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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
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uimpKin nunaraws
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Suddenly Quits Senatorial i
Race, Leaving Senator Till- ?
man Without Opposition :
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for Reelection. ,
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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.
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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
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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.
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The Survivor of the Street m
Duel Gives his Version of P'
the Affair. 111
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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
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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
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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.
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| 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
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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.