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Miss Nettle Blackmore, Minneapolis, tells how any young woman may be per manently cured of monthly pains by taking Lydia R Pinkham's Vegetable Compound* "Young Women:?I had frequent headaches of a severe nature, dark spots before my eyes, and at my menstrual periods I suffered untold, agony. A member of the lodge advised me to try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, but I only scorned good advice and felt that my case was hopeless, but she kept at me until I bought a bottle and started taking it. I soon had the best reason in the world to change my opinion of the medicine, as each day my health improved, and finally I was entirely without pain at my menstruation periods. I am most grateful"? Nettie Blackmore, 28 Central Ave., Minneapolis, Minn, Painful Periods - ?* are quickly and permanently overcome by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The above letter is only one of hundreds of thousands which prove this statement to be a fact. Menstruation Is a severe strain on a woman's vitality,?if it is painful something is wrong. Don't take narcotics to deaden the pain, but remove* the cause?perhaps it is caused by irregularity or womb displace ments, or the development of a tumor. Whatever it is, Lydia JE. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is guaranteed to.cure it. J If there is anything- about your case about which ycm would like special advice, write freely to Mrs. Pinkham. She will treat your letter as strictly confidential. She can surely help you, for no person in America can speak from a wider experience in treating female ills. She has helped hundreds of thousands of women back to health. Her address is Lynn, Mass., and her advice is free. You are very foolish if you do not accept her kind invitation. Details of Another Case. "Dear Mrs. Pinkham:?Ignorance and carelessness is the cause of most of the suffer ings of women. I believe that if we properly understood the laws of health we would all be welL but if the sick women only knew the truth about Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, they would be saved much suffer ing and would soon be cured. tt I used it for five months for a local diffi culty which had troubled me for years, and for which I had- spent hundreds of dollars in the vain endeavor to rec tify. My life forces were being sapped, md I was daily losing my -vitality. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured me completely, and I. am now enjoying the best of health, and am most gratefuLand only too pleased to endorse such a great remedy."?Miss Jennie L.-Edwards, ?04 H St, N. W., Washington, D. C. Mrs. Pinkham, whose address is Lynn, Mass., will answer cheer fully and without cost all letters addressed to her by sick women* I A Great - Bargain Sale 8 5 From now until stock-taking, which will take place about the 1st of February, we pro pose to reduce our stock. In order to do so we have cut our prices down to original New York cost and will sell all of our Fall and Winter goods at actual cost. All other "goods going at close prices. The'first call to our Store will convince you'that wejnean exactly what we say. Gives us a call. Yours for Business, ? o The Edisto | Dry Goods Co. j Next door to The I.S. Harley Mercantile Co. ??^??????????????????????^??????ii?B?ii?i?M?ioe?S BOT'S BODY FOUND Where He Was Murdered Weeks Ago by Strange Negro. STILL NO TEACE OF THE NEGRO. Two Hunters Discover Badly De composed Remains as One of Them, by Chance, Jumps a Ditch. The Columbia State of Wednesday says the body of 16-year-old Stephen Howell who so mysteriously disappear ed after a trip into the country in company with a strange negro after Christmas holly and who was believed to have been murdered by this negro, was found Tuesday Jan. 12, by two hunters. The corpse was lying face down in a ditch near a stream in a thick, and dark and dismal piece of wood far from any public highway on the Suber place, three miles southeast of the city. It was in this direction the boy was last seen in company with the negro in a wagon belonging | to Fhilip Epstin, who had hired the two to go out on this errand, which proved the last for the boy and the I beginning of a tragic and grief-laden chapter which is burned into the mind of his poor old mother. The body lies in Van Metre's mor gue awaiting an inquest which will be held by the coroner Wednesday. It will be carried to bis former home at Killians Thursday for burial. discovery by merest chance The case would still be as deep and perplexing a mystery today but for chance which induced one cf the hun ters to jump across the little ditch where the body was lyiDg, this act re sulting in the discovery. The body lay face downward, head up stream and was in a badly decomposed state. The face was lying in about two inch es of water, the overflow from a near by small braoch, and a clot of leaves bad been washed up against the side of the face. The axe, which the ne gro failed to return with the wagon on the afternoon of the disappearance when be reported to Mrs. Epstin that Stephen had jumped off the wagon to go home on Assembly street, was found leaning against a tree about ?ve steps off. There was not a trace of blood on either the blade or the handle; the blade was rusty and the print left in the earth when'it was lifted showed that it had passed through several rains as it stood there these three weeks, a mute witness un able to lie in its terrible evidence of one of the most brutal, cruel and horri ble murders this county has yet wit nessed. Its silent testimony is corrob orated by a brutal indentation in the left side of the victim's head. Blood was even Tuesday oozing out of the nose. still no trace of negro. Not a trace has been found by either the county or city officers of eijther the person or the Dame of the mysterious negro, whose cool villainy allowed him not only to return almost through the quarters of the police within perhaps an hour after be bad slain young Howell and turn in the team and go back to his employer twice that same afternoon after a le v cents due him, but to return again two days later, on Wedesday, and seel: to collect fron Epstin at the latter's store in the same street and almost within hailing distance of police head quarters. And there is precious small chance of any valuable light being shed on this end of the mystery at the in inquest Wednesday. rain iiad obliterated tracks. The find was promptly reported in person by the hunters to the sheriff's office, and the sheriff led by the hunt ers and accompanied by Coroner Green and bis deputy, Bob Baugbman, hur ried to the scene. The sheriff was the first officer to reach the scene and he was soon afterward followed by the boy's father, John Howell, who was accompanied by his eldest son, Charlie. The relatives had been informed from police headquarters, which received the news from Policeman Jones, who was informed of the find while on duty at the union station. They found con ditions as described above. The rains had unfortunately obliterated all tell tale tracks, aod it may never be known whether the murder was committed on the spot where the body was found or whether the death-blow was dealt in the open and Hie murderer carried his victim's body at the risk of being seen at any moment until lie found this lonely spot. However, all this, important as it ought to be, may be of little consequence after all, as tbere is slim chance of the murderer being run to justice. .mother's heart pictured murder. Mrs. Howell saw a reporter at her home in Assembly street last night, but was unable to talk only in a dis connected way, a sob intervening al most between every word as she sat in a rocking chair in a cold and dimly lighted room with some ten men and women sympathizers gathered around trying to comfort her, the rythmic motions of the chair punctuating the expressions of her mother's grief. "People kept coming to me every day," she sobbed, "to tell me that Stephen must be well and all right and that the negro could not have murdered him in the circumstances, but my mother's heart could not lis ten to them in belief. I knew that my poor boy had been cruelly murdered. I knew that there is no accounting for what kind of an awful crime a negro will commit. And now it has all come true as I have been seeing it all along." The police have of course interested themselves in the case and have faith fully gone through the routine pro cedure they adopt in an instance of its general character, but they have never been able to generate anything like enthusiasm, believing as they have all along that there was no rea son to fear that violence had been done. Even yesterday they discredit i ed the first reports that came in ol ' the find in t!1 ?? ? tr?? manner they have discredited ih< ! tuy rumors that gained circu'.at i i im time to time heretofore. some strange features. The case has been characterized by many wierdiy si range features, which have been fdllj portrayed in several articles published in The State from time to time since the disappearance. Following are extracts from The State's first report of the disappear ance: "A queer and perplexing mystery enshrouds the disappearance last Mon day afternoon out on the Garner's Ferry road of young Stephen Howell. His relatives have been conducting a most diiligent. thorough and painstak ing as well as painful and anxious search for the boy since early Tues day mornig. They have worked out every plausible theory or suggestion to its logical conclusion, and the police have been at work on the case, but the only tangible reward for these efforts is that Howell was last seen on Monday afternoon about 12. :i0 or 1 o'clock by a relative who recognized him and saluted him. This was on the Garner's Ferry road near the Hardin street crossing.' "The team started out into the country about noon Monday. Mrs. Epstin says that the negro returned with the wagon at about 3.30 and came back about 6 o'clock to collect for his services. When she asked after Howell the negro told her that the white boy had jumped off at Assembly street, saying he /vas going borne and asking him (the negro) to drive the team to Mr. Epstin's. No further trace can be found of the negro, who seems to be a stranger in Columbia. He was piched up Monday muiutog loafing about the Southern's freight station by Mr. Epstin, who einuluyed him to assist in hauling some whiskey to the dispensary for the contables. Mr. Epstine did not a&k the negro's name. "The negro did not return the axe with the wagon aud no load was brought back from the country. He bad iiO reason to think that Howell bad auy money or other valuables about his person, and so far as is known the two had never exchanged a cross word. "The negro is described as being about 5 feet 6 inches tall; weighs about 150 pounds; copper colored complexion, short, thin moustache; teeth set somewhat apart; wore a browu over-coat and a felt hat. "Howell is rather spare built, has fair complexion and blue eyes, about the same height as the negro. He was a bright, intelligent, healthful looking boy."_ WRECK NEAR CHARLESTON. The Rcfpilar Freight Train Crashes Into a Phosphate Special. The Charleston Post says: With a fearful crash freight train No. 70. of the Southern railway ran into a phos phate train at Disher's curve about 2 o'clock Wednesday morning killing Fireman John Smith, colored, who was on the helping engineer attached to the phospha* * a.in, and seriously injuring Firem*_..R. Robinson of the regular frieght train. A number of freight cars were derailed and the engines were badly smashed up. The track was torn up for a considerable distance, but passenger traffic was not delayed owing to the fact that the Southern has double tracks out of Charleston, as far as Seven Mile, and the open track is being used until the other can he cleared. The wreck was reported immediate ly to Superintendent Heetber's office, arrl a wrecking train and crew were sent out to clear the wreck. The body of Fireman Smith was brought to the city and turned over to Coroner O'Donnell, who will hold an inquest. The injured fireman, J. R. Robinson, who was on No. 70 was sent to the St. Francis Xavier Infirmary, lie is not thought to be^fatally iujured, and is reported to be doing as well as could be expected under the circumstances. Wednesday morning a phosphate train consisting of fifteen cars weie being brought into the city yards of the Southern to be made up and sent over the line. Two engines were nec essary to bring in the train, one pull ing, the other pushing. The engine at tached to the rear of the train is known as the helping engine and Fireman Smith was on this when the collision took place resulting in his death. Train No. 70 was a regular freight train coming into Charleston. It was several hours late, from what can be learned, and was running, at a fast rate of speed. Engineer Marion Moor? er and Fireman .1. 11. Robinson were on the engine of No. 70, and just as the train rounded Disher's curve it ran into the helping engine of the phosphate train with a terrible crash. The noise was like that of a great ex plosion. Smith was horribly crushed and Fireman Robinson was thrown from his seat and badly injured. The escape of the engineers was miracu lous. _ Ancient and Modi rn Advice About how to Acquire Wealth. The ancient sages' "sure road to wealth21 was "he temperate in all things, be economical always." Mod ern life, with its "rush methods" in business requires that. "Keep healthy" be added to t he old adages. Every body knows how to be temper ate and most people how to he econom ical, hut few know how to keep per fectly healthy. Overeating, irregular habits, neglect etc, derange the stom ach liver, and bowels, causing indi gestion, torpid liver, constipation etc, Rydals Tablets are natures best ally when such conditions exist. The stom ach Tablets will digest your food, strengthen your digestive organs and cure your indigestion. The Liver Tablets will arouse your liver, Stimulate your bowels and es tablish a regular, healt hy habit. Ry dalesTablets insure good health. Sold by Dr. A. C. Dukes._ An Open Ileply. Editor Times and Democrat: The question is being duly asked as to the reason of my removal. Plcasi allow me to say that 1 commenced I business in 18% on a very small scale, and every year has shown such a steady increase until I had to get where I I can serve mv trade to better advan tage. What speaks more for an lion jest, fair dealing merchant t ban to have customers dealing today who have I dealt with him ever since he com j menced business. To see my many I friends coming year in and year out giving nie their liberal patronage I makes one feel very grateful, and I will take this method of thanking one and all for the many past favors, hop ing the future to be one of prosperity for all. Remember, 1 will he in the Sorentrue store uy Nov. 1st 1903. J. C. RAK3DALB. Two million Americans suffer the torturing pangs of dyspepsia. No need to, Burdock Blood Bitters cures. At WORE MAN'S CLOTHING. Sad Story of a Young Woman as Told by Herself. Laura Williams is the name of a young girl who has been masquerading in men's clothes and working as a line man for the Southern Bell Telephone company in several places in the State. The unmasking of the woman occurred Tuesday night at the Newberry police station, when the girl fully dressed in a man's attire walked into the office and asked for a night's lodging?fati gued and worn out she told her story to the officers. Only four weeks ago she was in Charlotte, dressed as a man, though it was in Hendersonville that she cut her long hair, discarded her dress and donned trousers. For a while she drifted; was in Asheville doing odd jobs, roamed through this section of country, and eventually got to Tryon, N. C, where she secrued a position as lineman for the Bell Telephone Com pany. Her work was satisfactory, and she remained as lineman for the company until her identity was dis covered by the men with whom she worked. Then she fled in the night, and went to Spartanburg. then to Laurens. and then to Newberry, where the police found out that she was a girl and that there was no charge against her, they became kind to the young woman and are disposed to help her as much as possible. At her own request, in order to avoid the curious glances of the crowds that Hocked to the Newberry police station to see, slie was locked in a cell, though she can be released whenever she wishes no further pro tection from the ollicers. When ask ed why she masqueraded as a man, she repered that she had found it impossible to get along as a woman: she told a tale of being miserable and having no friends. It was in this frame of mind that she bought a suit of men's clothes and bade farewell to her womanhood. When she first entered the service of the telephone company she did her work satisfactorily, but after a few weeks she felt that she was about to be detected, and left the line force at Tryon, N. C. After a number of dis appointing experiences and rebuffs that touched her feminine sensitive ness, she arrived in Newberry and amid tears told that she was but a woman after all. SAYS HE IS INNOCENT. Ucv. J. Barr Harris Writes to The Rock Hill Herald. The following, written from the Montana penitentiary to the editor of the Herald, will explain itself and will be accepted by the friends of Mr. Harris and all who love justice as a complete refutation of the monstrous charge on which he was convicted on the testimony of a woman whosj char acter, according to the evidence, was not above reproach. The letter is as follows: ' Deer Lodge, Mt,., Dec. 17, 1903. J. J. BnlL* Ed. Bock Hill Herald: Dear Sir: Through the great kind ness of the warden of the penitentiary 1 have been permitted to write a few lines for your paper which I trust you will publish. In a recent issue of the Herald 1 notice that a petition lias been circulated in your town asking the governor of Montana to exercise executive clemency in pardoning me. Allow me to thank you ana each ot the petitioners for their kindness and interest in my welfare, but let me say to them that I have written the Gov ernor of Montana that I would not accept a pardon only upon the condi tion the woman whose perjury placed me here make confession of her per jury. 1 am as innocent of the charge as is anyone who will read these lines, but I could not prove it absolutely and may never be able to do so till I face her at the judgement bar of God. There, thank God, the truth will be i known, and it will be seen that 1 was j the victim of a well laid plot. I I am well and as happy as anyone 'could be under the circumstances. I The officers of the prison have been I uniformly kind to me. For several j months I have been in charge of the 1 prison hospital. Again, let me thank the petition ! ers for their kindness and say to them that 1 have reached the above deci sion concerning a pardon after mature deliberation and earnest prayer. Wishing you and the readers of the Gerald every laudable success and ask ing the prayers of each of your read ers in my behalf, I remain. Sincerely yours. .1. Baku FIakkis. ??Lit tie('olds'* neglected -I housands of lives sacrificed every year. Dr. Wood's Norway Bine Svrup cures ' little colds cures big colds too. down ! to the very verge of consumption. ! A Bicycle Buggy Given Away! I THIRD OFFER. I propose to give lo all of my customers who sett lie their vehicle accounts bet ween now (Jan. 1st. 1IKI4) and Jan. 1st, 1905 a chance to guess t lie number of vevicles sold by me during t he year (HK14.) To the one 'guessing the number, or ncaresi io it. I will give a BICYCLE IH.'GGY absolutely free on the first dav of Jan. I1WC?. All persons purchasing a vehicle and paying tor same be fore Jan. 1st. iuof? will also be enl it led lo a guess. Yours for business, L. E. RI LEY. Notice. ON JANUARY '22 1904, 1 WILL tile my final account .with the Judge of Probate for Orangeburg county, as Guardian of Louis G. Huttc and at same time will ask for letters dismissary. James IIutto.? COLD then PNEUMONIA So many people who have apparently recovered from a cold are stricken with Pneumonia. This is due to the fact that the bronchial tubes and lungs are in a weakened condition and unable to resist that terrible disease. OPAAC, the greatest throat and lun<j remedy, will kill a cold in twenty-four hours. Physicians are con- j stantly prescribing and recommending Opaac to their patients, as it I is purely vegetable, never causing that nauseating effect which F follow quinine and other drugs containing opiates. OPAAC Cures a in 24 Hours LIKE MAGIC A Sure Cure for LaGrippe, Catarrh, Colds, Coughs, Croup? Bronchitis, Pleurisy, Whooping Cough, Neuralgia; and Prevents Pneumonia and Consumption. This wonderful remedy was not discovered by accident, but j Is the result of scientific investigation by a prominent physician after many years of study and labor. All dangerous ingredients, such as drugs and opiates, are eliminated. The curative properties ; of ?PAAC act immediately and is guaranteed to break up in a lew hours any cold or feverish symptoms not too long neglected. Buy a Box Today. Price 25c. Be sure you get the genuine. If your druggist does not have h, send us your name and address for free sample. IRVING DRUG COMPANY, Philadelphia, Pa. For Sale by Lowman &JLowman, Oraugeourg, S. C. I Going Out I I of Business. J ? Positively No Humbug, g 4 My Entire Stock Must Go f I AT ACTUAL CORT ' j AND MANY ARTICLES BELOW COST, j 5 Now is your opportunity to J V buy Goods. You can clothe * A your family cheap. J g A A Don't fail to Come Before our Goods are J ? Picked Over. 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