The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, October 10, 1906, Image 1
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The Lancaster News
i LEDGER 1852 REVIEW 1878 ENTERPRISE 1891
VOL. 2. NO. 2. SEMI-WEEKLY. LANCASTER. S. C., OCTOBER 10. 1906 PRICE?FIVE CENTS PER COPY.
Tillman's Solution '
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Of Race Problem?Advocates i
Passport System?'W ould j
Require Every Person to
^ have Certificate of Good ,
Character.
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Augusta, Ga , special in Sunday's
Columbia State: Senator'
B. R. Tillman's description tonight
of the jn'oblem which con
fronts the South wa? passionate
and throbbing with intense and
burning eloquence. It glowed j j
with the lurid lire which made]
I "pitchlork Tillman" famous. But i
his sug es'ed >o utiou ot tiie
problem was 'he cool, sober,
peaceable and impactful ate ut- I
terancetif i irreat Southerner and
a statesman. ,
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i ne sciurne proposed tonight
in i lie senator's !edure was orig
iiia 1 with Senator Tillman, and
his speech in Augusta marked
its first public enunciation
Whether or not it is practical the
people ol the Southern States
will decide. That plan is the establishment
of the European
passport system, compelling
every person to have a certificate
of good character before
being allowed either to move
away from a residence, or home,
or to move into a new section,
compelling every person to have
bona fide niea??s of support, etc.,
and promptly arresting anv one
who aonears in anv eiiinmnnitv
without the necessary passport.
This, Sen a'or Tillman brieves,
will hold iu < hpck ihe lawless,
loafing, fiendish negro criminal
cla's whose members are respon
sible for the awful (lander which
stalks abroad, a menace to every
Sou hern woman.
In speaking of the burning
question Senator Tillman said :
4,I am not an alarmist and have
been a close student of conditions*
in the South for the last -40
years. 1 have had experiences
such as few men have had, extending
back to the old pla tition
days before the war and
coming down through Reconstruction
and the -ubseu uent
overflow ol :he carpeting regime
in South Carolina 1 have been i
an active participant, in those j
race riots I have watched tliei
evolution up and down of the!
negro race through these varying
phases and I express the opinion
calmly and deliberately that we
are lace to lace with a crisrs
which means much to hotli black
and white in the South, and it1
will be nothing less than criminal
i! we continue to blindly
grope our way and drift as we
have been doing for the last
35 years or more. I may he in
error, but 1 make the prediction
that in less than 10 yearH, I fear
in less than five, there will be
an immense number of bloody j
riots. North and South, beside
which the Atlanta race riot will
pale into insignificance. The
passport system is the very tiling,
and if it hurts a white man lie is
the man we want to get rid of.
We don't need such trash. We
don't need such trash. We must
al! stand together, and I believe
mat this is the most feasible
p'an. It there is any other advanced
1 will gladly consider it
and see if we can do anything
with i?. This lias proven to be a
good rule in Europe, and it will
here "
Another Account of the
Sharp-Walker Nuptials.
As announced in Saturday's
issue of The News, the Rev. R.
E. Sharp, ot Van wye k, was m ?r
ried in Yorkville last Wednesday.
Kuriher particulars ?>t the event
are thus given in the last issue ot
the Yorkville Enquirer:
Miss Alma Iv-oise Walker,
eldest daughter of Dr and Mrs.
M. J. Walker, and Rev. Robert
Euuene Sharp were united in
marriage Wednesday morning,
October 3. 1900, at 8 o'clock.
Rev. Dr. .J. L Stokes ofliciaied,
assisted by Dr. S. A. We* er.
When the hour arrived. Mrs. S.
J. Si fiord of (Jastonia. N. C., be
gan Mendelssohn's wedding
march. The bride and her maid
of honor, Mi6s Strauss Walker,
issued from one room, while the
groom and his best man, Rev. E.
K. Hardin came from another.
They met at the parlor door, the
maid ot honor and the hest man
going in lirst lolloved by the
bride and groom. The room
was simply, but beautifully decorated
with terns, palms and
cut llowers. Tne bride wore a
going-awav cown ot green plaid
with hat and gloves to match
IIjv. and Mrs. Sharp left on the
C. Ar N. W. lor Honea Path, to
visit the home o\ the groom. The
bride received many pretty, useful
presents.
Race Trouble in ArkansasNegroes
Kill White Man
and Wound his Son.
Argenta, Ark., <'c''. >?Two
L'olum brothers, negro undertakers,
are birric aded in their
store here, across Arkansas river
Irom Little Kock, and detv the
police. Policeman Lindsay of
Argenta is lying in front ot the
store badly wounded, with his
fat her dead beside him. The Lindsays
are white and shot by the
Colnms. Some time hl'o a brothur
Af tlio I 'i?l 11 ?Wij I
w. W VWIUUI3 Vf cS.^ IMIIfH liuring
a fmlit, which occurred during
aii inquest over a negro who
had been killed by a white man.
In this fight a brother ot Policeman
Lindsay was shot seriously
and is now confined to his bed.
Po-ses are being organized to
take the negroes now.
The Colum Bros.' establishment,
in which the brothers were
barricaded, has been dynamited.
The neirroes escaped and a mob
is searching for them. A dou
hie lynching is probable.
Do you take The News?
Court Proceedings
Several Cases Disposed o
and Others to be TriedTwo
Homicide Cases Se
for Today.
The court of general session'
convened here Monday morning,
Judge Geo. K. 1'rince presiding
this being his honor's first tern
i.i Lancaster. Solicitor 1 lenr1
and Stenographer McL'aw are a
their respective posts of duty.
Grand Juror J. It. Suture wat
excused Monday morning for tin
t* rm.
Ju lge Prince's charge to thegram
jury va* both interesting am
forceful, and it evidently made i
deep impression on all who heart
it.In addition to theusuulmatter
touched upon in such charges
the Judge directed the attennm
<>i ine trranu )ur rto the fae
that it is a part of their duties t
look aftoi tlie welfare of YIn
schools of the county, to see thn
they are properly conducted am
that trustees and the superinten
dent of education are doiug thei
duty.
The following cases have thui
far been disposed of: Jamei
lteed pleaded guilty tothecharg
of house breaking and larceir
and received a three year sen
tence. Capers Can then pleadei
guilty to violation of dispensar;
law and was sentenced to 3 mot
hard labor on public work or t
pay a line of $100 Charles Liar
mon, charged w.tti assault and
battery with intent to kill, wa
tried and convicted of simple as
sault. llis sentence was 30 day
or $50. He naid the fii>o <
Terry was otmvicted of attemp
to commit criminal assault am
sentenced to 10 years in peniter
tiary. Fraser Hummcnd, charge*
with similar offense, was acquit
tod.
True hills have been found 11
following other cases : Doss Sims
Sylvester Small and Dock Small
assault and battery withinten
to kill and carrying concealet
weapons? case continued ; Caper
Oauthen, another case I??r viola
ing dispensary law ; Frank IVter
son, murder ; Judge Clifton, mur
der ; E. K. 1'hiIlips and W. T. W11
liams, a-sault ind batrerv witl
intent to kill and carrying con
oealed weapons.
Bill* w??re han !e< 1 out in fol
lowing other cases : Kras?r Ham
mond, assaulr and battery witl
intent to kill; W. G. A. Porter
Manly J. Porter and (J. L. Mc
Mauus, assault ami battery will
intent to kill; -Joe and Louvinii
Rice, larceny; Colli lis Jones, as
aauIt and battery with intent ti
kill; Robert Cunningham, lar
cenv.
No bill was found in case o
Messrs Porter and MrManu*
noted above. The two homicidi
capes are set for trial today.
Agent a. Ark., Oct. 7.?As i
sequel to the killing of Joli<
Lindsay and wounding of his son
Policeman Milton Lindsay, her'
last n'ght, presumably by Garret
Colum and (diaries Colum, ne
groes, H. Blackburn, a negro
was lynched tonight at lOoVlocl
I at 'lie corner of Sixth and Man
^ streets.
The Crop Outlook in MissF
sippi?Cotton Sprouting i
j Bolls and Corn Rotting.
t Dr. T. J. Strait is in receipt o
a letter from his kinsman, th
K-v. J. L. Cooper. I). 1),, of Mil
sissippi,, irom whicti it appeal
^ tliat the crop outlook in that stat
is indeetl blue. Dr. Cooper, wh
has a large farming interest i
t Mississippi, is at present in Moi
treat, N. C., and it is from th
, latter point that lie writes 1)
Strait, his information as to cro
conditions at home being base*
upon letters received by hit
iron) there. In his letter to D
j Strait, written last Friday, Di
j Cooper says: ''Since writin
* it ? "hove we havo several lettei
I from our place, and it appear
, that after 10 days' constant rai
it. is still raining and the cotto
i-; n ?r only spr uiting in the boll:
f but the middle crop is puchin
(i open the halt' open bo'la b
sprouts putting out, an?1 the
f write us that nil that is left u
j it' the rains stop, is the grow
bolls now on the stalks. The cor
is also blown down and is rottin
r .
as it lies. This is alarming, a
it looks like ruin."
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e Negro Charged with Attack
v ing Ten-year-Old Girl.
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Nortolk, Va, Oct. 6.?A sp<
j cial to the Norfolk Ledaer-Di
0 patch Irom Suffolk, Va., fcoda
. says:
1 There are threats ot lynch:n
s at Myrtle, Va. This morning
negro by the name ot Underwoo
h attacked 10-year-old Lois Laii;
lord, daughter of W. .J. Langton
j The negro told her if she screen
ed wouhl kill her. She screan
j ed nevertheless. Her cries friuh
ened the negro, who ran. Tli
attack was made back o! the !i
i tie girl's home. The negro e:
i, caped into the near by woods.
, It the negro is captured i' i
' thought he wdl be lynched.
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. Negro Shoots Two Youn
- Men in Macon.
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l Macon, Ga.. O *t. 0? \boi
j 10 o'c ock tonight I lnrle
I A lams and William Solomot
prominent young white met
I were - hot uy a negro ami ferioui
h lv injure at the lair ground,
' where night shown were givin
j pertorinances. The Midway w?
' thronged with hundreds ol youn
1! people. Ad 'ins and Solomo
w to escorting two young ladiei
D J
. j when a negro, m a very offer
sive manner, forced his \j?,\
1 between the couples, separatin
' them. A remonstrance trom tli
e j
young men led to an eneounfp
when the negro whipped out
a revolver and opened lire o
a I Adams and Solomon, both r<
i, ceiving wounds in the stomacl
b Adams wis not so seriousl
t i wounded, but Solomon's cond
u tion causes much apprehensioi
, The negro was-promptly arreste
k ' and nlaced in iai'.
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Read The News.
A Serious Difficulty.
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One Party Stabbed and the
Other Shot, the Latter also
if
e Breaking his Leg.
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A serious difficulty occurred
:e
at, tlie Lancaster Cotton Mills
o
last Monday morning. It ap,
I pears from what we can learn
I
ej that Hie engineer, .Mr. II. C.
r S^ttlerneyer. was discharged by
p Superintendent O. U Skipper for
d assaulting a young man named
Threa' in 'he engine room, tlie
r assault bei' g reported to the
' superintendent bv the e ppmm
Meitui, Mr. Frank Sett ietneyer. son
r jot the engineer An hour or
two after the engineer had been
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n di -missed and e :le>i with, the
B set'lenvn' being mad' wi'h >ut
a any unpleasant ne-s. Capt. S<ipv
per and Mr. L. G. 1) ;u. o'i were
y standing talking in 'lie side door
s, of the c mpanv's olliee build ne,
11 when, heariugsomeoue apptoachn
ing throurh the n|?Ve, Capf.
^ Skipper turned his head to see
L? who it was. and just [as he did
so he rec gnized trie engineer,
Mr Set'hni-yer, who inst>ntly
stabbed Sk pper with a knife,
the blade entering the left ear,
making a serious wound Tho
3- blow Knocked Mr. Skipper out
3 the door on to Hie -'epi. As soon
y as lie recovered his equilibrium
Mr. Skipper drew bis pistol and
fired at his assail tut, who in the
~ niean'inie. it i< sa'd, lo-d made a
i ?ick wrh bis knife at Mr Dobson,
w:io doilneJ the blow, i'lie
bullet irom the jh'o1 struck Mr.
Settleinver in the hand, and upj_
on receiving the wound he
turned and went back through
ie the ollioe. On reaching the piazza
lie undertook to jump to the
s ground and in doing so lell ai d
broke his leg. He was removed
. to his resident, where bis injjurie*
^ere attend-d t ? by Drs.
K li >tt and McDaw.
Capt Skipper's wound was
8 j dre sseil by Drs. Crawford and
j Brown, ind later in the day Dr.
I'ryor of Chester wis brought
,, over to c insult with them. Capt.
,s Skippet lost considerable blood
i f re the doctors fin all v r-ue
j i (seeded in taking up some cut
s-'veins. l'ne uniortunate allair is
110 doubt creatlv regretted by all
fr pirlies concerned.
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^' Coming Meeting of A. R. 'P.
n: Presbytery.
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y \ - rkville N \v h a: Tlie first
g Presbytery of tbe Associate Iiee
formed Presbyterian Synod of the
r, | South will meet Oct. 30th at
;i j "Miaron, me lirst session be.no
n j held at 10 o'clock.
>-1 The opening sermon will be
i. preached by the retiring moderay
tor, Uev. William Duncan ot tire
i-; First A. R. 1*. church of Charlotte,
11. or his alternate, the Rev. W. C.
' 1 Ewart ot this place The session
j will Ho presided over by the
moderator-elect, Rev. .1. M.
[ White.
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