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? , . \ , The Lancaster News LEDGER 1852 REVIEW 1878 ENTERPRISE 1891 VOL. 2. NO. 3. SEMI-WEEKLY. LANCASTER. S. C., OCTOBER 13, 1906. PRICE Fli/F r.PMTC ncn rAfk?i Court Proceedings Result of the Two Murder Trials W ednesday?Court Adjourned Until Next Monday?Memorial Exercises Monday Afternoon at 5 O'clock. The court of general eessions adjourned Thursday morning. The grand jury was discharged Wednesday, after submitting an unusually able and interesting re port, which is published else where in today's paper. After The News had gone to prp*s Tuesday atternoOn the c*se of Robert Cunningham, charged with larceny?stealing a hog? was di8O09ed of. The defendant was prompt'y acquitted. The two homicide cases previously refeired to were tried Wednesday. The fust taken up was that ol Judge Clifton. for killing Judson Washington, both colored. The defendant was represented by Col. W. C. Hough. The jury rendered a verdict of not guilty. The next case, that of Frank Peterson, for the murder of Chafe Reed, proved to be an ugly one, the jury finding accordingly, rendering a verdict of murder with recommendation to rnercv. The defendant being without counsel, 'he Court assigned Mr. ]). Ileece Williams to defend him, who managed the c?se with skill and ability. This homicide occurred recently at Vanwyck, an account of which was published in The News at the time. It will be recalled I fiat the two negroes, Peterson and Reed, ''fell out'1 one night over a game of cards and the trouble was renewed the next morning by Peterson walking up to Reed and deliberately shooting him three times, remarking at the time that he was doing lust what he had told his victim the night before that lie intended to do The sentence imposed by the Court on Peterson wax confinement in the neni tentiary tor lite. The court of Common Plea6 will convene next Monday morn ing. Mondav afternoon at 5 o'clock the regular proceedings ot court will be suspended in order t lint tributes of respect may be paid to the memory of the late lament ed Col. R. E Allison. The mem orial exercises will, of course, be public, and la lies and others who desire to attend may do so. Three Negro Children Perish in Burning Home. Columbia, S. C., Oct. 11.?A special to The State from Fort Mill says : Three negro children were burned to death this afternoon in fire which consumed a house on Mr. J. M. SpratCs plantation near town. The negro parents locked the children in the house when they went to their day's work, and the children probably started the fire. ' Two Splendid Newspape Men Receive Merited Pre motion. Under the head of "Personal the Columbia Stats makes th following editorial announce ment: Mr. James A. Hoyt, who ha 'or eight years been a faithti and efficient member of Th State's corps of laborers, work ing during that time in severe capacities, but always with ubi ity, has retired from tl is papc to become Columbia correspor dent of the Charleston News an Courier. Mr. Hoyt has forthre years been head of The State1 news department where his wor has spoken for him. but the fas cinations ot newspaper eorres pondence enticed him intotii journalistic field when but a la in Greenville and that lieli n^ver ceased to fie al'uringji has attractions hat the "desk cannot overcome, and he ha returned to his first love. There is some compensatio lor the loss of a valued meinbe ot the staff i?i the opportunit thus presented to reward, b AM 1 *w... nuuuier nifinuer c The State's big nousehold. Fift thousand readers ot Tlie Stat in South Carolina are fam lip with the work of Mr. WiliiaT Banks, as correspondent an star renorter Sumo nf The State had not so many reac ers then?first became acquaii ted with him a* "war correspoi dent" from Ohicamauga, awa back in 1898. Since that tiin Mr. Hanks has done much ?c mirable work for The State, an while he now becomes chief < the new? department of this Pi per. it is our hope that T1 State's readers will not be alti get her deprived of the work r his pen. Young Man Murders Scho< Teacher and then Commil Suicide. Cleveland, ()., Oct. 11.? I the presence ot bO pupils, in th Sou'h Euclid sjhool, iiarr Smith, 25 years obi, shot to deat M iss Mary Shepard, a teachei 22 years old this af ernoon. (x i ing behind tire barn in the ret of his home in \Var:en>?ville two hours later. Smith fdiot hin self through the heal, dying in stantly. Disappointment in love is sai ?~ i i - > t,u iiitvti ueen ine mo'ive tor t li coldblooded murder. Smith, wh was a fourth cousin to Mif Shepard, had wooed her for eom time and was recently rejected He brooded over the unhapp ending of his courtship, an this alternoon, first quitting h; position, bought a revolver an went to South Euclid schoo Miss Shepard responded to hi knock at the door, lie walkei in and for a few minutes >alke to her in the hall. Suddenly h whipped out his revolver, shove it against her head an 1 firei twice in rapid succession, hot I bullets crashing through he brain. Panic spread among th pupils, who rushed out of th building screaming. Some c the girls fainted. :r The Mutual Life?Col. Leroy >- Springs's Views as to Administration Ticket Endorsed by Directors of " Policy Holders' Associae tion. s From Columbia State, Oct. 11th. The directors of tlie Policy? holders' Association of the Mu^ tual Life Insurance company of l_ South Carolina met yesterday >r morning in tlie oflice ol the ' president of the Palmetto Na^ tional bank. ie The whole situation was thorg ^ oughly canvassed and the meri. its of the administration ticket ; and the other tickets nominated e for trustees of the Mutual Lite Insurance company were care-, ^ Iu 11 v considered, it > Mr. Leroy Springs, who had > l8 been nominated as a trustee by 4. L. CI " ' " uiit- ooiun vjaronnaJI'olicyholders' 11 association and nowQ occupies r that position in the Mutual Lite v " Insurance companv, told what V he knew of the present managey ment of th " company. He was e unequivocally of the opinion ir that the company is being manajied admirably and that the __ interests ot the policyholders >. require a continuance of the i present management. He feels that it would be a mistake to y remove experienced insurance I** j men and place t ew and untried men in control ot the company, >f when the company is being a- managed economically and wise; ,vv ^ i ue directors were fully sup plied with literature, setting f.trill the claims of the various tickets. Mr. E. W. Robertson, 3l who is a trustee of 'lie Equital le ts and is prob ?t?ly better in'ormed on insurance matters than any other man in S >uth Carolina, agreed withjMr. Springs, n Af er con-idering the matter e carefully, the directors unaniy mouslv decided that it would be h to interests ot the policyholders r. to vote what is know a> the id- j > minis' ration ticket. Licked Musilage and Died. I i New York Herald, d Licking the gum on hat bands e caused the death of Lizzie Cas-i ! ? dy, twenty-one years old, of No. 18 4C>5 Second avenue, who died: 0 of celebral spinal meningitis in | ' Bellevue on We 1 nesdav , accord y ing to the belief of her family, d A year ago, members ot her 18 family say, her tongue was cu' j d when slie was licking a hot label | k in a hat factory, where she was 8 employed, and blood poisoning j [1 |*Adt1 lfo.t d She partly recovered, but had e b en unable to work much since d then and a few days ago was ta- j 1 ken to the hospital. Dr Burke, ^ who attended her says it is pos-' r sible that the former blood pois j 6 oning might have causae! her e death. if Do you take The News? The Approaching Meetinj of the Presbyterian Synot of South Carolina. The Presbyterian synod o South Carolina is to meet ii Laurens October 29. The see sion will be held in the Firs Presbyterian church and con tinne through several days. Th opening sermon will be preache" by the Rev. A. H. McArn, o Cheraw, who is the retirinj moderator. The synod of South Carolini embraces six presbyteries, a lollows : Bethel, Charleston, En oree, Harmony, Pee Dee am South Carolina. The severs presbyteties include 274 church es and 145 ministers. Eacl church is entitled to send on ruling elder to the Synod. As , matter of tact, however, no over one-half of this nunibe ever attends at one time. Som ot rlio ;' ' ?.. ~ iiiuiioicio nit; inn: i and cannot attend and man churches for various reasons d not send up any representatio at all. In addition to the members c the synod who will ba presen there will be several distinguishe visitors. Among these will b President 11. L Smith, ot Davie son college, North Carolina; th Rev. J. O. Deavis, one of th general assembly's secretarie ot foreign missions; the Itev I 11 Sweets, ihe general asseir bly's secretary ot ministerial ee ucatim and relief, and Dr. .1. C Snedecor, the assembly's seen tarv of colored evangelization Columbia Record. Charming Reception Con nlimentarv tn Mr?5 Roi-r-^r-. liock Hill Her a Wl. In honor of Mrs. Glenmoi Barron, oi Lancaster, Miss E freda Steele entertained at charming little informal ree*; tion at her home in Oakland. Mr-. Barr in 1* a formei Wii throp girl. and has a number c warm friend in this ciiv wh are always glad ?0 receive her 11 a vi-dtnr. but it was a particulai ly pleasant gathering to tlios who were present to meet her o this occasion, and the atternoo was in every respect a delight ft one. During the atlernoon deliciou refreshments were served in tw course", which was a most pleat ant feature. Died in Charlotte. A telephone message Monda from Charlotte announced til death in one of the hospitals i that city ot a Mr. Erwin, a res dent of the Pleasant Valley se< tion. Mr. Erwin had been ill fc several weeks. He leaves a wif and several children. The tuner* and burial took place Tuesday a Six-Mile church, in Lancaste county.?Fort MillTime9. ? Vtaii Itf rtn VVKI. ? Fire in Lancaster. d ' Big Lot of Cotton and Three Loaded Box Cars Burned n at Depot Yesterday Morn' ing. t e! A serious fire occurred in Laur] caster yesterday morning at an ,f I early hour. Eighty or more hales ' of cotton on the platform at the depot and three box cars loaded ;v with cotton seed meal, hulls, 8 etc., 011 the Southern's sidetrack t next to the platform, were burnj 6v. Public Weigher Nisbet's j office and over half the platform _ were also destroyed. |) The cotton belonged to the e Heat h-Jones Co. and ihe Lancasft t. r Mercantile Co., principally to I uie lornu r. 1 ne 'os, it is thought, ,r is cove re 1 by insurance. One of e the carloads 01 hulls and 100 n sacks of meal belonged to Mr. J. y S. Wilson. The Kershaw Oil 0 company ha 1 a car or meal that tl was burned. A large number of sacks of guano on the pla'form ,f were more or less damaged, t The fire started about 4 o'c'oek, ij and its origiii is not known. Some e say it was first discovered in one 1 of the box cars, while others e claim that it started in tlie [o car and in the cotton >s about the same time. Some are j of the opinion that it was the x. work of an incendiarv. Others , think ll.?. ' ........ ...<v ii.\ci> a spans irom i the engine of a triin that passed P_ by an hf ur or so before caused _ the tire 1 he matter will no doubt be investigated. A carload of dynamite, belonging to Great Falls company, was standing near the burned cars, and hud it not been for an open switch i' is sud, one of the burning cars wou'd liave struck it. The whole town would have ie been wrecked ha l the car ol dy! nannte exploded, a )- ' * " " ' Tragic Death of Young Actress-?Fell from Hotel *' Window. o IS ri Chicago, O't 11 ? Miss Flori) ence McDonald, 2(5 years old, a n member of the chorus in the ]] "Blue Moon" company, now playing here, was killed early is to day bv falling out of a window o in the Windsor Clifton Hotel. - 1 he young woman plunged into an air-ha't and her body struck the heave p'ate glass roofing of the rotunda on the second tl ior. The only witnesr to tlie acciv dent was Miss M. DeBohmar, 0 of the same company. _ G!.- Ii l? ' n .hiss iwDoiimar tol<l tlie po? i lice Miss McDonald had c>me j to her room with the intention >r of eating a light luncheon and e that while silting on the winil dow sill had lost her balance, it Miss McDonald was known on <r the stage as Florence Raymond. Her home was Brooklyn, N. Y. i