The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, October 26, 1907, Image 1
The Lancaster News
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VOL. I\J. 6 SEMI-WEEKLY. LANCASTER. S. C., OCTOBER 26. 1907 PRICE-FIVE CENTS PER COPY.
Happenings in Georgia.
Fatal Gin Accidents?Atlanta's
Big Fair-Much Expected
from Prohibition?
Lancaster'sChampion Cotton
Pickers?Other Matters
of Interest.
Ed. Lancaster News : A f ew
days ago, t\v<> very sad deaths occurred
almost within the same |
hour, on the same day near this
city. In one instance. Mr. Turner,
who was working with a public
gin, was caught in the machinery
.4 i.:_ i 3 i - i i t i
2iii<i ins uuuy so noino y mangieu
thai he lived only about an hour.
Almost at the same time, Mr. T
H. Jones, who was working at a
gin on-the other side of to*u,
was caught in about the same
maimer and killed instan'ly.
As the ginning s^a-n n advances,
we always hear of these accident*,
and we hf pe some remedy will
come in vogue, as ir. seems that
someth'tm m iretlian the precaution
to be careful is necessary to
check these occurrences.
Atlanta is in the midst of her
big fair and they are having ?
grand time. Thousands of people
are nocking to this coming
metropolis, "the New York of
the South," and taking in the
many sights which arc to be seen
in Atlanta and those that are
special features of the big fair.
As we write this, they are making
big preparations lor tlie coming
ot W. J. Bryan, the next probable
Democratic candidate for
president. They will give him
an ovation that will fill him with
pride and he will go away feeling
good over the great demonstration,
notwithstanding the fact
that he has been so much admired
and received so much applause
Irom one end ol the Unit
ed States to the other.
The salo ?n men are making
arrangements to leave the city
first of next year, a great many
ot them, as no other business
looks as good to them as the whiskey
business. Some of them
will remain here and go into
some other busmen, aw I hoy have
other interesis h>'re anil prefer
not to leay. It doos seem
"killiu" to s<'ino of them to have
to go out of 'he liquor business
for Mrcon is such a good location
for s doons. They all seem to d<
a thriving business and when
the eighty or more saloons
clo83 their doors on
the coming in ot the new vo r
many a family in Macon will hegin
to get better food and mort
of it, better clothing and more
ol it,and ioslea 1 of the saloon
men in the city being 90 thrifty
we expect to bee the people whc
have bupported them so lonf
thrive some.
Lancaster county has some in
dustrious youngsters when il
comes to picking cotton, there's
no getting around that fact.
Some of the farmers with whonr
we have talked recently wouh
be very much "overjoyed" i
some of these trifling Oeorgit
negro bucks and ''buckesses" ai
Rev. Sum Jone9 called them,
were imbued with the same
kind of energy aa some o! theae
young champions of the cotton "
patch. In 6ome sections there ino
complaint of the scarcity of
labor. hut in other Rertintw
there is a fearful luck of suffi
cieiM; otton picker".
It is certainly time for Mr. 1
jjno. W. Twitty of Valdostato
give us a communication from <
that part ot the world. We
shall expect to hear froin him 1
through The News real soon and
hope lie won't disappoint us.
Dr. It. A. Truesdell, formerly
of Kershaw bu< for the past, live
years located at Wliitmire, is in
the city and has about decided
to locate in Macon as 30011 as lie
can tind a suitable office.
Mr. Clarence Hobbs, who
used to be telegraph operator at
Kershaw, is now musing nic
heme here, having accepted a
position w'th the M. D. ?St S
Rv. Former Lancastrian.
Macon, (ia.
Old Lady Found Dead on
Hearthstone.
Mount Gilead, N. C., in Charlotte
Observer: News of the
death ol Miss Alary Aon liarper,
an aged maiden lady whose home
whs six miles east of this place,
reached hero today, and it ithought
by some that she was
murdered. So lar no reliable
information has been obtained.
The report, however, is to the effect
that a neighboring gentleman
went to her home on business
early Monday morning and,
not finding her and seeing her
door partly open, he went into
the house. To his surprise he
found the old lady lying in front
of the firepl?ce, dead. On investigation
indications of murder
i 1 1 - >
were iwuuii, wnereupon ine coroner
whs no'ified. An inquest
whs held today but the result
has not been learned. The lady
was a harmless person, living
alone some little distance from
her nearest neighbor, and was
thought by some to possess m noy.
1 Death Results from Children
Playing on R. R. Track.
Lincolnton, N. U? special in
yesterday's Char'o'te Observer:
Bear!, the 12-year-old uangbi
or ol Mr. Gray Bynum, who
i live- one mile west of Iron Stai
lion, whose injury by tbe ea-d,
bound train on the Seaboard Air
- Line was recorded in 1 he Obser
vor today, died about 3 o'clock
s this morning. It seems that the
i c:?i'd was vying with a playma'e
' as to which one would stay on
> the track the longer in tbe lace
: of tbe on-coining train, and tarried
too lonn on the tracK. In
her at temp1 to recrohs the track
t. alter her companion had lefr if
i the little girl fell. Realizing her
danger, she attempted to roll
i from under the wheels of the
1 engine, which was almost upon
I her, but the leit leg was caught
i and crushed below the knee, and
3 the right elbow mangled.
Rev. L. A. Phillips. 1
Another Account of the
Death in Tennessee of a
"Well-Known Former Citizen
of Lancaster County.
The following acc ?uiit of the 1
life and death of the Rev. Albert 1
Phillips, a former citizen of this
county who died H bis adopted I
home in Monroe coun'v, Tenn.,
the 25th oi last moi-th, as published
in The N w oi 2:d i isi nut,
is taken fr< ni d 'lVm e^ee piper:
it is wit h s;! e r?> s iti 11 s* that
we have b?en cdle<l to record
the death or Rev. L A. Ph.Hips,
of Raftor, Tenn. lie tell a>l> ep
in his seventy-seventh year, and
lelt even clnl htn to monru Ins
ilea 111.
The father f* 11 a*le'*p at the
?lar?N hours of midnight, and no
one was present except his do t'
*i e when his spirit took i'tfl'ght
to its eternal heme?Heaven.
His sudden dea'h was a sa<)
blow to the wife, who was compelled
to go at urdnight to the
homo ot her son, a distance onehalf
mile, to tell the sad news,
l'he news of his death was a! o a
shock to his many friends in the
community.
The deceased had worked hard
all 'he day before his dea'h.
After iuneral set vices w ere
held, the mortal remains wore
laid to rest in the Macadonin
cemetery in the presence of a
large concourse of sorrowing
kindred and triends.
How true it is thai death loves
a shining mark. The deceased
was a man of more than ordinary
intelligence, and tor more than
20 years he had been an ordain
ed minister and was a member
of Ebenez *r church.
lie was a loving and obedient
father and his heart overtl iweo
with tender affections towmd
his beloved companion, sons and
daughters, and every on* who
knew Rev. L A Phillips held
him in high esteem and respect
ed him for his many good deeds
Now, bereaved and sorrowing1
[son-tatid daugh'ers, '"it is well''
wil ll Blllll* lafll;!!* ll i o
J > 4r> *"
beyond tte reach ot temptations.
Weep ?;ot for the father. I>ur
rather for those of your loved
ones and Iriend- aid children
who are \et exposed to the
snares and rim* us vices ot this
evil world. V ur dead lather
cannot come hack to you all, but,
thank God, yon can go to him.
D. M. Veal, P. M.
The Wake Forest Hazing.
Wake Forest special in the
Observer: The recent trouble
over the suspension of five men
for thirty days, for making a
f yp .V* rv* ?n /I ? nno unrl
f < W'AI?b.M?? \*KMVU^ (Villi V/ 1 CI n Illl/ll
many of the students, becoming
wrought up, naked for admission
to the I'niversiiy, has at last
been settled and the students
re-instated.
Do you take The News ?
More than One Model Farmer
in Upper Part of County?Mr.
E. S. Howie's Success.
Mr. Editor : Please ahow mo
space in your valuable paper lo
^tate that tliere is n ore than one
scientific and progressive farmer
io the upper par' of the
nood old couniy ??i Laucas'er.
1 noticed in y? ur issue ol Oct
the 19 the progress of Mr. T W.
Secies', and I wish to state that
there are more people than Mr.
Sec re st. that can and do make
two and three crops on the same
piece of land in a year. My
fnhermadea fine crop ot oats
on his 2 acre bottom and then
gathered ? nice lo! of pei'.s. Ho
also cut and cured a nice lot of
fine peayne ha\ off the same
land. Also another instance ol
good farming : Ho planted and
worked a nice piece of cane, < ff
of winch lie picked t he mos' rank
part, and m ide sixty-three gallons
ot got d m dasses, and then
gathered a lot ot good green ieed.
Now today he has a lot ot good
< _ 1 J? U ~ -..4. 1 !
icru irtiuy in tut auu CUicu j
for winter hay.
It Mr. Poorest wants to see
what (arming is all he has to do I
is to net in his buggy and ride
up to the lurm ol Mr. K. S.
Ilowie, who will be glad to take
him over a farm and dhow him
what farming is.
Well, I hope no one will think
that 1 am in any way boasting o!
Mr. E. S. Howie's farm, but I
want people to know that he is
not dead yet With much re
shards to the Editor and al! the
readers of The Lancaster News,
1 remain a farmer's son,
H.
Oceola, S. O Oct. 23, 1907.
Murdered in Hotel.
Norfolk, Va., Oct. 23.?Alston
LL Berry, who retiistered
j Irom Rome, Oa , was found mur
jdered toniuht in a room at the
! Fairfax Hotel, ile had been
dead several da.\s
While there is no question in
the mind ol the police th it Her
ry was murdered theie is ahso
lutely no clue to ihe perpetrator
of the deed. One shot went in
the back of the head, which was
deemed sufficient to cause dea'h
and in the opinion of physicians
il r*r??i!d not Iiuvp l\oon ..oil in
flieted.
Mysterious Disappearance.
Oherryville, N. O., special in
The Ooserv r : Mr. E. T. Oonder,
formerly a resident of this place,
who went to Augusta, (la., during
the telegraphers' strike tc
taken position with the Postal
Company, left that city on the
12th of October in response to t
message saving that his wift
here was sick. He has not ar.
rived here yet and nothing what
ever has been heard relative t<
his whereabouts.
Mr. Conder was a merrber o
the Pythian ami Masonic orders
of this place.
I he Panic in New York.
Crisis Safely Passed?Morgan
Empties Millions into
Stock Exchange and
Thereby Restores Confidence.
New York, Oci. 24.?As a result
of today's developments in
the fiinncia1 world there is every
indication ih it <ho crisis in the
banking and trust company situation
lias been safely passed.
The Trust Oorop my of Ameiioa
all through the day's banking
hours paid, out money to depositors
as rapidly as possible and
closed the day with aU demands
having been met A v^ry tavorahle
feature ot t lie situation r specting
ihis company was that
it was able to make its payments
with very little assistance and
another was that the company
received over its counter in the
morning hours in ordinary depovitp
mote than $1,000,000.
ny iar the most notable, even
diamatin episode of ti e day was
-I..* v? 9_.ii:. -c vl.
oil sp ciiipbj taif; ui iimim ii*t ill ill Oilley
into the stock exchange
through a pool headed by J. P.
Morgan and other financiers in
order to avert a ruthless selling
out of stocks held by brokers
which was threatened because of
their inability to obtain renewals
of loans on which these stocks
had been carried.
mi * ' - ? * *
ine eneci 01 tnis relief measure
was instantaneous and the
rate on call money dropped from
100 per cent to 10 per cent.
Stocks advanced more rapioly
than they had declined and it
was only a lew minutes until Union
l'acific, the market leader,
was te'ling at 105. Other stocks
! were similarly affected and the
?rally was complete.
The aggregate amount of money
which had been contributed in
order to weather the storm and
restore confidence assumes truly
colossal proportions. Roughly
estimated it includes $25,000,000
which Secretary Cortelyou deposited
in the Ne.v York banks,
$25,000,000 which the Morgan
r.rw.1 t.r. w * ' 'k .. (1 ~ ^
u- 111 HI liiu ilLI '1 , 'T i'*;'
000,000 which J hn D. R okofellor
deposited with the Union
Trust as a means of stemming
the tide at f' e Tru-t CorapHuy
of America and fi i??llv another
$50,000,000 which it is understood
Mr. Rockefeller sto d ready
tn advance to meet any further
stress of conditions?in i 11 considerably
excess of $100,000
i 000.
11 ?
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A Nevada Bank Fails.
> Reno, Nev., Oct. 23.?The
1 State Bank & Trust Company,
i with headquarters at Carson and
? branches at Gold field, Tonopah,
* Manhattan and Blair, closed its
- doors this morning. The State
- bank examiner is in charge. The
> difficulty was due to inabilty to
realize on stocks placed as sef
curity for a $400,000 loan, made
J '.he Sullivan Trust Company
last year.