The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, September 19, 1906, Image 1
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LEDGER 1852 REVIEW 1878 ENTERPRISE 1891
VOL. I. NO. 99. SEMI-WEEKLY. Lm? . VTER. S. C., SEPTEMBER 19. 1906. PRICE?FiVE CENTS' PER COPY.
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Developing Anthony Shoals
The Fitzpatrick Brothers,
Formerly of Lancaster but
now in Washington, [Ga.,
Making Progress with their
Great Water Power and
Railroad Enterprises.
From the Washington GazetteOhronicle.
Mr. T. M. Fitzpatrick return
ed home on Monday Irom a very
pleasant and successful trip to
New York, and informs us that
the arrangements for financing
the great enterprise of develop
ing Anthony Shoals and building
the two railroads from Washington
to the Shoals and to
Lincolnton are moving along as
smoothly as could be desired.
The financiers who have been
approached in regard to the matter
are as fully convinced of the
great possibilities of the undertaking
as the many other people
who have bean investing worth
n ( n; - &
...ib wtiguinceiu power lor
the past several years. Several
'ot the best engineers in the United
States have made survey of
these shoals, and all with one
accord agree that an immense
power can he developed at a.low
cost as any where in this
count rv.
Mr. Lester, the civil engineer
who was employed by Messrs,
T. M. Fhzpatrick & Bro. has
spent many months at the shoals
TY1 ?l I.' 1 ti r* onrwnita " ' * 1
.......ou.Ycjn, hiiu inwse nave
been more thorough than any
tliat have }?oue before. The more
thoroughly t.iese shoals are furveyed
and the power calculated
the more convinced all are of
the great value of the power as
a commercial laclor.
We learn that when t*he jjreat
dam is conducted, the water
impounded will he the second
or third largest volume in this
^ A r. ? ' --
country. n win k>rrn a lake
nbout twenty miles lornr, and in
some places two or three miles
wide.
The writer ottaa has the
question asked hi in if these
shoals are going to hw developed
by tho'e gentlarnen wlio now
have this enterprise in haad. We
?*) can not speak ex cathedra, but
from what we have seen and
learned about till* move
ment, and the work and expense
that have bran fcrnfrh, we
are convinced heyatvd aW question
of donbt tlmt i4is power
will bo harnearad Mtiliaed
lor commercial puposes just us
soon as so gran' aa aadertaking
can be earned i*r ward * com
pletion.
Ins value to t>k? parties who
are interested as weK as to this
en tiro section ( the aountrycan
not be estiaiatad.
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Tom Watson is goiag t? establish
a weekly newpuf?r in Augusta,
to be called ''The JatforBO*iian.";
t,
Tragic Death of a Young
School Teacher- -Thrown
by a Mule.
Chester Reporter ; Mr. John
W Jeflares, Feasterville, in Fairfield
County, a well known
young tencher, was thrown from
his mule Saturday afternoon
about three miles from the city,
and from the injuries thus received
he died yesterday morning.
The animal which he was
riding became frightened at
some children by the roadside
and making a sudden lunge
threw his rider to the ground.
Mr. JefTares was a graduate of
Clemson College, having com
pleted the course in civil engineering
at that institution in
1899 lie afterwards took a post
graduate course at the University
of Nashville. He had taught
several schools in Chester and
raiment counties, and at the
tune of iiis death lie was prepar
ing to take charge of the Wright
school in this county.
Another Lynching in the
State Narrowly Averted.
Augusta, Cia., Sept. 16.?Bob
Simpkins, a Ridge Springs negro,
came near passing out of
existence via the rope route last
iinrht at Wards, a sma 1 station
half way bet wet n Columbia and
Augusta on tlie Southern Simpkins
insulted Mrs. Robert Kirkland,
wile of a well-to-do Ridge
Springs man, as the lady was
walking along the street yesterday
afternoon. The boldness of
the negro was more in the na
(ure ot an insulting remark than
an advance toward an attack.
Mrs. Kirkland's presence ot
mind saved her. She promptly
reported the matter and (he neuro
was hustled off on tlie train
and transferred to Saluda jail. A
crowd of armed men gathered
at Wards to lynch Simpkins but
the otlicers were loo quick lor
the mob.
Shot at Another Man's Wife
i .i n
anu uien oomnrmteci Ouicide.
Macon, (ta.t Sop'. 15 ?Charles
Uaismar, one "I tlie largest
I retail grocers in this city, shot
Mrs. K. B. Iver, al her home in
Atlanta this morning about 8
o'clock, shuttering the bene of
her thumbs ami then blew out
his brains It seems that (Jcsi
I mar was infatuated with I lie
| woman and went to her home
| last .night and was refused adjmittmce,
and the tragedy tollow
! ad this morning
Mrs. Ivev, until recently, lias
lived in tnis oily and was well
knilMil. lit J- llliull.l I..1 mi
.. , - v% " ??r (ill I
extensive business here. After
moving to At hints Geismar Uas
visited the family, haying dined
ivith them hist Sunday.
Mr. It. N. N-iflbet, of Waxhaw,
is visiting Ins brother, Mr. J. F.
-Nisbet.
Tabernacle Happenings. *
1 Farmers Busy Gathering
Crops?School Matters?Exodus
of Boys and Girls r
to College--A Delightful f
Social Event. v
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Mr. Editor : Please allow me ^
space in the columns of your
valuable paper for a few dots
c
from this section.
We are now entering upon
I
the busiest season of the farmer
with his crops. Fodder pulling 1
has been the order of the day
for the past two weeks, and now |
the picking of the tleecy staple
is in full blast. Corn is generally
good but cotton will be a short
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crop.
The Tabernacle School, taught
by Profs. Ilamel and Rowell, .
ha5 closed tor the usual fall vacation
ot about six weeks. The
worK done has been very grali- ^
tying to all concerned Tim
school sends six young men lo 1
Wofford College, one to Furman
University and one to the University
ot South Carolina. Can
any other school in the county
beat tl>is? Prof. Hamel is a
graduate of Wofford College and
is a man of unusual intellectua' r
attainments ,
A very enjoyable social event v
was given by Miss Odessa Ply ^
ler last Friday night at the home |
of her father, Mr.'Simeon Ply- s
ler. Refreshments were served, v
to the enjoyment of all present, a
The event was given eompli- |
mentary to the young men and |
young ladies who are to leave j
this week for college. N
Misses Minnie and Georgia v
IMyler and Miss Dessie Stewart c
will leave in a lew days to re ?
I s 11 me their studies in the Col- t
| umbia Female College. Messrs t
Geosge Carnes, Charles How ell, \
Harnev Stewart, Gabe Ingraham j
and Capers and Simeon Hlyler v
will leave tomorrow (Tuesday) ^
for Wotlord College. We wish i
the b >ys and girls great success ?
in life. o
Mies Eva Funderburk, who [
has been visiting relatives in \
this section and is now visiting
in Chesterfield county, will re- s
turn in a few days to her home 1
| in Birmingham, Alabama.
Well, Mr Editor, the elec- ^
tions are now a thine of the
past. Some of the candidates
will have to go home for unoth
or two years at least. We ex- I
tend sympathy to defeated ran-in
j didates, and our congratulations a
to Hlio successful ones. h
Yours etc., h
Farm Hand. In
o. K., s. t'. ! n
m l
| A freight engine was overturned
Saturday night near I
I ? * ' *
?* inmie, tdtrin!; up several feel i
of track and delaying the niornmg
trains for several hours. A '1
aeirro hreakman had a lo;.' broken <1
in the catastrophe.?(Jtae?ter Re- e
porter. It
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Startling Increase in Immigration.
3
Washington special in Monlay's
Charlotte Observer: I mnigration
to the United Stales
rorn foreign countries is increas
ng at a startling rate. Where it
vill cease is a problem which is
nnfronting the officials of the
ountry. Already the facilities S
or the handling of immigrants t
t the various large ports in the r'
ountry are taxed to the utmost 11
nd, within a few months, it has ^
income necessary to enlarge ^
hese facilities in order that ah- ,
n
olnte hardship shall not be
vorked on the incoming aliens. n
Jlans have been prepared for j,
arge additions to the accomoda- s
ions of the great immigration t
itation on Ellis Island, New e
fork bay. Those additions can- r
mt be made without authority 11
rom Congress, hut it is expected 0
hat, at its next session. Con- v
:re88 will authorize the exetnli
ure of, approximately, $200.(K>0 ^
n increasing the facilities at
lie Ellis Islaiul station. \
Citizen of Monroe Stabbed in t
Chester. 1
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Chester Reporter : It. L. Mills, a
>f Monroe, N. C., a member of a i
rew of Western Union linemen, f
vho have been making this city d
lieir headquarters for the last r
ew days, was badly cut. and ^
itllbborl tlm < A ' . . t
' -\y>? m v VUG ?*\ . 1 J, ll^pOl
Saturday night by Frank Blake, v
mother member ot t kin party. *
'rom what can be learned ot ,
r
lie affair it seems i hat Mills was
yitig on the ground near the pri ,,
n?le car, ill which the party Ira j
rel, engaged in twitting Blake c
in some trival subject, when a
uddenly the latter to the sur- . v
irise ot the company leaped on I
lie recumbent man and began P
0 hack and slab with a kniie. v
ntlictia^ several dangerous
vounds. Dr. J. M. Brice was 8
ummoned at once and found ^
he wounded man suffering from ,
1 bad slash in the right arm, a a
ut in the throat, a stab in the j,
uick and a long wound extend
ng nearly all the way across s<
be back About twenty-live n
titidies were required to sew up
he wounds. B
VLan Missing Near Macon f<
is Fou*d Murdered. ?
h
Macon, Cm, "eptember lfi.?
lebert JJeore, who been ti
lissinir twe days, \t?s fonm i in 1
sffinip near Tillnaa's Ferry.
ielo\v M-aro*. nix bullet b
oles im ni* body and letters h*<1
loner wi *t? p*?k*t? Ne elue to J I"
lurderer.
dfvavy Frrst k"> Northerp
New York.
n
tiallston, >?. T , Kopt. 15.? t
"he mercury dropped 10 decrees c
urinsr the nirbt and wa* follow-' k
d by the first hoary frost of \
he season. e
Crazed by Religion
^our Negroes Cause Trot&e?
in Anderson?Whites A?-?
tacked--One of the Negraeat
Killed.
Greenville special in Observ-ecc
uffering from emotional insn.tr>-*
V, superinduced it is believed bf
eligion, four of the bent neirri ?
u Anderson county late yet-teeny
afternoon became violeiL
ulled one white man from ki*
orse and forced him to flee f<7fr
ia life, wantonly destroyed ?.
nail box belonging to a wfez-o
nan, stoned the white mar.
lis wile, when they offered wistance,
and finally barricade
hemselves in their well furniaSkd
cottage where they Bttrcirlg
esisted all efforts to arrest iikm
intil yesterday morning. U m
f the four negroes wat> ?kti
.u_i * *
i iinc mi iiien:>u8e ana uiea v?erday.
The other three b*~er
teen lodged in the jail in Andiron.
Keed Anderson, 65 years of ?.r*
Villiam Anderson, Elsie And^
on and Aaron Anderson, aK<if
he same family, were the f<sur
icgroes. They together o v-t
nore than 200 acres of fine fHr/n?
ng land and generally regard**!
is the most respectable uegreen
n the county. All four of tbero
lecame violently insane Thnrn*
lay evening and met Mr. It'll
age Merritt, who was pu.'i.vf
romjhis horse and forced to 4 w
or his life. Later the uegcoti
vent down the road and came vi
U ? 1 ?! >?_ I- *
uc iiictce ui .nr. oanies L.ong ?*i
ore down his mail boy. Vbmi
dr. and Mrs. I/mg ordered t'>T*
iway, they stoned the fp.rkjt.?*v.
nd his wife was out by the 'J;y*
ng missiles. The negroes r.err.
aptured and tied hut they brake
,way and went to their cottta?-,
rhere they barricaded the door*.
A large crowd of white pe.ejiC**
;athered about the hous<i sad
raited outside, it being evicwvit
hat the crazed negroes w?r*
rnied. l)r. W. A. Tripp, hnfwatf
0 administer some potion to .cilice
sleep, finally gained sdBi.n^
ance but was shot in the Sw?
nd hurled through the doer, hw
1 not seriouly hurt.
Finally Sheriff Scott, of Anderon
county, was admitted i?y .;?*
egroes and the mamaes * ?; ?*
i? j * *
ttiniuuiit'u. npeu Anderson vat
'lot in the melee and die-i.
>thers of the negroes were *?f
erinii from brumes and cute .ail
tie other may die.
Mrs. Long not sertc&tlr
ti rt by the rooks.
The affair created iivtonse e:vc:N>
uent, but there were no effort*
lade at lynching .?? the negmet
tore very favorably known f.:.1
t wa^easilv seen Hint reason \*i
ieen dethroned.
Cilled by Thrown Pockrt
Knife.
St. Augustine, Fla., So^'. 4?
? Robert While and
iunch, well conmocted * *?'
iten, engaged in a .j^iar^r -t+wr
oday oyer an alleged del
ents. While threw '?
nife with irr^a1 force, ;lw .-AtM
end rating Buach'n heart lad.
ausing his death.