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H4ND MIRROR OF EVENT8 HIRE
Death Angel Strikes While People
Worship,
A FEARFUL""SCENE AT LESLIE.
Happenings in the City and Suburbs of Richard Dodson Killed Outright By
Local Interest to Bo Perused at
Leisure While Tour Coffee Is
Cooling.
A sensational damage suit, brought
by Atlanta people against an Amerions
lady, was filed yesterday in the clerk's
office here.
Monroe Adams, the double murderer,
continues to take life easy in jail, as
the thought of bis terrible crime ia not
disturbing him.
Lightning Bolt-Many Others Se
verely Shocked While the Building
Is Fired.
The firemen are now keeping
motherly eye upon a great school of
goldfish spawned recently in the city
hall nark lakelet.
That slnmp of 8187,03d in Sumter's
tax ret arcs this year, instead of a gain
of 137,141 as first announced, was in
deed an eye-opener,
The blaek brother from Way back
came to town yesterday and bought the
juicy melon and the over-ripe mullet
with usual abandon.
In one week more it will all be over.
Keep cool, gentlemen, and wage the
campaign upon high gronnds. Keep
out of the cemetery.
•School Commissioner Glenn is ready
to issne licenses to the teachers in the
state. The average to be maintained in
the examinations is 0.1.
Oakgrove cemetery is not the place
in whieh to wage an eleotjon. A high
er tribunal has passed upon the .deeds
of those who are there.
The weeds in front of the Presbyte
riau Church have been out away, and
the building can be seen now without
the aid of a step ladder.
An Americas bottle dealer made a
shipment last week of a solid carload of
empty bottles. And a freight car will
probably hold a million.
Americns warehousemen are going
to get busy tomorrow. Friday 22nd,
will be one of the biggest cotton days
of the entire season here.
Cotton money will bo oironlated in
Amerions nut week. Several hundred
big bales will be marketed here be
fore next Saturday noon.
W. J. Slappey brought in yesterday
a lot of very fine sweet potatoes. He'
has a patch of eight acres from whioh
he will make $300 or 8400.
A dog, charged with being real mad,
dashed abont town yesterday. The
oharge was not anatained and “Book”
wont baok to the eonntry.
Nearly all of the forty bales of cotton
handled in Americns to date have sold
for 8 eenta. Farmers would like to sell
whole orops at that,figure.
Many colored cotton pickers are
•pending this week in town, called
h jro as witnesses in blind tiger and
other misdemeanor oases,
Oapt. William McQarrah sold a bale
of cotton yesterday for W0 even money
If onrfarmers could only getf80 isroll
tbeir-cotton they’d be rich.
Mr. J. M. Hansford brought as yes
terdey the rattles rrom a big five foot
rsttlesnako killed on Tsnyard hill,
mile from the oily, reoently.
Every other man one met yesterday
wanted to know how the race between
the antis and probis was progressing,
and whioh one would win out.
The faot that towns abont Amer
icas are bnilding more stores, while
there is nothleg doing here, is not 00m
siderod significant or Important,
The Times-Reoordet’s editorial yea-
terday, deoounoing the ghoulish pro
clivities ef • few people here, met with
general and hearty endorsement,
Full details of the terrible tragedy
at Leslie Sunday morning, wherein
lightning struck a obnrek filled with
worshippers, killing one and pros
trating a score of others, were related
in Americns yesterday by several
young men who were sitting within
the church bnilding.
As previously reported, Mr. Richard
Dodson, a prominent and uell known
young man of Leslie, was killed al
most instantly.
A soore of other people were shock
ed or prostrated by the deadly bolt,
and for some time thereafter the little
church was the scene of wild excite
ment, agony and consternation.
Fathers looked for wife and children,
and others for dear once in the panic-
stricken throng where only a moment
before peaoe, love and quiet prevailed.
The chnrch was on fire in two or three
pia:es, and this fact bnt added to the
confusion inside.
Mr. Peacock, the minister, was half
way through the morning service
when the bolt struck.
There was a blinding fiaBh through
out the bnilding and a huge ball of fire
rolled slowly from one side to the oth
er upon a steel rod, in full view of the
congregation.
Young Dodson was sitting in the
centre of the building, jnst beneath
the chandelier, and it is believed that
the steel rod supporting it attraoted
the bolt towards him. Ho lived ten
minntes after the fatal bolt struck
him, bnt never regainod oonscions
aess.
THIRTEEN BALES IN TUESDAY.
First Large Let Comes From the Clay
Plantation.
To Mr. C, O. Olay belongs the die
tinction of marketing in Amerions the
first large lot of new cotton, thirteen
bales baying been sent here yesterday
from his plantation in this connty, one
of the beat in Georgia.
And there will be some 800 or 700
more bales to follow these.
Thirteen-ia not an nnlneky number,
especially when employed in counting
new cotton bales that are worth eight
cents per pound.
Ur. Clay’s thirteen bales came in
early yesterday morning, and were
abont evenly distributed among the
several warehouses. It made quite an
interesting spectacle as the lot was
hsnled through the city.
It was the first lot of cotton received
here, and attracted attention,
Mr. Olay is one of sonth Georgia’s
moat progressive and successful far
mers, and at hia ideal plantation home
he has, this year, one or the most
bountiful crops ever raised here, ~
The path to greatness with God
lias open to all.
Remarkable to relate, a young man
sat with his head resting upon Mr,
Dodson’s shoulder. Ha escaped un
hurt, exoept from the shook.
Mrs. James, a lady member of the
congregation, bad the shoes wrenohed
from her feet, and also escaped un
hurt. The shoes were not torn by the
bolt nor were the string! unlaced.
Mrs. James afterward attempted to
put the shoes on without unlaeicg
them, but found ill impossible.
Ur. Gobb, who sat by a window on
the aide of the bnilding, had hia shirt
bosom burned, and he also escaped in
jury. A little babe was wrenched from
the arms of its mother and hnrled ten
feet away, bnt the dear little tot was
not hurt in the least.
Some thirty or forty pseple were
severely shocked, bnt all of these had
recovered yesterday.
A pile of umbrellas left at the front
entrance to. the ohnrch were strnek,
the steel riba probably attraating the
lightning, and a few of them were
burned. The chnrch steeple was also
struck and set on fire bnt the flames
were extinguished by the heavy rain
that foNowed.
After the storm had anbaided the
frightened worshippers departed and
the body of the only viotim, young
Dodson, was removed to his home.
The deceased is theeldeat aonoi Mr,
Rufus Dodson, aad cousin of Hon, W.
A, Dodson, of this oUy, He was a
oapableyenng bnsiness man, held in
high esteem by all there, andhlatragio
death ia indeed deplored. The funeral
serviooa occurred yesterday.
The litt'e Baptist ehnreh was not
severely damaged, and repairs wl
quickly be effected.
— I A storm of indignation and protest |
raopie who Came Here or Went Away over Americas yesterday morn-
Yesterday. I when the Times-Recoider an. I
nonneed that a few zealota of prohibi-
AMERICUS A MECCA FOR MANY. | tion w "'e using the graveyard records |
v .__ n „ — here as a campaign doonment in an|
Your Own Name or That of a Friend eflort to bolster their opinions.
May Be Found Below In the Lengthy I And many prohibitionlets are among
List of Yesterday’s Visitors Who I thoso who denonnc « Ms *°t °f ghoul
Came Here. | 1811 ™> d »U»m. /
The state papers published the grew-
Miss Florenoe Page ia again a I Eome item nnder display headlines,
charming visitor in Americas for a Dnd people of Georgia will certain-
week. ly have a?qneer opinion of any comma-
Col. W.M. Hawkes i. spending a I ffijT 6UCh ““ ,nhn ““ a0t °‘ n b °
f , ormtrCnlr aD ‘ Iy4i “ AmWiCn '’ H Good women, widows, mothers and
slaters, wept scalding tears yesterday
Mrs. John T. Taylor and shildren wb « n ^ey learned that the names of
left yesterday for Atlanta upon a visit tbeir "tinted dead were being bundled
of several weeks. around by a fanatieai few who would
Mits Yonah Buchanan left yesterday ‘° ‘ hlS ' 0,r d#ptb ‘° ° ar,y a
for White Springs, Fla. where she | 8ucll , de8picable . m tolerable deed
was never boforo committed in any
Miss Lillian Reese, of Buena Vista, I town in Georgia,
ia visiting friends in Americas, arriv- The list contained the names of many
ing at noon yesterday. of A merious oldest and moat honored
Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Pate, of Cordeie, oitizeas in tile—men who had been
were visitors in the oitv yesterday, 1,rominent in ohnrcb and business life
guests of the Allen House. here ,or » ha,f century.
M , r PU ... , . , Bmasamatteroffacttheydid not vote
Mrs. M.T. Elam left yesterday for the prohibition ticket four years ago,
Now York to purchase her fall etook of and therefore are classed with the oon-
miilinery and fanoy goods. demned.
Miss Bessie Harper loft yesterday £cme of them, perhaps, sosroe 'knew
for Richland upon a visit of several 1,10 lftst e of l.'qnor, even,
days to Miss Lillie French. Rut tho ghouls cared not for that;
Mrs. John Sheffield Uft yes.erd.y ‘ n , par “ llc i
upon a visit of some length to her si. 1^““ °* * h ® 8 7? / ,
ter, Mr.. Henry S. Collie*, i-., Atlanta. LVecKin “ 9 *
After a pleasant visit of some length Was there ever any thing as infam-
in the eonntry Miss M-imie O'arke is one in the history of Americas?
at home again, to the delight of her Indignation, a atorm of It, prevails
many friends. here, and it would seem the part of
Capt O. 0. Olay has returned f rom wisdom ,or ,h e good people advocating
Salads, N, 0. Mrs. Clay, who was I P rohbi 'tion-and there are hundreds of
with him ther-, will remain several them -*° cutb * h ® recklessness of a few
weeks longer. who have transcended the laws of hn-
Mrs. J. O. MoArtbnr leaves today for li^et the baHI^ba fcnwhl nm „ „ u h
Demoreat, in the mountains of North I a f . ,? F .
H e “L 8 l!'.l 0 .. B r nd ‘ herema ‘ Dder °' ,h6 1G«>v. Cemetery. Godwin take £re
of those who are aleeping'there.
You
Know
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Uneeda
Biscuit
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.t
HAVE INVADED THE CEMETERY.
summer season.
Mrs. Jat. Dodson and Mrs. Willie
D. Smith, after a pleasant stay of ten
days with friends in Monteznma, re
turned home yesterday.
Mr, and Mrs. T. F. Gatewood, after
Zeal, passion and hatred oftimea
cause men to go to extremes to carry
their point, and oertain it is that the
lost extremity has been reaohed by cer-
WILL REVISE THE JURY LISTS
Appointments.
Tho jury commissioners of Samter
county ahonld have met yesterday for
the purpose of entering upon the task
of revising the jury iiata for the conn*
ty, bnt as a fall meeting oould not be
had nothing was accomplished. 'Only
three of the old board, 0, 0. Sheppard,
J. R. Battle and J, F. Bolton, will
serve again, and several appointment*
made by Judge Littlejohn to the two
vaoant ple.es failed to atiek. Evan
Smith, of the 17th. diitriot, is a new
appointee end the fourth member cf
the board, bat there mast be two oth
er*, and these will soon be named by
Jndge Littlejohn, In the last revision
of the jury lists some 800 or 700 citi-
sene were overlooked by the board, in
some instances entire families having
been turned down and their name*
left ont of the box. This aotion called
forth qnftea storm of protest from
many of the ignored ones at the time,
as they conld see no reason whatever
why they were not qnalifled to serve
as jurors.
Prince Chen Visits Roosevelt „ ,
New York. Aug. 11.—Prince Chen, taln P arties in Amerions, oitizens ad
Uferi eccolr P an jcd by Assistant Secretary vooating the prohibltidn side in the
aatayof two or three weeks in the rhir tho Pending contest, end who, for an ar-
SSSf* ™ H Sir u;7;^:?^U^ W io M toOaOrov.O«.
pectea Home last nignt. later, and t jj e secretar | e4 ^ the pr | nca etery here and, ghont-like, torn open
Mies Enla Bass returned yesterday and Mr. Wu went to Oyster Bay to- the graves of the silent 'dead to feast
from a visit of some length in Atlanta day to visit President Roosevelt al|»h«-„
and is the guest of her annt, Mrs. Sagamore Hill. The party were driv- ee n P° n -
Leija Watson, 112 Taylor. en t0 the, East Trinity street pier, Theaa “'"guided zealots, it is said,
Mr. Charles L. Aniley left for New w . hcr ‘ ! th *y bearded the gunboat Sylph I have secured from the records of the
York yesterday to purchase the msm-| MUe^a few minute later *** ve8,e, Cemetery the name of every white
mtle citizen of Americns and Samter
moth fall and winter stock, for bis
bonse, Wheatley A Ansley.
Misses Hattie and Amsie Daniel, of
Samter, and Miss Ware, of Hogans-
viile, ars the pretty gnests of Mrs,
Olin Daniel for several days.
Mr. Charles M. Counoil and Miss
Annie Gonnoil, who have boen at
White Sulphur Springs, Y’a. for three
weeks, will retain home tomorrow.
Miss Alloe Wheatley accomprtiied
Mr. J. C. Wheatley yesterday to Lin-
viile, N, 0. and will spend the re
mainder of lha snmmor there.
A NEGRO'S WISDOM.
GREAT FENCE SETTING.
A Mile a Day of Woven Wire Fencing |
Nothing Unuiual.
A mile of good fenoing pot op by I
tbreo men in a day teems like a fore
runner of the farmer's mMIsnninm, yet
Mils is being dene right here in oar
Slate every day with the Ellwood Steel
Wire Fence, Of oonaso this refers to
potting up the fence after the posts
■re set, and it is an Hlnstration of the
oon venieaoe of the ready woven wire |
fences wbfeh have gained snob popu
larity in the last two or three years.
WHEN BABY
iS COMING
USE
MothersFriend
Woman's greatest dream of beauty and
glory is when nature has diosen her to
become a mother. Every faculty is keealy
alert os sue foresees the joy, ambition.
After the posts are Bent tho roll of I «uceess and the life-long satisfaction com-
fencing, containing It or 20 reds, fu* nearer, day-by day in tUedrairand
tinrnUarl iht fanna Had Ha* UwJ fanOCent being SO SOOH tO SCe llgtit, 011(1
unrolled ana the tenoe lies flat Oft too the uncertainty whether she shall see a
ground with its bottom against tbe tweet girl or a brave boy face beside hei
poets. One end of the roll ia stapled o» the pillow adds zest to her expectancy,
to the and, or starting port, tho Woven
Fence Stretcher is applied at the oth- *| n I? ^JSSSUZdS Zlhlf uS
er end of tbe roll end by working the I child can fail to be healthy, hearty, strong,
streteher the entire length of fenoing clear oomplcxioned, pure blooded and
ts quickly, easily and properly drawn by ^‘cont^ u ”of“h^
into place along the posti ready for great liniment, MOTHER’S FRIEND,
stapling. The atreteber makes all e Buy of druggists, fi.oo per bottle. <
that at one operation, and staples are ® ur tr * a ti« “Motherhood’ mailed free,
then driven home on each post,; I bradsield regulator co„ Atlanta, os.
Mr. MArihall Martin will remove
shortly to No. 808 Jackson street, next
to the Brown Honse, whilo Rev. and
Mrs. Willisms will take the rectory,
Almond Cream for snnbnrn.
Kziuibt’s Dbuo Stoss.
MOZ LEY’S
LEMON ELIXIR.
Regulates the Liver, Stomach, Bow.els and Kidneys.
For biliousness constipation and malaria.' For indigestion, sick and neiv-
one headache, Forsleeplessneas, nervousness and heart failure.
For fever, ohills, debility and kidney diseases, tako Lemon Elixir.
Ladjes, for natural and thorough organic regulation take Lemon Elixir.
GO cents and $t.00 a bottle at druggists.
Prepared only by Dr. H. Mczley, Atlanta, Ga.
A Prominent Minister Writes.
After ten years of great anfferingfrom indigestion, with great nervous pros
tration, biliousness, disordered kidaey* and constipation. I have been cured
by Dr. Mozley ’s Lemon Elixir, and am now a well man.
BEV, 0. O. DAVIS,
No. 28 Tatnall.BL, Atlanta, Ga. Elder M. E.^Ctwreh Sonth,
connty, merchants, bnainess men and
farmers, buried here daring tbe fonr
years of prohibition, even committing
the error of inoluding the name of a
Lee oonnly farmer bnried here, aa it
made the list longer by one name.
These self constituted judges, these
“holy-tf-holies,” then, from their
standpoint, publish and ciroulate this
Hat of the dead aid state from what
cause these half hundred eltizen’s of
Amerions and Samter oonnty died.
It seams incredible that men || moral
men, one of thorn a Mason (God save
the mark) oonld prostitute themselves
to moil base, ignoble, deftpioable ends.
The Times Reoorder does not and
wll not believe that this despicable,
oontemptlble, aotion has the sanation
of the many fair minded,generous men
wbe are advooating the eanse of prohi
biHon in Samter, end they shoald cer
tainly deprecate this low, fool,debased
act of someef the zealots In their ranks
to tear open the graves of tbe dead.
Let the dead past take care of ifa
dead. Prohibition is a living, issie
•nd ahonld be fonght ont far from tho
vanita and walla of the cemetery!
If any eity employe has had a hand
in this low, despisable bnsiness the
eonneii ahonld take cognizance of the
faot knmsdiateiy and afford him all the
time he wants to engage in polities.
Remember, ye others, the biblical in-
janstion “Judge not, least ye be
judged."
Mr. Bryan, in the last issne of the
Commoner, has this bit of “onrrent
topics:’’
' A negro clergyman, Rev. W.W.Luoss
by namp, recently delivered an inter
esting sermon at Macon, Ga. In this
sermon the negro was urged to onlti-
vate ambition and to“do things." Bay.
Lucas said; “I have deoided that the
only way to get rid of the ‘Jim Crow’
oar is to get rid of the 'Jim Crow'
negro. If I oonld nse 200,00* bars of
soap on the unwashed negroes tbit
travel on trains and hang aronnd
dopyts I would solve the negro pro
blem abont 20 per oent. Lazy, ragged,
bare feet follows, longing for silver
slippers and long white robes end
oonnting themselves worthy;neeIeoting
to provide a home for their families on
earth, and yet elaiming a honse not
made with their bands in God’s
heaven! The white man is trying to
make this earth blossom as a rose, and
tbe negre is getting ready to die. She
white man ie organizing bnsiness en
terprises and the negro is organizing
societies to tnnn ont at their funerals.
Now I abject to a 8100 fnnerai for a
fifty-cent negro. The negro eats np
and drosses sway aU be makes. One
square meal on Sunday sweeps away
all tho wageB of tho week. He re
minds me ef the male which ate the
shipping tag from his leg. An old
negro exclaimed: “Gee, dat male dan
eat up whar-he’s-gwine! That’s what
the negro dees; ho eats’np his living.”
This is a bright bit of sonse and ia
rightly oredited to Bov. W. W, Luoss.
It w£b credited In a speech reoently
and has beenqioted many times, and
universally approved by many South
ern papers.
However, Lotas hasn’t been ia
Maoon- nor is he known here. We
wonldn’t mind if he were, at he seams
to be a very sensible negro.—Macon
Evening Nows.
HONORED FRIENDS AT 8FBINGS.
Mr.
Council Entertains a Party at
White Bnlphnr.
A correapondent of tho Macon News,
now stopping at White Snlphnr
Springs, Va. furnishes that paper
with tho following social Rom, of in
terest in Amerions, “Mr, 0, M. Conn
ell, of Americns, Ga., who is hero for
the season with hia sister, gave a large
sapper on Monday evening in honor
of Miss Josephine Shaw, of Macon
Ur. and Mrs, William McEwen John
ston, of Macon, with whom Miss Shaw
is spending tbe tnmmer, were tbe
chaperones. Miss Shaw is considered
to be one of the moat beantifnl girls
hero sad has been * great belle,"
Administrator’s Sale.
GKOROIA-Snmre couim.
Uy virtue or an orde rot the Court of Ordl-
Arllrr —
This ath day of August,
hours of sale, the following real estate bi
ted in Sumter county, to wit; The east h
f land lot No. in the 20th district, c
ng one hundred one and one -
t. the same belonging to the c
■ cased. The sale wll
asjssytawaas
1 August, not
J. H. HOLLEY,
Adtnr. upon estates. K.Hollty, dec
Reward For Lost Chain.
Oa Sunday, 5rd, ladles gold chalnold s
with gold slide set with rubles. Cash r
If returned to this oMcc.
Special Bargains.
I have for sale, terms half cash, a well l;n]
proved farm, situated three miles ficm Am
ericas, containing live hundred acres; four
hundred acres open land in cultivation. X
have central and suburban residence prop
erty that must be sold. I hive also brick
storehouses a iwcU as vacant lota, ah very
reasonable aa to price and terms.
J. B. PELDil.T, Kell Esute D;i