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. The Lancaster News LEDGER 1852 REVIEW 1878 ENTERPRISE 1891 VOL. I. NO. 56. SEMI-WEEKLY. LANCASTER, S. C., APRIL. 10, 1006- PRICE FIVE CENTS PER CODY Section Hands Scarce. Southern Force said to be greatly Reduced between Lancaster and Kershaw. The Southern, we are told, has but, comparatively lew hands at work on the sections of its road ? between here and Kershaw. On?' ovx^isv'u iimni-i , r?v/ uui uiiui mniii tells us, hits had no hands under him in nv-nths The troub e seems to b-1 that ihe hands have - gone to the quarry and to Ca tawba Falls, where they gel more for their labor. The South ern pay8 seventy cents a day, while wages at the points named are considerably higher. Wo are not informed as to the present condition of the South ern's track* whether it be good or had, but assuming it to be good, it will not long remain so in the absence of the company's road workers. We call attention to this matter in the interest ot the traveling public, as well as that oi the Soul hern itself. Georgia Horror. > Man Kills his Little son while Shooting at Another Man. Quitman, Ga., April 15.?C. E. Lloyd, of Morven, 12 miles north ol Quitman, returned home ^last night and found his wife ' ..bsent. Concealing himself, he waited developments. Soon she came back accompanied by a man .g, named Davis, of Quitman, and entered the house. Llovd follnw. ed wilh a gun and attempted t<> shoot Davis, but the latter wrenched the weapon from his hands. Lloyd then secured a pistol and waited at the bach door for Davis. When the door knob was turned he fired four shots rapidly through the door, to find later that he had shot and killed bis little "son. lie fired two shots later at Davis as bo ran out of the house, hut missed. Death of Noted Moonshiner. Seneca, S. C., Special to Columbia State : A tew days ago there died about seven miles east ol Seneca a quiet farmer, whose name about ifi) years ago was perhaps as familiar to a multitude of people in thiscoun try as nearly any other at that r i> i> > 1 -1 ii'iir , IJI5IY n IV, I V"( I III i > II < 1, [111' nolo moonshin r, l?y his daring | violations of the revenue )a\vs,j his many hair-bread!h escapes,: his final cap'tire and convict ion, i his imprisonment at Albany and I hi - pardon bv President Oleve, land, became a notable character. Many things were credited toi him that did not belong to him. but a simple recital i f his life experience would prove thrilling J reading. For a number of years he has been leading the quiet, uncbstructive life of a farmer in this coun'ry. lie leaves a p.aclical, energetic wife and several chil4 dreu. Lynching in Springfield, Mo. The Fate of Two Negroes Charged with a Heinous Crime. Springfield, Mo., April 14.? A mob of 5,000 persons to-night tore down the jail and look Horace Duncan and James Copeland, negroes, hanged them to an electric tower in ihe cen're of the public square an I built a fire under the suspended men The negroes, both under 21 years of age, were in jail charged with assaulting Mabel Ed mondsou, white girl, last night. The mob used telephone poles and sledge hammers to tear the jail to pieces. It is a mile from the jail to the square and the mob marched down one of the principal streets, shouting and firing pistols. ANOTHER NEGRO LYNCH KI) JAIL WRECKED. Springfield, Mo., April 15.? Will Allen, a negro charged with tlie murder of O. M. Kouark last January, but protesting innocence, was taken from jail early mis morning ny toe mot) I ha! lynched Duncan and Copeland before midnight. Allen was hanged in tlie public square to tlie same tower that had served as a scaffold for the two negroes burned earlier in the evening. The jail is a wreck, the mob, after they had secured the three negroes, continuing their work of destruction until nearly all the prison bars were down. About $3,000 damage was done in the prison alone, while in thesherifl's rjsidence, which was attacked first, f he damage is fully as much. Mrs. Homer, the sheriff's wif-?, ... I... r ,;..i~.i < .??n> I ilincu "II 1H UU II t III HJIl' and violence, is in a critical condition. State militia reinforced by 200 deputy sheriffs, gu.srl tin streets of Springfield to night against possible renewed a'tion by a mob that during last night lynched tliree negroes in tlie pub lie square. There are hundreds of strangers in S|?r u-lie.d and the anti negro feeling m.H runs high. White Butcher Shot by a Black Barber. .Johnston special to News ;n d Uouner: .1. 1*. Durst, a white butcher <?f this place, was shot llllil aeiiously wounded by .} *_> Grant, a nesrro barber, to-ni<:ht at 11 Schick. The shooting is said lo liave followed an argument about house rent. Durst was unarmed. Grant fired several rbots. one of which struck Durst in the abdomen. The ne gro e -caped. The little son of Mr. D. Al. Nixon at Connie Maxwell Or plian ?oe tell into a i an ol boiling water Saturday and was scalded to death. Deadly Earthquake On Island ol Formosa?-Over 100 Persons Killed. j To kio, April 15?One liun- 1 drecl and one persons are known < to have been killed and 29 injur ed in tbe earthquake in the 1 southern part of the Island of Formosa on Saturday, bill furt her details, it is expected, will swell the death roll, as the sh ck was more severe than that ol March 17. The town of Kagi again was the principal sufferer, the houses which escaped destruction in the lormer disturbance being now in ruins. Doko and several < ther towns and villages also were affected by landslides, which have completely changed the topography of the country. The oflicials are working feverishly to relieve the thousands of persons left homeless by the earthquake. The Creighton Case. Mr. Creighton Suspended from Ministerial Duties Pending Trial by Conferference. Spartanburg special in Charlotte Observer, 16fch instant:? Key. C. W. Creighton must stand trial belore the South Carolina Conference at the next an 1 * mum meeting, winch will be held at Columbia on a date to be decided liter. In the meantime be is suspended from ministerial duiies. This was the verdict in the inquiry into charges made against him at the meeting ol the Methodists during the conference, held in December. Iiev. Mr. Creighton, it was alleged, attacked certain policies and methods ot the presiding elders of the church and it was expocteb that the whole matter would be examined into by the conference here,but instead a committee was appointed to continue the in vestigafion This was done recent llvat Greenwood by Rev. Peter Stokes, of Bamberg; Rev \Vr A. Missibeau, ofthis city, and T. ; C. O'Dell, of Mullin*. The finding <?l the special hoard of < xaui ! inors was laid before Presiding ! Rider W. T Duncan, who has in-de the announcement at?ove 8'a ted. The trod ?i If-w vi i> i 1 Droight mi will bo c inducted be , i fort* 1M inim-for-? t?> l?e nppoint|C'I by Hishop W. NV. Dun: ( can Suicide Buried in Kershaw, j Kershaw special in Saturday's J State: Mr. ('. I'. Call'ey of | N nil* Wilkesboro, N. who committed suit nlf in Baltimore last Sunday, was buried here today, his remains having been sent here for interment by the side of Iuh wife, who was Miss Emma Jones, daughter of Mr. i i Win. Jones. Rev. A. J. Stokes Dead. | He was a Prominent Mem- ! berof the S. C. Conference. I (Greenwood special in Saturday's Slate:?Rev. Andrew Jackson Stokes, I) D , ol the South Car- ( olina Methodist conference, died < here this morning at 1) o'clock as ( a result ol I lie paralytic stroke j which came upon him Tuesday ] evening while lie was a'tendinu t the session of the investigating . committee in the cace of Rev. C. t NV. Creinhton, editor ol The j Christain Appeal. I Rev. Andrew Jackson Stokes < was born in Colleton county. Aucust, 25, 1836, and was therefore in his 60th year. A Shooting in Flat Creek. Mr. E. R. Phillips Shot by Mr. Doster Sims. A ditlieulty occurred last Saturday in Flat Cre?k township, near Mr. Sylvester Small's place, between Mr. Duster Sims and Mr. K. R. Philips, in which the lat ter was badly shot in the leit li a ml, the weapon used being a shot gun. Some of the shot struck Mr. Phillips in the face, he having had his hand raised at the time he was shot. It is said that Mr. Sims fired twice, one load missing Mr. Phillips. A warrant was sworn out Mon day before Magistrate Caskev lor Mr. Sims's arrest, on the charge of assault and battery with intent to kill. The warrant also charges Messrs Sylvester and Dock Small as being accessories. > Smallpox Along State Line.; I Charlotte Observer. There is a lively smallpox epi demie in iho B ?iIsettlement near Pineville and the farmers a?e talking about the situation at every opportunity. Some of the victims of the disease are in South Carolina and others are in this State. Mrs. A. B. Bale* is recovering Irom an attack and Mrs. Jim Baileshasa vvell devel * oped case. There is some dispute I' al.out wh > has the authority to vaccinate and (jnarrantine and.L as is generally the ease, North arolina is catching the disease I from South Carolina The people! of th?' section of tfi s State tie | lieve th it someone i- n. "li?o ? i > ' - - - - - - r-- rr I i f his (iu'y. There i* ir> wMo brewing lor somebnd\ ? ; i Mr. L old Mobloc. ol Rock Ilil'J i lias come to Lme i-ler to reside, lie is connected wi'h lit-- (' Rxchnnge Mr. Mo-ib ; is m i> friends in Lancaster, who cordi ally welcome him to this community. Miss Mary Marion, of Rich burg, is visiting her sister, Mrs. i 11 B. Allison. Hot Time in House Members almost Clash--Tbe Southern's "Subsidy" to be Continued. Washington, April 14.?Speakir Cannon was distinctly in hia ;1? nient today when eveiy indM 3?it ion pointt (1 to a clash bet \v? en Mr. Daizell, Pennsylvania, and Mr. Williams, Mississippi, over the use ?>f a certain sentence in n speech by Mr. Hopkins, Kentucky. Acrimonious words were general. Tdebate grew in intensity ?>t expression, and the Minority Leader Williams had severely impugned the motives of Mr. Bennett, New York, who had secured the passage of a joint resolution some days ago waiving immigration laws iu case of idiots. Finally Mr. l)ai-? zell was drawn into the discussion and a clash seemed imminent between the 1'ennsylvaniau and Mississippian when Speaker Cannon ordered both gentlemen to|their seats and directed that the unpariimentary language of. both be stricken trom the record. The postottice appropriation bill was completed during today, and utter a roll call on the South-* ern fast mail subsidy provision^ thai leature was retained in the Dill. The Junior Order. State Council in SessionDelegates from Lancaster County. The State Council of the Junior Order of United American Mechanics convened in Columbia last night. State Secretary J. S. Wilson left hero Morday to attend the meeting. The follow-* inir are the delegates in attendance Irom the councils in Lanc i^ter coiintx: Lancaster?John A. Cook, W# 1). Chambers. Dixie?H F. Adams, I). K. William-. ,J. L. W hi taker. Rich Hill? T. O. Black 111011, R. A. Blacktnon. Flat Creek?W. L. Adams, Frank Cook. Heath Springs?1). W Ileailrix. R. <'. Jones. Hopewell Democratic Club and Alliance to Meet. Ho. ev\ eil Den oc-aur Club will nv et llopowt-il school house n 28th of April to electNdele^ateS o tiip couniy convention t > be held lirn Mond.iy in May. Also Hopewell Alliance will nie' t same day at 2 o'clock ? L<'t e et v i 1 allianceraan and le ii it if '.e there, sharp, 2 j'c Ov... W. U. A. PortKB. Dr. M. P. Crawf rd went >vt r<j f'hpc?pr Nfond ?y afternoon to visit his bio.her, Dr. W. M. Crawford.