The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, December 29, 1906, Image 1
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VOL. 2. NO. 23. SE
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irageay in Aiiai
* A Painter Kills a
Lady and then In
Fatal Wound on h
Atlanta, Gra. Dec 2J.Hightower,
a punter, f
instantly killed early tod
Bessie Jones, a young
18 years old, and then
the weapon on himself,
a bullet into his own br
died several hours later ;
pital. Ilightower leave-!
uiii'l flirnu ctiililron \fiv
had been an inmate ol tl
tower home since last J
between her and her ti
an infatuation was said
existed, on account o
Mrs. Hightower had
house, however, returni
Mrs. High tower sent h
year-old son to waken Mi
about 8 o'clock this mo
The bov discovers 1 his I
the room with theyoun^
When the lather saw h
fired the fatal shots.
The Rioting in Miss
Origin of the Trot
Meridian, Miss., L
24.?According to rei
ceived here tonight, the
lor miles around have c
ted in the town of \
forty miles north of
and all during this a
have paraded the street1
enintr vengeance on tin
because of the killing ol
gro and the wounding o
^ er by a conductor on a p
train on the Mobile a
Railroad yesterday
while the latter was atl
to quell a disturbance
his train. At the town
alak scarcely more than
persons reside and in
to a plea tor protection,
I, and Company D, ot T
militia stationed in
have been ordered to pi
the scene with all dispat
left aboard a special
10 o'clock and sliou
Wahalak bv midnight,
tery by instructions c
(falling gun and all the
heavily armed.
At 8.30 o'clock a
from Scooba, the first
south ot the scene of tin
stctes that a clash has
between the races with
8111 c that two white n
killed This report, how
not been verified, altho
road officials admit rec
message detailing some
al trouble.
The trouble of y
morning originated v
train was between Wall
Scooba in a fi^ht betw
negroes Conductor Coo
was in charge of the
tempted to separate the
ants, when he was atta<
negro known as Spenc
IE L
T rrvi
:M1-WEEKLY.
lt<l receiving several
knife wounds Coo
his assailant, serious
Young kim ??itl ki 11 itiir an n
son. When Wahalal
iflicts a e(j^ gpancer though
limself. ed left the train, an
I stable O'Brien, of tl
... , tempted effect
-Walter '
, .the negro shot am
dio* and m a
.. olticer. biencer the
lay Ml*8 . ...
the woods with a w
worn in
. | posse in pursuit. A
turned . ,
the negro had suoce
putting . . .
' uig ins pursuers,
am. lie
** t* IIUO j
3 a wife A Flucky Judge
a Janes Foiled the At
e High Crazy Man to
uly, and I
mirderer
1 o have Chicago. Dei*. 2i
J wnici) a!e * Hurt was ma le
left the Judge Charles ?>. C
tig later. ^ rebate (Jour;. the
er eight- 'u? h rank F. Elleil
iss done.- j Ai.rth California a\
rnin^,? ' brock is bt-iieveu t
lather in Judge Cuttitm en
: woman, by < lia r's breads
is son he powered his aisa;
tierce light.
As li.e Judge euU
issippi-- i"i'"-ouu fcui'<linj
'o his chambers Ell
^ was standing in
stepped forward ai
iecember tn two feet of Ji
ports re- drew a revolver an
negroes Cutting instantly
ongrega- struck his assailant
Vahalak, 'n the face, almost
this city down. Before Ell
dternoon recover Judge Out
i threat- him by the throat a
3 whites hack wards over a st
one- ne- where he held hin
f nnoth I man's efforts to esci
>as9enger Sheriffs Broderiek
lid Oh o who had heard tlie
morning to Ihe assistance o
erupting ting and wrestled
> aboard from Ellerbrock.
of Wah then allowed
25 wliite rise from the radi
response man attempted to
Battery once more. The t
lie Slate aled back and fort
this city hail way and the Ji
oceed to assistance of de)
ch. They finally threw Elle
train at floor. Ellerbrock
Id reach exhausted. lie the
The bat- to beg tor meic.v,
arried a "Don't hurt me
men are hurt me."
He was taken i
message Deputy Sheiifl S
station ho refused to give
3 trouble, ,ion regarding him
occurred l^eu taken to tiie
the re- w',ere his name w*
nen were dudge (hitting t
ever, has exc,tement remain
ugh rail seeing that Eiierb
eiving a ''i custody he w<
addition- c'ol,rt rooni ?,,(1
minutes was tranai
. i as usual,
resfrday
'hile the - ?elate
and ?The name of
reen two Clyburn was accid
per, who from the roll of
train, at- central graded sc
? combat- quarter. He desei
nked by a tion both in att
er. After scholarship.
AlNCAS'
3ER 1852 REVIEW I87tl
LANCASTER, S. C? DECEMB
d"user,uai Five Christmas Casi
per fired on
dy wounding I G ~ 7
,nkno>vn per- Three Suic.des and
k wasranch- Fa?al Accidents in (
badly wi.uiul- gia Add to the De
il when Con- Roll.
iat pla e ?t
his capture. Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 26
cl killed the more Chris'mas ca-uaiti
11 escaped t?? reported today?
ell organized J. VV. Caldwell, of Tav
it last reports (ia., near Stilesboro, co
eded in evad- suicide early this mori
shooting. No cause is k
Ilarvie Mnngess, of
?How he committed
4.^^*4. ? *?itha revolver Christn
tempt ot a
lie lett a lannly.
Kill Him. .
I he little daughter
Hughes, at Kast Newni
'?A d -sper- burned to dea'h Chiis
to asai.-sijiate her dre.*s catching fire,
litt!nz. of the Sherry Brannon, 10 1
as-jailan? i) ltf |/,11fn 11 n A l > ? ?<>
MOC'n, of S|<> fire.works wheu ? ft?rna
fine. Kller- ^truek him in (|lH, ]
o be insane. |-nocKincr him down. I
c-pc I inj 111y struck a curbing and I
'* and (?v?l t i
vo' was broken.
ilant af cr a
>\ l.son Murrey, 32 v<
ired the Uriw- com,"'tted suicide ?" I,
; o.i his ?ay miles south of Oc
erbieck, wh<> 111 heaUh is "i,'e
<lie hallway, cn"seid
when with- s,,erill Rogers, at Hai
i<l?:e Cutting, <*?.,'today shot and kill?
d fired. Judge Vorri8' a "etrro, who wa
turned and l,1,: arrest- Morris was
a heavy blow murder of his sw
knocking him ^tel,H F,rtn(lers, by cui
erbrork could l''roat.
ling grabbed Harry Hargrove, aged
nd threw him 8'l0t and instantly killed
earn radiator, man,Ga., in a quarrel w
i despite the Groover Burch this al
Deputy Both are prominently co
and Wilson,
shot, hastened
f Judge Cut ?Mrs. M. J. Perrv a;
the revolver Nannie Crockett gave a
Judge Cut- mas ,ree to the primary
Ellerbrock to 1?? 1>ire8!'.vter.an Sunda
luesdav afternoon at t
''tor "nd the of Co| j N
ailack him which was much enjoye
WO men Strug- .
I, ?? ?ihe Christmas trei
li across the . .. ,
1 illftt nnnKt "|ni \ m
nine wilh th W||g ft big success an
ty sheriffs, commendation is due I
rbrork to the mittee in charge of it.
(ought until ents< besides as many
m commenced fruitg and COnfections, v
saying tributed to the member
; please don't Sulldliy 6Chool.
Mr# K. F. Hamm
nto the oflice n(.uiai, Mobley,
leinert, where Springs, were mi
any inlorma- ,jmt town, Ohristm:
iself. He was night,
police station, Conductor King has
is ascertained, charlotte to attend I
hroughout the meeting.
ed cool. Alter .
Mr. S. H. Carnes of
rock was safe & t tl,? ,mg, wc
ent on to Iiih t>|h((r.Bi Mr. w. A. Oa
within a few this county.
Sting business
Mr. Ed. V Crr-xton
Alma 1. Duncan were
I a1 thehomeof the bride'
John Henry at Heath Springs Thurs<
ently omitted Kev. .1 Marion Rogers
honor in the in>~*
hool for last Mr. Roy Dunn, a s
rves this men- Davidson College, is
endance and the Xmas vacation at i
er's near Jacksotiham.
i I
TER ]
ENTERPRISE 1891
ER 29. 1906
laities. iwhite Man Killed by
gro in Barnwell Cc
[ Two Lynching Narrowly
ieor- ed.
ath
Special to The St ite.
Springfield, Dec. 20.?
Five day morning about 10
es were Tiney Chavis, a whi
went to i he house ol S'e
lorville, C.emeus, a negro tenant
mmitted place of Henry Coopei
[ling by four miles from Springfi
nown. asked him for a small
Mineral mon?y duo him by tin
suicide Clemens told him he
las day. *,ave 'lie money, and CI
is alleged, began cursing
^ j ^ Clemens shoved Chav
# w^ ihe door and picked up
tnias b anc^ followed him out
1 3 i > i . i > .
yarn juiu sno; Dim dead.
^ ? whs no- armed The m
) ,,r 0,( captured about the hous
ttiti*r oil ,
t oper, atul alter murli
n oandW ? ,
t\* gotten t ? 6p'inyfi? h;
oreheal, . , . .T . .
hvered to Magistrate A
lis he.ul ... , ...
bett, who scut lnm over
Ins neck ,, .
well io prevent Mie tr
Cluivis lynching him.
?ars old, Considerable excitern
a rt vol manifested at the innue
durabus, was ai times as mucl
n as the magistrate could do to I
triends ot Chavi-t front
vinsville 'he law in their own
d Luther To add to the seriou
s resist- 'he situation a very ini|
wanted mulatto by the name of
eetheart ton, who has been st
bting her New York city tor the ]
or two. made himself '
22 was Port!!nt i" asking q
at East- w'th the result that he
ith John a broken head and
fternoon a we^ 'anned ski.i i
nnected.
A Klllinf/ on Chriitmaa
But for a difficulty
two negroes. Jim Hader
nd .Ii>s v.ch Heath, in which t
Lhrsi-. was filled, t lie Christn
a'iuuj /\l 1 . . ?
H ;?yo pUSSGu Oil *> 0TV (j
y school |jU8 county. The dillic
he ref-i , ween Heath and Haden
Crockett Christmas day in the ea
(1' nrbs of town. Whiskoj
e at the cause of the trouble
as nUhl '?>" >,-?chi having acc
. ether ot selling it lllei:
muc ' the difficuly Haden wa
lie com an,j sieppin^ into h horn
125 pres- up a ?liof g"n, steppe
bans oi door and fired at Heath,
k-ere dis- taking effect in tlie si
? of the face and reck. The
man died trom the eflc
wound about two hou
ond and wauls. Haden fled but
both of captured hv Sheriff III
arritd in lodged in jail,
as eve _ _
? Mr. J. M. Stewart,
gone to ly of this place, lost ei
Shriner's he had bv (ire at Cam
Christmas morning.
Clinton ?' his home was almost
>ek at inn when the tire was disco
rues', in the family barely esca
their lives. Mr. Ste
. .. some insurance on his I
and Mis
married '',r ct"'
8 pueits ?Married, in Atla
lavniirhi, Thuasday, Deo. 20,
officio- (Jeorce Humphreys of
atid Miss Theo Reed,
ludenl of, ?,f M'""'' J?h" ''
.. ' thss place. Mr. and Mrs
spent tno reva came to Lancaster
his moth- lowing dap and spent t
mas with the bride's p?
Fl T1
IN J
PRICE
r a Ne-'g
>unty? I
r Avert-1
Is
-Yester
o'clock
te man,
vephney
on the A
about IV!
eld, and tc
sum ol k
3 negro. L
did not I"5
linvis. it ft
him. n
is out of o
his gun, h
into the tl
t'havifi e
sgro Aiis t<
e of Mr. t<
i difficiil- I
ami <!e ii
. B. (Jor- d
'o Barn fi
lends of ii
a
ent wac d
st, and it
' as the >
ieep the L
i taking n
hands. 0
sness ol
pertinent n
Livings- ,
:ly:'ng in t
last year (1
very iin- <.
uestion", r
is ours- ^
I anoint- ;
t?day. c
i
Dai/.
1
between (
? ar:d Lohe
latter
na? holi
[uietly in ^
:ulty be 1
occurred
item sufc- ^
>' whs the ,j
bet ween
iiise 1 the
ally. In '
s W(,r ted I
*e picked t
<1 to the f
, 'he load
de of his (
woundedi1
set of t he I (
irs after-if
was la'er',
infer and ! <
r
11
* i
former- 11
rery thing
den early
The roof !
falling in '
vered and
*
ped v ith ,
wart had ;
i ousehold i
!
nta, Ga.J
1900, Mr. !
that city
daughter
i. Reed of
i Humph
the folhe
Christ
t rents.
EWS
?FJVE CENTS PER COPY.
>ishop A. Coke Smith Dead.
loted Bishop of Southern
Methodist Church Passes
Away at His Home in
Asheville.
Special to The Observer.
Asheville, Doc. 27.?Bishop
. Coke Smith, o! the Southern
let nudist Church, died here
miidii suddenly at S o'clock at
ia residence on Merriam avenue,
eath was due 11> lieart failure,
ishop Smith was a sufferer
c 111 tuberculosis and came here
early two vears ago in search
t health. He was confined to
is bed for a time. Once it was
bought that he could not, recnv
r. However, be rallied to atMivi
the last session of the Wessrn
North Carolina Conference.
1 1 filled 'lie pulpit of ihe C.m
<al church here several times
uring. ilie summer ami early
til, and was t:ra I nail y regai ting
his lost health. Surviving
re a widow and ?everal chilren.
The remains will be taken to
Jorfolf, Va., tbe former home of
bshop Smith, tomorrow aftcr0011,
accompanied by members
1 the family.
Bishop Smith, was 57 years
f aj:e, having been born inSunier
county, South Carolina, Sepember
16, 1840. lie was a son
4 Rev. W. II. and Isabella
Smith, his mother belore mariage
b ing a McL o'l. Ue was
graduated from Wofford College,
Spartanburg, S. C., in 1872, releivinc
in 1874 the degree of A.
4. He became a doctor ot divinty
in 1887, by ajt, of Erskine
College, Due West, S C.
It was at tlie General Conferuice
ol the Methodist Episcopal
Church, South, held at Dallas,
i\f.... 1 riA.i a* A T-v
ica., in niitv ui ii>u3? inm \jr.
>mith attained his crowning (lisifc.'C'.ion,
being elected bishop.
I his office he held unto his death.
Bishop Smith was an original t
hinker and a lorcetul speaker. /
le was well known throughout
his sec'ion. About four years v>
igo he was tor one year a resi^r
lent of Charlotte. lie was di^
n? his career, pastor at Che^
Columbia, Charleston and(
>otrtli CarAlina points. I*1*
white pastor of Kpworth W
ST triolk, Va., in 1902, \
was elected bishop. T\i
igo lie removed to Ashe*
Iris health. *
4
Death of Mr. If. A. /'ui7tr?i
Mr. Wm A. Fade, c
Longsville section, died last^
I V ?)0_ 1 t *' *
iiii.v, i'uu. ~.>ro, 1 uuo, arres\
short illness of pneumonia. li%
was about 50 yeats of age ami"*
] "iVfs surviving him a widow and
!' ur children. II" wan a member
o| the Bip'Ut church and was a
good man and citizen. His remains
were interred in the family
burying giound near Taxahaw.
? Don't forget that the time
for the payment ot taxes without
penalty expires next Monday.