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_oF.4 VO0L. X L. O. 80. NEWBERRY. S. C., rrU(7E.SDAY A-UGUST 16, 1904 TWICE A WEIEK.S0AYA SMINNA.. Begins WE Separate this big sale from all other sales rate this summer, as I leave for the great Dry Gi and shelves for our big fall stock. We've bee Sale starts August 17th at 9 o'clock. Black Dress Goods Sale. + : 5 pieces Black Melrose, full 44 inches wide, + . worth 75 and 85c., special for this big sale, the + - yd. 4731,C. 3 pieces Black Brilliantine, full 45 inches wide; you can't match it in the State for less than 89c. yd.; special for this big sale, the yd. 48c. 5 pieces Black and Navy Blue Storm Serge, . 48 in. wide; it's the $1.oo kind; take your choice - the yd. 49c. Special One Hour Sale. At 9 o'clock Wednesday morning, for one hour, we will sell fine printed Lawn and Batiste, worth 6Y4. and 8y3c., each customer can buy -io yds. at oniy I cent the yd. Now The knife goes deeper into the prices of all b * to close out thousands of pairs of Summer Shoe cuts no figure. Every pair low shoes must anc Mimnau g The Leat WILD EXCITEMENT ple of the country. Henr IN GEORGIA TOWN tally murdered near Stat the night Of jUly 29. Aftei STATESBORO IS VIOLENTLYco e d i STIRRED.shwdtathsklso State Troops Protecting Negro Pis- ln ntuet ob oners From the Mob-Regi- frtspoe ohv e ment Called Out.tieThrwategra Augusta, Ga.. August 15.-Newstie from Statesbord, Ga., this morning Wl aoadPu e by train that fifteen negroes were ssetdo h udr lynched there by a mob for complic- e onatri onci ity in the murder of the Hodges fainme.Eieced-lp ily three weeks ago, proves to be un- ars httne oso founded. As soon as the report hiosciehdbe reached here the authorities tookupnteeroofrs steps to investigate its truth, with 'the hrnn-erodduh above result,.eoeTe wr ild The latest reports from Statesboro,beywsnthepiem received this afternoon state that ciewssonb h no lynching has taken pace yet, butpuscotiesvrad that the town is in a furor of excite- weetebd fMs ment. The negroes charged with the dsoee murder of Frank Hodges and his wife ThStesoomitr and five children three weeks ago wspto uya h have confessed to a secret organiza- ocokysedy hsw tion of negroes. whose object is the cueacodo e n murdering and robbing of white peo- 1(hneo iur~etit pie at that place. When the confes-yetraansidhym. sions became known the wyhite peopleRedadatlstng. became frenzied and started to tha e wartsicoeti jail to take the negroes out and l.vnch Ics a enmd lo them,.h atsvrldy.I Sheriff Kendricks. with two compan-ysedyta hr a ies of staEe troops. is holding the "gtie ado er crowds in check, and a whole regi- Blokcut raie ment of troops is now on the train be- prosofkliga ing rushed to Statesbpro fronm Savan- wiepol.I a n nah.l>orDaCl.anha The murder of the Hodges famrily igams ihl etm Sssilfehi h id fte p leo t country ae. Wilr J'S Big Clean idnesday Morning a md you will have the one bristling with the biggt >ods markets of the North in about ten days. P n days in preparing this sale, and every depar It's Hurry Now for Lace. The rush has never let up. Furious selling is reducing the stock, but there's fine picking yet. -. Torchon Laces i to 4 inches wide, ioc. value, take your choice the yd. 3c * 15 pieces white Allover Lace worth 5oc, take ' your choice this week at 22c. yd. *. io pieces white Allover Lace worth Si.oo, as * long as it lasts, your choice 39c. Prices Tumble in Wash Goods. A grand clean up in Wash Goods. We need . the room for our new fall stock. A big pile of * plain white Lawns in short lengths, worth 5 to 8y3c.; clear them out this week at 3c. the yd. . 48 pieces plain white Lawn, the 15c. kind, to be closed out at 8c. 35 pieces plain white Lawn, the 2o and 25c. kind, to be closed out at only 12Y2c. For another rushing week 4en's, Women's, Misses' and Children's low cut s, and to accomplish in such a short t me, we ha SHALL go. h-s! Mi fing Dry Goods House of Newberry, y hodges, the news yesterday to parties who was fou . were bru- went into the jail for the purpose. spared. esboro on He said that Will Rainey. one of the shared the crime negroes who was in jail on suspic- jects, a home was ion. was one of the principals of the has bee: the debris crime and had helped to do the deed. Igotten the grown There was a meeting of citizens yes- Wha rom some terday iabout four miles from States- not bea ry was at boro to decide what. course to pur- the Ru5 n the mo-- sue. It was decided that it was best life into est excite- to try the negroes in jail today and sian pe< nity at the nind out all they knew and by this Russian means it might be possible to get all with Ja d, negroes who were interested in the crime. The today ere arrest- people were badly wrought up yes- owed fc n with the terday afternoon, of this I after the A large number of people wvent in- Four i sti-ll more to Statesboro all day yesterday and born tc committed during all of lto night. The old [odges and~ It was decided best to have the will be er, Kittie, S Sta tesbore military company rein- ber. Ti That rob-- forced by several companies from is seven tive of the Savannah. At the citizens' meeting is three. nding of a four miles from Statesboro yester- St. P yllars near day afternoon, it has been since learn- the newt odges was ed. resolutions were passed to give Czarina the negroes a fair trial, but it is stat- bles an< company ed on reliable authority that it was tened t< ail at 11 also decided that military interference -majesty s done be- would be a signal for trouble. citedly. ler the in- that w< Statesboro CZAR HAS MALE HEIR. my dea mnt to have ersb)urg In .Minds of Russian People Greatest non of n with the Event in a Decade, three hi t daily for developed St. Petersburg, August 14.--The I regularly Czarina of Russia Friday gave birth to bandits in a boy. The child has been named What t for the ex- Alexis. S 1d robbing The birth of this boy' to the Czarina wn as the was by far the greatest evenr. in the At th< been hold- minds of the Ruissian people in a de- ty cam! s in iso- cadle. The' desire (of the emperor Brice 5: Cao told and empress for a male heir, which the Brii ince Sale! t 9 O'clock. .st bargains. This is the last sale we will inaugu- * rofits will cut no figure. We need the counters * tment joins hands. REMEMBER THE DATE. Save Money on Bed Spreads. roo large white Bed Spreads, the $1.49 kind, to go at 98c. io large white Bed Spreads, the $2.25 kind, I to go at $r.39. 67 large white Bed Spreads, the $3 oo kind, to go at $1.93 each. 200 large white Bed Spreads, the 69c. kind, tN go at 43c. each. WE STILL GROW. The carpenters are now at work on the second * floor putting in new Ceiling, Shelving and Coun ters, which will give us a great deal more room to handle our Growing Trade. When completed. we will have the largest up. stairs display rooms in the up country. in our shoes. We have only two weeks more in which ve made prices far below cost. Remember, cost mnaugh s!1I r times disappointed, has been much discussion at present: The desire of the Czar was I confess that I was once a be iot less intensely by his sub- liever in the dispensary la% as the id now that this great hope best solution of the liquor question; i realized, all else is for- but after careful study of the law and n joy over the event,.xsigcniin ne tdrn tthe event means to Russia canthpatenyrsIavcoeote ppreciated anywhere outside ofcocuintaitsthmstdn sian empire. It will put newbesceetahsevrenfotd the empire and into the Rus- nafepole ple. I'he recent disasters to "Iisrpbcacetlztonur arms in the great conflict adsml,adisefcsi otk pan, and the war in progressthgoenntftepoleutf were completely overshad-thiow hadanpuitnte *r the time being by the birt hansoh epewornteds infant. pnaymcie children had been previously "h dao h ipnaycm the Czarina.- All are girls. fo usaadi a usa f est, The Grand Duchess Olga, etuo u iete.Teojc nine years of age in Novem- 4mhllwsntohephei tania, the next to the oldest. pnay u okl t n oet .Maria is five and Anastasiasethdawenhtbililb etersburg, August 14.-When "Atovhtwlcmeaerhed s of the birth of a boy to thepesrIca'sy,bticnbeo spread on Friday the no-wos.Tedpnardbucsth I officials of the empire has- woesae nrae rm n >congratulate the Czar. Hismaethsaeacliearnkd received the felicitations ex- gnrly o niiulsn o He said: "Praise God at lasthldusacntbeerfe,bt see the accomplishment offoth isotesaeHepnhs -est wish!" Soon St. Pet- ser,adwcnhveomreel was gay with flags. The can- poprt ni etrwof'hstr Peter and Paul fortresses firedrilabmnto. mdred and one shots.________ RICE ON HIS BILL,.oa h a ecm h ieo he Author of the Brice Bill Iw! ehacadtyt eri. ys of the Purpose of the ILaighrgll m h ufr Measure.inhubn'besdthdotra opening meeting of the~ coun- erd a:gn in York conny Senator Nrevisl.te.fratril oke as follws in regard to sok i' on ogtw1.' :e bll, hic iseceiing chiscso ntprd-erald.