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The Lancaster News
LEDGER 1852 - REVIEW 1878 ENTERPRISE 1891
VOL. 3. KO. 3. SEMI-WEEKLY. LANCASTER, S. C., OCTOBER 16. 1907 nniro r..?r ~
Home of the Mayor of Laurens
"Shot Up."
Liurens special in Monday's
State : Much indignation was
felt arid freely expressed here
this meriting when it. became ,
known that the handsome new ,
liomp of Mayor 0. M. Babb, located
on south Harper street,
had been "shot up" during the ,
night. Several pistol balls and ,
one heavy charge of shot were (
fired into the front of the house, ,
breaking out the glass transom ?
oyer the hall door.
, Shooting in ttie vicinity of the ,
mayor'd residence was heard just ,
before midnight, but it was not |
known until this morning that ,
such an outrage had been pcrpe- (
tratecL. Mr. Bibb and family ,
had retired an 1 noue ol them |
was aroused bv the shots. I
It is understood that the city |
officials haye a clue as to the (
guilty p irty or parties and there |
may be some startling arrests |
in connection with the affair.
Young Lady Shot by Robber ,
Philadelphia, Oct. 14. ? Miss
Annie Sabold, aged 31 years, of
Lausdale, a sunuib. was shot and
believedvto be fa'ally wounded
t
under sensational crcuimtances
tonight in the crowed department |
.tore diatrio's of llien.it.v hv vVnl_
er Ilalowell, of Beth Ayers, Pa:
Miss S*bold, who is a Ftenogra
plier, had left her place ot employment
in company with two
youuc women and was hurrying
homeward with the throngs ot
shoppers when she was attacked
Halo well endeavored to 9eize
the purse of one ot the girls.
Fai ing in this he drew a revolver
and tired two who's, one ol j
which struck Miss Sabold in the
side, penetrating the abdomen.
Snow and Ice in North Carolina.
Ashe\ille special in yesler- ,
day's Observer : The first snow
of the sei.si.n was reported in
Buncrmbe county yesterday.
Snow tell in the Craggy mountains,
some 15 miles Irom Ashevilie,
while a heavy and ki!line
frost, prevailed in Asheville ai d
all over the county yesterday
morning. Ice to liberal thickness
formed Saturday night, while \
yesterday was rec >rded as the
coldest day ot ti>e lull season.
P:?? i . ? ~ ?
Jl ?U\) ? wat^ W'TC 11"1 u * sary
to comfort. ]
Negro Killed at Hpt Supper.
Union special in the News and
Courier: .Ion Foster, a negro, t
was shot and killed last night a' t
a hot supper, near Jonesville, (
by Buster Moorehead, a young t
negro boy. Alter some words be- i
tween the parties the lights were t
blown out when the shooting I
begun. No one knows who did i
all the shooting. I he ball enter- (
ed the back of Foster's head and I
death was instantaneous. Moor- J
head fled and at last reports had 1
not bsen capt ured: ' i
White Man and Negro |
Fight Over Right of W ay ;
?Latter Killed.
Kingstree special in Monday's
News and Courier: Henry Farrell,
a nes.ro, was killed late yes
tarda v atternoou two miles Irom
Kingstree, on tlieroal leading to
Murray's Ferry, bj* D:ck Spivey.
i white ra in. The killing, it is
reported, was ijie result, of a
quarrel which arose over the
rich! nt wuv ir? i>au<i ni?i
r-, ?- ? | A U'? Vl? 11/'^
Spivey ami brother, Alex, wer
.n a buirgy. Henry Farrel was
u a wagon. The dispute as to
the right ofway led to high words,
followed by both Dick Spivey
*nd tiie negro jumping out ot
their vehicles and attacking each
jther wiili their knives. When
the negro Alex Spivey took his
brother away and carried him
liome, where he is under treatment
by Dr. I. N. Boyd. He is
badly cut up and cannot he
brought t<> jail until he is somewhat
recovered of his wounds.
The inquest wi.l Le held tomor
row.
Killled in Crap Game.
Barnwell special in The State:
A negro named Wilson was Found
leal in Turkey creek swamp,
near the trestle ot the Atlantic
Joast Line railway, oti the edge
\f 1a(M? AA.l i. iUI- ' - - T T I
,? . w , coi i.? mis morning. ne
v?s shot some time Saturday
light. The coals of a camp fire
svere. found near ilie body and
the supposition is that Wilson
ivas killer) in u cran game. fiavjral
negroes have been arrested
ind it is said that one of tbem
made a confession, stating that a
egro named White did the I il
ling. White is in jail.
Died While in Witness
Chair.
Fitzgerald Ga., Oct. 14.?
While Hie case ol the State
igainst llall tor burglary was on
rial this afternoon in Judge
Whipple's court the prosecui ine
.vitness, James Green, ivai strickm
with apoplexy and fell from
lis chair, dying a'm >st instantly
Mr. Green was an need veteran
f th ' civil war and 'ive i a shore
Usance out of town. Judg?Whipple
imm< dia'ely a .j annul
Alift m?*il t 1?" ' 1
u>u I w ii in ilia lltJA. Urt' .
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Painter Commits Suicide in
Darlington.
.
I) irlingtoti special in the News
ind Conner: T. A. S\kes, a
ivhite man about 30 or 35 years
>f age, committed t-uicide here
his alternoon by drinkinglaudaium.
From the information obtainable
it seems that he had
ieen <na drunk, which lasted for
liore than a week, and had be50me
"very despondent, tie has
leen boarding with Mr. Willi
Brown, who live-* in a house be
onging to Mr. Louis A. Havnesworth.
Court Proceedings.
Many Bills Acted Upon by
Grand Jury?Cases Disposed
of.
The court, of general sessions
convened here Monday morning,
Judge Wilson presiding and
Solicitor Henry and Stenographer
McOa'w at their respective
posts. The charge to the grand
jury was brief, It's Honor elating
that, he presumed il<e juror-; h >d
already been i.. tmcted a^ :o
their duties.
The followii g 1 ills of ?i?ci?ct
ment were handed tut to the
grand jury :
Elvin R. Kell>. house breaking
and larceny; tie >rge McKen
na, murder ; J dinson Benson,
vn 1.ting dispell aiy law; Richard
Harris, perjury ; Uhalnn rs
\fel)<>w, violating dispensary
law; Lewis R lltngs, assault and
Knitery with iji'en! to kill and
V'>
cirryingconcealed weapon ; Sim
Reed, similar effuse; John
Adams, similar offense; J. Rulmor
Steele, seduction;s ime detendnni.
bastardy; R L Long, obtaining
g ods under false pretense;
-ame defendant, obtaining raon
ley under talse pretem-e; Henry
F. Mackey, violating di-pensary
la*; Ed. Harper, assault and
battery with intent to kill. True
bills were found in all of the
foregoing cases except in the one
last named?Ed. Harper.
El via Kelly, charged with
house bieaking and larceny?
breaking into and robbing L <fc
(J. depot?pleaded guilty and received
a i-mou' iis semem e\
Lewis Rollings, charged with assault
and battery with intent to
kill, pleaded guilty of assault of
a high and iggravated nature ,
<nd was sentenced to 4 months'
imprisonment or pa> a line of
$75.
The trial of the case ot J. 1' 1
mer Steele, charged wi'h seduction,
was beirun Monday aliernoon
ami had not been conclud
ed when the News went to press
vesterday attention.
Fatal Fight Between Alabama
Farmers.
Montgomery, Ala., Oct. 13 ?
A .-pecial to The Advertiser Irom
Demopolis Ala., sava:
Matt Gaudy, a young white
f imer, is dead, and his brother,
(). I) Gaudy, is seriously woundMil
uo o rnenU rvt ?> oh/v?*i .. .. - - '
?;v., i* ivi-uh v/1 n suwutiuu, a i fray
which occurred in front oi
their home hi Hail's Greex tins
morning. Marvin an 1 .John I'utt,
farmer* of the same community,
are in j til charged with the
crime. The Tutt brothers^ it is
said, rode up to the house in a
bugity and inquired foi i lie
Gandys. A* tne Gaudy toys
s'arted to the buggy, the Tutts
opened fire.
Matt Gaudy was killed instantly
and 1 D. Gandy was wounded
in the legs and hips.
The two families had been at
outs for some time.
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Shot Negro to Save Father.
Sumter special in Charleston '
Sunday News: L. E. Wagoman.
whie, aped 19, shot and seriously
wounded Dick Goodman, colored,
this atternoon in tlie lot
back ot tiie be^r dispensary.
Goodman, who w s drunk, attacked
YVagoman'* father, and 1
after striking him once or more
drew a knife and was advancing
on the elder Waaoman, S>ut the
young man came up ju t at thie
time and at once opened fire on
the negro. The first and only hot
fired put Goodman out ot hu ine-8.
Tl?e bullet passed through
the hand in which the knife was
held and it.to Goo m-m'- ch n. '
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Twenty-Two Drowned in I
Wreck of Lake Steamer. |
S?u!t Ste Marie, Mich. Onto- '
her 12.?Bound down from the
head of the lakes on the second
trip *ho had made since being
launched at Lorain, Ohio, on August
17 la-1, the fine steel In ight
er Cyprus, 440 leet long and
owned l>v the Lackawanna Trans (
portatiou Company.ot Cleveland,
foundered last night in Lane
Superior, (ff Deer Park, taking
down with her twenty two members
of the crew. Second Mate
C. J. Pitt, washed ashore lashed
to ufeai), is the only person left
alive of the ship's crew.
Man Meets Horrible Death <
in Spartanburg.
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Spartanburg special in ti.e
News and Courier: Smith Wil- 1
Hams, white, aped ?37 ye >rs, was 1
run over and killed by a South- 1
ern p?ssonner train t< niirht just
oif-dde the yard limits. 11 is body I
was mo-t horribly mangled, the
lens, trunk and aims heinp mashed
into a puip. The accident occurred
uear the Drayton Cotton
Mills, a rhort distance from the
p?8se?p<r Station. Williams is
survived by a wife and two children.
Two Fires in Camden Sunday.
Camden special in the News
and Courier : Camden had two
I? - I
Hres > d] atiorno >n.
About (5 o'clock it tenement
house at Mrs. Siinmons's hoarding
h mse wae consumed. At 7 o'clock
1 he a'aim was again sound
e<!. Fire was disc ?verecl on Mrs.
A K. Zewp's wait house, which
was being used by Mr. P. T.
Vill-pigue, proprietor 01 the GiltEdge
ftoro. It, with another
ware bouse, also owned by Mrs
Zemp, and still another in the
rear of the Commercial Bank,
owned bv the bank of Camden,
wore entirely consumed. Mr.
Villipigue lost a considerable
quantity of baling and tios,
machinery and other heavy goodp.
His w are house was considerably '
damaged and at one time his
store was threatened.
u?rmc vcn i r?cn tUPY.
A Model Farmer.
What Mr. Charlie Caskey is
Making this Year?His
Method of Farmirg,
K liter The News : I see occasi'
Hal reports Irora different
purls of the county on crop conditions.
The crops in- dFlla hutmdiiite
Section, 'upper Antioch,
are turning out right well. One
t?f our rising young farmers, C.
1*. 0-?skey, deserves special note.
Dn a two horse form he will get
23 bales of cotton, 400 bu. corn
mid nearly iOO gallons oi molass93,
he-ides a fine crop of s'v <
potatoes. Aocl o"t oi this cop,
>n one of i lie farms col iva'ed by
iiirmelf, lie will net, 13 bales of
Ihe above mentioned cotton and
>00 bushels of the corn. Deep
plowing in winter and t-hnliow
ullivution, is bis motto, and ho
rminures the crop during its growimr
season. He manured his
30in at the second plowing, and
only about 300 lbs. of soluble
gaano w, s used per acre, and not
exceeding 300 lbs. feriil zer on
any of the cotton. Mr. Ouskey
has purchased from the Lancaster
Mercantile Co. the old llagins
phue, near Elgin, and will locate
there soon.
Now just a word to our farmer
friends: Flow deep and keep
everlastingly at it. Good luck is
the result of hard work and good
management. Don't rush your
cotton on the market, for tnere is
a good price in store for it to
those who hold. Join the Farmers'
Union and help to defeat
the gambling on c ?tt->n. There
7 ... - *
is a bright day ju t ahead for us
it wp take hold now and pu>h.
So here fjoei , bo s, u!l together.
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Negroes Hurt in Rock Hi!!.
Rock Hill f-pe i il in Charleston
Sunday News ; It is reported
on the streets here that the
' lovers' tub," a part ol the mer
ry-go-rotind at the Carnival
which i? in progress in the western
part of the town, was wreck
ed thi-s evening an 1 three negro
occuj ants injure!. I' is reported
that the injuries are serious.
Three Trainmen Killed.
Columbus, Ga., October 12.?
Wh?!e the locomotive of afreiglir
train on the -Central of Georgia
Railroad wa- Inking water at
Revno'd*, Georgia today, the
ooil r exploded, killing Engineer
Avery, Condnc'or Ailon and a
negro fireman. The b ?ilor was
blown a hundred yards and the
station was damaged.
?W. II, Smith, a white man,
was sent up from Kershaw Monday
night for trial here on the
charge of violating the law
against buyiug seed cotton. It is
alleged that he bought seed cot
ton at night from a negro tenant
on Mr. R S Floyd's plantation.