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50. SEMI-WEEKLY.
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;aster. s. c., may 8,
rible Storm in Texas
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SITERPRISE 1891
1907
- i News in "Rri^J
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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?