Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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. * - g II V w , [new I Next Door to HENRY H. FICKEN WOUNDED. Charleston Lawyer and Banker Pain- ! fully Hurt by Companion. Chaleston, Nov. 29.?Henry H. Ficken, vice president of the South i Carolina Loan and Trust company 1 and member of the law firm of Fick- i en, Rivers & Eckermann, was acci- : dentally shot by John R. Sanders, < one of his party on a turkey hunt up Cooper river, yesterday afternoon, i He was wounded in the arm and leg, the position of the arm stopping the < bullet .that might have carried serious ] injury or death in striking his body, while the presence of mind in falling quickly to the ground upon receiving the first discharge saved him from the second, which followed from Mr. Saunders's gun. < As the game moved in the direction of Mr. Ficken and was chased by Mr. Saunders and others, Mr. Saunders opened fire, and the discharge struck Mr. Ficken. The injury to Mr. Ficken, although the wounds appear to be only flesh wounds, terminated the hunt, and a telegraphic message was sent from Strawberry to Charleston to have a physician meet Mr. Ficken upon arrival of the boat. Mr. Ficken was taken to his residence and given nrnmnt attention. Neither of the ^ *> ? wounds are expected to give any trouble. PREACHER RAN DEN OF VICE. V 1 Suicide of White Stenographer Reveals Appalling Practice. Joplin, Mo., Nov. 27.?That J. H. Brownlee, a negro Baptist minister, conducted a real estate office which was a redezvous for young white girls, who drank beer, wine and brandies with the minister and met other negroes there, was brought out at the inquest yesterday over the body of Pearl Nugent, 17 years old, who committed suicide in the negro's office. Miss Nugent, who was white, was Brownlee's stenographer. Had it not been for the sensational evidence of John Castillo, an attorney, who produced a letter showing Miss Xugent's alleged relations with a white man, there might have been a lynching. This letter indicated that the girl's suicide might have been due to her association with the white man. The little girls, all of them in hnee dresses, who testified to-day, said Brownlee would employ only *, .te girls in his office. an am Whftn we sav we are rarer w . - 1/ * i. why we can afford to sell yoi lived in New York for a nun our time by learning where fore we are going to give 01 our Cost Price sale for a litt still have an enormous stocli January and are going to ms Remember we are going to < YOR When you come to town 1 and you will come to our st< the prices of same will cause that is compelled to sell tha want to buy goods at actual goods and prices will do the those who have traded with s. r o Post Office BODY FOUND IN WOODS. Not? in Coat Pocket Tells of Stu4 i dent's Suicide. Greenville, Nov. 30.?"Nobody did this but me," scrawled upon the back of an envelope found in the inside coat pocket on the body of W. D. Watson, whose corpse was discovsred about 9 o'clock this morning, a special course at Farnian. lie was 31 years of age. A young woman in Vienna, whose hatpin injured a man's eye and caused him to lose the sight of it, offered as compensation to marrj him. The offer was accepted. in a patch of woods two miles from Greenville, following his mysterious disappearance from his room in one of the Furman University dormitories yesterday morning, tells the tragic story of a student whose mental poise was toppled over from brooding over what he had conceived to be a rebellion against the voice of God calling him to the ministry in earlier life, and who, in a fit of despondency, wandered off to the spot where he had often studied Greek with a class made and drank of a deadly poison. Body Discovered. Following a search lasting through yesterday and the greater part of last night, one of the University students came upon the prostrate form of the young man in a patch of woods on the Augusta roaa. me aiaim ?a? sent into the University and immediately tlffe college bell was set tolling, carrying the sad intelligence to searching parties throughout the surrounding country that the body of the missing young man had been found. The coroner was notified of the finding of the body, and after mak ing an investigation ordered tne corpse removed to an undertaking establishment, where it was prepared for shipment to the young man's home in Horry county. Escorted by Students. A brief service was held in the morgue chapel this afternoon by President Edwin M. Poteat, of the University, after which the body was borne to the railway station followed by the students of the University and the fitting school, in inarching order. Watson's home is at Xixonville, in Horry county. lie was a graduate of the South Carolina Military Academy. at Charleston, and was taking ^@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ >ared to sell you cheaper than 01 a cheaper is because we know ei iber of years before making Bai and from whom to buy to recei -Pr?i on rlc 3 P.ll 3.1 XL 1/UdlUlii.CiO OjLLka. XXXV^uuk; w. le more than two weeks and din : yet to dispose of. We are com ike you offers that you cannot ai offer everything in our large stc K WH ook for the large sign with the ore. Here you will find anythir ! you to forget that short crop, n it is with one who is not neces cost come to our store. All we a ! rest. Ask your neighbor aboui us. Remember the sale lasts u: VI. F WOMEN'S ASSAILANT LYNCHED. Culprit Secured by Mob Despite i Sheriff's Heroic Efforts. Cordele, Ga., Nov. 30.?Chesley Williams, negro, who shot two white women near Rhine, and assaulted one of them, was dragged from the vaults of the clerk's office at McRae at 2 o'clock this morning by an angry mob and riddled with bullets. Sheriff Wilcox, of Telfair county, attempted to evade the mob with his prisonerby hiding the negro in the vault of the clerk's office in the court house at McRae, but his efforts were unsuccessful. The lynching was quiet and the town is now orderly. Neither of vir>tim? nrp dead, but one is not expected to live. The negro was accused of entering the home of a prominent farmer near Rhine, a small town, in the absence of the male members of the family. The farmer's wife was shot and his 18-vear-old daughter was then assautel. The crimes were discovered when the farmer returned home and a man hunt was immediately organized. Friends of the negro, Williams, are said to have revealed his hiding place to the sheriff. Hanged After Seven Trials. Waxhachie, Tex., Nov. 29.?Burrell Oates, a negro, convicted of murdering Sol Aronoff, of Dallas, eight years ago, was hanged here to-day, closing thereby one of the most notable legal incidents in Texas jurisprudence. Oates, without money or influential friends, secured seven trials and was the cause of two changes in Texas statutes during his long and remarkable legal fight against the charge of murder. Oates's fight for life was made all the more remarkable by the fact that every one of his seven juries found him guilty of murder and six of them condemned him to death. The other jury, being unable to agree over the penalty, caused a mistrial, although declaring the negro's guilt. J Technicalities and at times more I serious legal errors have been used J ' repeatedly to secure new trials for i Oates. The sixth trial was declared void because the jury in writing its verdict inadvertently omiueu 11 : words "in first degree" in finding I ^ Oates guilty. i| r A man doesn't necessarily have to be sharp to have his good points. ?@???@?@@@?@@??????@?@@?@@??????@@@?@@? nn-m-nQfi'fnvo fViaf ic oYant.lv what we rnea.rL The reason ? 41 WlU^/4/UlUVl?J UlltV V am vmwwwaj v? **wv ?*w ? _ cactly where to go to get the best bargains to be had. We g: nberg our home, ^nd while there we made good use of ? ve the best goods at the lowest possible price, so there- S ice to profit by our knowledge. We have been running ? rincr that time we have sold Quite a lot of goods, and we ^ .pelled to raise a certain amount of money by the first of ^ ford not to accept if you or your family wear clothes. ^ >ck at absolute j|| [OLESALE COSTf j electric lights clear across the street, follow the crowds, ? ig in the Dry Goods and Clothing lines that you wish, and ? Remember that it is always easier to trade with a man || >sarily needing the money to meet his obligations. If you tg ,sk is that you come and see what we really have, our || b our goods and prices, we are willing to be judged by 1 @ ntil Tuesday Night, December 24th. \ ^ -p 'L5KLJN II Bamberg, S. C. 1 1 - - - ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?? if - " " "" \ M Most of You People | a? i.-i-* j?o1a mo QT?a rinm parnrincr Are IciKlIlg cLUVctlibctgC U1 U11C oaic tuccu y*\s wiv tv vv?* * j ii llll S on, but some of you are missing the best chance you have ever had to get i j ?i???i????? 'Si * v -v ' . 4 Good Goods at a Sacrifice Price | ' ' x I II 3 j ; I ' I I 1 ' I '.i I I I _/ I I ?- : - - - . - '