Fort Mill man killed in yard shooting. Deaton accused
J Laurie Patterson of Fort Mill was shot as he entered his yard about 11 30 pm and died an hour later. A coroner's jury returned that the death was caused by a gunshot fired by W E Deaton, who was arrested soon after. The inquest noted prior enmity and threats. Patterson leaves a wife and a six year old daughter. Deaton, once a loom fixer at Fort Mill Manufacturing, married Mary Faulkner and has four children. Patterson was raised in the area, son of W F Patterson.
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Laurie Patterson
Fort Mill
W. KE. Deaton
J. Laurie Patterson
J. L. Patterson
W. E. Deaton
Patterson
Deaton
Logan
Denton
Concord
N.C
Fort Mill Manufacturing Company
Mary Faulkner
Quick Arrest Cure for Severe Piles in Verbena Man
J A Galledge of Verbena Ala was twice hospitalized for a severe pile condition producing 24 tumors. Bucklen’s Arnica Salve halted inflammation and cured him after other remedies failed. Sold at Crawford Bros J Mackey Co and Funderbark Pharmacy for 25 cents.
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J. A. Galledge
Verbena
Ala
Bucklen
Crawford Bros
J. Mackey & Co
Funderbark Pharmacy
Happenings In The State Chronicle Violent Incidents
Greenwood May 6 State Constable Davenport killed Bil Williams a Negro at Ninety Six while searching for whiskey. Williams and three others seized his club and attacked him before Davenport fired. Bethune May 8 telegram from Andalusia Ala reported Ben J Gardner killed by Jim Wright yesterday Gardner 34 unmarried Flo son of S T Gardner of this section. body to arrive tomorrow with cousin Sid K Gardner of Andalusia.
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Greenwood
Davenport
Bil Williams
Made Young Again Pill Ad Claims Teens Again
An advertisement from Crawford Bros J F Mackey Co and Funderbark Pharmacy promotes Dr Kings New Life Pills as a liver stomach and bowel remedy. The copy claims dramatic age reversal for two weeks and lists a price of 25 cents. The seller names include Crawford Bros Dempsdown PA J F Mackey Co and Funderbark Pharmacy.
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Dr. King
Dhh. Turner
Dempsdown
Crawford Bros
J. F. Mackey & Co
Funderbark Pharmacy
Prominent Men Killed in Luling Feud Shooting
A sensational killing at Luling, Texas 80 miles southeast of Austin, left R. W. Malone and Col Vensy dead after a feud with S. L. Nix On, a member of the State Democratic executive committee and local planter. The incident was reported as a sensational murder with roots in an old feud.
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Kansas City
The
Star
Austin
Texas
Luling
S. L. Nixon
Democratic Executive Committee
R. W. Malone
Col / Vensy
Nixon
Japanese capture of Feng Wang Cheng reported
Two dispatches from St. Petersburg on May 9 reveal a Japanese force seized Feng Wang Cheng on May 6 without opposition. The reports also detail 2,397 Chinese and Japanese casualties and missing from the Yalu fighting under Lieut. Gen Zasanliteh, deepening gloom in Russia.
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St. Petersburg
Russia
Feng Wang Cheng
Zasanliteh
Yalu
Port Arthur Blocked by Japanese Harbor Entrance
Tokio May 7 report says Vice Admiral Togo announced the latest engagement off Port Arthur shows the harbor entrance blocked by Japanese forces. The official recital was received today, confirming the action in the ongoing naval engagement.
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Tokio
Togo
Port Arthur
Dr Kings New Discovery A Sure Cure For Lung Troubles
A postal era testimonial claims Dr Kings New Discovery cures bronchitis croup and other lung and throat troubles. Mrs C B Van Metre of Shepherdstown WV reports relief after one bottle and the ad notes trial bottles free with regular sizes priced at 50 cents and 1 dollar while Crawford Bros J F Mackey Co and Funderburk Pharmacy back the product.
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Dr. King
C. B. van Metre
Shepherdtown
W. Va
Crawford Bros
J. F. Mackey & Co
Funderburk Pharmacy
Boasting Ends in Instant Death on 150 Foot Fall
Chicago May 6 From a 150 foot high ladder on a temporary steel tower at Steger Illinois Michael Trutcius 21 fell to instant death witnessed by about fifty fellow workers in a piano factory The tower built for a photographer’s birdseye view drew cheers as he boasted he would reach the top then halted near the 150 foot level and plunged his neck broken
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Chicago
Steger
Ill
Michael Trutcius
Trutcius
Connecticut Democratic State Convention Chooses 14 Delegates
In Hartford on May 6 the Democratic State convention selected 14 delegates to the St. Louis convention and instructed them to vote for Alton B. Parker of New York as the presidential nominee.
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Hartford
Conn
Connecticut
St. Louis
Alton B. Parker
New York
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Annung
Miss Coppedge
Lancaster
Lancaster Mercantile Co
Miles
Alert
Columbia
Alabama
Wiley’s
Tnnstant
Parker
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