Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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p ,-v STRANGE STORY. " iqv "x* c Joitn Hopkini Clttoi thr ton* of Charlta Hill WHO DUD IN LOS ANGELir C0*L Now lit (inUiHton AHP8 LETTER;. ^ - DlaeoMea ^'•W^v +./P2''' • ■ :s Mldrtle 'M^n Polltlea Mfi. •ml Other Thlnita. * • ./ * 1 was r-umlnatlnsr about tlie tfiana p ' i t post I off ^Inds and its tongue out- venoms all the worms of the Nile." Roosevelt is A atubborn, conceited f olltlcian t _ lie professes to- be a riend to the Sbuth, when he is not. If we send a consul to ai 1 'foreign coun try and they do not like him he Is re called because he is “non gvatd per- army of middle men that it takes to Hona." How much more careful should Wttneaaea to the Her Attorty Htyriloff Will, There Are Slany taMimHiiiH. Several days ago there appeared In the papers a statement that Mrs.'John Hopkins and her son, C~i!. Alexander/ now of Lancaster, had fallen heirs to an estate ..of iHJ.OOO, left thenrhy oner Chas. Hill alias "Salem Charley” who recently died in Los Angeles. Cal. Wishing to ascertain if there was any truth in it and if the wilts-now held by 5Jra- Hopkins, dated Jlth D^c., 1878/and 24th May, 1HH2. the Fhion Prioress wired The Herald at that jpa e for-information. 'i’he following eeply was received: Merits of various claims to Hill, es tate set for trial ’ May 12.—Kstat^ hi hands of public" administrator and' amounts to $120,000. Two Wilis already pro<luced. One of the’women claims that her deceased husband and Hill were members of a gang of eoun- tor-feitersoperating in middle western States, that Hilt about 1H years ago made a will, leaving his property to the woman's infant daughter, who is a variety act ress, with her older sister. The last phase of the east* Is the claim of the attorney for public ad ministration for fees held up as ex cessive. LOOKINO KOU WITN KSSKS. V. K- HePasi, Ksq., who is to re ceive naif of the amount he secures of the will, also telegraphed to Los Angeles, hut the information was very meagre, It simply said the amount in volved was $142,000. Mr. He Pass is now in the city of Galveston, Texas, In search of the two witnesses who signed the last will and testament iii that city In 1892. J. A. Sawyer, who is assisting Mr. IK*Pass, left for Atlanta Tuesday and should the two witnesses, Henry McSease and F. G Odell he found, May 1st, Messrs. De- Pass and Sawyer will leave fo? Los N Aijgels to present the two wills now held by them for Mrs. Hopkins and her son .\ Mrs. John Hopkins lives at West Springs and before marriage to Mr. Hopkins was Mrs. Rolit. M. Alexander, and it was to him the wills weriCmade but he having died Sept. 24, 1887, at Greenville the wills go, to his widow and her sons. In 1804 Mrs- Alexander was married tojher present li who came here alxnit eight years ago from Kalamazoo. Midi, lie tirst worked at the earpenUu's trade, build- carry on the trade and commerce of this country. I verily believe that they make more mone/ than tie manufacturers and there are t^fee as many of them. " A friend of mine re cently visited a large manufactory of sewing machines and flic superinten dent told him that the prime cost of a tlrst-class rnaeRlKb was- In.no and, they jobbed them olT at $12. The Jobljcrs sold them for $tf> to agents. CPhc agents retail them atfor .lie has to rent a sffme room and KCep a horse and wagon and .make" fbpajr.s free—am! sell on Installments and sometime,s' has to take a machine back -for* non-payment. When the original 1>I|1 Arp moved to Texas he the.Presldeot be to Appoint no one to office who is pot gratefwl to vor own people. If Hooscvcltls a friend what makes him keep on shoving Dr. Crum on the people of a great telly#like Chfulesaon. And the jjegro Is an ar rogant, conceltefl fool or he wouldn't Takeit. - ' 1 ,‘T kno'w thatPyou say that"y<th lovp me. . .. 4 Hut why did you kick me down the stairs?*'’ Someone -gbked Turn RiHMl-iif-thorw*•» *'* r * Lrof^t 8top'i»w at ins son's house.. ... .. .«*« which "Is 'about 200s.-.vanls from tng Union cotton mills, No. 2. After saving up a little money he bought a place near West-Springs and sent lor' hls son toepme and help him work his farm. Tlie purchase of the farm and a couple of hotwes^nok all the ' '\\U> he and Tils son liad sa usT' Tliey t here- ever y newspaper In the South fore gave J. Q. \V ray a luortgHge on Hugged the two animal* to furnish them ^^rlimtctmthc SoutHem people. When supplfes for the year. It being a .ar.i reading It I would have year and knowing almost mulling- about farming as carried on in the south, they did not more than make expenses. However they tried again. During that yfctr tbrr father mairtefT Mrs.‘Alexander’and the next year tie went to gold mlnliig at the then Thompson gold mines, and has been Hill / took his wife’s machine with him and left his note behind with $10 unpaid., Shortly after that a new agent was sent here who not acquainted with tlie Arp family and he came otrtr to ihy house a;ul wanted me to pay the note. 1 had hard work-to convince Him that. 4 was another Arp. The ijote was signed William Arp, his mark, and Cinderella Acp^mr mark. My wife was very Indignant that she should be suspected of making her mark? /• , .. . Well, now you see how jn^clT thwney went to tlie middle men after the machine left the factory- $25 -twice as much as it cost to make It. Just so it is witii thousands of other things,; that go through the hands of middle men. — I was ruminating aismt this lie- ealise 1 reed veil a report of r>no copi«^_ of my new tsMik that Mr. Hyrd liad sold. The lnKik cost 85 cents to elec troy type ami print and hpid it and I was to have half the profits arising from tlie safe^- The price was $1.25 postage paid, which-was II cents. Thirty copies had been sold here at the book store for $.T7.5o, The h""k store kept 25 per cent, or $9.:i7. Mr. jlyrd' gi t. $28. i:C x The frelglit and Incidental expenses amount to J cents a copy.". So the cost wasNs cents and It netted 9.'t cents and rrry * half tif t in* •dlffemwe was 2 ' cents on a copy. The pQbSshef and agent or middle men get alniut all- there 4s In a book. 1 am tu»t eomplaining at anylKKly hut myself, for Mr. Hyrd told irie fhab tlie price would have to-be $1.50 to make any tiling, but 1 wasu-L.-think- lug alKiut agents' charging so much and L wanted the people to have it as cheap as possible. Hut it can’t gq un this way. Tlie publication must' ' ! TfcuD or tlie price b.! "raise I to $1.50 and iLanageut, woh'tsell for 25 cents a copy, he >medH’t seli stl-aT4. Tlie I tlieimeTveson tUe -counter. Hut Mr. Hyrd can crnTtHuje to sell on iiniil oniers for $4.2n l^l•lj| s vvas'MK'.h 'a-tlilng as an h'bnest poflti- ofatr lb; said r ..^fMe.s. An iiohest pnlitieian is one Wwottl v.iuean buy and lie will stiiy Ijougiit. l)Ut, eycn. thev are scarce.’’ Hill Aur. THE DISPENSARY LAW Vliisi lii' l-aiforced In C'liarlCHton the — (J Siiiih; as Glue where. - j ■ . (iuyernor Heyward says he depre- e ttrs exceedingly the recurrence of the dispensary tmutile Tn Charlestoh. He is emphaticjp his opinion that it is bad for a constable, or any other Official, to carelessly indulge In the use of pistols, but at the same time he Is equally euiphaluvthat the author ity of the constables will bo upheld, and tlie itisruspect shown to'trhe law Jiasumuic him ali the more deteniiin- more for postage, divide all around This will be a and gi ve ,11)0 poor author about 15 cents a copy'. . Senator Hoar's speech a'tChi^ag?) is l>efore me. Nothing since the w.i{ has so cheered mH and impressed me doesn't ery newspaper in the South copy It. or that part of it tliat„pays sueii a .mi-Mt of the law hi Charleston. In Spealriiig of tho matter,he stated that It 4flti not a question as to whether it was distatcful oFpl^asarit: it was simply a question as fb vyfiHher or not vi. lators of the law shall is> aL lowed tu ovvyrule the constituted .ad-, tliorilics. lie Indieves tliat lie Will lie sustaiia'd iu Ins .cilhiIs to make-tin- Law ;respeeted by every sell-respecting, law abiding citizen,. Irresdbutlve of whether they personally favor the law or not. He lias’sfated on several oc- ealimus it] jinhliV interviews that it is his : purpE»e td .carry out the dispen sary law in t!i varies ton as elsewhere^ wit tmtit fear pi>r favor to any-seeDon of tin .St ,tHy | lie also bad stated tliab'Yie -would not persecute any seetiorF and will eii- deavor iis far as -mssfble tn carrying out'Uie law t.o bu mindfulsif tin'om* ditjuns that em,ed. Tlial ht furthermore stated his recognition ol the condition ,which existed in Char- le-stofi. and tliatlt would be practically tmpo s ble to rrec" tlie city Irons all violators of Die law. buying todta.con ditions and su mpj in lilies, -tuit that he proposed to make violator : rf.the law have a decent Tespedt for the law. '1‘liese views he e4]teftal.ned during Uje campaign iind had so expressed liinu rn-ti,. Mint till-* l'.'lll^l"^t^ d Glew aKvO' t))S had practically repeated inaugural. He stands today and believes hTtiig him the moral support of a I IrigbUtdiH iking clti^eris._ I’lie Governor reilerirHaJ his unwill- upm Ids etforts iL’ his ' f ground engaged in that business more or less ever since, 8carcd.y._inaiang more than p ace >y e mav a living for himself and family. H|- s Diem in some of tlie v ill ties tivat give son Is now a mail carrier between Ume nnf1 M a Tree people. reading old man. if he har! tveen near enough.^bbiten “My life poeti cally lias been a life rvt^jon.stant strUe witii the leaders of Un-G^utn pie. yet as I grow older, 1 have not only to respect and esteem tli.-uis but 4 love the great qualities whicH ivelong to my count ry men of t .ic Southern States, 'fhey are a nouU We may well take pa tie rTi from place and West Springs, in addition to which he peddles chickens and. eggs along the road.- As mad earrierdie re ceives about $10 a month. Several days ago Mrs. John F. Hop kins came into the nosscssinn Ilf ii scrap of newspaper wHieir led to tlie discovery that she and her sou were heirs to the estate. From where the clipping e-ame and the year is not known, but It Is evident thatjt was a last year's clipping. If reads : as fol lows: “Los Angeles,, L Cal., Dec. 9, An al leged, will of tlic-iate Chas. Hid alias ‘‘Salem Charley." who loft an estate, of $142,000 in cash, fdT w hich humer- ous claimants have appeared, was tiled today by Mrs. Gertrude Driggs. The docuiaerr^HnivTiTiTTnTr pt'tunrmr' a scrap of paper and bears the signa tures of George Manning, a famous counterfeiter, now dead, and L'. Drlggs, th^ Tormer husbaod rrmiF woman. The will is dated Jan. 14, 1888, and leaves the entire Hill estate to Gertrude Driggs, said to be a'varie- ty actress, the 15 year old daughter of Mrs. Driggs.” As soon as Mrs. Hopkinsmid it she remembered the name and-that she had a will made by the same person. She then found the two wills, one dated before this alleged will and the other since. „ As soon as she had found them she sent them to V. E. DeFass and said she would give him half of the estate if he would collect it After looking Into the matter full); betook as his assistant J. A. Sawyer, and they- pro ceeded to West-Springs ^o further in vestigate and get-power of attorneys from Mrs. Hopkins. As svhhv as Hiry had secured It Mr. DeFass left for Galveston to Hunt up_the witnesses, while Mr. Sawyer was to go direct to, Los Angeles. However, Mr. Sawyer did not go any further than Atlanta, Ga., where he will probably wait for more information. , The will and deed first made was drawn up "here, and had as witnesses Mr. PhJUp Dunn and James Wall. Dunn was^well know here and his widow, who Tt very wealthy: still re sides here. It is said In the will that Mr. Hill deeded and willed everything to Alex- inder fur “I, Unas.—Hill, imGng- never forgotten him as the only per son that ever saved my life."* ^ - On the Kise. A month ago extract of peppermint could be bought by the druggist at •1.30 per pound, and now It sells for •6.50 per pound- They say the crop is M failure, but crops don't always have to fep for prices to increase. Their loVe of home: tJieir diivabous respect“for wtrman — their cooiage t heir rielii-.-it.e spiv so 'tl' hiimir\t hrir 1, fliguess fii-tpakc the law^bje<• tionable or to force nnplensanT rnnrtit inns upon any community, ;ui l her sincerely trusts, that adherence b> the law will make this unnecessary. — , A Home Thrust. The Rlchmond Nows- j^eadvr vnaki s a forceful afTsw^t• to ttie suggestion j-tbib if Virginva-pots Ikh's -statue in U^-*rhjriuit ional eapitoLNansas may plaice ^Vvi : Brown'sij-tifere. The N ws- t LtsvTbHu^vsj. arelHi^ateneH rhat if N'trginTk^Uisists on a statue t'f. Lee ■ in W.isliiiictnrT.'-Ic^iisas will iiislst on pTactTTg'Jolin I'.nAyrTTHcre. If Kansas jirefers to go He.fore with irpuat mfmUTi shot riox A AXBTTSH. Mr. W. Ii. Croft, of fWrftut, Was tb» ~ Ifnanapeetlna Ylottm. W. L. Croft, a white man about 55 years old, who resided In Fairfax, was shot from arabhsh- ,about a mile from his home at a late liour Monday.night and. instantly killed. Clrcumstancet) point very strongly to Frank Strong, a young negro, as the assassin. Strong and his wife, Ella, had separated aod the latter had obtained shelter and e nployment from Mr. Croft and his wife in Fairfax. The evidence shows that Mr. Croft and Ella Strong left Fairfax alx>ut 8 o'clock Sunday night to go to Frank Strong's house. :] mile and a half distant, to get some furni ture that Ella claimed. which is about iiOOv^yards fephi Strong’s. ,Ella goirtg on by herself. After a stormy encounter with FrAtik she returned to the place where she had loft Mr. Croft where the two re mained until after midnight when they left on foot together for Fairfax. When they hud proceeded a few hun dred yards in a road that skirts around a branch and at a spot where stands a cluster of pine trees, a loud report of a gUn rang out in the stillness of the night and a few minutes later Ella Strong was b|ick at Mr. L'*e Croft's and reported that some one hadL shot Mr. W. L.'Uroft and that he was dy-’ ing. The ypungecCroft hastened to the spot and found his father in tlie tliro*»s of deathdiaving almost tireat li ed His last breilt h, The weapon used was a shot gun, p^ll).^hly *aii old army musket as Strong had such a gun, ainKwas load- ^d that t here shal] be a proper enforce- ed with large slugs or buckshot , w»me rig.it tire.ist and some in hi.s' right liand. Ella Strong declares tirat she d(*e.N not know who committed d,he deed, but she lias told conflicting' stories and it is believed that sheHHes kuow. ' " Jy* . A posse lias beeiiinintliigTor Frank Strorfg. but he has noHyet ixn'n aip- prehendeH. His rutuving awttv : sug gests his guilt-^As migJit be supposed from the aUrve narrative the deceas- '' * PROTEST OF NO AY AIL. ed's character was morally had liut he was not of a turbulenPor coinbatative disposition. Magistrate• Googe of Al lendale is holding the inquest at this writing. Tile, deceased leaves a wi and two growu sons, and jLhrutlier- The State. The Notorious Blind Tlgor Chlooo Cdills Upon Governor Heyward. Thursday tlncent Chicoo, tile un- crowned king of East Hay street, paid his respects |o Ills excellency, tlie gov : ernor of South Carolina: Tills unex pected honor came about by reason of tiie fact that certain vessals of the sovereign State of South Carolina had committed depredations upon the ter ritory of the Imptiislve keeper of the falnous resort for the bibulous in the old City by th/sea. Chicoo is iinjque. He mads^no effort at dissimulation, hut approached Gov. Heyward in Straightforward man ner and protested against tile deter mination, «tAhe chief executive to en force the dispensary law in Charlaes- ton. Hpt he wjis unable to stir the governot from the firm and unequivc- caT (Tectairatlbn that the lafe shall be eufwcedi lu vain Chicco protested that it would be ruin to himself and others like him. Guy. Hoy ward received Chiceo Th a very kind and dignified manner and gave him a considerate hearing. Tlie new chief State constable, Mr."Ham mett was present, and Chicco'gave him the cordial greeting which Chicco gives evervlkidy. “Chick’ 1 became celebrated during the administration of Gov. Tillftian.and the maker of-W- compdrable spaghetti and mjxer of drinks divine declares thathas had hot less than $14,000 worth of tine liquors seized froih bis establishment. •The ■ taid most expensive to himself was the oneTn which a large quantity of imported liquors were captured in colllryboxes which had bt'cn used as a ruse. Another visitor from Charleston called upon the governor Thursday, Mai., W. A. Hoyle, chief of the police dppartu/ent. Tliejxilice^nd the con stables have had w»me disputing lately, it being alleged by the latter that they are not given proper support by the police Of Charleston. Maj. Hdyle presented a letter from Mayor Smyth conveying his best wishes to the governor. After a consultation with the mayor Chief Boyle had come to discuss Ahe situation with tlie nor and to present some tecta from \ > He Will Hunt;. The 'decision of" the United-States 1,^(1 Court, in refusing Lu li^rcrse the tlecis- orr of tlie Supre.rric^Court of South Carolina in CfitT <Ase of ttieState vs. John Browntieldc wlio murdered Mr^ Scurry.- at Georgetown in 1899, tiites.. his.doom. .The murder was tlie direct cause of the Georgetown riot. Brown field has been frTjail eveF~since the tragedy, and if it had not i>een for tlie efforts of a colored lawyer he would have met his fate on the gal- lows a short time after tlie oeeunvinv. constancy-wHUH-can abide by an (Tpin ion or a purp<«c through adversity ‘aTCT'-TliniiTgri 1 yea nr afTtT gtTirmi t< nris. And there is another tliing-c-ivetous- ness, corruption and the low Uuupia- tion of money 1ms not_yeL found any place in Southern politics. live in a state of estramrement from a people who possessthese qualities. Tliey ajm .friends <rf tntre, born of ouV 'nrii ning.'HeKLi^ of i iITF 5 ffesTi" hfiii>d~ 7T our blood aii(Tl) 1 Have a rigiVt La, speak for Massaciihafeits. will say. 'Entreat me not to IcaveAhee or fot? sake ttiee, where, thoii goesP. 1 TvHltn). .’jHy qieople-^diall Ih» iny peupk .-aiiH thy God my God.' " Tills is only a.qmrt of it. I iia\ e triaced If'MTny scrap book alonjz wilir tlie^idlmirable "editorial commeiftmT The C(>nstipution. The Senator spoke truly when said that corruptinp in national politics had not yet reached the South. If the caschad been re versed our members would not have imseaVed Butler, hut with the Northern members thy ends justify the means. Yes, I rnqiehjber from away back how the old x man fought us. My father was hroughtSip in his State and mother in South Carolina and when the Senator and 1 were in our early manhood (wc were born in the same year) tlie war began between those two States. Yes, "more t han fifty years ago. and h*s been bit ter and unrelenting ever since. This is the tirst sign of a returning sense of justice that lnASXuui.c....fruuiauy great man Of the Old Hay State ^n.t uu ru. joice that it has come from Senator Hoar, the noblest Roman of themnll. Its iniluhcnce will reach from CliicagG to Boston and its generous sentiments will thrillevery .breast in the South land. ' « I care nothing for Mr. HoosevHt nor his late. leXter.—1 am too old to Jolin Brown asdior' typical hire-^nd representative man, tliere is no reagp wliy' Vjrginia slionld object- ~ We arc ciii iicli .MtrMied'tn liav^.j.Lee 'repre- sciit ns. and if Kansas issatlktied w ith Brown we <an consider the maUcr with eq11anirnity, espccial!y as wtTFiml tiu' pleasure of jianging Unit- .distin guish (id Cttlzen of our sister State. Coital iiui:i in^u is alitm well-as Kansas <-an do: and he may go Into staUiary hall not as the demqn- straUon of her malice but as hec hon- f pIieiiwTtt iwir best.- The two other leading^nd famous Kansas men we rectvH mtHhe moment are John A— ingalls.atid\Soc4i4e«8 Jerry Simpson, and HroVvn sefemsjo size up ..u-iJii. m.r f ,f \ ml t.. Tl1eX9.se was carried to the Supreme Court otr. the plya that thcncgmliad not received justice as there were no negroes on the grand, jury, while three*fourth.s of the population df -Georgetown County are negroes. Judge Jlolmes said there was no proof of the allegation and sustained the -decision of the State Courp As this is 11ielasL resi irt Hruwn fleld'wiTT Tia ye to go to lhe_gal lows. A Daring .Scheme. Fierce struggles-.with >taw4ways armed with knives were reported by Margherite which arrivedo-at New- York recently front- Mediterranean ports. "Three dayajoirt--from Messi- si ble na,” said tiie captain, “four fellows came crawling out of the 'forehatch with knives. They threatened the sailors but were qulcklyjcnocked down :intl disarmed: 1 locked tlie standpoint pt the police depart ment. Tiie governor wHs assured of. the support of the CtjTKteawo-pplice de partment. FurthenTKue it was pfbm- ised that when the paH^sAre notified that a wagon is suspected hCcon vcy- ing contraband they will give X’liasy <1 TiJisist In making arrests. I eoitfmgency of Chicco building a hoat- did nottxime up officially,' hut he stated In Oolumbhytbat the mounted cmistatilesc*M LK)t : ca4*‘4i his boat. — The State; 't; IICulii I,rnk». Thinly a poor sermon satislics bo4y., Y - - , Adversity is tlie safety brake vanity. _ . (lossip thrives only-in a field listeners.. Those who have suffered ar8 able terfeel. . *— Clean polities will come w hen honest men assume^control. Troutile is about all some church mcmtiers give the preacher. Satan never wastes time on—the owner of a w?TT-th]iinbed Bible. A corrupt city government is. pos- tlitfjp up in he'hospital- and gave Diem Weid dna warwcT" In the afternoon of the same day tmFteeH- men. covered with coal dust, came ufixiut of the bunkers. They had knivcstHo. hut my crew were r^ifly’toHgdit tiiem apd we'tooic the knives away from tlieni.^ That night we got to Algiers and stowawaysY’ « U ■ 1 - A Terrible Ijcgacy. Garrett ITcfTtion. 'a noUirioits out? law and, moonshiner, has been stabbed to death by jyhv bnithcr, Riley lled- jidon, ia IVtc Couuty, T’enn. A year ago itr aa altercation with another tmjthtHV Garfctt killed him and tills 'the matter of.mstapo&llld statbk^ 'wc arc not sensitive. 1 UrptaY..l:V.ri’y..i^-ai, , 1 imr--fu --'■■mihltitvr had rixrh l . / Uance and had sta At yiHrs ago, -Gen. -liMLJnsisterf" ting close to Brown, along yvith stu marines, and wc have liu^objection to' having Hrown in the Siimc liall with him. in fact. for our part. we axe will Lug to make Overtures to Kansas -awlamqKisc ' tjfkt if wc can get room sfie v‘‘ enough and sfie will put up her "Brown statute, wc will putrfien. Lee. who caught him, on one'side* and Gov. Wise, who hanged, him on t'.ieother." -WellSaid. "By their fruits ye sliall J0W Uicm." - •lamtHon fbiHbcd (be Hutton, j K. KSjamison. of Lockhart Shoals,- in Union County, went in company wjtlftwo fricildtf, tol he -Insane Assy- hnn at ColuitibiaSh visit an ncquaint- ance. The three inbnare 'em ploy ee$ of die Olympia mill amL practically si lungers to f hr. ivsuIuk p<)Hiondr Jlie be deceived by wordy paragraphs. When he retracts hi*slanders un Jef ferson Davis and apologizes to his widow Lwill have some, ountfcfcyice In' his honor and his professed good in tentions, but not until then. If lie is a gentleman he will do that. If he is Ttnm gfritTCtiViTH'Tic 'woi'iT; aniTThaT is all tliere iain.it. Thomas Nelson Page and Harry S«Uwell EffWards! city. Arriving at tlie main .Hie Assyhmi Jamison inquired: jCan w c g«g. 4aiu Die buildiije wiien gualp^thc steps?*’ "liing the iicll and send in yoinGHames,'' directed, the g:.itekeeper. So up the walk ole then went and meeting no one at the door opened the door of a smajk red" Ikix anti pulled a fever. iThe indicators in t heTengiiie liotise rang and 41 show ed upon the dials. TJie firemen jump ed fur the machlneC and tlie dtxirs tbrowu wide the apparatus racgiLajray to tiie as,vium. Jamison - mu- ,1 murder led to his own death, (iarrett isiml thr'trrvvirtTf tfi'- tliey iiecame arted involved about <iarrett having killed ir home when in a ouarpdl cr.tlie result being that Rtlfy ptiingHf arktbfe through vas taken home, where after his fam- iiXiiad assembled he. gave to his cld- estNym, aged JU, ,his, pistol, rqaking hiirrsHear that he woulcl.'Jtill liis trn- ctc w iiom tie was large enough. ; —Somtr^wepln think they: are grow ing sghtimental when in trutli they, arty^merely in need of a liver regula- ■^TTr ^' .■' 1 ■ rr ^ When men are as true to themselves their dogs are true to their mastprs tliis will be a mueh AxTiiyiian Dinner- The Charleston correspondent of Tlie State saysx “A lettei has lieen received from Senator Tilfiitari, accept ing the x invitation of a number ^f business men to attend a dinner, to be given to him, in recognition ofHlsf time-t-hat he can-no longer services to that city in many matters effecting its welfare. The plans for the' function are yet to he put in shape. During his stay* in. Charleston, sena tor Tillman will be tl)e guest of Mr. Hcfrry f. IVilliainsu-casliief of the Charleston Savings hank, at hi.s ele gant liome (in East Battery.” Train llobborioa. By the record of theCincinnattl Hx-j pr s^Gazette, ib appears that, then Were twenty-two twyn robberies in tt United States in 1902. In the pafit thirteen vcafi^ accordintr to the ssirtie authority, :i2(i 'railroad - trains have fieen "held up” !u tiiis country, and ninety-eight persons hAve been killed and io7 injuri'd, mostly by g great" wrounds, Hr the perpetration of ftie lild iTfiig the licli; 1 he department found no blaze and the matter was in vestigated. witii tlie result the unfor and the Methodist pi cache/of Chi-1 t'mate .farnison was carried before the cinnati, to the contrary notwiUi*tand-! recorder, whose court was in session ing. Senator Hoar would rfbt ha vet at9.15, wheti the alarm was sent in. uttered and publislied tliose slanders! The tiiree men swore they had never and if he had done it unwittingly. +ie w ‘ e " ivn alarm liefnre, though would have long ago made the amende honorable. “Slander is sharper than the" sword. Its breath rides on the l there are many of them in the build ings in the mill district. Jamison paid, $10 for his innocent divereloii. - crime. _ Sold His Head. ' Arthur Jennings, age 27, h resident of Florei.ce, Cal.,' lias negotiated with an Eastern medical institute for tlie purcliase of nis head. Jennlog's head is almost twice the normal size. Ac cording to the information, the price is $100,000 down and an additional the time of his death. His head measures thirty-six Inches in circum- franco. • ) t From pretext to practjeL; is such a. long distance that mutt nlen never c >ver it. ^ , Tliere is, too. plenty of room at the bottom, but " Tlutsp^who become-f ired at a 40 ininute sermon can sit three hours in a theatre. When a man profits through wrong or fails through lack of effOft he is yery_apt-to talk about “destlnyr**""' - _ts sumdtlilngTlmmg"ahoirt tlie cliristhmity of the church mem- ber who takesitodnteTcst in politics.- Tlie longer a iMiy^ls^Ued to Ids mother's apron-stringsUmWeyrer lie is to success wlieu he doeS cut Thoroughly eradicate* the excess of Uric and Lactic Acid* from the system, ■tarts the kidney* into healthy action, cures constipation and indigestion. THIS DONE, YOU ARE WELL O# RHEUMATISM, AND ANY OTHER DISEASE CAUSED BV IMPURE BLOOD. Do not be discouraged if other remedies have failed. RHEt MACIDE has ■ «C ™_ l * .tn 1 : ui- made It*, reputation by curing alleged incurable cases. injure the organs of digestion. Does not T Golds no no, N\ C., Aug. !5,1902. Gentlemen—Some Six years ago I began to havo aciattca.luid also a chronic case of muscular rheumaUsm. At tiiucs I couht not work at all (my Imsinee* being baggage mSster 011 Southern K. It.). For (Ih' b nrd weelts st a tlina l could network. My suffering was intenso. PhesU'iahs tr»'Hte*l me, witlioutpc‘rmanent relief, taow’ever. Tried a numlmr of advertised remedies without permanent benefit, gjnally I tried “ HhkdmAdi'l)*,.’ It did the work, and-T-bam tntd ex cellent health'for three year*. •! can checrluHy any that all rheumatics should use ** Riibukaoidk," for It ts by far the best remedy. R. A. LOMAX. Price ft.00 prepaid express, or from your Druggist. Bobbitt Chemical Co., • • Baltimore, fid., U. 5. A. /*C-» fcwokJX^i'^eet Gum & >1 u lleiu Cures Coug|L«r Coldd, Whoopiiur Cough, JAtGi iptve . ud all Throatand Lung Troubles- ’Miniit of ! r urt* Sweet Guiu,.Wril- Jein a-nd Honey. Your Hniggist ir ri,*) and f)H A LOOK if r full line of Hardware Ls rjoi bet.tt-t tltan ollicr, dotVt buy it,. Our salesmen are out. ' • Coleman-Wagener Hardware Company 503 KJNG St. CJIARLEfrrON.N. Pin- < ^1 l>U- C'0111 i>;m ri!-E I.Aid LST •MA’M’FADSTREltS OF ■>h G>aic Pianos and Organs \7S TTTTTi^WFTei Factories, Chioagu a H sr Gharles. Illhnris. j Caoit V. T\N ) MILLION DOLLARS. $”,000,000. •nhch Ifoose, 282 ■Km* ^StorL 'AElvsitOTJMSPLV.-- HANGS AND ORGANS Si 11 on liasy 'JVfmsNltt'fon* , itt .nr biir ditai gae at 1 terr s Factory prices made. A fuli’l.nt of SI:-el M . i«*n 1 small Musical Instruments in stot^k. —J . buying J. V. VYALLAGE, Manager., THE TA COMRANY, t H YK l r T> LJ N. C ' '■*" " ^ A Ccly4-.r-AfVirtft the Mattor 1 oTtfii Alt^uce l^xchHiij;? Thff'f^ilutnbl* State sa\s a petitfun has lx en tied wit 1], Ju(!giBA t ,4$lwefg ' Gary asking that a. nsTiv^r T>r-ap pointed for .the "Farmers Allianta*, and in the meantfmc the jlidfee lias Cjssuqd an Tn iunctiiMe forbid exchange,fr^rti using any nf of $20,000 whit4i-is tiie sum rvaw hanked iif • isTried on the The best knowledge is knowing how to appreciate what we have and how to get along without the 'things we cjmsot possess. . • . - If -tlie flowers that grow on the graves of the dead Jiad bloomed in their lives the world have been made better and brighter. Nothing makes a man fbei that lie ingrowing old like finding oubfor first chin him self!’’ on a horizontaN>ar> The man whose children are not glad to bee.him when he comes home in the evening is not to he trusted any further- than you can throw a barn- Iiri by the gate.- Ttie ( Vusmoitcr. Will M. Maupin Hlew Wife and Kabiea. Adolph Krauss, living 21 miles we a German farmer, living 21 miles west of St. Louis, near Belle Fontaine, Thursday night killed his wife and six children with a sledge- unconscious with the hammer. From all that can be learned Adolph Krauss day afternoon armed with a sledge hammer. Without warning he struck his wife in the head, killing her in- stantlyr Ttren yriziug his first child, aged 12, Tie dealt a* murderous bio#.’ Ttye other five children were killed similarly, Dm last being a ti-months- old baby.- Krauss then placed the seven bodies side by side on the floor in one room. He theorized the Ham infer and dealt himself a blow on •1,000 to he paid to nis relatives at .the skull, which fractured It and knocked him unconscious, his body falling almost in line with those of his victims. Columbia until the east v • # - 1 *^^^^5853^5*^3 gist hist.. - fe' rH. E --Brookstjjje, a .stockholder, brings the s^lt on liehalf of. himself and on behalf of certain of the stock-., holders of the Cu.Ji MiTl suti and on behalf of alt other sloekholders of the J rst named association who are willing to share the expenses ot the action. The Farmfert Allian.'e w:is tncorpo-’ rated Dee. l y 1889, .with a capital sbx-k of $:»o.!ioi), (Ji\ i led into l .ooo share at $5o oaeh and witj) A. C. Lvles. .L L. Keitt. J. l!. l-ginthit. J. Ashe, S. T. McKetiWIl. O. F. Gxxid ’’t win, directiorsT — •The complaint a rectors ho longer use <AL as jo will lie iiefendadlH in I at x peirsi ve today. — Easy-to-kGqyJu—repair. ^ 1 Jgiit hud vervduratile. '" IVatcrproi f and ordorlesj Not affected hr ehangtv perature. —^ Klastii'. "y “X id and Alkali-proof.' , Five-resisting and oil-proof. A'e^uiiii will not attack it. ~~J An ready today. ^SfeCeds nrr paint intf nr enxGng. . . Writ not deteriorate wfthotge. . _J>J1ITE FMR FiHCES SOlTilHASTHRX 'Ciii & CI^HM ' CO Ml’ANY Alt classes tmilding matiaJal, '"Lfi rrwxyoTgTrnlzcTt and that Utc mm Invested should, he returned to tlie • stockholders for fear that it may be j dissipated; also there are severel clnims against tlRe.»ftmd,which ought I not to be paid and that some decisfrui- as to their validity at. The com plaint^ is quite-lengthy in character, but the chief tx>iiits have been covered. The ptarntiff is repre sented by James Vertier. G. Dunean Bellinger and W. 11. Townsend. Want’s Milk Medal. k The governor recently received_a letter from Mr. Edwin It, Moore o*f New York asking for information in l*yriPvMIl haiiL the following hjw'prf as lu(\' as they last. .ti x 2(V$3.75 per thousand. 4 x 18 I land Drawn Heart Cy press at $3.25 per. thousand. Now if you want a good roof, come right along. •I regard to medal given.the members of “the glorious old Palmetto regiment" which fought so gallantly in Mexico in 1847: These medals evidently we re voted before the Civil war, for M r.” Moore declares that be never got his. “because, I presume,' as to the uncer tainly as to my whereabouts, or because of the occurrence of our Ciyil war.” Mr. Moore was fife major, or principal musician, of the regiment amt hfs name ts enrolled wit pany than (il5 Plain Sf., . Columbia; S. C.' II. There are living not two score, of the these- uaHantr attracted so much attention to South Carolina on account of its fearless charges up mountain steeps. PT. C. J. OLIVEROS, —SPECIALIST— A R, NOSE and THROAT. I'it of Spectacles Guaranteed. Oyvies 1424 and 142« Marlon Street , - Columbia, S. G. ' V . ’ \ . ■ -N ..■*-/* —, EYE, Carolina Portland Cement Co charleston n ' . u#t South Carolina. t«ager s White Lime, Cements, Firs Bricks, Terra Cotta Blpes. 1 - • . -27—]?. v ’