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, The Lancaster News LEDGER J 852 REVIEW 1278 ENTERPRISE 1891 VOL. 2. NO. 85. SEMI-WEEKLY. LANCASTER. S. C.. AUOUST =* iom - Negro Meets Horrible Death in Charlotte. The Observer: George Williams colored, an employe of K. F Riviuac&Co., railway contractors, was crushed to death yester day afternoon in a cave-in which occurred in the deep red out on the Southern tracks near the North Graham street crossing. Caught beneath the mammoth 55-ton steam shovel in such a manner that he could not extricate himselt and pressed down by the pettiing weight of several tons of dirt, his life was literally squeezed from lus body. Those who ran up i in mediately after the accident happened, heard his groans and cries, but could do nothing. They could even see him writhing in his agony, but they were powerless to lend a helping hand. lie was pinned down so that almost the entire weight was directly over his chest, and the end was but a question of momen's. As the great mass of clav settled, his struggles became feebler and feebler until death intervened. State Officers Clash?Supt. Martin Protests against Gov. Ansel's Appointment of Sheppard on State Board. Columbia special in Charlotte Observer : There was a violent clash today between Governor Ansel and State Superintendent of Education O B. Martin oyer the Governor's recent appoint, ment of ex Governor John C. Sheppard, of Edgefield, as a member of the Sta'e board of education, and alter the controversy Mr. Martin pave out a red hot roast. of the disconrtesy and deception on the part of the Governor in appointing a politician on the b?'aid instead of a school man. The clash was precipitated on ^ receipt by the Governor this morningot a letter from Mr. Matin, saying: "1 am informed that you have ofFered the position on the State board of education, from the second district, to a lawyer and ex Governor. It such be the case, I wish to serve notice that. I expect to njiike a vigorous protest through the pro-s. Such action will 9eri nsly injure the work ot this department, as well as have ? depressing effect upon the schools and educators of this State. If I am correct as to tho second district, tins will make two appointments on the Stale boardof education, and the teaching profession litis not been recognized. I am "lire tint 'hey will feel your attitude to them very keenly. I shall not hesitate to speak frankly in regard to this matter." On reading the letter Governor Ausel at once went to Martin's otlioe and protested that he intended no offense, that, lie * j thought he was making the best * appointment he could make. Air. Martin told the Governor that ho had acted discourteously in the beginning by not inviting j him 'o confer before making the; i appointment', as ail other Gov 1 eruors had done an 1 a-* wai clearly intended by the act creating I the board- lie told the Chief j Exec tivo that, after lie had "butted in" to his office t have the consultation anyway, he had seen : fit to appoint a man who had not ' been mentioned in the conversa i | J p ition, and that thereby he con j side red lie li-id bean duped and t deceived. ^ * ?* ' ' 1 I uu?cni?r /vnsei wouui maKG . c no statement tor publication today, beyond expressing lbs re- c gret that he had angered Mr. f Martin. He said he made the j appointment because he believed ^ it to he the bent for the educa j tional interests of the State. } Hurled to Death in Machine- r ry. 1 t Charlotte Observer: Caught i accidentally in a belt at the Lid- f dell foundry, where he was employed, hurled into the shaft and C mangled before he could be res " cued, Mr. Benjamin Porter, a c middle aged employe, met a ? speedy and terrible death vester- 1 day afternoon at 2 o'clock. The t accident occurred while he was i attempting to place a belt on a a running wheel. His coat sleeve c was caught and he was unable to release himself. He died in about ( 20 minutes atler he was extrica- t ted from the nux-up. c Fort Mill Lad Loses Leg. c Rock Hill special in The State: j Several weeks ago the little 10 \ vpar old aon of Mr .1 11 VI.,II at Fort Mill got a bad out on his , right leg with a sharp knife. The j wound healed, but afterwards | was bruised in play and began to , bleed again. After some time he | was brought to the hospital hero. , where it was found necessary to ; j amputate the leg in order to save , the little fellow's life. The J j chances were at first glim, but he ( is getting along nicely now and , unless complications arise will re- < cover. 1 Pleasant Hill Items. ! f Mr. and Mrs. E. D Tiller, ot 1 Bishopville, have been visiting;' relatives at Pleasant Hill. The> { ! returned home Tuesday last. Mr. J. H. Stokes of Washing- ' ton, Ga., ha< been visiting hi, I brother in-law, Coroner J. M. n-.i?l. r I Mi88 Sue M irshall and Miss Daisy Cauthen returned" home ( Wednesday from an extended i vMt to the former's sister, Miss ' Nannie VViliiams, of Kershaw. i l Mr. Robert hlucknrmn of Iticli; 1 Hill loaded a car of sand at this | place to ship to Dr. Mackey of j Lancaster, for plastering. ( Crops are crowing and looking i fairly well in this section. News Reader. Pleas tut Hill, Aug. 1. The Pubiic Highways. Experience of Auto Party Over Road to Charlotte and Return by Monroe? Vast Difference in Lancaster and N. C. Roads. Editor The News: Apropos if good ro uls question, ir might >osdbly he of some interest to 'our readers to hear of a trip nude Dv a parly ot Lancaster Doutity citizens to Charlotte last Junday in an automob le. The party in question left Lun:aster at 7.30 a. m. and took tlie ou'e via Pleasant Valley and ielair. They were just three ?ours arriving at the Mecklennirg line, a distance approxi natelv of nineteen miles, and it vas only by a miracle that they eached the N. C. line at ali, as he public road through Lancas er county is a disgraca to a civlized community and is not fit or a pack mule to travel over. On strikiug the Mecklenburg Jounty road, just beyond Pleas nt Valley, the party was just me hour reaching Charlotte and his included two stops, one at hneyille and one at Griffeth. As he distance trom the S. C. line b twenty one miles, a companion would be bad?for Lancaster ounty. After spending the day in Charlotte, the party decided, bat unless they converted their sar into an air-ship, it wou'd be in impossibility, (after the rain), ;o attempt to get back to Lancaster by the route they came, sc t was decided to try it by the Monroe road. On being ready o leave, the party was question)d by a citizen of Charlotte vho has travelled over a greater portion of N. C. in an automo)ilo, as to which rou;e they vouid return, and on being lot ! 3.v the way ot Monroe, he re narked that the road betweer Matthews and Monroe was verv cugh. Ye gods! lie has cer iiinly never been in Lancastei county, as the worst part of the :oad is not as rough as Mair street of Lancaster from Marion Witherspoon's corner to W. T Gregory's. TKo .?i *? jl ??* y*" j oiiiicu in muiirofj t distance of twenty-five mdes, n an hour and ten minutes, liny, n* le t Charlot'e about dark iii i terrible rain storm, but manmid to yet along very well unil they struck the Lancastei tounty road, when they conic nly make one-fourth speed. Tin lriver of the car, who is a resilent of Sumter county, remark. (1: "Ho s, I can't see, hut 1 enow I am in Lancaster count) is I feel the Lancaster road.' While this is a much hotter ro than the Pleasant Valley road he party was three hours and i null comine from R K A. Huey'i to Gill's Crook, and were unuhh to cross, on account of high \va ter. I understand that the work o macadamizing the road of Meek lenburg county has cost $3200 PHI per mile and in two years' lime every public road in l he county will be macadamized. Think ot it! And Lancaster, who can : boast of as good, progressive peo p'e as there is in the State, s is , supinely by, without a real good road within her borders, and watches her neighboring couttli *s build roads that will eventually take trade away Ilia' by right belongs to her, when by getting together and spending some money 011 her highways, site could at least, have the consolation ot knowing that die wat nottlilaughing stock of her neighbors, one of whom has hired her chain ) gang to build their own roads. Who will be the first to start the movement? W. T. Williams. Two Elbows on Each Arm. Mount Airy special in Charlotte Observer: A child was born to John Soots and his wife in Vir ginia, some distance from this city, which is indeed an odd creature. It has two elbows on each arm. Otherwise the little fel low is very much like other babies, except on the right hand there is no thumb where a thumb ought to he, hut at the root of the forefinger there ^ is a well developed thumb. The child is one month old and is doing well. The Chesterfield Election? Ruling as to Lost Registration Certificates. The Slate : The recent agita' tion concerning the condition of ' the registration books in virions counties has caused mem be is of the boards of registration to ex ercise considerable care in their construction of the law. Yesterday Gov. Ansel received a telegrain from a member of the registration board of Chesterfield county asking if the board has 1 the right to issue duplicate certificates to voters who had misnlaced or lost their certificate, r lor ti?e dispensary election on August 13. The reply was that 1 as the election was to he held 1 less than 30 days from date ol telegram it would be illegal to open the books to issue any cer | tifica'e . TJ r->. I I xiuusc csirucK Dy .Ldgntning. i 1 The home or Mr. W. K. Dun* , lap, on Hutchison -treet, was . si ruck and considei ably damaged 1 by lightning 1 Wednesday at* , lemoon. The b< It struck the corner of the roof at one end of the hou>e and shattered a glass ^ window in the gable end of the r house and another lower down ? Portions of th?< weather h arding j and the window frames were u se torn away. Mr. Dunlap and hit t family were in the house but j none of them was injured or evet 5 slightly shocked by the bolt.? Rock Hill Herald. Dr 1) M. Sweets of Kentuckj ' has declined the presidency o - the Presbyterian College at Clin . ton. Ofc?FIVE CENTS PER COPY. Crazy Parmer Cruelly Beats His Wife. Bishopville special in the Newa and Courier: Saturday nig:>t Ben J. .Johns u, a wel'-?o do farmer, living between 11:is town and Lockrow, bruia iy attacked his wile wi h a he vy walking cane. striking her sovt ral severe blows upon diff Ment parts of her body, breaking ; wo fing rs of her left band, fracturing her right inn and inflicting brui es and gashes up 11 her head, one cutting nearly to ihe temple, rendering her unconscious for several hours. John-on tried to run the stick down his life's throat, lacerating it considerably, and it is certain that her skull is fractured. The doctor* are watching her case with grave apprehension. Since his arrival in town Johnson ha9 been examined by a commission, found to be insane and will be carried to morrow by Sheriff Muldrow to the Lunatic Asylum at Columbia. Prohibition for Georgia? House Passes Senate Bill Prohibiting Sale of Liquor in the State. Atlanta, Ga., July 30.?The Hardeman prohibi'ion bill, passed by the Georgia Senate some days ago, was adopted by the House this evening by a vote of 139 to 39. Two amendments addded to the bili by the house will necessitate the bill going back to the Senate for conference, of which there is no doubt, and the bill will then go to Governor Hoke Smith for his signature, which has been previously pledged, and prohibition will become a law in Georgia, but the amendments t? day permit the sale of pu;e alcohol by retail d ui:gi3f9 on the the prescription ^ ot, a rt put able pin sician, and also 1 allow wholesale druggists to carrv mire Blrnhnl i*i ain^i , .wa s<?]e only to ret tilers. The bill prohibits the raanu.ac1 tore or keeping on hand in any ' place of business, tlie sale or ' giving away to induce bu-une s within the S'at* ot any I'qnor 1 that may induce intoxication. Tiie new law i> to be ;ome efFective January 1st, 19U8. Four Killed by Boiler Explosion. A special from Milan, Tenn., says: Four persons were ki led outright, ano'her was fatally injured an 1 9 others w- re seri 'Usly hurt at a late hour to nigh , ( when the boiler ot an engine att Ofiliaii f a r* f I 1 1 2 . - - - ' 1 I v * * b ' (I 1IIJIIIOIS I "J ll|) <1 r fruit train north'noiiud exploded , near t his pine , th tra n n anding , on an ad j ic o?i s;diim. Struck by Lightning in Field. Hunfsviile, Alt., *peoi il in Atlanta Journal: Mrs. Neihe Maves, a widow, whs -true ^ by 'jlightning whiIo working in her f cotton field. The hoe which she - was using was shivered by the . bolt.