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The Lancaster News
LEDGER 1852 REVIEW 18"? ENTERPRISE 1891
VOL.3. NO. 15. SEMI-WEEKLY. LANCASTER. S. C., NOVEMBER 27. 1907 PRICE-FIVE CENTS PER COPY.
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iragic j^eatn 01 iNortn Carolina
Farmer?"Was in Wagon
with Family When
Struck by Train.
Wadesboro special in the Charlotte
Observer: This morning
about 8 o'clock a passenger train
going south struck the covered
wagon at the Concord road crossing,between
Wadesboioand Polk
ton,in which A. S. Uoneycutt, his
wife and two chllren were re
turning to their home in the up
per part of this country from n
visit to relatives in South Carolina.
The husband was instantly
killed and the wife was seri
ously injured. The two sons, 2
and 10 years of age, escaped
without injuries. The mother
was taken on the train to the
hospital in Monroe, where her
wounds were treated. The t?)
children were left with the body
of their father at Polk ton by the
train which demolished their
wagon and killed their father.
> The awful accident was proba
uiy aue to tne ract mat U>e lamily
was in a covered wagon,
thereby failing to hear the approaching
train, which struck
the wagou about the centre.
Honeycut was a respectable white
farmer, living in Burneviile township,
and was liked by all wlu>
knew him.
Gets Thirty Years for Kiiling
His Cousin.
Asheville special in Charlotte
Observer: The trial ol Hugh
Postell for the murder of his lira!
cousin, Ed Edwards, here during
August, ended abruptly this
afternoon shortly atter 4 o'clock
by the prosecution's accepting a
plea of murder in the second
degree. Judge Guion sentenced
Posted to 3d years in the State
prison. There is no appeal and
the prisoner will be taken to
Raleigh next week.
The death of Ed Edwards'a'
the hands of Posted and the
sentencing of Posted to 30
years at. hard labor, ended trag
ically two love affairs. Both the
young men were to have been
married. Edwards, it is learned,
was engaged to be married to
an Asheville lady only a few
days from the day ot the murder,
while Polled was to have been
married about New Year's L).?y.
Former Pastor of a Lancaster
Church Resigns Birmingham
Charge.
Rock Hill Herald: Rev. J.
W. 0. Johnson, who lias been
rector of one of . the Episcopal
churches ot Birmingham Ala.,
for several years, resigned that
position a few days ago, nnd is
considering a call that has been
extended him hy the Episcopal
church at Charles La. Rey.
Mr. Johnson is now in Louisiana
looking over the field and, perhaps
will reach a decision in a
Vn lew days.
Colored YVfoman Dies in Columbia
of Hydrophobia.
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The State : Ella Cornish, a
negro woimn who lived on Lincoln
Btr-et in the district called
"Whitetown," died yesterday
from hydrophobia. The woman
was bitten by a mad dog abont
seven weeks ago and showed
si (?T1? nf t.llO rahloa n
- - ...w . ...<iun It tYCOIV ItgU,
The disease-Tusuallv requires from
three to nine weeks to develop
and in some cases it may go for
a longer time without any manifestation.
When the first symptoms oi
rahies came upon the woman,
she thought she was "conjured"
and also had an idea that some
one had tried to poison her. She
had been bitten in the arm and
t he usual cardiac failure or paralysis
followed when thrf poison
got spread through the system.
Rabies is a rare disease and the
physicians are cautious in pronouncing
a case. This woman
showed all the symptoms, however,
and there was no cliauee to
save her lite. The muscles ot
the. throat contracted and she
was unable te swallow.
North Carolinian Crushed to
Death by Falling Tree.
Keidsville special in Charlotte
Observer: Mr. J. F. Ward, a
former sec'iou master of the
Danville & Western Railroad,
met with a frightful dea'h yesterday
morning ubout 0 o'clock,
while engaged m cutting down a
large tree for use ot timber at
Martin's sawmill, near Stokeslatid.
The tragedy occurred in
the woods near the saw plant,
and Mr. Ward was caught under
the main body of the tree and
crushed to death in an instant.
A number of other laborers were
at work at. the time and had finished
the cutting down of the
tree, which fell on tiie opposite
side ot the stump, irom which it
was expected. Mr. Ward was
struck on his shoulders and
home to the ground. Nearly
every bone in his back and shoulders
wer^ broken. lie scarcely
had time to ren.li-x? whii*
struck him before beiug killed
The victim of the accident was
about 40 years of age and was
well known throughout the Stokesland
neighborhood, where he
had a large number of friends,
lie is survived by a wife and
tour small children.
Advertised Letters.
II. W. Gamer, Johnnie Kelly,
Abe Miller, J. L. Mcllwain,
My re Burt, Pearl Pagice, Mayland
Tiller, Ulyasi Penn, E. L.
Rawlins, Ella Seimmons, Ida
Thompson, Dave Threat, Maggie
Write Cerry Warker, Bunny
Watts, William Waters, Meto
Lunden, James Black, Earle
Babridge, Brenuy Crawford, F.
C. Edgeworth, (two).
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o a*, r . nunier.
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The L. & C. Railroad.
Chairman of R. R. Commission
Makes Interesting
i Report of His Inspection i
of Lancaster's Local Road,
which He Found in Good
Condition?Many Improvements
Noted.
Chairman Oaughman has made
tho following report lo the railroad
commission of his recent
inspection of the Lancaster and
Chester Railroad:
Gentlemen: On the 19th I inspected
the Lancaster and Chester
Road on a motor car owned by
Superintendent McClure and
Roadmaster Hardin.
I am g'ad to report I found
this line of railwav, which is
twenty-eight miles in length, in
good condition, considerable im- <
provement having been made
this year and still going on; such
as fills and lowering and raising i
of grade. I find surface and lin- <
ing of this track good, with 60- i
pound rail already laid and i
quite a number of now ties with I
a goodly number of others to be I
put in in the next three we^ks, s
amounting in all, 1 am told by i
the superintendent, to 12,000
ties within the last six in( nths i
having been placed on this 1
road.
1 find the trestle at Cane Creek
recently filled, 600 feet in length,
411/1 n fQ 1 n' ? 1 ""?" 1 '
moi V.i<?nn uuiVUri U i 1 dOF
same 6x6 feet. At Willow Branch
1 find what is called a triple tres- i
tie, all filled and the main culvert
there 8x12 feet. This I
consider sufficient to carry off the
water. The total of these three
trestles is 1,000 loet, filled and
raised a maximum of 12 ft.
At Grace, 24 mile post, the '
t rack is lowered six feet, and '
| curve at the west end of this {
| urade is being taken out. which
I 1 consider of great importance.
They are also lowering grade f
near 25-mile post, 6 feet, which
is quite an improvement. At
Cooler Branch they are about '
ready to fill in trestle of 200
leet.
The superintendent informed
mf^Wie additional waiting room
at Richburg would soon be built 1
in accordance with previous instructions
from the commi sion. '
The improvements made 'his '
year I consider quite creditable j
on the part of the Lancaster and "
f
Chester Railway Company.
All ot which is respectfully 1
submitted.
B. L. Caughman, Chairman. |
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Plastering Fell on Her. ^
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Rock Hill Herald : A very e
painful accident befell Miss fi
Mattie Mathews, of Old Point, t
la9t Tuesday. A piece of plas- s
tering about two feet wide and d
three feet long fell, striking her
on the head and cutting a gash n
about three and one-half or four n
inches long, which necessitated r
six stitches being takon. t
Plan of Farmers' Union to
Control Price of CottonAcreage
to be Reduced.
New Orleans, November 23.?
A plan to reduce the acreage of
cotton next year in an elForl to
control its price was arranged
tonight by the board of directors
of the Farmers' Educational
and Protective Union of Amer
ioa. A meeting was called to be
held in Memphis on January 7
next to lay this plan before the
cotton farmers of the South.
The proposed reduction in
acreage of cotton is to fix the
minimum price of cotton at
about fifteen cents per pound.
"The Union controls six million
bales today," said President
U.S. Barrett, of (Jreorgia, of the
Union, "and we are ^confident
that at least, G5 per cent of this
can easily be held off the market,
without any suffering resulting
to the farmer through lack o:
sufficient lunds and supplies from
sther crops. I shall be greatly
surprised if we do not 6ee cotton
selling at filteen cents a pound
before January 1, lbC8, but be- 1
lieve that a reduced acr*ace uro.
season will make it even highar."
It is proposed to establish
agencies at Galveston, New Orleans
and Savannah to enable
farmers to keep in close touch
with the spinner and save the
middleman's profit.
The directors announced that
their reports estimated the present
crop at 11,000,000 bales.
News Over the State Line.
Monroe Enquirer: Some missrennt
shot a thirteen year old
laughter of George Ashcraft,
jolored, who lives on Mr. J. H.
3uten's farm near VVingato, last.
Saturday night. The girl was
standing just outside a door
when the shot was fired. Some
if the shots struck the girl just ,
ibove the left eye ami glanced (
iff, making a slight flesh wound.
I is not known who did the
shooting, but George thinks it
tv*s some enemy of his whomisook
the girl for her father.
Miss Anna Patterson, a sister
?f Mrs. L. C. Cuthbertson of
Monroe, was horribly burned at
i<*r home in Jefferson Hitv
?J ,
rennlast Saturday. Miss I 'a Lerson
was standing by the lire
vhen the flames reached her
ilothinp. It is thought that the /
)urns will prove fatal. Miss 1
Patterson formerly lived at Wax- j
iaw. ]
A tenant house on one of Mr. t
rasper Helms' farms near Win- >
;ate, and occupied by Sam Biv- <
n?, colored, was destroyed by i
ire last Thursday about, sunset, t
i.bout a bale of cotton in the
eed was in the house and was t
lestroyed. t
Mr. Wyatt. Dees, who farms 1
in Mr. T. O. Lee's place two t
ailes and a half east of Monroe, f
nade 6,200 pounds of sped cotton
his year on four acres of.land.
News in Brief.
W. P. Inirati, one of Atlanta's
wealthiest citizens, died Friday
. . . . Grover Cleveland is again
reported to be seriously ill... .
R. A. Brown, a well known contractor
of Concord, N. C., died
Sunday.... Maude Hondbrson,
a little girl of Union, this state,
died Friday night from taking
laudanum Uir me? ?
..-.v.... Iiu-iunc iur COUiZU
syrup....W. B. Kineaid, of
Spartanburg, has boon appointed
railroad agent at Fort Mill.. . .
The 4th annual conference of
the Y. W. C. A. of the Carolinas
will convene in Rock Hill
tomorrow Garfield Hill, 20
years old, was stabbed and instantly
killed by his companion,
Nathan Dixon, Sunday, at Birchwood,
Tenn. The trouble waa
about one boy b owing out
the other's matches.... Frederick
Linderraeir was killed
in New York Sunday by his
young son, Peter, in defense of
his mother, who was being beaten
by the father. . . . A fight for
prohibition has begun in New
Orleans. . . . Harry Thaw's second
trial in New York [for ti e
murder ofStanlord White, which
was set for next Monday, has been
postponed until January. . . . W".
P. Caldwell, a well-known citizen
of Chester, is going to Bennet!
sville to become managing
editor of the Pee-Dee Advocate
... .Chief of Police Goforth of
Newton, N. C., was shot and
fatally wounded by a burglar
Saturday morning before daylight
. . . .Charlie Croker, a young
white man, was shot and killed
by Lewis Simmons Sunday afternoon
in Spartanburg county.
They fell out about, a mule belonging
to another man ... Eight
persons were injured in a railroad
wreck Monday near Laurel, Miss.
.. 1 . Thirteen persons perished
in the burning of a tenement
house in New York early Monday
morning. . . . Miss Ella Pryor,
an 18-year-old girl, was called
out of the residence of her mothor
near IIuntersville, N. C., Moutlay
night and shot to death hy
an unknown person. It is
that she was killed by a lover in
a lit of jealousy.
Lancaster's Streets and Pavements?Chief
of Police not
iw.oj?uu^iun; lur meir v^on?
dition.
Mr. Editor: There has been
1 good deal said lately about our
Dad, muddy streets and sidewalks
ind I am frequently asked why
[ do not have'them worked, parties
saying that they thought it
,vas my duty to have them workid,
as I am chief of police. I
vould like to state to the public
hat the present Council appointid
a street committee and a man
o superintend the working of
he streets and that I have not.
lad anything whatever to do with
1 ~ c *' ...
iic wuimiik ui me Rtroeis in
ibout two years.
I. T. Hunter,
Chief of Police.