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The Lancaster News LEDGER 1852 REVIEW 1878 ENTERPRISE 1891 N. VOL. I. NO. 44 SEMI-WEEKLY. LANCASTER. S. C., MARCH 7, 1906. PRICE-FIVE CENTS PER COPY Electric Power. '1 : cm 1 1, Southern Power Co. Makes OOi Proposition to Chester? c 11 Why not Make One to s'* J . tin Lancaster, too ? pa The Ch< stfr Lantern. Dr. W. Gill W.vli'', while in the city Tuesday made u proposi. tion to furnish Chester with elec ^ - trie power. The city authorities 'are said to have been very much impressed with his proposition. Dr. Wylie's company will deliver power to the corporate limits ol the city at $20 per horse power, provided the city will Kuarantee to use as much as 2,000 horse power. 1N This amount can readily be "H employed in the various indus tries throughout the city. It is RP( reportod that Col. Leroy Springs ? will use 1500 horse power in his two mills in the city, and it is Pr quite certain that various other industries will utilize the remain ing five hundred. At present the cost of produc- Re ing electric power in this city amounts to about, $40 per horse ttl power, and the plant is in need )U of enlargement to supply the ,1( demands. It will thus he seen that a contract with the Southern Power Company will result in a saving of 50 per cent on the cost 6CI of producing power, as well as a in? considerable sum that will have to be expended ere long in im ('H proving the local plant. re ut an Awful Cyclone in South Sea " dii T} Terrible Destruction inSocie- Sp ty and Tuamotu Islands. i? fri Papeete, Tahiti, February 18, via Sail Francisco, CaL, March 3. ev ?The most destructive cyclone cj ever experienced in the Society and Tuamotu Islands, occurred . ha on February 7 and 8. The dam- (^ age in Tahiti is estimated at ^ $1,000,000, and presumably a similar amount of property was destroyed on the Tuamotu . Islands. The city of Papeete was inundated and about 75 buildings ^ } flestroyed, including the Ameri can consulate and the French . tie Government building. The shipping in the harbor of Papeete escaped injury, owing to the ^ direction of the wind, but tears f . - l n are entertained for vessels which were cruising near the Tuamotu ' Islands. The cyclone or hurricane reach J . HL'i _ .1 * I. _ I - * ' * eu mo veiocny 01 i^U miles an ? hour. It struck the islands about iridninht on February 7, and continued until about 4 o'clock 'ol on the next afternoon. The Is ln land of Anaa, Tuamotu group, is < N< believed to have been the centre ^ of the storm. 4 PROBABLY AN KXAflOKRATION. Ne Sun Francisco, March 3.?The ne; Evening I\>9t states ten thous- s'(^ and persons perished during the ^ jtorm on Tahiti and adjacent grc lids, several of \vhic*?. ''8 ac \ Mil fsu.vs, h V <; isa J?e 1 ? places i he d.wiNge t .$5,000.[) These reports hav j i>"t been ifirmed l>y tlie oftieois ??I 'he timer Mariposa; which brought } news ol the disaster irom peete. The Deadly Tornado. [eridian, Miss., Visited by Terrific Storm?TwentyFour Persons Killed and Many Injured?Vast Des truction of Property. Me-id'an, Miss. March 3.? \e it* -four people are known to ve been ki'led iis a result oi e tornado, which swept over a etion of this city shortly after o'clcck last evening. Forty ur persons were injured and operty with an estimated value one million dollar* was demolled or otherwise damaged.? any sensational reports were ill out from here of an appal tg loss of life, due probably to e chaotic condition of affairs imediately following the vi>ita)t> of the storm. A mass meeting of citizens of sridian was called today and ,000 was immediately subribed to aid the destitute and jured. The Mississippi Legisture, in session at Jackson toy, appropriated $5,000 to the lief fund. Governor Vardaman noon obtained a special train, id, loading it with convicts >m the Kankin County farm, ^patched it at once to Meridian le city now enjoys the unique ectacle ot State convicts aiding the rescue work. The tornado which played such ghtlul havoc appeared in the uthwest. at G.27 o'clock last ening. A low, funnelshaped >ud was seen to form near the y. A heavy downpour of rain d been tailing when suddenly e humidity became intense.? itil a roar that could be heard great distance, the storm ap i>nt;nru IIUIII UIL* S'HJ'nWPSt 11M(1 scended upon the city. The ea'est loss of life is toporied >111 the east end, in what is own as the "cotton mill" setment. The larpo cotton mill are was part aliy wrecked and obably 100 small houses were molished or badly damaged.? e tornado swop' Front street d wrought preat damage there my houses were demolished d others were partly darned. ?The Lancaster Mercantile npany has an announcement todays' paper of interest to aryhody. Don't fail to road ?As heretofore staled in The wfl, court will conveno here gt Monday, Judge Klough pre,ng i ?Senator Hough's fine iron >y mare died a day or two ago. L. & C's. New Agent. Mr. G. J. Derrick, of Chester, has Accepted the Position. Mr. G. J. Derrick, of Chester, has accepted the position ol Lai caster agent of the L. & O. railro-d, recently made vacant by ttie resignation of Mr. L 1* Rod dey, as noted in The News at the time. Mr. Derrick is at present the agt-nt in Chester of both the Southern and the L & C.? Me is expected to come io Lan caster and enter upon the discharge of his new duties between the 10th and 15th instant. As 60on as relieved by Mr Derrick, Mr. Roddey will devote ...o niuo to musing auer the interests here of the Southern Express company, whoge Lancaster office, as heretofore noted, is to be moved up town, into the Riddle block, a store room in which is now being fitted up for the purpose. Heath Springs Happenings. Also Items of Interest About Magill and Liberty Hill and Country Intervening. Reported for The News. Mr. C. L. Crenshaw, one of our rising young business men, has bought the mercantile interests ot Mr. J. E. Creed, who has moved back to his farm near Camden. Messrs Ellis and Horton, two of our popular R. F. D. carriers, have rented and now occupy the commodious residence of Mr. Creed on "West Side " Messrs 11. P. Mobley and M. Y. Cauthen are also occupying their new residences in the same section of town. Mr. E. M. Bruce has sold his livery business to Mr. M. Y. Cauthen and has himself engaged with the Sprints Banking and Mercantile Co. Quite a iot of guano is being hauled out from 'lus place Out along the road from Heath Springs to Magiil there are a number of improvements notice able. Just west of town Mr. John E. Bowers has built a lar<re, roomy barn, v\hile farther on Mr. A. F. Hammond has d ne the same.? Messrs VV. J Young and P. B. Hammond, Jr., have each built and are occupyingnewresidences, while work on the largo residence of Mr. S W. Heath is being rapidly pushed toward completion. Work on the new rail road is <jo o ing steadily on, but the contractors are somewhat hindered by I 11k. /> Q r/?i t ir /a I ?-?* a?? .? ?< '1 - . umvn T v/1 iiion ami tnriUP, Mr. John Threat! and Miss Fannie, one of ihe lovely daugh tern of Mr. I). 11. Cautlien, both ol I he Magill section, were rnairied at Heath Springs on March 1st. We extend our congralillations. .Master Fred Cautlien, son of Mr. W. B. Cautlien of your city, spent some time recently with l.i< grandfather and uncle, Messrs J. C. and. \V. T. Milliard of Magill ecti"n. Mrs. Mary Sadler of I'aw Creek, N. 0, is spending some time with her sister, Mrs. llall, wife of Dr. P. B. Hal', at "The Hill " Mr. II. U. Jones, of Heath Springs, spent Sunday at "The Hill" with his father, Mr. A 1). Jo 1108. Mrs. P. A. Chments has returned home after spending a week with her sister, Mrs. J. L. Jackson, in Sumter county. G. R. C. Big Fire in Pineville. Nearly Half the Business Portion of the Town Destroyed. Charlotte Observer, March^th. A fire that started at. 12.30 o'clock last night destroyed nearly half of the business section of Pineville, causing a loss of between $10,000 and $15,000.? The stores burned were: The Carolina Drug Store, Miss Tolly Funk's millinery establishment, and dry goods store, and the store of Manson <fc Company, general merchants. The fire started in the Carolina Drug Store. Its origin is not known. The blaze was well under way before it was discovered, and the flames spread rapidly, being fanned by a lively breeze. The fire lighting facilities of the town of Pineville are limited and it was early seen thaf the frame stores of Miss Funk and Manson & Company were doomed. The next store on that side of the street was that of J. J. Morrow & Company, a two-story brick structure, and here the fight was made to check the fire. Almost the entire male population of the village turned out and made every effort to check the progress of the flames. Meeting of Sub-A 11 i a n c e s Called. The Sub- Alliances having slock in the Farmers Alliance I Exchange <>f S. C., (limited) are I hereby called to meet at their usual places of meeting or get some ot tlie members together at some point, and elect or appoint j 0 ie ol their number, giving him! written authority to receive the prorata share of the exchange uind belonging 10 bis alliance, and each and every one are re quested to present their claims not later than May 1st, J906. The following .".-e the sub alliances whose cer..m ales ot stock ami evidences of claims have been presented, and it there are others they will please bo sure lo have their claims properly cor lifted to and present them through authorized rflnrcoontu. lives na directed at ove: Lancaster C. 11., Hopewell, ThxhImw, Carnes School House, Red llill. Piimus, Jacksonh<?m, Irades ville. Tabernacle, Pleasant Plains,Flint Ridge,Gaston School 1 lou9o, Carme) Hill, Walnut Hill, St. Luke, Charlesboro, Camp Creek. J. F. Nisbet, County Trustee Stockholder. i Farmers' Day. Large and Enthusiastic Gathering Yesterday of Members of the Cotton Association and Others to Hear President Harvie Jordan, and Other Distinguished Speakers. Yesterday was certainly a redletter day !n the history of the Cotton Growers' Association of Lancaster county. Notwithstanding the fme weather for farm work, hundreds of members of t he associat ion and t heir friends l?id down their work at home and came to town to hear President Ilarvie Jordan, of the Southern Association, and oihers speak. There were representative farmers here from all parte of the county, many of them re siding over 20 miles distant. And they were all well repaid for coming to town on "Jordan Day." A substantial farmer who lives beyond Haile Gold Mine remarked to us after the meeting that he felt at least five dollars better off by having heard what Col Jordau had to say. In accordance with announcement previously made in The News, the meeting was held inthe court house, beginning shortly after 11 o'clock. President Strait, ot the County Association, presided. The building was literally packed, there not being even standing room left. And there were many persons who went away because they were unable to gain admission. In addition to the orator of the occasion. Col. Jordan, speeches were also mnd? hv uvvniim^ Weston and Treasurer Ilyalt, of the Stale Association. AH the addresses were remarkably good ?so j;ood that we shall defer their publication until our next issue, when we will have the space to f:ive them the prominence which they so eminently deserve. Our limited space today only admits of a briel mention of the interesting and notable meeting. Capt.McManus's Pension, as a Veteran of the Mexican War, Raised. I ... v-v. ?v asiiingion special in Colum bin Record, March 5th : Senator Tillman lifts succeeded in having tho pension ol Amos McManus, a veteran ol the Mexican war, raised fr< in $8 to .$20 per month, McManus was a member of company C. Palmetto regiment, and is said to have been one of the bravest soldiers who ever went lo the Ironi. The papers in the case were sent to Senator Tillman by It. K. Wylie, of Lancaster. Thfl NflWQ *>oes Jolj Printing 1 llC llUnO for others. Why can't wo do yours? ??????