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VOL. 2. NO. 81 SEMI-WEEK
The News in and Around i
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Kershaw Era: The followingIs
officers of Kershaw Council, No. t
56, Jr. O. U. A. M. were public- c
lv installed last Wednesday night.
After the installation lunch was 1
served to the Juniors and their '
lady relatives and friends.
J. H. Harael, Councilor.
It. F. Long, Vice-Councilor. ?
J. J. Maeil!, Recording Sect'v.
T. C. Stover, Financial Sect'y. c
C. B. Mobley, Treasurer. a
Edgar Williams, Warden.
J. Frank Gardner, Conductor, n
D. B. Love, Inside Sentinel. d
W. W. Cauthen, O. Sentinel, h
E. M. Catoe, Chaplain.
R. L. So well. Jr.. P. C.
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R. L. Sowell, fj
F. L. Trueedale,
F. M. Mobley, ?
Trustees. g
Arthur Gaskins, colored, wa^
killed by lightning last Friday (j
afternoon at the Eli Knight place g
about three miles from Kershaw,
in the Kershaw county side. He
was in the yard grinding an axe ^
when he was struck.
Dr. A. O. Traylor, of White ^
Oak, who was formerly prescription
clerk at C. O Floyd's drug- ^
store, has again accepted that
position. Dr. Traylor is a son ot
Hon. T. W. Traylor, a former
representative of Fairfield coun- e
ty, and a pro'uiiueut business man
of White Oak. a
Mtm ff* W itPQi'onti an/1 lirtlol
AIA A ? * t ^ A Q VU C% H* * "V?1V p
daughter, Dorris, ot Linden, Ala., ^
who visited relatives here, lett a
last week tor a brief stay at Lan t|
caster, accompanied by Mrs. a
Grayson's sisters, Misses Edna ^
and Ethel Gregory, who also ac u
conipanied her 011 her return trip ^
home yesterday. a
Mr. Webster Gregory, son of e
the late Owen Gregory, who was w
at one time a resident of this n
place, is in town fiw a lew days, w
Mr. Gregory is now a master t<
machinist in Providence, K. 1.,
and is South to install some ma- Jchinory
at liock llill.
Mrs. F. D. Cosby and son,
Benton, ot Texas, are visiting
Mrs. Cosby's parents, Capt. and ai
Mrs. S. J. Benton Mrs. Cosby tl
x was met at Biacksburg by her n
father on Wednesday night. ol
Mr. J. M. Bowers, Jr., who *
lives in the Roland section oi Kerahaw
county, ploughed up a (> 0
pound cannon hall and a Spanish 8(
coin bearing date 1796, on his R
farm. tr
In a fine game of ball at this tr
place yesterday bet veen Hagood 11
and Kershaw the Kershaw boys ^
won by a score ol 5 to 3.
Married by Mr. T. C. Stover,
Notary Public, at his residence j
on Sunday last, M r. Reece Wright (,
to Miss Rebecca Hinson.
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PERSONAL. (j
Prof. L. E. Kirk lev and daugh- w
ter, Miss Rosa Lee, of Denver, b
N. 0., are visiting Prof. Kirkley's ai
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Kirk- 2
ley.
k
Misses Nellie and Rosa Talley a
are spending a couple of weeks b
: Lang
LEDGER J 852 REVH
LY. tANCASTEF
11 R?>ck Hi'l wjtli their brothers TheTrialo
Messrs John and llenry 1 alley. .
Miss Louella Porter, of Elgin, J ipj^e
ipeut several days in Kershaw j J^Jonro
ast week at the home of her unite,
Mr. J. W>lie Porter. monycf
... .. ,, .. vmcis,
Little Miss Mary K vans Brasngton
i* visiting her aunt, Mrs.
f ii T ? . * . Monroe, JN
-1. II. Johnson, at Lancaster.
. iir Bogan, ol
Mrs. VV. R. Hough and ch.l- (be flrgt wUi
Iren, ot Camden, are visiting . . f j
-Irs. W. H. Sowell. .. . .
with the lv
Mrs. J. J. Blackmon and little Johnson a 1
hild' of Lancaster, are visiting 8Umed.
t Mrs. R L. Blackmou's. Bogan w
Capt. and Mrs. Atnos McMa- cross-ex^mii
us, of Laucaster, visited their direct examii
aughter, Mrs. J. Wylie Porter, of John Joue
*8t week. about a doze
Miss Sallie Benton will leave who are un
'riday for a visit to relatives and being in the
riends in Wadesboro, N. 0. Johnson.
Miss Marie Horton, of Lancas- Sheriff Bo
aster, is visi'ing her aunt, Mrs. ',e was bred
I Z Gay. an(* l^iafc ]
Miss Lizzie Trantham, of Cam- anC* pberifF.
. . m xt t Abe iyncl
en, is visiting at Mrs. N. J. 3
, , aroused hinr
tephenson s.
and liis son
Mr. Jo8. Hough, of Bethune. . for g(J
. visiting his parents, Col. and (hat theJr h#|
Irs L. C Hough in the jail. A
Mr John T. Stevens is at Glenn t|,e (ioor>
pring8. a ml alter beii
TT . . to the cell w
dill Operative Drowned in .. ,
r . conhoed, th
Rock Hill. shoot the mm
of the cell. '
Record: Mr. L. Alley, an op- thg .
rative ot the Arcade Mill, of this . . .
dragged the
it;', was drowned last night .
' b white man I
bout 9 o'clock in the swimming
with a rope
ool at the Mill. This pool was gtgr|0(J wjth ,
uilt especially for the operatives rop
ud is a very nice place It seems
hat Mr. Alley was in the pool crof
, , , , . ... . not material!
ud had a nliink r>r?co.ni?r
eing able to swim. He whs using sheriff 8 state
!ie plank to float around in the later
-ater. Parties on the bank heard Charlotte,
cry for help, but no one seem- fence will tci
d able to get to him before he sentatiou of j
ras drowned, and the body v/as,trial of a seoi
ot recovered for an hour after- son county, i
rards, having to drain the) pond >??g J. V. ,
) recover same. which began
which the 8l
lorse and Mule Killed by yesterday haTjicrhtnir?or
teiltioil. ?'iud I
6"V".W6, '
superior cour
Bamberg special in the News crowded with
nd Courier: During a heavy Johnson w
Hinder storm yesterday after- murder of hi:
oon lightning struck the stables >l days b
t Thomas Grant, colored, and 1 lie Governor
illed a valuable mtile and a good term of c
orse. They were ttie only stock Jl?? men n
wned by him and the loss is a dieted under
were blow to him. He was in pn sod by t
>wn to-day and many of his 11803, the ti
iends, white and black, con- Southern Sta
ibuted small amounts to assht a Dial of inc
1 getting other stock for him. adjoining cou
it was conun
Blown to Pieces by Bombs, omitted a pr?
ishraent for t
Alexandropol, Russia, July At the firs'
7.?General AlikhanofF, former in Union cot;
overnor General ol Tiflis; Ma i- county to An
me Glieboff, wife of Genera' defense mov
lieboff, and the coachman who dictment beci
as driving their carriage, were I wag provided
lown to pieces bv bombs thrown crime could I
L their conveyance at half past | the common
o'clock this morning. I but allowed I
A eon of General Alikhanoff Recently t
?d a daughter of General Glie- ruled that th
o(f sustained serious injuries. tional, aud#G
\STER
IW J876 ENTERPRISE
!. S. C., JULY 20. 1907
f Alleged Lynchers 1
I Three ol fch
resting Case in frotIl tj,G siate
thisWeek?Testi- apprehended.
Sheriff Boganand niinimurn puni
common law i*
ment.
. 0., 'u'y 16.?Slier- .probably ks
f Aiibou, N. C , was Monroe spec
iess today when the Qiiari(,tte Obsei
hn Jones, charged laying fitiishei
inching of John V. witnesses on
white man, was re- proCeeded this
on the stand a
as very certain, on nesse., to discre
ia'i>n as well as on Q< |?endall and
lation of 'he identity jr. Feuton
is. He also identified me^ 30gan in i
u of the other men house early th
der indictment as the lynching ar
crowd that lynched reC0gnized
Bogan replied
igan testified that (jev^j could 1
up>n by the mob, when jt was d
acted both as jaiior tjiey were disgt
: t. -
cjafiiiiiuim iuii ne
l^rs, ho testified, dot say lie lia<
iselt, his daughter any one but a
when they made ? question by ask
mission, declaring
[1 a prisoner to put
3 soon as he unlock- Aged Ministe
re mob rushed in, jn Qreenw
ng refused the keys _
here Johnson was Augusta, Ga.
ey threatened to ciaj from (jree
n through the bars The Chronicle
Then he gave them Considerable
He said that they vaii8 about tho
alleged half-crazy a mlJrderous a
Irom the cell, and ?n0n Rev. F.
i around his neck, negro farm hi
him down to Mon- guber. The ne
to do some farn
s-examination did Bradley and re]
y shake any of the attending to it,
jments. tacked the prea
proceedings. gashing lnm o
July 17.?The de- "f thethioal an
,d?y begin the pre Suber escaped
its testimony ill the ma" in the cor
re of citizens of An- ?'g lhe woods
charged with lynch- negro*
Johnson. Tlie trial
on Monday and in ** ?
, .* . Mules of Corn
-ate rested its case
* attracted much at Struck b}
he little room of the
tat Monroe has been ,ck ^ I i 11 lie
> spectators. belonging to 1
as charged with the were s!rU(*k 'w
s brother-in-law and the th,1,uler at(>
efore the lynching noon' B(),h W(
had called a spe- and one of th
lourt for his trial. k??<*ed ou? an
ow on trial were in- The other does
an anii-lynchingact f muc,l> vvas
:he Legislature in the sh?ck- The
irst adopted by a ed t0 the wo11 '
le. It provides for Bie d l8'1 oa,ne?
licted persons in an ?
nty to that in which Shot His
Hted, but the law __
nision for ttie pun- Greenville sj
hH cvl e- and courier :
' trial *?t these cases shot and perha
mty, the adjoining ed Sunday alt
son, last July, the Allen in the
ed to quash the in this county. 'I
ause no|punishment | cousins and ar
and also that the! Allen came to
be punished under j himself up to l
law ot manslaughter refused to dis- i
he other motion. seen at the cou
he Supreme Court to hint that he
e act was constitu fence. Both I
ov. Glenn called the known.
News
J891
PRICE?FIVE CENTS PER CC
term ot the Union Spat on Stars and
i cases
e defendants lied Los Angeles, July
and have not been Yoni, a Japanese em]
If convicted, the | wiper n the Souther
ishment under the shops iu this city, nari
i 20 years' punish- caped serious injury at
of an enraged mob of
idkd yesterday. workmen yesterday,
ial in yesterday's ^ ?n' wa8 wiping an r
rver : The defense tvhich had been placed i
cl yesterday with American llai:s. VVhih
an alibi for Jones. the engine Yoni turned
morning to put ''herately spa1 upon c
number of wit ^aSs?
dit the testimony A crowd quickly su
Sheriff Bogan. the Japanese aud he \\
testified that he roughly handled when
ront of the court a~ed t0 elude his assail
ie morning after escaped.
.a ..~\ J L:? i
it nsnuu II1IU II 116
any of the mou Boy While Asleep
: "How in the * Out of Windo
recognize them .
itrk as hell and Beaufort special in T1
lised?" On cross- At 11 o'clock last niglil
i said Bogan did Watson, the 11-year?oh
1 not recognized Rev. A. B. Watson, w
nswered witness' his sleep out of an ope
ing another. story window on to a
stepped off into space.
18 feet to the ground,
r Cut by Negro not, gUgtain any injuries
ood County. appear serions. lie has
covered from the shock,
, July 18.?A spe- only apparent injuries a
nwood, S. C., to under the chin and slig
say? ; sions of the nose and ea
* excitement pre ?. - ?. . ?
town of Troy over Another Postponen
ssault committed Kershaw Election
R Bradley by a
ind named John Wednesday's State :
gro was ordered hoard of election canva5
a work by Mr. yesterday to consider tli
pritnanded lor not Gf the election on the di
whereupon he at- question in Kershaw c<
icher with a knife, mass of papers was s
nee on each s.de ftn(j attorneys were pi
id down the back, present, both sides, bi
and nearly every coun^ 0f ?|ie absence of
nmnnity is scour- General Lvon ai d Ooi
in search of tl e Gftneral Jones it was d<
defer consideration an
?? until the entire boar
pressman Finley Prt'sent> as ,his ('a*e wil
_ . , . bly be a precedent. The
^Lightning. 0/lhe board ptesent ?
, , arrived at a concltn
icord : 1 wo mules , ,
. ,, ,, . conside/od this a very 1
ion. I). L. Finley , , Jt
,. , . . , . case and wished for the
lightning during ,
rr, . ... a whole to go on record
rm Tuesday alter
pre knocked down ? ,, r
, , Rev. McDonald C
em had an eve
, ? n . . Chester.
d is badly injured.
\ not seem to be
, . , , It w ?s announced in
only stunned by
, , , ,, iimns the past week tha
mules had walk- ? l,
. , E McDonald ol the I
n get water when
church in Winnsboro In
led a call to Ihe nastornt
i ~
church in Chester. Si
First Cousin. Mr. McDonald has been
ter and after looking
oci il in the News field there h .s decided
Isaac Orifliu was the call so unanimous
ps fatally wound llatteriagly extend d
.ornoon by Boiler This fact he made know
northern part of congregation in re at the
ho men are first service last Sabbath by
e both underage, ing a congregational me
the city and gave Sabbath morning, at ?
he authorities, but vice the congregation
i$s the affair when asked to unite ?i*h hir
nty jail other than ropiest that the relatio;
) acted in sell de- isting between him and
amilies are well pastor and people be dis
Winnsboro News and II
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Stripes.
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ployed as
a Pacific
rowly esthe
hands ?
American
{f
ingiiie on
two small
Jt
3 wiping
and dome
of the
\
I
irrou tided
ras being
be manants
and
d
Walks
w.
le State :
t George
J son of
alked in
01 second
roof and
lie fell
but did
that now
i not rebut
the
re a cut
ht abrair.
nent in
Case.
I'be State
'sers met
ie matter
spensary
auntv. A
ubmitted
resent to
it on acAttorney
nptroller
acided to
(1 action
d can be
1 probarr.embers
ad about
sion, but
mportant
board as
xoes to
thete colt
1 v o tt n
V. R. P.
td receives
of the
ore then
to Ches
oyer tho
to accept
ly and so
to him
11 to his
i morning
requeatatingnext
hich serwill
he
n in the
rt now extliem
as
solved.? ,
erald.
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