Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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v AMERICAN r.. A: American Steel & Wire Co. A sound, substantial, enduring fence, bnilt on the elastic, binged-joint princi. ^ pie—the most scientific, practical and per fect fence principle known. It yields to great and sodden pressure but returns again to the original shape. Thoroughly galvanised and protected against weather. FOft SALE BY FOR SALE BY \ YARN BROS. ee. and W. W. e©NE. Lodge, S. e. NEGRO LYNCHED nuic cum riddled with, dul UTS FOR MURDER OF SCHOOL GIRL. Little Mountain, Nov. 25. Kid- died by I.IH*) bullet wounds, the body of Flute Clarke, a negro, to night lies on the south side of^Little Mountain, mute evidence of the suddenly aroused wrath of a mob of nearly 1 im»o Lexington and New berry citizens maddened by the murder of the li-year-o’d daughter of a prominent farmer of this >ee- tior, who Clarke i-> -aid to have coi.fesM-d, met her d^ath while resist ing his attempts t > assault h<T. The girl s throat was cut from ear to ear, and her bleeding body was found about '> o’clock this afternoon ■ear th*v cellar door of her drome. The negro was caught and spirited •way' by half a dozen men. who con-j oealed him from, the officers. The mob got wind of this ami the negro's alleged confession to his captors, •nd* at oq^* w ent in groups to the secluded spot, where the prisoner eras held. BOPY Rinnl.EK ^ When the alarm was given the Lexington sheriff sent the blood hounds from the county chaingang in charge of Capt. Fete Mack. M. M. Buford, sheriff of Newberry, also hastened to the spot. Upon arrival at the scene the dogs at once took up the trail and carried it to a field, where the negro had been plowing. Here they stopped and the chase was given up. CHARE RENEWED. Then the crowd, which had i»een gathering since the first reports of i the crime had gone forth, separated to beat the bushes for the negro. . Alter a -hurt chase he was captured i by a party of half a dozen and hur ried into a place of seclusion. The THE COLLETON FAIR ONE OF THE REST IN SOUTH CAROLINA SATS THSCOIOMDIA STATE- LANDS CHEAP AND PRODUCTIVE. The following editorial is taken from the State of Satur day. It is worth careful reading by those interested in a greater Colleton —the New Colleton: One of-the best of the many fairs held in South Carolina this year was that of Colleton county.! While one of. the oldest settled ! counties in South Carolina, Col-’ leton has wide stretches of land | | susceptible of the highest ag- 1 ricuitural development and pur- negro is said to have .confessed his.; erasable allow prices. It is a crime to these men. The mob learn-! county that should be especially ed of the capture, and. while the of- inviting to enterprising men licers went off on a false scent, seeking new homes in a land quietly slipjied away to Where the negro was neld. What followed can & • not l»e definitely stated, but a fusil lade of shots was heard and shortly af^er the negro was found dead, rid dled with bullets, with a lantern hanging on his breast. The girl’s body was found lying in | the yard near the cellar door, and the surroundings show that a des perate struggle was made by the tmee the brutal negro was in young girl. The distance from the their power, the enraged citizens j well to where the young girl met poured volleys into his body, nearly l.OUO shots, it is believed, being fire*! With the bloody work over, the crowd began to disperse, and there was little further manifesta tion of disorder The body was left where it fell, with a lantern hung on the breast. The yourg girl, who had two days’ holiday from school on account df Thanksgiving, was alone at home at the time of the attack. Her mother had just gone to a neighbor’s. The her death is about oD yards, and she was dragged the entire distance. Her head was almost severed from the body. RAISED BY VICTIM’S FAMILY. Flute Clarke had lived on the place of the victim’s father for 12 years, having been practically raiaed agriculture' To advertise where industry and intellingence applied to the cultivation of a naturally fertile soil can not but result in the rapid accumulation of wealth. Elsewhere is reprinted today an editorial article from the Washington Post about the achievement of Jerry Moore of Florence. • In Colleton thousands and thousands of acres are available to purchasers not less rich than the “parsonage lands” which the parson’s son has made famous. Besides, within the last ten or fifteen years one of the most prosperous truck-grow ing industries in the county has been eitiblished in Colleton and the coptrty, in accessibility to the great markets as w ell as in soil and climate, is wonder fully favored for that branch of by the family. He was married and is said to have been about 21 years ofsge. . ThiMrime was committed.in Lex ington countv. The negro was Newberry county, just a county’s re sources no expedient perhaps is so valuable as a county fair when it is wen conducted. The people of Walterboro. the county seat of Colleton, have done admirably negro, who worked for her father, 1 0V er the line. Approached her. according to his al-| The crime of this afternoon was jin the promoting and carrying to leged confession, to which there is,within less than two a successful conclusion the Col- no e*i conressmn, to wmen mere ;3 1 '-ouiuiim.vu wiuuu moo a succesaiui ounoiusiou me corroboration. there being no tjie p, ace where Co-t Lever leton fair and they deserve the , witnesses md asked her for a ! atU,mpte< ! t0 a88m 'i lt the w v ’ fe . of a thanks of the farmers and (and* u" .u!; prom,nent r un * f * r r r ah ? ut * owners throughout Colleton drifik of water. She gave him the year ago. water, and then he asked her to i hanged, bring him -ome |M>tatoes also. When she, brought them he Attacked her. Th** girl screamed- and called out that she would tell her father. The negro then lashed her thrust from i • •ar to ear. the head la'ing alm<wt J m vend from the body. He then. lieu FINDS THE BOm for w hich he wa-; legally Announcement The girl's young brother, return ing to the house a short time after ward. found her body. The alarm was given, and the father of the victim, who was plowing in a fie'd ibout 200 years from the fatal scene, rushed to the s,u*ne. Medical atten tion was hastil" secured, but the lit tle victim was dead H«?r resistance had not been n vain, however, as *he had thwarted the negro's iierdish purpose. Clarke, with almost consummate cunning, returned at once to the acene and even assisted in carrying the body of hi* victim into the bouse. We desire to announce to our friends throughout the county that we have open ed an up-to-date h-^rdware store in Walterboro, and shall be pleased to have their continued pair mage. Our store is located on V Main street next door to The Press and Standard. You will he welcomed at our store. Pelhim Hardware Co. throughout county. The fair in Colleton and in all the other South Carolina counties should he repeated next year and a healthy spirit of emulation among tlu* counties should be en couraged. . MD. NMI - lUftl Kfttatc, Brokeni|t« aac Insurance. LOANNEGOTIATED o Housfe* co Rent. S.“— Opptwlu tfci; Mtrkei, WALTKRBOKO. 8. U (WVICE OF Dp. A.Anderson DENTAL SURGEON Office Hours: J • 1 p m l p. m., 9 p. m OPPOSITE Pannara aod Marchaati * Phone 100a. a. a - WRITE FbR S A M P L E S f MAKE OUR STORE YOUR HOME TRYHIS^ON A MAIL ORDER WHEN YOU COME TO THE CITY 99 “SATISFACTION . OR YOUR MONEY BACK LOUIS COHEN & CO. 0 232 end 234 King Street and 203 Meeting Street, Charleston, S. C. >, * • Charleston’s Great Department , Store < . r : . ^ ^ ■ ■ "! ’ ' "" 1 ■'? - 11 ■" " The Largest Wholesale and Retail Mail Order House In the Sooth New Fall Tailored Suits In exceptionally smart, up-to-date models for Ladies and Misses. frllr range $10to$100aSuit LADIES AND MISSES f ALONG SKIRTS In Chiffon Panama. All new models. Plain tailored or trimmed with Tafteta, Silk or Satin bands, (i 7C a A MC Prices range from.. • v III yLu Newest of Waists hr Adi asd fader Wear All pure White Linen Waists, plain tailor-made, with laundered collars $1,1.25 and 1.50 Each {| LADIES TAFFETA SILK WAISTS ■» v From $15.00 down to $2.98 each. Ladies Mfcssaline Silk Waists at $3.75 Large line of Novelty Waists in Plaid Silks, Chifton Over-net or Persian Tafleta Silk. Silks and Dress Goods We are showing superior lines of Plain and Novelty Dress Goods and Silks. Write for Samples. Get our Prices. At Wholesale or Retail <» , We offer new lines of Blankets, Com- forts, Dry Goods, Notions, Shoes, Milliner)-, Gents Pine Furnishings, o* 0 Upholstery Goods, Floor Coverings of all kinds. Agents for Dr. Jaeger’s Sanitary Woolen Underwear and Ladies Home Journal Patterns locand 15c each. v3 A Ladies’ and Children’s Ready-to-Wear Garments a Specialty Builders' Material Wanted the public to know that we havn a most complete line of all kinds of builders’ material, such as DOORS, SASH, BLINDS. „ SHINGLES, MOULDING, BRICK, r * LUMBER, ETC At prices to suit Let us know your wants. C. A. SAVAGE laiofactirer of Roogh aid Dressed Lanber- ATTRACTIVE LIN’S OK DRY GOODS, NOTIONS, HOSIERY, UNDERWEAR, .SHOES ANO HATS, BLANKETS AND* COM. FORTSi V COMPLETE ASSORTMENT Ot CHOICE GROCERIES HACkEB MANUFAlTUMNI COMPiNV, SCOCESSOKS TO GEO. S. HACKER & SON. WE. MANUFACTURE Dears Sash aid Iliads Columns and Balusters; Grillet and Ornaments; Screen Doors Windows. 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