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NEAR LY,1LNG AT ABBEVILLIE rowd Storms Jall, Takes Alleged In sul er of Young Woman. Abbevil'le Aug. 18.-Bob Davis, col red, ha a narrow escape from lynch ng, at the hands of a mob here to ight, s -the result of an alleged in a d improper proposal made to a youn lady from the cotton mill vil tead of lynching the negro, after g him from the jail, he was sub ed to other punishment. He is said o have confessed his guilt. The facts in the case, as understood ere, are as follows: About 2 o'clock today a young lady, m the cotton mill village, was on way up-town, when she was ac d by a negro man and grossly insulted. An improper proposal was made and the negro made an indecent xposure of his person in her pres nce. She ran and reported the mat er to her father and the hunt began. Davis was finally arrested, charged th being the guilty party, and lodged ,n jail. While he was not fully identi fied, little doubt was felt that he was the guilty party. It developed during the investigation that he had been an noying two other ladies recently. The -crowd which gathered was already ex cited, and this increased the excite mdent About 9 o'clock tonight a large -crowd, armed with guns, congregated -on the public square, but it was not thought 'that any attempt would be made to storm the jail. However, at about 10.30 o'clock the crowd stormed the jail, broke in the outer door, two -inner doors, broke in the cell where the prisoner was and took him from the jail. He was taken out of town, and in about one-half hour a volley of -shots was fired, indicating 'that the negro had been lynched. This proved not to be the case, however. Sheriff Lyon is absent in Columbia. The city police and other oflicers did what they .ould to protect the prisoner, but to vail. CRUSHED HIS VICTIM'S SKULL Aiken County Man Also Charged With .Firing Three Buildings. Aiken, Aug. 18.-Three buildings re burned to the ground and' a.negro, Ike. Sanders, lies at the point of death, ~th his skull crushed to a-' pulp, as e result of a wild outbreak which oc rred about 9 o'clock last night on e place of Mr. Morgan Holley, some n or fifteen miles south of here. Sanders, it seems, had gone to the~ ome of one Lee about dark, and they~ ad been sitting on the steps talking na friendly manner when Lee went o the wood pile, gathered an armful f lighitwood and with an axe entered e house, turned dpon the unsuspect-I g Sanders and struck him three rapid nd terrific blows mthe back of the ead with the axe. Lee's wife scream and cried for help and her husband ttacked her. Dragging her into the rd, he rained blows on her with a: vy stick and ended by brutally ashing>her to the ground, but she rose and fled. Lee then proceeded to re three houses in rapid succession nd made his -escape and has not yet een caught. It seems that Lee is a slow witted ellow, and that some of his neighbors: ad taken advantage of this fact to *mproperly invade his home, Sanders, 't seems, openly boasting of the fact. he acondition of affairs eventually awned upon Lee, with the result he undertook to revenge himself on the upposed guilty parties. AL INVESTIGATION CONTINUES. nspectors Get Samples From Colum bia Merchant' Columbia, Aug. 18.--Corn meal, grits1 nd other corn products exposed for le in Columbia, and in the whole e and distribuAig houses, continue - by the two special in Sthe State depaftment of ,commerce and industries, se samples are - being put~ ..ugh the strictest examination at! he State laboratories, to determine' whether or not the corn products now being sold in Columbia are spoiled and dangerous for food. An investigation conducted here several days ago show ed beyond doubt that spoiled meal was' being sold to Columbians, to be con sumed as corn meal, hominy and in other ways, and these two inspectors1 have orders to take samples from every retail and wholesale grocery store in Columbia and submit them to chemical analysis. Awaiting Results of Analyses. It will be several days yet before the reports on the analyses can be had, and until that time there will be no way of finding just what percen tage of the corn products sold in Co however, that quite a considerable quantity of the stuff which has been shipped here in the past two or three days has been held on the sidings with out unloading, until the results of the analyses can be had. Commissioner Watson and a number of the whole sale merchants of the city are waiting upon the results of the analyses be fore taking definite action. The report of the special inspector, who left Thursday morning to look into the source of this corn supply at the manufacturing plants, is expectedl probably Saturday. All these manu facturers whose goods have been found to be impure, so far, are of oth er States, but the sale of such matter being a violation of the federal laws, Commissioner Watson will be able, should he decide to do so, to bring very unpleasant prosecution against them. One Manufacturer Promises. Commissioner Watson was Thurs day afternoon and night in conference with one of these manufactur-rs, wno came here for that purpose immediate ly upon hearing of the chemists re ports on the corn meal. This manu facturer is one who supplies a large part of the South Carolina trnd.> in corn products. It is zted that he has made a prom-"e to establish at 's mill, laboratories, etc., sufficient to make tests to find out if the corn he uses is up to the standard, and left Thursday night to begin steps in that direction Friday morning. JUSTICE'S BULLET HITS LADY. Row in Spartanburg Over Drought Ef. fects Terminates Seriously. Spartanburg, S. C., Aug. 18.-Thomp son & Dillard's store, on Morgan square, one of the largest in the city, was the scene this afternoon of a fight between Magistrate T. 0. Fowler, of Reidville, -and Robert G. Gibbs, a far mer of Switzer, in the course of which, after the men had battered each oth ers' faces with their fists and been separated, Magistrate Fowler drew, a revolver and fired four times, missing Gibbs, .but wounding Mrs. Jones F. Thompson, a saleslady, and breaking a showcase and a plate glass window. The quarrel started in an argument over the effect of the drought on the crops. Mrs. Thompson had a narrow escape. The bullet struck her in the breast, but was deflectied from its course by a corset stay and inflicted only a flesh wound. The nervous shock is more serious than the injury. Both men wer arrested by the police, but released under bond. Fowler was then re.arrested on a warrant sworn out by Gibbs, charging assault and bat tery .with intent to kill. He waived. a preliminary investigation and gave bond for trial at the general ses3io:-s court. Fowler's excuse for the 9:1ot iPg is self-defence. Gibbs adi.nits he drew a knife, but says he did not do so until Fowler produc*ed the revolver. AND NOW SHE'S PROSTRATED. Young Man, -Incited to Jealousy by Sweetheart, Kills Himself. Arcadia, Fla., Aug. 17.-Despondent because his seventeen-year-old sweet heart insisted on going out with an other young man, Aldin Anderson, member of a well-known Plant City' family, placed the muzzle of a shot gun in his mouth and blew out his brains here this morning. He pulled the trigger with his toe. The young -wornan ;is, prostrated over the affair. JUDGE IiLUGH NOT TO RESIGN. Is in Tery Feeble Health, But the1 Judge Does Not Contemplate Re signing, as Reported. Abbevill', Aug. 18.-IThere is no truth'- in the report of Judge 3. C. Kugh r'esigning. He is in very feeble health, but does not contemplate re-! signmng. MYTRTLE REED'S DEATH CAUSED BY OWN HAND' Author of "Lavender and Old Lace" Took Poison With Suicidal Intent. Chicago, Aug. 18.--That Myrtle Reed McCullough, aged 37, author orf "Lavender and Old Lace," and other works, committed suicide by taking1 an 'overdose of sleeping powder was the verdict of the coroner's jury late today after hearing the testimony of~ a number of witnesses. Mrs. McCul-! lough was found dead at her home ear ly today by her maid, Miss Anna Lar-: son. A Business Woman. "They say she spurned his offer of marriage." "She did. She found that he was dependent upon a rich uncle, so she married the uncle."--Detroit Free, Press. 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