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It is not oxpootod that looal correspondents shall write on ques tions of philosophy, morality, physics, metaphysics, ?ducation, or tho laws of mind and mattor, howovor Important thoso things may bo in their placo, but thoir place is not in tito leal columns of n nowspapor, wide!, aro consulted for tho D0W8. Make your communications bright, frosh and crisp. Toll your read ers what has happened, what has boon done. In short, give tho i\cw8, and noth ing but tho news. THE LYNCHING OF HOSE. In another column wo givo a full ac count of tho lynching of Stun lioso, near Nownnn, Georgia, on Sunday last. It is a borriblo story, but a horriblo cri mo was mooting with a swift and horriblo punishment. lioso had given a grievous causo, and griovously did ho answer it. Consider tho dark picturo of his doublo crime-murder and rape-in all its bru tal details, and no punishment could ho too oruol or horriblo, so far as ho was personally concorncd. And yot tho occurrence is a Bad specta cle to bo prcsoutod to tho world. It is n sad commentary on Anglo-Saxon civili zation and government, when such crimes ns thoso of whioh lioso was guilty cannot ho speedily punished in a quiet ned ordorly manner in tho courts of justice Tho moral effect of a legal conviction and execution would be so much moro wholesome than that of law less punishment hy a mob. It is not so much on account of tho victim that a lynching is to ho deplored, as tho de moralisation of society under tho reign of mob violence. Tho moral lesion of ovoi;' person participating in tho unfor tunate tragedy must ho groat. It smacks too much of medieval barbarism when thousands of spectators gloat ovor tho sufferings of tho victim, and carry away pieces of his bono and Mesh to bo trea sured up as hideous mementoes of his awful fate. Tho injury thus wrought to society is far-reaching and fearful to con template. Tho foundations of civil gov ernment aro undermined, the restrains of law and order aro sot at naught, and in tho ond wo must ho subjected to tho rulo that might makes riuht. Again, tho brutal infliction of the death penalty hy a mob fails in tho accomplish ment of tho true purpose of all punish ment, viz: Tho piovcntion of the repeti tion of tho oiTenso and the reformation of Bocioty. Instead of tho reign of lynch law reforming the moral souse of tho pooplo and furnishing a potent restraint against tho commission of revolting crimes, it seems that tho ilood-gatos of tho devilish liassions of men arc thomby loosed, until diabolical deeds aro multi plied rather than diminished. As an in stance of this effect, we have hut to note tho almost daily perpetration of tho crime of rapo in some portion of tho laud. Should punishment hy tho mob restrain tho ovil, thoro would he some compensation for tho injury indicted upon socioty, but when tho evil is only intensified, somo other remedy should he sought and enforced with a strong hand. What shall tho remedy bo ? Wo can see nono oxcopt tho organization of an emorgoney court, charged with tho speedy trial of accused, under tho forms of law. Take tho caso of Hose as an illustration. Suppose immediately after his arrest an emergency court had boon organized in Campboll county, and the prisonor had been given a full, fair and impartial trial by court and jury, tho trial would have boon noted by thou sands of negroes who would have watched tho proceedings with a sonso of awe. In this way his trial, conviction and execution would iiavo appealed to their sonso of justico, and at tho same timo have furnished a strong legal re straint upon their futuro conduct. lint this wholesome oft'ect is lost by tho in fliction Of mob violence. It ?S liol that wo plead for the guilty wretch, no pun ishment can bc too great for him, but we do pload for tho purity of Anglo-Saxon civilization, and this can only be main tained by tho orderly administration of justico in legally constituted tribunals. Regardless of Ago. kidneys aro responsible for moro suffering ano deaths than any ..nit of tho body. ?jori tyni the ills nul leting pooplo is tracoaohXto kidney trouble It .'dos all classes^ society, in all eli s, rcgardnoai ol ago, sex or eondi -ii"ho symptoms of kidney trouble aro unmistakable, such as rheumatism, neu ralgia, sleeplessness, pain or dull ache in tho back, a desire to urinate often day or night, profuso or scanty supply. Uric acid or brick-dust deposit in urine aro signs of clogged kidneys, causing poisoned and gorm filled blood. Some times tho heart act? badly, and tube casts (wasting of tho kidneys) are found in tho mino, which if nogl noted will re sult In Bright's disenso, 'lie most dan gerous form of kidney tronido. All these symptoms and conditions aro promptly removed under tho Influence of ]>r. Kilmor'fl Swamp-Koot. It has a world wido reputation for its wonderful euros of tho most distressing eases. No ono need bo long without it as it is so onny to got at any drug store at fifty cents or ono dollar. Yon can have a samplo bottle of this wondorful discov ery, fc/'vamp-Koot, and a hook tolling all nbout ''J. both sont to you absolutely free hy mail. Send your address to Dr. Kil mer & Co., Binghamton, N. V., and kindly montiou that you read this liberal offer iii tho KEOWKK COIUIIUI:. Mistrial In tho Lake City Caso. Tho trial of tho eight mon, charged with lynching Postmaster Bailor, at i,ako City, in this State, and burning tho post ofilco building, resulted lu a mistrial in the United States Court, at Charleston, last Saturday, lt is reported that tho tun' stood Ovo for conviction mid seven for" acquittal. An o rd or for bail was granted, and tho dofondants wore dis charged on bonds In tho sum nf 12,000, conditioned for thoir appoarninift at (ho next term of court for a now trial. II I m ii EARS AND FINQER8 WERE AMPUTATED | WITH POCKET KNIVES. , THK STORY TOLD BY AN KYK WITNESS. Hanged to a Pei^lmmon Troo- After Hanging In tho Sun Ten Hours T*ody Was Cut Down. PAM!OTTO, GA., April 24.-LlgoStriok l:\tiil, who was implicated as a conspira tor in tho Cranford trngody, by tho con fession of Sam Hoso, was caught last] night, near Palmetto, oarrisd within a| milo of tho town, nud lynched by a largo posse of mon. Tho negro's body is still hanging at this hour, hearing tho placard: "Wo Must Protect Our Southorn Womon." Hoso confossod that ho was offered $20 by Strickland if ho would kill Mr. Cran ford. Whoo this statement beeamo gene rally known, a largo party of Palmoteo citizens, who bad reached Nowunn too lato to witness tho burning, started out to locate Strickland. He ww? found at 10 o'clock last night and was oarriod near Polmotto, wboro ho was told to confoss. Ho did not confess, it is said, but douiod his guilt. His oars woro cut off, bis fin gers chopped away, and ho was thou lynched. Karly this morning tho figuro of Higo Strickland was found swinging nt tho end of a ropo, swaying back and forth in tho breeze At 2 o'clock lt is reported that a largo crowd of armed mon is making fast headway through tho swamps, in hot pursuit of two nogroos, pcoBuniably im plicated through a confession Bald to havo hoon made by Higo Strickland just before bia oxooution. STORY Ol' AN RYE WITNESS. Prom an oyo witnoss tho full story, briefly told, of tho capturo and lynching of Strickland ?B ns follows: "Strickland was caught about sovon miles from Pal motto nt 10 o'clock last night and was takon about ono milo from Palmetto and was hangod to a persim mon tree and died from strangulation. Hot h ears and aovoral fliigors woro cut from tho body." Wo Givo Away absolutely freo of cost, for a limited timo only, Tho People's Common Sonso Medi cal Advisor, by R. V. Piorco, M. D., Chief Consulting Physician to tho Inva lids' Hotol and Surgical Institute, a book of 1008 l.iigo pages and ilOO Illustrations, in strong paper covors, to any ono Bond ing 21 ono-cont stamps to cover co?t of mailing only. Over 080,000 copies of this completo Family Uoctor Hook already sold in cloth binding at. regular price $1.50. World's Dispensary Medical Asso ciation, H?rtalo, N. Y. Flourishes from Fair Play. F Alli PLAY, April 25.-Refreshing showers I Farm work is progressing rapidly. Mrs. W. L. Dobbs, of Harmony Grove, Ga., is visiting her mother, Mrs. S. K. Harton, and famil". Dr. Gilos, a recent graduate of tho Augusta Medical College, is visiting his sister, Mrs. A. Il, Marott. Dr. Giles is a gentleman of pleasant address and bids fair io make a prominent physician. Dr. K. H. Wobb is at Clarkosvillo, Ga., tho homo of his parents. We are sorry to note tho continued illness of Mr. H. J. Marett, ono of our best citizons. Mr. H. Krank Kccse, Jr., is Been pass ing through our villago often. Mr. Kooso is ono of our own boys and is a success ful "knight of the grip." Afr. S. P. Stribling paid our town a (lying visit last week. Little Huby, tho daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Knox, of Lavonia, Ga., is staving awhile with her grandmother, Mrs. 1). V. Wright. Mr. K. C. Marett bas tho best patch of wheat we havo aeon. Somo of our enterprising young mon aro trying their skill in tho culturo of onions this year. HK.ZK.I.. Rheumatism Cured. My wife bas used Chamberlain's Pain Hahn for rheumatism with groat relief, and I can recommend it as a splendid liniment for rhoumatisni and oilier household uso for which wo have round it. valuable-W. .J. Cuyior, Red Crook, Now York. Mr. Cuyior is ono of tho loading mer chants Of this villago and ono of tho most, prominent men in this vicinity. W. <?. IMiippin, Editor Red Creek Her ald. For salo by J. \V. Holl, Walhalla; II. li. Zimmerman, Westminster; W. J. Lunney, Seneca. Marriage and Death at Hallie Creek. HATTI.K CIIKUK, S. C., April 21.-Mar ried, ou April ir-i, 1800, at tho residence of W. P. Haulbrooks, by M. II. Loo, Magistrate, Mr. Charley Brooke, of Georgia, and Mrs. Alice Lodford,of Oco neo county, S. C. Died, <m April 20th, 1800, Ellis Turnor, of grip and pneumonia, after two weeks illness. His body was interred at Damascus on tho 21st, after appropriate services by Kev. D. F. Carter. Ho was between 75 and SO years of ago. iii! was a Confederate soldier and was drawing a pension. Bo leaves a widow of about tho same age, who has been blind for several years. M. II. LICK. You may have heard about SCOTT'S EMULSION and have a vague notion that it is cod-liver oil with its bad taste and smell and all its other repulsive fea tures. lt is cod-liver oil, the ? purest and the best in the f world, but made so palata ble that almost everybody can take it. Nearly all children like it and ask for more. SCOTT'S EMULSION looks like cream; it nour ishes the wasted body of the baby, child or adult better than cream or any other .food in existence, lt bears about the same rela tion to other emulsions that cream does to milk. If you have had any experience with other so-called "just as * good" preparations, you ? will find that this is a fact. Thc hypophosphitcs that arc combined with thc cod-liver oil J give additional value to it because ^ thev tone np ?he nervw. system anti impart strength to the whole body. Joe. ?nd $i.oo, ?lt (IrutttUlg. SCOTT & nOVVNK, Chemist*, Niw York. Mm fli IH THF. GEORGIA NEGRO ASSASSIN AND RAPIST SLOWLY ROA8TEO TO DEATH. UK GOES TO DEATH WITHOUT AN OUTCRY. The Ear? and Fingers of the Negro VYero Cut Off-The Account In Detail NKWNAN, GA., April 23.-In tho pres onco of noarly two thousand porsous, who sont aloft yells of doflanoo anti shouts of Joy, Sam Hoao, a nogro, who committed two of tho bnsost acts known to clinic, was burned at tho stako in a ?niblin road one und ouo-half milos from icro this afternoon. Before the torch was applied to tho pyro tho nogro was doprlvod of his oars, flngors and other portions of his anatomy. Tho nogro pleaded pitifully for his lifo while tho mutilation was going on, but stood tho ordeal of Oro with surprising fortltudo. Before tho body was cool it was out to pieces, tho bones were cr nabed into small bits, and oven tho troo upon which tho wretch mot lils fato was torn up aud dis posed of a? souvenirs. Tho negro's heart was out In sovoral piocos, as was also bis liver. Thoso unable to obtain thoso ghastly rolics direct paid their moro fortunato possessors extravagant sums for thom. Small piocos of bono wont for 2? couts and a bf of tho livor orisply cooked sold for 10 cents. Ono of tho mon who liftod tho cnn of korosoiio to tho negro's hoad is said to bo a nativo of tho Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Ills nnmo is known to thoso who woro with him, but thoy rofuso to divulgo it. Tho mob was composed of ci ti/.ons of Nownan, Griffin. Palmotto and other littlo towns in tho country round about Nownan, and of all tho farmers who had rocoivod word that tho burning was to tako placo. Tho Hon. W. Y. Atkinson, former Govornor of Goorgia, mot tho mob ns ho was returning from church and appealed to thom to lot tho law tako it? eourso. In addressing tho mob ho used these words: "Somo of you aro known to mo, and when this affair is finally sottlod in tho courts you may dopend upon it that I will testify against you." A member of tho mob was aeon to draw a rovolvcr and lovol it at Govornor Atkinson, but his arm was soizod and tho pistol takon from him. Tho mob was frantic at do lays, and would hoar to nothing but burning at tho Btako. lioso confessed to killing Cranford, but denied that he outragod Mrs. Cran ford. Boforo hoing put to doath tho ue gro stated that ho had been paid ?20 by "Ligo" Strickland, a nogro proaober at Palmetto, to kill Cranford. To-night a mob of citizens is scouring tho country for Strickland, who has loft his homo, and will lynch him if caught. Sam Hoso killed Alfred Cranford, a whito farmer, near Palmotto, and out ragod his wife, ton days ago. Siuco that timo business in that part of tho Stato has boon suspended, tho ontiro popula tion turning out in an effort to capturo lioso. Governor Candler has boon asked to send troopB hero to preservo ordor for a day or ?wo, as it is feared tho negroes may wreak vongoanco, many throats to that offect having boon made. .rilli AKHEST OK llOSK. Hoso has boon on tho farm of tho Jones brothers, between Mncou and Columbus, since the day after ho committed his horriblo or I mo. His mothor is omplovod on tho farm, and to her littlo cabin ho fled as a safe refuge Sho fed him and cared for him, but it is act boliovod that sho know ho was hoing hunted for by tho authorities. Tho dones brothers wore not aware of tho crime until a fow days ago, and woro not sure that ho was tho much wanted man. Satin day morn ing ono of tho Jones boys mot lioso and as ho was talking to him noticed that li in "ginger" face was ebony black, but just below tho collar of his shirt tue coppoi color was discernable. It was evident that tho nogro had blackened bis face, and tho Jones became convinced that he was thc negro for whom the authorities, assisted by bloodhounds, had beon scour ing tho country for ton days, and thoy determined to arrest him. Sunday morn ing they brought tho negro into Macon ai d put him aboard tho Central of Geor gia train, with tho intention of bringing him to Atlanta. At Griffin somo one recognized Hoso and sent word on tc Nownan, tho next station, that tho negro waa on tho tho train bound for Atlanta, When Nownan was roached a great crowd surrounded tho train and pushed into tho cars. Tho .iones boys woro told that tho nogro could ho delivered to the Sheriff of Campboll county thcro, and that it was not necessary to tako bim tc Atlanta. This was acceded to, and thc nogro was taken off tho train and march ed at tho hoad of a yelling, shouting crowd of flvo hundred peoplo to tho jail. Hero they turned bini over to Shorifl Brown, taking arocoipt for tho prisoner, thus making themselves Sliro of tho $201 rownrd for tho "airest and delivery tc tho Sheriff of Campbell county of one Sam HOBO." Word was sent to Mrs. Cran ford, at Palmetto, that it was believed Hose was under arrest and that her pres once was necessary in Nownan to make suro of idouf'Pintion. In somo way tin nows of tho arrest leaked out, and as thc town had boon on tho ?dort for nn;n-!j two weeks tho intelligence spread rap idly. From ovcry house in tho little oil) caine its occupants, and a good-sizci crowd was soon gatborod about tho jail BUKKENDERKD TO TUE MOll. Sheriff Brown was importuned to give up tho prisonor am! finally, in order t( avoid au assault on tho jail and possible bloodshed, ho turned tho wretch over t< tho waiting crowd. A procession wa.' quickly formed and tho doomed nogn waa marched at its hoad through severa streots of tho town. Soon tho publh squaro was reached, lloro former Gov ernor Atkinson, of Goorgia, who lives ii Nownan, carno hurriedly upon tho seem and standing up in a buggy importun?e tho crowd to let tho law tako its eourso Govornor Atkinson said: "My follow citizens and frioids, I be seech you to lot this artair go no furtbor You aro hurrying this negro on to doatl without an indontiflcatiou. Mrs. Cran ford, whom ho is said to have assaulted and whoso husband ho is said to ha.vt killed, is sick in bcd and unable to bi boro to say whether this is her assailant Let this negro bo returned to tho jail Tho law will tako its eourso, and I prom iso you it will do so quickly and effect nally. Do not stain tho honor of tin State with a crime such as you are abott to perform." Judge A. D. Freeman, also of Nownan cooke in a similar strain and implore! the mob to return the prisonor to tin custody of tho sheriff and go homo. Tin assemblage heard tho words of tho tw? speakers in silence, hut tho instant thei voices had died away shouts of "On t? Palmetto I Burn bimi Think of bi crimol" ai-oso and tho march was rc sumed. THE NEU KO INDKNTIKIKD. Mrs. Cranford's motin and sister ar< residents of Nownan. Tho mob wn headed ill tho dilCOtio' )f their llOUSl and in a short time readied tho McElro; home. The nogro was inarched in th? gato and Mrs. Mc Kl roy was called to tin front door. She at once indontifiod tin African and her verdict was agreed to b; liot daughter, who had often seen Hos' around the Cranford placo. "To tin stako," waa again tho cry and sovorn mon wanted to burn him in Mrs. Mc Elroy's yard. To this sho object?e Strenuously and tho mob, complying svitl her wish, started for Palmetto. Just aa thoy were leaving New nm word was brought that tho 1 o'cloel train from Atlanta was bringing 1,001 pooplo to Palmetto. This was though to ho a regiment of militia ami tho m ol at once decided to burn tho riimnorn tho first favorable place, rat'.er than bi compelled to shoot him when Ce miiitii put in sight. Leaving tho littlo town, whoso Sun day's quiet had been so rurfely disturbed tho mob, which now numbered 11 'nib 1,600 people, started on the road t<> Pal motto. A lino of buggies ami vehicle) of all kinda, their drivers fighting fo go:.i I ?om; in lino, followed tho procession at tho head of which, closely guarded marched tho negro. HAM HOSE'S CONFESSION. Ono and a half miles out of Nownan, ? placo behoved to ho favorablo for th? burning, was readied. A littlo to tho sid? An Excellent Cum bi nat toxi. 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In order to got ito bonoflcial effects nnd to avoid imitations, please remember the full nnmo of tho Company prluted on tho front of overy package CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. SAN FRAN0I800. OAT,. I.OUISVII/LB, KY. NSW YORK, N. Y. I'ors.-xlc by all Druggists.--Price 50c. per bottle. of tho rodo Btood a strong pino troo. Up to this tho negro was marched, his back placed to tho troo and his fnco to tho orowd, which jostled closely about him. Hero, for tho first timo, bo was allowed to talk. Ho said: "I am Sam Huso. I killed Alfred Cranford, but I was paid to do it. Ligo Strickland, tho nogro proaohor at Palmetto, gavo mo $20 to kill him." At this a roar wont up from tho orowd as tho intelligence imparted by tho wrotch was Bureau among thom. "Lot him gc on. Toll all you know about it," carno from tho orowd. Tho negro, shivering like n, loaf, continued his recital. "1 did not outrago Mrs. Cranford. Somebody olso did that. I can idontify thom. .Give mo timo for that." Tho mob would hoar no moro. Tho clothes woro torn from tho wrotch in an instant. A heavy chain was produced and wound around tho body of tho terri fied wrotch, clasped by a now lock, which dangled at Hose's neck. Ho said not a word to this proceeding, but at the' sight of throo or four knives flashing in tho hands of several members of tho crowd, which seemed to forcenst tho terrible ordeal ho waa about to bo put to. bo sent up a yoi! whioh could bo heard a milo. ll l) TO II BUBO Pl KCBM KAI,. Instantly a hand grasping a knife shot out, and ono of tho negro's ears dropped into a hand ready to rociovo it. lioso pleaded pitifully for morey, and bogged his tormentors to lot him dio. His cries woro unhoaded. Tho second oar wont tho way of tho othor. Hardly had bo been deprived of his cars boforo his fingers, one by ono, woro token from his band and passed among tho mombors of tho yelling, and now thoroughly nind oo nod crowd. Tho wretch was quickly deprived of other portions of his anatomy and words, "Como on with tho oil," brought a hugo can of korosono to tho . foot of tho tree, whoro tho negro, his body covered with blood from bead to ? foot, was striving and tugging nt his chains. Tho can was lifted over tho 1 negro's head by three or four mon, mu! its contents poured ovor him. By this timo a good supply of brush, piceos of fence rail and othor firewood had boon placed about tho negro's feet. This pyro was thoroughly saturated and a match applied. TUB WKKTCH UURNRU TO DKATII. 1 A flnmo shot upward and surcad 1 quickly over tho pilo of wood. As it ' licked tho negro's logs, ho shrieked once, and bogan tugging at bis chains. AB the ; Hames crept higher and tho smoko mi tered bis eyes and mouth, Hoso put tho stumps of his hands to tho troo back of 1 him, and, with a terrific plunge forward of his body, sovorcd tho upper portion ' of tho chains which hound him to tho 1 trco. His body, held to tho trco only as far as tho thighs, lunged forward, thus ; escaping tho flames, which roared and ; crackled about ??is foot. Ono of tho mon near tho burning negro quickly ran up, j and, pushing him back, said: "Got back 1 into tho Uro there," and quickly oon 1 nocted tho disjointed links of tho chain. 1 Tho road for half a milo on ench sido of ? tho burning negro was black with eon ' voyances, and was simply impassable. . Tko crowd sui rounded tho stuko on all ' sides, but none of thoso nearer than UK) ? fcot of tho centre woro nblo to seo what ' was going on. Yell after yo'.l wont up ' and the progress of tho names woro com . numicatod to thoso in tho roar by shouts ' from tho eye-witnesses. I SAVAUBRY OK TUB CROWO. Tho torch was applied about half-past 2 and at :! o'clock tho body of Sam Hoso 1 was limp and lifeless, his head hanging . to ono sido. The body was not cut 1 down, lt was cut to pieces. Tho crowd . fought for places about tho smouldering . trco, and with knives, scoured such J pieces of his carcass ?? did not fal! to I pieces. Tho chain was sovorcd by haiu ' mers, tho trco chopped down and such ' pic?os of tho firewood ns had not burned, 1 woro carried away as souvenirs. J ItKMKMHKIt TUB FACTS. I The Atlanta Constitution of tho 21th . instant says: "Tho terrible oxpiation which Sam - Hoso was forced to pay for his crimo w(ll . arouso a flood of discussion, carried on 1 by thoso who know tho facts on tho one ? side, and hy thoso who do not caro for ? tho facts on tho othor. J "But, whilo tho form of this criminal's ' punishment cannot bo uphold, lot those . who aro disposed CO oriticiso it look into . tho facts-and by thoso facts tempor thc - judgment they may rondor. "An unassuming, industrious and 9 hard-working farmer, after bis day's toil, t sat at his ovoning meal; around Iii m Bat wife and children, happy in tl.J presence j of tho man who was fulfilling to thom l evory duty Imposed by nature At poaec a with tho world, sol ving God and loyal te 0 humanity, thoy looked forward to thc > coining day. r "Noiselessly tho murdoror, with up > lifted axo, advanced in tho rear, ami ? sank it to tho helve in tho brain of thc - unsuspecting victim. "Tearing the child from tho lUOthor'f breast, ho Hung it into tho pool of blood a oozing from its falher'B wound. H "Then began tho culminai hm whick 1 has r.etlu oned tho roar.on of tho people ot Western Georgia during tho pas) i weok. As critics will howl about thc ?i lynching, tho Constitution will bo par u doned for stating tho plain facts. y "Tho wifo was seized, clinked, 0 thrown upon tho floor, whore hor cloth n ing lay in tho blood of her husband, and 1 lavished! "ltomemhor the facts I Remember thc I dark night in tho country homo! Ro i member tho slain husband, and nbovo all, romomber that shocking degradation i which was inflicted hy tho black boast c his victim swimming in hor hushancl'f ) warm blood, as tho bruto hold her to thc t floor I > "Koop tho facta in mind. When thc t picture is painted of . tho ravisher ir ii tlaiiios, go back and vh>\v that darken \ iiioturo of Mrs. Cranford outraged in thc blood of hor murdered busband." , I waa reading an advertisement o y Chamberlain's Collo, Cholera and Dinr - rin?a Romcdy in tho Worcester Fa.U.r < priso recently, which loads mo to write r this. I can truthfully say I never used , any romcdy equal to it for colic and , diarrhoea. I have novor had to uso more tit itu ono or two doses to euro tho worst caso with myself or children.-\V. A, i Stroud, Popomoko City, Md. For Bale ^ by H. B. Zimmerman, Wostnilnstor; J, 3 W. Boll, Walhalla; W. J. Lunney, Seneca, (V?WON is and will con J tir.ue to be the money crop of the South. The planter who gets the most cot ton from ? given area at the least cost, is the one who makes the most money. Good cw!ti vation, suitable rotation, and liberal use of fertilizers con taining at least $% actual Potash will insure the largest yield. Wo wilt send Free, upon application, pamphlets that will interest every cotton planter in the South. GERMAN KALI WORKS, _93 Nat ?au St., New Vorth MRS. WILLIAMS IS ASSAULTED. f Negro Attacks and Outragos a White Woman Noar Greenville. Groenvillo was astir on Saturday after noon when tho UOWB carno that a foul orimo had hoon committed only n short distance from tho city limits, and that a rospjctablo white woman was the victim of a negro's lust. Tho wifo of Silas Wil liams, au industrious whit o farmor, liv ing near tho Andorson road, was brutally assaulted he tween 4 and ? o'dook that aftornoon by a negro diosscd in uniform, who ?iii dd en ly appoarod at tho door of tho house whore Mrs. Williams was on gaged in ironing. She was ontiroly alono oxcopt hov youngest child, who was quiotly Blooping when tho brutal nogro onmo on tho scone. Tho assault was mado in a fow minutes, and tho woman wnslo?t helpless and prostrato for the timo hoing. Tho negro had vanished ns if by magic, and mado post linste to wards Piedmont boforo tho alarm was givon in thc neighborhood. Mr. Williams was only a short dis tance from homo whoo the assault, on 'nis wifo was mado, nud tho two oidor children wore with him. Ho was speed ily informed os to tho outrage, and after returning homo ho carno galloping to town for a physician and for assistance to catch tho villain who had despoiled his humble homo. It did not require much timo for mon to respond in mount ed squads, and-the road to Williams's house was soon thronged with riders w?.o woro bent upon a summary process to avengo tho dastardly crime. Thc neighbors for milos around came to join in tho Hoaroh for tho miscreant, nud Bomo of thom started afoot to catch him, bocauBo ho was still in sight when tho alarm was givon. This guvo tho nogro an udvantago, and boforo horses woro procured ho had loft thc main road and wa? pushing his way through tho woods. Piedmont and Polzor wore notified, and scouting partios woro organized at both places. Prompt efforts were mado to cut him oft at tho crossings of Saluda rivor, and a search was instituted among tho houses occupied hy nogrocs for miles around. Tho nogro was soon a fow miles from tho placo whore tho orimo was cann mit t ed, but tho partic3 who mot him did not thou know about tho assault. It is almost certain that tho assailant of Mrs. Williams has made good his escapo and tho latest nows in regard to him is that ho was sovon milos below Andorson and was making tracks for Georgia, which would bo reached in a fow hourj. His clovor evasion of tho various parties who joined in tho pur suit shows that ho was not an ignorant nogro by any means, and it seems that his escapo was hardly possiblo whoo mon woro uniting in tho chase, from ovory neighborhood. Ho is a very black nogro, five foot and a hall' high, and weighs about 140 pounds. Ho - will doubt lesa got rid of tho uniform at tho llrst oppor tunity, and his idontity will bo com pletely lost, ns ho is not unlike a thou sand otlmrn ovor in Georgia.-Grcouvillo Mountaineer, April 20. Thousands of Women aro dragging out a weary, miserable, exist once, because thoy do not fully real izo what is tho matter with thom. Thoy know that thoy havo "fomalo weakness, but they do not really approoiato what that Hilans. Thoy do not know that to this ono tnmble is trucoabla almost all of their bodily ills. They considor it a disease by itsolf, and if thoy havo also nm irai/;ia, nerve li ca il ac h cs, biliousness, kid noy troublo and othor things, they soo no connection between thom and tho derangements of a strictly fomalo nature. Busy and overworked physicians ofton treat these things as separate ailments, whon tho whole troublo has tho ono source Tho reproductivo organs aro so important a part of tho body that whoo thoy aro out of order, tho whole systom is deranged. Whatever illness a woman has, she will do woll to look there for tho causo. A great many women know ingly neglect themselves, because thoy dread the tolling of their trilbies to a physician and tho subsequont "examina tion" and "local troatmont." All this ia needless, tor Dr. Philco's Favorite Pros cription has boon found to porfoctly and permanently restore lost strength and prometo regularity of functional action. Tugaloo Items. The far mors are glad to soo tho rain. It will mako thc crops grow and the beans also. Mrs. E. P. Harris and Miss Estella Crawford woro tho guosts of Mrs. Mattie Marrett Sunday. Miss Maud Burris* visitod Miss Annie Loo Sunday. Dr. YV. A. sheldon and family of Lib erty, S. C., visitod relativos in tim neigh borhood last wook. Would Uko to soc them oftonor. Air. S. L. Burriss visited frinnds and n "friend" in Royston, Ga., Sunday. Guoss ho thinks ho's "sparking." Messrs. Matt and Harris Whitworth, from ovor tho rivor visitod in this com munity Sunday. I wonder what is up ? I wonder what young lady wont fishing Saturday and foll in "ho orcok and her littlo "sis" had to pull her out ? The family of Mr. J. 1). Sheldon, ol i Kr\ir Play, visitod Westminster Sunday, VJiss Mary says sho saw hor follow, I Guess sh? did, as she louks so ploasinp this morning. Messrs. Claude Burriss and Mnrshal Wyloy wont sparking Munday. Thoy want tu toll nu their whereabouts, foi thoy know thoy aro only school boys. Cur school is still flourishing and hopi it will continuo so as wo aro making preparations for our closing oxorcisos, which will bo May 12th, Friday P. M. at 1 o'clock. Tho public aro invited. s. o. -.-rf*? "A word to tho wiso is sufficient" am a word from tho wiso should bo Biiftl clout, but you ask, who aro tho wiso' Thoso who know. Tho oft ropoatcd ox porienco of trustworthy poisons may b( taken for knowledge. Mr. W. M. Torry says ( 'bambin Iain's Cough Bomcdy givoi hotter satisfaction than any othor in th? market. Ho lins been in tho drug bus! noss at Klkton, Ky., for twclvo yoars has sold hiindii ils of bottles of thh remedy and noarly all othor cough modi einos manufactured, which shows con elusively that < .'ham bea lei n's is tho moni satisfactory to tho people, and is th? best. For salo by J. W. Bell, Walhalla H. B. Zimmerman, Westminster; W. J Lunney, Soneca. -. ^ Happonlngs nt Tokcona. Ton KUNA, April 24.-/..iss Boodie Oro mor, of Sonooa, was in this burg Sunday. Tho wheat and oat crops in tills com m uni i y aro looking lino. Mr. and Mrs. Dobbins visited friondf and relatives at '''ownvlllo Sunday. Mr. Arthur Gibson had tho misfortune to got ids iud. le sprained tho othor day, Mr. Marshal Griftin, of Andorson, wa in thiB burg Saturday and Sunday. Ht is a promising young man. Wo think tho wedding bolls will rinp soon. Tho farmers In our community have ilnishod planting cotton. Sumo have corn up and about ready to work it. . Tho Sunday sohool nt Cross Bonds ie in a flourishing condition. Husri.Rn. DEALS IN Dry Goods, Shoes, Clothing, Hats, Groceries, Stoves, Furniture, Coffins and Robes, MY NEW SPRING GOODS ARE ALL IN, AND AT PRICES TO CATCH ALL OF THE CASH TRADE. Dry Goods. 2,500 yards of Shooting at only 2 ct ta; worth 4 coots. 4,500 yards of Yard-wido Shooting afc 4 coats; worth 5 couts. 4,500 yards of Yard-wldo Soa Island Shooting at 44 conts; worth fl coots. 3,600 yards of Chocks at 4 conts; worth 5 conts. , 3,000 yards Best Chook? at 5 couts; worth (1 coote. 2,500 yards Best Cheviots at 7 conts; worth 10 couta. ?1,500 yards Very Post Yard-wido Per cales at 7 couts-tho 10 cont kind. 3,000 yards Linon Qrnss Cloth at 5 cent s ; worth 81 conto. 8,300 yards Host Print?, in all colors, at 31 conts-tho 5 cont kind. P?ig lino of Organdios, lu nil colors, from 7 conts to 50 o. nts. Pig lino of Lawns, in nil colors, from 8) conto lo 15 conts. Big lino of irish Pique, in all colors, at 15 conts. Big lino of Figured Lawn, from 5 couta to 124 cents. Big lino of Linen Crash, from 7 couta to 25 couta. Sovonty-ilvo different WniBt Patterns in Silk, from 50 conts up. Shoes. I am still selling tho famous Hamilton A Brown Shoes. Every pair guaranteed to bo as represented. Ladies' Kino Shoes from 08 conts to $3.50, in nil toes and stylos, black*, or tan. Men's Pino Shoos, Congress or Lace, black or tan, in nil toes, from $1.25 to $4. Big lino of Ladies' and Gouts' Oxfords and Slippors, in blnok or tan, from 55 conts to $3. Bo sure to soo my stock boforo buying elsewhere. Notions. lioso from 21 conts to 40 conts a pair. Laco Curtains from 75 cent a to $1.50 n pair. Ladies' Gauze TJndorvosts from 5 conta to 25 couts. Mon's Gauze Undorvests from 10 conts up. H. & G. Corset ft from 50 conts up, in nil stylos. Ladies' Bolts from 10 conts up, in all stylos. Mon's Shirt? from 20 conts to $1.25. I have ono of tho largest linos of Cra vats, Scarfs, Tios, Collars, Cuffs and Handkerchiefs ever shown in OcoilOO county. Big lino of Jowolry nt hard timo prieos. Good Watches, guaranteed to givo satis faction, for only 08 conts. Clothing. CHILDREN'S, MEN'S AND BOYS' CLOTHING . AT THE VERY LOWEST CASH PRICES. Fifty Mon's Suit?, all wool, at $1; well worth $5. Big lot of Mon's Suits at $5, $"-.50, $10, $12.50 and $15. Twonty-flvo Boy's Crash Suits for ouly 50 cont?. Big lot of Boy's Suits at $1, $1.50, $2, $3, $3.50 and $4, in all stylos. Bo suro to BOO my lino boforo buying. I omi flt anybody, from a throo-yoar-old boy to tho man that wears a 48 coat. Furniture. 250 Oak Post Bedsteads from $1.2T> to $3.50. 200 Solid Oak Bedsteads from $2 to $5. 25 Bureaus at $3.50 and $4. 20 Solid Oak Bureaus, Bovolod Mirrors, at $5 and $7.50. 12 Solid Oak Dressers, Bovolod Mirrors, at $10. Suits of three pieces-Bureau, Wash stand and Bedstead-from $0 to $45. Fiftcon difforont stylos of Rooken, from $1.25 to $3.50. 300 Cnno Bottom Chairs at 50 conts; worth 00 conts in any market. 100 Homo-mado Chairs at 25 couts. . Kitchon Safes from $2.25 to $4.50. Stoves. Soo my Now Enterprise Stoves, guar anteed for 5 years, at $15, $18 aud $30. Seo my $8 Stove with 22 pieces; novor a hotter ono Bold for $10. Get your wife ono of my No. 8 Stovos for $11 and $12. Guaranteed to givo per? feet satisfaction or monoy refunded. . Coffins. Everything in tho way of Collins and Undertakers' Supplies is kopt by mo. All orders will bo filled promptly, night or day. Hats. My now Spring Hats aro all in, and nt prices to suit tho times. Gouts' Straws from 5 cents to $1.50, A full lino of Felt Hats, in light brown and black. Como and seo my stock boforo buying elsewhere. fl3f - Wo carry a full lino of Groceries. BALLARD'S FLOUR-ovory sack warranted. "?D3 WHEN IN NEED OF ANYTHING I WILL DE PLEASED TO HAVE YOU CALI_WE TREAT YOU RIGHT. lint. ADAMS. S 8I18C&I Si 0? o SOME KINDS OF GOODS and as choaply in ono as another; hut there aro good? that you cannot got ovory whore. Thin is tho lino wo want to show. We havo many dainty now things for Spring that are now and hoautiful in Wash (ioods, Silks and Wootons, and our " Silver Star " Madras for Shirt Waists at 12Jo. is unequaled, They aro ns protty as silk, Sond for samples. Our now lino of Ladies* Shoos, just in, Black and Tan Oxfords and Sandals, and thoy havo tho stylo and flt, you eau dopend upon it. Our Mon's Furnishing Dopartmont WSB novor bottor-Noekwoar, IIoBiory, Col lars and Cuffs, Shirts, white and colored. Seo our now Silk Bosom Shirts at $1.00. You can't match thom. Wo havo a full stock of Mon's Straw lints, all new shapes and up to dato. Wo havo a ''Nobby Hat" for only 50o. Wo can aipl will soil you if you will only look boforo you boy. Ml COLEMAN CO., SENECA, S, C. Visit C. W. PITCHFORD CO STORE AND YX>U WILL FIND A Nico, donn Stock of Dry Goods, Notions, Shoes and Slippors, Hats, Trunks and Valises, Clothing and Gouts' Furnishing Goods, J .rdwaro, Grocorios, Paints, Oils and Varnish, Stovos and Ranges, Saddles, Harness and Bridles, Lap Bobos and Buggy Umbrellas, Ac. Cotton Seed Meal and Hulls, Bran, Hay and Corn. <P. W. PiVCBFOttI? C?Wl*?!fYf WALHALLA, S. C. LOWERY, BYRD & CO.'S PRICE LIST. Straw and Crash Hats Q?>. 10 to 50 cents oaoh. Ladies' Low-cut Shoos @. 50c. to $1 por pair. Mon's Dross Shirts &\. 115 couts to $1 each. Mon's Undershirts @. 26 to 50 couts oaoh. Ladies' Hndorvosts (fl). 5 to 15 cents each. Peruu?o @. 7 to 12 Jo. por yard. Long Cloth (fl). 10 cont? por yard. White Organdy ?. . 121 cents por yard. White Cambrio @.- 0 couts por yard. Call and oxamino our gooda mid wo will convinco you that you got good valuo when you trado with us. Wo handle Hoos, Hool Swoops, Plows and othor farming tools. Buy a Victor Swoop. It will please you. Lowery, Byrd & Go., t il 9 r? b- hi * fer 3. Sr.p; b 8 lr p. i-; ? ? "1 iv: M V) W O L ' UJ to ii ir -1 (0 g 0. ii WAILeHEAI/IiA W. II. If H S TB H, Mnnagor. Popular Sommor and Winter Rosort. Spooial attention to tho comfort of guonts, Commodious Rooms. Elegant faro. 4-81-08-ly SPRING AND SUMMER GOODS ! I havo a splendid lino of Season able Goods, and invito my friends to glvo thom a perusal boforo deciding te buy elsewhere. My Laoos aro 1 Jo. to 10c, a yard, and Embroidery 2Jo. to lOo. White Kid Bolto, Handkerchiefs and Hosiery. Big lino Tinware at old prices, though tho markot is 25 to 40 por cont advanced. A now erato of nico Staple Crock ery nt Walhalla, mid a big lino on hand hero. Low Out Shoos and Oxfords. I havo a beautiful lino of Twu-button Oxfords for children, misses and ladios. Bo sure to seo thom. Groceries, both fancy and staple I havo bought lilt bags of CoiToo in tho inst 50 days, and navo sold quito a lot of it to apprcoiativo oustomors. Como and got your sharo boforo it is gone Now for thoso good fat Hams and Poultry and Country Prodnco in gonoral. You can got cash or mor chandiso for thom. Romomber, I buy most any quantity and nm in tho market all tho year round. Bring mo your carly Frying Chickons and get good prices for thom. Kggs and Ilona especially in domand. YOUU PATRONAGE SOLICITED, Yours truly, L, G. CRAIG, SENECA AND WALHALLA