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IN THE PALMETTO STATE
SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
State News Boiled Down For Quick
Reading?Paragraphs About
Men and Happenings.
Judge Purdy fined Solicitor Sease
? and Lawyer V. E. DePass $100 each
for fighting in the courtroom in
Union one day last week.
Ex-Supervisor Owens, of Richland
county, was acquitted by a jury in
the sessions court on Friday of the
charge of forgery and embezzlement.
Rev. C. E. Burts has resigned as
pastor of theEdgefieldBaptist church
having received a call to Macon, Ga.
. His people are begging him to remain
in Edgefield.
The case of Mrs. Blair, charged
with murdering her husband, late
conductor on the C. N, & L. road,
was continued on Saturday by the
court in Kicftiana county.
W. R. Woody, the soldier who was
charged with lulling Lillian Reeves in
Charleston some months ago, was
tried last week and acquitted. He
claimed the woman shot herself
C. C. Armstrong, the young Anderson
dentist who was charged with the
murder of a white woman in Newberry
by administering some drug
while extracting her teeth, was tried
j last week and acquitted.
Lucy Lipsey, the negro woman of
Union, who was convicted last week
of shooting Dr. W. L. Under, was
sentenced by Judge Purely to two
years in the penitentiary. She was
given the minimum sentence on account
of poor health.
Joe Townsend, a white man, was
drowned in the Saluda river at Pelzer
Thills Monday afternoon while attempting
to escape from an officer.
He was wanted on a warrant from
. Waynesville, N. C., for striking a
woman ori the head with a rock. He
was employed in the mills.
k->"v William McKinley, alias "Dayton
Scotty," and Edward Duggan, alias
"Los Angeles Star," two of the notorious
gang of safe blowers which
operated in South Carolina several
years ago, were convicted in Aiken
-;:v on FYiday and sentenced to serve
ten years and one day each in the
penitentiary,
i ' F. W. Ruckstuhl, of New York
and Paris, has been awarded the
contract by the commission to make
the $10,000 statue of John C. Calhoun,
provided for by the legislature.
The statue is to be placed in
statuary hall in in the capitol in
Washington. Mr. Ruckstuhl is the
sculptor who made the Wade Hampton
statue.
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Pythian Hospital May be Establshed.
< Columbia, June *13.?Members of
the Knights of Pythias who attended
/ the recent meeting of the grand
lodge in Anderson have for the past
v few days talked of the establishment
of a Pythian hospital in this State.
j| | The supreme lodge, according to
rumors, is considering the erection
of such an institution somewhere in
the South Atlantic States and the
chapces are good for Columbia.
Secretary C. W. Moorman of the
Chamber of Commerce when seen
about the matter yesterday morning
said that he would at once take the
matter up and show that .Columbia
by reason of its location and natural
advantages was the proper place for
M this hospital.
The hospital would be for members
of the order who by illness or
injuries should be sent there and
Via r?Arv4- f a Ann A'f tlin llCllol
%WU1U live UC pent w wnv Vi tnv Ukiuwi
institutions.
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Just as Good.
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"Haveyoua good dentifrice?'' asked
the customer.
"Yes, ma'am," answered the druggist's
young son, who had been left in
temporary charge of the store, safs
the Chicago Tribune.
Turning to the shelves back of him
he took down a half pint bottle of
some kind of hair restorative and
handed it to her.
"This isn't what I want," said the
customer. "This is for the hair.
What I am looking for is a preparation
for the teeth."
"That's all right, ma'am," the boy
assured her. "Its just as good for
one as the other, and it's only 5C
cents.
?
? Innocent, But Infectious. *
A man runninc toward the Read
ing railway station in Germ an town
on Saturday, as if in a great haste to
make the train, was the cause of enlivening
the gait of a number of
other pedestrians bent on that pur>
pose, among whom were several women
who fancied they were too late
, " for the train. As the latter wore
shoes of the cramped pattern knc wn
as pumps, their discomfort in running
may be imagined. When, breathless,
they reached the station they
found the first runner sitting comfortably
and reading a paper, with
ten minutes' margin before train
t time. One of the women made bold
by indignation advanced upon the
cause of her anger with this query:
"What were you running for?" The
anwer was "for my health."?Philadelphia
Record.
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f SAD ACCIDENT IN HORRY.
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Bright Young Man Killed by Accident?
al Discharge of Qun.
Conway, June 14.?The remains
. of James Dusenbury,, the 14-yearold
son of Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Dusenbury
of Port Harrelson, were laid to
rest at the Waccamaw Presbyterian
church yesterday morning. The
funeral services were conducted by
Rev. A. S. Doak of Conway, pastor
of the church.
This young life was cut short by a
sad occurrence of Monday morning.
| About 6 o'clock James and his father
were feeding the stock when a large
snake was found. James got his gun
> from the house and killed the snake
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i ana reioaaea tne gun ana piacea il
. on a log under which the snake was
i concealed. Later when he started
to get his gun from the log, pulling
1 it toward him from the log by the
. barrel, the gun was discharged and
, the load was emptied into his chest.
I As a result of the shot two of the
young boy's ribs^ we're broken and
through the opening thus caused a
portion of the lung protruded.
. Medical aid was summoned and
, every effort made to save the bright
young life, but Wednesday morning,
about the same hour of the accident,
he succumbed to the pain and the
1 young spirit went to its reward.
Mr. Dusenbury is a prominent
planter of the county, and his young
son give every promise of a successful
life. He was the oldest son,
dutiful and lovable, and admired by
> all who knew him.
i Our New York Letter.
1 Instead of gossip and thread worn
topics your correspondent is always
on the watch for items of benefit to
1 readers. Everything new heads for
' New York. Here is a new one and
calculated to benefit and interest
about as many people as anything
the writer could send this week.
A discovery has been made recent'
ly that is an absolute and permanent
cure for indigestion and all stomach
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. trouDies. JNOteapnysiciansnaveirieu
i it and with results that they are out
spoken in its merits and prescribing
i it freely.
John D. Rockefeller offered $1,000,000
for a cure of his digestive
! troubles. The discoverers of the
s German Grains immediately sought
the multi-millionaire to cure him.
John D. is a robust, healthy mortal
today, whether German Grains did
, the work or not is not generally l
known, for it is said he would not
lend his name to the advertising of
any remedy, thinking, no doubt, he
paid in full when he gave the $1,000,;
000, if he gave it. A large sanitarium
is spoken of, and it is whispered that
possibly the big check to build it
bore the oil magnate's signature.
The sanitarium is to be more of a
monument than a place of treatment,
for it not necessary to come to New
York to be cured. The grains were
sent by mail and are perfectly harmless.
The permanent cheap cures
are wonderful, whether Rockefeller
got his relief through them or not
may never be known, but it is a fact
and there is no concealing it, many
many have been permanently cured
during the short time among them
doctors and people of prominence,
heretofore poisonous drugs have
been relied on and the more used the
more they had to be.
The skill of the most noted specialists
the world over have been baffled
, in the cure of these troubles. A recent
issue of a foreign medical journal
fives an authentic account of the
iscovery of the raw German Grains
and says "that the" age for drugs
and laxatives for the cure of constipation
and indigestion has passed."
This new discovery is looked upon
of world wide importance, humanity
suffering so generally from these
troubles. The writer called and investigated
the remedy, its claims, and
heard and read testimonials that
suggested an article on the subject,
; knowing the wide spread interest
that would be taken in the discovery
\ the country over.
I get no pay for this, was not even
asked to write it up, in fact did not
tell the philanthropist I was a writer,
1 so, Mr. Editor, don't for a moment
conclude I am running in an "ad."
These good people need no "ad,"
the cure they are effecting do that
| for them. I feel many will bless
both the writer and this paper for
1 making known a matter of such* great
interest to one out of every fifteen
of the human race; ^tis said that is
the percentage so afflicted Dy these
troubles.
i From far away frozen Alaska
comes a letter to your correspond
dent thanking him for his interesting
reading in the papers. It took
60 days for the letter to travel to
New York and the writer stated his
> papers were often 60 days old when
i they reached his camp, he being a
captain in the United States infantry.
Cotton prices are exciting New
Yorkers. Goods made from cotton
or into which it enters are out of
sight, scarce and advancing daily.
Truly the farmers' movement has
Wall Street by the throat. Grasp it
tighter is the advice of the writer.
Cotton is high, will be higher, have
no fear good friends south.
H. W. Finlayson.
450 Broadway.
COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS
SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
News Items Gathered All Around the
County and Elsewhere.
| Ehrhardt Etchings.
Ehrhardt, June 17.?Grass has
the upper hand of several farmers
in this section. They have been working
faithfully but the rains prevented
the grass from disappearing.
Mr. Barney Jones, of Newberry,
is visiting his brother, Mr. T. D.
Jones.
George Westerlund and Hurbert
Ehrhardt reached home last week.
Their w:ork at Clemson and Newberry
college seems to have agreed with
+h<vm
Mr. Julius Ehrharclt, who has been
in Augusta, Ga., for several months,
spent a day or two with his father,
Mr. Chas. Ehrhardt.
Last week there was one or two
hail storms in the Folk section. Did
considerable damage to the growing
crops in the fields.
Mr. J. D. Padgett and family left
for Bayard, Fla., Saturday. He makes
big calculations on what he intends
to do in the flowery land.
The demand for corn seems to be
general. Farmers are off bad from
last year's crop. Farmers who have
never bought corn are at it this year.
C. Ehrhardt & Sons have commenced
to place their gin machinery
in their large new building. They
will be ready for work when the
season opens. ' Jee
Country Correspondence.
The predicted good prices for the
cotton croD and this warm weather
we are having makes the farmer more
companionable and even smile.
There's just lots of sickness in our
nydst. Mr. Daniel Hughes,Mrs. S. W.
Sandifer, Mrs. GeoSmoak, and Tuesday
morning at an early hour Mr. P.
W. Sandifer, was stricken with paralysis.
We sincerely hope each one
will recover. -s /
Mrs. Ootsey Folk Hutto and little
daughter, Florine, of Midway, spent
Sunday at the home of Mr. J. W. Hill.
Mrs. George Kinard, of Ehrhardt,
is in our midst, at the bedside of her
daughter, Mrs. Sandifer.
It was our good pleasure to read a
letter from Mr. James Hill, Jr., to
his father, of the 6th instant. He is
in Cannanea Senoria, Mexico, doing
felectrical engineering, and his many
friends will be glad to know he is in
excellent spirits and seems to be doing
extra well.
Misses So villa and Laura Hughes, of
Clear Pond, were visitors at their
brother's, Mr. William Hughes, Saturday.
Since the daily mail route has been
estabjished we cannot see how we did
without it. It is such a pleasure to
get the mail regularly at your door.
Mrs. 0. P. Jordan and son, Master,
Bart, spent Sunday at their aunt's,
Mrs. Elenear Hurst Hanberry, at
Denmark.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Clifton Sandifer,
of Augusta, came down Sunday on a
visit to their father's family, Mr.
D W7 in/ii/lanfantollv at.
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tending children's day exercises at
Springtown Baptist church.
A Stranger in a Strange Land.
Union, June 12?The poor foreign
woman who was found yesterday lying
near the railroad track, near the
Lockhart junction, who after being
brought to the county poor house,
it was found that she was not sick
but only suffering from terrible
mental anguish on account of being
a stranger alone in a strange land,
turns out to be a Polish woman,
whose name, so far as can be made
out is Ignice Patroiski.
When it developed late yesterday
afternoon that the woman was not
ill but only distressed because of her
unfortunate condition, she was
brought to Union by Mrs. R. Goodmon,
who kindly took her in pending
an investigation.
Everyone in town who could speak
a foreign language was taken to try
and interview the woman, but to no
avail until at last a Polish Jew nanied
M. Ginsberg, who runs a small
clothing establishment, was brought
when it was found that he was from
the same country of Gallicia .in Poland.
From what she told him it seems
that she came with a party of immigrants
to Charleston some time
ago, and that while on the train they
changed cars and she became separated
from them. She is a hosiery
worker, and in some way got off at
Lockhart junction, where she was
yesterday found lying beside the
track, apparently being utterly abandoned
to her grief and distress, and
she was later cared for by some railroad
men until brought to the county
poorhouse.
As she can give none of the names
of her former friends, nor where
they went, the problem is what to
do with her. The commission of immigration,
Mr. Watson, was today
communicated with over the telephone
and is working on the meagre
information at hand in trying to locate
her people. If this is unsuccessful
he will notify the United States
authorities and they will see to it
that she is returned to her native
land.
LUCY LIPSEY CONVICTED.
Negro Woman Who Assaulted Dr. W.
L. Under Found Guilty.
Union, June 13.?Lucy Lipsey, the
negro woman who on March 24 shot
Dr. W. L. Under in the back as he
was answering a call at the door of
his private office, was found guilty
of assault and battery with intent to
kill, but the sentence has not yet
been imposed. The jury was out
about 12 hours, the case having been
given to them about 1 o'clock yesterday,
they remaining out. until 1
o'clock this morning, when they
brought in a sealed verdict, which
was opened when court assembled.
It is understood that within six
minutes after the jury went into the
room that they all agreed to a verdict
except one man and ho held out
for 12 hours against his 11 associates.
After the verdict was announced a
motion for a new trial was immediately
made by the defendant's
counsel.
Car Robbed at Allendale.
For some time past the cars of the
Southern railway have been robbed
at Allendale and Barnwell. On Thursday
a car of merchandise was broken
open and'some hats were taken out.
Mr. W. S. Roark, special officer of
the Southern, went down Saturday
and soon located the party who had
been doing the stealing. The culprit
is Donald Benett, a young man well
connected but of an idle nature and
bad habits. Information was collected
and the young man was placed
under arrest.' The hats, 11 in number,
were located and the purchaser
was also discovered.
The young man waived a preliminary
hearing and in default of $1,000
bond he was committed to jail until
the July term of court.
Mr. Roark is a good officer and his
work in detecting the thief is highly
commendable.?Columbia State.
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A Rural Critic.
Dr. B. D. Evans, the mental expert
of the Thaw trial, was criticising
at a physicians' dinner the browbeat
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mg meinoas 01 cross-examination
that the courts permit.
"But my criticism," Dr. Evans ended,
"has been feeble, and what good
is feeble criticism? The critic, to
score, must be epigrammatic, unexpected,
humorous.
"Thus, in my native Bridgetown, a
candidate for congress spoke at a mass
meeting, and afterward a politician
asked an old farmer what bethought
of the speech.
" 'Wall, I dunno,'said the old man,
soberly, 'but I think six hours' rain
would 'a' done us a lot more good.' "
American ilorals: English Manners.
An ^English journal noted for its
perspicacity, prints the following
dialogue under the title "The Social
Catechism."
Q?Who are you?
A?A male animal, of the human
species, endowed with a thirst for
"social distinction."
Q?What do you mean by "social
distinction?"
A?By "social distinction" I mean
only being seen about with the best
people, in the best places.
Q?Who are the best people?
. A?The people whom I want to
know and who do not want to know
me.
Q?Are you often seen with the
best people?
A?As often as they will let me.
Q?And in the best places?
A?As often as I can get there.
Q?Have you a wife?
A?I have not a wife of my own,
but I am doing my best to annex the
wife of another man.
Q?Why do you do this?
A?Because it is expected of me to
live up to my exalted surroundings.
Q?Do all the best men in society
then annex other men's wives?
A?All who can afford to do so.
Q?Is it very expensive to annex
other men's wives?
A ?It is very expensive. One has
to finance the wives and frequently
the husband also.
Q?Then would it not come cheaper
to have a wife of your own?
A?It would be much cheaper, but
it would be less up to date.
Q?What is morality?
A?Morality is a fetish of secondrate
persons, in which the best people,
with few exceptions, have long
ceased to believe.
Q?Who are these few exceptions?
A?Men who, from age or infirmity
are past gallantry, and women who
are either too old or too ugly to attract.
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Q?Are the best people, then, never
moral on principle?
A?The best people have no principles.
One-Sided Twins
I AMM. A*\ VlAl.rt .ITAnf f A n/lVlAA]
j.wu iTxunuuii uvyo wcui wov-uuwi
for the first time out in Utah," relates
Congressman J. Adam Bede, "and
the teacher asked them their names.
" 'John and William Smith,' the
boys replied.
" 'Ah, then you are brothers! How
old are you?'
"Each ten years old, ma'm.'
" 'Indeed! Then you aqe twins?'
" 'Please ma'm,' replied one of the
boys, 'only on our father's side.' "
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THE STATE PRESS MEETING
DELIGHTFUL SESSION AT ISLE OF
PALMS LAST WEEK.
Large Attendance and Elegant Treatment?Old
Officers Re-elected.
At Gaffney Next Year.
Possibly the thirty-third annual
meeting of the State Press Association
at the Hotel Seashore, Isle of
Palms, last week, was the most successful
yet held. In point of attendance,
this is certainly true, it being
the most largely attended meeting
of which we have any knowledge.
The reason no doubt is that the very
good time given the body last
year by the citizens of Charleston
induced a number to come this year
who heretofore had not identified
themselves with the organization,
while others who had become indifferent
could not forego the pleasure
of meeting with the good people
of dear old Charleston. /
The session ODened Thursday morn
ing, with addresses of welcome by
Mayor R. G. Rhett and W. W. Ball,
of the News and Courier. Appropriate
responses were made by President
Aull of the Newberry Herald
and News, and Senator Louis Appelt,
of the Manning Times.
During the session a number of
interesting papers on newspaper subjects
were read, and the annual address
by A. B. Williams, formerly of
this State, but now editor of the
Richmond News Leader, was a gem.
Mr. Williams is not an orator by any
means, but his address was a most
interesting and dramatic account of
newspaper work during the memorable
campaign of 1876, which resulted
in making Wade Hampton governor.
But the business sessions were
brief. The members went to Charleston
to have a good time?and they
got it?full measure, pressed down
and running over. There was not a
dull moment, the committee had
provided entertainment for every
spare moment, and their guests took
advantage of it. The completeness
of the entertainment afforded left
nothing to be desired; If the party
wanted to go to the city or elswhere
President Gadsden was always ready
with special cars and boats, and the
thoughtful and kind attentions he
showed every member of the party
will ever be gratetuny rememDerea
by us all. In fact if Phil Gadsden
ever wants anything done by the
newspaper men of the State he has
only to say so. Truly all the committee
seemed to ignore business entirely,
and found pleasure in devoting
themselves entirely to the newspaper
crowd. Maj. Hemphill, Billy
Ball, Robert Lathan, and others of
the News and Courier, T. R. Waring
and J. G. Morris, of the Evening
Post, Majs. Wilson G. Harvey, Daniel
L. Sinkler, and others, and yet some
more, showered our party with kindly
and delightful courtesies from the
time of our arrival until departure.
The Charleston people have the
true idea of a gathering of newspaper
men and women. We go for
an outing, a relaxation from the
daily grind, to meet our friends
again and to make merry with them,
to get to know each other better and
clear away misunderstandings, but
more than all, the unity of the press
for the development of every section
of the State, is most to be desired,
and no better medium for this purpose
can be employed than personal
contact with the people of those sections.
Charleston no doubt has suffered
in time past from being out of
touch with some parts of South Carolina,
especially the up-country, but
this year it was especially gratifying
to us to see so many folks from the
up-country. Some of them told us
that was their first trip to Charleston.
Next year we go to Gaffney, where
Eld. DeCamp has promised us a great
time, and we know he'll make good.
Charleston put in an invitation, but
there is such a thing as wearing one's
welcome out. So possibly we'll go
back in 1909?if they want us.
The Association showed its wisdom
in unanimously re-electing the old
officers: Col. E. H. Aull, of the Newberry
Herald and News, president;
William Banks, of the State, and J.
C. Mace of the Marion Star, vicepresidents;
R. L. Freeman, Pee Dee
Advocate, secretary; August Kohn,
News and Courier, treasurer. The
executive committee consists of the
officers named and E. H. DeCamp, of
the Gaffner Ledger; C. M. Galloway,
of the State; and J. E. Norment, of
the State.
The above is not near all we wanted
to write about the meeting, but we
have no type-setting machine, and
our printers say we have written already
more than they can "set" and
get out the paper on time.
It is dreadful to fall into the hands
of church choirs. Out near Parksburg,
West Virginia, stalwart Char!
1/yc Mnrcran with a strenUOUS voice.
was haled before a judge and fined
$25.00 or two days in jail on the
charge of disturbing religious worship.
He could "out holler" the bass
and drown the notes of the soprano
and did not pay any attention to such
small matters as time and harmony.
When a good old hymn was sung he
reared back and howled until he could
be heard in the next county.
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A POSTHASTER'S REPORT.
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he Sends a /lass of Late News to
Washington. *
The following is a verbatim copy
of the first report made to former V
Postmaster General Cortelyou by a
newly appointed postmaster in a rural
district of North Carolina: -jn
"muster Jorge Cortelyou, Presi- , ' ^
dent of The United States,?Dear Sir
been required by the instructions of
the post office to report quarterly, I
now fulfil that plesent duly by report- / -m
ing as follers. The harvestin has
been goin on purty wel and most of
the naburs have got thur cuttin about V|?
dun, wheet is hardly a average crop
onrollinlans corn is yellerish ana / M
wont cut moren ten bdoshils to the V|
'aker the health of the community is
Vkl r%. .,-vi-vrO O OW/l aKaI WU '
ynijr witciauic uiccou ?iuu vuvu/ . (>has
broken out in about 2 and a half 'm
mile from hear, thar are a powful ;:*i
awaken on the subject of religion in
the Potts naburhood and many soles
are bein made to know thar sins forgiven.
Miss nancy Micks a neer nabur
had a new baby but he is a poor scrag- 1
gy little feller and wont live half his v '43
day this is ^bout, all i know and have
to report the present quarter give v-jaB
my respects to MISS Cortelyou and >
subscribe myself your trooly."
Unsettled Stairs.
In a recent suit in ,a Cincinnati
court a lawyer was cross-examining a # { i$3M
German, the point under inquiry be- > 1
ing the relative position of the doors,
windows and so forth in a house in
which a certain transaction was al- .
leged to have occurred.
"And, now, my good man," the
lawyer said, "will you be good enough ;|j
to tell the court how the stairs run -:-M
in your house." . i 4
The German looked dazed for a mo- '
ment. 'How do they run?' he repeated
"Yes, how do the stairs run?"
"Veil," continued the witness, "ven
I am oopstairs dey run down, and veil .$M
I am downstairs dey run oop."?Har- H
per's Weekly. ,
Cnrrect bnt IJneynected. ' ",v:S
His majesty's inspector was exam- \i
ining a class of boys on the subject ^
of "birds," says the Tattler. Having g
received correct answers to the qiies- ;1
tions relating to feathers, bill, feet,
and wings, he put the question, <
"What is it a bird can do which I am .
unable to do?" "Fly" was the an4*v^M|
swer he hoped to get. m!
For several moments the boys
thought, but gave no answer. At last
one held up his hand.
"Well, my lad, what is it?" ^
' 'Lay an egg,, sir," said the hoy.
Shooting Near Kershaw.
Kershaw, June 14.?Owing to a ^j|
misunderstanding between Mr. S. W.
Welsh and Mr. F. L. Truesdale, prominent
young men of this town, Mr.
Truesdale was shot by Mr. Welsh, the 'J?
shooting occuring several miles out
from town where a party of gentlemen
had gone for a fish fry. While
the wound is painful it is not serious
and Mr. Truesdale was brought into
town for medical attention. A magazine
pistol was used and Mr. Trues- ' &
dale was shot iq the left breast.
New County Contest. -v S
Mr. D. S. Henderson, of Aiken, was t
here yesterday with records of the
proposed new County to be formed
of Aiken and Edgefield. The Hender- . ^
son firm has been opposed to this last
election and Gov. Ansel has set a date
for a Hearing on the matter in order
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should be ordered on the lapt petition
presented.?Columbia State,June 13.
HOMICIDE NEA& BARNWELL.
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Chief of Police Ross Kills a Man at <1
Ashley Cnurch.
Barnwell, June It.?Chief of Po- * ' ;'M
lice J. B. Boss and son, Buron Ross,
were committed to jail here to-day, ?
J. B. Ross upon the charge of mur- ;
der, and Buron Ross as an accessory
before the fact. It appears that J. < 4
B. Ross and Johnson Pender have - J
not been on friendly terms for sev- eral
months, and some ten days ago
one of Mr. Ross's sons and Pender
had some disagreement. On Sunday * J|
Chief Ross left town to go to his
home church, at Ashley, and on leaving
the church the trouble began. * ^
Both drew their guns and began
firing, and it is said Buron Ross
undertook to take hold of Johnson
Pender, and in doing so received *
several powder burns in the face,
and Pender received 2 bullets in the v t
forehead and one under the righ arm.
Dr. R. A. Gyles was summoned,
but too late. Pender died about two
hours after receiving the wounds.
Chief Ross came to town and sur1
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rendered 10 tne snerm.
Negro Burned To Death.
Belton, June 16.?Luther Greer, a
negro about 25 years old, was burned
to death in the town calaboose here
about 4 o'clock this morning. Greer
was arrested about midnight on the
charge of being drunk and beating his
wife. It is not known how the fire
originated. The building was worth
less than $100.
After viewing the charred remains
the coroner's jury returned a verdict
that the negro came to his death by
being burned by misfortune or accident.
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