The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, July 06, 1907, Image 1
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VOL. 2. NO. 77. SEMI-WEEKLY. LANCASTER S C mi v~? ?<wv? = "
s. C., JULY 6. 1907 PRICE-FIVE CENTS PER COPY.
Girl Assaulted; then Choked
to Death.
Warsaw, Mich., July 4.?Jen
me Kehle, daughter of John
Rehle, Wed 1G years, was assaulted
and murdered Sunday afternoou
in a strip of woods along
the road near her home.
The body was found to-day. It
was shown at an autopsy that
the girl i_had been choked to
death.
Two men have been arrested
on suspicion. They gave the
names ofjlrvie Bartlett, of Nashville,
and James Mackey, of
Chicago.
m ir _. i trMi j r, i 1 ,
^ . lviotncr rvinea uaugnter, ana
then Shot Herself.
Roff, I. T., July 4.?The wife
of Joe L. Thomas, one of the
most prominent and wealthiest
citizens here last night, shot and
instantly killed Mamie, their 18year-old
daughter, and then fired
a bullet into her own head.
She will die. She left a note
giving illness and her unwillingness
to leave herdaughter, as the
reason.
Thomas, when he returned
from his ranch, found the dead
girl and dying mother lying on
the bed.
Hurt by Bursting of Ginger
Ale Bottle.
Charleston News and Courier :
Mr. (4. O. Hackemann, a well
known grocer of this city, met.
with a serious accident Sunday
evening, when a bottle of ginger
ale exploded it) hi" hand, particles
ot the fclass striking him in
the eye and inflicting a very
painful wound.
Mr. Hackeniann had the bottle
of ale at his house and was
placing it on a shelf when it
burst in his hand. The glass
Hew in al! directions and some
~^kf it struck him in the lace.
Fatal Fight at Church.
Birmingham, Ala., July 4 ?A
long distance telephone message
from Warrior, Ala , yesterday
states that in a difficulty Sunday
at church in which knives were
the weapons used. Walter Shipp
stabbed to death Clarence Gray,
another youth of about his own
age, some 14 years.
Both young men were sons of
prominent rfnd popular farmers,
W. F. Shipp being the father of
Walter Shipp, and M. C. Gray,
the taiher of Clarence Gray.
Children Perish in Flames.
Houston, Texas, July 4.?Fire
started by burglars who looted a
small grocery store early today
caused the death ol three children
of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Prages,
who conducted the store and
whose family occupied the upper
Jtoor of the building.
Do you take The News?
I
Soldiers in Riot at Jamestown j
Norfolk, Vrt., July 3 ?Five ,
hundred ?outh Carolina and Kentucky
militiameu attempting to j
tike charge of ihe "Warpath"!
at Jamestown exposition tonight
were resisted by the i'o what tan
guards. A riot ensued and several
pereous were injured.
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A Freak Cabbage.
Mr. M. W. Weutz was show- <
illir a r.liiHlAr nf pulihjrrn liou/lo
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Saturday that was rather freakish.
On one stalk there were
about seventeen heads, n few ol
them about the s.ze of a man's
fist, and the rest varying all the
way down to the size of one's
thumb.?Chester Lantern.
Appeal in Deal-Mills Case.
Gaffney special in the Slate:
Just belore recess the judge sentenced
vVilliam H, Mills to a life
term in the penitentiary, his
council having withdrawn the
notice of motion for a new trial.
Counsel tor Mills, however, have
given notice ot m ention to appeal
to the supreme court.
I'hf fourth in Monroe?Race by
Lancaster Automobile*. |(
Monroe advertised an automo- (
bile race among other attractions
for the "Glorious Fourth/1 but
the only machines there on that i
day were three from Lancaster, i
those of Messrs. R. S Harper, '
HrspI Witherspoon and J. B
Mackorell, who, accompanied by
friends, had gone to Monroe to
witness the day's amusements ?
The Lancaster autoists decided
to enter the race however. The
track was three-quarters of a mile.
Mr. Harper's red devil made the
distance in 37 seconds and the
machines of Messrs. Witherspoon
and Mackorell in 42 seconds.?
Mr. Harper, the victor, was
awarded a pr:z6 of $25.
In addition to the auto contest i
there were horse and mule races.
The literary feature of the pr< gram
consisted of addresses by ,
the Ilou. Mat Housih, of Lands- ,
lord, and Capt. Will Heath, of
Monroe.
Marriaoe of Mr. T. S. McManun
in WilmluHton. ,
Mr. Thomas S. McManus, a
well-known former Lancastrian
now residing in Wilmington, N. i
C., son of Capt. John Q. McMa- i
nus, of this county, was married i
Thursday, as will be seen by the
following Wilmington special in
yesterday's Charlotte Observer:
Mr. T. S. McManus, manager
of the Bell Telephone Company
here, and Miss Sarah May bocult,
of Wilmington, were quietly
married this evening at *>
o'clock at the study of the pastor
of the First Baptist church, Rev.
Fred D, Rale, D. L)., officiating.
They lelton the 7 o'clock northbound
train for an extended bri
dal tour including points in
Canada and Niagara Falls. They
will return in about two weeks
and will be at home in this city,
where both are well known and
popular.
McDowell Found Guilty.
The Slayer of Young Lloyd
Millen Convicted of Murder
in the .First Degree and
Sentenced to be Hanged
Aug. f 30.
As previously announced in
The News, the trial of Rcbert
McDowell, the negro who brutally
murdered a well-known and
3lever young man ol this county,
Mr. Lloyd Millen, 011 a passenger
train in North Carolina three
months ago, was held at Marion,
N. C., this week. As was to be
axpected, the defendant wasfound
zuilty of murder in the first decree.
A special from Marion' in
the Charlotte Observer of Thursday
gives the following account
the trial :
Judge James L Webb resumed
he special term of McDowell
:ourt yesterday morning and at
jnce the cise ol Slate vs. Koheri
McDowell was talien up. The
jury was secured before noon and
the evidence wan rapidly put in
?nd the case went to the jury
about 3 :30 today and at 5 :30
they returned a verdict of guilty
3f murder in the first degrte,
whereupon Judge Webb sentencad
McDowell to bang on the 30th
day of August next.
The offence for which McDowell
will hang was one of the most
unprovoked murders that was
ever committed in the State.?
The evidence shows that on Sat-1
ufutty, April oiii, McDowell and
Beteral other negroes got on the
train at Mar on and were going
to liutherfordton; that a negro
by the name of Curtis Long and
some others got into a row and
that Mr. John L. Millen, a fl ig
man on the train, went in to settle
the disturbance and got into
an altercation with Long; that
the disturbance was quieted and
that the flagman went out to assist
passengers at Vein Mountain
station, and that in the meantime
McDowell, who was a friend of
Long, prepared his.pistql and
stated that no man could run
over him; that McDowell went
out to the place where the flagman
should be at work, but tail
ed to see him; that lie returned
1 ? L , t ? 1 ?
him mat me man. Liong, oontinu
ed to swear and that. the conductor
came in to put him olT when
the flagman canu* in at the rear
door and McDowell arore with
out Baying a word and fired a
shot into his brain.
Long and a negro named Miller
were indicted for taaing part in
the killing of young Milieu and
Long was given four years on the
county chain-gang, hut Miller
was not sentenced because he is
now serving a sentence on the
roads of Rutherford county and
his case 'will be disposed of as
soon as his present term expires.
A W*a4srfnl (lapyenlaK.
Port Byron, N. Y., has witneaaed one of
the moat remakable eaaee of healing aver
reoorded Amoi P King, of that plaoe
aaya: Buoklen't Arnica Halve oared a
sore on my leg with whioh I had an/Tared
over 80 yean I am now eighty-ftve" Guaranteed
to enre all norea, by J F liaekey
and Fanderbnrk Pharmaoy Druggiat 26c
Camden Boy Accidentally
Shot h ' His Companion.
Camden Messenger: Joshua
Long, aged sixteen, son of Mrs.
W. A. Long, who lives at the
Pine Creek Cotton Mill, nv t with
a very distressing accident Friday
evening. While at the mill
race fial.iug and hunting, he was
accidentally shot by a companion,
Cleveland Jones, aged fourteen.
The load took effect in his lelt
arm which was so fearfully injured
that amputation of the
litnb was necessary.
The gun belonged to the wounded
boy, and he handed it to
Cleveland, who noticed that the
gun was cocked, and in trying to
let it down it was discharged,
the whole load taking effect in
the arm, which was almost severed
friuu the body. Joshua was
standing on the creek bank, and
the shock was so great that lie
fell in the creek. He managed
to crawl out.
Two Boys Struck by Lightning?One
Killed and the
Other Probably Injured for
Life.
Saluda special in the News
and Courier: On Wednesday
atternoon, about 3 o'clock, Uilder,
the nine?-year-old son of Mr. and
Mrs. W. O. Clary, who lives two
miles w^st of this place, was instantly
killed by a strode of lightning,
and Ernest, their elevenyear
old son, who was with him,
was badly stunned and is probably
injured for life.
The two boys were on their
way to the field, where they had
been hoeing cotton. As it had
the appearance of rain their father,
who was working in the shop,
called to them to stop out of the
shower. They were near a small
peach tree and ran under it lor
shelter. Hardly had they stopped
when a stroke of liuhtninf
from an almost clear sky came
tearing down from the heavens,
and the astonished father, still
watching the boys, saw both ol
them fall to tho ground. Hastening
to them he found one dead
and the other apparently lifeless.
The boys were within eighteen
inches of each other and their dog
between them. The dog was likewise
knocked to the ground, but
soon recovered.
The only mark upon the dead
boy was across the head, where
there was the appearance of a
singed hair. The other son has
been carried to the hospital in
Augusta for treatment.
Cotton Crop Report.
Washington, July 2.?The
crop reporting board of the bu
reaii of statistics of the department
of agriculture finds from the
reports of the correspondents and
agents of the bureau that the
average conditions of cotton on
June 25 was 72.0 ms compared
with 70.5 on May 25, 1907 ; 83.3
on June 26, 1906; 77.0 at the
corresponding date in 1905, and
a 10-year average of 83.2.
The High School Act-*Some
Districts not Complying
with the Law, Says Supt.
Martin.
Columbia special in the Greo: ville
News : A dozen or more
localities in the State who have
voted themselves high schools
under the new high school act
will be rudely shocked to discover
bv n. oirmilnr Stoto
Superintendent Martin is sending
out today that they have
failed to comply with the law,
which requires high school districts
t<*be made up of an aggregation
ot two or more old district
or ot a town of less than
1,000 inhabitants. Any town of
less than J ,000 inhabitants may
vote in a high school and get
aid from the State Board, but
the district in which this town is
located cannot participate beyond
the incorporate limits.
The following circular sent out
by Superintendent Martin today
explains itself:
Columbia, S. C., July 1.
County Superintendents.
Dear Sirs: The following report
was adopted by the State
Board of Education at its meeting,
June 25:
' Your Committee to whom
was referred the questions arising
from McCormick, Olar and
Georges under the High School
Act, beg to report: As we understand
the facts, each of these
localities include an incorporated
town of less than 1,000 inhabitants
and in the elections held
by them they have included territory
outside of each of the
towns. If this be a correct state
ment of the facts their action
[fails *1 o conform to the High
School Act in two respects. (1)
.The Act does n ?t provide for the
formation of a High School District
out of one school district,
except in the case of an "incorpora'ed
city or town of less than
1,000 inhabitants." (2) The
elections held have embraced
more territory than an incorporated
town or city.
For these reasons and for others
which might be enumerated, we
find ourselves unable to recommend
the endorsement by the
State High School Board of their
uu!h>u, nowever, raucn we regret
to do so.
In each of these cases we would
advise that they undertake to get
ail adjoining school district, one
or more, to vote trfor a High
School, so as to comply with the
law and remedy the unfortunate
situation in which they find
i hemflelves.
It is useless to say that we
sympathize with the Districts
referred to, but we see no way to
avoid the plain mandate of the *
High School Act in the particulars
referred to."
Please furnish this information
to such places in your county as
may need it.
Sincerely yours,
O. B. Martin,
I State Supt. of Educatiou.