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. - ' .5" y- *'7- ' . -v ' Th VOL. 2. NO. 35. SEil The Capital Citj Columbia's Interest in Ball-The Third P terian Church to be in the City?Governc His Numerous G Going to the Expos Bouquet for the Lar News?Other Matte Interest. Mr. Editor : The Capit f in rather quiet at present, ever, the base-hall season nnrl f h /\ innn n ti /I fn ti n U/\ auu |/uc laiiQ anu laun-uo very much interested in t umbia team. The gam< have a plucky team, and al they do not stand at tl they are not discourag still working. 'Tis loo i prophesy as to the final but it Jay Kauzler's men win the peunant it will because of lack of pluck, they lose interest later 01 season. Let all Lancasfi root for Columbia. The Palmetto house o drix house had anoilier l cently. This is very stranj The Supreme Court has its April term. It adopte< lutions iu respect to tl Leroy F. You mans. Mr. M. L. Croxton, of K? attended the B. Y. P. t vention last week. Our good friend A. 0. formerly representative Life Insurance Company ginia, now of Atlanta, G in the city this week. Mi is very pleasantly rememt the Red Rose city. Preparations are bein* ^ for the erection of the b of the Columbia Saving* & Trust Co., of which E ernor D. C. Heyward i dent. It will be a very ha edifice. This thriving eni though yet in its infancy i a large business in its ten quarters. Other improv are being made in the ca] The men's auxiliary First Presbyterian chur preparing to build a ch Wayerly. Mrs. James Wr widow of the late Dr. W< has donated a sum towa erection of this place of v This makes three Presh churches for Columbia. Why shouldn't Lancasi a base ball team this sun We haven't had that pated visit from you y Editor. The tourist season it over. The season at the 1 was a success. Governor Ansel and si attend the opening ot the town Exposition, April 2 Mr. Editor, your hum vant wishes to thank giving such "newsy" Ihe Lancaster News 11 sheet. Lancas ^ Columbia, S. C. Apr. 1 ? i m mm i There is no artiole of food tritious or healthful than A Salmon Asa brain add mus< er, it is far ahead of beef meats re T a LJJ. !_,/1 LEDGER HII-WEEKLY. J, Negro Lynched for ual Crime. Base resby- Bunki, La , April, 1! Built Straus, a negro char >r and attempted assault on alonels' womi111 ?un<lay, was ta the officers six miles fr .ltion? ..... . on the way tojail and ly ? Afterward his body wi 'rs ? with bullets. A previous attempt v to lynch Straus last al City ' J night when he escaped, captured la9t night, is open ^ llesare _ tinono T\/r -i he Col- xwviicy j j cocks Gone. [though le top, Raleigh, N. 0., Apri ed but 's learned here that a i ,oon to money package contain result seut by the Atlantic do not a' bank ?f Wilmingtor not be Chemical National bank unless York 'n th? la8t f?w c n in the not *n lbe reg?8tered po sr faus ?Pon?d in the New Y< office. No arrests ha r Hen- madeire re- ? ? ? ?e. Eloquent Tributes i begun Memory of Ger 1 reso- mans, lie late Columbia special in t irshaw, ville News : Eloquent 1. Con- cere tributes to Leroy mans were paid by hit Wise, members of the bar ir of the preme Court today, of Vir- addresses delivered we a., was lent but those of Judge r. Wise son and Col. Robert >ered in were particularly not Judge Hudson, a clas ; made Mr. Youman*, recalled uilding lege days when Youit i Bank WOn fame as an orator, Ix-Gov- Aldrich reviewed in uni s presi- eloquence the life of his ndsome The court convened terpriee 10 a. m. for the April ti s doing the memorial exercises iporary gun at noon, as prevh 'omenta nounced. The first spt pital. Mr. D. C. Kay, who of the distant attorney genei ch are Mr. Youmans at the tir urch in death and who for ms rndrow, had been his warm >odrow, friend and admirer. ] rds the heartfelt tribute to the worship. Mr. Kay was followed >yterian Hudson, who told of th( days, when the three c ler have the colletre were Samu< lmer. Walter T. Means and L antici mans, of whom he c et, Mr. Youmans at that time most ready speaker. * about Colonia Girl Killed at Ph taff will Marlboro, Mass., A James Miss Anna Greenwc 5th. twenty nine, was killec ble 8er- tricity while using the you for at her home. An exi papers, showed a slight bur i a good wrj8t, indicating that t trian. ton had touched the 8, 1907. ghe turned on the ligh rent passing through nro*Red into t?l?Phone ilc de build- which she vm toucbin, or other otherhand# lNCASTI 1rc5? pttviih'vi/ lotc umtc . ?? ' ?? >wru l XI LANCASTER. S. C., APRIL 20. 1907 the Us- Liberty Hill Happenings? N< Highly Creditable Inspection of Rifle Company?Recent 3?Char- Meeting in Presbyterian ged with Church?Other Matters. Ve a white 8h ken from Mr. Editor: The month of April or, om here has been much more wintry than Bjj ncbed. March. We have had frost and ^h as riddled ice more than once. The hard aa freeze on Monday morning last qC vno iii?uc nmsnea me fruit crop in this Sunday vicinity, we thick, but was Mr. G. W. Baker has drilled a CH well for Mr. J. B. Johnston and je is now workingon one for Mr. N. m Package Richards and has others in prospect. Rev. Mr. Hutson of the M. E. I 13 n Church at Heath Springs assisted egistered R?v- R- Wallace in a meeting ling $10,- at 'be Rre8hyterian church here C Nation- recently. He preached some very St r to the f?rcible sermons. Mr. Wallace ra in New *8 a y?tinK but able minister.? af lays was h?8 been on this work for sev- co uch when eral years and has greatly en- tii 5rk post- deared himself to the people of lie ive been bis charges. w< We are sorry to report that at Mr. J. M. Williams, of the Ma vi to the section, has been sick for th You some time. We hope that he may to ** soon fully recover his health.? The Liberty Hill Rifles passed -R the annual inspection on Satur he Green- - - - - |d*v loth,with the second largest and sin- L . p turnout of any company so far ^ k inspected, wifh guns and all goyth S ?rnment property in satisfactory O All of tie cou<^*on? making a showing ic quite creditable to the officers in 7l eyCCj and men. Col. VV. T. Brock for m . the State and Col. Cabaniss for ai riC the (J. S. Govemmeot, were the cl .ewort y. jnSpecjor8^ R C. qi smate of , . their col young Man Met Tragic tc ians first & and Col. Death at Saw MUL k< surpassed friend. Aiken special in Columbia today at State: Young Haskins Uolley, erm. and one of the most prominent young , hi were be- men of Aiken, met a tragic death ausly an- today at a sawmill about 12 miles taker was trom the city. He was struck by ^ was as- a piece of timber and died a few ?1 .. .. d n ? m 1 nil I AO I n i <t i uimri uiiuuica i ittci. ne of his It appears that Mr. Holley 16 iny years was foreman of the mill, which personal belonged to his father, W. W. He paid a Holley, and that this morning ^ deceased, lie had employed a new hand to by Judge roll off the slabs from tho saw. dr college Mr. Holley ran the saw. The irato.s ol new hand being green at the 3l Melton, business, allowed the slab to eroy Yon. touch the saw, which threw the onsidered slab with tremendous force. It ? even the struck young Ilolley in the abdomen and though the skin was 11 not broken the blow was sufliOne. cient to knock him some 20 feet 11 and death resulted in a few min- 0 nril 1 ft ? utes. ^ >od, aged * 1 by elec Well Pleased with Rev. R. c telephone Lee Robinson's Sermons. e animation Chester Lantern : The Rev. n on the R. L. Robinson, who preached at i cuff but- the A. R. P. church the last two a switch as Sabbaths, left yesterday, by way . t, the cur- of Charlotte, for his home in ^ her body Camden, Ala. Mr. Robinson is a istrument, I splendid preacher, his sermons g with her' being full of fresh thought and t (well arranged. t * IR No RPRISE J89I PRICE?FIVE CEN / I e?ro Shot and Killed on Meeting th State Line. Council Lancastr Hamlet special in the Obser- cers Ele i: Loye Knight, a Croatau, ot and killed John Davis, col- ^harlestoi ed, on I he Sate line, about clav'8 Coium t miles south of here, early of the is morning. The killing, it is convention c id, whs the outgrowth of a ?f l'le Junic tarrel began in a bl nd tiizer. raer'c?? M? ivis was instantly killed. ,he e,eCtion light fled and has not yet been 8e^?ction of ptured. This is the sixth mur nieeting. r near that place within twelve A ,le folic ouths. elected at . M lt State counci .. , T7i ? ? Monks Corn oonshine that Failed to ? ?r. VV. C. Winn Blaze. county; 90c Wilson, Lbd Yorkyille special in Columbia F. Mattison, ate : Under the Carey Colli- for, S. W. P! u act, Sheriff Hugh G. Brown, den, J. H. I ter holding a two gallon jug of ''ide sentinel ntraband whiskey the limited Lancaster; me, broke the same on the pub- S. Douan, C 5 square on Monday. Many Bev. B. L. ere the regrets of bysfanders representati' , this seeming waste of the in Wilson of gorating fluid, but it was said years, T. H, at a match lighted and stuck Sumter v 1 it failed to produce a blaze. next place State cor.nc 'ather and Two Sons in The $roa Monroe Court for Drunk- ai<>n wa8 fa' enness. and discuss various ofhc councils 1 Monioe special in Charlotte ed the seen bserver: It was a sud scene and were n< 1 the recorder's court this morn- lication. ig when Wilson Medlin, a far- intere ler, and his two sons, Lonnie proc?edings id Jeff, were hrnnalit nn r?n visit of the I , ..? ??ri"- ? r " * larges of drunkenness, the li- ^^arleaton nor having beeu furnished by v'8't had he le father. The three came to l'ie comuaitt >wn last Saturday, and all got anc^ '^ie v'8' itoxicated on a gallon of whia- stitution pr< sy, which Wilaon Medlin had pl0a8ant to dered by express. The father Tonight an old offender, but this ia the to?k place, 1 r6t time the young men have Maaonic ter sen known to drink to excess, responses y> i testified by several witnesses, ter Societies he brothers were arrested by ers; "Frat oliceman Laney, while they Creech; ere quarreliug in a back lot, veaux; UC nd their father was found help- William A. ssly drunk nearby. cila," Rev. i The defendanis pleaded f uil- ni?ni Maj. ', and their counsel, Mr. R. W. emmond, made an earnest plea Lad Hurt >r leniency in their behalf. While ha ?? - day afternc T .anPQCtor PrAnrropcmor arm i" ..kU.VMWhVI M. IUglV,OOIIig, """ &' wagon and Rock Ilill Herald: We aro Hie mules lad to see our aister town ot little fellow iancaster making a move to have wire and p ght. The enterprising Lancas- tance, his 1 ians have grown tired of walk- 'e*-'8 b?inir 1 lg in darkness. The town coun- barbs. I>r, il has given an option to Mr. T. w''? at tone , .. x . sixteen stit I. Hughes, a prominent mer- cutg _Kere hant of the town, for a fran- " hiae to estalish and operate an Vheaterflelti lectric plant to furnish lights School i )r the town. The town has al- Cheeterfi o ordered an election to ratify school buili n ordinance passed a few weeks issued at c ,go exempting all raanufactor At the rect 9s from taxation for a period of ine the que ive years. the vote wi the proposi The Alaska Packers Association give be heartiest support to the Pure Food jaws, and guarantee their products Try one c o meet all the requirements. and you will 7S TS PER COPY. * is "Week of State of Junior Order? ians Among Offlcted. i Bpecial in Thurabia Slate : The bufourteenth annual >f the State Council >r Order United A3chanics today was of officers and the the next place of >wing officers were the session today : 1 lor, Louis G. Fultz, er; vice couacillor, , Elgin, Lancaster retary, Hon. J. S. caster; treasurer, E. Greenville; conduclyler, Rock Hill; warlamel, Kershaw; in, W. D. Chambers, outside sentinel, G. Charleston; chaplain, Hope, Blacksburg; ves, two years, J. S. Lancaster, and four . Moore, Enoree. ras selected as the of meeting by the til. ,ler part of the seskfln 1111 wilVi raaitinn -r . ion of reports of the ers and subordinate ?he9e reports concern3t work of the order ot given out for pubsling incident of the of the day was the State council to the Orphan hr-ise. The >en arranged for by ;ee of the local lodge t to this excellent in3yed interesting and the mechanics, the annual banquet being served at the nple. The following ere made : <kOur SisM. Kutledfl'e Riv iernity," Rev. S. T. Visitors," J. P. Deity of Charleston," Parker ; uOur Ooun\. E. Cornish; "Wo. Wilson G. Harvey. on Wire Fence. uling wood last, Tuesion Mr. J. lVi. NeaPs >t down between the a barbed wire fence, started off and the got caught in the ulled along some dislands and one of his ^adly lacerated by the . E. C. Bra?ington, led him, had to take dies to sew UP the haw Era. I to Ifave Modem Untitling. eld is to have a new ding. Bonds are to be >nce for the purpose. >nt election to determistion of issuing bonds as 56 to 19 in favor of 9d issue. >* of Arjfo Ked Halmon I uae no other I . "v