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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.
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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.