The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, November 15, 1905, Image 1
The Lancaster News
LEDGER 1852 REVIEW 1878 ENTERPRISE 1891
VOL. I. NO 13 SEMI-WEEKLY. LANCASTER. S. C., NOVEMBER. 15. 1905. PRICE?FIVE CENTS PER CORY.
Women Stripped By Chi=
nese Mob.
Details of Atrocities Committed
on American Women
Show Them To Have
Been More Horrifying
Than They Were at First
Reported.
Hongkong, November 1 1 ?
Dr. Machle, the American miseionary
who escaped the massacre
at Lienchow, confirming the pre
vious accounts of (lie outbreak,
add* horrtlying details of the
atrocities committed on tiie
American women.
When the disturbances commenced
the mob seized M sChestnut
and Mrs. Machle ami
exposed them to public view in
the Chinese temple Amy
Machle, ti e doctor's 10-year old
child, was c irri *?i ?>fT and flung
alive into too river. The rioter
stripped M.s8 Chestnut, naked
and flung tier into the liver.
While the two w re struggling
in the water three Chinamen
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] 6peared them. Aliss (Jhestnnt's
body and Amy Machle's herd
wore pierced. Mrs Machle ap
pe.de 1 lo the rioters, but the
m< b st' lie i i?er brains out, snipped
the body and llung it into
the river.
The mob then captured Air.
I and Mrs. iVnle, stripped the in
naked, exposed them lor fifteen
^r, umiuttH, clubbed Mr. Peale l<>
death hi his wife's presence and
subsequently killed Mrs. i'eale
in the same hrulal fashion.
I A Coming Marriage
Mr. John Gregg Chatee, formerly
of Lancaster, and
Miss Nan Withers, of Cam- j
den, to Wed on the 29th j
Instant.
Cards are out announcing the
approaching marriage ot Mr.
John Gregtr Chafee, of Langl".v.
| and Miss Nan Shannon Wither-,
I of Camden. The c ;< inonv will
be performed on Wednesday
' evening, November tiie 29th, al
home ol the prospective
bride's mother, Mrs. William
Randolph Withers.
Mr. (Jhal'ee, as is well known,
1 w.i i I) irn and r isod in Lancaster.
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being a son o! the late . N.CI IJ
V Cliatee lie is a young mm of
exceptionally line character and
1
i most pleasing personality, II"
has been auccesslully engaged in
' tlJi! mercantile business at Lang>
tey tj?r some years.
4 Tx\* charming young lady
wly$rn Mr. C ha tee i* to wed is
(ur?/ ? v.'ii rvnun 11 in iiifn uuiuiiiiiiii
ty, having many friends and admirers
here, where she occasionally
visited her aunt, Mrs. J. Al.
Heath, during the hitter's residence
jii Lancaster.
The Lanca^r News eight
pages, twice st'week, $1.50
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The Library Associition.
Important Public Meeting
Friday Night?Addresses
by Notable Speakers?An
Oyster Feast Also.
Owing to t'w 'in e neney of the
veiliher, ihe l,h?a\ Association
did net have iib e- iii lust Fri
lav night, hut jrn.ed same
uuhl Friday nigh "i t'lisweek,
when it will cert tov it held.
Tim public gener./.lv \s invited
o Htien<l to Im <?r the addresses to
t>e delivered by Dr. !-???I?1 ri?l
ami Mayor Wyhe, as well as 10
partake ol some nice oysters
which t he ladies are f?oin?r to serve
lor the benefit of the libary lund.
As has been previously noted
by The News, the library association
is doinu a most commenda
ole work in th s community hiim
its efl'.rts should be liberally en
couru.ed by the people cenerally
Cheer For Jeff Davis
P? i rp J? ? ' '
wciuacu a i agcuy in vv men
Three Men were Killed
and Three Others Wounded.
Naugatuck, W V., Nov. 11.?
A cheer lor Jeff Davie, uttered
by a drunken man on Deny- v
Creek on the Kentucky side o!
tho river today, resulted in a
bloody tiagedy in wlnich tliree
men were klled and three others
wounded. There had been much
dunking alter the election on
Tuesday. Con Kslep, an old exConfederate
soldier, was among
the men v. h" became ntoxicated
When tie yelled V'1I urr in l>??* J .-ll
i/.ivis, i'jliter, a .vounj; man
in the ciowd, lold Estep to "sun
t p or lie w. 111 o kill b:in " Enelio
Bent lev, in nii??r momb-r <>! -no
crowd, told Rvop lo "'ourrah for
anyon- lie plea ed " Prater turn
mi on B .mil emp'ied Ills
pistol $ I. short range, all live
shots I tiki i:?? i ll'ect. A t< r h<hud
(alien, Bent ley shot ami kill
ed Prater. lvnbe Morgan, a
Iriend of Prater's who loot sltol
Bv lit ley alter the '.liter had
lallen, tired at 'J' >m and .John
Bowling, friends nt Estep, and
then lied, but he was shot and
mortally wounded by the Bowlings.
Bently died s< on alter the
shooting and Morgan died two
hours later During the light I
.lohn Sadler, belonging ?o the
Prater grang, was dangerousl\
wounded. The Bowlings were
both hit, but not fatally hurt. An
election bet had caused hard leei
inga between Eatep and Prater.
The excitement over the tragedy
is intense and another clash oi
the tactions is expected.
aii inttii.y [Jiii im in (lie rtUSU'rtlian
continent bae farming has
become a profitable and popular
occupation. There are at present
over 250,000 hives in Australia
producing from 10,000,000
pounds to 15,000,000 pounds annually.
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Scores Secretary Wilson.
; Secretary Cheatham, of the
Cotton Association Denounces
Wilson's Novem-j
ber Report as a "Piece of i
Spite."
N?'w Y.?rk, November 11 ?
Richard Cheatham, ol Atlanta,
secretary ??; the Southern Cotton
Association, is quoted by the
Herald as having last night severely
c.riiii is <1 the report ol the
cotton crop . >?ued yesterday Irom
Washington. 111 which the con
nition oI tho crop on November 1
was stated to be GS 8.
Mr. Cheat hatn, who in s'opping
in this city, said, amond other
t hings:
"The most abmrd piece of work
ver attempted was the issuing
>t the crop report on Friday by
Mr. Wilson, tlie Secretary of
Agriculture. In this report, lie
announces I he condilion at G8.8.
Now, there is no sane man who
ver saw a cotton stalk who does
not know that, on November 1
and November 10 it is not only
far hey .mo t tie muling or bearing
stage, but. in nearly every case is
entirely void ol loliage ot every
Uittfl It ?Mloorwl
n, IIUQ I ill Ut'VilllU
tne increasing stage. Its condjtton,
fo tar as renditions arc
recognized in reports, is the same
as on Oc'ober ] previously .For
Secretary Wilson to make a re
port on'condition'of November
1 is to assist in the operations ot
he bear speculators to hammer
down the price of cotton.
"I say to Mr. Wilson, 'shame, J
I shame, shame' on him and the
men who assislod him in this a'tempt
it soi'e work against tie
cotton product rs ot thefcvuth It
j i s a liual effort to l<ret even,' and'
tlte t'empt wid result in sine
disc inlit ore lor the department
t?T : gricnlliire b-tore ttie nex'
session oi Congress is far idvauc |
ed. Th it there will b> an i.iresf
.a' ioo o! litis depirimeti'
by (Jointress and an it C'veii ig |
lot in >iiers now concealed, helms
which ..11 previous di closure*
-vi11 |i;i e in tnsi^aificalire, I do
not ' r ; 11 in*!ant don i ''
Tit - .S ujMutii l.'ott hi A' socia j
| lion, in its btiih'tsii ol ill:-! crop,
issued October 31, estimated tin |
crop lor J 1)05 at 9.444.314 bales,'
a Km iller production than yester- 1
day's estimate ot (>8.8 would I
promise.
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Texas Mob Hang Three
Negroes
Henderson, Tex., Nov. 12.?
Thirty minutes a^o a mob ol 2()0
moo broke into Mie j ?ii Ucre and '
overpowered the officers, took
.John Ueece, Robert Askew and
..%/ W...V1 IM U H MWIil I I I t" v Mil'
now hanging in the public square.
The negroes were arrested with
two others a lew (lays ago lor
the murder ol a farmer about ten
miles from this place. The
other two negroes wore not
molested, members of the mob
claiming they were only accomplices
aud uot priucipals.
Died at Eighty=Three.
The Venerable Mother of
Messrs. L. C. and G. F.
Payseur, of Lancaster Passes
Away at her Home in
Lincolnton, N. C.
Mrs II met Payseur, mother
of our fellow townmen Messrs.
L. 'it (1 (i. V. Payseur, died
Oil J iif Ttii iii^iri nt . t lio?'
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in Lincolnton, N (J. She was
the widow of J. W. Payseur and
was 83 years of age. The ira
mediate* cause of death was an
attack of pneumonia
Mrs. Payseur was a most es
timable, lovable, christian lady
and tier death is lamented by a
large circle of friends and relat
ives. She was a devout mem
ber of the Methodist church.
Besides the Mes-rs. l'ayseur
ot Lancaster, Mrs Payseur leav
es one other son, Mr. William
Paj'seur, of liutherfordton, N.
and t?\o daughters, Mrs. A
S. Coon, of Heepsville, N. C.,
and Mrs. Addie Hodge, of
Rutherfordton.
Wade Hampton Society.
Good Debate by Members of
the Literary Organization
of the Graded School.
The Wade Hampton Literary
S'?ctotv of the graded school,
which is composed o! member, ol
the 71 i?, Stli i)th nnd loth ^radt^,
had an unu&uaily interesting
meeting Friday afternoon.
The leading teat are ot the programme
was r debate on the sub
ject, *Ke?olv?'d,"that country life
is heller ;<?r the < i.iid than toxxi.
orcitv lilvi." Trie you <r d"
batcr* were: Affirmative?li t
Cook, M mraret Mmne, John 1)
Wxlb, .'d rv Ma-sex; Negative
Etta Sk } ) or, C >niiuie 1't unison,
Hope (J i-jrory. N innie J thuson.
All it h debaters made hiuhl >
? edit a ote ariium ml s.The decision
ot Hi.* jnd ^es xx is in lavor ol the
.lllinnai ive sulo?country tile.
!'h-v society meets ..eain next
Friday.
The First National Bank of
Lancaster?Its Remarkable
Success.
The official report of the First
Na'ional Bank of Lancaster
published in today's paper
shows that popular youna li
nancal institution to be in ex
ceptionally fine condition lis
iccord of success is truly phenoni
'nal and \v?* doub; if has a
parallel in the st te.
But a little more than two
nr n'lis ago the First National
Bank, with a capital of 011I3'
*}. . \ f)(W I t I ? /?* * /i? 1 t J
the public, and yet its volume
o: business today is as largo as
that <>t many 1 anks after years
of operation.
The bank's deposits are now
practically $118,000., showing
that its management has the
full confidence of the public?a
confidence, by the way, that is
eminently deserved.
Presidents' Meeting
County Presidents of the Cotton
Association Hold
Meeting in Columbia.
The Stale, Nov. 11.
Although but 4S hours notice
of a meeting of '.he county presidents
ot this State's division of (he
Southern Cotton association had
been given, 21 county presidents
were here yesterday to attend
the meeting. This is truly a
most remarkable showing and it
is plain that the movement must
be ot unusual interest and import,
for to lew other calls would
these men have so readily responded.
Many of those who
were not. able to bo present sent
let ters ol regret.
The object, ol this meeting was
io see that 3 cent hale tax will
be collect, d to eaun county.
Kach count;. p: i iei?? appoints a
collector for oacli t wnship, .vho
serves in ? ! t<11 >n m> the county
orgaiiz*jr. 1' i- tax together
with the layman's lee will support
the great organizitiott in
every other Sia'e 111 the uih,
as well as in 6oLt.ii Carolina.
Another subject, diseusse i ami
then sell led upon was the appointment
of a general organ zer
ami superintendent tor this
State, who will act as financial
agent and also supervise the
erection and maintenance of
warehouses. President K. I).
Smith of tho South Carolina
division, who presided at the
meeting yesterday will make the
appointment before he leaves l< r
the west next weeK.
A tiorrible Accident.
A Mother,While Holding her
Baby in her Arms, Faints
and Falls into the Fire?
Both Fearfully Burned and
their Recovery Doubtful.
A shocking accident occurred a
few morniiters airo at the home of
Mr. John Hiuson, who lives on
the plantation of Mr J. K Gre
gory in the Taxnhaw neiuiitmrhood.
The will; <?! Mr iii eon,
Mrs. Alrnetta llinson, wtio is a
daughter of Mr Butler Starues,
arose early ami, alter making a
lire, was standing by i;, vanning,
holding her baby in he'* irrns,
when she sudden.y lainitd and
j fell into the lire, the baby tailing
into t he flames al -o
i l lie cries ol i Iu-i mi.tn ?irou ed Air.
llinson and Mrs. 1:1 in son's brother,
Mr. Dick Starnes, who had
nol got inn out of the bed. They
rushed In (he rescue ot tlie uidori
Innate mother and her child, but
they did not reach them in time
11o save I Ik m t^nm serious injury,
I l-.il. l ? 1 ~
iijimii ueiug iiuirioiy Durne<l. It
is doubtful whether either will
recover.
Fletcher Byrd, co o.? J, wa?
i hanged in Greenvill Friday for
the murder ot Magistrate William
J. Cox.