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ii, f ?^ > :c* |,; i[ V"V f JKJ w . ?' ' . ;; 0\\\a '.V' i ~" ' *'? '*/' ' ' ' ;'. V'$.*%> * ,* ' *V **' '. *. > 1 V. The Lancaster News LEDGER 1852 REVIEW 1873 ENTERPRISE 1891 VOL.. 2. HO. too. semi-WEEKLY. LANCASTER. S. C? SEPTEMBER 25. 1907 PRICE?FIVE CENTS PER COPY. Rough House for Tillman? ] Audience Didn't "Want to Hear About Race Question. r Sacramento, Cal., Sept. 22? ( Senator Benjamin Tillman par- j ticipated in the most turbulent ( meeting of his lecture tour last night, and the row was all over his insistence to speak on the race question. The lecture was under the au spices ot the Young Men's Christian association, and the president responding to the influence of the large colored popula'ion, demanded that the South Caro? lina senator refrain from talking about the race question. When the meeting opened, the president of the Young Men's Clirirttian association informed bim that the subject of the lect ure would be ''The Trend of American Politics." Tillman got hopping mad in an instant and said he would not be gagged by a parcel of mules. Then the Y. M. C. A. official told the senator to get out in the street and talk ; that he could not deliver an undesirable address in Y. M. C. A. building. Tillman offered to return the check which had been given him and it was not accepted. Then Senator Tillman said he would talk about politics, but wou'd interject the negro qnes tion. And another bigger row followed in which many oi the audience participated. Men rose up and denounced the senator and he fought back. Finally the question was put to the audience, whether the race question should be discussed or not, and Tillman was voted down lie acquiesced, saying that lie could have influenced the result the other way had lie so desired. He proceeded to talk p* litics in his forceful way. W ife of GeorgiaFarmer Outraged and Cruelly Beaten. Jesup, Ga., September 22.?A mob of four hundred determined men is tonight searching for r negro named Mason, who, it is said, criminally assaulted anri i ? :? ;vr..a Ut)il; lull* 111 Bl' II nn II i i I y ill I n, ncii' ry Overs! reet, the wile of a far mer living near Surrency, ir this county, Thursday. The negro first visited tin Overstreet home Tuesday morn ing when Mrs. Overstreet whi alone and compelled her to giv< him breakfast. lie returnee again Thursday, when, it is said he accomplished his purpose leaving Mrs. Overstreet in critical condition. Kills Girl and Himself. New York, 23. ? Because sh had persistently refused to mai rv hiru, Henry Fischner,a bake shot and instantly killed Mi; Johanna Hoffman yesterday an ^ then shot himself, dying soo alter ward. Do you take The Newa? New Version of the Goebel Murder. Richmond, Ind., Sept. 22.? rurner Igo, of Farmers, Rowan 3.>unty, is charged with the killing Governor Goebel in an affidavit by Mrs. Lula Clark, published today in the Richmond Evening Item. In the affidavit which was taken at Indianapolis April 11, 1907, in the offices of former Governor W. S Taylor, Mth (Jln.rk ??.vh t.lmf. ?t. of fhe Goebel murder her home was Mount Sterling, Kv. She had a cousin named Gertrude King, who lived at Mayesville, who was keeping company with John Sanford. The day of the murder the two girls went to Frankfort. They started to enter the state house by the rear door and when on t.he steps the shot was fired. At the same time they noticed a man standing just inside the door, whom they recognized as John Sanford. In a minute a second man came running out of the building dr ssed like a mountaineer, and carrying a rill-? Ho ran to Sanford and said: "I got the " The second m?n was recognized by mi's. (Jlaik wild her frieucl as Turner lgo. Both men ran out of the building to the fence where Sanford gave Igo a paii of shoes, the lader exchanging his boots for them The men then disappeared. Mrs. Clark declared Igo tolc at Mount Sterling January 25 1900, that he was going to kil Goebel, and that she saw hin afterwards at Jeffersonyille, Ind. and he reminded her that he ha< fulfilled his promise. Igo ha been dead some two or thret year9. I i I Shot by Neighbor When H< Raised His Hoe. McCays, Teun., special ii Atlanta Journal : Thomas Biggs a resident of Polk coun'y, Ten I nessee, residing near Benton, th 1 county 9ite, was shot and kille< } near his home l>y .Jame* Carter ' a neighbor. A difficulty arose bet wee: I hem about some stock belongin i to Carter, which had been tre6 passing upon the land* ol |{i?rg* 9 and it appears that Bigg * brandished a hoe on Cartel 9 whereupon Carter fired upo 9 him with a ehot gun, the loa 1 entering )iis brain. '? Lynching in Alabama. a . Pritchard Station, Ala , Sep 22?Mose Dossett, a ne^ro, wi lynched her^ today for an a tempted criminal a-snult upc e Mrs. J Breeder, a whi'e worn 90 years old. Dosscit whs hing? r, to the same tree from which tu is negroes, dim Robinson and W d Thompson, wore lynched almc n exactly one year a<*o for assuil upon white fdrls. Subscribe to The News. Heath Springs Happenings. Heath Springs special in The State : The graded school opened this week quite auspiciously. Everything promises success un der'the eflicieut principalship of Prof. Stoddart and his corps of assistants, Misses Florrie Lyde, Wilson aud Fannie Horton. A new piano has been purchased for use iu the school. The first load ot granite from the Southern granite quarry was hauled to this point oyer the Central railrn d yesterdav. This : 1 j -ii i -i rauroaa win i-o-u o* reauv lor an inspection t>\ the Slate's rail road coir mission. Mrs. Annie 11. Ilorton, of Chester, has been spending several days with Mrs. Sarah ilorton. Mrs. Joel Hough and daughter, of Camden, are visiting M:s. S A. Moore. Mr. Claude Duncan left today for Ch cago, 111. Miss Gladys Twitty has gone to Gaffney to enter Limestone college. Mr V\ alter Mobley and Mr. Walter Hammond have gone to the Welch Neck high school for the coming session. Miss Louise Jones, of Liberty i Hill, passed through today on i her way to Chicora college, i Mrs. El'a Twitty has returned * from a visit to relatives here tc ; make her home at LugolT. i Miss Floride Horton is visiting friends in Latta and in Darling I ton. , Mr. and Mrs. Broadus Mobley I of Kershaw, visited Mrs. Minnie i Mobley last week. 1 1 " 1 1 1 Prominent York County Far s mer on Price of Cotton. Rock Hill Herald : I suppos it is no use to tell some of yo ? farmers not to give your cottoi away just because speculator are putting it down to make yo doit. You can sell tor 11 i, 10, a or 5 cents, but they will not ge mine. That same crowd pu'tin it down now tried to get min j from 9 to 10 cents la*t year bu , they didn't do it. When I soi on the start last year when cot ton was under ten cents the u would't net a btle ol mine untie g 12J cents some laughed, ye evt ry one ot tliem d;d laupl / but tiiey didn't get it but pai close to 14 cents. Give it awa r? i n it you want to?work lor not! ,1 ^ y?u want 'o, but what <1 you want to give your col to for? If cotton was seven ten now when the farmers are brinj ing it in the speculators wou try to put it lo live and lots < '' farmers would sell?clo'h fori nnnti. n I>.11111,1 u n/1 onllnti 1 Vvll l? p ' W"V* vw ' l"|c?nt? per pound and ftill tl >n j farmers will give their cott< 111 I away. What is tlie use ot havii a Farmers' Union and Soul he ro Cotton Association il you a ill I not going to pay any atten'i ' ' to *hat the leaders tell yc They say 15 cents. It is wor 15 cents and if you give you away it i9 your own fault. F. H. Barher. Wreck Sunday on Southern 4 ?32 Injured. F Washington, Sept. 22.?Thir- r ty two passengers were injured, ^ none of them seriously, by the ( derailment of the Chattanooga aud Washington limited train on c the Southern railwav just north t of Ryan's siding, 30 milps south < of Charlottesville, earlv today. A broken rail was the cause of the . accident. The entire train, com posed of a baggage car, day coach and three sleepers, left the track. The sleepers were al most destroyed by fire. Frost in Nebraska. Omaha, Sept. 21.? Light frosts were reported in different parts of Nebraska last night, the temperature falling as low as lour degrees above zero. Frost will be oi great benefit to corn. First Week Jurors. The following petit jurors for the first week of court which convenes (Jot 14, Judge Wilsou presiding, were drawn yesterday : W. K. Porter, VV. A. Funder burk, K. D. Beckham, W. N. Faile, A. P. Piyler, W. P. NorIn.m, J. M. Neal, J. Matsesfy Knight, (4. F. Ferguson, Samuel it. Harris, F. O. Edgeworlh, 1J T. Twitty, S. V. Stover, H. R } Blakeney, Rufus C. Crockett, A. H. Duncan, D. L. Bailey, J no. r P. Ingram, Geo. C. Neal, J. NVylie Porter, C. E. Williams, W. A. Vincent, C. F. Adams, li. J. Glenn, E. L. iiinson, J. Thorn ? as Hunter, J. B. Maekorell, Jno. 3 W. Ingram, Walter J. Bowers, John Snipes R. W. Doster, T. W. McMurray, Jas. R. Horton, J F. Hilton, W.T. Mobley, B. II. Bennett. Ellta-Rodyern. 0 Mr. Geo. Ellis, Jr., of the U Camp Creek section, anil Miss 1 Florida Iiodgers, daughter of Mr. John Rodger*, of the Primus ^ section, were married last Sunday by the Rev. R. J. Blackmon, at his residence. P < 0 Preaching at />oiifjfa*. There will be preaching at * Douglas nex' Sabbath morning at 11 o'clock, Providence permit^ ting. The public is cordially 1 invited to this service. >s , M , , i. ?There will be a clime reading d next Fiiday night at the Public y Library rooms. Everybody is in ?- vitod. ? ?Don't fail to read the an 111 nouncement of the A. .1. Brooir Hj company in today's paper. 7- j Miss EflUe Hammond, ol Ploas 1,1 ant Hill township, spent Satui ' v day night and Sunday with he ' - cousin, Miss Julia iiobinson, r 10 Antioeh. )D Mr. W. Q. Caskey, of Ne (Jut, spent {Saturday ui$iht wit I Mr W II Robinson, of the At ,re ' tiooli section. on m? I he Uev. R. J. Black mon woi th to R?>ck Hill yesterday to assi irs the Rev. T. W. N. Faile in meeting at the Second Bapti church. iervires <it Zion mnl St. Lake. The Pev. \V. 'J. Winn will jreach at Zion next Sunday norning at 11 o'clock, and at >t.^Luke at 3.30 p. m. The Rev. j. P. Carter will conduct a sour iervice at Zion Sunday at 9 o';lock, a. m instead ot in the ateruoon as pr> vioujly announc3d. Lancaster's Voting Strength?The jSvw Registration. The town's registration books show th it 164 voters registered [luring the five days the books were open last week. About 70 registered during the registration period two years ago, a difference in favor of this year's registration of 94, which is another evidence that Lancaster is growing. The new registration, however, does not fully represent the town's voting strength except from a technical legal standpoint, lor a number of citizens otherwise entitled to register were unable to do so last week on account ot not having c >unty registration cei tificatee, a prerequisite to municipal registration, as heretolore published in The News. It is safe to say that there are at least 200 electors within our small incorporation iimits, and counting tho^e in tiie mill community and others just outside, <here are no doubt 500 or more voteis within a radius of one mil6 from the court house. The Graded Schools.-Some of the Graduates Who are Entering Colleges. Miss Perrine glover, one ot the recent graduates ot our School, lias entered the Sophomore class of Winthrop on examination. She was entitled to entrance into the Freshman class, as Lancaster Graded School is one ot the accredited schools, whose graduates can enter the Freahmau clase in the State colleges without examination , but Miss Stover wanted to enter the Sophomore 1 and did so upon the test ot a rigid examination. Mnses Coir ne Jones and Maude Moore, both from the f.pnfr.h crado of Lancaster schools, v* ***" C" ? ' will enier the Sophomore class in ilieir respective colleges, the Columbia College and Co lege for Women. , Ben Wiley Gcttys, whoafteml. ed our schools l?!-t year, has won the scholarship in Clemson from Kershaw county, heading the list. It will be recalled that Fred Adams, another Lancaster graded school boy, who graduated this year, won the Lancaster county . scholarship in Clemson. These students, as well as others, are k( reflecting much credit on the school of this place. We asked Supt. Banks a day * or two hj:o how 'he now teachers are pelting alon^, and he ex' pressed him-elf as being delighted with their work. All of them at aie making ? xcellent records, st The new t<acbeis are: Principal a S. M. Busby, Misses Ida Lee st Hill, Mario Crai? and Ilattie Tav h r.