The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, August 03, 1907, Image 1
, The Lancaster News
LEDGER J 852 REVIEW 1278 ENTERPRISE 1891
VOL. 2. NO. 85. SEMI-WEEKLY. LANCASTER. S. C.. AUOUST =* iom -
Negro Meets Horrible Death
in Charlotte.
The Observer: George Williams
colored, an employe of K. F
Riviuac&Co., railway contractors,
was crushed to death yester
day afternoon in a cave-in which
occurred in the deep red out on
the Southern tracks near the
North Graham street crossing.
Caught beneath the mammoth
55-ton steam shovel in such a
manner that he could not extricate
himselt and pressed down
by the pettiing weight of several
tons of dirt, his life was literally
squeezed from lus body. Those
who ran up i in mediately after the
accident happened, heard his
groans and cries, but could do
nothing. They could even see
him writhing in his agony, but
they were powerless to lend a
helping hand. lie was pinned
down so that almost the entire
weight was directly over his
chest, and the end was but a
question of momen's. As the
great mass of clav settled, his
struggles became feebler and
feebler until death intervened.
State Officers Clash?Supt.
Martin Protests against
Gov. Ansel's Appointment
of Sheppard on State
Board.
Columbia special in Charlotte
Observer : There was a violent
clash today between Governor
Ansel and State Superintendent
of Education O B. Martin oyer
the Governor's recent appoint,
ment of ex Governor John C.
Sheppard, of Edgefield, as a
member of the Sta'e board of
education, and alter the controversy
Mr. Martin pave out a red
hot roast. of the disconrtesy and
deception on the part of the Governor
in appointing a politician
on the b?'aid instead of a school
man.
The clash was precipitated on
^ receipt by the Governor this
morningot a letter from Mr. Matin,
saying:
"1 am informed that you have
ofFered the position on the State
board of education, from the second
district, to a lawyer and ex
Governor. It such be the case,
I wish to serve notice that. I expect
to njiike a vigorous protest
through the pro-s. Such action
will 9eri nsly injure the work ot
this department, as well as have
? depressing effect upon the
schools and educators of this
State. If I am correct as to tho
second district, tins will make
two appointments on the Stale
boardof education, and the teaching
profession litis not been recognized.
I am "lire tint 'hey will
feel your attitude to them very
keenly. I shall not hesitate to
speak frankly in regard to this
matter."
On reading the letter Governor
Ausel at once went to Martin's
otlioe and protested that he intended
no offense, that, lie
* j thought he was making the best
* appointment he could make.
Air. Martin told the Governor
that ho had acted discourteously
in the beginning by not inviting j
him 'o confer before making the;
i appointment', as ail other Gov 1
eruors had done an 1 a-* wai clearly
intended by the act creating I
the board- lie told the Chief j
Exec tivo that, after lie had "butted
in" to his office t have the
consultation anyway, he had seen
: fit to appoint a man who had not
' been mentioned in the conversa i
| J p
ition, and that thereby he con j
side red lie li-id bean duped and t
deceived. ^
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I uu?cni?r /vnsei wouui maKG .
c
no statement tor publication today,
beyond expressing lbs re- c
gret that he had angered Mr. f
Martin. He said he made the j
appointment because he believed ^
it to he the bent for the educa j
tional interests of the State. }
Hurled to Death in Machine- r
ry. 1
t
Charlotte Observer: Caught i
accidentally in a belt at the Lid- f
dell foundry, where he was employed,
hurled into the shaft and C
mangled before he could be res "
cued, Mr. Benjamin Porter, a c
middle aged employe, met a ?
speedy and terrible death vester- 1
day afternoon at 2 o'clock. The t
accident occurred while he was i
attempting to place a belt on a a
running wheel. His coat sleeve c
was caught and he was unable to
release himself. He died in about (
20 minutes atler he was extrica- t
ted from the nux-up. c
Fort Mill Lad Loses Leg. c
Rock Hill special in The State: j
Several weeks ago the little 10 \
vpar old aon of Mr .1 11 VI.,II
at Fort Mill got a bad out on his ,
right leg with a sharp knife. The j
wound healed, but afterwards |
was bruised in play and began to ,
bleed again. After some time he |
was brought to the hospital hero. ,
where it was found necessary to ;
j amputate the leg in order to save ,
the little fellow's life. The J j
chances were at first glim, but he (
is getting along nicely now and ,
unless complications arise will re- <
cover. 1
Pleasant Hill Items.
! f
Mr. and Mrs. E. D Tiller, ot 1
Bishopville, have been visiting;'
relatives at Pleasant Hill. The> {
! returned home Tuesday last.
Mr. J. H. Stokes of Washing- '
ton, Ga., ha< been visiting hi,
I brother in-law, Coroner J. M.
n-.i?l. r
I
Mi88 Sue M irshall and Miss
Daisy Cauthen returned" home
( Wednesday from an extended
i vMt to the former's sister, Miss '
Nannie VViliiams, of Kershaw. i
l
Mr. Robert hlucknrmn of Iticli; 1
Hill loaded a car of sand at this |
place to ship to Dr. Mackey of j
Lancaster, for plastering. (
Crops are crowing and looking i
fairly well in this section.
News Reader.
Pleas tut Hill, Aug. 1.
The Pubiic Highways.
Experience of Auto Party
Over Road to Charlotte
and Return by Monroe?
Vast Difference in Lancaster
and N. C. Roads.
Editor The News: Apropos
if good ro uls question, ir might
>osdbly he of some interest to
'our readers to hear of a trip
nude Dv a parly ot Lancaster
Doutity citizens to Charlotte last
Junday in an automob le.
The party in question left Lun:aster
at 7.30 a. m. and took tlie
ou'e via Pleasant Valley and
ielair. They were just three
?ours arriving at the Mecklennirg
line, a distance approxi
natelv of nineteen miles, and it
vas only by a miracle that they
eached the N. C. line at ali, as
he public road through Lancas
er county is a disgraca to a civlized
community and is not fit
or a pack mule to travel over.
On strikiug the Mecklenburg
Jounty road, just beyond Pleas
nt Valley, the party was just
me hour reaching Charlotte and
his included two stops, one at
hneyille and one at Griffeth. As
he distance trom the S. C. line
b twenty one miles, a companion
would be bad?for Lancaster
ounty.
After spending the day in
Charlotte, the party decided,
bat unless they converted their
sar into an air-ship, it wou'd be
in impossibility, (after the rain),
;o attempt to get back to Lancaster
by the route they came, sc
t was decided to try it by the
Monroe road. On being ready
o leave, the party was question)d
by a citizen of Charlotte
vho has travelled over a greater
portion of N. C. in an automo)ilo,
as to which rou;e they
vouid return, and on being lot !
3.v the way ot Monroe, he re
narked that the road betweer
Matthews and Monroe was verv
cugh. Ye gods! lie has cer
iiinly never been in Lancastei
county, as the worst part of the
:oad is not as rough as Mair
street of Lancaster from Marion
Witherspoon's corner to W. T
Gregory's.
TKo .?i *?
jl ??* y*" j oiiiicu in muiirofj
t distance of twenty-five mdes,
n an hour and ten minutes, liny,
n* le t Charlot'e about dark iii
i terrible rain storm, but manmid
to yet along very well unil
they struck the Lancastei
tounty road, when they conic
nly make one-fourth speed. Tin
lriver of the car, who is a resilent
of Sumter county, remark.
(1: "Ho s, I can't see, hut 1
enow I am in Lancaster count)
is I feel the Lancaster road.'
While this is a much hotter ro
than the Pleasant Valley road
he party was three hours and i
null comine from R K A. Huey'i
to Gill's Crook, and were unuhh
to cross, on account of high \va
ter.
I understand that the work o
macadamizing the road of Meek
lenburg county has cost $3200
PHI
per mile and in two years' lime
every public road in l he county
will be macadamized. Think ot
it! And Lancaster, who can
: boast of as good, progressive peo
p'e as there is in the State, s is
, supinely by, without a real good
road within her borders, and
watches her neighboring couttli *s
build roads that will eventually
take trade away Ilia' by right belongs
to her, when by getting together
and spending some money
011 her highways, site could at
least, have the consolation ot
knowing that die wat nottlilaughing
stock of her neighbors,
one of whom has hired her chain
)
gang to build their own roads.
Who will be the first to start
the movement?
W. T. Williams.
Two Elbows on Each Arm.
Mount Airy special in Charlotte
Observer: A child was born to
John Soots and his wife in Vir
ginia, some distance from this
city, which is indeed an odd
creature. It has two elbows on
each arm. Otherwise the little fel
low is very much like other babies,
except on the right hand
there is no thumb where
a thumb ought to he, hut
at the root of the forefinger there
^ is a well developed thumb. The
child is one month old and is
doing well.
The Chesterfield Election?
Ruling as to Lost Registration
Certificates.
The Slate : The recent agita'
tion concerning the condition of
' the registration books in virions
counties has caused mem be is of
the boards of registration to ex
ercise considerable care in their
construction of the law. Yesterday
Gov. Ansel received a telegrain
from a member of the registration
board of Chesterfield
county asking if the board has
1 the right to issue duplicate certificates
to voters who had misnlaced
or lost their certificate,
r lor ti?e dispensary election on
August 13. The reply was that
1 as the election was to he held
1 less than 30 days from date ol
telegram it would be illegal to
open the books to issue any cer
| tifica'e .
TJ r->. I I
xiuusc csirucK Dy .Ldgntning.
i 1
The home or Mr. W. K. Dun*
, lap, on Hutchison -treet, was
. si ruck and considei ably damaged
1 by lightning 1 Wednesday at*
, lemoon. The b< It struck the
corner of the roof at one end of
the hou>e and shattered a glass
^ window in the gable end of the
r house and another lower down
? Portions of th?< weather h arding
j and the window frames were u se
torn away. Mr. Dunlap and hit
t family were in the house but
j none of them was injured or evet
5 slightly shocked by the bolt.?
Rock Hill Herald.
Dr 1) M. Sweets of Kentuckj
' has declined the presidency o
- the Presbyterian College at Clin
. ton.
Ofc?FIVE CENTS PER COPY.
Crazy Parmer Cruelly Beats
His Wife.
Bishopville special in the Newa
and Courier: Saturday nig:>t
Ben J. .Johns u, a wel'-?o do
farmer, living between 11:is town
and Lockrow, bruia iy attacked
his wile wi h a he vy walking
cane. striking her sovt ral severe
blows upon diff Ment parts of her
body, breaking ; wo fing rs of her
left band, fracturing her right
inn and inflicting brui es and
gashes up 11 her head, one cutting
nearly to ihe temple, rendering
her unconscious for several
hours.
John-on tried to run the stick
down his life's throat, lacerating
it considerably, and it is certain
that her skull is fractured.
The doctor* are watching her
case with grave apprehension.
Since his arrival in town Johnson
ha9 been examined by a commission,
found to be insane and
will be carried to morrow by
Sheriff Muldrow to the Lunatic
Asylum at Columbia.
Prohibition for Georgia?
House Passes Senate Bill
Prohibiting Sale of Liquor
in the State.
Atlanta, Ga., July 30.?The
Hardeman prohibi'ion bill, passed
by the Georgia Senate some
days ago, was adopted by the
House this evening by a vote of
139 to 39. Two amendments addded
to the bili by the house will
necessitate the bill going back to
the Senate for conference, of
which there is no doubt, and the
bill will then go to Governor
Hoke Smith for his signature,
which has been previously
pledged, and prohibition will
become a law in Georgia, but
the amendments t? day permit
the sale of pu;e alcohol by retail
d ui:gi3f9 on the the prescription
^ ot, a rt put able pin sician, and also
1 allow wholesale druggists to
carrv mire Blrnhnl i*i ain^i
, .wa
s<?]e only to ret tilers.
The bill prohibits the raanu.ac1
tore or keeping on hand in any
' place of business, tlie sale or
' giving away to induce bu-une s
within the S'at* ot any I'qnor
1 that may induce intoxication.
Tiie new law i> to be ;ome efFective
January 1st, 19U8.
Four Killed by Boiler Explosion.
A special from Milan, Tenn.,
says: Four persons were ki led
outright, ano'her was fatally injured
an 1 9 others w- re seri 'Usly
hurt at a late hour to nigh ,
( when the boiler ot an engine att
Ofiliaii f a r* f I 1 1 2 . - - - ' 1
I v * * b ' (I 1IIJIIIOIS I "J ll|) <1
r fruit train north'noiiud exploded
, near t his pine , th tra n n anding
, on an ad j ic o?i s;diim.
Struck by Lightning in Field.
Hunfsviile, Alt., *peoi il in
Atlanta Journal: Mrs. Neihe
Maves, a widow, whs -true ^ by
'jlightning whiIo working in her
f cotton field. The hoe which she
- was using was shivered by the
. bolt.