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The Coconino sun., 1899-05-20
WHY CANALL'S HAIR IS GRAY.
Thought the Devil Had Hold on the
 Ground Wire.

"I have been mixed up in all kinds of jollies in telegraphy and telephones, " said Chas Canall, to the SUN reporter, 'but never got the hot end until yester- day. connected the barbed wire that is used as fence on the railroad and connected in pair of telephones. There is about ten miles of fence wire and we had lot of trouble in locating leak on the wire. 1 finally had to take testing set out to find the trouble.
 After finding the break cut in the instrument. The farmer on the other end had never seen u telephone before. Try as would, l could not make him savey. told him to hang up the re- ceiver and to go away from the tele- phone. In disgust set the telephone down rather violently and walked about six feet from the phone, and was wondering what kind of jay was on the other end, when I heard a voice behind me say:
 "'When do you expect to cone down?'
 "rhere was no one nearer than five miles. l began to think tine devil him. self had got d hold of the ground wire and was handing up an invitation to come down the fire same presantly the conversation was resumed. l saw at glance that when 1 tossed the phone from me the receiver had fallen off the hook. cutting out the bell cir cult and cutting in the talking circuit. The farmer had gone to get the super intendent to answer the telephone, and he was carrying on conversation with the office in Williams.
 Now, can you wonder why my hair is gray?"
The Coconino sun., 1899-05-20
Jerome Burned Again.

Yesterday Jerome was visited by another disastrous fire. The lower part of town was destroyed, entailing loss of sl5O.O .OO0. No details of the fire have reached here, but 1t is supposed that the Flagstaff contingent in that place were sufferers.
 LATER REPORTS.
 It is said that Connor's hotel and saloon are gone and that the new and elegant saloon fixtures of Hoover x Cordne are also burned up.
 Dr. Cody was badly burned and also a boy. Both were in the Leland at the time.
 Twenty saloons were among the losses.
 Geo. H. Cooks jewelry store was blown to pieces in the endeavor to save other property.
 The interior of the new concrete saloon of Hoover X Cordiper was gutted. but the walls were left stand ing. Following is part of the business houses and saloons that were burned: Hoover & Cordiners Fashion saloon, Senate saloon. Annex saloon, David Connor's hotel and saloon, New York store, Clark's fruit store and telegraph office, Lyon X knoblock's grocery store, Leland hotel. Estimated loss in the neighborhood of Sl00.00O.
 Reports differ as to the origin of the fire, some saying that il belongs to the Leland, while others give it to the Ryan house.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-03-22
.iInbama's Awful Tornado.

riai t" tie Commcrrial-Aprcai from from
birmingham. Ala. SAYS Additional
details of the last nights tornado. near
Edwartlsvillc, were received here late
to-day. The following is Il list of the
dead and wounded as far us known:
Dcad-l.cwis Coffee. aged -. tax as
low ing members of his family: Mrs.
Coffee, aged l5; Leila. aged -: james.
aged 20; Lula. aged IS; Jacob. aged l:;
Dcvrroc. aged :; DOllic. aged 10; Gro
yer, aged q: John. aged !. Unknown
woman, near Helm.
The WOunded-Bcssit Coffee. aged
II. daughter of Lewis Coffee, will die:
Mrs. Runnels, aged ~. will die: Myr-
line Stanzell, aged J. will probably die:
Sthnzrll, Andrew Stcipan. all seriously
hurt; Mary Steipan, Lizzie tunnels. j :.
II. Carson, George Stanzcll. Gaines
vile StanZell, TOsh StanZell Coleman
Stanzell, all badly bruised.
Several other persons were more or
less seriously injured, but their names
are not known. Lewis COt1cc's resi-
dcncc, Il strong, double log house, sit
uatel OF Il little hill, WAS in the path of
the storm. 1t was swept away and the
timbcrs scattered for Il mile. Ten of
ITS eleven occupants were instantly
killed. Except the body of the baby.
which was found under the ruins of
the chimney. the corpses Of the victims
were carried half Il mile and nine of
them were found hcapcd together.
Every body had been stripped of its
clothing.
In the same ncighborhooI the resi-
dences of j. w. Wilder. j. II. Carson,
Andrew Steipan and I,cl Stanzell were
wrecked, and all their occupants in
.iuird.
Near Helm, IL white woman, whuse
name c;;iint he learned, was killed.
and five persons in the same family
hurt. 1t is estimated that about fifty
buildings were destroyed; between
twenty and twenty-five persons were
injured, and over il score of farms de
vastatcd.
The storm lost it's force Just south of
Helm, near which place Il dozen build
ings were wrecked, The path of the
cyclone presents IL terrible scene of
havoc.
J. II. Carson and his wife we're blown
through window as their house was
falling and after the storm found
themselves in field hundred yards
away, both badly hurt.
Another cyclone struck in extreme
Northern Alabama, blowing down IL
number of small dwellings Mt Hazel
Green and still another visited the
southeastern portion of the State, de-
mOlishing the little town of Sellers.
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Butchery OF Negroes.

PALMETTO. GA, March GA mob of
lOO men entered this town ut l o'clock
this morning and broke into the guard
house where nine Negroes were held
tor arson. They ovcrpowcrcd the
guards and stood the Negroes in Il row
and riddled their bodies with bullets.
-Four are dead. one is dying and the
others are seriously. perhaps fatally.
wounded. Tie mob believed that
every Negro was dead before it dis
p"rSrtl.
The n!nb was well organized and was
commanded by Il leader. Their guns
We're reloaded and second vollcy was
fired. The prisoners who were thought
to be still alive were shot as they lay
upon the floor by Il detail of several
men who were especially assigned to
that task.
Intense excitement prevails and more
Trouble is feared. Palmetto is guarded
by military ordered to the place by
Governor Gambler. The town is given
over to the soldiers, who expect trou-
Bile tonight. All the negroes have
fled from the town, but they are said to
be concentrated in the suburbs.
Every citizen is heavily armed and
the women and children are kept to
their homes.
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Another Carload OF Brick.

To the Editor of The State: notice
in your. issue bearing date March 19,
1899, letter purporting to have been
the production of citizen of Black
vile, bearing the caption, care There
Others9" calling attention to carload
of brick shipped to one of the directors
of the penitentiary. AS ] know no
other director that got any bricks, the
reference is to me. / did get q carlond
of brick and shall make it matter of
investigation at the proper time, as it
is suggested by the public prints. But
the letter contains these words, 81 have
heard this week that member of the
board of directors of the much discuss
ell institution said in 1897 that he got n
carload of brick that had been divided
out among the members of the board"
wish to denOunce this statement made
to your correspondent as malicious
falsehOOd, and at the same time re-
quest his name, as think it due me.
hasten to write this, because the un-
challenged statements in cOrrespOn-
dents letter does members of the board
q slanderOus injustice.
s. u. j. GARRIs,
Member Board Directors.
SmOak's, March 10, 1890
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VOLUME XXXIV---NO. 81.

1t is now believed that the Sc.
board Air lime Railroad will be ex
tended from Chcraw to Columbia dur
ing the present year and that the road
Will run through lower Chesterfield
= Cheap AS dirt doesn't apply to
Aiken real estate any more. Last
week Alck Williams. colorcd, sold the
old l'urckhaltcr place of 100 acres u
a rich New IorkS- for SO. 100. or SJ5
per acre"
- The Greenwood conspiracy case
will be called for trial at the April
term of the Federal Court in Green
VILE. \. H. Dean will conduct the
defense. .Nbal I.athrop is District
Attorney and will prosecute the ac-
cuscd
- The residence of Mr.. W. II. Spear
man. near Silver Street, was burned
on Thursday night 9th instant. The
fire was discovered about midnight ly
the family aud it had made sue
Roadway that they had barely time t.
make their escape III safety.
John Aston. coored, was shot
down in cold blood, in Charleston, by
another negro, named Chris Small-
SmallS made desperate effort to e..
cape the police. He fired three shot,
at an officer and was himself wounded
seriously before he was taken.
Eugene Hughes the li.ycar-olJ
son of DR.. Dock Hughes, was acci-
dcntally shot and killed at the home
of John Crawford near Mt. Gallagher,
l.aurrns County, on the 9TH inst, by
James Davenport. The young man
lived only about eight hours after the
shooting
James Riser white. who was con
vlrted some time ago at the Ncwbcrry
court Tor stealing from the railroad ut
i'omaria and sentenced to the pcn-
! tcntiary for eighteen months has been
rardoncd by the Governor. Old age
/ and i'll health were the grounds on
! which the pardon was asked for.
Capt. Griffith, the new superin-
! tcndcnt Of the pcnitcntary. has ap-
pointed W. y. Black. Of l}arnwcll,
captain OF the guard nr. l.. K. Stur-
klc, Of Orangchurg, physician; Rev.
). {: Abncy. Of Columbia, chaplain !;
W. w. Adams rs sergeant of the guard
and John Taylor bookkecpcr
1
- In the court at Ncwhcrry, a man
was indicted for larceny in stealing a
dog. The defendants $ attorney de-
INJURED to the Indictment on the
ground that dog is not property, and
therefore, there can be no larceny of Il
dog. Judge Gage sustained the de
murrer, and the case was dismissed.
\ professional swindlcr has lust
done up the city Of Rock Hill, to the
financial loss Of Sc seral citizens. The
man, giving the name Of G. Hall, can
vasscd the town, claiming to represent
{. 5. Osgood X Co., of Philadelphia,
and selling agate ironwarc with patent
abcstos bottoms. He received numer-
Gus orders, prepaid Of course, and the
articles were to be delivered within ~
days. The goods did not come at the
time set, and inquiry developed the
fact that the firm Of &. S. Osgool &
Co.. is NTH
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it shall pass through that place instead
of Abbcvillc. The preliminary surveys
from Anderson northward have been
made. but none further south than
Anderson. and this will hr The begin
ming.
In regard to the prospects of the
road: he said that MIR. Dickinson. the
Washington attorney. who had been
sent 90 England. had returned uuitc
hopeful of ultimately interesting for,
cign capital. Mr.. Dickinson had cN-
pressed himself as being confident that
the capital would come across he wa
ter when the details shall all have been
mapped out.
The Black Diamond is Il succession
nf roads. cOnvtrging into one III .Jcllico.
Tenn. He thinks that sooner or later
here Will bc Il great freight line from
the coal fields to the coast, and that
construction may not hr drllvrI more.
than Il year. Some OF the promoters
think hat in less than three months
the work will he begun but llr is not
quite so confident.
He says that Col Albert T.. Boone.
the chief promoter of the road. has one
prc-cminrntly good quality persist
cncc. He has worked hard iur th,.
success of this undertaking. I'"t such
4 project was contemplated before
Boone wa> born. Robert Y. llaynr
urged it. The Blue Ridge road. IL sim
liar enterprise, was begun before the
war. and there have been different cf-
forts to revive it since that time.
Col: Lee was many years ago en-
gagged i'll the construction of IL road
which would have been part Of the
Blue Ridge. 1t is the /, mile run from
road is III operation t"-day.-Ihc state,
uUyrL T.,
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Treat, OF Peace Signed.

MADRID. March l.-rhc Queen Re
gent has signed the treaty ni peace b,
tween Spain anu the United States.
The signed treaty will br forwarded
10 the French ambassador III Washing
ton. NJ. Jules C;Mbnn. tnr exchange
with the one signed ny President Nc
kinlry: No decree on the subject Will
br published in he ntlical Gazette.
t>III>GTu>. March I..-'l'hr first
by the Queen Regent of Spain was con
veycd to Secretary Hay and he nn-
cialS of the Administration through t Iu.
exclusive bulletin Oi the A>suciatcd
Press. The Secretary wa> naturally
gratitied at the action. whirh now
nalicS il pn>siblr to exchange the rlti-
tication> and thus complete he treaty
Within the time set l,y he treaty itself
as the maNinluln.
Dtliria. news of the action nj Madrid
WAS not conveyed to the state depart
nlcnt before the CLOSE ui the, depart
nicnt for the day. NJ tanbon called
at the department about ten minutes
t" ! o'clock, and in the absence Of See
rctarN Hay called upon Assistant See
rrtary Hill. lie told the latter hat llr
believed the treaty had been signed.
II seems now probable hat tu Ilc am
DaSs:'lor will IN confined the honor of
closing up the task he sci about seven
months ago ot bringing two great
liatlOH>. then at WAL. Il state OF prnrr
slally the rule is for IL nation situated
rs is Spain To send IA special envoy
charged with the special duty of rX-
rhangin" the ratiticatinnS. In this
case the wish of the 'nitcd State,
Government will he consulted and
there is little doubt in view of the
kindly regard entertained for the am
bassldor by the President that l,r will
elect to have VI. Cambon act for the
last time H. HE representative of the
Spanish Government and make tie
exchange.
\ good reason also fn accepting
again the ambassadors offices in this
last function would br the saving of
time.
The signing "t the treaty cannot in
amy manner affect the status of the
Spanish prisoners in the hands of
Agllnaldo. for the nited States Gov
crnmcnt is doing all that it cam tn Sc
cure heir release.
Contrary to an expectation that
seemed to have obtained crc,lcncr il,
some quarters. the signature of the
treaty to-day does not involve the i'm
mediate tlisrharg" of all volunteer
soldiers. 1t WAS stated positively at
the State department that legally the
treaty does not go into effect until the
ratiticatinns have been exchanged. and
it will further be necessary for the
people of the United States. including
the soldiers. before they can know
officially that she war is over. In all
other respects, however. the State de
partmcnt will treat the war us at an
end.
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Shady Grove Items.

There has been SO much rain the
farmers have done but very little work
towards another crop.
The health in this section is very
good mt present with the exception of Il
few colds.
The Rev. Mr.. Tate filled his appoint
ment at Shady Grove Saturday and
Sunday. Owing to the rain Sunday
there was not as large crowd present
as usual.
We have a flOurishing school at this
place taught by Miss n. Emanuel. She
is q splendid teacher, and the patrons
are we'll pleased with her.
Misses Annie Shirley and Alice Mat
tison, of Honea Path, visited Miss
Ellen Acker last Saturday and Sunday.
The young people enjoyed a party
Wednesday night. Mr.. and Mrs. Acker
know how to make the young people
enjoy themselves on such an OCCASION.
Miss Emma Cox. of HOnea Path,
spent last week with her sister, Mrs.
w. l.. Sutherland.
Misses Annie Harper and Meta Hen
shall, two lovely young ladies' of An
derson. who have been visiting the
family of Mr.. j. NJ. Ackcr, returned
to their homes Saturday. Come again,
young ladies, you are always welcome.
There was dance ut the residence
of Mr.. J. y. Sutherland last Friday
night. given in honor of the young
ladies visiting in the community. The
young people enjoyed themselves
tipping the light fantastic toe" until
the wee small hours told them it was
time to depart.
Messrs. a. +. Mattison and S. O.
Shirley, of HOnca Path. were in this
section Sunday.
Messrs. Ralph Wilson, Iloyt King
tended the dance at Squire. Suthcr-
lands Friday night. NJ G..
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STATE NEWS.

= The State sunday school Con.
vention will meet in Spar,anburg on
April 10Th.
The Mayors of South Carolina
VII meet in annual convention in New
berry in May.
The rostoilicc at Ninety Six was
burned last Friday. All mail there
was destroyed
The Penitentiary Investigating
Committee begins work again to day
after recess Of ten days
Hannah Owens. a white woman
10 years old, was killed by train
near SAINT III Union County.
lhr farmers Of the eastern sec =
ton Of the State are preparing to plant
a bis tobacco crop this spring.
i r. thatiicli has been appoint
Z" postmaster AT Aiken. :. c.. and
~ Il \. Foircr Postmaster ut t;atlncy.
: E..
Capt. VI +. Foley. superintendent
of the National Cemetery at Florence
;. g.. dropped lead OH March eighth
lS!o
Col. Robert \lirich has accepted
an invitation to deliver the Com
mcnccmcnt Address at Clemson Col.
lccc this Summer.
The people Of ,;rccn,illc have
petitioncd the Governor TO close the
d!spensarieS III that city until all the
soldiers leave there.
An effort is being made t. hay,
all OF the veterans of the Mexican wa,
present at the Confederate reunion il,
Charleston in May.
Governor l.llerbc is very sick
again. He Is said to be worrying ovr,
the affairs Of his Office aud the pcui
tcntiary Investigation
Johnnie DcaS, twelve. ycar.olt
boy of Rock Hill. had both bones o,
his right leg broken in that city in :
collision with Il bicycle.
The many friends of the Hon
Charles II. Simont)n will be glad t,
learn that he is rapidly recovering
from his recent severe illness.
= Many Of the monozite mines il
Cherokee County are now being work
ed. and are turning out paying uuun
titles Of Il high grade of sand.
- \. Meyerkort. merchant of Flor
encc. was shot and severely woundc,
in his store one night last week by
negro, who robbed him and left bu
has not been caught.
There are between fifty and on,
hundred cases Of smallpox in the vi
cinity of Plum Branch and Parksvilc
in the western part Of Edgctield coun
ty, about 30 miles from Greenwood.
GOV. Ellcrbe wired the Secretar,
Of War last Friday asking for the re
turn to the State Of the Second Soutl
Carolina Regiment, now cncampcd il
Cuba, and its muster out. The reports
to the Governor are that there arc 10
men i'll the Regiment sick in the hos
pital, Of whom twenty have typhoi,
fever
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TIE SURVEYORS BEGIN WORK.

Col. Lee. of Greenwood, has trampc,l
many mile be hind the surveyors in
struments, and many a chain has
marked his work. He is now cngag gcd
in the preliminary survey of the Black
Diamond road from Anderson south
ward, and will begin that work in
about q week.
His first cn,leavor will be to locate !,
route to Greenwood from Anderson.
The direct line from Anderson to Port
Royal, the tidcwatcr terminus, would
take the road through the towns of
Abbcvillc, Edgcficld, Aiken, I,arnwell
and Hampton, but the hustling people
of Greenwood will cndcavor to swervc
the road little eastward, in order that
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= A man may have forty aims and
still be poor shot.
STATE OF OHIO. CITY OF TOLEDO, l..

STATE OF kucas EaiU; cousf9, cDUx of TOLEDO ss
FRANK j. CHENEY makes oath that he Is the
seniar partner of the fl rm Of +. J. CHENEY & Co ,
doing business in the City OF Toledo County and
State aforesaid and that said firm will pay the
rum Of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and
every case OF CATARRH that cannot be cured by
the use OF HALLS CArARRH CURE.
FRANK J. CHENEY
Sworn To before me and subscribed In my pres
ence. this 9th day of December, A. ID 1856
,sEAL "A. " GLEASON
Notary P"l.isc.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally ard acts
directly on tho blood and mucous surfaces OF the
system Send for testimonials. free.
Address, F. CHENEY Il Co. Toledo O.
Sold by Druggists. T5c.
Halls Family Pills are the tes..
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- The number of people at present
who speak English is said to be ll6.-
O0O, 600
4 little sugar taken with water.
not too cold, in case food is not OBJ
tainablc, will relieve any feeling Of
exhaustion and sharp hunger
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Cheap Printing.

Law Briefs at 80 cents IL Payr-Good
Work, Good Paper. Prompt Delivery
Minutes cheaper than at amy other
Ii Won have printing In do. it will b,. To
your interest I" write !" th. Press and
Banner. Ahhrvillc, :. {. t..
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Member Board Directors.
SmOak's, March 10, 1890.
MIR. John +. Partlow. of Gree

: Mr.. John f. Partlow, of Green
wood county, in attempting to walk
Southern Railway bridge in the town
of Greenwood. fell to the ground, about
twenty-three feet, badly breaking
many bones, some of which protruded
from the flesh. He is thought to be
fatally injured. He is about sixty
years of age, and wcllknown to the
people of this section.
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THE BEST STORE \
ANAAAAANAAAAA

N every Of business BEST
In Clothing Business of Store that
m all others CASH STORE and it's the place
= 10 trlue ii you wish money
ambition make business of it's kind We
,ceel you Store we can show YOU exactly
We are able you money.
advertisements publish will probably sound like Dragging All
h. let Every word in them ue the may call
ssng whatever you please If you money your
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Clothing,
Hats and
Furnishings,

That's do That's what
Ding people We sell Goods for strictly Spot CASH We
We have no bad debts We give value for Toe
than competitors would S1O0 credit Our doing
than that of any Store know Of If make
you satisfied will give youyour money hack if
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-02-17
REST.

This cold weather makes us think
Of some Of the good old-time songs
that never grow old.
When safe in your dwelling so cheerful and
warm,
Ye' hear but the howl of the cold winter
storm;
When loved ones around you. are gathered
Then, pause for a moment, remember
the poor.
Rev. Larkin Martin, our former pas
tor, has had his arm broken by fall,
near Reading, Kans., where he now
resides. 40
Bob Ingersol says some good and
true things of late on the whiskey
question. If enough of our Kansas
people thought Of it as he, there
would be no resubmission. We hope
for the best and will work for the same
to put whiskey down, in our beautiful
State.
Fl. T. Horner. the organ turner, has
been doing some good work in and
around Rest. He understands the
work Of cleaning aud tuning an organ
or piano to perfection.
Wesley Knaus OF Roper was in Rest
last week and purchased a washing
machine, thing that always pleases
the ladies for it does its work we'll.
Arch Parker received a letter from
his soldier brother, Com, in the Phi
lippines, written about Christmas
He is very anxious to get word from
him OF late date, as he was 10 the late
battles at Manila. rs
Valentines are very much in fash
ion this week. There have been par
ties to celebrate etc, and the boys are
anxious that everyone shall have hi:
picture all painted in beautiful shad-
"a