The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, October 16, 1907, Page 3, Image 3
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Evans Rollings Stover. Young
Man Well-Known in
Lancaster Thought to be
Lost in the West?Foul
Play Sujp^cted.
The Columbia S a e.
A letter h <e b^eu handed Rev.
P. F. Kinro. naator fit tho Wa-Vi
ington Stieet Methodist church,
containing news of ihe probable
disappearance of a former South
Carolinian. Fiotn Coventry,
Color ?do, M;s /. H,J. Jacobs
writes to the '-minister of a
Methodist church, Columbia,
South Carolina," and it wan
thu* that Mr. Kilgo c.me tnto
possession ol the letter.
Mrs. Jacobs writes as follows:
"Can you give me any in tor
mation concerning one in or
around Columbia by the name
ot Stover or Rollings? My reasoi
tor writing you concerning thi1?
is that a young man, giving hie
full name as Evan Rolling*
Stover ot Soulh Carolina, cam<
- h< re April 1 and was given a
fine position by the Redlands
company, who paced ample
coufi once in him. Alter coming
here, Mr. Stover hoarded at
home and won a hoet of trieud?
who are anxious t.Q learn partieu
lnrs ol bin sudden disappearance.
He was a m del vouog mar
and claimed to be the only chile
ot Mr. and Mrs. J no. Stover
who died a few veurs ago, leav
ing him a plantation in Soutt
Carolina.- He decided to conn
We?t this spring and thing:
were lett in charge ot an uucle
Lewis Rollings, whose farm ad
joined his, five miles in tin
country.
He claimed to be a member o
the Methodist church and sai<
his parents were buried in i
country churchyard. On Aug
ust 27 he lelt hero on busines
for Montrose, Col., and has no
been heard of since, tie leave
itinn i ?ii- ?
p 1UU Iirro witil L11U UtIIUUHUy MIU
several valuable belongings, in
eluding a railroad ticket bough
from Columbia on March 16
1907. That was v\liy we though
hid home was iliere.
We feel that this young mai
must be loca'ed. If he has pec
pie there they should know o
his disappearance. TSverythin
here is straight on his side, an
foul plav is suspected.
We would he giad il you woul
investigate this ma'ter (hoping.
)y in the city ami country an
let us hear from you at an earl
date.
"Can yi-u give :ne address c
a Dr. Elliott or Mr. Uy Long
1. ...
living HI v>u>uinijini
Or. Kilgo broifght this lette
to The State, feeling sure thfl
through its circulation, som
trace of the young man m*y b
discovered. Or. Kilgo hinn-ell say
that he is acquainted with pec
pie ol the name ol Rollings, wh
are living or have lived in Lan
caster county. He knew a Mi
Evan Rollings and thinks thf
this young man may be a reli
live of his.
This story seems to indicat
a very mysterious disappearauc
and possibly may be the first ii
tlmation the young man's relt
. ',v * Y . ? ? ..
THK LAM
j Latest Explanation of the
Fairbanks Cocktail InciI
dent.
Chicago.?The Interior, the
Chicago or^ran ot the Pn-shyter;ari
church, in its is-oe of today,
nViiliiins I ho rnflrtn.il i iirirl p ? > t :it.
'lie ?v id*nee of Vi<*e President
Fuii bants, and gives him a clean
bill ?f character. Incidently the
blame for the aflair is put on the
shouldeis ?>f a woman. It say?:
"A lady living in the neighborhood
of the Faitbulks' home
was about; the ln use that day
assisting Mrs. Fairbanks in the
arrangements. When the hull
and yard were already lull of
f guests, and the attention ol Mr.
1 and Mrs. Fuirliunhs was occupied,
this lady entered the dining
room and noted that there
were no drinkables on the table.
"In her judgment it was im
; possible to entertain the president
of the United States fittingly
i without some beverage to nive
, the spread the tone to which she
, believed he was accustomed, and
. on her own responsibility, she
i, undertook to repair the supt
pot-ed omission. She hastily or
, dered the oocUtads up from hei
; husband's club. The club "toward
prepared them and an auto,
mobile brought them to the
. hou e in great haste.
> I'll!' firsl tllitui Mr ITuii'Konlr.
knew ot the violation of hit
( Methodist habits, was when lu
^ came to the'able with his guests
He did not toucli (lie g'a-s at
_' his own pla e.
41 It is for thi-* very innocent
; result ot a well meaning lriend'?
, exoes.-ive inluslr/ that h-9
Methodist neighbors have relnsec
to let the vice president attenc
the general, conference of tlit
church. We think before ver>
hftig they will regret having in
j flicted so disproportionate a humiliation
lor a merelv rumorec
charge, f>{ which the vice president
could have speedily clearec
himselt it he had been less ;
gentleman and reader to tel
j tales about the ofliciousuess o
his lady neighbor."
, Educational Race Conference
t to be Held by the Coloret
T~> 1 _ _ T ?
jrcupic in j-zaiicasier.
r1
i- Ed. Lancaster Newt-: Pleas
I inform the public through you
g paper 'that an educational rac
rl conference will beheld h *re Nov,
28ih and 29th. M uy disttn
(j guished speakers will be her t
. address the colored people o
(j all iines of duty. A i excelleu
y tirno to know how we all stain
on the great questions of the <1 ty
(l Among t lie se wuoais invited t
p speak are Governor Ansel am
Stale Supt. of Education O. I
Martin, besiJea others. Mao;
leading colored men are b-in|
engaged lor the occasion, j
great barbecue will be given tt;
public in general. Those peo
pie wilt speak on educa'iou an
} general "Race advice am
uplift.'' Great days for the tie
gro race !
r M. D Lee,
Prin. Lancasior Normal and If
dustrial Institute.
? Triftl Catarrh treatments are being ma
a<l out free, on request, by Dr. hboop, H
cine. Wia. These tests are proving to tl
1* people?without a penny's cost?the gre
value of this scientific prescription knov
* to druggists everywhere as l>r Hhooi
rt.? >1 . . J. t'.li k- I n .
>ASTER NEWS, OCTOBER 16. 1607
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