The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, November 11, 1905, Image 1
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LEDGER 1852 REVIEW 1878 ENTERPRISE 1891
VOL. I. NO 12 SEMI-WEEKLY. LANCASTER. S C., NOVEMBER. II. 1905. PRICE?EIVP rtKTC ncn <-iw.v I
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Tuesday's Elections
Results in the Several States
?Some Surprising Demo
cratic Victories?Even Ohio
Carried by Dernocrats-McCellan
and Jerome Reelected
in New York.
New York, N<>v. 8.?The city
has elected McCellaii Mayor by a
plurality of 3,485 over Hearst.
Hearst refuses to admit Mc
(Jellan's election and will contest
it in t he courts.
McCellan received 228.651,
Hearst. 2*25,166 and Ivies 137.
049. Jerome is apparent ly elected
with lorty six election districts
to lie reported. He has a
lead ot 11,000 votes over 0<
bourne.
Other officers elected are
Comptroller, Herman A. Metz,
Democrat.
Presidei t Board ol Aldermen.
Patrick F. McGowan, Democrat
The board of Aldermen is lost
to Tammany, they having
twenty-live members against
"* , thirty eight Republican and nine
Municipal Ownership members.
I i addition to losing the board
of Aldermen Tammany lost twelve
members o! the S'ate Assembly
from New York county and the
next Assembly will be Kepubli
can by more than 2 to 1
McCellnn's plurality is the
\ smallest by which any Muyoi
has ever been elected.
The next assembly will stand. |
Republicans 111, Democrats 35,
Mnnicina.1 ()wn?rnl?in J- I I
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years it stood: Republicans 104,
Democrats 40. The Senate holds
over.
OIIIO GOES DEMOCRATIC BY OYKK
40,000.
Columbus, Ohio, November 8
?Thai John M. Patt.ison, Democrat,
ol Cincinnati, has luen
elected O( vernor oi Ohio, f.n I
tlnoe years by a plurality run i
tiing above 40,000 uvci (1 iveinor!
Myron T. Derrick, of ('lev land,
Republican, is settled tonij.h', as
also is the Democratic working
majority in both homes of the
new Legislature, but there is still
some uncertainty as to the rest ol
the Stale ticket.
\ Republic?n estimates tonight
V?ve the Democrats Irom i wo to
five majority in the next Senate J
and Irom ten to filteen in the
iiouse. Die Democratic claim
is a majority ol live in me Senate
ami oi i wenly-seven in the
House
A DEMOCRAT CARRIES PKNNSYJ.
V \ NIA.
Philadelphia. N >vember 8.?
Complete returns Irom nearly
L every e(f)Miity >n Pennsylvania
show t liat Wm. 11. Berry, Democrat,
is electo'l ?State treasurer,
over J Lee Plummer, Koput>li
can, by about 100,000 plurality.
Berry carried 53 of the 07 conn
ties, including many which were
heretofore strongly Republican.
The political revolution in the
city and State was the greatest
lif
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in Pennsylvania in nearlv a gen
eration.
The victory of the City Par v,]
the reform organization, over (lie
regular Republicans in Pniladel
phia, was complete and beyond
the expectation of the reform
leaders. The City Party's plu
rality is 43,333
TilE RESULTS IN MARYLAND.
Baltimore, N ts.? Lat.e returns
dissipate inn .? of the
dcubt us io tliH if ht ..i yester
lay's election in iln- city and
Sta'e. With a lew pi- cincts of
one ot the usually Democratic
counties to hear from, the defeat
of the proposed suffrage restriction
amendment to the State
Constitution by 28,000 to 29,000
is indicated. Atkinson, Democrat,
is conceded the State comp'rollorshrp
ami his majority will
probably tun over 6,500 That
the !?,w. r house of the Stale
Legislature will be Demo'ra ic
is conceded by Republican
sources of information.
RHODE ISLAND REPUBLICAN.
Providence, 11. I., November
8.?The complete vote for Gover I
nor in this S ate Rive* Utter, Re
pnb'ican can iidate 'or Governor,
a plurality of 4 342 Compared
with last \ ear the results shows
a Republican net tin in ot 3,486.
LIKEWISE NEBRASKA
Omaha, Nov. 8?The entire
State ticket was captured by the
Republicans by majoiities larger
in ninny instances than those oi
two years ago.
BAY STATE ALSO REPUBLICAN.
B iSton, Now. 8. ? Revised returns
show a Republican victory
all aloiiR tiie line. Guild, R -
i publican lor Governor, has a
I plurality o! 23,11G Diaper, K
puhljoiui lot Lieutenant Gover
nor, has a plurality ot 1,996
ANTI MORMONS WIN IN UTAH.
Sail Lake, Utah, Nov. S?The
! American parly, loan !e 1 o>r tlie
! pin pose in ov< rthro. no- the inllaenc
o| ti>e Mormon church in !
municipal afl'iirs, gamed a com
j pl? te victory, electing its entire
I ticket hy a plurality ol about
1,000.
UNION LAIIOIl's VICTORY.
j San Francisco, Nov. S?The
| Union Labor party achieved an |
astonishing triumph from thel
head of tho ticket down to the
eighteenth nominee Ior supervi j
nor.
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K KNTUCK Y DK M <)CK AT IC.
In Kentucky tit? le^islatiue
j which \\iil elect a successor to
| Senator Blackburn is heavily
I Democratic. Tho Democrats
elected a mayor in Louisville by j
about 2,500.
1) KM OCR ITS CARRY VIRGINIA.
Itichllimif). N.?v 7 I
Democratic majority iti the stale
will be about 20,000. The Re
publicans have representation in
the present legislature on a joint
ballot ol 16. In the next legislature
they will apparently havo
about 25.
Russia's Revolution.
Heartrending Horrors Occurring
Daily?-Wholesale
Massacre, Riots and Incen
diarism?Shocking Fate of
Helpless "Women and Children.
St I e crs u'g, Nov. 8. ? 2.10
p m.? The revolutionary wave |
continues to ubsido except in
the C aucasus
As details of wuat happened
throughout European Russia
during the upheaval arrive the J
story grows more revolting.
In the Raltic provinces murder,
riot and incendiarism pre
vail. In Poland even the cleigy.
Catholic ami Protestant, participated
in the manifestations in
favor of the autonomy of the!
ancient Kingiom. In {Southwest
Russia hardly a city or town escaped
Jewish massacres.
At i'omsk, Siberia, according
to the latest reports received
here, the whole population of
40,000 and the military stood
by while six hundred men, women
smd I'liiMivin \? i..,.......i
w..^tv?i \ ?? v i v "in iu;u
in a tlieatie. The Court House
at Tomsk and the ina>or's residence,
where the students and
revolutionists took refug" from
the mob, were burned, and tho-e
who tried to fly were killed in
the streets.
In Moscow the Socal Revolutionists
and ihe Black Hundted
and i he Cos acks and police
fought bloody b it ties.
The descent of the butchers
of Moscow wi'h their knives and
axes upon the students was one,
of the most horrible chapters,
bu not as pitiful, however, ;?s
the attack of t! e li ack Hundred
on a | rocession oi s hool children
carrying red flays. When
the chi'dren sought to escape a
cordon oi poliee b'rred the way
ami the youthful martyrs were
beaten in o insensibility and in
some cases were actually torn to
pieces.
In the Alexander Garden at
Moscow, < 'orsa I s lav ill nnilm-li
iii th?' shrubbery <*t- ?l sot upon
their victims with whips. Many
worn beaten to (loath and utiles
were badly able to crawl
away.
It ha* general lj* been accepted
that the fourth Tlutrsda- in
November s1 all be Thanksgiving
Day, but. this yon I'resident
Koosevelt has Iix- d the filth
Thursday, the last day of the
month for the festival. As a
brea -or of records dr. Koosevolt
linw l?. .? .... I 1 '
.... . .# ?/ > ii mi: I itu U. v inirleston
Post
Wasn't 1110 (lay "fixed" before
llio president issued his pro
clamation? liiis year's calendars,
probably made a year ago,
mark the 30ta as Thanksgiving
Day.
When a man is considered to
he very clever his wife thinks
that his greatest exhibition of
cleverness was in picking her
out to marry him.?Atchison
Globe.
I Pleasant Valley News by
Way of' Fort Mill.
Fort Mill Times.
The Bailes bridge lias b en re
paired and is now ready for the
traveling public.
The Pleasant Va'ley school
opened on last Monday. The
I fit fdl'/l U M ie ^ lv..? 1 ~
i? w? < v((iuvu io r nun 1 UUt XV 111 lit' J
larger Inter on.
Mrs. (). W. Potts gave a din |
ing Wednesday Those present!
were Miss Annie Morrow, of I
Moiroe; Miss HI niche Morrow,
of (Jharlotte ; Miss Cloud Hall,
of A I'd rev's and Mrs James P.
Harris and Dr. R. M. Potts, of
this place.
Albert Harris, who has heen
clerking for Davidson & Potts,
ha < returned to his home in
Pineville, where he will enter
school.
Rev. R. K. Sliarpe, of tin-* Van
Wyck circuit, was in Pleasant
Valley Mondav on business.
White Cousart, of Charlotte,
spent Saturday night a:m1 Sun
day vvith relatives here
Robert Bckett, who is attending
a business college in Char
lotte, spent Sunday with li s
parents at this place.
Miss Kunice llall, Fort Mill,
has been spending a few days
w th her sister. Mrs. J. W. Hall,
of Pleasant Valley.
Mis os Annie Morrow, of Monroe,
and Blanche Morrow, of
Charlotte, are visiting relatives
here and at Ardrey's.
Mrs. (J. II. Ross lias been visiting
her daughter, Mrs .Justice,
of t 'harlotte.
Mi. and Mrs. O. W. !' tts
spevt. a couple of days in ('harlotte
the past week.
Mr James P. Harris, Pleasant
Valley's true1 man, took a load
of ids produce to Charlotte last
we OK .
Letter From Sumter.
A Worthy Son of old Ean-|
caster, now Engaged in
Business in Sumter, Tells
Why He Thinks One Pa- j
j per Better than Three.
Mr. K liter: I notice Irotn
last issue ol UThe News" tli;i!
>"??*! v. iii discontinue v i s unit's
invite . Pieuse eonl inun ('? \jsii
inc. and I enclose che< k along;
wit ii the invila! ion. Luitcaslt-r
county is my home count.)?Lancaster
people my liome people,
and I toiii't alioid t ? nns- ;he
home paper and lose touch with
the people and all dr* ol' the
I county.
I think Ilia) iiik' iiie.it aood
accomplished by the birth oi
%tThn News" will be the binning
ot the people oi I lie county more
closely together. Irom I lie larl
that all the It-Mii-i" and co res
n itidi'ix'o will be written to the
1
one piijit-r and v ill bo more generally
read limn it dividt d among
j the t hree papers.
Allow me to wish you abundant
success.
Your truly,
B. F. Kstridge.
Sumter, S. (J., Nov. 3.
Events of interest
In and Around Kershaw as
Chronicled by the Bra.
i
Kershaw Kra
At the request ot citizens the
Kra publishes this call lor a mass
meeting to he held at the old
school building next Fridjn night
j at 7:30 o'clock for the purpose of
leflecting an organization to aid in
the suppression of the illicit sale
of liquor and other forms ot lawlessness
being practiced In re.?
The attendance and cooperation
of all good citizens is earnestly
r? quested and it is to be Itoped
that a large number will be present.
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I)r. E. C. Brasington, who has
recently made discoveries ot rich
gold ore on his plantation near
Kershaw, was away las-' week
negotiating tor the purchase of
mining machinery to begin mini?>g
opera! ion.-.
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Mr. C. C Ifortou. Sr.. n c.-ivoil
!i"in Ins lornier employer and
personal Iriend Air. \V. S. Forbes,
a Richmond, Va., mi!liona:re, an
mvitat-on to attend the marriage
o I tne loruioiVs (Jaugiitei, Miss
Ivina L niis". Nov. 20 II" was
also invited to he a guest at the
marriage breakfast.
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The paints have arrived and
the contract was closed yesterday
with painter (jritlin,ol Lancaster,
for painting the Kershaw Baptist,
church. The work will begin the
last of this week or the lirsl of
next.
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Mr. W. J. Cunningham's fine
horse cut hiinselt on (he I;arbed
wire lenee enclosing the Catoe
lands just north of new graded
school builditiir, where the Wild
West show was exhibit] ig last
r rniay.
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Mr 'I" J. Grecorv and children,
Mioses Lois and Conine ami Master
R 41 ph, i'-n \eslei\lay lor Ciiarle-ton
to wi'noss lie (iula \t,k
j fes ivi'ies aivl lo see Mr. Gregory's
son, Corjn r.ii S nilie Gregory,
at 1 * : 1 - r Mil t:i: v A< a emy.
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Mrs S. W. Heath and children,
ot Magill -,i nt several d.ivs last.
O ' 1
I week in Kershaw al the home of
E. D. Rhikenev, lvq Mr Heath
' was als( in town Friday md Sat
unlay.
Gin Accident.
Mr. W. T. Hilliard has his
XXanil Xjadly Cut in his Coi~
ton Gin.
Mr. W. T. Hilliard, a well
known citizen of the Alagiil .-ecj
tion, met with a serious accident
Thursday afternoon. His right
; hand was caught in his gin and
l badly mangled. Several long
j ugly gashes were cur in the
!hand.
I The injuries were dressed by
:Dr. Strait.
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