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SOME DISASTERS Canted by Earthquake* and Velcn- noet in the World’t Hittory MABTHflflUE ONE OF WORST ItAnkii With liUhotl an«l Kraknton iind Far Ilejrontl Pompeii. PeMcription of Two «»f the Worat l>i»*aater». Some of the greatest disasters caus ed In modem and ancient t imes by vol canic eruptions and earthquakes were the following, i>etfipnlnK~witb the l;it- est: ^ QuesalUi ang). and oilier cities in Guatemala, April 19, 1902—300 killed hy carth(iuake. Chilpancingo, Mexico, January 1(1, 1902— 300 dead; earthquake. Shamaka, Russian Transcaucasia, February, 1902— 200 killed; earth- Viuakc. Eraeroum. Armenia, November 12. 1901 —2*J killed; earthquake. Mt. Koelct, Java, May. 1901—About 2tK) killed; yolcanlC eruption. Mt. Azuma, Japan, July, 1900 20t» killed or Injured; volcanic eruption. Island of Oram, East Indies, Octo ber 10, 1999 4.tNK>killed: earthquake. A kiln, Asia Minor, Sepleml*er 20. IS99-- ■ItM) killed: earthquake. Yeortuela. April 24, is«4 a.tmo killed; •arttiqu.ike Siuthem tirrecr. April. I- , ♦I I. killed; eartliquake. Island of llutidu |nv|- lo.outt killed CltarUwUMi. S. CL temher. I"** IS k ■ RAV*1V>A RRrmoN 1 The terrible erupt ion of Mount Km- ’ katuii i» well remembenrd by Uhhis- iixls of the present ireneratkin. KrakutoH Is a vok'Mtm on an island of the same name In ihe Strait of Sunda, between Java and Sumatra. Its earliest mvinled eruption was In 1690. The volcano thru Us-nnie dor mant and stood qs an Irregular |s*ak 2.923 feel high until I9s;i, when there occurred one of the most st upendous eruptions o'vor known. The eruption Ijegitn In May and con tinued until August 27. when a large part of the Island was blown away, and t hrowrr'tsra Gaining the region of the upper air currents, the dust was carried around the entire earth and produced remark able twilight glows for many months. at a distance of 2,217 miles. The waves produced In the air travels four and a half t imes around the world. Sea waves fifty feet, high swept the neigh boring shores and smaller waves were oliserved on dlstantr coasts’over baif the globe. One hundred and sixty- three villages were detroyed and 3ti,- 3so human l»eings perished. THE AWFUL EXPERIENCE rnutinenta of pumice airi tugl „,»| w jilci .Ith refu- Farther Partirular* of the IMaMter tu Mt. Pierre. A dUpateh from Fort, l»e Kram*e, The weekly bulletin of thecondltkin which 1* an MaltIneque’ Island. Urn of the weather and the crops was Is miles from St. I’lcrre. sftvs vessels ' . .• ... . _ „ / , . , ...» i il sued last, wwk bv. I *1 rector Ratter of have Iiccn Mmt to the latter pla<v , . _ / WIHt wddlent, priests and a quantity i t-^rolina sectltm of tlie ell* pf, lire w<nh1. "|K*troletim and quick mate and crop service of thel/nited, lime, for use in t be cremation of the | status weather bureau as folio wit: ' bodies of the victims of the terrible volcanic outbreak. When nearing St. Pierre the Vessels met a number of gees. Heat, from the smoking lava, covered the ruins of St. Pierre,' was sulfocating and the stench from the corpses strewn along the streets is awful. The temperature was again ipxiut (5 degrees per day above normal during the week ending Monday "norning, May 12th, the average for the week having been 79 degrees, with maxi mum of !*!) degrees at iiowman on the lilt, and a minimum of 4K degrees at GalTney on the8th. The sunshine av- [ normal, with partly Of « Survivor of tin* St. Pierre Vol- cano. OUiiNter. - a James Taylor, who was one of fhe • •tlk-crs of the Roraima, I lie tjueliec j liiu 1 steamship that eriu* destroyt*daIn liglitiung stroke Um liarbor <-f St. Pierre, gives j» gra Only few walls are standitig.j (Tn all sides We re TcirmTt portions of j , | () u ( |y diiys^nd clear nights, corpses, which were gathered up by | The rainfall for the woek WJU4 the soldiers and gendarmes and burned €rally lijiht . exce p t in spots over the gen- on one of t he public squares. Not a drop of water is procurable ashore. Darkness Wj^s caused by the clouds of volcanic dust, shrouded the town, and continuous subterranean rumblings added to the horror of the scene. The fort and central quarter of the town were razed to the ground, and were replaced by beds of hot cinders. Iron grille work gate of the government offices alone are standing. There is no trace of streets. Huge heaps of smoking ashes are seen on all sides. Hundreds of corpses were lying in all kinds of attitudes, showing the victims h*ad met deatli as if by a Every vestige of Japan, .t MoIst, ranhqitalu*. August and *M'p- llrtf. rarthquakra Mauna tau uST.Ti] Ha hl«r t's- Mrail <4 I. iswi Kraka Auguat 1**1 36. rrupakai ^a rtl. rant»j.iak^ I aland <4 Marti 4ra4» watUaaflalkc. > akabtta ilal). rartlwiuakr krai Mwjai Ma tra4 raftiw|Mak» lit (sUi iciolbiug w;is burned away from tlie phic atory of the t ragedy of last Tlmrs- charred ('urkkisly enough day. says a dispafeJl b* Tlw* N»*w > urk Herald from -St. Kitts Island <4 SI. t hrisloplw-r. li. W I ' W«*pxprrk*ne«l tli»* irr. »t«*st dltti ctilly ingctling iuUt port.”raid lie. t A|*pl % . ' ds were twuing fn>m rhlnd the town, whk'li ilarkonw All the ip iigtvmjp wrrv tvr- '"graptis • riidxl II i rs were i bUla pie J h*'6nf a t teM>rml»ww» •• w ** » jiel 1 | w* (Aura Aiel Ur*, t. Ml . fell law In* a tala* k i wit pa.wi up 11 an 4 With War . * gangwai avail am aprawg^ta-ikurai «e» Wvwi arwg Mve w kw p i«wl Itm Iwwl»raajnpMWi tag * -|—*-| » thwl wwa winwlt wMkWWgMw. VtMr pwitiew Iralhwrt flaw /4aip r*» ke»4 aiwi I ♦aprarleft. • i.*igs«l a taraieiit •www wwmwA lira* it waw«wi WWA i iuMmb 11rw itrla tin I W*t*w6e | Iwrani « araur plewatiwg •• [ r arf y tltWwr lart -m II the lea tm »pwwwa6 It wwa M»4t [*4 a*AWr ewMMWwwWua tta» 6rai aWMwww *a»l I «pwwwM the rawi i ww*4 iVaa ahwwnwi wtNf vmI Jbwg^M tHW wmvM TMniy ‘ |t wiewi fewwwwwr wW*nwew*4* Ie4 ape •ifwaw wierat. w em f | w aw4 -wi 4w« 6 AM ah w* w*** f -4 06 |9wt»w. ra lyiwg Ihw 4ra4 a«w4 4y*aw iJilb tiy Ml tkw t atUllieWi •««• raehwMMi flkg I i TW aiM tww a leg a»a tHeat I ■ >wwM Ira Uwaa I «haaaw aie^ra tlw aww* raaaalev. t am MUra. eJhap laa hwlAera wwni fiMMni ImA #*<ra UMa* (MaranC • - a-Vr.l •4M* . i tie* feature* <4 tlie da*aat were Ui'iu^ral- ' ly calm :oid ra'|eeu'fu1. allhiuigb in* • "wane (->»>#--' lerrllak* fright .ind sigooy i ha ikqiwiasl ttriiu pilas* ut leidkea are .staked everywtMrc. showing death to, , liavc stricken them w title the crowds ' wen* vainly Mykltag t>. •su-a(■* from tlie jtrry daduge tm one *pot a gnaii <4 * nine ctttMfrtt were Watin*f 6w4mik | to rarti * it hr rs arms. a laaeltv W**t. laavl llaurtatav MaaaiaiiaU e||| >4 |Very 'IlMpt* atval kill ftie waitiute* In a wbiilwiii*t. oaultlug fraaii M<*4,t lVJ«c 1W. * pe rtawwwete llwUatal l| aw*t IwMtl- Itlikd and liar vtitcSM*' wl*«» • t a f a wwart than ai yv-ar* hAl (Wo southeastern counties and the Savan- nali valley, where it was copious, and of great iienetit to crops, although it failed to thoroughly relieve thedrought at any |K)iqt. Tliere were also numer ous but widely scattered showers on the 7-Kth over the entire State, but they were local, partial, generally light, and entirely insufficient. In the nee 1 lee sections the drought is becom ing serious. There were heavy show ers on the early morning of the 12th. in the central and northeastern roun- tios, and possibly throughout the State, lull they occurred too late to be fully reported ip this bulletin. 'Uie week was favorable for farm work which made rapid progress. I’lauting operations are pru>Tically fin ished. except on bottom lands that haw* In'cii eitIht too wet or too hard t > ■ ettilival*. It i» the eienpi ion this year to have t*«or stands >4 corn reported, and ttoieli lenw Mupi liwr usual amount >4 r> planting liaalwcn twsvMary owing to bird* and worm* ( oro haa a healthy ‘ ip(H*aramv. am! u well cultivatrtf. On the bleak aiVl Isirrcn hillside of Gnf Andie c<sa.*l. near tl^ licadwat- ers of tlie Itmmpine River more than 1,000 feet above aca level, and a long 1 way uliove timber line, wncre- none! s:ive t he Indian hunter has ever placed foot, there lie complete hulls of t wo large sliijts, petrified. This Iind is so remarkable that the discoveries of re mains of mastodons, which have Ikeen made from time to time, sinj> into in significance by comparison. Mr. Liskebe, a printer of Seattle, I Wash., who returned from the Ko-1 yukuk country recently, brought the news of the find to Dawson. Tie says that Dr. Cleveland, who is known from one end of the Territory to the other, has gone to investigate the matter. The manner of tlie discovery | was this: , , A party of Chanclelar Indians was j MASI RV'S I'.tlRT Is the Leading Faint on Un- Market. . “Standard Skidw” Co! 1 V>*ate&+ , Tri<it, Is tl c FavoriJeV jicaleis in.. Building Mater'.iU of all,K Ind j The World’s Greatest Fever' For all lormv of fever UAe JOHNSON’S CHILL AND FEVER TONIC. It is 10(1 .lines better than qnlntne and does In a Single day what slow quinine cannot do In 10 days, it’s splendid cares are In striking contrast to the feeble cures made by quinine. COSTS 50 CENTS IF IT CURES, WANT'S A HATCHERY. IS BARTOW WARREN AtiVET r |f 9 «m •Iff OYirf Vnrttnc Ai »*f llw^M UmaI llllf | 0 ipfin « *ra#| • « ■ *l*>« vtaMr rstrtit la up. nr rtwnsfra up. al tes twifip guawl siw4w Mwtw. mum •Hgm 11 wtti<*i t,ra m ’, ptwAt » gm lira »* |r«> 4rr * f MwA Maw tsnrti ( «*WaraVrf%l , *kr fra* law I km •» awl* am e* apraraAj* •. gv* hunting near the headwaters of tin Porcupine River, which they had reached by following the Chandelar Creek. «»ne day while on the side of a mountain one of the party, looking alkout for game, chanced to spijiigh on the mountain side above Inrn a rocky formation of a shape he had never seen tkefnre. He was about to I continue seareh for game, but changed his mind, and toiled up the side < f Ihe j mountain toward Hie strange ob ject. It was not till lie got it that lie | discovered that tliere were two objects very much alike, and then it sudden ly dawned upon him that there, more than one hundred miles from tlie sea. and high atmve U. were two ship*, the larg'-r pfotably pio fevt long, turned frO Ikt4 HH 4 . — ———— ——- —— -——- — - -1 Tlul lught wlwn tlie party was mi eamp tlie hunter told hi* story. It wa» not ta*llev«’d. 4kUt tie wa* k*k ikends- tent that M wg* true that reft day'tt- n and asking that a spifflaf \ i.oiti'r \\ hich It < laimckl He s like \ ery Place Wrikte to n Itelative. <>rakk>{elmrg Claim I'iW Fl*h Culture Station. / . F.-..:u The nan k end Ieii iK-rat.| A dispatch from Wasliingtbh to y j,.» j ;( ys igo w ■/voeivi ii a b tR r The State says Orangeburg is alresulv r ,.n, neMn- ..en' ( !ri/--ik oiColletoii martailling her fikrees to land tlie ii<”a , ,j .| ,,i M ^ a which lie tish cultural slatiou provitled lor m ] >;I vn w »■. v,,oii k ( u f iuilow Warren. Seuatikr Tniman's bill whicii lias pa.*s-{, i ii - grot lynan Mys under ed the kenatc and will very pn*lahly | 4Ul ,., , yj ,, ; ; pass The 1 iousc* this sesbloo. Tlic TilTI J •• Rm ♦•urries an appnipriati'm of ! * for this pttrpora:. hut leaves tlie - Hon t4 a *Ue t” Jhc trstr rrnnmt**ion * He prrarntati ve Lever has placrtl on ' it-n f tile with the eiunmlssoners a petition '.-ttc signal hy the mayor and ‘ending rtt-• man Iren* of l irangehtitg sk-ttini k* la I in* of that towq f"t Ul *1 I M US k M» r>KWOt K-XT j.t-ciqn of.a. ukter which I !i*tk. 1 11* -I jki- 1 • ik >' i 1 (1 >■.» W.ir- ■ ri* i T . .ni»i n..v. max It has trs I gm* you Ins I *aw 3 twar kins- ♦♦♦ IM# Vpw . . He »l li< 1 t and! M-xrral huatrrx • rill With Him |« | %fXf» * •rtkt thrre 1 f>■ over ttw yet. 1 44xr reretrrful Mu pa. and thrtr ■ r t.. • Hr fr*f> rxi |u prtxr and panu 1 fear «a» a* great a* 1* drtrrmli mi < upnfi in i •! 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IVm* Bftft i ft vi Rlftl nt It LI V to 1 * l|a 1 J»»cf ! for tl a*«i aflr Im Rural! f ll.l. r ftfn 1 **ul huml. g* ■ ** 1 im|»*ftaiitto itv d | a (■•pulatkwi «4 al 1 plain xa.. , •to **|x to ‘ • * Hid HWfttll tuthr Prlncljvil pr*«tij li* • I . Itlih I 11. Ik •tore 1 «o 41M rrfti h Iht sugar. cutTre. «i* ihhr Ini ret In' «> itanics ftlHl Ipui 11 kUl f 0 latHi rum M*ft . 1 * liuall y a jcbck 1 II Im* IU 1 •raima Iiitpurt* fur l*'i t h and export* egai were acene. "together with tlie shrieks and criea of those wh*k were half hurled In the ruins, exceeds all description; for fear and consternathkn were so great that the most restitute person durst not stay a moment to remove a few stones off the friend he loved ^wt, though many might have been saved by so doing: but nothing was thought of hut self-preservation.” Many of those who were not crushed or disabled by the falling buildings tied to the Tagus, vainly hoping that they might find t here the safety which they had lost ou laud. For, soon after the shock, the sea also came, rushing In like a torrent, though against wind and tide, and rising in an enormous wave, overtiowed Its banks, devouring all It met on its destructive path. Many large vessels sank at once; others torn from their anchors, disappeared in the vortex, or. striking against each other, were shattered to pieces. A tine new stone quay, where about 3,000 persons had assembled for safety, slip ped into the river, and everyone was lost: nor did so much as a single body appear afterward. Hod the misery ended here It might In some degree have admitted of re drew*, for though live* could not be re stored. yet a great part of Ute immense riche* that were Ip Ute ruins might have been recovered, but a new calam ity 1000 put an end to ouch hope*; for, la about two hours after the aback. Ire* broke out la three different part* of the dty. named by Ute gtad* and Ike kitchen Brea being all jumbled About mix liaxr oho a mddwuly xpeiiraHra •» mad* p wtlfrmwfc »t*Aeons mat ^ lw;« MM MPMhw altoul bait |>a*t 2 o'clock in It** after noon and later was taken off by the cruiser Suchet. ' Samuel Tliomaii. the gangway man. 1 v , tlt tn ,| lc ♦i. vij,. wImikc life was savNI by Taylor, do-1 a;^. This country takes almost noth- •Y 72 l.ooo 000. In the same year the Fnit d' >tat« scribes a woman who \\as burned to death while she held her baby in her' arms, protcetlng tt with her own Indy from the tire that tilled the air. The child was alive long after its mother had-ceased to sutfer. t’arncgie’M Offer. ' Much discussion has IH*en aroused In -Washington by a story printed in New York Thursday that Andrew Carnegie has offered to furnish the twenty million dollars * this county paid to spain for the i’hilippines, if by that means he could Ik* able to as sure the Filipinos that their indepen dence would ultimately Is* acknow ledg ed by the Cnited States. The state ment was made by Geo. F. Steward of New York, president of the Fidelity and Casualty (X)., who is a warm frieud of Mr. Carnegie. He says he Is the original anti-imperialist and added that Mr. Carnegie went to President McKinley before the treaty with Spain was signed and said he was convinced that wc were forcing war on the Filip- loo* and Wanted to lie sent to the Philippine* w ith Tull power to promise the Filipltuti independence and on tIk«e conditions would pay himself the treaty price. « Wdl IXrgrci a llwIInMul. It I* reported that the Mexican Central railway will deflect lu Uar uu- drr . umlructam fnwu a 1*401 tm It* Guadalajara ditlwkra la rader U> awuxd peuaimMy to Um xwiaaau a* OAIma. wtorll bto hqpd waMv ra Mm mkira ••ra mmor Um cwrtMtrabto at c tolpra* *4 M Mw mlHMIftd tto • m-mm •took ing frm Martinique. Itutour product*. [ chiefly bsid stuffs, are neecessary to it. Annual revenues of the island aggre gate $1,342,000. of this sum one- | fourth is spent for educational pur poses. • Martinique is .1 favored colony uf Franc,*, having liccn settled by colon ists from that country in li>9.'>. island was taken by England Jn I7;u and held till 1*10. when France again secured possession of it. St . Pierre was built on high cliffs overlooking the harbor. Mont Pelee, the vob’anic eruption of which destroyed St. Pierre, is 4,F>0 feet high. It is often in obscurity lie- cause of the dense clouds or smokeThat have enveloped its summit. Itklrano in Nelkrankn. After a silence of thirty years. Mount Iona,-the only* volcano in the 1 Cnited States, Is now reported t*> hr 1 sending out smoke aqd steam, and some of the people In the surrounding county say that low rumblings can in beard. These reports are brought from Cedar County. Neb., wlu*re tin mountain I* situated, by travelers, who *a> that the «i-t tiers In tl»c neigh- tmrlKasi are. prrpanug^Ao leave tin county. Tlte twountaiu t^wi^nxieH on the MiWHKirt River, l.’a) tnUoT^aUivc t knaba. and. wluk* m* uf gtral height, la high nraipared u* the aunuundlng •xatntry 11 baa tram fra yew/a a a* card pUcv with the InAianx awd II wa» l*naf Ihcfa Mat Um Mm Mg mm daraw •a* held to Aw ladto* wit. gw to lbs tMMHtoxa Hartf m W box Srag torw Itoiraa lw (bxra w» UtoRMl «4 Ito "'hw Vto^TtollirvSNMfMMi ■x*» LM* wradiM iLkodhMkSw* *aiax WMMdM w bb a WBHMM* wxw WXxgXiw wtW JM .ra N*.ira<a uwti kl*-ra o * I o-titkv vi** .\lke I ry, a Mater Mo* I’rrotl* wht. Ilvealtk M» lo*w. re- 1 (vixrtl a IHtrr fOMit her toi Friday. I l» a ring tie* dale <4 April 2ft. Tla* 1 letter wa* In part ox follows “Fhls morning the whole popula tion ikf tlie city is on the alert and every eye I* directed toward Mont i Pk'lk*e. an extinct volcano. Everybody j i* afraid that the vtilcano has taken j into its heart to burst forth and de stroy tin* whole island. “All tin* Inhabitants are going up to see it. There Is not a horse to i»c had on the island, those liclonging to the nathes being kept in readiness to leave at a moment's notice. Last Wednesday, which was April 23. I was in my room with little Christine, and we heard three distinct shocks. 'They were so great that wc suppose at first that there was some one at the door, and Christine went and found no one there. The tirst report was very -loud, but the second and third were so great that dishes were thrown from the shelves and the house was completely rocked. “We can see Mont Pelee fropi the. rear windows of our house, and al though it is fully four miles away, we can hear the roar and seethe tire and lava issuing from it w ith territic force. The city iscovercd with Ashes, and clouds of smoke have been over our heads for the past five days. The smell of sulphur is so strong that horses on t lie street stop and snort, and some of them are obliged to give up. drop in their harness and die from Ihe suffoeaRoti. . “Many of iheJMopIc are obliged to *rt li.kii'B^k-tkirf* aver tlieir face* tr pr<4ect InAai from the strong fume* uf sulphur. My husbond as sures axe that there la m* Iaiai* dati •toagrr af»4 ■htra there is the least panicto of ffkRffre ate ratii lagoo the ptarv There Is *a A moekran artaararf j the R J Mrarar to Ihe hofhra. 1 here ftra oft Mto* x Mf% ratou ♦ * 1 >4 « A r If* • A.-' # || Jmmtm fkMWSk* lest l^xva 1ft* * engv re rai Ptoksftaxraia • Mere* pi< Ummi. Il.tm Srial W F, INra. infur Page and for hauling • sir* owl Hr to! >4 I 1>** •I (• ISSk. >ul*Clt*»l Ike Innl oi rallnad *eiii prkv. Smiii will fur one-h*l f moti Page and freight agent lw*r I bis t»«kks. and IIm* irarty wh*<se g*«*l> ; were hauleti free (or one-half prior.) lie cannot refuse to testify. a> be i.* not indictable, only the common car rier. - “In this way you can get the evi dence you want. Again last January Slmonton came here to hold court not only on a free pass, but in a private palace ear free, lie is not indictable, but the railroad can be made to swell our school fund $.*>.000 for ‘having had the honor,’ etc., to give him free cars, free passes, free food etc., and the nstional and state publicity given the transaction will open the eyes of the ‘plain, common people,’l>oth in North Carolina and throughout the Union. “A very little trouble will get bills as to above transactions, and it is wortli it. “Destroy this after reading.” More than one of the tetters were marked “Personal,” and asked that they be destroyed. This, Judge Clark says, was in order to keep the rail roads from seizing them and trying to make capital against him. Monument to Hamter. Representative Lever received as- i surances from the house committee on : library Hut his 'bill appropriating $23.<sK) for the erection of a tnonii- 1 menl to tlie mcojor) of Gen. Thomas Sumter, Hie Revolutionary heio. would In? favorably reported thi* «*•*- *i*4i The Mil pcovlrk** Hut the ■amutnent shall l^eireted In (he t*ran of Sumlrr. u(x<1 4 •uitaMr locatkra. x* •• f.» xjwxea Rfhrti jailrff 1 raxg rate red Ihe Jail mtviAkMk at Rxrataska- A a TbufwAax vxcxUbg to mm tmatmrmmtatf aranxilton kg IMkx Mgto pMMMrtS •to* had hi f A Iraarara a totW hqgpigh. MMt Mxt ’’Ma t / ih ffkw ana as ’«-» tiff 1 • 9-i ■to*R i with 4 (■•pu atS4i *4 a(* * hk-rtj tvgrx* Ttn* ’ •••! dutanl from Die v»»i« jo-•- eruption. St. Ymrent wasonrx* pr*« reason of xugar eullivatlon. Iiwlust ry.ha* fallen into deeay. Tlie chief prodik’t n**w 1* arrow mot. pet* but Tlie wh ile island Is of volcanic erca- Uon. 'Thi* U the *ec*xu«l devastating 11 x**! ul lata that ha* swept the Island, the her occurring In 1*|2. Murdered tijr n ItnrKlar. P. R. Davis, a wealthy wholesale merchant of Fort Smith. Ark., w;** stablied live times Wednesday in an encounter in his bedroom with a negro burglar. Davis shot the burglar in the leg and lieat him on the head with his revolver, hut the man escaped. A posse started immediately inseajch of him. The nego, whose name was learned to he John Williams, was run down, with two negro companions, about four miles from town on the Girder of Indian Territory. One of the negroes, Frank Carter, opened lire on the posse. Ills aim was poor, hut a return shot st ruck him and he died an hour later. Williams and his other companlon^fseaped. The posse con- wounds are serious. U»a*A1 I|i*ikiftl4l» HftA 1 *t**f L ill i •Vll*| to III* «*l .Ml M ilk* «m lit* n t mil lMin.c from Rlngslre «-t b) Ills bn>tlK*r -in-law II. II Rruw ii. TlK-y bad lx il III liq$*!* Illl lltliilllf fr« i Iv <»f liquor orel w«re ri«ling in a aagutx r Biiin .i firuukeu quarrel the; YOUNGBLUOO ' MM am w a r 1 COMPANY r a. o w. , < h> h k AN 11 \\ OUK>, NoUTM Al’Ol’STA, s. c. Doors, Sash, Riind* laml Ruilder's 1 lard ware. Floor inj Siding,'Cfiiing^ai id Insiklt! 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