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KILLED BY TRAIN. A Tragic End to a Long Trip For Shivment of Illicit Liq-.or 1*j. ,11 C-.,.i u . e f.-t.rt- of WX. tmbi t( -v:de the dispensary c(on sa .dringI :he dark ar f is dead, k:ld by :-he seaboard.; fN : ( y in)g "Florida ILniited:" another o)f hiis hireling.-. 1Jas \\aiter. 1 a h nu i, jil:th,: whiskey and, WVaiters' mule11 and wanhave be'.-1 seized by the cons;tablesV, and( thle m11e:, and -wagoii of the dead man are destroyed -bV the same train which in an instaat ended th: life of their owner. The acciden: in which Thompsor, w a' killed happe-ed abou.t 3on yard. beyond Weddell. a smal Ktatiun oL the Seaboard Air Line, nine miles north of Columbia. The time of it -occurrence was 9.53 o'clock on Thurs tday night. Sellers expected a shipment of ,whiskey from the Carolina Distilling company, of Hamlet, N. C., to be de livered at Blaney that night. This point is on the Seaboard just across the line in Kershaw county and iS 21 -miles from Columbia. The whiskey -arrived and Thompson and an un known helper were there with a two :mule team to receive and bring it to EColumbia or to whatever place it was to be stored. The shipment consisted -of i,ooo half-pints of the clebrated 'King's Choice" corn whiskey and six 'kegs, containing five gallons of corn each. The half pints were packed in five tarrels, containing 200 bottles each. Thompson loaded the stuff on his wagon and started on his way toward Columbia. It was dark and raining. All went well until the party neared ~Weddell, 12 miles from the starting place. About 300 yards beyond Wed .ell from Columbia the wagon road I crosses the railroad. This road, in stead of crossing the track squarely. approaches it gradually and crosses .-t an an acute angle. There is a small bridge 12 1-2 feet wide over the ditch ,beside the road bed. The ditch is :about two feet wide and two feet deep at this point. When Thompson approached this bridge, driving through the rain and dark, he cut his -team to cross the bridge just a little too soon. The front wheels passed -ever safely, but the back wh eels, of .course, did not track the frc.nt one -and the back wheel on the inside of 'the turn missed the end of the bridge and dropped into the ditch. The pre dicament was a serious one; the wag eon could not possibly be moved back STONE in the' BLADDER Q~uickly Dissolved and Removed With out Danger by Warner's Safe Cure. Stone in the bladder is one form of kidney tr~ouble--a sign tha.t the kidneys are so dis "' eased that they are no longer aile to remove all the uric acid and other potsonous waste .matters out of the~ bloo. The uii acidi accumulates in the bader and forms inuto lit tle lump's or s:otns, which pass away fromi tiue to ti:iu.in tL heurn:e. .It they are at all ]argre tah- grul jure t'ie -delicate tissues of the :uriu:ry org ans, caus-img .ingsmmation, great wea~kme-'s,.d lot infre ~quently convulsions and death. When the gravel becomes so large that it cannot be passed the uric aci 1 backs up through the blood, poisons the whbole system, and the surTerer di-s in terri-l -'n .. . There is*only ono way to. r.s ur: acid poison, and this is to CI!h '' ' out delay and get it out of the sys%tem by cak ing Warner's Safe Cure, the .sl stace that can be tiken wi.h :6. nota-,Q momen t, :-a -:u *'' .-- Ldjm takin SafeCureat one. I is a> *sl -hous drgs'i'plasn to ak,- and i prescribeed by doctors and used. in hospitahi everywvhere. Safe Cure is sold at all drug stores. 5( cents and $1.00 a bottle. ANALYSIS FREE, If after making this test you have any doubt as to the d1e)eueut of the d(ascl . our system. send a sazuple~ of your uIrineP to 'the Medical Department, Warner Safe Cure C'o., Rochester, N. Y., and our docxtors will1 analyze it and send youi a report, with advice and medic-al booklet, iree. REFUSE SUBSTITUTES AND iM!TATIONS They are worthness and very to-ften ex ceedingly dangerous. Ask for Warner's Safe Cure; it will cure you. WARN~ER'S SAFE PILLS move the bow-. w:Ird or forward until the load was removed, and the mules were stand : directly on the railroad track. Thiis was h. sItilatol when the ira L.imlted" came in sight, run a fast a:; :;he could turn a wheel 1a p.ece I track as s:raight as an arr w and~ di wn1 a heavy grade. It v idVent from the indications-and -e whole story is clear to those who taw tI.m---that Th.mp.;on. already :nxin,.- over his responsibility and exel Iv his dillemia. when lie saw he train )earing down upon him, realizlld Iiat it meant tie loss of his valuable team and wagon and of his eiiiployer%; property entrusted to his care unless the train could be stop pedi. Tried to Stop the Train. With a reckless disregard of conse uec!e he rushed along the side of the track toward the oncoming train in a vain effort to flag it down with is hat. He ha1d gone about ;o feet up the track when the thundering -rain was upon him. anc before he .ould realize his danger it had struck him and hurled him fully forty feet away, dashed the wagon and its load aside like a wisp of straw and crushed,I both mules into a lifeless and mangl ed mass. The train Nvas broug%t to a star.!. still and remained there until is was .een that no aid could be rendered. PRESSURE WAS GREAT. Roosevelt Runs up Flag of Truce as to Removal of Office-Holders Af ter Eight Years. The Washington correspondent of the News and Courier says that Pres ident Roosevelt has been so over run with office-holders and office seekers that he has been obliged to run out a flag of true in the nature of an announcement that no iron clad policy has been agreed upon by the Administration relative to the re moval of office-holders who have been in the service eigh: years. The pressure upLon the president and members of the cabinet by the office-seekers has been so great that the subject was considered at a cab inet meeting. Secretary Cortelyou. who is prob ably responsible for the suggestion, stated after the cabinet meeting that for the present it wvill be the general policy of the Administration to retain incumbents in office during satisfac tory service, irrespective of the length of service of the incumbent. It is understood that this announce ment is made to restrain the almost desperate efforts of the "ins" to hold on and the "outs" to get in. The impression has gone forth that the president thinks eight years long enough for a federal officer to hold, unless he displays exceptional ability and qualifications for the government service. All of tile repulblicanl pohitt clas in uince at on1ce took alarm and ,rriedl ti WVashingtonl or sent trust ,i azcents there to save their offncial On the other hlandr the hlungry hlerd - !ace hume r5 made a fierce assault Vn the app' imin~g powver to break in to the public service as a reward for heir "Rooseve!ti sm." The eight year annoncemlent, which the president :nade to a numbecr of hlis callers. spread through thie constantly in easig ranlks of tile place huinters d hme 'lhe- expectationsi be 1 th edrance. of thle pres'it. -h1 he priwy a'n VARDAMAN AROUSED. The Governor of Mississippi De mands a Crusade Against Criminals. A pecial froml' Jackson. Miss.. says that Governor VTardlaman ha.;s issued a ang addlreSS to the peace officers ' the state. declaring that the situa t:on il ?'.ississippi is becoming crifi cal. that crime is rampant in all quar trs of the commionwvealth. and urg ig offiers at once to begin a cru sde to clean out the dives and hatnts of criminals. Governor Vardanman said in part: "I want the negro protected in his enjoyment of life, liberty arid the pro duct of his labor and the pursuit of happiness. I want the mob spirit dis couragN ini every way ncd the only way 1 ( it is to enforce vigorously the law against vagrants ard all crim inls of both races. If this s. .1 be done 1 fcel safe in saying that crime among negros il n Mlississ,ppi during :his year will decrease seventy-tive per cent. lie declared that most of the crime byli negroes against white women has been due to the neglect of duty by the pteace oticers of the state. He assert ed tha: he has yet to hear of the crime against women being commit ted by a negro who makes his living bv honest toil. Purely Voluntary. I see a good deal about voluntary confessions these days," said Repre sentative Cooper of Texas, in the denocratic cloak room. "and every time I read about one it reminds me of a story Judge MacFarland used to tell down in my country. "Judge MacFarland had a large practice and was a rattling good law yer. He had a client named Hender son who was at daggers' point with his own father about some land which he had ;inherited from his mother. The client came to the judge one day and told him that his father had tried to poison him. " 'What evidence have you of that? asked the judge. " 'My negro, old Sam, told me so, was the reply. " 'Was his theory a voluntary one? " 'Oh, yes, entirely so. I took Sam out behind the barn and had him hit seventy lashes, and he voluntarily belched up the truth.' " C.rc2. 29otes. The finest city and village church es are painted with the Longman & Martinez Paints, and we want every church to accept our donation when ever they paint. 8 & 6 make 14. therefore when you want fourteen gallons of paint, buy only eight of L. & M. and mix six gallons of pure Linseed Oil with it, making actual cost of paint about $1.20 per gallon. Don't pay $1.50 a gallon for Lin seed Oil (worth 6o cents) which you do when you buy other paints ii a can with a paint label on it. Many houses are well painted with four gallons of L. & M. and three gallons of Linseed Oil mixe( th erewith. Wears and covers like gold. These celebrated paints are sold b: the Newberry Hardware Company NOTICE. At a meeting of the directors of th< Home Loan and Trust comp.any, helt Mlarch 2, 1905. it was decided that th< president, under the constitution anc >y-laws, call a special meeting of th< stockoders to consider two amend men-.V5 to the by-laws. First, to amend Article 2, Sectior 2. by stri king out, at the end of said secton, the words "one hundred,' and inserting in lieu therof the word fiftv." so that said section wher amended shall read as follews: "Section 2. Each member for each sare of s:ock that he- or she holds n any series of the company sha.ll pay Sr.o 00 the se-cary andt treas tetime and pl ace of sutch meetng nf some coun:y paper for one wek, and also send written notice of the time and place of such meeting :c achl sharehoider. together with ai p ro xy. Thi:s >pecial meeting of the stock holders is called for Friday, March 1th, at 8 o'clock P. M., at Council Chambers. Please at:end in person or by proxy. By order oi the president. E. H. Aull Secretary and Treasurer. J. E. Norwood, We are sho' thing new and Sprin Dr Millinery, Shoo per! REMEM We are in poc you your Spring Drec Silks, Millinery Slippers at Pri Some good Bogs Kni this week. Co alook. Hair& I The Right Pr Special Bargains at The I am going to und makes no differer 'have been quoted Second=land Clothini You have heard of the fifty-per-ce well, come to see us. We mean new stock of everything in the FL Low Prices. Neat. Pretty and S up. Matresses from $1.00 up. Stands, Dressers, Sofas, Chairs, everything going cheaper than FOR CASH OR ON R. J. Wat Upper Main Street, HUGES BROS,, MA~ N -VA T An il, Ar irons, Sas Ventilato3rs, Washe Special Castings N Gallon ill|.astiIn We repair Engine: Theshers, and a MAIL OBDERS RECEIVE OUI Hudgen: ing every up to date in iGoods! .s and Slip IBERI ition to sell is Goods, , Shoes and ces right. specials in fe Suits me and take Favird, ice Store. New Furniture Store ersell them all ~ce what prices you, I'll beat it. Bought and Sold ~nt-off sales of other stores; business! We have a brand Lrniture Line at unreasonably ~trong front Beds from $2.50 Bargains in Beds, Wash. .cunges and Matting, in fact he cfher fellow can afford INSTALLMENT. ts & Co., ewberry, S. C. LAURENI6S, . Neights,K Cane Mills, rs, Grate Bars, [ade to Order. gs A SpeCially. , Boilers, Gins, .II Machinei-y. I PROMPT ATTENTION. 3 Bros.