The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, November 24, 1906, Image 1
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The Lancaster News
LEDGER 1852 REVIEW 1878 ENTERPRISE 1891
VOL. 2. NO. 14. SEIWdlEEKlY. LANCASTER. S. C., NOVEMBER 24, 1906 PRICE?FIVE CENTS PFD rnov
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Fighting at the Falls?Shooting
and Cutting Scrapes.
Great Falls special in Columbia
Slate : A negro whose name
cannot be learned at present whs
shot twice here at 2 o'clock today
by Phillip Ldggii, :< colored employee
of the Sou hern Power
company fit iluir worksmi the
Catawba river a his place. Liggin
has no made attempt to escape
and no arrest has so far been
made
Bad women are said to be the
cause of the shooting.
Jim Glenu, also colored, was
frightfully cut about the head
and neck and beaten with sticks
by two colored women, Lizzie
I'almer and another woman
known as "Little Bit," litre
this afternoon about 4:30 o'clock.
The three were purchasing whiskey
and when Glenn pulled ou'
bis money to pay for his portion
"Little Bit" seized a wallet oi
$23 and ran. In the fracas Lizzie
Palmer was struck in the
head with a rock, her skull being
crushed. Her condition is extremely
critical and very uncertain.
No arrests have been
made.
Further Particulars of the
Death of Mr Gaston Marion,
Brother of Mrs. R. B. Allison.
The Chester Lantern gives the
following particulars of the death
ot Mr. Gaston Marion, brother of
Mrs. R. B. Allison of Lancaster,
an account of whose sudden death
in Virginia was published in the
last issue ol The News :
Mr. Gaston Marion, son of Rev.
and Mrs. J. P. Marion, of Rich
burg, died at 4 o'clock Saturday
morning, after an illness of only
five hours. Mr. Marion was a
telegraph operator at Welch, Va.
Friday evening he, with a friend, ,
went to attend a quartette practice
and were returning to their
boarding place about 11 o'clock.
Alter Mr. Marion had stum- '
bled several times the friend
noticed there was something
seriously wrong and carried him
to his boarding place and sum- i
moned medical aid. After reach- '
ing his boarding place he tried 1
to tell something but the only 1
thing that could be understood
was the name of his brother Lu ]
cius, who was at Roanoke, Va., I
then he lapsed into unconscious- j I
nessand died al 4 o'clock Saturday
morning.
The body wa* expected here
Sabbath on No 33 but on account
of being taken to Asheville did
not reach here until Sabbath
night on No. 29 and was taken
to Richburg Monday morning (
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vr.i v??c w v>. limn iur uuniii i
in the cemetery at Union church.
The funeral services were in the
Presbyterian church, conducted \
by Revs. J. J. Brown and W. A. '
Fairy.
The body was accompanied J
from Virginia by a delegation of |
three young men of s'me rail l
A*.
road order and was met here bv
Mr. E. B. Walker, the operator
and t cket agent at Richburg, |
who accompanied tlieni from j1
here. The pallbearers were the
three young men from Virginia
and Messrs. E. B. Walker, Claud
Atkinson and John Mize, of
Rich burg.
He was 19 \ ears old la5t July
and :s survived by his parents,
three brothers, Rev. J. P.Marion,
Jr.,ot Sumter, Mr. Lucius
Marion, or Raauake, Va., and
Mr. Edgar Marion, of Fort Mill,
and three sisters, Miss Mary Marion,
who lives with her brother,
Rev. J. P. Mor.on, Mrs. R. B.
Allison, of Lancaster, and Mrs.
Drennan, of Richburg, all of
whom were present to attend
lie funeral.
News in Brief.
Chicago negroes have Di'ilion
rd the raavor no' to allow Senator
Tillman to 6peak in that
city Seven trackmen 1
were killed by landslide in West
Virginia Wednesday 1
$15,000. in gold were found
Thursday .hidden under an old
carpet in Detroit, Mich. The ,
carpet had just been sold at auction
as it lay on the lloor 1
The American Sugar Refining
Company has been convicted of
accepting rebates and fined $10S,
000 Mrs. Hortense Morgan,
an aged widow, was brutal- i
ly murdered and several hundred '
dollars taken from her person,
near Gaffney, one day this week
A white man named Tom Hnr
ris has been arrested on suspi
cion A. Bullard, a mer
chant of Kibbe,Ga.,\vas murder- 1
ed in his store Wednesday night, '
by an unknown person <
Bishop J. d.Tibert, of 'he Meth- '
odist chureli, died Wednesday. <
from the effect of a chicken bone \
lodging just below* his tonsils. |
Lad Accidentally Shoots and
Kills his Little Brother.
Lockhart cor. Chester Lantern
: A very sad accident happened
Saturday evening opposite
this place. Clarence and Wade,
sons of Mr. Wm Moore, aged
respectively 9 and 7 years, went
to drive up the cows, the eldest
taking a gun with him. When a
short distance from the house he
Baw a bird in some low bushes
and concluded he would shoot it.
Wade went around behind some
brambles between him and the
bird. When the gun fired his
brother received the contents in
the lower part of the neck, kill
ing him. llis father heard Olar
snce's cries and came as quickly
is he could run, but when he got
there he was dead. He gathered
tip his dead son and bore the
body to his house. The family t
is prostrated with grief, and it is
*aid theories of the boy when he
found he had shot his brother s
ivere heart-rending. 1
i
?The Thorn well school open* (
*d Monday, Miss Mary B. Green ]
8 the teacher. .
?There will be a basket supper
of the Tradesville school
house next Wednesday night, f
beginning at? o'clock. Proceeds f
lo be applied to school building. f
Lancaster at the Unveiling of l)<
Hampton Monument.
Lancaster w?a well represented
at t lie unvriling *?f theHamp- ?
ton monument in Columbia ,e
Tuesday. Amonir those present
were Mayor II E. Wyiie, Col.1 0f
and Mrs. A. R Banks, Capt J. re
C. Foster, Capt. W. H. Rives. s
Mr. and Mrs Hasel \Vdherspoon .Vt
and the latter's sis'er, MissShurlev
Montgomery, Mr. Orin ? iol'.
Blackmon, Mr. J. S. Wilson,. ch
Mrp.Everett The following school at
children accompanied the party: M
Eliza Wylie. Beth Brown, Mary ^
Everett, Leon Cauthen, I. W. ^
Moore, B. Y. Gettys. Heath
Springs and Pleasant Hill were u,
represented by Messrs VV. B. J{
Bruce, W. A. Marshall and
E. C. Williams, Miss Alma *11
Duncan and perhaps others. Col
L. (J. Ilough and Editor Hamel,
of Kershaw, were also present. fr
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The New Cement Sidewalk 0]
The total cost of the cement
sidewalk in front ol the Springs **
Block is $306.90. The distance
or length of the pavement ii30o
teet,soit will be seen that the Ql
cost per lineal or running foot is (
but a fraction over a dollar?a :n
cheap job, certa.nly. We doubt
if similar work has ever been ^
done in the state for as little ye
money. First class material was ^
used and good workmanship go"
employed. '1 he Council deserves j
^reat credit tor this improvement
and the economical and
careful manner of its execution. m
especial praise is due Alderman a?
1'. S. Carter, who personally
mpervi9ed the work. |
m an
Apples and Salt. of
Eat fresh apples and salt af- ^
ter every meal, advises a physi- ^
3ian who has made a specialty ^
3f 6tomach and in'esiinal trou b'
bles. They aid dig?stion more
affectively than many drujrs, ami w<
people who make them a part ol ^
Lhe daily diet rarely have indi- jyj(
zes?ion. hv
"Take apples, cooked or fr?sh,
with salt while dining or imme If
liatelv alter and eat them between
times when hungry, he
lavs. Cultivate the apple habit.
PI
ind iosteal of ea'inp bonbons (la
rod pastry serve them in some kn
orm for li^ht lunches in the of
norning. Eat them in the sum- J
Tier even more than during the hi
winter months, for nothing is tin
Detter or more nourishing for ^
,he entire system than this fruit, "?i
'specially as it is not heating. "
The skin, if Droperlv masticated.
s not injurious, Cut the best f??s
dan is to cut it off, lor it is usuilly
tough, as is the outer coat
)f most fruits. Apples are an ]
ltd to digestion despite the crust J
hat is ordinarily considered hard an
o assimulate. The best time to
iat apples is after meals, when 1
f ft I
dl the fluids necessarily have <ie,
>een taken in'o the stomach; tor ref
a c
.i milk, coffee, or water are <>f
Irunk after taking this fruit they
essen its powers to help diges- (:h
ion.?Exchange.
? Bu
There will be a basket supper 1
it Fork Hill school house Thanksgiving
uight, for the benefit of
he school. Public is invited.
nth of Mrs. Virginia Green, ^
IVitlow of Frank />. Green.
Mrs. Virginia Green, widow,
the late F. L). Gn ei>< ?i e>l y?-.s-1
rdav morning, at her home in
e Douglass section. Heart
ilure was the immediate cause!
her death, though she had not
rovered from the effects ot a t>
roke of p iralysi* sustained a j fi(
ar ago. Mrs Green a-as a,
ughter '{ tHe late Thomas |
ireton and was about 65 years j 1
d. She leaves the lollowing u
iluren : Messrs Thomas C. tl
id .1 oiln T. Green, ot this place; u
rs II. E. White, of Rock Uill; p
r. M.J Green and Miss Janie .
reen, who resided with their
other. She is also survived by ^
br ther and a bister, Mr. i>am tl
?1 Cureton, of Florida, and Mrs. d
lines Green, of Lee county.
Mrs. Green was a highly cul- a
red, christian lady and her
?ath will not only bedeeply felt
f iter immediate family and re- a
Uvea, but by a large circle of p
iends and acquaintances as 1]
ell. The burial will be at Camp p
reek today.
s
eath of Mrs. IV. ?/. Mrffuirt, the ^
Mother of Mrs. IV. K. I'arilue 11
of Lancaster. i:
Mrs. Margaret McGuirt, wife ^
Mr. W. J. McGuirt, ot Union v
unty, N. C., died on the 191li o
stant, after an illness of over ^
ro months. She was a native of ^
incaster counly and was 53
iars of age. Her father was .1.
Nisbet, a brave Confederate a
ldier who was kil.ed in battle t]
irin^ the war. t]
Mrs. McGuirt was a most es- j{
liable lady, was a consistent
ember of the Bap'ist church,
id was beloved by all who
lew her. Besides her husband V
e haves thirteen children, \
none them Mrs. W. E. Pardue 'j1
Lancaster. She is also surviv- r
1 by two brothers, Mr. Preston
i.-bet, of Sandtord, N. C., and
r. T. B. Nisbet. of Waxhaw.
. C., Jthe latter being a half- c
other. t<
The remains of Mrs. McGuirt n
?re buried at Tirzdi Tuesday, d
ter luneral terviees conducter s<
the home by the Rev. Md
clnstree, ot Waxhaw, assisted ^
' the Rev. W. W. Ratchford. g
i Memory of Daniel Curtis p
Plyler, who Departed this a
Life Oct. 20,1906.
I'he death of little Daniel Curtis
y ler east a gln-un over Bethel Sun- .
y school, where he was so well
own and liked.
Curtis was for four years a member s)
Bethel Sunday school up till his
ath, Oct. 20. L
The following resolutions of respect
ve b*en submitted by us:
Whereas, Almighty God, in His inite
wisdom and justice, has seen tit
remove from us, in the beginning a]
a life of promise and usefulness,
r most loyal and esteemed associate '
,niel Curtis Plyler; be it | ej
Resolved, That we, th * members of
thel Sunday school, with whom he A
>ored faithfully, do hereby nianiit
our grief at the loss of our de-I w
rted member whose life among us ! rp
is a constant example of peisever-l
ce, unselti-hness and upright child- i p
mi and ho if f"eth,?e
[i-solved, That, whi!e wh deeply ^
>urn his loss, we wish to express oj
r appreciation of his sympathetic
d helpful influence, the memory of ?
licit will long remain with is; and
it further N
[tesolved, That we extend to the *
nily of our deceased ass< ciate our
epest sy in pat hy ; t hat a copy of t hese
lolutiui* be sent to h a family ; that
iopy be entered upon the records Q|
our Sunday school, and that a copy e(
published in the next issue of The Sl
noaster News and the Southern w
ristian Advocate.
at death is common comforts not
The heart with grief borne down,
it 'tis a comfort that his lot
Will be to wear a crown.
Eunice Sapp> fl
Maie Ilays,
Virgie Happ,
Committee. jC
Veteran who Carries Eleven
Bullets in hisBody?Fought
in Three Wars.
'olumbia Record.
Carrying in his body eleven
ullets, received 111 honorable
erviee during three wars, there
'as am" ni: tlie veterans who
ung breathless* and electrified
pon General Butler's words at
lie unveiling of the Hampton
aonument today, probably the
Idest citizen of the state, who
i hale and hearty and can yet
all of the days way back in the
hirties when there were still lu;ans
right here at home to fight.
Mr. James Powell, who lives,
ertd uinet.v fiw Sn~*?- ?
0 j ~ , k; uuuii'Ci aim
Vheot ptreet, this city was bom
t Marion court house, of Irish
>arentage his father and mother
laving been in the United States
ess than three months. He saw
ervice with the regular troops
luring the war against the Sernilole
Indians in Florida, receivng
several minor wounds. He
ought throughout the Mexican
?ar, and was wounded severely
n several occasions. In t lie
Jivil war he was with the Seventh
outli Carolina infantry, under
leneral "Stonewall" Jackson,
nd was wounded repeatedly. Of
lie eleven balls now in his body,
liree were acquired in the Mex:an
war, four in the War lieween
the States.
Mr. Powell has a brother, Mr.
William Powell, sti 11 living at
1 1 1 O ? 1
? ....., ?iiuus.il ni ^cars oi ape.
he two are the last of their
ace.
Mr. Robert Ricand, of Lanaster,
8. C., was in town yesJrday
evening to see Paul Gillore,
in kJAt Yale." at the Acaemy
of Music.?Charlotte Oberver.
?A son was born to Dr. and
Irs. J. A. Rut ledge, of Ileal h
prings, Wednesday, 21st inst.
?The banks, stores and other
laces of business will be closed
s usual on Thanksgiving Day
-next Thursday.
?Attention is called to adversement
elsewhere of L Kirstein
; Co., of Portsmouth, Va. The
ore here is sn charge ot Mr. H.
. Kirstein, of Baltimore.
?There was a highly enjoyi>le
dime social at the Jones
ouse last evening, for the benit
of the Methodist Aid Society,
well selected musical program
as successfully carried out.
no program was to have been
ublished in Wednesday's News,
ut had to be omitted for lack
f space.
otice to Debtors & Creditors.
All persons indebted to the estate
r I-. I*. Rotldey de eased,are request1
to settle same at once and all per>ns
to whom said estate is indebted
ill present their claims, duly at sted,
to the undersigned .
Sallye H. Koddey,
4 weeks Administratrix.
NfiWC Does ,Tob Printing
Lilv llunO for others. Why
an't we do yours? ??????