The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, September 07, 1907, Image 1
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VOL. 2. NO. 95 SEMI-WEI
"Wreck at Concord?Several
Hurt and Three Cars
Burned. ;
Concord, N. C., special in Wednesday's
Charlotte Ob^eiver:
About 10 o'clock, tonight No 38
northbound vestibule on 'lie
Southern, cradled into the tide
ot No. 35, southbound local
train, about a hundred yards
above the station here as the latter
was going into the siding to
let the fast train pass. Both trains
were well loaded with passengeis.
but on account of the slow speed
of both there was no one kill
ed.
The engineer on No. 38 was
V* the worst hurt, having his leg
broken in two places. His fire
man a colored man, was also badly
hurt. There are many here
in the hotels with smaller hurts,
among these being Mr. Theodore
Webb, ol Raleigh, a broth
er of Mr. Alex vVebb.
Hie overturned cars of No. 35
took fire from the gas and three
were burned despite the hard
work of the local fire depart men t
which was called to scene after
much delay. Three cars were
consumed before the fire was
extinguished. The lull force of
the engine struck the first class
car and many of the passengers
left through the windows. A
deputy sheriff from Mecklenburg
was on the train Two prisoners
and all weut through the
window. One of the
prisoners seems to be badly hurl.
The doctors of the city were soon
on the scene and did all they
could to relieve the suffering of
the passengers. All that are
able to he moved will he taken
to Charlotte and Salisbury, as
the city has no hospital accommodation14.
The oniy cause so far
firoiglici IKJl ' nn WItJUft was inai
No. 38 ran past the board or the
operator gave 11 the right of way.
{ No. 35 was running forty minut
es late.
Charged with Killing Bride,
Ashland, Ky., Sept. 5.?Milton
Dixon, whoi-e bride of three
months was found dead as the
result ol a gunshot wound in the
head at their homo in Oakland,
near this city, Monday, was ar
rested late yesterday on the
charge of murdering her. It is
charge) that Dixon dew tiis wile
because she had berated him for
having danced with a former
sweetheart at a hall on the night
preceding the shooting. Dixon
declared that his wile, mad with
jealousy, had shot herself.
Lightning Kills Seven Men.
Raleigh, N. C., Sept. 5.?
Lightning struck t he power house
ot the power plant at Buckhorn
this afternoon, killing seven men
and injuring between twenty
and thirty-five others. Owing to
w:res being down it is impossibio
to ob'ain the names of those
killed and ii jured. The extent
of ihe damage to the property
has not yet been learned.
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LEDGER J 852
EKLY. LANC
Cotton Mill to be Located in O
> Rock Hill or Fort Lawn.
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Hock Hill Herald : News
. leaked out Monday mornini; that
Kock Hill would probably havei
' m
i another cotton mill. Assoon as ^
< we heard tlie report we comtneuc.
ed investigating the matter and
; til
[ each place we visited we learned
; a litt'e more until we reached
. co
. the proper person yesterday ^
i morning when the leport was
i verified. j
j The mill will either be located
I at Rock Hill or Fort Lawn, but
.! no sivht has vet been selected?
si i
The Southern Power company is
w i
behind the new project, together
with Messrs. Webb Moore and J.
B. John on ot this city.
The new mill will be capitallz
ed at between $100,000 and $150,- ,a
' tOi
000 and will consist of 5,000 ^
spindles. In speaking of the new ^
mill yesterday Mr. Johnson said
that this mill is just a forerunner
of what might be expected for
be
i the future. The company, he .
said, intends adding to the mill
, i wl
from time to tune and there is no ^
telling how large the mill may
finally be. Mr. W. \V. Moore
will be president and manager of
the mill ; Mr. Sims Wylie, son of ,
Dr. W. Gill Wylie, secretary, and ,
Dr. J. B. Johnson, active vicepresident.
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The new mill will manufacture
yarns altogether as the promoters
believe that to be the best invest- .
i meat where cotton mills are con
cemed.
ne
Mule Killed in Storm in Anderson?Haii
Damages
Cotton.
ur
Anderson Ma.il: A barn be- N<
, longing to Mr J Clark Rush about l.v
t wo miles from the city was blown nc
, dcwn during yesterday's storm ju
and a very fine mnle, which was M
in it, was killed. Another mule Ni
was in^h? barn when it was Li
blown down but it escaped in- re
juries by breaking out. The to
barn was just, being built and R<
was not completed. The house L<
had been covered but it had not ??t
been weather boarded and the
i
wind got under the root and
caused it to collapse. Hail (eli
I
iu bo me portions ot the county
and did considerable damage.?
Mr. R. S. Ligon says that all ot j.
the cotton on his larm was ^
knocked out oi the boll and only
an
the unopen boils remain on the wj
stalk now, the leaves having also .j,j
been knocked t If by the hail, j
winch fell in Inrge size in that
action. br
Severe Storin in Georgia.
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A'lanta, Gn.. Sept. 5?A|
heavy wind an^ rain storm with m
blinding electric Hashes passed *<?i
Fort Gaines, Ga.,la'e b?ht night. I si?
All wiie communication was cut of
i off and no word was secured until de
. neai ly noon today. The storm th
prevailed over a wide territory j m
but no loss ol lite has been re- ut
j ported. Great damage is report-, th
ed to crops. fo
CAS1
REVIEW 1873 I
ASTEIl. S. C., SEPTEMBEfl
Id State Dispensary No
About Wound Up.
C<?lumhi ; special in Greenvi
?'ws of Thursday: 1'lie coi
ission lo wind up the affairs
e State dispensary met this i
rnoon in the-' <iity for the lii
me in sev ral months, all me
irs oeing present as well as t
imrmssinu'g attorney, Col. \
Stevenson. The board a
oved ti?e action of the cha
an. D.. W.J. Murray, in eh
g out the stock on band 1
les to 'he county diepensari
ice the last meeting, and
is found that these iranst
jus had proved advantageo
the state.
All the whiskey which Was <
tiid at the time the cotnmissio
ok charge has now been sol
though some ot it has not y
en shipped out. The comm
)n has not yet paid any elaii
all and the money which h
en received is still on depo
various banks. Some of t
tiiskey has been sold to coun
>ards on GO and 90 days tii
id this m<?ney is not yet ava
de. No claims will be pa
>wever, until the rep ?rt of t
justers is made and this m
? ten days or a month long
iie reports ot the auditing eoi
tnV which hm
>oks ol lh? State dispensary
oroughly will doubtless be ve
teresting when made publ
le commission will remain
ssion tomorrow.
Bouquet for The News.
Lanca>ter special in the Ci
nbia Stale : The Lancast
ws, t he progressive semi-wee
sheet which has been existii
?w for ab-u1 two years, h
st closed a voting contest. Mi
ac,r La til an won ont. T
ews is doing much good i
uicaster and vicinity. It will
memberedthit it is s usees
the three old "standbys?" T
eview, The Enterprise and T
adger Maj. diaries T. Co
>rs is t he able editor.
Monroe's First Bale.
Mr. O. W. Ar.tnt of Chesti
Id county yesterday sold t
st bale ot new cotton on tl
arkel. He is a young farn.<
id a nephew of Mr. J A. Am
to usually gets in the first bal
ie bale weighed 472 and w
tight by Mr. J. K Stack at
ills. The bale, with the see
(?ught $75.
Must Keep Depots Clear
The Slate : Thetailroad co
yes 'erday decided tl
l railway superimendei
onld be notified that the ru
toe c mmission required tl
ipots must be kept clean a
e laws ot the Stale that trai
list be properly posted, a
tilei-s tl ere be ready compliant
e law would be strictly c
reed.
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iNTERPRISE 1891
t 7. 1907
>w The Hon. "W\ U. Clyt
Fine Farm--A V
Tells what He Saw T1
He ^ ,
Ed. The News : 1 visite<
0*ishaw on Ilio 3rd instan
J went out to Capt. W. U
? . burn's to rent, land and s
rst
m- croPs* I 8"w *',e hues!
j that I have ever seen any*
y jCapt. Ci v burn has 40 at
jCurn in one iiol<1 that will
ir- upward8 ol 50 bu-hel* t
)8 acre, and lie has several
l^v fields just as good, lie hat
dieds ot acres of cotton thu
^ make from 1200 to 1500 p
to tlie acre. 1 rode over the
for 3 or 4 hours and his so
me that it 1 would si ay al
lie would show me some
_ sure enough.
(j I went out to the cow p
et cuunien z/ neau olme cattl.
is- Olyburn 8?id lie lias 60 1
nf, but, really, he has so man
I do nol believe he knows
s;. exact number; and alio!
jie are fine animals?not a
( t among them.
I do not t hink that the
.j tain uses very much fori
but what he doea use
jie soluble and soda. I risked
uy soda would kill land, 1
heard that it would and
ni .
^ never tried much of it n
T1 ?
He replied that he wished
,rt his lands were killed with
ry It is a real treat to visit
jc farms as Capt. Olyburn ha
jn to hear him talk about hii
ces9lul methods of fai
With be-t wishes lor The
caster News, I am
Yours truly
;)] F. D. Greg.
Lancaster, Sept. 5.
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^ Boy Kicked by M
ias R>ck Hill special in the
iss and Courier : Hal Fewel
he eleven-year old foil of Mi
or Mrs. J. Barnett Few ell,
he iiVe near the Catawba
or Oomp ?ny's dam, wae kief
ne ihe right s:de ai d veiy se
',e injured by a mule. The
n" t'ent occurred a day orlwc
while the lit tie fellow was
ing his lather diive the
back into the lot. Th
struck the mule ab<ut t>.<
with a email stick or sw
j make it go back into the h
,:u i the animal turned and I
11 n |
him. Ttie boy is getting
3 r, ? ?
very sat.eiaotorily.
11 5
e* Killed Himself after Qt
\\ With Wife.
K't l.nprtmpe, .speci.il ii
lanta Journal : Porter lit
living at L Grange nulls
t. and killed bin.self yes
afternoon
m-1 It seems that Mr. llannr
tat his bis w;ft- had been
its ated lor several months, i
les mg to rejort:, and that
mt Hannah returned Saturda
ikI Sunday they quarreled,
ins Hannah deliberately pla<*(
nd muzzle of his revolver i
re. mouth and fired, the bail <
in- out the top of his head. His
'was almost instantaneous.
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siEWS
PRICE?FIVE CENTS PER COPY.
turn's Sensation in Newberry?risitor
i Rabor Organizer Run out
lere. of T own
i Ker- Newberry, Sept. 4. ? Yestert
and ('!l-v astranger, w!io regig'ered at
(Jly- one of the !<ical hotels hh ''Frank
eeil.e '* Birmingham, Ala."
crops ''Ccompanied by a v.tll dressed
where. ne6ro? attracted the attention of
res of ,llp pobce and upon being shadmal
e OWO(l i' was learned that the two
,o ihe m''n were here for the purpose
other organizing negro bricklayers
s bun a,:d plas'er. r into the Interna*
it will tbmal Bricklayers' and I'lasterouuds
ers union,
lields Maior Brown, upon learning
n told ?' l'le white man's business,
1 day we,)t to see him in the capacity
crops a citizen, and not olllcially, to
inform him that *the ci'izens of
m and Newberry would not, permit a
e. Mr. white man to organize negroes
riules, in 'he community. In the iny
that 'erview Gordon intimated that
their Brown whs a ''liar" whereIhem
11 P?!) the letter proceeded to (log
plug "ie s'ra,li;0rTlie
strange negro was led to
(V n- the edge of town and invited to
iilizer. tH'i0 bis departure. Gordon was
is the arr0sted and held in 1 ail in the
him if 8Um flf *25
layint: ^rst Gordon represented
had Inmselt "a a ''mattress druramer"
ayeelt. afterwards admitted that he
all of ',a0 io'lli an uniruti'. He said he
go(jrt did this in the towns he visited
such 'or f'ie Purpose of deception, as
8 and h0 uot wish his real business
3 sue become known.
ming. When the Columbia train
^ . reaclud here tonight Gordon
boarded it, followed by 10 or 15
citizens who desired to "inter1?
view" him, but ho escapod them
>ry. by locking himself up in tlio
toilet.?The State.
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ule. Senator Tillman and Prohibition.
News
1, tlie . During a visit to Columbia
p. and th.s week Sena'or Tillman was
, who interviewed by a representative
Power of the News and Courier. Speak;ed
in ing of prohibition, the Senator
iverely said :
) acci- uYou can say I'm tor prohibi>
since 1'?n against any form ot license,
. , ' young inan," declared Senator
T.llman very emphatically. "1
mu don't kn iw how this Carey Co
o boy ihian law is working, but I have
s neaa i(lie people of the Stale that
itch to if > on can't watch one big dis)t
and Pen3ary ar,d keep out stealing
, , jou c n't w tch thirty of thera.
s'cK- (jie way%? said the Sonaaong
trr, ttiming interrogator, "what's
become or those stripes they
? were going to put on the grpltera
uarrel last year? Has anybody been
arrested yet? Any warrants
sworn out at all? You reinemher
u \{ that 1 said those pre-election
tnnah P,orn seH y?ar were humbug.
There was bound to be
> 8'lot -onielliing rot'en where there
terdav was to much smell, out they
| don't seein to be doing anything
ill and ?*>ont it."
sonar- When a-ked if ho thought
there would likely bo an effort
10 made to pass a S ate prohibition
t Mrs. |avv next, year he replied that
y. On the time might no' be ripe then
when lor such a l?w. ''It depends a
?d the f-'reat deal," said the Sena'or,
, "on what the O iVftrnnr Mr A >>
111 111 jj^el, does; ii he doeR not do any;ominK
thing make himgolf unpopni
death (lar he will get a secor.d term*
yon know "