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I NULL AND VOID. Calhoun County Election So Declared by Election Commission. J GO TO STATE BOARD. * The Board of Election Commissioners of Orangeburg County Ununi mouNljr Declare Recent Election to Establish Calhoon County Null and Void, Because Many Qualified Electors Were Not Allowed to Vote. The Board of Election Commls* sloners for County and State elections of Orangeburg County declared the late election to establish Calhoun County null and void on last Thursday. The board, which Is compoijpd of Messrs. John S. Bowman, W. Brooks Fogle and T. J. Hart, all good and true men, was unanimous In their decision. The hearing of the case consumed all of Tuesday and Wednesday, and much testimony was taken. The commissioners took tho case Wednesday night about 8 o'clock, after all the witnesses had been examined and carefully went over the testimony and the many legal points In volved before arriving at their decision, which was announced at two o'clock Thursday. The members of the Board ol Commissioners are among our best people. Mr. Bowman Is a member of the Orangeburg Bar and both Messrs. Fogle and Hart are well-todo farmers. Mr. Hart lives in the lower section of the county near the Berkely line and Mr. Fogle lives In the proposed territory of CalhoQn County and Is said to favor the new county. The following is the full text of the decision of the Board of Commissioners, which Is signed by every member of the Board of Commissioners. It has been filed with the Clerk of Court who will forward It lmmedlatelv to finvumnr AheoI "We find some Irregularities In several boxes, such as voting outside of right precincts, not demand ing proper proof of payment of taxes, etc., but we find that there are not enough of such irregularities to change the result of this election. "We further find that about G5 or more qualified electors residing within the area of the proposed new County of Calhoun, including portions of Orange, Goodbys and Poplar townships, were deprived of the constitutional right to vote in this election, as the said electors are residents of the proposed new county, while their voting places are without; and the Act of the Legislature relating to the formation of new counties does not provide the means or the opportunity to vote in such cases. "We, therefore, find that in depriving these qualified voters of the right to vote the constitutional pro vision has been violated, and on this ground we do hereby declare this election null and void." All questions of fact were decided in favor of the new county, the one point upon which the election was declared null and void being the dlsfranchlsment of voters within the new county lines whose precincts were outside, thereby depriving them of xercislng their right of suffrage. Chairman Bowman stated that the board was of the opinion that the Act passed by the Legislature governing the formation of new counties was unsconstltutional in that it made no provision for those electors who were seperated from their pro clncts to cast their ballots on questions in which they were directly in leruaieu, uu Kuttrumt'eu uiiuvr iuu law. It will l>e noticed that the Board of Commissioners sustains the contention of the Orangeburg Times and Democrat that no white Democrat, whether for or against the new county, should be deprived of his right to vote on a matter that so vitally concerns him. The Times and Democrat has made a gallant fight for these disfranchised Democrats mentioned by the Board of Commissioners, and it naturally feels elated on being sustained by the intelligent gentlemen composing it. An appeal will be taken to the State Board of Elections by the promoters of the new county. However that Board may decide the matter, It will be taken to the State Supreme Court and possibly to the United States Supreme Court, as both sides are determined to have the matter settled once for all whether a man can be deprived of his right to vote by an unconstitutional law passed bj the Legislature. When he learned of the decision of the Board of Commissioners Mr. Welch, attorney for the new county promoters, stated that the only sur prise was that the decisiou was unanimous, the new county promoters v expecting to have at least one vote. He also said that a different story would be heard after the State board reviewed the case. Col. D. O. Herbert and W. C. Wolfe Esq., who has fought man* for the disfranchised Democrats are gratified that the county board has sustained their contention, which was principally based on the point which was cited by the board as their reason for declaring the election null and void. ... i Two Tramps Killed. Two tramps were reported killed Friday in a wreck on the Iron Mountain Railroad at Swarz, La. Five cars of a freight train fell through a trestle bridge over a lake. HBak PLUNGES TO DEATH. Rich Inventor In New York Fells Seven Stories. He Was Manufacturer of Moving Picture Machines and Was Prosperous. Henry Miles, wealthy manufacturer of moving picture apparatus, in New York Thursday night met instant death when he plunged down seven stories to the rear of the Concord Hall Apartments, at the Northeast corner of One Hundred and Nineteenth street and Riverside Drive. Miles lived with his brother, Herbert, on the seventh floor. It is said that for several years he has suffered severely from Insomnia, but it Is not known whether this affected his mind sufficiently to cause him to commit suicide. The man's brother said last uight that Henry had also suffered from epileptic fits, and that it was during one of theso that he in some manner plunged over the sill of the rear window of the apartments, and landed in the court below. Miles was forty years old and unmarried. His fall was not witnessed by any one except his brother. The body went straight down and landed on the head, which crushed instantly. Death was instantaneous. A surgeon was called from J. Hood Wright Hospital and after a short examination said that there was no need for a doctor. The police were notified and ordered that the body be kept in the court until the Coroner took action. In the room which the man occupied it was found that for two months he had been keeping a diary. This little volume set forth, day by day, and sometimes hour by hour, the inventor's mental and physical condition, the number of timeB he hud suffered severely form the malady and other facts in connection with his daily life. The" last entry in this diary was marked down at 12.12 p. m? Wednesday. t was at 10:30 according to the brother, that he fell from the window. .None of the tenants were given knowledge of the tragedy Wednesday night, it being feared that many might spend the remainder of the evening elsewhere. But when the police arrived and the ambulance clanged up, some of them learned of the affair. There was no panic however. MISS SHANNON STILL MISSING. lieport That Pretty It rook land CJirl * Had Married Untrue. A dispatch from Columbia to The News and Courier says Miss Sallie Shannon, the pretty llrookland girl who left home Sunday afternoon, has not yet been located. The report from Pomarla that Miss Shannon had married in that town on Tuesday turns out to have been a hoax, and her parents are more than ever worried about their daughter. Miss Shannon left her home Sunday evening week after having entertained her sweetheart, Colt Summers. They are said to have parted in nnger, and the Inst seen of Miss Shannon was when she started across the Gervais street bridge towards the city of Columbia. The bridge keeper is positive that she did not come across the bridge that evening, and her friends fear that she jumped into the river after reaching the bridge. The river is badly swollen by the recent rains, and no search has been made for her body. The tele rsiuiii iiuiii i uiuui in it> uww muiiiilted to have been a joke, and it in denied that she has been in Potnaria at all. Miss Shannon is a pretty girl of 19 years and a popular teacher in the Brookland Methodist Sunday school. She is the daughter of Mr. D. H. Shannon. PROHIBITION REIGNS. Judge Newman Refuses to Enjoin Georgia Liquor Law. A dispatch from Atlanta. Ga., says the most notable feature of the first day of prohibition in Georgia was the refusal of Judge W. P. Newman, in the United States Circuit court to grant an injunction pending litigation which would prevent the putting into effect of the prohibition law. Papers in the case were filed late Tuesday on behalf of the breweries. Judge Newman simply filed a memorandum reading as follows: "After careful consideration an injunction pendante lite will not be granted. mis neing true it is unnecessary to call ou the defendants to show cause." Under the law the defendants in action against the prohibition bill will have until March in which to demur or tlx an answer. This leaves the whole matter in abeyance until that time. In the meantime prohibition is in effect in every district of Georgia. WRECKED BY J>YN AMITE. A Tenement House in New York Blown 1'p. At New York a dynamite bouib, believed to have been set off by members of the Black Hand Society, wrecked the entire lower floor of a five-story tenement house on East Eleveuth street Thursday night and caused a panic among the people of the neighborhood. p"* KNOCKED DOWN I < And Robbed In His Store by a ^ Negro Thief. WILL PROVE FATAL * IA Si?art?nbur?r Merchant. I? MnmW Y ously Assaulted and His Cash . tc Drawer Robbed by a Robber, Who ai SI Is Seen in the Store by a tr Woman and Child, but He Makes lr ul His Kscape and is at Large. The Spartanburg Herald of Wednesday tells of the murderous as- fE sault on Mr. Henderson, a merchant la of that city, on Tuesday night of P( last week . The Herald says a ne- 1)1 gro robber at the money drawer and the proprietor lying on the \ floor of a back room In an uncon- tr scious condition, with several c< ir hatchet wounds in the head was w what Mrs. Cora Lawrence saw when ja she entered the store of Mr. B. F. tc Henderson, on North Liberty street, a' with her little son on the evening 0( above mentioned. She spread the ^ alarm, but the robber made his es- t cape. w All that is known of the robbery e< and assault is the story told by Mrs. ^ Lawrence. She went to the store w about 8 o'clock to get Mr. Hender- s, son to read a letter for her. She w curried a small boy along with her. f' To her surprise she found a negro behind the counter. He had the money drawer out and helping him- ? self to the loose silver. She asked the negro where Mr. Henderson was. He replied that he had stepped out and left him in " charge till he came back. Mrs s Lawrence then stated that she would '( wait until he returned. The rob- a ber replied that it was no use to e do that, because it might be some ^ time before Mr Henderson returned. Mrs. Lawrence heard some one a struggling in the room to the rem a of the store room. She looked 11 hack and saw Mr. Henderson lying . on the floor. She said that sh< wouia go uacK to mm. ana tnai an .1 the powers of heaven and earth could not keep her from doing so. As she passed Into the back room the negro hastened out of the front jdoor. She found Mr. Hendersoi ^ on the floor, writhing in his own a blood, with several wounds In his ^ head and the hatchet lying near s him. He was in an unconscious d condition. She set up an alarm g and it was not long before a crowd ti gathered. y Mrs. Lawrence says that she would ,j know the negro if she saw him c again. He was a tall fellow with long mustache. He carried a tl heavy stick which was hanging on g his arm while ho was taking the ii money from the drawer. One banc' a trembled as if he were afflicted with tl rheumatism. He was a stranger. II Mr. Henderson keeps store on o North Liberty street, near the over- y head bridge. He lives alone in the d rear of the store. He Is a man oi about fifty years of age. It is not C known how much money was In the o drawer. a The policeman went to work on tl the case at once. A negro by the d name of Wallace Williams, who fit- M ted the discription of the robber ft given by Mrs. Lawrence, was ar- T rested and taken before her, but 9 she said that he was not the one, and he was then released. Williams is the negro who was tried foi the murder of Doc Westfield, color- * ed, several years ago and came clear. Mr. Henderson's skull is fraetured in three places as a result of the n< blows inflicted by the robber. The hatchet with wh'ct th" work was c< done was found beside him. It was jt] covered with blood. A report from gj the hospital at an early hour Thurs- 3, day morning says that Mr. Henderson's condition ia critical. jj. UK IS IA)ST. 5: Went to Explore the Headwaters of 01 Amazon Hirer. 1, Fears for the safety of Dr. Hamilton Rice, of Harvard University, 2, who started last summer on an expedition to explore the headwaters ar of the Amazon River, have been on ly partly allayed by the receipt of jn a letter from him written at San Martin. Colombia, on September 9. in telling of delays at the beginning ol dr of his perilous journey. It is now thirty-nine days past the date which, on setting out from Hogota. he set at the latest possible time for his arrival at Manaoa. "If I do not cable from Manaos oy No '^'n vember 20 you may give me up as m( lost," he said to his friend Dr. Hi- sh ram Bingham, of Yale, when they ini parted in Colombia last May. tei Dr. Bingham who lectured Thursday at Madison. Wis., before the American Political Science Association, said before going to the West on that he had been hoping against bu hope ever Bince that date and at last tls was almost forced to believe Dr Rice of had been killed, and perhaps eaten, by the hostile savages of the Ama ,)0 ton country. ^ Negroes Ordered to Leave. m,( Wl A special from llodge Winn par- th< ish. Louisiana, reports that on hear th< ing of an attempt by a negro to en- up ter a young girl's bed-chamber on an Sunday night the mob ordered all ov the negroes in town to leave before JJV sunset on Monday. Forty-five fam \] Hies, numbering more than two hun- an* dred persons, took part in the exo- 2". dus. to< v"t- v ''/C - " v GROUND TO PIECES. Wealthy Now York Lawyer Leaped in Front of Train. inaucial Troubles Caused By the' Panic Said to Bo the Chief Cause of Suicide. Ernest G. Stedman, one of New ork's most prominent lawyers, rated > be worth in excess of $7,000,000, id a brother of Edmund Clarence tedman, the poet-banker, last week aglcaliy committed suicide by leapig in front of a local subway train L the Fourteenth street station. The J. C. Lyon Building and Opertlng company, of which he was vicenel/lctnf a"'* J .uiuv/ui, ucuouicu auu UIICLIUI , died for several millions of dollars ist Friday wheu receivers were npointed and financial troubles arc elieved to be the chief causes of the icide. Mr. Stedman was president of the merican Cushion Elbow company easurer of the Raritan River Clay ampany, a member of several promlent clubs, and had offices on Broaday, where he was a member of the iw Arm of Stedman & Larkin. His >wn house was at 1081 Madison venue. The suicide could not have select1 a spot where his death would ave created a greater sensation, he uptown platform of the subay at Fourteenth street was crowdi with persons, mostly women, who ere waiting for trains, when Mr. tedman, who had been observed alking up and down the platform, uddenly darted through a group ol 'omen, jumped to the tracks in ront of the fast moving uptown rain. Six cars of the train had passed ver the lawyer's body before the rnin was stopped and by that time tie body had been terribly mangled. In the meantime the excitement on tie platform had become a panic, everal women who had seen the man jap to death fainted or collapsed nd for several minutes in the wild xcitement they lay about the platarm unattended. It was more than three-qunrtere ol n hour before order was restored nd that tains had resumed theii ormal running orders. AWFl'L ACCIDENT. t Ilonra Path Merchant Shoots Fatally His Wife. A frightful accident occured at lonea Path Wednesday morning, y which Mr. Sherard L. Callahan well known merchant, shot and illed his wife. Mr. Callahan had tarted out over his plantation and ecided to carry his rifle along. The un was in his bed room. He had nken it in his hands and, in some . ay, he does not know how, it was Ischnrged, the ball entering Mrs. 'allahan's temple. Mr. Callaham is almost crazed by tie accident and cannot tell how the un was fired. It had not been used 1 some time. Mrs. Callaham lived short while and never spoke after tie shot was fired. She was a Miss tohinson, of the Craytonville section f the county. She was about 35 ears old and leaves five small cliilren. The home life of Mr. and Mrs. allaliam was an unusualy hapj-v ne. They were prominent people nd had many friends and relativet iroughout the county. The accient is a most distressing one, and Ir. Cnllaham will have the heartilt sympathy of his many friends, he accident occurred between 8 and o'clock. STARTLING FIG I'HE S. [any Deaths from Accidents During the Past Year. The Chicago Tribune on Wed wuaj uiui mug in a summary ol le accidents of the year, states that 7,915 persons have been killed and ijured In accldeuts during the year, 5.CI2 having been killed and 22. 97 injured. Some of the larger items of the st are as follows: Enthquakes, landslides, etc., 21,-1 12 killed and 3,092 injured. I Explosions and mine disasters, 3. ?6 killed and 2.721 injured. Storms and floods 4,209 killed and 563 injured. Railroad wrecks, 811 killed and 639 injured. Automobile accidents, 229 killed id 704 injured. Firearms, 197 killed and 3,978 jured. Among other deaths are 2,269 lost wrecks of vessels and 492 in other ownings. llow to Cure Rheumatism. The cause of Rheumatism and kin- I ed diseases is an excess of uric ! id in the blood. To cure this terrl- 1 b disease the acid must be pmoiioa d the system so regulated that no < :>re acid will be formed In exces- j re quantities. Rheumatism Is an ternal disease and requires an Inrnal remedy* Rubbing with oils nnd ilments will not cure, affords only mporary relief at bost( causes you delay the proper treatment, and alvs the malady to get a firmer hold you. Liniments may ease the pain, t they will no more cure Rheuma m than paint will change the fibre j rotten wood. Science has at last discovered h rfect and complete cure, which Is lied Rbeumacide. Tested in huneds of cases. It has effected the >st marvelous cures; we believe 11 11 cure you. Rheumacide "gets at & joints from the inside," sweeps e poisons out of the system, tones the stomach, regulates the liver d kidneys and makes you well all er. Rheumacide "strikes the root of a disease and removes Its cause." its splendid remedy is sold by drugsts and dealers generally at 50c. d II a bottle. In tablet form at c. and 50c. a package. Get a bottle lay; delays are generous. ad* ?BW-"lli .l 11JJMIL I m A GREAT SPEECH. Senator Tillman Opens the Eyes of Many People. He Discusses the Race Question in u Calm, Dispassionate Maimer to a LurKe Audience. in accordance wiih previous announcement Senator 13. R. Tillman delivered an address on Wednesday to a large audience of ladies and gentlemen on the race problem. The audience was comuosed larc??l\ of city people, the bad roads uo doubt preventing mauy people from the country coming in to hear the distinguished speaker, as they would have liked to do. The court house, where the meet lug was held, was comfortably filled, one-third of the audienco being ladies. Senator Tillman arrived in th< city on the Atlantic Coast Line train on Tuesday afternoon at 5 o'clock and was met by Capt. daffy, Shorifl Dukes, Clerk of Court Salley, Hon. I. W. Bowman and Mr. J. C. Itansdale, of the committee appointed by the ladies to receive and entertain the senator while here Mr J. L. Sims, of the committee, was unable to meet the senator on account ol sickness in his family. The committee escorted the senator to the beautiful country home of Mrs. J. \Y. Stokes, a few miles from the city where he was royally entertained for the night. All the members ol the committee and some of theii wives were also guests of Mrs Stokes, Tuesday evening, except Mr. Sims, who, from the cause already stated, was denied that pleasure. This was not the first visit of the senator to the hospitable home ol Mrs. Stokes, as he and Mrs. Tillman have been guests there before. Mrs. Stokes drove the senator in on Wednesday morning and he ! was taken to the St. Joseph's Hotel by the committee, where he remained until time for the address. During the short time he was at the hotel a number of gentlemen called to pay their respects A few minutes before 12 o'clock he left the hotel and reached the court house just about the time appointed for the speech. He was warmly greeted on the street, and in the court house by old friends and admirers. The meeting was opened with prayer by Rev. D. D. Dantzler. Then Hon. I. \V Bowman introduced Senator Tillman in a very few words as the greatest South Carolinian and one of the foremost statesmen of the times The senator, as he arose, was greeted most enthusiastically on all sides. He opened his address by referring to his former visits to Orangeburg, and said he felt somewhat embarrassed this time because a fee was charged to hear him. He said this was done by the ladles afi his suggestion as a means to help along the grand cause they wero wishing for, and that he was glad to be able to contribute, by his time and labor, to the establishfent of a hospital where the afflicted could be treated without going to some other city. Senator Tillfan then took up the race problem and discussed it in a calm and dispassionate nianne.' There was no bitterness in his speech towards the negro as a race, but he painted out the greut danger that confronted the South in the years to come when the present means used to curtail the negro voto will no longer bo applicable. He said it was a lementable fact that more i:egro children were attending school in South Carolina than white children, and thnt it was a question of time only when there would be more negro voters in this State than white voters, lie said that the franters of the present constitution went as far as they could in disfranchising the negro without disfranchising white men, which he said would never do. He thought the day would come, unless present conditions weri changed, when the whites would divide and the negro would be brought in by the two factions of the white people to settle their political disputes. He-referred to the fact that no election on any question could be settled now in this State without the charge of fraud being charged against one side 01 the other. He cited as an evidence of what he roeaut by referring to the frequent contests over Hisnen., nary elections and new county elections. He said these contests between white people encouraged the negro to hope for political powei some day, and he thought the white people should stop it. and settle theii troubles without so much quarreling among themselves. Senator Tillman paid a grand and beautiful tribute to the womanhood of the South, who, he said, would keep the race pure, but he scored in scatching terms white men who were guilty of the great wrong to their race of raising colored families, lb said all such men were the worst enemies the South had. and that they should be made to leave the South in broad, open daylight, nevei to returu. As usual with the sen ator, he did not inince his word: when on this branch of his theme but talked out plain and in unmistakable language. He told of some of his experiences in speaking to Xortehrn people. He said the people of the North were having their eyes opened about the conditions at the South and that they were will- | ing for the South to settle the rac" question if it was llmiuated from politics. He said the Northern people had so few negroes among them tHot th? race question did not jt>?v"* ' t'tcu ( as it did the people of the South. He said the negro up North was \ NEGRO BURGLAR i u CI Enters the Heme of Mr. Wellborn, [ of Anderson. [ FIGHT IN A BED ROOM, I Mr. Wellborn Found Clio Daring ? Burglar in His Bed Hooin Clirist- ^ mas Eve Night and Has a Thrill- c ing Experience in a llaiul to Hand i Battle With the Thief, Who Hus ! Hi'fii Lodged in Jail. The People's Advocate of Ander- ( son. says Will Guyton. colored, has ( been lodged in the county jail charged with a most serious offense, the 1 penalty for which is from live years i to life sentence. i Between ten and eleven o'clock Christmas eve. Mr. and Ilrs. Will l Wellborn, who reside In Garvin ] township, seven miles nortb of the j city, were awakened from theit x sleep by footsteps in their bed room. | Thinking at once that a burglar had entered the house, Mr. Wellborn | like one dead fly in a pan of milk, which could bo swallowed by the people of that section without much inconvenience, but in the South the conditions were reversed. Here, in ' said, we would have to swallow i pan full of dead flies with hardl> enough milk to cover them. This happy illusion brought down the house. Senator Tillman's speedwas a splendid one all the way through. He thought the solution of the problem was in giving eaob , state the right to regulate the surfrage question. The above is only an imperfect synopsis of Senatoi Tillman's speech, which would have to be heard to be appreciated. It was a great speech, and was thoroughly enjoyed by all who heard it He certainly converted his audience to his way of thinking on the tremendous race problem that wil have to bo solved by the people ol the South sooner or later. Senator Tillman's reference in his speech to new county disputet was cheered to the echo by the ad voc ites of Calhoun county who were in the audience. While at dinnoi Senator Tillman was told that tin pri sent contest against Calhoun county was brought by white men who were not allowed to vote 01 the question, and he said if that was the case the supreme cour< ought, and he believed would, dec1 ire the election illegal as no white man should ho denied his right tc vote. The senator left for Columi Ida on Wednesday night.?Orangeburg Times and Democrat. \ " THE ONL in Columbia, South Caroline mak thing in the Machinery 8? ppiy h I Write us for prices be ore pla | COLUMBIA SL"1?LY j On corner opposite Seaboird Ai I I LOOK FOR THE It means that we are manufacture and sales agents for complete IN Plants, in steiim or gasoline, St ury and Portable Boilers, Si Kdgers Planers, Shingle, I and Corn Mills and anyt chlnery. Our stock prices are right ami i anteed. . Write for I GIRRES MACHINERY COMPANY, Wlkl'lil'ld illlll SuCC cssin.) Ci VAULlft-?^tltuce. and large type CUlitiOWfr. *K'S* Krovvcr# 1,1 die world. \Vc li VAimACr.^T ?'?ck to* years, and II is safe to say tainable. Tliey have successfully stood j M drouth and arc relied on by the most promi I South. We guarantee full count and safe arr BV PRICES: Cabbage and Lettuce f. o. b. Young per thousand, 5 to 9.000 at Si.2* per fhousanr H Cauliflower, S.VOO per thousand, <|iiantitics in p Write your name and express offi KW W. R MART. E.NTI References Enterprise (tank, Charleston, CATALOG! Barge White Iron Bed I V' 18 00 ImM Beautiful on 16 Indie* lug Roslln Blanket, per pair ?. . .11.68 / I . Sraaj ,ln?^ Floor Oil Cloth, per i WS LION FURN1 " Cuah or Crodlu COLUMBI uniped out of bed to get bis trousrs? whi< h hud been hung on a chair tear the ed. He had marketed a beef on the ifternoon before and about $40 < n his tr? users pockets. The negro A vho was r.scertalned later to be Will juyton. also grabbed for the trous rs. Mi Wellborn and the uegrd limbed and a fight ensued. The tight continued in the bed ooni for .-ome time. The darky suc:eeded in freeing himself and start d for the kitchen, which adjoins Mr. .Vellborn'u bed room. Mr. Wellborn followed and the fight was returned In the kitchen. The darkey finally got loose and vent out in the yard, where ho gathered some rocks and began throwing hem through a window in the bed ooni. One- of the biggest of these ocks crashed through the wirdow lanes an i fell In the cradle where he baby of Mr. and Mrs. Wellborn vas innocently sleeping. Luckily it iid not fall on the babe and there'ore ?he child was unharmed. Some of the neighbors of Mr Wellborn arrested Guyion the next mornng and sent for Deputy Sheriff Scott, vho carried him to Jail. Guytou claims, so it is said, that tie was drunk, and that he does not remember entering the house. It Is ilso said that Guyton owed some _ _ money to a person whl a&ked him for it on Tuesday afternoon. It is said that he told the man Hint >10 (liil nnt hnrn thp mnnpv thtn >ut that his employer, Mr. Wellborn, tiad It and that he would Ret It from film that night. It Is said that the larkey knew that Mr. Wellborn had sold some beef on the afternoon,, before and knew that he had the- $1.0 In his room. ltiind Tiger Whiskey. A dispatch from Greenwood to The State says the only report of any Christmas fatalities in that rounty reached the city of Greenwood on Friday. Acenrding to this report seven negroes were badly shot at a hot sapper Thursday night given at the home of a negro. Press Carter, on G. M. Kinard's plantation, eight miles below Greenwood. One negro. Miles Moore. Is expected to die. The others, though badly wounded -nay recover. All parties were drinking. Shotguns were used and the "-minded ones ure well peppered with shot. GOLD DOLLARS Can't Re Had For Fifty Cents. NEITHER Can $ l."?0 Pianos be sold for $800. We have no fictitious prices on pianos. Can sell good pianos for $250 which are far sperior to some advertised as $450 pianos. Special offer $300. Our years of honest dealings here is our gunrnntee. If you desire reliable Pianos and Organs, write for catalogs, prices and terms. MA MINES MUSIC HOUSE, -I V IIIII".'.. ft iv/ v n ?'J log a specialty of handling erary- | inc. clng order elaewhera. CO., Colmnbla, S. O. r Line Passenger Station. 1 TRADEMARK : : Box HO, Columbia, 8. C. rHE ibhage. Big Boston LetCrown front seed* of the ^^LVvAJ^ff avc worked diligently on our l^fVST that to-day they are the best obthe inoat severe tests of cold and ^y*RIBT)P , ncnt growers of every section of the I ivjI of all goods shipped hy express. % I s Island. S00 for >1 00. I to S.OOO at SI SO 1; 10.000 and over at $1.00 per thousand. ice plainly and mail urdcra to ,S. C.; rostmaster. Enterprise, S. C. JE FREE! < n Palm, Alarm Clock, large ulna h .. 75o nickel .. Ma Cocoa Door Mat, 14x24, special Ma *quarr ynrd.. 40s i ITURE CO. MM Order by MaJL Lar*? Oak Cfeakrt A? & G.,^. ?VM -J