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The Lancaster News
LEDGER 1852 REVIEW 1878 ENTERPRISE 1891
VOL. I. NO. 34. SEMI-WEEKLY. L ftNC/VSTER. S C? JANUARY 31. 1906 PRICE?FIVE CENTS PER COPY.
The Cotton Association.
Meeting Next Monday of the
?*- County Organization?Distinguished
Speakers to be j
Present?New Clubs Organized
by the County Organizer.
Notwithstanding the
cy of last week's weather, County
S Organizer Ceo. W. Jones, of the
Cotton Association, carried on
the work mapped out lor liim in
the county. lie succeeded in
organizing the following sub
associations:
Elgin, A. J. Bailey, president;
George Ferguson, vice-president;
J. S. Harper, secretary and treasurer.
Flat Creek, M. C. Gardner,
president; George Cook,* vicepresident;
A. M. Cook, secretary
and treasurer.
Mr. Jones requests us to remind
the members ol '.lie association,
and the public generally,
of the tact that n^xt Monday,
Feb. 5tli, is the day lor the reg,
ular meeting of the county assoy
ciation. Every section of the
county is expected to be fully
represented. In tact, it is desired
to make the assembly a
regular mass meeting. Ol course
business of importance is to be
transacted, but the leading attraction
will be the presence ol
prominent officials of the state
association, President Smith and
secretary Weston, both of whom
have promised to bo on hand,
^..,1 :n i-_ --J-J r
aim win uiitiv? naurt sses. -U01
. everybody turn out and trivo the
distinguished speakers a rousing
reception.
Eclipses of the Year.
Astronomers Have Five to
Look Out for in 1906.
Washington?Five eclipses
will he recorded during
the present year, three of the
sun and two of the nn on, according
to naval observatory astron
omers. The first will l>o a total
eclipse ot the moi n visihle
throughout North Arm pica.
The eclipse will begin at 10:54
o'clock on the evening ot Febru
ary 8, and bv 4:40 ?>Ylof,k t1'"
next morning it will have passed
away. A partial eclipse of the
sun, visible only near I lie south
v pole, will be the feature of Feb
ruary 22.
Another partial eclipse of Ihe
sun will tako place July 21,
i which will not be seen in this
p country. On August 4 will occur
the second total eclipse of the
moon, which will be visible in
the western portion oflhe Unit
ed States just before sunrise.?
The moon will again ho partly
eclipsed on the 19th of tho same
month, but the phenomenon will
f * be witnessed only by inhabitants
f of the northern regions.
Ministers Who Drink Whiskey
Denounced in the Corference
of the A. M. E.
Church in Clarksdale, Mississippi.
(Jlarksdale, Miss., January.
"27 ?''Any minister who drinks
whiskey will never receive an
appointment lr?u? my hands,"
declared Bishop Moses B. 5>later.
of Charleston, 8. C., addressing
the North Mississippi Conference
of ihe African Methodist Episcopal
church, this mom.ng, an 1
he declared that several "veu
ders of the Gospel" would be
I left out at the close of Confer
ence on Monday. A number of
committees reported, including
that on temperance, which condemned
whiskey drinking
Lynching and lawlessness of
every kind were condemned by
the Conference.
A Flourishing School.
The College Hill Academy,
of Which a Well Known
Lancaster County Educator
is Principal.
'Reported for The News.
The College Hill School, in
Jackson Township, Union Coun
tv, N. C., under the control ol
Prof. C. A. Plyler as principal
and Miss Bright Richardson as
assistant, is in a flourishing condition.
We have ji fine school
building, comple'ed and paint
ed, and it will be seated with
patent desks in a few days. 92
students enrolled out of 105 in
the district, with a daily avcrrgeof
75. We have a special tax.
without which no scho d will run
successfully. Wo have a good
; library aucl as good school as
any in the county, everything
considered. We have two de.
bating societies?one for boys?
one for girls The patrons ;?re
in earnest about education.
Good board, cheap, and tuition
very reasonable. Satisfaction
guaranteed. Churches near and
daily mails. Soi i s oar boys
and girls.
A Teacht r.
Jan. 2?th 1000.
They All Drank.
A number of years ago a ceri
tin lirm o t< u m o in Boston
were rated "At." They were
rich, prosperous, young aiul
prompt.
One ol them had curiosity to
seo how they were rated, and
found these facts in Dun's and
was satisfied; hut at the etui
these words were added:
'But ihev till drink."
He thought it a good j ?ke at
the time; hut ;i f? w years later,
?' } oi them were dead, anolhei
was a drunkard and the fourth
was poor and living partly 011
charity.
The one little note at the end
of their rating was the most important
and significant ol all
the facts collected and embodied
in their description.?Exchange.
A, ?v
The Bamberg Mystery.
i
Dickinson's Innocence to be;
Established?Reid's Death
Still a Mystery.
Special to The State: |
Bamberg, Jan 28. ? Interest
ing developments luive taken
place today in regard to the
charge ol murder against W. C.
Dickinson, now confined in jail
litre charged with poisoning B. |
F. Ruid with arsenic. These
matters cannot bo given at this
time but it can satelv be stated
that tacts will come out which
will entirely prove Dickinson's
innocence. This correspondent
heard none of the testimonv at
the coroner's inquest, it being
held behind clo-ted doors, but
could not believe that Clare
Dickinson had committed the
crime of murder.
The develnr?mov.?o in ?i>? '
r...x II in tl I lie U-IPH
which will bo mace public in ?
few days will show conclusively
that it lien He id was poisoned,
> (Jiare Dickinson was not con*
i cerned in the crime. It will bo
. remembered that the woman,
Bliza Bunch, testified that He id
was poisoned by whiskey given
him by Dickinson at her houseIt
now seems to bo a tact that
1 the only whiskey drunk while
Keid was at the woman's house
1 was his own whiskey brought by
him Irom his home over in Or
angeburg county. The Bunch
woman's house is in the north
' em side ot town and Reid stop
p?(i there on his way into town,
bringing some whiskey with him.
' When he came down later in the
day lie was taken sick. He did
not buy any whiskey lrom tlie
1 dispensary hero and was not
down town until the time lie
claimed to be poisoned, so it now
seems that it lleid's death was
; caused by poisoned whiskey, he
. brought it with him and it was
his own.
Eatin' and Sellin' Errs.
(Farm ami Home lientiiiel.)
A famous Michigan egg raiser
occasionally sells some of his
product io his grocer aiul some
smart town people who thought
they could get ids eggs lor hatch
ing cheaper by buying from the
grocer, wore disappointed when
they found that none ol the
s' 'iv ?')_'gs hatched out.
"Some one told the old man
about tbo disappointment, and
he expressed no surprise. Mo
only said:
"They should come to rri" for
tluir setting Who* v*r
hoar O' buying setting tf-fiti hi a
a grocer's shop. When 1 sell
e<;{rs lor eat in' I just dip I lie!
ends in hoilin<r water?kill I lie
| irerm Them w is eatin' c-ins j
the grocer had. It these people
want settin' eniis thev should!
*
como to rne honest like-"
?Mr. Raymond Wright and I
Mi*s Key were married last Sunday
by Col. Polk, notary public.
A ild and Woolly ExPoliceman?Holds
up Chief
and Seven Officers for
Quarter of an Hour.
Peoria, III., Jan. 28?Charles
Harwood, a former policeman,
I thought to be insane, entered
DOllCe llHftflniiartora ?
??v. j ? ? < o dim unci '
noon and with a iev?lv* r held
up Chief of Police Kennedy,
and seven officers lor 15 minutes
while he cursed them and
threatened to shoot the entire
crowd, lie snapped a cartridge,
but it did not discharge. He
then backed out ol the station
and escaped.
An hour later Harwood appeared
near his home in Bigelow
street, entered the home of
Mrs. Montgomery, whom he
knocked down with the butt of a
revolver. lie then entered his
I 1 '
wwii noose. taking a shotgun
and a revolver, and barricaded
himself. Up to a late hour tonight
he had d? fied arrest by a
squad of policemen who surrounded
the house. Saturday
night llarwood compelled his
wife to disrobe, and then he
i
drove her naked into the street.
This morning lie attempted to
take the life of his children.
"Piney 'Woods" Items.
AH are well in the "Piney
woods." It is too wet for the
fanners to do anything,however.
The Legislature is now the
order ol the day. Whether that
body accomplishes anything re
mains to ue seen, l lie members
are so divided in opinion that we
eannol expect much from tliem.
The liquor question is a farce
any way you take it. The people
as a rule do not want high
license. If strong drink is a
necessity, have it as cheap as
possible.
As to tlie pistol toting habit,
wo need a license law to regu|
late it. If k man wants to toat a
weapon, whether it be a Hint
rock up 'o a cannon, let him
pay for the privilege < f doing
so.
The oat crop lo >ks well, but
not enough seed have been
sown. I'iney Woods.
I ?The next regular meeting of
| the Tabernacle Camp No. 205.
i W. (>. W. will be held Tuesday
joiiiht Feb. 0,1000. Lol every
member be present. Bu$iiws?
I .
ol vitil impntt.inco. A. C.
Rowell, Cler';; P !?. Iupahani,
jC. C.
? l he;e will he a hot supper
at Camp Creek next Friday
ni?rlit. The pubhc is cordially
invited to attend.
Dr. lloldrid^e will preach at
Cntnp Creole next Saturday
innrnimr. at I) o'clock, and Sun.
nay afternoon, at o o'clock.
> - i t * ' 1 *
? air. ? .v. ivmtiiH ancl Mlf-s
Host??n, both of Wills Point,
Texas, were married on the 71li
instant.
?Mr. John Fuuderburk and
Miss Ola Miller, ot Clilton.
Texas, were married ou the 14ih
| instant.
Severely Afflicted
i
Mrs. Chalmers B. Horton
Loses Her Only Child
Soon After the Tragic
Death of Her Husband.
The m>?ny friends in Kershaw
land elM'whi're <>i M'-. ' haltners
| H. II'?rion d-ejly simpaiiiize
i wilii lief in the lo.is ol her only
I child, its deal It following closely
latter that of the lamented f titer.
as related as fo'lows by the
Clips'er Lantern of last Friday :
Little Chalmers B. Horton,
the one year old child ot Mrs O.
B. Horton, late of Kershaw,
died at the home of his grandmother,
Mr-. M. K. Hamilton,
late last niplit, alter a short ill
ness from gn-tritis. He was an
unusually lovable child and was
the light, and lite of the little
home which has been so rudely
broken up. The funeral services
will b? held at Mrs. Hamilton's
residence at four o'clock
this afternoon and the little
body will be laid to rest in
Evergreen cemetery by the side
of the father.
Twice within a week the
death angel visited this home, on
the occassion of each visit bear
iug away a loved member o the
little circle. The heart felt si mpathy
ol the entire community
' goes out to -Mr?. Horton and the
other relatives in their hour of
, darkness and bereavement.
In Loving Memory
Of little Curtis Hlogner, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Hanip Siopnei', departed tliis life
Dee '22. J9o5, aged 2 mouths and 1'.) days.
A precious one from us is gone,
A voice we loved is still;
A p'uce is vacant in our liome.
Which never can be tilled.
Dearest Curtis, thou hast left us,
And thv loss \>e deeply l'eel,
Hut 'tis God who hath bereft us
He enn all our sorrows heal.
Why do we grieve it e.innot be long.
Till we cross to the golden shore,
1 And sing the. grand beautiful song,
With our loved ones <?. .tie
Pure.veil ?lenr <'urtis, farewell.
Peaceful !? thy silent vest.
Slumber sweetly, thai knmvs best, tp
When to call thee home to rest.
Aunt E. L,. It.
\ I truth of' Mi'h. John t't/fler.
Mrs. I'lyier, wile ot Mr. J
1'lvler, died lust Fritlay night f
I heir home just across the iS.;r
Carolina line. She had bt
sick about Iao necks. shejl
I daughter of the Into J >bn
l?..ii a.is about !- years
' !!> : husband and several
(lren survive her.
Mrs. IMyler v. ;i.s an estimable
{lady and leaves many friends to
mourn hov unlim('\ k\*t . II r
(remains were buiivi Saturday
J at Tirzah.
The need liinp of Denmark,
| who li;ul more royal kin than
Curler had oa's, died sudd nly
I Monday afternoon.
?Attention is called to new
announcement in today'- faper
by the 'eath-Kllioit bulo Co,
Air. W. F>. IvuiK' , ofCaUwba
Falls, was in town yesterday.