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4 -r I \SK 1 r am/' " ACT r:r? 1 ; > . '*jt v - / Mnm o JL VOL. 2. NO. ( The Statei JL IJU J 50. SEMI-WEEKLY. Capital Poy. ?'.h.er. L^-TViNV LEDGER \ 852 LAN< letters, too. Come Ten -./VJ 1 REVIEW 187* E] ;aster. s. c., may 8, rible Storm in Texas JC.IV J SITERPRISE 1891 1907 - i News in "Rri^J LNE.W PRICE?FIVE CENTS PE I T t-.I D :R COPY. Friends in Colu Springs Sadd Death?Wave Tragedies?Tt this W eek-Ot again, Mr. ' ~ castnan," mbia of Mrs. ers. ened by her We see I rley's Recent are not woi le Reunion tiou- Why her Matters. 4 a ',ut Ixlotrnnn i I'witfy, ''Former Lan- 3 Mr. Stack and othG the "R. F. D. boys'' 'kins up that associa ' not? ''Time Flies!" up on you," ye em- 8tori iTT 1- ci n was everal Towns Destroyec Dme Loss of Life an reat Damage to Crops. >rt Worth, Tex., May 6.?, n of wind and rain wliic trftllOral t.hrrm<rliniit a nn. 1,1 The body of little Uorj d vin, who disappeared fi home of his father. D. at Kitts Hammock, Dal. ^ 4th, was found Satur< ^ marsh 8 miles from hon father believes that the i .i^igiiuiuig r~ia; tee Mar-: Close Call of rom the Wife. Marvin, , March ! Newberry speci lay in a i and Courier; Tin le. The'rain in Ibis count. hnv vv <> u armin y s jrrariKs? Man and his al in tlie News ere was a heavy v last night and t I Mr. Editor: Thi of Mrs. Leroy Spi city were saddem her death. There i cast rians besides n friends here who puij ceo VI There w i e many frietnla the 'lispens ring3 in this Richland c< jd to hear ot bly "Go!'' ure many Lan- LET US umerous other CASTER, extend tlieir u nuie otirn. 11 be an election on 8U'el toua ary question soon in mnty. Itwillproba- RSFU r uadc ALL PUSH LAN- rv?.e BUlt( r * lives Ldnpjmtrir.n c VV*5,??V'UU c% Kj\J 1 able area in northern Texj y, and which at some plac< mod the proportion of a to >, according to meagre repori ived here toniuht, that ri 3d in the loss of at least tw 5, the injury of many oth< murdered. . . .Ernest \V. I" ,8 former dean of Cornell r- sity law school, commit! t8 cide Saturday . . . .Judge e_ has refused to grant bai 0 liam H. Mills who k:llei ?rJ Deal at Blacksburg a lev ~ ~ j * IUKUC1 *1 I ill Huffcut, played hy lightni LJniver seiious damage bed sui-, Warien Suber, w Hydrick Kinard section s 1 to Wil- north ol Newbe d Frank rather remarkable v weeks lightning struck i;h ireaics were ing, though 110 \vas done. Mr. ho lives in tlie ome 12 miles ry, told ot a i case. He says a hoiie? mi liiu deepest and heart to the father, the the son, who hav upon to give up th May they be giv bear their Borrow. There are no new felt sympathy Columbi s husband and P. S. Sir e been called there haa b ieir loved one. in Waverle en strength to lies are nej Jacobs, has r developments ed Will J ~ rs a, S. C., May. 4, 1907. 1 1 , P-op ice writing the above . f lagei ?een another tragedy . v. This time al' par- ... _ , vil 1 c ^roes. Anegro, John killed another nam , Be(i ohnson and ponsiblv ons, and great damage t >erty and crops Several vi s are wiped out. t Deport, one of tlie largei iges in Lamar county, 2 a from Paris, the storm pai northeast, cutting a pat 0 ago....B. F. Fortner ; 1 farmer who lived near was shot and killed Sati his son in-law, Neil Ban! 0 trouble was about a s_ Banks owed Fortner. . . h thousand bales of cotti an ago 1 place, which wa Pelzer, Mr. Motes and his lrday by through the roof, cs. The in which Mr. a ard bill were sleeping, tor .Twenty shreds, shattered on were went through the is occupied by i wife. It came struck the bed nd Mr3. Motes e the posts into the headboard, floor and killed in the recent Wai an account of wb in today's Newn. that V.r Wescott death i.t his own I were two empty c pistol, which co rerley tragedy, his wife, B ich was given came hom< Some believe night and < came to his ing around lands, as there Johnson in hambers in his forbidden, rresponded to on the parti eseie Jacobs. Jacobs *. ?' > at 11 :30 Saturday j e wouldn't get in. Go- le the house he found t? P his house, which was lUrn lie used a hammer ^rOU dene tes. ^ 1 it 100 yards wide in the r< uce portion 011 the tast 6id( Baptist parsonage was blow ieces, its timbers and th iture scattered over th ind. R. A. Bryson's resi ,e was demolished and seyei a .* * burned in Bremen Satui Jolin Shelton was hai n Spartanburg Friday for I e der of his father-in-li e Briggo. . . .There was g j_ etruction of life and ] . Friday in a Chinese cit 4 I * * day.... a dog under the lged in not as much as hemur- Mrs. Mote?. It coi aw, Alf ed whether or no reat de- cupying a feather property The barn of Mr. y?Can- one mile west of house and did shock Mr. and ild not be learn>t they were ocbed. J. H. Uhappell, Newberry, wan the pistol shots, is hardly probabh position of the cott seemed to be 1 tent with hie lot a: tie if any rasson t< should commit sui ? L A j . r However, this Rewards i owing to the the arrest o wound. Wes- connected \ lappv and con- edy, by Ma] nd there is lit- Gov. Ansel 3 fhow that he Mr. Editt cide. He was ing of JOL HI OI have been offered for f the party or parties wa(J) vjth the Wescott trag*or T. H. Gibbes and Tlm 1. also [>r, what is the mean- liy0 LY? L ltfc-' ner residences damaged, e home of William Leramon completely destroyed, entai a loss of about $10,00( ie barns on the place wer destroyed and many head < stock killed. A tenant o r\1 neo ? ? .1 1 ion?oy tne explosion of l8 der magazine.... A cottt house of the Williamstoi ) mills was struck by 1 ,e Friday night, causing >f $2,000 Sheriff Kobt n Caslan of Greenwood rliorl Snr*r1o? A a pow- also struck, and c [)n ware- to shreds and a cc i cotton stalls was killed, ightning either side were a loss of mule and a hors F. Mc was hurt. The bai county and Mr. Chappell ne corner torn >w in one of the The stalls on occupied by a e, and neither rn did notburu, is congratulat ? uuicner anu an o day morning he i work as was his son, about 16 year along a little later liver packages and er. Since the di of Qnon^an Waoaa o'ciock inure jthrted to his Nearly 4C custom. His by Wal s of age, came Way. as usual to dehelp his fath San Ant( ouble tragedy a special fi i > ii.? ? ) Men Entombed 'ami Is of Dam Giving an stori a eel the ' jiiio, Texas, May 5 ? debr rom Chihuahua, Mex., , ' ' roac fic%v,u iidiuou ujj if witn n ly, consisting ' 01 his wil seven children, saw th n coming and made a run fc liar. Barzil was caught b wind and crushed by fly in is. Five ot the childre lied the r.etlnr in aolotw K.i Ifl ~?v? *^?iuudj .... All li 0 negro attempted to aasai e Charles boilers of Marion ir 8. C., Sunday night, y choking her, but br ^ frightened away by tne n ing of 8omv ittl- chile ,t There are 12 mn...^r no niKiiown mg mmseii mat t lit Mr*, no greater as he 1 i county, like one thousand severely of stock in the ba ute was pell says he felt t ? scream- residence, but di lren. . . . his loss until this qdo f rv Ko he damage was had something dollars' worth rn. Mr. Chaphe shock in his d not know of morning. ?^ UtlAUUWI' I f vice of his friends r his pistol in his hn money on his per came along and io dead, and it is wi presence of mint lie would not iro 1 f *m i*"3 PU" says, has carried Without ind, as he had ,jie j,rea' w son. The boy dam gave v und his father nearly onderful what enormou? v 1 he showed, water, bet' homo firat- h"t I Mrp. an instant's warning firen >all9 of the Chivusear |eare yay yesterday, entrnlf- reC0i 40 men under the Tl weight ot masonry and wa9 ween 15 and 20 of son Barzrl and two of the chi were fearfully hurt an i are entertained for thei irery. ie home of Joseph Ferguso destroyed and Mrs. Fergu was dangerouslv hint bv fl\ |_ irieu nt liitiirens court w! j vened Monday .. .Calvin (r young white man, saw mill near McOormick, ? arm Saturday by beinfj . by a piece that broke lo< fm a revolving wheel.,... MVO uw U? I ^Cooper, Who's Jolly? \ yer at a - ? lost an Memorial Dan to ; struck The Program.} Dse from Memorial Day \ Jolin L. * m_: .1 ? * Vhat's Jolly? ? be Observed-? ne. vill he observed went to a nearby man, named Garc "talking" a great c arrested but. may t . think that there if between this and tragedy. Why no ?"iwhora are house. One 1 others unac Iner, who was jti,e injured leal, has l)een The disa* >e let go. Some a iar{re nui ? a connection centlycla?n the Shan don in t^is St a t? dead, 13 injured and lng t icounted for. Some of wife will die. hom iter is only the la9t of thou mber which have re- M led nearly 200 victims will te, and mostly in the lebris. Hen Ponies and h were badly hurt when the e was blown down, but it i ight they may recover, rs. Sid Lackey was hurt an probably. lere were others injured t I8 Sherwood, a prominent jr business man of Dillon, t js fell Monday from a hosp dow in Fayetteyille, N. ,j was killed .... A negro i and killed Monday for lt ing to assault the 11 j ? I1CAI X1 miny, May b young m>> at the grai his state, torium. Col. A. ital win- been chosen to a< C., and 9]uli an,i Prof. Jo vvas shot assistant marshal, attempt- m08t cordially in rear old TV?? fnUrn*jir?? ium, 4 o'clock led school ambit. Banks has it as chief raarhn A. Jenkins The public is vited to attend. Everything is at (Saturday) for the veterans. Tents h ed on the State LI where there will hi tion of camp life s< 65. Let Lancas neignoorno lout ready now ' comiiiK of the Belajr gc iave been plac louse grounds e arepresenta ^r* k^iti cenea of 1861- ter rt 8Ch??' ter turn out '^r^' HCC on ot Chihuahua. at A ? - ? at th :hool Closing last es. Friday. atorr i>r: Miaa Emma Ilun- Hre 1 Tl at Belair closed May ount ot Miaa Hunter's wns ntioch, but it is impossibl i9 lime to obtain their nan Crops in the track of th n, which was unusually wich uined. ie village of Byrd Wrigli entirely destroyed and it i e daughter of Mr. John Sa Marion county, S. C. e a Another Improvement in tlanfleome Ituilding i the M ticket/ Lot. Another handsome I) Aiiaa io 1 .-v I \ r. " \v\er, in 0f exercises: Music?March. 1>ray6r' by Drlo Adorn MusiC) "Dixis/ Address, by Re business Music, 4tT/ie V I ..- Arlrlraaa Kir VI r LUG piu^iniiiiuo Bold ridge. ' sung by school, v. C. P. Carter, acant Chair." IT....... ir: with a bi^ crowd. Yes, "Former we like to see a ir.; home team. Our bia and Macon, hs ed a series. Th took two from the mother's de h;uic?8trian>v ',onie one n an boast of liis 'he sell teams, Oolum No exhibit! ive just finish- *)ut H fine e Gamecocks Was made ! Macon boys. Wax haw. iatli, she was called knov Qontli ago and sup- Curr( tool with Miss Winn. have on on the program, 'or(l educational address 8erir> by Mr. Abernathy of d'e? Miss Hunter has a m that least one death oc id there, although more ma been fatallv hurt Draw Martin and Jav Conner wor usly wounded and ma Iiv/u^u IO IU UW ^lUV/bCU ill ter right away. It will v hy I)r. J. F. Mackey on cant lot at the corner of IV 0 C?av streets. The pis N specifications were dra year, as noted in The thn time, hut if w:i? nnl\ Iv UICdh- v-oaj A?I I be built Music, "Tentin his va- camp grou lain and Komarks, by ol ins and Music, "Cover wn last Beautiful 1 News at Koll call of vet ' ? <i'j? J. A. .Tonk . uiuea. if? on the old ml," by school, d Veterans, them over with Mowers." erans, by Prof, ina Too bad ! But w< to pull us out of 11 have nothing "agi ''Former Lancast.r to via the penn would seem "greec bia to be first an 3 had to do it ?Plendid re] he cellar. We is <?n? ? n" your team, an(' most 1 ian". We want ,,,e county. i .. that ehe i?a^ ant and as it , alion last J ly for Colum. offer exlen, id Charleston next year. putation an a teacher. '>,r* of the best qualified '' borough teachers in It will be recalled ^er ised the Slate examin- serin u'y. She declined an J. M led her for the school J. F. H. 4 - tnyof First 1'rrshi/tnri/. ie First I'resbytery of I he / . church convened in Chei louday night- The openin ,on was preached by the Re\ eek White, ol Unity, tlie n g moderator. The Rev. li - , - -- ^ - J or two a^o that I he cont L let. Mr. McA. McMam *' merly of Lancaster, but " Columbia, is the contract Tm The building is to be 3* gant two-story brick st L Quarters for the First " ** - raot was Music, "Shall * us, for I he river w now in cease to rc lor. March to ohi an ele- then to the nev -ructure. decorate the grav National The Daughter; ive meet beyond 'here tbe surges >11 ? cemetery and 7 cemetery and ) 83. ? of the Confer! second, we would ing Macon juRt a I * hind ur. Speaking of "F< trian," we enjoy i ters to your good are intertaining a not mind see ew points b? Deathofa< Little lie >rmer Lancas- and Mrs. R eading his let- Kershaw, ( paper. They pneumonia nd interesting. The remain A. new Child. . com| >bert, Jr., eon of Mr. obert L. Blackmon, of fi ^ Jied last Saturday, of ^ , aged about one year. is were buried Sunday ummu9, of Kichbur^r, is th moderator. The I'resbyler prises the counties of Lai jr, Chester, York and Fai and some of the border coui in North Carolina. le Hank will be fitted up v first fl'>or^ and on that I will be a large store In the second story i r' town hall or opera ] Dimensions ef the I 1100x50 feet. Contra Manus expects to h w..: 1.1;? > * -? on the eracy earnestly ri loor also fttore8 an(j au 0t.}i room. jnes9 be closed s to be a hou8e._ clock> bh 149 to?" building, opportunity to at ctor Mc- rial exercises, ave the .. ? ?quest that t)>o er places of buafrom 4 to 6 o're ever}'body an tend the memo They are newsy. We also en-J in the Ken thaw cemetery. | WlU # s Jolly? What's Jolly ft UU.HHUJ5 cumpieieu rf months. [Who's Jolly?' What's Jolly?