Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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1 knife shot out, and one of the negro's ears dropped into a "hand ready to recieve it. Uose pleaded pitifullly for mercy, and begged his tormentors to let him die. His cries were unheeded. The second ear went the way of the other. Hardly had he been deprived of his organs of hearing belore his fingers, one by one, were taken from his hand and passed among the members of the yelling and now thoroughly maddened crowd. The shrieking wretch was quickly deprived of other portions of his anatomy, and the words, "COME ON WITH THE Oil/' brought a huge can of kerosene to the foot of the tree. The negro, his body covered with blood from head to toot, was striving and tugging at his chains. The can was lifted over the negro's head by three or tour men and its con tents poured over him. By this time a good supply of brush, pieces ol fence rails and lire wood hail been nlaced about the neirro's feet. This pyre was thoroughly saturated and a match applied. Til K MKNIXtS. A tlameshot upward and spread quickly over the pile of wood. As it licked the negro's legs lie shrieked loudly and began tugging at his chains. As the Humes crept higher and the smoke en tered his eyes and mouth. Hose put the stumps of his hands to the tree hack of him and with a terrific plunge forward of his body severed the upper portion of the chain which bound him to the tree. Ilis body, held to the tree only as far as the thighs,j lungeu lorwara, thus escaping the flame* which roared and crackled about his feet. One of the men nearest the burning negro quickly ran up and pushing him hack said: "(jet back into the fire, there," and quickly coupled the disjointed linksof the chain. The road lor a distance of half! a mile on each side of the burn-, ing negro was blaek with conveyances and was simply i mpaKsable. j The crowd surrounded the stake, on all sides, but none of those, nearer than 100 feet of the centre! were able to see what was going, on. Yell after yell went up and] the progress of the flames were! communicated to those in thej rear by shouts from the eye witnesses. HOKKIUI.fi S0UVKNIK8. Torch was applied about half past 2 and at 3 o'clock the body J of Sam Hose was limp and life-i less, his head hanging to one side, i The body was not cut down. It i was cut to pieces. The crowd j fought for places about the' smouldering tree and with knives I secured such pieces of his carcass' as did not fall to pieces. Thel chain was peverpd by ham-] mers, the tree was chopped down. .1 iL I - ' hiiu, wnn Biicn pieces of firewood as had not burned, was carried away as souvenirs. THE CONSTITI TOIN'S 81'MMAKY. | Atlanta, (la., April 2.1. ?The; Constitution will say to-rnorrow : "The terrible retribution which Sam Hose was forced to pay for1 his crime will arouse a Mood of discussion, carried on by those who know thefactr on the one j side, and by those who do not j care for facts on the other. "But, while the form of the criminal's punishment cannot be upheld, let those who are disposed to criticise it look into the facts? and by these facts temper the judgment they may render. ( "An unassuming, industrious , and hard-working farmer, after ( bis day's toil, sat at his evening | meal, around him sat wife and | children, happy in the presence of the man who was fulfilling to them every duty imposed by nature. At peace with the world, } serving God, and loyal to human- I ity, the looked forward to the i coming day. j "Noiselessly, the murderer i with uplifted axe. advanced * in s the rear and sank it to the hilt in j the brain of the unsuspecting vie tim. "Tearing the child from the mother's breast he flung it into the pool of b'ood oozing from its father's wound. "then began that the culmination of which has dethroned the reason of the people of western Georgia during the past week. As critics will howl about lynching. The Constitution will be pardoned for stating the plain facts. "The wife was seized, choked, thrown upon the Hour, where her clothing lay in the blood of her husband, and ravished. "Remember the facts ! Remern ber the dark night in the country home! Remember the slain husband above all, remember that shocking degradation which was i intlicted by the black beast, his victim swimming in her hus- ; band's warm blood ras the brute held her to the lloor! "Keep the facts in mind ! When the picture is painted of the ravisher in llames, go back and view that darker picture of Mrs Cran- j ford outraged in the blood of her S murdered husband !" Negro Preacher Hanged. Palmetto, <ia., April 24.?Rev. Lige Strickland, who paid Sam Hose twenty dollars to kill Alfred Cran ford, was hanged by the same mob last night that burned Hose here vesterdav. i The mob is still after Hewitt. All night the lynchers sat at court on the first public square here, and then at one o'clock this morning tidings of possible interference by state troops having t reached here, they adjourned to the wild wood. , The preacher was taken out of ( town deep among pines where <. huge bonfires furnished light and t warmth. The white haired minis ] ter, weeping with an appeal to the throne of grace, was tied to a tree, while his counsel proceeded to defend him before the mob oourt. The negro l>e;trs an unsavory reputation. He protested i constantly that he was not guilty, calling on (iod to witness his I innocence and pleadim: lor mercy. He was a picture of abject terror. Atlanta, April 21?A tele, phone message from Palmetto at ten o'clock says the mob captured Albert Sewell, a negro who had i declared that the death of every negro should Ik* avenged and put ; him to death. The mob is still j on the hunt for negroes and prob ( ahlv two more will bo lynched ; i i. . 1 iit"kih; i UK worK is liniSIO'M. The n?oh found Strickland at the house of Major Thomas, his L employer, who saul Strickland had nothing to do with the Crantord affair. Others said Strickland was a law-abiding citizen. ( Some inemherR of the mob lav- i ored the law taking its course >c and suggested going to another \ place where several others lived t who know Strickland. This met with approval. The court moved to the woods and there Strickland was strung up two or three times in an effort to make him confers, hut Strickland lenied his connection with the Hose crime. The crowd was evenly divided uul finally decided to take Strick and to the Fairburn jail. This ivas the last seen of Strickland dive. A couple of farmers com ng to town this morning reported seeing his body to a tree shockngly mutilated. iSMolffis ...... .......1.-1 ti I wi"iiva.uo iz3 wiv jnu \ aiciiu iu gcuu' J.'y begins with a common cold, at>t udel with cough, hoarseness, eororc.,s ft he lungs, tightness of the chest and difficulty in breathing. If not attended to, it Ixjcomes dangerous?thousands dio from bronchitis annually. Dr. JohnW. Bull's Cough Syrup is the bt-r?t remedy fur tins disease; it relieves the cough at once, effects an easy exI >cc tor at ion, and cures in a few days. Ss'.BalTfc u3ugh Syrup Will promptly cure Bronchitis. l><>*< s are small ami pleasant to take. Doctorl rcccmint-ml it. I'tiee 25 cents. At alt druggist*. LANCASTER ENTERPRISE 'ublished Every Wednesday and Saturday nv 'to - Enterprise. Publishing. Company A. J. CLARK K.litor. )ne Year $ 1.00 Six Months 50 cts "hree Months 25 cts In Advance. We lines day, April UO, 1800. I Vnthony Hope's Latest Romance. Anthony Hope's new romance, The Countess Emilia," beguiling in the May Ladies' Home Journal, will be read with the ireatest interest by its author's id in i r*>ra in tliic cniint T ?? tlia /ery opening chapter the reader's uriosity is aroused in tlie liveliest possible way. The story is in Anthony Hope's characteristic rein, and carries one's interest as inwaveringly as did "The I'rison*r ol Zenda," \\i111 which he enertained and delighted every] over of a good story well told. BRAVE fllEN FALL Victims to stomach, liver and iidney troubles as well as women, ind all feel the results in loss of ippetite, poisons in the blood, larkache, nervousness, headache ind tired, listless, run-down feeing. But there's no need to feel ike that. Listen to J. \V. Hardier, Idaville, Ind. He says : "Blecric Bitters are just the thing for i man when he is all run down, ?nd don't care whether he lives or lies. It did more to give me new "trength and eood appetite than inything I could take. 1 ran now lat anything have a new lease on ife.'' Onlv 50c. at. Crawford [Iros. Drug Store. Every bottle yii q po r? nn/I ^ How a Girl's Taste Differs With Deference to Marriage. A girl's taste differs according 0 flier age, says a cynic. At 10 die wants a dude with toothpick dioes and microscopic mustache; it 20 a chief justice with a pile )f tin; at 25 she'll be satisfied vith a member of congress; at 30 1 country doctor or a preacher arill do; and at 35 anything in he line, from an editor down. .,V \' v: " , ? * BKT - ^TJrv * LESS TIME LOST THAN WITH A LYNCHING. n u IliiHband Overtaken and Slays His ? Wife's Assaulter. ?> e I fipccial to The State. tl Piedmont, April 22.?''Bob" ? Bridges, formerly a section hand j. in the weave room at the mills here died this morning at 4 o'clock from the elfect of a blow or blows of a stick in the hands j of Dick Howard late yesterday aftei noon. It is reported that he went to : the home of Dick Howard, a ? small farmer who lives about a mile from Piedmont, in Anderson county, finding Howard's wife alone in the house he made improper proposals to her. She ran to the field where her husband was at work -and gave the alarm. ~ Howard at once started for the house to find Bridges, and meet- li ing him in the yard crushed in J}; the left side of his head with a n pine stick. [*c Howard was placed under ar * rest by Magistrate Mitchell pend- 4 ing the investigation of the coro- V ner's jury. Bridges has been out of em! ployment since Christmas and v for the last two or three months has been drinking a great deal. The verdict of the coroner's j jury was: J. R. Bridges came J to his death at his home in Pied- ? mont, Anderson County, on the * 22d day of April by injuries in- g dieted at the hands of W. R. I Howard. Howard will be taken to Anderson jail on the train this morning. No new evidence was brought . out at the inquest. ANOTHER STORY. Greenville, April 22.?News * reached here this morning a bom icide near Piedmont, on the Anderson county side. Bob Bridges, j a young man well known in the j section, was killed about sun- " ' i down yesterday by Dick Howard, c a tenant on the Ilammett place, * a mile and a half from Piedmont. f It seems that Bridges had gone a to the Howard home and grossly < insulted Howard's wife. Howard c was near the house, and as soon n as informed of the occurrence he " | hastened homo and encountered | Bridges in the yard. lie dealt J, J Bridges a deadly blow on the C head with a heavy stick. No de- ,, I tails of the fight or quarrel are ' j known here. ^ Bridges died at 4 o'clock this c morning. Howard gave himself j up to the officers and is now in the Anderson jail. Dr. Bull's Cougli Syrup cures J whooping cough and measles' < cough. This wonderful remedy ? will save the children from many i a distressing coughing spell and j soon e fleet a cure. I 1 or fr< st bites, burns, indolent sore J eczema, skin disease, and especially | Piles. I ?e Witt's Witch Hazel Salve j sianus nrst and beat, hook out for ] dishonest people who try to imitate 1 and counterfeit it. It is their en- i dorsement of a good article. Worth- J less goods are not imitated. Get I ] Witt's Witch Hazel Salve. Crawford J Hros. I In almost every neighborhood there j is some one whose life has been saved by Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, or who has been cured of chronic diarroea by the use t of that medicine. Such persons make f a point of telling of it whenever op- 5 port unity oilers, hoping that it may he the means of saving other lives For sale by J. F. Mackky Co. W. F. Rawl, New Itrookland. S. C., ] writes : Have used Dr. M. A. Simmons Liver Medicine many years, and oon- ( sider it the beat liver tnidicine made. I 1 regard it a miracle compared with r \ Zellin's Regulator.^ . mm J* ^ o.5v . m 1 The Best In the Word. We believe Chamberlain's Cough J temedy is the beat in the world. A. p iw weeks ago we suffered a severe old and a troublesome cough, and aving read their advertisements in ur own and other papers we urchas- ^ d a bottle to see if it would effect us. t cured us before the bottle was more ban half used. It is the best medicine m j ut for colds and coughs.?The Her- M Id, And- rsonville, Ind. For sale by J 1 '. HACKS Y & Co. LANCASTER & CHESTER RAILWAY. between Chester and Lancaster. In effect 12 01 u.m., Sunday, Dec. Eft, 1898. Dallu Kxce/tt Sunday. outhbound. Northbound? fo. Ill No. 17. Na IS Nail '. M A. M l P. M. A. M 7 00 || 00 d Lv ...Chester ...Ar 5 M OSS \ 7 10 II 1 > ' Orr's " 5 40 H 40 7 2S II 21 * Knox's .... " 5 30 9 3J McDumel's... " 7 4ft II 38|d Rlchburg.... 5 07 9 07 7 5ft 11 5a,* . Ilascomville.. " U1 8 55 8 12 00 Cedar Shoals.." 4 44 8 44 8 ift 12 12 J ".. .Fort Lawn..." 4 :a 8 33 8 30 12 31) " Graces... 4I? 8 18 8 40 12 40 " Miller's Cross'g " 4 08 8 S 8 55 12 ft) d Ar. Lancaster.. Lv 4 00 8 00 . M I'. M. V. M P. M Train leaving Lancaster at 8:00 a. tn., con ccts at Chester with Southern Railway going juth, C. & L going north and G. C. & N. VcsIbulfl and local trains going west. Train leaving Lancaster at 4:00 p. m.t con pets at Lancaster with (X R. & C from Cam en. and Chester with Southern Railway going '& orth and south and with C. & L. north. Train leaving Chester at 11:00 a. tn , connects t Chester with Southern Railway from Charitte, also C. & L. from north. Train leaving Chester at 7:0't>. tn., connects Ith Southern Railway from Columbia. O. C *-^1^ : N. from Atlanta and P. ft L from Lenoir* p LKROY SPRINGS, V. II. HARDIN, President, Vice-Pres. and Manager. Educate Voor ltowols With Citurnrctn. Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever. Oc.25c. IfC.C.C fail, druggistsr fund money. treata with you whether you continue lervr-ltllllntf touaeco habit. NII-Ttl-llM^B BRji y rnioin tliedeairr (or Uibui'U, wiih^xrn CKHkTv? ut net vou* diet reas. e 1 l.ela nlro^^-jjj .11 liHKr Ine, purine. tho blood, n-^^f J B h .'<J terra loat manhoud, Al V I boxes nakea tou atrony^rjw' i alje^aold. 400.000 n health,iitie d ki KV^B^eaaea cured. Buy nd 1 I'll IIA <' (rum eol. al ?dl IF'youf own diupirlst. who ** vTbt B H I fl^^^wlll roueh for u*. Take It with Bw^^^a will, patiently, persistently Ono box, *i, usually cures. ^ boiaa, ?: ?, iroaranteed to enre, or we refund money. DP"^Hurllar Ueiard/le.. t.hlease, .xtraal. haw lark. OABTORIA. Bear* the /> ^ Kind You Hare Wways Bought 6**r j NAVAL CADET. competitive Examination tor U. S. Naval Academy. Notice is hereby fjiven thai a comu*t it i??xftmi nnl ion trill lu> h.lil in he city of Rock llill, 8. <\,on Tuesday ilay 2nd, 18St9, commencing at lo i'clock a. m., for the purpose of selector a suitable person to till the vacany which now exists in the U. 8. Nasi Academy for a Naval Cadet from he Fifth 8. C. Congressional District. All candidates must be not less than ifleen nor more than twenty years of ige, and physically sound, well forind. of robust constitution, and not unler five feet in bight. They must be prepared to read well ind write legiblv. neatlv and ranidlv - * m r J ,nd they will be examined carefully ipon the following English branches * spelling, Punctuation, Capitals,Gramnar, Geography, United States Histoy. World's History, Araitbmetic, Aljebra and Geometry. The Fifth District embraces the onnties of Chesterlleld, Kershaw, .anraster, Chester, Cherokee and , k'ork. Candidates can write me at forkvillc for any further information AI lesired. _ D. K. Fmtir,/V .Wi if arch 17. *99. Yorkville S. * Vft Tobarco Spit and Smoke Tear l ife Amy. ( To quit tobacco easily and forever. I>e mac- ' lellc. lull of life, nerve and visor, take No-To l:io, the wonder worker, that makes weak men l| trong. All druggists, Coc or fl. Curcguaraneed IlooUlot uud aaiopic free. Addreaa iterllng Ketnody Co , Chleauo or Net* Yoris. > , . [Caveats, and Trade-Mark* obtained, snd all I'at Z lent business conducted tor Moot aatc Fee*. 2 !Ous Orrtcc to Oapqaiti U. ?. Patint Ornct J [ And we can secure pvent in lest time ikauthoaej Jo remote from Washington. 2 ' Send model, drawing or photo., wkh descrtp- d [tlon. We advise. If patentable or not, tree of} I i charge. Odr fee not due till patent Is secured. < fll [ a P AMPMLCT, "flow to Ob'ain Patent*," with t / 'cost of seme In the U. S. and foreigncouotrlea2 > tent free. Aditre**, ' 5 ? iC.A.SNOW&CO. 1 Oi'P. Patynt Orrrcc, W*?MN?Gidr? t 11 nlaria cannot find a lodgment in he system while the Liver is in pereot order. Dr. M. A. Simmons Liver ledictne is the best Regulator. * A new lot ol New 1 Home sewing ma- * rhines on hand at this ^ >ffice. \ k^ y}m \r dRPwSit ??