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Cheater Will Build an $8,000
Structure.
A special to The State from
Chester says :
The ''educational campaign" so
prevalent through the state for
the last year, together with the
increase of school population in
this growing town have made
necessary the building of another
school house for the accommodation
of the cro^'dR of children now
attending the Chester graded
school. For that purpose the
contract was receutly given out
to Mr. Joel It. Simril for the sum
of about $8,000 ; tho total expeti
iliture for fitting up the building
will be about $0,000.
A remarkable occurrence in
the last lew days is the death of
two young men, natives of this
county, though one not a resident
at his death, at the same age, 32
years. Mr. C. II. Brennfcke, Jr.,
(iied at Birmingham, Ala., on the
20th inst, He was in the tele
graph service at Holly Springs,
Miss., was on his way here to
spend Christmas, and was taken
suddenly and seriously ill at Birmingham.
The other death is
that of Mr. Thomas I). Wallace,
a worthy young man of Rossville
township.
Rev. John Bass Shelton, pastor
of Chester Baptist church, has
received in the last two days a
unanimous call from the congre.
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senium oi ine nrst Baptist church I
of Wilmington, N. (J., to the pas I
lorate there. Mr. Shelton has j
I he matter under thoughtful consideration
and will make known
his decision within the next few
days.
Mysterious Disappearance.
Charleston, Dec. 2G.?Oliver
A. Schlosser, 30 years old, proprietor
of the Milladale nursery
and expert landscape gardener,
who came to this State from Massachusetts,
has mysteriously (lis
sappeared from his home in
Greenville. lie left there on
Dec. 15, promising to return in
three days to meet his business
associates and has not been heard
from since.
Some of tliein fear lie has met
with loul play, as his business
was apparently in excellent |
ii ;t pe.
A glass or two of water taken half
an hour before breakfast will usually
keep the bowels regular. Harsh ca'
hartics should be avoided. When a
purgative is needed, take Chamberlain's
Stomach and Liver Tablets.
They are mild and gentle in their
action. For sale by J. F. Maekey &
Co., druggists.
A Christmas Storm.
Ameriens, Ga., Dec. 2G.?A
destructive storm passed over
litis section Friday. On the McNeil
farm several houses were de
stroyed and one man was killed
by flying timbers. On the Lar
tor plantation, next to McNeil's,
a windmill near tlie house was
blown down and one man killed.
neverai tenaut houses were de
strayed. The plant of the Willis
Oannirg company near hero was
blown down.
On the Jubai Morris plantation
every tenant house was destroyed.
More than a dozen mules
were killed by stables falling on
them. Miles of fencing was carried
away.
"tRT* Early Risers
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. AT KLEINS.
The Principals, Two Prominent
Barnwell >1en, Bead.
Special to The State.
Barnwell, Dec. 21?At Klein*,
a station on the Southern nine,
miles from our court house, an
awful tragedy was enacted last
evening when the lives of two of
our men, Mr. J. T. Hogg and Mr.
Ben Jeukins, were snuffed out.
It seems that there had been
bad blood between the two men
because of a suit involving certain
landH owued by the latter and
last evening at a school eutertaiuinent
at Kleins the two met, hot
nuiun wore paHHBU, wnen 1118 JHttei
drew his pistol and shot the
former four times, when in turn
the latter was shot with a shot
gun and instantly killed, whether
by the former or by others cannot
now be learned. The former
lived through the night but died
early this morning. The detai's
surrounding this tragedy cannot
be obtained at this time.
The coroner has left for the
scene to bold inquest.
The family of the latter have
retained Hon. G. Duncan Bellinger,
who has gone to Kleins to
be present at the inquest.
Hanged Himself With a Towel.
Philadelphia, Dec. 22.?Chas.
I). Fenstemacher, aged 48 years,
who was yesterday convicted in
the United States district court
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yji umug iu? mans io (lei rami today
committed suicide bv 1
ing himself with a towel in a ceil
in the county prison. When arrested
Fenstonmacher was employed
as a bookkeeper for a (ii m
of commission merchants Postal
Inspector Uolde^nays his crimi
nal record extends over a period
of 30 years. His plan was to mail
letters to farmers in various sections
of the country through
which he secured large consignments
of produce. This he sold,
but failed to make adequate finonainl
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During his trial witnesses lrou*
North Carolina, Georgia, Ohio
and Now York State testifi 1 thac
they had been victimized by
Fenstemacher. Ho was cot ,nut
ted to the county prison pending
the result of an appeal for a new
t rial.
"1 don't see von out with your
girl any more. Had a failing
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"No. 1 married her."
This is the season of the year
when the prudent and careful
housewife replenishes her supply
of Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy. It is tertaiu to be
needed before the winter is over,
and results are much more
prompt and satisfactory when it
is kept at hand and given as soon
as the cold is contracted a.i.j #?
fore it has become settled in the
system. In almost every instance
a severe cold may be warded off
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soon ftH the firflt indication of the
cold appears. There in no danger
in giving it to children tor it
contains no harmful substance.
It in pleasant to take?both
adult* and children like it. Buy
it and you will get the best, it
always cures. For sale by J. F
Mackey A Co., druggists.