The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, October 13, 1906, Image 1
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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
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Tragic Death of Young
Actress-?Fell from Hotel
*' Window.
o
IS
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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.
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