The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, October 30, 1907, Image 1
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VOL. 3. HO. 7 SEMI-WEEKLY.
Child Killed in Gin. Anderson Farme:
Cotton.
Newberry special In The State:
An accident occutred th?a after- Anderson special
noon at the gin on Mr. John R. and Courier: The
Spearman's place about five Countv farmers ar
miles from Newberry, in which preparing to get a 1
William, the three-year-olil i-on tor their cotton thai
. ii T n .. li - i 1-. - -
oi tvir. j. ouri meet, mat. nis me. ing paid, us a largt
The child was with his father at them are now storin
the pin at the mnexot the acoi- here as scon as the i
dent and they were ne?r each ued. The Farmers'
ether when it happened. The house, which has a
child was walking near the pin 2.600 bales, is lull,
and seemed in some way to ha\e inn has rented spj
been drawn in from the suction 4,500 bales from tl
of the fan. His head was crush- Cotton Mills. This
ed and one arm t6tribly mangled, being filled. Then
Death wa* instantaneous. bales stored in tl
?> ? - warehouse. Mr. T. 'J
Two Accidents at Comwell. business manager of
Union, lett tor Flore
explain the ware h
Mr. Ed.' Cornwell had 'he j.0 par^je9 there, wh
mislorlune to have h.s lett leg tern plating constru
broken jud above the ankle house* a,.Florence,T
Tuesday morning. He was on ftnd i3i8|lopviiie.
the platform ot his pin house M
, when a bale olcotfcm wa? thrown Something About
on the platlorm ana thejar cus- ^ ^ --The Stal
<?(! t.llft li 'littft ru tr? (ri vn tv?w itwt
Mr. Corn well lell in, breaking m Lancaster.
bis ankle. The fracture was
set by a physician anil he is net- Written foi The Ne
ling along nicely now. The Knights of
The same morning in the same Star ot the Ea-?t he
neighborhood, Ricl ard McKeown, CI rand lodge here h
who lives on the Ross place, was gin,,,ng Oct. 22, en<
thrown Irom a mule and had his with about 200 de!
left arm broken?Chester Lan- the various parts ot
tern. The meeting w
. . ?. over by Rev. J. ?V
Tpmnprof* PrnViihHinn national (irand Mft<
M. A V4MV/iUV14|
The object ol this or<
.. . . ter the condition of
Mr. G. C. Feathetstoue, if . _
industrial, moral a
ijaurena, who ten years ago ran ^
lor Governor of South Carolina, '
. ... , , . ihis order was i
on a prohibition plat form, and is .
. . ? cording to Act of coi
esteemed one of the strongest . ,
. . . year 19C4, by the 1
and best men in the Sta'e, de- ... , . ' . ..
, ... . , VV . Stingley, of Mo
c'ares. in an interview reported . _ J
..... .in the office of the
l>v the Columbia correspondent
,. r,u XT . Congress at Washit
oi the lhe News and Courier, . .
.. , 4 , , ... Ihis order is in a flot
that ten vears study of tlieques . .
, , . . dition, it ates after t
tion and a close obseivatiou ol v .
, . ries the dead and i
tlie course of events has per . 1
, . . ... . ,i ,. . . to its beneficiaries j
6UHded h.m that the time i> not
. . . $400, at death, lb
rioe nf. iire.t-nl for I Iip ono/>rmi rit
1 ~ ~^ 5000 membcis in tli
ol a general ironclad prohibition
law in South Carolina, and he ' " "" 1 1
urges upon a true prohibitionists The Taxahaw
c-retul thought and cau'ioue
mo\emeni a' this critical time Mr Editor: Tin
in the progress of the cru ade achool, which will b
against liquor, as a lalse step i'roft a.'c Rowell,
might set hack the cau-e m my Monday, Nov. 4. A
years.?Charleston Post. the ?bool are reqt
present with their
r ^ Hoy Loses Life in Vifell. liear *>rof i^'we'1'8
die^s, which will I e
t re-t to them.
Sta'esvd'e, N. C., special in _________________
/ II I _ 1 \1 \T t
wiiarioiif v^nservei; mews readied
Statesvjlle last evening ol the KTAT
tragic death of a 3 year old son In the Probate <
of ;\lr. and Mrs. Jesse Temple Hy J. E. Htewnmn,
. tT . . . . Probate .Ind
t"n, of Union Grove township. w HERE AH, J. G. Cook
Mr. TempletOU and Others en- njade euit to ine. to grant
Administration of the
gaged in cleaning out a well and effects otWilliam Cook. d<
had I ha well b"X removed. The t'HESh: aretHEKEF
admonish all and sinful
little hoy WHH playing in the yard and creditors of the said
, . . ,, it . ? deceased, that thev be am
and ran into the well. His body me in the court of Probat
wus recovered in about twenty Lancaster Uonrt House.
J day, Nov. 12tb, next, a
mi.iut?s and efforts were made thereof, at li o'clock in t
v ? i : . i . show cause, if any they
Dy a physician to restore him to Hnj j Administration should
life, but all in vain. nDi?er Sd'
' Oct. Anno Domini, 1907.
J. E. i
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SER 1852 REVIEW fS7^ 1
LANCASTER. S. C., OCTOBER 30
rs Holding News in Brief.
Sheriff A. C. McOoupal,
Carrolton, Miss., was shot a
in the N \vs ici11Saturday bv a negro
A .. J
anu<-iwu WftS trying to arres ....El
e evidently Hiahtower, Gf Anson co. N. (
letter price while cm zed with drink, hI
i is now he- an(j kj1^ hiH mother an<i th
) portion of to()k ,1)8
own hie. cutting I
k their crops throat with a razor. . . . M.
jot ton is tin- ftlobley, Jr;. a fligman. former
Union ware of FAjrHeld countv, w r crii*h
capacity oi deatb between ca s at I/ea
and the I n- n.tion, this si,, o. 8a'n.day. .
ice to s1 ore Walter Livin -toi, cwpeii (
te Anderson dropped dead while a' work
space ia now jjie Southern's hop* in Coin
d are 1,000 bin.. . .The tri 1 t H rer?n wo
ie Standard F,idav of the case ol Cli: r
I. Wakefield, Shaler against the Gienlel Mi
the barmors for $10,000 damages lor loss
lice today lo two .u,er8 reoil o? in a verdi
"u<e system for t'.>e mill company .... A 111
o are con- ju West Va., blew him-eli i
ic'ing ware wp]1 dynamite because he v,
?mmonsville tired <.f his wile....A man
Wy uning shot his lawyer a
then committed suicide....'!
the K. G. express package of $10,000 1<
te Meeting be'ween Charlotte and S parte
bnrg gome time ago was fou
by a detective in his room ii
Gaffne-' hotel, having been pi;
ws.
,, ed theie by some one while t
the Guiding J
. . detective was temporarily out
Id their otate r
, . the room. . . . A nurse and t
ist week, bej
. oc children were run over bv an t
bug Oct 25,
lomobilo in Columbia Saturdi
egates from , ....
. bnt escaped serious injury.,
the state. _
. . Broom Putnam, 18 years o
as presided ,, , , , ,
~ . .. was accideutlv shot and kill
. btiger, the .
... by a companicu in Lincolnli
f. 0ffk- N. C? Saturday.... A neg
ler is to bet- , T , ,fe
named John Wilkes, who h
the negro on , , , ,. ,
. ? . , robbed two small beys, w
nd financial , ,
lynched Saturday night at Bvrc
Ga Capt K. F. Weeks.
entered ac- ,, , ' ..
well-to-do Barnwell county m
igress,in the , . . , 0 ,
? chant, was assassinated Saturd
ate Hon. G.
. . night, lie was Killed m his lion
rrilton Ark., ...
_. , being sl.o' Irotn the outsic
Librarian of , , ,
_ .. tlirough a window. . . . lwo pt
igton, D. C. . .ji , , 0,
, . stins were killed and 25 injur
lrmhinc ffin.
"? . in a wreck Sunday on the J
he ",Ck-,bU- K. a,Hi Texas Ro id.... liar
>;)ys a policy , . ? , ,
? ' ? Lassiter, 18 years old, fliot a
from $100 to ... . ,, _
Killed his lather in Griffin, G
ore are over ,, . . . ...
I Saturday night. . . . Kobert
Shock ley, formerly a rural let!
earrier of Laurens county, 1;
School. been convicted i n the U. S < oi
at Greenville of misapproprin
b T.-iXahaw mg rc oney8 placed in is han
e taught by by patrons alum: his route.
will open jr?n , . ? . .
II patrons oi
1-siH.l to h" Find Gold on Potatoes.
children, to
opening nl- ()?'den. Utah, dispatch in Ni
r\f imL i ? -- -
l"~ Y rk World: A rancher ne
trustee. Craig, (Julo., dug his potnti
the day a'ter h heavy r,?iu an
Carolina quantity of wet soil adhered
48TEn- them. He sold the potatoes
e'quire a ilotel iU9t t,iey were, i
ge. employe at the hotel, an c
and J i. Bowera n|?cer miner, in washing the t
them Letter-* of
Estate of and tatoes saw some particles of gt
o'iu:t oil. ,n.l in the b?"om of !he I,an- 01
ar the kindred er scrutiny revealed a numl
William rook, ... ... .. .. .
d appear before of tiny particles in the dirt.
,e, to bo held at . , . . ...
k. o , on Tom- 1 his led to an exmination
fter publication the ground where the potatc
he forenoon, to r
have, why the were grown. It was found
I not be uranted. .... , , , ,
thin ifOih day of he rich in placer gold and asat
\ tew man very high. ^?veral hundred ac
abate Judge, have been staked.
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ENTERPRISE J 891
. 1907 PRICE
Fire in the. Count u. ) 5
A tenant h<>u*e on Mr. .John
i ? _ 1
of F. Hull's plantation, occupied by
ml Tom Barnes, was destroyed by t
he,fire laKt Saturday evening. {
lis I B-rnes lost pretty much ?ve\y- 1
3<f thing lie had, including a io' of
iot corn. He thinks the house was t
en set afire. " c
lis ? f
[j Itridye not to be Crossed next h
Friday.
y On next Fridav, N v. 1st the
0(1traveling
public will be unable
S to use the bridge over Bear creek c
at the cotton mills as on 'hat
5T ^
day it will be undergoing repairs
? l\ .
by direction of the county an- j
iho?ies. The bridge will likely be
pas able by Saturday n on i-ig
e?
_ ? c
Shoot iny at Colored Festival. ^
A difficulty occurred at a color- ?
ipl ^ # ^
ed festival lust Friday night on the ^
an i'illman place west of Lancaster ^
n between Will Cunniugham, son ^
a of John Cunningham, and To in
Hunter, son of Tom Hunter, Sr., ^
n in which Cunningham was shot
ll P
in the che t. The wounded man ,
3St s ?
was brought here about 4 o'clock
in~ Satutday morning, lor medical
1 attention. Dr. Brown is waiting t
1 1 on him The negro will liifdv ;
recover. y
he
of ??
First A. It. /'. i'resbt/ter,/.
The First Presbytcrv of the A. J
t u R.
1*. Svnod is in session at t
fty %
Edpemeor this week, having <
convened yesterday morning, t
' ' The moderator is Dr. R. G. Mil- I
6(1
ler. The Presbytery embraces,1
part 01 both North and South
TO
' , Carolina. Those in attendance 1
ad . . , ,
Irom Lancaster and the county 1
ras
are: Rev. O W. Carmichae1. 1
in. '
Messrs. J. David Caskey, Wylie \
Q. Caskey, J F. Lathan and t
erRobt.
Thompson. I
ay
16
' Their Hosts in Anderson. fl
le,
Those from Lancaster and the '
r(j
county attending the Presbyter-,t
. ian Synod in Anderson this week r
. are being entertained in the city 1
, as follow-: Rev. Chalmers Fra- I
nd
ser anil Mayor R. E. Wvlie, of ^
a., .
p Lancaster, by Mrs. T A. Archer; i
Rev. J. T. Dendy, ot Kershaw, f
er '
by Mr J. 11 Shanklin; Rev and '
, Mrs. 1. E. Wallace, of Hea'h
irt
Springs, b ' Mr. G. N. Broyles; 1
i Mr. R. C. Jones, of Heath 1
(i 8 |
I Springs, by Mr. L. H Seei.
?The Lancas er C II Farm*
era' Union will meet next Satin- v
I day at 3 p. m. A lull attendance v
ns desired.
1
-ar
J( s ?The Antioch school will open 1
[ a 2nd Monday in November. Il 1
{o'\vill 1)6 taught by Miss Ida Wat Is,
iltj ol Chester. * 1
. I ~
\n ,
?The Lancaster Mercantile *
)fu Co., the Heath-Jones Co., the 1
^ Cotton Mill Store and Merchant
B. C. Ilough have new announce^
ments in today's paper, to each 1
of which your attention is ear,
nestlv invited. '
i of
)pQ
to Bridge to Repair. |
I will award the contract to repair Cane
* Creek bridKe ou Lancnater and Chailotte
res road on Tnendiy. Nov. lvth at 11 o'clock
| a. in L J. Perry,
Connty Supervisor. ' |
EWS
?FIVE CENTS PEN COPY.
Vhe Success* ?/ **Comrades" in
r Lancaster.
j Tim of "Com'Wlltl
' iin tllfOH* .in!.... .1 ?
??" v (tu'vubui u i rtlllil ill
hr<*e i'C'V, at the auditorium
ast FiidAy night, by (be Laucaser
'\'nrtlpiir Dramatic Club, '*'-r
lie jnefirof the L'brary Assola'ion,
was eminently secoessul
in every pari cular. The
udienco w is unusually Drge
nul ihe performers, Ihough
ima'eurs. acquitted theniselvis
in a m anner that would have
lone credit to pr. fess onals. The
tast. of characters, it will be
ecalled, was published in our
ast issueBy
request of (he dramatic
lub, Mi-s Ivy Crawford in
barge of i he music, assisted bv
disses dauie and Nannie Johnon,
Miss fcla'tie Taylor, Miss
sabel Davis, Miss Ida Leo Hill,
iliss Clarice Knight and Misses
daude and Pearl Mitchell.
The receipts amounted to $5)1.15.
Kecrtit Softs of Town ttml Country
I'roiwrty.
Some valuable town ami counry
properly has b- en sold with
n Hie las' I'eviUy*. Mr. W. T.
11! i a in 8 has purchased the handiome
home on Main street of
Messrs. ?1 A. P. Sistare and
I. P. C. Caskey, and Messrs. Sisare
and Caskey have bought
Uol. Sprines?s vVaxahaw plant aion,
containing 12c2 acres?the
Massey and Foster places. Mr.
W. J. Cunningham has sold to
4r. T. M. Jackson his cottage on
ilm street now occnpied by Mr.
^ewis Olyburu. Mr. John L.
ieed has purchased from Fit^>atrick
Brothers their f ur cotages
on French Street?the Mcjarnon
property. The Filzparick
Brothers h ?ve also sold to
dr. A. C. Ilin-on their plautaion
of 84 acres in the Dixie secion,
whereon Mr. tlinson now
esides. Mr. J. Wylie Porter, of
ierehaw, has bought the W H.
Ieed place on Meeting street, in
iVest End. He ha Hold his place
n Iv prcli tuv fn M r I1 P?
-- ?V< UI4>? ? VW V? J UUI II J
lmi will move back 'o Lancaster,
dr. L wis L. Blackm >n has purhased
the house now occupied
>y him neir Mr. J. J. Cherry's,
rom Mr. W. J. Cunningham.
'tenth of Mrs. M. If. Shorten.
Mrs. Margaret W. SluHey,
vi low of th 1 late L. Shnrley, the
veil known fchooi te?cher of
t?le't?aiit Valley, died suddenly
ast Friday morning ai her home
n Fort Mill. She had recently
returned from an extended visit
o Florida. Her death was due
o an attack of apoplexy.
Mri,. Shurlev was a daughter
af tlie late John Rosa, of Pleasant
Valley, an was "bout 05
years of age. She was twice
married and leaves only one
child, a son bv I lie first m?rrirtr?p
, t->~?
Mr. John W Kims, of Fort Mill.
She was a most estimable christian
lady and had many friends
in both Lancaster and York
counties, as well as over the line
in North Carolina, who will be
pained to hear of her death. The
burial was at Pleasant Valley.