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GENERAL NEWS NOTES. items of More of Lees Interest Con densed Outside the State. lhe president's hunting party kill -d four bears in one day last week. A negro was hanged at Thorton, Ga., on Friday, for criminal assault upon a white woman. Twelve men were killed and one prc-bably fatally injured in a mine ex .Dlosion near Big Run, Pa. Dr. D. K. Pearsons has announced gifts to five southern colleges. The amounts donated range from .$10,ooo to $5o,ooo. The total a mount of the gifts is $135,000. A petition in voluntary bankruptcy 'has been filed in the case of Frank G. Bigelow. formerly president of the First INational bank of Milwaukee, who defaulted for $.45o,ooo. Sanitary Officer Steele, of Deca tur. Ala.. was shot and fatally wound ed .there early on Friday by a negro, wh ga--e his name as Will Jackson, of Birmingham. The negro had been arrested by the officer. President Roosevelt will break camp on May 8, a week earlier than he had intended, and will start for Washington at once. The only stops he will make will be at Denver and Chicago, where the dates for his reception have been advanced to meet the new arrangement. A continuance until yesterday was granted at the hearing of Mrs. Shep perd K. Smith, in the Manchester, Va., mayor's -ourt on the charge of causing the death of her 5-year-old son, Ralph, by beating him to death. The woman alleges that She beat the child in order to correct it of vicious habits. She was charged with. mur der in the first degree, and her hus band, who left the city the. morning -of the death of the child, is charged with being an accessory. The father was arrested in New York on Fri ,iay-. t 'OUTH CAROLINA NEWS. Items of More or Less Interest Con dense( Throughout the State. William J. Brown has been elect ed mayor of Flegence. The Conference for Education in< the South. held in Columbia last week, adjourned on Friday night, and the Ogden party left in their special train on Saturday morning for Green- 1 ville and Spartanburg, in both of whnich places a stop of a few hours was made on Saturday. The white men of Lancaster coun ty arrested last week for the murder of Henry Morrison, in the town of Kershaw, last October, were dismiss ed by Magistrate Caskey, at Lancas ter, in the preliminary hearing there on Friday. The prosecution had no witness present at the hearing. A negro convict attempted to pois on the superintendent and two guards of tihe Orangeburg chaing gang by: placin'g poison obtained fronm yellow jessamin~e in the drinking water. The plct was discovered upon one of the I guards becoming sick after drinking the water, but in the confusion fol-i lowing the discovery the negro es caped. Frank Pearce. colored, was in stantly killed by an accident in the press room of the Columbia State on Friady morning. He was caught by I .rapidly revolving shaft and whirled 1 around and around against the ceil ing unril his head was torn from his body. Pearce. which a number of others. was employed in erecting the new lHoe press which t'h:e State has just received. FITZHUGH LEE IS DEAD. The End Came In a . Hospital In Washington After a Stroke of Apoplexy.1 Gen;. Fitzhugh Lee. U. S. A .,re tired, and one of Virginia's foremost sons. died at the Providence 'hospi:al in Washington on Friday night from an attack of apoplexy which he suf fered early Friday morning on a train while en route from Boston to Wash ington. After Gen. Lee had been re moved to the hospital it was evident :o the attending physici-ans that his case was a very serious dne, but they believed that his strongr vitality and wil powe wul aisi steei aerially in a partial recovery at least from t1 attack. His condition remained fa considering the severity of the attac during the day. but shortly after o'clock he began to grow weaker, li breathing became more rapid and i I)ulse lower. terminating in less th: two hours in death. The end w peaceful and without pain, the ge eral remaining conscious until fi minutes before he died. Half an ho before death General. Lee reco nized his brother, Daniel Lee, wl came into t'he room for a moment. In the room when he died were D Montgomery, one of the physicia: at t'he hospital, Miss Dorsey. a rel Live, and a nurse, two of the atten ing physicians, Drs. Edie' and Kea iaving retired temporarily. A pah tic feature of the case is that a Dhough Gen. Lee had a family consis ing of a wife and five children. n one of whom was with him at tl ime of his death. The general w 58 year of age. Gen. Lee's Family. A widow and five children survi ,en. Lee. Two of the boys are arn )fficers and two of the girls are wI )f army officers, while the remainir :hild is a young woman still in h eenls. The children are: Mrs. J. Rhea, wife of Lieut. Rhea, now Fort Oglethorpe: Lieut. Fitzhug Lee of the cavalry branch. now Ianila: Lieut. Geo. Mason Lee. he Seventh cavalry, who is now 3an Francisco: Mrs. Anne Brow vie of Lieut. Brown of the Seven1 :avalry, wiho is now at SanFranci :o. Miss Virginia Lee. Gen. Lee was stricken with apor exy. the entire left side being affec d, at 3 o'clock Friday mornint vN-ile on a train en route from Bo on to Washingtori. The train ha ust left the Harlem river when th troke came. The train bearing th eneral arrived in Washington shor y aftei io o'clock. Under the dire ion of Maj. Kean, U. S. A., of the su eon general's office, the patient wa emoved to Providence hospital. The news of the general's cond ion had preceded him to Washing on and many of his army and pe: onal friends were at the Pennsy 'ania sta:ion to meet him. Dr. Tucker invited Gen. Lee to o< :upy quarters at his residence her [he general was consciout and r< :eived Dr. Tucker in the car when th: nvitation was extended. H -eplied smilingly: "I am in char; >f this man Kean, and he says I mtu ~o to the hospital and I guess I wi iave to acquiese." A physician was taken aboard tt rain at Jersey City. At Philadelphia he gave placet nother, who accompanied the gene: L to Baltimore, where still anoth< vas taken aboard and made the tri o Washington. Gen. Lee had been spending a fe lays in Boston and was returning Nashington on his way to join Mr -ee. His Friends Were Shocked. The News of Gen. Lee's illnes vas a severe shock to his numerot riends in Washington. This wt 'videnced my many inquiries mac et the hospital throughout the da md evening. Gen. Lee's attack ettributed largely to his activityi >ehalf of the military and naval r< -iew which is to be held in the viciz ty of Jamestown, Va. His hear't an oul has been in the work and he lh ored zealously to make it a :.ucces -is visit to Boston wxas in this cot rection and he had appeared befor he legislatures of New York, Pent ylvania, Illinois -and other Statesi >ehalf of the exposition project. Since he took up the work of tli amestown exposition he has mad iis official residence in Norfoll -Icwever, his activities in connectio vith this work have .given him ver ittle time t'here. During the sessio f congress just cle-sed, the gener; pent a large part of his time hashington in the interest of the rn essary legislation authorizing the em ) "it!In1. Gen. Lee has b)eenl a prominent fi: ire in Washington and he always wt iven a hearty reception. wherev< e wvent. Prior to the Civil wvar, at t'he b< inning of which he resigned h ommision~ in the United tSates arm, Sen. Lee saw considerable frontic uty in movements against the Ix ans. He was an expert cavalry o icer and on one occasion. June 1 :86o, he was engaged in~ a hand and encounter with Comanche I2 lans near Camp Colorado, Texa His services in the ('onferderate arn LARGEST ST 0S -s IOf The Ne Dru Goods, Or And Gent Value Giviqg i - Our assortment is COMI It is pretty generally cor )t of Men and Boy's Clothii le s drens's Fine Shoes in thi demonstrate that CopeN Dress Goods! _,EVERYTHING NEW IN DRESS GOOS,VOILES, EOLINES, ETA MINES, MOHAIR, SERGES, AL BATROSS, CREPES, NUNSVIEL. ING, AT SPECIAL PRICES FROM t 25 Cents to $1.co a yard.. ALSO ALL THE NEW THINGS IN WASH h Sho Sho 20 Ca: 20Ca 2o Ca d$ 20 Ca -C $ el 20 C a ! $ zoCas 20 Ca CLOTHH 14 1( o - OCP s a a rgj gneal r we\%l k 1(w an duiE t :hEtrl h#Btwen thi cldn. t,h,,, gj rohi f V g ir| B<a - T-0 ac a n j tregensl areh atow an dishrig ftmhe nevlbtee army o: nMarc and his activ e w as i h appin islt h-Aercanr warmy Ge. Ii. 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SILKS! 5 pieces 36 inch China Silk for 50 Wents, worth 75 cents a yard. 5 pieces 27 inch Habutois Silk for io cen:s, worth 75 cents a yard. es for Men from $1 to $1 es for Ladies " $1 to $, ces of Shoes and Slippers, worth 1.25, our price only - -$1. ;es of Shoes and Slippers, worth 1.75, our price only - - $1. ses of Shoes and Slippers, worth 2.00, our -price only - - ses of Shoes and Slippers, worth 2.50, our price only - - $2. ies of Shoes and Slippers, worth 3.50, our price only - - $2. ses of Shoes and Slippers, worth +.oo, our price only - - $3 ses of Shoes and Slippers, worth 5.00, our price only - . $3 Nfl! CLI )0 Nobby-New All-Wool Suits for Men, worth $7.50, our price $5.00 )0 Nobby-New All-Wool Suits for Men, worth $10.00, our price $7.50 )0 Nobby-New All-Wool Suits for Men, worth $13.50, our price $10.00 )0 Nobby-New All-Wool Suits for Men, worth $15.00, our price $12.50 )0 Nobby-New All-Wool Suits for Men, worth $18.50, our price $15.00 )0 Nobby-New All-Wool Suits for Men, worth $22 50, our price $17.50 Boys' Suits ys' Suits at $1.00, $1.50, $2.00, $2.50 $3.00, $3.50, $4.00 and $5.00. WOMEN AND CHILDREN I A woman always imagines that her i musbandi doesn't flirt if he doesn't appen to look at och.er women when he is with him. Fire Insurance! We will insure your Frame hv~elling for only sixty cents on he hundred dollars, (not ex osed), or better still, one dol-' ar and eighty cents for five ears. Good business people aisure their property, why .on't you? Insurance on stock .nd store buildings also, HOLMES & McFALL, Fire InSurance Agents. Phone 67. IEST eRICES st Stylish )thing, Shoes, .g Goods. 16 EPiphasize! plicated in Newberry. the most complete line En, Women and Chil prepared than ever to place to trade. 5 pieces 21 inch Habutois Silk for 25 cents a yard, worth 35 cents a yard. 3 pieces of 36 inch Taffeta Silk for go cents a yard worth $1.25 a yard. 3 pieces 26 inch Peau de Soie Silk for $i.oo a yard, worth $1.4o a yard.. 3 pieces of 36 inch Peau de Soie Silk for $i.oo a yard, worth $1.50 a yard. oo 00 25 50 00 50 00 PRP, 30 )THINQ!i Fine Clethes r BALTIMORE. NE.W YORK BROS., 'ROM HEAD TO FOOT. Just received 2 car loads of Buggies. I car load of Wagons. and a lot of up to-date and first class Harness. All to be had at REASONABI.E PRICES at A T. BROWN.