The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, July 24, 1907, Image 1
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VOL. 2. NO. 82 SEM1-WE
Burned in Benzine Buppv.
Terrible Fate of Autoists.
Now York, July 21. ? E lwar
K Gallagher, u i>ew York pin
sician, wa? burned to death i
an automobile accident on Lou
Irilund to-nigh', while his fianci
who accompanied him, was pei
haps fatally injured.
He was driving his machiti
over the Locust avenue crossin
in Jamaica, L. I., when the ci
was struck a glancing blow b
the Narragansett llyer, a fast pa
Benger train.
The machine was thrown
great distance and turned ov<
upon its occupants. A momei
later the gasoline tank explode
and shot the burning oil over tb
half stunned autoists. The phy6
, can was so burned as to be harr
ly recognizable. He died in
few minutes. Miss Madigan w-i
also frightfully burned. Her le
leg was broken, her jawbone wi
Iracturea and her teeth knocke
out. She is not expected to lit
until morning. Miss Madiga
and Dr. Gallagher were to hat
been married in August.
Appeal to Auto Owners.
The members of the Tirzal
Bible Society request, your pre
ence at their meeting, but n<
the "autos." The poor hai
working farmers want to atten
but are afraid that autos wi
frighten their stock. We eari
estly ask auto owners not to ut
their "autos" on Saturday, Jul
27th, 1907. Every one is invi
ed. We are expecting a lar$
attendance provided the "auto:
don't run. News Reader.
Family of 14 Poisoned.
Mayfield, Ky., July '22.?E
ward Seay, his two sons, B. <
Seay and Merritt Seay, and men
hers ol their families, 14 persoi
in all, are in a critical conditio
jk at I'ottsville, from ptomaine p<i
soning as a result, ol eating it
cream containing the poison at
dinner party Sunday. B. (
Seay, one of the persons ill, is
prominent attorney in Westei
Kentucky.
Typoid Epidemic atTuskege
Birmingham, Ala., July 22 A
special from Tufkegee, Ala
savs n. tvnhnifl tpver onirlpmip
prevailing at Tuskegee Normi
Institute and that two deaths an
27 cases have been reported fro]
the school. It. is announced?thi
while the epidemic Inn bee
cheeked, its| source is unknown
Considerable sickness prevails i
tbe town.
?The many friends of Dr. I
S. Beckham will reuret to leai
that he is critically ill at h
home in Kershaw, haying su
t nine I a second stroke of paral;
sis during the past few days.
?The Kershaw Baptist churt
has extended a call to the He
** W. L. R. Call all, of Ueorc
S I
town.
i Lanc/
LEDGER 1852 REVIEX
:EKLY. LANCASTER.
I
? ? Over 100 Lives Lost in Col- Gov. Glenn
lision at Sea. na Replies
ley, of the 2
tl San Francisco. July 22.?Iti
/ one of the worst of marine di?- Raleigh ?p
n asters in the history of the Cal- Atlanta Jourr
g ifornia coast, between 100 and has issued a s
5, 150 lives were lost, as far as has to the one g
- been learned, by a midnight col night in Ashe
lision between tlie steamer Co- Finley, of the
ie lumbia and the steam lumber in which he c
g schooner S ?n Pedro, in Shelter misstates fact
ir Cove, 12 miles southwest of the state is tr.vii
y Medocina-Mumboldt county line, interfere with
s between 12 and 1 o'clock yester- ol judicial pro
day morning. ger rate litiu
a Nearly all of the Columbia's veloped so sec
sr passengers and many of her crew Governor G
if tirnen oq!aa%i ? ? f ??. U- "
... ..vionmo^ in viio11 cauiiiH ?nu is obeying eve
id bunks when the crash came. As the federal c<
ie the San Pedro backed away the r0ad compan
i- sea poured in through the ragged cognize the sti
1- hole in the Columbia's bow above forcement of I
a and below the water line, and in He says th
is five minutes the Columbia sank no unlawful o
ft to the bottom, the deep waters to the utmos
is of Shelser Cove coveriug over the courts, acting
sd tops of the Columbia's masts. ing their proce
'e According to J. S. Flynn, a ders.
in passenger on the Roanoke, Capt. Preparation
re Doran of the Columbia, succeed- the resistence
ed iu launching four lifeboats as Southern to si
two rafts before the Columbia judgment for
sank. Flynn in an interview is Judge Long If
quoted as saying that 88 paeseu
ti- gers, all men, got away in that Family Ro\a
8- manner, and were saved : that
n Capt. Doran acted with ?reat
d coolness iu the face of death aud Columbus,
id went down with his ship. Flynn Chapma
11 is furthermore quoted as saying *s dead, Henr
i- that not one of the hundred odd *8 8er'(
? , Arthur Martii
je women passengers were saved.
! 18 years of afs
' " "" ' ' with the mun
Attempted Criminal Assault The traged;
in North Carolina. city in Bellwc
6 o'clock. Yo
Ashevdle special in yesterday's s>,id, precipit
Charlotte Observer: News was throwing roch
leceived here by telephone today elder Martin
j of the attempted criminal assault Winchester
r, ^??f Mrs. Giaham, telegraph oper- shots at Chap
n | ator at Paint Rock, yesterday the fire with i
afternoon. struck these
us ,
According to the message, the fell.
n
. victim wa* walking along a road Mrs. Oh apt
( near Paint Rock when she was says she saw
a assaulted by a man whose name Up his lather'
^ is given as John Kennedy. It is Chapman, tin
t said tha? the man dragged his iM the rigli
victim from the road and had him.
her choked almost into insensi- bility
When the crime was detec- Fish
led hv persons passing near'that
e. * 1 ? r' .e Moreh
way. f he man was taken into
, , . .. dent of the 'Jl
custody and the victim sa
? , responsible lo
from criminal assault, lie
. -I. i .1 , . H Alexander
carried to Marshall last evei { ' __
is ..... .. 3 ington Nonh
, and placed in jail,
ill 4 on the new bt
id " day morning,
m Auto Cuts Queer Caper-- ; fort une t > dro
wt Jumps Over Embankment ihe channel,
n and Climbs Tree. >ali an hour,
i.! i lck in not be
in Pittsburg, Pa , July 21 ?John polled ou' a j
.J. Wallace, a well known bud- e e-glasses a<
] ness man of this city, is dead
C j with a broken neck, his wife is <Iiss Mamie
11 j dying at her home with serious berry, is \ isit
'8 I internal injuries and J S Hennerj^r* ^ * ^r"
9":and wile, friendsof the Wallaces, i Col. and M;
v" are in a serious condition, as a re- returned yeah
suit ol an accident to their motor j ?' Pnimy.
;h car, which plunged over a 150; Master.Joe
v. foot embankment on the road to! mincdiam. A1
Butler tonight, and landed in a summer with
. big tree. . Jud^e and Mr
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V 1&76 ENT1
S. C., JULY 24. 19
of North Caroli - j T
to President FinSouthern.
1 th
ecial in vestwrday's hi
lal: Governor Glenn St
tatement in answer *a
iven out Saturday so
ville by President 00
Southern railway, M
barges that Finley h
s when lie says the th
to ''Hamper or he
the orderly course di
ceeduro"in passen- wl
;ation that has doisationally.
m'
lenn says the stale ^
ry order issued by w<
>urt, while the rail j?
y is refusing to re- Ul
ite courts in the en- in
the state law. P8
e state will commit
r unseemly act, but
t sustain I he slate
; legally in executes
against all ciffen ^
i is being made for
of any effort by the
tay the execution in a
$30,000 imposed by N<
ist week. or
f Results in Trag- ie
edy. ar
de
Ga., July 22.?
n, 22 years of age, {G
y Martin 46, years
)usly wounded, and
i, son of the latter.
;e, is in jail charged
ier of Chapman.
y occurred near the
>od this morning at
ung Martin, it is
ated the row by
;s at Chapman. The s0
appeared with a u,
and fired several
man, who returned
i pistol. One shot
nior Martin ami he
i P
nan, who was near,
young Martin pick .
, , , in
s rille and tire at j
3 bail taking effect
0(
t lomple, killing
_ M
f ore Glasses.
J.
ead City corresponliarlotte
Observer is
r the following : J.
, edi'or of the LpxState,
was fi.diing
L:
ldge draw, ye->ter-j
and had the mis
p his eyeglasses in
After fishing for ^
and bemoaning his
?ing able to see, he ?'
jerch that had his M
ross its nose.
) Pearson, of Newing
the family of
irvin.
re. T. V. Williams
arday from the Isle
?1
Colburne, of Bir- ^
a., is spending the
his grand-parents, cl
s. D. A. Williams . I in
iR r*>
^DDDTCU toot
? XVI I O ' i
07 I
he Big Picnic of theSeas<
Ed. News : Plea:e aunnui
rouuh your columns that a co
nation Masonic and Sund
jhool picnic celebration v
ke place at Antioch. The IV
us from other Indues in t
unty are specially invited. If
. L. Smith, ex-speaker of I
ouse of liepreseua'ives, one
e best orators of the south, 1
ten invited to deliver the i
ess. Appropriate side degr<
ill be conferred upon the lad
Masonic lamilies. Please
ember the date, Saturday Ai
>, and everybody come w
ell filled baskets and let us <
y the day. Bro. C. L. Mc3
is will serve icecream, etc, it
g the day, the proceeds to hi
ly for ceiling Masonic Hall.
P r q t urn all v
R. Thos. Blackmon
W. M. Antioch Lodg
lasonic Picnic at Hes
Springs.
Editor News : There will
pienic given by Barron Lnc
o. 26, at Heath Springs, S. <
i August 2nd.
Gov. Ansel, Congressman F
y and Hon. W. W. Lumpl
e expected to be present a
diver addresses
The public is cordially irvi
attend and bring well fil
iskets.
Yours fraternally,
E. L. Crenshaw
Secietar
Heath Springs, July 22.
Pleasant Hill Items.
Mr. W. D. Rodders, ot J a
nham section, came down S
relay and returned home M
IV, on a visit to his friends.
Mi-s Lee Mobley went to R
>1 Place the past week to ti
larye ol the school at t
lace.
Mr. S. Beckham, Jr., is h
ig improvements made to
)Use. He is having it plasl
1.
Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Magill,
agill section, have been vi
in their parents, Mr and .V
M. Oaskey.
Mr. Henry Hammond sp
.inday night in Lancaster.
Mi>s Minnie and AlvinCau
t have been visiting relative!
incaster.
Mr. M. L Beckham spent S
ly in Kershaw with his lath
r. R. S. Beckham.
Mrs'. E. 11. Beckham's child
Branchville, S. C., are visit
rs. M. L. Beckham.
Ilex
Pleasant Hill, July 22.
?Dr. J. B. l'atrick lost a 1
d>le horse Monday. The j
iid died <>t consumption.
?The Hills Creek school ^
pen next Monday, with Mr.
. Gardner as teacher
?Attention is called to IV
lant Cloud's new annout
ent elsewhere.
IFW<
PRICE?!" VE CENTS PE& C<
pn. \ News in t
J. W. llenline, mil
m- at Spartanburg, was
lay Sa'urday. Heissuppo
nil committed suicide. .
la- Carr, a 5-year-old chil
lite land county, whs burnt
on. his clothes catching
lite carrying a shovel of li
i of a wash-pot. . . . Suber,
las who cut the Key. R. 1
id- in Green wood county,
ees od in the last issue of
ies was captured at Clint
re- day . . . .Thomas Milra;
ig. die-aged white man, is
ith Winston?Salem, N. C
gn- with criminal assault
da year-old sister-in-law . .
ur- Truce, a negro accus
pip dering a colored wo
lynched by negroes Si
Olive Branch, Miss.
, ken from officers by th
e. A loaded box car y
from the Southern's
ith Charlotte Sunday aft<
lande 1 against the bri<
of Burwell & Dunn,
Li .1
oe me siore, I
l?re amountiug lo severa
3#| dollars.... The Rev.
M. Sweets, of Shelby
in. has been elected lo s
cin late Dr. Nevill as p
ind the Presbyterian Colle
ion.... The emperor
led havine acquiesced'tc 1
led for his abidicHtion, tf
seat has been transfe
Crown Prince .. . . \
t E. Adamson, who wa
y. married Miss Alda O.
Ihe vicinity of Char
Killed in a trolley acc
Ocean View Friday
Mr. E. E Phillips, of
ion, N. C., received a
>at- stroke Saturday, wl
nn. n "? -
.... i repiaem jij. i>
the Cotton Groweis* /
u.i- in a speech at Green'
fike i! ay urged tlie farme
hat warehouses an<l hold
1 5 cents .... Zeke Le
av- er of the alleged An
hi- lynchers, is being tri<
:er- roe this week . . . . Ju
ard, ot the U. S. Coi
Qf clared unconstitutin
sjt. Carolina's railroad ra
jrs Associate Justice Anil
of the Georgia Snpi
ent has >esii:ned.
Capture of Six I
Liquor that hac
i in _ ^
Down River.
Darlington special i
er, XT , ,,
i t*? s ari.i v;ourier: l Jej
S W. 11. Mozingo and 1J
ren D. Fields captured si
,n^i whiskey and arrested
McOall, a well-known
! who was in possesion <
Saturday night. The ?
v;d- eflfeeted at the pom
tni- Charleston, Sumter i
em Railroad cross*
Rjver. The barrels h
will |y heen tl ?11 d to wn
*ra some distance id lar
point tor the purpo
ler transported through t
tee- out to Darlington, or
of the timers oi this se
: J
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OPY.
M
ief.
%
rltg
operative
< drowned
sed lo have
. .Clarence
id in Rich
ed to dealh,
lire while
ve coals lo
I lie negro
r. Bradley
a- publishThe
News,
Ion Satur oy,
a mid
ill jail at
charged
on his 10.
. Andrew
ed of muriman,
was
iturday at
He was tae
mob.
ras hurled
track in
;rnoon and
ck building
, partially
die damage
1 thousand
Dr. David
ville, Ky.,
tucceed the
resident of
ge at Olin'
of Korea
die demand
>e imperial
irred to the
lr. George
is to have
Sherrill, of
lotte, was
j
iiuwut near
night ....
W ashing
fatal sun-*
nle fishing
. Smith, of
Ls o ution,
vil e Salurrs
to build
cotton for
iwis, aiiothson
county
3d in Mon:dge
Pritchirt,
has dona
1 No: tli
te law
row J.Cobb
reme Court
barrels of
1 Floated
ill Monday'*
)Uiy Sheriff
oliceman 1.
x barrels of
Charles R.
white m ?n
)f the same,
c ipi ure was
t where the
and Northis
Pee-Doe
a 1 evidentstream
Inr
ided at tois
ae of being
he swamps
other lairs
ction.
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