Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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FACTS FROM FAIR FLAY. IJOCUIH Picked Up Her?? and Then Borne PfUlosophlc Advice. Fair Pley, July 12. .Special: The farmer* are blue, bluer, bluest over the continued rains. Many will have to turn out their er<>:>.s, md a gene ral depression prevails Muong the neighborhood of the lesa fortunate Milers of the soil. There ls an old adage thal things ure never HO hud but that they might bo worse, and the Lord will surety provide for all those who trust in him. H. L. Harton, of Hounds, oula., arith his Interesting faintly, are visit ing relatives at havonla. Ca. Lee, as he is more familiarly known, has accumulated quite a nice little prop erty In his adopted home, being une among the leadln? main merchants of that city. Ile will return to his hume in a few days, leaving his wife :ni(i tour children to spend the sum mer here. S. P. and Mark D. Striblitlg in tended the wedding of T. Leslie Stribling to Miss Nolle Nichols, of Due West, Oil .lune 30th. Leslie, so well known ?ill ovor our county as the popular young pharmacist of Seneca, is tho eldest son ol' Mr. and Mrs. s. i\ Stribling, of thia place, and ls expected to arrive with his bride In n f"W days from Ihelr ex tensive wedding tour, when an ele gant reception will he tendered . hem at the home of lils parents. His many friends wish him and his fair young bride much joy, peace and happiness, and may then- he just enough ? louds lo vause n glorious sunset. Miss Louise Sheldon lias returned from a pleasant \ i sit lo her cousins, the Misses Maxwell, of Walhalla Tho Ila racen class of tho Baptist church dellghtfull} entertained the young ladies of thc Phllathen class with a picnic ai Knox's liridge on last Saturday. Thc South Hu lon classes were also invited to meei with them, and Ute Jolly crowd num. herod 80 or !>0, Dinner was in abundance, with delicious Ice lem onade for dessert. No one went away without having fully satisfied the wants of the inner man. Espe cial mention must be made of the ex treme kindness of Mr. Smith, who lives al the Corung farm, for his de licious coffee, so generously provided for the immense crowd. Such hos pitality is always appreciated. Many games wen? played, In which all the merry crowd took part, hut none seemed to enjoy it more than our "Jolly hig John Reeder," who car ried off the hine ribbon for the champion racer. Everybody enjoy ed the picnic. The day was au ideal tine in every respect, und all went away with merry hearts and happy laces, feeling lt was "so good lo be there." Kev. and Mrs. W. A. Chastalll, Of Athens, Qa., returned to their home on last Wednesday, aller spending several days with thc families of W. L. and J. E. Dobbs. Mr. Chastain preached in the Christian church at Westminster on last Monday night to a large audience, taking for his subject, "Soul Winning.*' Mr. Chas tain is the pastor ut thc Christian church of Athens, tia., and a minis ter of great power. Ills noble wife, who was Miss Kiln Dobbs, of Athens, is a sister of W. L. and .1. IO. Dobbs, of this place, and a helpmeet indeed in Iiis pastoral work. Miss Mary Sheldon has return u from a pleasant \isit lo relatives il Prosperity, Liberty ami Newberry. She was also present at the Strlhling Nlchols wedding ul Hue West, and also acted a* one of Hie bridesmaids ol' a popular couple at Donalds. Miss Hettie G ru hhs lias returned to her homo at Walhalla, alter a pleasant visit io relatives hore. Henry Lovlnggood and Will Hoo ley are entertaining little strangers at their homes. Miss Georgia Dowls, of Pelze r, is visiting her sister. Mrs. Miles Davis. Mrs. s. C. Dobbs has returned lo her home at Athens, after a very pleasant mouth's visit to relatives here. Miss Ada Simpson, an attractive ><mug lady of Westniinst ir, is the guest of her friend and school-mate, Miss Ethel Marett. flinton L. Harris, who recently graduated al the Citadel ni Charles ion, has returned home, to the de light ol' his many friends. Ile is looking well, despite the tact that Hie hospital claimed him as its vie 'ini tor one month, leaving him rallier weak to continue Iiis studies preparatory tor commencement. However, he brought home Iiis ?die<m skln, and will now enjoy a much needed rest willi his motlier and brol hers here on t he farm. Misses Alice ami Emily Stribling, two nice little ladies ot Westmin ster, were guests ol' Mrs. S. I'. Strib ling last week. Miss Marve Shelor and brother, of Tu ga loo, al tended services at tho Presbyterian church last Sabbath. Miss Shelor. as stale Organizer, is doing a noble work for our county and Slate, and may she live long to scatter Sunshine tar ami wide. Reva. M. E. Peabody and A. .1. Cauthen, presiding eider conducted union services at the Presbyterian Church on last Sabbath. The exer cises were thoroughly Interesting t h roughout. W. C. Mason, banker, of Lavenia, With his estimable wife, attended services here last Sabbath and were guests at Hie home of .1 I). Sheldon. Mts. J. K. Dobbs attended ser vices at the Christian church at Westminster last Monday night, and was delightfully entertained at the home of Hon. A. Zimmerman, Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Isboll attended services at Methel (dinreit last Sab bath, and were guests of Mr. and Mrs. James Dearden. Fair Play Camp was well repre sented at Hie unveiling exercises of Sovereign Meehi Mays at Townville Sunday afternoon. Our COmmunit) has rein rued from Court (or nt least tho masculine part of lt), and if they accomplish no more good with General tireen than they did at court tho crops are gone where the .wood-bine twinetii and the whangdoodle mourneth," and the guano men and mendiants ATLANTA t'JMAN FOUND DKAI). N'clglihor Hean] tin- Woman Croun and InvctKlgntcd. Atlanta, tia.. July 17.-Lying in a dark, foiii-smoiiiiig, upstairs room nt 52% Jones avenue, Miss Miriam Poindexter, f>u years of ago, waa round ?lead In bed Wednesduy night, su rion mied by rather suspicious cir ca ms ta aces. Albert Poindexter, 30 years of age, a half-brother of the dead woman, who occupied the room with his sis ter, wea ordered held ns a v/itnosa by Justice of Hie Peace Dodgen, who in vestigated the affair in the absence from town ol' Coroner Donehoo. Died in Room with llrotlicr. The body of tlio dead woman was lound by Mrs. Shaw, who occupies a room uoxt door. Mrs. Shaw heard the woman groan repeatedly, and then ab was for a time (inlet; then she heard the brother ol Miss Poin dexter gel up and stir about and ask his sister l'or a match for a cigarette. All was quiet again. Mrs. Shaw in vestiga I .-il, and found '.he woman dead in one bed and the brother auleep in another. She called Offi cers West and Fain from tho police station, A search by the officers revealed a complete out iii of dope Rends' In struments, which Poindexter Bays ho used freely-, and which he s;iys his sister also used. He denied al tho polite station (hat he had niven his sister any morphine, bm said she took a grain ut 2 o'clock In the af ternoon, RS the result of a previous nervous attack. The Instruments were rent io tho st i i. i ii house by tho officers. After arriving, Poindexter begged for an in jeri ion. ile said he had used mor phine for seven years, and thal his sister had used it nu equal length of linio. His lefl arm bore countless ma rks of i he noodle. Poindexter says be and his sister had occupied the room about five months, coming there from Poplar street. He nave Iiis occupation us lh:ii of n musician, but stated that he uns ai present repairing medical lu trumcnts. Delay In commencing treatment for a slight Irregularity that could lia ve been cured quickly by Foley's Kidney Remedy may result in a seri ous kidney disease. Foley's Kidney Remedy builds up the worn-out tis sues and streunt liens these organs. J. W. Beil, Walhalla; Stonecypher Pharmacy, Westminster, S. C. Atlanta Man Invents Life-Preserver. ( Atlanta Constitution.) A perfectly safe life-preserver lias been invented and patented by the National Hoard of Life Saving Appli. anees. This preserver ls the Invention of an Atlanta man, L. I). MacDonald, at :i!il Peachtree street, and for the past 2ti years an engineer on the At lanta and West Point Railroad. The preserver is a leather belt oil ed, to which !s al ladled four hermet ically sealed zinc spheres. These s|iheres are so attached to the belt thal they may be slid around the belt and placed in any desirable po sition The spheres are six Inches in di ameter and will sustain a weight of "?tin pounds. The entire weight of the preserver is four pounds, while those in use yu the varions ocean going boats weigh twelve pounds. A recent test made of the Mnc Donald preserver al Boston was at tended by twelve members of the Hoard of Life-Saving Appliances, mid it was pronounced a huge success. Tin- son of the captain of the life saving station at Boston jumped into Hie water with one of tho life-pre servera attached to bini, li" was able to stand boll upright, lay on his back or In any position he desired just by turning the spheres around the belt lo Hie desired post ion. Rapt. MacDonald said Hial as the government had accepted Iiis pre server he expected to receive an or der shortly for at least a thousand of them, to be put al the different life saving stations along tIm coast Thc preservers will be made In Ww York. Many people with chronic throat and lung Double have found comfort and relief in Foley's Honey and Tar, as il cures stubborn coughs after oilier treatment lias failed. L. M. Buggies, Reasnor, Iowa, writes: "Tho doctors said I had consump tion, and I got no better until 1 took Foley's Honey and Tar. lt stopped tho hemorrhages and pain in my lungs and they are now as Bound as a bullet." J. W. Bell, Walhalla; Stonocypher Pharmacy, Westmin ster, s. c. will have to suffer with the sons of (oil, for there ls nothing doing. Madame Rumor says wedding bells . an be heard in the distance. Prof. M. C. Barton, of Piedmont, is smiling from "ear to ear" since the arrival ol' another bouncing baby boy at lils house. Congratulations, old boy. and may your greatest trou ble.-, be iiilie ones. Our country is Hooded with any quantity of the long-tailed Ken lucky nuiles, prices ranging any where from $l.">0 to $300, and with high-priced Western corn to feed on, and crops so grassy one can't tell the Hiddle I rom the row, there's mighty little left to tell the sad tale bul their long tails. As an old dar key was heard to remark recently: "Oh, how good dem big fat. mules drove when we first bought 'em, but now they will hardly make a decent shadow." Better let big, fat, high priced things alone, and deal wit ii something cheaper until the tide of fort nae turns a poor man's way. T. B. W. Foley's Honey and Tar not only slops chronic coughs that weaken the constitution and develop Into consumption, but heals and strength ens the lungs. It affords comfort and relief in the worst cases of chronic bronchitis, asthma, hay fever ??nd lung trouble. J. W. Bell, Walhalla; Stoneoypher Pharmacy, Westminster, S. C. 1 FOR ALL CREATION TAe one great remet/y* fora// j acfies a?a pa/ns m man anet beast NOAHS LINIMENT NOAHS NERVE, BONE AND MUSCLE LINIMENT Contains the old-fashioned ingredients of liniments used by your grandparents, and it also embodies the latest and up-to-date discoveries. It is therefore the advantage over remedies that have been before the pub lic 25 or 50 years, in that it is up-to-date in its ingredients, it is Triple Strength, and the Most Penetrating, therefore Most Effective. Best for All Nerve, Bone and Muscle Aches and Pains. It strikes almost instantly into the cord s, muscles and nerves in any part of the body, giving relief more quickly than any other remedy known, because of its pe culiar penetrating properties. Absolutely pure, for internal and external uses foi1 mun and beast. For All Creation. Try it. 25c. Sold by druggists everywhere. Money refunded If lt fulls to do nil claimed. Sample on request. Noah Remedy Co., Boston and Itiebmond, l . S. A. I lieut tor rheumatism, aclatlca, lame back, ntlff Joint? anti ninncle?, nore throat, rollin, ntraina, nuralnn, eiitn, lmil?e*, colle, cramp*, InrilKCMtlon, etc., etc, GUAKAXTKUU AND SOLI) KV l>H. J. \Y. ULLI,, WA MIALLA, AM) \V. J. LUNNEY, SKXKCA. KNOCK AUDEN AS RESCUER. Beturns to Aid Re-Wedded Wife Af< ter Absence <>t* ?21 Years. Wllkesburre, Pa., July 17.- A now rolo for an Enoch Ardon was clouted hore this work by the Uov. John Tag gart, who returned after being con sidered dead for 2 1 years in order to aid his wife. Taggart was, in the winier ol' 1887, an active preacher ol' tho Methodist Episcopal church at Bloomsburg, and he married there Elizabeth I voy, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George lvey. A son was born to j Hiern ino following year, and a few weeks after the birth Taggart disap peared. His wife finally heard that he had been drowned in the Johnstown Hood, and ill June, I S02. she wedded | Samuel Van Horn, of Bloomsburg.' Two children were born to them and lately they have been living in Hem lock township, Columbia county. A few months ago Van Horn was ar rested and has since been in jail. Yesterday Taggart turned up. He told his wife that lie had heard she was in trouble and had returned to take her and her children away to some part of the country where they could begin life anew. He said he did not know why he went away; that he had lost control of himself, and when he had finally regained his senses he learned that slie was married, and he decided to remain away. He has been all over the country, he said, and would not have returned had he not learned his wife was in trouble. Tin- wife agreed to go away with him and Van Horn, who was consult ed in jail, said he would not try to stop thom. Soothes aching pain. Heals cuts or burns without a scar. Cures piles, eczema, salt rheum, any itching. 1 loan's Ointment. Your druggist sells it. Triple Killing by a Negro. A special from Burgass, N. C., says: Early last Wednesday Walter Williams, colored, :'.r> years old,liv ing near that place, shot and killed Henry Hayes, his brother-in-law, his wife. Mary Williams, and thou him self. Williams and his wife bad not lived happily and throe weeks ago agreed on a peaceful separation after dividing their personal effects, the man leaving for Georgetown, S. C. He returned Sunday, liowover.and attempted a reconcilation, and upon Its failure this morning tanked up on a so-called prohibition beverage and repaired to a brick yard, whore Ids brother-in-law was at work and tired upon him, killing bim instantly. Then going to the homo of his wife he shot her to death through the right breast. Reloading his gun lie emptied the contents of both barrels Into himself, dying two hours later. Williams charged his brother-in law with undue interference in his domestic affairs. Burials Above (?round. Burial in mnrble, stone and con crete graves above ground, willoh is already customary in several sections of the South, will soon become uni versal In this country, according to speeches made at the convention of the Southeastern Marble and Gran it?' Dealers, which was held In At lanta last week. Alabama, Georgia, Florida and South Carolina were rep resented at the convention. SCOTT'S EMULSION ?topa losa of flesh in babiea ?itu children and in adulta in summer aa well aa winter. Some people have gained a pound a day while taking it. Ttk* lt im . Util? cold water or milk. Get * ?malt bottle now. All IHugjjUU .THE sr AN b A R O Oi" THC wom.1 KILLED SELF TO AVOID ARREST. Lighthouse Keeper Shoots Soil' While Officer* Force Door. Charleston, July 16.- Rather (han submit to arrest on tho charm' of at tempting to assault the daughter of another lighthouse keeper, Ludwig Jacobson, a Swede, seond light keeper, committed suicide this after, noon at his quarters on .Morris Is land. Deputy Marshal Adams and posse w? nt down on a lighthouse launch to make the arrest, and while they were haltering down the door of the man's house, after he had refused to sur render, a pistol sliot was heard, and Jacobson was lound with ail ugly wound in the mouth, having shot himself rather than submit to arrest. The body was brought to Charleston and turned over to the Eagles, Ja cobson being a member of that order. The attempt to chloroform and as sault the young woman was made early this morning. Jacobson had been drinking. "I suffered habitually from con stipation. Doan's Itegulets relieved and strengthened the bowels so that they hnve been regular ever since." A. E. Davis, Grocer, Sulphur Springs, Texas. Flour Drops $1.25 a Barrel. (Atlanta Constitution, 12th.) True to the prediction made by a wholesale Hour dealer In Atlanta during the latter part of June that flour would drop $J.*i6 a barrel on or about July ld, this prediction came true last week. Flour that, at the time the prediction was made, was selling at $7.75 a barrel, was sold last week at $f?.50 a barrel. So sanguine was this merchant that the drop would come that he sold hundreds of barrels of Hour against ibis price for delivery on or after the date named. Patten's successful wheat cornel4 had sent Hour soaring, and il remain ed high until the new crop of wheal began lo come in to the mills. This look place in Tennessee last week, and with the supply of new wheat coining in the price tumbled: Reports indicate a good crop, and iii is expected that as tb > season ad vances and the other mills further west get I heir new supply it will take another tumble. Trivial Quarrel Ends in Killing. Oliver, Ga., July 1 I.-With a triv ial quarrel as the cause, John \V. Hodges and Rufus Lucas, both well to-do and with families, fought a pis tol duel here Saturday, in Hodges's store, and Hodges lies dead, and Lucas, with a bullet in his breast, is probably dying. Doth men emptied ?-cha ni ber revolvers, but Hodges;; aim was bad. because be was the first to be wounded. It is said by an eye-witness that Lucas-complained to I lodges because the latter, as he charged, had repeat ed a statement made by some one else that Lucas had been ''drunk on the public road." Hodges, it ls said, ordered Lucas from the store, and was invited to follow Lucas out Suddenly Hodges called out. "Put up thal." and Lucas's pistol flashed. Hodges staggered, but grasped his own pistol from the desk in his of fice. The men walked up the length of the store on opposite sides of the counter, firing until their pistols were empty. Lucas lives in the coun try four miles distant. Feel languid, weak, run-down? Headache? Stomach "off"?-Just a plain case of lazy liver. Burdock Blood Ritters tones liver and sto mach, promotes digestion, purines the blood. Watson Wanta Census Work. Columbia, July 17.-Commission er Watson went to Washington this week in the hope of getting the census director to turn over this State's work to lils department, as has been done in the case of Massa chusetts. This will bring out tho figures about three years ahead of other States. Ho will also ask for the establishment of a special tobacco experiment station in the Pee Dee section of the State. Paid $5UT> for a Thomas Cat. A London cablegram says: What is believed to be the highest price ever paid here for a domestic cat, namely $525, wns given by Mrs. Ly nas, of Chicago, for Rob Roy II, Eng land's champion male chinchilla Per sia, the winner of the numerous prizes. The nnininl will be sent to the United States on the steamer Ma jestic. EARTHQUAKE IN GREECE. Twenty Persons Dm?! .uni loo in jared in On?' Village. Athens, Greece, .Inly 1(1.-An earthquake 1ms occurred in Hie prov- 1 Ince of Ells, Hie capital ol' which ls Pyrgos. Several villanos were de stroyed, and many people perished. Tlie material loss is heavy. London. .Inly 1,6. A dispatch lo a London news hu roan from Athens ' say:; that a violent earthquake has! occurred in Southern Greece, result ing in considerable lc s of life and dam.ive to property. Twenty perons are reported dead and a hundred Injured nt one village, ami three other villages suffered heavily. The dispatch adds thal when tho delails are learned :t is likely that th.e casualty list will he greatly in creased. Punishment for Scandal-Mongers. Atlanta, (?a., July 17.-The peni tentiary stares scandal-mongers In the face now. The Georgia Senate lias passed a bill making lt a penal offense to utter any false or defama tory remark about a woman. Here tofore the women defamed had no recourse except In tho civil courts. Hut the McCurry bill changes all that and will, it is believed, put a bridle on scandalous tongues. It was not. passed without long debate, many Senators believing it Impaired right of free speech. WARNS AGAINST CHINESE. Methodist Missie.muy Bishop Tells o? Character of Orientals. A dispatch from Steuben ville, Ohio, says: ''Knowing the Chinese character as i do, in the face of the awful inn riler of the mission worker in Kew York city recently. I would not. allow a daughter of mine, or any woman, young or old, to teach in any Chinese mission in the United States." So spoke Bishop D. H. .Moore, who spent years in China for the Metho dist Episcopal church, in addressing the State Epworth League Conven tion here. Concluding, he said: "Let work be undone forever rather (I lei women attempt to do it." Flowers Without Foliage. (Garden Magazine.) One of Hie most extraordinary (lowers in cultivation is Hall's ama ryllis, which reverses the order of nature by blooming in midsummer without any foliage. Ordinary bulbs bloom in spring and rest in summer, but Hall's amaryllis suddenly appears out of the bare ground during the dry season. This extraordinary plant has fra grant, rosy lilac Howers which are banded with yellow. In the spring the leaves make their growth, die down, and after a long Interval of rest, the flower stalks appear with the strange effect here described. YOU PROVE IT! An invitation to all owners of cylinder machines Columbia and others. We could argue the quality of Columbia Indestructible Cylinder Records until a year from now-but what good would it do if you could not prove it for yourself by coming into our store and seeing and hearing it ? We could print a whole newspaper every day about the special and original Colum bia processes of manufacture-and get no where at all if the Records did not bear the evidence. COLUMBIA INDESTRUCTIBLE CYLINDER RECORDS won't break, no matter how roughly they are used, they won't wear out, no matter how often they are played. Moreover, their tone is far purer, clearer, more brilliant than tliat of any other cylinder record made. Don't merely take our word for it come inside our store and listen.Cost 35 cents! ..--: . COLUMBIA .?L. CVX/NDER RECORD''1 f """Tm*