upper left jaw, passing through his tongue and out of the back of bis neck. Mrs. Stuart is hurt more seriously. Indeed her condition is extremely critical. The ball, also a 44 calibre, entered just below and to the right of the left nipple, going through the body and lodging to the left of the spinal column, where it was extracted by Dr. L B. O wens, who was the first physician summoned. It was apparent from the very first that her condition was very daDgerous. At 11 o'clock she was removed to the hospital, where she was attended by Drs. Taylor, Owens and Dubo3e. Her recovery is regarded as almost hopeless, as an exceedingly difficult and dangerous operation was performed. The home which has been so suddenly visited by this sadness is situ* T 1 ? *11 __ 3 atea on juaurei street, jusi Deyoua Shield's foundry, and across the street frorh the governor's mansion. The family consisted of the father and mother, now prostrate from the unexpected bullets, and three little children, the oldest of them a girl of twelve. Constable Crawford, originally from Laurens, is accused of the crime. He has been on the force, as he expresses it, ever since Ben Tillman was governor. "When asked if be had been charged with such a crime before, he stated that he had never been directly implicated, but he had been with raiding squads which had killed people. He was equipped with a search warrant, obtained from Magistrate Clarkson, authorizing him to rummage Mr. Stuart's house in search of liquor kept in violation of the dispensary law. In executing this warrant, he shot both Mr. and Mrs. Stuart, and he himself received a bullet in the left arm. From all appearances, and from those in a position to know, the constable was di inking, and this may have add* d insolence to his official officiousness. The harrowing crime occurred yesterday afternoon at 7 o'clock. Mr. Stuart was unable to make a statement, as he was shot in the mouth. Mrs. Stuart was from the first recognized to be in a very dangerous condition, and the physician refused to let anyone see or talk to her. She was so weak that she could tell no coherent story of the horiible aflair. The only eye witnesses were Israel, a deformed negro, who cares for Mr. Stuart's horse?, and Mr. Stuart's oldest child, a girl of 12 years. Putting it all together, it appears that Constables Culeman, Dorn and Crawford weDt to the house about 0:30 o'clock to search the premises for whiskey said to be there. Mrs. Stuart refused to let them search the house, and sent for her husband. When Mr. Stuart arrived he was very much enraged, and positively refused to let tie premises be searched. Crawford is then said to have sl ipped Mr. Stuart's face, aud the altercation ensued. So far as ran be learned none of the other eonstables used their firearms. The constables were accompanied by J. B. Cooky. formerly aD employe at Minmaugh's store, and recently a guard at the penitentiary. He says that he is expecting a commision as dispensary constable. Israel's story. The d< formed negro, Israel, stated that when he brought Mr. Stuart home in bis back yesterday afternoon they found these constables waiting in the back yard. After putting up ?omo chickens which he had bought, Mr. Stuart asked what the cousta bles wanted. He then walked up the Bieps to the lit!le porch v>hich runs beside the kitchen. The constable said: ''John, we hear you are running a blind, and we have come to search your house."' Mr. Stuart re plied: ''Well, you kuow I am doiug no such thing, and you can't search uiy house." The constable exclaim ed that Mr. Stuart could not bull doze him aDd the house must and would be searched. Mr. Stuart re plied that the constables would have to kill him first. The negro says that while the discussion was becoming more heated the constable walked up and attempted to slap Mr , Stuart's face. This was followed by his drawing a revolver. About this time Mrs. Stuart ran out of the door and cried: "This is ray husband; don't shoot him." According to the negro's statement, the constable with out further provocation fired, the ball striking Mrs. Stuait in the breast, and she fell upon the kitchen door. The next shot was also fired by the constable, and struck Mr. Stuart in the mouth. The negro was still on the ground and Mr. Stuart was in the kitchen. Israel, therefore, could not see Mr. Stuart plainly, and he could not assert whether or not the latter fired a shot, but the constable fired several more before he left, followed by his compatriots. THE CHILD'S STORY. The oldest child, a girl of 12 years, was, with the other children, a witness of the whole horrible affair. Her story is that the three constables came to the house about G:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon. They asked for Israel, the negro who stays on the premises, and not being able to tind him, they told Mrs. Stuart that they had come to search the house. She then refused to let them do so and sent for her husband. The child stated that when Mr. Stuart came he refused to let the constables search the house. There were heated words and "the tall man with the black moustache" fired at her father, the ball striking her mother, who had run in betweeu them. The next shot, she says, struck her father in the mouth. He then, according to her statement, fired three times at the now fleeing constables. When asked if the constables were drunk, the child said that they were? that when they first came to the bouse the man who did the shooting attempted to kill the yard dog, and at that time threatened her mother. When the constables left the place they went to their boarding house, the home of Mrs. Adams, just across the street from the agricultural hall. Here Constable Crawford's arm was dressed by Dr. WatsoD. The wound - ?* i n l ? is a Slignt one, tne Dan navmg parsed through the fleshy part of the left arm about two iuches above the wrist. It was in this room they were arrested. Officer Hedgepath of the police force informed Deputy H. H. Cathcart of the shooting. Mr. Cathcart in turn informed his father, Sheriff W. J. Cathcart. Not having a warrant, the Sheriff, accompanied by Sergeant Jones, Officer Hedgepath* and Mr. H. H. Cathcart, went to Coleman's room and arrested the constables, Coleman, Crawford, Dorn and J. B. Cooley. The arrest was made in the name of the police authorities, and the constables raised no objection, with the exception of Crawford, who was lying in bed. The prisoners were then taken to the office of Magistrate J. M. Smith, where the sheriff was obtaining warrants in order to commit them to j til. THE ARREST. Upon learning of the affair Sheriff W. J. Cathcait, with his son H. H. Cathcart, Jailer "\Ym. Coleman, Mag?* 40 A wreck at sea is not the only place | where a life line is of importance-. There is a life line for the sick, as well as for the <lro*ni?tr man. It is I>r. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. It is not a cure-all, but it is a scientific medicine that jjoes to the fountain head of a number of serious and fatal diseases. When a man gets seriously ?;ck, uc can generally ue i cured by the right course of treatment. The treatment tlsat cures many obstinate | chronic diseases consists of pure air. good | food, rational exercise, and the use of a j remedy that will strengthen the weak j stomach, correct the impaired digestion. j invigorate the liver and promote the as j simulation of the live-giving elements of j the food The "Golden Medical Di-cov- j ery " accomplishes all these thing-. " A young man lay pah: and motionless upon j (what neighlnjrs calicoi bis dying bed. D:-c*nse ! of the[lungs, liver complaint, kidney trouble, and | pleurisy were fast hastening hint to the grave, j The diktors had g:\cn him up to die. The j neighbors -aid, 'he cannot live." ' Oh. 1 would uot care to die.' he said. * were it not for leaving i my dear wife af.d little child, but I know that I I must die." A brother hail presented him with three bottle* of medicine, but he had no faith in I 'patent medicines' : but. after the doctors had . gvien him up to die and he had banished every j hope of recovery, he -aid to his wife. ' dear wife. I a:n going to die. there can 1-e no harm now in taking that medicine. I will i>egin its ?-< at nice.' He did begin to u-e it ami at first he grew worse, but soon tlure came a change Slowlv but surely he got better. To-day that tnan ts strong and healthy and he owes his life to that medicine. What was the medicine? It was I>r. Pierce's tloiden Medical Discovery, and I. Luther Martin, am the cured man Dr. Pierce. I thank you from the very depth of my heart, for rescuiug nie from the grave." The foregoing is from Luther Martiu. lt-q . ? prominent citizen of Lubec. Wood Co., W Va. istrate's Const alle T. W. Bishop aDd j Serjeant of Pulice Jones proceeded to the Adauis' house, to which place the four coustables had gone after the shooting. Whtn they leached there they found Dr. J. J. Watson dressing the wounded wrist of Chief W. It. Crawford. The other three men, J. C Dorn, J. B Coleman and J. B. Coolcy, were there. All four men were arretted and taken to Magistrate Smith's office. A crowd of 40 or 50 people followed the sheriff and party. The crowd, when the magistrate's office was reached, soon augmented uu'il it numbered i--1 ?nn KAA Tl, sirv esf/^rv/3 I I?CCU 1LU ana yvu. j outside and yelled. "Bring them oal!"' was the constant cry of the crowd. Sheriff Cathcart swore out warrants for each of the four constables and was preparing to take them to the county jail when the demonstration of the crowd became such that he did not deem it best to make the attempt. While the constables were held in waiting statements were obtained from each of them. Chief W. R. Crawford, who, according to his own story did ail the shooting, made the following statement: CRAWFORD S STATEMENT. "ilorebead was discharged or resigned here about two weeks ago and I was sent up here last Saturday . to take his place. I know nothing < about him or why he quit the ser- 1 vice. Well, for about a week I have , had whiskey bought from off the j premises there. That was my ^ grounds for searching the premises. I j had whisky bought there all the week, and men that were here before me , have had whisky bought from there. | We went there this evening properly armed with a warrant. (There is the ( warrant over there.) Mr. Stuart was not there. Mrs. Stuart met me and I told her my business, and said I j had rather not search the premises without Mr. Stuart was there. She said she would get him there in 15 minutes. I told her to go ahead; that I would wait, aDd I did wait until he came. ""When he came 1 was in the yard. He went up on the veranda and was talking to some of the other men, ColemaD, I think it was, when Coleman called me and said Stuart had come. "I went up on the veranda where , Mr. Stuart was and told him that I had a warrant to search his premises, and he said you'll never search my premises, warrant or no warrant. "Then I explained to him that we were State officers who had come there properly armed with a warrant." "He said he didn't give a damD, warrant or no warrant, State officers or no officers, we shouldn't search his house for whiskey." "I said to him, You are are rather unreasonable. You are unreasonable, cool down and let me reason with you a little about this matter. And then I explained to' him that we were officers and his action placed us in a awkward position. We didn't come there to fight nor to fuss with him, but to search bis premises peaceably. "He said he didn't give a damn what we were nor for what we came, we'd never search his premises without killing him. "Well, then," I said, "you must be an unreasonable fool. "He said you a G?d? fool, G?d? you, get out of my house. "As he said that I slapped him in the face." "Coleman caught hold of me and and pushed me back into the corner of the veranda and said, let's get away from here, there's going to be a killing scrape. I said, "Rather than have a killing scrape I will leave. "Coleman stepped down the steps and I started after him. Just as I got opposite the door somebody fired on me and shot me in the arm. I staggered back against the bannisters. My arm felt numb. As I staggered back they fired again and the fire flew in my face. It blinded me and I thought I was shot in the ear. At the second shot I fired right into the door from where the 6re wa3 coming from. I couldn't see who was in there. "Then I went out, down the steps and went about ten steps from the bottom steps and somebody fired at me twice again. I wheeled then and tired three times. I then went out and left. By th::t time my arm was bloody and almost dead. I said boys I am shot in the arm and I don't | know where else. Iu answer to the question if he struck Stuart with his pistol immediately after slapping him, Crawford said that he "did not hit him with the pistol at all." CONSTABLE PORN'S STATEMENT. Capt. Crawford, J B Cooley, J B. Coleman aud myself went up this evening to search the house of John Stuart. When we got there Cooley " said he wouldn't have anything to do with the search because he had just r ctjved his com mission as constable, lie said be would wait out on the side walk. Went to second gate, which was fattened, and started in. M rs Stuart, I srppose it was, a large fleshy lady, appeared on the portico. She asked: "What do you gentlemen wan:?" Mr Crawford told her: | The Nadur&S <3 ^ for !i r Do you have pain in th \L Do you have a yellow tongi ach ? Constipation? Th< %/ Indigestion and Dyspepsii K ? Digestion depends on 'ferments' secreted by c the secretion becomes in? A results. Dr. Williams' Pin J) cause these glands to re action and good digestu Artificial ferments ( Dyspepsia cures are com porary relief, but Dr.\N ^3) Pale People afford a p 7T* Poor digestion often causes irre^ |\ This irregularity may he mlstal I *a disease. A case in point: Mrs. K v/ had suffered for four years wills generated by the indigestion press< 7) irregularity of lis action, she hat fir and heart, and wassuhjeet tofrequ 1 which were most s?verent night. 1 ^ jlatlent became worse. desjtondent, C)k She noticed that in intervals is U\ annoy her, licr heart's action t> J] correctly that licr digestion w:is fz the proper medicine to treat Hint %J trooil re>ultK. Her appetite can (J became less frequent uml finally Jiad been greatly reduced, was rt J, more than for years. VA That others may know the met vjl of the medicine used?Pr. Willian vjr These nills contain all the elen lite anu richness to the blood a Sold by all dru^ists o Or. Williams Medicine Co., S j 5o<per box, b boxes^-Z5^. We are State constables, ma'm. | C We have a search warrant, ma'u?, for } ir your house and these premises. The e: ady said to him: If that is your C business, you needn't come any fur- p tiher. We were standing at the second gate. Mr. Crawford reasoned u with her and told her that we had been informed that they had been selling whisky there and as officers w af the law we wanted to search the s; premises. fc She remarked to him: You can't do it, sir. You can't search my house, ec He (Crawford) asked: Where is ai Mr. Stuart? She told him he was at Mimnaugh's S 8tore. y< He said: Will you send for him, ma'cn? and she said that she wouldn't. C He (Crawfoid) told her he had rather S she would send for him: that be was s( going to search the bouse and had F rather he'd (Stuart) be there. f.. She remarked again that she h wouldn't send for him; that a search j b of her house had never been made in j ... ? - <i i i i 11, her life. Idisrememoer tne worae, uui ; u she said we were low down thiDgs or j si we wouldn't want to search a private i h house. When she made that asser- j fi tion it rather fired Crawford a little, j Mr. Crawford said: If you won't send j y for him and you say we can't search j s< the house, I will show you that I will | d do it. When he said that he pulled the ! d gate open, which was temporarily latched, and walked up to the piazza, n Mrs. Stuart was in it. He (Crawford) went up on the piazza and said: f< Ma'm, I am & gentleman and 1 am an officer of the law and I have a fi search warrant to search this house; I fc have authority by law, and I am go- p ing to do it. s She still protested, and said: You I shan't do it. C He said: I'll have it to do. k She then demanded his authority, k He pulled out the warrant. It was d sometime before he found it; he had v put it in his pants pocket but had * forgotten where he had put it. He * ran his hand in his inside coat pocket a and pulled out a handful of papers hnt didn't find it in them. He (Craw- a ford) said: I know I have a warrant. ^ Coleman said: Captain, you put the s warrant in your pants pocket. He felt in his pants pocket and got a the warrant and handed it to Mrs. Stuart. Mrs. Stuart took the war- 3 rant, looked at it about a minute, s and handed it, I think, back to him. c He said to her: See, ma'm, I have a a right to search the house. He then s said to her to send for Mr. Stuait. fc She said: Well, I'il send for him. o Crawford said to her: You accused j c me of being low down: you accused j t me of being a dog. j a She said: No, sir; I didn't tell you ! g that you were a dog. He said: You as good as said I; ^ was a dog. She said: Ob, no, sir. She then j 1 added: I'll send for Mr. Stuart. ! f He said: Well, send for him; I am i r going to search this house. "Crawford and I walked down the 1 a steps. We were on the steps when j I the conversation took place. He was j a at head of steps; I was about middle ; fc of them. He walked on down and ; fi said: 'Dorn and me will search the j v back yard until Stuart comes." He j o and I walked into the back yard and j looked into the chicken house and J stable, but saw nothing. He walked i ^ around the stable and when he | c started to the back side a plank was i in the way. He jerked it out of the way and Mrs. Stuart remarked to ^ him: 'Don't jerk down the place.' 1 "He made no answer but went on 5 around the place. I went to the * front of the stable, whero they keep I a buggy, or carriage. The door was | a not locked, and I went in there. It I J was rather dark, 60 I walked back to the piazza and asked Mr. Coleman for a match. He gave me a match. D Coleman was on the piazzi I had ^ a candle and after I got the match Mrs. Stuart cautioned me to be care- ? ful about fire. I lit the candle. Mr. r ' <? i lure 5 | Widest ion J I e stomach a^fter eating? L jc ? Wind en the stom- /?* i ese things arise from v? N. ' C> digestive fluids or jJ : :ertain glands. When %, ~ sufficient, Indigestion l~; I " \\ Pills for Pile People 1 :sume their normal vj | )n follows. c/ I of which most so-called fp* i ;posed) may give tem- fp | iltiams' Pink Pills for ! | ermanent cure. y | nlarity of the heart's action. fS j si-n !>>r r.-al, ortrauic In ait ,' if lien ColsoMi. Newpoiat, In?l., V'-^ I ' stomach trouble. Tliojrasts ^ L-d on tin* lifsirt.:ui(l rsnisi-d an \0 t I much pain in iu.r Momach *'\ | E en! and M'V? rcchokim: apclls ^J Kiclors wt-rc tried in vain: the yfi, and feared impt'iuliitir death. f,C\ \ which lier stiisuacli <liit ju?l I , ! cranio normal. Hea^oninu' \? alone at fault she procured Yv trontdo ami with immediate *4.' fa le hue!:, the choking spelN rv\\ S3 oea.?ed. Her weight, which \ stored and .-ho r.ow weighs t\S >.ns of cure wo give the name Y i.V J'ink I'tlls for I'alc iVople. ?C> ff units necis-ary to give new I ml restore shattered nerves. Ji k -Xctc Ki<i, Crccn'juri;, Ind. F r sent postpaid by the CT >chenect&dy,N.V.. Price, S] A diet book sent FREE. <?< E ei p ;awfotd got by the door. I wet t _ 1 and looked, but found nothing J tcrpt a few empty beer bottle?, rawford and I started back to the iazza. _ "About that time a carriage drove p. Stuart came in hastily and said: " 'What are you doiDg here?' 1 "He spoke to Coleman. Coleman as sitiDg on the piazza, and he an vered Stuart and said Capt. Crawird wanted to see him. I "About that time Crawford walk1 around. Mr. Stuart asked: 'What e you doing here?' "Crawford remarked: We are tate officers and have coine to search eur house." "Stuart said he couldn't do it. { rawford walked up to the steps. \ tuart was at the top. They had Dine confab of an unpleasant nature, inally Mr. Stuart told Mr. Craw>rd that be could not search that ouse unless he did it over his dead ody. "Crawford told him he didn't want d do that, but he was going to earch the house. Stuart told him e couldn't do that and to get away ;om there as quick as he could. j ''Crawford said: ''Look here, man, I ou cool down. We came here to earch this house and I am going to o it. c "Stuart told him again he couldn't o it. Crawford said: 'You are a fool, aan to tell me I can't do it.' "Stuart said: 'You are a damn i DOl.' "When he called him that Craw3rd said: 'Don't call me that,'' and le slapped Stuart's face. He slap- i ed him with his left hand. As he lapped Stuart warded off the lick, won't say that he hit back at him. t Irawford jerked out bis pistol and _ it Stuart in the face with it. He it him two licks. Stuart came own a step or two. I was mid- . fay of the steps and went down to I he ground. Stuart went back upon he piazzi to where Crawford was ad they passed some hot word*, dr. Coleman was up in the portico nd I was at the bottom of the steps, 'oleman grabbed Mr. Crawford and aid: " 'For God's sake let's not have ,ny row here. Stop! Stop!' "While he had him in his grasp Jrs. Stuart came to the door, which he had locked. Stuart when he ame up had told her to go inside ,nd lock the door to keep them contables out. When Mrs. Stuart leard the noise of the scuttling she >pened the door. As soon as the loor was opened Mr. Stuart ran in he house and Mrs. Stuart came out ,nd she weut to Mr. Crawford and (fot right near him. J] "By that time I had got near to v 0 Crawford myself. I had come up { he step* and I says to Mr. Craw- ^ ord: 'Captain, for God's sake let's lot have any trouble here.' "Mrs. Stuart a^kedhim not to have ny trouble, and a few seconds after had put my hand cn his shoulder nd asked him Dot to have any trou- le. Just at this time a shot was i ired from the dncr. I don't know | ^ rho fired it. It was fired like from | :< ver Mrs. Stuart's shoulder, but a ! ! ittle to the light. "As soon as the shot was fired i _ ? * . *i.l Irawford returned t'je snot ngnt j iver the lady's shoulder. "When Crawford fired the first J ^ hot I ran up to Lim and put my ! and on hiui and took hold of his | ight arm and told him for God's j n ! [ ake don't shoot. 'You might hit i bat lady. Don't shoot a woman.' i A lie flouiished me away with Lis j rm and fired bis pistol again and i Irs. Sluatt fell and said: "Oh! ' j jord, I in killed.' j * "I said: 'Gieat G. d Almighty, j nan, why did you shoot?" And I j talked down the steps and he fol- , iwed me. I walked on toward the j ^ ate horrorstricken at what I could ! I coNTf.srsn on third pioe. 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C. uriteys. per lb ^ a [ Practices in all the Courts. ieese, d<.t i>r a i Business solicited. Jhickons. r>or head l" a 23 Sept. 30?6m Jeeswax. i>?t lb 15 a 20 Ie?f- P?r fc s a 50 C. M. Efird. F. E. DllEHEB. >f?rk. * S a 10 1 ?"? ??? 1 EFIRD & DREHER, COTTON MARKET. * V Ilbllkill^ i Attorneys at Law, Tiarl'Ston ? Mi-Idling. > '< j 1 MU.iii.iK. | LEXINGTON, C. H., S. C. T-.. , T.. , ' TT7TLL 1T.ACTICE IX ALL THE Jp Hlill DlSCliarffO. \ ?? Courts. Business solicited. One j member ot the firm will always be at office, N'OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT r Lexington, S. C. the undersigned, iluriief Se-.y, as Ad-1 Juoc 17 6m. uin'stratrix oi the Estate r,f W. 1> S ay. . rill i-pply to George S Bruits. -J. r. L C,i -nwrvv^m/-Mw n Monday, April ltd, I.s'.tO lor discharge. EiJCjA.li\ ix 1 (J3( rom all liability of the Estate ol W. B.J ias-VSE?bisWns,hes"ardim"i SAVINGS RANK HARRIET SEW, Admrx. j ^ ? w . ^ ^ ^ , , , . ,, March 1, 18-i'J. -i.vi), i < DEPOSITS RECEIVED SUBJECT TO Final Discharge, j CH?CK NrOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO ALL I persons iutetest<d ibut I will apply to j W. I*. KOOF, Ca>liier. bo Hon. Geo. S Drut.s, Juiljjfi ot i robite nrPT?rTOPc. a and for the Couuty of L xington. S:a to i f South Carolina. on the lith day o! Allen Jones, W. P. Roof, C. M. Efird. larch. 1600, at 11 o'clock in the loreooou | R. Hilton James E. Hendrix. 3tra '|is!iL;"?e^I'f-c:;:or o: lhljEs | EXCHANGE BOUGHT AND SOLD. 0 ' ?T \\r c:c'uw--/a m ! deposits of $1 and upwards received and F.Sm-r UIV" >v ' '? ??* at 6 par coat per annum allowed, I-ebrnary 11. lb. . .5* | payable April and October. ? ! September 21?tf Albert M. Boozer, j iltomcy at COLU3II51A, N. U. | ^ <7 _ ...... , an gnat a, Ga. Actual Bu-Mdms. No Text Boolca. Esper-l.tl attention to busiuef:, en- Short time. Cheap board. Send for Catalogue. rusted to him by Lis leilow citizens cf ? ? ??* rexingt on count v. ! Olfice: JObO Main Street. cv,r T. B. CAROLINA aghtry & Co. : ! NATIONAL BANK, )Jj f jl |{ f cnvin : AT COLUMBIA, s. c. Jilt liLliJi It CtOH DEPOSITORY, SlU>;'5TO*? Ili'liiist i Paid npCdpital . . . 1100,000 k>Uiel Wil EJ-l IIiI.M, } Surplus Profits . - . 100,000 i Mnin St., I Pavings Department. >ver Messrs. Stnntle} Broa\ China Store. Peposils of So.'KI and upwarde received. (Y. M. C. A. B lildinp.) nt*-re3t allowed at the rate of 4 per cent. t tt \r t* r \ w r^> per annum. W. A. CLAHK, President, COLlMiilA, **. i . WlU? j0JfE.Si Cashier. January 16 ly. Deewaber 4-- ly. FANCY POETRY FOR SALE, Indian Banner Ducks, ^ Cayuga Ducks, 1 Black 31 in o rcas, Bar re I Docks, S. C. Buff Leghorns. Cornish Indian Games, * Buff Pekin Baniams, Pit Games, Black Langshans, S. J). Game Bantams. 52T Prices reasooable. Write for wants. ^ M. V. DECKER, COLUMBIANA, OHIO. ^ fJRIUIWT niliN UltlJll I JJO 1 I illiUliU EVER CFFEItLD THE PUBTJC. Big Cut Price CLOTHING SALE AT KINARD'S - Commencing Monday morning, January 9th, 1898, consisting fine Sack and Cutaway Suits i in regular?, slims, stouts and extra sizes. e; You will find on this counter $12 50, $13 50, $15 00, ?16 50,818 50 and $25 00 suits. Your choice for $10.00 oa3h i Your choice of $8 50, $9 00, $10 00, $12 50 and $15 00 suits on counter No. 2 for jf jjj Casli. We will also give Trading Stamps , with these bargain sail?. MAIL ORDERS GIVEN PROMPT ATTEN1I0N. 1 M. L. KINARD, 1523 Main Street, COLUMBIA, S. 0. Igj April 25?ly. DH, K, J, GTHEKEDliE, ^ SURGEON DENTIST, ] leesville, s. c. j Office next door below post office. Always on hand. February 12. ATTENTION, SOI,PIERS! ^ Another Call Issued Foe an army of soldiees who i are fighting lor a living these hard m times In South Carolina. We, of the firm. fl of Burriss & East, do hereby cordially invite any and all eligible meu and women who desire to save their hard earned money to call upon us when contemplating purchasing buggies, carriages, etc., also harness, which we manufacture, and guarantee all that we sell to be well worth every penny which we ark for them. -""^1 We also take this opportunity of stating to our numerous customers that we are very ' i sorry indeed that we have been unable for the past seven moths to supply the demands made upon us. owing to the fact that we have been tjuite unable to employ the skill- ful labor necessary to keep up a supply of goods to the standard which we promised when starting out in this business. But now, being able to employ to labor the vw need vie hope to be able to supply the \ steady increasing demands upon us with the same, if not a better grade of work. Hoping to see our old customers, with new recruits coming to us in the future, we beg to remain your obedient servants, MiniMRS & PAST i MJ VAVUIiMM W JiVUW A J J COLUMBIA, S. C. | October 13 -tf. 1 TITANTED?SEVERAL TRUSTWORTHY J ?* persons in 'his State to manage our ^ business in their own and nearby counties. It is mainly office work conducted at home. Salary straight $'00 a year and expenses? dellnite.bonsifide.no more, no less salary. Monthly $'5. References. Enclose self addressed stamped envelope. Herbert E, Hess, President. Dept. M . Chicago. February l?4tnos. Notice. The board of county commissioDers wi 1 meet at their office at Lexington Conrt House, S C, on the first Monday in March next at 10 a m , for the rtnrn.tc^ f f otmpf v?ntr 1nttin(x nAn_ r ?- ? v..VWUtracts and transacting all business brought before them. Scaled bids are so icittd for Steward of Poor Houee. Physician of Jail and Poor House, including sick convicts confined in Jail from the Chain Gang, Overseer and Guard ol Chain Gang and Public Printir g. B'ds to be filed on or before the above date, not later than the hour of meeting with eitbi r of the underr gned The right being reserved by the Board to r j?ct auj and all bids G H. KOON, ^ Supervisor, Lexiugton County. F. E. DRtHER. Clerk Board County Commissioners. F?biuary 21, 2wlt?.