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/ - ' . . /*? : v r- 1 v"" " v The Lancaster News LEDGER 1852 REVIEW 1878 ENTERPRISE 1891 VOL. I. NO. 103. SEMI-WEEKLY. LANCASTER, S. C., OCTOBER 3. 1906- PRICE?FIVE CENTS PFR f.ODV Circle Sam Intervenes. Taft Now Provisional Governor of Cuba?Troops being Rushed to the Island. Havana, September 29.? With far less ostentation than accom panies the accession of a new municipal administra'ion, the Government of Cuba was form illy taken over today b.v William H. T?fr w- '.f 'I - - j wviciai J l#l H ai v'l 11 r United iStats, who in a proclamalion couched in a kindly and diplomatic 'one indicative of th-1 policy he would pursue, declared himse;f provisional Governor of the island. Promptly at noon Governor Tuft, Assistant Secreta-.v of State Bacon, an 1 Capt McCoy, Governor Tail's aide-decamp. called officially at 'ne palace and paid their respects to the ie'iring President. Ignoring Pieideut Palma's message >o Congress on Friday, in which he wrongly interpreted the miseiou of the American mediators, Governer l'a't spoke kindly to Senor Pal ma, to whom he said, the peonl? nf OnKo ? ------- v ?? v~ va vwvu au UUIJUCH' Liowabl? debt of gratitude. President Pa) ma's brief reply was devoted entirely to an expression of relief lor the opportunity of shifting the burden o! tbe ^"'^tempestuous KepublJC to the representative? of a nation strong enough to enforce c >ntrol ovfr it. The la-it thai the Government changed hands, from a position of absolute independence to the res'.rHint or a 'emporary protec tor, etc, was received by the masses with utter ind fference. of 'he refit ed and thoughtf,,l -V.il- .1 i- ' tm -.U'joub, n II 1 iv in try IC^I 8. certain aen-itiveness over the 1< s? of the inland's vereignty, are iuclined to hope that the Uui'ed States protectorate will he brief. BIX THOUSAND TROOPS ORDERED SENT. Washington, September 29.? The iwar department, tonight received irom Presideut K -usevelt instructions to send 0,000 troops to Cuba immediately. E. D. Smith Declares Wes"b tern Crop is Ruined. V From Sunday's State. The State last night received the following from Mr. E. D. Smith : Tttvl AP TftY T\ t 9.0 1 UhP I * -J V* | - V4?, ) W|/| , ?(/) i t/v/u, , Lelt Vickeburg during Btorm. The destruction to cotton terrible. Estimated Mississippi loses hull a million bales. Outlook for better prices tine. E. D. Smith. President S. W. Heath, of the Southern Granite Co., spent yesterday in Lancaster. Capt. 8. W. Lee, of the Great Falls, is visiting hie daughter, ^ Aire. John A. 8tewmun. f fl j Interesting Reminiscences of IV Dr. Meynardie, First Chap lain Elected in Confederate Army. ? r to liev. S. A. Weber, D. D , in his beautiful reminiscences of ft some ot the old members of the rp (South Carolina Conference, in hi Southern Christian Advocate, in j hi writing of the late lamented Kev. I L. A. Johnson, ot Yorkvihe, in-1 ju cidentally touches upon the late | jls Kev. E. J. Meynardie, D. D , who I Re was the first Chaplain elec'ed in 1 m the Confederate Army. I>r. Web- r0 er thus speaks ot him: "Ire Hi; member my first acquaintance {0 with Mr. .Johnson. It was hi t??e summer of 1801, a* Camden? jr He and I were bath visitors at a meeting there. Dr. Boyd wapresiding elder, and E.'J. Mey nardie, in the early Hush ot h> younc manhood, was the very ^ popular pastor o? th^ rtumH^n Station. * * * * ? ! was ? in local preacher ; had come down ^c from the disbanded Cokeebury School, where I was teaching, to en take Chaplain Meyii&rdie'e place: ^ he had juet been elected chaplain Q' of Kershaw1? Regiment (Second Souih Carolina Volunteers.) His tu Sunday night service, in which *ai he took leave of hie congregation, that crowded the old church from w< pnlpit to the front doors, ie die- at tinctly remembered. It wan a W1 memorable occasion. Wl Theo'd timeCamden waethere ftn ? her beauty and lierchivalry.1 r fcB * * * "Elias Meynardie was a true Southron and ht> InnhoH I?1 every inch asohlier?Confederate 1,1 Boldier?that night, in his bras* hut tons as he preached a simple gospel message 1o his beloved ** people I don't ttaaJt 1 ever saw a preacher andcongregation more in love with each other.*' ht Dr. Meynardie wa5 a devoted liv chaplain; i.e was the first to rea^b m< a d lilt up Capt. William De >,lj Pass when he tell despera'ely H: wounded on the battle field. lie th< whs also the first ?o reach and by minister to Col. Leit->er. The mi Col had requested him *o keej ho near him that day, as he felt hv .'e1 would be killed. This request was sacredly remembered, and H when Cel. Leitner fell his ctiap lain was with him. We thought these little remin- # iscences might be of interest, to rvi the veterans of Lancaster count}? as he wa6 the chaplain of some of ^ tliem. Dr. Meynardie was retuimd t? Camden in 1889; and paid to pome v no ot his Iriendp there thai he felt ^ that God had seut him buck to die; and po it was. He Bleeps in her beloved soil. May he and PCI those he so laitblully labored lor meet in that blessed Resurrection th< Morn ! ep( Florella Meynardie Hunter. ft^ ?? np ?As will be seen by its attract tu: ive announcement elsewhere, the cei Williams-Hughes Co. is ottering wc many exceptionally rare bargains, tb A special cut price rate was start ed last Saturday, to continue 15 days only. R< lurdered his Wife and then Shot Himself. i Savannah, (Ja., Sept. 30.? rilliam Roeers, 25 years old, night sent two bullets into le body ot his wif^, Mrs. Ella ogers, killing her instantly. ' lien he turned his weapon upon msell and sent a bullet through j s right shoulder. The shooting occurred in a nch shop, where Mrs. Rogers id cone to secure food for herlf and two daughters of a lor- i er union. There her husband i und her and made bis second id this time successful attempt kill her. i isult to a Man's Wife Re 1 suits in Homicide. i i Charleston, S. O , Sept. 30.? special dispatch from Dillon, C , tells ot a duel to ' he death that town this afternoon. >hn S. BAin was kiiled in front hie store by Keily Quirk, an J aployee the Dillon Cotton ills. The dispatch says that aick's wife complained to him at Bain tmd spoken disrespect lly to her and used improper nguage. Quick armed himself d went vp lime's store. Be is observed and Bain met him ( the door. Both began shooting i th revolvers, hot their aim t is bad. Quick then went to * other store and got a gnn, but ? he stepped out tiom the store * ;ain and called to Quick the 1 Iter fired a load ot buckshot < to the merchant's left side and 1 died in a lew minutes. 1 round to Death in Sugar i Cane Mill. ' ' Greeiiville^ S C C < 1 ? a t'e daughter >f Mr 1'. E. Ileid, ii)?z at Ebenezer, this county, 1 it a tragic death today by be j cushed in a vueii: cane mi] . ' le child w?8 playing a'OUt'd p mill when fd?e was caught the beam and, b? f ?re ti e 11 could be stopped, she wan rr blv crushed She di'd in a ; w minutes. usband Saves his Wife from Assault by Negro. , Tarboro special in yesterday's larlotte Observer: Saturday irht about 8 o'clock Walter >rui 11, a negro, was found in p house ot Mr J A. Hideout, f W lives near Whitaker's. Mrs. deout was alone at the time. The gro concealed himself in some ... k.?.. ii - ? j - rie made an a'tempt attack Mrs. Rtdeout but she earned and her hupband, who * d been away, appeared upon * i Rcene, whereupou the biute ^aped. Sunday the offirern and * out 50 citizenw of the commuty made diligent eflorte to cap- ] re the negro, bnt were odbuc j ae none of the negroes i >old give any information ae to I e whereabouts of Spruill. Mr. L. C. ilarrison visited * >ck Hill yesterday. < Negro "Whipped for Insultir "White Woman. Greenwood special in Monday State : Dave Marshall, a uegr was taken trom th? cabin i in which he lives in the sectic or town known as "Bamberg and severely whipped last nigl after midnight. There have bee rumors that there would be sue a whipping for several days, hi lor the oast few days it seeme to be taken that here would 1: no whipping. So far as if is pot sible to find out the cause of th whipping lies in the tact th. Marshall called a white woma a 'liar" some weeks aito. Th woman reierred to assists he husband in a small store in tow and !he negro's impudence : said to have been given in th s'ore. Worse and Worse. According to Later New; 120 Lives Lost in and Nea Mobile in Storm?Propert Loss, $8,000,000. Louisville, Ky., Sept. 30.The first news by telegraph oc >f the stricken city of Mobile wa eceived in Louisville at 3 o1cloc his, (Sunday) morning by tb Dourier Journal,' whose com jpondent sent a dispatch in ouiidabout way Irorn an imprt 7ieed office in the swamps jut >n the edge of the city. The ir ormation is given in the dii >a'ch that the lose of lite i Mobile snl vicinity trom th reat storm of Thursday wi probably reach 120," 'althoug he dea'h list tn the city iUe vi 1 n ?t be large. The irreatei lumber ot lives lost, accordin ,o the dispatch, is at a plac Known as bans Souci He oh. mmmer report ne.->r Mohi < where 30 b nlies are reported ' Ira' e bee i recovered. f lie property loss in Mobil rnd a o: g Mobile bay will prol mi 1> apj n xima e #8,000,000. The people liv:nil on Dauph Inland are suffering ror fo il an iiey have oni> the clothes the i e we-ring. Nearly a'l 'h houses ol ihe tislierrnen wer .wept away. Votton Muken Good Advance, The cotton market has mad tn rdvance of over a cent i he l?rt. t hree it?\u I )er option going from 9.40 t 10 61*. The Government repor fhicli collie out yesterday show >d 71 aua:n?t 77.3 last mont indjthe ginnera report showe i,044,000 against 2,358,000 lai r'O'ir Y'orkville E/t: Mr. O. C. Hugh* tias lost two tine mules in tt [>HHt week trom eating sugar car ronghnesB. The veterinary so a;e >n who visited Mr. Hugh< farm Bays the trouble was cauet by feeding on improperly cur? hay. The hay becomes mold when heated in that condition deadly poison to stock. , i Attention, Cotton (irowers! ,,g Strong Appeal for Better Orot ganization and lor a Full in Meeting Next Saturday. in i > On Saturday, the 22 Sept. (n the Cotton Growers met at Lan,jj caster and reinstated our I'resilt dent and Secretary and now we (j are rea ly for business. And at that meeting the County Conyeution decided tc go home and e have a meeting of each Sub in the county and appoint delegates u to the county meeting to be ^ held at Lancaster on the 6th of October. And now, bro. cotton n growers, our aim is to wake up \ ; and go to worK as we never have e before, and we want everv Sub in the county to send del?g?tes to tne county meeting Saturday, O t 0. We are ex peeing Mr. K. D. Smi'h to be with us and we f want you to send delegates that you can depend on to lorraulate g ' plan* by which the cotton tax LI" can be collected for the cotton ?? y association. Ab you all know * South Carolina has paid her full quota in the cotton aesocia'ion ud it matten we cotton growers ~ all feel proud of her for it. Still, it ? t ? 1 Lancaster county has not paid ke hers and the farmers of our , ^ county are not all to blame, as e the plan that we fell on to cols Iect the cotton tax last year was f not a very good ore. In the first )_ place a large amount of the cotton grown by the renters wan 6old bex' fore we commenced. On the 6^^ i inst. we will form some plan by^ n which this money can be cole lected. We don't blame the lar- % ^ mers for this and we hope Jf " to get on a better plan. Far mers, will you organize? ^ t L ok a' every otiidr clas?a men ^ P| standing t^ge'het1. You van't :e] mention any ' occupation on ^ I " 4 a ear h th it is not organized, exe, | c?pt 'he farmer. We are h?lf the ' population :n i?is Muntry and fee i and clothe the wor d, a* d net e 'he leas? profit on* ?: our work. Lef every man that holds the plowoo.net get her in this work 11 and do ail vow can to better our condition Let ur leaders get busy and move lorward and there >e is i?o doubt hat the 1 arm era will follow. Let us have a large meeting on the 6th. Cotton Grower. e " n Mad Dog Bites Three Persons. (> lYiut special in Char' 1 . 1 t 1 ^ A r.i Kt/1 A rx r* ... V \/ V'O . ? ' i . /l 1 r. v i vi , created consternation here this h . , , , evening on the streets and was |(] .it finally killed after biting Mr. A. dt iJam Lindsay and a small sou oi John Wells, both white, and ^ ?n unknown colored mau. The ie dog was first seen on Main street, ie snapping at other dogs and finr ally making alter men and childreu who rau pell-moll into the stores and other places of safety. ^ The dog wa s chased to Jordan iq street and finally kil'ed by a man from the country.