The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, July 17, 1907, Image 1
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VOL. 2. NO. 80. SEMI
Six Killed and Twenty I
in Wreck in Tennesse
Kuoxyille, Teun., July 14
long distance telephone mes
to The Journal and Tribune
Johnson City savs:
Six persons met instant <1
and 20 were injured when
bound ves'ibuled train No
on the Southern Railway col!
with a switch engine one
west of Johnson City at
o'clock tonight. The switch ec
was in charge of a hostler,
when he saw the fast passe
coming toward him, rev<
his engine and jumped to sa
Scarcely had he done 90 y
the passenger crashed into
light engine with fearful f
* The engine ot the passe
baggage, mail car and set
class coach were derailed
overturned, but the switch
gine was not lifted "from
rails and with full head of s
started on a wild run which
not ended until a switch
thrown for it and it was dil
at Carne?ri6.
Care and Worry of Chil
on Long Journey Ca
Woman to Lose
f
Mind.
Asheyille, N. 0., speci
the Observer: After trav
fully three thousand inilei
with the constant care and s
and worry of two small chi
Mrs. Hurt, a lady probabl
year9 of age, reached Ash'
this morning on train N<
from the West, bereft of re
Her case is one to make der
on sympatny. one left opo
Wash., nearly a week ago,
her two little children, t
from that far Western Sti
the county of Transylvani
western North 'Carolina,
some point on that more
three thousand mile journe
became deranged and re;
Asheville this morning viol
insane.
Attempt to Kill Presider
France.
Paris, duly 14.?The nal
fete today was marred by t
tarclly attempt on the li
President Falliores by
Maille, a naval reservist ofH
who, it is believed, is sull
from the mania of perseci
Mailie fired two shots at
.President, but did ?ot hit
Ho was at once placed und1
rest.
Terrible Disaster on the
tleship Georgia.
Boston, July 15.?By th
plosion of a case of powd
the hands of a gunner ii
afier superimposed turret <
battleship Georgia in Mass
sets bay to day eight men
killed and thirteen injured,
j Not one of the persons n
turret escaped injury.
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LEDGER J 852
-WEEKLY.
"
lurt Hotel Man Charged with
e. Selling Liquor.
?A Gaffney special in Spartanjaage
burg Herald : A sensation was
Irom sprung in Gaffney yesterday
when W. 11. Dempsey, proprie?
ea'h tor of the Palmetto hotel, was
east- arrested lor selling whiskey in
. 42 violation of th? town ordinances,
lided The Palmetto hotel is the one in
mile which George Hasty killed the
7:30 two theatrical men in December
igine of 1005, and tor which Hasty is
who, serving a life sentence in the
nger penitentiary. Upon being at restjrsed
ed Dempsey deposited $50.0C
fety. lor his appearance this morning
when before Mayor Little; but whei
i the his honor called the case of th<
orce. town vs Dempsey it appearec
nger, that the defendant did not an;ond
swer and was non est inventus
and Cf course under the circumstau
l en- ce8 his bond was forfaited an(
the his case continued.
team ?
was Suicide of Spartanburg Farm
was er#
tched
Spartanburg special in Th<
News and Courier: 01 lie Stroud
dren aged 45 years, who lives in Crosi
used Anchor Township, committee
suicide todav about 1 o'clock fa
shooting himself in the breas
with a double-barrel shotgun.?
Ill-health and mental trouble ar<
a' *n supposed to have been the causi
elfag act^ gtroud left hi
s and jj0me ghortlv before 1 o'clock
,raln taking his gun with him. Hi
ldren wa]jce^ about three hundrei
y ^ yards from the house and tieini
eyille A p.ord around the triggers place1.
36, tjie muzzie jjis breast and pull
ason. e(j (jie The entire loa
11 and enjered his breast, tearing out i
^ane? great hole,
with . . ? .
)?und peters Convicted of Murder
ute to ,
a? iu ing Preacher.
At
than Winston-Salem, N. O., Jul
v she ??eorge ^>eters was coc
ached victed at Hillsboro, Va., today c
.* the murder ol the Kev. Josepi
ently , . .
Easter, a Dunkard preacher, wh
was called to his door and assaf
c sinated on the night of May 2
it of
last. Peters made a confession
but did not implicate any on
else, as was expected. The con
donal vjC?jon jg jor mUrder in the firs
1 das- doeree.
IPelers.it will be recalled, i
"0<) 1 the man who, it is said, ran a
[,,vn ' "original package" concern i
ering LanCaster some years ago |
ition "
trll P
. Store in Florence Struck b
him.
er ar. Lightning and Burned.
1 Florence special in the New
land Courier: During a ee\er
Bat- storm last night .lightning struc
the two-storv trame store build
?ng, owned by W. T. Daniel:
e ex- and occupied by Daniels & Poi
er in ton, general merchants; \V '1
i the Daniels, mill supplies, and Hai
?f the nah Lodge, No. 122, Knighi c
acliu- Pythias, located at Hannah, i
were the lower part ot tins count;
and the tire which followed con
l the plelely destroyed the buildiu
and its entire contents.
JCAS1
REVIEW J87tf
LANCASTER, S. C? JULY
Farmers' Institute at Pie
ant Valley.
i Big Picnic to be One of
Attractive Features-?E
tinguished Speakers a
Expected.
I _____
Editor of The News : For
1 fourth consecutive year the
' thorities at Clemson college l>
given the people of Pleasant ^
' ley a farmers' institute, and
! venture the assertion that
community in the State has
) predated them more or deri
> more benefit from them tl
1 ours. The institute will he 1
} this year on Saturday, July
' and our enterprising citiiens
' planning to make this the n
* successful one yet held at 1
place.
A8 usual, a big picnic din
:n 1
vv 111 uo nerveu in connection \
the institute. Every one is n
" cordially invited to bring '
filled baskets and participat<
one of those big picnic dim
9 for which Pleasant Vallej
> justly famous.
9 In addition to the spea]
1 from Clemson College who
come with the very latest in
1 mation on all agricultural i
" jects, efforts are being mad<
0 have with us Mr. E D. Sir
9 general organizer of the Soutl
B Cotton Growers' Association,
> President C. C. Moore of
8 North Carolina Cotton Grow
^ Association. These are tw
K the most gifted speakers in
- South, and no progressive iar
" can afford to miss an opportu
of hearing either of these me
1 Plenty of good things to
good speeches, and the gene
i hospitality of the Pleasant
- ley people,?these will in
every man a good tune wit
{ regard to his religion, poli'ic
v previous condition of servitu
i S. E.
>f
11 Japs Trying to Break
o
Texas.
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San Antonio, Tex , July 1
e The immigration inspector
Laredo, on the Mexican bor
,, arrested five more Japanese i
Green Station yesterday mai
s their way into the State ilirr
a the brush. This makes 15 ii
that have recently been arret
Ail of them will be sent inchi
of an officer to San Franciscc
deportation to Japan.
Mother Kills Herself
1
p ^nnu.
e
k Ilawkinsville, Ga., July 1
t Eight milf-* below here this i
s, ning Mrs. Mack MeKinnej
j- young wife, after Romo wur<
l\ difference with her hush
i- swallowed a do-e of *trych
>f after giving some to her 2-:
n old daughter. She then fold
v, husband of if, who treated i
1 a joke. Soon, however, ni(
ig and child died in great at
She was 22 years old.
*ER IS
ENTERPRISE 1891
17. 1907
3S= Twelve Horses and Me
Killed by One Bolt of Lig
ning.
the Monday's Columbia Stale:
)is. C. A. Manship. manager
ilso 9H^es tlie Koyfcter compa
; returned last night from a S
day visit to Gadsden and rept
the e(* a remarkable occurrence
auJ F iendship church yesterday.
ave One bolt ol lightning killed
jraj horses and mules and inju
we two others so badly that tl
no mu8t *)e killed. The bolt stri
ap_ a large tree near Benevolei
ved ?burch, about half way betwi
ban Gadsden aQd Eastover. 1
iepj horses were tied close togetbe
27 None of the people in
are church was injured, althoi
lost s?me felt the effects of the I
this 'or a few m'nutes and, natura
a great deal of consternation 1
ner manifested.
vith ? -
lost Attempt Made to Kill
lve 1 Entire Family.
3 in
Qer3 Charlotte special in Atla
7 13 Journal : An unsuccessful
tempo to kid the entire famih
the former sheriff of Wake co
ty, Mr. M. C. Jones, who live
^or Bilboa, N. C., near Durh
BU^ N. C.. was enacted yester
3 *? afternoon when some per
lith. _l J i- ?u ?i.
' piti^cu aieouii; in ill? UUlie? 11
lern which members of the fan
an(* drank.
l*le Shortly afterwards they w
rers siricken with severe pains
? ot physicians were summoned >
the eventually succeeded in sa\
mer their lives. Investigation rev
m'-v ed enough arsenic in the coffe
n- kill several persons.
eat, ^
rous
Y h1 Four Negroes Killed on Tr
sure
. . Bristol, Va., July 13?'
hout '
middle-aged negroes, whose i<
OI"
tity is unknown, were ki
^ while asleep on the Soutl
Railway track eight miles s<
of Bristol this morning. T
into heads were hot h cut off and t
bodies terribly mangled,
5-? Conductor Killed by Neg
s at
d?r, Augusta, Ga., July 14.
near meHflarre from Sander-Tcillo. i
e? -
pays that Coductor J. M. Ma
>u-h of Augusta, of the Soutl
1 a" Railway, was killed to night
ttod. a negro who it is said I e pu
urge tlie train for rein ing to pay
> f?r fare. The negro escaped
the woods and a posse is now
| pursuit.
and
Homicide at Ivy, N. C
4.? Asheville special in yesh r<
mor Observer: A telephone mes
r, a from Marshall this afternoon
[Is of 1 of another homicide in Mad
and, county. 1 lie tragedy ocoi
nine this morning at* 7 o'clock, v
rear | James Ray shot and in*tfi
her killed John Adams, The
it as shooting occurred at the eto
ither Anderson Bros., at Ivy, i
;ony. eighteen or twenty miles
Marshall.
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Jews
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mi, I'iituui i ne news : liiere lias
of been 110 news from ibis coinmuny,
uity in quite awlnle, but we
un- have not vet passed into oblivion,
>rt- -f we are quiet,
i at Crops are very good considering
the unusually late sea3on,
1*2 and the farmers are in good
red spirits. Farm work will ve>y
ley soon be finished; then the lartnick
ers will be ready /or August and
nee its pleasures.
Ben There is very little fruit, but
L'he melons are fine and are begin)r.
ning to ripen.
the Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Evans
lgh and family, of Rock Hill, are
w>lt. spending come time at the home
11}, of Mr. Berry Moblev.
ivas Dr. Blake L. Robertson, of
Columbia. 18 ROAndinor hio TT*na
UIO ? WVUition
at his father's, Mr. Z. L,
Robertson.
an
Mies Virginia Robertson returned
8(>me weeks ago from
Florida, where she spent the
,n a winter most pleasantly.
at~ Miss Hannah Mobley is at
^ ( home enjoying her vacation alter
un the close of the school at McClels
lanville, where she taught the
am, .
' past session,
day
Miss Annie Ssover recently
visited friends at EiLefield.
:nm
Qjjy Miss Janie Cauthen is visiting
friends at Pregnall and Orangerere
bur*and
Mr. G. A. Robertson and sister,
rVho Miss Hattie, are at home for the
riug summer, the former from the
eal- Presbyterian College at Clinton,
e to the latter Irom Abbeville, where
she taught last session.
Mrs. J. M. Ussery, and ohil?
ack dren, from Llartwell Ga., have
returned home alter spending
pwo sometime with her parents, Mr.
^en and Mrs. W. D. Usaery.
llect Mrs. M. B. Cauthen is visiting
,ern relatives in iNorih Carolina,
juth Quito a number of our young
heir people are planning to visit
heir Jamestown during the summer.
The Rev. R. E. Small,
ro.
Bro. It. E. Small, closed his
?A patorato with the Poe Mill
Ga , church last Sunday. lie is not in
son, good health, and has decided to
lern rest lor a while. lie will spend
by afew weeks at Cleveland Springs,
t oft N. C. Bio. Small has done exhis
cellent work at Poe Mill and we
to hope he will soon be restored to
/ in health and accept a field in this
St ate.? Baptist Courier.
Recipe for Town Paint.
layV "Two dozen lemons. 9'rained;
sage two pounds ot eugar, one-halt'
told I pint preen tea, strained; or.o
lison quart best brandy, three quarts
irred claret; Cottle, keep overnight,
vhen T hen add ehatnpapne to suit the
mlly taste, strawberries, banana , orI'atal
antes, cherries, pineapple and
re ot any fruit desired. Served in
tome punclihowl with ice." Brushes
from with which to paint the town may
he secured at the nearest store.
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