Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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GENERAL NEWS NOTES. ftems of More of Less Interest Con densed Outside the State. The New Jersey democratic conven tion selected an uninstructed delega tion to the St. Louis convention. This was followed by a bolting convention of the supporters of William Ran dolph Hearst for president. The bolters. who numbered about ioo. claiming they had been deprived of seats in the regular convention hall. met afterwards and elected 14 dele gates who will go to St. Louis and contest the seats of the men selected S at the regular convention. Thigpen Whitley, a 17-year-old boy of Washington, and a negro who was with him, were drowned at Red Banks by the overturning of a skiff. Whit ley was drowned by the frantic ne gro, who was unable to swim, seizing him in an effort to save himself. Whitley's mother was at prayer when they brought her news of her boy's 'death. By a vote of 79 to 77, after a bitter fight, the territorial democratic con vention of New Mexico instructed the delegates to the national con vention to vote for Wim. R. Hearst for the presidential nomination. Senator Dietrich, of Nebraska. has been declared by a special committee of congress to be not guilty of the charges of bribery brought against him in connection with the appoint ment of a postmaster at Hastings, Neb., and the leasing of a postoffice building in that city. An anarchist in St. Petersburg was blown to pieces by an infernal ma-. chine, which he had concealed in his trunk and which prematurely explod ed. D. T. Larkin, a depity marshal of Virginia, has been allowed $io.ooo by, the national house committee on claims towards the expense he was put to in defending himself in the courts for having killed a moonshin er. The presidental term in Mexico has been made six years. During recent practice the 12-inch gun crew of the battle ship Texas hgs gained the world's record for fast and accurate work, snatching the lau rels from the battle ships Wisconsin and Alabama, between which ships there was a dispute as to the cham pionship. Robbers dynamited a bank building in Leesville, Fla., wrecking the front of the building and damaging the vault, but not blowing it ppen. The robbers were fired on and the shots were exchanged' but it seems that no one was hit. A negro was hanged at Moultrie.Ga., on Friday, his thirtieth birthday, for the murder of his paramour. His last request was that he be given a birth day dinner. High school students in Kansas City declare that negroes will ntever be permitted to reenter the school. The race feeling caused by the killing of Roy Martin, a white freshman, by a negro, is running high. A negro is being closely guarded in the jail at Davenport, Iowa, be cause he swallowed a valuable dia mond Masonic emblem. The negro abstracted the emblem from a tray in a jeweler's store, and the clerk turned just in time to see the negro swallow the jewel. The coroner's jury, in the investi gation of the Harwick mine disaster, in Pensylvania, in which 178 men lost their lives~on January 25th last, have returned a verdict that the state mine inspector and the superintendent of the mines are responsible, and war rants have been issued for their ar rest, charging murder.. At First Sight. Judge. The lady orator, a tall and angular female, was holding forth on the equality of the sexes and the rights of women. "Made from a rib!" she cried. "It is a canard devised by wicked men. Now, do I look as if I had been made from a rib? Do I? Can anybody say that I was? What kind of rib was I made of? I pause for a reply, if there be one." Here a small, unimportant-looking man rose and bowed, and said, gently, "Y'es'm, I thirk you were made from a rib." "You do?" she retorted, shaking a lean finger in his direction: "you do? You are another of the men who wish to claim credit for everything, are you? And so you think I was made from the rib of a man?" "No'm," was the solemn answer; "from the rib of an umbrella.M SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. Items of More of Less Interest Con densed in the State. John B. Irby. a popular y(ung man of .larlboro county. was waylaid on a road near Cheraw one night last week by two or more negroes and was shot at ten times. tive of the bullets hitting him. He returned the ir" but the negroes ran. One bullet smashed his watch. Had it entered his body instant death would have been the result. Irby did not know the negroes. He will recover. Isaiah J. McCottrie, the negro col lector of customs at Georgetown, has been reappointed his nomination be ing sent to the senate with other presidental appointments. Fifty' gallons of liquor were seized recently a't Duncans, in Spartanburg county, by dispensary constables. The liquor belonging to "no one." A span of a new steel bridge being built over Seneca river. 12 miles west of Anderson. collapsed on Thurs day. Daniel Allen. a machinist, whose home is at Fink. Ga.. was killed Another machinist was painfully but not seriously hurt, as was a negro laborer. The steel frame was being supported by upright timbers stand ing in the bed of the river. and it is ssupposed that one of the timbers lipped out of place and broke. caus ing the cillapse. The three men went down when the span fell and were burid in the debris and water. About 2o men were employed on the bridge. Eight cottages were destroyed by fir last week in one of the best negro quarters in Rock Hill. The farme'r's institute of Anderson county has got diwn 'to a practical, working basis and has apointed com mittees to confer with the Anderson chamber of comerce with refer*ence to markting cotton. It is rported from Conway that many improvements ore being made at Myrtle Beach and that it is to be mad a modern seaside resort. The thre-year-old child of Mr. John W. Engleman was run over and horribly mangled by a trolley i" Charleston, receiving injuries from which it died. Co Dress C Every day a busy day with u: department and at MONEY SAVI CHANDISE AT ALL TIMES." Thousands of people of Newt weeks. Every week brings more bus able values. EVERYTHING IN N Voiles, Etamines, Grenadines, Broadcloth, White Mohairs, Nuns black and all colors. About 200 pcs colored Dress Good About 200 pcs Blk Goods, Voiles, 65c our price About xoo pcs finer Elk Goods 'w 5 pcs 36 in Blk Taffeta Silk worth 3 pcs 36 in Bik Taffeta Silk worth 15 pcs 28 in China Silk all shades 200 Silk Waists Patterns "no twc 200 pcs fine India Linen wor':h1 200 pcs fine India Linen worth 20 1oo pcs fine India Linen worth 23 About 2000 yds Colored Lawns an About 30o0 yds Colored Lawn worth 15e our price. About 2000 yds Cotton Voiles season worth 15C and 20c ouf pr About '1oopcs of Silk Mulls and all shades worth 25 our pr 200o yds short length 40 in Whii 2500 yds A. F. C. Ginghams wort 2ooo yds 36 in Percales worth ioc 3000 yds Shirting Prints worth 63 5 bales good Sea Island worth 6J% 5 bales good Checked Homespun' 3000 yds Androscoggin Bleach w~ 2500 yds good quality 4- Bleach HOSIERY! For everybody. All kinds, best 7 and $1.00 per pair. Don't buy biggest in town. COF Congaree lodge of Odd Fellow. in C.luibia. has dloniid S1oo to the pr,po;ed Odd Fellows' orphan home at Greenville. Mr. Ribert A. Vanderhost. former lv (if Charlest,n. was found on Fri day iorning in a dying condition ly ing on the floolr of the little oice Of the Virginia Carolina Chemical con panys mill. inColiniba. A bullet had penetrated his brain. and near his hands lay a 32callibre revolver. with one empty chamber There is no ex planation whatever of the case. Mr. Vandrhost was popular among his as sociates at the mill and his services, it is said, were highly apprecated by hs superiors. His position was cler cal, having no financial responsibil itv. About 200 cords of wood in the At lantic Coast Line's wood yard in Co lumbia. were destroyed by fire on The relatives at Bennettsville of Sergt. Reynolds have received a cablegram bearing the intelligence that he was recently killed in battle near Manila. He was torn to pieces by a cannon ball and died instantly. Sergt. Reynolds was a native of Marl boro but his father now lives at Rock Spring. N. C. The young soldier had been in the Philippines but a few minths. having gone there last fall. Mrs. George Duckett, who lives near Walhalla. gave birth to triplets on the 12th of this month. All three are boys. It is reported that "the mother and children are doing well." Mr. J. C. Garlington, of Spartan tanburg. is pushing the work if pub lishing the confederate rolls. John Wood, a well known news paper man of Virginia. has resigned the position of editor and business manager of the Bristil (Tenn-Va..) Herald. and will come to Rock Hill to accept the secretaryship of the Commercial club.& Reports from Union state that most of the fruit in that section of the state has been destroyed by frost. It is stated that a small quantity in high places and on red lands has es caped. but by far the larger portion of the crop has been killed. The Atlantic Coast Line is to build a handsome depot at Dillon at a cost of $8,000. PELA] HEADQUA oods, Clothii Q. The reason is nlain. Our BIG G PRICES and by sticking strictly GOOD TREATMElS~ er.ry, town and county, and adjoinin iess to uis, and every train that corn EW DRESS GOODS. oairs, English Coverts Serges, i.eiing agd Albatros, all these in Is worth 4oc our price . . 25c Etamines and Serges worth. - . . . - 4Dc orth $i.oo our price . . 75c $.o our price . . 89c $.25 our price -. - 7c worth 75c our price . - . oc palike' '-1904 styles at actual cost. :5c our price (special) . . . c our price (special) . . 12%c Sor prce . - 15c Dimities worth rocour price 5c ;, and Dimiities and Swisses . - . . . ic and Suitings, extra good this ice . . - - - .l2%c lain and fancy "Champagne" ice . .- 15 and 20C :e Lawn . . - . 5 h oc our price .. . 8%~c our price . . . . 8%4c (our price . . - - 4%4c our price . - - - 5c % our price . . - -.5 rth c our price . . . 8SMc worth ge our price . . 7% c HOSIERY!! dyes for 5, -10, .x2%, .15, -25, -5O' Hosiery until you see our line, the 'ELAI THE LEADING STOI It is stated that now that the tcle phnie c(mpanies of the state have bzeen placed under the control Of the railriad cEommission. thoe organ desire that the cmmission -halI have a knwledge ,f the work ngsi the system, and that the sane 1udy --f their rates, mileage. etc.. he given them a; is given the roads. Ac c-rdin.gly they have invited the rail riad cE.minit;ssion ti make a tour Of inpectiin E4 the state. and visit the 4iceS in Richmond and Atlanta. and become thoroughly familiar with the workings. It is probable that :hej cimminssiiion will go. Representative Legare's bill in the house providing for a new bouy tender in the Charleston disirict. has been favorably reported by the house committee on inter-state and foreign commerce. The bill carries an appro priation of $130.000 for the construc tion of the vessel, which is intended The Leadilg "It is a great satisf * you," said one of oi * always get what w pleasant to us. We + mers they do not hc they buy medicines * business, and we st I Doctor's prescriptio * pared with accuracy a medicines are the + right. Prescriptions Newberry county fi orders answered pr I Wm. E. PELI Reliable Prescr Newberl * Aft,A04 04 .04 ND BF RTERS FOR ng, Shoes ar STORE is simply packed and crowdi to our rule of handling only "S'i T AND LOW PRICES TO EVERY g counties have taken ayvantage of o1 es to Newberry brings us more new ( RIBBONS! extra gooi About 520 pcs Taffeta Ribbon, al About 500 pcs Taffeta and |Libe: worth 25 and 35c our price. SHOES AN) All the swell toes and lasts ii One side of store zoo feet long counters and on top of counters is and Slippers-best makes and lat' pair to $5.00. By all'means, dor Ladies, Men and Children's unti please you better in style and prices CLOTHING! CLOT! xoo suits for men nobby new sty oo suits for men nobby new sty 325 suits for, men nobby new st: ioo suits for men nobby new sty 150 boys' 2 piece suits-wool-! 325 boys' 2 piece suits-wool-W 100 boys' .2 piece suits-wool-w 100 boys' 2 piece suits--Wool-W HATS! HATS!! One of the largest stocks of I et & straws for men and boys-p Ot.r line of Ladies and Men's Fu: Underwear, Shirts, Collars and C1 chiefs, Parasols, Umbrellas, Emb values in town-come to see us fc glad to show our goods, and we kne Yours for IDBI m FOR EVERYBODY. to replace the Wistaria. which has rendered such long and valuable ser cice in Charleston harbor and con anuous waterways. A mistrial has resulted in the Char leston Court in the case tried last week oi Rudolph D. Weiters gainst the dispensary constables. for io.ooo darnages for assault and bat terv. Ed. C. Harrington. mill operative at Woodruff. Spartanburg county, was assaulted and robbed on Friday night by a white man and a negro, both young and stranger-. Aarring ton. who is 5o years of age, was knocked in the head with a club and relieved of his cash, something over $o. Senator Tillman has been ordered back to his home at Edgefield by his physicians and returned the latter part of last week. Drug Store action to trade with + ir customers "We e want." That was * assure our custo- 3 Lve to worry when :>f us. We know our rive to please. Your + ns are always pre and care by us. Our best-our prices are a from any Doctor in * led promptly. Mail mptly. IAM &SON, iption Druggist, ry, S. G. kos id Hats. ad with new Spring Goods in every &YLISH AND RELIABLE MER BODY.. ur special prices during the past few oods which must be sold. Uinmatch c values in RIBBON8! shades worth 15c our price roc -ty Satin Ribbon, all shades, . . . . . 20 &25c D SLIPPERS. Patent Kid, Viel anid Velours. and that's not all-under every table, packed and jammed with new Shoes ist styles-any price from So cents a 't buy your Shoes and Slippero, you have seen our line. We can than elsewhere. [ING!! CLOTHING!!! Les-worth $ro.oo our price $7-3o Ies-worth $r5.oo our price $o.0. les-worth $7-50 our price $5-00. les-worth $rs.oo our price $12.50 'orth $i.r -5 ur price --$r.oo. Drth $2.0o our price - - $1-50 arth $3.50 our price - -$2.50. >rth $5.00 our price - -$3-75. HATS!!! HATS!!!! its in town all latest styles-in wool, rices from 25 cents to - $3-00 rishings is complete in good values. afs. Ties, Gloves, Corsets, Handker roideries and Laces. The biggest r anything you need to wear, always aw we can save you some money. godvau s.