The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, July 18, 1906, Image 1
The Lancaster News
LEDGER 1852 REVIEW 1873 ENTERPRISE 1891
VOL I. NO. 81. SEMI-WEEKLY. LANCASTER. S. C? JULY 18. 1906. PRICE-FIVE CENTS PER COPY.
North Carolina Horror 1
Four Members of a Family
Butchered and House Set
on Fire?Several Negroes
in Jail?Confession by One
of the Prisoners.
Barber Junction N. O., J"'y
14.?Special to New - nod (Jour j
ier. One of the mo t horrib'e
tragedies in the hihiorv of His
county was corami.t d near this;
station this morning let ween U ithours
of 1 and 2 o'clock.
An unknown person entered
the house of Mr. Ike Lyerlv, a
well known farmer, while its
occupants were asleep, killing
Mr. Lyerlv, his wile and little
son, Johnnie, and wounding their
infant baby, Alice. The two
parents and two children were
sleeping in the front room on
the first floor, there being three
elder daughters sleeping upstairs,
who were unmolested,
and were awakened by the smoke
and flames from below, the
criminal haying set fire to the
house.
on. :-i- J J -->
xuc buiccnnicr fill in uusuciueu
the stairs to awake their father
* ?*nd mother. On reaching the
lower room a most horrible and
appalling scene, their lather,
mother and the children, still in
their beds, all save the youngest,
in cold death, their heads being
crushed and faces badly disfigured.
Through courageous and heroic
efforts the elder daughters,
Mary and Addie, ages 18 and 16,
respectively, r. anaged to carry
the dead bodies from the house
and extinguished the flames,
whereupon they ran to their
nearest neighbor, Mr. \V. P.
Barber, and told the awlul story
of the tragedy.
TUB CRI MB IS CONKKSSK1).
Barber Junction, N. C., July
14.?At 8 i\ M. the latest development
in the Lyerly family assassination
up to this hour, is
the finding of the coroner's jury
as follows :
' That Isaac Lye?ly, his wife,
Augusta, and little son. Jhonnie,
camo to their deaths by blows
from an axe or axes in the hands
of Neise Graham, or Gillespie,
his f-on, John Gillespie, .lack I
Dillingham and wife. George |
Cifclrwin and Henry Lee."
All the above mentioned are
negroes and have been lodged,
in the county jail at Salisbury.
A Since the arrest of these no-1
groes Gillespie's son has made a!
full confef ion that Gillespie,)
the father, and son, John Gilles- I
pint, killed Mr. Lyorl.v, bis wife
a^d the little boy, Johnnie and
injured the little girl, who died
-'/this evening, and that Ihe other
named negroes were implicated
"in the commission of the tragedy,
lie told a plain story as to
how they entered tho house at
an early hour in the morning,
carrying with them two axes to
do the bloody work with, and
Dreyfus's Vindication. c
I
Facts in Notable Case Recalled
by Decision of Supreme
Court of France. ^
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Charlotte Observer: The Su- j
preme Court of France has an- a
nulled the condemnation oi Capt.
Alfied Drevius. ?! iin? Pi-em'h
army, comple'elv vtnd cati g
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him and entitling him to ie->oration
in 'h?* army a- though lie
had never been accused,v.ith the1
rmiv of brit;ulier genera1. j
Dreyius is really innocent, as
the highest court inFrance finds,
he was a most grossly persecuted ^
man and nothing the French
government c?n now do will re- f
pay iiim for the suffering he has
doubtless undergone. Dreyfus ^
vras first arrested on October 13,
1894, on the charge of treason in ^
having furnished copies of certain
documents in the Ministry
f tir -
oi ?v ar to agents of a foreign
government. The first trial began ^
behind closed doors on December
19, 1894, and Dreyfus was r
convicted and eentenced to be
publicly degraded and to spend
the remainder of his life on
Devil's Island, a barren rock off j
French Guinea. On January 6,
1895,he was publicly degraded ^
in front of one of the largest
military schools, his uniform j
stripped of every insignia of
rank and his sword broken across ,
the knee of a non-commissioued
officer. On April 13 Dreylus, under
the eye of six guards, began j
life on Devil's Island. After remaining
there four years he was ^
taken back to France and given
a public trial at Reunes, where j
he was found guilt.v "with extenuating
circumstances," and a y
pardon was granted, but Dreyfus
was not satisfied. Said he the
day after lie was freed : "The
government of the republic has ^
given me ba-k my liberty. This j
is nothing to me without honor. ^
Beginning to day, I shad unremittingly
s'rive for the reparation
ot the (rightful judicial er
I
ror of which I am still the victim."
And now he has won his .
victory, which i.vis-t indeed
brine great joy t > h m d i
friends. The case has mi racked
world-wide attenfion, and sonti- )(
nient has all along l?een strong
lv in favor ol Dreyfus save in 4\
France.
?A special term of court has
been ordered for Ihe trial of the s
negroes in Charlotte jail charged t
with the murder of the Lyerlys, c
an account of which ippears else .S
where. a
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after c .mmit'ing the deed, set '
ting fire to the l>"d clothing,
puwun^ Kerosene on on the bed
clothfngfrom a lamp and leaving j
the house to be burned with the p
dead parents and children, with C
the mention that the remaining ?
three children, who were asleep
upstairs,should be burned alive ''
The prisoner* were taken to
Charlotte Saturday night lor v
safe keeping. fc
Children's Day in Kersha
Baptist Church-?Progra
of the Occasion.
Lep ?* I'd or The N<?ws.
Tliere were Children's L)
xercises at the Baptist cliur
ulv 15th. The programme w
s follows :
Song?by school.
Opening hymn?(June, Ann
;a.)
Responsive reading.
Paraphrase?loci by pastor.
Song?bv primary class, VVc
erlnl Word of life.
English Version of the Bibb
Translations of the Psalter
y Frank Powers.
Wycliffe translation, New T
imenl?by Fred Falkenberry
Tyndale's New Testament
y Callie Falkenberry.
Mills Coyerdales translated
lie Bible?by Mamie Whitley
The Geneva?by Ethel Gai
er.
The authorized version?
hila Ingram.
The New Testament?by Li
Iregory.
Singing by school.
Three recitations:
The incomparable Treas?
.ois Grenorv.
What the fool hath said?
Mara Oroxton.
Ilow God hath spoken?
,ilie Powers.
A song selected by Super
endent
llecitation :
Give praise for Jesu*?
'auline Edgworth.
Within the solemn temple
y May Edge worth.
'Tis Children's Day?by Mi
ngram.
The making of a rose?
V'ilien Croxton.
Song?by a quartette of you
romen, ^tuiie, Swanee Kiver)
Recitations; H?nv to save 1
Vorld?by four children: Robl
)urhnm. E^t^lle Gregory, Arc'
tlackmon an<l Eva Copeland.
ihx lacts lor six Boys:
The Books of the Bible?
'ready Whitley.
The Language?by Lee Ealki
erry.
The Eighty Eighth meeting
hull Jones.
The Book Ever Printed?]
hile Gregory.
The lirsi in America?
lary Blackmon.
A short sermon?by Jan
iozman.
The children did well and I
access oi the occasion is tine
hose who had charge of i
inldren, who were Mrs. B.
erugtia, .Mrs. Dr. Brasin?t<
ticl Mjnrt Clara Croxton. i lie
anist lor the day was M
Irasinclon. Subscriber,
Kershaw, July 1 (>.
?Prof. W. A. Dunn, of I
acksonham seel h>ii , who has be
rincipal of Olarkton Institute
larkton, N. C., lor two yea
pent a few (lays of last we
ere at Mrs. JVl. J. McCain's,
is recently been elected to t
rincipalship of a high school
lma, Ala., and will leave t
reek for that place.?Waxh
Enterprise.
iwl Lancaster County Wins.
m i
In the Morrison Damage Suit
the Supreme Court Reverses
Order of Judge Gage
ch Transferring Case to York
as for Trial.
From Columbia Record:
Br
By an opinion tiled this morning,
the supreme court placed
the famous Morrison lynching
case, in which the heirs of the
man lynched sued Lancaster
county lor $50,000 damages, just
, where it was last fall. It will
now either be dropped or will
come up in due course for trial
r before the Lancaster court of
common pleas.
Upon representation ot plainQn
titfs that they could not secure
a fair trial of their cn.uaa in l,nn
r(j caster county, Judge (Jage granted
a change of venue to York
^ county, whereupon the defendant
county, through its counsel,
, Mr. W. C. Hough and Mr. Ernest
Moore, appealed. After considering
the papers and argu
meats in the case, the supreme
ky court has held that in granting
the change of venue Judge Gage
ky exceeded his power. His order,
therefore, is reversed.
Under the code ot civil pro
cedure there are ju^t three cases
- in which the place of trial may
be changed:
W.ien the county designated
lor that purpose in the complaint
is not the proper county; when
, there is reason to believe that an
impartial trial cannot be had
trv therein, and when the convenience
ot witnesses and the ends
by of justice would be promoted by
the change.
.Judge Gage based his order
solely on his belief that the,
l,e "ends of justice would bo promo^je
ted by the change."
Ijje I The supreme court holds that
I the conjunction "and" h -re may
| not be construed as it it were
by u?r'M anc* Rinco it was not made
to appear that the convenience
0n. of witnesses would he promoted,
the existence of tlio second rea
son is not sufficient reason lor a
change of venue.
K<*- The opinion in the case was
I written bv Mr. Jns'iee Jones,
.^y | Mi. J ustice Gary dissent nig. i lie
attornev lor the plaintiffs is
les Mr. W. II. Nowbobl, while
County Attorney W. C, Hough
' ,e and Mr. Krnest Moore represent
tlie defendant countv. Tiie title
tlie . r a
[of tlie ease is: W. T. (Castles, as
)n administrator, vs. Lancaster
or- County.
rs. I ..... ?
Vacation for R. F. D. Carriers.
lie Congressman Wyatt Aiken
ten writes the daily papers as fol
at lows: Having had inquiries from
rs, R. F. I), carriers in different
tek parts ol the state as t<> leave ol
He absence with pay I will state lor
he the information of those interest
at od that carriers will be allowed
his 15 d iys leave with pay after
aw they have served twelve months,
eliective July firstinstant.
Kills Two Men.
Desperate Tennesseean and
His Desperate Father.
Knoxville, Tetin, July 15.?
Jolm Mcpherson, .aged 24, is &
fugitive from .justice with two
posses pursuing him, charged
with the murder of Grant SmithT
a former merchant of this cityr
and the latal wounding of Deputy
Sheriff Wm. Waimer, whfl
attempted to arrest him.
McPherson shot and killed
Smith in the house of Nettie Hall,
appearentiy without provocation.
McPherson was accompanied
bv his father. Dr. Huek McPherson,
at the time, and thf
two left I lie city in a buggy, going
towards the mountains.
Three mile9 out their bugg?
collided wit!) one driven by Di
Joseph Waddell, breaking ?
shaft, which so enraged yonnf
McPherson that he pulled th?
physician from the buggy hu<
beat him seriously. Waddell
went to Sheriff Walmer's horn*
and the two pursued the McPhersons.
One mile lurther out thej
met Walmer demanded the surrender
of young McPherson and
was shot through the right long,
and as a result Walmer will dieYoung
McPherson continued
into the mountains, while hie
father returned here und surrendered
and is now in jail. Reward*
have been otTered tor young Mcpherson's
arrest, und posses ar*
pursuing him.
Dr. McPherson shot and killed
a fellow physician some eifiht
years ago and served five years,
of a seven years' sentence before
he was pardoned.
Mr. Pollock Operated On.
I
' Condition of Prominent Chesterfield
Man Believed to be
Improved.
Columbia, July 15?Special
to News and Courier: Mr. W 1
I >. .1 I * - i
I i wmiLK wim u|ieraiea on to-Mat
! hv Dr (iuerrv for ann'Midiciti*
| at tiio Coluni i? Hospital. 11 i&
condition bus boon critical to?
| sever d dr.-, bu' win l-ottor ? >day.
lie stood the operation ver.*
well and unless there should i*
some cotnplication, his physicians
are very hopeful ol' the
favorable result of the operation
Owing to the condition of the
appendix an operation was not
deemed safe nil1 1 'n-Iay. Mr
! Pollock stO'd the operation finely,
and everyone is to ni^bi enj
conraged
i Schedule of Kershaw Campaign.
The following appointment*
| have boon made for the county
I candidates in Iter haw :
Beaver Dam. August 7th.
Blaney. August 8th.
Bethune, August 21si
Ivirkl?-.. .-Mill, Augu'i 22ud.
Westvilh, August 23rd.
Camden. August 25th.