The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, July 07, 1906, Image 2
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' The Lancaster News '
LEDGER 1852 REVIEW 1878 ENTERPRISE 1891
VOL I. NO. 78. SEMI-WEEKLY. LANCASTER. S. C., JULY 7. 1906. PRICE?FIVE CENTS PER COPY.
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Lumpum nunuraws
Suddenly Quits Senatorial
Race, Leaving Senator Tillman
\?Vithout Opposition
for Reelection.
Co'umbia special in yesterday
> Charlotte Observer: The
jig is up. It wiis most unexpected
that Col. W. W. Lumpkin
^ entered the race for United
States Senator and just as unexpert
edly lias he dropped out. Tonight
lie gave tho bureau this
V card:
"On account of a change ol
conditions purrounding the senatorial
race I deem it best lo
withdraw Irom the contest. I
have endeavored to conduct my
campaign in a manly, straight
forward way up to this time, and
I retire feeling that I have not
intentionally wronged any one.
"Respectfully,
"W. W. Lumpkin."
This was all Col. Lumpkin
had to say and it means quite
enough. It settles the senatorial
contest and Benjamin R. Tillman
will be re elected to the
United Sta'es Senate without
opposition for six years Whether
this will change his plans as to
a series of personal me^t:' gs 's
not known. Col. Lum ' 11 ii s
acini with dignity in l< br.ef
ambition to be Senator.
No cause is assign * for this
+* move, but the hop?*l ssness o:
the tight, as generally c nce<l d
by the press, may have brouiht
the matter to a climax.
The Lancaster and Chesterfield
Railroad?Progress of
Work of Construction.
Kxtract Irem interview with
f W. S Blakenev in Monroe Jour-!
nal : "What about the railroads
in Chesterfield county ? Did you
see the work o' extension Mr
Pago is doing out Irom Ruby?
We are interested here in Union
county and Monroe, are we not?"
"Yes, I visited the work of
extension <>1 the Chesterfield and
Lancaster railroad on my way to
Chesterfield. I was told there
are only about forty hands at
work, but there is considerable
progression, nevertheless. Mr.
Page's company gets about
$ 1.700 in county b>nds for every
\^ mile ot track it puts down, and
they have reached a point now
wh'-re this sum will probably
pay tb cost o; grading through
th<* b dance of the county. I un :
derstand they have sufficiently !
financed tiie road to complete it ,
through the county and will do
i 60 as quickly as practicable.
"They have graded the road
already to a point which they
have named 'Ones*,' an 1 to
whirl) 1 volunteered the word
4What1 as an amendment. It has
been known heretofore as 'Ciuin
Spring' or the 4Rico Paths,' and
is about miles west from
Rub . I i ttie old days men met
tlnre to swap drinks and dollars
J
..v.c>0 lineti, uui no one ever j
thought enough of the location
to erect a house, except a small
negro church wh.ch h ul a hard Th
struggle for existence. But lots
and streets are now being laid ^
olf both there and at Mt. Croghan,
which is tliree miles nearer
Huby. I was informed tInt there '
will he auction sales of lots at 8'i(l
both planes soon, and houses ,n 5
will bo ready lor business this P
fall, and some hm-incss is going 1
to he done, too. *ro
"From 'Guess' the railroad ma
could be very well diverted to re's
Jefferson and thence to Lannas *v
ter by way of Taxahaw, but the
prevailing opinion is that tbe of
work will proceed to Fox Place ^ 11
(which name should bo aban- '
doned), and thence to Five P#i
Forks, or by line following e-v?
the valley ol Hills Creek through (let
the county. of
A Killing over in North Car- de*
olina?Man Shot to Death
in his Buggy. no,
Th
From Our Homo,Marshville, N. C bet
Yesterday morning J. W. Hill ,ln
shot and instantly killed Marion ma
Burgess, using a 6hoi gun. Hill ',a<
and Burgess had not been on Pn
friendly terms for some time
Parly yesterday morning Bur- (:,t
ue>t- aml I.ih woe were in a bug IM(
i:y on iheir wa>' to Sianly conn ' li'
ty ami w? re passing Hil.'a house.
Hill Raw ihem corninu aid ran ,hl
10 t lie house to gH Ilis shot film 111
As lie approached the hnggy stI
11oni i lie rear Burgess pleaded * ''
with him not to shool. Seeing to
that ho intended to shoot lie rejl
asked his wife to get out. Just
as she had ielt the hui:gy Hill '
fired at close range, the louden ?"1
tering Burgers' he.ul from tin- >lQ
rear and passing out a' his tore 8 n
head, crushing his head to pieces. s,t
We understand iliat tins m the
story as r-luted by the wile ol
Burgess who, is t-a'd, was the N) !
only witness.
Mr. llill's explanation is that t,l> i
Burge-s had desj oihtl his home Wa
and was accused by his wife of wa
having criminally assaulted her. 8H<
and stated that it was not the **11
lirsl time that he lid u't'inpted ui 1
the crime, but sin* had u;> to ihitime
refrained Irmn telling he
husband, as Burgess liad threatened
to kill In r and h"r husband
both if she told it llill talks
Ireely o. the tragedy and doesn't or
seem to be .n the lo 's' uneasy '
as to the outcome. He wen' to J
Monroe yesterday and surren anc
dered to the ofli -ers and was
committed to.j?i 1 without bail to t:
appear at a preliminary hearing ('i '
.July llili. lie >h 30 years old and ''''
has two ihildre. . Hur.e s v. aa a"'
40 years ol?l and le'tv*s six W
children an>l a wife. doc
We understand that Mr. 11*11 i !,s
reports that as lie approached ! M'"
Burgess the laMer reached for W l
his pistol, and that lie then fired Us*
at liim
U II
Tit ft <?fttn'>^ rat.'f r.fHto con von e 1
lion of North Carol in* endorsed me
Brvan this week for President *tr<
t
is nun ter oecame :>ceeni uated i
ween Mr. Parks and mvselI, j
ally becoming a personal i
tter. Mr. Parks and my sel? i
1 pleasant business relations i
or to the sale of the paper. |
account ot threats coramuni- ]
ed to me, I armed myself. I <
I not eeen M.*. Parks for sev- |
II months iiiiM til* day of t!u*
liculty, wiien I saw Mm pass
unit Clin ch s'reft. 1 !-ta\ed ,
the print ng otHie :n Cliu ch
eei most t ihe in rn lis:,
en finally my 14' cr asked n.e
gel the mail, ?s lie wanted to .
Ld the piper. I looked out in
i street first, ami not seeing i
. Parks, I went to the postcm
As I passed Po.vle's drug
re in going I saw Mr. Parts
nding in front ot Bosch's
re, ins b ick to me '
When 1 got the mail 1 went
Mr. Lathrop's olli e to attend
s me Knights of Honor busies,
and, corning out, 1 started
l'o lo my place of business, b\
y o! the court house. When 1
s about the mid do ot tin* *
?et I saw Mr. I>.?rk.s and Mr.
mlerburg siting on ill" steps
he old Patriot ofuce, iiv'Xt '.o
. 11ildebrand'? oflicc-. In order
ivoid bin I turned t? my'
l hmi went into .Mr Brad-, j
i s law ottiee and collected a ! 1
!. 1 stayed in his otlice tiitei-n 1
twenty minutes, explaining 1
him that I wished ??> jiv-?i?! <
P "k-. Finally I inked ?>ut p
I, seeing Mr. Parks cone, p
, ; V
1*t?* 1 t ? my I'fhce in Ironf ot tire
'tignie hall 1 started I
ifni.ally across tiie street, lit
I a tin ile of mad in my arm?j1
I was ul .ncine t mich it.
ien ahont opposite the rear |1
>r o! the court house and ju-t. j
1 stepped 011 the pavement | j
. Parks f >ced tin, siyinu : 'I '
lit to lei! you. you are a" ?
ii?? ho epithet?anil sfrm-k n e
:h hit iis'.. lie sh uck me in It
J eye and kind oi stunn j;
. in l-' l uie He knocked '
baex oil the pavMwnt in the
eef about a step. Mr. Harks;,
he Orangeburg Tragedy. j|
ie Survivor of the Street I
Duel Gives his Version of
the Affair.
i
VIr. R. ll.*Cov;?r, who rec?ntl\
t and kill, d Mr i t
.. ? m. . tf > * . 1. (1)1 IV ^
i street duel ill Orangeburg, a^
jlished in The News at the
ie, has sufficiently recovered
ni the wounds lie received to
ke the following statement in (
ition to the unfortunate trag ,
, .
'ft
'The difficulty originated out ,
business matters solely. Mr.
nderburg and m\ self bought i
en'ire Patriot plant Irom Mr.
rk* for a certain sum of 111011he
paying the outstanding
its. Alter we took possession
the property Mr. Parks insistthat
we pay the outstanding |
its amounting to five hundred
lars, which we declined to do
on the ground that this was .
I contained in our contract (
I
reached for his pistol in his right
hand hip pocket, and I ins tine
tively reached lor mine. I was in
my shirt sleev? s and had my ?
pistol in my bosom. 1 had to ^
unbutton mv shirt before 1 _
tc
souhl get my pistol out, and bo
Mr. Parks got to fire the first
-hot, which I felt strike my hat
and knocked it backward. M> tJ
hat is perforated. My first sho>
?nd Mr. Parks's second shot ..
were fired about (lie same time. .
Both emptied our pistol-; and f)(
tiofh started to reload, when bv- ,
? * d<
Handera iuteriered.
l,Nn one regrets as much as I ^
lo this unfortunate difficulty."
Mayor Blakeney Commended
for his Action in Dispensary
Matter. '4
K
Kershaw Era: We are informed
that when the dispensary ^
was opened Saturday Mayor Blakeney
phoned to Judge Jones
it Lancaster for official confirmation
of the published report ..
that he had granted a temporary
injunction against the opening of f^
the dispensary here and that,
ivj
not withstanding Mr. Welsh had .
not been served with the papers, ^
he advised him to close up and
respect the orders of the court in
the matter, and obey the spirit of ^
the law.
This vo'unfcary action ' n tl.el
part of Mr. Blakonev d -serves
special commendation, for had (;
he no taken this comse ih* dis L
|)en?i? v would have dnuhiless re- s'
maii;r t op -n the whole ;.f e noon
and part ot the day yesterday.
Man Killed in Yorkville by
Live "Wire. .
Yorkville, July 4 ?J. A. Hedge- T
path, general over eer of iheCh- m
ver cotton mill, was killed y s A
lerdav hy coming in contact with
m electtic wiie 111 the mill which
was heavily cli ?ri:ed with electric h
current. Ho had been in tin n(
employ ot tiie mill about 15
years He leaves a wife ami I luee
rt I
jhildia 11
IK
Convention of R. F. D. CarMi
riers- d(
The South Carolina Rural J, tin
or Carrier*' A-sooi uioti h i * it*
in
bird annual convention ilrs e
ta
week in Laurens. Next year's | ^
jonventii n will he liohl in(ireen-| ,
| of
yillo Tie i < ! i o vv i'??i offi ers were j ()(
decled for the ensuing year:?! r
S. (?. MeDanio', ol Lauiani,
president: VV. CI. Peterson, of I,
lie
^ wherry, vice president; ArthurL^
W. 11 ill, of (iroonvillo, seoroi u \ ,
'ni
1. R .1* hns'-n. of Lanford, treasI
n?
irer Delegates wore elected to1
die Nation ?! Association, which
Tieet-t next October in I'eoria,
r 11
111.
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; i"
A (lard Lot
?f troubles to o.ii.'t n.l uith, spring (roin 11 <1,
or|ii?l liver and >>i ? kmlt I* w.'Ih, unless ol
foo AVftkfD lliein to tlioir proper action an
villi l>r. King's Now I.ifo I'llls; llie pleas- to
ati l most etVectivo cure for con-ti- en
patioo Tlioy pi.-v-nt v ; c-n 1 i -it ,i.i I |
one up tli'1 system !4"xi at Funderlturk an
I'barmacy, rrawU-rl Bum, I. F, Ma.koy to
1 'o , drug store. i l'i
Young Cureton Drownai
Greenville special in yesleriv's
Charlotte Observer:
iu< ton. HKi'd 22 yeais, propria.
?r ol a -oftdriuk :in<! quick lutwli
iloon and a son of Mr. Thoim*
ureton, a well-known pohcecjW
3er of the city was drowned
if
us morning while in bathing at
ie lake at Chick Springs, (he
shionable resort near Grecoille.
Cureton ih thought to hat*
?en seized with cramp while ia
jep water.
. Pleasant and Profitable
Meeting of the Franklia
Circle.
port d for The News.
Tc Mrs. Harry Hines tin
rank I in Circle is indebted lev*
ost enjoyable meeting i?t
onday afternoon. The 8t*4f
r this meeting was from t.h*
ew*Testament as follows:
Foundation of the church oa
te day ol Pentecost, Mrs. .1. R.
ackorell; Persecution and tic
feet, on Church Extend sc..
Lies flattie Miller. The mew*
srs were pleased to have wtht
lem as guests of honor Mr*,
utler of Abbeville, Mrs. Joil*
reen, Mrs. Claude Henry ainf
iiss Liz/.;*- Oilman.
I) licions sherbet, cake, Irani
ml IIylev's bonbons were servil
b\ 1\ tte Ilines, Eupheou*
a* son and Emmie Reid. M?.?
i/./.ie 'i ill man rendered sorw
iveet and lovelv selections oa
it- piano. Inch added much t#
le plebsuie of the occasion.
The Socialists of Georgia hv**
ominated a full state ticket,
ended by J. B. Osborne, ol Atinta,
tor governor. He is blind,
ne nominee for school coir,
lissioner is a woman, Mrs. AL.
. Thomas, ot Augusta.
Cholera of a in dignant typt
as broken out in Manila go?i
eighboring provinces.
Rrvan was the orator at tfcii
lnual Independence Day dia0i"
ol the American Sf?ni?cv t?
r>ndon. The subject of bis s<i
ess wis the while man's byjn
The state campaigners are taiig
a few days' rest Tho lead
g feature el the meetings tk?s
r held was the feeling develop n4
;tween Lyon and Rasrsdale '.*4*
the three candidates lor a'tor>y
general. R *g d .le eh ir^e*
yon with receiving "double pay'"
-pay both as a tn m' er ol trw
gitdatnre and a- member **t
ie dispell ai v i -iting com
lilteo. II** a!t-?' cli *r_:?*s him <*']>,?
_>t itemizing hi-> expense account
i r. quired by law.
Only 02 Years Old"I
hi. -nl\ ^ ! veftr* old ill)'1 doo e.
it en it hen 1 net to lie real ol I t< fttn
at \s i_? it* !<> .; .c T ( mi not Electric
r-, ' mh)s Mi-i. !1. H liruriMon, of Do*.lit
i. Mii' ly then s ' .unrig olse k- ,?p> :1m
>1 us young >* > I (k< i ihe weak as h' imw*
iliis _? >?r?<l toot meilii'iue. Dyapeix**,.
r]>i<l liver, inflame 1 kidneys r chronic
nstipntiou are tin known liter tiilna*
. . i. I?. i tm a r ili'. ti n* (itu
ilccl I?v F'lielei urn ?? riiiiov <Va?ra
HroH , J. F* Mac key Oo, dragon*
rlec 50c.