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W( m*d ! VOL. X. 4^ <*n ^ S 4#> ILJy ^ ~fC^ il This '? * wants "y the kind jy> 'C4* GREAT R <g$. QBGC Our line T? want yc Thorn ps< .JjUs somethii -r? 4sJT ^ ^ vji mob lynches warn Accused of Participating in a Cruta) Murder. GOVERNOR ARRIVED TOO LATE . . I l!fl?v Mrl!iw<p I?*j% nirl M.-Kito, Hiillirr, l';i iikIi t.r nr.3 >oii, I{|innT'><l ut ('art"i!'|iint Mi? J>> n Miih Tlmt Sf ortm-.l flu .f.-.ik nn.1 'i'.k?K lli?- i Prisoners I-'rnin tli? SlirrtV. Corrolfon, Miss. ? A mob of ."VVt "white citizens hatnred Mrs Met y M? ? Rao, hor son. 1 *<-1 f"? <1 Meltae. am! her i daughter, Ida M-Itac col-ire in ti??* j court-yard hero at ;? ? :. An hour ! before, Ida A!' I{: ' li . ! < : ' I ;:I ho, her moUter ai.-l i:ei brother were j tho murderers o: n.-ed !' 'i'.ilia'< : ? nnd Ills wife. iv'co wore f. end th ir j Lome having be< ri he.r. a ' ? death <Jovornr?r I.otiirain 1 -a in; t.*; ? ] j <hat a mob intended in lyneii tlio three I liejrroos, who \voro In the jail In re, ; nnd. at tlio moment of tho he::;:.11 was on tlir? outskirts o. the te-.vn. hit" ' rylnt; by aper'nl train to iiv, rt tlio ot 1 of violence. Ho nrriv. ! at tin- emmyanl a few moment* after t!i do. ih i of the victims. The mob advanced upon the Jail i:i perfect order. Its leader demanded the keys from Sheriff Ihike. and in- j formed him that no power on eartb could prevent tho lyneldn^. Judge Stevens. Presiding Tu' fi. e of I tlie f'nrrolton eir nit. ph-ido I with the i mob to allow the law to ileal with tho ' culprits, nnd W. S. Hill, th pr< >ecut- j K attorney, promised that the ft'.'- ' pV.J.I.1.1 1 _ . . worn r-utMiiu I1M>1* ."4 S\\.I( 11*121?. T1h? words might :?^ well not have been said. l'he SherifY wiis forced to surrender the keys. '/'Ik- mother. s- it and daughter vero b< und and dragg-vl I Into the court-yard. There they v.-. r strung up to limbs of trees and. n* hey swims to and fro, ilielr bodies Were riddled with bullets. Governor Longino was bit tori** chagrined to find that ho was too hue to cave the negroes from death and his State from disgrace. lie made a speech to the people in which lie deplored the lynching, and declared that terrible evils would follow tlv indiscriminate taking of life without the tonus of law. Recently two Tallafero hoys, sous n' the murdered couple, left outside their door two jugs in which they carried water to the fields where they worked. Some one put poison in the Jugs, and when old man Taliafero drank from one of them next day he was so badly poisoned that his life was saved with difficulty. F< ^ w hot weather a r wants'' like those of "pants" you NICE LI EDUCTION IN Siffi 5EBJ.SS. COX of Drv Goods i: +s )ur money's wc on and Robert h ng to surprise y CO! ^TT M > <Cy 4i" Tmeks I mm the Tniiafero hor.se led ' to the home of 1*Mward MoRae. husband of lteisy Meline. mill if was eonelildeil that Mrltne had niNoned iho ! jii'-'s. One of the Trillnlcro hoys jm?l two friends shot M.-Une to i! i 11 in Ms home, and J ho murder of Mr. and Mrs. Tallnfero was nil net of revenue. The hodlcs of the nifod ooii]de were found hy their son Linn en his return froin chuivh. :>io\: i.vNncns a v/iiitt m\i. flu .V.*m ultol it Wninivn Willie Drlri i; ?! or Horn Frtuii CJinrph, Nashville. T >nn. \ nieh at SniJtli* III i*. 1 ?e Kalh f'ouaiy. took Charley | I >av'.\ a yernu* while inn a who 1; <1 rtssvhed Mi-- TCate Hn -hes. s- yre:;,~ ! woman of that neighborhood, fr i fi. ordody of the ellin rs and ly: ot-d j liiin line IPtfely af!er the " v trial the young woman's fntli r m< anted n bench ??t?*I made nn nppi nl to lie crowd to help him take \t -t< !>. N\ In i the Sheriff ap;>-n*T-1 t*.*' !? iv prisoner n rush >vr? j nmd<? f< : h:. >. The Sh Iff n ;<! his ihnutlrs n -1 and e struggle fnilowi .! in th e. iree of which Da via si:pp< < 1 ;nvn,v nnd tin<1 cotie some distance- t fere the fact was diseovi ; 1. 11:? was <rnp tnr-'d ' y ii < < r:si:; :.!?*, Atxi.it h:t'r *i rcillo from the town tlm mob tot :> bis prisoner and s ruin; him up. I.Tiiih'.'il for Miir?Vrtmj n Vnn, P.iri"irj.'i:a:;>. Ala. rharlcs Hem!, colored, was hanged by :t mob near I.cods. In St. flair fouuty. for the int'.rdcr of WMlinin Yunn. a farm -r | I raveling through Ihc country hy ! wagon with h:s wifi> and two children. Tli Uttie family nn.ii d In tin? , Woods. While all war* asleep a negro crawled Into their tent and struck the farmer on the head with a si? hilling him. Tim negro t'.i n attacked Mrs. Vnnn. KRUCER'S TIRM R~PLY. fin "C.iii:Iiiiii> I'lgtiimu" o.iir Tint; '!.i'l? rnlitU: In l iir tnn.l. Tiie papers pritif Mr. K'-mrct s n-p.y to rlio overtures for p which we:-' received on July 'i 1 is r p'\. \vi i was a hire.-? d to (!en ::ds Hot ha 1-"! Wet and Drier y and Mr. St*\vn. - <!: "('or.tin..' ilvjhi og. AIL"vii:tion w'.l i he sent whin needed, finer fit for the i pri'si'ii! " I This r?'pi. i. only v. 'V allowed by i ! ih" censor '. lp i<? roaj'i the KnJ'. .J 1>1V3.4 Mr. Ohamhcrh in. in the H<v.*o of Cornmous. *1 *1:;r?'?l :>!! lloors inn a 1 hnr.df-1 of ^uorlllna wore anxious to arrocder. Two Ctrl* Itroniifd. bin Wood, Iwuvp years of aire. ,?rnl j her sister Mary. t?-n vears old. ho children of Van Honssolner Wrm' of , Worcester, Mass.. wen- drowm d in Coos pond, ucar Wore- \ iti ' bray effort to save their brother, .iohauie, i from drowning. Mil )RT MILL, S. C., WEI nan unr^ntfi,, fm 3 on our counte want with whic I HER AND FALL OSO JKTR7 E?RQ1 3 complete and >rth, go to the -iarris will meet ou. We hope " II III II I?? ????II? m II i i i [PAN! ILL 4c 4r 4s V V V 1/ v v DARING TRAIN ROBBER! Express Held Up Within Thirty-one Miles of Ch'cngo. DYNAMITES THE WT3UG CARS PnlMmoro nurt OMi? Flyrr 1T?>1 1 T'p i>f Tl.rivo MuHk>*?l !H?-n. V. .?<? lilmv Vim for*, llut To !ii't nf >" ?Tl?!eve?? !Yll?t.?oU Ui?s;u:; i l'uf I a t> roan CoocIkv). <" >n~o. -Four nnrl 'Ml : : hold tj*> tl: ? N'cw York aiul t "ni? :i? i%\\ : on tho 1 altlniorw and Oh' . It.ill ford at Calm tot IlelfrUs, Juct r< : i t! o Tnlinno l'no, at > o'cli ck p. m.' ': *i v trot no *nsh. They Mow ?>p< n " of :h-> 1 airjrnco cars, think'.iir it i!." press crr, terrorized tlit* tniln... i and passengers by shooting. and 1 *i;it I In the scrub oak to the west. V'o'i),: toward Tbaoy, 1ml. The attempt at train robbery Is uno of i n? boldest cn record. There Ih litih doubt It would hnvo been mic isl'ul If there had been a safe in the *ar as ilia robters expected. The train was ought to a stop by the swingi. 'l a rod 1 ght across the tracks I w ...i in a I ?nely place with opet prairie, studded hero and there witl ?!i;-.il> oak. None of tho train nieD any resistance to the robbers. A a so* n as tlie train came to a jlni.d.' tlll two of the robbers ninnnt. it hie engine nut placing revolvers al :! heads of be engineer and tire' 'a compelled them t<? uncouple tlx *\;m -t and luggage car. Tlten the ii.tMicr was ordered to go nltcad two liun 1 red feet. When tiii* was dt'iio one of the robbers placed . stick < :' dynamite at the do ?r oJ baggage en: and lighted the fuse. The explosion Mew a big hole in th? nt;d lloor ?f the oar. The rob> i'< t! - J: coin piled the ongiii ir :t ti 1 ireinnn to g<-t up Into the c.ir with hem ...ni .i search was made for the safe. Ml the tin. ? tie hnndlts were (.peri * lit th.? b:ggf?ge ear tIs -y kept v> a eons-ant tiing to keep the crew ;t s"!ijccti<-u n*d to compel the pns' iipr to remain inside the conches. S'.>t filling wlnt they sought, one y the robbers mid: "What will we 1o lot.?" Th other said: "Let's . ut of this.' Both leaped to the trotitul. ran to he side of the track, lltubt d the feico and were lost In lie darkness. While this was going on In the 'r-.-.it part of th* train the other robicrs wn*e keeflns watch over the touches in the rear. They flrcd frequently, but cc. one was hurt, the * r X 1 DNESDAY, ACGUST T, in.'jjiim.winiJiMiiirMMeit-iip.i..n? " cooling stream ir. We have jus h to crown your I SHOES JUS 9 IO We offer 0111 entire lot J L> da BELO W COST. Also ; DUGS On Han our prices will i : Company Stor you with a bro; to have a share f STO C3 BZ3 44>4444 1 ?irn-mw mi i? Trn??iumiib ?win iiibt-?-? I insscpjfern renminbi); in the <*o:iehi s mil the crew uinking no Ripn. Just icfore the rohhers who wore with lit.1 I llJtlr.Oer quit tll?? Spot Oltl' lit' tllt'lll rvivnciK.l tin' engineer's watch from ho chain. This was till the prop rty JiHt was taken. ! *. A. Applepite, of Newark. Ohio, aras the express mes -a tiger. mul wns tlouo In his car. lli> li.nl no idea 'hat a roblx'ry was lieing nileiiipt d nnfll ho heard the shooting on the >ii! ';ilo. lie thou seized a rillc, mid Mimhlng on the tuj? of tin* safoaw aiteil levo'.opiuonts. ih : TininoJ to make the tirst ll.irlit ill his power. He was Hot molested Iti imv way. He sai l that hero was mn*l?lovnble gold ami silver a 1 ho oar. am! that tin* robbers might lave seeiired a riob booty if they i.t! ooiiio 1o the rifrlit place. "I 1 in i no idea, of i-, hat i was going :o ?1< , ' saiil Anplegate. "except that ! had made up my nthul that ilioro J .vas going to bo a tight. ami that 1 ; iv:ts Tit do iiic in I I eo re'. ' i if is esthuntoil 1 tint S."io.non war. Mnred In tin' express crtr, and It is ' ollovi'd (lie roliliers knew of t!ie i -irjre amount of money ami valuable^ 1 board. THREE PERISH IN A FIRE. futlter, Son un?l t >i?uutit?-r Killed?i*ToMm? lladiy llurt. ) New York OHy. Throe persons wei'f It ill t il and one seriously Injured in n 3re In (lie three story tenement ft( ITo (Jold street. Itrooklyn The killed were .hiines McCoy. forty-tive years >Id, a tleeorator; William MrC-oy, his on. sixteen years old. anil Edna Me"oy, his daughter, eleven years old Mrs. Mary Met'oy. forty years old, tie mother of the children, was badly hurt. The Met'oy family were rut off rroin the approach to the stairway by j the fotokc ami (lames, and In their i terror probably forgot all about th? second story extension, to which they toitld easily have dropped. roAltnn; Trlot A ft eririn tt?. Since the close of the l-'osburg trial. people from nil purls of the country ! have been writing to Mayor II. S. Cussell, of I'ittstiehl. .Mass., nr-klnf liiin to discharge John Nicholson as Chief of l'oliro. The Mayor has made l> thllo reply In a letter telling what tin* prosecuting authorities did in the rase and upholding Chief Nicholson's < course. i Slmri>li(ililrri ( rlnl l.jucli TbCU." 1 Tynch them!" shouted Condon shareholders when informed by the receiver that the Standard Kxplora tin Company, a mining eon corn, had I >n wrecked l>j' the directors, who In <1 squandered the capital of $-,hwv Ika> In speculation. - ?? ( t nlirriill Suffr?cp In Culm. The Electoral Commission submitted (he draft of a proposed electoral law to the Cuban Constitutional Conveie ti</n in Havana; it provides for universal suffrage and places the natural- , LzaUon period at eight yaan* - f' A :ime , 11)01. a s ancl breezes, it received a full legs. Call and HATS. of Percales, Lawns, and other 11 full line of Staple and Fancy.. d. at iiLlLelLa TIJ nterest you. W e, where Messi ad smile and slot your patrons ' R E, s. OUTBREAK IN VENEZUEU # Government Reports Victory in Firsl FicJit on the RorJir. ! A CHEAT BATHE FOUGHT rnnur^rnU f>r;ntiHril (n Ciiloinliln I'ruli-r l>r. rialv!r:m ? {'astro l!i?? mi Anny <>1 3J,(IOO ? Colmnblii >Jn.v It" < altofi ?>n For ;m Ks]iBiniitl<iii ? Krlicln Ilea ft* a axul Country at IN*u"". V.'n- 1iIu?r1 on. T>. C.? A cable dispatch from \\ illinin AN". Ue-'-ell, Secretary of tin* 1 *nil?>?1 Sl:\t I * ition at Caracas. t<? tin* lb-parti -at of State, annoum-ed that the 1'r s ldoilt Of Velli Zllela had declared martial law oil neeoinu of the Invasion of Venezuela l?y a revoluti .nary ' fortv from Colombia. lie n! r* p uted that an army of 10,'VM) Venezuela iih were prepared to in< ? the Invaders. Advices received in Washington by Senor I'ulldo. Charge d"Affaire* of Venezuela. In a dispatch from Consul J General K. Gonzales K'-arvoi a; New Aork. are that tin" revolutionary force was routed by the Venezuelan troops ' lifter a brief battle. The d oat.h. i which was In cipher, win a translated, rend as follows: "Venezuelan forces of shout 10. POO met the Invadlnp force of revolution- | Ists, the latter led by 1Rntlffcl CJftl ! vims, nnd coiiKiletely do rroyed Ills force. A few fled across the border. I "ESTEVE8, Consul General." Senor I'ulhlo declared thai this mill'.nry stroke would end tin* whole revolutionary movement under Ga'vlra.Ile expressed the oplnieii that I'resi dm' Castro would hnve no mor< trouble from the ?n: source. and nil null ill* IIIM1 lillOVY II I'T T . I.II ' flint revolutionist1 had gone beyond the Colombian border r<>r the pu of organizing. I'r. Calvli" h - I. !s forty-five years old. a rniivi'i .ve, nnd orthodox Catholic. and . i erly Vciii 7.ni Inn Minister to S, in. If** wns born In the "}?. nartnti at < ' r't Andes, nnd has been very active re rently In the nntl Castro tro.e-a. :if. He tied from Venezuela to Colombia to organize his force-Senor Pulldo would rot discus- th question of possible eonrpl lent, bun with Colombia hy reason of the failure fif the Colomldnii Covr.-nment t?? prevent the organization of the Insurrectionary forces, but it is certain thr.t pome explanation will be naked by Von z.noln. According to a. cable dispatch rereived In New York City by Consul(Jencral K. Gonzalez ilstovea front NO. 21. ^ & 4** w ~V^jA He also ,> I line of see our ^ ,/S?L vjjfs? wash fabrics 4^ EflES. <*&?> hen you JLv. rs. Gary jP iow you lge" ^ . Li Vv. -#|#r mvym 11 " IWiMWIlM? llWl?M.,? n ?, -I President fnsrro rne nr-' move c* 1h insurgents tins been ehreko I. Tin* inessajre snM: "The Colombian Invnslnn inio Yenelueln hns lteen stieee>;sfuliy r- pell 1 " Another dispatch P'eni the Minister ;>f Foreign Affairs rea.1"All rltflit. Cnuniry t jnaee." CSenornl <In)vims, who ' it !),. tend r>f the latest revolt is said to have jtion Insurgents under bis eonm ami. lie 1< little known In tie- eonrii : I It tuny be Hint the r :i 1 1" <ler el" the rebellion, whieb lie: in a thtvaP aae.; for some time, lias in-t yet i i r ?vealed. It is knov a 1! it t' -t in f'uraeae ntul Cnlouib a \ -neruelnii <Senerals who enet.ii- of President Castro. The stiffite!'lea 's til- that ral Uiincin An-1 ! w? . v\ ni: .1 from the Pr? i !> ney about tv n y. ts i"e l.j* <lenernl <'a rro Is :ti < at. ?sted in the upr! a- 11 i < t *tj Ve\v York City a few w.-?-k !:i foynito, was .ti?T to have >m-tV to do with a rebellion \vhleh l.e Ua.t loll;; threat tie t. LARGE ORD" RS FCR FRU.T. uroii^nT-^t rlc?! ? ii M ? < \ : * v n?{|onh'?l I #?*j%?:iiuls I'rr 1 niMUi.j, riilliu!- I|>lil:i I .in > order i-.r frn t 111 I produce lisiv?? i?" :i recei vet! t y local dealers fro: a (Ii si < .oi.s of tin* Mi?|.lie \A i which have been strlcl:-'u by drought. 'hi -> ? i>i::I; I lias been larger during the pcsi uvu \w? lea tl'iti> I'Vi r before. M(?n? than 11 hundred cnrln.adn o? vegetable i and l'rislts have lici'ii slilj'i' <1 daring the past i".>:*iiilu'lit to points In Ohio. Indiana, and Illinois, and to the < !: iii lying sonili of those St.itos In tlio Mi. sissi| pi \ alley. One fojitliro of tin- market H the unprecedented demand tor lemons. From every eit.v and town in the drought-stricken region comes the cry for lei ions. South Cjirnlinu ihxtit.I A reiuiirknble feature of the industrial condition in tlio Sotnli is i|j?. great lneroj.se in he growth of cotton i:i Sitiitli in. i... . - >? v/ii - *?i . !!< iir:a offer's of 11 n- lnrpo eorisuiM I :<?n of cotton .'it I '.imr . in innki! 11: -1:ii??? adjacent t'> .10 miils invaUniMe, Mill now Instead. ns \\ as tin- :i fow .. oar:* iiuii, ?ii soiliii.* for ni *: 1:v:I of 1; nut In-low Now Vor?. - in->' at iois. It Roll, from thirl., to -orty nuiiii; illoVi. !.l|;litnlii|( Kill* ISny. While nt ..fnl a- M10 v. iliilow of t.JiO lioino of Mr.<. lC. W. Miles ;:i Stooll:ini>.1., rt ndin;; to his niotiit-r, I >?iwis \Vouver, thirteen, was ^.ruok l y llpliiniu^ anil Instantly hiliej Mis. Weaver was rendered tineonsciouj. VV lljr t?t l'aolfv I'orm. 7>r. Jameson, the 'iVansvaM rnidor. gives his views as lo the fperdlesr I way to secure the vaeiti utieil of tfoiuh Africa, in -.ni,stance Hint the minitiK population *houid he allowed to return to Joliannoshurg and mm me work.