The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, September 15, 1906, Image 1
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LEDGER "552 REVIEW 1878 ENTERPRISE 1891
VOL.. I. NO. 98. ' SEMI-WEEKLY. LANCASTER, S. C.? SEPTEMBER 15, 1906. PRICE fll/e f pntc ncn ran
The Greatest Calamity oi
Modern Times.
A Son of Lancaster now Living
in San Francisco, while
on a Visit to his Old Home,
Writes aVivid and Interestf
I ing Account of the Great
EarthnnaWp and
w%iav?
gration that Destroyed the
Golden City?His Personal
Experiences.
Mr. Editor: Having been
questioned by a great many in
reference lo the great earthquake
and fire which destroyed San
Francisco, I have concluded to
write a brief article on my experience
during the trying days
ot April 18th, 19ih, 20th and
21st last. The evening before
the 18th of April lust I spent in
Berkely, Cal., visiting a friend.
On leUuning aiout 12:30 a. ni.
the stars were shiniinr brightly,
the sky clear as a bell, the limp
ed waters - I the Bay of San Fran
Cisco was without a ripple, and
the Golden Gale in the distance
was as smooth as glass and as
calm as death. Soon the ferry j
'boat landed on San Franscisco'a
shores and I was in my room by t
1 a. m , and in the land of |
dreams about thirty minutes utt
er one. Such was the evening
" A immediately preceding one ot
the greatest calamities of modem
times, and which in a lew
short hours was to startle the
world.
The great earthquake came on
the morning of April 18th h?
fifteen minutes alter five, and at
Jjf
this hour 1 was sleeping verv,
very soundly and the first thing
1 knew when I woke I found
myself standing on the floor,
holding to my bed,and the house,
which was four stories high, was
rocking and reeling to and fro
as if it were nothing but a toy
ship on a great ocean wave I
could not say how long the
shock had been in operation before
1 awoke, but the few seconds
seemed to me many minutes ami
1 thought the shock would never
end. I was expecting Hie he use
to topple over every second
and burv me in the tailing
debris. Everv good ami h*il do?<l i
. of my past life came up in bold
' leiiers belore me and I wonder ,
e?l if the good would overbalance
the bad. During iim continuance
of llio shock, there was a tori i-1
^ ble rumbling noise under the I
earth, the hou.?o rattled like a
tin pan and bricks and chimneys I
vnere tailing all around 1110 atulj
I felt that death had at l??sl
summoned nr? to the realms be
yond. 15 it fortunately our hous * i
stood the shock without any
material damage and your humble
servant was spared by a
l I II !.l i
Kinn i roviuence iw to!I Mae t.ile. j
I immediately dressed and went j
down ir m my room in the fourth
, story to 1 i> strc o below mid'
found i'V ry avenue and highway
crowded with excited and panicv
! stricken men and women, some 1
in their night clothes, some hall
clad and others with scarcely a
garment on their backs. A great J
; many women would not return
to their quarters, but dressed in
the public streets rather than
risk their lit'es in their houses
again. There was net a chimney
' in sight, some brick houses wore
: completely shattered, the streets
I were blocked with bric'ts from let
I
chimneys and houses on each it
side and it was dangerous to tl
walk along the streets, the brick I1
houses were in such a wrecked w
condition. The frame buildings t(
which were erected on solid cl
foundations and the modern h
steel s'ructures were not injured ii
bv the earthonako ull i?
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some of llie low llat sections of
the city where the land had o1
been filled in, the earthquake p,
wrought untold damages both to cl
the buildings thereon and the oi
ground on which they were y
built. Due hotel four stones high K
in one of these low sections with ei
over seventv-tive people board- m
itiir therein sunk about six feet, te
The building was a total wreck T
and only three of the inmates ti
have been seen alive since the er
shock. In a great many of the a
low llat sections the ground sunk w
six or eight feet. This is 111 hriet fr
a poor description of the great tl
shock which was immediately
follow* d bv one of the most de- m
structive tires e\er seen in mod- w
ern times, and my pen almost gi
tails me when I attempt a de- A
Iscription of it. K 1>i
Immediately alter I got out, I rii
wended my way down Geaty to
street to Market street to the w
business district and on all sides le
in the streets were debris from p(
thf shattered butldintrs. When at
I got within six blocks of the ii
Ferry Building at the foot of d;
Market Street, 1 saw three small
lires about three blocks apart, o
burning br'sklv and spreading
rapidly in all directions. The
fire department had been 'ailed
out in full lorce and all ellorts
were being used to cbeck the
rapidly spreading flames. But m
the sad fact was then learned W
that the city was without water, pt
nil' Wilier minis Having l)oeil Ml
bursted and put oii( of use a tli
short time before by I he great wi
shock. I' was iben realized by ov
every one (hat San Francisco was
facing one of the greatest cm as- |0i
trophos in modern times. Tin st^
three liros circled around ana t?*i
burned streaks in the business p
district all day Wednesday. The j|,
regular troop-, from the 1. S.
military Retorvaiion a' Tho Pre- f0|
sideo were called out and were ,,v
stationed 1 ^the burning section m.
and (icn x \ ton look command 1 fr}
ol the 1 i. These fires | |,e
were a* li* \ Ieynnd thecon- t|,
trol nf || I de the way $<)
C,rouml 1 ne buildings J jjj,
ali day* yes, r without gr,
toooh1 I 'alaca Hotel I ^
on ^ rU ' ilio flamos|c|n(
trav |Wednee-jpji
(',lV ^ c-rtT to surr . .
r o'clock ,
r LeBldeot. - wi
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Flyler-Sherrell.
Vlarriage of a Well Known
Young Lancastrian and a
Popular Young Lady of
Cheraw.
Mr. G. M. Plyler, one of Banister's
popular anil enterpiisig
young business men, being
io senior member of the firm of
lyler . Brothers, was happily
edded last Wednesday evening
) Miss Victoria Sherrell, a
harming and attractive young
idy of Cheraw. The in'eiestlg
ceremony was performed at
io home of the bride's mother,
Irs. Mary M. Sherrell, at 7o0
clock, the Rev. Mr. Murphey,
astor of the Cheraw Methodist
lurch, officiating. A number
r ^ ^ ?i
ituu relatives ol the
uung couple were present. Mr.
. K. Plyler, of Lancaster, broth
of the aroom, acted as best
lan and Miss Lily Sherrell, sis?r
of the bride, as bridemaid.
he bride was becomingly at
red in a handsome costume ol
earn colored silk. She carrie 1
bouquet of Bride's roses. The
edding march was rendered
y Miss Etta Lanev, cousin ol
io bride.
At the conclusion of the cereiony
a splendi 1 wedding least
as tastefully se.ved, which wa* I
reatly enjoyed by all present,
tter the meal was fiver the
ridal couple, amid a shower of
ce, boarded a Seaboard train
r Asheville, N. C., where they
ill spend a lew days. After
aving Ashville they will visit
)ints in Tennessee. Mr. Plyler
id his bride are expected to ar
ve in Lancaster in about ten
tys.
ryan Says Roosevelt Got his!
Doctrines from Democratic
Platform.
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S?. Louis Sept. 12?A tre-j
endous ovation was tendered J
illiani .1. Bryan by I2,00tt
isons in the (Coliseum liere t" j
ght. When he stepped up oil
e pla'lorni the spectators arose,
wed and shouted. Tin*:
alion continued four minute- |
.Motioning lor s.l nee with a '
?i fan, Mr. Bryan said in par': |
-I want to ?h*?w yon it is l>^t- !
r to trust Democra'ic prinri j
us ??? . the Deni'H'ratic pariy
an to 'rust them to the otie
an \vlio?e party denounces him
r following thorn. I want to re i
ind you that the m<?sf popular
tot Mr. Roosevelt's admiuis
u.ion was his hpinging po ce
t ween two na'ions lie settled
e coal strike a'ter a loss oi
0,000,00') o emp!?vers. em >
oyes and ttie public. It was a j
and act. I applauded him t'op j
But where did lie get the
ctrine?in t he Republican
itform? No?he got it from I
L)om.>cflrdic pla'form and I
ote
the plank rnycelf. I! 'he
es: 'eixt cau become the only
popular man in ll>e Republics
party because lie does sMmetliin
spasmodically along Democrat i
; lines what would he the popi
larity of the man who doe
something and has always bee
a Democrat? Where did M
Roosevelt find his mandate fr
I his action regarding ihe rat
! bill? He had to go to the I)en
ocratic party. I shall soon hav
occasion to talk on railroad
again, but tonight I want to iin
press it on you that the railroa
question solution was I lie prod
net of the Democratic party.
"The president has now beei
in the ofliee almost five years
i How many irust magnates ar
in the penitentiary? We have
great many trusts in this coun
| try violating tlie law. I ask yoi
to figure out on the hasis of tin
number of trupt magnates im
prisoned during the past fiv?
years, how many generations i
will take to solve the trust ques
tion.
4kIf these things prove to yoi
that Democratic toret hough
is better than Republican lore
thought, wouldn't it ln? better t<
vote f<?r Democrats than toi
those who have lolloped at tin
tail end ot ihe Democratic pro
cession?"
Two Gentlemen aylaid ant
1 Shot at, near Betsy Hiltoi
Uld Field.
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Kershaw Era: Last Sunday
night as Mr. J. E. Iilackwell
son of Mrs. C. A. Blackwell o
this place, and Mr. C. W. Hor
jfon, .Jr., son of the late Gillian
Horton, of Bethune, were driv
I ing from Jefferson to Kershaw
and when in the woods near tin
Betsy Hilton old field east o
Kershaw, they" were hailed bj
l t wo white men, one standing or
either i-ide of the road, who firet
on them,each shooting live times
The horse was struck three timej
and the front buggy wheel or
the left side was struck twice
one of the spokes being badly
shattered. Fortunately neither
of the occupants of the hug
gy was hit. Mr. Black well re
turned fire ol the man standing]
on the le t si'le "I the road and
Stys that a? the first shot ilie mar
dropped to h's knee* hut pulled
li nisei I up by a small sapling.
i nev did no! slop to investigate
ho\v? ver, but caine on to Kershaw.
Horrible Death of a JLittlc
Girls.
Monroe Journal : A little child
uf Mr. J. W. Crook, who lives jus!
north of town, met a fearful
death yesterday ifternvon. My
the explosion ot a kerosene can
the oil was thrown all over hpr
body, wh'.cn was simply baked.
Ttie little girl was live years
old. Its mother went into the
kitchen to get supper ami used
kerosene to start the lire. After
getting the tire going she sat the
can down and. went out of the
room for some purpose. I'l e
child picked up the can and be
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" The Confederate Monnineifc,
cr .
ic j ?
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| More Names Added to vr a
Honor Roll being kept
r the Daughters of the Cent*
>r federacy.
e
The 'dlonor Roli" on whicfri
will be inscribed the name sC
s
every lady win pays $1.00 *?
I Monument fund will be kept uarlil
the laying ol I lie corner siotfij,
when it will be placed in
corner stone of the Confederate
Monument ol Lancaster count\r
List of Names:
A Mrs. Amo^ McManns,
. Mi ss Eliza Liuneau, 1 .'Ofc
L1 Mrs. W. R. Bennett, 1
e " Annie C. Lindsay, I .J"0
. 44 John D. Wylie, I
3 44 .John A. Stewman.
I " Gilbert Lazenby, I
44 K. L. Crawford, l.-HW
4k Richard Tillman, l.4*#)
, 44 R. R. Riddle, 1 <t?)
l " Manlv Croxion, l.r#'
kk Judson Carnes, l,kl**
) 44 Dr. Elliott, l.d*?
r u i'almer Kin;:, 1.1*5
e Mi*s i'henie Crockett, ?
44 Kate Lind a1', 1.44?
" Nannie Crockett, l.ff>
Mrs. M. F. Jones.
^ " C. F.Tillman, l .?Hfi
1 44 L. 0. Lizenby, 1 W*
44 John Reeil, 1 .-<fc
44 A. J. McNiiich, 1 Utt
44 W. C. Hough, 1
y 44 W M. Crawlord,
, 44 John T. Green, 1.#
f 44 T. C.Green, '.l<b
44 John King, 1
l 44 I). A, Williams,
. Miss Lula Lindsay, 1 lii
, M. E. Cauthen,
3 Treat1. L C. U. 1). C
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x Sumter Lumber Company^
1 j Big Plant Destroyed.
I
A soecial to the Si ate lrr?i
I
Sumter says :
Oneoi the most disastrous tin*?,
in a financial way that ever vjj..
' itetl Sumter started <0 -I
J o'clock this afternoon in 11?
r planing mill of the Sumt?r"
I Lumber Company and is strif'
burning a' this horn, 9 o'cloc*
I The agmvga'e logs will w rr
I likely reach $100,000. The f.r*?
tire plant, iixiures, ma(,hiii07w
, and slock of the lumber com pa*?'
is a total loss. The massive be>.' ?
ers may be save 1. More than osmi
5 j muhon and a 1 ah leet of !umt> c
' ha- iilreadv been burned and triM
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flames are making into other
j piles stacked high, and sevews'.
I box ears in the lower part of ttau
| yard are in danger. Sey??7*i\
j
near by residences were ah.<
, burned.
gaii to pour oil on the tire. Tliev*
i was a loud explosion and tb*
child was enveloped in oil an.
flame. lioth the mother and li
: Crook ran to its as8i8tnne<\ b.
11 t>ttfore they could too Ir.ii
o.i' t)v ]><>ur''ifr '> tor on it, tf ??
child's whole body wui burnwsf.
over.