The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, September 22, 1906, Page 8, Image 8
Terrible Typhoon
Several Thousand Lives Lo
and Millions of Dollar
Worth of Property Destroy
ed at Hong Kong.
13oiifr Kong, Sept. -20.?It
now estimated that 5,000 Ohii
ese lost their lives in llie recei
typhoon.
Reports are increasing tl
mortality.
Hong Kong, Sept. 19.?Tli
loss of life and property in th
typhoon which yesterday rage
for two hours is far greater tha
first reported. A thousand pei
sons are musing at Hong Kon
alone and the damage is est ma!
ed at several million dollar!
Wharves were swept away an
houses collapsed The unlitar
barracks are in ruins. Kiyhlee
steamers are ashore. The Amer
ican ship S. 1'. Hitchcock wa
also driven ashore, as wetmany
ot the launches that ru
about the harbor. The Brilis
reserve sloop Phoenix and
small gunboat, the Dongola, ar
ashore. The British torpedi
boat Sir William .lervois wa
sunk. The French torpedo boa
destroyer Froude was wrecke
and the Frnncirqte is ashore
The steamers Kwong Chow, Nat
Chewng, Sorsogon and Koii^mooi
were sunk. Tlte steamers A pen
rade and Johanne are parti'
awash.
a at r-> . _ i t
s\ in cw r'usiai x^aw.
Complaint mil * to the D?
part mail that rural carriers
at the request of pa'
rons ol their routes, call a
express ollioes for packages o
mailable ma'ter aul delive
same outside ot tlu niiils to tlx
patrons and receive small foe
lor the service, an 1 the follow
inn pro lihitory order lias beet
issu d : "Postmasters at rnra
delivery offices are direc'ed t1
inform rural carriers thai the
must not carry, as express mat
ter, tor hire or as a favor, air
article weighing lour pounds <>
under, which is mailable, am
carriers will intorin their pat run
that such packages can only b
delivered by them after the rc
quired postage has been atlixe<
to such packages."?Kxchange.
Sequel to the Gainesville "Hei
House" Homicide.
Macon, QU., Sept. 20. ? A sp<
eial Irotn Gab sville. Ua., says;
Fred Hawkins *as today ?on
victed ?f the murder of Ilenr
('llfflp !LI1 i PlllptlPPll tn lifn in
prisonm nb
Three weeks ?<ro Cagle l?ea*
a noise at his hen house, an
goinir '('lit to investigate !h
ca-e, was shot down and die
next flay. i?.v the fla-di ?>t Ha*
kin?' gut .< was recognized, la
ter arrested and other cireturn
Btantial r ridonee led to his ar
rest and convict ion.
W. 8. Mitch d', the yuitii
m hi >4 Jjeesvillo, who shoi ani
killed Ids freind and companion
Jam. Tro|i'>r, :i' ! 1 uni mi tie
pot in Columbia dating Ihj
Fair week, was tri I and act] nil
ted last Saturday,
Sensation in Columbia
st Young Bank Clerk Disaps'
pears; also an Express
/- Package Containing $2,000.
Columbia special iu yesterj
day's Charlotte Observer: A
sensation was created in the
t city today by the following announcement
submitted to the
newspapers:
'Fortiie information of the i
public we beg to say that on
yesterday Mr. R. C. Brooking
ie ton, collection clerk of this bank,
e disappeared, taking with him an
li uY hroCH trn Prtntnini mr
** *.,? J i v UW vv;uv?mi..^
n $2,000. lie was bonded and the
-- bank is thoroughly protected.
ji "The State Bink "
I- Young Brockington is a mem
' her of one of the oldest families
in the State and was himself a
)* young man of exemplary habits.
n lie was 10 years old and a sad
lea'tire ol the affair is that he
8 was the mainstay and hope of a
e widowed mother, whom lie leav11
es at Winnsboro without word
of explanation, a proud and sen
11 sitive woman as well as a tender
e and affectionate mother.
0 Young Brockinuton had a
s good tut ore before him and was
I i looked upon by ins employes as a
' young man of great promise.
> 11 is act appears to have 110 othII
er explanation than that it was
11 an impulse of the moment
He was rent to the express ofY
lice yesterday morning at 10:30
o'clock with two packages of
money, on?'containing $500 in j
silver and the other $2,060 in
currency. He shipped tho silver
and saul nothing about the currency.
Since lie walked out of!
. the express office it has been a?
1
l> if tlie earth swajlowed hint up
( Not the slightest trace litis been j
, obtainable.
Elderly Man in North Caro
, una /\rrestea on serious
1 ;
I Charge.
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Wilmiug on, Sept. 20.?J. D.
Sidbury. 57 years eld and a man !
^ of latnilv, was arreste 1 in the
1 country today aiul committed to
' jail in default of a $500 bond
tor his appearanoe for preliminary
trial bef re Justice FurIon"
Saturday an clurge of an
attempted criminal assault Wednesday
morning upon a 10 yearold
white girl of the neighborn,
hood in which he lived.
'* A Thought for the Week. 1
yj Thank (?od every morning
i- when you get up that you have
j something to do that day which
d | must be done>, wlie her you like;
d i it or not. Being loroed to work,
e and forced to do your best, will;
it npiii-n hi vuu iiperanc** Jill i Hell i
r- control, diligence and alrenglh of:
i wiH, cheerlirliwss ami content 1
i- in nl ami a himlrerl virtues I
' I which I lie idle never know.? I
Oharles Klngaley.
, ; ?Tiie JqIiii Ro'nnson circus
1 will lie in Monroe 2HHi lnst.
Kivlil persons were killed and
many injur,ed in a railroad wreck
near iJover. Okla., last Wednea i
day.
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Death of Two Estimable Ladies
Across the North Carolina
Line.
Wi?x'iaw Enterprise.
Mr*. Addie Glenn, wife of
Mr Milieu Glenn of this township,
died last Saturday at hor
home near this place. Funeral
.services wore conducted by her
pastor, Rev. J. W. Little, at
Waxhaw Baptist church, on last
Sunday, and her remains were
laid to rest in the cemetery
there. Mrs. Glenn was known
to a wide circle of acquaintances
as a good christian woman, a
faithful and devoted member of
the church, a kind and loving
wife and mother, and a sympathetic
neighbor. She was dear
ly beloved by all who enjoyed
an intimate acquaintance with
her. She is survived by a bus
band and several children, all oK
whom have the sympathy of
many friends in their sad bereavement.
Mrs. Nancy Dulin, an aged ladv,
died last Friday morning at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. W.
1). S'arnes, ill WalkersyiUe
neighborhood. She had been
sick about eicht months, and
beinK) enfeebled by old use, had
not the strength to contend with
wasting disease. Mrs. Dulinl
was about seventy years old.
The remains were Jburied Saturday
at Tirzah Presbyterian I
church, of which she had been a
faithful and ever consistent member
since her girlhood days.
Funeral s rvices werec >ndu ted
by her venerable pastor, llev.W.
W. Katchtord, and attended by a
tioo'lly number <>i lelatives and
neighbors. Mrs. Dulin was a
ronsecrded cbristian woman, a
pood friend t') all deserving
people, and was much beloved
by all who knew her. Besides
her daughter, Mrs Staines, she
is survived by one sister, Mrs.
Harvey U- b nson ; two step-sister,
Mr.-. Hood Belk and Nlrs.
Amanda Belk of Lancaster county,
and two step-brothers, Messrs
1 M. and I) P Walk up
Lad's Arm Broken by a Cow.
Hock Hill Herald.
Master Tommie, the ten yearold
son of Mr. J. >1 . Simpson, ol
Leslie, met with quite a painful
accident ia?t week. While stand
inir hv the ira',* j?k i)ia nr?wa wo,-.-.
m- - " %?- ??> ^
being driven into the pasture he
was knocked down by 0110 of the
cows, the-auimal then turning
and stepping on one o! his arms,
breaking two bones between the
elbow and wrist.
?The'oouncil of Greenwood
haw decided to have sheds built
on back lots in that town lor
the protection of stock. As has
several toxics been pointed out in
The N.-***, sjhnilar protection, or
a' least hit?h-iag posts, is hadly
needed Tn I. mounter. 1'ersons
aiding sv<ln t img to town experience
gr<**! difficulty in finding
p acee to hitch horses and mules.
(Jon. Fred Funs ton ha? been
ordered iw Cuba. lie will likely
command the United Stntoa
lorce* ia ease h'nele Si-nn decides
to inlet Tcna.
K<'ftd The News.
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J Tribute of Respect to the Me- Jq |||g OverSGCfS /
I mory of Judson Adams by
Rich Hill Junior Order. ?f thTe Pubhc H^hways of
T .anmstpr r*r\nr-\t\r
We, us a special committee of the liieh
Hill Council No ."2 of the Junior Order of You must all make a report to the SuperI'uited
American Mechanics, have the sad visor and Commissioners by the first Monhut
necessary duty of reporting the recent day in October; how many days you bavo
death of one of our valued me.. hers, Iho woikcd your road this year and what conJndsoD
Adams, who departed this lite on dition your road is in ; and it your road
Au.'tisf 7, l'Jtifi, after a brief illness of not is not well worked j lease work it at on
more tlian a week's duration Iiesnl s his so you will he able to make a good report
father, Mr Andrew Vilnius, ofI bath.Springs, on both the time you have put in and the ?
one brother and a sister ho leaves a wife condition of your road. m
and one clnld, a sou of U months. While M. C. (lardner,
l*o. Adams was a memb-r of the Order for County Supervisor,
only about ti\o months, he was a valued Sept lit, 190(5 -2w
and worthy uiembei, and it is ueedle?s to ^mmm?mmm???
say that we sincerely regret his, which
T1WSC Notice of Opening of Colored
of tlic prompt, courteous and busine s-likc Graded School,
manner in which the otlicers of the Nationill
Council and of the Ih neti. i .ry Degree n'e colored < i School will open
did their part in paying over to ??rs Ola October 1st All children of school age
t 1 :4._ .v, 1 / I lL J...,, Will ill) Willi In I in tirounnl !?? 1
niium*, 01 U'rcHisru, inn nuill l?I ^ *"Ut "it" *' | 1 vnv"1 mc uih utt), ,v?s
benrhciary money, and the amount paid to !'ior<J ?**j only two daya in the month
the wife or heirs of all luetj.hani lticli 1,1 w 'l ^ider, the 1st and 1 >tLi. Irrt*^Hill
Council who are at tin time of their u'rtr *"nr?Hliiictit gives too much utinecesdeath
in good and regular standing, be- 8"f.'V *ro?ii?lo to teachers
Bides $20 burial expenses, the amount |>itid tuition First and Second (trades will
by all t'ouBcils at the death of a member P?5', V cents each
W( might also state here tha* on th<- death , "V Fourth Grades cents.^
of a member's wife we pay $15 burial ex- t' lJiWX i !fr*' ^'eventh Grades 25 cts.
pauses. Also we might mention that all klghth and Ninth Grades 50 cents.
members in good standing are entitled to All Normal students f I,(N).
a weekly sick bene tit of not more than 12 grown students in the graded dewocks
in tie year. We also beg to express partment wid pay o'lc. regardless to class.
in behalf ol his wite ?ud the members ol 1 send your children without the
Hich Hiil Council, our heartfelt thanksifiid ""*ney. I>uy ao new books until you enappreciation
of tlio kind mid generous r?"' M. D. Lhh,
manner in which friends and members of Principal.
other councils of sume order tendered as- banea*ter, S. u, Hept 12, / j
sistance to us in the last sad hut impress- ? 4
ive rites of our order, after which we there- '
after commit his spirit to the .1 mlge of all utitf 111.' uornn (o,,?TU1
mankind and St.ppmr councilor of the M UUJ1 ( Alti)IiINA,
universe. N. If. biunll, cowntt ok lancastek,
.1 'I' UlackiiiOii, In the Probate Court.
Ij. V. Bishop, By !. F. Htewirmn, Esquire,
For ConjiuiUee. Prerbato Judge '
Hcatli Spring*, Itouto ), .Sept. 20, 19u6. n _ , ,
^IMierous, ! Cunringham. ot Enneas~-??????????
yy ^ .state has umde tin t<
T. _,... . T # me to grant him beater* of Adininiatr it ion
Brother Kills oister in Inclion (.f tiio Entail of and enact* of Mary j. *i i11.
12.ah, deceased.
Territory. these are, therefore to cite
and udmouiah nil and singular the kindar-d
and creditor* of th? said Mary E. Bellman,
dcoAaaed, that tiny ho and appear before
t I 'r.ilc. I 'I' mr, >" the Court of Prohato, to be
A special n*0in lilts. , I. I.. Jicl(| at c?nrt Houae, OH the
flayq ; fith day of October, next, after puldica- ?
tion hereof, at II o'clock in the !?>r? noon, to V'v
Klletr Thurnian, ol BrislOW,in show cause. if any they have, why the HaieJ
. tiii. Adn>lni?tratlon raonld not i.e grantod.
a III ol atifier today, stabbed liis (liven tinder my ban I. this 22ndday ot
! sister, Lillian Tharman , a^-ed 4 h'1,1' Ann? l>OI'nr<'j 1 [-.'srHWM\N ' ?
|years, with a pocket knife. She __ .. Protmto Judge.
i , B?p? 22, i 900
(lieu a low minutes afterward.
lliley confessed to the killing mUp Mpmn Does Job Printing
but is too young to realize the lllU llCnlJ for others. Wliy V
enorm-ity of the deed. can't we do yours? ?j? ? ? ? ? *''>