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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.