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m ?.| ii -':^r^-jrrr-.-yt : , ,...t? The Lancaster News ' LEDGER J 852 REVIEW 1378 ENTERPRISE 1891 VOL I. NO. 78. SEMI-WEEKLY. LANCASTER. S C.. JULY 7. 1906. PRICE-FIVE CENTS PER COPY I - ?!*!?- ?- 1 ' ~ uimpKin nunaraws i Suddenly Quits Senatorial i Race, Leaving Senator Till- ? man Without Opposition : ? for Reelection. , I Co'urabia special in vcster dayf Charlotte Observer: The I jig ih up. It was most unexpect- 1 ed that Col. W. W. Lumpkin t entered the race for United t States Snia'or and just as unex 31 1 I -1 l i rn jjcineuiy lui^ iii" urojtpid Dili', ID- ( night he gave the bureau this * card: t "On account of a change ol | conditions eurrounding the sena- t torial race 1 deem it hest to | withdraw Irom the contest. I ( have endeavored to conduct my ] campaign in a manly, straight t forward way up to this time, and t I retire feeling that 1 have not intentionally wronged anv one. ''Respectfully, "\V. W. Lumpkin." This whs all Col. Lumpkin had to say and it means quite enough. It sett Its the senatorial 1 contest and Benjamin R. Tillman will be re elected to the ? United St a*as Senate vithoul j opposition for six years. Whether j this will change his plans as to i a series of personal me^t:, gs ;s ! l , known. Col. Luin ' 11 h s , acted with dignity in I. s br?et . ambition to be Senator. i No cause is assign"! for this 4? move, but the hop?l ssuess o: i the tight, as generally e need d by the press, may havo brmnht tlie matter to a climax. The Lancaster and Chester- j field Railroad?Progress of 1 Work of Construction. i i Kxtract tr< in interview wit h | W. S Blakeney in Monroe Jour-,' nal : " What about the railroads f in Chesterfield county? Did you ] Bee the work ot extension Mr ( Page is doing out. from Ruby? We are interested here in Union ] county ami Monroe, are we not?" . "Yes, I vi-dted the work of | extension *>i the Chesterfield and . Lancaster railroad on my way to | Chesterfield. I was told there i are only about forty hands at , work, but there is considerable | progression, nevertheless. Mr. < Pace's company gets about | $ 1,700 in county bonds for evor.v | W n?ib' ol track it puts down, and , they have reached a point now . where this sum will probably pay th * co-? ol grading through , th<- balance of the county. 1 an |( derstand they have sufficiently , financed 'lie road to complete it j, through the county and will do j < so ?s quickly as practicable. * "They have graded tho road ( already to a point which they have namail 'Guess,' an ; to i which 1 volunteered the word What' as an amendment. Ii has | been known heretofore aw 'Gum i Spring' or the 'Race Paths,' and is about liv?* miles west from Rub; . I i the old days men met I there to swap drinks and dollars J in nurtie races, oui no one ever thought enough of the l??ca'iop to erecl a house, except a small negro church wh:cli hid a hard struggle for existence. Hut lo's Ei'ul streets are now being laid pll both there and at Ml. Croglian, which is three miles nearer Kuby. I was informed t hat there 111 he auction sales of lots at poth planes soon, and houses will be ready lor business this 'all, and some business is troing ;o be done, too. "From 'Guess' tho railroad iould be very well diverted to leiferson and thence to Laucas er by way of Taxahaw, but the prevailing opinion is that the vork will proceed to Fox Place [which name should be abanloned), and thence to Five Forks, or by line following die valley o( Hills Creek t hrough ,he county. \ Killing over in North Carolina?Man Shot to Death in his Buggy. From Our Home,MarshviUe, N. C Yesterday morning J. W. Llill shot and instantly killed Marion Burgess, using a shoi gun. Hill tiul Burgess had not been on friendly terms for some time Karly yesterday mornins Burl!H^^ hml his wne were in a hug ty t?u their wa/ I<> Stanly coun ly ami w< re passing tiil.'n house. Hill saw them corning and ran 10 the house to g*-i his shot gun As lie approached the huggy fioin the rear Burgess p.ended with him not to shoot. Seeing ihat lie intended to shoot lie naked his wife to get out. .Just us she had lelt the bui:gy Hill tired at close range, the load en Lering Burgers' head from trie rear and passing out a' his tore iiead, crunhMig Ins head to pieces. We understand that this is the itnrv iw i* "" /? ^ v. ? Mnvii "j o nc ui liurgeas who, is t-aul, whs tin* 3iily witness. Mr. Hill's explanation is that [>urge-a had despoiled his home md whs accused by iiis wife of laving criminally assaulted her. iml stated that it was not the lira! time that ho h d n't-mplcd he crime, hut sli?* hail u;> to il.iLime tefraimd Iroin telling lie iiusband. as liiirges- had threatiiied to ki'l In r and her husband >oth if she told it Mill talks reely o. the tragedy and doesn't >eem to he in til lo a' uneasy la to the outi'ume. lie wen1 to Monroe yesterday and surren lered to the (dli ers and was Committed to.j?i 1 without hail to ippear at a preliminary hearing 1 uly 9th. lie ?8 do years old and iias two cluhlre. . Hur_e a was 10 years old and lenv<s six jhildren and a wife. We understand that Mr. Hill "oports that as he approached llurgess the latter reached for nia pistol, and that ho then fired it him. The domorrat'e ^tate eo*ivon tion of North Carolina endorsed Kryan this weok for President | The Orangeburg Tragedy. til The Survivor of the Street m Duel Gives his Version of P' the Affair. 111 CO VI Mr. K. H.'Covar, who recently sk shot and killed Mr. J. T. Park* an in a street duel in Orangeburg, a* j1{1 published in The News at the n) time, has sufficiently recovered W( from the wounds he received to make the following statement in l)0 relation to the unfortunate trag st, edy :J "The difficulty originated oat ,|0 of business matters solely. Mr. Fnnderburg and myself bought ? the entire Patriot plant from Mr. Parks for a certain sum ot money, he paying the outstanding debts. Alter we took possession of tlie property Mr. Parks insist cd that we pay the outstanding f0] debts amounting to five hundre.. w; dollars, which we declined to do [-}] upon the ground that this was at no' contained in our contract m Tikis matter became accentuated th between Mr. Parks an<l my sell, in finally becoming a personal th matter. Mr. Parks and myseK no had pleasant business relations no prior to the sale of the paper. he On account ot threats communi- re rated to me, I armed myself. I ?b had not feen Mr. Parks for sev- th ral months umi rhp rtnv r>f J difficulty, when I saw l.im pass p;) u<r ucb Chuch sTe-'i. 1 s taxed Sn m the print nc ofli :e m Chu cli he street most t f i he m m in, pH when finally ru.v t^t'er asked me ,n to get tl?e mail, as he wanted to an read the piper. I looked out in the street first, and not seeinii jyj Mr. Parks, I went to the pos1ollice. As I passed Doyle's drug sio-e in <?' inc I saw Mr. Parts \ standing in front ot Bosch s store, his back to me l)a ' Wlten I not the mail 1 went to Mr. Lathrop's ofli-c to attend to s ine knights of Honor business, and, coming out, I started to go to my place of business, b\ 0H way ot t'ue court house. When I ye was about lie mid ile ot the * street I saw Mr. Parks and Mr. C" Funderburg sitting on I ho steps oi the old Patriot ofttc?', next to Mr. Ilildebrand's ollice. In order to avoid Irtn 1 turned to mv I left and went into .Mr Brail* fool's law oflT.ee ami collected a 'ol bill. 1 stayed :u liis office liltetn or twenty minutes, explaining w< to Bitri t hat 1 wished t?? avtid co ) Mr. 1' rks. Finally I 1 ooke 1 out v>l and, seeing Mr. Parks gone, l^h started t mv office. in trout ot 1 S. the Are engine hall I started Pr diagonally across the street. 1 i N> Iliad a mi lie of mad in my arms W and was ut uicing i r.?ugh it. When about opposite the rear "" j door ol the court house and jiM j as I stepped on the pavement. j.| I Mr. Parks f iced me, saying : 'I ! j w<ilit to tell you. yon are a"? I using an epilho*?ami struck n e .1)1 | with lib lis'., lie struck :ne in|t.?r my go d eye ami kind oi stunn j'wjt el <>- blinded me He knocked ""' ine bacx oil the pavement, in the ! t^n [Htree* about a step. Mr. ParkRjro ached for liis pistol in liis right ind hip pocket. and 1 instine ;ely reached lor mine. I was in y shirt. sleev< s and had my stol in my bosom. 1 1 ad to ibutton mv shirt before I uld eet my pistol out, and so r. Parks got to lire the [irst ot, which I felt strike my hat d knocked it backward. My it is perforated. My first sho< d Mr. Parks's second shot ire fired about the same time. >th emptied out* pistol-; and ith started to reload, when bvmders interfered. ' No one regrets as much as I this unfortunate difficulty." ayor Blakeney Commended for his Action in Dispensary Matter. Kershaw Era: We are inrmed that when the dispensary ?s opened Saturday Mayor akenev phoned to Judge Jones Lancaster for official confiration of the published report at he had granted a temporary junction against the opening of e dispensary here and that, it withstanding Mr. Welsh had it been served with the papers, i advised him to close up and spect the orders of the court in -- J ' ' * * 111 <1 , ana onpy xne spirit of e law. Thin vo untary action < n fi e irt of Mr. Blakene.v d serves rtcia' commendation, for had > no faken this cont *e ih* dis nfia v vvould have donbilosa re line i op n the wholo f e noon id parf of the day yesterd ?y. !an Killed in Yorkville by Live "Wire. forkville, July 4?J. A. lledgtth, general over eer of theChr cotton mill, was killed y s rdav by coining in con'act with electiic wiie in the mill which ts heavily charted with electric rrent. No had been in fh? i|?l?y of tiie mill about 15 hiv lie leaves a wife and I lwee ildia 11 invention of R. F. D. Carriers. The South Carolina Rural J,*tr Carriers' Associ ifion li- lu its ird annual convention firs ek in Laurens. Next year's nvention will he In hi in Green11 o Ti e following offi :ers were >cfe?l for the ensuing year:?! G. McDaniel, of Laur<n<, esi'lent; W. G. IV'erson, of wl.erry. viee nresulent; Arthur1 . II ill, of (ireoti vi 1 lo, secret at \ ; K .I- linson. of Lanford, treasi" Delegates wore elected to e Nation >! Associaiion. which jets next October in I'eoria, *'-f? -- * - *? A Hard Lot trnuMcH to c .i.t :id uitti. spring from a I>i11 liver and 1>) >"ka<1f<l !? wets, miles-. i awaken tin in to 11 -ir propel notion li l>r. Kind's New l.ife Pill*; tJio pin,is,est an I most ptfcetive eure for oon-tiion Tltey prevent \ | cmli.-it't an t 10 up tlio system 2oe at Piimlerlturk armaey, I'rawtonl Bros , J. F. Mae key , drit^ store. I | Young Cureton Drowned. Greenville special in yesterday's Charlotte Observer: Cur. ton, aged 22 yeais, propii*. torol a >oft drink and quick saloon and a son of Mr. Thonni Cureton, a well-known police officer of the citv. was drowiK*t . V this morning while in bathiug et ' the hike at CliicR Springs, U* fashionable resort near Greetvville. Cureton is thought tr? lonaj been f-eizecl with cramp while in deep water. A Pleasant and Profitable Meeting of the Franklin I Circle. lv port d for The News. To Mrs. Harry Hi ties tin Franklin Circle is indebted lor i most enjoyable meeting Monday afternoon. The sU?tr for this meeting was from New'Teslament as follows: Foundation of the church ca the day ol PentecoBt, Mrs. ?f. R. Mackorell; Persecution and iit effect on Church K x t an. Mios Hattie Miller. The meaiber8 were pleaded to have wctfe them as guests of honor Mr*. Butler of Abbeville, Mrs. Jo>itaGreen, Mrs. Claude Henry amfMiss Lizzie Till mail. I) lieious sherbet, cake, Iruus ami llyler's bonbons were served b\ K .te Hi ties y Euphetui* Ga* s<u> and Emmie Reid. Miwr Lizzie J ill man rendered s?.imtr sweet and lovely selections oct the piano. Inch added much the plet-suie of the occasion. The Socialists ol Georgia hvv* nominated a full state ticket, headed by J. B. Osborne, ot Atlanta, tor governor. He is blind. I lie nominee for school core tnissioner is a woman, Mrs. A. Thomas, ot Augusta. Cholera ol' a malignant iyj?t lias broken out in Manila sad neighboring provinces. Bryan was the orator at tfe* annual Independence Day dinner ol the American Society ia London. The subject of his &?1 dress was the whim mail's harden The state campaigners are tailing a few days' rest Tho lead ing feature ol the meetings ilz?s far held was the feeling developed between Lyon and Bassdale of the three candidates for aitorney general. IDg-da'ie charge* Lyon with receiving "double pay*" ?pay tioth a* a tn- m' er ot ibm I legislature and a member of (lie dispell arv i ,"Uing rem mil tee. 1 le r!-o char.es him wiU ! aot femi/.ing his expense account ! as r< quired by law. Only 02 Vears Old. ' I am ?<n!\ si year* old and dot? : t\ pert f\i it when I net to b? real old tc f?t j tli.it u ty i* 1<. i 4 is T i mi get Eloctrie k?tI P-r-, ' sujs MiK. H ItiuriHon, of Dm i-.e. I (in. Mivly then '* i ...trig else keep. #.? I old us young and > "?k? t the weak as a: raw i as litis ^ifitid t??iii liHiiieino. Dyspe.p?i?. 1 torpid liver, inflame I kidneys r oh route | constipation are unknown ntor tulna; ! eir. I?.tiers u r ill! time (iow nntec I l>v F'lndeiimrK riuacy. <'ra?j turd Dm* , J. K' Mac key Oo , ilru^ rf I 1'rlce 50c.