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The Lancaster News
LEDGER 1852 REVIEW 1878 ENTERPRISE 1891
VOL. 2. NO. 15. SEMI-WEEKLY. LANCASTER. S. C., NOVEMBER 2B. 1906 PRICE?FIVE CENTS PER COPY.
Unfortunate Affair in N. C. r
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Quarrel Between a Minister 8
and a Farmer About For 1
mer Hunting on Latter's 11
Land Results in Serious li
Difficulty. v
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Newton special in Charlotte ?
Observer : As a r.j.-ult of a qua*"rel
which tnllnwe 1 upon his hav- g
ing forbidden Rev. J. J. Pav?eur p
to hunt upou his lands, Mr. Erell p
Burke, a Catawba county farmer, e
was shot in the face by Mr. Pay- p
suer today, receiving both bar 8]
rels of a shot gun in his face. u
His wounds are 6erious, but are l(
^ not considered fatal. li
The incident which resulted h
so seriously occurred this afternoon
about 4 o'clock near Maid- u
en, a bmall town ten miles from t
Mewton and Lincolnton. Mr.
Payseur, according to iuforma r
tion received here to-night, wps s(
hunting upon Mr. Burke's lanQ6,
when the latter gentleman ap j,
peared and lodged a pro'est. u
Hot words followed thi-'. Then 8i
it was, so the story runs, that a
Mr. Payseur raised his gun and vs
fired both barrels at Mr. Burke, iy
who received the loads in his ^
face. Medical aid was procured
as soon aspos>ible and the wounds /
of the injured man dressed.
The trial of Mr. Payseur, it 'j
is understood, will be held to j,
morrow morning at 10 o'clock,
presumably at Maiden. ^
Mr. Payseur is p. Baptist min- n
isfer and was until recently the n
principal of South Foik Insti w
A. a. - . 1 _ 1 ' i - - > rn I ? * I
mte, a nign scnooi. ;inis scnooi ;l
is not running tins fall. Mr. Pay- y
seur wa9 principal of Matthews
high school, in Mecklenburg j,
county, about eight years ago,and f(
is known in that section. Subse u
quently he taught in the eastern
part of the State, returning later \
to the west. He is married.
B >th men are about 30 years ot
age.
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Another Version of the Pay- Ji
seur-Burke Affair. n
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From Monday's Charlotte Ob (
server: Mr. Burke had given
fo o
Mr. Payseur permission to hunt ^
on his land, and had hunted ^
with him. Mr. 1'ayseur and his p
little 10 year old boy, Pritchard, C
along with Charley Parker, a 16year-old
boy, was hunting near
Burke's house. Burke sent New- ?
h
ton with a pistol to the far side r
of the field, while Mr. Burke a:- \
saulted Mr Payaeur. approach- a
iug from toward Burke's house. I
Mr. Burke shot at Mr. 1'ayseur, *
taking aim with elbow resting f
on his knee. Mr. 1'ayseur heard
Burke call to him to leave field
and cursed him violently.
Mr. 1'ayseur turned from c
shooting birds, having just shot d
one bird and shot at another, s
He called to Mr. Burke and told d
him that he had given permis b
sion to hunt ; that he was leav- I
ing his field; that he did not S
mean to offend him. Burke a
came over to Mr. Paygeur, took a
him by the collar and phot him n
with his ritle, Mr. Payeeur, try- F
ing to the las' to get Burke to \
eason lor a moment, but li
rould not do it. When Mr. IV
eur saw that Burke ivaly men
? shoot htm, he struck him wit
is gun and knocked hitn wit
lis left hand. Mr. Burke's she
ras aimed directly at Mr. Pa}
eur's head, t ut the latter thre1
p Itis hand and the shot aid n<
o Us deadly work. Mr. Pa}
eur was alraid to turn from Mi
furke until he had gone off, lc
furke shot at him as he approacl
d from his house at the first an
'ayseur was afraid he woul
hoot him. Mr. Newton cam
p with a pistol and accompat
?d Mr. Burke, Payseur with h:
ittle boy wenton by Mr. Burke
ouse to his home.
Both Burke and Payseur at
mder bond of $100 each. Th
rial will take place at Maide
londay at 2 p. m. Burke hi
etained Mr. Feimster and Paj
eur Self A: Whitener.
Dr. Youut, of Newton, ha
ust made a critical examinalio
i Burke's cut on the head an
ays that it was not a shot, bu
bruise. Mr. Payseur hit hin
rith his gun. It seems fcha
Ir. Burke was very much t
lame. P.
tenth of Mm. Thomas Camett.
Mrs. Nannie Games, wite ot M
D Garues,died yesterday mort
ig,their at home in theWild Ct
action. She had been in failin
ealth for some time. Iier maide
ame was Bialey, and she was
?ei<Ient of Rock Uill when sli
as married to Mr.Games, aboi
year ago. She wan about 3
ears of age.
Mrs. Carnes was an estimabl
idy and leaves a large circle <
elatives and friends to lamer
er untimely death.
Ir. l> lieece It'ittiumn to he Mat
riedtn Clinton thin After
noon.
As previously announced i
'he News, Mr D. Reece Wi
tarns, one of the leading youu
rembers of the Lancaster bai
'ill be married this afternoo
j Miss Rosa E. Bailey,daughte
f Mr. and Mr?. I'u'sy Silas Ba
iy, of Clinton. The ceremon
rill be performed at 5 o'c'ock
11 the Presbyterian church c
Minton.
Mr. VVilliams left here ye:
erday morning for Clinton, at
ompanied by the following r<
itivee and friends: Mr. J. O
ar Williams, Col. and Mrs. '1
r Williams, Mrs. T. M. Hugh*
nd little daughter, Miss Ilelei
)r. R C. Brown and Mr. Geor^i
lout ll
Vhere Lnncnster Members Itn/
tint Convention tire belnu K*
tertnlned.
The Baptist State Oonventic
onvened in Spartanburg yeste
ay and will probably be in se
ion several days. Ministers an
elegates bom Lancaster ha\
eeu assigned homes as follow?
)r. J. H. Boldridge, with 0. 1
anders; Messrs. I). A. Willsan
nd W. C. Thomson, with Ilov
rd Chapman ; Rev. R. J. Blacl
ion, with M B Kzell; J. I
'underburk with W. W. Fain
Villiam Cook with M. B. Ezel
'his road is being largely boy-1
ofcted of late on account ot these j
'eep hills.
i'eople go miles around to shun
hese bad hills,which are on the
aain road that leads by Dixie,
)wight, Carnes school house,
radesville, Dudley, and is the
lain road from Lancaster to
:hesterHe!d. To improve these
ills will bring thousands ot
ollars of trade to Lancaster anually.
If this last section of
Dad is taken up and improvd,
I will do all the surveying
nd engineering free and will
ersonally inspect, the work
e "Why Can't we Do It ?" 1
7- C.
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u Timely Question Surveyor s
ll Belk Propounds to all Inh
terested in Good Roads? t
?t The Macadamizing of One n
r- or Two Miles Next Year E
w Suggested?Mr.Belk's Lib- 1
,t eral Proposition. ! n
7 Mr Editor: Why can't our coun-J |
ty build one or two miles of ! ,
' (1
. macadam road the coming year?
i n
j The chain-gang has been cut
j out of the county's expenses with
_ a saving to our county of about
i? ? a
, two and one-half thousand dolP
lars annually, and with the inL
8 ^
>8 come upon our hired criminals
added our county is about three
_ thousand dollars better off each
e c
e
Why can't we u-e this amount,
a or a part of it, to build better
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roads?
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So far as I know, our county ,
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has not a yard of graded and macadamized
road outside of town
n t
, limits, while Mecklenburg Cound
? ti
ty, IS. C., just a little north of
? us, has 243 miles of graded, ma
H t 0
cadamized roads?more than ?
1 of that county's entire public 1
road mileage. Why can't we e
make a beginning some time?
Of course we can, but why not
now?
ll our County Board can see
1 its way clear financially to spend
11 a lew thousand dollars even on 1
^ better roads, 1 would like to
n suggest one of two places to be
gin. First, the Redfield road rj
e from town limit to McDow place; h
11 and second, the Gills Creek hills f
!0
on the Chesterfield road. }l
The first named section of one I
* and one-fourth (1 j) miles is the Sj
levelest and perhaps more travel i(
ed than any road leading out 0
ot town, and would just beaconliuuance
of the macadamized b
work that was recently done on p
Fast End to town limit. This h
it section ol road has but one hill s<
!- that would have to be cut down p
g ?the McDow hill?ami could
r, be shaped and macadamized
i, Irom town limit to the parting
>r of the Red field and Chesterfie'd
i- roads lor about two thousand
v dollars. There could be one-liall
,U. I L-l .11
, me i???u ueu macadamized
and the other hall left .
dirt lor dry weather ; or it
could all he macadamized as the '*
j. hoard saw fit.
s- The second section comprises 8
P three bad hills on Gills creek 5
'-s miles east ot town and the ?
* stiaiiihteuing of the road and
te . e e
the making ol a new road to les>
$
swi the tirade lor about | of a
>- mile. Two of these hills lie west
*" of Gills Creek and one hill just 1
east of said creek, which is on ^
' 1 the Chesterfield road just, east
r ii
ol Gills Creek church.
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Each of these hills could ho
cut down and the valleys filled
p 0 . n
in and the road straight? ed and
' ' the steep tirades reduced one^
tl U 1 t Alt lit A t*A #l 1 I fAt. ? A ' 1'
r?u \'i uaui^i an iui i:usl <)I
1H II
perhaps less than one thousand
v' dollars. These aro the worst hills 1
k* of any road leading out of town h
t. lor a radius of five milea. 11
I; These hills are dreaded by ii
1. everybody that trave's this road (
time or two each week while
lie work is being done and
ssist the county in any way I
an to make a success of the
fork.
I might add, that the lands ot
ur county (about 350 thousand
cres) were assessed about li
ollars higher 1 his year than
ver before and this will cause
lie land owners ot our county
[) pay in this year about ten
liousaud dollars more tax mony
than usual, and we would
ke to see the country benefitd
by a part of this money.
I ask every one who reads
liis article the question : Why
an't we do it?
T. M. Belk.
.ittle iioj/ Accidentally Calf* his
Sister with an A.re.
There came near being a seious,
if not fatal, accident at the
ome of Dr. J. E. Rutledge, in
last End, late last Saturday
fternoon. One of his little sons,
loss was splitting up some
plinters and the lad's little sis
?r, Annie Bertha, was stooping
ver picking them up, when the
xe suddenly shipped from the
?y's hands and struck the child,
he blade striking and cutting
er behind the ear. Though not
prious, the wound bled protusev.
The child is all right now.
v auccetinfiu social Kcent^-T/ie j
Itaxket Sii/titer ntJone* Crow* \
Koada.
The basket supper at Jones X
toads school house last Friday
ight was an unqualified success
1 every particular. The attend
nee was good, all present highly
"j?yed themselves and a nice
urn, $37. was realized from the
*le of the baskets, which were
ut up at auction, the Hon.
reo. W Jones acting as anctioner.
A handsome caae brought
14 75. It was a prize offered to
he most popular young lady ,
lie matter being determined by
allot. Miss Bessie Beckham, of
jancaster, received the largest
umber of votes and was accordugly
awarded the cake.
The proceeds of the entertainnent
will be used to purchase a
ibrary for the school. The peo>le
of the Jones Cross Roads comnunity
are to be congratulated
ipon the interests they are maniesting
in their school, which is
io doubt greatly encouraging to
Is excellent teacher, Miss Bessie
Jryder.
9
Homicide in the County.
Ben Hood, a Thrifty Colored
Farmer, Shot and Killed at
his Home on Weisenfield
Place. Two Young White
Men, Book Agents, Charged
with the Deed?One of
them Wounded in the Difficulty.
l>en Hood, a well to-do colored
f i nter, a tenant on Col. T. Y?
Williams's Weisenl'eld place,
about ten miles north of Lancaster,
was Bhot and killed at his
home on that plantation last
Monday. Two young white men,
J. II. Lance and K. O. Lambert,
book agents, representing C. II.
Kobinson Co., of Charlotte,
are charged with the killing.
Hood was shot through the heart,
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nilii <t jnsiui oau, ana tiled instantly.
One of the young men,
Lance, was shot in the left arm,
with a shot gun.
Immediately after the shooting
the young men hurriedly lett,
crossing the North Carolina line
and going to the home of Mr. J.
E. Austin, who lives in the vicinity
of the town of Waxhaw,
where Sheriff Hunter, who went
in search of the parties as soon as
lie heard of the homicide, found
Lance, the wounded man, Monday
night. Lambert had left Mr.
Austin's before the arrival of
Sheriff Hunter. Owing to the
seiious nature of Lance's wound,
the Sheriff was unable to briuir
him to Lancaster. Physicians in
attendance said that Lance could
not be removed even 011 a mattress.
S-leriti* iluuter, therefore,
had to return here yesterday
morning without his man, but
before leaving him made arrangements
for his safe keeping.
Magistrate J. D Griffin, acting
coroner, held an inquest over
the body ot Ilood Monday night.
The verdict of tlie jury charges
Lance and Lambert with the
killing. The trouble between
Hood and the book agents was
about a claim the latter went
to the former's house
to collect. It is said that the
difficulty began when one of the
anen's went to the mantlepieee
to take down a clock. Lance
clauns that Hood shot at him
first, the load striking him in the
arm, and that he then tired 011
Hood in self-defense. Hood's
widow however, i: is reported,
says that her husbmddid not
shoot at all?that Lance was shot
by his companion, Lambert. The
real tacts will pr bably not be
known until later.
Mrs. Susan McGuirt, widow of
the late Mr Gumewall McGuirt,
who moved from this county to
Gaston county ?.bout a year ago,
h nl the misfortune to lose Iter
col ton house and about seventyfive
hundred pounds of seed cotton
by fire a few days ?go. ? Monroe
Knquirer.
Mr. J. B. Westbrook lias been
appointed clerk of court in Chester,
to succeed Clerk McFadden,
who resigned.