The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, August 11, 1906, Image 1
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The Lancaster News \
LEDGER 1852 REVIEW 1878 ENTERPRISE 1891 . ^
VOL. I. NO. 88. SEMI-WEEKLY. LANCASTER. S C? AUOUST II. 1906. PRICE-FIVE CENTS PER COPY.
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Another Railroad for Lan=,
caster.
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Charter Granted for Road to
be Built from Charlotte to
this Point.
Kaleigh special in yetterd.iy'Charlotte
Observer: A (li-rt-r
is granted 'ho Carolina Mim r.?l
Kailway Company, to build am
operate a line 40 mil?s in length
Irom Charlotte 'o Lancaster, ?S.
C.. through Mecklenburg and
Union counties in this Slate, and ,
Lancaster in South Carolina, by
wav ot the Colossus Cold Mining
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and Milling Co , in Union county.
Thirty-live miles ol the road
will he in North Carolina. Tincapital
stock is $200,000, the
principal stockholders being J.
F. Keller and D. II Kulp, botl>
of Pennsylvania. These are nam
ed as directors as are also John
A. Mipple, F. W. Haker, Israel
G. Erb, S N. Iiootland, John
N. Mussess, all of Pennsylvania
and A. J. Moore, of Waxhaw.?
The Colossus Company lias a
A 1 i ? . 1 1 A r A/ A AAA
cHj'iuii aim:K oi JfD,u<'U,UU<>.
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Peculiar Case?-Ingrowing
Hair Causes Death.
New Britain, Conn., special in
J News and Courier: An ingrowing
hair on the chin < f Krai!
Jones, ol this city, resulted in his
death at the St. Francis Hospital,
Hertford, last night. The trouble
began ten days ago, when Jones, !
discovering the.hair, irritated it
until his chin began to pain him
Then lie went to a doctor. The
ph ysician treated it, hut Jones
grew steadily worse, his head
swelling terribly. Saturday he
was taken to the hospital, where
the cate was diagnosed as blood
unison. Jones was a knile handh
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finisher, and among his shop- <
mates it is thought th.it the poi
son c?mt> troni handling rose
wood.
Fatal Fight in Texas.
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Cold Springs, Texas, August
5. ? In an election fight here to- ,
day E. B. Adams, Democratic
nominee lor i??x assessor, was in <
stantly killed. Sam Adams, lii"
brother, was shot in the oead.
V- and it is believed fatally wounded.
W \ K<ib?ri on w.is ba?'lv
wounded and ('. VV. Williamson 1
wounded, but not, dangerously
Williamson, it is alleged, d <1 '
most of ihe shooting.
Florida Sheriff Suspended. ,
i'allahassee, Fla., August 5.? *
Governor Broward today bus- 1
pendod from ollico Shel l 11' George
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iv. v-arter, uitrua county, because1 '
yjv ho permitted without adequate j
resistimeo two prisoners to be
taken from his custody by inobs | (
who lynched them. Frank ,/or-1 f
dan boin? lynched on May 1<* and ]
James Davis on .June 7, thus I,
bringing 'ho dicnily of the St-ite'i
into disrepute. E. P. Graham is
appointed to succeed Carter.
The Lanahans Defend Gen. ]
Wilie Jones.
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Thursday's daily papers contains
the following letter, which
pxplains i'self:
Qeu. Wilie Jones, Columbia,
S. C.? My Dear sir: Your
favor of tho 3d instant to hand
ibis morning, together with t' e
clipping from tie Stn'e ot Au S
iiust 2' as to what (I >1. Jno. C.
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Haskell raid concerning vim and
ourselves.
In answer to the s;ine we H"
wired you to day as lollows:
"llasko'l's statement as published
in the State ot August 2 ?
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about you and your house and
ourselver, is ab-olutely false. All
ather statements they have pub- t
lished about us are likewise
false."
I don't know what more I can r
say concerning this matter; we 11
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never gave you a cent at. any I
time for the impn vemenfs that '
were made on your house. It v
looks to u* that the people el I
your State are more than willing c
to publish adverse reports con ^
ceruing us We never gave you '
a cent, at any time, for any pur- *
pose, and will be glad to add to c
this anything that might be sug- s
gested or t bought of t'> emphasize
out strong denial of this accusa- '
tion. The whole story is false 1
a* lalsecan be. Very respectfully '
yours, eet. 1 *
Win. Ltuaban Ar Son. 8
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Shooting Across State Line
?Van Plyler Seriously ,
Wounded by Jack Stewart. g
Monroe sppcial in Charlotte c
Observer: Van Plyler, eon of '
Ransom Plyler of Buford town ^
ship, was shot in the let; near the ' s
hip by .lack Stewart last night, i
the weapon used being a shotgun J v
The news did not reach Monroe t
until this afternoon, when Or
Aschcraft was called to attend
the wounded man. The doctor :
says the wound is a verv serious
y
one, the whole load with the wad*
ding having lodged near the bone. *
It is said that the affair was the
result of a quarrel I'M ween the!'
two men, in which hard c:l*r'li
cut a considerable figure. ; v
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Big Fish Story.
Rock Mill Herald : Mr. .1. H Sut |t
ion, or rort Mill, was in the city t
Monday and stated to the report
sr that Mr. Abernathv, who runa a
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fishery at the Jones Mill, on Catawba
Kiver, caught a Sturgeon .
in one of liif. traps a few days ago j1
that weighed seventy-eight ar.d ''
>ne half pounds. Mr Ab-rnathy
took the monster li*h to Fort, v
M1 i Monday and -.old it for -Y'J.Oh a
to Mr. Lee Hall, who p.it it on ex- n
tiibition. Mr. Abernathy was a- a
fraid to tackle the fish alive and j
lid not attempt to remove it:t
from the trap until lie had shot it
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leveral times. I Ins is perhaps the|
largest fish of any kind ever j
caught in this section of the
date.
Do you take The News? j'l
rhai Whipped White Woman
Spartanburg Authorities are
Anxious to Find Her?She
is Thought to be Still in
Lancaster County.
The publ'cation in The News
ome da; s iro that the white
foman whij ped in Spartanburg
eunty had passed through Lanasler
county has caused the
ipartaid urg authorities lo in-tiute
a search lor the unfortunate
reature. Deputy Slier tV While,
f Spartanburg, was recently here
ooking for the woman, as will
>e seen from the following Sparanburg
special in the Columbia
Rate:
Deputy Sheriff \V. .1 White
eturned to the city this nrornnir
alter a several <1 >ys trip in
earch of Mrs. Harriet Coburn,
Ilohurn). the woman who was
shipped on Linder Carrier's
dace iii the lower part ol the
ountv several weeks ago. Mr.
Vhite did not succeed in fin dim:
he woman, although he tracked
ler through several 'owns, but
xpects to locate her within a
hort time.
Reports having come to the
itliee ?)i Sheriff Nichols several
lays ago that fhe woman was in
1,^ .1.1.^.-1. 1 ~e i
uv u< liunwi HIM (i Di uaiicasier,
Jeputy Whi'e was sen' out in
eareh ot lier. The worn ?n was
iot didicult to trail, lor the reaon
that she is traveling with two
hildren and a white ? og. She
loes i ot deny In r identity and
ias told her story to many whom
he met on the road.
Upon Mr. White going to Lun
aster he found that she had left
hat place, saying that, she was
;oing to Camden. Mr. White
t.ir'ed toward Camden, making
nquiries all along the road. The
nun hi passed through IClgin, on
he Three C's road, hut did not
;o (I ?wn f?s tar as lv-rshaw. The
vomaii lid not show herself in
hat place. Mr. While, however,
rent down to Camden and
earched the cotton nulls there.
>ut found no trace ot the wo
nan. The supposition is that she
ias stopped on the real -oinerhere
between Klgin and Ivor
h ?w and obtained work in the
i -Id--. The Lit-: definite inform
tion received by the officer* of
he woman's whereanouts is
hat slip w.is a! Klfiin ??n July 25.
The Spartanburg i.tlicers are
nuking a very determined effort
o locate the woman. She is tellng
the story ot her mistreatneut
alomr the road and lias
ta'ed seven! times that she
/as willimr ' g > to tint place
lul testily against the men who
in .treated her, l?ut that she was
draid she would suffer for it.
lie Spartanburg officers state
hat the woman will tie afforded
mpie protection and are very
Jixious to locate the woman,
o that the case can he prober! to
he bottom.
ake The News.
Convicted of Stealing am
Cutting up Harness.
Monroe Journal : Last week':
term <>f court adjourned I'Tid
afternoon. The most interestins
ca-e disposed <?f alter tl e repor
in last week's paper, was that o
James Aniett of New Salon
township, the whi'e man wh<
admitted stealing and cutting ui
two or three pairs ot harms- am
throwing them in the creek. H<
was taxed with the costs am
made to give a jus died bond o
$5,000 for his appearance at even
August term ot the court for t
period of five years and sliov
! good behavior.
! Proceedings of the Republican
State Convention.
Columbia, S. C., Aug 8.?Tin
Republican State convention me
here today for the purpose o
electing a State chairman am
reorganizing the executive coin
inittee. The only contest ot the
J convention was the selection of i
chairman. The facliou led b\
John G. Capers supported Ed
mund II. Deas, who was eiectet
by a vote ol i>8 to 2b o\*er Johl
K. Tulbert, supported by anothe
faction headed by District Attor
ney Ernest F. Cochran. Capers
and his friends dominated am
were in complete cnlrol ot tit
convention.
Resolutions were ad<>ple<
congratulating; the country on it
continued prosperity, commend
iiig i In? work ot both houses o
congress and the ' patriot" 1'res
ident ot the United Slates. 1
was decided not to put out
State ticket.
j Japanese t^oacners Shot.
New York, Aug. 8? Furthe
details ol the killing ol tlie liv
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.Japanese poachers in the Pribi
1 off Islands are contained in tin
a special to The Herald dat a
Dutch Ilarb >r, Alaska. July 2G
winch says; Five Japanese wen
shot and killed on the island o
St. Paul, of the Pribiloff group
by order of the agent ol the De
partment of commerceand La ho
July 17. as a result of a raid Iv
four Japanese schoonrrs on tin
seal rookeiies.
The revenue cutler McOullocl
I reached here to-day frotn St. Pau
Willi 12 prisoners, two seriously
wounded, who were turned ovei
to Deputy Marshall Harmon,
He Isn't Coming Back.
"A woman rushed into the tele
graph ollice the other day," say:
an exchange, "'and informed tin
| operator that her I usbatul ha<
| gone to New ^ <>rk to get a bauue
for the Stirul;i\.-ch< "!. but sh<
Iliad forgotten i; tell htm the iti
ncriptinn and how largo the ban
i nor w 11 a to he. She then wrote i
telegram containing the ncedei
information and handed it to tin
operator. It read : k'My l)ea
Frank, Savoy Hotel. New Vori
City ' llnto us a child is horn
eight feet long and two feel
wide". The huaband ia htill in tin
city, and it is rumored he isn'
coming back.? Weekly Bulletin
' Pixie's Day.
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3 The Immense Gatl >ulg, nj
; thai Hospitable CommiifM?
ty Thursday, on the Occ^-c
sion of the Confederals
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( Veterans' Reunion and the
, Junior Order Rally.
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a The county reunion ol Cooi
federate veteran? and the Junior
I Order rally ,*t Dixie Thursday
. was one ot the largest and moc$
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x thorough \ enjoyable gathvrinjjvi
. ever held in old Lancaster county.
The joint meeting of Veterans
and Juniors and their friend*
was, undoubtedly, a preeminent
success from start to finish^
It is conservatively estimated
' that lully two thousand per-oni
were present. The best of order
1 prevailed and not a single inchi
dent occurred to mar the pleasure!
- of the day.
Exercises by the Veterans vvert
1 held iu the morning and I hoe!*
by the Juniors iti the afternoon*.
Mr. W.G.A.Por'er delivered a*
^ < xcellent address of welcome to
1 all. lie presided at the Veteran#1
uuicinifA .111 i IIIUUIIUI'I'U 111 .'i
" propaiate words the Veterans*
3 orator, Col. .lames Armstrong^
' of Charleston, who delivered on?;
e ot liis elaracteiistically able^
'Irqiient a"d entertaining ?d^
* dresses. He dwelt principality
s upon the war and the principle!
" involved in that great condicu.
11 Ilis remarks were inter9persec.
'' with numerous witty anecdotes..
1 As was to be expected of tiH?
gallant Colonel, he paid a beau?
tiiul tribute to the ladies.
The orator of the Junior*.,
State Councilor Z P. Sinit^
r of North Carolina, was intrude?
<d in a few well chosen wor6s-.
- hy State Secretary J. ,S. Wilsoa,
i of Lancaster. .Mr. Sniith, who ir.
! a gentleman of commanding up
i. pearance and looks not unlifcf)
p Bryan, made a masterly speech
completely captivating his largr*
aud'.ence by his scholarly period*'
and eloquent diction. The aimr
i and purposes of the Junior 0.?der,
its views with reterence u?
imm gr it ion. edue.V; n ,the Bibln
.n tne schools and other subjects
1 of .ntere-t were forcefully pre>
s. 11 tea Dy lue speui.tr.
P The picnic dinner, served ^
midday, whs, of course, a lending
leafore of the d ?y*s enji.ymenU.
I Not withstanding tlie immense
j crowd, there w;e an abundance o'.r
good thing- to a' 1 v everybody.
The day will long ; ei-anti/'
j remembered by a'. ; psent.
Miss WiUic I'oovey ot
way, is visiting her brother, l)r?
a (i. W. I'oovey, and family at th ?:
j i place.
p Mr. and Mrs. W. T. WiHum?
r j leave today lor Norfork, Va.
cj Williams will visit New Yen:
' I before be returns.
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B Mi-sct) Nannie ad Carrier
t Hough, of Camden, are viailij:^
. Mrs. Ada Hough aud dau&hteri*,