The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, November 01, 1905, Image 1
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The Lancaster news
LEDGER 1852 REVIEW 1878 ENTERPRISE 1891
VOL. I. NO 0. SEMI-WEEKLY. LUNCftSTEIl. S C., NOVEMBEH. I, 1905. PIIICE-FIVU ( EMS PEI1 COPY.
Mrs. Sims's Double Afflic=
tion.
While Attending the Funeral
of her Mother in Lancaster
County, Her Son is Killed
Near Columbia.
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?? iiiic mis. foiin onus, (ii y Columbia,
was in this county last
week attending the funeral of her
mother, Mrs. Wesley Hilton,
whose death was noted in The
News at ttie time, her little son.
Master Hilton Sims, was shot and
killed. A special from Columbia
in the News and Courier of Oat
27th gives the following account
of the sad tragedy:
"Hilton Sims, a wtiile hoy, about
ten years old, was shot and to
stantly killed today. A little negro
boy, Hal Gordon, about nine
years old, is responsible for His
ileal b.
Young Si.ms with Oscar Fordo
and Alvin Sims, about the same
age, were in the woods near Benedict
Ins!i;u'.e. They h-d w th
them a single-barrel shotgun.?
Some ol the bovs had slimr-Hints.
an?l they all laid the gun aside
and were shooting at biids Wilu
their slings. While en paired in
this, the liMle n? gro can e up and
hegan handling the gun, the olh
er boys not noticing him. Sml
denl.v the gun tired and a shot
from it penetrated young Sinis's
chest, striking the heart, and kill
ing him instantIv,
The other Ivoys immedia'ely
alarmed tiie neighborhood, bin
nothing could tie done lor the unfortunate
boy. It is pre umod
that the killing was purely Iroin
careles-mess and ignorance o<; the
part of the little negro. The
coroner was duly nolitied
The dead hov wan the son ot
Mr .lack Sim-, who is employed
at the Southern Railway shop*,
and who lives in the eastern su
* burhs, on the Two Nntclv road.
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Another Arrest in Gaffney
for Criminal Assault.
OafTtiey special to Spartanburg
Herald Oct. 28:
1, I) Holmes, a young white
man living near this city was
arraigned bolore Magistrate C. T.
Bridges '.iu morning h>r a preliminary
healing on the ciiarge ol
assault with liitont to rape upon
f 111 > ftAPwAtl i ? I \t ru M ..... I I.: .1. II '
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The alleged attempt is said to
have been made about two miles
from tliis city. Ail parties are
while. . Ilo'mes is a young man
about twenty five years obi who
lives on tlx- land of lite G fluey!
Land ami Improvement Oompa' v
:k. about two or three miles from
^ u (i 1 < I'o'ii In* and .\rri)?
si i'1 ar. 'v, 11 known here At
the p.\ limiiiary hearing litis |
morning Messrs. Thos. B. Butler
and J. B. Bell, conducted the
prosecution while .J. (J. Otts
appeared loi IIolir.es. The magistrate
bound him over to the
Court of General Sessions convening
lore in February. lie'
was later released on a four hundred
dollar bond.
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A Sign of Prosperity.
Many Private Land SalesBuying
and Selling Con- j
stantly Going on, and at
Good Prices.
One of the evidences of the
prosperous condition of the country?due
to good crops and fair
prices?is the present activity in
real estate, valuable plantations
changing hands almost daily.
Among the notable sales made
last week, through the Carter
agency, are the following:
Wliiti is known as the McMurra>
place, six miles north ot Lancaster,
containing 105 acres, was
Hold by Mr. li. M. Welsh to Mr.
W. M Morris.
The K. K Mcllwawi residence
in the town ol L itfeasier, south ot
the depot, was purchased by I)r.
E. S. Mc Dow.
What are known asihe Everali
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mil, \ ,1(1 lien |?l<ices, IIOllM <U Mil
caster, were bought by Mr. S. Iv
Stai nes Iroin Mr. .1 L*. Steele and
iho estate el the late W. ('.
Cant lien.
The Howie place, four miles
north ot Lancaster, o ml unif-g (>5
acres, was sold by Mr W. A.
Steele to Mr W. B. lhvier
All ot these lands weie t.oin a
good prices. A number ol othc:
trades are likely t'? b* om<uMi
mated tiii-? week
Fire Near Town.
Barn and Stable on Senator
Hough's Plantation Burned.
A Horse and a Mule ;
Perished in the Flames.
A new burn ami s'ablo on
Sen-tor \V. C. Hough's nianta
?i??Ii near town was <teslr. y I -?1 i
by lire las' Satnnlav mult', oe-|
I ween S rod It o'clock A horse
belong i o 10 Mr .1 :un?*sh Barn n,
who live > on t bo pi are, in J a mill* i
be onuim: to M cur \\ .> wei? I
burned to death, .Nli- . H irion aEo
lost alol ot (mirier, er.
The total lo<s is several hundred
dollars. None ot the parties
lrtd any insurance The
origin oi the fire is not, known,
hut it is thought to have been
accident d.
W. H. Vanderbilt's Grand-j
son Gets Three Months.
Paris, Oct. '28?Elliot Pitch
Shepard, oi N >w York, who is
the son ol the .tie (Jul. Elliott. E
Shepard and gi indson ot the late
Williaiji II V .ndei hid, and wl o
ran over and killed a girl while
motoring hereon Ati^u-i 2? I.' t,
was condemned io I ay to mpri
HOinnent for three months and to
pay a tine oi 600 francs. The
sum ol 20,000 irancs damages
was also assessed upon Shepard
jointly with I lie firm which own
od the car, as Shepard was exhibiting
it to a prospective pur-I
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unuHer wnen me accident occurr-1
od. !
A Sad Death.
J. D. Gibson, of the Lancaster
Mercantile Company's Office,
Cut Down in the Prime
of his Young Manhood.
Mr. J 1 tnes I). Gibson, who lor
the ya*t \ear was employed in
the olIh-M ol the Ltncaster Mercantile
company, died last Friday
evening, ol lever, a I. the home ol
hia lather, Mr Abe Gibson, in the
Rossvillo section, Chester county.
He lett hero about two weeks
ago.
Mr. Gibson, who was about 22
years old, was a young man ol
exceptionally fine character. It
ia said ot liirn thai he was never
known to utter an oath, and that
he never tasted liquor or used to
hacco. He made friends of all
witti whom lie cainc in contact
during his residence in Lancaster.
Toe announcement ol his untimely
deal I will cause general regret.
An Editor Hard Hit by the j
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Darlington Failures.
The many friends of A. (i
Ivdlock, e.lilor of the Darling
ton N? \vs, will regret Jo lpirnj
thai owing to the heavy losses
sustained m the failure of the
Independent Oil Company anil
Dirlington Trust Company, on J
see nint ot his endorsement ol
the negotiable papeis <>t those
concerns, lie will go into bankrupicy.
Mr lvol lock's iiabiltti
s are $30,000 and bis assets
Irotn $20,000 to $25,000 ?
Clieraw Citizen.
Shocking Accident.
.
Small Boy Loses Both Hands
in Cotton Gin Machinery.
Sj> irlanbury I) lily ILiaUl.
S iinmic , a si von yo >i
olil lad, met. with the senoiiR mis
tor uno ol lo.invr boih his h
ai the i:in of IV. Mills in ti<
11 nhvsviilo st-cti >n yesterday
nl I c rnoon.
t he child, w iio.se lather, Mr.
Thomas Chesney, is engineer .r '
Dr. Macs' uin. was pia.. mg on ill
heap <>l oo 'on hear the gin, and j
filial) \ walked loo close to the
machinery.
in M?me manner tiie boy's
hands wore caught in I he ma
chinery and were terribly mn'i
fated. Medical aid was quickly
summoned, ami his pain ami
suffering wore alleviated as so- i.
as possible.
The I*r? gb\ i j ians of Ivansa
nave eudowtd a chair ai the
Sta e University, and elected Dr.
Francis Wilber to the position j
Hi-- duties will )<o to give in-I
structmn in the Bible and related
subjects and to look after th*?
artiriinul ?n I <? il.? i?
v/j. <><> in;: i (l l o III lilt; ^l)U I resbyterian
students atteiuliug the
university.
Two Runaways.
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Two Mules Killed in the One
and a Man and his Wife
Killed in the Other.
Rock IIill Herald.
Ahnut noon on Wednesday while
se Archie, colored, was driving
a pair ol mules to a wagon filled I
wo i. <- i
...... nrru uihmmi, Mie mines ne-1
came frightened, ran with the
wagon a long ways and after
reaching the railroad crossing bei??w
Ogden, were killed instantly
hv a local freight train going
south. The mules were runnii g
and plunging at break neck speed
and just as they entered the railroad
track they were mashed into
jelly. The wagon which the mules
were hitched to was disfigured,
tint not by the train. Fortunately
the driver was not hurt at all.?
The wagon ami team belonged to
Mr. (i. I). Pearson of Ogdi 11.
Mr W () Yonnghlood and
wile, while driving home from
Yorkville <?n Wednesday, were I
thrown with their buggy lr< in a
bridge
on the Charlotte road ?
I'he horse becoming: Irightened
lacked the buggy oil the bridge
and leii on top ot the wreckage.
Both Mr. and Mr-<. Yuungblnod
\v?-u- fiiionslv injured, the latter
more than her husband. The tall
was probably t .ventv f-?et.
Call for a Mass Meeting.
To th" Prohibitionists of Lan
Cniinttr
'Pile Lancaster County AntiLiquor
League was duly organ
ized at Lancaster on Monday,
Oct. 30th. 1905, by the election
of a IV'sidon', Vice President,
Secietary and Treasurer. The
object of this organization will
be to see that the law against
the sale of intoxieat ng liquors
in this county is enforced.
With a view of establishing
branch leagues thr? ugliout the
countv and for the transaction |
of anv other bu-iness that may
come before it, a ina^ tne< tins* I
of the prohibitionists of the!
countv is hereby called to meet i
in the courthouse at Lancaster
on Monday the thh day of November
;it ! o'clock, p. in. Ii
is earnestly requested that each,
and every township in the eoun
ty be iat'gely roj resented in this
ineeliii
I>y order of the "Lancaster!
County Anti-Liquor League.
.John T. < <reeu, Pres.
W. C. Tiionwn, Sec'y.
Marriage Postponed Account
Illness of Prospective
Bride
TIlM IIUl t ' l ur ? M V
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L?e JtMtMiis and .Mr .1. I.. 1 >11 i,
which wa>. o hive taken pla "O
in Koek liiil Wednesday, has
been post polite] on at count oil
the illness of't.ho l ifter af his
home in Kershaw Hi? physician'
says lie will be confined (o his j
bed several weeks.?Chester Lan- j
tern.
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Deadly Work
Of an Illinois Farmer--He
Kills Two. Men, one his
B r o t h e r-in-Law, and
Wounds Two Other Persons.
Clieiioa, Ills., Oct. 28?William
Leduc, a tanner, enraged
over domestic afTiirs, today shot
and killed Mayor Charles N'iekle,
Ills hrot hcr.i 11-I? 1 -e
.? , III 1 IIC o.tllK Ol
Cherma, and Hugh Jones, a
l)iick mason, slight Iy wounded
two pedesfrairs and, drawing
Jones' body into the bank vault,
partly closed door and defied
arre.-t for many hours against
ofliceis and citizens with whom
he exchanged scores of shots.
Lale tonight Leduc surrendered
to the sheriff and the dead body
of Jones was removed to a morgue.
Leduc, well armed, came iit
Ironi the faim litis alU-moou,
walke 1 into the bank and without
warning shot Nickel, who u
eadiier of .the bank as weil a*'
mayor, dead. Hugh Jones,
Cashier N'.ekei's son and another
boy were in the bank. Tito boys
escaped through a bsick door.
Jones attempted to grapple with
Leduc, and was sho'. Two men
passed along I hp street ami Ledue
apparently feeling ili.it they
might attempt to capture him
shot I hem, one in the head, Incut
her in tiie hands, hut t heir
wounds are not serious.
An immense crowd, armed,
gathered in the bank in an attempt
to capture the slayer, but
Leiiuc, witiiiii the vault with
.Jones' body would allow no one
to come within ran^e o| hit
weapon. Leduc told officers thai
Jones was dead.
Ammonia and chloroform were
used i)lt?nti!nlly m an attempt U
overcome Leduc, but the partly
open door admitted enough air
to ilnvnrt iheelb'ct of the drugs.
Shenll Kdwards and depuiiet
arrived later nut Led tie, who was
a? :I Mip()iied with ninmtMi! .1.
withstood the .attack ol the oi!.
cers.
Seventeen Girls Poisoned
Kurlinfilon, Vermont, Oct. 2'
?Seventeen jiirls tanging troiu
t.wo to ->x years < hi were taken
suddenly il! a' St. Joseph's or
pana^e asylum lu-t n x I?J at;!
I line died will.in three hours.
An aulopy tod iy revealed the
fact ot poisoning but the cause
was not made Known.
ine I vat ion Ai ni,y is making
much \ ixress it, Gj-rixxaiiN un <r
!." > ( .ersldp ol Coinn: u <J"?
(l.iphaiit, who, I lie Fran iu i.*r
'/. i nnir declarep, is almo-' is in
leieatii.^ a character as Geil.
p....i i. i.. . -
iswvsiu. in ii rereni Hdiir* - s li?
referred with pride lo il'.e lad
that new students at the IU vet
aity of Berlin .had recoiv <1 p-.-rinission
from the r?rtor in Aritfitheir
dissertations lor the doctor's
degree on the fcmlvaticui
Army.